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I am new to lapack and especially I am not a mathematician. So sorry for stupid questions.
I want to extract proncipal components out of a m-by-m matrix. Without lapack it took for weeks on relatively big datasets (1000x1000). So I introduced lapack, what improved the speed significantly (only hours).
But now I get a memory problem. with DGESDD the program crashes even before getting to this function (while initializing the variables) on a 16GB machine. So I switched to SGESDD. Since it uses float values, the initialization is fine. But I get an error, since the variable lwork is 2.805.682.880 for a matrix of 20020x20020. This figure is to high for an integer and gets a negative value.
I am using a 64bit machine.
Is anybody out there who can give me solution to this issue?
thanks a bunch,

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The usual starting point of both Topology and Measure Theory is the definition of a family of subsets of a set $S$.
Indeed, one defines a topology on $S$ to be a family of subsets including the empty set $\emptyset$ and $S$ itself and which is closed under arbitrary unions and finite intersections. These are the open sets. (One can of course also define a topology by stipulating which are the closed sets, which are now closed under finite unions and arbitrary intersections.)
In Measure Theory one starts by defining on $S$ the notion of a $\sigma$-algebra, which is a collection of subsets again including $S$ and which is closed under complementation and countable unions, so in particular it also includes $\emptyset$ and is closed under countable intersections. The subsets in the $\sigma$-algebra are the measurable sets.
When I learnt these subjects I was always intrigued by the similarity of both definitions. This suggests other family of subsets of a set $S$ defined by demanding that both $\emptyset$ and $S$ belong to the family and that the family be closed under some operations.
Are there any interesting families of subsets, other than topologies and $\sigma$-algebras, which can be defined in this way? And if so, to which areas of mathematics are they germane?


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Surietha paints under her Irish maiden name of Hanafey and lives in the Swartland. She gets her inspiration from the Great Karoo and its everyday things and people. She likes to paint in solitude in the Karoo with beautiful classical music in the background. She has a great love of painting faces and especially eyes as they are the windows to the soul. Nature scenes and donkey carts are also a big love of hers. Surietha paints a cross behind her name to thank her Lord and Saviour for her God-given talent and gift.


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Choice of carabiners for hauling systems and pulley attachment
- Read the technical notice before viewing the following techniques.
- It is important to fully understand the information provided in the technical notice before using this complementary information
- Mastering these techniques requires training.
- Consult a professional before attempting to perform these techniques on your own.
Key issues and risks
For hauling, the highest efficiency is desired, which is obtained by choosing efficient pulleys, but also by ensuring that the devices are ideally aligned or positioned.
Requirements and needs differ depending on the situations and the equipment to be connected; there may be several items attached to the carabiners.
The most important risks to consider
Recommendation on carabiner and accessories
Load alignment
Large capacity for multiple attachments
Why this choice?
• The symmetric shape of the OK provides good load alignment, even with pulleys having widely spaced side plates or devices with rather wide attachment holes such as the PRO TRAXION
• The pear shape of the WILLIAM and ATTACHE allows several ropes or items to be connected in one place
Precautions for use
• Once the installation is complete, verify that the connectors are correctly locked and positioned before using the system
• While hauling, beware of any rubbing against the carabiner sleeves and of possible wrong positioning of the carabiners
• When attaching multiple items, put the one that will bear most of the load on the spine side of the carabiner, and the one that will be less loaded on the gate side


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ABC's Juju Chang and Women in the World Foundation president Kim Azzarelli took the stage on Saturday to unveil the foundation's exciting new initiative: "Get On The Map! for Women and Girls," an interactive online tool to track charitable projects that advance women and girls, launched in partnership with the Virtue Foundation. Azzarelli also announced Women in the World on Campus, which will bring Women in the World's signature stories and solutions to campuses all across the country.
The Foundation is the "connective tissue," said Azzarelli, linking younger generations to older ones in an effort to carry out the solutions discussed during the summit and throughout the year.
The map, which the foundation describes as "a single portal where you can go to learn about organizations and projects empowering women and girls around the world," is already tracking more than 3,000 projects.


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I have a application that updates several table at 1 time. But now i want to make sure that any failure in updating any 1 of the tables, the database would rollback to the original state. How should i design the structure of my application?
JSP page --- >> Servlet --- >> Controller --- >> Database
In my jsp page, this is where the user enters the data and submit. The servlet would capture all the data that the user enter into the textfield. The Controller class is a file, which i code to manage the updating of the records and also responsible for calling other classes to update to the database. For the database class it is just a class i coded to connect to database, and accept SQL statements through a method to perform insert,update,delete,query.
In my controller, i would call Class A and B to perform update operations.
so in Class A and B i would have something that look like this
in my database classCode:public class A .... public void updateRecord() { String sql = // here goes my sql update statement... Database db = new Database(); db.executeUpdate(sql); }
in my controller classCode:public class Database .... public void executeUpdate(String sql) { // all the update to database goes here }
where should i insert the codes to ensure the updating of the records smoothly?Code:public class UpdateController() { A a = new A(); a.updateRecord(); B b = new B(); b.updateRecord(); }


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NSURLConnection object lets you load the contents of a URL by providing a URL request object. The interface for
NSURLConnection is sparse, providing only the controls to start and cancel asynchronous loads of a URL request. You perform most of your configuration on the URL request object itself.
NSURLConnection class provides convenience class methods to load URL requests both asynchronously using a callback block and synchronously.
For greater control, you can create a URL connection object with a delegate object that conforms to the
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NSURLConnection protocols. The connection calls methods on that delegate to provide you with progress and status as the URL request is loaded asynchronously. The connection also calls delegate methods to let you override the connection's default behavior (for example, specifying how a particular redirect should be handled). These delegate methods are called on the thread that initiated the asynchronous load operation.
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Eve Z. wrote:McDuffies wrote:Eve Z. wrote:For a week and so I continously dream myself naked.
Was I there?
I dunno... let's see, were you? I think I can remember a 2-legged cat with orange fur and black stripes wearing a blue collar hanging around there too, but I'm not sure it was you because it wasn't showing any interest.
I looks like me to pretend I'm not interested.


