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(Chicago) PIMCO Co-Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross painted a gloomy picture of U.S. investment prospects during his opening keynote address at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago on June 8. The high-profile bond portfolio manager encouraged the audience of financial advisors to seek investment opportunities outside the Treasury market and away from dollar-based markets more generally. Gross noted that real, or inflation-adjusted, interest rates, as indicated by pricing in the five-year market for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), have fallen from about 4% in October 2008 to minus 0.5 percent today.
Such negative rates benefit debtors, including the U.S. government, but amount to "picking the pockets" of investors and savers, he emphasized. The drop in interest rates has put a damper on the prospects for U.S. stocks as well as bonds, he added, since equity prices cannot be expected to benefit from further drops in rates. "If real interest rates cannot go much lower, stocks are on their own. The bird is out of the nest," Gross said.
"Get out of [negative] real interest rate space, and find something more attractive," he suggested. In particular, Gross cited Brazil, Mexico, Canada and Germany as countries meriting investor interest. Brazil, Gross acknowledged, has currency risk and country risk reflecting a history that includes defaults on government debt. However, he noted that real interest rates in Brazil have lately been 6 percent and higher.
Gross denounced the high levels of U.S. government debt as a form of "financial repression" that damages the ability of investors to benefit from their assets. He contrasted this with policies in Canada, which he said "has a much cleaner balance sheet," and in Germany, noted for its fiscal conservatism. "You don't have to go too far afield in terms of developing countries to find less repressive countries than the U.S.," he said. He did, however, suggest that some U.S. companies remain attractive investments because they offer high dividends and extensive exposure to foreign markets. He cited Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble as examples.
Gross likened the predicament of investors whose assets gradually erode because of negative real interest rates to that of the proverbial frog sitting in a pot that's gradually heated until it boils. He amplified on the amphibian theme by citing a frog that escapes from a pitcher of milk by energetically churning its legs to find an alternative situation. "Don't be a frog," said Gross. "And if you are a frog, be one in a pitcher of butter."
Recent gloom about a possible wave of municipal bond defaults got a dismissive response from a panel of muni bond portfolio managers at Morningstar on June 10. "The predictions of widespread defaults that are going to decimate municipal bond portfolios are completely preposterous," said panelist Michael G. Brooks, senior portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, as the discussion opened. The panelists were Brooks; John Cummings, head of the municipal bond desk at Pimco; and Lyle Fitterer, head of the tax-exempt fixed income team at Wells Capital Management. Moderating the discussion was Miriam Sjoblom of Morningstar.
Public anxiety about the muni market was stoked last December by a "60 Minutes" segment in which high-profile financial analyst Meredith Whitney predicted "significant" muni defaults and "hundreds of billions" in losses for investors. That prediction brought a "collective gasp," recalled moderator Sjoblom. The reaction of the June 10 panel, however, was more of a collective yawn. "Sensationalism [about massive defaults is] doing a disservice to investors by putting fear in their minds," said Fitterer, who added that such fears also have created some opportunities to buy munis cheaply. "Default is a tiny risk because issuers do not want to be shut out of the credit market," said Brooks. The AllianceBernstein manager pointed out that municipalities, unlike corporations, do not have options of "moving to Barbados" and therefore must plan on maintaining an ability to borrow in the future.
Pimco's Cummings assessed munis as a relative bright spot in his firm's outlook on bond markets. "We think that municipal bonds are attractive relative to other U.S. fixed income assets for a U.S. taxpayer," he said, noting that munis "do not protect you from a drop in the dollar and they do not protect you from an increase in inflation, but they do protect you from an increase in tax rates." "Clearly tax rates are going to be higher in the future than they are now," said Brooks, adding that munis will remain attractive for tax purposes barring a development — which he thinks unlikely — such as Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty's proposal to eliminate taxes on interest and capital gains.
Experts on commodity markets touted divergent investment strategies in a panel discussion on June 9. The panelists largely agreed, however, on the underlying economics of tight supply and growing demand across a range of commodities. The panelists were Bob Greer of Pimco, MacKenzie Davis of RS Investments, and Geoff Jay of Janus. The discussion, held in a room packed to capacity with hundreds of attendees, was moderated by John Rekenthaler of Morningstar.
Pimco's Greer touted using commodity futures for diversification, emphasizing that historically they have provided "negative correlations in many cases from stocks and bonds" along with "greater inflation protection." Davis, however, countered that "correlations have risen" and "the negative correlation of equities and commodities has not held up in recent years." The RS Investments fund manager argued that "futures work well to protect you against supply shocks," but "increasingly commodities are driven by changes in demand." His strategy focuses on investing in the stocks of natural resources companies. Jay, an energy equity research analyst at Janus, emphasized his firm's approach of "bottom up stock picking," or focusing on the merits of individual companies.
To some degree, the panelists viewed their divergent strategies as complementary. Greer acknowledged that "oil equities have a place in a portfolio." Still, he stated that "if you want exposure to the price of oil, it's preferable to strip away the equity beta that comes with energy stocks," such as the risk of an offshore platform explosion as occurred to BP's Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico last year. Asked about oil prices, Jay predicted that they would be higher in a 24-36 month timeframe. He noted that "OPEC spare capacity is very low."
Greer argued that "we are stretching our capacity in many commodities," and noted that global demand for commodities will continue to rise as China and other emerging economies develop. "As you increase per capita income in an emerging economy, you will increase demand for commodities," he said. Davis noted that supply in the copper market is "quite tight," and suggested it may become tighter if the new president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, follows through on a proposal to tax copper companies. Pointing out another commodity niche in which supply is tight, Davis said there is a rising need for workers to handle production jobs in the oil sand fields of Canada. It is possible, he said, to make an income well into the six figures doing such work without benefit of a college education.
Also at the conference, Don Phillips, Morningstar's president of research, announced a new "forward-looking" analyst rating system on June 9. According to Phillips, the new system will be based on analysts' convictions about a fund's ability to outperform its peer group and relevant benchmarks on a risk-adjusted basis. The company plans to launch the new ratings and research reports in the fourth quarter.
"While the star system has traditionally been a grade that the fund and the manager receive based on past performance, the new system will be more of more of an 'aptitude test,' and based on how the analyst perceives any investments, news or management changes will affect performance," Phillips said. "The new ratings will not replace the star ratings, and the existing star methodology will not change."
