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Arena Stage Presents OKLAHOMA! 10/22-12/26
As Arena Stage begins a new life in its renovated home at the Mead Center for American Theater in Southwest D.C., it opens its inaugural season with a classic American musical that similarly embraces life on a new frontier. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! is the first production at the Mead Center and features an all-star cast under the direction of Artistic Director Molly Smith. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! runs October 22-December 26, 2010 in the Fichandler Stage.
Inspired by the toughness of the prairie, Smith sets her production in the robust world of territory life filled with a dynamic cast as rich and complex as the tapestry of America itself. D.C. area favorite E. Faye Butler (Arena Stage's Crowns, Ain't Misbehavin') stars as Aunt Eller, with Valisia LeKae (Broadway's Ragtime, 110 in the Shade) as Laurey, Aaron Ramey (Broadway's Curtains, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as Jud and Nicholas Rodriguez (Broadway's Tarzan) as Curly, who played Fabrizio last season in The Light in the Piazza, also directed by Smith. Cody Williams makes his Arena Stage debut as Will Parker alongside June Schreiner as Ado Annie Carnes, a high school junior at The Madeira School in McLean, VA, who was discovered in last summer's Arena Stage Academy Musical Theater Training Company. With Rodgers and Hammerstein's timeless music, Smith's Oklahoma! celebrates the vigor of America's pioneering spirit with athletic dance and boot-stomping energy.
"Arena is in the midst of her own harvest," says Smith. "This is a moment of great joy and optimism for the new Arena Stage, and so too it was for Oklahoma, a frontier on the cusp of becoming a state. My idea is simple: I want to create an Oklahoma that looks and feels like it's 1907 on the frontier-a place in the middle of becoming. Our production of Oklahoma! reflects Arena and America today: modern, diverse and cross-cultural."
As the first modern musical to use music and dance as an integral part of the plot, Smith's Oklahoma! is also a collaboration between Music Director George Fulginiti-Shakar and Choreographer Parker Esse. "The sound of our production will be a cross between the lushness of a symphonic orchestra and the plain-folkiness of a western string band," says Fulginiti-Shakar, who celebrates his 15th production with Arena Stage. "We are using a restored score just released with the addition of a fiddle, banjo, harmonica and rhythm."
"My goal is to capture the 'modern times' of the early American frontier," says Esse. "I hope to infuse these movements to reflect not only the hardships these settlers had to endure but also the wishes, dreams and romantic desires that would have filled their heads and distracted them from their harsh everyday realities."
Further complimenting the production, Smith has commissioned Tony Award-winning designers Eugene Lee and Martin Pakledinaz to develop dynamic sets and costumes respectively that bring the rough-hewn Oklahoma to life.
Richard Rodgers (Music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (Book & Lyrics), after distinguished careers with other collaborators, joined forces to create the most consistently fruitful and successful partnership in musical theater. Before Hammerstein, Rodgers (1902-79) collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on musical comedies that epitomized the wit and sophistication of Broadway's heyday. From the '20s into the '40s, Rodgers & Hart wrote more than 40 shows and film scores, including On Your Toes, Babes in Arms, The Boys from Syracuse, I Married an Angel and Pal Joey. In the same era, Hammerstein (1895-1960) brought new life to the operetta. His collaborations with composers Rudolf Friml, Sigmund Romberg and Vincent Youmans resulted in such classics as The Desert Song, Rose-Marie and The New Moon. With Jerome Kern he wrote Show Boat, the 1927 operetta that changed the course of musical theater. His last musical before his exclusive partnership with Rodgers was Carmen Jones, the acclaimed 1943 all-black revision of Carmen. Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre: the musical play, a unique fusion of musical comedy and operetta. A milestone in the development of the musical, it also marked the beginning of the most successful partnership in Broadway musical history and was followed by Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of MusiC. Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote one musical for film, State Fair, and one for TV, Cinderella. Collectively, their musicals earned 35 Tonys, 15 Oscars, two Pulitzers, two Grammys and two Emmys. After Hammerstein's death, Rodgers continued to write. His first solo entry, No Strings, earned him two Tonys for music and lyrics and was followed by Do I Hear a Waltz?, Two by Two, Rex and I Remember Mama. Rodgers died less than eight months after his last musical opened on Broadway, and in March 1990, Broadway's 46th St. Theater was renamed in his honor.
Over the past 12 seasons, Molly Smith (Director, Artistic Director) has been instrumental in leading the re-invention of Arena Stage. From the programming for the architecture to the envisioning of the Kogod Cradle, Smith has focused her creative life on the building of this new Center for American Theater. This re-invention has been part of a major artistic change as well, into the production, presentation, development and study of American Theater which leads Arena into the 21st Century. Ms. Smith has been a passionate leader in new play development for the past 30 years while at Arena Stage as well as at Perseverance Theatre in Alaska, the theater she founded and led for 19 years. She has commissioned or championed numerous world premieres, including Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive and Mineola Twins; Tim Acito's The Women of Brewster Place; Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations; Charles Randolph-Wright's Blue; Zora Neale Hurston's lost American play, Polk County; Karen Zacarías' Legacy of Light; and Passion Play, a cycle by Sarah Ruhl; some of which she has directed. She founded Arena's downstairs series, which has read or workshopped some 60 plays, half of which have gone on to full productions. In 2009, two shows nurtured at Arena Stage (33 Variations and Next to Normal) moved to Broadway. Ms. Smith's directorial work has also been seen at the Shaw Festival in Canada, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, and Centaur Theatre in Montreal and includes classics such as South Pacific, Mack and Mabel, Anna Christie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Smith has served as literary advisor to Sundance Theatre Lab and formed the Arena Stage Writers Council, composed of leading American Playwrights. An avid traveler, Ms. Smith brings artists of international renown to work at Arena Stage and has served as a member of the board of the Theatre Communications Group as well as the Center for InterNational Theatre Development. She directed two feature films, Raven's Blood and Making Contact, and received honorary doctorates from both Towson and American Universities.
The Cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
E. Faye Butler (Aunt Eller)'s previous Arena Stage productions include: Crowns, Ain't Misbehavin', Polk County and Dinah Was. Other D.C. Metro: Gospel According to Fishman, Saving Aimee (Signature); Take Joy (Strathmore); The Great Gatsby, Moon Until June (Washington Ballet at Kennedy Center). Regional credits include: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Once on This Island, Caroline, or Change, Trouble in Mind (CenterStage); Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Steppenwolf); Christmas Carol, Purlie (Goodman); The Wiz (La Jolla). National Tours: Dinah Was, Mamma Mia!, Ain't Misbehavin', Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, Nunsense, Nunsense 2. Recently Ms. Butler released her CD Circle of Firsts and has a cabaret act, Just in Time, which travels around the country. Ms. Butler has been honored with several awards: Helen Hayes, John Barrymore, six Joseph Jefferson, three Black Theater Alliance, Ovation, Excellence in the Arts, After Dark.
