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Saturday Night Genealogy fun – The Ancestor Meme
by Sherry Stocking Kline
16 October 2011
I love to check out the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges that Randy Seaver sends out way each Saturday Night, and this one looks like a great way to quanitfy what research I need to do next! So tune up the "Mission Impossible" music, check out the challenge, and play along!
Hello, genea-world!
It's Saturday Night (in the USA!) — time for some worldwide
Genealogy Fun!Your mission, should you decide to accept it is to:
1) Participate in the Ancestors GeneaMeme created by Jill Ball on the Geniaus blog.
Thank you to Jill for the SNGF idea! Jill is collecting Ancestors MeGeneaMeme entries too.The rules, and the Meme list, is given below in my response.
Here's mine: The Rules:2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note, or in a Google+ Stream item.
The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven't done or found and don't care to: plain type
You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each itemThe Meme:Which of these apply to you?
2. Can name over 50 direct ancestors. (Definitely would have to cheat and look at my family tree program!)
3. Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents. (I do have photos of all of them, thanks to my mom, and my generous aunts and uncles who have shared their holdings so that I might scan and digitize them.)
4. Have an ancestor who was married more than three times. (I have some who were married three times, but haven't located any that I know of that were married more than three.)
5. Have an ancestor who was a bigamist. (Not that I know of… Would make the family tree more interesting though, wouldn't it?)
6. Met all four of my grandparents. (I Couldn't. Both grandfathers passed away before I was born. I did meet and know both of my grandmothers.)
7. Met one or more of my great-grandparents. (I remember my great-grandfather even though I was about 2 1/2 years old when he passed away.)
8. Named a child after an ancestor. (We did, though not intentionally. My husband's great-grandfather was named James Kline, and we gave that name as a middle name to our son without knowing that there was an ancestor bearing that as a name.)
9. Bear an ancestor's given name/s. (Not only do I not bear an ancestor's name, my grandmother was unhappy with my mom, her daughter, for giving me the name of an alcholic beverage. Unhappy enough that for a time, when I was very, very small, I wondered if the "Carrie" that took an axe to the bars and saloons in Kansas was my grandmother…)
10. Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland. (I have an ancestor from Great Britain, and I probably do from Ireland as well, but have yet to find that link or proof of it. Very difficult with the name Jones!)
11. Have an ancestor from Asia (No.)
12. Have an ancestor from Continental Europe. (Probably. My geography isn't what it should be….)
13. Have an ancestor from Africa. (No, but my granddaughters do.)
14. Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer (in the US and UK) (Yes, most of my ancestors were involved in farming, right up to my own father, and the same on my mother's side.)
15. Have an ancestor who had large land holdings (what's large? Larger than 40 acres? Yep. Larger than 640 acres? Probably.) (Yes, by yesterday's standards my ancestors had large land holdings.)
16. Have an ancestor who was a holy man – minister, priest, rabbi (Jonathan Oatley in Killingly CT in 19th century, several more in 17th century) (We have ministers in my family, and one of my ancestors was "Deacon Samuel Stocking, son of George Stocking. George was born in circa 1582 in Suffolk, England. Deacon Samuel was born in England also and immigrated to America in 1633. They became part of Thomas Hooker's party, and George was one of Hartford, CT's founding fathers.)
17. Have an ancestor who was a midwife (unsure) (Not that I know of.)
18. Have an ancestor who was an author (unsure) (Not that I know of.)
19. Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones (many Smiths, no Murphys, only one Jones line) One large Smith line, one Jones line that quickly turns into a huge brick wall.
20. Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng. (No. Not that I know of.)
21. Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X. (Not that I know of.)
22. Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z (three generations of Zachariah Hildreths, and a Zechariah Barber) (Not that I know of.)
23. Have an ancestor born on 25th December. (Yes, my great-grandfather, Roderick Remine Stocking was born 25 December 1853.)
24. Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day. (Not that I know of.)
25. Have blue blood in your family lines (supposedly if Royal Descendants book is right) (No. Not that I know of.)
26. Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth. (No.)
27. Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth (nope, one great-grandparent born in Canada is the last one born in another country) (No. Two lines came to America in the 1600's. Need to get other lines back that far.)
28. Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century (all but 3 or 4 of my 32 3rd great-grandparents. (Have several lines back to the 18th century.)
29. Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier (quite a few) (some, not as many as to the 18th century.)
30. Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents (Austin Carringer, Della smith, Georgia Kemp, Frank Seaver, Thomas Richmond) (Just Roderick Remine Stocking, thus far.)
31. Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X (not that I know of) (My earliest Stocking ancestor, George Stocking, Hartford, CT founder, signed his will with an X. He was, besides being a farmer, a surveyor, so I wonder if he was just no longer able to sign his name due to advanced age, rather than not being literate.)
32. Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university (not that I know of) (Yes, both my grandparents on my father's side, Elmer and Maud (McGinnis) Stocking attended college, though I believe neither graduated with a four year degree. My grandmother received a teaching certificate and taught for a year or two, perhaps a bit longer.)
33. Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (several are in Sex in Middlesex book) (Not that I have found yet.)
34. Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime (logic says someone in 12 generations must have been, not sure about this one) (Probably, but I have not found it yet.)
35. Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (probably in Genea-Musings…) (I have shared several ancestor's short stories online on my blog here, and in the small town history book that I co-authored, "Mayfield: Then & Now.)
36. Have published a family history online or in print (two books self=published and shared with family) (I haven't published a book, just a notebook that I take to family reunions.)
37. Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries (several in New England, and the Ranslow Smith Inn in Wisconsin) (Yes, several here in Kansas, and one ancestor's home in Kentucky.)
38. Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family (not in the family…the Ranslow smith Inn in Wisconsin would qualify if I'd bought it) (My grandfather's farm was bought by my parent's and is still owned by my mother. It has been in the family now since 1903. The house burned down several years ago, however.)
39. Have a family bible from the 19th Century (have Bible pages for births, marriages, deaths, but not the Bible) (The only family Bible that I know of is owned by my Uncle and his family.)
40. Have a pre-19th century family bible (No.)
4 Responses to "Saturday Night Genealogy fun – The Ancestor Meme"
Thanks for taking up the meme challenge, Sherry.
I hope that one day you find your Jones.
Dear Sherry,
I am completing work on a book ms dealing with deaths on the Oregon/California/Mormon Trails, 1841-65 and encountered your blog about the John Arnspiger letters
If the later letters provide the names of any individuals who died on the trail I would like to purchase copies. Thank you.
Richard Rieck
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Geography
Western Illinois Univ.


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Apache Pig 101
Apache Pig, developed at Yahoo, was written to make it easier to work with Hadoop. Hadoop was developed by Google. Pig lets programmers work with Hadoop datasets using a syntax that is similar to SQL. Without Pig, programmers most commonly would use Java, the language Hadoop is written in. But Java code is inherently wordy. It would be nicer to have an easier and much shorter way to do Hadoop MapReduce operations. That is what Pig does.
But Pig is not exactly SQL. SQL programmers, in fact, will find some of its data structures a little strange.
Data in Pig is represented in data structures called tuples, with all the other Pig data structures being some variation on that. In its most basic form, a tuple is a comma delimited set of values:
And when you join two tuples, in this case on the first element, it represents the data like this:
Or this:
(1, {(1,2,3,4,5), (1,2,3,4,5)})
In the first case Pig has joined all the elements of two tuples into one. In the second it has put the join criteria in the first element and created a bag in the second. A bag is a collection of tuples. And individual elements are called atoms. Pig also supports maps in the format (key#value).
These odd structures leave the programmer scratching their head wondering how to unwind all of that so they can query individual atoms. We explain some of those operations below.
Using Pig and how it works
What Pig does is run MapReduce operations across datasets. MapReduce is the fundamental concept behind Hadoop and big data in general. But it means something quite different in Hadoop than, for example, Apache Spark or the Scala programming language. In Hadoop, the map operation means to split datasets into pieces and work on those pieces in parallel. Reduce means put them all back together to deliver the desired dataset. In Spark and Scala, map means to run some operation on every element on a list. Reduce means to calculate a final single value from those operations in Spark.
You start Pig in local model using:
pig -x local
Instead of just Pig:
Which causes it to run in cluster (aka mapReduce) mode. Local model simulates a distributed architecture. In cluster mode, mapReduce uses Apache Yarn to run jobs on the cluster (i.e., a network of machines) and stores the resulting data in HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System).
Common mistakes
Pig you could say has some quirks that makes it difficult to debug errors, plus the people who maintain Pig keep changing the language, slightly. It does not usually give simple error messages, but shows a lengthy hard-to-read Java stack trace in most cases. (It will save those as a tmp* file in the current directory.) So, before we start looking at some code examples, let's look at some common mistakes that might cause you problems and frustration right up front:
- You need to check what port HDFS is running on in order to open files there. Look in
to get the port number.
$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop/core-site.xml for fs.default.namehdfs://localhost:9000
- Be careful copying and pasting left and quote marks from Google Docs or other word processor into the Pig shell. Pig will throw an error unless you use the proper single quote ' (ASCII 27).
- Either run Pig as root or spend time sorting through permissions issues.
- Don't use (control)(-c-) when you type an incomplete command as it prompts for more input. That will exit the shell. Just type "," or ";" until it quits the current command. Sometimes that can take quite a few tries.
- Type commands in a text editor and paste them in Pig as Pig does not let you edit previous commands easily. For example you cannot use the up cursor and then edit the previous line if it wraps around. You can see the history of commands by typing history.
- If you have loaded Hadoop and Pig on your laptop, in order to learn it, run pig in local mode by typing pig -x local if you get any java.net.ConnectException errors. That means Yarn or some service is probably not running or configured correctly.
- Even though we called Pig easy, it can be frustrating. For example, in writing this document we found that store is a reserved keyword and cannot be used as a column name. And in writing the sales report we wrote below it took some time to figure that out. Pig did not give any friendly error message like "store is a reserved keyword."
