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Checking in on… the Pac-10Posted by Brian Goodman on March 3rd, 2011
Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Mountain West and Pac-10 conferences.
A Look Back
A week ago, the conference was all but won. Arizona had a two game lead, and even with a Los Angeles road trip looming, it looked like it would take a complete collapse for the Wildcats to lose their grip on the Pac-10. But a week later, USC is riding a four-game winning streak, UCLA has won eight of its last nine, Arizona has dropped two in a row and now we're left with the Wildcats and the Bruins tied atop the conference. And yet, this is still the Wildcats' conference to lose. While UCLA heads north to visit the Washington schools this week, Arizona heads back home to host the Oregon schools. If the 'Cats can take care of business in the McKale Center, UCLA would need to complete a road sweep of the Huskies and Cougars in order to seal the tie at the top of the conference. More importantly, with Selection Sunday just a week and a half away, both UCLA and Arizona have basically sewn up at-large bids, but Washington, once considered the obvious favorite in the Pac-10 and a shoo-in for NCAA inclusion, has put its NCAA at-large candidacy back in question. A closer look at their resume reveals only a home win over Arizona and a road win over UCLA as wins to hang their hat on, with their win over Long Beach State their only other win over likely participants in the NCAA Tournament. While the bubble at the back of the line is probably soft enough for the Huskies to still get in, they surely want to wrap up the season in style with wins over UCLA and USC in order to ease their worried minds.
- Team of the Week: UCLA – Back from the dead, the Bruins now sit back where Westwood expects them to sit: atop the Pac-10 standings. After last year's disastrous 14-18 season, the Bruins worst season since Ben Howland's first year of rebuilding after the Steve Lavin era ended in ruins, after a frightening home loss to Montana to cap a four-game losing streak back in December, after the fourth consecutive loss to cross-town rival USC in their first meeting this season, the Bruins being tied atop the Pac-10 in March seemed exceedingly unlikely. And while this Bruin team looked decidedly ordinary over the course of the Pac-10 schedule, all of a sudden they are playing their best ball of the year. Without a doubt, the Bruins' 22-point thrashing of Arizona in the final game at Pauley Pavilion before it begins renovations, a game in which John Wooden's great-grandson, Tyler Trapani, scored the final basket ever recorded in the building's grand history, was the best Bruin performance in the past two seasons. While they still have a lot to prove in the coming days and weeks, the fact that this team is beginning to gel just as the calendar turns to the most important month in the sport is of great comfort to Bruin fans.
- Player of the Week: Nikola Vucevic, Junior, USC – In the story of the Trojans' sudden rebirth, Vucevic is the leading man. While the junior from Montenegro has been very good all season long, averaging 17.5 PPG and 10.3 RPG, over the Trojans four-game winning streak he has been nothing short of excellent. In that span he has averaged 21.3 points and 11.5 rebounds, has knocked down eight of his twelve attempts from beyond the arc and has scored over 30% of USC's points. If Vucevic can keep his Trojans on their winning ways in Washington this weekend, USC may be just good enough to sneak back into bubble conversations in advance of the Pac-10 Tournament.
- Newcomer of the Week: Allen Crabbe, Freshman, California – Well, I think he's back. After sparkling through much of the first 11 games in the conference season, Crabbe's excellent rookie campaign hit a major speed bump when he suffered a concussion against Washington on February 10. He missed the rest of that game, two more games and was clearly not back to full strength when he did return against UCLA, but this week he proved that he is ready to go forward at full strength. This week he scored 45 points, knocked down ten of his 16 three-point attempts and grabbed eight rebounds in helping his Golden Bears to a sweep of the Oregon schools.
- Game of the Week: USC 65, Arizona 57 – There were nine games this week, and none closer than USC's eight-point upset win over the Wildcats on Thursday night. While this was by no means a thing of beauty (the teams combined for six assists on 40 field goals, the Trojans went 1-10 from three and shot just over 40% from the field, and still won with relative ease), the result did send shockwaves around the conference, as Bruin fans were forced to admit that they were pulling for the Trojans – and hard. In the end, USC got two big blocked shots by Alex Stepheson and Marcus Simmons after the Wildcats came back to tie the game at 56, and the Trojans converted those defensive plays into four made free throws on the offensive end. Vucevic led the way for the Trojans with 25 points and 12 rebounds, while junior point Jio Fontan had by far his best game since his first week of eligibility, posting 21 points and adding three assists. But the big key for the Trojans had to be limiting Arizona's Derrick Williams to just 3-11 shooting, just two free throw attempts (seven below his season average) and just eight total points – his first game of the season in which he failed to score in double figures.
- Game of the Upcoming Week: UCLA (21-8, 12-4) at Washington (19-9, 10-6), 3/3, 6pm PST, ESPN2 – Between the two teams tied at the top of the conference heap, the Bruins have by far the toughest road remaining. The Huskies have lost just once at home all season, and just four times in the last three years, and UCLA hasn't won at the Hec Ed since 2004. But, they've got to assume that they need two wins in their remaining two games in order to tie for the Pac-10 title, and if they're to rise to that challenge, it starts here. In the first matchup, the Huskies strung together a 27-10 run spanning halftime to break open a close game and propel them to an eventual 11-point win at Pauley. In that game Joshua Smith fouled out in a relatively ineffective 22 minutes, Lazeric Jones was completely absent, nobody off the Bruin bench made a field goal and the Huskies shot the Bruins out of the gym. For UCLA to get this win, Howland would like to see Smith stay out of foul trouble, pound the Huskies in the paint and get some offensive contributions from Jones. Even if UCLA can pull off this difficult road win, they'll need to back it up with a win at Washington State on Saturday to ensure a Pac-10 title.
Power Rankings
1. Arizona (23-6, 12-4): I've been saying all year long that if opponents can limit Williams offensively, the 'Cats don't have enough firepower on the rest of their roster to beat good teams. We learned this against BYU and we learned this against Oregon State. Of course, then Arizona and Momo Jones and Kevin Parrom shot that theory down in dramatic fashion in triple overtime against Cal, but in the back of my mind, I still didn't buy this Wildcat squad as an elite team. Fast forward to the last week in February, when USC and UCLA held Williams to 23 points on 8-22 shooting and just six total free throw attempts in handing the Wildcats a oh-for-L.A. weekend. No other Wildcat was able to score more than 12 points in his place over the weekend (Jesse Perry had 12 against USC, Parrom added ten in that game and Kyle Fogg had ten against UCLA) and the rest of the roster combined to shoot a less-than-impressive 32.9% from the field. This is still a good Arizona team, but the concept of this squad being a top ten team (where it was ranked last week) is ludicrous. The concept of this squad even being a top 25 team (where it is still ranked) is still a stretch.
