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Rosemary Clooney, whose warm, radiant voice placed her in the first rank of American popular singers for more than half a century, died Saturday night at her home in Beverly Hills. She was 74.
The cause was complications from lung cancer, according to her spokeswoman, Linda Dozoretz.
Ms. Clooney did not dig as deeply into the emotional content of a song as Frank Sinatra did; she never tried to emulate the sound and delivery of an instrument as Mel Tormé seemed to do so easily; she did not burst into the scat choruses favored by Ella Fitzgerald. But she sang with so much assuredness, simplicity and honesty that these elements became her trademark and endeared her to audiences and critics alike. In the words of the director Mike Nichols, ''She sings like Spencer Tracy acts.''
In recent years Ms. Clooney had been appearing in the best cabarets and on concert stages, largely with small groups, singing pop-jazz standards that earned her new audiences and renewed respect. Reviewing a performance at Michael's Pub in Manhattan, Stephen Holden of The New York Times said of her: ''Her special strength is an ability to infuse everything she touches with warmth, intelligence and a subtly swinging energy that make her interpretations of standards models of balance and clarity. Her emotional perspective is dry-eyed and perceptive. Rather than acting out the romantic dramas of well-known song lyrics, she projects an understanding that is almost maternal in its blend of wisdom and empathy.''
Although she did her best work singing standards with a fidelity to their composers, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, her beginnings were decidedly in a genre not nearly so distinguished. She became one of America's best-known popular singers in 1951 with a novelty called ''Come-on-a-My House,'' which became a huge hit record, and followed that with other novelties like ''Botcha-Me,'' ''Mambo Italiano'' and ''This Old House,'' songs that her audiences always wanted to hear long after she was pursuing a less-flamboyant repertory.
Some fans even occasionally asked her to sing ''How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?'' a novelty that belonged to Patti Page, never to Rosemary Clooney. ''They probably figure if it's a bad song I must have done it,'' she once said about her earlier recording career.
But even then Ms. Clooney recorded pensive ballads like ''Tenderly'' and ''Hey There'' with such simplicity and beauty that they also became songs indelibly associated with her. Ms. Clooney with a good ballad was always approachable and intimate.
Her early career reached a height in 1954 when she appeared opposite Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye singing Irving Berlin songs in the hit musical ''White Christmas.'' But her good looks and cheery disposition masked a life with more than its share of pain.
She survived a disastrous marriage to the actor Jose Ferrer; she was scarred by the assassination of her friend Robert Kennedy, which she witnessed first hand; she abused drugs and had affairs that disappointed and wounded her; she had a childhood of uncertainty with an affably alcoholic father and a mother who eventually deserted the family.
And yet Ms. Clooney never completely lost her admiration for Mr. Ferrer, the father of her five children, whom she married and divorced twice, not even after she learned of his womanizing during their marriage that led her to conclude that he was breaking her heart ''in small increments.'' And she always made a place in her home for the parents who had not done the same for her when she was a child.
She was nominated for an Emmy award for an appearance on ''E.R.,'' the series that featured her nephew George Clooney, and this year she was given a lifetime achievement Grammy award a month after she was hospitalized for lung cancer surgery.
Rosemary Clooney was born May 23, 1928, in Maysville, Ky., a small town on the Ohio River southeast of Cincinnati. She was one of five children born to Andrew and Frances Guilfoyle Clooney. Mr. Clooney was a house painter who drank so much and so often that his own father, a jeweler who served several terms as mayor of Maysville, had his son jailed for public drunkenness. One of the Clooney children, Andy, drowned as a boy swimming in the Ohio River. But the others survived and remained close. They included Betty, who sang professionally for a while with Rosemary; and Nick, who became a television performer. Another sibling, Gail, did not venture into show business.
When Rosemary was 10 and in the fourth grade, she made her acting debut in a school production of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'' in which she played the witch. That same year her paternal grandmother died, sending her father into an intensified period of drinking. Rosemary and her siblings were sent to live with her mother's family, the Guilfoyles. After Rosemary completed the sixth grade her grandmother took her to Ironton, Ohio, east of Maysville. Two years later, they moved to Cincinnati.
Rosemary and her sister Betty began to sing publicly, at first for political rallies for her grandfather, who was mayor of Maysville, later at amateur contests throughout northern Kentucky and southern Ohio.
When Rosemary was in high school and Betty was in junior high, radio station WLW in Cincinnati conducted a talent contest. The sisters won and for a time were heard seven nights a week, earning $20 each.
The sisters began to sing with Barney Rapp's big band, which performed around Cincinnati. An agent for Tony Pastor heard them, and for the next three years the Clooney Sisters became vocalists for the Pastor big band.
Grandmother Guilfoyle , who sewed as well as she could cook, made them dresses, and one of their uncles, George Guilfoyle, accompanied them on the band bus to make certain that they were not led astray by any of Mr. Pastor's musicians.
In 1946 Rosemary Clooney made her first solo recording, ''I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry When I Made You Cry Last Night,'' which attracted attention because she sang it in a whisper that disk jockeys speculated was going to be the new style. In reality, she had been so petrified when she stood before the microphone that she could not sing the song in full voice as she had intended.
By 1947 she was gaining notice. Downbeat magazine said she had ''an extraordinarily good voice, perhaps the nearest thing to Ella Fitzgerald we've ever heard.'' In 1948 Betty Clooney quit the Pastor band. Rosemary stayed another year before she left, hopeful of success because she had signed a contract with Columbia Records. The initial deal was that she would be paid $50 a recording, no matter how many copies it sold.
In 1950 she attracted favorable attention with an appearance on the ''Songs for Sale'' television show and with her recording of ''Beautiful Brown Eyes,'' her first real hit for Columbia. She started to appear regularly on television, including the Ed Sullivan show.
But her first megahit came the next year, when Mitch Miller, the artist and repertory man at Columbia, persuaded her to sing ''Come On-a My House.'' The song was based on something old and Armenian, updated by the novelist William Saroyan and Ross Bagdasarian, who later changed his name to David Seville and created the Chipmunks. From the instant that Ms. Clooney heard it she thought it was dreadful and told Mr. Miller she would not sing it, but he insisted, hinting broadly that if she refused, her career at Columbia might come to an end. The recording became a runaway best seller, and Ms. Clooney became a star.
The success emboldened Mr. Miller to assign her to other novelty songs, most notably ''Botcha Me'' and ''Mambo Italiano,'' which also became hits. When she made her screen debut in ''The Stars Are Singing,'' she was trumpeted as ''the next Betty Hutton,'' and she made the cover of Time magazine in 1953 with her bouncier image.
''I always wanted to sing sad ballads, but I didn't get many opportunities,'' Ms. Clooney once told Stephen Holden of The Times. ''If I found something I wanted to do, I had to get permission. At the same time, you can't quarrel with success. If it hadn't been for 'Come on-a My House,' I probably wouldn't be here now.''
Ms. Clooney remained busy and successful for the rest of the 1950's. She fell in love with Dante DiPaolo, a dancer at Paramount studios, but jilted him to marry Mr. Ferrer in 1953 and to make more movies, including ''White Christmas'' in 1954 with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen.
In the early 1960's she and Mr. Ferrer became estranged, she had an affair with the arranger Nelson Riddle that went nowhere (he was married and the father of six children) and she slowly became addicted to sleeping pills. Her work habits became erratic, and she got tagged as being undependable. She found it difficult to find work. Her singing deteriorated.
By the end of the decade, she was ''dead behind the eyes,'' she recalled in her 1977 memoir, ''This for Remembrance.'' ''The records I did then sound like they were made underwater. I misbehaved with everyone, onstage and off.'' Her divorce from Mr. Ferrer became final in 1967.
In 1968 she supported the presidential aspirations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and was standing near him when he was shot to death in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. Ms. Clooney, recalling the day in her memoir, said she was convinced that he hadn't died, that it was somehow all a big hoax.
Her self-destructive rampage continued until she spent a month in the psychiatric ward of Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. And when she emerged, she was short of money and supported herself by singing for anyone who would pay her. Mostly it was weekend work at Holiday Inns.