Load a file
Supposed we have a data file sales.csv like this, with sales by employee by shop. (As we just said, we cannot use store for a column name as it is a reserved word. So we use shop.)
New York,Earl,40000
We can use Pig to calculate sales by store. First delete the first line that contains the header. Otherwise it will become a row in our data set. Then copy the file to the Hadoop Distributed File system like this:
hdfs dfs -put sales.csv /user/hadoop/
Now we load it to dataset a. In Pig, datasets are called relations. Here we tell it that the input file is comma-delimited and we assign a schema to the data set using AS. We also give the field types: chararray and int.
a = LOAD 'hdfs://localhost:9000/user/hadoop/sales.csv' USING PigStorage(',') AS (shop:chararray,employee:chararray,sales:int);
Then we have this tuple which we can see by typing:
dump a
(New York,Earl,40000)
Note that we could have left off the schema in the relation. In that case you would refer to fields by their relative position $0, $1, $2, … Note also that Pig is said to be lazy. That means it does not actually run the mapReduce function until it is needed, such as printing out the data with dump.
We ask Pig to show us the schema of the data set using describe:
describe a
Now we group the data by shop.
a: {shop: chararray,employee: chararray,sales: int}
b = GROUP a BY shop;
Then we run a group operation, like count, sum, or average:
c = FOREACH b GENERATE group as shop, SUM (a.sales);
This gives us sales total by each shop:
(New York,40000)
Notice that we referred to the sales column as a.sales even after we created the b relation.
Pig lets you define user defined functions (UDF) to run over elements in a tuple in the FOREACH construct. You can code those in Pig, Python, Ruby, or other. And you can use so-called Piggy Bank functions that other persons have written and contributed here or use DataFu. Pig does not have a lot of built-in functions, which is why people are adding their own.
But it does simple arithmetic. For example, here we multiply each sales figure by 2 creating the new dataset b. Notice that we also dropped one column and only took two fields from the original dataset a to create the dataset b.
b = FOREACH a GENERATE shop,sales*2
Suppose we load another dataset:
a = LOAD 'hdfs://localhost:9000/user/hadoop/election/health.csv' USING PigStorage(',') As (procedure, provider, name, address, city, state, zipcode, stateName, discharges, aveCharges, avePayments, aveMedicarePayments);
That took that comma-delimited file and made this simple tuple structure.
describe a
a: {procedure: bytearray,provider: bytearray,name: bytearray,address: bytearray,city: bytearray,state: bytearray,zipcode: bytearray,stateName: bytearray,discharges:
bytearray,aveCharges: bytearray,avePayments: bytearray,aveMedicarePayments: bytearray}
Notice also that it made each field of type bytearray, which is the default if you do not define that explicitly.
Now we run a function. We run the STRSPLIT function which generates two values. Here we tell it to split the field aveCharges field by the "$" sign (hex 24). That field is a string for currency $99999. We cannot do math with that. So we split off the $ sign. STRSPLIT returns a tuple with a field on the left and one on the right. In this case the field on the left is empty since the $ sign is the first character. And the field on the right is the numeric part of the string.
b = FOREACH a GENERATE (procedure), STRSPLIT(aveCharges, '\\u0024');
Now we have a tuple of a tuples, which is called a bag, plus the field procedure.
So we flatten the second tuple:
dump b
Generating this tuple of elements, to make it easier to work with.
c = FOREACH b GENERATE procedure, FLATTEN($1);
Going back to our original dataset:
New York,Earl,40000)
We select only employees who have sold more that $40,000.
x = filter a by sales > 40000
Join and other set operations
There is no intersection operation in Pig, but there is join. Also there is union, cogroup, cross, union, and a few others. Here, for example, is how join works. Suppose we have a list of students and what class they are taking and then a list of classes and what each costs.
students = LOAD '/root/Downloads/people.txt' USING PigStorage(',') AS (name,class);
class = LOAD '/root/Downloads/class.txt' USING PigStorage(',') AS (class,fee);
Then join them by some element that is common to both tuples.
tuition = join students by class, class by class;
That shows the class and the cost all in one structure.
Data types
Pig has a small set of data types. For example, it does not have a date data type. Instead we have float, boolean, double, bag, map, string, int, and a few more. Often it is necessary to cast a data type, like this: (int) x, or define its type, like this: x:int.
Save relations
If you shut down the Pig shell (You use quit or [-control-][-c-] to do that.) you loose your datasets. But it saves the history so that you can recreate your work. To save your results permanently use:
store x into 'someName
The log shown on the screen will say something lie:
Successfully stored 2 records in: "file:///root/Downloads/someName"
Which you can view like this:
cat output
Houston Jim 75000
Houston Bob 65000
Which when we load back into Pig is a tuple again:
So Pig is a great tool for doing ETL (extract, transfer, load) operations on Hadoop data. Pig programs are much shorter than Java code. And its basic principles are not complicated to learn. Simplicity, in fact, is what Yahoo was looking for when they created the language for their own in-house use.
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It was a history-making race for Patrick, who was entered the final lap in third place, but finished in eighth, the best showing for a woman at the Daytona 500. She also became the first woman to lead a lap -- she led five -- at the prestigous race.