Morningstar will not charge fund firms to be rated, and its decision to rate and report on a specific fund is made solely by the analyst team based on factors such as investor interest and asset size. In the United States, the new ratings and research reports will replace the company's "Analyst Picks and Pans."
The new ratings will be assigned as follows — AAA, AA, A, Neutral or Negative. In addition, Morningstar plans to adjust its methodology for its stewardship grades in the United States.
Additional reporting by John Sullivan of Investment Advisor magazine.


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Golf has always been a major part of Ronnie Garcia's life � it runs in the family.
His father, Ron Garcia, Sr., is a lifetime member of the PGA and is still his only instructor. It shows. The former Hendersonville High standout was the Hendersonsville Times-News Golfer of the Year in 2007 and still holds the course record of 62 at Hendersonville Country Club.
Now he holds something else which isn't golf-related: A full-time job with the Carolina Panthers as an account executive.
"I started as an intern with the Panthers in 2011 in group sales, and that's what I focused on. They kept me on part-time the following season in 2012, and I got the call earlier this month that it had turned into a full-time job," Ronnie Garcia, a 2007 Hendersonville High graduate, said.
He is now an account executive with the Panthers, and his daily drive to work is to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
"When I walk in the doors, I'm still overwhelmed. It's something that's never going to wear off," Ronnie Garcia said.
After high school, Garcia enrolled at UNC Charlotte and stayed there for two years before opportunity arose, thanks to his golf skills. He was granted a walk-on spot on Western Carolina University's golf team in 2009.
"That's when I got serious about what I wanted to do after college. One of my professors at UNCC got me interested in sports physics and management. When I transferred to Western, they had a sports business school there, so I majored in sports management," Ronnie Garcia said.
His father was puzzled at first.
"He said he was doing it because he wanted to end up working for a pro sports team. I asked him, �Son, what do you think you're going to do... go be a head coach or something?' Then he told me there were plenty of other positions on pro teams that he could do. He was right," Ron Garcia said.
In 2011, Ronnie Garcia contacted the Carolina Panthers' president, Danny Morrison.
"It was an open letter, and he invited me to come �pick his brain.' So that's what I did. That led to my internship," he said.
"Words can't express how proud I am to have Ronnie as a son. He did all of this on his own... that's what's even more impressive about it," Ron Garcia, who recently had one of his golf lessons auctioned for $525 at an Immaculata fundraiser, said.
Although he now works for an NFL team, Ronnie Garcia still swings his clubs from time to time.
"We had company tournament here not long ago, and I really enjoyed it. There's also a big tournament I've always wanted to compete in: The City of Charlotte Amateur. You have to live in Charlotte to compete in the tournament, so now I'm going to get that chance. I can't wait," Ronnie Garcia said.

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Texas Tech will host the Big 12 Women's Golf Championship for the second time in school history, and for the first time held at Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas. The event will take place on April 24-26, 2009.
The championship format consists of a total of 54 holes with 18 being played each of the three days. The event will take place on a par-73, 6,525-yard course.
In 2008, Oklahoma State captured its sixth conference crown. OSU also won the title in 2005. Texas won the inaugural event and was also crowned champion in 2004. Texas A&M has also earned the conference championship twice (1998, 2006) and Oklahoma is the only other team to win the title (2000). Each season the top 10 individual finishers are named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.


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Año 13, 578, Octubre 20 de 2014—Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Aseguró Kaylee Spencer, en conferencia
Retratos ayudan a recrear historia maya
El Instituto de Artes Plásticas y la Facultad de Artes Plásticas de la Universidad Veracruzana
INVITAN a la conferencia
Retratos de los cautivos en el antiguo mundo maya
que dictará la doctora Kaylee Spencer
el lunes 13 de octubre, a las 11 horas
en la Galería AP, de la Facultad de Artes
Belisario Domínguez, 25, Centro
Xalapa, Veracruz
Kaylee R. Spencer es profesora asociada y directora del Departamento de Arte de la Universidad de Wisconsin-River Falls donde imparte cursos de historia del arte, incluyendo clases centradas en el arte maya antiguo.
Obtuvo el doctorado en Historia del Arte por la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Spencer ha publicado artículos y capítulos de libros enfocados en la espiritualidad maya, el arte y la iconografía. En su trabajo reciente combina enfoques arraigados en la fenomenología, la iconografía y el análisis jeroglífico para investigar el retrato en la escultura antigua y colonial.
September 25–October 17, 2014
El Fuego—Bernice Ficek-Swenson
Sponsored by the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico
August 30–October 19, 2014
Women In Print, featuring Professor Bernice Ficek-Swenson
Scripps College
Science, the environment, and politics are the themes taken up by 27 artists in the Gallery's first show of the year, which conveys the strength and breadth of work produced by women printmakers today.
November 20–December 11, 2013
Monday–Friday, 10am–8pm; Sunday, 2–4pm
Art Department Scholarship Sale
May 3
Art Department Picnic
The annual art department picnic is this Friday, May 3, from 11:30 AM–1 PM. Students and faculty are encouraged to sign up for the potluck in the art office. Rain location will be the painting studio.
May 5 through 24
Senior Installation/Exhibition
Senior Hannah White will be presenting both an art installation and an exhibition, "The Best Is Yet to Come," from May 5-24 in the Chalmer Davee Library on campus.
White will be showcasing cold forged metal sculptures, drawings, and other sculpted works. The event is free and open to the public.
White, of Oakdale, Minn., is a Bachelor of Science liberal arts major with a psychology minor. She has recently transitioned from two-dimensional to three-dimensional art forms. Her focus is on the connection between mental and artistic growth—a theme that spans both her two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. Focusing on the interweaving of academia and the arts, White has chosen the Davee Library as the site to showcase her works due to its history of facilitating the interaction between visual and conceptual forms of thought. The site enhances White's theme of mental growth portrayed by art. A reception will be held Thursday, May 9, from 6-7 p.m. in the Davee Library. The art may be viewed during regular library hours
Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-1 a.m.
Friday from 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday from noon-1 a.m.
Summer hours begin May 20, when the open hours change to Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For more information, contact the UWRF Art Department at 715-425-3266.
May 24 through June 22, 2013
In Flux, Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber and Michael Helke
Faculty artists Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber and Michael Helke will have their latest group work In Flux on exhibition at the Raymond Avenue Gallery beginning Friday, May 24th until Saturday, June 22, 2013. The reception will be held the Friday of May 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Raymond Avenue Gallery
761 Raymond Avenue at University,
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Special gallery hours during exhibition:
Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: noon - 4 p.m.
