Issue 1.2 SPACE

CULTIVATOR’S NOTES

space issue 1.2 In many ways content magazine is always about SPACE. Our goal is to provide a space to display the people, life and style of our city…to discover what matters to us who fill this geographical spot. This is your space, my space and our space.

For many of us when we hear the word “space” Captain Kirk’s “Star Date Log” (audio blog, if you will) plays in our heads. San José and the Bay area definitely do influence exploration of the “final frontier”. Yet, there is another more defined space that exists within the Cosmos: our lives. This area contains our hopes, dreams and our stuff.

In this issue we look at the use of our space and how we fill it.

SPACE, is often known by the borders that define it.

These constraints are personal, arbitrary and only become counterproductive when unbalanced. We know intuitively that the content of a space gives shape and meaning. And our space becomes a place to hold our ideas, thoughts, feelings and treasured possessions.

Space is where we find content and contentment.

Because What’s Inside Matters, to each of us. What fill in your space?

“space” iPhone Photos, Wes Thomason

Daniel Garcia, Cultivator daniel@content-magazine.com

Cover Photo: Cover Photo: Model: Katie Sue, Halvorson Models, www.HMMODELS.com Model: Katie Sue, Halvarson Models, www.hmmodels.com Styling: Adrea Cabrera Styling: Adrea Cabrera Hair & Make-Up: Danielle Randleman Hair & Make-up: Danielle Randleman Cothes: Therapy, E Campbell Ave Campbell, CA 95008 CA 95008 Clothes:347 Therapy, 347 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, 4 Location: CA, Monterey Rd. & Alma Location: Earth, SanEarth, Jose,San Ca,Jose, Monterey Rd. & Alma Photo: Daniel Garcia Photo: Daniel Garcia

Jessy DewiCurrently working on her masters in graphic art Academy of Art University, Jessy loves design.

Thinks in shapes and stories with color charts and wheels dancing in CYMK layers. To kind to be militant, she too, is Sans Serif.

Jeesy has contributed since the the launch of content but in this issue she also investigates how differnt markets use space, pg. 17.

Amber EnglePassionate about the written word, and enjoys a critical discussion on her most recent read. This issue Amber combined her love for wrtting and running in “Space to Run” pg. 10.

Keep an eye out for her and her daughter Ava at the San Jose Rock N Roll half-marathon in October.

Krystal AvedisianOriginally from the Coachella Valley, Krysta is currently living and working in SJ. She recently graduated from Brooks Institute, and found her niche in fashion and creative portraiture. Together with Daniel Gies, Krystal shot this issue’s fashion editoriol pg. 44. www.krystalavedisian.com

Daniel GiesLocal photographer and graduate of Brooks, Daniel’s work can be seen in Issue 1.0 “Dirt” and this issue’s fashion editorial “Room #954” pg. 44. www.danielgies.com.

CO N TRIBUTORS Shapers Daniel Garcia-Cultivator daniel@content-magazine.com

Words Jon Havens – Wordster jon@content-magazine.com

Visuals Brian Jensen-VisualImprinter brian@content-magazine.com

Sarah Garcia-Marketeer sarahg@content-magazine.com

Shadd Williams-FreelanceGenius shadd@content-magazine.com

Matt Hale- Scribbler matt@content-magazine.com

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Interview by Adrea Cabrera, Photographs by Daniel Garcia, Layout by Brian Jensen

I’ve always thought that the people who work in visual merchandising and window display in department stores and boutiques are like mysterious celebrities. Every once in a while, one of the elite crew of artists walks by carrying a mannequin torso or some oversized prop for the Children’s section. For me, it’s like a celebrity sighting. “She was taller than I thought she’d be. But she was so down to earth. Just like a normal person.” I’ve always been a little jealous of the people who have that job. For me, it was an indulgence to sit down Alyssa Sappington, Display Coordinator for Santana Row’s Anthropologie, one of the most innovative and distinctive visual experiences in retail.

Content: You basically have the coolest job in the world. How did you land it?

Alyssa: I was going to school for art and I was about to graduate and I was thinking about what do I want to do from here- how do I find a job that’s going to make me enough to live but still be something that I am going to enjoy doing. I had always loved going into Anthropologie just to get inspiration for my own work. I wouldn’t necessarily buy anything but I would just walk around and look at the displays there. So then I was on the website (because their website is really awesome too) and I saw employment opportunities and I was like, “Cool!”

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Content: So, you were thinking cashier?

Alyssa: I know, right? Anywhere to be in that space! But I saw ‘Display Coordinator” and read the job description.

I was like, are you kidding? There is a job out there to do that? At the time I was in school in southern California. There were four different stores that were open for the position so I applied for them but they all got filled before I graduated. I was super bummed. I applied to teach art at a private school and the same day that didn’t go through I got a phone call from the Anthropologie store in San Jose asking if I’d be interested in interviewing for the position here. I was like, “Sure, why not!” I went through three phone interviews with the visual managers and the district visual managers. They asked me to do a project for them describing how I viewed the Anthropologie customer in a visual form.

Content: Your final test was to put together some artwork that would describe their customer? That’s so cool.

Alyssa: Yep. The thing is that so much of my portfolio is two-dimensional but I knew I needed to show that I could work in a three dimensional space. And I had to design something that would fit in my car…all the way from Southern California. So I had my interview and I showed them my portfolio in person and they offered me the position. Two weeks later I moved up to San Jose and have been working here for almost two years.

Content: Tell us about your “canvas” - the store.

Alyssa: Our store in San Jose has been around six or seven years, which is considered an older store for Anthropologie.

As far as aesthetics, the architecture is a little bit older compared to what Anthropologie spaces look like going forward. Our space is a big rectangle broken down into three apparel concepts and usually five home concepts.

Each concept has a different theme to it but they also have to fit together as a whole. It’s a big challenge and a big opportunity for me creatively. Upstairs there’s an art room that’s my studio where I have everything that I need.

Content: What kinds of tools are in your workspace?

Alyssa: I have my chop saw, my jigsaw, my circular saw, my drills, my sewing machine, my hot glue gun, which is one of the best inventions ever. Hot glue and zip ties are my favorite things! And fabric, lumber, anything I need to make anything in a big space. The San Jose store has one of the largest art rooms, which is really nice for me. I have to figure out not only how to construct something I can actually fit in my art room but also something that I am going to be able to physically bring down stairs and build in the larger space of the store.

