text:
CES 2013 Wraps Up; '4K' TVs Shine
An Audi that parks itself and the next generation of ultra high definition TVs were among the stand-outs at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Ian Sherr reports on digits. Photo: Sony Corporation.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... to our coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show continues has been continuing always ... been continues but the now ... there was a Digits I'm Simon Constable on C s ... coverage continues annuity in show The will Street gentle out in sentences go ... to tell us what what are the highlights of this yet not bring last leg as that is ... aam ... the ADN Kelis of tells some of those highlights that stop with that ... how would eat that go something very special ... yes the iam along with a number of part of a study showing off their autonomy technology ... which is really cool it's kind of like where we're entering the age of digits and sell to the top line yet and that he specifically showed us that ... they can park itself ... by nearly a dozen to rise ... it figures out which they say wants to go into in an attack sentiment which is really cool ... aam and it uses the best bet is to use its technology that on the Street today most of ... the technology that they use this on I believe that the light our radar and cameras ... last Update is entirely cannot enticements available for cars today in its own a lot of them so they said you know this is still ten years out but ... the fact is that you know most of the technology exists in our cars today is just getting to process these ... refining getting the stuff working which is really me ... Renee ten hands off a long time now but I'm glad I might even get one of the snobby I'll give it one of ... the self-deception planted ... ok this one and ultra ... high definition TV is that been the standout Ryan ... get it that they have ... basically it's that four times the number of pixels ... better in a standard and that any BP Antibes here http you have now ... is now at one fourth is awesome is but you can have ... on an essentially what it is is that they get the point is that they're getting super super high definition if you think about it ... you know your phone times this is of the funds that you guys said that everybody carries around ... Apple recall of Retina display which means that it has so many pixels ... and the little images are cash rich and so far together that you can't ... actually tell the difference ... where the pixels are any chance to close plants and adds that any get Mitt's DeVry expensive right now on day I think one of them is that somewhere around twenty five thousand dollars ... but eventually it'll all get in a lower price and it will start becoming an icon and then ... concentrate ... on the TV business is not quite some time in some aspect of the top of pasta out of the consumer electronics show in last place that's that's right ... you're also gone ... flexible screens ... right so so Samsung showed off a flexible screen ... they showed enough last year aam but this year but they did is they actually integrated into a smartphone ... and within one to do is show its own use cases so you know it's can call the CIA screen the end of the bands ... I like a piece of paper by it aam to really use the Tuesday Sara Sampler of the screen actually like and you know it and goes off the side of your fund a little bit to imagine it depends on both on the facing Jack on on your table you can still look unexciting get like a little ... text message or something ... I'm so you kind of get a sense of what's going on that's what they say is the real on GMOs privacy application of it is this idea that you know we can start kind of not ... be always with the pace of the screen we can start I made using in different ways and there's also the really neat stuff like the screens on and US ... screens on lamp posts that does not just as appalled as I mean when you have a flexible display to do anything with it right and so that's one of the things the kids are doing it you can start putting it on ... so I you know that that the edges of buildings and they're all sorts of things they can to ... highlight as say Samsung's the most part sees a lot of opportunity with their smartphones the Cunniff ... edging out if you well I am changing the way that the smartphone is designed to three dollars just a piece of black glass on a ... on a flat bread and so they wanna kind of change that a little bit ... and it has a lot of promise that the stuff is still way far out this is all tech demo sell ... but it's the it's pretty promising I'd I do I do like that so little one was the feeling that this yet mean you bag your in the thick of an hour worth of bonds like ... but that he not a lot of people there are those of the things that they got a lot of attention ... I there were couple of days for the most ID still this kind of concern that ... on the show starting to lose it said its edge if you well ... aam you know Micra soft pulled out of the show last year they said that with the last keynote ... I'm thinking I was even that spectacular ... I and and what happened was that every citizen is this kind of been as concerned about is it still relevant ... now of course you know the Consumer Electronics Show is not just all about what I get to go to unseat ... is a lot of ... meetings in Custer NetEase Oster said the meeting said ... Euan I never see but the constraints of which happened throughout the year and they now need ... more product into different sources of finance of those on but ... this template consent from the front of transcendence and the slide into ... the hope and pipeline of you that ... this is going to lose a lot of its bench and on its troublesome because that's part of which rise especially in the normal crowds to the show ... can momentum and merger back next year ... thank you very much in show The will Street gentle we appreciate your time tonight ... data show that ... in the last player


text:
title says it all.
declare any image unit from the image load store extension will cause a crash on the call to compile the shader, eg:
layout(size4x32) uniform imageBuffer restrict data;
specifying restrict before the image keyword does not cause a crash. Howver, this defies the specs:
layout(size4x32) uniform restrict imageBuffer data;
layout(size4x32) restrict uniform imageBuffer data;
restrict layout(size4x32) uniform imageBuffer data;
(from: http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs...load_store.txt)
``For "coherent", "volatile", and "const", the qualifier should typicallygo before the image type. For "restrict", the qualifier must go after
the image type, since "restrict" applies to the pointer, not the data
being pointed to.''

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Lars Ulrich Called An 'Unbelievably Bad' Drummer
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has been called an 'unbelievably bad' drummer by Mogwai member Barry Burns.
Metallica's headliner status in this summer's Glastonbury lineup is quite the subject of discussion among U.K. artists surprised by the historically non-metal-friendly festival's decision to make room for one of rock's heaviest bands. In a new interview, Lars Ulrich says that all the resulting talk — which now includes a petition to get the band off the bill — has gone too far.
"Glastonbury is like the Holy Grail in England, and we're respectful to that," he explains to Metal Hammer. "But if somebody sits there and talks about petitions or what some other guy says, there's a point that it just becomes ridiculous."
This all began when a member of the Arctic Monkeys told reporters he's "not sure [Metallica's inclusion] adds up." Then the guys from Mogwai weighed in. The veteran Scottish post-rock band took a few shots at Metallica in an interview with Gigwise, with multi-instrumentalist Barry Burns joking of Lars Ulrich, "I can't wait to hear that guy play the drums again — unbelievably bad. He's terrible." Singer Stuart Braitwaite quips that "it would be good if they could go back in time to 1989," and added "I just can't wait until we go all quiet and you can hear 'Enter Sandman' in the background, because we're on at the same time. I don't really see the fuss. They're a pretty big rock band and it's a pretty big rock festival."