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The next branch meeting will be held on 10 May 2008 at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria and not on the expected third Saturday of the month (17 May) at "home" in Roodepoort.
The rescheduled meeting will coincide with a celebration of a "Heritage Day" fest convened by Isabel Groesbeek to mark 20 years of her work in Genealogy. That will be followed by a visit to the monthly meeting of the Northern Transvaal branch of the GSSA in the art gallery of the monument.. The latter will commence at 14h00. Their speaker will be Lappe Laubscher talking on "Spoke en Persoonlikhede uit ons Genealogiese Geskiedenis".
It is imperative that we give the Northerners an indication of attendees (as a courtesy) so that they can host us adequately.
- How many members would like to attend this meeting and/or the preceding fest;
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John Kerry and wife Teresa
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US Secretary of State John Kerry's wife, philanthropist and heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, was flown on Sunday to a top Boston hospital from the Massachusetts island of Nantucket with an unspecified medical condition.
Glen Johnson, a State Department official who serves as Kerry's personal spokesman, announced her illness but did not give details. Heinz Kerry, 74, was in critical but stable condition, a Boston newspaper reported.
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"Late Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Teresa Heinz Kerry was taken by ambulance to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, accompanied by her husband," Johnson said in a brief written statement released by the State Department.
"Once doctors had stabilized her condition, she was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, again accompanied by the secretary," he added. "The family is grateful for the outpouring of support it has received and aware of the interest in her condition, but they ask for privacy at this time."
Massachusetts General Hospital is among the top US medical centers and is one of the Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals.
Earlier, a source close to the family said Heinz Kerry's trip to the hospital from the family's summer residence in Nantucket, an island where many wealthy Americans have vacation homes, was necessitated by a "medical condition" rather than an accident.
John Kerry and wife Teresa on day of swearing in as secretary of state (Photo: Reuters)
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Heinz Kerry was flown to Boston on her own plane.
On its website, the Boston Herald newspaper quoted Cottage Hospital spokesman Noah Brown as saying Heinz Kerry was admitted to the emergency room in critical condition. Her condition has since stabilized, the paper quoted him as saying. Brown said he had been asked to refer questions to the State Department.
Kerry and his wife have long vacationed on Nantucket, about 30 miles (48 km) off the south coast of Cape Cod.
Heinz Kerry was born in the southern African nation of Mozambique and is the widow of Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz III, an heir to the Heinz food fortune.
Heinz, a Republican, died in a helicopter crash in 1991.
In 1995, she married Kerry, who at the time was a Democratic US senator from Massachusetts, on Nantucket.
Kerry was one of the richest US senators, mostly due to Heinz Kerry's fortune.
Heinz Kerry is known for being outspoken and famously told a reporter to "shove it" during her husband's unsuccessful presidential bid in 2004.
Kerry's second wife, she is the chairman of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.
She is active in environmental issues, has served on numerous boards and has been awarded 10 honorary degrees, according to the Heinz Endowment's website.
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All-new, luxurious full-size family sedan.
Fullsize Cars
Editor: Tom Lankard
$24,335 Base Price MSRP
$29,995 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Hyundai Azera SE ($24,335); Azera Limited ($26,835)
Standard Engine: 3.6-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Engine Options: 263-hp 3.8-liter V6
Standard Transmission: 5-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 5-speed automatic with Shiftronic
Basic Warranty: 5 years/60,000 miles
Assembled In: Asan, South Korea
Model Tested MSRP: Hyundai Azera Limited ($26,835)
Standard Equipment: automatic, dual climate control; cruise control; power windows, mirrors and keyless-remote central locking; manual, tilt-and-telescope steering wheel; power 8-way driver and 4-way passenger seats; leather-trimmed seats and shift knob; AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo; heated front seats; wood-grain/leather-wrapped steering wheel; power rear sunshade; electro-chromatic inside mirror with compass and universal programmable remote; auto-headlights; carpeted floor mats
Options As Tested: Ultimate Package: power, tilt-and-slide sunroof; AM/FM/in-dash 6-CD/MP3, 10-speaker with subwoofer stereo; power tilt-and-telescope steering wheel; power adjustable pedals; driver seat, outside mirrors and steering column memory; rain-sensing windshield wipers; power folding outside mirrors ($2500)
Standard Safety Equipment: dual-stage front seat airbags; front and rear, seat-mounted, side-impact airbags; full-coverage, roof-mounted, side-curtain airbags; front seat active head restraints; electronic stability control; ABS with EBD; traction control; child safety seat anchors (LATCH)Destination Charge: $660
Inside, fit and finish set a new standard for the marque, with quality materials and assembly. There's a quiet elegance in the simplicity of the instruments, usability of the controls and sleekness of design. What isn't readily visible received the same attention as what is, with hardware studiously hidden away and storage bins fully finished. All is not perfection. Some faux leather feels more like vinyl than bovine. But the overall presentation is quite upscale.
At a more practical level, the Azera equals or betters the competition in standard equipment, with special emphasis on safety. Eight airbags are standard, as are electronic stability control, traction control, antilock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution and active front seat head restraints. Rain-sensing windshield wipers, more commonly found only on high-end cars, are optional.
In design and styling, creature comforts, powertrain and those all-important safety features, the Azera offers as much or more than anything else in the class, and at a lower price.
Azera marks a new venture for the South Korea-based carmaker. It's a move upmarket, to compete with the likes of the Toyota Avalon, the Nissan Maxima, the Buick LaCrosse, and the Mercury Milan. Rumors abound that it's the proverbial toe in the water as Hyundai contemplates joining Honda, Nissan and Toyota in creating a stand-alone luxury brand, along the lines of Acura, Infiniti and Lexus. If the Azera is what Hyundai can do with an entry-level luxury car, imagine what it could do with a car costing half again as much.
Hyundai makes it easy to pick your Azera, offering only two models, the SE ($24,335) and the Limited ($26,835). The same engine, a 3.8-liter, 263-horsepower V6 with variable valve timing, powers both and drives the front wheels through a five-speed, Shiftronic automatic transmission.
The SE comes with dual-zone climate control; cloth upholstery, four-way driver and two-way passenger power front seats; power windows, mirrors and central locking with keyless remote; leather-trimmed, tilt-and-telescope steering wheel and shift knob; cruise control; AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo with steering wheel-mounted controls; bi-level front center console; 16-inch wheels. The SE Premium Package ($1,600) adds a power tilt-and-slide sunroof, premium stereo with in-dash, 6CD changer, heated front seats. Dealer accessories include floor mats ($85); wheel locks ($40); sunroof wind deflector ($80); trunk floor mat ($90); and composite cargo tray ($90).
The Limited steps up with leather-trimmed seats, heated front seats, woodgrain and leather-wrapped steering wheel, powered rear sunshade, 17-inch wheels and Michelin tires. The Limited Premium Package ($1500) adds the power sunroof and premium stereo. The Ultimate Package ($2500) includes the sunroof and stereo plus power adjustable pedals and tilt-and-telescope steering wheel, memory for the driver's seat, mirrors, and steering column, rain-sensing wipers and power folding outside mirrors.
Safety features are comprehensive, including state-of-the-art frontal airbags, full-coverage side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags, active head restraints for the front seats, and LATCH child safety seat anchors. All five seating positions have adjustable head restraints and three-point belts; the front seatbelts have pre-tensioners and height-adjustable shoulder loops. Active safety features for crash avoidance include antilock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), electronic stability control and traction control.
Walk Around
Hyundai's stylists may have started out copying more than creating, but they're ever so persistently breaking out of that mode. While there may be nothing strikingly new or original about the Azera's looks, there's nevertheless a completeness, a proportional flow that both catches and pleases the eye.
The front end of the Hyundai Azera could be that of the smaller Sonata with the comfortable filling out that can come with healthy aging; not quite stately, but definitely wiser. The grille shape is familiar, as are the headlights and the slim, borderline overly wide, bifurcated gap beneath the bumper, itself adorned with thin, bright-finish bump strips at each corner.
The side view reaches for elegance, with gracefully arced, micro-bulged fenders and a glasshouse that rises softly from the bonnet, flows smoothly over an elongated cabin and falls gently into the boot. The rear overhang extends a bit farther than the shorter front overhang, but wide doors and spacious windows temper the relatively minor discord. A trunk lid that seems to sit atop the rear fenders, inviting unfortunate comparison with the awkward back end of the current BMW 7 Series, but some designers are saying it's a necessary design solution and we're seeing the same sort of thing on the newest models from Lexus and Acura.
The Azera's back end is equally reminiscent of the Sonata, albeit fuller, more mature. Sonata-like shapes outline the lighting arrangements and license plate. A unique reflector strip reaching across the trunk lid doubles as a background for the only external display of the name, Azera. A bright-finish strip along the top of the bumper finishes the loop started at the front and carried along the side. Widely spaced, dual exhaust tips add a sporty touch that lightens up the rear aspect.
Save for a couple quirky touches, the Hyundai Azera's interior delivers comfortable, near-elegant transport. Materials are top notch, and more than just the upholstery, dash covering and carpet, reaching as well to fabric headliner (instead of what's dismissively known in the industry as mouse fur) and fully flocked glovebox and other storage cubbies. Tolerances, those worrisome gaps between the bits and pieces of plastic and other materials comprising the interior, are impressively tight, earning high marks for fit and finish. All hinged fixtures, from glove box door to roof-mounted grab handles, are damped for smooth, quiet operation.
The dash sweeps gracefully across the car, beginning and ending in sectioned caps molded into the front door panels, and beneath an odd, table edge-like, flat rim that circles the entire interior from the outboard edges of the rear seats. Vent registers are symmetrically positioned near the doors and on each side of the audio and climate control panels centered above a large storage bin. Intuitively proportioned tachometer, speedometer, fuel level and engine coolant gauges peer out from a hooded pod through the top half of the steering wheel. Large, friendly knobs, buttons and switches return a pleasant tactile feel.
The center console is trimmed in natural-looking woodgrain and brushed aluminum. Up front, almost tucked up underneath the dash overhang, is a covered ashtray with lighter. Aft of this is a small cubby, with controls for the seat heaters standard in the Limited and optional in the SE. Driver and front passenger have access to a pair of cup holders beneath a hinged cover forward of the padded cover over the bi-level center console storage bin.