Her fortunes changed again in 1974 when Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She did well and then made several successful tours with him and also toured with Margaret Whiting, Helen O'Connell and Rose Marie in a show called ''4 Girls 4.''
She suffered a setback in 1976 when her sister Betty died of an aneurysm but regained control of herself and worked on her memoirs.
Unexpectedly she ran into Mr. DiPaolo, who moved in with her and became her road manager, and in 1996 she married him in the church in Maysville where she had been baptized.
In the 1990's she recorded many songs for the Concord Jazz label, and the critics agreed that her voice had gotten better.
She is survived by her husband, Mr. DiPaolo; three sons, the actor Miguel Ferrer; Gabriel Ferrer, a painter and Episcopal priest married to Debby Boone; and the voice-over actor Rafael Ferrer; two daughters, Maria Murdoch, a designer; and Monsita Teresa Botwick; 10 grandchildren, her brother, Nick Clooney, and her sister, Gail Clooney Darley.
When she was in her 60's, Ms. Clooney said, ''If you hang around long enough, you get a lot of good stuff.'' Most of the time, she added, her life was pretty good.


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Alice Wunderland is an American who has lived in Paris for twenty years. Suddenly finding herself unexpectedly made redundant, she decides that a change of direction is in order, and resolves to qualify as an English teacher. After all, surely she should be in an advantageous position, as she is a native English speaker? Alice launches herself with enthusiasm into the studying the course required for all wishing to find employment with the French education system, but what she found left her dismayed and astounded. Native English speakers appear to be frowned upon, and in fact, speaking correct English does not even seem to be much of a priority; odd considering that they will be required to teach English themselves.
Alice discovers that the system is skewed, and disfavours anybody who is not of French nationality. Passing the required exams almost seems to be a matter of luck. Disillusioned, Alice decides to investigate further….
This book is based on the author's own experiences, and it would be interesting to know what the French authorities made of it! It is very enjoyable, as 'Alice' is a warm and amusing narrator, whose frustrations it is easy to understand and share.
Having said that, about halfway through the book, I did think that she was whining somewhat (and her occasional unnecessary 'sneering' at some of the other students did not appeal to me, although that is a minor gripe), but I ended up admiring her for at least questioning the system, rather than just accepting it on face value, as so many of her fellow students seemed to do.
Little anecdotes from Alice's family life (in reality, from the author's family life) also pepper the narrative, and the parallel between Alice's difficulty with her course and her daughters difficulty with her schoolwork gives more food for thought.
Overall, an interesting and enjoyable book.
(I would like to thank LibraryThing Early Reviewers for sending me this book to review. LibraryThing's website can be found here. Laurel Zuckerman's website can be found here.)

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BBC Does It Again:Par nervyoko dans la censure des médias visibles le 7 Octobre 2011 à 08:03
BBC Does It Again: "In The Absence Of A Credible Plan We Will Have A Global Financial Meltdown In Two To Three Weeks" - IMF Advisor
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A week after the BBC exploded Alessio Rastani to the stage, it has just done it all over again. In an interview with IMF advisor Robert Shapiro, the bailout expert has pretty much said what, once again, is on everyone's mind: "If they can not address [the financial crisis] in a credible way I believe within perhaps 2 to 3 weeks we will have a meltdown in sovereign debt which will produce a meltdown across the European banking system. We are not just talking about a relatively small Belgian bank, we are talking about the largest banks in the world, the largest banks in Germany, the largest banks in France, that will spread to the United Kingdom, it will spread everywhere because the global financial system is so interconnected. All those banks are counterparties to every significant bank in the United States, and in Britain, and in Japan, and around the world. This would be a crisis that would be in my view more serrious than the crisis in 2008.... What we don't know the state of credit default swaps held by banks against sovereign debt and against European banks, nor do we know the state of CDS held by British banks, nor are we certain of how certain the exposure of British banks is to the Ireland sovereign debt problems."
But no, Morgan Stanley does, or so they swear an unlimited number of times each day. And they say not to worry about anything because, you see, it is not like they have any upside in telling anyone the truth. Which is why for everyone hung up on the latest rumor of a plan about a plan about a plan spread by a newspaper whose very viability is tied in with that of the banks that pay for its advertising revenue, we have one thing to ask: "show us the actual plan please." Because it is easy to say "recapitalize" this, and "bad bank" that. In practice, it is next to impossible. So yes, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy this brief relief rally driven by the fact that China is offline for the week and that the persistent source of overnight selling on Chinese "hard/crash landing" concerns has been gone simply due to an extended national holiday. Well, that holiday is coming to an end.
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FACETIME- 42-year snooze: Burley Bears wake from hibernation
As an African-American kid growing up in the 1950s, Jimmy Hollins couldn't wait to attend Jackson P. Burley High School. Sure it was segregated, and sure it was built by the Albemarle School Board to prevent integration, and sure by 1961, the year he started, Charlottesville's Lane High School, had already been integrated.
So what was the big appeal?
"When I was a young kid, Burley football games were on the radio," says Hollins, 61, recalling that the Bears were undefeated in 1956. "Guys playing pick up games imagined they were a Burley player. I couldn't wait to get here to be on the football team."
Play football he did. His 1964 team was state runner-up.
Students from Charlottesville and Albemarle's three separate Negro schools, as they were then called, plus Greene and Nelson county students came to Burley, some traveling over an hour to get to the school.
"The minute you became a member, it was like being in a fraternity or sorority," says Sherman White, class of '60. "It didn't matter where you were from. You'd just say 'Burley,' and there was a spirit of community."
In the course of remembering 50th anniversaries of Brown v. Board and other civil rights landmarks, it's easy to overlook how a school like Burley was the center of a community and the pride of its students then and today, more than 50 years later.
It wasn't all smiles. Hollins recalls the odd feeling of knowing he might not be welcome at Lane. And two years after he graduated as a proud member of the class of '65, Burley closed. Today, it's an Albemarle County middle school, despite its location on Rose Hill Drive in the middle of Charlottesville.
Hollins went to trade school in South Carolina, got drafted, and worked for Amtrak for 30 years before retiring with a permanent disability. After a long hibernation, a few of the mighty Burley Bears football players got together last summer and toyed with an idea.
"Why don't we get all the athletes together?" recounts Hollins. Thus was born the nonprofit, Burley Varsity Clubwith Hollins as president and White as publicist.
Currently, the club has nine members, but Hollins says it's open to anyone who was a Burley athlete. That includes the women's basketball and tennis teams– and the cheerleaders.
The Club's first initiative is donating a trophy case to the school. They'll conduct a small ceremony May 28, and all Burley alums are invited. Next they want to replace the trophies won by the champion Bears. "Anyone can contribute," reminds Hollins. "It's tax deductible."
One thing he won't be able to replace: the Burley Bears kelly green and old gold colors. "They're the Henley colors now," Hollins notes.
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Dear Lisa:
Thaanks ever so much for a wonderful story about the Burley Varsity Club. Hopefully some of your readers will remember Burley's 16 years of glory from 1951 - 1967 as this school was the very centerpiece and pride of Charlottesville-Albemarle's Black comminity!
Sherman White
J.P. Burley H.S.
Class of 1960
I also enjoyed that story very much since my hs school wasn't given much notice in the media doing the time of it's existence.


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Grow a Sustainable Career
The best of a big school and a small school in the same program.
Start your environmental education at Elizabethtown College and finish at Duke University. In five years, you'll graduate with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Forestry or Master of Environmental Management degree.


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I can't believe it's finally here. Lexie's first day of kindergarten or should I say REAL kindergarten!
I know all mom's of kindergartners feel the same way but I've got to say it. My baby is sure growing up fast!
She's so excited and proud of herself since this is REAL kindergarten no pre-kindergarten (which was the summer school program she was in for kids who would be in kindergarten in the fall.)
And here she is with some of her class. I believe there will be 20 students with 3 teachers - sweet.
She just so happy to bet here and I couldn't be happier too! She really takes on every experience in life with a joy and excitement that leaves me humbled and challenged to look at life more like she does.
Thanks for being such a good teacher Lexie. Mommy promises to be a good student of life - just like you!
Happy First Day of REAL School!


