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General Information
The bullets below should cover all the tasks one would need to accomplish to become a "plugged-in" member of the GMF development community.
Mailing Lists
GMF has two mailing lists, currently. The main developer mailing list [email@example.com email@example.com] and the release engineering mailing list [firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com]. You are welcome to sign up for both, but it is generally sufficient to just be signed up for the developer mailing list. Now, remember that general questions should be posted to the newsgroup and not to the development mailing list! Development topics, architectural discussions, contribution and Committer voting, etc. all take place on the developer mailing list.
To register for the mailing list, you must provide a valid email address and other information here. Note that in order to access the mailing list archive, you need to have a newsgroup user name and password. Information on the newsgroup is below.
As mentioned above, the newsgroup is where general questions are asked and you are encouraged to ask and answer questions as you wish. Look here for information on how to get a password, in addition to a complete list of Eclipse newsgroups.
You will most definitely need a Bugzilla account. Look here for information on setting up an account, using Bugzilla, etc. If you're interested in contributing right away, perhaps you can find something here to work on.
You will generally work with three (or more) workspaces. Each is discussed here, along with some overall workspace configuration and tips.
Development Instance
In general, you can install whatever you want in your development instance, while most seem to prefer the bare essentials. As long as you have a target instance that is configured properly for GMF development, it doesn't really matter much. You will likely just need to adhere to equal or greater version numbers of both the Eclipse SDK and EMF.
You may elect to configure your development instance to align with the requirements for GMF development and not bother with two... it's up to you. Of course, as we develop against moving targets (Platform, EMF, and GEF milestone releases), using this feature of the PDE is quite useful.
Once your development instance is configured, you'll need to obtain the GMF source code in your workspace. To do this, there are several options, including the CVS Repository Exploring Perspective, a Team Project Set file (one is maintained here), and use the releng tool found here. Each of these is detailed below:
CVS Repository Exploring Perspective
In the CVS Repositories view, right click and select New > Repository Location... and fill in according to the dialog shown.
Note that a Committer will select 'extssh' for the connection type, and use their supplied user name and password. Find your way to /org.eclipse.gmf/plugins and expand it. Although you're able to check out features, examples, tests, etc., for now, just multi select the plug-ins and right-click. Select 'Check out' and sit back. If all goes well, all the plug-ins will be downloaded and built in your workspace.
Team Project Set
You can find a gmf.psf file here for use in quickly setting up a workspace with the GMF projects fetched from CVS that you'll need to get started. From File > Import/Export... simply select 'Team Project Set' from the Import list, navigate to the file, and you're done! Another psf file that contains all of GMF is found here.
Release Engineering Tool
A nice feature of this little-known tool is its ability to synchronize your workspace to the set of projects found in a map file. Of course, you'll first need to obtain the map file, which for GMF is found in the project org.eclipse.gmf/releng/org.eclipse.gmf.releng which you'll need to obtain from CVS. An alternative is to grab the directory.txt file found on most project download sites, add it to a project in your workspace with a .map extension and right-click to Team > Load Map Projects.
Target Instance
The easiest way to find the current requirements for developing GMF is to look at the development update site. The build machine uses a local mirror to install and configure GMF dependencies (and GMF itself, when executing unit tests), so the list here is what is required. Now, try not to use this mirror as your source of obtaining GMF builds and its dependencies.
Now, in order to point your development instance at your target instance that has all the required dependencies for GMF development installed, go to Window > Preferences... > Plug-in Development > Target Platform and point it at the 'eclipse' folder of your target instance.
Runtime Instance
There are several possible scenarios for working with GMF as a developer. What you focus on will impact how you configure your development workspace and runtime instances. Below is a detailed scenario that represents a possible style of work which will be abbreviated here next. If you get it by reading the abbreviated form, great! If not, hopefully you will after reading the longer version and trying it out yourself.
In brief, you will configure a launch configuration to contain the GMF plug-ins and create a project to work with your diagram/domain/mapping models. Once you're done and have generated your runtime plug-ins, return to your development instance and import those project. Then, create a new runtime launch configuration to test the generated diagram plug-ins, deploying only those and the required runtime plug-ins (no need to have all of the SDK present in this second configuration). Got it?
Currently, all Eclipse projects utilize CVS for their source repository. There is an excellent CVS plug-in provided with the Platform SDK that has been enhanced to work with the automated build process using this tool. This section focuses on some common CVS use cases and this tool's usage in GMF to facilitate our release engineering.
Repository Structure
The structure of GMF's repository is shown below, and is also described in this document. A general document on using CVS with Eclipse projects is maintained here. In short, you'll likely be primarily interested in the plugins directory although anyone using anonymous pserver access can read from all of the modules. Committers using extssh can write to every module. GMF does not (yet) have fine-grained access control over its modules.
- /cvsroot/modeling CVSROOT (dev.eclipse.org)
- /org.eclipse.gmf Graphical Modeling Framework subproject
- /contributions GMF code contributions
- /doc Project documentation
- /examples GMF examples
- /features GMF features
- /plugins GMF plugins
- /releng Build procedure scripts, update site, etc.
- /tests GMF unit tests
- /org.eclipse.gmf Graphical Modeling Framework subproject
Creating a Patch
It's likely the second thing you'll do with CVS is create a patch (the first was to obtain the GMF sources). To do this is quite straightforward:
- When you have made the changes or additions to a plug-in, simply right-click the project (or resource) and select Team Create Patch...
- In the wizard, select the option to "Save in the file system" and create a patch file named after the plug-in.txt (e.g. org.eclipse.gmf.codegen.txt) or some descriptive name.
- Submit the patch through Bugzilla. Don't send it directly to a Committer, or to the mailing list, or to the newsgroup. As described in another section of this document, Bugzilla is the best means by which to submit a contribution.
- When contributed, the Committer will add the contributed keyword to the bug, which is used in the IP query for log automation.
Releng Tool
A tool provided by the Platform team to facilitate release engineering is found here. A list of basic functions for this tool is maintained on the download site, as seen at the bottom of this page for the 3.2 release. A copy of those functions is pasted below:
- Release to the Team menu. This action will Tag selected projects with the specified version and update the appropriate loaded *.map files with the version. The user must have the *.map files loaded in their workspace and the use must commit the map file changes to the repository when done.
- Load Map Projects to the Team menu. Select one or more *.map file and this action will load the projects listed in the *.map file into your workspace. Naturally the versions specified in the *.map file will be loaded.
- Tag Map Projects to the Team menu. Select one or more *Map files and this action will tag the projects listed in the *Map files with a tag you specify.
- Compare with Released to the Compare menu. Compare the selected projects with the versions referenced in the currently loaded map files.
- Replace with Released to the Replace menu. Replace the selected projects with the versions referenced in the currently loaded map files.
- Fix Copyright to the Resource Perspective Projects context menu. Select one or more projects in the Resource Perspective. This action will sanity check the copyright notices in all the *.java and *.properties files. Copyrights will be updated automatically where the tool deems appropriate. A copyright.log file will be written to the workspace directory noting odd conflicts that need to be looked at. You need to commit the changes yourself. This is the tool that was used to do the 2.1 Copyright pass.
The items here relate to coding standards, best practices and style concerns to maintain GMF code to the high standards expected from an Eclipse project.
In accordance with EPL projects, as described here, all source files need to have the appropriate copyright notice. To set this, navigate to Preferences... > Java > Code Style > Code Templates, use something similar to the following. Note that per the Foundation's legal documentation, a date range is used to indicate when a file is created and last modified.