Looking ahead: The Wildcats return to the McKale Center this week, and need to stop the bleeding immediately by avenging their opening weekend loss to Oregon State on Thursday. Then they wrap up the season on Saturday by hosting Oregon. Arizona needs both of these games.
2. UCLA (21-8, 12-4): Sometimes basketball is a pretty simple game. Sure, you've got to make your shots, and you can have cold shooting nights that doom you or hot shooting nights by opponents that do the same. But the fact of the matter is, if you play tough defense, rebound well and don't turn the ball over, you're most of the way there. And, in those areas, the Bruins are suddenly looking good. At the start of the year, their defense was not up to par. In particular, the loss to Virginia Commonwealth in Madison Square Garden was abysmal, the type of defense that Bruin fans hated seeing last season. But in conference play, things have turned around and now this UCLA squad is excellent defensively. But the biggest factor this weekend in the Bruins' sweep of the Arizona schools may have been their total of 16 turnovers for the weekend. Considering that the Bruins turned the ball over 18 times against Cal, 19 times in their win over St. John's and their loss at Arizona, and even 26 times in their win over Oregon State, the eight turnovers that they posted in each game this weekend was a critical improvement. In order for the Bruins to be a serious threat come the NCAA Tournament, they'll need to keep those turnover totals similarly low.
Looking ahead: Washington on Thursday night and Washington State on Saturday, a pair of games that make up the toughest road trip in the Pac-10. And the Bruins need to win both to secure a conference title.
3. Washington (19-9, 10-6): The Huskies have this rationalization to fall back on, following their home loss to Washington State on Sunday: they didn't play that bad. The Huskies dominated the offensive glass, grabbing 23 rebounds, exactly 50% of every missed shot that came off the rim on the offensive end. But, they turned the ball over 16 times, missed far too many of the put-back attempts and shot a lowly 36.6% from inside the three-point arc. All in all, Lorenzo Romar and company have to forget about this game and take care of business this week against the hot Los Angeles schools that are coming storming through Seattle. Anything less than a sweep and the Huskies are limping into the Pac-10 tourney.
Looking ahead: UCLA on Thursday, USC on Saturday.
4. USC (17-12, 9-7): Out of nowhere, a four-game winning streak (they had not won more than two-in-a-row all season) and a newly formidable Trojan squad. Vucevic has been excellent all year, but USC is at its best when his frontcourt mate Stepheson is a major contributor. During the four-game winning streak, he has average 13 points and nine rebounds a game, while during the seven Pac-10 losses he has averaged just over seven points and rebounds per game. The Trojans are 11-4 when he scores in double figures, just 6-8 when he does not. The numbers are clear: Kevin O'Neill needs Stepheson to provide a threat alongside Vucevic for USC to be at its best.
Looking ahead: If USC can continue its streak and get wins at Washington State and Washington, you'd have to say their resume (which would then include wins over Texas, at Tennessee, UCLA, Arizona and at Washington) would be superior to the Huskies. A couple more wins in the Pac-10 tourney could be enough to get them dancing.
5. Cal (16-13, 9-8): I think a lot of people would probably go with Washington State as the next best team in the conference, but Cal has proven to be the more dangerous, more balanced team over the course of conference play. Despite a four-game swoon in February that coincided rather clearly with Crabbe's four-game absence (Crabbe's concussion overlapped with three of the four losses), the Golden Bears have been impressive this season under Mike Montgomery's excellent guidance. Junior Jorge Gutierrez has improved dramatically from the hustling role-player that he portrayed in his first two years on campus, and stepped it up even more spectacularly of late, scoring in double figures in his last ten games and averaging 20.3 PPG, 5.4 APG and 4.2 RPG over that span. Crabbe, too, has shown rapid improvement under Montgomery; after taking a couple months to get comfortable, he has been clearly the best freshman in conference play, averaging 18.4 PPG (excepting the two games around his concussion) since the abrupt transfer of fellow freshman Gary Franklin after the first Stanford game. Likewise, sophomore Brandon Smith, who averaged less than seven minutes per game last year, has been transformed into a solid Pac-10 level point guard since the Franklin departure, averaging 11.4 PPG and 5.1 APG in the 16 games since. And with Markhuri Sanders-Frison and Harper Kamp doing yeoman's work up front, this is a seriously tough Cal team that could cause a lot of problems in the Pac-10 tourney.
Looking ahead: The Bears wrap up the season with a visit from Stanford on Saturday.
6. Washington State (18-10, 8-8): The mere fact that I'm putting a team as good as this Cougar team as the sixth best team in the conference indicates that while the Pac-10 is not back to the glory days of Kevin Love, the Lopez twins, James Harden and O.J. Mayo (among numerous others), this conference has come a long ways since last year's mediocre conference. However, the fact that a team this talented is just .500 in the conference raises some other questions. We'll save those for later, however, as the Cougs are coming off an big win over Washington on Sunday, a game during which they got to the line 36 times and made a mighty impressive 32. Sure, they turn the ball over too much, and they still can get killed on the glass (witness the 23 offensive rebounds they gave up Sunday), but Klay Thompson is one of the best scorers in the nation, DeAngelo Casto is a big, bouncy forward who has turned it on lately (15.5 PPG and 8.0 RPG over the last six games) after an injury-riddled start to the season and Ken Bone is blessed with plenty of willing role players. Much like USC and Cal, this team may need to win the Pac-10 Tournament to get invited to the NCAA Tournament (so far their resume consists of a win over Gonzaga and a season sweep of Washington), but they're very capable of doing so.
Looking ahead: The Cougars host USC and UCLA this weekend, and they'll need to prove in those games that their win at Washington wasn't just a one-off blip before anyone should take them too seriously.
7. Oregon (14-14, 7-9): Home losses to the Bay Area schools this week put a damper on the buzz surrounding the Ducks, but head coach Dana Altman has still done a fantastic job with an undermanned roster. This week the concept of defense escaped Oregon, as they allowed Cal to post a 64.7 effective field goal percentage, only to get worse, as Stanford shot 65.7%. On the week, the Ducks allowed 1.22 points per possession.
Looking ahead: Oregon's season concludes with a visit to the Arizona schools, where they'll need to make up ground on WSU in order to avoid the opening round games in the Pac-10 tournament, a possibility that now seems remote.
8. Stanford (15-14, 7-10): The Cardinal came out of Oregon with a split, an acceptable if not enthralling outcome, that nevertheless leaves them without much hoping of earning a bye in the Pac-10 tourney. Jeremy Green did re-establish his hot streak, however, knocking down 15 of 24 shots for 39 points on the Oregon trip. He continued that run in the final non-conference regular season game of the Pac-10 schedule with 22 more points on seven-of-nine shooting in an 11-point win over Seattle on Tuesday.