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I will be posting summaries of actual game play (once we begin), but first everyone will get information on my style of Game Mastering, what house rules I use, and the basic background that players will be beginning with.
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Welcome to Lake Tekapo Lodge
Stylish accommodation with fine food, wine and art in stunning Tekapo
It's not just the magnificent lake and mountain view to enjoy at Lake Tekapo Lodge – we have pure luxury inside! While we had vastly improved the interior and soul with our own furnishings, style, art and service, we now have completely renovated the lake view rooms to luxurious hotel style comfort. The three rooms have been re-carpeted, painted and wallpapered in a rich theme of Tekapo blue and stylish black and white. Have a look at our accommodation photos!
The hallway is now a true gallery with spotlights highlighting the contemporary art and motion sensitive LED strips to reflect on the plush soft blue carpet when you arrive back from stargazing late at night….
The simply beautiful dining room also has been recarpeted and much of the dour brown wood painted out to lighten the vision and senses! Add a 3m black lacquer table and WOW!
I am loading photos onto the entire website cleverly taken by the gorgeous Rachel Callander of callandergirl. She has captured the true soul of our lodge. We are not just a room for the night – we offer a very special and unique experience sharing our hospitality and spirit. Rach also has made up montages of some of our wonderful art and collectibles. Have a browse through the website for more images of the lodge. See you soon!
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2. Prepare a cover letter / cover Email highlighting your skills and tell the why they should hire you.
3. Create a profile on popular job sites – naukri.com, monsterindia.com, timesjobs.com, shine.com etc & start applying for jobs on these sites
4. Create / update your LinkedIn.com profile with latest info. Add your skills & Achievements
5. Scan the job section in newspapers daily & apply.
6. Subscribe to any Job news paper like 'Employment News' and apply for jobs from it.
7. Register with your local government Employment office in your area.
8. Tell people who are working that you are looking for a job – friends, family members , neighbors anyone.. Make a list of all of your friends, relatives, and acquaintances who are working with well known companies. Call each one and ask them if they know of any openings that they could recommend you for.
9. Search for job consultants / agents on internet , create a list of them and send them your CV. Never go to just one agency. Always go to as many as possible. It is easy and it increases your chances a lot!
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11. Contact you seniors from your college through social media such as Facebook, twitter etc who are already working and ask for openings in their companies
12. Attend Job fairs and Job seminars
13. Prepare well for interviews in advance. Practice your answers for standard questions in most of the interviews such as : 'Tell me about yourself?' ; 'What do you know about us ?' ; Where do you see yourself 5 years from now ?'; 'what's your future plans?'
14. Research the company. Become familiar with the past of the company. Who started it? Where? Who runs it now? Be inventive, and out do the other candidates.
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For Feng Yu Heng, these words could not possibly be more enticing. For a moment, the small flames inside her heart began to swell. If it was not for Xuan Tian Ming stopping her, this girl would have rushed at him.
"Xuan Tian Ming." A certain person's eyes were lighting up, as drool nearly spilled from their mouth. She said: "Xuan Tian Ming, your face is still good, right? It's still that cool, right?" Her eyes were about to leap out, and she even subconsciously stuck her tongue out and licked her upper lip.
Xuan Tian Ming was so speechless, had he been raising a little erotic kitten? Why was it that this damn girl only looked at people's faces?
He reached out and pushed her head a little further away and helplessly said: "Thinking back to the time in the mountain, you most likely fell for this face of mine." He could not help but feel a little frustrated, "In truth, this prince has always valued people with good morals."
A certain person stared at the hand that had pushed her away and expressed her dissatisfaction: "Quickly take it off, take it off. Don't talk about this useless stuff. Back when we first met, where did I notice any of your virtue? Also, with your injuries, there was just a face to look at. If I didn't look at your face, what was there to see? Quickly, if you don't take off this damn mask, I will only be able to lament when we meet again."
Xuan Tian Ming's subconscious told him that he could not defeat this damn girl, thus he threw up his hands in surrender, "Alright, I'll take it off."
Feng Yu Heng fixed her gaze on the mask and saw Xuan Tian Ming's long and elegant fingers grab the sides of the mask. That mask that she had always wanted to remove was slowly being moved along with the fingers. The buckle at the side went "clack" to indicate that the gold mask was completely removed from Xuan Tian Ming's face.
A certain spectator was going insane, as she suddenly rushed forward without saying a single word. Holding the face that she had not seen for a long time, she stared at it. Even if it was Xuan Tian Ming, a person that was quite shameless in certain regards, he was a little unable to endure his wife's enthusiasm. His handsome face immediately turned red.
A grown man was knocked over by a girl and was both kissed and licked. In this sort of situation, if he did not do something, he would not be a man!
Thus a certain person gathered some courage for a while, giving himself some encouragement before going to battle. Finally gathering the courage to launch a counterattack against the person on his body, but it was at this time that the person that was acting willfully on his body suddenly… got up!
She got up!
Xuan Tian Ming had already gathered enough courage to counterattack and ended up missing. He landed face-down on the soft chair and nearly knocked himself out.
Feng Yu Heng was puzzled and asked him: "What are you doing?"
Xuan Tian Ming gritted his teeth: "I'm healing my wounds."
"You were injured?"
"Internal injuries!" He had suffered a severe internal injury! He wanted to roar, alright! This girl was truly going to be the death of him, and he wanted to catch her and hold her on the ground to beat her up. Was he not being scammed?
But it was very clear that Feng Yu Heng did not want to talk to him about scamming people. She had kissed and felt him enough, thus she asked, "Fuck! Xuan Tian Ming, your face was not ruined at all. You actually cheated this great one for over a year. Do you want to die?"
He did not want to die. He felt wronged: "You never made much of a strong request for this prince to remove this mask."
"There are differences between how strong a request can be?" She looked at the man laying face-down with his back facing her. This position… tsk tsk, she reached her hand into her sleeve without thinking and sneakily pulled out a small leather whip.
Xuan Tian Ming felt his heart tug, and he asked with a trembling voice: "What are you doing?"
She sniffled and looked at the thing in her hand. She also felt extremely speechless for a moment. After a while, she put it back in her sleeve under Xuan Tian Ming's gaze. Forget it, she still had not yet become an adult. She had to maintain a healthy body and mind to the best of her ability.
"Xuan Tian Ming, why did you not let me see your face?" This was something that bothered her a little, "You have something nice yet did not share it with me. What sort of heart do you have? Is there any need to hide this sort of thing between the two of us?" The more she said, the unhappier she became. She simply sat her butt in the chair beside his. Lowering her head, she began to sulk.
Xuan Tian Ming became anxious and quickly got up to coax his wife: "I did not hide it from you intentionally. It's just that back when we first met, you looked like you were about to begin drooling over this prince's face, and it left too much of an impression. Think about it, this prince has always valued virtue. How could I be happy with a wife that was only interested in my face and not this prince's heart? Heng Heng, think about it some more. Husband had good intentions. I just wanted you to see my sincerity."
A certain person gritted her teeth: "Can you speak human?"
"… Dear wife, I did it on purpose to tease you."
You fucker, you teased someone for a full year. Who are you lying to?
Feng Yu Heng became furious and picked up the gold mask that had been taken off then was about to go on a rampage. The pair of hands that were like iron vices energetically reached forward, causing Xuan Tian Ming to tremble with fear and snatch back the gold mask, "Wait!"
It was rare that he would say something serious, and Feng Yu Heng decided to give him face. She stopped and did not continue to snatch it away. She just seriously asked: "Speak, what is the problem?"
Xuan Tian Ming raised the mask in his hand, "Don't you want to know what Feng Jin Yuan has? Speaking of, it seems that the thing that he has is related to husband."
Long before Xuan Tian Ming took off his mask and revealed his untarnished face, Feng Yu Heng already had this sort of feeling. This mask definitely could not just be for the sake of teasing her. There had to be a reason that Xuan Tian Ming could wear this mask so conspicuously and naturally, while also being impossible for others to understand.
Right now, he spoke of the thing that Feng Jin Yuan had. Feng Yu Heng blinked her eyes and thought about it. She then turned her eyes on the mask.
Xuan Tian Ming smiled at her then praised: "Our Heng Heng is smart!" In the face of Feng Yu Heng's surprise, he then pulled out a piece of cloth from the edge of the mask.
