those of you in the know, as we say, know that there wouldn't be this marvelous event without mary louise hunt. please give it up for mary louise hunt. stand up, mary louise. [applause] and, mary louise, you know, so many people are so pernicious that it would be after be the flood, right? so they say, well, if i have to retire, i want you to miss me by realizing how important i was because your event falls apart. [laughter] you all know what i'm talking about. [laughter] not mary louise. mary louise hand-picked her successor who was the hut area journalist, karen long. and we've worked with her for a year. [applause] yes, please, stand up. so now it is show time, as they say. as be of you know, i have something of an interest in genealogy, in the art and science of mapping one's origins. whether using the latest in dna testing and technology or old-fashioned archive digging, the search not only for one's origins, but for understanding them is a key to the present is compelling, it's addictive, and in the best of circumstances, generaltive. it's this last quality that is evident on every page