Valisia LeKae (Laurey) was last seen in the Drury Lane Oakbrook's production of Ragtime as Sarah, for which she was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award and 2010 Black Theater Alliance Award. Broadway credits include: the Tony-nominated revivals of Ragtime (where she understudied and performed the role of Sarah), 110 in the Shade with Audra McDonald (Vivian Lorraine, Little Girl, Snookie u/s) and The Threepenny Opera with Cyndi Lauper. She was part of Camelot, which was taped for Live from the Lincoln Center on PBS. Off-Broadway credits include: Almost Heaven, also in the Center Repertory Theater production. National touring credits include: All Shook Up (Lorraine) and Mamma Mia! (Lisa). Ms. LeKae's TV credits include One Life to Live, The View, 2009 CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2006 Tony Awards and The Ryan Seacrest Show. Regional roles include: Mamma Mia!; Big River; Little Shop of Horrors (nominated for a 2010 Kevin Kline Award); Caroline, or Change; Dreamgirls; Godspell and Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Nicholas Rodriguez (Curly) last appeared at Arena Stage in The Light in the Piazza. On Broadway, he performed the title role in Tarzan; and Off-Broadway he's appeared in The Toxic Avenger, Almost Heaven and Bajour. He's toured in Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus), Evita (Che) and Hair (Claude). His regional credits include originating the role of Aaron and understudying Val Kilmer's Moses in The Ten Commandments (Kodak); JCS (Jesus); Oklahoma! (Curly); Damn Yankees (Joe); Cinderella (Prince); South Pacific (Cable); Master Class (Tony); Love, Valour, Compassion! (Ramon) and The King & I (Lun Tha). Last summer, he was seen in the film Sex and the City 2. Most recently, Mr. Rodriguez portrayed Nick Chavez on ABC's One Life to Live. He holds a B.M. and M.M. in vocal performance from Univ. of Texas at Austin.
Aaron Ramey (Jud Fry)'s Broadway credits include: Curtains, Young Frankenstein, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Cast); National Tours: Sweet Charity (Vittorio Vidal), Disney's Beauty & the Beast (Beast); NYC: A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Darnay, workshop), Take Flight (Charles Lindbergh, workshop), The Woman Upstairs (NYMF); Regional: Carousel (Barrington Stage), Shenandoah (Ford's Theatre), Songs for a New World (Alpine Theatre Project), A Little Night Music, Oklahoma (Pittsburgh CLO), Sweeney Todd (CenterStage), Miss Saigon, 1776 (Paper Mill Playhouse), West Side Story (AMTSJ), Baby Case (World Premiere, Arden Theatre Co.), SNEAUX! (World Premiere, Matrix Theatre, LA). TV: Kings, New Amsterdam, Guiding Light, All My Children, As The World Turns.
June Schreiner (Ado Annie Carnes) is a junior at The Madeira School in McLean, VA, and is a two-year graduate of the Arena Stage Academy Musical Theater Training Company. She has performed with Synetic Family Theater in The Snow Queen and Hansel and Gretel and understudied Jacqueline Bouvier in Studio Theatre's Grey Gardens. Ms. Schreiner was last seen with the McLean Community Players as Amy March in Little Women and has done several productions with Reston Community Players.
Cody Williams (Will Parker) has performed professionally in numerous shows with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Casa Mañana and West Virginia Public. He's also been a guest artist with Atlanta Ballet. Mr. Williams earned his B.F.A. this past spring from Univ. of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.
Nehal Joshi (Ali Hakim) returns to Arena Stage after last performing in Señor Discretion Himself. D.C. credits include Mister Roberts (Kennedy Center); Recent Tragic Events (Woolly Mammoth); The Mad Dancers (Theater J) and Carousel (Olney). Broadway: Les Misérables (original revival cast) and Threepenny Opera (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Falling for Eve (York). Regional credits include: Working (2008 revision; Old Globe, Asolo Rep); Tommy (Dallas Theater Center); Mother Teresa Is Dead (City Theater Company); the 25th & 26th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays (Actors Theater of Louisville). His film/TV credits include: HBO's The Wire; Blackout and New York, I Love You. He will be heard in the next edition of the World of Warcraft videogame.
The Cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! also includes Philip Michael Baskerville (Cord Elam), Andrew Hodge (Slim), Shane Rhoades (Fred), Vincent Rodriguez III (Sam), Anton Harrison LaMon (Jess), Cara Massey (Gertie), Emilee Dupre (Vivian), Annie Petersmeyer (Virginia), Jessica Wu (Kate), Cyana Cook (Ellen), Semhar Ghedremichael (Aggie), Hollie E. Wright (Sylvie/Dream Laurey), Kyle Vaughn (Mike/Dream Curly), Kurt Boehm (Male Swing) and Jessica Hartman (Female Swing).
The Creative Team of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! includes Assistant Director Anita Maynard-Losh, Music Director George Fulginiti-Shakar, Assistant Musical Director Mary Sugar, Set Designer Eugene Lee, Assistant Scenic Designer Tristan Jeffers, Costume Designer Martin Pakledinaz, Choreographer Parker Esse, Assistant Choreographer Ashley Yeater, Fight Choreographer David Leong, Lighting Designer Michael Gilliam, Sound Designer Tim Thompson, New York Casting Director Paul Hardt, Arena Stage Casting Director Daniel Pruksarnukul, Stage Manager Susan R. White, Assistant Stage Manager Jenna Henderson, Production Assistant Alexandria Wood and Dramaturg Janine Sobeck.
The 2010/11 Fichandler Stage season is sponsored by Life Trustee JayLee Mead.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Special Events, Ticket Information and Performance Calendar
Southwest Night-Friday, December 24, 2010 at noon
An invitation is extended to our Southwest D.C. neighbors to buy $25 tickets, plus applicable fees, for one designated Friday evening performance of each production. Proof of Southwest D.C. residency-or continued employment-for each audience member of each party must be presented at the time of purchase. Tickets are limited to four per person and are based on availability. To purchase tickets, call 202-488-3300 or stop by the Arena Stage Sales Office. Plays and dates are subject to change.
TICKETS: Tickets for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! start at $45 plus applicable fees. Discount tickets are available for patrons purchasing tickets for multiple shows, students and groups. A limited number of $15 tickets for patrons age 30 and under go on sale each Monday for performances that week. (All patrons must present valid ID.) HOTTIX, a limited number of half-price, day-of-performance tickets, are available 90 minutes before curtain prior to every performance. With Metro Mondays, patrons who present a SmarTrip or Metro card can purchase half-price tickets for the week's performances after noon on Mondays while supplies last. Tickets may be purchased online at www.arenastage.org, by phone at 202-488-3300 or at the Sales Office at 1101 6th St., SW, D.C.


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Economic data, earnings lift US stocks
US stocks enjoyed a week of solid gains following a batch of good economic data and mostly strong corporate earnings as concerns about geopolitical hotspots ebbed somewhat.
For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 338.31 points (2.03 per cent) to 17,001.22.
The broad-based S&P 500 advanced 33.34 (1.71 per cent) to 1,988.40, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 73.62 (1.65 per cent) to 4,538.55.
Worries over Ukraine geopolitics returned to markets on Friday, when Russia sent a convoy of trucks into Ukraine without authorisation. The action was condemned by Kiev and drew threats of fresh US sanctions.
But analysts said the market's overall upward bent this week showed worries had receded after violence in Iraq and tit-for-tat sanctions between the West and Russia over Ukraine had earlier triggered fears of economic havoc.
"The probability of either the Iraq situation or the Ukraine-Russia situation turning into something that's massively disruptive for the global economy is pretty small," said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors.
"The upward trend for the market has resumed," said David Levy, portfolio manager at Kenjol Capital Management.
"Unless there is something new that frightens the market, then the bias is higher."
The week's economic data were generally strong.
Highlights include a big pickup in existing-home sales, a jump in housing starts, lower unemployment claims, weak consumer inflation and a strong improvement in the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators.
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's July monetary policy meeting showed an intensifying debate on how much the labour market has tightened and how that would impact inflation and the timing of the Fed's plan to raise benchmark interest rates.