Content: In your work you’re looking to do more than “showcase” clothes but to create an emotional space.

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Alyssa: A lot of that is within my own artwork as an artist. We were talking one day in the morning meeting about how the average customer spends an hour in our store. Our mission statement is to create an “unimaginable experience” for our customer. That’s why we do these displays. We try to make an environment that is truly inviting. We have candles burn-

ing. It’s not only visual. All the senses are being stirred. We encourage people to touch the textures, to get the whole experience of it. We try to create an environment where the customers feel comfortable. Looking at that as compared to an art gallery, obviously Anthropologie isn’t an art gallery, but if you can get the customer’s attention for three seconds then you did something well. That’s our goal: to engage the customer for longer then three seconds. Sometimes, I will be working and people will come up to me and say, “Oh, you do the displays?” I’ll talk to them about it and they love it. They feel inspired. A lot of people come in just for inspiration like I used to do before I got the job; which is so great because now I get to create that inspiration for others.

Content: Have all these skills that you have obtained at Anthropologie changed you and your art?

Alyssa: So much of my life I have been a two-dimensional artist. I studied all mediums and all art forms: sculpture, three-dimensional design. But my emphasis was in painting. So I was more of a two dimensional artist. Since working with Anthropologie I have had to become more of a three dimensional artist because basically I am building sculptures within a store out of all different types of material. That’s really helped my work. The company really encourages the artists in the store. They encourage you to learn new materials, like the light display that I showed you. I didn’t know how to do electrical work and I’ve always wanted to do displays that have lighting because it adds such a different dimension to space. I sketched something up, I researched it, I figured out how to wire lights and wire the display. Then I came up with the jar chandelier. The company provides materials that I have had to learn how to use, which obviously helps in my own personal artwork.

Content: Primarily you were painting before. Have you changed that now? Are you doing more mixed medium or are you so busy with work you don’t have time for your own stuff?

Alyssa: It’s kind of both. One of my big hesitations going into this job was how to be my own individual artist. I am already creating art eight hours a day, pretty much alone. I have been working two dimensionally at home—I have a studio space in my garage—because I work three dimensionally at work.

A lot of my paintings still have that same aesthetic to them.

But it’s got me thinking outside the box. What can I add? Can I add lighting into my two-dimensional piece or can I make light boxes with my paintings? It’s definitely helped. As an artist and as a creative being I don’t necessarily separate anything. It’s my hands making things. At the store, it’s my work but it’s not my own. I still put my emotions in it. Part of making a successful piece is being engaged in it. It’s the same thing when I am home working on my own artwork.

At the store, a lot of it is about what is best for our customer and what is best for our store and so sometimes I have to change stuff. They’ll say it’s not really working for this reason or for that reason, based upon the environment of the store and the space of the store and our customer. I have to be able to separate the fact that my position isn’t what defines me as an artist. That’s why I have my own personal work.

Content: You are still attached to the artwork because the creator is attached to the creation but it’s a different emotional expression.

Alyssa: Right.

Content: As an artist, what do you hope your customers take with them when they leave the store?

Alyssa: I hope that our customers could walk in and be inspired. A lot of people are inspired. They say, “Oh, I loved how you did this and it really inspired me to do something in my own personal work.” Artists will come in and talk to me about that. But I love it when people who aren’t artists come in and are inspired. I feel like so much a part of our being as humans is creating. It’s great to be able to make a display and let the customer be inspired by it. But to bring awareness about a social issue brings my job to an even deeper level, which I really appreciate. We’ve had what we call the “Bee Windows” up for the last couple of months. They are these big beehive sculptures made out of recycled materials. It’s bringing awareness about the colony collapse disorder. Hundred and hundreds of thousands of bees are abandoning their hives and we’re trying to bring awareness to what is going on.

Content: And you also did a wall that was all plants?

Alyssa: Right. A lot of designers and architects are creating more self-sustaining and environ- mentally friendly ways to build structures.

So we went with that. It’s called General Green. We have a living wall: all moss and live plants. And within that space, that’s where we sell our gardening books and books about how to be more environmentally aware.

Content: What are some of the materials that you get to create with?

Alyssa: I have probably used any type of material that you can think of. I’ve done everything from plants, recycled materials, electricity, a lot of found pieces from thrift stores, to basic stuff like fabric, lumber, hardware…

Content: What happens when you are given a new concept to display in the store or in a window?

Alyssa: We receive inspiration and a little bit of direction from the home office. It’s my job to take that inspiration and the materials that they want us to use. I look at the space of my store, the structure of the window. I look at the shape of the window. Is it a walk-by window? Is it a drive-by window? I think about all the architectural elements of the window and how it works with the materials and how to convey the theme and the concept behind it. Also, what specifically does the San Jose customer like? What do they perceive and what are they drawn to? I take all of these elements and come up with a couple of different sketches and then I talk about it with my visual manager. We send the sketches in for approval.

Then I make a shopping list. I go to Home Depot and Michael’s Craft store. I go to thrift stores. I go wherever I need to get whatever I need to make the display. Then I prep everything I can in the art room that I don’t actually have to do on the floor. So I prep, try to organize myself, make everything I can before the actual installation process. Then I go out there, deconstruct whatever is in the space and install the new piece in the window. Throughout the process of installing I have to step outside and I look at it compositionally, how it’s working in this space, how it’s moving, make sure it looks like it’s all one unit. When you stand back from across the street you have technically two big windows that make one long window but within that individual window you have three panes. So I have a total of six panes that stretch across. Not only do I have to make the composition of this space be fluid and united all the way across but I have to make the sure the individual windows look balanced. And then, of course, you have to think, okay, they can see this from inside the store.

I can’t just leave things undone on the backside. I have to think about it.

Content: Yet, at the core, this is still retail, you have to also display the product.

Alyssa: Exactly. I create all of these displays to highlight the merchandise.