Automated Builds
Another document covers what you'll need to do in order to run the automated build for GMF, including local update site mirror and CruiseControl setup. It is recommended that everyone read this, as you can learn a lot about how GMF is built, tested, and packaged in the process.
Adding or Removing a Plug-in
Adding a plug-in project is fairly straightforward:
- Create a project name that clearly indicates the component the plug-in is part of (runtime, codegen, map, etc.), all lower case and matching the plug-in ID.
- Stick with the default 'src' and 'bin' locations for source and binaries.
- Make sure you check 'Create an OSGi bundle manifest'. With that, if your plug-in has no extension-points defined, or contributes to another's, there is no need to maintain an empty plugin.xml file.
- The plug-in properties should contain localized Name and Provider strings, found in an accompanying plugin.properties file. Note that the Plug-in Provider name is always 'Eclipse.org' for GMF (and other eclipse.org project) plug-ins.
- Be sure to add '.qualifier' to the end of the version number to allow for automatic generation of fully-qualified plug-ins during the build process.
- If your plug-in requires a Java 5 runtime, be sure to include Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5 to your MANIFEST.MF file and use the PDE update classpath feature.
- All package names (regardless of whether they are 'internal' or not) should be listed as Exported Packages (Runtime tab of manifest.mf editor) with "visible to downstream plug-ins" visibility option. Visibility of internal packages should be set to hidden. See this document for more details. Don't forget to list the package there as soon as it's created!
- Be sure to include your plug-in in the appropriate feature. Features are used for the automated build, so if they are not listed here, they will not be included.
- For javadoc to be run on your plug-in, add it to the buildDoc.xml file in the org.eclipse.gmf.doc plug-in.
- Add your plug-in to the appropriate map file, found in org.eclipse.gmf.releng/maps (there is a map file for each feature). You will find other plug-ins listed, so just use them as an example of how to create a map entry.
- Update the *.psf files maintained in the releng project to include your new plug-in.
- When checking in your new plug-in, be sure to specify the correct path in the CVS Team > Share Project... dialog. A plug-in will go into /org.eclipse.gmf/plugins/org.eclipse.gmf.my.plugin, as shown in the dialog below:
Removing a plug-in also introduces a few things to watch out for:
- Be sure to remove your plug-in from the feature(s) it is included in, and don't forget to update the Dependencies tab on the feature.xml editor. In fact, be sure to remove all traces of dependencies to your plug-in!
- Do not attempt to delete the empty folder from CVS yourself. Instead, submit a Bugzilla report to the Community project, using the CVS component to request its removal by the webmaster. It's recommended that old plug-ins are moved to the /archive module and not deleted.
Adding a Class
There's not much to say about adding a class, but for completeness:
- Don't forget to export the package on the Runtime tab of the manifest editor, if you're creating a new one.
- Be conscious of your imported dependencies and class location. Your dependencies should mirror the typical GMF workflow. In other words, be worried if your new runtime class has a dependency on a codegen class ;-)
- Add the appropriate JavaDoc comments, especially for API classes and Interfaces.
- Don't mix UI and non-UI code! Create a separate plug-in ending in '.ui' for your use interface elements (actions, dialogs, wizards, etc.). Of course, limit your logic code in UI plug-ins, favoring a 'core' plug-ins to hold the most reusable logic.
- For generated classes, if modifying a method that contains a '@generated' tag, be sure to place 'NOT' after it to prevent it from being overwritten. :*Note that it is preferable to create '@generated NOT' tags, rather than removing the '@generated' tag completely.
It was already mentioned that plugin.xml files that reference no extension points should be eliminated. These plug-ins will only need the OSGi Manifest.mf file.
Whenever possible, favor plug-ins deployed as a single JAR. This means your plug-in as listed in a feature.xml file should contain the unpack="false" attribute value. Note that some plug-ins will need to be unpacked upon installation.
With that, there should be no JAR listed for your plug-ins in the Classpath section of the Runtime tab in the manifest editor. There should be a single '.' entry listed in the Runtime Information section of the Build tab, with the default 'src' source folder specified (hint, you need to select the library in order for the source folder to be visible). Note that without the '.' library specified and pointing to the 'src' folder, the generated build.xml file needed during the automated build will have no compilation target.
Be sure that your Manifest.mf contains no Bundle-ClassPath entry.
Create your schema first when authoring a new extension-point. There is a wizard for this supplied by the PDE. It is extremely important to create proper extension-points that are well-documented.
Java Compilation
In Windows > Preferences... > Java > Compiler, be sure to set your options to use JDK Compliance to 5.0, with default settings below. For GMF 1.0.0 and maintenance stream, we used 1.4 for compiler, generated .class file compatibility, and source compatibility settings.
Coding Style
The GMF Development Resources area contains links to convention and guideline documents for coding in general, like this one. Below are just a few quick notes:
- On the topic of formatting, the standard Eclipse settings for Java code are fine. The one exception is the (anachronistic?) line length limit of 80 characters. Feel free to bump this up to something more "reasonable" (say, 200).
- A set of format settings is maintained here for you to import into your workspace from Window > Preferences > Java > Code Style > Formatter > Import...
- Another file for code templates for use in GMF is maintained here and can be imported from Window > Preferences > Java > Code Style > Code Templates > Import... Note: You may wish to change the copyright name in Comments > Files to your company in place of the default Eclipse.org.
- Package naming policies for Eclipse projects are fairly standardized. Below are some examples for GMF (when in doubt, look at what's been done before):
- org.eclipse.gmf.<component> The "root" of the plug-in namespace for GMF
- org.eclipse.gmf.tests.<component> The "root" of the test plug-in namespace for GMF
- org.eclipse.gmf.internal.<component> The location of non-API code (note that 'internal' comes before the component).
Debug Printout
The use of System.out and System.err is to be discouraged within committed code. Rather, utilize assertions, the Platform Log, or exceptions instead. Permanent debug output should be achieved using Platform.getDebugOption()
and corresponding .option files placed in the plug-in root. It's important to add descriptive comments for options you've added.
String Externalization
Strings that are subject to translation should be externalized, preferably from the very beginning. With that, never, ever, concatenate localized strings to insert values! Class java.text.MessageFormat is your friend.
Externalized strings should be put into standard java .properties files. Choose the placement of these files carefully. Try to avoid .properties files with few keys (like 2), unless you are quite sure there will be more keys as the project evolves. Consider merging small and dispersed .properties files into one file, with sole Messages.class to access them. Perhaps using single plugin.properties at the project's root is the best choice? It's not too much fun to dig through the packages structure looking for .properties files one may hide there.
Use Eclipse Message Bundles to externalize strings and not standard Java ResourceBundles. To use the new approach, don't forget to check 'Use Eclipse's string externalization mechanism' box in Externalize Strings dialog. This dialog is presented by selecting the Source > Find Strings to Externalize... menu option.
Note that ICU4J is now used in Eclipse.
The org.eclipse.gmf.codegen plug-in contains all the templates and utility classes to trigger code generation. JET templates are located under the 'templates' directory and are grouped by their task into subdirectories. An emf-merge.xml configuration file is also present to control JMerge (copied directly from EMF).
Templates target the 'src-templates' folder and should be checked into CVS with the templates.
Follow these conventions for template filename extensions - .javajet, .propertiesjet, .xmljet – reflecting resulting file type, and .jetinc for included template fragments.
It's reasonable to have a factory that encapsulates JETEmitter creation upon your request. Also, it's useful to provide an option to either use template file or Java code directly. In case you add a template to org.eclipse.gmf.codegen, there is already such class: org.eclipse.gmf.codegen.util.EmitterFactory.
To ease the development of JET templates, you may want to try using the JET Editor from the EMFT project.