The shift lever travels through a gated slot that puts the secondary, Sportronic gear selector slot on the opposite side of the gate from the driver. We prefer it on the driver's side.
Map pockets in each door are provided, part of which flip out to expand. The backsides of the front seats wear magazine pouches. Back seat passengers get a fold-down center armrest with two cup holders and, overhead, reading lights.
The seats, front and rear, are comfortable but supportive. Front seat bases are fully enclosed so hardware isn't exposed. The driver's seat power lumbar covers an impressive range. Front seats give more and better thigh support than the rears, but the copious rear seat leg room more than compensates, helped by the rear doors' remarkably wide openings.
Visibility is good all around, with special credit to the view out the back. The adjustable rear head restraints are the shingle type, which are formed to fit down over the top of the seatback when retracted. The electro-chromatic rearview mirror comes with an off switch, for the compass, too, and when that's turned off, the window in which it appears fades into the mirror. And shift into reverse with the Limited's rear sunshade deployed, and it automatically retracts.
The Azera is roomy. Against the competition in interior measurements, the Azera generally prevails, besting the 2006 Nissan Maxima, the 2006 Buick LaCrosse and the 2006 Mercury Milan in all measures and losing only to the 2006 Toyota Avalon in front and rear seat hiproom and rear seat legroom.
In trunk space, the Azera tops them all, the Avalon by more than two cubic feet, the LaCrosse by just over half a cubic foot. The Azera's trunk is fully finished, and enclosed gooseneck hinges and a hydraulic strut lift the lid.
Driving Impressions
Driving the Hyundai Azera is more fun and rewarding than driving any of the competition, save maybe for the Mercury Milan, which is a bit smaller and quite a bit lighter. This is despite the Azera tipping the scales at around 140 pounds heavier than any of the rest. Power-wise, it gives up only a few horsepower to the competition and equals or beats them in torque. In overall dimensions and stance on the road, there's little difference. What differentiates the Azera is the way it feels from the driver's seat, and the signals the various mechanicals send to the driver through the car's touch points.
Response to the gas pedal is smooth, immediate and linear; Hyundai says the Azera will get to 60 miles per hour from a dead stop in well under 7 seconds, which puts it smack in the heart of its competitors' numbers, although the claimed 146 mph top speed moves it close to the head of the class in that regard. Its one shortcoming in raw performance data is its fuel economy, as the EPA estimates it trails the others by as much as two or three miles per gallon in city and highway driving, respectively.
Transmission shifts may not be invisible, but only slightly less so than in the pricier Avalon and on a par with the Milan. The Sportronic selects gears in the proper direction, forward to shift up, rearward to shift down. On the down side, while it holds a higher gear, it will shift up when the engine approaches redline.
The brake pedal feels solid, and the four-wheel discs haul the Azera down from extra-legal speeds with confidence and no noticeable fade in everyday driving. Steering assist is nominal, with just about the proper amount of resistance to wheel movements, unlike the Avalon, for instance, which is over-assisted for our tastes, and the Milan, which could use a bit more assist.
Response to steering inputs, while not razor sharp, is sure and precise. Handling is nicely balanced. Put another way, while the Azera doesn't beg to be driven rapidly along two-lane, winding country roads, if so called upon, neither will it embarrass a reasonably rambunctious driver. Not even in the pricier Avalon Touring were we as comfortable on such roads; in the Milan and Maxima, yes, but the former's overall quality level fell a bit short and the latter is priced up there with the Avalon.
As with its front wheel-drive counterparts, beware of the Azera's understeer (where the car wants to go straight when the driver wants it to turn) when it's pushed too hard in tight and high-speed turns; even so, the standard electronic stability control system should keep all but the most irrationally exuberant driver out of trouble. Directional stability on freeways is above reproach, and there is zero hint of float over pavement heaves.
Little wind and road noise intrudes on the cabin, although we noticed more of the latter in the rear seat than in the front. No buzzes, squeaks or rattles surfaced in our couple hundred miles over virtually every type of pavement in the test car.
The Hyundai Azera is an amazing accomplishment from the same car maker that made its U.S. debut almost two decades ago with the disposable Excel. As a matter of fact, it's a pretty impressive car regardless, what with all the standard creature comfort and safety features. Then there's its price, giving it an advantage of between $1500 and $3000. Like its smaller, less expensive sibling, the Sonata, the Azera could well set a new standard in performance, price and value.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Tom Lankard filed this report from La Jolla, California.
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There's no need to ask Jen Anesi her views on gun ownership — a glance will do.
A small pistol nestled inside a pink paddle holster is secured on her right hip and "Protected By Ruger" is emblazoned on the rear window of her lime green Ford Fiesta.
The gun-toting 30-year-old southeastern Michigan single mom believes it's important to teach her young son the value of shooting, self-protection and the Second Amendment.
On a late summer evening Anesi loaded up her 7-year-old son Ethan Williams and headed out to the Bald Mountain Shooting range, a 15-minute drive from her home in Rochester Hills, a suburb north of Detroit.
Moments after she arrived, Anesi's boyfriend, Ken Herman, and his 7-year-old daughter Haley pulled up in a Ford Mustang. Herman also carried a gun on his hip.
Anesi and Herman are part of the "open carry" movement — Americans who exercise their Second Amendment rights by keeping guns with them at all times while they're in public, and make sure they're visible to people around them. Forty-five states allow for some form of open carry, with only Texas, South Carolina, Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C., having outright bans, according to OpenCarry.org.
And both Anesi and Herman strongly believe that guns should play an important role in their children's lives, too.
It cost $10 each for the couple to enter the large outdoor shooting range, but the youngsters shoot for free. Within minutes, Anesi and Herman have arranged several long-barrel weapons on a partially covered seating area where the children will practice their shooting skills.
Meanwhile, Haley and Ethan chased each other in small circles, poking at each other and playing a short-distance game of tag. Occasionally, Ethan made loud noises, amused that he can hear himself over the din of the other shooters while wearing protective earmuffs. Basically, the two acted like any pair of 7-year-olds would act after spending their first day at school — a little bit wound up.
But that behavior soon stopped cold. In a flash, Ethan and Haley are transformed into perfect pupils. Quiet, attentive and focused. It was time to shoot.
Coached by his mother, Ethan methodically loaded the .22 caliber bullets into an antique firearm. He's committed to memory the three basic safety rules of shooting: always assume the gun is loaded; never point the barrel at anything you don't intend to shoot; and look at your target and beyond it.
Ethan pressed his cheek against the rifle, lined up the iron sights and slowly pulled the trigger. His small body jostled slightly from the recoil.
"It's like a water balloon splashing on your stomach," Ethan said, describing the moment he pulls the trigger on the rifle.
The gun he shot was a gift from his great-grandfather. It's a family gun that is 10-times Ethan's age.
Peering over his shoulder, Anesi encouraged her son.
"Good job," she said. "Two more left."
A few seats away, Haley concentrated on the target several dozen feet in front of her. Wearing bright pink shooting earmuffs and pink safety goggles, the small-framed second grader peered through the scope and gently pulled the trigger.
Bang! The bullet fired and Haley rocked backward slightly.
"It's almost a bull's-eye!" she announced to her dad, who earlier promised her a chocolate-vanilla ice cream if she hit the center of the target.
"Good shot Haley! Do it again," said Herman, who was crouched behind her for support and direction.
Haley knows that shooting is not a game and a gun is not a toy. Her father made sure she memorized safety rules and was comfortable with an unloaded firearm before she was allowed to go to the shooting range.
"I like shooting because it makes me feel kind of proud," Haley said during a short break. "When I get a bull's-eye it makes me happy."
'My pistol is on me'
Anesi and Herman met during a rally for a man who was wrongfully arrested for openly carrying a gun in nearby Birmingham, Mich.
"If I'm not drinking a beer, in the shower or at work, my pistol is on me," Herman said, as he touched the firearm strapped to his hip.
He works as a paramedic in a neighboring county and isn't allowed to carry a firearm while on duty, he said.
While most of the time the pistol doesn't present a problem for Herman, the day he took Haley shooting, it did. As he checked her out of her elementary school a little early that day, he wore the gun on his hip. School officials noticed and asked him to leave, he said.
When he refused, Herman said, school administrators called the local sheriff's office for assistance. A Michigan law allows properly licensed gun owners to openly carry firearms inside school buildings. A Michigan politician is now working to change that law.
Herman said he recorded the entire incident on a personal security camera he wears on his belt.
In the end, he said, deputies allowed him to leave the school without incident. Herman thought it was over, but later that night he received a voicemail with an automated call from the school.
On the recording, the principal announced that a parent had entered the school that day with a gun. Deputies were called to "gain compliance" and the event ended peacefully, she said.
Herman said he felt like the situation was blown out of proportion. Calls to the Edgerton Elementary School and Clio County School District were not immediately returned.
Teaching self-protection
Teaching their children to shoot and respect guns came naturally to Anesi and Herman, who were taught to shoot as kids.
It's like teaching them anything else about safety, Herman said: You teach children not to touch a stove because it's hot; you teach them to wear a seatbelt in the car; and you teach them about guns because they can be deadly if mishandled.
"Education is extremely important" to defeat the fear of an inanimate object, like a gun, Herman said.
Herman taught Haley to shoot "in case I die before she starts dating," he said.
"She's an incredibly good shot," Herman said, later admitting his freckle-faced daughter is better at shooting than he was at her age.
Herman sees teaching Haley to use a gun as a chance to bond and create memories that she can cherish as an adult.
He also sees it as a skill, for himself and Haley, for self protection.
"I know there is evil in this world, and I want to give myself a fighting chance," he said.
Focus on safety
Anesi grew up around firearms because her father is an avid collector. She was 8 the first time she shot a gun and has enjoyed shooting since then. It's both a pastime and a skill she wants Ethan to have.
Anesi trusts that she will keep her son safe from guns while in their home, because she keeps them locked up. She's more concerned with what could happen if he encounters a gun outside of their home.
"What are you supposed to do if you find a gun at a friend's house, Ethan?" Anesi asked.
"Mom," Ethan groaned. "You ask me this all the time."
But the boy answers his mother: "You don't touch it and you tell an adult."
His exposure to guns may have sparked a future career for Ethan.
"When I'm older, I can protect myself," he said. "I can be a police officer and protect the city."