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NASCAR officials did not throw a yellow flag and allowed Johnson to lead the pack to the checkered flag at the finish line.
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After taking over as chief of the Sunshine Fire Protection District in the aftermath of the Fourmile Fire, Brett Haberstick saw firsthand the difficulties of recovering from such a disaster.
The blaze in 2010 destroyed 169 homes in western Boulder County, at the time making it the most destructive fire in Colorado history and dramatically changing the face of many mountain communities.
Haberstick, also a volunteer firefighter and former fire marshall for the Sunshine district, said his experiences following Fourmile also served to further emphasize the importance of wildfire mitigation.
"Anything I could do before an event that would make it safe for my firefighters before they go into a situation I became very passionate about," Haberstick said. "What can be done before a wildfire occurs is extremely important."
In the coming months, Haberstick and a nine other experts will be embracing his passion for wildfire mitigation in an innovative way. They will be serving as wildfire mitigation specialists that will counsel area homeowners on how to protect their properties from the threat as part of the Boulder County's new Wildfire Partners program.
Boulder County officials are seeking to enroll qualified homeowners now for the first year program.
It offers participants an individual, on-site wildfire risk assessment of their homes with a specialist like Haberstick, and a custom report on the weaknesses of their fire defenses in advance of a follow-up inspection to ensure recommended mitigation measures have been enacted. Enrollees also will have access to wildfire phone advisors, and will be eligible for a minimum $300 in rebates for their mitigation efforts at the conclusion of the program, according to county officials.
"Wildfire Partners is a new approach," said Jim Webster, the program coordinator. "For one, it's the largest pot of financial incentive we've ever had to offer homeowners."
Webster said the program, funded through a $980,000 wildfire risk reduction grant from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, has $250,000 set aside to reimburse participants for the efforts in the program's first year, and funding is being gathered to keep the program going in the future.
Examples of things mitigation specialists might look for at a home include wood mulch that is up against the structure and should be replaced by something non-combustible, or vents that are not properly screened and could allow forest fire embers to enter the home, Webster said.
"The assessment provides an expert's eye to identify those weak links that people may have forgotten or haven't done yet," he said. "There are some really simple steps that people can do in advance of a fire that can prevent their home from being destroyed."
Department of Natural Resources Assistant Director Lisa Dale is in charge of administering the state's $9.8 million wildfire risk reduction grant program which was established by statute last year. While she said wildfire mitigation is not a new idea, the Wildfire Partners program impressed her because of the level of outreach county officials planned to do to get homeowners involved instead of waiting for them to reach out for help.
"We're excited about it," she said. "Boulder County has done a really good job of being proactive, and I think people are looking at Boulder County and adopting some of their ideas."
Webster said the county is aiming to enroll 500 homeowners in the program in 2014, with plans to place applicants who are not approved on a waiting list for next year. Applicants must live in unincorporated western Boulder County, or the towns of Ward, Nederland, Jamestown or Lyons and agree to complete the recommended fire mitigation measures to be eligible.
The deadline to apply in March 3,
Haberstick is hopeful lots of people will be interested in the program.
"I think it's a great opportunity," he said. "A lot of this is about having conversations. Hopefully we can give people some steps to take to help them enhance their safety and the safety of others."
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Art of Compliance – Converging PCI Security Science and Art
When most people think about Payment Card Industry security, they think of architecture designs and security standards documents to help merchants protect cardholder data.
As the Cisco retail team worked on our Cisco solution for PCI DSS 2.0, we decided to combine the Science of Compliance (Cisco solution and the Validated Design Guide) with the Art of Compliance, a series of artistic work interpreting security in a new light.
Working with Adam Hagen, Cisco Global Integrated Marketing Communications Manager, Cisco worked with a series of artists in multiple disciplines including paint, digital, sculpture and video, and asked them to interpret security through their eyes.
The result is a series of artwork, some of which are incorporated into the Cisco PCI DSS 2.0 Design Guide, plus an online gallery is located on http://www.cisco.com/go/pci2art and on Cisco Retail Flickr
The artwork will be on display at the Payment Card Industry Council North America Community meeting September 20-22 in Scottsdale Arizona as part of Cisco and our partners HyTrust, VCE and RSA sponsorship of the event.
To learn more about some of the artists and their interpretation, we filmed some of the artists with their creations while it was installed in the Cisco San Jose campus for a limited run.
In this video exerpt with Lance Jackson in front of "Secure Card", he talks about how security protects credit cards as part of consumers' inner expressionistic self.
Sue Averell in front of "Network Neighborhood", she talks about mapping computers and hard drives into a urban circuit board motif.
Lance Jackson talks about the Pop art inspiration for "Stacked", part of the "Art of Compliance" series inspired by PCI Compliance and security
The artwork will be on display at the Payment Card Industry Council North America Community meeting September 20-22 in Scottsdale Arizona.
This is part of Cisco and our partners HyTrust, VCE and RSA sponsorship of the event and there will be a silent auction for some of the art for charity donation.