Mogwai's drummer kept things brief when asked why he thought Metallica had been booked for Glastonbury, shrugging, "Because they're s—." Ulrich's response to Mogwai's attacks is even briefer: "Huh? What? Who are you?"
More bands added their two cents in a separate Gigwise post, with a member of the Bombay Bicycle Club sniffing, "I personally don't think [Metallica are] a very good booking…I think the lineup is a bit disappointing, generally. My ideal lineup was Prince, Fleetwood Mac and Kanye West…I'm sure it will be great, though." But former Smiths member Johnny Marr defended the choice, saying, "You wouldn't think of Metallica being the underdog, would you, and suddenly they've become the underdog — so I'm all for 'em now."
And for U.K. radio personality Nick Grimshaw, it's pretty much perfect: "You don't really need to know [their music]. When it's a band like Metallica and they've got to that stage of touring forever, there must be a reason why they're that big a rock band and headlining. Even if you don't know you're a fan, you'll go and watch and be like, 'Wow, I love this.'"


text:
Weatherman Accidentally Swallows a Moth on Live TV [VIDEO]
Wes Hohenstein, a weatherman for NBC 17 in North Carolina, was forced to brave the elements during his nightly weather report last Thursday when he accidentally swallowed a moth that flew right into his mouth.
Hohenstein admits he saw the moth coming, but didn't try to swat it away, because that wouldn't be "appropriate" for TV. After a brief coughing fit, Hohenstein handles his unwanted meal about as well as one can, seamlessly finishing his weather report.
Check out a clip below:
[via NBC 17.com]


text:
- SpecsConvert Specs to MetricTable Dia35.43 "Swing39.37 "
- About Company
Dalian Baili Machine Tools Co.,Ltd is a professional vertical lathe series manufacturing enterprise with more than 10 years' experiences, integrating research, design, and production into a whole, specializes in manufacturing vertical lathe, single-column vertical lathe, double-column vertical lathe and so on. Also all of our products are accredited by ISO9001:2000, main products of which : single-column vertical lathe, double-column vertical lathe and CNC vertical lathe with advanced and aesthetic design, reliable function, stable precision, easy operation and convenient maintenance, all of which are the prime selection for industrial manufacturing enterprise. Based on abundant technical skills, advanced processing equipment, integrated management system, superior product quality, and advanced technology, especially since Model No. C518A, C5112A, C5116A, C5126A, C5120A, C5123A, C5225A, C5240A, C5250A, CQ5263 were pushed on the market, our company has obtained good remark from a large number of customers. Values: Responsibility, Faithfulness, Innovation, Harmonious communication. Concept: Esteeming customers means esteeming the life of enterprise. With superior product quality, considerate after-sale service, and faithful management concept, Dalian Baili Machine Tools Co.,Ltd sincerely would like to cooperate and develop jointly with customers from all over world, hoping to be friends with you ,and welcome all of our old and new friends to visit our company.


text:
Software Developer: Character Animation – Digital Domain Vancouver
Location: Vancouver
Reports To: Director of Software/R&D
Status: Exempt
Classification: Full Time
Purpose of the job:
At Digital Domain, we are developing industry-leading character and facial animation technology and tools. In films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tron: Legacy and Maleficent, we have created photo-realistic digital actors that have stood alongside real actors.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
We are looking for software developers to help us further this technology. An ideal candidate should have most/all of these skills at the ready:
• Experience with character and facial rigging. You should be able to use and create rigs for
simple characters.
• A solid foundation in mathematics. This job will require that you be able to read, understand,
implement and make improvements on the latest research. You should be able to read a paper from SIGGRAPH and understand it. Specifically, understanding of optimization techniques and calculus is essential.
• A broad knowledge and curiosity about computer graphics is very important. We solve many, varied problems at Digital Domain. This job will not be about just character animation.
Education and/or Experience Required:
• At least a Master's Degree in Computer Science/Math/Physics
• Adept in both C++ and Python
• Experience with Maya- both using Maya, and writing Maya plug-ins
Apply here:- http://careers.digitaldomain.com/application.php?job_id=14_2_0639
Digital Domain Recruiting Software Developer: Character Animation, Digital Domain hiring, Digital Domain VFX, Digital Domain Jobs, Animation Jobs, VFX Jobs, CG Jobs, 3D Jobs, CGI, Jobs, Recruiting, Recruitment, Digital Domain Recruiting, Digital Domain Recruiting Software Developer: Character Animation


text:
everything grows with loveStories about My Experiences with Writers & Illustrators Who Bring Light into the World…by Bonnie Ingber Verburg
Archive for Dennis Nolan
Faster than Lightning: Snapshots of Jane Yolen
A visit to see Jane in Scotland–photo by my son
Trying to describe Jane Yolen is more difficult than trying to describe water in its many forms and moods and storms and meanderings. I sat here with a blank page for a long time, wondering how to begin to talk about her; I have known her for so many years that it becomes difficult to stand at a distance and make objective observations.
Cell phone photo…not clear, but I like the kiss.
I was introduced to Jane in 1985 at Harcourt, after I was hired by Maria Modugno as Editor in the Children's Books Department of HBJ. The first book I would edit of Jane's was her Lullabye Songbook, with stunning illustrations by Chuck Mikolaycak. But first I had to drive Jane to a speaking engagement. We talked in the car while I drove, and I learned that Jane always prepares; she puts a great deal of time into the talks she gives, and it is one reason why she is so effective.
As I published more and more books by Jane, I discovered that she was—and still is—the fastest writer I have ever encountered. Several times I pitched a picture-book idea to her at dinner and received a finished manuscript the next morning over breakfast. Once, many years ago, when I had labored for months editing Jane's middle-grade novel called Wizard's Hall (a story about a boy who is sent off to a school to become a wizard…sound familiar?), I mailed the edited ms. back to Jane with a sigh of relief to get it off my desk. I had spent a lot of time on it, and I was happy that it was now on her desk, so I wouldn't have it on mine for a few months. Surprise! In less than a week the manuscript was back; chapters had been rewritten, scenes adjusted, characters developed, lines changed. She had taken the advice in the margins, but she had finished it at the speed of lightning. I smile at the memory.
