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Birmingham, Ala. (WBMA) —
The name of J Clyde's angel shot will change this weekend.
At least one Birmingham, Ala. bar is now using the concept of "angel shots" to help patrons who feel unsafe get out of a bad situation.
An "angel shot" is a specific drink order that's essentially code words to tell a bartender you need help. If you order the specific drink, the bartender knows you don't feel safe with the person you are with, and they will help you get out of the bar discreetly.
Inside the women's restroom at The J Clyde the local rape response hotline is now painted on the wall. And this message is on the door, "If you feel unsafe tell a server or bartender you want an Alcatraz shot. They will help you."
"If a patron is uncomfortable with someone they're with or even someone they met here and need to make a discreet exit from their present company, they order our shot," says Executive Chef Neil Ellis.
He says the bar has had an angel shot operating procedure for a couple months now. A Crisis Center worker walked bar employees through the process.
"They order the shot and we'll come get them on the pretense of something else - needing to come up to the bar or maybe take a phone call - and we'll escort them out of the premises and away from any dangerous situation," says Ellis.
The name of the shot changes regularly so that people who would use it in a negative way don't catch on.
Ellis says, "There's no reason someone should have to have a bad night...we want to avoid that at all costs."
Safe Shelby Sexual Assault Counselor Erica Barron says bartenders play an important role in today's dating world.
"In this dating world where there's all kinds of apps where you can meet strangers....[you're] going to meet at bars."
Leanne Knight, the program manager at Safe Shelby says these code word drinks could prevent sexual assaults.
"A lot of times sexual assaults could be prevented if someone stepped in...if you can prevent it from ever happening, you prevented a life-long traumatic situation."
The name of J Clyde's angel shot will change this weekend.
Safe Shelby has provided bars in the areas they serve with their own signs about how to prevent sexual assault. Knight says everyone, not just bar staff, needs to be more aware of what's happening around them and be willing to step in.
"Stepping in doesn't have to be a big scene. It can be diverting someone's attention. It can be interrupting a conversation. It can be [going] over to speak to someone else or to dance. It doesn't have to be confrontational; but if you can redirect that, it will go a long way in preventing something bad from happening."


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May 25, 2013
The Scottsboro Boys have been vindicated, but there are many more waiting in the wings – waiting for justice. It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied. Many years have passed in so many unresolved civil rights crimes and injustices. And if no one is prepared to step up and pursue these cases, we must wonder if justice will ever come.

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The city of Beaumont is some $18 million richer after the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission signed and approved the last round of Hurricane Ike funding more than four years after the storm ravaged Beaumont and the surrounding areas.
Capital Projects Manager Brenda Beadle said the money will go to a number of infrastructure and city services projects, including a state-of-the-art fire station on Helbig Road.
While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us "that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas," we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We're of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — New documents on logging permits in Ghana indicate most timber exported from the country is likely illegal, exposing purchasers to possible jail time under a new European Union regulation, the environmental watchdog group Global Witness said Tuesday.
In February, Ghana's Forestry Commission gave Global Witness lists of permits covering more than 15,000 square kilometers (5,800 square miles), or nearly 15 percent of the country's land mass, the group said in a new report. Permits for more than 12,000 square kilometers (4,600 square miles) were not covered by the country's 1998 Timber Resources Management Act, calling their legality into question.
"Ghana's logging permits are in a mess. Of six types of permits issued by the authorities to logging companies, only two fall within the government's own definition of what is legal," said David Young, forest sector transparency campaigner for Global Witness.
"Until the government gets its house in order, European buyers should consider all Ghanaian timber products as extremely risky, and make sure they are doing thorough checks along their supply chains," Young said.
The EU Timber Regulation, which went into effect on March 3, prohibits the import of illegal timber and holds importers responsible for ensuring it has been legally sourced. Penalties vary among European countries but could include up to two years in prison and a fine of 50,000 euros ($64,500), according to Global Witness.
In 2010, Ghana entered into a voluntary partnership agreement with the EU that covers permit allocation as well as transportation and processing. The release of the new Global Witness report coincides with a biannual meeting this week assessing implementation of the agreement.
Young said that while such meetings usually focus on technical aspects of tracking timber, officials should address problems surrounding how permits are granted. For example, while Ghanaian law requires that permits be obtained through open and competitive bidding, this has not been documented in the vast majority of cases, he said.
"You can't have a beautiful, perfect timber tracking system using computer databases and everything else if you haven't got any guaranteed legal logging permits that trigger the cutting of the timber in the first place," Young said.
Officials with Ghana's Forestry Commission were not immediately available for comment.
The Forestry Commission published a separate list of permits in March "to show proof of the legal sources of wood and wood product imports." Global Witness said inconsistencies between the lists from February and March raised further questions about the legality of timber permits.
According to EU figures, Europe consumes 33 percent of the total volume of Ghanaian timber exports and 43 percent of total value. The EU said the forest sector was the fourth-largest contributor to Ghana's GDP in 2008.
Last month, Global Witness included Ghana on a list of four African countries where political elites, logging companies and forestry officials were colluding to use "shadow permits" originally intended for small enterprises for commercial purposes in a bid to avoid tightening timber regulations.


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ROME (AP) — Producers of a documentary that takes a sharply critical view of the political, economic and social trends in Italy in recent decades are protesting they are victims of censorship after the culture ministry blocked the film's Italian debut during the run-up to elections.
"Girlfriend in a Coma" is billed as a documentary on "the decline" of Italy written by Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist, and Italian journalist Annalisa Piras.
The film was scheduled to be shown Feb. 13 at the MAXXI museum in Rome. The museum, supervised by the culture ministry, said with national elections Feb. 24-25 it is standard practice not to host events during the campaign that have any connection to politics.
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Norwich returns to normal after Thursday deluge
Norwich — Life quickly returned to normal Friday after more than 5 inches of rain flooded streets Thursday, stranding motorists and causing emergency evacuations of homes and businesses.
The lingering effects of the surprise storm were still being felt by owners of vehicles inundated by floodwater along West Town Street, lower Plain Hill Road and Huntington Avenue.
There were no injuries and no structural damage caused by the flooding, city officials said. All roads had reopened by late Thursday night, and power had been restored by 7:30 p.m. to the 10 buildings that had been shut off because of flooding concerns, Norwich Public Utilities Assistant General Manager Chris LaRose said.
Norwich Emergency Management Director Gene Arters said no one stayed overnight at the emergency shelter at Kelly Middle School. About 30 homes were evacuated during the storm, but residents apparently found other accommodations or returned to their homes late Thursday as the storm subsided.
Yantic Volunteer Fire Chief Frank Blanchard said four people had to be rescued from vehicles in the flash flood Thursday afternoon on West Town Street at the bottom of Plain Hill Road.
Victims told emergency crews that the water rose so fast they were trapped at red lights or stop signs, with vehicles in front and behind them. Within seconds, the water topped car tires and soon reached hoods.
Tow trucks attempted to pull some vehicles from the area, but Harry Austin, owner of Austin's Garage in Occum, said the trucks couldn't reach some of the vehicles.
A portion of the commuter lot on West Town Street at Interstate 395's Exit 82 was flooded, and cars in nearby gas stations also were inundated with water.
Austin said water can quickly cause major damage to a vehicle. If a vehicle drives into a flooded area, water gets sucked into engine air intake areas and cuts power to the engine.
"The worst concern would be damage to the electrical system and computers," Austin said.
Vehicles flooded to the window level or higher likely will be classified as "totaled" by insurance companies, he said. Most likely, the vehicles would not start even after drying out, he said.
"If you can start it and drive away, you'd be very lucky," Austin said.
He said some cars remained in the West Town Street area Friday, awaiting evaluation by insurance company representatives.
Arters echoed comments made by city officials and long-time emergency response personnel in the city, saying the both the storm's intensity and duration surprised everyone.
"The storm was parked right over Norwich, and it wasn't going to move," Arters said. "In my 38 years of doing this, I've never seen anything like this. Even the weather service was flabbergasted."