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From the NMAP mailing list...
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to announce the release of Nmap 3.9999. From the version number, you can probably guess that we are getting very close to the big 4.0 release. But this version has many changes, so I wanted to give you a chance to fully test it out before releasing 4.0. Please let me know if you find any problems in the next few days.
Now back to the changes -- I think you'll like these. One new feature is runtime integration, which allows you to press [enter] at any time for a status report with an estimated completion time for the current scan. Another is asynchronous DNS, which speeds up large network scans as Nmap doesn't have to resolve each IP serially using the
(slow) host resolver anymore. Windows users may appreciate that there is now an executable installer -- nmap-3.9999-setup.exe, which takes care of things like WinPcap and the registry performance improvements for you. The traditional Windows .zip file format is still available as well. The version detection database has been updated with all remaining 2005 service submissions. It now contains 3,153 signatures for 381 service protocols. Please keep those submissions coming in '06! Nmap has some new options, such as --max-retries and --badsum. And there is more in the CHANGELOG below.
As usual, you can find the goods at:
Enjoy, and let me know (see http://www.insecure.org/nmap/man/man-bugs.html ) if you find any problems. Here are the changes since 3.95:
o Added run time interaction as documented at
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/man/man...teraction.html .
While Nmap is running, you can now press 'v' to increase verbosity,
'd' to increase the debugging level, 'p' to enable packet tracing,
or the capital versions (V,D,P) to do the opposite. Any other key
(such as enter) will print out a status message giving the estimated
time until scan completion. Most of this work was done by Paul
Tarjan (ptarjan(a)stanford.edu), Andrew Lutomirski
(luto(a)myrealbox.com), and Gisle Vanem (giva(a)bgnett.no).
o Reverse DNS resolution is now done in parallel rather than one at a
time. All scans of large networks (particularly list, ping and
just-a-few-ports scans) should benefit substantially from this
change. If you encounter any problems, please let us know. The new
--system_dns option was added so you can use the (slow) system
resolver if you prefer that for some reason. You can specify a
comma separated list of DNS server IP addresses for Nmap to use with
the new --dns_servers option. Otherwise, Nmap looks in
/etc/resolve.conf (UNIX) or the system registry (Windows) to obtain
the nameservers already configured for your system. This excellent
patch was written by Doug Hoyte (doug(a)hcsw.org).
o Created a Windows executable installer using the open source NSIS
(Nullsoft Scriptable Install System). It handles Pcap installation,
registry performance changes, and adding Nmap to your cmd.exe
executable path. The installer source files are in mswin32/nsis/ .
Thanks to Google SoC student Bo Jiang (jiangbo(a)brandeis.edu) for
creating the initial version.
o Integrated all remaining 2005 service submissions. The DB now has
surpassed 3,000 signatures for the first time. There now are 3,153
signatures for 381 service protocols. Those protocols span the
gamut from abc, acap, afp, and afs to zebedee, zebra, and
zenimaging. It even covers obscure protocols such as http, ftp,
smtp, and ssh . Thanks to Version Detection Czar Doug Hoyte for
his excellent work on this.
o Added --max-retries option for capping the maximum number of
retransmissions the port scan engine will do. The value may be as low
as 0 (no retransmits). A low value can increase speed, though at the
risk of losing accuracy. The -T4 option now allows up to 6 retries,
and -T5 allows 2. Thanks to Martin Macok
(martin.macok(a)underground.cz) for writing the initial patch, which I
changed quite a bit. I also updated the docs to reflect this neat
new option.
o Added the --badsum option, which causes Nmap to use invalid TCP or
UDP checksums for packets sent to target hosts. Since virtually all
host IP stacks properly drop these packets, any responses received
are likely coming from a firewall or IDS that didn't bother to
verify the checksum. For more details on this technique, see
http://www.phrack.org/phrack/60/p60-0x0c.txt . The author of that
paper, Ed3f (ed3f(a)antifork.org), is also the author of this patch
(which I changed it a bit).
o Many of the Nmap low-level timing options take a value in
milliseconds. You can now append an 's', 'm', or 'h' to the value
to give it in seconds, minutes, or hours instead. So you can specify a
45 minute host timeout with --host_timeout 45m rather than specifying
--host_timeout 2700000 and hoping you did the math right and have the
correct number of zeros. This also now works for the
--min_rtt_timeout, --max_rtt_timeout, --initial_rtt_timeout,
--scan_delay, and --max_scan_delay options.
o Fixed a problem which led to the error message "Failed to determine
dst MAC address for target" when you try to run Nmap using a
dialup/PPP adapter on Windows rather than a real ethernet card. Due
to Microsoft breaking raw sockets, No longer supports dialup adapters, but
it should now give you a clearer error message than the "dst MAC
address" nonsense.
o The 26 Nmap commands that previously included an underscore
(--max_rtt_timeout, --send_eth, --host_timeout, etc.) have been
renamed to use a hyphen in the preferred format
(i.e. --max-rtt-timeout). Underscores are still supported for
backward compatibility.
o Improved the NmapFE port to GTK2 so it better-conforms to the new
API and you don't get annoying GTK-WARNING and GTK-CRITICAL messages
in your terminal window. GTK2 is prettier and more functional too.
Thanks to Priit Laes (amd(a)store20.com) for writing these excellent
o Changed the way the __attribute__ compiler extension is detected so
that it works with the latest Fedora Core 4 updates (and perhaps other
systems). Thanks to Duilio Protti (dprotti(a)fceia.unr.edu.ar) for
writing the patch. The compilation error message this fixes was
usually something like: "nmap.o(.rodata+0x17c): undefined reference
to `__gthrw_pthread_cancel(unsigned long)"
o Added some exception handling code to mswin32/winfix.cc to prevent
Nmap from crashing mysteriously when you have WinPcap 3.0 or earlier
(instead of the required 3.1). It now prints an error message instead
asking you to upgrade, then reduces functionality to connect()-only
mode. I couldn't get it working with the C++ standard try/catch()
blocks, but as soon as I used the nonstandard MS conventions
(__try/__except(), everything worked fine. Shrug.
o Stripped the firewall API out of the libdnet included with Nmap
because Nmap doesn't use it anyway. This saves space and reduces the
likelihood of compilation errors and warnings.
o Modified the previously useless --noninteractive option so that it
deactivates runtime interaction.
o Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is now supported thanks to a patch to libdnet's
configure.in by Petr Salinger (Petr.Salinger(a)t-systems.cz).
o Tried to update to the latest autoconf only to find that there
hasn't been a new version in more than two years . I was able to
find new config.sub and config.guess files at
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/config/config/ , so I updated to
o Updated nmap-mac-prefixes to reflect the latest OUI DB from the IEEE
o Updated nmap-protocols with the latest IEEE internet protocols
assignments (http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers).
o Updated the Nmap version number and related fields that MS Visual
Studio places in the binary. This was done by editing
o Fixed a problem with the -e option when run on Windows (or UNIX with
--send_eth) when run on an ethernet network against an external
(routed) host. You would get the message "NmapArpCache() can only
take IPv4 addresses. Sorry". Thanks to KX (kxmail(a)gmail.com) for
helping to track down the problem.
o Made some changes to allow source port zero scans (-g0). Nmap used
to refused to do this, but now it just gives a warning that it may not
work on all systems. It seems to work fine on my Linux box. Thanks
to Bill Dale (bill_dale(a)bellsouth.net) for suggesting this feature.
o Made a change to libdnet so that Windows interfaces are listed as
down if they are disconnected, unplugged, or otherwise unavailable.
o Ceased including foreign translations in the Nmap tarball as they
take up too much space. HTML versions can be found at
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/docs.html , while XML and NROFF versions
are available from http://www.insecure.org/nmap/data/man-xlate/ .
o Changed INSTALL and README-WIN32 files to mostly just reference the
new Nmap Install Guide at http://www.insecure.org/nmap/install/ .
o Upgraded the included LibPCRE from version 6.3 to 6.4. There was a
report of version detection crashes on the new Intel-based MACs with
o Included docs/nmap-man.xml in the tarball distribution, which is the
DocBook XML source for the Nmap man page. Patches to Nmap that are
user-visible should include patches to the man page XML source rather
than to the generated Nroff.
o Fixed Nmap so it doesn't crash when you ask it to resume a previous
scan, but pass in a bogus file rather than actual Nmap output. Thanks
to Piotr Sobolewski (piotr_sobolewski(a)o2.pl) for the fix.
o Fixed compilation to again work with gcc-derivatives such as
MingW. Thanks to Gisle Vanem (giva(a)bgnett.no) for sending the