Whenever you are doing displays you want it to contrast with whatever the merchandise is. It’s almost like complimentary colors. Yellow and purple are complimentary colors because they are opposites on the color wheel. They make each other “pop.” My bee hives are more natural tones of oranges and browns and yellows, so the apparel merchandiser is going to work with more greens and blues because you want to make it pop.

Content: Any final thoughts about the idea of space as an artist?

Alyssa: There are so many different elements and levels of space and how it can be defined. As an artist, I am taking a space and making something in that space but I am also creating a space for the customer to be in and be inspired by. Then in my personal work I am creating an art piece but I 7 am also creating emotional space for the viewer to connect with that art and to bring awareness about different things. To create a space there are so many elements, not just the tangible things we automatically think of.

Space To Run Words: Amber Engle Layout: Brian Jensen

WITHIN THE LAST YEAR I have had the good fortune of discovering dual loves: San Jose Trails and the running I have done on such trails.

The first came about as a new resident of San Jose. I discovered an ecological haven on these trails that wasn’t as pronounced as the strip malls but is arguably as popular nonetheless. The second is my new found passion for running which developed as I made it my goal to explore and adapt to my new home. If you have never experienced the hidden trails and paths that San Jose has to offer I strongly recommend that you brave it and put your first foot down on the hard gravel of a back walkway. If you have never experienced the euphoric feeling of running, I suggest that you push your mind and body to a new level, in order to understand the mental and physical strength you never knew you had.

My running began as an accident rather than as a purposeful endeavor.

I was a new mom with a two-month old baby, dying to get out of the tight enclosure of my house and at the same time shed some inches.

While at a doctor’s visit I snagged a flier for a group called Baby Boot Camp, which initially intimidated me, but then I remembered--they all have babies too! I can’t convey how lucky I feel to have gotten started and to have kept going with it. My first question in class was, “You want me to do what? You want me to run?” The fantastic part is that I soon discovered I had strength I didn’t know I had and was improving with each class I attended. I could feel my lungs expanding, my muscles strengthening and my mood elevating. My overall feelings of achievement improved so much that I became hooked and started working out multiple days a week. It began by walking with friends and turned into running around the track at the local high school twenty-eight times (seven miles)!

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Once I found that “pounding the ground” could be so enjoyable I made it my new goal to find interesting, beautiful and/or challenging trails to run. This brought me to some hidden gems throughout San Jose and its surrounding areas. I found the serenity of the Los Gatos creek trail, which starts in Los Gatos and winds through San Jose, to be ideal in pushing myself to new levels. My sense of accomplishment and drive was growing with each run until I decided it was time to challenge myself to a longer run. This past month I completed my first half-marathon. I sweated, was rained on, was passed by more experienced athletes and even pulled my IT band (a muscle that travels through your thigh into your knee). It was easily one of the most exhilarating and satisfying events in the last year for me. My perception of who I am and what I can achieve changed on that day. In retrospect, the change began on the day I found the hidden spaces of San Jose with my new baby and (then) shiny stroller. Get out into those open spaces! You won’t be sorry you did.

You want me to do what?

You want me to run?

Interested in Running?

Get started with a friend. Explore that trail you’ve been hearing about from friends or hike the nearest peak you pass by on your way to work.

Join a group. There are many groups in the area that can be tailored to your own needs and desires.

Want to help a charity? Join Team in Training and run for the “Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!”

Interested in finding a place to walk or run?

Almaden Quicksilver County Park Gorgeous trails and stunning views earmark this park. It also hosts the “Quicksilver Challenge,” a Half-Marathon and 10k in September.

Los Gatos Creek Trail This begins at Lexington Reservoir and winds down to Willow Glen. The north end is compacted dirt and filled with hills, while the majority of the south end is paved.

After your run take a picnic lunch to Oak Meadow Park and let the kids ride on the carousel and kid-sized train.

Rancho San Antonio County Park There are multiple trails here used by runners as well as casual hikers. One particular trail leads up to Deer hollow farms, a working farm, where you can look at some chickens and meet some goats. There is an organic vegetable garden that can be examined as well, and a hollowed out barn with picnic tables in it to accommodate a pit stop.

If you are looking for directions in finding groups or a trail, feel free to email me at amberengle@yahoo.com.

Happy Running!

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Space To Ride Words: Tony Abberrant Photos: Joey Cobb Layout: Brian Jensen

REMEMBER JUMPING YOUR BMX bike when you were a kid? Maybe you cruised around looking for obstacles or trails to ride. At one point during your childhood, you most likely had some kind of bike and loved to ride it. If you didn’t jump your bike or do any tricks, don’t worry. There is still time to learn.

For those of you who did, you know the feeling that only riding a bike can offer. The feeling of being in the air, anxiously wondering whether or not you are going to land the trick you just pulled, quickly followed either by a feeling of accomplishment when you do land, or a rush of heartache and pain when you crash and burn. Perhaps you think you are too old riding a tiny bike and think it is something that only kids do. Maybe you feel that the risk of injury is too great. While I won’t argue with you about the latter, I believe you’re never too old to do anything. You’d be surprised at how much fun BMX biking can be, not to mention the great workout you get from riding.

BMX is not just for kids. There is a strong subculture of both young and old riders throughout the Bay Area. In fact, most of the serious riders are in their twenties and thirties. You don’t have to look too hard to see that the majority of professional freestyle BMX riders in the world are adults.

The next time you pass by your local magazine rack, pick up a copy of Ride BMX, Dig, or rideUK BMX and you’ll see evidence of this. If you are a former rider and have had the urge to pick it up again, these magazines will definitely get you excited.

Although many people associate freestyle with tricks done on flat ground (called flatland), here in San Jose it actually encompasses more than that. It includes parks, streets, dirt/trails, and verts or half-pipes.

The bikes have twenty inch wheels, as opposed to the twenty-six inch wheels you’ll find on most mountain bikes. The frames are also smaller, which allows for better handling and trick execution. In fact, the bikes were originally designed for bicycle motocross racing, hence the MX in BMX. However, they were adapted early on for freestyle riding in the late 1970s through pioneers such as Bob Haro and Robert Osborn.

BMX is not just ” for kids “

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The BMX scene in San Jose is certainly strong, as evidenced by local riding areas such as Calabazas and the community of riders seen on SJBMX.com. Not surprisingly, Ryan Nyquist, one of the most successful professional freestyle riders grew up in our bordering city of Los Gatos riding Calabazas Park.

