Posts Tagged ‘utah’
Monday, February 4th, 2013
We all know ALDO, but who was BRANNAN?
As seen on the Embarcadero:
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Check it, it’s amazing.
After the murder of church leader Joseph Smith, Jr., in June 1844, the Latter Day Saints decided to relocate their center from Nauvoo,Illinois. Several possible destinations were discussed, including the Mexican territory of Alta California. In February 1846, with the approval of church leaders, Brannan and 245 other Latter Day Saints from New York set sail aboard the ship Brooklyn for upper California via Cape Horn. Brannan had an antiquated printing press and a complete flour mill on board. After a stop in Honolulu, Hawaii, they landed, on July 31, 1846, at the Mexican port town of Yerba Buena, present-day San Francisco, tripling the population of the pueblo. Brannan was appointed as the first mission president of the California LDS Mission.
Anyway, we honor this shyster these days every time we mention Brannan Street.
Hey, how about a name change?
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
There’s was some news conference yesterday that nobody told me about so oh well.
But find out all about it after the jump.
Now, which squad do you think will win on Saturday? The Bruins…
…or the Illini?
It’s like $25 for a cheap seat – you can afford that, right?
See you there!
(more…)
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Google Offers San Francisco is a-offering this deal for the next few days:
All the deets, after the jump.
(more…)
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
See? This is the news that came out last night:
Get all the deets after the jump, but before that, see me try to puzzle out who would play from five days back:
The annual Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (that new name is starting to sound normal to me already) is a coming to the Phone Booth on Saturday, December 31st, 2011.
Where else will you watch an NCAA bowl game in NorCal?
Get your tickets now…
Oh, what’s that, you want to know who’s playing this year? Well, let’s look to the past:
2010 — Nevada 20, Boston College 13
2009 — USC 24, Boston College 13
2008 — California 24, Miami 17
2007 — Oregon State 21, Maryland 14
2006 — Florida State 44, UCLA 27
2005 — Utah 38, Georgia Tech 10
2004 — Navy 34, New Mexico 19
2003 — Boston College 35, Colorado State 21
2002 — Virginia Tech 20, Air Force 13
As you can see, sort of, there’s gotta be a Pac-12 team on the field – that’s current rule.
Here’s one stab at it:
“Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
December 31, 2011 San Francisco, CA, 3:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.675 million
Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Army (WAC if Army not available)”
But it looks like their prediction has recently changed, based on this:
“Scout’s 2011 bowl prediction for the Illini has them heading out San Francisco to participate in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. There, Scout predicts, the Illini would take on the UCLA Bruins, who would be 6-7 on the season and also likely minus its coach as well. Two teams with a combined record of 12-13 and without head coaches doesn’t exactly sound like the most appetizing match up, but such is one of the downsides of the current bowl system.”
So, as recently as yesterday, some people were thinking it could be this squad…
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…versus this one, the crew from Illinois. (You know, they’re looking for men, as always.)
All right, see you there!
All right, all the deets after the jump
(more…)
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
[UPDATE: Or UCLA vs. Western Michigan...]
The annual Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (that new name is starting to sound normal to me already) is a coming to the Phone Booth on Saturday, December 31st, 2011.
Where else will you watch an NCAA bowl game in NorCal?
Get your tickets now…
Oh, what’s that, you want to know who’s playing this year? Well, let’s look to the past:
2010 — Nevada 20, Boston College 13
2009 — USC 24, Boston College 13
2008 — California 24, Miami 17
2007 — Oregon State 21, Maryland 14
2006 — Florida State 44, UCLA 27
2005 — Utah 38, Georgia Tech 10
2004 — Navy 34, New Mexico 19
2003 — Boston College 35, Colorado State 21
2002 — Virginia Tech 20, Air Force 13
As you can see, sort of, there’s gotta be a Pac-12 team on the field – that’s current rule.
Here’s one stab at it:
“Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
December 31, 2011 San Francisco, CA, 3:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.675 million
Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Army (WAC if Army not available)”
But it looks like their prediction has recently changed, based on this:
“Scout’s 2011 bowl prediction for the Illini has them heading out San Francisco to participate in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. There, Scout predicts, the Illini would take on the UCLA Bruins, who would be 6-7 on the season and also likely minus its coach as well. Two teams with a combined record of 12-13 and without head coaches doesn’t exactly sound like the most appetizing match up, but such is one of the downsides of the current bowl system.”
So, as recently as yesterday, some people were thinking it could be this squad…
Click to expand
…versus this one, the crew from Illinois. (You know, they’re looking for men, as always.)
All right, see you there!
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
What, you don’t have your tickets yet?
It‘s almost here.
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
OMG, UNR VS BC AT ATT ON ESPN! Well, here’s the news – the almost-perfect University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack (and 10,000 rabid fans from the Silver State) will be a coming to town to take down the Boston College Eagles at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
Check it:
“Boston College, riding a five game winning streak* to close out the regular season, will face No. 13 Nevada in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl game at AT&T Park. The 7-5 Eagles and 12-1 Wolf Pack will play Sunday, January 9, 2011 with a 6 p.m. /9:00 p.m. EST kickoff. ESPN will televise the game to a nationwide audience.”
“Frankly, I don’t see how Nevada can lose.” Try using that line when you’re chilling at the UNR pre-game party at Pedro’s Cantina.
Anyway, http://www.kraftbowl.org/tickets/embl-tickets.html.
Here are your Boston College Eagles…
…and here’s that Wolf Pack from Nevada:
*That would match their recent five-game losing streak, would it not?
