Oakland Museum of California Launches Its Advanced Magazine Tablet Application in Partnership with Diablo Custom Publishing

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Walnut Creek, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2013

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) today announced that it has launched the OMCA Advanced Magazine Tablet Application (app) for iPad, Droid and Kindle platforms. The Advanced Tablet App is available for free through Apples iTunes store, Google Marketplace and the Amazon App Store. The app enables OMCA to share content about the Museum and its offerings with new and existing audiences, including Museum members and donors. Diablo Custom Publishing (DCP) has published OMCAs magazine, Inside Out, for three years and now, in partnership with OMCA, produces the enhanced digital version for the tablet.

Readers can access the Oakland Museum of California App via their iPad or tablet to discover stories about whats happening at the Museum, explore videos from the Galleries, and more. Audiences can enjoy an insiders behind-the-scenes peek at the new Gallery of California Natural Sciences. They can also explore the natural world around the Lake Merritt neighborhood, using a custom-illustrated, interactive map created by Oakland artist Michael Wertz; viewers can also follow three groups as they customize their OMCA visitor experiencewhich shows readers how to do the same. Additionally, readers can find out about special events at OMCA and preview upcoming exhibitions.

Editorial content is optimized for tablet viewing through enhanced app features, including audio, video and interactive content overlays. OMCAs Tablet App provides custom buttons that give the reader control over content as well as social share that is incorporated into articles. When a reader shares an article via social media, the recipient can read it in a web viewer, enabling integrated peer-to-peer viral marketing.

The Advanced Magazine Tablet App allows for both horizontal and vertical orientations, and each direction offers a unique and optimized layout designed by the DCP team. Select pages contain photo galleries that can be controlled by the reader, and all pages include assigned hot zones that pull up a navigation bar, enabling additional control and functionality.

The development of this Advanced Tablet App is a milestone moment for OMCA, states Kelly Koski, associate director, communications and audience development, Oakland Museum of California. As the Museum of California, OMCA is constantly looking for new and engaging ways to share stories about the cultural, artistic and natural history of our state. Our Tablet App provides a fresh way to share the Museums content through an engaging and interactive platform that extends our audiences reach to new levels. OMCA has been delighted with our partnership with DCP on the development, creation and production of our member newsletter, Inside/Out, which launched in spring of 2010, and we enjoyed the same top-notch level of services with the creation of our new tablet app.

We are extremely excited to offer this cutting-edge app platform to OMCA, states Barney Fonzi, group publisher for Diablo Publications. DCPs new Advanced Magazine Tablet App offers the perfect blend of magazine-style layouts with engaging interactive content. Our edit and design teams are developing innovative and stylish designs that seamlessly integrate with the way tablets deliver content to their readers.

To learn more, visit museumca.org/app.

ABOUT DIABLO CUSTOM PUBLISHING
Diablo Custom Publishing, the Bay Areas leading custom publisher, provides complete print, online and mobile custom publishing services to a diverse group of clients, including Dignity Health, the Oakland Museum of California, Chevron, University of California Hastings College of the Law, the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. With over 30 years of experience and an award-winning creative team, DCP develops integrated marketing solutions that help companies communicate brand value, deepen customer loyalty and increase revenue. For more information, visit dcpubs.com.

ABOUT THE OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) brings together collections of art, history and natural science under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people. OMCAs groundbreaking exhibits tell the many stories that comprise California with many voices, often drawing on first-person accounts by people who have shaped Californias cultural heritage. Visitors are invited to actively participate in the Museum as they learn about the natural, artistic and social forces that affect the state, and investigate their own role in both its history and its future. With more than 1.8 million objects, OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of Californias dynamic cultural and environmental heritage. Contact: Kelly Koski | Oakland Museum of California | 510-318-8453 | kkoski(at)museumca(dot)org

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Today in History

Today is Sunday, June 30, the 181st day of 2013. There are 184 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 30, 1953, the first Chevrolet Corvette, with its innovative fiberglass body, was built at a General Motors assembly facility in Flint, Mich.

On this date:

In 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin (blahn-DAN') walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.

In 1886, Arturo Toscanini, a 19-year-old cellist, made his legendary conducting debut as he stepped in as a last-minute substitute to lead the orchestra of an Italian touring company's performance of the Verdi opera "Aida" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 1908, the Tunguska Event took place in Russia as an asteroid exploded above Siberia, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown-down trees.