Riding spots in the Bay Area, specifically in San Jose, are more readily accessible to BMXers here because most skate parks do not allow bikes.

Because of this, BMXers have been forced to create their own spots and try to keep them relatively secret. On the other hand, there are spots that are more public, although they are relatively hard to find without the help of local riders. Many public spots are also flooded with security. More often than not, BMXers are kicked out before they even have a chance to ride.

The unique condition of the San Jose BMX scene is that many street spots are found within abandoned business centers that once flourished during the Silicon Valley’s dotcom era. These have become prime spots for BMXers, mainly because there is little to no security. In general, good spots are hard to come by, and when they are shut down or ruined by others, BMXers are again forced to go hunting. Fortunately, the great thing about street riding is that BMXers will ride whatever is given to them, whether it is a concrete bank in a parking lot, a slightly slanted wall, or a loading dock. It all boils down to creativity; not necessarily how gnarly the terain is, but what you can do with it.

BMXers love to ride their bikes, that’s a given.

But it’s more than that. For BMXers riding is a way of life. It might be the thrill of landing your first bar spin or a 360 that keeps you going, but BMXers know that without experiencing failure there is no progress.

Why do we risk life and limb for something that most of us are not getting paid to do?

For the reward and thrill of landing the trick and feeling young and invincible. We do it to feel alive.

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THE CENTERING SPACE words by Jon Havens layout by Jessy Dewi

SAN JOSE. A city bursting from the center. The valley itself drips down the mountainsides and gathers at the center as if this city was pulling the world into itself. It stands at the apex of this country’s innovation. The nation stands on our hills, straining its eyes to get a glimpse of what will come next. And in the middle, the city works.

And works. And works. In this ever-bustling city of deadlines and meetings, what may be needed most of all is not the next gadget or a premiere computer. What this city needs is rest.

San Jose offers a myriad of events, groups and spaces to explore creativity or to escape from the penetrating eyes of the nation on our hills. The San Jose Bike party is one such example. On every third Friday of the month, bikers from all over the South Bay convene in front of Dick’s Supermarket (1300 S. Bascom Ave.) to spend their night riding the streets of San Jose. The groups website states, “On a bicycle, you can see the city, talk to strangers, escape the insulated bubbles of cars and feel free from the confines of cubicles. A bicycle is freedom, a bicycle is friendly, and a bicycle is life.” This group desires to make San Jose a place of movement, and to “reclaim the South Bay.” Riders arriving from all over the area meet with hundreds of other riders to devote their night to riding the streets of San Jose.

Mission City Writing Group: martha@engber.com

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Some may find release in the streets of San Jose while others may find it at a coffee shop. A group of aspiring writers gathers every other week at Mission City Coffee Roasting Company (2221 The Alameda) to share and critique one another’s work. They do this in the hopes of someday getting published. It is a safe and comfortable place where they can openly and honestly share their work with one another. For this group of writers, choosing the Mission City Coffee Roasting Company was not a decision to take lightly. They needed a place with a limited amount of customers and comfortable seating to create the right atmosphere for maximum creativity and discussion. Martha Engber leads the group and understands this key component. “The muted lighting, the mix of people, the artwork on the brick walls, the cool variety of music –never the standard stuff—and the breeze through

SJ Bike Party:: www.sjbikeparty.org

the open doors during the summer are interesting, and add to thought-provoking discussions,” says Engber. Mission City also supports local artists and musicians, which is an overall bonus to the personal feel of the coffee shop.

While the streets of San Jose and a coffeehouse with literary friends might be a place where people get to explore creativity and find rest in the freedom of the open road, the other part of this equation that cannot be ignored is the allure of escapism. For many people (some might argue most) these places are not just places of rest but are more often than not places to retreat from the world and all its pain and discomfort. The daily workweek and the reality of the fairly exclusive nature of humanity leads many out of this and into circles of like-minded people where they can engage in practices that complete those empty places within us all.

For the people of Stone Church (1937 Lincoln Ave.) in Willow Glen that place is found in a Taizé (pronounced teh-ZAY) worship service. Taizé was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger in the town of Taizé, France. The focus of these meditative services is centered on reconciliation in the world and with ourselves. Not just Christians attend these services but people from other religious backgrounds as well. Taizé services vary across the world but most are centered around meditative chanting, periods of silence, and prayer on behalf of the suffering. Stone Church offers a Taizé service on the first Tuesday of every month. Mary Alice Collins attends the service and finds great refreshment at each gathering.

“We use it as an opportunity for people to find a space of peace and stillness, a place to rest into their own center, to connect with God (whatever that might mean in their own life and understanding), to meditate with others, to be refreshed.” Collins says that space is the service. “When I walk through the door on a Tuesday evening, I immediately sense that I am stepping into sacred space. The lights are very low, and the sanctuary is lit by dozens and dozens of candles, and everyone enters in silence.” It is an inviting setting that offers a place to experience the beauty of people, music and their connection to higher power. That sense of invitation is somehow part of the atmosphere,” continues Collins, “and I think it is created by the beauty of the setting and the intent of all those who walk through the door, as if each person coming in is grateful for the space to just be, and extends that welcome to all others, without words.” In a culture where most churches today offer high production presentations, with lights and loud music, plays and sermons, Taizé offers a place to get centered. “My experience,” says Collins, “is that this is all about space; space to just be, space to drop into my own center, space of deep heart energy. The atmosphere that is created is essential.

A rock band and strobe lights just wouldn’t extend the same invitation.”

A place to get centered. A place to escape. A place to explore creativity. These are alluring invitations. San Jose does not need more work. We will always be producing and exporting mass quantities of the world’s resources. Though our markets may grow, if our capacity to understand ourselves at deep levels, to be refreshed and rejuvenated, to experience creativity and freedom, if these do not awaken within us, then we have failed as people and as a city.

Taizé at Stone Church: www.stonechurch.org/taize/

paperorplastic An exploration of the differences between an Asian market and Western supermarket.