On Friday, Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that while there has been some improvement in the labour market, the US jobs market still has not fully recovered from the Great Recession.
Analysts said both the minutes and Yellen's speech suggested the US central bank had not accelerated its timeframe for raising benchmark interest rates, currently expected in the second half of 2015.
Earnings from retailers generally left investors pleased.
"People are feeling much better about retail going into the holidays in a few months and that's helping to support better market tone," said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities.
Standout reports came from Dow component Home Depot, which beat earnings expectations by a wide margin and raised its 2014 profit forecast, citing strong sales.
Other strong reports came from home-improvement retailer Lowe's, teen fashion house American Eagle, apparel chain Gap, sporting equipment retailer Dick's Sporting Goods and TJX, which owns apparel retailers Marshalls, TJ Maxx and other discount retail chains.
Target, which sells low-priced clothing, groceries, housewares and other goods, reported a nearly 62 per cent decline in second-quarter earnings to $US234 million ($A253.18 million).
But some analysts were heartened by the discount chain's commentary that US sales had picked up in the latter part of the quarter.
Other major corporate news stories last week included Bank of America's nearly $US17 billion ($A18.39 billion) settlement with the Justice Department and other authorities to resolve charges it misled investors on mortgage-linked securities.
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President Barack Obama nominated former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel Monday to head up the U.S. Department of Defense.
"He knows the sacrifices that we ask our brave service members to make because he has made them himself," Obama said. If confirmed, Hagel would be the first enlisted soldier, and first Vietnam veteran, to serve as our nation's Secretary of Defense.
Hagel served two terms in the Senate from 1996-2008 and was on the Foreign Relations Committee and Intelligence Committee. He helped ensure passage in the Senate of the post-9/11 GI Bill.
Before Hagel ran for Congress, he worked at the Veterans Administration and was the head of the USO.
In summer 2008, Hagel and Obama traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq. The two men share a commitment to end the war in Afghanistan responsibly, a White House spokeswoman said.
Hagel's homination has been rumored for weeks. It is expected to be challenged in the Senate.
He has been outspoken, criticizing the war in Iraq when it was underway, breaking with President George W. Bush and his own party.
"The war in Iraq will go down in history as one of our most misguided military ventures," said the progressive organization, votevets.org, from which 8,000 members already signed a petition supporing Hagel.
"As a Republican, he adds a very crucial dose of credibility when he speaks out against wrongheaded military action," the organization said. "Hagel is a vociferous advocate for cutting Pentagon waste."
He has been criticized by liberals for supporting the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military.
Hagel considered running for president in 2008, making some exploratory appearances in New Hampshire. He is currently a professor at Georgetown University and co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. He also serves on a number of boards of directors, including that of Chevron Corporation, according to the online encyclopedia, wikipedia.
Nebraska's senators are cautious about Hagel's nomination.
Newly elected Sen. Deb Fischer is on the Senate committee that will question Hagel. She said she plans to closely review his record and meet with him to discuss his views on Americas role in an increasingly dangerous world.
Sen. Mike Johanns said while "he has been a long-time friend, we do have very different opinions on many very important issues."
"Now that he has been nominated, he has an obligation to elaborate on his past statements and fully explain his positions during what I expect to be a thorough and fair confirmation hearing," Johanns said.
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Rating: 2 1/2 stars
Address: 649 E. Broadway, Long Beach
Cuisine: The sort of fine joint that you could eat at every other day, with a hyper casual menu of tasty treats like the Pigpen Garlic Fries (with marinated beef and wasabi sauce), the Karl B. Marx Melt (with caramelized onions and kimchi) and Dirty Sketti (I'll let you imagine). The pizzas are big and tasty, the beer list is long and cold and the place is just right.
Hours: Lunch, Friday-Sunday; dinner, everyday.
Details: Beer and more beer. Street parking. Reservations helpful for groups
Prices: Appetizers, $4-$9. Entrees, $7-$16. Pizzas, $3-$24.
Cards: MC, V.
Information: 562-437-0555; www.rebelbite.com
The full name of the joint is: "Rebel Bite Neighborhood Kitchen: Pizza, Pasta, Sammiches & Craft Beer." And yes, they really do call them "sammiches," which according to the definition at urbandictionary.com "is a sandwich, with connotations of extra goodness. For example, if you pour gravy on a roast beef sandwich, you now have a roast beef sammich." Whatever, they're very good. And very Rebel Bite.
The logo is a smiling pig dressed a bit like Che Guevara. The Happy Hour really is happy from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every afternoon, with specials like a beer and pulled pork sammich for $11.
They also offer a Taco Tuesday even though they don't serve tacos (the menu actually says, "Pero no tacos"). But if you buy a meal and a beer, you get a second brew for a nickel. They'd give it to you for free, but the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control frowns on that (the spoilsports).
On Wednesdays, if you've got a student ID, you get 25 percent off the bill. Not surprisingly, there are "Pigskin Specials" served during Sunday, Monday and Thursday football games — a reminder of my contention that football really should be a seven-day-a-week sport.
But mostly, this is a fine destination for locals who want to hang — inside or out — nursing a cold one while contemplating whether to get the spicy sundried tomato burger, or the spicy pulled pork sammich; the Buffalo wings, or the marinated Korean short ribs. Or all of them.
Since the food is built around the beer (or at least, in my case it is), let us begin with the "Weekly Beer List." I'm not sure it's actually weekly; the date on the one I had in hand read "Mid October 2013." But that's close enough; the point is, it's updated and changed with some sort of regularity. Though only a single page (with listings on both sides), it's a work of unexpected scholarship. For every beer, we get a name and brewer, a style, a beer rating (from ratebeer.com), an Alcohol by Volume listing, a price (for various amounts) and a chatty box of description.
For instance, we learn that the Hercules Imperial Double IPA is "hoppier, maltier and with more alcohol than a standard IPA"... definitely not for the faint of heart" that "delivers a huge amount of piney, floral and citrusy hop aroma and flavor from start to finish." Hercules rates 100/99. Not all the beers do that well (Mama's Little Yella is 54.93. And I like that one)!
Some of the beers are printed in blue, meaning they're new. Some are in red, meaning they're on special. It doesn't really matter; even a top tier beer like the Hercules is just $7.
And the food, which goes admirably well with the beer, doesn't cost much more. The previously mentioned Dirty Sketti is enough for two as it is a monster portion of pasta with a richly spiced meat sauce, served with garlic bread, for $10. For $2 more, you get a pair of meatballs. In for a penny, in for a pound, as they say.
It will take you awhile, as well, to work your way through the half-pound burgers. I lean towards the spicy sundried tomato model, with cheddar cheese and crispy onions. Though I wouldn't send away a funghi burger, made with sautéed shiitakes, blue cheese, more onions and a dressing built around wasabi horseradish. (The jury is out about the burger topped with blueberry sauce and mozzarella, served on a waffle. I don't do sweet burgers.)
If you want to live large, get the marinated Korean short ribs, or the coffee rubbed short ribs, both of which come with cole slaw, and a choice of garlic fries or spicy mashed spuds. Or dig into one of the crisp (but could be crisper) pizzas, which range from standard issue, to topped with gorgonzola, candied almonds and caramelized pear. (Once again, I don't do sweet on my savory.)
No matter what you get, there's beer to wash it down. And there's a "Map Room" in which to throw private parties. Or in which to go and drink a Beer Flat of stout or porter and vanilla ice cream. Me, I'll stick with my ale, in a glass, all by itself.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at email@example.com.


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California Hispanics - Settling Down
Next year Hispanics will surpass whites as the largest racial or ethnic group in California.