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149 prisoners transferred out of SMF
STANDISH — The Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) isn't waiting for community appeals at the "Save Standish Max" press conference on June 12 before it starts clearing out the prison, as Thursday morning the DOC removed 149 prisoners from the facility.
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility (SMF) Administrative Assistant Rebecca Bailey said she was unable to comment which type of prisoners were being transported via bus out of the facility or where the inmates were going, but did say they were all being moved to the same facility.
The action started early at SMF this morning.
"We started transporting the property (of prisoners) at 4 a.m.," Bailey said. "All the property has to be searched on arrival (at the new facility) for contraband."
DOC personnel were parked at the entrance of the prison driveway for additional security. State vehicles also hauled the prisoners' property.
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Swedes third in C-4 district
It's been five years and thousands of swings since the last time Swede golfers qualified for the state meet as a team.
That was 2007 and this is 2012 and a whole new group of girls will make the trip to Columbus on Monday for the state championships after the Gothenburg team shot 419 to finish third in the C-4 district meet at Wild Horse Golf Club and earn the berth.
"Words cannot describe how proud I am of these girls," said Gothenburg coach Tara Foster. "We've all had the same goal of making it to state since the first day of practice and we've worked so hard to earn this opportunity."
Conditions weren't ideal for golf Monday morning as blustery winds up to 25 mph affected shots.
But Foster said the girls never lost their composure, continuing to be optimistic even when the conditions weren't ideal.
Two Swedes finished in the top 10 and would have qualified for state as individuals had the team not made it.
Mallory McCoy, a junior, shot 51 on the front nine and came back three strokes better for 48 on the back to finish with 99 tied with three other golfers for sixth place.
Sophomore McKinley Harm carded 50 on the front and 51 on the back for an 18-hole score of 101, good enough to tie for ninth place.
"McKinley and Mallory both played very solid golf," Foster said.
Minden took the team title with 403 and the second- and third-place individuals in Allison Geist and Paige Kristensen.
Valentine was the team runner-up carding 406. Badger Michelle Renning captured the individual championship with a score of 91. Teammate Shawna Wheeler tied for fourth at 98.
Foster is excited to be taking her first golf team to the state meet.
"This year was all about team effort and pushing each other to play to her full potential," Foster said. "All of the girls exceeded my expectations and contributed to the team in their own way."
The state meet begins at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus with tee times starting at 9:30 a.m.
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Clinic, Elliot Hospital to collaborate on some servicesBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 11. 2013 10:19PM
MANCHESTER — The Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinic in Manchester will move its outpatient surgery work to Elliot at River's Edge after the first of the year, part of a collaboration plan that the two hospitals announced Friday.
The heads of the two hospitals announced the change in memos to their staffs on Friday and in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader.
They said the hospitals will collaborate in four principal clinical areas to manage costs and increase quality. They are ambulatory surgery, mental health, gastroenterology and endocrinology.
"This is all about collaboration," said Elliot president and chief-executive Doug Dean. "If we put our strengths together, it will result in higher patient satisfaction, lower costs, escalated quality and a much better model for this community."
Dean said the collaboration involves about 5 percent of Elliot Hospital's activity. The work will only involve outpatient services. He and Jim Weinstein, president and chief-executive of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, said the collaboration is not a merger.
"We're not about market share, we're about taking care of people ... that's the new world that Doug and I want to create for New Hampshire. There's no gotcha here," Weinstein said.
The Lebanon-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is the largest health-care organization in the state. It logged 951,000 outpatient visits last year, and nearly 14,400 surgeries.
Elliot Hospital is the second-largest health care organization in the state with about 500,000 outpatient visits last year.
Weinstein did not provide an estimate for how much he expected costs would be reduced as a result of the collaboration.
Some of the work, such as mental health and endocrinology, will involve the development of better treatment models and programs to deal with psychiatric care, obesity and diabetes, Dean said.
When it comes to ambulatory surgery, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester clinic will perform ambulatory surgeries out of River's Edge starting in January. Last year, the Manchester clinic performed 4,000 ambulatory care surgeries. However, endoscopies will continue at the Manchester clinic; 4,600 took place there last year.
"If we compete with one another, the outcome for the community won't be as good if we work together," Dean said. "In medicine, volume equates to cost efficiencies and quality."Elliot performs about 4,900 ambulatory surgeries and 3,500 endoscopies a year.


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NEW ORLEANS—In the grim aftermath of Super Bowl XLVII, Colin Kaepernick made a promise and Frank Gore made it, too.
They said the 49ers weren't done with Super Bowls, and they had the right and maybe even the responsibility to make that kind of
pledge late Sunday night.
Because this whole 49ers season was a promise, wasn't it?
Not just about the 2012 season or Super Bowl XLVII, but about the next several years, and maybe the next era of Super Bowls.
That's where this has to be headed, even if the 49ers feel like they left a title on the table this season.
Unless this unravels under the weight of frustration, due to dramatic injury, or because of some other football bane, the 49ers are young enough and smart enough to compete for many more championships.
And, with Kaepernick growing into excellence and the 49ers defense maintaining it, they should win a few of them, too.
The 49ers were the rightful favorites on Sunday, but lost 34-31 to Baltimore after a slew of early 49ers' mistakes, an incredible comeback, and then failure in the final minutes.
Coach Jim Harbaugh, Kaepernick and the rest did not fulfill their apparent destiny this time; they had every opportunity and they came up short for now, just as they came up short against the New York Giants a round earlier last season.
(And yes, this means the 49ers have had their seasons ended by the eventual champions both this year and last.)
But Harbaugh, Kaepernick, Gore & Co. should have several more chances together.
They were built to have many chances, all stemming from Kaepernick, who started his 10th NFL game of any kind on Sunday and almost fashioned the greatest comeback victory in Super Bowl history while doing it.
Las Vegas agrees. The odds for next season are already up and the 49ers are the second favorites to win Super Bowl XLVIII, behind only the Denver Broncos and tied with the New England Patriots.
That doesn't mean the 49ers are guaranteed of anything next season, especially if the hangover from this defeat lingers.
Sunday proved that they could use some upgrades in the secondary and at wide receiver—and this season's draft class has so far been a complete non-starter, a huge fall-off from general manager Trent Baalke's great 2010 and 2011 classes.
But this franchise is set up with several crucial elements for long-term contention, from the coach to the quarterback to the defense to the new stadium to the vast talent level.
The current model: The New England Patriots, with coach Bill Belichick, quarterback Tom Brady, constant cash flow from a great stadium, and a roster that is re-loaded every draft.
The classic model: The 1981-1994 49ers five-title dynasty, with Bill Walsh (and then George Seifert), Joe Montana (and then Steve Young), and Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s determination to win.
Take it for what it's worth, but there's a clear echo here:
Walsh won Super Bowl XVI in his third 49ers season, when he'd just turned 50.
Harbaugh will turn 50 next December, in his third 49ers season.
Back in 1981, Walsh was leaning on a young QB named Joe Montana, who was 25 at the beginning of the 1981 campaign and came into it with just eight career NFL starts.
Now, Harbaugh has staked the franchise on Kaepernick, who will be 25 to at the beginning of next season and has just seven career NFL regular-season starts. It goes beyond the quarterback—the 49ers' defensive pillars, other than the 33-year-old Justin Smith are all just entering their prime years; it's the same situation for the 49ers' crunching offensive line.
But the straight line to multiple Super Bowl appearances always leads from the quarterback.
Basically, if you get to the big game with a young quarterback with a high growth trajectory, you have a good chance of repeat trips and possibly repeat titles.
The one-hit-wonder Super Bowl teams usually have:
* An older or declining quarterback such as Arizona's Kurt Warner four years ago, Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb eight years ago or the Raiders' Rich Gannon 10 years ago;
None of those teams have been close since.
* Or an aging talent base, such as Indianapolis three years ago (despite having Peyton Manning), Miami 28 years ago (despite having Dan Marino in his prime) and many teams in-between.
* Or a coach who didn't seem destined to win it all, such as Arizona's Ken Whisenhunt, Indianapolis' Jim Caldwell and the Raiders' Bill Callahan.
The 49ers have that young defense; they have Harbaugh, who didn't have his greatest game Sunday but who clearly has shoved the 49ers onto this path.
And they have Kaepernick, who replaced Alex Smith because Harbaugh believed Kaepernick was probably the better player now and absolutely the better player for the future.
That's the promise. They let one get away on Sunday, which only makes the promise most urgent for 2013.