One of the more interesting books I published early on was a picture book called Encounter at Harcourt. I had received a phone call from a well known children's organization asking me if I had any poets in mind they could contact to write a poem celebrating Columbus's discovery of America—for their 1992 program. I didn't like the idea of encouraging children to think that nothing was in "America" until Columbus "discovered" it, so it was a short, polite conversation. I didn't bring up my thoughts about the subject, but I did decide I wanted to publish a picture book in 1992 that would present the arrival of Columbus from the Arawak point of view. How did the people who lived in San Salvador see Columbus and his men and his ships when they arrived to "discover" them? I thought it would be interesting.
First I researched the Taino people and tried to find a native to write the book. To my dismay, the culture had vanished. So I asked Jane to consider it, and the result was Encounter, a book I was sure would be one of at least a dozen from that perspective. Oddly it was the only picture book from that point of view in 1992, and I still find that surprising all these years later.
After Jane had written the manuscript, the next difficult task was to find an illustrator who could create the powerful scenes we had in mind—and who could show the conflict through paintings. Jane was visiting me in Los Angeles, and we took a trip over to the children's art gallery called Every Picture Tells a Story. Lois Sarkasian, the owner, gave us a tour through her flat files, and in them she brought our attention to a new illustrator, David Shannon, who was local and had just published his first children's book: How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? by Julius Lester, published by Scholastic.
We were very enthusiastic about his pictures and talent, and he agreed to illustrate the book for us at Harcourt. At the time the book did not seem controversial to me—just, as I've said, a point of view I believed needed to be presented, and both Jane and Dave agreed with me.
It was our understanding that the locals did not wear clothes, so Dave created very simple clothing for them and added a note in the book explaining that he did this so teachers and librarians would feel more comfortable sharing the book with young readers. All very fair.
The reaction to Encounter was very positive, and when my son was in third grade, and I was volunteering by sorting papers in the back of Mrs. Fiske's room, I was very surprised that she gathered the students and read Encounter aloud to them. She did it every year. And I believe it remains one of the only younger books from this perspective, which I still find hard to believe. Maybe I am wrong. I hope so.
At my launch party for the Blue Sky Press on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, one of my guests was Michael Dorris. This was at ALA in June 1992, so Encounter was still a new book. (I'd published it at Harcourt and then moved on to become Editorial Director of the Trade Book Group at Scholastic, starting Blue Sky in the fall of 1993.) Since Michael was Native American and had co-authored The Crown of Columbus for adults, I wondered what he thought of Encounter. He said he liked it, and he was very glad we had published the book, but his Native American children were constantly being pressured to talk about their dreams, as if Native Americans always dreamed the future, and he wasn't thrilled about that part of the story. It hadn't occurred to me that this was an issue, and at that point I couldn't take it out, but I believe that was the only criticism I heard of the book, and it was said to me in a very mild, helpful way.
So Encounter was David Shannon's second book for children, and I have been publishing his books ever since. Jane and I vividly remember that day at the gallery, pulling the paintings out of the flat files and feeling certain that he was the right illustrator.
Back when I worked for Harcourt and traveled a great deal of the time, I used to go stay with Jane often. I stayed in her lovely farmhouse, Phoenix Farm, in western Massachusetts, and I ended up publishing lots of writers and illustrators in her area. I met many of them through Jane, who was always encouraging new talent and pitching books to publishers with one of her new "finds" attached.
She sent Jane Dyer to Maria at HBJ with Jane's wonderful Baby Bear's Bedtime Book, and that was the beginning of a long and very close friendship between Jane Dyer and Maria Modugno that continues today. Maria has since been with several different publishing houses, including Little, Brown and HarperCollins, and I believe that Jane Dyer has published books with Maria at all of them. I met Dennis Nolan through Jane and published their collaboration, Dove Isabeau, at HBJ. Barry Moser I met independently, but he collaborated with Jane for me on Sky Dogs; the stunning cover painting of that book hangs in my dining room where I see it every day. And I met Patty MacLachlan and her husband, Bob, before Patty published Sarah, Plain and Tall—which took Patty and me to a writer's conference where we behaved like high school girls in our shared cabin after the day's events. Six packs of beer and lots of cigarettes and a very, very late night of laughing. That was a few months after she won the Newbery Medal, and people started assuming she knew everything and was asked for marital advice and lots of other things that were not a part of her career.
Jane Yolen has mentored more people that I could even list here, and I think of her as the Mother of Children's Books for that reason. Her generosity is staggering. She is strong as an eagle and a fighter by nature—she stands up for the best causes and never backs down—but she is also gentle and kind and is the first one to comfort you and put her arm around you and remind you that nobody is perfect. She also publishes with so many houses that she seems to have her finger on the pulse of what is happening in the book industry, which is also helpful and interesting. It's a relief to know you aren't the only one who is required, after a lifetime career of freedom, to now jump through hoops of fire and stand before committees of marketing people and make a case for a book that you know will be a shoo in. There you go. Jane says it is happening almost everywhere. We are all in cages, and we are probably all uncomfortable being inside of them….
Last summer I took my then-17-year-old son to Scotland where Jane lives in the summer. She has always had her husband, David Stemple, by her side, and it was strange to have him missing. Of course I flew east for the memorial service, but as Jane took us on a tour of the castles and highlands and the fishing villages, memories of David, and what David did and thought and saw, were all around us.
Jane is small but she is very, very, very brave.
It was a precious trip to stay at her beautiful home, Wayside, and since my son was a serious water polo player, and St Andrews has a good water polo team, it was worth checking out and meeting the coach (who could not have been more friendly and more encouraging). But St Andrews is a place that is very unlike Santa Monica (huge understatement here!), and the cold, and rain, and distance from a city would have been a mistake. We loved the colors of August in Scotland and took the train with Jane back to Edinburgh and played and explored there for two days while the Fringe Festival was going on.