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Oksana on Mel: 'He Could Have Killed Us All'
Oksana Grigorieva says Mel Gibson was screaming in her face so much during their alleged domestic violence incident, she was covered in saliva ... this in an interview with PEOPLE ... in what she characterizes as a life-threatening attack.
For the first time on video, Oksana describes the alleged confrontation that took place on January 6. She says at one point, "He says, 'Get the eff out' and then he pulls a gun out ... He wants to kill us all."
The D.A. is investigating Oksana's claims of domestic violence ... as well as Mel's claims Oksana tried to extort him for $15 million.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Macromedia Flash... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Macromedia Flash..." Trance-RmemberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 1999Posts: 360Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 4:30 pm Yo, I've been work'n on this thing for while now... dunno if it's any good. ^^ Please tell me how I could improve. ALL COMMENTS WELCOME! http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/3344/flash/tryharder.html Btw, this page isn't posted anywhere in my homepage. ------------------ Trance-R =P firstname.lastname@example.com Back to top OpticalmemberMember #Joined: 26 Oct 1999Posts: 331Location: Edmonton, Alberta , Canada Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 7:09 pm just one tip... don't go overkill on cool effects... (the mouse trails and such...) Back to top Figjunior memberMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 18Location: Houston, TX, USA Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 10:41 pm I'd agree with Optical, and i'd also change the font for your body text, it's just barely readable. Overall it's pretty good, but I'd work on syncing the sound a bit more and backing off on the "cool" stuff a bit. Good start though... Chris http://figdigital.com Back to top FuzyTechjunior memberMember #Joined: 29 Oct 1999Posts: 36Location: Mesa, AZ Posted: Fri Nov 05, 1999 7:03 am That's a pretty kewl site there! I gotta get my hands on that program! Back to top LadyGFATSjunior memberMember #Joined: 02 Nov 1999Posts: 9Location: Bristol, England Posted: Fri Nov 05, 1999 1:15 pm Love the NAV panel on the left - very cool. BTW, where O' where did you learn Flash? I've wanted to for ages, but I don't know where... -Cat ------------------ Shameless promotion pays. http://www.ladygfats.co.uk Back to top CyberArtistmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 284Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posted: Fri Nov 05, 1999 2:05 pm Go buy the Flash4 program, it comes with quite a few tutorials to teach you how to do it all. ------------------ -CyberA(rtist) aka Ben Golus Cyber... Back to top Trance-RmemberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 1999Posts: 360Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posted: Fri Nov 05, 1999 3:54 pm Thanks guys. ^^ I sure will change a few things to make it better. I started Flash last year, but never made a presentable one. http://www.uistudios.com/ Has plenty of good tutorials. ------------------ Trance-R =P firstname.lastname@example.com Back to top TurboYVRmemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 189Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posted: Fri Nov 05, 1999 4:59 pm love the text fade at the start.. love the look.... love the nav, love the film grain ideam, goddamn LOVE the reticle cursor... LOVE THE SITE! hate the mouse trail though. Too much. the cursor's good enough. ------------------ TurboYVR (email@example.com) Vancouver, Canada Back to top JAGOVjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 21Location: WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Posted: Sat Nov 06, 1999 12:58 am Man, that is an awesome site, too much is good, when it looks good, and this does. It will make people remember your site. I started to do some flash stuff, but quit cause it was tough. Well your site made me want to do it again. SWEET SITE!! PEACE. ------------------ JAGOVVVVVV Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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From exquisite high-end jewelry to
sought-after golf clubs, top resort stays to a
weekend rental of a Jaguar, auction items
donated for the 18th annual ARC Starlight
Auction have surpassed last year's in glitz
and glamour.
"Many local businesses continue to support
our efforts year after year, and items
that we have this year that are exquisite,"
said Animal Refuge Center treasurer and
event organizer Betty Hughes. "This year
we have a Pave Diamond - a particular
style of diamond necklace from Lily & Co.
Sanibel and Sanibel's Cedar Chest Fine
Jewelry donated a necklace of interlocking
circle of multi-colored sapphires and diamonds.
"We also have a 2-night stay at Gaylord
Palms in Orlando with tickets to Disney
World and, of course, an African Safari,"
she said.
The safari has been a mainstay auction
item at the event.
"There are people that come to our auction
specifically to bid on the African trip,"
she said. "It is a 6-night photo safari trip
from Zula Nyala."
There are about 200 donated items this
year, she reported.
"Another neat thing we have this year is
a full-set of irons and woods - Callway
Golf RAZR," she said.
A unique item is a hand-made 3-foot
tall rocking horse made of solid maple,
complete with leather saddle and bridle.
"It's gorgeous," said Hughes.
There are also stays at resorts like
GullWing Beach Resort, 'Tween Waters
Inn Resort and the Bellasera Hotel in
Naples and more.
There will be both a silent and live auction.
"Highlighting the live auction will be
an original painting from Darryl Pottorf,
two South African photographic safari trips
via Zulu Nyala and a stunning bronze statue
by Laran Ghiglieri," Hughes said.
But the big draw of the evening is in
supporting ARC, the area's largest no-kill
animal shelter.
"The big highlight this year is that
Phoenix will be the guest of honor."
Phoenix was found earlier this year in a
sugarcane field literally starving to death,
and has recuperated for the last six months.
"Health-wise he is 100 percent now,
and we will probably unveil the fact that he
is ready for adoption," she said.
His Facebook fans may want to meet
him that night, she added. "He has over
1,100 Facebook fans now." You can visit
him at facebook.com/phoenixandarc.
ARC currently houses about 480 animals
right now. "The challenge we are facing
right now is the continual need in the
community to offer shelter to these many
pets surrendered by people facing economic
challenges," she said. "In order to better
accommodate the need in our community,
our goal is to raise $259,000 by year end."
NBC-2's Krista Fogelsong will be the
emcee this year and The Sanibel Harbour
Marriott Resort and Spa puts on a fabulous
"They've been our host for about 15
years; the food is exceptional," Hughes
said. "We'll be offering a Steamboat Beef
and Virginia Ham carving stations, and an
arrangement of pastas, Waldorf salads,
shrimp and incredible deserts."
The event is over Thanksgiving weekend,
and supported by many who like to
take friends and out-of-town guests to
break up the weekend - after two days of
staying home and leftover turkey.
"There are still tickets available and we
promise, no turkey," Hughes said.
She particular invites Cape Coral residents
to attend. "Cape Coral is one of our
biggest supporters and the highest percentage
of our adopters come from Cape
The cost is $75 per ticket, which
includes admission, dinner, dessert and
cocktail. For information, go to
AnimalRefugeCenter.com or call Hughes
at 841-0810 or email BettyHughes@comcast.
Call 418-2826 for special room rates
auction night
Incorporated in 1988, ARC is a not-forprofit
animal welfare society dedicated to
caring for all homeless animals brought to
its sanctuary. The sanctuary houses 36
canine lodges, a Canine Training Center, a
Cat Adoption Center and 16 feline facilities.
It is home to more than 340 cats and
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The Premise:A premise is a quick and short explanation of what your cartoon is generally going to be about.
What is a premise for? It helps clarify the purpose and intent of your cartoon for you. You can also use it to hand to other artists to get them thinking up gags and bits to add. Your premise should be crystal clear so that anyone reading it instantly gets it.
You also use premises to sell the executives on your idea.
Some history:
1987: Bakshi's New Mighty Mouse Adventures Premiers
It causes a big splash.
It is the first cartoon made in at least 25 years that allows the cartoonists to completely create the material.
I hired people to write who had never written cartoons before, but were funny cartoonists: Tom Minton and Jim Reardon.
We also had a comic book writer, who had a lot of trouble writing for cartoons. Non-stop verbal obscure superhero type dialogue.
Tom, Jim and I wrote most of the cartoons: On scripts. We wanted to write on storyboards but that was too radical a concept at the time.
The show came out and had cartoonist humor all over it. And all kinds of "plots" that didn't follow the 12 legal ones all the regular cartoon writers had memorized. No skate boards, no celebrity cameos, no "parodies" of Spielberg movies. We did have a cheesy kid character and we made Pearl Pureheart feisty and liberal, I guess to appease the Network, but we made fun of these contrived elements all the time.
Cartoonists are basically artists with a sense of humor. We make fun of everything and everyone all the time.
The show influenced the whole TV business.
The following year, the Scooby Doo writers at HB copied the superficial elements of it and offered up A Pup Named Scooby Doo. All of a sudden they were doing things that everyone told me you couldn't do in cartoons a couple years before: "Breaking the 4th wall. Takes. Wonky backgrounds. Satire. etc."
in 1988, Bob's wife Sody Clampett (who I love a lot!) told me she wanted to develop Beany and Cecil for Saturday Morning TV. I said "great!" and started writing up story ideas.
She was surprised when I started pitching them. She said "But John, you're an artist. We need a writer. You do the pictures!"
I said, but I wrote the Mighty Mouse stuff and she didn't believe me. "You just directed it, didn't you?"
I said, "Didn't Bob write a lot of his cartoon material?" "Well, yes but that's different. He's Bob!"
I didn't wanna fight with Sody, so I got her to also hire Tom Minton, who himself was a storyboard artist before I hired him as a writer on Mighty Mouse. We agreed not to tell Sody, that he could draw.
She loved all the stories when he pitched them. Whenever I did, she kinda didn't take it seriously. Irony of ironies!
Where do I get my ideas, people ask me. From everywhere. Anything I notice in life that's interesting, I laugh at it.
I always liked nature shows and evolution. I think evolution is funny, Nature is the greatest comedian of all time. Naked Mole Rats, Liver Flukes, Tarsiers, Axolotls and Lemurs all had made appearances in my cartoon pitches that never sold.
I was thinking about what kind of oceanic adventures Beany and Cecil could have and It thought. Hey! Maybe they could go to the Galapagos islands and see variations of themselves, each adapted to the different environmental conditions of each separate island.
Tom and I brainstormed the idea, then I wrote up this premise to pitch Sody. It's a much longer premise than the kind I wrote later for Ren and Stimpy, but I just wanted to get all the ideas down.
I hadn't discovered computers yet! This was prehistory. We did everything the caveman way. By hand.
When I pitched it to Sody, she looked at me like I was some poor dumb crazy artist. She loved me too though, so had Tom talk me down gently.
2 years later I rewrote it (on a storyboard) with Jim Smith and we made "Untamed World" for Ren and Stimpy.
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After a quick breakfast, I grabbed the few remaining items in my room and put them on the back seat of my car- my laptop, a few toiletries, and, of course, my violin. When I finished loading, I shared hugs and "goodbyes" with my family before getting in the car and turning the key in the ignition. I took a deep breath and said a prayer as I pulled out of the driveway. This was a big day for me. I was beginning a twenty-hour drive across the country to embark on the opportunity of a lifetime: to play with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as its first Fellow.
|Tami Lee Hughes - BSO Fellow
A million thoughts raced through my mind.
Would I remember everything I practiced? Would I be able to follow the conductor? Would my sound blend with the orchestra? When I walked onto the Meyerhoff stage thirty minutes later, I was overcome with emotion. The hall is even more breathtaking from the stage than it is from the audience . . . the tiers of balcony cascading from the ceiling, the plush red velvet seats, and the beautiful wooden paneling onstage. I paused for a moment to enjoy everything my eyes could see.
After tuning, we began rehearsing "The Golden Age of Black and White," a program that featured classic tunes from the 1940's and 1950's with BSO SuperPops Conductor Jack Everly and vocalists Karen Murphy, Kristen Scott, and Chapter Six. When Maestro Everly began the rehearsal, I knew I would love performing this concert. His baton seemingly became a magic wand, transporting all of us to an age of black and white television, girl singers, doo-wop groups, swing and jazz tunes, and even early rock and roll. I was captured by the music- the nostalgia, passion, energy, and warmth infused in rich luxurious melodies. It reminded me of the music my grandmother played on the radio when I was young.
On the night of our debut performance, I arrived at the hall a few hours early. There was a buzz backstage as orchestra musicians, singers, stage technicians, and other staff members prepared for the performance. Although I didn't feel nervous, I was very excited. I felt a swift rush of energy as Maestro Everly gave the opening downbeat. With the audience lights dimmed, the stage came to life. Lights, costumes, singers, and instrumentalists filled the stage with Maestro Everly at the center of it all waving his magic wand. By the time we played my favorite tune of the night, Mambo Italiano, we were in full swing! The energy was so contagious I wanted to get out of my seat and dance. For a brief moment I imagined I was in a fiery red dress doing the mambo in the streets of Sorrento. A quick glance at the audience assured me that I was not the only one dreaming of dancing in Italy!
So far, I'm having the time of my life and I love every minute of being part of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra!