Telephone: 651-644-9200
E-mail: email@example.com
April 26, 2013
Man Stuff, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
River Falls Yard Waste Site
Spencer Cleland will be holding his BFA Exhibition as a one day event at the River Falls Yard Waste Site. The reception will be held that day at the location, from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition and reception are both free and open to the public.
River Falls Yard Waste Site
901 W. Locust St.
River Falls, WI 554022
Spencer's work was highlighted in an ABC WQOW News 18 segment: http://www.wqow.com/category/136730/video?clipId=8821340&topVideoCatNo=123768&autoStart=true
Shibori Projects by Intro Fibers Students
April 12-30, 2013
Students in the Intro to Fiber class will have their Shibori Projects on display in the Harriet Barry Gallery located in Chalmer Davee Library.
Library Hours:
Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Friday 7:30 a.m - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Noon - 1:00 a.m.
The application for a CAS student study abroad stipend for Summer 12-13 and Fall 13-14 travel is now available
All students meeting the following criteria are eligible:
- Completed at least one full as semester at UWRF with a declared major in the College of Arts and Sciences (including secondary education majors whose content area is in CAS)
- Completed a minimum of 45 credits at the time of application
- Minimum GPA of 2.75
Preference is given to:
- Students who have not studied abroad previously
- Students on study abroad programs officially sponsored by UWRF
- Students who have not received a previous CAS Study Abroad stipend
We encourage all qualified students to apply for these $500-maximum stipends. All application materials are due in the CAS Dean's Office by Thursday, April, 4.
April 16-23, 2013
UW-River Falls Art Students Present Senior Exhibition
UW-River Falls seniors Mackenzie Casey, Patrick Hamilton, Courtney Hintermeyer and Colin McGinn will present their Senior Exhibition in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building April 16-23. Casey will present ceramic sculptures, Hamilton will exhibit glass and steel sculptures, McGinn will display felted hats, and Hintermeyer will show lithographs and intaglios.
- Casey—a fine arts and art education major with a Spanish minor, is from River Falls. She is attracted to working with clay because of the physical processes involved in creating large sculptures. Casey works almost exclusively with rabbit forms because of their expressive qualities, primarily their ears.
- Hamilton—from Des Moines, Iowa, is a fine arts major in glassblowing and sculpture. He also minors in horticulture and French. He creates sculptures in glass that are playful representations of the natural world. He uses these familiar forms to address troubling aspects in our modern world.
- Hintermeyer—from Plymouth, Minn., is a broad area art major with a minor in psychology. She loves the process and versatility of printmaking, specifically the delicate nature of lithography and the expressive lines of intaglio. Hintermeyer's prints reflect the process of growing up and the lessons that are learned along the way.
- McGinn—a broad area art major from Afton, Minn., creates felt hats that are inspired by his love of nature. He is drawn to felt because of the meditative process, and the durability of the final material. His forms and designs reflect an aesthetic heavily influenced by the wooded environment he grew up in.
A reception will be held Friday, April 19, from 5-7 p.m. in Gallery 101. The event and exhibit are free and open to the public.
The art may be viewed at regular gallery hours:
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.;
Sunday 2-4 p.m.
For more information, contact the UWRF Art Department at 715-425-3266.
UW-River Falls Glass Program Featured in The Pioneer Press
The UWRF glass program, one of the first glass programs ever created, was featured in The Pioneer Press. The article contains interviews with Eion Breadon the department Head and current students. Also has some information on the art form and pictures of students at work.At UW-River Falls, the art of glass is more than a class
April 4-11, 2013, Reception April 5, 2013 5-7 p.m.BFA Art Exhibition in Gallery 101 at UW-River Falls
UWRF Senior Britta Voorhaar will be presenting their Senior Exhibition in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building beginning Thursday April 4th until the 7th, 2013. The exhibition is free and open to the public. A public reception will be held on April 5th at 5-7 p.m.
Gallery 101 Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7-9 p.m.
Sunday: 2-9 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays
April 4-11, 2013, Reception April 5, 2013 5-7 p.m.
BFA and Senior Art Exhibition in Gallery 101 at UW-River Falls
UWRF Seniors Nikki Bethel and Chase Roots will be presenting their Senior Exhibitions in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building beginning Thursday April 4th until the 7th, 2013. The exhibition is free and open to the public. There will be a public reception on April 5th at 5-7 p.m.
February 25, 2013, March 11–19
BFA and Senior Art Exhibition in Gallery 101 at UW-River Falls
UWRF Senior Sarah Vruwink will be showing her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Exhibition in connection with seniors Casey Kemper and Emma Hussey who will be presenting their Senior Exhibition in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building March 11–19. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
- Vruwink—is working on her B.F.A. in printmaking. She is exhibiting a collection of photographic prints and oil paintings. Her artwork explores the fragility of relationships between individuals as well as between humanity and humpback whales.
- Kemper—is senior art education major from Kansasville. In his work, he attempts to depict the ethical, psychological, and societal relationships that exist between man and animal. Kemper is an animal lover and has a cat, "Cactus," cockatiel, "Peewee," and chocolate lab, "Bubba."
- Hussey—is a senior art education major from River Falls. She is exhibiting her hand-dyed and hand-woven scarves as well as oil paintings representing her process of weaving. She has created a series of scarves using color and patterns that invite you to come look closer, see the detail and let your eyes wander.
- Reception—March 15, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. a reception will be held in Gallery 101.
Gallery 101 hours:
Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m
Sundays from 2-4 p.m.
For further information, contact the UWRF Art Department at 715-425-3266.
Monday, March 4- Thursday, March 7 2013
AQUA VITAE, Bernice Ficek-Swenson
Bernice will have an exhibit featuring her photography at Minneapolis Photo Center beginning March 4th til the 7th.
There will also be an artist lecture with her on March 5th at 7 p.m. that is free and open to the public.
Both the exhibit and the lecture will be at Minneapolis Photo Center
2400 North 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55411
February 17-March 4, 2013
TIME Photography Exhibition, DJ Steinmetz
The Harriet Barry Gallery in Chalmer Davee Library will be hosting a photography exhibition by DJ Steinmetz.
Library Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.-1:00 a.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-1:00 a.m.