Similar to adding and removing "normal" plug-ins, there are some things to watch out for when dealing with unit tests. Other information regarding the writing and execution of tests is found here as well.
Adding or Removing a Test Plug-in
dding a test plug-in is just like a "normal" plug-in, with the following additional details:
- Make sure all of your tests are added to the AllTests class.
- A test plug-in needs to have a test.xml file in the project root. This file is used by the automated build to execute the tests. See existing tests for an example.
- Within the test.xml file, a call is made to a target within the testing framework. The choices are 'ui-test' or 'core-test'. Be sure to read this document and make the right choice. Otherwise, your test will fail when run headless even though it may execute fine from the workspace.
- There is another test.xml file in the org.eclipse.gmf.tests-feature/sourceTemplatePlugin folder. You will need to add your plug-in to the list found in this file as well.
- Finally, there is a final file you need to modify, also in the *.releng.builder plug-in. Add your plug-in to the testManifest.xml file and include the impacted builds (see existing entries for an example).
Removing a test plug-in means undoing what was done above.
Running Tests in the Workbench
To execute test plug-ins from within the workbench, simply navigate to the plug-in's AllTests.java file and right-click. Select 'Run As > JUnit Plug-in Test' from the menu. One thing to be aware of here is to enable assertions by passing '-ea' as an argument to the VM for those plug-ins that utilize them. This can be done in the Run dialog, also shown below. One more note: when running the tooling tests (org.eclipse.gmf.tests) from the workspace, you'll need to add '-dev bin,runtime' to the program arguments.
An alternative way to execute your tests within the workbench is to use the test.xml file, which is required for each plug-in for use in the automated build. It is a little more complicated to do this, but it will help ensure your tests are able to be run outside the workbench.
- You will need to simulate the environment used by the automated build in order to execute your tests using the test.xml file. This means creating a test instance of Eclipse with the GMF SDK, Examples, and Test components installed, in addition to its dependencies. An easy way to do this is to setup the automated build locally and utilize the local update mirror for installing everything.
- To complete the setup of your target, you will need to install the testing framework, found here. The latest version is maintained on the Platform download page.
- Right-click the test.xml file and select 'Run As > Ant Build...' from the menu.
- In the dialog, you will need to specify some arguments on the Main tab, with an example shown below (alter to match your environment):
Note: you need EMF examples to run some tests (org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.iagram.ui at least)
Bugzilla is used for just about everything on Eclipse projects, from bug reporting (obviously), to feature requests, to patch submissions and Intellectual Property governance, to requirements management. Here you will find links and information on how to best use Bugzilla when developing on GMF.
Bug Lifecycle
The Eclipse Process Guidelines contain some good information and a handy diagram for understanding the lifecycle of an issue in Bugzilla. Another source of information is the Modeling Project Workflow Conventions wiki.
Committing a Contribution
Care needs to be taken when submitting code from others to protect the IP of all parties involved, and to provide traceability for all source that ends up in the Eclipse repository. Information on the process of contributing patches and automated IP tracking is found here.


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TOLEDO, Ohio — Adam Fisher isn't your typical college freshman.
At 25, he's older than most of his classmates. He's married, too. And while most of his fellow students spent the past couple years in high school, Fisher was dodging bullets and roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now a civilian, Fisher is trying to make the transition from the battlefields to the classrooms of the University of Toledo.
About two months into a new mission, he is far from alone.
Some 1 million veterans and their dependents have enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities over the past four years, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. This influx of veterans has come with the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and more generous financial incentives that generally cover a veteran's tuition, housing and books.
Many veterans face an array of challenges in making the transition to college life.
Some are medical. Fisher, who heard the screams of a soldier burning to death and had a buddy die in his arms, participates in group therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. He also has some hearing loss.
"It's hard for me to be around so many people," he said. "I don't like it. It makes me feel very uncomfortable."
Other challenges are academic. Veterans often have to sharpen their math, reading and study skills after being away from school for so long.
They face cultural hurdles, too. While many other freshmen are testing their independence after moving away from home for the first time, some of the veterans back in school are supporting a family, working evenings and weekends.
Veterans also must navigate the VA bureaucracy to ensure that their tuition and other aid, such as housing or disability benefits, are paid on time.
Now, increasing numbers of colleges and universities are taking concrete steps to help them make the transition, the University of Toledo among them.
Nearly 400 veterans, including Fisher, are attending class this fall at the school. The president, Lloyd Jacobs, a former Marine, said they "bring strength to our culture, bring strength to our university that's unparalleled."
The American Council on Education says about 71 percent of some 700 colleges and universities responding to a recent survey had an office or department dedicated exclusively to serving veterans. Before the Post-9/11 GI Bill kicked in, a 2009 survey put that percentage at 49 percent.
About two-thirds had clubs or organizations composed of veterans, double from the 2009 survey.
Student Veterans of America, a coalition of student veterans on college campuses around the world, has branched out from fewer than 20 campuses to more than 880 in recent years.
Michael Dakduk, the group's outgoing executive director, said colleges have adjusted to the wave of veterans by hiring people exclusively to serve them and their dependents. Schools also are establishing peer mentoring and tutoring programs. The extra resources give veterans the sense they don't have to face the challenges of college life on their own, he said.
The VA has placed counselors on 92 college campuses. The counselors connect students to local VA medical care and help them apply for other benefits.
About 500 veterans attend school at Florida State University, an increase of about 40 percent from the previous fall.
The school offers a class just for veterans called "strategies for veteran success." It's designed to boost their confidence and allows them to meet other veterans. The university holds a job fair for all students, but opens it up a day early for veterans on campus. It also allows students to defer many expenses, such as their books and meal plan, because of the time it takes to get VA payments processed.
Officials at Florida State and Toledo say they hope other students will learn from the veterans.
"They bring life experiences, they bring leadership skills, they bring discipline, they bring a maturity to the campus," said Reinhart Lerch, communications director for Florida State's student veterans center, which opened in 2011.
Toledo also opened its veterans' center in 2011. It's basically a one-stop clearinghouse for veterans or their dependents. At Toledo, they have a go-to person in military liaison, Haraz Ghanbari, a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve.
When Mick Grantham, 43, enrolled at Toledo after back and neck problems forced him out of the Army, he plowed through his savings waiting for his disability benefits to kick in. Ghanbari arranged for the local American Legion to provide Grantham with a $500 grant. He pointed Grantham to a job opening with the university's grounds crew. He also nominated Grantham to be honored as the hero of the game at a recent Toledo football game.
Grantham is an example of the age and cultural divide that some student veterans face. He strongly believes his time in Afghanistan served an important purpose, and it has bothered him to hear some of the younger students criticize the war during his government studies class.
"I told them, 'You know, I lost nine friends. I've lost two since I've been home. Those guys didn't complain. We did our job. You can't tell me there's no reason for us to be there.'"
The VA is working with Student Veterans of America to study how well veterans fare upon returning to college. To date, there is little data on the issue.
One study, conducted in 2009, just before the Post-9/11 GI Bill kicked in, found that veterans entering college in the 2003-04 school year were more likely to have left school without getting their degree or certificate. But the difference was narrow—39.5 percent for veterans versus 35 percent for nonveterans.
Veterans at Toledo said the transition always involves some adjustment.
John McCarter, 33, a former staff sergeant in the Army who left with a medical discharge after serving 13 years, said that memory loss is a problem. He has a traumatic brain injury and wears a hearing aid as a result of a roadside bomb that exploded under a vehicle he was riding in.
"I usually have to write things down. If I don't write them down, I'm probably not going to remember it," said McCarter, who hopes to become a sports journalist.