You can also see the artwork on permanant display online at http://www.cisco.com/go/pci2art and on Cisco Retail Flickr
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Join Riverwired, Become Earth Friendly
When I was in elementary school, Earth Day seemed like a big deal and everything from conserving water to protecting the rain forests was brought to the forefront. However, no one else outside of our classrooms seemed all that interested and after the day was over it was back to learning how to color inside the lines; caring about the Earth seemed to only deserve one day a year. Well, a few years and melted glaciers later, everyone seems interested in alternative fuels, global warming and the overall well being of the planet we call home. Whether you've championed the cause of Mother Earth for years, or are just getting in touch with a new greener you, Riverwired is there to bring do-gooders of all kinds together.
Like most social networking sites, you'll set up a profile, upload pictures and meet like-minded individuals but Riverwired definitely has a green spin on things. From the start, you can choose to describe yourself from one of four categories; Live Green, Do Good, Be Entertained and Be Well. I desperately tried choosing more than one but it seems that there is no room for those wanting to be entertained AND live green on this site. The main page is also set up with those four categories, each containing different relevant tidbits concerning health issues, the environment or various charities. The site has various stories and links to blogs and news articles pertaining to "green" related events and potential dangers. Videos on the site range from their original video podcast series called Pulse, to cats opening doors with their paws.
Riverwired seems like a treasure trove for anyone wanting to be part of a community that believes it should be Earth Day the entire year. While it won't replace your facebook account anytime soon, participation on the site may fill you with more sense of accomplishment than the average social networking site.Post by Andre Bermudez


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Now Available: Innovators Under 35 2013 See The 2013 List »
Paris Smaragdis, 32
Teaching machines to listen
Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab
Computer scientist Paris Smaragdis is building some of the world's most advanced "machine listening" systems--software that uses sound to locate people moving through rooms, monitor machinery for impending breakdowns, or activate traffic cameras to record accidents. It's work you have to hear to understand. Click here to listen to a podcast about the technology.
2006 TR35 Winners
Apostolos Argyris
Disguising data as noise
Prithwish Basu
His passion is finding ways to connect mobile devices, sensors, and robots directly--without the need for a base station. It's called "ad hoc" networking.
Seth Coe-Sullivan
Making screens crystal clear
Stefan Duma
Better virtual crash dummies
Christina Galitsky
Simple technologies save energy and lives
Ram K. Krishnamurthy
Cooler computers
Jane McGonigal
Designing games with new realities
Michael Raab
Making fuel ethanol more cheaply
Anand Raghunathan
Making mobile secure
Sumeet Singh
Faster defenses against computer viruses
Paris Smaragdis
Teaching machines to listen
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Reviewed by Emilie S. (age 9)
I liked this book because it is very exiting and their adventures made me feel like I was their every step of the way. Like at the end they were in a big storm & they were scared so was I! My favorite part is when they become friends. Koala has changed a lot since the beginning because their friends now & they weren?t before.
I recommend this book because it is full of good adventures. I recommend this book to people who like adventures.


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Comic book heroes and villains came to life at Comic-Con Masquerade celebrating creativity, imagination and diversity of costumes and characters.
Fans lined up early for participating at the Masquerade, one of the most anticipated events.
Check out photos of the colourful event.
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How do I style a sweatshirt in a chic way?
While a classic sweatshirt should still be part of your cosy weekend wear, when styled correctly, it can be both strikingly chic and contagiously cool for everything from work to a night out on the town. Here are a few ways to elevate this terry treasure.
Must-Try Look #1: Layered Lady
Pair an uber-feminine skirt—either a knee-length pencil or a circle skirt that hits at your natural waist—with a more fitted button-up. Think: a plaid or polka dot top with a sweet collar. Throw a little shrunken crewneck sweatshirt over the button-up and pull out the collar (you want it to show). Wear with a sexy little heel and clutch, and be both the best dressed at the office and at after-work drinks.
Must-Try Look #2: Totally Tomboy
Wear a crewneck sweatshirt (perhaps a printed one!) with a baggy trouser that is either slightly tapered or ridiculously oversized. Irony is key—you're really embracing the borrowed-from-the-boys look. That said, you're still a girl, so to make this work, be sure to choose a pant in a dressier fabric. Push your sweatshirt's sleeves up, and then add pointy heels and some fancy, dainty jewellery to finish the outfit.
Must-Try Look #3: A Rougher Edge
Pull out your best leather pants/leggings in black, oxblood, or forest green, and pair them with a heather grey pullover. Wear a fistful of gems around your neck and perhaps some caged heels to really nail this tough-but-cool-girl combo.
Must-Try Look #4: Dress it Down
Change up your early fall wardrobe by wearing your easy floral dresses with gladiator sandals and a sweatshirt hoodie as your "third piece." This look is charming for grabbing coffee with a friend or quick jaunts to the farmers markets.
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MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb's Dani Walker and Jacksonville's Joane Pierre split the Atlantic Sun Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week honor, announced Wednesday by the league office.