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"Knee-jerk Anti-LOOPism and other E-mail Phenomena: Oral, Written, and Electronic Patterns in Computer-Mediated Communication" is a paper by JoAnne Yates and Wanda J. Orlikowski. MIT Sloan School Working Paper #3578-93; Center for Coordination Science Techincal Report #150; July 1993.
The paper "reports on an empirical investigation into the on-going electronic interaction of a natural distributed group". The selected group was the ANSI Common Lisp committee, which extensively used email for its standardization work.
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Visual Studio 11 has radically improved the Dependency Graph Features. To take it for a spin I've loaded a real project that I'm working on, it contains about 25000 lines of code. I can use the simplified top down dependency graph feature we see here under the Architecture menu and I see something new right off the bat called "Indexing the code".
What's happening here is that Visual Studio 11 (I'll call it dev11 from now on) is building a SQL database of all the dependencies in my code which in this case takes about 34 seconds. Then it will use this database for all subsequent queries on the graph making the overall experience much better and it didn't take much longer than dev10. On dev10 the same operation on this solution takes 30 seconds. So you're paying a little overhead for the SQL database but you'll see in a minute how much better the experience is as a result.
For example, you'll see that this top level dependency graph is very small, it only contains 20 nodes and 49 links. The same top level graph in dev10 has about 12000 nodes and 60000 links, all hidden inside these collapsed groups, but that made any interaction on the canvas sluggish at best.
Dev11 instead is able to query the code index every time I expand something and get the detail. Let's try that here. Oooh, nice smooth animation there too! It found 4 new nodes. You can see that there is an animation happening in the background here because it's also fetching all the new dependencies for the nodes it's just fetched. Ok great. Now we see the cross-group links showing all the dependencies for these new nodes.
The look of the graph is also greatly improved; lighter and cleaner. The problem with Generics is also fixed. Dev10 put Generics in their own group which didn't make much sense. Generics are now integrated in with the rest of your code where they belong.
Let's expand more of this graph. The meat of the application is in this main dll here.
Bottom Up Dependency Graphs (2:02)
Now top down dependency graphs like this are interesting, for a large project they can show you the big picture of what's happening in your code which you may have never seen before. But sometimes you want a much smaller slice through your code. I'm super excited about the new Solution Explorer Integration.
You may have already noticed that Solution Explorer can now drill down inside classes and methods. You can also search. I'm interested in a feature of this software called "portfolio", and it comes back with all the classes and methods that contain that string. Now if I select all of that you'll see a new button that shows up that allows me to create a new dependency graph, with ancestors, of just the items I selected here. It'll use the code index again, this time to add all the dependencies between these things.
That's simply amazing. This is called a "bottom up dependency graph" as opposed to top down dependency graph you get from the Architecture menu.
Now you also can build bottom up graphs in an incremental way. For example, when I zoom in I see this method "GetInvestmentPortfolio" – I want to know more about it. That's this method here (in the solution explorer) and I can right click and "find me everything that method Calls", and see that information is now available in the solution explorer. I can select all of that and add that to the dependency graph, with ancestors. It uses the code index again and adds all those nodes, plus all the new dependencies between those nodes. Great!
Now I can look at the result, zoom in, and make some changes. I don't need mscorlib dependencies so I can delete that. This class I will collapse. Now I'm starting to build up a story about this particular feature that makes sense to me as a developer.
Editing (3:55)
What's more, the new DGML document editor supports full editing. First off I can move nodes anywhere I want and all this is persisted, so if I save this graph, reload it, I see my layout the way I left it. In fact, I've already done that let me open it up. Here's the same code and I've added some comments and a new group for an idea that could be added to the code in the future.
You can insert a new node using this hovering toolbar which allows you to add a node of the same type, you can also add a comment and that's how I edited this graph very quickly and easily. You can also add new links.
You can also insert nodes using the keyboard. If you type the INSERT key a new node will show up where the mouse is. You can type ALT-INSERT to add an outgoing dependency here, if you type ALT+SHIFT+INSERT you get an incoming dependency.
When you're done editing you can press the layout button the toolbar again to get a full graph layout. And if you didn't mean to lose your custom layout you can hit undo to get back to the layout you had.
You can also edit the label of any node by just clicking on it twice and you can also add labels to links by pressing F2. And of course, now that you can select links, you can delete them. You can also select these nodes and put them in a new group.
You can also drag/drop a node across groups which will reparent that node in the target group. When you do that you will see that cross-group arteries are computed automatically and we've actually created a circular dependency between these groups. The analyzers by the way have been move to the legend add button – let's add the circular analyzer and it shows us the problem that we've just created by highlighting these things in red. I can move the node back and that will fix the problem. This gives you the ability to do some interesting "what-if" analysis on your code.
By the way if you hold down the shift key when you move a node it actually bulldozes things out of the way instead of doing a drag/drop. That can be handy if you need to make a little more room to put stuff.
Quick Find (6:27)
The quick find dialog that you see in the text editor has been integrated. If I search for "investment" it takes me to the first hit and a really cool feature has been added here in the quick find command menu called "select all". This is handy if you want to do an operation like "delete" to delete all the matching nodes. Of course, if I hit undo they all come back.
Fast Incremental Layout (6:55)
What's happening here is a fast incremental layout – it's not doing a full clean layout like you get from the toolbar layout buttons. That's designed to give you good interactive performance when you're editing these graphs.
Inline Toolbar (7:03)
You will also notice toolbar has been moved inside the graph document window– that's really nice for multi-monitor situations where you want the toolbar to be available close to the graph you're editing.
Zoom Widget (7:09)
There's also a new zoom widget with a zoom to fit button. You can also zoom to fit any group by double clicking it which will center and zoom in on it. If you double click the graph background it will zoom to fit the entire graph.
Removed Some Unbaked Features (7:24)
You might have noticed that some features are missing. There used to be a "dependency matrix", and "neighborhood" and "butterfly" modes on the toolbar. There was also a thing called "advanced selector" which showed up under the legend. These features weren't being used very much and it's nice to see that Microsoft can actually remove stuff instead of bloating the code with stuff that nobody uses.
Help Pages (7:47)
If you create a new directed graph document you'll see some new information about what you can do including some help on how the mouse works, and there were some slight tweaks here from dev10, like I said you can actually pan and zoom without holding the control key down. And there's some help for various keyboard shortcuts.
Lastly, more good news, when you create a graph like this and you want to share it with people, dev11 Professional SKU will be able to open this graph and look at it, and even edit it. The only feature missing from Pro SKU is the ability to reverse engineer new and create graphs from code using the code index.
So that's about it! I think you'll agree that the dependency graph feature just got a whole lot cooler.
The following DGML document maps out where the new features fit WhatsNew.dgml (26.80 kb)