While there are adjustments they've had to make, many veterans also believe their military service gives them an edge in the classroom.
"I work 10 times harder than what I did in high school," said Fisher, who wants to get into the medical profession, perhaps as a pediatric nurse. "The Army gave me a sense of self-respect and confidence, and they really show you hard work does pay off."

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Old Man, 73, Opens Fire On Woman After Her Car Bumps Into His Wheelchair.
December 13, 2012 by Staff
Filed under News, Weekly Columns
(Akiit.com) An elderly man opened fire on a woman after her car came into contact with his motorized wheelchair at a central Georgia service station, authorities said Wednesday. She died shortly afterward at a hospital despite the efforts of a crowd of people to aid her.
Police said Linda Hunnicutt, 65, was driving onto the gas pump bay of the service station in Macon at about 1 p.m. Tuesday when her Buick Lucerne and the motorized wheelchair bumped. Hunnicutt stepped out of her vehicle, and the man in the motorized wheelchair pulled a handgun and fatally shot her, city police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet said.
"The whole encounter, I can tell you, was very brief," Gaudet said. "Everybody is just reeling from this."
The suspect, 73-year-old Frank Louis Reeves, was apprehended in the gas station parking lot. He made a brief court appearance Wednesday, and authorities said he was being held without bond on a murder charge at the Bibb County Jail. Gaudet did not know whether Reeves had an attorney, and jail records do not list one.
A witness, Melissa Whisby, a former state corrections officer, told The Associated Press that she stopped at the gas station right before the shooting. She said she saw Reeves back behind Hunnicutt's car, and that Hunnicutt then got out of her car and walked around to where Reeves was.
"I looked down for a minute and when I looked back she was in a kneeling position," Whisby said, adding that Hunnicutt then slid slowly to the ground and did not move. "I was like, 'Something is wrong.'"
Whisby parked her car and went to help, thinking initially that Hunnicutt was having a seizure. People who gathered placed Hunnicutt on her back and that's when they noticed blood on her chest. She said no one heard the gunshot.
As a group was working to apply pressure to the wound, someone asked who shot her. Whisby said Reeves, who sat in his wheelchair, told them Hunnicutt had tried to hit him with her car.
"It was just horrific. We were working on her the whole time, trying to give her CPR," Whisby said.
As Reeves spoke, Whisby said, "I just blocked that part out. I was too busy trying to help her. We were so focused on her that we didn't even hear the police cars."
Whisby said Wednesday she was still struggling to understand everything she witnessed.
'I thought about it all night, all day and all night. Is this really real?" Whisby said. "How can somebody just take someone's life like that and not show any emotion?"
Police have described the encounter between the victim and the suspect as random.
Hunnicutt, described as a homemaker who lives a few miles from the station, was shot once in the chest with a .38-caliber handgun, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said.
Reeves made a brief appearance Wednesday in Magistrate Court in Macon, and the judge set a Dec. 19 hearing, according to local news reports. Reeves, wearing an orange jumpsuit, was brought to the courtroom in a wheelchair.
Reeves lives behind the service station in one of a cluster of apartments, Jones said. No one answered a phone number listed for the residence on Wednesday, and a family member declined comment when reached by phone.
The gas station is along busy Gray Highway, and the encounter was so brief that many of the customers pumping gas were not immediately aware of what had just happened in one corner of the lot, Gaudet said.
When police arrived, Hunnicutt was in cardiac arrest and officers began performing CPR. She was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia, where the trauma team pronounced her dead at 1:25 p.m., less than a half-hour after the shooting.
The suspect gave a statement to detectives, Gaudet said, but authorities are not revealing what he said. Meanwhile, police were asking for the public's help in identifying additional eyewitnesses.
Hunnicutt is married, and her husband was on the road for his job with a dental lab company when the shooting happened, officials said.
Jones, who has been with the coroner's office for 22 years, said he can't recall a case such as this in the city about 80 miles southeast of Atlanta.
Said Jones: "I've never seen anything like it."
Whisby, the eyewitness, said people did what they could to try to aid the victim.
"It did not do any good, but I hope her family knows that there were some strangers there who were very concerned and trying to help her and praying for her to make it," Whisby said.
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At least this Wreckerator knows how to work the word in all smooth-like:
At first I thought that said, "Our Nuptial Hovr Draur on A pace." Then I realized it's supposed to say, "Our Nuptial Hour Draws on Apace." Which is a line from Shakespeare, so out of respect for all my English teacher friends, I won't make fun of it. Even if it IS said to someone named (I am not making this up) "Hippolyta."
ANYway.... the real problem is the line is just too old-fashioned. Remember, yesterday's "nuptial hour draws on apace," is today's "Cong's!"
Ok, potato, potato.
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Thanks to Wreckporters Carrie C., Ang H., Connie P., Lis, & Dana, who know that, when in doubt, you spell it in all caps.
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Republican lawmakers in Texas passed a bill that would give the state some of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws and force most of its clinics to close, leading Democrats to promise a fight over the contentious measure in the courts and at the ballot box.
More than 2,000 demonstrators filled the Capitol building in Austin to voice their opposition to the bill, including six protesters who were dragged out of the Senate chamber by state troopers for trying to disrupt the debate. The Republican majority passed the bill unchanged late Friday — just before midnight — with all but one Democrat voting against it.
"Today the Texas Legislature took its final step in our historic effort to protect life," said Gov. Rick Perry, who will sign the bill into law in the next few days. "This legislation builds on the strong and unwavering commitment we have made to defend life and protect women's health."
Democrats promised a legal challenge to the measure, which will ban abortions after 20 weeks, require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and require all abortions to take place in surgical centers. Only five of Texas' 42 existing abortion clinics meet the requirements to be a surgical center, and clinic owners say they cannot afford to upgrade or relocate.
"There will be a lawsuit. I promise you," Dallas Sen. Royce West said on the Senate floor, raising his right hand as if taking an oath.
Perry said Saturday afternoon that the bill would withstand court challenges.
"We wouldn't have passed it if we didn't think it was constitutional," the Republican governor said.
Democrats proposed 20 amendments to the bill, including making exceptions in cases of rape and incest and allowing doctors more leeway in prescribing abortion-inducing drugs. But Republicans would have none of it.
The bill is one of many championed in Republican-led states this year by anti-abortion groups set on challenging the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, which established a woman's right to get an abortion until the point in which a fetus could viably survive outside the womb. A fetus is generally considered viable at 22 to 24 weeks.
Texas falls under the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has shown a willingness to accept more stringent limits on abortions.
By passing the new restrictions, Republicans pleased the Christian conservatives who make up the majority of primary voters. But they inspired abortion-rights supporters to protest at the state Capitol in numbers not seen in Texas in at least 20 years.
Demonstrators packed normally boring committee hearings to voice their anger over the abortion bill and managed to disrupt key votes. They finished a lengthy filibuster by Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis, of Fort Worth, by jeering for the last 15 minutes of the first special legislative session, effectively killing the bill.
That's when Perry called lawmakers back for round two. But opponents said the fight is far from over and used the popular anger to register and organize Democratic voters.
"Let's make sure that tonight is not an ending point, it's a beginning point for our future, our collective futures, as we work to take this state back," Davis told 2,000 adoring supporters after the bill passed.
The Texas Republican Party, meanwhile, celebrated what they consider to be a major victory that makes Texas "a nationwide leader in pro-life legislation."
"As Democrats continue to talk about their dreams of turning Texas blue, passage of (the bill) is proof that Texans are conservative and organized and we look forward to working with our amazing Republican leadership in the Texas Legislature as they finish the special session strong," a party statement said.