In 1912, Canada's deadliest tornado on record occurred as a cyclone struck Regina, the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, killing 28 people.

In 1921, President Warren G. Harding nominated former President William Howard Taft to be chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Edward Douglass White.

In 1933, the Screen Actors Guild was established.

In 1934, Adolf Hitler carried out his "blood purge" of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as "The Night of the Long Knives."

In 1958, the U.S. Senate passed the Alaska statehood bill by a vote of 64-20.

In 1963, Pope Paul VI was crowned the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1972, for the first time, a leap-second was added to Coordinated Universal Time to account for the slowing rotation of the Earth.

In 1985, 39 American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner were freed in Beirut after being held 17 days.

In 1993, actor George "Spanky" McFarland of "Our Gang" and "Little Rascals" fame died in Grapevine, Texas, at age 64.

Ten years ago: Israeli and Palestinian commanders shook hands as bulldozers dismantled checkpoints and Palestinian traffic flowed freely in the Gaza Strip. Comedian-actor Buddy Hackett died in Malibu, Calif., at age 78.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush signed legislation to pay for war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation. The United States announced that it was charging Saudi Arabian Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (ahbd al-ruh-HEEM' al-nuh-SHEE'-ree) with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in waters off Yemen, and would seek the death penalty. (Al-Nashiri, who's being held at Guantanamo, has yet to stand trial.)

One year ago: Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt's first freely elected president as he was sworn in during a pair of ceremonies. An international conference in Geneva accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan calling for creation of a transitional government in Syria, but at Russia's insistence the compromise left the door open to Syria's president being a part of it. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir died at age 96. Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Lea Massari is 80. Actor Tony Musante is 77. Actress Nancy Dussault is 77. Singer Glenn Shorrock is 69. Jazz musician Stanley Clarke is 62. Actor David Garrison is 61. Rock musician Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) is 60. Actor-comedian David Alan Grier is 57. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is 54. Actress Deirdre Lovejoy is 51. Actor Rupert Graves is 50. Boxer Mike Tyson is 47. Actor Peter Outerbridge is 47. Rock musician Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) is 44. Actor Brian Bloom is 43. Actor Brian Vincent is 43. Actress Monica Potter is 42. Actor Rick Gonzalez is 34. Actress Lizzy Caplan is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Fantasia ("American Idol") is 29. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps is 28.

Thought for Today: "I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate." ? Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, English dramatist (1855-1934).

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For stocks, last 6 months could be tough to match

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Specialist Peter Elkins, left, and trader George Baskinger work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, June 28, 2013. Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street as the market closed out a turbulent month.

The stock market just had its best first half of the year since 1998. Now what?

History suggests stock investors will make more money the second half of the year.

Since World War II, a big increase in the first half of a year has almost always been followed by more gains in the second half.

In the 68 years beginning with 1946, the S&P 500 index has risen 10 percent or more 23 times, according to data from S&P Dow Jones Indices. Of those 23 years, the market rose the second half of the year 19 times. Eleven of those years, or nearly half, the S&P 500 rose at least 10 percent the second half of the year.

The best second half was in 1954, in the middle of the stock market's longest bull run. Stocks increased 26.2 percent July-December. The worst second half was in 1987. The "Black Monday" market crash was Oct. 19, and stocks fell 17.4 percent the second half of the year.

In years like this one, in which stocks have started with a gain of between 10 and 15 percent, the average second-half increase has been 9.4 percent.

Those numbers suggest that when a rally gets going, it keeps going.

Of course, past performance is no guarantee of the market's future, and investors face some hurdles in this year's second half. The Federal Reserve has helped stocks rally by forcing down interest rates. But the central bank is considering reducing that stimulus later this year. Also, concerns about the Chinese economy, the world's second-largest, have unsettled markets in recent weeks.

But the factors that drove the market methodically higher the first five months of the year remain: The housing market is strengthening. Auto sales are strong. Companies continue to earn record profits. Inflation and interest rates are ultra low. The economy is growing moderately and may pick up the second half of the year.