Over the next two weekends, The Associated Press explores California's Hispanics, their influences on the state and the hurdles they still face.
TODAY: Hilario Santiago Vasquez is one of millions who helped Hispanics become California's largest racial or ethnic group.
MONDAY: When it comes to how California is educating students of color, many say the state serves as a model of what not to do.
SUNDAY, DEC. 29: In the brick plaza, strolling musicians wearing glitzy cowboy outfits blast a mariachi song, while Spanish-speaking shoppers bustle between farm stands. Welcome to an increasingly typical town in California where Hispanics become the largest ethnic or racial group next year.
MONDAY, DEC. 30: Latinos have held some of California's highest-profile elected offices, including lieutenant governor, mayor of Los Angeles and key leadership posts in the state Legislature. Yet a smattering of city councils, school districts and local agencies have eluded their grasp in places like Escondido.
MADERA — Hilario Santiago Vasquez came to California during a surge of 1980s immigration to follow the crops from the Central Valley to Oregon to Florida. Along the way, he picked grapes, blueberries and oranges.
"I slept under the bridge, covering myself with a newspaper, because there was no housing to rent for farmworkers," he said.
Santiago Vasquez, one of millions who helped Hispanics become California's largest racial or ethnic group, no longer chases harvests.
Like many other Mexican farmworkers, he found permanent work. He now lives in Madera, a town north of Fresno where 80 percent of the 61,000 residents are Latino and the downtown is packed with Mexican restaurants and stores that sell cowboy boots and tortillas.
California witnessed an immigration boom from Mexico and Central America during the 1980s, helping to make Hispanics the state's largest racial or ethnic group next year. While the Latino boom moved to other states in recent years, particularly in the Midwest and South, California's population has become more settled. The following figures illustrate the trend.
• Seventy percent of California immigrants have lived in the U.S. before 2000, higher than any state in the country, according to 2012 census data. The majority are Latinos, according to Manuel Pastor, director of USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, which analyzed the data.
• Hispanic population growth was slower in California than almost every state in the 2010 census, up 27.8 percent from 2000, compared with 43 percent nationwide. The only ones lower were New York (19.2 percent), District of Columbia (21.8 percent) and New Mexico (24.6 percent).
• The number of foreign-born arrivals in the city of Los Angeles was 43.2 percent lower in 2009 than it was in 1990, while foreign-born arrivals nationwide went the other direction, soaring 47.8 percent, according to USC researchers. Foreign-born as a percentage of the entire population barely changed from 1990 to 2009 in Los Angeles at just below 40 percent, while jumping to 12.5 percent from 7.9 percent nationwide.
• California has the largest number of people living illegally than any other state and is second only to Nevada in percentage terms. But, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, the number of people living illegally in the state grew 11 percent from 2000 to 2010, well below a national increase of 34 percent.
• Los Angeles is the only major metropolitan area in the nation to witness a decline in the number of Hispanic children in the 2010 census, bucking a trend in all 50 states, according to a Brookings Institution analysis. The findings suggest that young Hispanic families and new arrivals are settling elsewhere.
His story illustrates a reality for California Hispanics: With the immigrant boom ending long ago, they are older and more settled than elsewhere. As a result, they have relatively high rates of home ownership, rising incomes and are better educated.
"We're running 15 to 20 years ahead of the nation," said Dowell Myers, a demography and urban planning professor at USC. "California has a large population of second-generation children who are now coming of age. The rest of the country doesn't have that."
Racial, ethnic composition of California
California's racial and ethnic composition has evolved significantly since 1970. The following list shows how the percentage of the white population has shrunken while the Hispanic population has soared. All figures are percentages.
White: 74.7
Hispanic: 15.5
Black: 6.8
Asian and Pacific Islander: --
White: 67
Hispanic: 19.2
Black: 7.5
Asian and Pacific Islander: 5.2
White: 57.2
Hispanic: 25.8
Black: 7
Asian and Pacific Islander: 9.1
White: 46.7
Hispanic: 32.4
Black: 6.9
Asian and Pacific Islander: 12.1
White: 40.1
Hispanic: 37.6
Black: 6.3
Asian and Pacific Islander: 14.4
2020 (projected)
White: 36.6
Hispanic: 40.8
Black: 5.6
Asian: 13.4
Source: California Department of Finance, based on U.S. Census Bureau data. The 1970 Census used Spanish surnames to determine Hispanic ethnicity; Asian and Pacific Islanders were not counted separately.
As California joins New Mexico next year as the only other state where Latinos make up the largest racial or ethnic group, other regions of the country are seeing stronger growth. New Latino arrivals are reshaping the Midwest and South, just as they did California a generation ago.
Santiago Vasquez, 47, fled after Mexico's economy collapsed in 1982, at the same time Central Americans abandoned their homes as civil wars spread. He came to California in 1985 to work in the fields, following other migrants who were pushed north by poverty from villages in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
New arrivals poured into Los Angeles' Koreatown, San Francisco's Mission District and other urban enclaves, telling friends and family back home that jobs were waiting.
Rosa Lopez, 45, was one of them. She knew she wasn't cut out for hard labor on her family's Oaxacan ranch when she followed her cousin to San Diego 25 years ago. "Once I arrived here, I never thought about going back," said Lopez, who eventually got a green card through her husband and became an American citizen.
As defense jobs dwindled in the aftermath of the Cold War, however, and the 1990s recession hit harder than other states, new arrivals from Mexico and Central America increasingly shunned California for states where job prospects were better and housing was cheaper.
The number of people living in the country illegally tripled in Iowa from 2000 to 2010, nearly doubled in Ohio and surged 55 percent in North Carolina, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
"Once there's an immigrant beachhead, other people move in ... In the South, first people broke the ice and others followed," said Manuel Pastor, director of USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.
In California, the previous generation of Hispanic immigrants transformed communities, such as Madera. Latino farmworkers settled near downtown, as whites moved to suburban subdivisions.
Santiago Vasquez brought his wife and three daughters from Mexico in 2002, and rented an apartment in the downtown. He ended his annual tradition of picking blueberries in Oregon a few summers later and found a year-round job with a company that grows almonds and pistachios.
A lack of temporary housing in other states discouraged farmworkers like Santiago from chasing the harvests, said Philip Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis Some farmworkers settled in states such as Oregon and Washington, meaning fewer migrants were needed.
Santiago Vasquez earns about $11,000 a year, a reminder that Latinos lag other groups on the income ladder. Latinos had a median household income of $44,401 in 2011 — well below the statewide median of $58,328. Many work in low-skilled jobs.
Lopez makes about $32,000 a year cleaning offices seven days a week in San Diego. Despite her financial struggles, she recently bought a three-bedroom condominium. Sixty percent of California Latinos who have been in the U.S. at least 30 years are homeowners, six points above the state average, according to USC's Myers.
"I wasn't thinking of buying, but then I can't be throwing my money into the trash," she said.
Lopez didn't finish high school in Mexico. Her children attend San Diego State and community college. California's high school dropout rate among Hispanics is 16.2 percent in 2012 — compared with 13.2 percent overall — but the education gap is closing.
Marjorie Garcia, 36, worked three jobs to put herself through Cal State Northridge and now practices entertainment law in Los Angeles. It is a far cry from her childhood in a rough neighborhood in the Los Angeles community of Panorama City, where her family rented a two-bedroom apartment.
Her father came to California from Mexico when he was 18 and her mother came from Guatemala when she was 15, and both stayed illegally. He worked as a Thai restaurant busboy and wait staff supervisor at the Los Angeles Country Club. She cleaned houses.