February 11–March 6, 2013
UWRF Glass Legacies
Started in 1967 by Doug Johnson, a member of Harvey Littleton's first glass class at UW-Madison, UWRF's glass program ranks as one of the oldest degree granting glass programs in the United States. Jim Engbretson then ran the program for many years until his retirement in 2009. 2012 was the 50th anniversary of the start of the modern Studio Glass movement by Harvey Littleton and Dominic Labino. This exhibit focus' primarily on the early alumni of UWRF and the far reaching impact of their careers over the past 45 years, as well as notable more recent alumni working with the material. Participating artists include: Eoin Breadon, Andrew Brott, Patrick Casanova, Stephen Cox, Pauly Cudd, Jim and Renee Engebretson, Erik Halvorson, Fred Kaemmer, Eugene Koss, Michael Meilahn, Colleen Ott, Nolan Prohaska, and Brita Swanson.
- Jon Clark—Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Kinnickinnic Theatre, UC
Jon Clark ('70) will give a lecture on his work and career. Jon received his MA at the Royal College of Art and Design in London in 1972 and founded the glass program at Tyler School of Art-Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Jon's work is in museums and national collections in the United States, China, England, Japan, and Australia and has received numerous NEA fellowships and Pennsylvania Arts grants. His work moves from the object to the installation, utilizing the material possibilities of glass in conjunction with light, video, and other materials.
- Gene Koss—Tuesday & Thursday, February 12 & 14, 2013Gene Koss ('73), the founder and head of the glass program at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, will also be on campus Tuesday afternoon through Thursday to talk and work with students in the glass studios. He uses steel and glass to create monumental works. Working with serial cast glass parts to enlarge scale and combining these elements with iron and neon, he has raised glass sculpture to the realm of public art.
Koss is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Endowment for the Arts; the New Orleans Community Arts Award; and Pace-Willson Art Foundation grants. His work is included in numerous private collections and has been displayed in museums and galleries throughout the United States and abroad, including the International Biennale for Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, and has been featured in International Glass Art, Contemporary Glass-Color, Light & Form and Glass Art from Urban Glass publications.
- Artist talk—Thursday, February 14, 2013, 3–4:15 pm, Gallery 101, Kleinpell Fine Arts
Doug Johnson, Jon Clark, and Gene Koss will give a gallery talk for students about the history of the glass program.
- Reception—Thursday, February 14, 2013, 5:30–8 pm
A reception for the artists will be held in Gallery 101.
Spring 2012
Fibers Program Highlighted in Article, Morgan Clifford
Morgan wrote and published an article in Surface Design Journal (www.SurfaceDesign.org) highlighting the fibers program at UWRF.
May 29, 2012
Weaving Series, Morgan Clifford
Morgan has been working on a series of weavings as part of a Minnesota Arts Board Grant. Her project focused on creating a series of pieces that would lead the viewer from one to the next and animate the occupied space. The piece is currently up at Family Means in Stillwater but will travel to other locations around the twin cities in the near future. There are currently 13 pieces with plans for more. It will be up in its present location until mid–late July. Tours can be set up through Jenn Snyder at Family Means (651.789.4057).
February 24–April 14, 2012
Stand Out Prints! 2012
Bernice Ficek-Swenson will be showing her work at a national print exhibition Stand Out Prints! 2012 at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking. The free opening reception will be held Friday, February 24, 2012, 6:30–9:00 pm located at:
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
912 W. Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
(Parking is located on Colfax Ave.)
Phone: 612.871.1326
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday, February 10, 2012, 2:00 pm
Visiting Artist Jon Goodman Presentation
Kleinpell Fine Arts Building, B101
Master of Photogravure, Jon Goodman is credited for the revival of the Photogravure technique in the U.S. Jon has produced gravure portfolio editions for the prestigious photo publication, Aperture. These editions include The Formative Years: Paul Strand, The Early Years: Edward Steichen, and The Golden Age of British Photography. Known for his luminous landscapes and still life gravures, Jon's work can be found in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Bibliotheque National in Paris. This event is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Art Department, Art Society, and Printmaking and Photography Studios.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Benjamin Lira Slideshow and Presentation
10–12 am, Kinni Theater, University Center
The University of Wisconsin River Falls Art Department is proud to have Benjamín Lira as a Visiting Artist Monday and Tuesday Nov 7th and 8th. Lira's materials stretch from paint to paper constructions and finally enter the sculptural realm with his creation of megalithic heads from clay. His monumental ceramics can weigh up to 200 lbs., taking several months to make and more than a month just to dry. Through all his exploration of various mediums he sustains his signature abstraction of the human condition through form, presenting only the essentials in his facial structures.
Lira was born in Santiago, Chile where he studied at the Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He later attended the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting in London, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Lira received his M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in New York. He has shown his work at galleries internationally including the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Sanitiago, the Museo de América in Madrid and the Marlborough Gallery in New York. Lira currently lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Visibility and Community Connections through Murals: A Pragmatic Guide, presentation by Dr. Lynn Jermal
Dr. Lynn Jermal will be presenting Visibility and Community Connections through Murals: A Pragmatic Guide, from 12–12:50, in the Boardroom of the State Regional Art Center. She will also be introducing Samantha Powell at the Awards Ceremony, a UWRF art education student who won this year's Wisconsin Outstanding Art Education Student award at 5 pm in the Main Floor Lobby. These events are part of the October 27–28, 2011 Wisconsin Art Education Annual Conference in Eau Claire, WI.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Samantha Powell, a senior art education student, has been honored with the Wisconsin Art Education Student Award 2011
The WAEA Award Ceremony will take place Thursday, Oct 27, 5 pm, at the Eau Claire Regional Art Center, Main Floor Lobby. This is part of the Wisconsin Art Education Association Annual Conference in Eau Claire, WI, Oct 27–28. Visit www.wiarted.org for more information on the conference. Sam's background and accomplishments are also included in the conference brochure on the website. She was chosen from nominated students across Wisconsin and has been invited to join the WAEA Board of Directors to fill an interim position and be mentored into the field. Congratulations Sam!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Fire and Earth: Tibetan Black Pottery Tradition, presented by Dr. Lynn Jermal
Time: 2–3 pm
Place: Kinni Theater, UC
A beautiful and intimate documentary of the entire process of creating black pottery in the village of Tangdui in Yunnan Province in southwest China nested in a shallow valley of the foothills of the Himalayas. UWRF students lived for a week in the village and created a 32-minute film and an illustrated book in four languages on the master potter Sun Nuo Qi Ling. The family of Sun Nuo Qi Ling has been producing black pottery masters for more than four documented generations, and he suspects there are at least seven masters before him. The clay techniques, traditional forms, and the high standards they maintain have been passed down to Master Sun Nuo and his son, Lousangen Zhu from their ancestors and were captured in this fine documentary. Discussion and questions on the project or pottery will be held after the showing.