Looking ahead: The Cardinal travel to Berkeley on Saturday to wrap up the regular season against Cal.
9. Oregon State (10-17, 5-11): The good Beavers were back for a spell this week, knocking off Stanford before posting a come-from-ahead loss against Cal on Saturday. In the Cal game, OSU actually won the battle of the boards and forced twice as many turnovers as they committed, but allowed the Bears to shoots a 71.7% efg. Against the Cardinal, five Beavers scored in double figures and OSU came from behind at the end, outscoring Stanford 13-5 in the final 2:18 to win by seven.
Looking ahead: Oregon State travels to Arizona on Thursday, then ASU on Saturday.
10. Arizona State (10-18, 2-14): Another week, another couple of losses by an average of 17 points. Against UCLA on Thursday, no Sun Devils scored in double figures, Ruslan Pateev led the team with five rebounds and Ty Abbott led the team with four assists. While Trent Lockett, the team's leading scorer with 13.7 PPG, is a nice piece, Herb Sendek has to look awful hard at this team to determine how to get back from here to competitiveness. Among next year's possible returnees, besides Lockett, only freshman Chase Creekmur, a relatively one-dimensional shooter, has posted an offensive efficiency number above 100. It's a long way back from here.
Looking ahead: The Sun Devils finish up an awful season with two winnable games at home against the Oregon schools. Here's hoping the ASU seniors finish things off right with a win over Oregon State on Saturday. Or not. Have they really earned it?


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I once overheard an old World War II bomber pilot say this about enemy anti-aircraft fire, "The flak is heaviest when you're right over the target."
Judging from recent events, that's where I am now, and where I want to be…..right over the target.
In 1968, as a 19 year-old Vietnam era Marine Corps private, I pledged to give my life in service to my country for the cause of liberty. Today, almost fifty (50) years later, that pledge means as much to me as it did then. Now, as a 67 year-old father, grandfather and 21st Century American Revolutionary, I also pledge my fortune, which is under assault by the Internal Revenue Service, who is taking direct action to impoverish me (see Item 6, below). In the face of all this, my sacred honor remains intact and I will never allow it to be stripped from me by anyone, anytime, for any reason. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Enterprise Star Cruiser!
Alas, at the moment she has no faction to go with, but hopefully that will soon change.
The black fins along the sides are the main heat radiators, which are withdrawn during combat. If they were to be shot off, the ship would rapidly overheat. The red plates along the top are the secondary radiators, which help keep some of the load off of the heat sinks during battle.
She mounts two particle beams (Ion cannons) and a torpedo launcher on each broadside. Internally, she carries one heavy laser projector, with five turrets (two each broadside, one on top) that can each be used to fire the full weight of the laser or a small portion of its power.
Her bow section mounts a pair of long-range missile launchers, as well as maneuvering thrusters and sensor equipment.
A shot of her main engines.
The Enterprise in battle, with radiators retracted.
I've tried to give her a more rocketpunk feel than space opera. What do you think?


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Loeb Cashes Out of Yahoo; Is That a Smart Move?
Activist investor Dan Loeb made a killing on his Yahoo shares and now he's cashing out two-thirds of his stake. Smart move? Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler discusses on MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The BVSA Rocket Bike will appear at TechnCRAFT later this week. The NY Times article didn't say if it was inspired by Evel Knievel, but considering a jump was attempted, we think so.
Photo: Laird Rickard.
We covered the Rocket Bike a couple years ago, in a post about Cyclecide It's built by Jason Broemmel, who also built the Golden Gate Bridge bike.


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79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Joint Resolution 6
Description: Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman.
Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.


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It seems that no day goes by without China appearing prominently in the financial news. Stories of that nation's ascendancy are so common that they are eerily reminiscent of the stories about Japan buying America back in the 1970s and 80s. Still, there is no denying that China is "hot" right now in more ways than one—economically it is clearly an increasingly dominant member of the world financial order and, thus, money is flooding into Chinese investment opportunities.
With an increasing number of Chinese companies choosing to list on the U.S. exchanges, it is easy enough to gain exposure to that market. The Value Line Investment Survey covers many of the better known Chinese companies that are listed domestically. (See the table below of some of the Chinese companies Value Line reviews in The Value Line Investment Survey. Additional Chinese companies are covered in other Value Line products.) However, the country's financial systems are less developed than those of the United States and everything is not always as it seems. So there is a great deal of company specific risk involved in such a purchase. So owning just a small number of individual stocks is a fairly aggressive way to gain exposure to what is a vast market.
Company Name
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Baidu Inc.
China Auto. Sys.
China Green Agriculture
Ctrip.com Int'l ADR
New Orient. Ed. & Tech.
Sohu.com Inc.
Suntech Power ADS
Using an exchange traded fund (ETF) is another option. Even here, there are a surprising number of options, from those that employ leverage to provide performance, both up and down, that is a multiple of the Chinese market (Direxion Daily China 3x Bear Shares (CHIM)), to those that track specific subsectors of the Chinese market (Guggenheim China Technology ETF (CQQQ)), to those that track well-diversified, broad-based indexes. Clearly, more aggressive investors could invest in the first two options, but the more conservative should stick with ETFs that track broad based indexes. The latter group includes such options as iShares China (Hong Kong Listed) Index Fund (FCHI), SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC), iShares China 25 (FXI), Guggenheim China All-Cap ETF (YAO), and Market Vectors China A Share ETF (PEK), among others.
While these are solid options, they are basically index funds that follow strict guidelines about what can and cannot be owned, and when investments are rebalanced. As such, there is no person there to make quick changes should something occur in the market either good or bad. This is where an actively managed fund might derive an edge in a fast moving market, such as China's.
Open-end funds that invest in the country have become fairly ubiquitous, as demand for such offerings has increased. However, Matthews Asia Funds has been investing exclusively in Asia since its founding in the early 1990s. This fund shop is clearly the specialist in the space. The family offered its first China specific fund, Matthews China Fund (MCHFX) in 1998. In 2009, the family launched its second and only other China focused offering, Matthews China Dividend Fund (MCDFX). Both funds are competent performers, with the Dividend Fund providing a somewhat unique investment angle in the space. Note, too, that Matthews provides a material amount of ongoing information for its shareholders, including informative quarterly reports and frequent newsletter style reports that provide insight into both Asia the region and the asset managers' thoughts. (Note that the company launched Matthews China Small Companies (MCSMX) this year, which doesn't provide investors with much history by which to judge performance.)
