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A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded. General Fixed Windows cursor sometimes showing as the incorrect type, most often in system tray menu After workshop updates, 'View News' on the download panel will now navigate to the list of subscribed items, rather than to news for the base game. Fixed a bug causing Steam UI and some Steamworks games to have occasional performance hitches for users with large friends lists or large numbers of blocked friends In-Game Overlay Fixed a bug where the Big Picture in-game overlay could be abnormally pixelated for titles using the Vulkan graphics API Fixed mouse cursor intermittently disappearing while mousing over certain windows (e.g. full-screen videos) which caused mouse input to not work in the overlay until restarted Full-screen views in chat windows now render in the chat window rather than in a separate full-screen window on top of the game Fixed certain keyboard events being sent i...

A Look at Graduation Time By Melissa Lindberg Every year, June brings change for thousands of students across the United States as they mark the end of a chapter in their educational life and, possibly, the start of a new one. The Prints & Photographs Division's collections include a number of high school and college graduation photographs. Some aspects of these images seem timeless while others are distinct to their time. The facial expressions in this image of UC Berkeley's graduating class of 1901 seem in some cases to reflect pride and in others boredom — a combination of feelings I remember from my own college graduation. The Graduating Class 1901, Commencement Day, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Photo by Underwood & Underwood. http://bit.ly/2X8keNx Music is, and has been, an integral part of the pomp at many commencement ceremonies. What would ...

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