The Degenkolb Softball team wrapped up the 2010 regular season with a particularly difficult loss, falling to a very good Treadwell and Rollo (T&R) team at De Fremery Park. Although not necessarily indicated by the score, the team showed grit and good sportsmanship in what turned out to be a tough night.
Degenkolb’s potent lineup, which had been averaging over 15 runs a game this season, was virtually silenced by T&R’s pitching staff. However, there were some moments of excitement. In ...
Posted by Tim Nelson on August 26, 2010 10:37 PM
Sometimes separation is a good thing. When it comes to the UCSF Medical Sciences Buildings (MSB) and Moffitt Hospital Separation Project, it's a great thing.
The UCSF MSB and Moffitt Separation Project has won a 2010 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA). The awards will be handed out on October 2nd at the 16th Annual NCSEA Conference in Jersey City in New Jersey. At the event, one of the award winners ...
Posted by Hanan Harb on August 18, 2010 6:31 PM
The sun was blazing on Friday, as a large group of artists, passersby, city officials, and space enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the unveiling of The Raygun Gothic Rocketship at San Francisco's Pier 14. The temporary art installation is the latest in the Black Rock Arts Foundation's (BRAF) Civic Arts Program.
The ceremony was filled with great live music. The Phenomenauts played sci-fi punk/rockabilly tunes and the Space Cowboys DJ collective provided stellar beats. Gastronaut provided the ...
Posted by Hanan Harb on August 10, 2010 12:27 AM
The time has finally come for The Raygun Gothic Rocketship to land at San Francisco's Embarcadero!
The unveiling of the The Raygun Gothic Rocketship will be tomorrow, Friday, August 6th at 3pm. The iconic, large-scale sculpture will be located at Pier 14 on San Francisco's waterfront until October 2011. The rocketship art installation is the result of the collaboration between the nonprofit organization, The Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) , and artists Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, David Shulman, and their ...
Posted by Hanan Harb on August 5, 2010 7:09 PM
It all started from the first SEAOC dinner that I attended. Interestingly enough, the SEAOC dinner that night was dedicated to Henry Degenkolb, a great earthquake engineer. I recall Mark Sinclair provided the opening speech to commemorate Henry Degenkolb’s life and related his passion with the topic of the presentation that night, “Mitigating Seismic Hazard in the Developing Countries.” Brian Tucker, the founder of GeoHazards International (GHI) was the presenter. He started by discussing the alarming danger that many ...
Posted by Nick Alexander on August 4, 2010 11:21 PM
A Lincoln Town Car five-ft stretch limousine named Vegas: how’s that for rolling in style
through the muddy by-ways of Bamako?
Born in 1988, Vegas lived her youthful years at the beck and call of various celebrities in the
Hollywood area. She then spent some 15 years in Las Vegas, plying the strip as a limo for hire.
For most cars, that would have been the end of the road. But not for Vegas: in 2008, an intrepid
team from San ...
Posted by Mark Sinclair on August 4, 2010 10:34 PM