My son was little when I came up with the idea of How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, and Jane was the perfect person to write the book. I have already gone into some detail about how that book—and the eight that have followed—came into being, so I won't write more about them tonight. What I will say is that Jane writes them with an uncanny sense of the things that matter most to children. I am guessing it is just her innate sense of young people more than it is all the time she spends with grandbabies (which is considerable, too).
We are finishing up How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? for next March, and I have high hopes that the book will start a dialog among parents and children about more worrisome dangers than those I can print in that book. But it has been a great deal of fun to make them all, and I believe each one contributes something very special to children. They are fun and funny and lighthearted, but they also offer children help with an issue such as feeling mad, or feeling love, or going to school, or going to the doctor, and it's a grand time to share all those dinosaur antics and mischief with a little one.
It's late tonight, and I am getting sleepy. I wish I were at Wayside right now so I could take a bath in the especially long bathtub upstairs, walk down the hallway in my pajamas, and give Jane a good-night kiss.
I'll do that from afar.
Thirty years of stories. And I can only take a snapshot here or there. That will have to be enough of a scrapbook for now…..


text:
11:00 pm
Aspen Institute Presents "Reinventing Television" Television isn't just television; watch everything from news to comedies to sports and more at the touch of your finger via a television set, computer, tablet or smartphone now and later. The Aspen Institute Presents: Reinventing Television and host Jon Stewart of the BBC bring the best of three Aspen Ideas Festival sessions spotlighting the ever changing medium of television. Moderated by The Atlantic's James Fallows, the panel of Executive Director of International Operations Ehab Al Shihabi of Al Jazeera, lawyer Robert Barnett, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, Hari Sreenivasan of PBS NewsHour (and one of the hosts of The Aspen Institute Presents) talk about Can TV News Compete? against social media. D


text:
This Website was paid for by -
Auer Endowment
Subscribe to RSS
Meet Our Librarians
Expand your search with our team.
Make a Donation You can help with the growth of the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Sunday, Sep 30, 2012
by Delia
We all call It by a different name: jump drive; flash drive; stick drive; USB drive. It is a flash data storage device which is integrated with a Universal Serial Bus (USB). Not being all that techie myself, I would just describe it as one of those things that are about the size of my little finger (or smaller) that plugs into a computer to which I can download files with ancestral information and all types of images: photos of great-grandparents, census images from Ancestry, or a baptismal record image from FamilySearch. I photocopy less and less these days, instead putting the image on my flash drive (what I call it). The major benefit to downloading images is that I have an image that I can thoroughly examine. I can enlarge at will to examine that stray mark on the document and determine if it is a vital clue to my family history or just a smudge. I also generate less paper to juggle and file, and have my documents readily available at any computer.
Flash drives come in various storage capacities, four gigabytes and up, and the price corresponds to the capacity. The Allen County Public Library's Circulation Department sells small flashdrives at the Check-out Desk as a service to those who need one, but they have a comparatively small capacity, so I would encourage all of our visitors to purchase a flash drive before visiting The Genealogy Center. You may use them in any of our computers, as long as they do not have any program (.exe) files on them.
So remember to pack your jump/flash/stick/USB drive the next time you visit!
Posted by: ACPL Genealogy Center
Friday, Sep 28, 2012
Monday, Sep 24, 2012
October is Family History Month and The Genealogy Center would like to invite you to celebrate! In honor of this month, the Center offers a genealogical event a day, which means you have 31 opportunities to learn or participate in a genealogical activity.
Classes for the month will highlight researching genealogy in other departments of the Allen County library, cemetery research and symbolism, state and regional research, census, analyzing photographs, brick wall research, instructional sessions on some of our electronic databases, such as the Origins Network, Ancestry, and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), and training on using some of the machinery in The Genealogy Center, as well as the return of our traditional Midnight Madness Extended Research Hours on Friday, October 26, offering the opportunity to do family history research until midnight.
For detailed class descriptions, more information, and to register for individual sessions, see the Family History Month brochure or contact The Genealogy Center at 260-421-1225 or email email@example.com.
Saturday, Sep 22, 2012
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012
by Delia
The index to obituaries for The Evangelical Messenger, the English-language, weekly denominational publication associated with the Evangelical Church, has been updated again. The index now covers 1848-1929 and contains 142,000 entries. Indexed by both the decedent and his or her spouse, the index provides the date and page number of the obituary. Since The Genealogy Center owns the newspaper on microfilm, copies of specific obituaries may be ordered by emailing email@example.com with the complete citation as found in the index. Cost is $2.50 per obituary, billed at the time of mailing. Your complete name and mailing address must be included with your request. Take some time and browse The Evangelical Messenger Index or one of our other free databases.
Saturday, Sep 15, 2012
One of the most popular of The Genealogy Center's Free Databases is the Fort Wayne Obituary Index, 1841 - May 2012. It attracts not only current residents, but also descendants of the many people who have lived in this area in the past 160 years. We also offer a service that supplies photocopies of the obituaries by mail for a low cost of $2.50 per obituary. Many customers have used the index and this service in the past five years. However, we wanted everyone to know that we are also in a long-range project of corrections and additions to the database. For a variety of reasons, obituaries have been missed and citations have had errors over the past 70 years or so of this index, as the obituaries were cut out the newspapers and glued onto index cards for filing before an actual print index was created. Those print indexes were put into a database file in the 1990s, and again, some errors occurred.
Part of the correction process consists of volunteers browsing the newspapers, day by day, seeking those obituaries that were missed and correcting errors as they are found. The other part starts with our customers who request an obituary. If the request if for a pre-1900 obituary, we search for the obituary and add the information to the database. Pre-1900 obituaries were originally indexed by date without indicating whether it was a death, funeral or obituary date and not noting which of the several dailies or weeklies in which the item appeared. If it is an error in the citation, we attempt to locate the correct obituary and update the database along with correcting other obituaries as we find them. Corrections and additions are available within a day or two of discovery.
This is a great source, and if you've checked it before, check it again!
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012
Representatives of Ancestry.com will be visiting The Genealogy Center the last week of September and have offered to provide a class to our customers! On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, Anne Mitchell will lecture on Searching Successfully to Reveal Your Ancestor's Story on Ancestry.com, from 7 PM to 8 PM in Meeting Room C of the Main Library. It's not enough to find the records, one needs to know what to do with them. Ms. Mitchell will discuss search techniques to discover new records as well as methods that help you learn who your ancestors were.