"I feel like I did what I was supposed to do," said Garcia, whose parents had only an elementary school education. "You're supposed to go to school and get educated."
Omar Martinez, the son of Mexican immigrants who grew up bilingual and bicultural in suburban Los Angeles, is an American success story. As a teenager, he listened more to Milli Vanilli than the Mexican music of his parents but came to appreciate his family's culture as he grew older.
Martinez still has family in Zacatecas state, and heads the Federation for Zacatecans in Southern California — a group that raises money for public works projects in the Mexican state. The organization was started by migrants to California years ago, and Martinez is the first American-born president of the group.
Now 42, he employs 50 people at Miravalle Foods in El Monte, which posted more than $7 million in revenues last year selling tamarind, curry, chiles and other Mexican cooking staples to supermarkets in California, Colorado and Utah. He is also raising four children to speak English and Spanish — and two of them are also learning Chinese.
"The other day they congratulated (my daughter) because she knows the numbers 1 to 100 in Chinese," he said in his office overlooking a pungent warehouse as workers slapped stickers on boxes. "We think that's going to be the future, right?"


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The Golden Girl is Backby Suzanne Calvin
A fascinating look at the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Giacomo Puccini's "Fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the Golden West) and it's far-reaching impact on American opera. Yes, we're mentioned too in this "New York Times" article…keep scrolling. (Photo courtesy of huffingtonpost.com)
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Motley Crue is calling it quits.
But, fortunately, not before Bay Area fans have the chance to hear "Girls, Girls, Girls" and other similarly subtle love tunes played live one more time.
The iconic hard rock band, which has sold over 80 million records during its three-decades-plus career, made its retirement plans official during a news conference on Tuesday in its hometown of Los Angeles. The group plans to say goodbye to fans during a lengthy North American trek, descriptively titled The Final Tour.
The farewell road show includes a stop on July 23 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. Motley Crue also performs July 29 at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre in the greater Sacramento area. Tickets for both shows — ranging from $25 to $125 — go on sale on Jan. 31 at www.livenation.com.
Pioneering shock-rocker Alice Cooper, who paved the way for Motley Crue and other glam-metal acts, opens the tour.
The Final Tour kicks off in early July in Michigan and currently stretches through a late-November date in Vancouver, BC. In all, the trek is slotted to reach over 70 markets in North America this year. The band expects to take the tour overseas in 2015.
Of course, with any so-called farewell tour now comes much fan skepticism. That's a product of fans being burned too many times by artists (like Cher and KISS), who have promoted their tours as farewell treks, only to go back on their word and tour again. There is a huge marketing value in selling a concert as "the last chance to see (insert big-name act here)," and artists have unfairly used it to the detriment of fans' bank accounts.
Yet, the Motley Crue's farewell might be one that actually sticks.
The band has signed a "Cessation of Touring Agreement," which goes into effect at the end of 2015. Basically, it's an agreement that states that the band will not hit the road again after this Final Tour comes to a conclusion. It's a direct step toward protecting the band's legacy and name.
"Everything must come to an end," Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee said in the news release. "We always had a vision of going out with a big (expletive) bang and not playing county fairs and clubs with one or two original band members. Our job here is done."
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic, www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.


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Temporary restraing orders are short-term pre-trial temporary injunctions. To obtain a temporary restraining order, a party must convince the judge that he or she will suffer immediate irreparable harm unless the order is issued. If the judge is convinced that a temporary restraining order is necessary, he or she may issue the order immediately, without informing the other parties and without holding a hearing. These orders are intended to be stop-gap measures, and only last until the court holds a hearing on whether or not to grant a preliminary injunction. Judges' decisions on whether or not to issue a temporary restraining order may not be appealed.
In the federal courts, temporary restraining orders are governed by Rule 65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. State rules regarding temporary restraining orders and other injunctions vary from state to state. See State Civil Procedure Rules.
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Near Paseo de Gracia
This contemporary hotel is 2 blocks from the shops and attractions of Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia and 6 blocks from the amazing architecture in the city's famed Gothic district.
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The Renaissance Barcelona Hotel features a rooftop deck with a panorama city view, a 24-hour fitness center, and the CRU Steakhouse Restaurant.
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The 211 contemporary-style guestrooms feature Renaissance luxury bedding, air-conditioning, satellite TVs, iPod docking stations.
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The Renaissance Barcelona Hotel's large open-plan reception, lobby, bar, marble floors, and mirrored pillars provide a relaxing meeting space. A rooftop sun terrace, small, 24-hour fitness room with Turkish bath, and small outdoor terrace create another relaxing area. The terrace also has city views. The hotel has on-site shopping available. Parking is available nearby (surcharge).
Business facilities include 7 meeting rooms with capacity for up to 120 people, audio-visual equipment, and in-house catering.
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- Bar/lounge
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- Total number of rooms - 211
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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- Number of floors - 11
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Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( EUR 12 per day )
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CRU Restaurant & Steakhouse - Fresh ingredients, new tastes, vibrant ambience, and the best steaks are what make this steakhouse in Barcelona a fine dining choice. They only use the best cuts of USDA-certified Black Angus beef and pair each meal with a premium selection of fine wines. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
CUIT Bar & Lounge - This lounge offers a unique design inspired by local Catalan architecture and is a great place to unwind and taste local Barcelona flavors. Their tapas-style lounge allows guests to sample traditional Spanish Platillos with signature cocktails.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
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- Golfing nearby
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Check-in time ends at 3 PM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.48 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.
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- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 5 per day (rates may vary)
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- Barcelona Hotel Renaissance
- Barcelona Renaissance
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CalTrans' proposals to reduce bypass interchange are inadequate
To the editor:
Open letter re: Caltrans Northern Interchange Design
Dear Congressman Huffman and Corps of Engineers:
We are dismayed at the latest news of Caltrans' proposals attempting to meet their commitment to reduce the impacts on wetlands and streams, as they agreed to do as a condition of reinstatement of their 404 Permit. We believe Caltrans' proposals are inadequate and continue to involve major, avoidable impacts on wetlands, streams, and cultural resources.
Caltrans continues to summarily reject the option of postponing construction of the huge northern interchange without any solid rationale to justify this. They make arguments that it would require redesign causing a year's delay and extra cost, but this is not borne out by any documentation and defies common sense. In fact, it appears such an adjustment to the existing design could be accomplished by a simple change order. As detailed in previous correspondence, it would directly save wetlands, time and money – not to mention potentially reducing the amount of mitigation work.
Another important factor is the impact on cultural resources. In contrast to the information contained in earlier environmental documents, the entire bypass route, and in particular this northern area, is now known to be rich in Native American artifacts, including a village and possible burial sites. Reducing the footprint of the bypass is the least that can be done to preserve this irreplaceable heritage.
It appears the rejection of this option is entirely premised on Caltrans' desire to "pave the way" for the future 4-lane expansion of the bypass. We again note that postponing the northern interchange in no way precludes nor adds any significant obstacle to that future possibility. And we emphasize that it is extremely unlikely that there will ever be a Phase 2, due to funding constraints and lack of need.
Eliminating the round-about while building the huge interchange is backwards from what should occur. The "savings" in wetland impacts appear minimal. It would be a travesty to reject a simple change that saves substantial wetlands for the foreseeable future in favor of such an inadequate proposal that would make sense only if Phase 2 were a likely prospect. Moreover, eliminating the round-about actually makes access between the bypass and Willits less convenient for the large share of traffic involved (commuters to and from Laytonville, Brooktrails, and so forth).