Sponsored by International Study Week
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
UWRF Working in the Field: UWRF Student Projects around the World, presented by Dr. Lynn Jermal
Time: 2–3 pm
Place: Kinni Theater, UC
This presentation will share projects UWRF students from different majors worked on collaboratively in the CERS China Internship Program including: teaching Tibetans how to make cheese from Yak milk; documenting a Tibetan master potter with a 2000 year tradition for pottery in his village; setting up a living museum for the Lisu tribe; and collecting, cataloguing and storing over 200 artifacts from the last Li village (the original people) on Hainan Island as they are moved into concrete/cement houses, abandoning their traditional thatched homes. Independent research projects done in Semester Abroad–Europe will include: photo documentation of traditional occupations on Orkney, Organic Farming in Portugal, Survey on the new Parliament Proposal in Great Britain, Karst (cave) Research in Slovenia and many more.
Sponsored by International Study Week
October 13–November 30, 2011
People and the Land & A Sense of Place, exhibits by Jeannine Kitzhaber
Jeannine Kitzhaber will be exhibiting her work in two juried shows in October: People and the Land at the Silverwood Park Gallery in St. Anthony, MN and A Sense of Place, Landscape Show at Minnetonka Center for the Arts, in Minnetonka MN. The receptions for both exhibits are October 13, 6–8 pm.
September 27, 2011 (posted)
Art In Chile: A Studio Intensive
March 3–17, 2012
The beautiful South American country of Chile offers extraordinary scenery with its mountains, agricultural valleys, wine country and Southern Pacific Ocean vistas, and wildlife. This is an amazing opportunity to spend time with both American and Chilean artists at the Curaumilla Center for the Arts just south of Valparaiso, Chile. This workshop will combine hands on activities in the Art Center Studio plus lectures and discussion on Pre Columbian Art with Art Historian Dr. Kaylee Spencer. We are also inviting Several Chilean Artists and Curators to give guest presentations. Field trips will be taken to both the old port city of Valparaiso and to the capital city of Santiago. Chile has a developed infrastructure and friendly and educated/gracious people. We invite you to join us for this exciting adventure (see images).
- Location: The beautiful oceanfront Curaumilla Arts Center just south of Valparaiso, Chile
- Study: Ceramics and Pre-Columbian Art History with Professors Randy Johnston and Dr. Kaylee Spencer (Expert in Mayan Portraiture).
- Spring Semester 2012 Registration: Art 289 or Art 489 Section 70 for three credits, which can be applied toward Art major. Non-student registration welcome. Guest Artists during this workshop will include: Jan McKeachie Johnston, Pelusa Rosenthal, Barbara Bravo, Benjamin Lira, Tatane Duran from San Pedro de Atacama, and Potters demonstrating Black pottery from Quinchamali.
- Cost: $4000 (final cost subject to airline price changes). This includes: Curaumilla Art Center fee, all ground transportation in Chile, room and board, three daily Chilean cuisine meals, studio supplies and activities, and airfare (Delta Air from Minneapolis to Santiago and back).
- Contact: Randy Johnston or Global Connections
October 5–28, 2011
Polymorphic Membranes, an installation by Trever Nicholas
Trever Nicholas will be exhibiting his installation "Polymorphic Membranes" in Gallery 101 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, from October 5-28, 2011. Mr. Nicholas, a resident of St. Paul, has exhibited his sculptural work and installations in Hungary, New York City, and numerous locations in the Twin Cities. He has received several grants from The Jerome Foundation and was Artist in Residence at both Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minnesota and Anderson Center in Red Wing.
"The geometry of milk bubbles and the presence of large fluffy cumulus clouds lay the groundwork for the construction of Polymorphic Membranes. I am a cross disciplinary visual artist who is interested in perceived experience as interpreted through our senses. I create objects of wonder by accentuating commonplace objects, memories, and situations. I am interested in elements of science, aspects of desire, and our body's physical relationship to objects, architecture, and the surrounding environment." Mr. Nicholas will be showing a presentation of his current and past installations and exhibitions. The reception will be from 3:30-5:30 pm, on October 5, in Gallery 101. To see more of his work visit mnartists.org.
September 15, 2011
Artist Lecture—Joe Smolinksi
UWRF Art Alumni, Joe Smolinksi, discussed his drawings and installations in the UC Kinni Theatre. The drawing depicted below is titled: Spinning Trees for Spent Oil, Dubai in the Alumni Exhibition I.
September 3–October 9, 2011
Constructed Realities–
8 Invited Artists
A group exhibition of Bernice Ficek-Swenson, Janne Laine, Tuula Lehtinen, Mitch Mitchell, David Morrish, Jan Pettersson, Lothar Osterburg, and Mats Wilhelmsson photogravures is being exhibited at the Grafikens Hus in Mariefeld, Sweden. This exhibition is being held in conjunction with Canadian artist Marlene MacCallum's exhibition In Camera—Rekindling photographic memory.
August 12–October 1, 2011
FIRE! Exhibition by Bernice Ficek-Swenson & Terry Barczak
September 9–28, 2011
UWRF Alumni Exhibition I
Reception and gallery discussion is Friday, September 9 at 4–6 pm in Gallery 101.
July 12, 2011
Kurt Wild (11/22/31–07/12/11)
Art Department Emeriti Professor Kurt Wild passed away at United Hospital in St. Paul on Tuesday, July 12. Kurt taught at UWRF from 1963 retiring in 1992 serving as department chair from 1967 to 1970 when he was then appointed Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences serving in that position until 1974. Building a nationally recognized ceramic program at UWRF, Kurt received the award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the Humanities in 1991.
Following retirement, Kurt continued to remain active professionally as a ceramic artist. In a 2004 Emeriti Exhibition at UWRF, Kurt wrote, "From my beginning as an undergraduate, I enjoyed working with clay. I continue to do so for the simple reason that it gives me pleasure."
Services will be private. Memorials may be directed to the UWRF Foundation for the Kurt and Ruth Wild Scholarship, www.uwrf.edu/giving.