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Today I'm making a last dash to finish this essay. Why is it taking so long? Well, partly it's the need to get client work done first, and volunteer work with its deadlines, partly it's pure procrastination. And it's a complex thing I've taken on. I spent most of late yesterday afternoon and evening redrawing diagrams with my shiny new flowcharting software, and checking their accuracy.
Today I'm taking the day off from work and I'm determined to finish it, or as near as dammit. This means I have to:
- finish writing the part of the essay that explains what use the Colonial Office records are to family historians DONE
- finish writing the part of the essay that explains the document-handling process at the Colonial Office (backed up by the diagrams) DONE, with extra diagram drawn
- finish writing the part of the essay that explains how to find a document in the Colonial Office records filmed by the AJCP – nearly DONE (I may cut most of it out)
- finish the diagrams to explain the process of handling correspondence at the Colonial Office and how all the classes of documents fit together – DONE
- create a cutdown version of my spreadsheet to use as another appendix – nearly DONE
- write a synopsis – STARTED
- check all the citations – STARTED
- reformat to conform to the style-sheet (double-spacing and all that)
- general tidy-up (incorporating editing down to the maximum number of words allowed) – STARTED
Hmmm. I'd better get on with it then!
[12:53 pm] My 4000-word essay is currently 6024 words and counting, not including footnotes and bibliograpy. Something's got to go!
[4:04 pm] I've started update my list (above) when items are completed. It gives me encouragement to know that I am getting somewhere!
[10:50 pm] still going. I took out the comprehensive overview bit and so removed a thousand words on records that are actually not that much use to family historians. A painful process it was, too!


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NEW YORK (AP) — Reactions to Phil Ramone's death:
"A friend, a musical genius and the most lovable person. It was a thrill for me to have worked with Phil, and I have so many wonderful memories." — Elton John
"I'm so saddened to learn of Phil's passing. We first worked together in 1967 when I did a free concert in Central Park. His brilliance at capturing sound was immediately evident. Later we worked together on the film 'A Star Is Born' where Phil was able to record me singing live, including 'Evergreen.' In the next decade we worked on the soundtrack to 'Yentl' and many other recordings. Phil had impeccable musical taste, great ears and the most gentle way of bringing out the best in all the artists he worked with. The monumental recordings he produced will endure for all time." — Barbra Streisand
"There aren't enough words to express how heavy my heart is with the news of the passing of my dear friend and brother Phil Ramone. From Andy Williams and Lesley Gore, to Billy Eckstine, Paul Simon and all of my albums including 'Soul Bossa Nova' and 'Q's Jook Joint,' Phil was a collaborator in the studio and a friend in life for more than 50 years. Whenever I was in the studio recording, if Phil wasn't there by my side it would seem like one ingredient was missing. Today we lost one of the true musicians, innovators and geniuses of the record industry. His immense talents were only surpassed by the gigantic size of his heart, and I will miss him terribly." — Quincy Jones
"I always thought of Phil Ramone as the most talented guy in my band. He was the guy that no one ever ever saw onstage. He was with me as long as any of the musicians I ever played with — longer than most. So much of my music was shaped by him and brought to fruition by him. I have lost a dear friend — and my greatest mentor. The music world lost a giant today." — Billy Joel
What a heartbreak to all of us who knew him and loved him. What a great man, what a kind spirit, such an incredible producer. The star of stars behind the stars. Phil will be missed always. Truly a tragic loss for us on earth but what a wonderful blessing for heaven. As I've always said, 'Love you Phil, God Bless.'" — Stevie Wonder
"Phil Ramone was a lovely person and a very gifted musician and producer. It was a joy to have him work with me in the recording studio on so many projects as he had a wonderful sense of humor and a deep love of music. Phil had the admiration and respect from everyone in the entertainment industry and his passing is a great loss." — Tony Bennett
"Phil was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. It was an honor to know him. He was an angel and I loved him dearly. This is a profound loss for the music world, for all the lives he touched and of course for his family ... Rest in Peace, Phil ... You will be deeply missed and never forgotten." — Michael Buble
As co-founder of A&R Recordings, he was a pioneer of audio technological developments — creating new innovations for the compact disc and surround sound technologies. His impressive career spanned all genres in which he collaborated with a diverse group of artists including Tony Bennett, Etta James, Paul McCartney, Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and numerous others ... Our industry has lost an immense talent and a true visionary and genius, and The Academy has lost a very dear and close friend." — Neil Portnow, President/CEO, The Recording Academy