Friday's debate took place before a packed gallery of demonstrators, with anti-abortion activists wearing blue and abortion-rights supporters wearing orange. Security was tight, and state troopers reported confiscating bottles of urine and feces as they worked to prevent another attempt to stop the Republican majority from passing the proposal.
Those arrested or removed from the chamber included four women who tried to chain themselves to a railing in the gallery while singing, "All we are saying is give choice a chance." One of the women was successful in chaining herself, leading to a 10-minute recess.
Sen. Glen Hegar of Katy, the bill's Republican author, argued that all abortions, including those induced with medications, should take place in an ambulatory surgical center in case of complications.
Democrats pointed out that childbirth is more dangerous than an abortion and there have been no serious problems with women taking abortion drugs at home.
Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Gov. Anne Richards and president of Planned Parenthood, said Texas Republicans and abortion opponents won this political round — but it could cost them down the road.
"All they have done is built a committed group of people across this state who are outraged about the treatment of women and the lengths to which this Legislature will go to take women's health care away," she said.
The dedication of those activists will be tested during the 2014 elections. Democrats have not won a statewide seat in Texas since 1994, the longest such losing streak in the nation.
Associated Press writer David Warren contributed to this report from West.
Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cltomlinson
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The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan.
The shipment of 50 containers over the weekend came as a new U.S. commander took control of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan to guide the coalition through the end stages of a war that has so far lasted more than 11 years.
The containers were in the first convoys to cross into Pakistan as part of the Afghan pullout, said Marcus Spade, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, meanwhile, faced his first headache just one day after taking command, after an Afghan government panel acknowledged that detainees taken off the battlefield by coalition and Afghan troops face widespread torture at the hands of local security forces — although it denied systematic torture in government-run prisons.
Dunford's predecessor, Marine Gen. John Allen, had urged the Afghan government to investigate allegations of detainee abuse.
Allen also had to deal with the delicate task of improving relations with Pakistan, which closed two key land routes from Afghanistan to its southern port of Karachi to all U.S. and NATO cargo for seven months. The Pakistani move came in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops at a post along the Afghan border in November 2011. Islamabad reopened the route after Washington apologized for the deaths.
During the closure of the Pakistan route, the U.S. had to use a longer, more costly path that runs north out ofAfghanistan through Central Asia and Russia. The U.S. has also used that route to withdraw equipment — but not at the pace it wanted because of the length of the process. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last year that the rerouting was costing the U.S. more than $100 million a month.
It's unclear what took the U.S. so long to begin withdrawing equipment through the Pakistan route, which runs south out of Afghanistan to the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Supplies have been flowing into Afghanistan since the route reopened in July 2012, and the U.S. signed a new deal with Pakistan governing the shipments that same month. There have been temporary disruptions at several points since then because of security concerns and strikes by truckers over compensation.
The abuse allegations are just some of the diplomatic land mines that Dunford will have to deal with as he guides the coalition through its final 23 months in Afghanistan. Most foreign combat forces will leave at the end of 2014, and those that remain will do so after separate agreements are made with the Afghan government.
U.N. complaints about the torture of detainees in Afghan facilities last year prompted the U.S.-led NATO coalition to stop many transfers of detainees to the Afghans, a key part of the transition process.
The planned transfer of the Parwan detention facility at Bagram from the United States military to the Afghan army has also been delayed, apparently because of administrative problems. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has for months demanded the full transfer of the facility, threatening not to sign a bilateral security agreement with the U.S. if the handover doesn't take place. That agreement is key to keeping military forces here after 2014.
The majority of the prison was handed over with much fanfare last September, but the two sides remained locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars. The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of concern that Afghan authorities may torture some or simply let some political detainees go for reasons of expediency, and no longer hold dangerous prisoners without charge.
Dunford also has to oversee the drawdown of about 100,000 foreign troops, including 66,000 from the United States, and make sure that the newly recruited and trained Afghan security forces are capable of taking the lead for their country's security in the spring.
Although Afghan security forces are almost at their full strength of 352,000, persistent violence and insider attacks against Americans and other foreign forces have raised concerns about whether they are ready to take on the fight by themselves.
But the issue of detainees is more immediate.
Transfers were halted in October, when the U.N. shared its preliminary findings with the military coalition.
"We have only stopped transferring some detainees to certain Afghan facilities," said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the international military alliance in Kabul. "The Afghan government has stated its commitment to upholding its human rights obligations and we remain committed to working together with the International Community to support them in their efforts to tackle this difficult problem. "
Issued last month, the U.N. report said Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners despite promises of reforms. The country's intelligence service earlier had denied any torture in its detention facilities.
The U.N. report said more than half of the 635 detainees it had interviewed were tortured — about the same ratio found in its first report in 2011. It cited brutal tactics including hanging detainees from the ceiling by their wrists, beating them with cables and administering electric shocks.
Many rights activists have expressed concern that such abuses could become more common as international forces draw down and the country's Western allies become less watchful over a government that so far has taken few concrete actions to reform the system.
Abdul Qadir Adalatkhwa, head of the Afghan commission, told reporters that torture and beatings occur in the first stages of the arrest "but not while they are in prison."
"There is no systematic torture in Afghan detention centers," he said. "We didn't identify any private prisons during our investigation."
The Afghan panel also denied an allegation in the U.N. report that the Afghan government appeared to be trying to conceal the mistreatment by hiding detainees in secret locations during inspections by international observers.


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Charles Colson, who served time in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal and later became an influential evangelical Christian, has died. Colson went from being one of the nation's most despised men to a hero of conservative Christians.
Colson passed away at a Northern Virginia hospital on Saturday afternoon following a brief illness, according to a news release from his media representatives. His wife, Patty, and family were at his bedside. Colson was 80 years old.
Colson was a 38-year-old lawyer when he found his political calling: working for President Nixon. As special counsel to the president, Colson quickly gained a reputation, says Michael Cromartie at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
"In the Nixon White House, he was a person who said he would run over his grandmother to get the president re-elected," Cromartie says. "He was known as ruthless, calculating; he knew how to play power politics and play it rough and nasty and dirty."
Cromartie, who worked for Colson in the late 1970s, says those tactics got the White House lawyer into trouble. Prosecutors charged him in several Watergate cases, including the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office. About this time, Colson later told the Christian Broadcasting Network, he visited a friend who wanted him to turn to Jesus. Colson was unpersuaded, but as he was leaving, he was overcome.
"I think about that night in the driveway, when I cried out to God and I realized for the first time what a sinner I was and I realized that Christ died on the cross for my sins," he recalled in the interview. "And I felt so free, but so grateful to God that ever since I'll do anything that God calls me to do."
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When word got out about Colson's conversion, says biographer Jonathan Aitken, people scoffed.
"The world of Washington and possibly the general world thought that this was some sort of Colson public relation trick, but of course now time has told a very different story about that," Aitken says.
He took the dynamism he carried into politics and brought it into the world of Evangelical Christianity and became, next to Billy Graham, probably one of the leading spokespersons of Evangelical Christianity in America today.
In 1974, Colson pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and served 7 months in federal prison. He later said prison life humbled him and confirmed his new direction.
"I used to look at life from the top looking down," he said. "In prison, you learn to look at life from the underside and you see people hurting and suffering and it has changed my whole perspective."
Soon after his release, Colson started Prison Fellowship, which served prisoners and their families. It became the world's largest prison ministry; it's now in more than 100 countries.
But not everyone is impressed. Barry Lynn, who heads Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, has criticized Prison Fellowship — in fact, he's sued it and won — for pressuring prisoners to convert to Christianity by offering them better conditions. Lynn says Colson never changed his methods, just his boss.