Walker is a junior from Wichita, Kan., majoring in kinesiology. She finished 10th in a field of 135 runners at the Crimson Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Walker posted a 5-K time of 18:03.62 as the Lady Bisons finished in fourth place in the race behind Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi State.
"Dani rose up and had her best race of the year at Alabama, but our team did as well," Lipscomb coach Bill Taylor said. "Dani was helped by having her teammates around her. They moved their way up and gave Dani encouragement and helped her to keep moving forward. She was able to finish very strong."
This is Walker's second career A-Sun Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week award.
Pierre, a senior at Jacksonville, won the UCF Attack Challenge 6-K in Orlando, crossing the finish line in a time of 21:25.60.
Other nominees were Kelly Perzanowski (Jr., FGCU), who placed 10th at UCF 6-K with a time of 22:28.95; Katie Hirko (Fr., ETSU), who earned her first career top-three finish at the Blue Ridge Open and Jasmine Polite (So., USC Upstate), who won the Upstate Invitational in a time of 19:06.25.


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The Spanish-style villa, built in 1923, has three bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in 4,000 square feet. There are vaulted and beamed ceilings, city views and a master bedroom suite with a 19th century marble bathtub. The walled and gated property includes a swimming pool and a guest casita. Franco, 31, starred in "Pineapple Express" (2008) and "Milk" (2008), as well as the "Spider-Man" movies (2002, 2004 and 2007). He got his break when he landed a leading role in the TV comedy "Freaks and Geeks" (1999-2000).
The actor-director-writer will play Allen Ginsberg in the 2010 film "Howl." But first he'll join the cast of "General Hospital" for several weeks starting in late November.
The property was purchased in 2006 for $2,325,000, public records show.
Deedee Howard of Prudential California Realty, Beverly Hills, is the listing agent, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
Producer sells below projection
Film producer Jon Peters has sold a 6.5-acre residential lot in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $12 million.
The former King Vidor estate site included house plans by architect Richard Landry. A 14-car underground garage and office are already on the three-parcel property, which sits behind gates. There are city and ocean views.
Peters, 64, has produced such hit films as "Superman Returns" (2006), "Wild Wild West" (1999), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988) and "A Star Is Born" (1976). He sold to move to his ranch outside of Santa Barbara.
Vidor's directing career earned him a Guinness World Records spot for "longest career as a film director" starting with "Hurricane in Galveston" (1913) and ending with a 1980 documentary "The Metaphor." He directed "War and Peace" (1956) and the black-and-white Kansas scenes in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
The property came on the market in March at $19,995,000.
Jeffrey Hyland, Brooke Kaufman and Chad Rogers of Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills, shared the listing. David Kramer of the same office represented the buyer.
Once home to a button-down guy
A restored Bel-Air estate, built in 1932 and designed by architect Gerard Colcord, is on the market at $12.95 million.
The gated traditional home, which today has eight bedrooms and 10 1/2 bathrooms in about 10,000 square feet, was one of Colcord's last French farmhouses. Known as the Horton House for its original owners, it has been home to such Hollywood personalities as former Univision Chairman and Chief Executive Jerry Perenchio, actor Bob Newhart and soap star Deidre Hall, according to "Colcord Home" by Bret Parsons.
A long driveway leads to a motor court with a fountain at the front door, and manicured lawns and gardens surround the gabled house.
Inside is a dramatic two-story entry with a sweeping staircase, a spacious formal living room with a fireplace, an office/library and a formal dining room with a bay window. The open kitchen has a large center island and was combined with the family room and breakfast room. There is a pub room, a screening room, a temperature-controlled wine cellar and a four-car garage. A separate entrance leads upstairs to a guesthouse.
The house cost $45,000 in 1932, according to Parsons' book. The property, more than a half-acre, most recently sold for $6.6 million in 2006, public records show.
Myra Nourmand and Michael Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates, Beverly Hills, have the listing.
He's likely taking Emmys with him
Director-producer Jeff Margolis has listed his longtime Beverly Hills Post Office-area home at $3,495,000.
The 1927 Spanish-style house has arched passageways, open-beam ceilings, a step-down living room with a fireplace and an office-library-media room with a projection and sound system. There are five bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 5,234 square feet. The one-third acre property is gated and includes a swimming pool and a sports court.
Margolis won Emmys for directing "The 67th Annual Academy Awards" (1995) and, as a co-producer, for best variety, comedy or music special for "Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration" (1990). He has directed scores of TV awards shows over three decades, including this year's "The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards," "The 7th Annual TV Land Awards" and "15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards."
The listing agents are Drew Mandile and Brooke Knapp of Sotheby's International Realty, Beverly Hills.
Fiftysomething goes equestrian
Producer Marshall Herskovitz has purchased an equestrian property in Calabasas for $4.1 million.
The ranch has a Mediterranean-style house with six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 7,000 square feet, a seven-stall barn, two arenas, pastureland and a separate caretaker apartment.
The remodeled home's family room opens to a wraparound veranda overlooking the swimming pool area. An outdoor living area has a hacienda-style fireplace and barbecue. There are mature oak trees and a creek.