Finally, we still see no proposals that compensate for the extensive temporal losses that have occurred. If irreversible commitments proceed on the northern interchange, with moving some 900,000 cu. yds. of fill, channeling streams and building bridges, it appears that Caltrans will bear no significant consequences for their past delays or failures – let alone for the next round of direct impacts and the uncertainty of their future mitigation measures.
We urge that, for once, Caltrans be required to revise their over-ambitious, costly and environmentally destructive plans in favor of a solution that protects environmental and cultural resources and improves benefits to the public.
Madge Strong, on behalf of Save Our Little Lake Valley


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Future of Mograph
Posted 23 October 2007 - 05:35 PM
Posted 23 October 2007 - 06:21 PM
Here's what I want to see in said calendar...
Govinda in a thong
Clint in a nascar nightie
Sao in cut off jeans and a sequined Mograph Pink tube top
Fred in his tiger striped bra and panty set (riding the metro)
Tread making his "face" wearing nothing but roller skates
And Gray Machine (aka Mr. September) wearing a mini skirt and a Detroit Red wings tank top in black patent stilletos.
what can I say...I'm kinky.
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us this sort of thing. few quid every month or so. i would happily do that i may only be new but its cool man!
sorry of someone has suggested this i havent had a chance to read the posts
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For the (soon to be)price of a gallon of gas... $5
It really wouldnt break my bank and it looks like i may learn alot from this place (as i continue to lurk)
Guess i'll see how it turns out..
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Why not charge to post jobs or get into the placement business. You could still keep the free job listings if you want. Companies could pay a little for a sticky, or front page ad, or maybe even broadcasted PM (I never get PMs and wouldn't find it annoying). It's more progressive than a banner ad and will probably pay better. People are looking to change jobs all the time. And companies will shell out some coin to look more professional on a board with this many quality candidates. Just my .02.
not a bad idea really. Tho the thought of unsolicited PMs is a bit much however (plus would be a lot of db/server overhead).
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In case you've never heard of Submarinechannel. We host (and ininiate) projects such as Forget the Film, Watch the Titles (about the art of film title design), Pretty Cool People Interviews (video interviews with creators), Chunks (a collection of short films and music videos), Pause - Freezing Music Video Culture (a collection of music videos), MiniMovies (documentaries for the digital age) such as A Second Life Odyssey (broadcast by HBO), and several animation series, and games. SubmarineChannel is a non profit, public online channel run. So we are a foundation, not a company, funded by the Ministry of Culture, Education and Science.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 02:38 AM
Last time I checked in on the site it looked like it had been hacked.
I'd love to come back and participate in the community. Long time no see, right?
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We're still here. The big hack knocked out the data base, so everyone had to re-register and start their post count over. Things have been pretty good since then, except for the occasional spammer.
So, ummm... is it cool to come back?
Last time I checked in on the site it looked like it had been hacked.
I'd love to come back and participate in the community. Long time no see, right?
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An egotistical scam artist (and a talented one at that) approached the man and said to him, "I'll bet you, on all the money in your wallet, that I can get a packet of chips out of that snack machine without inserting any money!"
The rich man, who was intrigued by this 'talent', readily agreed.
The scam artist walked over to the snack dispenser, stuck his hand up through the compartments, and a chip packet fell out.
The rich man was amazed, but being a faithful businessman, stuck to his word, yet the scam artist walked off without a penny.
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Calls Rubio the best passer he has ever seen so maybe I am not crazy when I called him that watching him in Europe and in the NBA in terms of best passing prospect I have ever seen. Talks about how AAU is hurting the overall NBA game and team basketball that the Cs basketball is almost non existent now a days now there is way to much ISO. Which has been my main gripes with AAU really teaches kids bad habits. Thinks Rubio and Love can bring back some of the selflessness and passing that the league needs. Talks about the 80s Cs and a few other notes. Worth the listen. Says Kobe wants to win like he did and other guys of his era that is why Kobe is his favorite. But thinks Lebron would be the best fit for the 8os Cs team.
Talks about the Pacers at the end. Says the Pacers likely wont spend over 65 million on pay roll. He says if we get a bad contract they have to play because we are a small market. Also talks about how the players are growing says if we add a guy he has to fit a certain mold like the rest of the guys.


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Acne Treatment With Active Oplon's Patches - 15-18 Years Old
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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Last updated: December 16, 2010
Last verified: December 2010
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The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of short treatment with active OPLON patches on Acne.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Phase II- Acne Treatment With Active Patches Which Contains Azelaic Acid, Citric Acid,Salicylic Acid and 2% Ascorbic Acid
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Severity Score of lesion [ Time Frame: Severity Score of lesion [Time Frame: 24 hours following patch removal] ]
Lesions were ranked by investigator according to severity whereas:
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Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Severity Score of lesion [ Time Frame: Severity Score of lesion [Time Frame: 12 hours with the patch] ]
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Patches are placed over acne lesion overnight. Treatment is a single treatment.
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo Comparator: Placebo patch
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Patients with Acne Vulgaris were treated overnight with active patches. Effect is observed at the end of the treatment and 24 hours later.
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In February 2006, then 24-year-old Bruce Sexton filed a lawsuit against Target Corp. saying he couldn't "read" its Web site. Although Sexton is blind, the University of California-Berkeley student claimed that the site failed to use screen-reading software that allows visually impaired shoppers to hear audio descriptions of what's displayed on the page.
Sexton, along with the National Federation of the Blind, allege in the lawsuit that Target.com has "thousands of access barriers that make it difficult, if not impossible, for blind customers" to visit, navigate and shop the site. The plaintiffs argue that other retailers use software to allow access to blind computer users. A federal court judge issued rulings on Oct. 2, 2007, certifying a federal and state class of plaintiffs in this case and denying motions to dismiss filed by Target. While Target has not been found liable under any of the actions and has not been ordered to make modifications to its Web site, these rulings will result in the case moving forward to a trial.
At the trial, most likely to be held in 2008, the plaintiffs will have the opportunity to prove their claims that Target's Web site violates federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination against the 1.3 million blind people in the United States and blind residents of California, while Target will present its defense.
Although the case is still pending, the issue has sent a red-flag alert to the e-commerce world, leaving retailers wondering how accessible Web sites need to be for those with visual disabilities. According to a Reuters report, the visual impairments at hand may include everything from total blindness to color blindness to those who need to see larger characters.
Benita Kahn, an attorney at law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP who has worked with Web-related issues involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the past, said other decisions addressing Web sites and the ADA had different results than the Target case.
Kahn said that the greater concern with this decision, depending on the ultimate resolution, are the rulings that address the two California laws, the Unruh Act and the Disabled Persons Act (DPA). For example, the court ruled that no nexus, or connection, was required under these California laws between an inaccessible Web site and a physical place of public accommodation, and ruled that the class could pursue damages under the California laws. Minimum statutory damages range from $4,000 to $1,000 per offense.
"Retailers should take a step back now to see if their Web sites were created in a way that would be accessible to blind-reader applications," Kahn warned.
Under the ADA, businesses must provide access to people with mental and physical disabilities. Some recent lawsuits focus on what Web-site owners should be required to do to make their pages accessible to the disabled.
"When Web sites first started to pop up in the mid-1990s, companies were focused on how to make it a commercial operation," Kahn said. "It is unlikely that e-commerce sites thought about this issue. In fact, at the time the California DPA was enacted, the Netscape browser had not been introduced."