Story & Layout by Jessy Dewi

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Grocery shopping is something that most of us do on a regular basis. We typically have preferences for and loyalties to a particular store. Every market offers a different kind of experience for their customers. There’s a huge difference between grocery shopping in a Western supermarket and an Asian market.

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The Asian market has a larger section of seafood and meat, while the Western supermarket has a larger dairy section. The Asian market has a larger section of rice.

The Western supermarket has a larger section of breads and pasta.

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There are certain brands in the Western supermarket that can’t be found in the Asian market and vice versa.

For example, breakfast cereal:

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Kellogg’s Quakers Rice Krispies Oats and Honey Rice Krispies Strawberry Oats and Honey Raisins Frosted Mini Wheats Low Fat Granola with Raisins Cocoa Krispies Crunchy Corn Bran Froot Loops Oatmeal Squares Frosted Flakes Life Special K Original Life Cinnamon Special K Fruit & Berries General Mills Special K Vanilla Fiber One Special K Chocolate Delight Fiber One Raisins Smart Start Total Whole Grain Kashi Total Cranberry Crunch Go Lean Crunch Wheat Chex Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Golden Grahams 7 Whole Grain Puff Honey Nut Cheerios 7 Whole Grain Puff Honey Basic 4 Eating Right Trix Banana Nut Cherios Cranberry Almond Bran Cocoa Puffs Post Total Brand Variery: 41 Honey Bunches of Oats, Almond Honey Bunches of Oats, Peach Honey Bunches of Oats, Honey Roasted Grape Nuts Shredded Wheat Trail Mix Crunch

asian market Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Apple Jacks Organic Raisin Bran Froot Loops General Mills Disney Little Einstein Total Whole Grain Vanilla Post Honey Bunches of Oats, Peach Fruity Pebbles Cheerios Yogurt Burst Total Brand Variery: 9

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From the moment I entered the Western supermarket, I was greeted with a nice wooden floor and a very well organized “fruits of the season” display.

Everything in Safeway seemed to be well organized and perfect. They care a great deal about the visual presentation of their products. There were no visible blemishes on any of the fruits or vegetables. The Asian market, on the other hand, seemed a little disorganized, even chaotic. The fruits and vegetables weren’t stacked neatly. They weren’t stacked at all.

Their fruits and vegetables weren’t perfect either.

Western supermarket: very organized

Asian market: unorganized but natural.

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The shelves in the Western supermarket measure 8 feet high. The width of each aisle is 7.5 feet. Their shelves are tailored for people approximately 5’9�.

The aisles in the Western supermarket are longer and there are 8 sections on their shelves. The roomy aisles and tall shelves made the Western supermarket feel much more spacious.

The shelves in the Asian market measure 6 feet high.

The width of each aisle is 5 feet. Looking at the data, it seems that their shelves are tailored to people on the average height of 5.5 feet. There are 6 sections on their shelves and each section contains different categories of products.

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To compare prices, I shopped for ingredients for a Chinese recipe and a Western recipe at both stores. I chose two simple and common dishes that aren’t complicated to make. For the Chinese recipe, I chose Mabo Tofu and for the Western recipe, Green Bean Casserole.

MABO TOFU INGREDIENTS //

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Tofu

$ 2.99

$ 0.69

Ground beef

$ 1.50/lb

$ 1.29/lb

Garlic

$ 0.50 each

$ 1.29/lb

Oil (Crisco, 48 fl.oz)

$ 4.59

$ 3.79

Chili Peppers (fresh)

$ 2.99/lb

$ 1.33/lb

Leeks

$ 1.99/lb

$ 2.49/lb

Soy sauce

$ 2.89 (16 fl.oz)

$ 1.99 (33 fl.oz)

Corn Starch (Kingsfood)

$ 1.99

$ 1.29

Sugar (C&H, 1 lb)

$ 1.32

$ 0.99

Sesame oil (12 fl.oz)

$ 8.99

$ 1.99

Green beans

$ 2.49/lb

$ 1.99/lb

Cream of Mushroom Soup

$ 1.25

$ 1.39

Pepper

$ 3.15

$ 1.90

Milk

$ 2.59

$ 2.39

Onions

$ 0.99/lb

$ 0.29/lb

C ASSEROLE INGREDIENTS //

After spending hours at both the Western supermarket and Asian market researching their methods, products and atmosphere, I realized that both grocery stores serve a purpose. They cater to different customers. They both have benefits and drawbacks. According to the research, the difference is caused by the difference in cultures. Some of these differences may be considered small or insignificant at first glance. But these small things add up to a substantial difference in the experience for the customer.

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//FILL A SPACE LHM STUDIOS

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THE BUILDING sits low and squat on what was once a non-descript street corner in a no name part of town. I once sat in a small, suffocating office inside of it. At least that’s how it felt making cold calls on hot Saturday mornings. Hung over.

A quarter century ago it was home to what I believe was named Blue Ribbon Meat Products. The boss was straight out of Glengarry Glen Ross, and I was learning to be Alec Baldwin. The first thing I noticed when strolling by last summer were the shiny steel roll-up doors. Then the new paint, and

art deco light fixtures fastened to the brick wall of the building. Summoning the same boldness I’d utilize when calling strangers trying to sell them a lifetime supply of frozen food (and the freezer to go with it), I knocked on the door. Brent Haley opened it. Which is how I’ve come to be sitting here today. Located near the HP Arena in what is now called Cahill Park, LHM Studios is arguably the coolest photo/video studio between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

CONTENT: You are not a native San Josean, are you?

CONTENT: So you found a certain amount of fulfillment in the corporate world?

HALEY: No. My wife and I met in Davis and I lived there for ten years. The tech industry brought me to San Jose. I’d actually never been here before. I was told I was going to move here. So we searched for a place. I worked for Adobe. That’s how I ended up in the Rose Garden. I didn’t want to have a long commute.

HALEY: Yeah, as a younger person the travel was great. The perks were great. To me, the tech industry in this valley is for the younger crowd. If you want to remain in it you sacrifice a lot, as you get older. It may mean time away from family. It’s not a 9 to 5. It’s definitely a 24/7 commitment. If they need you on Sunday, you’ll be there on Sunday.

CONTENT: When was this?

HALEY: It’s been twelve years.

CONTENT: Impressions?