June 1–24, 2011
Morgan Clifford Exhibition
May 6–June 12, 2011
Fiber Studio Exhibition at The Phipps Center for the Arts
May, 2011
Recipient of Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant, Morgan Clifford
Awarded $6,000 grant to be received in May of 2011 to create an installation in Stillwater Minnesota.
May, 2011
Recipient of Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant, Lauren Herzak-Bauman
Awarded $8,600 grant to be received in May of 2011 to create an installation in Minneapolis Minnesota.
May, 2011
Solo exhibition, Lauren Herzak-Bauman
March 11–April 30, 2011
Studio Photography & Printmaking exhibition, First Impressions: The St. Croix
Art students researched the history of the St. Croix River and surrounding communities creating personal interpretations. The black and white silver gelatin photographs and fine-art prints are tributes to the St. Croix marking the distinctive and varied traditions, culture, people, geography and history of the area. For further information call Silverwood Park at 763.694.7707. The gallery is open from 9a–5p in March and 9a–8p in April. This exhibit is free and open to the public. The exhibition is location at Silverwood Park, Three Rivers Park District, MN (2500 County Rd E W, St Anthony, MN, 55421). A reception will be held Friday, April 29, 6-8 p.
March 5
Two-person exhibition, Lauren Herzak-Bauman
Show opens Friday, March 5, 2011, at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA. Image included
March 2–9, 2011
Senior exhibition of work from John Mclaughlin, Brittany Polzin, and Rachel Thomas
John Mclaughlin, Brittany Polzin and Rachel Thomas will be exhibiting their senior exhibition in Gallery 101 from March 2-9, 2011. Works include pottery, painting, figure drawing and ceramic sculpture. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 3 from 6–9p in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
John Mclaughlin, from Ripon, WI, will be graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in ceramics. The work he will be displaying focuses on salt-fired functional pottery. He uses the interaction of the kiln with the clay body and brushwork to decorate the forms.
Brittany Polzin, from Luxemburg, WI, will be receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in ceramics. She has created a series of figurative ceramic sculpture and figure drawings. Brittany's ceramic work is intended to draw attention to the female form using historic ideals. She will also be displaying a series of figure drawings created during her recent semester spent studying contemporary art in Switzerland.
Rachel Thomas, from Burnsville, MN, will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Broad Area Art with an emphasis in studio painting. Her work involves a collection of whimsical and imaginary inspired paintings that evolve around the theme of storytelling. She has always been fascinated with the environment and the wide array of creatures that inhabit it. This exhibition is a culmination of all the work she has done during her college career.
February 18–September 5, 2011
docent academic advisor Tutankhamun Exhibit, Steven Derfler, Ph.D.
Steven Derfler is the academic advisor for all docents involved at the current Tutankhamun Exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
February 18–April 10, 2011
Traveling labor exhibition, David Heberlein
Information on the current location of WISCONSIN LABOR: A Contemporary Portrait traveling labor exhibition can be found at: http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/galleries/index.php?category_id=3536
January 24–March 12, 2011
Plunder The Influence exhibition, Bernice Ficek-Swenson
Plunder The Influence: An examination of visual manifestations (and sources) of influence is curated by Adriane Herman. More information can be found at http://adrianeherman.typepad.com/plunder_the_influence/2011/01/bernice-ficek-swenson.html .
January 23–March 17, 2011
Going Solar exhibition, Bernice Ficek-Swenson
St. Louis Artist's Guild (MO), in conjunction with the 2011 Southern Graphic Council International Conference.
January 11–March, 2011
Cover photography for Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine, David Heberlein
Cover photography for Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters' award-winning Wisconsin People & Ideas quarterly magazine.
January 8–February 4, 2011
Alternative Processes, Bernice Ficek-Swenson
Location: Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Website: http://www.stacarts.org/exhibits/show/43
January, 2011
Egypt trip with Steven Derfler, Ph.D.
Eleven students participated in an educational trip to Egypt during the J-Term. Photo depicts students at the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the Falcon God Horus.


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Ham radio is a great hobby with lots of different opportunities. But if you're not a ham already, how do you get started? What do you need to do and how do you go about it?
Getting a License
In order to transmit, you have to get a ham radio license.
The first license is the "Technician" license, and roughly half the hams in the United States stop there. The Technician license gives you full transmit privileges on VHF and UHF for relatively short distance communication. It also provides some limited privileges on HF (longer distances).
In order to pass the Technician license exam, you will need to complete a license exam and answer at least 26 of 35 multiple-choice questions correctly. These questions are chosen from a pool of roughly 400 questions. You do not need a radio to get a license. You do not need to know Morse code to get a license.
Home Study
Many people get their license just by studying one or both of these two books:
The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual
Gordon West's Technician Class 2014-2018
Most of the local libraries have copies of at least one of these books, so you might not have to buy them if you don't want to.
The pool of questions for technician class license is available for free download. Some people choose to study just the questions in the question pool. In general, you'll get more useful information if you read some of the theory behind the questions rather than just memorizing them. But the question pool can be a useful resource:
Amateur Radio Question Pools
Note that the question pools change every 4 years - so if you buy a technician class book, you'll want to get your license before the questions are changed in July 2018 (and again in July 2022). Once you have your license, you don't need to re-test with the new questions.
Group Classes
A number of organizations offer classes to help you get your technician license. Many people find that a class will give them structure and help them overcome difficulties when they run into roadblocks along the way.
There are typically two kinds of classes: a weekend "cram session" and a more leisurely class held one day a week for 5-8 weeks or so. The longer classes expose you to more information and background, so you tend to learn more in them.
Sometimes TBARC or someone in TBARC will offer classes; you can find out about that here.
The Arizona Science Center also offers classes.
The ARRL has a searchable list of some classes, but not every class is published there.
W5YI also has a searchable list of some classes, again not every class is published there.
You can sometimes get information on upcoming classes at Ham Radio Outlet in Phoenix.
Ham radio has a long tradition of encouraging and helping people increase their skills. A person who is willing to help others is called an "Elmer", and many ham radio operators take pride in being an Elmer. If you know someone who has a ham radio license, ask them if they're willing to give you a hand. Chances are good you'll get a personal trainer who can explain things for you better than any book or class.
Take Practice Tests
Regardless of whether you choose to take a class or to study at home, you should take frequent practice tests to see how you're doing. A number of sites will let you do this online for free.
Three that are popular are [URL="https://hamstudy.org/"]HamStudy.org], AA9PW (no registration required) and QRZ.COM (registration required).