Since screen-reading applications are not difficult to implement, retailers need to revamp their sites to not only comply with the law, but to extend an equal opportunity for all consumers to shop. Kahn suggests that as retailers create new sites or revise existing sites they speak with their IT team or consultants who can provide input on making their site accessible to these blind-reader applications.


text: Step right up, playmakers By Dave Hickman September 10, 2013 Story Share AP Photo WVU coach Dana Holgorsen has shaken up the Mountaineer receiving corps in hopes of better results than what he saw against Oklahoma. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Dana Holgorsen has a rather surprising take on his West Virginia football team's offense.That would be the offense that on Saturday scored one touchdown - largely on a terrific individual effort - at Oklahoma just 10 months after scoring gaining 778 yards and scoring 49 points against the Sooners."This is going to sound silly, but our pass game was better schemed and we had more open guys this year than we did last year,'' Holgorsen said Tuesday during his weekly session with the media. "Stedman [Bailey] had a great game last year, but he made catches when the [defender] was right here in his hip pocket."We had more open guys and we didn't do a very good job of hitting those open guys and we didn't do a very good job of catching it when we had opportunities to make plays.''He's right, of course. It does sound silly.Taking the offense as a whole - not just versus one common opponent - last year's high-octane attack was the one that averaged over 500 yards and a shade under 40 points per game. This year the Mountaineers are averaging less than 400 yards and have scored three touchdowns in two games.The Geno Smith-Stedman Bailey-Tavon Austin offense of 2012 could score three touchdowns in three minutes, or so it sometimes seemed.Holgorsen's point, though, is that last year's bunch often did so because of great plays by great players. This year, he claims, the Mountaineers are actually in better position to make plays than last year, but just haven't done it.And he knows whom to blame. "I think we're closer than it appears on offense,'' Holgorsen said. "I accept full responsibility for seven points [in a 16-7 loss at Oklahoma]. It's embarrassing. I don't care who we're playing."I've got the utmost respect for [OU coaches] Bob and Mike Stoops, but with that said seven points is embarrassing and we have to fix it. We need to get guys that make plays. We need to do a better job of putting guys in position to make plays.''Then he used the P word, with a certain amount of angst."There's potential on offense,'' Holgorsen said. "That word disturbs me. I don't like it very much. But there is potential on offense. "A lot of people talk about how talented we are. Even guys on our team talk about how talented we are. Prove it. Make some plays when you're put in those situations. And if you don't then we're going to try to put some other guys in those situations.''Holgorsen will start trying to do that this week against Georgia State by shaking up the receiving corps. When the teams play Saturday at Mountaineer Field (noon kickoff on Root Sports), junior college transfers Kevin White, Ronald Carswell and Mario Alford will be the starting receivers. They replace veterans Ivan McCartney and K.J. Myers, along with freshman Daikiel Shorts. He is also pretty much holding open tryouts at quarterback, where Paul Millard, Clint Trickett and Ford Childress will all practice this week. But even he doesn't know how he will handle trying to rep three quarterbacks."We'll see how their attitude is at meetings, we'll see how they look in [practice] warm-ups,'' Holgorsen said. "We can't put two of them out there at once. We've got to call somebody's name and they've got to go out and we've got to see how they do."The difference in where we're at now is Ford will rep, where he hasn't repped for the last three weeks.''The difference in the offense, Holgorsen said, is more than just the absence of three NFL-caliber playmakers. There are also minor issues with execution that turn into major ones in an offense where inches matter.Take the Oklahoma game, again. The Sooners brought pressure constantly and Holgorsen tried to combat it with a play set that is tailor-made to exploit over-enthusiastic pass rushers - screen passes. But whether it was a misfire by Millard or a failure to make a catch or a play after the catch, few of them worked like they could have worked."It was something different on each one,'' Holgorsen said. "And that's my responsibility. That's me. That's coaching. It's my responsibility. We've got to continuously try to get guys in positions to make plays, but we've got to rep it and coach it. Those minor little details we were missing on every one of them, we've got to coach it better in order to get it accomplished. "Again, it goes back to offensively we have the potential to be better than last year. Now, does that mean we're better than last year or we're going to be better than last year? No. It just means that we've got the potential to be.''That has to be maddening. Thus, Holgorsen was asked if he felt good about the fact that the offense seems to have that dreaded potential or bad that the execution isn't matching the opportunities."I feel like crap right now,'' Holgorsen said.Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or email@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1. 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Narwhal Helps Developers Visualize Data in WorldWide Telescope
December 6, 2012 | Posted by Microsoft Research Blog
First to explain… no, there is no time. Let me sum up: you are a scientist with complex geospatial data visualization challenges. We at Microsoft Research have a solution for you and we're enhancing this through the release of a software library called Narwhal. (We threw in some example applications as well.) The parent project is Layerscape and the geospatial stories are told by using the WorldWide Telescope visualization engine. The release of Narwhal is in line with our philosophy of "As long as we're going to build some tools, let's share them and save others having to re-invent." Inconceivable! For more: read on!
Suppose you have some data that you'd like to look at… and it is complicated data. What do I mean by complicated? Perhaps you have a model of an electrical impulse travelling through a maze of 7,000 neurons. Or you have recovered the dive trajectories for the 43 Weddell seals you tagged last summer, or you just derived the magnetic field interactions between Jupiter and Callisto, or the Jaguar supercomputer has finally finished your solution for the thermodynamic structure of the Earth. Let's run through the two questions that occur to the data visualizer—you—at a time like this: What format should my data be in? And how do I look at it?
WorldWide Telescope visualization of data on Puget Sound water flow
Unfortunately, there is as yet no single answer to these two questions; and to be fair, you probably already know what format your data is in (be it MATLAB, Comma Separated Value, NetCDF-CF, Microsoft Excel, or whatever). But because your data is complicated, you find it difficult to render and examine on your laptop. Well, we built WorldWide Telescope (WWT) to take advantage of your PC graphics card and now you can look at 500,000 data points as they unfold in time; watch this tour to get the idea. The ability to see the data is just the beginning; we are painfully aware that even though you can see the data, there are lots of other tasks to perform before it is useful, and that is why we built both the Layerscape website (to support content sharing) and the WorldWide Telescope Add-in for Excel (to help you import your data into WWT). All of this you can learn about at Layerscape.
So far, so good; but if you are really a technical programmer, you will see more potential here—more visualization power—than you can readily access by using Excel. In fact, you may want to be able to connect directly from your software—which helps make sense of your data—to WWT where that data will appear as pixels and lines and circles and polygons and moving sidewalks and drifting balloons and neural impulses and seal-dive trajectories and magnetic fields. Enter Narwhal: software that helps you organize your data and send it to WWT. Narwhal is in its first release, so it is not the ultimate solution, but it does take big jump in that direction. To see what sorts of things Narwhal can help you do, take a look at this video.
To wrap this up: we are certain that visualization is a key to understanding data, and that humans—and specifically, researchers—are increasingly good at deluging ourselves with massive, complex, hard-to-understand datasets. At Microsoft Research we are both happy and fortunate to get to work on related tools: Layerscape, WorldWide Telescope, and the WWT Add-in for Excel… and now Narwhal. We hope that they find their way to the scientists and educators who need them—and we will continue to refine them, so watch this blog for updates.
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The massively hyped new software synth from Eric Persing's Spectrasonics has been released. It's called Omnisphere and I like that it's a hybrid sample and/or synth machine. In fact this baby comes with over 40GB of content. I want to spend a weekend creating a song "limiting" myself to only Omnisphere. I would maybe even use just one instance (it's 8 part multitimbral).