The film and television producer, director and writer was the co-creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning "thirtysomething" (1987-1991). Herskovitz, 57, produced "Blood Diamond" (2006) and "I Am Sam" (2001), among other films. He is the president of the Producers Guild of America.
Tracy Bunetta and Patty Cali of Coldwell Banker, Malibu, co-listed the property. Cali and Win Collins of Sotheby's International Realty, Santa Barbara, represented Herskovitz.


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The Grandview Chamber of Commerce is an association of business people and other concerned citizens working to promote the business growth and development of the Greater Grandview Area.
People with a common interest – "To meet the needs of Grandview businesses."
The mission of the Grandview Chamber of Commerce is to add value to local business, to promote local events and tourism in a community with a healthy quality of life.
- Your investment in the Chamber makes you a partner with other leading business professionals and industrial leaders who care about the area's future. A wealth of business opportunities and contacts will be available to you and your business.
- Referral from both the Chamber office and fellow Chamber members will increase your visibility and customer awareness.
- Distribution of your business brochures, fliers, or business cards by the Chamber office.
- Opportunity to promote your business in the Chamber newsletter and Chamber and Forum meetings.
- Membership meetings are held once each month, include a wide variety of speakers on issues of importance to businesses, and provide an excellent networking opportunity.
Other Benefits
- E-mail and web site referrals
The Chamber's strength lies in the number and diversity of it's membership.
Both large and small businesses from virtually all professions are represented and influence the direction of the Chamber's programs.
The members are the Chamber! The more members the Chamber has, the better it can represent the business community.


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You must keep an eye on your home during the summer when you know that bugs are going to start multiplying. The bugs get cold in the winter, and they try to come in the house. You need to know what sort of bugs you are looking for, and you must understand what to do when you find certain kinds of bugs in your house. The bugs listed here can be dealt with if you are smart about taking care of your home, but you need to use wisdom in caring for the house before you continue about your daily routine. If you even see one of these pest in your home call a professional at Phoenix pest control immediately. Everyone hour you wait they can do hundreds to thousands of dollars in damages.
Everyone who wonders if they have termites is not sure what they are looking for. Termites are like little flying ants that you think should not be flying at all. Termites are often confusing because you wonder how they got there, but there is no way to know how they got there. You simply have to figure out how you are going to get rid of them. There are many systems that are going to help you get rid of termites, but you must keep your eyes open to make sure that you are aware of when the termites move into the house.
Cockroaches tend to come in the house when it gets cold outside. You may not be sure how they are getting in the house, but they are likely coming in through cracks in the siding or insulation. They can make their way to many different parts of the house, and you will find them roaming around in many different areas after long. You have to find a way to deal with them while you still have your wits about you. You can keep your wits about you when you are using proper techniques.
You must make sure that all cracks in your siding or walls are sealed. You also need to make sure that you are keeping your flooring and carpets sealed tight. The roaches will have many places to hide, and you need to make them walk in the open. You can set a few roach traps, and you will find that you can get rid of them pretty quickly.
Ants that come in your house are looking for food, and they are very similar to the ants that you see in the cartoons that are looking for food they can carry back to the nest. You need to make sure that you find ways to stop the ants from coming in, and you want to make sure that you are using the same techniques you would use for the roaches that you have found.
You can deal with bugs that you do not want to find in your home if you are simply using all the tips here. These tips are going to change the way that you manage your home, and you will be able to keep your home free of bugs when you have guests over. Your home's value will rise just because you are keeping it clean.


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Digital remote soft proofing offers screen and digital printers a way to improve color control, speed up time to press, and greatly reduce rejects. Read on to find out more about this technology and some of the other benefits you can reap when you implement a remote soft proofing system.
One of the really great benefits of a digital workflow is the greatly reduced production time. Through it we can eliminate many traditionally analog steps, such as removing film generation from screenmaking by using a computer-to-screen system. This sort of technology can help us get jobs on press in a matter of minutes.
Likewise, the transfer of and accessibility to digital information has become a key part of the critical path in our workflows. We can lose hours or even days in the approval process as key players become increasingly disconnected and distanced from the physical manufacturing facilities, which is why digital soft proofing—the ability to accurately view, comment on, and approve digital color both on site and remotely—is now an essential part of an efficient digital production model. This article will introduce the benefits, limitations, and realities of remote soft proofing. We'll look at the technologies and the path to integrating it into your existing digital or analog/digital workflow, operating under the assumption that the files you work with are digital in nature and the hard proofs you generate are also imaged digitally.
Origins of soft proofing
Remote soft proofing means that two are more parties, separated physically by undetermined distances, can view color-accurate digital files on their monitors and be able to output calibrated, precise, inkjet proofs that match the images on their monitors at their independent locations (Figure 1).There are no limits on how many parties can be involved simultaneously.
The concept of soft proofing isn't new. Companies were in development of collaborative digital workflows as far back as 1996. But like all things digital, the concepts were sound but the technology was immature and lacking in the necessary speed and bandwidth to deliver a practical solution. Companies like WhamNet.com were formed to help deliver the Gigabyte-sized files necessary for commercial printing over the Internet. Using ISDN and proprietary hardware, WhamNet.com attempted to close the loop in the rapidly emerging digital-reproduction landscape.