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"In March 2018, The Humanity Star began its final descent into the Earth's atmosphere where it burnt up on reentry, leaving no trace
Launched on 21 January 2018 NZT, The Humanity Star was designed to be a temporary symbol in the night sky that encouraged everyone to look up, ponder humanity's place in the universe and think about how we can work together as one species to solve the challenges facing us all.
During its time in space, the Humanity Star orbited the Earth every 90 minutes and could be seen from around the world as a brief, glinting light in the dawn, dusk and night sky.
The Humanity Star was designed to appear slightly brighter than the stars alongside it and reflect the sun's rays just long enough to draw people's eyes skyward and leave them looking at the night sky long after the satellite has passed.
My hope was to encourage people to linger looking at the stars and ponder our place in the universe. While many people are already keen observers of the cosmos, thousands more have now spent time searching, watching and pondering what it means to be one species on a tiny globe in the middle of a vast universe. Thank you to the thousands of people who shared their stories of experiencing it with friends and loved ones, and also to those who sent photos and videos of Humanity Star passes.
While the Humanity Star was a brief moment in human history, I hope the conversations and ideas it sparked around the world will continue to be explored. These are the conversations that will play a part in shaping how we collectively manage our planet and work together to solve the challenges facing us all."
Peter Beck.
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The Humanity Star was designed to have a brief orbital lifespan. It was placed into a low perigee elliptical orbit of 300 x 500 km, where its altitude dropped with every pass at perigee. This, combined with a low surface to mass area, meant the Humanity Star experienced significant atmospheric drag, pulling it back into the Earth's atmosphere in a matter of weeks.
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Although curable with surgery, cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness in the world, accounting for more than one half of all blindness. Dr. Chang has used his international prominence to highlight and advance several important cataract efforts. He has traveled to many developing countries to perform and teach cataract surgery to local ophthalmologists.Humanitarian Cataract Surgery
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Man fatally shot at intersection of 16th St. and Plymouth Court
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A shooting Sunday night left one man dead and police searching for answers.
It happened around 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of 16th Street and Plymouth Court in Louisville's Russell neighborhood.
Police do not know what led to the shooting and no one is in custody at this time.
When police arrived at the scene they found a man in his late 20s shot outside.
He was transported to University Hospital but later died from his injuries.
Homicide detectives spoke with a number of individuals but said it's not clear why the shooting happened or who is responsible.
The victim's name hasn't been released.
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Huffington Post UK: Baroness Tonge's Comments Show Depth to Which Israel/Palestine Debate has Sunk
This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post UK. Read the full article on their website here.
News has broken today of comments made by the Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Tonge at an event hosted by the Free Palestine Society at Middlesex University last week. Highlighted by Student Rights, the story has since been picked up by the Guido Fawkes blog, the Guardian and here at the Huffington Post. Furthermore there have been numerous subsequent calls for her party to condemn her comments, and for her to either resign or repudiate her remarks.
Sharing a platform alongside Ken O'Keefe, a former US Marine who has praised Hamas for their success in eradicating collaborators in the past and who stated at the event that 9/11 was carried out by Mossad, Baroness Tonge told the audience that "Israel is not going to be there forever" and that one day "Israel will lose its support and then they will reap what they have sown".
These comments, which could be interpreted as threatening and genocidal by students, have caused outrage, with politicians such as the chairman of the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI) group Gavin Stollar stating "LDFI strongly condemns Baroness Tonge's latest outburst not only because it is wrong but because it is contrary to Lib Dem Party policy. Jenny Tonge is an irrelevant, siren and marginal voice in the Liberal Democrat Party and we call on her to resign the Lib Dem whip".
He continued by saying that "If she truly believes the things she says, how can she justify being a member of a party whose policies are diametrically opposed to her views on Israel and the Middle East, a subject upon which she talks on almost a daily basis?"
The Labour Leader Ed Miliband also voiced his outright opposition to her remarks, tweeting that there is "no place in politics for those who question existence of the state of Israel. Nick Clegg must condemn Jenny Tonge's remark & demand apology". This followed Labour MP Ian Austin telling the Guardian that "there is a cross-party consensus that a two-state solution is the only way to bring peace to the Middle East. At the very least, Nick Clegg must make Baroness Tonge withdraw these remarks".
Student Rights have contacted the office of the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to ask if he will keep a promise made in 2009 in which he said he would discipline Baroness Tonge next time she made anti-Semitic remarks yet there has been no word at the time of writing on whether the party whip will be withdrawn. However, a statement has been released which states that "Jenny Tonge does not speak for the party on Israel/Palestine. Her presence and comments at this event were extremely ill-advised and ill judged. The tone of the debate at this event was wholly unacceptable and adds nothing to the peace process".
This is unlikely to satisfy people who feel that Baroness Tonge has stepped over the line one too many times with these remarks. In February 2010 she was sacked as Liberal Democrat Health spokeswoman by Nick Clegg for giving credence to allegations that Israeli Defence Force (IDF) relief workers were harvesting human organs from victims, saying that "To prevent allegations such as these - which have already been posted on You Tube - going any further, the IDF and the Israeli Medical Association should establish an independent inquiry immediately to clear the names of the team in Haiti".
Prior to this she was also sacked as the Liberal Democrat Children's Spokeswoman by Charles Kennedy in 2003 after she stated of Palestinian suicide bombers that "If I had to live in that situation - and I say that advisedly - I might just consider becoming one myself". She resigned as an MP after this incident, yet in 2006 was severely reprimanded by Sir Menzies Campbell after saying that she felt the Pro-Israel lobby had "got its grips on the world", something which Campbell said had "clear anti-Semitic connotations".
It is utterly shameful that a Liberal Democrat peer would sit quietly and not challenge a 9/11 'truther' when he declared that "if Israel is inherently a racist state, if it is inherently an apartheid state, then I want no part of Israel, it has no place in this world. And it must in its current form, if you want me to use some inflammatory language, in its current form should be destroyed". However, the position of authority that she is invested with makes her own comments far more serious than the ravings of a delusional individual like O'Keefe.
The applause that followed her comments, as well as the post on the Middlesex University Free Palestine Society Facebook page which called O'Keefe a "legend", give an insight into the vitriolic atmosphere which has developed around this highly charged issue on campuses. Students have even come to blows, as happened at the London School of Economics on 20th February, and anti-Israeli sentiment being whipped up by speakers like these is clearly a serious problem.
Baroness Tonge should be ejected from the Liberal Democrats for these remarks yet, whilst student societies and university authorities refuse to balance events on subjects as emotive as this, we will continue to see such stories.


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Obama at Conn. vigil: 'Surely we can do better'By JEFF MASON and EMILY FLITTER
December 16. 2012 10:19PM
NEWTOWN, Conn. - President Barack Obama on Sunday consoled the town shattered by the massacre of 20 young schoolchildren, lauding residents' courage in the face of tragedy and saying the United States was not doing enough to protect its children.
"Surely we can do better than this," Obama told a packed high school auditorium.
The emotional prayer vigil capped a day when worshippers sought solace in churches to mourn the victims of Friday's slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman used a military-style assault rifle to kill six adults and 20 first-graders before committing suicide.
All the dead children were either 6 or 7 years old, feeding more emotion into a revived debate about whether stricter gun laws could prevent future mass shootings in the United States.
"Here in Newtown, I come to offer the love and prayers of the nation," Obama said. "I am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow, nor can they heal your wounded hearts."
Obama spoke the names of the Sandy Hook school staff members who died on Friday and lauded their courage.
"They responded as we all hope we might respond in such terrifying circumstances. With courage and with love, giving their lives to protect the children in their care," Obama said.
Parents and children filled the Newtown High School auditorium for the evening vigil. Some of the children clutched stuffed animals and Red Cross blankets issued to ward off the cold.
"I think it's a good thing. I think it'll help this town begin to heal," Curt Brantl, 47, said of Obama's visit before the president spoke.
"It's a sign of hope that the leader of our country comes here and shows support," said Brantl, whose daughter, Tess, 9, was at Sandy Hook during the shooting. "We're turning the corner, and there's a lot of hope now."
A more detailed picture of Adam Lanza's stunning attack emerged on Sunday. Police said the shooter was armed with hundreds of bullets in high-capacity magazines of about 30 rounds each for the Bushmaster AR 15 rifle and two handguns he carried into the school, and had a fourth weapon, a shotgun, in his car outside.
He also carried two handguns and hundreds of bullets in "multiple" high-capacity magazines of about 30 rounds each, and had a fourth weapon in reserve - a shotgun in his car outside, Connecticut state police Lt. Paul Vance said.
"The Bushmaster was used ... in the school in its entirety and the handgun was used to take his own life," Vance said, adding that Lanza's motive for the massacre was not known.
All the dead children were either 6 or 7 years old, feeding more emotion into a revived debate about whether stricter gun laws could prevent future mass shootings in the United States.
"If this doesn't shake the consciousness of the country about doing better to protect our children, I don't know what will," said Pedro Segarra, mayor of Hartford, the state capital.
While townspeople grieved, investigators examined forensic evidence and scoured the crime scene in a process likely to extend for weeks.
Some of the bodies have been turned over to families, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance said.
"We have the best of the best working on this case. ... Our goal is to paint a complete picture so that we all know and the public knows exactly what happened here," Vance said.
Painting part of that picture, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said the gunman shot his way through a school door "using several rounds" before beginning to kill adults and children inside, then killed himself as police closed in.
"He discharged to make an opening and then went through it, went to the first classroom ... went to the second classroom. We surmise that it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming and apparently at that, decided to take his own life," Malloy said on the ABC show "This Week."