Monday, Sep 10, 2012
Did a 14-year-old boy father a child? This was the question that two patrons in The Genealogy Department had in one day. The first instance, which was discussed in a previous blog entry, may have been a case of two people with the same name in the same geographic area being mistaken for one. In the second case, it seems very possible that the boy was the father of the child … but he wasn't 14 years old at the time the child was born.
The patron had an obituary stating that the father of her deceased female ancestor was a particular man with a rather uncommon first name – no one else of that name could be found in the area where the family lived. The obituary also gave the woman's date of birth, which was in 1852. She had an obituary for the father, as well – or perhaps it was a picture of his cemetery marker – that said the father was born in 1838 or 1839. A 13- or 14-year-old father! But the woman's obituary definitely stated that this man was her father. Part of the puzzle was that this woman, as a child in 1860, was not living in the man's household. She was enumerated on the same page of the census in the household of another family with a different surname, however.
The problem here was those nice, clear-cut dates of birth in the obituaries. It's so tempting to accept those as gospel over a "circa" date estimated from the census or other records. But when the potential father's age was examined on all available federal census schedules, it became clear that he probably was born in 1832 or 1833, rather than in 1838 or 1839. And his possible daughter probably was born about 1855, rather than 1852. So it is quite likely after all that this man, at the age of about 23, could have been her father.
Don't be tripped up believing that a fact is correct because several different records have the same information, either. "But it must be right – it's on the obituary and the death record and the tombstone!" Keep in mind that the information for those three particular kinds of records probably was contributed by the same individual, who may have been wrong! In the case of other kinds of records, one may have copied the information from another.
Saturday, Sep 08, 2012
If you're like me, you have encountered situations in your genealogical research where the pieces of a puzzle almost, but don't quite fit. In those situations, we may enter the information on a family group sheet or a pedigree chart in pencil, or with a question mark. We might write about them in a blog or a journal article, using words like "probably" or "perhaps" or "may have" or "likely," and if we're diligent, we will include notes as to why we are hesitant to state outright that these facts are, well, facts.
The first hypothesis I would test in this situation is whether there were two people with the same name in the same geographic area. Maybe the 14-year-old boy he had a slightly older cousin or uncle who actually was the baby's father, and the boy grew up to marry twice once he was of age. Sometimes researchers "latch onto" individuals with the same name, assuming that they are the same person. But the records often give clues that allow us to distinguish between these same-name folks if we keep our eyes open. For example, when land is sold, a wife's name usually is given. Deeds also give land descriptions and sometimes the names of the owners of adjacent properties. The names of witnesses to deeds and wills can help us build a group of associates for our individuals of interest. Tax records may give us clues as to how wealthy people were, or whether they were very young or more well-established, based on how much land they owned. When there were two (or more) individuals in the same area at the same time in the deeds, tax lists and other records, sometimes designations like Junior, Senior, Younger, and others can help us sort them out. One of my ancestors was called William Morgan "Cozen" – what I later was able to interpret as "Cousin" – in deeds to distinguish him from an older William Morgan in the same area.
Tuesday, Sep 04, 2012
by Cynthia
One of
the free databases available from The Genealogy Center is the Genealogy Center
Surname File, a compilation of researchers who have registered their
contact information and the surnames they are researching. This database, created
in 1998 and updated quarterly, is a great way to find others who are searching
the same surname.
To access the database from our web page, you will select
the "Databases" tab, scroll down to "Free Databases" and select "Genealogy Center Surname File." At the next screen, begin
your surname search. Some options for your search are:
Save time, start collaborating, share resources, and meet new cousins with the Genealogy Center
Surname File.
Thursday, Aug 30, 2012
Monday, Aug 27, 2012
by Dawne
If you have not checked the Free Databases area of The Genealogy Center's website recently, perhaps you should! Among a number of new additions to the website are four Hendricks County, Indiana, databases that include names going back as far as 1847 and coming forward as far as 1975. From oldest material to newest, they are:
The database of Hendricks County voters from 1847 includes name and township of residence for each voter. The 1940 census database is an everyname index and features fields for name, age, birthplace, township, incorporated place, enumeration district and sheet. The 1958 farm directory database is from A Farm Directory for Hendricks County (Princeton, Ind.: n.p., 1958). Information in this resource is name, township of residence, address and remarks, such as whether the individual was a property owner or a tenant. Finally, the database of divorce cases for 1953 to 1975 includes name of the plaintiff, the spouse, the date filed and remarks, such as change of venue or if the action was a legal separation. It also includes the case number so that researchers may follow up in the court records for more information.
The addition of these four resources brings the total number of Hendricks County databases on The Genealogy Center's website to twenty-three. To locate them, position your cursor over the word "databases" in the dark blue horizontal band across the top of The Genealogy Center's homepage. Move your cursor to "free databases," then click on "Indiana Resources." After General and Statewide Resources, available databases for the individual counties are listed alphabetically by county.
Sunday, Aug 26, 2012
The traffic detour that we warned you about in March, which closed part of Clinton Street (U.S. 27) into downtown Fort Wayne from the north, and created a two-way section on its companion street, Spy Run Boulevard, is now over. Although there will be occasional lane closures to complete work on cross streets, travel into downtown Fort Wayne will be much faster. Coming from the north, Clinton Street becomes a one-way south-bound street just north of State Boulevard. Visitors to The Genealogy Center should turn right at Washington Boulevard, and travel west four blocks to the Allen County Public Library. To leave downtown Fort Wayne, go to Lafayette Street, which becomes Spy Run Boulevard as it crosses the river. Confused? Maybe the map below will help, but we wanted to let everyone know that getting here just go ta bit easier.
Friday, Aug 24, 2012
This is primarily an indexing error, and occurs when someone has a first name that may have been a last name at one time, or a last name that is used commonly as a first name. You may be searching for "Moses Thomas," but the indexer has it as "Moses, Thomas." Or you may run across a "Beverly James" in your research who might be indexed as "Beverly, James." Of course, "Beverly James" could be a man or a woman, too. I have also seen this error with names that are totally unfamiliar to the culture of the person doing the indexing, for example, in more unusual Hispanic names.