Only at this point did she realize that the mask had multiple layers. At the same time, Xuan Tian Ming also confirmed something that Feng Yu Heng had speculated. The thing in this mask was extremely important to the point that Xuan Tian Ming could only use this sort of method to hide it on his person. What exactly was it?
She reached out and received the rolled up cloth. She found that something was embroidered on it. She could not say what exactly was on this embroidery. There were mountains and rivers; however, the mountains were snow-capped and outlined with a white line. Analyzing the shape, she could faintly see the shape of a dragon's head. As for the other things, she could not understand it. She could only vaguely guess at it. Helplessly raising the piece of cloth, she asked Xuan Tian Ming: "A map?"
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, "There is a dragon vein in Qian Zhou. Apparently, it is within the three northernmost provinces of Da Shun. Back when the three provinces still belonged to Qian Zhou, the location of the dragon vein was controlled by the soldiers. Later on, the three northernmost provinces changed hands, and they quickly retreated their soldiers. It seemed that they were defending against Da Shun discovering it. Da Shun has always wanted to acquire. After many years, it was slowly revealed that Qian Zhou's dragon vein was in the three northernmost provinces. Not only was that dragon vein related to Da Shun's fortune, but it also contained a wealth that could rival the wealth of a large country like Da Shun."
Feng Yu Heng clicked her tongue, "How much money would that be!" A certain person's eyes lit up and stared once more at the cloth: "The thing that you have is the map to the dragon vein?"
Xuan Tian Ming nodded but also shook his head, saying: "It can only be said to be a part. This thing was apparently something that the late emperor of Qian Zhou had embroidered. A total of 81 seamstresses were used, with each sewing a small part. Even if this was the case, after the entire thing was completed, all 81 seamstresses were killed. The old emperor separated the embroidery into three parts. Originally, it was safely held in one place. Unfortunately, the struggle for Qian Zhou's throne became very brutal, and this thing was brought out by some prince. One part is currently with their emperor, I managed to obtain one part two years prior, and the other part, Feng Jin Yuan managed to obtain when on a tour of the North many years ago. At that time, one of Qian Zhou's hidden guards managed to chase down one part of the map with great difficulty and placed that map into a vulture's stomach using a special technique. He then had that trained vulture fly back to the ruler of Qian Zhou. Unfortunately, that vulture was shot down when it was flying past a ridge in the mountains. The ruler of Qian Zhou became furious and ordered for an investigation. As a result, they found that Feng Jin Yuan's group was passing through the mountains at the time that the vulture was shot down."
Feng Yu Heng furrowed her brow tightly when listening to this, "Qian Zhou suspects that the third part of the map is in Feng Jin Yuan's possession?"
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, "Naturally." He then expressed his own thoughts: "But I keep feeling that things are not that simple. Feng Jin Yuan is indeed odd, but I have investigated for so long and have not found that he really is able to bring such a thing out. It must be known that I am not the only one investigating. Qian Zhou is also searching. In fact, father Emperor's people are also searching. After all these years, if that thing was truly in Feng Jin Yuan's possession, it would have already been found."
She also provided some analysis, "That's why the Cheng shi sisters entered the Feng family. Part of the reason is to help father Emperor search for this thing?"
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, "Indeed."
Her thoughts were the same as his, "With so many people searching, how could it still not be found? Unless that thing was never in Feng Jin Yuan's possession."
Seeing her furrow her brow, Xuan Tian Ming was unable to hold back his hand, as he gently poked the area between her eyebrows, "This matter is not something that can be understood overnight. We just need to continue waiting. Either way, we need to keep an eye on him."
Feng Yu Heng nodded then sighed. She knew that this matter could not be rushed. She had just taken in a great deal of information in a short period of time. There truly was a bit too much information.
She waved her hand and said to him: "With you investigating, I cannot be bothered with worrying about it. Recently, there have been many matters at home. You already know about my mother's matters, and grandfather has been focusing on Hundred Herb Hall. These matters still require me to take care of. This Han shi also…"
"Husband will help you with this." Xuan Tian Ming hated seeing his wife struggle the most. Upon hearing Feng Yu Heng mention Han shi, he immediately spoke up, "Didn't you want to disgust Feng Jin Yuan? Husband has already thought of a good trick for you. Let's go and sleep first. After getting enough sleep, just wait and see the good play tomorrow!"


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Union Pacific Railroad Invests more than $9 Million for Wyoming Infrastructure Improvements
Omaha, Neb., June 04, 2012 Union Pacific Railroad is enhancing Wyoming's transportation infrastructure by investing more than $9 million in the rail line that runs between Egbert and the Wyoming/Nebraska state line near Lyman, Neb. The project is in progress and is scheduled to be completed by the end of June.
The 79-mile project includes replacing nearly 66,000 ties, spreading 44,800 tons of rock ballast to help provide a more stable roadbed, as well as renewing the surfaces at 62 road crossings.
Union Pacific plans to invest $3.6 billion in its rail network during 2012, supporting America's current and future freight transportation needs and enhancing the safety and efficiency of the railroad's 32,000-mile network.
Union Pacific's capital and maintenance program exceeds infrastructure spending of the state highway departments in 46 states. These are private investments, not taxpayer dollars.
Improved and additional rail capacity benefits everyone. It allows freight rail service to grow, contributing to a cleaner environment. Union Pacific can move one ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel, and, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, freight trains are nearly four times more fuel efficient than trucks. Motorists also benefit from reduced congestion on highways as a single Union Pacific train can remove up to 300 trucks off our roads.
About Union Pacific
It was 150 years ago that Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862, creating the original Union Pacific. One of America's iconic companies, today, Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), linking 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail and providing freight solutions and logistics expertise to the global supply chain. From 2000 through 2011, Union Pacific spent more than $31 billion on its network and operations, making needed investments in America's infrastructure and enhancing its ability to provide safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible freight transportation. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers and emphasizes excellent customer service. Union Pacific operates competitive routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways.
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TEHRAN, July 20 (UPI) -- A senior Iranian legislator is claiming that his country downed a U.S. spy drone overflying the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Iran's Qom province in central Iran.
Washington is denying the allegations, Fars news agency reported Wednesday.
Ali Aqazadeh Dafsari, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, stated that the interception occurred near the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province.
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Air Defense units fired on an unmanned aerial vehicle and allegedly brought it down.
"An unmanned U.S. spy plane flying over the holy city of Qom near the uranium enrichment Fordu site was shot down by the Revolutionary Guards' air defense units," Dafsari said.
Iran has provided no proof of the claim, including imagery of the downed UVA drone. Dafsari didn't say when the incident happened.
Dafsari claimed that the UAV was on a mission to gather intelligence about the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qum province for the CIA.
The Fordo nuclear enrichment facility was only disclosed by the Iranian government after Western intelligence agencies identified it in September 2009 and is reportedly buried 295 feet underneath a mountain.
The Iranian government has said that it is planning to install advanced centrifuges at Fordo to speed up its nuclear activities.
Iranian uranium enrichment efforts have received intense international scrutiny, particularly by the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services, who maintain that Iran's civilian nuclear energy program is an operation designed to produce nuclear weapons-grade uranium for a covert Iranian program to produce nuclear weapons, a charge that Tehran strongly denies.
Iran maintains that its uranium enrichment programs are devoted to producing both fuel for its incipient Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran's first, scheduled shortly to come online as well as medical radioactive isotopes. However, Western intelligence agencies, led by the United States and Israel, maintain that Iran's nuclear programs mask a covert program to produce nuclear weapons.
Western knowledge of the Fordo facility dates only to September 2009, after Iran acknowledged after evidence compiled by Western intelligence agencies was made public. As Fordo is built next to a military complex to protect it in case of an attack, its assumed anti-aircraft facilities are substantial.
While the international nuclear monitoring International Atomic Energy Agency suspects that the Fordo enrichment facility might have come online nearly nine years ago, Iran continues to insist that uranium enrichment there began only in 2007.


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Glossary Of Mortgage Terms
Below are definitions of some the main terms used by mortgage professionals. While not comprehensive, the list includes some of the most commonly used terms.