Take the Exam
Once you're consistently passing the practice exams with scores of 30 and above, then think about taking a license exam. Most courses end with a test session, and many of those are open to the general public as well. Many hamfests will offer testing.
Here's a place to search for test sessions near you.
A week or so before you take the exam, register with the FCC to get your FCC Registration Number (FRN). You will need to bring that number to the exam to fill out a form. Exam sessions also require a fee (usually around $15) and picture ID. Be sure to bring that.
Some exam sessions require pre-registration; others are drop-in.
Once you pass the exam, you will need to wait for the FCC to issue your callsign before you can transmit.
More Information about Ham Radio
Even before getting your license, why not attend a club general meeting? This will let you know if ham radio is something you want to pursue. There are lots of different things you can do with ham radio; find out what people are excited about.
Most clubs (including TBARC) will not charge you anything to show up for a meeting or two to see if you'd like to become a member. It makes sense to visit a few different clubs to see if they're the kind of club you want to join.
Learn as much as you can before you lay out money for a transmitter. The radio you choose might depend on what you want to do in the hobby. A typical entry-level transmitter costs around $125. As you add features, the prices go up. Many club members will happily show you their radio and explain its relative merits.
There are many public meetings on-air (called "nets"). You can listen to them even without a license if you have a radio scanner. Some also stream on the Internet. One very helpful one in Maricopa County is the Arizona Emergency Net - Maricopa at 147.240 MHz on Monday nights at 9:00 pm. It focuses on public service and disaster issues, but also has general information about using radios. Sometimes you can hear it streaming online at:
Good luck!


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OK toy car collectors, kids, everyone else, maintain yourself. The Toy Atlas Rainbow is a wonderful installation of 2,500 old toy cars by UK artist David T. Waller. The piece won the People's Award at the Arts Depot Open last year. As absurdy beautiful as this thing is, don't you just want to take a running slide into it and start playing with all those freaking cars?
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- 1 5 1/2-pound bone-in goat shoulder
- 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 cups diced peeled carrots (about 4 large)
- 6 cups chopped onions (about 3 large)
- 2 cups diced celery (about 4 large stalks)
- 1 whole head of garlic, top end cut off crosswise to expose cloves, leaving root end intact
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 750-ml bottle rosé wine (preferably French)
- 7 cups low-salt chicken broth
- Chopped fresh parsley
Special equipment
- Extra-large ovenproof pot
Recipe Preparation
Place goat shoulder on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons coarse salt all over goat shoulder. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Heat oil in heavy extra-large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle goat shoulder with pepper and add to pot. Cook until well browned on all sides, turning frequently, about 15 minutes. Transfer goat shoulder to large bowl. Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, rosemary, and bay leaves to drippings in pot; sprinkle with pepper and sauté until vegetables are tender and golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Add wine and boil until most of wine is absorbed but vegetable mixture is still very moist, about 13 minutes. Return goat shoulder to pot; add broth (liquid will not cover goat shoulder) and bring to boil. Cover pot and place in oven. Braise goat shoulder until meat is very tender and almost falling off bone, turning goat shoulder over every hour and basting with pan juices, about 4 hours total. Remove pot from oven; remove cover and cool goat shoulder in pan juices slightly, then refrigerate uncovered overnight.
Using spoon, remove solid fat from atop pan juices in pot and discard. Bring goat shoulder with pan juices to simmer. Transfer goat shoulder to rimmed baking sheet; cool slightly. Pull meat off bones of goat shoulder; discard bones. Discard bay leaves and rosemary sprigs. Squeeze pulp from garlic cloves into pan juices (check pan juices for any cloves that may have separated from head of garlic); discard papery skins. Working in batches, puree pan juices with vegetables in blender until smooth. Return to same pot. Return meat to pan juices and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Season stew to taste with salt and pepper.
Spoon 1/2 cup Sunchoke Puree onto each of 8 plates. Spoon 1 cup goat stew and small spoonful Ancho and Guajillo Chile Harissa alongside. Sprinkle goat stew with parsley and serve.


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Second International Colloquium on Teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE)
The Department of Foreign Languages (University of Puerto Rico) and the French Alliance of Puerto Rico are organizing between February 29 and March 2, 2012, a colloquium on cultural, linguistic, and pedagogical aspects of learning French as a foreign language (FLE) in the Caribbean area and in the world.
We envisage a number of areas for research focused on the following topics:
• pedagogical models and the learning of FLE;
• integrating new technology into the teaching;
• acquisition of French as a second/foreign language: phonetics, morphosyntax, and semantics;
• cultural representations and sociolinguistic aspects of the teaching of FLE;
• workshops: teaching French with the help of TV 5 and RFI;
• french for special purposes (FOS);
• and training of teachers: new strategies, perspectives.
Main speakers: Jean Bernabé, University of Antilles and Guyana
Claude Germain, University of Québec, Montreal
There will be 20-minute presentations with 10 minutes reserved for questions and the language of communication will be French. The colloquium will combine lecture-type presentations with hands-on workshops.
This colloquium is intended specifically for FLE researchers, but also for professors of French who wish to improve their skills. A certificate will be handed out to all the participants at the end of the colloquium. Please find the details about the registration fees and accommodation costs on the Web sites of our respective institutions:
• http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/lenguas/
• http://www.afpuertorico.org/
Organizing Committee:
Agnes Bosch, Françoise Ghillebaert, Patrick-André Mather (University of Puerto Rico) Diana Acosta, Cyril Anis (The French Alliance of Puerto Rico) Linda De Serres (University of Québec, Trois-Rivières)


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Woolyball is a fresh take on a classic "match five" series of games. Featuring two incredible visual styles, two different game modes, and one addictive gameplay, it'll keep you busy for days on end, and vastly improve your pattern-recognition skills to boot.
The game starts in an incredible cutesy Furry mode, where each piece on a board is a charming little furball full of life that blinks, jumps, and watches you and other balls nearby. They even make furball-like sounds when you move them. For those who want something a bit more neutral, there's a polished metal mode, where each piece becomes a brushed metal ball.
The main idea is to match five or more balls of the same color in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line by moving one ball every turn. For every ball moved, three new ones appear on the board, except for the turns where you clear a line or more. The game ends when the entire board becomes full. This seemingly simple idea is surprisingly addictive, testing both speed and pattern recognition, and provides literally days of fun (it did for us! :).