A specialist shop isn't the only way to gain exposure to China, however, as almost every fund company large enough to open such a fund has done so. Fidelity China Region Fund (FHKCX) has been investing in China in its current form since September of 2000 (the fund's prospectus notes that prior to that date its investment mandates were different). The fund has performed well and for those wishing to stick with a large family like Fidelity, it would be a good fit for most investors. Note that neither Vanguard nor T. Rowe Price, the other household names in the "do it yourself" mutual fund space, offer China specific funds.
There are similar options in the load fund arena, for those working with a financial advisor, including China centered funds from Aberdeen, Eaton Vance, Invesco, and Templeton. Note, however, that the loads on these funds are used to compensate brokers and financial planners for selling the product to their customers. Although there is nothing wrong with this arrangement, it is incumbent on the customer to ensure that their financial intermediary is providing enough service to justify the load expense.
While the news about China's growth is enticing, there is good reason to question if placing a focused bet on the nation is worthwhile. The aforementioned example of Japan, which has since seen twenty-plus years of economic malaise since it was thought to be on the brink of taking over the world on an economic basis, is an important cautionary tale. China, for all of its growth, is still a tightly controlled economy lacking many of the safeguards that those investing in developed markets have come to expect. Simply put, there are risks—and big ones at that. Placing too large a bet on this one nation would likely be a mistake. That said, interest in the space is undeniable and at least venturing a look at the options, even if the choice is to pass them by, is very likely a worthwhile endeavor.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
What Genealogists Want! Conference Organizers Take Note.
If you want your conference to be a continued success in the future perhaps you should implement changes to answer the call of genealogists.
Here's the message I heard from observing the conference from afar:
1) Technology Topics - Genealogists don't want conferences just to be lectures on traditional aspects of research and methodology. They want to hear lectures on technological tools that can help them in their research. That means topics on software and gadgets.
2) Bloggers - Many conference organizers have not embraced bloggers yet. Those that haven't will soon find themselves far, far behind. Bloggers provide the number one source of timely information for genealogists - both hobbyists and professionals. Bloggers will help you get the word out about your conference ahead of time and let people know how great it is during and after. Provide a dedicated blogger lounge at your next conference and designate official or honorary bloggers.
3) Blogging - Not only are bloggers important but genealogists want to learn about how to blog. Lecture topics need to include introducing genealogists to blogging so that they can share their family history on the web.
4) Virtual Attendance - RootsTech proved that not only is virtual attendance viable but the wave of the future has already arrived. Anyone who tuned in to the live streaming of certain lecture sessions was wowed just as I was. It will be interesting to see who will be embracing the concept of live streaming first to provide a discounted registration fee for virtual attendees. Let me tell you, I will be one of the first to sign up.
5) Media - The blogger booth in the middle of the exhibit hall for recording live interviews was shear brilliance. It was a win-win situation for everyone - the bloggers doing the interviewing, the exhibitors who got exposure, the speakers and the attendees. We want more video interviews from conferences. And we want them posted shortly after on the web/blogs.
6) Twitter - Conference organizers have long been afraid of Twitter. They are afraid that it is copyright theft or a distraction to the speaker. What RootsTech taught us is that Twitter helps non-attendees and virtual attendees engage in the process by following their favorite Tweeps. Not only that, in at least one specific case, questions were taken from Twitter during the lecture and answered by presenters.
7) Wifi - One of the messages that came across loud and clear was that genealogists want wifi access. The exhibit hall didn't have wifi access but there was an internet cafe set up to help alleviate that need. This often isn't an issue that conference organizers can change but in the future they can look for venues that overcome this problem.
Yes, RootsTech was specifically a technology conference. But at 3,000+ strong, and I've heard the largest attendance record ever for a US genealogy conference, who can deny the writing on the wall? When was the last time you had 3,000+ people at your genealogy conference?
I'm sure I've missed other points. Genealogists please let me know what you think were some of the key take-aways from the RootsTech Conference.
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Brilliant post Marian and you hit every point right on! I agree that this was a "cataclysmic" event and that other genealogy conference and event organizers need to take note.ReplyDelete
And thank you for mentioning blogging and twitter - I've been at conferenced where use of such social media has been met with scorn and outright verbal ridicule. Those conferences that don't at least permit social media use run the risk of becoming unimportant to the genealogy community.
I'm in love with your virtual attendance suggestion. I would totally pay a reduced fee to view some sessions over the web. Because I'm not yet able to transition to genealogy as a full-time career I'm still tied to my desk. But not so much that I can't have some background noise going on (lots of people listen to audio books while they work, why couldn't I listen to a conference??). I hope that conference chairs/organizers take your suggestions to heart!!ReplyDelete
I didn't attend the conference but read many tweets and followed through to sites and online posts. I had dinner with a friend last night who was "aghast" that writers need a blog, twitter, and FB to develop an audience. She could hardly believe it, and felt good writers would be left behind! The present and future belong to social media. If you're not joining in, you're being left behind. It's a lot harder for the generation now in its sixties. Many have joined, but others still skeptical -- which means they're not paying attention. Egypt, anyone?ReplyDelete
Tell your friend not to worry - many "good writers" already have blogs! Maureen Taylor, Megan Smolenyak, Leslie Albrecht Huber are just three that immediately come to mind. And tell her not to worry also because many bloggers who have yet to publish in print are very good writers. It's all good and it doesn't have to be scary. We're here to help.
Thanks for posting Marian. I agree with many points you posted here. I really enjoyed the live streaming videos although I was only able to catch only one video. I had the video of the virtual presentations paused and "up" in my browser for several days so I could go back and finish watching it, but alas I lost it last night during class. I also really enjoyed the Twitter convo about the points that were highlighted during the videos and various other presentations. It made me feel like I was right there with everyone else!ReplyDelete
Don't you just wonder what the number of people who tuned in virtually was? I'd sure love to know. It had to be at least 5,000 more people.ReplyDelete
Super Blog post. YOU are one of the blogs that I MUST read daily. Thank you.
What I "saw" from Roots Tech, was the number of Twitters, FB Friends, and Bloggers who will not miss RootsTech 2012. And I think that Thomas' Talk Radio and others say that they will be attending. I was on another Conference Call with some Genealogists and Techy types who also carry the same theme.
And YOU did a great job on that Panel.
See you in April.