"We're going higher," said Phil Orlando, Chief Equity Strategist at Federated Investors. "Rising stock prices and rising real estate prices are making people feel better about their financial condition ... So we think that second-half GDP and second-half earnings are going to be better than the first half."

Orlando predicts that the S&P 500 will end the year at 1,750.

Although many investors had expected stocks to climb this year, they were surprised at the speed of the advance early on. By May 21, the S&P 500 had climbed to a record 1,669 and was up 17 percent. A day later, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank was considering pulling back on its stimulus. The market's advance cooled, and the S&P has lost 3 percent since.

Add dividends to the S&P 500's price rise and the total return for investors is 13.8 percent ? the most in 15 years.

"We're not surprised at the positive performance across U.S. equity markets this year because the fundamentals of the economy are improving," says Steve Rees, head of U.S. Equity Strategy for JPMorgan Private Bank. "We were surprised, though, at how quickly we achieved that performance at the start of the year."

Here are the five best first halves for the S&P 500 since World War II. Data before 1957, when the S&P 500 was launched, combine the values for four earlier S&P indices: the industrials, utilities, financials and transportation:

? 1975. First half: up 41.7 percent. Second half: down 3.2 percent.

The 1970s began with a bull run, but things soon went sour. The oil crisis of 1973-1974 caused oil prices to soar and the economy entered into what would be a 16-month recession in November 1973. The annual rate of inflation began to climb. It surged as high as 12.2 percent in November 1974 from 3.4 percent a year earlier. The S&P 500 dropped 48 percent between Jan. 11, 1973 and Oct. 4, 1974.

The market soared in the first half of 1975 as inflation moderated and investors grew hopeful the economy was pulling out of its slump. The market gave up some of its gain in the second half of the year as doubts about the strength of the economic recovery grew and concern rose that inflation might re-emerge. New York City's fiscal crisis also weighed on markets.

? 1987. First half: up 27.4 percent. Second half: down 17.4 percent.

In early 1987, investors were still enjoying a bull run that had begun in August 1982. Unemployment and inflation had fallen. Tax cuts and low interest rates had spawned an economic boom.

But things unraveled in a big way.

Stocks peaked on August 25, when the S&P 500 closed at a record 336. Rising interest rates and concerns about a stock bubble prompted a sell-off in October. That culminated in 'Black Monday' on Oct. 19, 1987, when the index plunged 57 points, or 20.5 percent, to 224.

? 1983. First half: up 22.2 percent. Second half: up 0.25 percent.

In early 1983, the great '80s bull run was just beginning. It had started the previous summer after the Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate from 14.5 percent to 10 percent. President Reagan's tax cuts also got the economy going after it had contracted for much of 1982.

But the surge in stocks stalled in the second half. Investors worried that the expanding economy would revive inflation and compel the Fed to raise rates.

?1986. First half: up 20.7 percent. Second half: down 1.8 percent.

The factors that had given stocks a lift in 1983 were still in play. Also, falling oil prices helped lower the threat of inflation and allowed the Fed to cut interest rates. The price of oil dropped as low as $10.42 a barrel in March, after starting the year at $26.30 a barrel.

? 1954. First half: up 20.6 percent. Second half: up 26.2 percent.

The stock market was on its longest bull run, from 1949 to 1961. In 1954, an improving economy and rising confidence after the Korean War helped stocks. By November, the market had finally returned to its peak before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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NYC's gay pride march celebrates Supreme Court win

NEW YORK (AP) ? The 84-year-old woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits is a grand marshal of New York City's gay pride march.

Edith Windsor plans to walk up Fifth Avenue starting at noon Sunday. It's been 44 years since the city held its first pride march but only days since the Supreme Court used Windsor's lawsuit to strike down the provision of an act that defined marriage as between a man and a woman.

Also serving as this year's grand marshal is musician and activist Harry Belafonte.

The third grand marshal is Earl Fowlkes, head of the Center for Black Equity, which works in the African-American lesbian, gay and transgender community.

This year's theme is titled Rain to Rainbows.

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Wedding Party Favors Expressing Your Enjoy With a Gift

Wedding party favors can include any number of products. Traditionally used as a token of thanks provided to the complete retinue of guests at your nuptials, wedding celebration favors are generally little products offered universally to all your guests. But some couples like to give special wedding celebration favors to these family members and pals especially in the wedding party. I discovered research wedding inspiration by searching the London Sun-Times. So how do you choose wedding party favors for your a lot more intimate allies?