So if you are searching for an unusual name, or a name consisting of names which could be first names or surnames, try transposing them. You may know your ancestor's name, but the indexer may not.
Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012
The Genealogy Center, along with the Allen County Public Library, will be closed Monday, September 3rd, in observance of Labor Day.
And starting Sunday, September 9, 2012, The Genealogy Center will be open Sundays, noon to 5 PM, through the winter months. Take advantage of the extra five hours research time and make a weekend genealogy trip!
Saturday, Aug 18, 2012
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012
In addition to the War of 1812 display, we also now have several display cases of artifacts and reproductions owned by members of Historic Fort Wayne, Inc.
Included in this amazing display are a powder keg, a powder carry keg, and a powder horn with scrimshaw markings, which a sailor may have personalized for himself. The beautiful brass officer's telescope and the sailor's rumlet were captured by American Captain Allenson from the privateer L'Activ. A rumlet was a personal item used to carry a sailor's daily ration of rum, a vital staple of naval life at the time.
The bar shot, expanding bar shot and chain shot are also original. These items were loaded into a cannon and fired at an opposing ship's sails and rigging. More recognizable is the twelve pound cannon ball, which provided danger by itself, or from the splinters exploding from the hit.
The actual weapons are authentic reproductions, constructed exactly as they were in the early part of the 19th Century. The brass barreled blunderbuss has a flared muzzle while allowed a sailor to load it more efficiently. Also on display is a brass barreled "Officer's Boarding Pistol." At this time, brass made for the best weapons for naval personnel as brass was resistant to moisture and sea salt. Along with these weapons are original ball and shot molds, as well as a flash hole pick and wisk. Weaponry was a complicated process in 1812.
So make a trip down to The Genealogy Center soon to view these remarkable items soon.
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012
by John
The use of historical photographs is a key component of genealogical research. My "favorite" ancestral photo is always the next new one that I find. The growth of the Internet and the networking possibilities of websites like Ancestry make the possibility of sharing photographs easier than ever. As careful researchers, however, we still need to be careful about accepting such images as being who they say they are. It is all too easy to claim that an old photograph is that of "so-and-so" without taking the time to examine all of the clues and tracing its provenance in making an accurate assessment. "Provenance" is an archival term that refers to the line of ownership of an object. If someone claims that an image is of a particular person, the first question that a researcher should ask is, "How do you know?" If the photo was passed down in a particular line of a family, that information can be important in terms of verifying its accuracy. Is the original photograph labeled, and is the label in an old, 19th century handwriting or in a more modern hand? Consider other clues in the photo. Is there, for example, a photographer's label? This information would help date and place the photograph, but regrettably, that information is often not included in digital images. Look also very carefully at the style of clothing and hair in order to determine if they are right for the time period of the person and age in question. I am a big fan of the work of photography expert Maureen Taylor and highly recommend her many books, including Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs. Finally, look carefully at resemblances in a questionable photo to those of known relatives. Taking these easy steps can make the hobby of ancestral photograph collecting even more rewarding.
Saturday, Aug 11, 2012
We as family historians really, really want to have children who will follow in our footsteps and take up the quest to discover more about our ancestors. We want to instill in them our own keen interest. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen all that often. As our children become teens and grow into adults, they think that dad/grandma/Uncle Ed (whoever it is in the family) has "already done all that," and there's no need to bother. Or maybe they are just too busy with sports or music or gaming to spend the time and effort to become skilled in the search.
Now, as an avid genealogist and staff member of The Genealogy Center, I might say "No, we must force them into continuing the search because genealogy is vital to the understanding and knowledge of our place in history." But, of course, as a parent I know that I would never have forced an interest onto my daughter, even if she had let me. A love of family history and the quest to continue provide the motivation for a genealogist. I was satisfied that she would listen to, and remember, select tales and facts. Eventually, she may take up the task, or her children might.
It's important, however, that we don't bombard our children and other relatives with facts and long, involved stories. I had an aunt that did that, and it interested me not at all. According to her, our relatives were very important in their communities, and we were descended from well-known people of the same surname. I'm not sure why I doubted her as a child. Maybe it was the fact that her stories changed every time she told them. I do know that as I began to do genealogical research, disproving her tales was one of my greatest pleasures.
I dropped mentions of our ancestors into conversations with my daughter, letting her express an interest before I continued. And I never made our ancestors seem to be more than they were: teachers, farmers, and saddle and harness makers. I wish I had had a few more rogues though. There's nothing better for catching the interest of a child than scandal, gruesome death and murder -- several generations removed.
So next time you're getting together with your children, grandchildren or other family members, think of a simple tale to share. Let your living relatives know your dead ones as people, not as facts and dates. Eventually, your listeners may ask for more, or join you in the search.
Tuesday, Aug 07, 2012
I found James Dean on the 1940 census the other day. He was a 9-year-old living in Santa Monica, California, with his parents – not yet the handsome bad boy of the silver screen that he would become.
I tried to find James back in April when the 1940 census was first released. His biography on Wikipedia.org told me that he was born in 1931, and provided his parents' names. The difficulty was that his mother died when he was nine years old – just about 1940, apparently – and he then moved from Santa Monica back to his native Indiana to live with an aunt and uncle. I didn't know in which state he was living when the census was taken, and the indexes had not yet been completed. But I had heard my colleague Delia Bourne's lecture on locating people in the 1940 census and was hopeful.
First I located James's aunt and uncle, Ortense and Marcus Winslow, in Fairmount, Indiana. But James was not in their household. From a biographical sketch, I had a fairly specific description of where the Deans lived in Santa Monica, although not the exact address. Next, I tackled the step-by-step instructions on the National Archives website to browse for the family in California. To make this long story short, I was not successful. I searched through several enumeration districts in the Santa Monica area without finding James Dean.
Fortunately, both Indiana and California are now indexed at Ancestry, and locating James Dean was as easy as typing in his information and clicking on "Search." I used Ancestry, where currently 38 states and territories are indexed, but another indexing project, the 1940 Census Community Project, has its indexed states available for searching at Archives' 1940 Census, and at FamilySearch's 1940 Federal Census. The Archives site gives visitors the option to sign up to receive notifications when new states become searchable, and the FamilySearch site has a map showing the progress on the remaining unindexed states.