Yes, I too would almost certainly sign up to pay for virtual attendance - either a flat fee to cover all of it, or on a "pay per view" basis to see my selected sessions - $2 or $5 per session would be a bargain to me, and when you multiply that by say 5,000 people viewing online it's still some serious money to take in per session (even at 1,000 viewers).ReplyDelete
I did prefer the live stream over the Legacy Family Tree webinar of that final blogger session - I had registered for that some time ago, probably before Family Search said they would be streaming some of the presentations, but about 10 minutes in I left the webinar and hooked on to the live stream - the visuals were MUCH better :-)
And watching on my Mac Pro, while watching Twitter and facebook on my MacBook Pro right beside it added to the enjoyment and excitement and went at least some small way towards the feeling of "being there".
Hello FGS and NGS - are you listening?
Count me in for blogging before, during and after NERGC. I think it's a brilliant idea, and I want to get good use out of that "official blogger" badge you sent me!ReplyDelete
Excellent post, Marian! RootsTech has thrown down the gauntlet. Will be interesting to see who else rises to the challenge and how soon.ReplyDelete
Great points, all. I would certainly pay to be a virtual attendee. The streaming sessions were wonderful and an enormous incentive to find a way to be more involved next year.ReplyDelete
What a great post! I would love to be able to attend "virtually" and would have no problem paying a fee for the sessions. It is always great to "attend" conferences, but there are so many reasons why we cannot "physically" attend, cost, location, other commitments. Conferences need to merge the traditional with the non-traditional with respect to what sessions are available and how they are presented.
Hello Marian,ReplyDelete
Well said! I look forward to meeting you at NERGC and hope we will find wi-fi available for the blogging, tweeting, fb-ing attendees.
- AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM
WoW! I wish I could have been there. I was there for several of the live streaming sessions and really enjoyed being "a part" of the conference. I sincerely hope conference organizers will sit up and take notice. Very welll put!ReplyDelete
Thanks! We'll be passing this around UGA and implementing it into our conferences. Appreciate your opinion.ReplyDelete
THANKS for a thoughtful blog post. You can bet Ol' Myrt here supports the use of technology at genealogy conferences.ReplyDelete
I love the points that you have made!!! I appreciated being a blogger at the FHExpo in Atlanta this past fall, I also appreciate reading the tweets and blogs from those who attended events that I have not attended. I hope that many of your suggestions will become standard fare, and that conference planners will get it! I appreciated so much watching the live streams from Roots Tech, and I also enjoyed reading the blog posts from those who were blogging from the event as well. I think I might pass some of your suggestions around. Thanks for this great post!ReplyDelete
Excellent post Marian! I will be right in line behind you to sign up for online access to Roots Tech next year. Thank you for putting into words what I so many are thinking.ReplyDelete
Excellent post! I really think the future is in virtual meetings and a combination of virtual/actual attendance at conferences. If we could get the genealogical societies connected either statewide or regionally and then pay to attend with them providing local experts it would be a boon. The cost of attending is so prohibitive for many that combining real and virtual can only be a win/win situation.ReplyDelete
Also - it will help move speakers beyond basic powerpoint presentations. There is such an opportunity to grow and have lots of interaction. We also need to give the ability for some more new faces and some breakout groups to address what genealogists want in terms of technology. At the rootstech conference, there was some sort of challenge or new idea project. The challenge idea sounded like it fizzled due to timing issues - what was involved and how could they get that to work?


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The developers of ZFS are a funny bunch of people. You can tell that by watching the "ZFS: The Next Word" talk, meeting them on conferences, reading their blogs or their comments on mailing lists.
And there are also some funny parts in the ZFS source code, too. In fact, if you use ZFS, you'll have a funny joke sitting on your disk, right under your nose!
I was reminded about this particular joke while listening to Ulrich Gräf's excellent talk on ZFS internal data structures during OSDevCon 2009 (watch a video of Ulrich's talk here).
But first, we need to dig a little bit into the world of ZFS data structures.
ZFS On-Disk Data Structure
ZFS' on-disk data structure is organized as a self-validating merkle-tree. The root of the ZFS tree is called "Überblock".
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Of course, I'm not the first to point this out, and perhaps Tabriz deserves the credit for being the first. But it always leads to a round of chuckles when discussing ZFS during a talk with customers :).
You can learn more about the ZFS on-disk format by reading the ZFS on-disk format specs.
The Überblock's magic number may be an old joke by now, so here's a newer one:
The Funny Side of Dedup
Recently, I found another funny piece of source. This time, it was buried deep inside the recently released deduplication source.
As Jeff pointed out, ZFS deduplication uses SHA 256 as a checksum by default. Since it's a strong hash algorithm, the chance of finding two blocks with the same checksum, but different data, is low. Very low. Astronomically low.
Like a colleague of mine put it: "Your server is likely going to disintegrate into dust out of pure radioactive decay before it'll find two different blocks with a matching SHA256 hash!"
Still, a programmer's duty is to write code for every possible case. Including the one with two different blocks sharing the same strong hash. Finding two different blocks with the same hash may be next to impossible, but it is, technically, not completely impossible.
Here's the piece of code that handles this, straight out of zio.c, with a very optimistic comment:
1990 if (zp->zp_dedup_verify && zio_ddt_collision(zio, ddt, dde)) {
1991 /*
1992 * If we're using a weak checksum, upgrade to a strong checksum
1993 * and try again. If we're already using a strong checksum,
1994 * we can't resolve it, so just convert to an ordinary write.
1995 * (And automatically e-mail a paper to Nature?)
1996 */
1997 if (!zio_checksum_table[zp->zp_checksum].ci_dedup) {
1998 zp->zp_checksum = spa_dedup_checksum(spa);
1999 zio_pop_transforms(zio);
2000 zio->io_stage = ZIO_STAGE_OPEN;
2001 BP_ZERO(bp);
2002 } else {
2003 zp->zp_dedup = 0;
2004 }
2005 zio->io_pipeline = ZIO_WRITE_PIPELINE;
2006 ddt_exit(ddt);
2007 return (ZIO_PIPELINE_CONTINUE);
2008 }
I'm looking forward to that paper in Nature! In a few million years, that is.
But this still leaves me thinking: How did they test this particular branch of code?
Your Take
What pieces of funny code did you find in the OpenSolaris source? Or elsewhere? Share the fun by posting a comment!
Update (2010-06-20): Deirdré pointed out that Ulrich's talk, in which he esplains the 0x00bab10c joke, is available on video. Watch it now! Thanks, Deirdré!
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6. Sewed the cut out piece onto the tulle. That is the front section done.