It’s tough to beat Nevada, which would have had a perfect season if it hadn’t had to play away at Hawaii this year. I mean this is the same team that just beat (eventually) the (former #3) Boise State Broncos, right? There are just too many in the wolfpack, and QB Colin Kaepernick will be sure to connect like NYNEX, unless it’s snowing or there’s some other Act of Gaia going on or something.
All the the deets, after the jump.
(more…)
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
From SFWIRE (home to “Super Important SF Stuff”) comes the news that San Francisco First lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom will be competing at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
This little tidbit escaped notice from the person who wrote up this bit in yesterday’s Chronicle. Oh well.
Anyway, here’s a retread post about Jen’s documentary from last month. Enjoy:
Well, thanks to Steve Rhodes, we’ve learned that Miss Representation, un film de Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is coming!
Check it.
Order the DVD or go to a screening if you want.
Enjoy:
“About the Film
Writer/Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom brings together some of America’s most influential women in politics, news, and entertainment to give us an inside look at the media’s message. Miss Representation explores women’s under-representation in positions of power by challenging the limited and often disparaging portrayal of women in the media. As one of the most persuasive and pervasive forces in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that women’s primary value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality—not in their capacity as leaders. Through the riveting perspectives of youth and the critical analysis of top scholars, Miss Representation will change the way you see media.
Featured in the Film
- •Caroline Heldman, PhD, Associate Professor Occidental College
- •Condoleezza Rice, PhD, Former United States Secretary of State
- •Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
- •Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers Union
- •Geena Davis, Actor & Founder of Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
- •Gloria Steinem, Feminist Organizer & Writer
- •Jackson Katz, PhD, Author & Lecturer
- •Jane Fonda, Actor & Activist
- •Jean Kilbourne, EdD, Media Critic, Author & Lecturer
- •Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media and New
- •Katie Couric, Broadcast Journalist
- •Lisa Ling, Broadcast Journalist
- •M. Gigi Durham, Professor of Media Studies
- •Margaret Cho, Comedienne, Actor & Activist
- •Martha Lauzen, Executive Director of Center for the Study of Women in TV and Film
- •Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, United States Congress
- •Pat Mitchell, President & CEO of The Paley Center for Media
- •Rachel Maddow, Broadcast Journalist & Host of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show
- •Rosario Dawson, Actor & Activist
- •…among many other incredible women and men of all ages!
Runtime
85 minutes
Order DVD
Coming soon.
Social Change Campaign
The distribution of the film will coincide with a social change campaign to re-envision women as leaders in society. Film proceeds will be donated to women’s leadership programs led by our partner organizations, which include Girls for A Change, Girls Inc., The International Museum of Women, Step Up Women’s Network, The Women’s Media Center, and The White House Project. The nation-wide, multi-generational effort will create an educational curriculum for middle and high school students and directed action to demand media responsibility. Donate to the campaign to help us achieve social change for women and girls.
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
The annual Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (that new name is starting to sound normal to me already) is a coming to the Phone Booth on Sunday, January 9th, 2011.
Where else will you watch an NCAA bowl game in NorCal?
Get your tickets now….
The Hub has all the deets:
“The Sun Bowl and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, two bowl games with Pac-10 tie-ins, will likely be scrambling to find replacements for a Pac-10 team. Both Oregon (Pac-10 champ) and Stanford (automatic BCS at-large) appear to be BCS bowl bound, while UCLA and California became bowl in-eligible over the weekend. That leaves the conference with just three bowl eligible teams with two more — Washington (at Washington State) and Oregon State (Oregon) — needing a win in their final game to get to six wins. Of the two teams, only Washington seems like a sure thing to become the fourth bowl-eligible team from the conference. That Pac-10 will likely see their fourth bowl-eligible team, Washington, land in the Holiday Bowl, leaving the Sun, Las Vegas and Kraft Fight Hunger bowl scrambling to fill their bowl slots.”
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Heading out from the Bay Area to the Topaz War Relocation Center in the godforsaken high plains of Utah might not sound like much of a trip but that’s a journey that some of the Bay Area’s Nikkei had to make back in 1942.
The Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz) is all gone, but its site is still available for visits, and there’s a museum not too far away. So that’s the destination - some people left today from the East Bay to take a ride back into history.
As seen in Japantown:
Anyway, looks like this will be the last trip.
Bon courage, Topaz Bus.
Some of those at Topaz in the 40′s:
Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909–2001), a writer and political activist.
Richard Aoki (1938–2009), an American civil rights activist.
Yuji Ichioka (1936–2002), an American historian who coined the term “Asian American“.
George Ishiyama (1914–2003), a Japanese American businessman and former president of Alaska Pulp Corporation. Also interned at Heart Mountain.
Tsuyako Kitashima (1918–2006), a Japanese-American activist noted for her role in seeking reparations for Japanese American internment.
Fred Korematsu (1919–2005), who challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066 in Korematsu v. United States.
Toshio Mori (1910–1980), author.
Robert Murase (1938–2005), a world renowned landscape architect.
Chiura Obata (1885–1975), a Japanese-American artist.
Miné Okubo (1912–2001), a Japanese American artist and writer, noted for her book, Citizen 13660.
Mary Yamashiro Otani (1923–2005), a community activist.
Goro Suzuki (1917–1979), the Oakland-born entertainer remembered by millions under his stage name, Jack Soo, star of the original stage and movie productions of Flower Drum Songand remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the 1970s sitcom Barney Miller. Suzuki was a favorite performer at Topaz gatherings.
Dave Tatsuno (1913–2006), a Japanese American businessman who documented life in an American concentration camp on film.
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–1992), a Japanese American writer, most notable for her books, Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family and Picture Bride.
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