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Out of the Woodwork: The Boys in the Guild
No doubt, you'll fit right in.
By Jeff Skiver
Page: 96
From the December 2007 issue #166
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A woodworking club offers countless rewards to the aspiring craftsman. It provides a platform for displaying your work. It offers the chance to learn new techniques. It affords you the opportunity to find tutelage and mentoring, like Croesus consulting the Oracle, Luke studying with Yoda, or Chachi hanging with The Fonz. Above all, a good woodworking guild provides the life experience of learning to deal with a bunch of wackos.
If you're thinking of joining a local woodworking group, be prepared to encounter, embrace and make lifelong friends with the following folks who are present in every woodworking society in the world.
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Galvanized Trash Cans for the Kitchen
There's a no-nonsense attitude these Oscar the Grouch trash cans can bring to a kitchen. Just check out that example above. What a fancy kitchen! But that trash can brings things back down to earth. If you'd like the same for your kitchen, check out some options after the jump:
Since all of these are lidded, they are great for keeping in the odors of kitchen waste:
- vintage galvanized garbage can, $52 from Lackluster Co on Etsy
- Behrens 31-Gallon Trash Can with Lid, $40 at Amazon (We've also spotted these at Home Depot).
- 30-Gallon Galvanized Trash Can, $20 at Aubuchon Hardware
- Witt Industries Pail and Lid, $38 at Amazon
Related: Kitchen Tour: In the Kitchen with Zachary and Family
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Man shoves 8-year-old's head through wall, police say
Man shoves 8-year-old's head through wall, police say
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
A Volusia County man is accused of shoving an 8-year-old's head into a wall so violently, the boy's head went through the wall.
Police said some of the child's hair was stuck to the damaged area.
Robert Roby, 29, was arrested in Edgewater just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
He is also accused of beating the child's mother. She is his girlfriend and police said he repeatedly punched her in the face and stomach with his fist.
According to the police report, Roby came home drunk and turned violent when his girlfriend demanded he take a shower.
Police said as she stripped the bed of sheets, Roby attacked her and then attacked the child when he tried to intervene.


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Deputies: Man put gun to woman's head, pistol-whipped her
Deputies: Man put gun to woman's head, pistol-whipped her
DELTONA, Fla. —
A Deltona man is accused of putting a gun to a woman's head and then pistol-whipping her in the face.
Veo Walker, 32, was arrested Friday after sheriff's investigators said he assaulted the victim who had bested his girlfriend in a fight outside a home on Beal Street.
The fight between the two women ended and that's when deputies said Walker grabbed the victim by the hair and held the gun on her. He then used the gun to strike her in the face several times, according to officials.
Deputies said Walker also punched and kicked the victim after she fell to the ground. He is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.


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Reptiles are among Madagascar's most bewildering creatures but nearly 40% of them are facing an elevated risk of extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. A study published today in the journal PLOS ONE says that successful management of Madagascar's protected areas is crucial to the survival of many of these species.
In the paper, Extinction Risk and the Conservation of Madagascar's Reptiles, the authors analysed patterns in the geographic distribution of the more than 370 reptile species studied and the threats facing them.
Madagascar is renowned for its unique animals and plants, most of which occur nowhere else on Earth. Few tourists leave the island without being astonished by a glimpse of its colourful chameleons, giant snakes and otherworldly leaf-tail geckos. However, most of Madagascar's wildlife is affected by habitat destruction.
Forest clearance is the main threat to the island's snakes and lizards – including chameleons and geckos. All Malagasy species of tortoises and freshwater turtles were classed as Critically Endangered. They occur at least partially inside protected areas, yet illegal collection of some species for food in Madagascar and the collection of others for the international pet trade have seen their populations decline over the years.
There are eight threatened reptile species that occur exclusively in sites without any current conservation management which adds to their extinction risk.
Whilst these results are alarming, the study provides new information that can better inform national planning and interventions to reduce the rate of habitat loss and limit threats, especially in protected areas. Trade monitoring and community engagement are identified as key complementary measures to safeguard these species.
The study also gives some reason for optimism. No extinctions have so far been documented, with almost all known species having been recorded in recent years in the wild, highlighting the importance of Madagascar's new protected areas. Yet, threats exist even in many protected sites, highlighting the need for their improved management.
If Madagascar's nature reserves are efficiently protected and managed, there will be a good chance to save the majority of the island's reptiles from extinction.
For more information please contact:
Richard Jenkins
Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Chameleon Specialist Group
Related links:
- Read the full article
- IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group
- IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group