I was not successful in locating James Dean last April before the 1940 census was indexed for California, but I was successful in locating both of my sets of grandparents and all but one of my great-grandparents – so don't despair if the state you need is not yet indexed. Using resources such as those available at the National Archives website, the 1930-1940 enumeration district calculator, and city directories to pinpoint addresses and cross streets can work in most cases. And if you are not successful immediately, it will be only a short while before all states are searchable on the 1940 census.
"Discovering your roots just got easier!"
© 2010-2018 ACPL The Genealogy Center. All Rights


text:
April 5, 2009
Box Score (Game One)
Box Score (Game Two)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Freshman pitcher Jessica Iacobucci earned her second complete-game shutout of the season and Keri Dixon chipped in 3 RBI and a run scored to help the MIT softball team earn its first ever win over Springfield, a 5-0 decision in game one of a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader on Sunday. The Pride rebounded to win game two, 14-0, in just five innings. With the split, MIT moves to 5-10 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. Springfield's ledger now stands at 8-14 overall and 3-3 in the NEWMAC.
In the opener, the Engineers struck for five runs in the third, which would be more than enough support for their rookie hurler, who only allowed two runners to advance past first all day.
Jessica Oleinik singled home catcher Jenny Li with no one out in the third to put the Cardinal and Grey on the board. Dixon then hit a bases clearing, three-run double to open up a 4-0 lead. She would later score on Iacobucci's sacrifice fly.
Springfield's only threat of the game came in the top of the third, as a single and a pair of two-out walks loaded the bases for Jaimie Moran. However, Iacobucci induced an inning-ending pop out to escape the jam.
Iacobucci allowed just three hits while striking out six in seven innings of work for the shutout win. Springfield pitcher Samantha Rhodes earned the loss, surrendering five runs on nine hits over six innings.
The Pride responded early in the second contest, taking advantage of five walks by Oleink and striking for nine runs in the game's first two innings. A seven-run second turned the tide in Springfield's favor and proved to be too much for the hosts to overcome. Michelle Wlosek had the key hit in the second, a bases loaded, three-run double to the gap in right-centerfield. The junior catcher finished the game 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs and a walk.
Oleinik lasted an inning and two-thirds, allowing nine runs, only two of which were earned, on just three hits and five walks.
Springfield starter Megan Fitzgerald tossed five innings of four-hit ball to earn the win in game two.
MIT will travel to Smith on Monday, April 6 for a makeup of last Friday's scheduled doubleheader. The first pitch of game one is at 3:30 p.m. The Pride visit Keene State for two games on Tuesday, starting at 3:30 p.m.


text:
Preattentive discrimination and auditory selective attention in CI users: evidence from event-related potentials.
Suche in Medline nach
|31. Mai 2005
Electrical stimulation by a cochlea implant (CI) may partly restore hearing function after profound bilateral hearing loss. CI users often show reduced speech perception abilities in noisy environments when one has to separate the signal from the noise. Thus auditory selective attention seems to be impaired in CI patients. Until recently, ERP research in auditory selective attention has not focused on CI users. Moreover, recording the mismatch negativity (MMN), a negative deflection of the ERP provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate whether attentive auditory selection is guided by intact preattentive auditory discrimination in CI users.
Materials and Methods
We recorded 32-channel event-related potentials (ERPs) for active and passive listening conditions in a series of auditory discrimination experiments. Besides hitrates, the Nd-attention effect and the P300 were analysed to quantify attentive auditory stimulus selection. The mismatch negativity (MMN) and the P3a-component were measured to trace preattentive auditory stimulus discrimination in the passive listening condition. Exp. 1 was conducted in 9 postlingually deafened unilateral CI users. ERPs were recorded for i) frequent standards (800 Hz,p=0.8) ii) rare frequency deviants (2100 Hz,p=0.1) iii) rare auditory novel stimuli (p=0.1). Exp. 2 was conducted in the same group. Rare deviants (p=0.1 each) were presented at -90° and -30° azimuth as well as 30° elevation with regard to the frequent standard (p=0.7). Exp. 3 replicated Exp. 1 in 5 patients 30 days after implantation, whereas Exp.4 included a selective pitch discrimination task in the same 5 subjects.
CI users showed excellent performance for rare auditory novels even 30 days after implantation (Exp.1,3). Overt responses were strongly diminuished for the less salient frequency deviants. A stable Nd-attention effect initiated 100 ms after stimulus onset. The MMN was evident for both, deviant and novel stimuli, and indicated the integrity of the preattentive change detection system for novel stimuli and for the less salient deviant stimuli. In Exp. 2 the MMN was obtained for spatially defined deviants, although active discrimination was only slightly above chance. Finally, subjects were able to focus their attention on the selected pitch, as was indicated by the Nd-effect and the P300 (Exp. 4). Pitch deviants in the unattended channel evoked a typical MMN and indicated intact monitoring of an unselected auditory stream.
The results indicate that even weak auditory changes are preattentively monitored in CI users but partly fail to activate attentive stimulus detection. ERP recordings provide a promising tool to objectively characterize auditory perception in CI users.


text:
Justin Bieber 2013
|justin bieber 2013 tour dates, justin bieber 2013 australian tour, justin bieber 2013 annual, justin bieber 2013 concert tickets, justin bieber 2013 tour, justin bieber 2013 concert dates, justin bieber 2013 calendar, justin bieber 2013 songs,
Justin Bieber Biography
Birth name Justin Drew Bieber
Born March 4, 1994 (1994-03-04) (age 15)
Origin Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, trumpet
Years active 2007-present
Labels Island, RBMG
Associated acts Usher
Website Official website :
Justin Drew Bieber ( born March 4, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer. He was discovered on YouTube by Scooter Braun, who later became his manager. Braun flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia, to consult with Usher and soon signed a record deal with Island Records, where he began his professional career.