7. The back is an inverted version of the front, so I arranged the cut out pieces on the back tulle piece.
8. Pinned and sewed the back pieces on.
9. Sewed front and back pieces together and finished edges (e.g. neckline)
10. Utilised the Jamie Shift Dress pattern to make the under garment with a soft coloured chiffon
11. Photo taking time! Luckily it had snowed lightly the other day, so we thought that it would be a good idea to bear the cold and take photos amongst the white surroundings! Unfortunately I couldn't get our usual images from film ready in time, so we had to rely on the few digital images that we had taken. The film one's will hopefully be ready soon:) Fickle Sense
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Feb 24, 2013, 08.33 AMby mahaila
ha ha. With all of these lovely comments from fellow sewers (like you!), I am already a winner in my books! Thanks for your kind words:)
Feb 22, 2013, 05.48 PMby imvisible
Beautifully! Great combination of vintage and modern look. Hope you win!
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Feb 24, 2013, 08.32 AMby mahaila
Thanks for your kind words!
Feb 22, 2013, 02.34 PMby jomamajo
Crazy and unique….very, very creative with eloquent….beautifully designed with simplicity!
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Feb 24, 2013, 08.32 AMby mahaila
Thanks heaps for the positive feedback!
Feb 22, 2013, 01.07 PMby Ravince
WOW !!!!!! so lovely and creative. shows every single effort you put in this. i hope i'll be patient enough to try this out. its just so beautiful :)
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Feb 24, 2013, 08.31 AMby mahaila
Thanks! It did take a little bit of patience, but it was some how relaxing:) thanks for the feedback!
Feb 22, 2013, 07.07 AMby everynothing
Wow, this is brilliant. I was wondering where you could possibly find such amazing fabric! And now I know you just have to make it. lovely…
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Feb 22, 2013, 08.01 AMby mahaila
Thanks for the feedback! It took a while to design, cut and sew… but it was worth it in the end. Thanks for the feedback:)
May 25, 2013, 09.32 AMby Karen Wainwright
I'm with you on that! The closest you could get, I think, would be to upload the pattern and print on Spoonflower.
But this is so superior to printed! I thought it was flocked or burnout before I looked at your whole project.
Really impressive work and attention to the details. I love the model (you?) in the snow, also!
Feb 22, 2013, 04.02 AMby fayettebelle
Brilliant! You got my vote!
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Feb 22, 2013, 08.00 AMby mahaila
Thanks for your support:)
Feb 22, 2013, 01.17 AMby sunny74
Absolutely stunning.
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.58 AMby mahaila
Thanks for the positive feedback:)
Feb 21, 2013, 09.25 PMby mlsgaillard
LOVE the cutout/lace work.
Two questions:
1. what type of fabric is the black? 2. did you hand or machine stitch the black to the tulle?
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.58 AMby mahaila
I bought the black a while ago at a market, so I am not exactly sure what they called the fabric…. but it seems as though it is a woven fabric, made out of synthetic fibers. It is medium to light weight and I knew that it would do the job for this project as it does not fray a great deal. So I would be searching for a fabric which does not fray. I will be writing about this on my blog within the coming days, so you can find more info on my blog www.fickelsense.com if you are interested:)
Regarding sewing it. I started to sew it with my machine, then decided that some parts needed to be hand sewn. The hand sewing was not working out too well, so I went back to sewing on my machine. So the whole thing is pretty much machine stitched.
Thanks for the questions and feedback:)
Feb 21, 2013, 02.21 PMby velvetribbon
This is amazing work.
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.51 AMby mahaila
Thanks! It took a while, but I am glad I finished it in time:)
Feb 20, 2013, 04.11 PMby Lili Marteau
that's the nicest dress I saw for long… and I just finished to look through 3 big Vogue magazines… elle est sublimissime, j'adore, bravo!!!!!!!! (sorry, when things matter it's easier for me to express them in french!)
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.50 AMby mahaila
Oh, Thanks so much. I will take compliments in any language:) Danke schön!
Feb 20, 2013, 10.56 AMby gwendestar
This is wonderfull !! It's an amazing work ! A piece of art and poetry.
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.48 AMby mahaila
Wow! No one has ever used those words to describe my work. Thanks for your wonderful words.
Feb 20, 2013, 10.12 AMby krice
I didn't see this project until the finalists were announced. It's a great dress, so creative and flawlessly put together! I'm not usually a fan of shift dresses, but this one is absolutely stunning! Need I say you get my vote? I think you, out of all the talented people in the finale, really deserve to win – if only to create stunning and inspiring pieces for the rest of us to see! Well done and good luck!
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.47 AMby mahaila
Thanks so much for your encouraging words and I am glad that the piece is inspirational:)
Feb 20, 2013, 08.27 AMby Karin Sicheritz
It's awesome! Great work! You made my day!
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Feb 22, 2013, 07.46 AMby mahaila
Aww! What a nice comment. Thanks for the feedback!
Feb 20, 2013, 02.22 AMby jesster348
LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Amazing, looks so flawlessly put together, congrats!
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.19 AMby mahaila
Thanks so much for the feedback!
Feb 20, 2013, 12.45 AMby MissJoBananas
I was looking through all the entries and thought that I had picked the one I was going to vote for, but your dress was the very last one on the list and I knew immediately you had to win. Fingers crossed for you. Absolutely divine dress! Brilliant technique. You have a marvelous talent.
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.18 AMby mahaila
Ohhh… thanks so much for the vote and great feedback. Much appreciated!
Feb 19, 2013, 10.09 PMby buddingnaturalist
This is beautiful and my favourite of the lot (of contestants for the Burdastyle VM contest). Fingers crossed that you win-you've got the style and obviously worked your @$$ off on this! Cheers.
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.17 AMby mahaila
Thanks. It did take me quite a while to finish… but it wasn't as tedious as I had initially thought. Thanks for the vote & feedback!
Feb 19, 2013, 09.41 PMby Jodi Wade
Gorgeous! I will vote for you. So much work! How you managed to take photos outside in the cold I have no idea.
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.15 AMby mahaila
ha ha… it was pretty cold, but I am used to taking photos in the cold, I suppose that is what sometimes comes with living in Europe. Thanks for the vote and it's great to hear from you:)
Feb 19, 2013, 09.19 PMby heatherlou
HOLY F*CK DUDE. This is AMAZING.
Feb 19, 2013, 09.17 PMby wzrdreams
This is so very amazing. Congratulations. May I ask what your stencil is made out of?
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.13 AMby mahaila
Hi, the black fabric is a woven blend, so it does not fray much. The initial stencil is a water proof tracing paper. I hope this answers your question. Thanks!
Feb 18, 2013, 10.05 PMby candyjoyce
This is beautiful, you look lovely in it.
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Feb 20, 2013, 08.09 AMby mahaila
Thanks! for your lovely feedback.