HALEY: For being one of the biggest cities in the country it’s one of the nicest to live in. I would rather live in a tree-lined city with mountains than say, New York.

CONTENT: What changes in San Jose have you witnessed since moving here?

HALEY: I would say that San Jose has finally grown to find itself. When we came here, The Alameda was just a street. There was no “Mid-Town.” Just a bunch of industrial buildings. Its come a long way.

CONTENT: You mentioned that what brought you here was the same thing that’s attracted so many people to Silicon Valley, meaning you’ve spent a good portion of your life in the tech world, right?

HALEY: Yes. Twenty years in the tech industry being a marketing professional, stage presenter.

That’s all I’ve done until this gig. Tech was great for me, having a packaging and design background. I kinda fell into it. I wasn’t a product manager with an advanced degree. I’ve done very well with it, so I’m grateful for my experiences. Plus it’s inventive. It’s always new.

CONTENT: What prompted you to build a studio?

HALEY: I actually wrote a business plan before I left Apple, the last company I worked for. My job was field marketing for North America. As with any tech company trying to sell products there were lots of road tours. City by city. I figured out that model wasn’t feasible. You had to have something more profitable. It wasn’t making any money. So I started doing videos with product managers to put on the web, under the radar, not sanctioned by the marketing department, and we got 10,000 hits. People were loving it. We were getting leads. The leads were turning into sales.

At that point I knew that video was going to be the next big tool to communicate with. Remember, this was before YouTube. So it wasn’t only about the space, but the medium also. I knew that people were going to need a space to produce in. Prior to having our first child we knew I was leaving Apple, and we started searching for buildings. It took us about six months to find a space we wanted to be in.

CONTENT: What was it about this particular space? How did you visualize what it could become?

HALEY: It was dilapidated when we got it. That was one of the reasons we liked it. And it’s huge.

It’s 7500 square feet on an 11,000 square foot lot.

The location is perfect. We’re next to a park. We’re in central San Jose. Then there’s the space itself.

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My vision was not necessarily to help tech companies, but to bring that power to smaller businesses like a florist or a muffler shop or a realtor.

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Old brick building. The infrastructure was fantastic. What had been added on was the problem. We basically spent almost a year just ripping things out.

CONTENT: How do you “fill space” on the video screen?

HALEY: Humans interact with humans. We use technology every day. If you want to see a movie or buy shoes, you go online. You visit a website. The first impression on that site needs to be a human face, or personality attached to that company, not just a product shot. Video and audio are the most effective way to do that. My vision was not necessarily to help tech companies, but to bring that power to smaller businesses like a florist or a muffler shop or a realtor. Someone who needs to sell a product or service effectively, and economically.

CONTENT: You’ve chosen to undertake a new venture during some tough times. Is it scary?

HALEY: My business belief is: “When times are slow, build.” Use the time to do the things you need to do for when things are busy. That way you’ll be prepared for it. Around Christmas we built a brand new 30’ x 55’ photo/ video cyc (cyclorama: a backdrop), green screen ready (for special effects).

The largest in San Jose within the space. Often people will say they have a studio, but it’s just a room. You can drive a car in here and shoot.

CONTENT: What other features have you added?

HALEY: We have full service edit and audio suites available and offices that are rented. Currently residing here are an internet based video service, someone that produces science fiction films, a tech wizard, a photographer, and an interior designer. It’s a creative hub of sorts.

CONTENT: Has it been rewarding?

HALEY: Very! Although it wasn’t easy to hear Apple stock was going through the roof when I was doing construction. But the rewards are different. I get to spend time with my family. I get to follow my own vision.

CONTENT: What’s next for LHM Studios and the space?

HALEY: We want to continue to do quality work with creative people. That’s what fills LHM Studios. And of course the retro pool table we’re adding. Then we can fill pockets too.

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Writings by Shadd Williams. Layout by Jessy Dewi

The Best Imitation of Myself You are not real. You, on your MySpaceBook page, as much as you want to believe that it’s really you, it’s not you. You have no idea how much it isn’t you. What you choose for your page, your photos, your status, all of it, says a lot about you. But it says more about who you think you are; who you are trying to be; who you want people to believe that you are.

It is one of the identifying characteristics of the human condition: a lack of perspective on who we are as individuals. There is an old saying that on the wedding night of a new couple, there are six people in the marriage bed: 1) who the man believes he is 2) who the woman believes he is 3) who the man really is 4) who the woman believes she is 5) who the man believes she is 6) who she really is Marriage is the path of reducing the orgy until all that remains are the two real people who exchanged vows on a surprisingly brittle day in early June.

What MySpaceBook does is codify and systematize that lack of perspective inherent in all of us. There is no give and take of human interaction that forces the individual to think better of his instincts. It is a simple and self-indulgent, often masturbatory expression of “me” at my most precious and beautiful; hip and deep; cool and controversial; wise and nurturing; productive and energetic; sexy and funny; whatever it is that I want you to believe about me. It goes without saying (I’ll say it anyway) that these are aspirations that reveal the truth to be something quite the opposite. Trying to look energetic and productive? Chances are you just polished off the remaining row and a half of the Oreos while comparing the production values of three different Judge shows on daytime TV. Hip and deep? You spent most of your day off in front of the mirror attempting different “effortless” hairstyles but told your friends you were working on your novel. Wise and nurturing? You dropped your kids off at school and spent the morning playing an XBOX game you confiscated from them the night before.

I get it. I get who you want me to think you are. I don’t think you realize how easy it is to see that.

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Look Ma, I’m A Celebrity One of the more obvious aspects of the MySpaceBook world is the unabashed embracing of self as celebrity. In a culture that values notoriety in all its forms over almost anything else—wealth may be the single exception—MySpaceBook allows the average boring individual to actually spend time and effort developing a fan club site…of which they are the president. Let’s see…a fan club site to me, developed by me, maintained by me…what could be narcissistic about that? Want to know what I think about the new Radiohead record? Click here. Want to see what TV shows I find pithy and relevant? Click here. Oh, and then there are the causes. I’m a celebrity. Care about what I care about. Vote for Obama.