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New Coach has Won Last Two Titles in Home Country
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – John Rooney, who has won the past two National Championships in Ireland, has been named assistant coach for the Yale Squash program. Rooney joins head coach Dave Talbott and assistant coach Pam Saunders in working with the Bulldogs, who are coming off back-to-back Ivy League championships on the men's side and an undefeated National and Ivy League championship season on the women's side.
"John is a highly experienced player and coach who will bring some exciting new elements to the men's and women's squash programs," said Talbott. "John is eager to work with both the men and women in his new coaching position."
Rooney hails from Galway, Ireland. He has competed for more than 10 years on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world tour and has been ranked as high as No. 52 in the world by the PSA. In 2010, he won the Galway Sportsman of the Year award. He has played for City Of Manchester, Abeydale, Nottingham Squash Club and The Hague.
Rooney is joined by his wife, Terese, who is also from Galway.


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At the Kiriakis mansion, Maggie asks Victor what he's hiding from her. They get into a big argument when he won't come clean. He asks her not to ruin their night. She is steaming mad knowing he won't be honest with her, and snaps, "Happy birthday!" She storms out.
Queen Of The Night.
Marlena faces Stefano, Austin makes plans, and Victor comes clean.
Roman, Bo, John, Hope, and Rafe bring Stefano into the police station. They book him as Shane watches. Stefano denies that he's panicking. Shane muses that he's facing Federal charges - trafficking illegally in arms. Hope says the Phoenix flew too close to the sun - his wings melted and he can't fly anymore. Stefano mocks them, but they are confident they've got him this time.
At the safehouse, Carrie is stunned to think she might be pregnant. Marlena points out that she's late. Carrie says she's been under stress. Marlena talks about her wanting to be with Rafe, and how complicated it would be to be carrying Austin's child. The phone rings - it's Rafe. He says it's over, and tells her to come and celebrate. She hangs up and hugs Marlena.
At the square, Lexi tells EJ the party made it feel like she was in Paris. They discuss Cameron, and EJ observes how carefree she looked dancing with Abe earlier. Lexi smiles, but wishes Stefano could have been there. Just then, EJ gets a call.
Marlena strides into the station. Stefano clucks, "Ah, the queen of the night." Marlena tells him how delighted she is that he can't hurt her family anymore. She tells him he's broken and dark inside - she finds him pitiful. Rafe and Carrie leave. Stefano refuses his one phone call - news will travel fast. Stefano chuckles as he goes behind bars. Lexi arrives, followed by EJ. Stefano says Marlena, Bo, Hope, John - they're all alive - it was a hoax to trap him. He's charged with arms trafficking. Lexi wants EJ to get him out. EJ thinks he's guilty. Lexi says maybe he is, but every minute counts for her. Stefano says he'd refuse EJ's help anyway.
Outside, Rafe tells Carrie it's time to get their lives back. She lets him know she loves him. They nearly kiss, but she insists on talking to Austin first. Rafe notes she looks pale, and suggests she wait to tell Austin. Carrie says she can't let him go on thinking they have a future.
There's a knock at Austin's door - it's Billie checking on him. He complains about having to pretend his wife died in an explosion. Billie notices he's looking at houses. He says the visit to the safehouse went well, and he and Carrie are starting over. Billie jokes that twins run in Carrie's family. Austin says they've always wanted kids, but life got in the way. He tells Billie that he and Carrie are back on track. Carrie phones and tells him it's over. He says he's on his way.
Victor catches up with Maggie at the pub. He wants to apologize. Victor says what he's going to tell her will hurt her - it's about Lillian. Maggie asks, "Daniel's mother?" She says she stole her eggs. Victor says she had help - from him. She asks what he did. Victor says he owned the medical laboratory where her eggs were stored and gave Lillian access - he was helping his friends. Maggie cries. She can't believe he kept quiet since she found out Daniel was her son. Victor talks about how in love with her he was, and says she'd forgotten about the eggs. Maggie says he hasn't changed. She's decided not to go home with him tonight. Victor questions why she's lashing out at him.
Austin arrives in the square and pushes past Rafe to throw his arms around Carrie. He tells her he'll never let her go! He raves about what it's like to see her again and be able to take her home. Rafe looks on dubiously. Austin thanks Rafe, and he and Carrie head home. He shows her the houses he's been looking at - plenty of room to grow. He wants to dive in and start a family. She says she can't.
Billie arrives at the station and chats with John and Marlena before stepping out with Shane. Roman announces that EJ and Lexi are visiting Stefano. Marlena and Hope happily leave after kissing their men. An official arrives and says he wants the prisoner, Stefano DiMera. Stefano is brought up and the CIA man orders him to be released immediately!
Sneak Peek!
The man from the CIA tells Roman Stefano's been working on a CIA project when trading in illegal arms.
SPD is bedlam when everyone is angered that Stefano managed to dupe them again.
Lexi is caught in the middle and collapses, worrying Abe and Stefano.
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