Adjustable-rate Mortgage (ARM)
A mortgage with an interest rate that changes based on market rates and economic trends.
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
The rate a borrower pays on a loan.
Certificate of Title
A written opinion by an attorney or a title company stating that clear ownership, marketability and an insurable title of the property described has been established from available records.
Closing Costs
The miscellaneous expenses involved in closing a real estate transaction, over and above the price of the house. Also known as settlement costs.
Conventional Mortgage
A conventional mortgage is not guaranteed or insured by the federal government. A conventional loan refers to a mortgage that follows the guidelines of government sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The difference between the market value of a home and the amount of the mortgage secured by it or a buyer's initial and increasing ownership rights in a house. After the mortgage is totally paid, the buyer has 100% equity in the house.
Money that a buyer gives to a third-party to put into a reserve account. This can refer to earnest money deposits or to the mortgagee's trust account for insurance and tax payments.
Fannie Mae
An abbreviation for the Federal National Mortgage Association. A Federally chartered, private corporation that provides a secondary market for residential mortgages.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
A division of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). FHA mortgages are insurance backed loans made by approved FHA lenders.
Acronym for the Fair Isaac Company which is the firm that developed credit scoring as a means of reading credit history quickly. Credit scores are commonly referred to as FICO scores.
Fixed-rate Mortgage
A mortgage that has an interest rate that does not change over the life of the loan.
Freddie Mac
An abbreviation for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC). A government agency that purchases mortgages in the secondary mortgage market from insured depository institutions and HUD-approved mortgage bankers.
Good Faith Estimate (GFE)
A form that provides borrowers with basic information about the loan that was applied for and the estimated costs that associated with the loan.
Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)
A refinance program designed to help eligible borrowers to refinance to obtain a lower, more affordable interest rate.
Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
A line of credit where a borrower's home is used as collateral. Because a home is often considered a borrower's most valuable asset, many borrowers use HELOCs only for extremely important reasons such as education or medical expenses.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A fee charged by a lender for borrowers to use its money. This is part of what is repaid in a mortgage payment.
A hold or claim which one person has on the property of another as a security for a debt for which the property may be sold.
Loan-to-Value (LTV)
A ratio that is calculated by dividing the amount to be borrowed by the appraised value of the property. LTVs are used to qualify borrowers for mortgages. Generally, the lower the LTV, the better.
Market Value
The price that a property could potentially be sold for on the open market.
Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance (PITI)
These are the four components of a mortgage payment.
An initial fee charged by a lender. Each point is equal to 1% of the loan amount.
The amount of a loan that interest is paid on. It is the original amount borrowed.
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Insurance that many lenders require borrowers to purchase if the borrower is unable to put down at least 20% of the value of the loan. PMI can be included in the monthly mortgage payments.
Truth in Lending (TIL)
A document that is sent to a borrower from the lending institution within three days of applying. A TIL includes certain disclosures such as finance charges, APR, total of payments, and total sales price.
Title Insurance
Insurance that protects the owner and/or lender from losses arising from defects in the title to a parcel of real estate.
Veteran Administration (VA)
A loan that is made by an approved lender, but is guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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NJCAA Scores from December 5th | News
Middle Georgia 65
East Georgia 73 Men
Middle Georgia 71
East Georgia 60 Women
Albany Tech 57 Men###
Albany Tech 66 Women***
***The Central Ga Tech Lady Cougars win their third game in a row, and seventh in the last eight. Led by freshman standout Ta'Kierra Gibbs with 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals. Gibbs also shot 50% from the field going 8 for 16. The Putnam County High School Standout is averaging 1.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game for the season. CGTC center LaKeisha Beasley had her third consecutive double double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Amber Howell added 12 points as the Lady Cougars beat the Albany Tech Lady Titans 71-66. The Lady Cougars improve to 8-3 on the season and 4-2 in conference play. The Lady Cougars are sitting firmly in third place in their division behind Darton College and Ga Highlands who the Lady Cougars lost to earlier this season 71-69. The Lady Cougars will face Middle Ga Tech on Saturday December 8th at 2 PM at the Cougar Gymnasium at 1931 Rocky Creek Rd. in Macon.
###The Central Ga Tech Cougars break a three game losing streak by beating Albany Tech 58-57. The Cougars had four that scored in double figures. Tobiasz Hose and Tyler Kendrick both scored 10 points, Earl Farnum had 12 and the Cougars were led by Nicholas Paul (London, England) who scored 14 points and added 6 rebounds. The Cougars will face Middle Ga Tech on Saturday December 8th at 4 Pm at the Cougar Gymnasium at 1931 Rocky Creek Rd.


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, June 16
Sir Lancelot of St. Louis fell short in his joust against Livan the Ageless and the Nationals last night, disappointing 11.9 percent of Streakland's loyal inhabitants in the process.
The rest of the day's five most popular selections brought glory to their names and honor to their houses, however, emerging from the field of battle tired and dirtied but unscathed.
Polish your armor and sharpen your swords, gamers: Thursday is just another chapter in the season-long battle for the throne of this Streak game.
Thursday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
Alexei Ramirez: .385 (10-for-26) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
Lance Berkman: .457 (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Nationals starter John Lannan
Michael Cuddyer: .340 (16-for-47) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Delmon Young: .394 (13-for-33) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Placido Polanco: .375 (12-for-32) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Javier Vazquez
Kevin Youkilis: .385 (5-for-13) since '06 vs. Rays starter David Price
Feeling kinda spicy?
Conor Jackson: .424 (14-for-33) since '06 vs. Royals starter Jeff Francis
John Buck: .409 (9-for-22) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Cliff Lee
You'll thank me later …
Michael Brantley: .000 (0-for-9) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Max Scherzer
Chase Utley: .176 (3-for-17) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Javier Vazquez
Paul Konerko: .194 (7-for-36) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
Alex Rodriguez: .091 (1-for-11) since '06 vs. Rangers starter C.J. Wilson
David Ortiz: .167 (2-for-12) since '06 vs. Rays starter David Price
Leaderboard time!
Jdc5850 and sebringt remain co-lords of the realm after pushing their respective streaks to 30 games on Wednesday. Today will be the true test of valor, however, as each has a chance to match the season leaders at 31. Our prediction: Two will enter the arena, but only one will emerge.
Top MLB streakers
Andrew McCutchen: 14 games
Ian Desmond: 9 games
Carlos Gonzalez: 9 games
Matt Kemp: 9 games
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Domonic Brown: (4 HR this season) vs. Marlins starter Javier Vazquez
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100-1 odds Polanco is most picked today?
You did call that one Lav. Polanco is most picked today.
With the official scorer changing Miguel Cabrera's on base by error in the 1st inning to a hit, as the game ended yesterday, I thought to myself: "Wonder how many that picked him and didn't find out he actually went 1-4 instead of 0-4 gave up and decided to commit BTS suicide with a no pick? I am not going thru the 100+ Top2500 that picked him, but I can tell you this. The highest No-Pick today did pick Miggy yesterday. Just goes to show you, never give up if your pick when 0-fer and got on due to an error. Odds are the scorer won't change the outcome, but it can happen obviously.
LaV's List
Thursday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
131 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Placido Polanco 513 20.52
Miguel Cabrera 245 9.8 (3RD)
Jose Reyes 144 5.76 (1RST)
Lance Berkman 143 5.72
Hunter Pence 123 4.92 (1RST)
Adam Lind 119 4.76
Ryan Braun 97 3.88
Albert Pujols 66 2.64
Ryan Howard 52 2.08
Carlos Quentin 45 1.8
Andrew McCutchn 37 1.48
Shane Victorino 36 1.44 (4TH)
No Selection 35 1.4
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 5 with streak of 18 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 34% with LANCE BERKMAN reseting the most.
There was also 4.64% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
J Bruce CIN, RESET 8, Highest was 23 gamer
C Blake LAD, RESET 2, 14,10 gamers
M Izturis LAA, RESET 2, 13,10 gamers
J Giambi COL, RESET 1, 10 gamer
X Paul PIT, SAVED 1, 9 gamer (3 HITS IN 3AB)
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
BookofJohn8vs31vs32, 9, pg 78, 1785, RYAN BRAUN(PICKED 97X)
Blanco21, 9, pg 82, 1785, ADAM LIND (PICKED 119X) b>
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
smoron015, 11 RESET by AUSTIN JACKSON
GL to all
The most important SAVED from yesterday: Mi.Cabrera SAVED 244 by official scorer
Ok. I guess we could throw that in there. Even though he had 3 more AB's after the supposed error.