Oppose Stem Cell Research. Save NBC’s “Chuck” (The use of the word “cause” for something as important as Human Trafficking and something as inane as saving a TV show from cancellation results in a moral equivalency that is chilling; although that is a different subject altogether). Look at all my friends. The very idea of a number associated with “friends” is such an obvious contradiction in the very value it is to represent. Do you keep track of how many friends you have in your everyday life? Of course not. Quantity has nothing to do with friendship. It’s the quality of friendship that matters. But for a celebrity, quantity is the coin of the realm.

Granted, we’re all a beautiful and unique snowflake, no argument here. Dress it up, tell me it’s interests, categorize it as a Charlotte or a Samantha…the abundance of descriptives end up making all the snowflakes look exactly the same. It makes me look forward to Global Warming.

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The Best Imitation of Friendship The most common argument I hear in defense of MySpaceBook is that people connect through these social networking sites in ways they otherwise wouldn’t. Friends who have lost contact find each other. Family members can remain abreast of the everyday goingson of long distance relatives. In some cases, new friendships are made through a friend of a friend. Imagine that.

But more often than not, the connections are hollow and one-sided. The long distance thing grows old. The reconnection with your high school friend dwindles after the first rush of checking out each other’s page. We live in a very small world due to technology. It’s been that way for a while. If I wanted to be in contact with you, wouldn’t I already be? Most commonly, the people who you have contact with on MySpaceBook are the people you already have contact with in the real world.

But the worst thing about it—no, not receiving invitations from people who would never consider themselves friends in any real world environment, although it’s a close second—is that in its mode as friendship-enabler, MySpaceBook does exactly the opposite. It allows the user to access only the information he or she finds of interest—the real life equivalent of leaving a conversation mid-sentence; interaction with other humans strictly on my own terms. I don’t have to listen to you at all. It allows the user to eavesdrop on conversations with other friends. It encourages it, in fact. Its very design promotes comparison and competition, some of it playful and fun, for sure. Most of it comes from a much darker place. We compare ourselves to feel better about our lives. We compare ourselves because we think we should have what others have. Whether it’s more friends or photos of ourselves at parties living it up, we compare ourselves. MySpaceBook makes it easier than ever. It gives us the illusion of connection, all the while replacing it with yet another possession: friendship as a commodity to consume. I hate to be the one to state the obvious (again) but that’s not real or human or interaction. It’s nothing of the sort.

For more information, check out my FaceBook page.

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Find the accents If your favorite basic t-shirt has great accent, such as different color stitching or colored brand label, highlight it by using that same funky color in your wardrobe. Use it tastefully with your sunglassesorshoes.Thiswilladdalittle attention to your outfit without going overboard.

Blue Levi linen button down Shirt $58 Brown cotton cut off shorts Black aviator glasses from Black and Brown Vintage Boutique $18

Looking cool in the summer nights For summertime, evening look try and mix up your normal 3 pieces with colored t- shirt instead of your basic long sleeve collared button down, (American Apparel does basics well with great summer time hues). And combine it with a warmer hue of grey or a deep brown trouser or jean.

Throw in a stylish vest in the same hue.

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Fabrication Vacation Take a holiday from your winter coat. The combination of lightweight linen and cotton jersey fabric are light and breezy to stand the heat, but give you a put together look that you can dress up or down.

Heather gray Alternative Apparel coal miners short sleeve $38 Dark Denim Cut-offs Burgundy Boat shoes vintage

Embrace Simplicity With all the choices in shirt styles and logos, don’t disregard the jeans and t-shirts. Just update them with a summer time feel. On the top a bright colored, heather grey or ivory white tee or button-down will achieve this look. Play around with the neckline; a classic crew or V-neck is both very current with this season’s fashion trend. On the bottom, cut off your favorite pair of jeans, transforming them into your new favorite shorts. When all else fails, keep it classic and casual.

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Forget, if you can, everything you learned from that third grade science docent with the baking soda and vinegar. Wipe away the memory of those colorful slides from the junior high astronomy course. Discard the gems of knowledge from the two mandatory high school science classes. Now imagine yourself stripped of all that precious knowledge and placed out in nature with no human contact and only two elementary study tools: a telescope and a notebook. When you look up in the sky, what would you imagine of the things you saw there? What conclusions, if any, would you reach about the world around you? Would you be right?

Less than five centuries ago, most humans in those circumstances would envision themselves on a flat planet at the very center of a lone universe. How did we get from there to here? That is the question answered by the book On the Shoulders of Giants, edited and compiled by Stephen Hawking, a world-renowned physicist in his own right. Hawking takes five of the “giants” from the history of astrophysics and provides commentary and illustrations as garnishes to summaries of their most famous theorems.

While it is generally not my practice to read scientific works for enjoyment, I do very much enjoy hearing about great ideas, and how the great minds over time have produced them. I find it a shame that for many, myself included, it did not take much effort to imagine forgetting these momentous principles. They seem to belong to a universal category of knowledge—without ethnic or national heredity, but the common heritage of human curiosity of pursuit of knowledge. For those without the attention span to read the entire book (which is only a summary of the original works), see the main works and discoveries below.

Nicolaus Copernicus: On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres Prior to Copernicus, the world largely followed the views of the ancient Egyptian Ptolemy, namely the “geo-centric” principle that the earth is the center of the universe. Co-

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GIANTS (Edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking) A book review by Keith Hendren

pernicus, through decades of stellar observation, could not rectify the things he saw there with the theory of geocentricism. Instead, he cautiously proposed a near-heliocentric (sun-centered) theory as an interesting way to explain star trajectories. The hegemony of the Roman Catholic Church at the time created the need for precise verbiage. Several contemporaries, namely Antoli Bruno, were burned at the stake for proposing similar concepts as truth.

Galileo Galilei: Dialogues Concerning the New Sciences While Copernicus toiled in cautious anonymity, Galileo was much more outspoken about his theories, and it very nearly cost him his life. Galileo published his works, furthering the heliocentric principles. He took the newly discovered telescope from a novelty to a useful scientific tool. This allowed him to see Jupiter’s moons and begin discussions on a unified theory of gravity. Additionally, Galileo’s work in the theory of motion set the groundwork for Isaac Newton to later unify the principles of kinematics.