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Peter (Patrick) Smith married Charlotte Kelly
Peter and Charlotte were married in St. Marys Church, Sydney on 14 July 1846. Their children were Margaret, Thomas, Henry and Charlotte. Margaret married Christopher Terry Duke and Charlotte married John Wheeler. I am looking for any other information on this family.
Looking for James Martin Hillhouse Taylor
Very little is known of this gentleman, who is my husband's gggrandfather. He arrived in Australia before 1847. He was said to have come from Bristol, England. He resided in Morpeth NSW and had a bond store in this town.
Any information relating to his life in Bristol or in Morpeth would be much appreciated.
Looking for Jane Selby
Jane Selby married William Mildwater/s in Sydney on 16 July 1840. William had a shop in the Rocks area and later moved to Manly.
Does anyone know anything about JANE SELBY? The only information available said she came from Liverpool in England.
William was the first Town Clerk of Manly Council in the 1880s.
There is very little information relating to this man. You would think that holding a position such as this there would be a profile of information on him. However the only known information given by him on a document was that his father was John Johnson and his mother was Maria Cox and he was born in Parramatta about 1840.
To date I have not been able to find any information on either of his parents.
If there is anyone out there who has any information I would appreciate their contacting me.
Looking for Duke of Dittisham, Devon, England
As I am new to this site I thought I would start with a family that I do have some knowledge of.
My great grandfather was Christopher Terry Duke and I know that he was born in Dittisham. However I do not know how he was able to travel to Australia in possibly about 1840-1850.
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Matt Benson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Lantern Village Association
Lantern Village Association is a nonprofit group of property owners in the Lantern Village district of Dana Point, CA, which includes many historic homes from the 1920s. The unique lanterns in the area were chosen as an icon for the town back in the '20s and are based on the city's historic connection with sea-faring from the 1830's... the exact lantern shape is unique to Dana Point and these lanterns were posted throughout the town in the 1920s.
The Lantern Village Association is a membership based nonprofit which serves as a sort community-building group and helps property owners with community improvement projects and community watch type efforts.
Existing residents of Dana Point who identify a sense of pride of place.
The logo should feel friendly... it should feel appropriate to an elderly audience and yet embody a middle-age (i.e. 35-45 year old) sensibility...
Speak directly to a 30-something but not alienate 65+ crowd.
Here's a little more visual fodder for your consideration:
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The logo will have to fit in the header space of this web theme: http://LanternVillage.org (only 32 pixels high), and work in print too. It needs to be a logo + type treatment: "Lantern Village Association"
[PS -- the logo on the website is a placeholder only... not appropriate in style at all.]
Prefer vector art as final product, but we're flexible if you have a beautiful non-vector idea.
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Welfare Fraud SIU
Welfare Fraud
Special Investigations Unit
Cracking Down on Welfare Fraud
Click here for information on reporting Welfare Fraud
Click here to go to the Yolo County Employment and Social Services Website
National Fraud Awareness Month
The Special Investigations Unit, consisting of Investigators and Enforcement Officers with the District Attorney's Office, is responsible for investigating fraud committed against the Department of Employment and Social Services. These investigations could include: Food Stamp Benefits, Cash Aid, Homeless Assistance, Child Care, Transportation, Emergency Aid, In Home Support Services and Early Fraud.
Since these investigations require home visits, other crimes, such as child neglect and abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse and drug related violations often arise. As a result, the SIU works closely with Child Welfare Services, Adult Protective Services, Family Support Services, Medi-Cal Investigations, probation and parole, and the USDA Inspector General's Office to coordinate the deployment of appropriate resources.
By state regulation, the SIU is mandated to conduct Early Fraud and ongoing investigations of criminal conduct within the CalWORKS and Food Stamp programs. When criminal conduct is discovered, the SIU immediately begins the restitution process. A request for prosecution is then submitted to the District Attorney's Office. The SIU also coordinates the recovery of court ordered restitution.
SIU responsibilities include:
- Ensure program integrity through client responsibility.
- Identification of internal theft, contractor fraud and employee malfeasance.
- Investigate referrals of criminal conduct per appropriate state codes.
- Respond to security alert requests by DESS staff.
- Assist DESS with the identification of fraudulent documents.
- Assist law enforcement agencies in locating suspects through welfare records.
- Conduct early fraud investigations of applicant information.
- Conduct homeless assistance investigations of housing applications.
- Investigate electronic benefit transaction (EBT) recipient and retailer fraud.
- Resolve cases through disqualification agreements.
- Serve outstanding arrest warrants on welfare fraud cases.
- Provide courtroom testimony.
Reporting Welfare Fraud
Would you like to report Welfare Fraud?
You have three options for reporting:
1. Contact the Yolo County Special Investigations Unit at 530/661-2654
2. Call the Welfare Fraud Hotline at 800/344-8477.
3. Complete the online Welfare Fraud Reporting Form.
What Welfare Fraud information should be in the report?
- Provide the full name and approximate age of the person suspected of fraud.
- Include the same information of all persons living in the home. Especially dependants.
- Provide the complete address and city where the person suspected of fraud lives.
- Provide the time when the person suspected of fraud is typically at the residence.
Additional Information Needed
- Is employment income not reported or misrepresented?
- Is a false name or fraudulent identification being used to receive assistance?
- Is a public employee assisting the person suspected of fraud?
- Is a private business assisting the person suspected of fraud?
- Is a false name or fraudulent identification being used to receive assistance?
- Is a public employee assisting the person suspected of fraud?
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Our team believes it is critical to America's future that we engage our kids in science, technology, engineering, and math ("STEM"). During our travels, we visit schools to motivate students about the fun and adventure of science. To request a visit to your school, email email@example.com. Click to read more Click for Chip Yates Bio