Feb 17, 2013, 05.22 AMby chillwear
So amazing, wonder if I could pull this idea off :-)
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Feb 18, 2013, 07.13 PMby mahaila
Thanks! I am sure you can pull it off also.
Feb 16, 2013, 04.19 PMby groovymama
This is stunning!!!
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Thanks for the feedback:)
Feb 16, 2013, 03.31 PMby Sara Álvarez
This is absolutely stunning. Such a great job!
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Thanks so much!
Feb 16, 2013, 03.05 PMby barmaglot
Absolutely fantastic!! Perfect dress and terrific presentation with a snowy trees background. Just a piece of art. Bravo! I can't imagine how you sewed the cut out pieces on the tulle.. that must be a hard work.. And I didn't get it: you sewed the darts on the black fabric after jacquard pattern has been cut out?
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The darts were a good reference point, I sewed the darts on the black and I sewed the tulle darts. So I had the 2 separate fabrics. I then matched them up and sewed the black onto the tulle so that the design sat right. I hope this makes sense. Thanks for the positive feedback!
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This extension allows to organize personal selections of pages in a collection. Collections can be
The last of these would be done through Wikitravel Press, and it would mean that you can add (say) Istanbul, Dublin, and Cairo into your shopping basket, and we would then print a single guidebook covering all three.
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What makes a room "modern"? Modern style is characterized by clean, sleek lines, simplicity, graphic elements, pure colors and a disdain for clutter. Items distilled to their essence. A modern look is popular for children's bedrooms (especially for boys I've noted) and here are ten of our favorites from the past year:
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (June 12, 2013) – After two rounds of voting by the organization, ETSU right-handed pitcher Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) was one of 58 baseball student-athletes to be placed on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's (NCBWA) 18th Annual All-America first, second and third teams, which was released on Wednesday. Doane was named Second Team All-American by the NCBWA.
Last month, Doane became just the third Buccaneer player to receive Louisville Slugger First Team All-American honors, while the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native was most recently selected in the 24th round by the Cleveland Indians in the 2013 MLB Draft last Saturday.
Along with the All-American honors, Doane was named Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year and A-Sun Tournament MVP. In addition, the Buccaneer standout was also one of 30 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes award and one of 22 players to be placed on the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List. Doane is still in the running for the inaugural Gregg Olson Breakout Player of the Year award, which will be announced later this month at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
The Buccaneer senior hurler led the Blue and Gold to their first-ever A-Sun Championship and first NCAA Regional appearance since 1981 after going 13-2 with a 2.14 ERA in 17 starts. The 13 victories tied an ETSU single-season record, while his 12 complete games and 147 innings led all NCAA pitchers as well as setting new Buccaneer program marks. In addition, Doane tossed four shutouts in 2013, which is tied for the NCAA lead, and his 13 wins are tied for second in the country.
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DSS just turned 5, and obviously knows about the baby, but I'm looking for ways to help prepare him and to help him adjust once this little ninja gets here (this ones a kicker!).
Here's what I have heard so far... love it, hate it, or add your own suggestions please!
- A Big Brother Party: once the baby gets home from the hospital, throw a small party (ie, Grandparents, Aunts, close friends) to come over. Ensure that everyone has gotten to spend time one-on-one with the baby beforehand, so the focus can be on the big brother. People are encouraged to bring gifts for big brother that somehow include little brother (ie, matching shirts, stuffies, etc.). This is basically a celebration of becoming a big brother, and lets him show off his new little guy to his family.
- I'm able to take 8 weeks off work before the baby is born and 35 weeks afterwards (yay, Canada!). I'm planning on spending that 8 weeks doing things to solidify my relationship with DSS before everything changes - making memories by going to the petting zoo, park, etc. (I just had a thought - do you think that not having the time to do these things once the baby is born might make that worse?! oh no!)
- Ensuring that we still have "dates" (both DF and DSS as well as just DSS and I) to make it all about him for at least an hour or two.
My biggest issue is that DSS is only with us 51% of the time... I think that he's going to want to bring the new LO to his Mom's house (sorry, not happening! hehe), or he'll want to stay because he feels he's missing out on family and that will make things harder for Mom (I know it'd break my heart if he hated coming over here). Any tips on dealing with this? (Communication with Mom is poor - she's already telling him that it's "Em's baby" rather than his brother, and that she hopes it will be bad so I'll have a hard time, and telling him he's not going to be Dad's favourite and whatnot...ugh! Looks like I'll have to do my best from here and hope that she doesn't sabotage their relationship)
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The situation with mom is tough, I can't stand when parents are selfish enough to say/do things that only really hurt the child and yet so many do (I mean really, how is that helping anything? Is it making her feel better? No...). That's my rant there.
The only advice I have, since I'm looking into sibling prep too is that there's a book called 'healing stories for challenging behavior' that has a story we're going to do that talks about finding a magic stick that takes the older sibling on a journey to find treasure and they find little treasures along the way (bits of wool, sea shells, etc) that they decorate the stick with and then the big treasure at the end of the journey is the new baby. I got the book and plan on doing the story with DD and my neices (they have a new baby on the way too) and decorating 'magic' sticks just like the story...
I like the big brother party- oh! I just remembered that when my sister was born my mom got a 'make your own button' kit and made us bottins that said 'prod big sister' and 'proud big brother' and had our sister's picture. We wore them everywhere and it really made us feel special. (so glad you reminded me of this- will have to make one for dd!)
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I have an almost 5 year old SD and my 4 year old DD. We also have SD 50% of the time. I think our situations are somewhat similar. To prepare our girls for the new arrival we've just done little things here and there. We have a couple of books about being an older sibling and bringing home a new baby that we read to them. We have "Big Sister" shirts for them to wear. We plan to get them each a special gift when their baby sister is born. I've let them pick things out at the store for their sister. I just try to make them feel involved in the whole process. I'm really not worried about how either of our kids will adjust. DD is very, very excited about the baby. My SD's mom actually had a baby last year, who just turned a year old. She has already sort of been through this before and it isn't as big of a deal to her.
As far as problems with your DSS's mom, I hate to say it but there just isn't a lot you can do about that. All you can do is make sure that he has a positive environment when he's in your home. When he comes to you and tells you that mom told him something negative, reassure him that it isn't going to be an issue and everything is going to be fine. My SD's mom hasn't come out and said anything negative about the baby directly (although she can be pretty awful in general), but she has made comments about SD adjusting to a new baby and acted as if it bothers her or it's going to bother her in the future. When I told SD about the baby, she literally was grinning from ear to ear and jumping up and down. This kid was not shattered by the news. We've made it very clear to her that nothing is going to change for her here, and she's going to be loved just as much.
