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Page Two is making its debut in this month's The Update. Page Two is basically an entertainment, information, and a fun section we hope you will enjoy reading.From conversations with The Update readers, I discovered that every one of you has something of interest to share with the rest of us. I'd like to invite you to put that down on virtual 'paper' and send it to Page Two for all of us to enjoy.Content for this new section will be on a variety of topics: people, travel, idioms and phrases; origins of place names, recipes, how-to's, tips, alerts, puzzles, photographs, and more - all material authored by you, The Update reader.To check out our new section, and to learn how you can participate, click here: 
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Document Request Service is the exchange of materials, mostly books and periodicals among libraries to help meet the demands of their patrons. This service is crucial because no one library can possess all the material needed by its patrons. Where a library is lacking an item, it can always search the catalogs of other libraries in an effort to locate and borrow items they do not have. The beauty of it is, unless otherwise stated, this service is free of charge.This service must not be mistaken for a paging system.You might be asking, if the service if free, why can't the patron not simply request such items by themselves? It is free because libraries do sign up for membership in various organizations, and such memberships come with privileges. For example both the business and law libraries are members of an organization called Libraries Very Interested in Sharing (LVIS). Its members can search the catalogs of libraries nation and world-wide. They share materials cost free to the borrowing library. Some members do offer to pay for some of the costs, but by and large, the lending library pays cost of shipping, and the borrowing pays for return shipment.
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The Fillmore Jazz Festival is the largest free Jazz festival on the West Coast, drawing over 90,000 visitors over the Independence Day weekend. Starting on Saturday at 10, there will be live music from multiple stages, fine arts and crafts, gourmet foods and beverages, and a lot more. The festivities will span over eight blocks. Try not to miss this free and fun festival.
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Theme: Saving the Bay
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FILLMORE JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 
FOUTH OF JULY WATERFRONT CELEBRATIONS & FIREWORKS
29th ANNUAL SUMMER FESTIVAL & CHILI COOK-OFF 
SFPL THURSDAYS @ NOON FILMS
URBAN YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL 
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  Works by Frida Kahlo: Viva la Vida; Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird; Little Deer; The Agony and the Ecstasy; Still Life with Parrot and Fruit; The Two Fridas; and Self-Portrait with Monkeys
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 CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (July 2, 1714 - November 15, 1787) born in Erasbach, now Berching, Bavaria: Bohemian-German opera composer of the late Baroque to early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck wrote a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orphée et Eurydice and Alceste. The strong influence of French opera in these works encouraged Gluck to move to Paris, which he did in November 1773. Fusing the traditions of Italian opera and the French national genre into a new synthesis, Gluck wrote eight operas for the Parisian stages. One of the last of these, Iphigénie en Tauride, was a great success and is generally acknowledged to be his finest work.
 FRIDA KAHLO (July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954) born in Coyoacán, Mexico; Mexican painter; regarded. She painted "pain and passion" (Primitivism, Naïve art) using intense, vibrant colors. Her style "close to folk art" was influenced among others by indigenous cultures of Mexico, European Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits. Kahlo was married to Mexican muralist and communist Diego Rivera. Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. (Wikipedia)
 GUSTAV MAHLER (July 7, 1860 - May 18, 1911) born in Bohemia (then in the Austrian Empire, today in the Czech Republic); Austrian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century. (Wikipedia)
 DAVID HOCKEY
David Hockney, CH, RA, (born 9 July 1937) in Bradford. West Yorkshire, in Northern England); English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire, although he also maintains a base in London. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century.
back to top |  NICOLA TESLA (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia; inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor, which helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture, but because of his eccentric personality and his seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized and regarded as a mad scientist by many late in his life. Tesla never put much focus on his finances and died impoverished at the age of 86. (Wikipedia)
 NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA (July 18, 1918 - ) in Mvezo, South Africa; served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation. Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
 GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL (July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884) in Heinzendorf bei Odrau, Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire; German Augustinian priest and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.
 JOANNE "JO" MURRAY, OBE (born July 31, 1965 - ) better known under the pen name J. K. ROWLING in Yate, Gloucestershire, England; British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, and been the basis for a popular series of films.Aside from writing the Potter novels, Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. As of March 2010, when its latest world billionaires list was published, Forbes estimated Rowling's net worth to be $1 billion. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in Great Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fandom. She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and the Children's High Level Group. (Wikipedia)
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     Works by David Hockney, Left to Right: David Hockney standing in front of his Bigger Trees Near Warter; Three Trees In The Proximity To Thixendale Winters; A Bigger Grand Canyon, detail; Wheat Field Near Fridaythorpe; Mr. & Mrs. Clark Percy; and Photo Montage.
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 PICTURES ON TOP: Museum of Modern Art at Yerba Buena Gardens; Mission Bay Biomedical buildings; Mission Creek; AT&T Park, Home of the San Francisco Giants; and South Beach Harbor. At left is a street in the Mission Bay neighborhood.
This issue of The Update features the sixth of 15 neighborhoods of San Francisco we will be covering in the next several months. This month's neighborhood is SOMA/Yerba Buena district, including Mission Bay, SOMA, South Beach, and Yerba Buena. Material for this series will mainly come from the Only in San Francisco website. SOMA/YERBA BUENA
Mission Bay, SOMA, South Beach, Yerba BuenaYerba Buena Gardens, "the largest concentration of art west of the Hudson River," is an oasis in the heart of the city. Moscone Center and more than a dozen museums are located here as well as a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The University of California-San Francisco, Mission Bay, is the largest biomedical university expansion in the United States. The home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park, is nearby. The South Beach area, recently transformed into a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood, includes the restored warehouses in the South End Historic District and several marinas."Did you know that the Pacific Telephone building at 140 New Montgomery St. was the first skyscraper built in San Francisco?" (from Only in San Francisco)
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