"Sadly, when he went from being Richard Nixon's hatchet man, he turned into a man who thought he was God's hatchet man," Lynn says. "Literally turning these very formidable political skills that he had in the service of very far-right religious and political agendas."
Colson's Legacy
Whatever one thinks of Colson, he had influence. His books, including Born Again, were bestsellers. His radio commentaries, called Breakpoint, reached millions.
Colson always kept his hand in politics. Cromartie says one of Colson's biggest achievements was born of a friendship with the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus. In the 1990s, the two men began to meet to end the historic hostility between Evangelical Protestants and Catholics.
"And they said, 'You know, instead of warring against each other, we have so many of the same concerns on religious values, moral values, social values, why can't we put together a theological statement,'" Cromartie says. "That statement marked a real milestone in Evangelical-Catholic relations that lives on to this day."
Biographer Aitken says that in the end, Colson's biggest legacy probably won't be his books or his prison ministry.
"I think Chuck Colson's legacy is above all the story of his life," he says.
It's a story about a bad man turned good through grace, says Cromartie, making him a force to be reckoned with.
"He took the dynamism he carried into politics and brought it into the world of Evangelical Christianity and became, next to Billy Graham, probably one of the leading spokespersons of Evangelical Christianity in America today," he says.
And like Graham, Colson lived without scandal — since his conversion.
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ASHLEY, ROBERT: Automatic Writing
Made in 1979 this a quiet, decentred piece, electronic for the most part (organ, Moog, electronics) with fragmentary involuntary speech. In his nicely pitched notes he relates this to Tourette's syndrome. Here also are two extracts from two other vocally based works made a decade earlier, 'Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon' for speaker, singers and bells and 'She was a Visitor' for many voices, humming and droning with a needle-stuck speaker. Important historic recordings.
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dns_hostname(Host) -> {ok, Name} | {error, Host}
Returns the official name of Host, or {error, Host} if no such name is found. See also inet(3).
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Reads the .hosts.erlang file, see the section Files below. Returns the hosts in this file as a list, or returns {error, Reason} if the file could not be read or the Erlang terms on the file could not be interpreted.
Returns the name of the local host. If Erlang was started with the -name command line flag, Name is the fully qualified name.
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Similar to epmd -names, see epmd(1). Host defaults to the local host. Returns the names and associated port numbers of the Erlang nodes that epmd at the specified host has registered.
Returns {error, address} if epmd is not running.
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This function calls names(Host) for all hosts which are specified in the Erlang host file .hosts.erlang, collects the replies and then evaluates ping(Node) on all those nodes. Returns the list of all nodes that were, successfully pinged.
Arg defaults to silent. If Arg == verbose, the function writes information about which nodes it is pinging to stdout.
This function can be useful when a node is started, and the names of the other nodes in the network are not initially known.
Failure: {error, Reason} if host_file() returns {error, Reason}.
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Five Training Tips for New Puppy Owners
Published on January 30, 2012
Having a well-mannered dog begins with laying a firm foundation for good manners during puppyhood.
Ideally, puppies should be brought home at around 8 weeks of age. As soon as the puppy is taken to his new home, training should begin. Although potty training and destructive chewing are commonly addressed puppy behaviors, these five often-neglected training tips should also be used with your puppy right from the start to create a well-behaved adult dog.
1. Prevent jumping up from the beginning.
It's hard to resist a puppy jumping up to deliver kisses, but it's important to establish a "no jumping up to greet" rule from the start. Rather than coddling and hugging a puppy when he jumps up, simply ignore him until he has all four feet on the ground. If he knows from the very beginning that jumping up never earns attention, he will be less likely to thrust his paws on you as an adult. For the same reason, whatever you don't want your dog to do as a full-grown adult, such as jumping on the bed, don't allow it as a puppy.
2. Start loose-leash walking as a pup.
Although it's easy to control an 8-pound puppy pulling on the end of a leash, it's going to be far less cute and much more challenging when the 8-pound puppy turns into an 80-pound dog who pulls you around like a Malamute charging forward with sleigh in tow. Begin loose-leash training by allowing your puppy to only move forward when the leash has slack. As soon as the leash tightens, stop in place and wait for slack before moving forward again, which teaches your puppy that only loose leashes allow for moving forward and a tight leash hinders his progress.
3. Train against resource guarding.
One of the most important lessons you can teach your puppy is to readily accept your coming near his food, chew items, toys and resting places. Teach your puppy that your presence around these valued items actually means something good will be given to him. Unfortunately, the common misconception about resource guarding prevention is that your dog should naturally allow you to put your hand in his food and take away his chews without being rewarded. When owners intrude on a dog's space or toys without giving a reward, they actually teach the dog to be defensive, and he will likely growl and possibly bite in these situations as time goes on. Rather than making your dog feel threatened or that his space is invaded, teach your puppy that when you come near these valued items, something positive will happen. Toss treats in your puppy's food bowl or on his resting area when you walk by. If you take any item away from the dog, either give him something more valuable to replace it, or give him an added treat and then return the original item so he understands that you always provide him with something even better in return for letting you near his things.
4. Give your puppy time alone.
When a new puppy comes into the home, he is lavished with affection from doting family and friends. Most puppies revel in all the attention and have no inkling that everyday life won't always be as filled with admirers. It's easy to spend hours on end with something new and exciting, especially an adorable puppy, but as the dog grows up, it's going to be difficult to devote as much time as you did in the beginning. Prepare your puppy for the future by giving him regular intervals of separation from people and other pets. Crating or putting the puppy in an exercise pen for a couple of hours during the day will help him learn that alone time is a part of life, and it will lessen his anxiety over separation in the future. Help your puppy to associate alone time with something positive by giving him a stuffed Kong or other food puzzle when he's alone.
5. Be careful what tricks you teach first.
Whichever trick a dog learns first in training is often the behavior he will revert back to when he is confused or frustrated. Because of this, I like to teach sit and down first as foundation behaviors. Both are equally acceptable as a default behavior for a dog to resort to. Tricks you may want to avoid teaching first would be spin, jump, bark and shake — that is, unless you can tolerate your dog doing these behaviors whenever he is stressed.


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When you were little, did you ever run away? Maybe you packed up your backpack and made it down the driveway or around the corner to your friend's backyard. But after a little while, you forgot why you were running away and it was getting dark out, so you went home.
We hope that was the last time you thought about running away because there's a big difference between thinking about running away (or walking a few blocks down the street) and actually running away.
Running away is a serious problem. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids living on the streets in the United States.
Remember how you felt the last time you got in a big fight with your parents or one of your brothers or sisters? That kind of anger and hurt can be what pushes someone to run away from home.
In fact, most kids run away due to problems with their families. Some kids run away because of one terrible argument. Some even decide to leave without ever having a fight. They might have done something they're ashamed of, and they're afraid to tell their parents.
Other reasons kids run away include:
These are problems faced by lots of kids and teens — and there are ways to deal with all of these problems besides running away. Kids who think about running away might not know how to solve tough problems or don't have adults to help them. Sometimes a really big problem can make it seem like running away is the only choice.
Unfortunately, the problems kids hope to escape by running away are replaced by other — sometimes even bigger — problems of life on the streets.
When you think about running away, you probably imagine that there will be no more rules, no parent to tell you what to do, no more fights. Sounds great and exciting, right?
In reality, running away is anything but fun. Kids and teens who run away face new problems like not having any money, food to eat, a safe place to sleep, or anyone to look out for them.
People with no home and no money become desperate, doing anything just to meet their basic needs. Because of this, they often find themselves in risky situations that would be frightening, even for adults. Runaway kids get involved in dangerous crimes much more often than kids who live at home.
