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According to the fact sheet distributed by the event organizers, the U.S. government forcibly removed 120,000 Japanese-Americans who lived along the Pacific coast from their homes...
Meanwhile, Netflix has a chance to patch holes in its service. Customers on the East Coast have to wait twice as long for their DVDs as those in the West, so Hastings plans to open enough distribution centers to have the whole country within a day's coverage. The recommendation service needs tweaking too: "I've rated 600 movies, and it's still telling me I would like to see Star Trek," says Kendra Jacobson, 31, of San Francisco. Still, she liked the service so much she turned her mom onto it--and both have stopped using Blockbuster...
...there was a time, before I knew anyone from points south and west of Pennsylvania, when the very idea of Garth Brooks was enough to make a haughty sniff rise in my northeast coast nose. Country music of any kind was considered by my friends and neighbors to be déclassé and faintly ridiculous— the music of rednecks and trailer-park dwellers and yes, Republicans...
When Great Big Sea takes the stage, none of the world’s problems seem to matter any more. Which is important and impressive, because Great Big Sea is from the province of Newfoundland in Canada. Newfoundland is an island off the East Coast, famous to the rest of the world mostly for being cold and far from anywhere else. The economy of the entire region is in shambles and about a third of the population is unemployed. Great Big Sea serves as the unofficial symbol of Newfoundland to those who know little or nothing about the province...
...sculptor’s artistic progression was also marked by the introduction of new materials into her work. Von Rydingsvard told the audience about a visit to an American Indian museum on the west coast. Here she was inspired by functional pieces made with walrus intestines. Based on this organic idea, she then incorporated animal parts—cow stomachs and hog intestines—into her work. Despite the gruesome sound of these materials, the resulting work is surprisingly elegant. The final surfaces appear smooth and supple, much like leather but not as artificial. As in her other work...