I was just being sarcastic. Official scorer second thoughts to play a small part in this game. Bloggers have been known in the past to get burned or a reprieve due to in-game/post-game scorer changes.
Lots of happy streakers as Vic and Polanco both single vs Crap-Quez.
Vazquez came real close to losing is rotation spot last month. I wouldn't be surprised if all the PHI starters get a hit off of him if he remains in the game for 6 innings. For today, picking against the Fish is as close to a gimme as there is in this game in my opinion. But the game is early & who knows, maybe he'll settle down & throw a gem? Yeah, right.
LOL, yeah right. I don't think he's pitched a "gem" since he was a Yank.
BTW, Miggy is good now too. Already 30% moving on.
Still have some opportunities for big resets. Most important would be Pence & Reyes. Reyes will bat from the right side today, lessening his chances of a hit though he's still hitting 313 vs lefties. And McDonald is no clown (pun intended), Pence may have troubles with him.
Another stupid pick. I do this to myself. I have a great pick ready and then change it. 2 more ABs to go. *shakes head*
Didn't he reset you a short while back? I, too, am a sucker for him. Great average & numbers overall, but I just can't get a good lock on him. He's been off my radar since he reset me last week.
Yes he did. I guess I may have to not pick him for awhile. Who knows.
Not a stupid pick. Guthrie is pitching awesome so far.
Yeah, and I didn't see that coming. He hasn't pitched that well as of late and Bautista likes to rip 'em up except for when I pick him. Go figure.
Not a homer, but a rope to left. That's gotta feel pretty good
Guthrie just pulled himself out. New pitcher = new life?? We'll see. GL
There you go.
So it's only 2pm EDT and we're already at 45% moving on.
Yesterday was a good reset rate. Today is payback. Weekend coming up; they are usually good for major upsets. Unfortunately, I get caught up in them to often. I make it thru the weekends, streak in tact, like 1 out of every 4 on average 😦
Thank God, and you guys!! I was doing some work and came back to see your comments before I actually saw that he had a hit. Nice!
It seems that Pence is having just a grand ole time. He's currently 3-3.
Matt Holliday back in the lineups, just in time for interleague play. Should show in the picks list in an before tonite is over. Other returning hitters in past day or so: Soriano, Heyward, Hanley, Mauer (later tonite), Zimmerman & Kung-Fu Panda along with a few other no-so-well-picked-in-the-past hitters
Hanley with PH 0-1, 'Fonso just Homered, Mauer DNP ( Min played this afternoon) and Zimms already gota couple games since returning.
Mauer was to be activated sometime after the MIN game was done. Should be pickable in tomorrow's game, before it locks, if someone was so inclined.
Hmmm. on the BTS Results page, every single pick that played so far has gotten a hit. With 6 more remaining in the late games, could this be a 100% non-reset for the field? Ellsbury would have to come in and PH; else the other 5 are in the lineups as far as I know. I haven't been playing this game nearly as long as some of you, but I don't recall seeing all of the field's 15 most picked players getting thru the day without one not playing or getting no-hit.
Ellsbury just pinch-hit and is 0 for 1.
Needs 5 more batters to reach or extra innings to get up again.


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The shooting of Kendra Diggs and the subsequent barricade by her alleged attacker presented a challenge Tuesday for police and emergency responders.
Under the threat of further gunfire from the off-duty Baltimore police officer, officials said, they were unable to render medical aid to the dying woman.
"When you have a person who is down … what we're trained on is that you don't jeopardize six or seven police officers in your emotional reaction to save that person," Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said in an interview Wednesday.
It took emergency responders an hour to reach Diggs on the sidewalk in front of the home in Sandtown-Winchester that she shared with the officer accused of shooting her.
Police say they were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at the home in the 1100 block of N. Parrish St. about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when her boyfriend, Officer James Smith, opened fire from a second-story window.
The gunfire struck Diggs, 37, a bus driver for the Maryland Transit Administration. The patrol officers alerted dispatchers and ran for cover.
Police assembled a command post blocks away. Tactical officers picked up Diggs about an hour later and took her to an ambulance for transport to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. She was pronounced dead a short time later. Smith surrendered about six hours after the initial shooting, police said.
Sharifah Ahmed, a cousin, wondered why police did not remove Diggs from the area when they first encountered the domestic disturbance.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she expects police to conduct a review of how the incident was handled. But she did not second-guess their decisions.
"You have to take a look at the situation after the fact and see if there were things that we could have done better," Rawlings-Blake said. "But I certainly don't think that the morning after the incident is the time to play armchair quarterback on whether or not it was safe at a time when someone we knew had a gun, [whether] it was safe to move in and put more lives at risk."
In such situations, Batts said, the first 30 minutes to an hour are "chaotic" as police sift through available information.
"It's putting the pieces together and not overreacting," he said.
As police chief in Long Beach, Calif., Batts served on a state commission that made operational and training recommendations for SWAT teams.
Police would not allow medical personnel — who are unarmed — into a scene that police themselves had evacuated.
Baltimore Fire EMS Battalion Chief Charles Cheelsman said fire and EMS personnel sometimes arrive at crime scenes ahead of patrol officers, but in most situations they are taking cues from police.
"Our first priority is to make sure the rescuers don't become victims ourselves," he said. "We have to have some kind of assuredness that there's no imminent life threat to the rescuers."
Adding to the complexity of the situation was that police knew that Smith, a 20-year veteran, had tactical training, and believed he could be listening in on police communications through his department-issue radio.
Tactical officers from Baltimore County were summoned, and a negotiation team that included a psychologist began working to coax Smith out.
"We go back to our training, even more so in this circumstance because the person inside that building knows how we operate," Batts said. "They know the steps we're going to have to take."
Police deployed the agency's armored vehicle — called a "bearcat" — and positioned it between the home and Diggs, Batts said. The vehicle could be observed climbing onto the sidewalk.
In the hours that followed, Batts said, police cut off Smith's cellphone access and tactical officers studied the layouts of homes in the area. Officers ran drills to practice entering in the event that they had to force their way in.
"I wanted them to [repeat the drill] time and time and time again," Batts said. "We had to be clean and understand the layouts of that house."
But it didn't come to that. Smith surrendered peacefully after 9 p.m.
"I have to give kudos to that negotiating team," Batts said.
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For the past year, volunteers have been collecting shells from area restaurants and piled them along the shorelines of the Tolomato River. The artificial reefs they create push back against the intrusive waterline to keep Wright's Landing, a spot that's been home to settlers that span 5,000 years, from literally falling into the river. At the same time, 40 species of sea creatures so far have found homes in the piles of shells. New grass is growing in the salt marsh behind them, where the tide was slowly pushing the vegetation back.
And baby oysters that typically die if they don't find an oyster bed to cling to are settling in there as well.
"We can say confidently we're bringing more oysters into county waters," said Lauren Flynn, restoration coordinator at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. "So selling this to the community and the restaurants is not hard at all."
Flynn is using a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fund the restoration effort, which she hopes will both increase the local oyster population and dial back erosion on the short span of beach she's working with. The artificial reefs absorb the energy from passing boats that has been pushing the shoreline further into the park, and one year through the two-year project, new grass is staking its claim in spots where waves used to wash it away.
A healthy oyster can filter four gallons of water an hour too, Flynn said, so the bigger the oyster population, the better the water quality.
She provides recycling bins for five restaurants in town that have several oyster dishes on the menu to collect the discarded shells. By the time the project is done, she will have reused about 78,000 pounds of oyster shells.
At Cap's on the Water, wait staff separates the shells from the trash as they clear the dishes and dump them into bins that are collected three times a week by volunteers.
It was a no-brainer to take part, said owner Bernard de Raad.