Kids who live on the streets often have to steal to meet basic needs. Many take drugs or alcohol to get through the day because they become so depressed and feel that no one cares about them. Some are forced to do things they wouldn't normally do to make money. The number of kids with HIV or AIDS and other diseases is higher on streets, too, because these kids might use IV drugs or have unprotected sex (often for money).
Let's face it — stress is a part of life, even for kids — but being able to deal with problems with confidence, hope, and practical solutions makes kids less likely to run away.
To build your problem-solving skills, try to:
It might feel like there's no way to fix the problems that are making you think about running away. If you can, tell your mom or dad how you feel. They need to know that you're upset or that you're afraid they don't love you or want you around. It may be possible to work together as a family to change things for the better. Sometimes talking with a counselor as a family can help.
If the problem is as serious as abuse and a parent is involved, then talk to a teacher or counselor at school, a good friend's parent, a close relative, or another trusted adult. Let that person help you find somewhere safe to stay. It might be hard to share this secret because you may feel ashamed or afraid of getting someone in trouble, but remember that abuse is never your fault.
Another option is to call the National Runaway Switchboard at (800) 621-4000. It's open 24 hours a day and the call is free. The switchboard operators get thousands of calls each year, many from kids who have run away or know someone who has.
If your friend is thinking about running away, warn him or her about how tough it will be to survive on the streets. Your friend is probably scared and confused. Try to be supportive and help your friend feel less alone.
Remind your friend that, whatever the problem is, there are other ways to deal with it, even if neither one of you can think of the ways right now. An adult will know how to help.
It takes courage to tell an adult that your friend is about to run away, but try to do this as soon as possible. Being a real friend doesn't mean keeping a secret when it can hurt someone. It means doing the best thing possible for your friend. And running away isn't a solution for either of you. It only leads to more problems and danger.
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Date Reviewed: Jun 15, 2018
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Language Areality in Ancient Eurasia
The research provided a linguistic overview over the known languages spoken in that time, and the determination of areal patterns within this group of languages. This included testing of the present areal patterns, such as Balkan, Europe, South Asia, South East Asia, and other areals, but also typological enclaves in the Caucasus and Himalayas. Additionally, the project included a search for other areals that were not longer found in the present languages. The findings of the ancient patterns was then compared with the present-day patterns. The explanations for the changes in areal patterns that occurred within the past three millenia gave us an insight into the history of areality and certainly provided us with possibilities to go deeper into the history of human languages.
The methods used to test for areal patterns were statistical methods invented in the past 15 years for this purpose. Dealing with ancient languages was different from dealing with living languages, since nobody could provide us with more information than we could find from the ancient texts. For this reason the methods had to be adapted to be as much as possible able to compute the often poor data from the ancient languages.


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ROI Canadian Real Estate Fund Announces Purchases Under Market Repurchase Program
TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Pursuant to the market repurchase program outlined in the prospectus of ROI Canadian Real Estate Fund (TSX: RIR.UN) (the "Fund") dated November 29, 2012, the Fund announced today the repurchase of its Class A units on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX").
The Fund repurchased 90,300 Class A units representing approximately 0.46% of its initial public float and, cumulatively with the Class A units repurchased since December 7, 2012, has now repurchased 3,157,200 Class A units representing approximately 15.99% of its initial public float. Under the market repurchase program, the Fund has committed to repurchase for cancellation during the 180 days after the Class A units are first listed, 4,435,466 Class A units representing 22.47% of its initial public float, at a price less than 95% of its latest net asset value per Class A unit.
Certain statements included in this news release constitute forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. Return On Innovation Advisors Ltd. undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law. Investment funds are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. There is no guarantee that an investment in the Fund will earn any positive return in the short or long term nor is there any guarantee that the Fund's investment objective will be achieved or that the net asset value per unit will appreciate or be preserved.
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2 Starting MSRP of $18,745 for a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta S 1.4L TSI® with 6-speed manual transmission. Prices exclude transportation, taxes, titles, other options, and dealer charges. Dealer sets actual price
Fun to drive. Easy to cover.
A New Vehicle Limited Warranty⁴ covering 6 years or 72,000 miles, whichever occurs first, isn't generous; it's proof of our confidence.
A warranty built for two.
If you sell your Jetta, the remainder of the New Vehicle Limited Warranty⁴ transfers to the new owner at no cost to you.
Compare our warranty to the runners-up.
Our bumper-to-bumper transferable New Vehicle Limited Warranty⁴ is longer, in years and mileage than our competitors.³
Rather than adding needless flash, the Jetta has been redesigned for a tasteful, more premium look and feel. One quick glance is all it takes to appreciate the result.
New design
It's sportier and sleeker, with a sculpted hood that makes a statement without screaming. The overall effect stands out anywhere.
Panoramic sunroof
Nothing like an available power panoramic sunroof that tilts and slides to shine a little natural light on your drive. And this year, it's even larger.
LED headlights
These attractive available projector LED headlights with LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL) bring a nice touch of style.
LED taillights
Sure, they look great, but that's only part of the story. They're also efficient and long-lasting.
Just the right amount of everything.
We call it a driver-focused interior. You'll call it the "I can't believe I get all this cool stuff interior." Either way, you'll wish you had a longer commute.
Ventilated leather seating surfaces
Besides looking and feeling great, these available ventilated leather seating surfaces help cool you down when the weather gets warm.
Heated front seats
Not only can you stay warm on chilly evenings, but now so can your front passenger with available heated front seats.
10-color customizable interior ambient lighting
Having 10 colors of ambient light is a first for Volkswagen, and this available feature can change the mood inside instantly.
Innovative technology features help enhance the driving experience without getting in the way. It's tech with a purpose, not just tech for the sake of tech.
Volkswagen Digital Cockpit
The available 10" screen displays your information digitally in high resolution. You can also customize what's displayed by choosing from six different information profiles.
8" touchscreen navigation
Besides looking great, the available sleek glass display helps make the map more prominent, while dynamic route guidance assists you with turn-by-turn information.
The new Jetta is the first Volkswagen in the U.S. ever to offer available BeatsAudio™. So prepare your playlist for sound you can feel.
5 Always pay careful attention to the road, and do not drive while distracted. Not all features available on all operating systems. Standard text and data usage rates apply. App-Connect features require compatible device, operating system, and mobile apps. See mobile device and app providers for terms and privacy. Android Auto is a trademark of Google, Inc. Apple CarPlay is a trademark of Apple Inc. MirrorLink is a registered trademark of the Car Connectivity Consortium LLC.
Our performance standards are simple. Performance comes standard. There's plenty of torque, smooth confident handling, and lots of old-fashioned fun.
Turbocharged engine
In the small sedan world, great performance can require an upgrade. Not in the Jetta. Turbocharged exhilaration comes standard.
Driving Mode Selection
With this available feature, you control your drive. Eco, Normal, Sport, and Custom driving modes each offer a different feel and response. Choose your favorite and take over.
Cross Differential System XDS®
Available only on the R-Line, this feature can apply braking pressure when needed to the inside front wheel during turns. The result: more accurate cornering.
17" alloy wheels
Don't let all the substance fool you. The Jetta has a flashy side too. These new available 17" alloy wheels blend perfectly with its lean, sculpted look.
Safety is a core value to us. And while we can't predict everything you might encounter, we can and do spend long hours trying to help you prepare for it.
Safety Cage
Front and rear crumple zones help absorb crash energy, while a rigid safety cage helps deflect it away from the driver and passengers.
Intelligent Crash Response System (ICRS)[6]
In the event of a collision that deploys airbags⁷, the ICRS can turn off the fuel pump, unlock the doors, and activate the hazard lights.⁶ It helps react if you might not be able to.