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All the Details on Kim Kardashian + Kanye West's New $20 Million Mansionby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
When Kim Kardashian and Kanye West buy a house, they do it big.
After the massive renovations to the Bel-Air home they bought in 2013 were taking too long to complete, the superstars decided instead to sell the house and purchase a new one in Hidden Hills, Calif. for a cool $20 million, Us Weekly reports.
The superstar couple will have plenty of room to play with daughter North West as the mansion apparently boasts almost 16,000 square feet, according to the magazine's sources. The home is also close to Kardashian's mom Kris Jenner, who generously housed the family for over a year as their previous home was renovated.
In addition to the massive amount of square footage, Kimye's new mansion also features a vineyard, not one, but two pools, and an "insanely massive entertainment pavilion."
The West fam reportedly plan to move into the house as it stands, with no plans for any other renovations. It looks like they learned their lesson from their previous purchase, which included renovations like turning it into a 14,000-square foot Italian villa with a movie theater, gym, beauty salon, bowling alley and much more.
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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual, perennial herb, glabrous or hairy, sometimes glandular
Stem generally scapose (made up of inflorescence axes)
Leaves basal (rarely some cauline); stipule 0; blade generally ± oblanceolate
Inflorescence open or of few heads, sometimes 1-sided; bracts generally opposite, leaf-like to scale-like; involucres 1several per axil, sessile, tube cylindric to bell-shaped, generally ± cross-ridged or net-veined, bracts (and ribs) 36, awns straight or hooked; flowers 12 per involucre
Flower: perianth white to red or yellow, lobes 6, entire to fringed or toothed; stamens 39
Fruit 1.54.5 mm, generally ± brown, glabrous
Species in genus: 50 species: temp w North America, sw South America
Etymology: (Greek: divided flower, from perianth)
Reference: [Reveal & Hardham 1989 Phytologia 66(2):98198]
Stem prostrate to ascending, 230 cm, strigose
Leaf: blade 540 mm, oblanceolate to oblong
Inflorescence: involucral tube 1.52 mm, urn-shaped, canescent, bracts 6, awns straight or hooked
Flower: perianth 2.53 mm, white, sparsely hairy, lobes equal or not, generally nearly entire; stamens 9
Ecology: Uncommon. Sandy places, generally in coastal or desert scrub
Elevation: 2001200 m.
Bioregional distribution: South Coast, e Transverse Ranges, nw edge Sonoran Desert.