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And the benefits may be even greater for the St. Johns Technical High School students who assist on the project - sorting shells, taking water quality measures and building human chains to lay bags along the muddy shore. Linda Krepp, career specialist for the Academy of Coastal and Water Resources at the high school, said the students are also working off a second grant to grow new marsh grass for the beach.
Many of these students had never spent any time in nature, she said, and suddenly they're riding four-wheelers into a park and wearing waders in the Intracoastal Waterway.
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The purpose of this chapter is to fill in the details of what a Matrix Operator is and how it works.
Matrix data in Jitter is typically considered raw data without respect to what the data represents. This permits simple fundamental operations to be applied to different sorts of data without needing to know any special information. For this reason most MOPs are general purpose. The jit.scalebias example from the preceding chapter could be considered video specific in its terminology, and type and plane count restrictions, but fundamentally it is just calculating a product and sum on each plane of an incoming matrix. In this chapter, we'll cover the details of how to configure MOP inputs and outputs, any attribute restrictions or linking for those inputs and outputs, what you must do in your matrix_calc method and how you expose your MOP to the Max environment, overriding default behavior if necessary.
As discussed in the Matrix Operator Quick Start, for MOPs you must create an instance of jit_mop with the jit_object_new() function and add it to your Jitter class as an adornment with the jit_class_addadornment() function. The jit_mop object holds information such as how many inputs and outputs the object has, what types, plane count, and dimension counts are supported, and how inputs should respond to incoming matrices. This information is only relevant to wrappers of the Jitter object which actually maintain additional matrices for inputs and outputs, as is the case with the MOP Max wrapper class. When used from C, Java, or JavaScript, it is the the programmer's responsibility to pass in matrices that conform to any restrictions imposed by the MOP. An example of instantiating and adding the jit_mop object is below.
Each instance of jit_mop contains some number of inputs and outputs, specified by the input and output arguments to the constructor. For each of these inputs and outputs there is an instance of jit_mop_io which records information specific to that input or output, such as type, plane count, and dimension restrictions. You can access the input or output objects by calling the getinput or getoutput methods with an integer index argument as below:
Once you have obtained references to these inputs or outputs, you may query or set the jit_mop_io attributes. The attributes typically configured are: types, which is a list of symbols of permitted types, the first of which being the default; mindim and maxdim, which are the minimum and maximum permitted sizes for each dimension; mindimcount and maxdimcount, which are the minimum and maximum permitted number of dimensions permitted; minplanecount and maxplanecount, which are the minimum and maximum number of planes permitted; typelink, which is the flag that determines if the I/O should change its type to whatever the leftmost incoming matrix is; dimlink, which is the flag that determines if the I/O should change its dimensions to whatever the leftmost incoming matrix is; and planelink, which is the flag that determines if the I/O should change its plane count to whatever the leftmost incoming matrix is.
By default, all types, dimensions and plane count are permitted, and all linking is enabled. If you wish your MOP to have some specific restrictions, or difference in linking behaviors for any input or output in particular, you can set the corresponding attributes. For example, to set the plane count to always be four planes, you would set both the minplanecount and maxplanecount attributes to 4, as below:
The jit.scalebias example could have set the planecount using the minplanecount and maxplanecount attributes rather than calling the utility function jit_mop_single_planecount(), which internally sets these attributes. A similar thing could be done to restrict type and dimensions. As for linking, if you wish to develop an object where the right hand input does not adapt to the size of the leftmost input, as is the case with jit.convolve, you would turn off the dimlink attribute, as below:
Similar could be done to remove type and planecount linking, and the utility functions jit_mop_input_nolink() and jit_mop_output_nolink() set all of these link attributes to false (zero).
For right hand matrix inputs, incoming data is typically copied by the MOP Max wrapper class. When an incoming matrix is received by the MOP Max wrapper class, a function called the ioproc is called, and the default ioproc copies the data, using the current input attributes (which might be linked to the lefthand input). The default ioproc can be overridden by calling the ioproc method followed by a function with the signature as listed below in the jit_mop_ioproc_copy_adapt() function. The jit_mop_ioproc_copy_adapt() function will always adapt to that inlet's incoming matrix attributes, as long as they don't conflict with any restrictions. The SDK project for jit.concat demonstrates the use of the jit_mop_ioproc_copy_adapt() function.
You can specify variable input/output MOPs with a negative argument for input and/or outputs when constructing your jit_mop object. When the using variable inputs and/or outputs, there is not a jit_mop_io for each input and/or output within your class definition, and therefore the template type, dim, planecount, and linking attributes are not settable. If anything but the default behavior is required, you must accomplished it in another way — for example, either by overriding the jit_matrix method of the MOP Max wrapper class, or defining an mproc method to be called from within the standard jit_matrix method of the MOP Max wrapper class. The jit.pack, jit.unpack, jit.scissors, and jit.glue objects are a few SDK examples of MOPs with variable inputs and outputs. More information on overriding the jit_matrix, mproc, and other default methods of the MOP Max wrapper class is covered later in this chapter.
Once you have configured all of the inputs and outputs of your jit_mop object, you must add your jit_mop object to your Jitter class with the jit_class_addadornment() function. Adorments can be queried from the Jitter class at any time by calling jit_class_adornment_get() with the Jitter class pointer and the class name of the adornment object, as demonstrated below.
The entry point of the MOP Jitter class is the matrix_calc method, which is passed a list of matrices for the input, and a list of matrices for the output. It is not the responsibility of the matrix_calc method to perform any copying and adaptation behavior, but rather simply ensure that the matrices are valid, compatible, and if so, process. Certain objects may modify the dim, type, or planecount of the output matrices — e.g. the SDK project, jit.thin. However, it is the calling party's responsibility to perform any copying and conformance to MOP I/O restrictions as defined by the jit_mop_io objects—i.e. either the Max wrapper class, or the C, Java, or Javascript code which calls the matrix_calc method.
The input and output lists passed as arguments to your matrix_calc method are Jitter objects, and pointers to the individual inputs and outputs are acquired by calling the getindex method with an integer argument specifying the zero based list index. The return values should be tested to make sure they are not null. For example:
Technically, you can also pass in an instance of jit_matrix in place of a list for the input or output arguments, since jit_matrix has a getindex method which returns the jit_matrix instance. This is an example of dynamic binding at work. Another example of dynamic binding inside the matrix_calc method is that the list elements might be instances of jit_mop_io, rather than instances of jit_matrix. However, since Jitter uses dynamic binding and the jit_mop_io object is a "decorator" class for jit_matrix, all corresponding methods are passed on to the jit_matrix referenced by the jit_mop_io. In fact, any Jitter objects which respond to the standard interface for jit_matrix could be passed as inputs or outputs. If this seems confusing, you need not think about the underlying implementation further, but instead can assume that what is being passed in is simply an instance of jit_matrix. After all it should behave like one, even if it is not.
Prior to working with a matrix, it is necessary to "lock" it so that the data and attributes will not be changed across the duration of the operation. This is accomplished by calling the jit_matrix instance's lock method with an integer argument of 1 (true) to lock the matrix. You should store the current lock state to restore when you're done processing. The lock operation should be the first thing to do after ensuring that the matrix objects are not NULL. For example
Once you have locked the matrices, you are ready to find out some information about them. This is accomplished by calling the getinfo method with a pointer to an instance of the t_jit_matrix_info struct. The t_jit_matrix_info struct contains several common attributes of the matrix and data organization of the matrix data, and is a useful way to obtain this information in one call, rather than querying each attribute individually. This information is typically tested to verify compatibility with any assumptions the matrix_calc method needs to make (since this method might be called from C, Java, or Javascript, you cannot assume that the MOP Max wrapper will have enforced these assumptions). It is also used to perform the appropriate pointer arithmetic based on type, plane count, dimensions, and the byte stride of those dimensions, since higher dimensions may not be tightly packed. The t_jit_matrix_info struct is listed below:
And here is an example of calling the getinfo method to fill out the t_jit_matrix_info struct:
The t_jit_matrix_info struct is the meta data, but the actual matrix data can be accessed by acquiring the data pointer. You accomplish this by calling the matrix's getdata method, passing in a pointer to a pointer. This pointer can be any type, but it is typically a char (or byte) pointer since you may need to perform bytewise pointer arithmetic depending on the type and dimstride of your matrix. It is essential to verify that this pointer is valid before attempting to operate on the data, as demonstrated below.