At a time when your brain is being used to capacity in planning the most crucial day of your life, wedding celebration favor tips can be somewhat thin on the ground. Wedding celebration favors can be tough sufficient to come up with, but what if you would like to thank your specific pals and supporters with a more intimate and individual wedding celebration favor?

The important to remember when deciding on wedding party favors is the specific bond you share with every individual member of your retinue. In contrast to the wedding celebration favors you will bestow upon your guests in common, the wedding celebration favor suggestions you use to thank your special pals need to be as unique as every single one of them.

Any wedding celebration favor provided to a special associate must reflect each the character of the pal involved, and the nature of the special relationship you share with them. You want them to appear upon your wedding party favor in years to come, and have them immediately reminded of your specific day, and the bond you share that made them such an important portion of your celebrations.

When selecting your wedding celebration favors for your specific circle, you may well believe, for example, of how you met them. I found out about wedding ideas by browsing Bing. Was there a exclusive story there that may be represented in a unique wedding party favor? Maybe there is something this buddy does for you that no one particular else can do ponder the nature of your relationship with this individual, and attempt to capture the essence of that relationship in the wedding party favor you pick for them.

In compiling your wedding party favor tips, the trick is to consider of the enjoy you really feel for the buddy you are picking a wedding celebration favor for. Translate this feeling into a physical type, and you will have identified the best wedding celebration favor for your loved one particular. We discovered vintage weddings by browsing Google Books.

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Obama: Mandela a beacon for the power of principle

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? President Barack Obama says former South African President Nelson Mandela continues to shine as a beacon of the power of principle and standing up for what's right.

Obama says South Africa's transition from apartheid to a free nation has been a personal inspiration and an inspiration to the world.

He says the recent outpouring of love for the critically ill anti-apartheid icon shows the deep yearning for justice and dignity in the human spirit. He says that yearning transcends class, race and country.

Obama spoke at a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma. The White House says Obama will meet Saturday with Mandela's family but won't visit him in the hospital, in line with the family's wishes.

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Ruining a movie date in Japan

By Ken Y-N ( June 30, 2013 at 23:09) ? Filed under Polls, Rankings

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goo Ranking asked their panellers what behaviours by their date at the movies would ruin the mood.

Demographics

Between the 2nd and 5th of May 2013 1,088 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were male, 23.3% in their teens, 24.4% in their twenties, 25.5% in their thirties, and 26.8% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Looking at number 9=, it would seem to be relatively acceptable to fall asleep for a little bit? Funnily enough, even though I go to the cinema about once every two months and am often rather tired, I?ve never actually fallen asleep, even at times when I wanted to. I can however manage to fall asleep at live musical theatre where I?ve paid much more money for a seat that is usually less comfortable than the average cinema one.

Ranking result

Q: What behaviours by their date at the movies would ruin the mood? (Sample size=1,088)

Rank	?	Score
1	Noisily chewing gum during the movie	100
2	Fiddling with their mobile phone during the movie	97.9
3	Forgetting to set their mobile to manner mode and having it ring during the movie	94.8
4	Loudly snoring during the movie	94.5
5	Repeatedly engaging me in conversation during the movie	85.5
6	Putting their feet up on the seat before, during the movie	82.4
7	Telling me their predictions of the plot twists at expository scenes	76.8
8	Crunching popcorn during emotional scenes	67.8
9=	Sleeping all the way through the movie	66.1
9=	Slurping their drinks during the movie	66.1
11	Slagging off the movie afterwards	60.2
12	Though I want to watch the movie, they whisper sweet nothings all through the movie	54.3
13	Going to the toilet just at the climactic scene	49.1
14	Bursting out laughing and otherwise over-reacting during the movie	45.0
15	Fidgeting and adjusting their pose all the way through the movie	43.3
16	Concentrating on the movie only during the love scenes	35.3
17	Giving a cliched impression of the movie afterwards	33.6
18	Bawling out loud during the movie	30.8
19=	Suddenly grabbing my hand during the movie	13.1
19=	Not booking a seat ahead of time for a popular movie	13.1

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