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Casa Loma is an enormous castle in the middle of Toronto, complete with stables, turrets, a shooting gallery, 3 bowling alleys, secret passageways, 98 rooms, 25 fireplaces, and 15 bathrooms. Built from 1911 to 1914, Casa Loma was intended as financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt's residence though he and his wife only lived there for 10 years. Now open to the public, Casa Loma is a popular spot for weddings, parties, and the set for many movies. Can you guess which movies filmed in Casa Loma are shown in the images here? Find out the answer and learn more about the castle below the jump…
The movies filmed at Casa Loma and shown here are "X-Men" (the interior for school for gifted children) and "Chicago." Our favorite room in Casa Loma is the Conservatory, which has steam pipes to keep the flowers warm in the winter. The marble is from Ontario, of course.
Sir Henry Mill Pellatt went bankrupt in the depression, was forced to auction off art and furniture, and later vacated his castle in 1923. Casa Loma was then used as a hotel, a nightclub, and later a homeless shelter. The city of Toronto seized Casa Loma in 1933 for back taxes and in 1937 leased it to the Kiwanis Club of Toronto (now the Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma) for $1 and a promise to restore the castle to its former condition. The Kiwanis Club still runs the castle today.
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While corn and oilseeds will continue as dependable, renewable sources for manufacturing ethanol and biodiesel in the future, these well known crops will likely share the stage with other plants destined for energy greatness.
The ultimate technology to shape and mold long-term plant-based energy production is either in development or hasn't been invented yet, according to Stephen Kaffka, an Extension agronomist with the University of California, Davis (UCD), Davis, Calif.
"The plant species to be used will be subject to work by molecular biologists, agronomists, and plant breeders," Kaffka said. "We're not clear what the best species will be or the nature of that plant, but it will likely be transformed in the future."
That's the snapshot for renewable fuels, according to Kaffka who has his pulse on producing improved plants for biofuels production.
Kaffka is the director of the UCD Long-Term Research on Agricultural Systems Project at the Russell Ranch located between Winters and Davis, Calif. The project is part of UCD's Agricultural Sustainability Institute where a long-term, large-scale experiment is under way to evaluate the impact of biofuels feedstock production in semi arid and Mediterranean soils.
"We will add new biofuels treatments this year emphasizing the removal of larger amounts of carbon from soils than before. The 14-year project will provide empirical, experimental data for evaluating the consequences of removing more carbon from soils than in the past," Kaffka said.
Kaffka's research has focused on oilseeds, sugar, and natural precursor feed stocks for ethanol and biodiesel. His interest also lies in salinity management, working to grow more salt tolerant crops like sugar beets and safflower within salty water that should be evaluated for the use in generating ethanol.
"Corn for ethanol development is here to stay," Kaffka said. "Corn is grown in large amounts with high efficiency — it's easy to handle, it's dried, and can be stored and shipped readily. Corn is a concentrated little nugget of starch that is energy. Farmers can feed the distiller's grain co-product to cattle."
"Since California has the largest dairy herd in the nation, corn-based ethanol plants in California remain a good idea," Kaffka said. "I've come to the conclusion that plant-based fuels address a serious need and have a serious prospect for continuity in the future."
Currently most corn used in California ethanol plants is railed in from other states.
Oilseeds also have a continued bright horizon for biodiesel. Perks of oil seed-biodiesel include easy manufacturing and a higher energy return on investment compared to corn ethanol starch. Oils are easily converted into diesel or other liquid fuels. It's a better match for smaller companies interested in less complicated technology and less capital-intensive outlays, Kaffka said.
In California, there's a lot of scrambling in the biofuels industry to lock down sources of waste grease and plant production, Kaffka said.
"These biofuels companies would love to have oilseeds produced within California or nearby at a low enough price to make them suitable feed stocks."
Other crops holding promise are sugarcane, sugarbeets, and grain sorghum. The Europeans are currently utilizing wheat, barley, and sugarbeets as ethanol sources.
Cellulosic ethanol is a biofuels industry buzzword about producing ethanol from grasses and agricultural wastes versus feedstocks.
"An important fact about grasses and straws is that the cellulose in the plant wall must be broken down to its component sugars. There's a terrific amount of effort under way on how to efficiently do that," Kaffka said. "Currently the costs to achieve this is much greater than making ethanol from corn or biodiesel from oilseeds. We haven't had the breakthrough there yet."
Growing bermudagrass in saline soils with wastewater for cattle grazing in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), Calif. is another Kaffka project. "Bermudagrass and other salt tolerant grasses could work as feed stocks once cellulosic technologies are worked out, Kaffka said.
"Switchgrass, a native perennial from the prairie states, is the grass most commonly mentioned for ethanol production. Because switchgrass is not grown in California, we don't know yet if the grass could efficiently be grown here," Kaffka said.
Another possible grass source for ethanol is a 10 to 12-foot tall perennial called miscanthus. While generally grown in colder climates, miscanthus dies back in autumn, and the nutrients are returned to the crown. The dry matter is cut off once a year. The Europeans have experimented with miscanthus for almost a decade.
"What I'm trying to push is the idea of using salt tolerant grasses to use salty water in the SJV and elsewhere to help reduce the amount of salty water we have to manage," Kaffka said. "In my view, combining the solution of one environmental problem with biomass production for energy makes complete sense in the West. There is a large amount of waste water that might be used for biomass production."
Alfalfa is sometimes discussed as a potential cellulosic energy source packed with advantages. It's readily fermentable with low amounts of resistant lignin compounds, and doesn't require high-energy nitrogen input costs. In California, alfalfa for energy production could conflict with other needs since the state is alfalfa deficient due to the dairy industry's feed demands, Kaffka said.
Other factors that will impact future plants for fuels include public policy and the world price of oil.
"Unless there is a major policy change on ethanol, related subsidies, and import restrictions, the growth of corn-based ethanol production will continue in the U.S. as the primary source of alternative transportation fuels," Kaffka said.
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Just returned from a 5 month trip to India...my game is a little rusty..probably can get it back up to 4.0 speed in a few weeks...I'm playing at a 3.5 level now and would like to find a regular singles game or hitting partner. My schedule is very flexible and I'm willing to travel a little bit if it makes it easier. I'm in NMB and play at Founders Park in Aventura.
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my schedule is flexible too. Vacationing down here in FL for a month. Call me at [edit - PM me]. I was 4.0 2 yrs ago, about 3.0-3.5 now. I live 3 minutes from 2 public tennis courts, Davie & I-95.
I live in Aventura, do you want to play tomorrow?
Are you still looking for people for hitting partners? I live in Hollywood, but I work in Oakland Park.
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