While it is possible to incorporate the data processing code inside the matrix_calc method, it is typical to rely on other routines to accomplish the N dimensional processing through recursion, potentially dispatching to multiple processors. The N-dimensional recursive processing function (typically named myobject_calculate_ndim) is discussed in the next section. You should pass in to the calculate_ndim function your object pointer, the overall dimension count, dimension sizes, planecount to consider in your calculation, together with the necessary matrix info structs and data pointers for each input and output. You can call this method directly as is the case in the following code:
Or you can call this method with the parallel processing utility functions provided with Jitter 1.5 to automatically dispatch the processing of large matrices across multiple processors when available. This figure illustrates the dispatching and calculating of the parallel processing utility:
The parallel processing is accomplished by breaking up the matrix into smaller matrices that each reference subregions of the original inputs and outputs. No new objects are created, but rather just additional t_jit_matrix_info structs and offset data pointers. Jitter 1.5 maintains a pool of worker threads for this purpose, so there is no thread creation overhead, but rather only some small thread synchronization overhead. Jitter 1.5 only dispatches across multiple threads when the data count is large enough to justify this thread synchronization overhead.
An important thing worth noting is that if your object performs some kind of spatial operation (e.g. convolution, rotation, scaling, etc.), you will either need to account for the matrix segmentation used by the parallel utilities or avoid using parallel processing and call directly in the current thread. Since the jit.scalebias example only processes one pixel at a time (i.e. a pointwise operation), it is inherently parallelizable, so it takes advantage of multiple processors as below:
Important Note: If you aren't sure if your object is a pointwise operator, or don't fully understand how to make your algorithm parallelizable, you shouldn't use the parallel utility functions in your object. You should simply call the function directly.
In the Matrix Operator Quick Start chapter, we discussed how to define a recursive function to process N-dimensional data in 2D slices, using the jit.scalebias object as an example. This example was restricted to processing four plane char data, but many Jitter objects work with any type of data and any plane count. In order to support all types and plane counts, there needs to be some case handling to know how to step through the data, and what type data to interpret as so that you can perform the appropriate operations. There are a number of ways to approach this logic, and decisions to make with respect to optimization. All this case handling can be a bit cumbersome, so when initially developing objects, it probably makes sense for you to focus on a single type and plane count, and only after you've adequately defined your operation, attempt to make your code robust to process any type of data and consider optimization of certain cases. The use of C macros, or C++ templates might be useful things to explore for better code re-use. As for code optimization, typically a decent atomic element to try and optimize is the "innermost" loop, avoiding branch conditions where possible.
This function is at the heart of the logic you will add in your own custom object. Since there is no "right way" to process this data, we won't cover any more code listings for the recursive N-dimensional processing function. However, the SDK projects that are good examples include: jit.clip, which performs a planar independent, pointwise operation (limiting numbers to some specified range); jit.rgb2luma, which performs a planar dependent, pointwise operation (converting RGB color to luminance); and jit.transpose, which performs a planar independent, spatial operation (rows become columns). For more ideas about N-dimensional matrix processing, we would recommend reading one of the several books available on 2D signal processing and/or image processing. Most of these concepts are easily generalized to higher dimensions.
MOP Max wrapper classes typically have a large amount of default behavior, as setup through the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap function, based on the jit_mop Jitter class adornment, and user specified flags. You can either override all of the default behavior or just specific features. If you wish to override all of the default behavior, you can use the flag MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_ALL, when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. If you need to make use of the jit_mop adornment(), the jit_mop can be looked up by calling the jit_class_adornment_get() method on the Jitter class. The jit_mop_io inputs and outputs can be queried and their attributes inspected, similar to how they were set in the MOP Jitter class definition, described earlier in this chapter. Here is an example of how to look up the jit_mop adornment of the jit.scalebias object:
By default, a jit_matrix method is added which automatically manages matrix copying and calculation based on the incoming data. Most typical MOPs simply use the default jit_matrix method. However there are instances where it is necessary to override the default MOP method to get special behavior, such as recording which matrix input data is being input to as is the case for the jit.op SDK example, or to do something other than standard copying and adaptation as is the case for the jit.pack or jit.str.op SDK examples, or to prevent any jit_matrix method at all, as is the case for the jit.noise SDK example. To prevent the default jit_matrix method from being defined, you can use the flag MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_JIT_MATRIX, when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. To define your own jit_matrix method, you can add an A_GIMME method bound to the symbol jit_matrix, in your ext_main() function. Here's an example from jit.op:
The jit.pack and jit.str.op examples are a bit more involved and also better illustrate the kinds of tasks the default jit_matrix method performs.
A MOP Max wrapper class typically has a bang and outputmatrix method. These two methods are typically equivalent, and by default, both send out the most recently calcuated matrix output. Certain objects that don't have a matrix output, like the jit.3m SDK example, typcially override these messages with their own bang and sometimes outputmatrix method. These methods can be overridden by using the MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_BANG and MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_OUTPUTMATRIX flags when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. These flags are typically both passed in together.
For each input and output, other than the leftmost input, there is, by default, an attribute added to query and set that input or output's matrix attributes, including name, type, dim, and planecount. While overriding the default attribute behavior is conceivably necessary to perform very specialized behavior, it is not used by any of the SDK examples. To prevent the addition of the default attributes for name, type, dim, and planecount, you can use the MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_NAME, MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_TYPE, MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_DIM, and MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_PLANECOUNT flags when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. To define your own attributes, you would follow the same means of defining any attributes for a Max wrapper class with the appropriate attribute name you wish to override.
By default, a clear and a notify method are added. The default clear method clears each of the input and output matrices. The default notify method, max_jit_mop_notify(), is called whenever any of the matrices maintained by the MOP are changed. If it is necessary to respond to additional notifications, it is important to call the max_jit_mop_notify function so that the MOP can perform any necessary maintenance with respect to input and output matrices, as demonstrated by the jit.notify SDK example. These methods can be overridden using the MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_CLEAR and MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_NOTIFY flags, respectively, when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. Object registration and notification is covered in detail in a future chapter, but the jit.notify notify method is provided as an example.
By default, adapt and outputmode attributes are added to the MOP Max Wrapper. These attributes determine whether or not to adapt to incoming matrix attributes, and whether or not the output should calculate a new output matrix, output the last calculated matrix (freeze), pass on the input matrix (bypass). To prevent the addition of the default attributes for adapt and outputmode, you can use the MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_ADAPT, and MAX_JIT_MOP_FLAGS_OWN_OUTPUTMODE flags when calling the max_jit_classex_mop_wrap() function. To define your own attributes, you would follow the same means of defining any attributes for a Max wrapper class with the appropriate attribute name you wish to override.
For many types of operations, it's not required to fully override the default jit_matrix method and any adaptation. If your object simply needs to override the way in which the Jitter class' matrix_calc method and outlet functions are called, you can do so by defining an mproc method, which will be called instead of the default behavior. The jit.3m SDK project is an example where after it calls the Jitter class' matrix_calc method, it queries the Jitter class' attributes and outputs max messages rather than the default jit_matrix message output.
As we discussed in the Matrix Operator Quick Start, inside your Max class' constructor you need to allocate the matrices necessary for the MOP inputs and outputs, the corresponding matrix inlets and outlets, process matrix arguments and other MOP setup. And in your destructor, you need to free oup MOP resources. Typically you would accomplish this all with the standard max_jit_mop_setup_simple() and max_jit_mop_free() functions, however there are some instances where you may need to introduce custom behavior.
The max_jit_mop_setup_simple() function calls max_jit_mop_inputs() and max_jit_mop_outputs() to define any necessary proxy inlets, outlets, and internal matrices. The listing for these functions are provided below to illustrate the default behavior, and a few SDK projects we recommend investigating further are jit.scissors, jit.glue, jit.pack, and jit.unpack.
The max_jit_mop_setup_simple() function calls max_jit_mop_matrix_args() to read any matrix arguments, and if present send them to any linked inputs/outputs and disable the adapt attribute. The listing is provided below to illustrate the default behavior.


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