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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Pittsburgh Penguins' run at a record-breaking streak is over. Playing without injured star Sidney Crosby, the Penguins fell to the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 to end their 15-game winning streak Tuesday night.
Pittsburgh was attempting to draw within one of the NHL record of 17 consecutive wins set by the 1992-93 Penguins, but looked out of sync and lost for the first time since falling to Carolina 4-1 on Feb. 28.
Kevin Porter scored his first two goals of the season for the Sabres, who won for the first time in five games. Steve Ott and Cody Hodgson also scored as Buffalo sent Pittsburgh to its first loss in more than a month. Ryan Miller made 19 saves on the night he surpassed Dominik Hasek for the most games played by a Sabres goaltender.
Jarome Iginla scored his first goal with the Penguins after coming over in a trade with Calgary last week but it wasn't nearly enough. Buffalo took a three-goal lead less than 25 minutes into the game to chase Tomas Vokoun, who stopped nine of the 13 shots he faced before being removed early in the second period.
BOSTON (AP)—Nathan Horton broke a tie midway through the third period with his fourth goal in four games and Boston beat Ottawa with an aggressive attack that produced a season-high 50 shots.
While awaiting the arrival of newly acquired five-time NHL scoring leader Jaromir Jagr from the Dallas Stars, the Bruins shook off their recent offensive woes with their second straight win after losing five of their previous seven games.
Horton got his 12th goal of the season at 10:21 of the third period after goalie Robin Lehner stopped Milan Lucic's shot with his pad. But Horton scored on the rebound.
The Bruins held a 50-47 advantage in shots on goal. Their previous high of 46 came on Feb. 28, also against the Senators, in a 2-1 overtime win in Boston.
The pace slowed for a while in the third period after Andre Benoit tied the score 2-2 with 1:55 gone following an officials' review. Play had continued after Benoit's hard, high shot. At the next whistle, officials ruled that the puck had gone in just under the crossbar then come out, resulting in Benoit's third goal of the season.
Colin Greening had given Ottawa a 1-0 lead 2:48 into the game before goals by David Krejci and Tyler Seguin 1:01 apart put Boston ahead 2-1 at 4:29 of the first period.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP)—Frans Nielsen scored the go-ahead goal and Kevin Poulin made 23 saves for his first win of the season and New York defeated Winnipeg.
With the victory, the Islanders moved past the idle New York Rangers into the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
The Islanders have 11 games remaining while the Rangers have 13.
Nielsen's power-play goal at 19:32 of the second period came when a rebound of a Mark Streit slap shot ricocheted to him in the right circle. Nielsen fired the puck past Ondrej Pavelec for this fourth of the season.
Matt Moulson added his 12th of the season at the 18:00 mark of the third. And John Tavares scored his team-leading 23rd of the season into an empty net with 36 seconds left.
Jets rookie defenceman Paul Postma scored twice for Winnipeg.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist, and Washington beat Carolina despite allowing three goals to Jiri Tlusty.
Mike Green scored two goals, Joel Ward added a goal, Nicklas Backstrom matched a career high with four assists and Braden Holtby made 31 saves.
Washington trailed 2-0 early before scoring five goals on its first 11 shots, won its seventh in 11 games and won for the first time since 2007 when allowing a hat trick to an opposing player, according to STATS LLC.
It also was the Hurricanes' first loss when a player scored three goals since the move from Hartford in 1997.
Eric Staal and Alexander Semin each had two assists for the Hurricanes, who lost defenceman Joni Pitkanen to an apparent leg injury late in the second period.
Carolina's Dan Ellis stopped four of the seven shots he faced.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—David Legwand scored with 1:14 left, and Nashville edged Colorado to avoid being swept by the Avalanche.
Patric Hornqvist scored a power-play goal that tied it up at 1 at 8:23 of the third, and Taylor Beck had two assists. Paul Gaustad had an empty-netter for his third this season with 14.7 seconds remaining.
Matt Duchene scored on a breakaway 61 seconds into the third for Colorado, which missed a chance to sweep the Predators for the first time in franchise history. Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 35 saves for the Avs.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Peter Mueller scored the only goal in the shootout and Jacob Markstrom had 39 saves to lead Florida past Tampa Bay.
Tomas Kopecky and Greg Rallo both scored power-play goals on deflections of shots by T.J. Brennan to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead after two periods.
The Lightning rallied in the third period. Tom Pyatt directed a pass from Teddy Purcell right above Markstrom's shoulder pad cut the Panthers' lead in half at 5:38. Alex Killorn tied it just less than 5 minutes later when a slap shot from Victor Hedman bounced off the boards and found its way onto Killorn's stick, where he slipped it past Markstrom.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Jason LaBarbera stopped 39 shots, Keith Yandle scored his second goal late in the third period and Phoenix opened a critical homestand with a win over Los Angeles.
Needing to make up ground in the Western Conference standings, the Coyotes played their usual close-to-the-vest game and managed to hold on for their second win in 10 games after blowing two one-goal leads last week.
Matthew Lombardi put Phoenix ahead with his fourth goal of the season in the second period and Yandle followed his 50th career goal in the first with a tough-angle shot that beat Jonathan Quick with less than 3 minutes left.
LaBarbera made some tough saves in his fifth straight start in place of injured starter Mike Smith, the only goal against him a shot by Justin Williams that deflected off a Coyotes defenceman in the first period.
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Matt Garza, Geovany Soto, Randy Wells and Marlon Byrd Have Already Reported to Camp
One of my favorite things about Spring Training is the insight it gives into the individual players' desires for the upcoming season. While you can paint with too broad of a brush, I tend to think the guys who show up early for Spring Training are the ones who really want to perform in the upcoming season, and are the ones who are the most dedicated to the team.
This is, of course, totally unfair – these guys are professionals, and many work out in their own facilities until they have to report to camp. The fact that they're working out in Florida or the Dominican Republic, for example, as opposed to Mesa doesn't mean they aren't excited about 2011 or eager to help the Cubs win.
But that said – I can't help it. I just love it when guys show up early.
So to that end, I'm pleased to share that at least five important players on the 2011 Cubs have already reported to Spring Training (pitchers and catchers aren't due until Sunday): pitchers Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Randy Wells, outfielder Marlon Byrd, and catcher Geovany Soto. That's in addition to the many players who were already in Mesa participating in Camp Colvin, including the eponymous Tyler Colvin. I'm sure there are more.
The information comes courtesy of Tim Sheridan, who runs the excellent Boys of Spring site (and who serves as the PA Announcer for games at HoHoKam). Tim also has a few pictures here; and to get you as excited as I am for Spring Training to get underway, here's one of them (it's ok to giggle with childish glee):


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TerraSAR-X is a German Earth-observation satellite. Its primary payload is an X-band radar sensor with a range of different modes of operation, allowing it to record images with different swath widths, resolutions and polarisations. TerraSAR-X thus offers space-based observation capabilities that were previously unavailable. The objective of the mission is to provide value-added SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data in the X-band, for research and development purposes as well as scientific and commercial applications.
The successful launch of TerraSAR-X on 15 June 2007 at 08:14 local time from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan marked the start of a campaign to map the Earth at an unprecedented level of accuracy. The aim is to create new, high-quality radar images of the Earth's surface over the next five years.
Night and overcast conditions are no problem for TerraSAR-X
The satellite is in a near-polar orbit around the Earth, at an altitude of 514 kilometres. Using its active radar antenna, it is able to produce image data with a resolution of down to one metre, regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover or absence of daylight. TerraSAR-X has been fully operational since 7 January 2008. Every part of this satellite was built in a very compact way. It has a five-metre-long body with a hexagonal cross section and its primary payload is an active radar system. The radar beam can be electronically tilted within a range of 20 to 60 degrees perpendicular to the flight direction, without having to move the satellite itself. This has an obvious advantage: it allows the radar to zoom in on many more ground targets from the satellite's orbit than would be possible using a 'non-steerable' radar.
The TerraSAR-X mission is carried out under what is known as a public-private partnership between the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; BMBF), the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Astrium GmbH. The total cost of manufacturing and launching the satellite amounted to 130 million euro. DLR paid 102 million euro, and space technology company Astrium contributed 28 million euro from its own funds. Developing the ground segment and operating the satellite over a five-year period adds another 55 million euro to the total costs. DLR is contributing 45 million euro, the remaining 10 million are being provided by Infoterra, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astrium, created specifically for commercial data marketing.
Germany - world leader in Earth observation
DLR is responsible for the scientific usage of the data, and it takes care of designing and implementing the mission and of controlling the satellite. Registered users can search online through all the available data in DLR's EOWEB catalogue (see the link in the right-hand column). If they submit their project proposals to DLR, scientists can receive TerraSAR-X data. For this service, they are only charged the data reproduction costs. Data for commercial use is sold through Infoterra GmbH. The satellite's total data-collecting capacity will be divided equally between science and industry.
TerraSAR-X builds on the technology and insight gained in earlier radar missions, and allows systematic observations to be conducted over a longer period of time. Observing vegetation, for instance, is exceptionally relevant for human life. Accurate and up-to-date information about the distribution and composition of, and changes in, types of vegetation forms the basis for many applications. One of the things that makes TerraSAR-X stand out is its high spatial resolution, surpassing what was previously possible using civilian radar systems. This enables scientists to examine detailed ground features, for instance the differentiation between different crops, in order to arrive at an improved classification of ground use.
TerraSAR-X at a glance:
Germany is already advancing even further: TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement), a second, almost identical satellite, is scheduled for launch before the end of 2009. It will be brought to the same orbit as TerraSAR-X. This satellite will also be manufactured under a public-private partnership. TanDEM-X is expected to deliver additional, innovative data products, the most important of which will be a digital elevation model of the surface of the Earth. TanDEM-X continues the German Earth-observation programme's unique approach of setting up a partnership for commercial data marketing that was successfully implemented for the first time in the TerraSAR-X project. During the TanDEM-X mission, scientists will use the unique opportunity to operate it in parallel with the TerraSAR-X satellite. By flying the satellites in close formation, a strategically important – and for many users essential – global elevation model will be created – and all this with unprecedented quality.
The DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute (DLR-Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme), the DLR Remote Sensing Technology Institute (DLR-Institut für Methodik der Fernerkundung) and the German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) of DLR cooperate closely in the 'SAR Center of Excellence'. The partner institutions complement each other by covering all relevant fields, from sensor technology and mission design to high-precision operational processing and value-added end-user products. Together with DLR's German Space Operations Center (Deutsches Raumfahrt-Kontrollzentrum), these institutes are also responsible for building the TerraSAR-X ground segment as well as operating the satellite over a period of five years.