Johannes Kepler: Harmonies of the World Kepler held that the Copernican heliocentricism was correct, but that the orbits of the planets were elliptical, not circular, as had previously been assumed. Kepler worked with a mystician by the name of Brahe to collect huge amounts of celestial data, and actually empirically proved the heliocentric theory.

Sir Isaac Newton: The Principia The title of Hawking’s book comes from a quote of Isaac Newton, “If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” While the words are generally invoked as a metaphor for the accumulative nature of human knowledge, Newton was actually bragging to his nemesis, Robert Hooke, about his superior accomplishments in optical theory. Bragging aside, the analogy is fitting for how discoveries have been made: one discovery begets another, as great minds throughout the centuries build upon the genius of their predecessors. Newton’s three main contributions were the following laws of motion: 1. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.

2. The relationship between an object’s mass (m), its acceleration (a), and the applied force (F) is F = ma.

3. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Albert Einstein: The Principles of Relativity: A collection of Original Papers on the Special Theory of Relativity Einstein is perhaps the most famous physicist in modern culture, and for good reason. After three centuries of few radical changes, his discoveries were the first major changes in the field. His most famous theorem is E=Mc², or energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. This theorem means that energy and mass interact with each other. It was actually proven by measuring the position of stars before and after a solar eclipse; the theory being that during a solar eclipse, the light from the star is bent by its proximity to the mass of the sun. Einstein went on to propose theories of general and specific relativity, both of which were revolutionary.

If Hawking’s goal was to elucidate the masses, I would say he scored a four out of five. I was intrigued and read with great interest and relative understanding the theorems of the first four authors, but lost all interest about half way through Einstein’s treatise, as my mind began to wander. Some say that if you cannot explain an idea simply, you simply do not understand it. I doubt that is the case with Hawking. Perhaps Einstein’s principles do not translate simply, at least not in common day parlance.

Along with the convoluted chapters on Einstein, the book had a few other shortcomings. The copy I read is the illustrated version, but it seemed like little effort had been put into the often cryptic pictures, which more often resembled dreamy impressionism than explanatory diagrams. Despite its shortcomings, Hawking managed to compress 600 years of humankind’s greatest discoveries into half that many pages, and to take some of the most challenging, elevated concepts of physics and lower them to the plane of the less than scientific mind. While few are likely to use this book to stand atop the works of these past giants and peer out upon new horizons of science, Hawking has at least offered the rest of us a stepping stool.

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Vint Cerf is taking the Web into outer space - reserve your .mars address now. - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/solar.html Did you know that Airship Ventures, owner of the largest Zepplin airship on the planet, is based at Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, and the owners have big space industry connections?

Airship Ventures - http://www.airshipventures.com/ Airship Ventures -- Our Story http://www.airshipventures.com/ourstory-background.php Airship Ventures Announces Historic Voyages Between San Francisco and Los Angeles - http://www.reuters.com/article/ pressRelease/idUS207909+29-Apr-2009+MW20090429 NASA Welcomes Airship Ventures Zeppelin To Moffett Field http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26795 Did you know that Zero Gravity Corporation does regular flights of its ZeroG airplane from the San Jose airport?

Zero Gravity Corporation - http://www.gozerog.com/ Reservations: https://www.gozerog.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=reservations.welcome&theid=61B06BFB-1D09-2FD4-73EAC3C121B54A0B New York City Couple Plans to Wed in Zero Gravity - http:// www.marketwire.com/press-release/Zero-Gravity-Corporation-998661.html Northrop Grumman offers teachers taste of zero-gravity - http:// www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_10317930 Did you know that Google is sponsoring the Lunar X PRIZE contest to send the first private robot mission to the moon?

Google Lunar X PRIZE http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/ Google Lunar X PRIZE Video Roundup for May 29, 2009 http://thelaunchpad.xprize.org/2009/05/ google-lunar-x-prize-video-roundup-for. html History Making Moon Mission Unveiled http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/ press-release/history-making-moonmission-unveiled NewSpace Conference Showcase private space ventures (NASA inf Ames) re o m NewSpace 2009 - http:// li , g i spacefrontier.org/newsn Co pace-2009/ by S

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Did you know many communications satellites are built by Space Systems/Loral in Mountain View?

Overview of SSL - http://www.ssloral.com/html/aboutssl/overview.html 50 years of Satellite Innovation - http://www.ssloral.com/html aboutssl/50years.html World’s Largest Commercial Satellite Arrives at Launch Facility h t t p : / / s e v. p r n e w s w i r e . c o m / a e r o s p a c e defense/20090518/NY1814818052009-1.html Did you know Cisco Systems (San Jose) is designing and building computer routers that can work in the harsh environment of outer space?

Cisco Takes Its Internet Router to Space http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive04/ ciscoarch_042104.html Next Generation of Networking: Mobile Router in Space http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/ government/space_next_gen.html Internet Routing in Space http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/ government/space-routing.html Did you know Vint Cerf, one of the co-founders of the Internet and a Vice President at Google (Mountain View) is developing an Interplanetary Internet for improving communication between planets?

Interplanetary Internet Project http://www.ipnsig.org/home.htm Interplanetary Internet - http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Internet ‘Interplanetary internet’ passes first test - http:// www.newscientist.com/article/ dn16086-interplanetary-internet-passes-firsttest.html

SPACE IS the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction.[1] Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of the boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. In mathematics spaces with different numbers of dimensions and with different underlying structures can be examined.

The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the universe although disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework.

Many of the philosophical questions arose in the 17th century, during the early development of classical mechanics. In Isaac Newton’s view, space was absolute - in the sense that it existed permanently and independently of whether there were any matter in the space.[2] Other natural philosophers, notably Gottfried Leibniz, thought instead that space was a collection of relations between objects, given by their distance and direction from one another.

In the 18th century, Immanuel Kant described space and time as elements of a systematic framework which humans use to structure their experience.

In the 19th and 20th centuries mathematicians began to examine non-Euclidean geometries, in which space can be said to be curved, rather than flat. According to Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, space around gravitational fields deviates from Euclidean space.

[3] Experimental tests of general relativity have confirmed that non-Euclidean space provides a better model for explaining the existing laws of mechanics and optics.

From Wikipedia, the free encylopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space