Woolyball comes with two game modes - a Classic where there's just you, pieces, and the board, and nothing else to get in your way; and a more whimsical Enhanced mode, which adds color changers, portals, and stone obstacles for you to take into account. For those who have aced both modes, there's also three difficulty settings for each.
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FRANKLIN PARK, Ill., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rubicon Technology Inc. , a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 before the market opens.
In conjunction with the release, management will host a conference call at 7:30 a.m. CST on February 14th to review the financial results. To participate in the conference call, please dial (888)-680-0878 or (617) 213-4855 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. Callers will need to reference conference ID 81164354.
You may also pre-register online for the conference call at: https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PYAK3WWEV
The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at the company's website: http://www.rubicon-es2.com/index.html.
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About RBCN: Rubicon Technology, Inc. is an advanced electronic materials provider that is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), blue laser diodes, optoelectronics and other optical applications. The Company applies its proprietary crystal growth technology to produce very high-quality sapphire in a form that allows for volume production of various sizes and orientations of substrates and windows. Rubicon is a vertically-integrated manufacturer with capabilities in crystal growth, high precision core drilling, wafer slicing, surface lapping, large-diameter polishing and wafer cleaning processes which the Company employs to convert the bulk crystal into products with the quality and precision specified by its customers. The company is actively developing larger diameter products to support next-generation LED, RFIC and optical window applications.
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COUTO, Márcia Thereza et al. Men in primary healthcare: discussing (in)visibility based on gender perspectives. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1414-3283.
This paper presents an ethnographicstudy on the relationship between menand primary healthcare in eight clinics infour Brazilian states. The objective was tocomprehend the (in)visibility of menwithin the daily routine of care, based ongender perspectives, with discussion ofthe mechanisms that favor inequalities inhealthcare work. Different dimensions ofmale (in)visibility were identified withinthis context: targeting of men ininterventions within the field of publichealthcare policies; male users who facedifficulties in seeking attendance;difficulty in stimulating effectiveparticipation among men; and malesubjects of care (for themselves and forothers). The paper emphasizes theimportance of gender studies and theirrelationship with health, while discussingthe production of social inequalities thatare (re)produced by the genderinequalities that are present in the socialimaginary and in healthcare services.
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Forgetting that we were going to have more company this week ( this means going out more and eating less meals at home), I bought too many groceries. Between our CSA and my excitement about all the fresh, cheap produce available at the grocery store, I found myself with an excess of perishables. Yesterday I noticed my zucchinis were looking… well wrinkled. I had hoped to put them on a pizza or stir fry, but decided to take immediate action and turn them into muffins. Chocolate muffins, because I can't seem to shake the desire for chocolate lately!
I came across a recipe on Elana's site that used coconut flour- a gluten free flour that I bought on impulse and have been trying to become acquainted with.
I tweaked the recipe only slightly, and they turned out so good. They are moist (sorry to use the m word, Erica, but they are!) and yet fluffy and not too sweet. The texture is more cake like than muffin like, and I think for a more indulgent treat they would be amazing with frosting or icing, but I haven't been wanting overly sweet things lately so I left them as is. They taste way better when cooled. I had one warm and it didn't compare to the cooled ones.
Chocolate Zucchini Muffins:
1/4 cup coconut flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup grated zucchini, not packed
Mix ins:
1/2 cup chocolate chips or chunks
1 tablespoon cacao nibs (optional)
Directions: Preheat oven to 350F and grease two mini muffin tins or fill with paper muffin cups.
Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl, set aside. Combine wet ingredients in large bowl, slowly beat in dry ingredients, then fold in chocolate chips. Ladle into muffin tins, using a tablespoon for each. Bake 18-22 minutes. Makes about 20.


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Campus Technology / May 2010 / Jennifer Demsk
Electronic readers may be ushering in a watershed moment in personal reading, with the Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, and Barnes & Noble Nook duking it out for market dominance (and with the iPad warming up in the wings). But how do these contenders fare in the academic marketplace? In theory, e-reader devices seem ideal as a replacement for the expensive, heavy, traditional textbook—even more so, perhaps, than for the beach-compatible paperback book, which can take heavy doses of sand, suntan lotion, salt water, and trampling feet and still deliver the goods!
But reading for learning is not the same activity as reading for pleasure, and so the question must be asked: Do these devices designed for the consumer book market match up against the rigors of academic reading?


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One evening, many years ago, baby 1of3's' godmother watched him for a few hours for me while The Donor was at work, and when he came home, I had a tattoo on my back. He was less than thrilled.
I know it's a crap picture. You try taking a picture of your own back.
One Sunday afternoon, the boys and I piled into the car and went out "to run errands." We came home that afternoon with two cases of post-traumatic-stress-disorder and one nose ring. He didn't look at me for a week.
One night many years ago, we decided after long negotiation that we weren't having any more children and The Donor gave me the okay to get my tubes tied. The following Saturday night, while the two boys were at Gramma's for an overnight, I snuck out and got my family tree tattooed on my right arm.
It's not the whole family, just the ones I'm willing to admit I'm related to.
Two weeks later I was pregnant with 3of3. Karma's a bitch.
Odds are pretty good that while I'm in Chicago for BlogHer, I'll be getting a new tattoo. Odds are I'm not the only one. It's my one weekend away from my kids this year, and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. Luckily for me, for all of us, I found someone willing to accommodate a sea of women of questionable levels of sobriety for the weekend and humour us while we relive our youth, just with much better shoes.
The Tattoo Factory in Uptown Chicago has agreed to hook us all up that weekend. They've offered everyone attending BlogHer a 20% discount over the entire weekend on tattoos or piercings and have arranged to provide us a free drink after our work, and then some drink or dinner special after. (We're not quite there yet with the details). They are Chicago's oldest continually running tattoo studio, they have something like 24 different artists, and best of all, they aren't scared of a bunch of cougars conventioneers descending on them for a weekend.
More details to come (we're still hammering out the details) but if you're heading to BlogHer this summer and thinking of getting some blog ink, go see what they have to offer. I'll let everyone know when this thing goes live so we can start in with the reservations.
And honey? Consider yourself forewarned this time.


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The Hauauru ma raki wind farm would have 168 turbines and be located in the Waikato region on the west coast of the North Island.
Contact Energy is working on the project jointly with New Zealand wind energy company Wind Farm Group.
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Earlier this month, state-owned energy company Mighty River Power won draft approval for a wind farm at Turitea on the North Island.
The original proposal had been for a 300MW, 105 turbine project but the draft consent only allowed for 61.