"After many years of development, Spectrasonics is proud to release the brand new flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere. This epic 'Power Synth' breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer. The new instrument is the first to be based on Spectrasonics newly developed STEAM Engine." – spectrasonics.net
The first thing you should do is head over to Spectrasonics and watch the awesome 7 part video episodes they have online. Then prepare to depart with $499/€379!
Most of us have a good stock of software and hardware sound sources. Do you think Omnisphere offers something new?
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The New England Patriots passed on keeping wide receiver Wes Welker, and chose to instead sign Wes Welker Light: Danny Amendola. Soon after the Patriots saw the AFC rival Denver Broncos snag Welker with a two-year, $12 million, all guaranteed contract they wouldn't match on Wednesday, the Patriots acted. New England reportedly gave Amendola a five-year, $31 million deal with $10 million guaranteed.
It was no secret that Amendola, formerly of the St. Louis Rams, was their backup plan, and looking at the numbers, the Patriots invested in him like was Plan A. Amendola does look the part of stepping right in for Welker and thriving as Tom Brady's slot receiver in New England's high-volume passing offense, but that look is deceiving.
The appeal of Amendola was the fact he's 27, four years younger than Welker. At 5-11, 188 pounds, he brings comparable size to the Welker (5-9, 185). He was also an undervalued undrafted player as a product of Texas Tech's wide-open passing game.
But if the Patriots were so wary of giving Welker the long-term deal he wanted because of his age and potential diminishing returns, they should have been just as concerned with the big question about Amendola: Durability.
IYER: Welker to Denver shifts balance of power in AFC
When you're a wide receiver who makes a living running inside routes, taking a beating comes with the job. Welker's triple-digit reception totals are his signature stats, but his toughness is his most impressive attribute.
Consider that Welker missed only three regular-season games in six years with the Patriots. In '09, he ended up on injured reserve late with a major left knee injury (torn ACL, torn MCL), but that didn't stop him from being ready to go full tilt for the following season.
That same year, 2010, is when Amendola burst on the scene for the Rams racking up receptions and yards in the receiving and return games. Last season, Amendola got off to a hot start, including a very Welker-like 15-catch game against the Redskins.
Amendola had been the Rams' best receiver when healthy, but that's been the exception the past two seasons, when he's missed 20 out of 32 games. In '11, he broke his arm in the season opener. In '12, he suffered a scary sternoclavicular injury in the fifth game. A bad foot then slowed him down again at the end of the season.
There is no doubt that the Patriots signed Amendola for the prolific flashes he showed that should have reminded them of Welker. New England is hoping that by getting him away from the tough turf in St. Louis, Amendola will be able to shake his checkered medical history.
The fact that Welker could be counted on every week to get on the field, take a licking and deliver was something the Patriots took for granted. It was OK for them to consider Welker's future decline, but they whiffed on forgetting about rewarding all the rough and tumble he had taken for them in the past.
With Welker, New England knew what it was getting. With Amendola, the team is taking on much greater risk, with little chance that he gives them the same reward.


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Famed investor Warren Buffett has increased its stake in DaVita HealthCare (DVA) by more than 16.5% since the end of the third quarter, per a Form 4 filed Friday. The most recent purchases by his Berkshire-Hathaway (BRK.A) show that the mega-investor has added another 1 million shares in the range of $112.30 to $113 apiece. Buffett first took notice of DaVita in the fourth quarter of last year, when he reported his original 2.7-million-share position. Since that time, the billionaire and Berkshire have been steadily increasing the size of their position in DaVita to nearly 12 million shares, around 12% of the company's common stock outstanding.
A provider of dialysis services for patients with chronic kidney failure, DaVita should benefit from the healthcare reform law, which will expand medical coverage to more than 30 million Americans by 2019. Benefits are expected to begin to take effect by 2014, as dialysis service providers will profit from an aging population and lower expected drug costs....470 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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text: Sheriff term limits up for vote By Vicki Smith October 25, 2012 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Keith Wilson Jr. is one of West Virginia's youngest sheriffs at 39, but even if he wins a second term on Election Day, his career with the Wirt County department will end in four years.Term limits the West Virginia Constitution would prevent him from trying again to keep the job he loves, at age 43.Wilson, a Republican running against Democrat and former sheriff Andy Cheuvront, is part of a movement to change that. He's posted signs across his tiny county of 6,000, urging people to vote "yes" on a constitutional amendment that would give voters the sole authority to decide whether a sheriff can serve more than two consecutive terms."If I'm not doing my job, the community is going to replace me," Wilson said. "But if the sheriff they want in is term-limited, then they don't get who they want."His opponent was elected in 2000 and again in 2004, but was then prevented from running again in 2008, when Wilson claimed the seat. Cheuvront is now trying to take it back.The term-limits issue has gotten little attention, but the West Virginia Sheriffs Association says it's sent out thousands of mailings, asking voters to repeal term limits for the state's 55 sheriffs. The constitution forces them to sit out one term after serving two consecutive four-year terms.Only two other states, Indiana and New Mexico, have similar restrictions.A "yes" vote would support removing that language."If you're an assessor, a prosecutor or any county officeholder, you at least have the option to put your name on the ballot for re-election. Sheriffs don't have that opportunity," said the association's executive director, Rudi Raynes-Kidder. "We want to give the power back to the voters and basically empower them to make these decisions for themselves." In West Virginia, only the governor is subject to a similar term limit."We're in great company," Raynes-Kidder said. "We just don't get the same benefits."Sheriffs, for example, don't serve long enough to accrue retirement benefits. Nor do they serve long enough to work their way up the ladder at the National Sheriffs' Association, where 12 years' experience is required to serve on the board of directors.State Sen. Bill Laird, a Democrat and former Fayette County sheriff who sponsored the amendment, calls term limits a disincentive for young, qualified law enforcement officers who might want the job. Most people who run are older, nearing the end of their careers or already retired."Generally, not too many younger people do it," he says, "because there's no real future in it." Voters amended the constitution to allow sheriffs a second term in 1973 but have rejected at least three attempts to allow additional terms -- in 1982, 1986 and 1994. Delegate Larry Kump, R-Berkeley, was among the few to oppose the constitutional amendment, although he admits it was a tough decision. Second-term Sheriff Vince Shambaugh of Morgan County is "a super guy," Kump said, eminently qualified, with a military background, a professional attitude and popularity among constituents."I agonized about that vote," he said. "I really did. But the policy trumps the personal."Kump opposes the idea that anyone can make a career of elective office, and he supports term limits for everyone, including legislators."I just have a deep philosophical problem," he said, "with any elected official, at any level of government, being allowed to run for unlimited terms."Kump says he understands the arguments for change, but he argues that there are other ways to encourage people to run, such as increasing and guaranteeing pension benefits for sheriffs who complete the maximum eight years."I also would be willing to accept more than two terms of office for sheriffs," Kump said, "but not an elimination of term limitations." The state association said past support for term limits stemmed from the fact that West Virginia has what's called "a high sheriff," in charge of collecting taxes while also the chief law enforcement officer.Residents worried that a rogue sheriff would charge and collect whatever he wants, hire friends and family as deputies, and mistreat others at will.However, times have changed."Now, it's audited like any other business," Raynes-Kidder said, "and we have a Civil Service Code, so you can't mistreat your officers. There are internal powers now that basically police the system."Wirt County's Wilson said he's heard similar concerns there."There are so many people that are watching," he said. "We are so closely watched by the state auditor that they can tell us when we're off the books by 40 cents. The 'powerful' part of it is just not there."What is there, Wilson said, is a lot more work for a sheriff who wants it."That's my biggest objection," he said. 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