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New Mobility necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
New Mobility magazine
New Mobility is a monthly lifestyle magazine for active wheelchair users. Our readers participate fully in all aspects of life, including sports, recreation, relationships, parenting, working, etc. Our image has been dubbed "disability cool" so we like to showcase contemporary graphic design. We often have to work with provided photos, so good design and subtle Photoshop work is important to make the most of non-professional images.
Overall feel: classy but not stuffy; upbeat but genuine.
NM readers want information, personal stories and resources that can help them live more fully. They expect respect, not pity, so please don't submit anything that feels sappy or condescending. Our typical reader is over 30.
This is a feature layout that opens on a right-hand page. We have a lot of stories like this, so wow us with a great first page to compete for more work down the line.
Attached is the InDesign template, which includes the actual ads so you can see how your layout plays against the ads; the photos to be used in the layout; and the article in a document format.
The body copy must be Minion 10 pt. on 12 leading; otherwise you may use any fonts for headlines, subheads, pullquotes, etc. However, you must be able to legally provide the fonts with the final layout. The magazine has a certain dignity, but it's not uptight so choose fonts accordingly. Wild fonts are NOT appropriate.
Final file should be INDD CS3 or higher, packaged with fonts.


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Jamba Juice Launches Twilight-Themed 'Berry Bitten'
Can't wait to to taste blood when the 4th and final Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn 2, opens? Well, you're in luck. Thanks to Santa Monica agency Neighbor which teamed with Jamba Juice and Lionsgate, Twilight fans will be able to suck down Berry Bitten, a mixed berry smoothie drink that, well, looks a lot like blood.
The drink and promotional tie in are being promoted to teens and their moms with print placements, banners, social and a Facebook-based sweepstakes that will award one person two tickets to the red carpet Breaking Dawn premiere November 12 in LA with airfare and hotel included. Additionally, 1,000 people two tickets each to 32 different Jamba Juice-sponsored advance screenings November 15 in 18 cities.
Winners also receive a $50 gift card, slap bracelets and poster. Fans enter by Tweeting their photo with a Berry Bitten smoothie and including the hashtag #jambatwilight.
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text: Since we're in a Studebaker mood today, let's see how the doomed South Bend automaker tried to pitch their products during their last year building cars in the United States. You can get a flat floor and lots of rear seat room in the Lark, or the fastest production car in the world when you got the Avanti. What's it gonna be? Either way, we strongly recommend the disc brake option. And let's not forget the crazy Studebaker Wagonaire!


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Workout 12/05/11
by, December 5th, 2011 at 09:42 AM (770 Views)
Solo at Rec (scy)
6 x 100 Kick (flutter, back, sdk)
500 Noah's Ark Pull with buoy
2 each (one FR, one BK) of:
- 25 fast arms (spin) + 75 ez
- 75 DPS, 25 sprint
- 25 ez, 25 build, 50 DPS
200 various w/d
(2300, 40 min)
Back into the water after a long weekend off. My shoulders feel a tad tight, and I wanted to get a decent workout in despite 7 people in the lane when I arrived at adult swim this am. It would have been better if the one dude doing side stroke would used the side of the lane, not the middle the whole time. Oh well ...
I had a busy weekend. My wife sold most of our jelly stock at a Christmas Bazaar (half of the profits go to the local Christian school, the other half to the medical mission program I am involved with) on Saturday. Sunday after work I went to a local nursing home and led the worship service (first Sunday of the month), then my son and I gave a presentation at church about our trip to Nicaragua in May. See if this link to photos from my fb page works if you want to check it out.
Have a great day ... Been fun checking out results from the weekend's swims.


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By Ken Dixon, Connecticut Post (1/16/11)
Gov. Daniel P. Malloy wants to retain the state's commitment to open space preservation as well as increase the number of slaughterhouses in the state so Connecticut farmers can raise more animals for market.
These two items are part of the governor's jobs-first strategy that he discussed last week with the Working Lands Alliance, which represents 200 individuals and businesses.
During the volunteer steering committee's meeting in the Capitol, the governor walked in at about 9:15 a.m. with Steven Reviczky, the new commissioner of agriculture, sat next to chairman Terry Jones, of Shelton, and listened to the group's concerns for nearly 45 minutes.
"I'm very much dedicated to your industry in the state, for lots of reasons," Malloy told the group of about two dozen land preservationists, farmers, nutrition advocates, scientists and community activists.
He was told that the lack of adequate slaughter facilities in the state makes it difficult for farmers to market Connecticut-grown beef, lamb, pork and other meats.
Jones said there's an "enormous" under-utilization of available land in Connecticut. "We import most of our meat from out west, which is corn-fed, and I think there is a lot of good evidence that grass-fed meat, like the kind we can raise here, is leaner and healthier."
He said state and federal regulations make it hard for the private sector to improve the network of slaughterhouses.
"I think people in Connecticut are ready to take up more Connecticut-grown products," Malloy said, noting the proliferation of farmers markets, some year-round, that are attracting more consumers.
"They're willing to go to a special place," Malloy said. "They're willing to pay a premium."
An estimated 1 percent of state food dollars goes to Connecticut-grown products, but a recent study indicates that if the total increased to 5 percent, it would generate another $600 million a year for state farmers.
"I want to see farmland that has fallen into disuse or no use, to bring it back into production," Malloy said, adding that he's amenable to retaining a $22 million annual commitment to preserving open space, but it's too early in his budget review to announce a final decision.
"The concept is one I basically agree with," Malloy said.
"I think we need to find a way to get more acreage back into meat production in Connecticut," said Malloy, who during his gubernatorial campaign last year twice visited the Jones Family Farm in Shelton to discuss agricultural issues.
"We do feel there's a sense of urgency," said Jones.
Members of the alliance include the state Department of Agriculture, the Connecticut State Grange, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, the Connecticut Farmland Trust, End Hunger Connecticut and other groups.
The alliance also hopes to persuade Malloy to create a task force on Connecticut food and farms.
"I do want to work with everyone in the room," Malloy said. "You are a part of our history. I'm very much dedicated to your industry in the state, for lots of reasons."
After the meeting, Jones described the event as "extremely positive," recalling that Malloy has been interested in farm issues through his gubernatorial campaign and dating to his failed bid for the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial nomination when he was mayor of Stamford.
"Just the fact that he shares our vision for Connecticut agriculture and understands we have so many shared benefits to the state is very good," Jones said, noting that 20,000 people are employed in the $3.5 billion agricultural industries, including tobacco and nurseries.
"The food we produce is of benefit to the overall health of the state, so it's all connected," Jones said.
Malloy went around the square group of tables, collecting suggestions from anyone who wanted to join in.
Gordon Gibson of the Connecticut State Grange suggested that Malloy, who is facing a $3.5 billion deficit or more in the budget that starts July 1, consider renting the use of state forests for maple sugar production, which is less than 1 percent of the amount produced in Vermont.
"The revenue could help the budget," Gibson suggested.
"Oh, yeah, I'm sure that will be a big money maker," Malloy replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes, but smiling.
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Laser Pointer Confounds Cockatoo [VIDEO]
While its true that laser beams have yet to become the bad guy-zapping weapons we were promised by science fiction, the laser does have many modern day uses.
In this video, for example, we find that a laser pointer can be used to perplex and fascinate a cockatoo. Kiwi never is able to capture the little red dot with his beak or his claw, but it's not for lack of trying.
[via BuzzFeed]