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		<title>Memorial Day at the National Mall 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few words and pictures about Memorial Day on the Mall.

While the National World War II Memorial is a monument for the ages, we are lucky that some of the people it honors are still around to talk about that time.  Herman said he was a sergeant in the US Army during World [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=250</link>
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		<title>Candidate 2.0: Adriel Hampton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That was a long wind up to say, that I've spoken with someone who is running for Congress CA who has some very interesting ideas that are worth sharing. His name is <a href="http://adriel4congress.wordpress.com/">Adriel Hampton 10th CA</a> District ( I'm not a resident of this district).  What caught my attention about him, is that he is very attuned to Gov2.0 issues. From what I can tell his political view are in tune with my own, but even if if they were not, he clearly is doing a lot of think about the role of technology in government. A crucial and timely topic.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=228</link>
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		<title>Red Fish Blue Fish &#8211; First in a Series About the CA Water Wars from Unique Perspectives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the west we still posses a vestige of the frontier spirit in both our mythology as well as our souls.   The forces of the wild are the essence of this mythology.   Without the direct or even remnant representations of our wild past, we are left wanting. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=218</link>
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		<title>Greene and Greene Come to DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The architecture and decorative arts designed by Charles Greene and his brother Henry Greene a century ago in California are recognized internationally as among the finest of the American Arts and Crafts movement. <em><a href="http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/#68">The Art and Craft of Greene &#38; Greene</a></em>, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from March 13 through June 7, presents for the first time a diverse range of the Greenes’ work, including furnishings and fixtures long-separated from their houses and from each other.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=182</link>
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		<title>Saturday Afternoon at The White House Gardens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I was fortunate enough be included by a very nice group of people in a visit to The First Garden at The White House. Here are some photos from my iPhone that I wanted to share with you.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=159</link>
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		<title>TTD Cultural Event at the Consulate of China in LA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the evening of April 24th in Los Angeles, DC&#8217;s Greg Bland, head of Things to Do, will be at the Chinese Consulate for a cultural evening.  I won&#8217;t be in LA then, but it sounds interesting.   Check it out.
Greg is an attorney in the Washington D.C. area who began Things To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=154</link>
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		<title>US Release of Documentary: Valentino the Last Emperor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR is a feature-length film on the legendary designer Valentino Garavani in the wake of his exit in 2008 from the company he founded in Rome more than 45 years ago]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=141</link>
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		<title>District of CA Photo Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The District of California is looking for photos that capture the essence of DC and CA (without photoshopping different images together).
Here&#8217;s one I took of  California Street with the Washington monument visible in the lower right corner.
If you have anything like this that you&#8217;d like to share, please let me know. Your photographic artistry and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=132</link>
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		<title>Women of Santa Monica Prison Photo Show?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six years and eight months is the standard sentence for drug trafficking and is the working title of the project. Chao describes the project as a collective expression of a group of women who share the same predicament, “Santa Monica is not so much a prison project, but rather a starting point - a subtext and intellectual component for a humanistic portrait project.” ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=121</link>
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		<title>Monterey, Carmel &amp; Big Sur Painting Trip in September</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my best experiences ever in The District of California was when I took a landscape painting workshop in Monterey, CA with DC artist and teacher extraordinaire, Walt Bartman.  He got me back into painting after a long time away from it. (In this photo I was painting just out of frame somewhere in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.districtofca.com/?p=92</link>
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