text: Internet Contrasts, a Helotes, Texas-based solution provider, last month participated in an "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project for a wounded soldier's family. The VAR donated a laptop and helped set up a wireless network for the family's new house outside San Antonio. Pictured here, engineer Denton Massey, l., and account manager Ryan Worth, are on their way into the house with some IT equipment.


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T.M. Howard, C. Green, and A. Kelly, "Receding Horizon Model-Predictive Control for Mobile Robot Navigation of Intricate Paths," in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, 2009.
T.M. Howard, C. Green, D. Ferguson, and A. Kelly, "State Space Sampling of Feasible Motions for High Performance Mobile Robot Navigation in Complex Environments," Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 25, No. 6-7, 2008, pp. 325-345.
T.M. Howard and A. Kelly, "Optimal Rough Terrain Trajectory Generation for Wheeled Mobile Robots," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2007, pp. 141-166.


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LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins will begin his 2013 season at the Mallorca Challenge, Team Sky said on Thursday.
Briton Wiggins will ride in the Spanish island from Feb. 3-6 and will also be competing at the Giro d'Italia in May before he defends his Tour de France title in June and July.
Team mate and compatriot Chris Froome, runner up in last year's Tour, is set to begin his season at the Feb. 11-16 Tour of Oman and will ride the Criterium du Dauphine in June before he lines up alongside Wiggins for the world's biggest race. (Writing by Tom Pilcher, Editing by Justin Palmer)


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The 'Spite House' issues shutdown orders
Exclusive: Andrea Shea King covers outrage over petty federal measures
Political intransigence was on display for the world to see this past week.
When U.S. President Barack H. Obama refused to negotiate with House members over an extension to delay his administration's crown jewel, the so-called "Affordable" Care Act, he ordered every national park and even part of the Atlantic Ocean to be shut down, fenced in, coned off and cut off from taxpayers and private organizations that pay for them.
It took 90-year-old World War II veterans to unveil President Stompy-Feet's (the new nickname given to Obama by Rep. Steve Stockman) vindictiveness. Nothing exhibited the president's behavior more pointedly than the sight of octogenarian and nonagenarian WW II veterans, flown in from all over the country on Honor Flights, many using wheelchairs and walkers, halted at barricades erected by presidential order, prohibiting them from visiting the open-air Memorial built to honor their sacrifice to our nation.
Obama spent – some say "wasted" – millions of American tax dollars to drive home the point that he would not budge on his political position and issued an edict to the National Parks Service to post guards and erect traffic cones, chickenwire fences and iron "barry-cades" at national parks and war memorials nationwide including the Iwo Jima Memorial in Rosslyn, Va.
The presidential pettiness prompted Fox News contributor and Townhall editor Katie Pavlich to tweet, "Maybe if the WWII vets offer to hold Obama's umbrella, they'll open the memorial."
Rep. Steve Stockman tweeted: "Obama sent more protection to the World War II Memorial than he sent to Benghazi," an observation wryly noted by many others.
The mockery continued unabated. "This is how many park service staffers it takes to post a "closed" sign" captioned one tweeted photo.
Citizen outrage was palpable: "Gov't shutdown prevents Armed Forces Network from showing NFL games today," they tweeted and Facebooked, slamming Obama for taking out his grievances on American fighting men and women on the front lines.
Social media Twitter and Facebook are a bellwether of how a majority of citizens perceive the executive branch and Democrat-held Senate's forced stalemate, using cutting humor to mock and deride the presidential orders emanating from the "Spite House."
Noted the Twitchy team, "While an empty chair was the perfect metaphor for President Obama's first term in office, it doesn't really capture what might be the greatest accomplishment of his second. Would it be too much to add an empty chair behind the Barrycade?"
The WW II Memorial was just the start of a long laundry list of related topics that dominated social media for most of the week. Uploaded twit-pics and photoshopped editorial comments ricocheted across the Internet, like this image by Justin Menkveldof who morphed the the D-Day storming of the Normandy beaches with this past week's "storming of the barricades" at the WWII Memorial:
Several members of Congress, some equipped with wire and bolt cutters, defied the president's orders and removed the barriers to welcome the "Greatest Generation" vets as they arrived. Pictured below are Republican Florida Congressmen Bill Posey, Ron DeSantis, Steve Southerland, Rich Nugent Ted Yoho greeting a them as they arrived.
This pathetic single shutdown barricade and sign at the 2nd Infantry Division Memorial was snort-worthy.
Among millions of words communicated via social media, perhaps the one that encapsulated the sentiment of this presidency was conveyed in a poignant photo of an NPS guard blocking visitors to the Lincoln Memorial titled simply, "Obama's America".
They say timing is everything, and that may be the case given how veterans of the Greatest Generation were treated this past week, 65 iconic images landed in my email. Posted last Memorial Day by Mark Allen M of California on the Warbird Information Exchange forum, these black and white photographs recall a slice of precious American history.
Bonus: Three brief essays by three children who write about what Memorial Day means to them: "Army Parade Washington, D.C., Memorial Day, May 1942 (it's quite evident in this series of photos just how stressed, concerned and worried the country was at this early stage of the war, you really don't see too many smiles from those in attendance. But at the same time you can also sense parity and patriotism.)"
Here's one of the images in the collection, many of which were taken by LIFE magazine photographers.
Going back in time a bit further…
For the Civil War buff, here's an animated map of the Battle of Antietam, produced by Wide Awake Films. Learn more about this important Civil War battle in Maryland, the bloodiest day in American history.


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Most churches and other houses of worship have a sign out front where they can share news and get their message out. And over the years, those messages have become increasingly eye-catching, offbeat, or controversial. They've inspired blogs, grabbed headlines and created tension.
We'd like to see what some of the churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship in your town are saying on their signs. Are they traditional – scriptural verses and mass times? Do they reach out to new recruits? Do they aim to shock?
Grab your camera and show us some signs in your town or your place of worship. Send updates as the signs change, and please send ORIGINAL PHOTOS ONLY. Bonus points if you can get church leaders or members to sound off on what they think of the sign and its message. CNN will feature the best signs as a regular feature in CNN's Belief Blog!