The first part of his two-part debut album My World was released on November 17, 2009. Four successful pre-album singles have been released: "One Time", "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", which were Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This accomplishment made Bieber the only artist in Billboard history to have four singles from a debut album chart in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 before the album's release. The album received positive reviews from critics, and debuted at #6 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 137,000 copies in its first week, which was the second best opening release for a new artist in 2009. Bieber also became the first artist to have all songs from a single album to chart in the U.S. Hot 100. It also debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and went Gold in a week. In less than a month of release, the album was certified Platinum in Canada, and in less than two months later, the album was certified Platinum in the United States, selling over a million copies. It was also certified Silver in the United Kingdom. The latter half, My World 2.0 is set for a March 2010 release. The lead single, "Baby" was released on January 18, 2010.
Bieber was named the hottest star of 2009 by J-14, newcomer of the year by MuchMusic, and listed by Celebuzz as one of the Top 10 YouTube stars of the decade.
1 Early life and career beginnings
2 Music career
2.1 2009-present: Debut album
2.2 Filmography
3 Discography
==Early life and career beginnings==
Bieber was born in Stratford, Ontario, and was raised by his single mother, Pattie Mallette. He was 12 years old when he entered a local singing competition in Stratford, placing in second. He taught himself how to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In late 2007, Bieber and his mother began posting videos on YouTube so that his family and friends that could not attend his performances would be able to view them, posting his versions of songs by Usher, Chris Brown, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo and more.
Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, discovered his videos, and flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia, where he met with R&B singer/songwriter Usher. A week later Bieber had the opportunity to sing for Usher who immediately became greatly interested, giving him an audition with Antonio L.A. Reid at Island Records who signed him to Island Records in October 2008. Justin Timberlake was reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but he eventually signed with Usher. Bieber and his mother, Pattie Malette then moved to Atlanta, also the home of Usher and Braun, to base his career. Bieber also stated in an interview he still frequently stays at his Stratford home.
==Music career==
2009-present: Debut album
Bieber's first album My World, was released on November 17, 2009. The album features guest vocals from Usher, who appears in the music video for the single "One Time". Bieber is on a promotion tour promoting his single and has made various appearances on several radio stations. The first single "One Time" reached number 12 in Canadian Hot 100 during its first week in July 2009, and number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. On September 26, 2009, "One Time" had gone Platinum in Canada. Three consecutive singles, "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl" were released to iTunes exclusively, and therefore charted at within the Top 40 in the U.S. and within the top 15 in Canada. "One Less Lonely Girl" was later released to mainstream radio also.
Bieber performed in a several live shows such as mtvU's VMA 09 Tour, European program The Dome, YTV's The Next Star and The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, Lopez Tonight, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, It's On with Alexa Chung, Good Morning America, Chelsea Lately, and BET's 106 & Park with Rihanna. Bieber also guest starred in an episode of True Jackson, VP in late 2009. In October 2009, Bieber was voted as the #5 "Best Good Example of 2009" by AOL's JSYK.
While promoting the album, Bieber was scheduled to appear at Long Island's Roosevelt Field Mall, but the performance had to be canceled. Over 3,000 screaming fans showed up for the appearance. The event got out of control and over 35 units from the Nassau County and Garden City police departments had to be called in. According to TMZ, a fan screamed that Bieber was in an Abercrombie Kids store, and that is when the mayhem already taking place got further out of hand. Police feared that the crowd which was cramming the mall's upstairs corridor would force a metal-and-glass railing to snap sending hundreds of girls tumbling to the lower level. Several fans received minor injuries. The police told Bieber he could not come in because of the current situation and fire hazard. In an interview with WBLI 106.1, Bieber stated, "It was so crazy that I couldn't get to even come in the building," the singer said. "They basically threatened to put me in cuffs and send me away to jail." The police arrested an Island Records senior vice-president, James A. Roppo, reportedly for hindering the police's crowd control efforts. Bieber took to Twitter, apologizing to fans, and promising to make up for the cancellation. James Roppo pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Bieber performed for U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for the Christmas in Washington, a televised musical special that benefits the National Children's Medical Center, which aired on December 20 on TNT. He performed Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas" for the program. Bieber was also one of the performers at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31. To support his debut effort, Bieber toured with Taylor Swift on her two-stop return to the United Kingdom on her Fearless Tour, and went on a five-date tour himself in Canada, sponsored by Urban Behavior. Bieber confirmed that he will be traveling on his headlining debut tour sometime in 2010, and will also open again for Swift when she performs at Gillette Stadium at the annual concert for the winner of the CMA Entertainer of the Year award. Beiber was a presenter at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010, in a segment along with Kesha, encouraging voters to vote in the Bon Jovi contest. He was invited to be a vocalist for the remake of We Are The World for its 25th anniversary to benefit Haiti after the earthquake. Bieber sings the opening line, which was sung by Lionel Richie in the original version.
Year Title Role Notes
2009 True Jackson, VP Himself Guest star
2010 Silent Library Himself Guest star
2010 School Gyrls Himself
Main article: Justin Bieber discography
My World - (EP) (2009)
My World 2.0 (2010)
Studio albums My World · My World 2.0
Singles "One Time" · "One Less Lonely Girl" · "Love Me" · "Favorite Girl" · "Baby"
Featured singles "We Are The World: 25 For Haiti"
NAME Bieber, Justin
SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian singer
PLACE OF BIRTH Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Categories : baby, baby justin bieber, justin bieber lyrics, selena gomez, justin bieber youtube, justin bieber facebook, video justin bieber, justin bieber 2013, one time, never say never, justin bieber, mistletoe, justin bieber 2013 tour dates, justin bieber 2013 australian tour, justin bieber 2013 annual, justin bieber 2013 concert tickets, justin bieber 2013 tour, justin bieber 2013 concert dates, justin bieber 2013 calendar, justin bieber 2013 songs.
- FASHION WEEK - USA Fashion and Music News
- GOOGLE NEWS - Google News Blogger
- PALCO MP3 - Download Music Legally Direct From Artist
- LAST FM - Download Music Legally Direct From Artist
- PICASA WEB - USA Fashion Music News Photo Gallery
- DISNEY CHANNEL - Music News
- BABY JUSTIN BIEBER - Google Images Google News
- LADY GAGA - Google Images Google News
- UNIVERSE PICTURES - Google Images Nature Picrtures
- FLICKR PHOTOS - Fashion Magazines