6 The Intelligent Crash Response System (ICRS) will only activate in a collision where the airbags deploy or safety belt pretensioners activate. Not all collisions cause airbags to deploy or safety belt pretensioners to activate.
7 Airbags are supplemental restraints only and will not deploy under all crash circumstances. Always use safety belts and seat children only in the rear, using restraint systems appropriate for their size and age.
Dive into the details.
There's a lot more to the Jetta than what you see here.


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LONDON (AP) — The most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.
St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Kate Middleton, has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side.
News of the pregnancy drew congratulations from across the world, with the hashtag "royalbaby" trending globally on Twitter.
The couple's first child will be third in line to take the throne 'leapfrogging the gregarious Prince Harry and possibly setting up the first scenario in which a U.K. female heir could benefit from new gender rules about succession.
The palace would not say how far along the 30-year-old duchess is, only that she has not yet reached the 12-week mark. Palace officials said the duchess was hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum, a potentially dangerous type of morning sickness where vomiting is so severe no food or liquid can be kept down. They said she was expected to remain hospitalized for several days and would require a period of rest afterward.
"It's not unusual for pregnant women to get morning sickness, but when it gets to the point where you're dehydrated, losing weight or vomiting so much you begin to build up (toxic) products in your blood, that's a concern," said Dr. Kecia Gaither, director of maternal fetal medicine at Brookdale University and Medical Center in New York.
The condition is thought to affect about one in 50 pregnant women but Gaither said less than one percent of women with the condition need to be hospitalized.
The news came just days after the duchess, on a royal appearance, was playing field hockey with schoolchildren at her former school.
Not only are the attractive young couple popular' with William's easy common touch reminding many of his mother, the late Diana ' but their child is expected to play an important role in British national life for decades to come.
William is second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles, so the couple's first child would normally become a monarch, eventually.
The confirmation of Kate's pregnancy caps a jam-packed year of highs and lows for the young royals, who were married in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey last year.
They have traveled the world extensively as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and weathered the embarrassment of a nude photos scandal, after a tabloid published topless images of the duchess.
Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, said the news bookended a year that saw the royal family riding high in popular esteem after celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne.
"We're riding on a royal high at the moment at the end of the Diamond Jubilee year," he said. "People enjoyed the royal romance last year and now there's this. It's just a good news story amid all the doom and gloom."
Speculation about when the couple would start a family has been rife since their wedding.
William's mother Diana got pregnant just four months after her wedding in 1981. Diana also reportedly suffered from morning sickness for months and complained of constant media attention.
"The whole world is watching my stomach," Diana once said.
She gave birth to William in 1982 after 16 hours of labor. At his birth, William was given a baby tag marked 'Baby Wales' and a 41-gun salute was fired in Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
In September 1983, roughly a year after the birth of William, Buckingham Palace announced that Diana was pregnant for a second time. However, within a week, Diana suffered a miscarriage when on holiday at Balmoral, Scotland.
In 1984, she became pregnant again and gave birth to Harry.
American tabloid speculation of Kate's pregnancy has been rampant for months. One newspaper even cited anonymous sources talking about Kate's hormone levels. Others have focused on the first signs of the royal bump.
The palace said the royal family was "delighted" by the news. British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted he got a heads-up about the pregnancy, saying he found the news "quite difficult" to keep to himself and expressing his confidence the duo will make "absolutely brilliant parents.
The leaders of Britain and the 15 former colonies that have the monarch as their head of state agreed in 2011 to new rules which give females equal status with males in the order of succession.
Although none of the nations had legislated the change as of September, the British Cabinet Office confirmed that this is now the de-facto rule.
Those changes make Kate's pregnancy all the more significant for the royal family, according to Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine.
"This is the first child who will be an heir to the throne whatever sex they are," she said. "It's a new beginning."
Graham Smith of anti-monarchy group Republic called Kate's pregnancy a "private, personal matter" for her and William, saying the flood of media coverage was disproportionate
"We've heard today that our future head of state is on the way. It's a pretty bizarre way of choosing someone for public office," he said.
On the couple's tour of Malaysia, Singapore, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu in September, William reportedly said he hoped he and Kate would have two children.


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Project Members
- Tom Güldemann
- Christfried Naumann
- Robyn Loughnane
- Anne-Maria Fehn
Inheritance and contact in a language complex: the case of Taa varieties (Tuu family)
Taa, the only surviving member of the Tuu family (formerly "Southern Khoisan") with a substantial number of speakers, is a large cluster of dialects spoken by small bands of former hunter-gatherers (commonly referred to as "San") and stretching geographically from east-central Namibia from the Nossob River over the former Aminuis reserve into the Ghanzi and Kgalagadi Districts of Botswana up to a line Okwa-Tsetseng-Dutlwe-Werda. Mutual intelligibility usually exists between neighboring varieties, but differences between geographically remote dialects can amount to a linguistic distance found between languages. However, the dialectal diversity of Taa is still hardly documented.
In its wide geographical range Taa speakers have been and still are in contact with a wide variety of different ethnolinguistic groups speaking languages belonging to five different language families: Tuu (other than Taa itself), Khoe, Ju-ǂHoan, Bantu, and Germanic. The great number of contact languages from different genealogical groups and the variety of contact situations (i.e. Taa in contact with languages of equal or higher social prestige) provide an ideal laboratory in which we could explore how a widespread language complex could diversify internally through differential language contact. Despite the still limited data on the Taa complex it can already be discerned that some of its internal diversity is due to the different contact situations the individual Taa dialects were in.
The geolinguistic setting of Taa provided the background for the following project goals:
- continued/first documentation and analysis of Taa dialects
- identification of the inter-dialectal divergence across the entire Taa cluster
- survey of the southern sphere of Taa searching for possibly surviving San contact languages
- systematization of non-Taa data on discourse, morphosyntax, lexicon, phonetics-phonology
- comparison of Taa and non-Taa data with respect to language contact
The documentation component was planned to involve local researchers and native speakers who were trained as far as possible in the necessary field work methods.


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Preschool offers many benefits it can be a great place for kids to interact with peers and learn valuable life lessons such as how to share, take turns, and follow rules. It also can prepare them for kindergarten and beyond.
But going to preschool does come with its fair share of emotions, for both the parent and the child. For a kid, entering a new preschool environment filled with unfamiliar teachers and kids can cause both anxiety and anticipation. Parents might have mixed emotions about whether their child is ready for preschool.
The more comfortable you are about your decision and the more familiar the setting can be made for your child, the fewer problems you and your little one will encounter.
Easing Your Child's Fears
Spend time talking with your child about preschool even before it starts. Before the first day, gradually introduce your child to activities that often take place in a classroom. A child accustomed to scribbling with paper and crayons at home, for example, will find it comforting to discover the same crayons and paper in his or her preschool classroom.
Visiting your child's first preschool classroom a few times before school starts can also ease the entrance into unfamiliar territory. This offers the opportunity to not only meet your child's teacher and ask about routines and common activities, but to then introduce some of those routines and activities at home. While you're in the classroom, let your child explore and observe the class and choose whether to interact with other kids. The idea is to familiarize your child with the classroom and to let him or her get comfortable.
You can also ask how the teacher handles the first tear-filled days. How will the first week be structured to make the transition smooth for your child?
While acknowledging this important step your child is taking and providing support, too much emphasis on the change could make any anxiety worse. Young kids can pick up on their parents' nonverbal cues. When parents feel guilty or worried about leaving their child at school, the kids will probably sense that.
The more calm and assured you are about your choice to send your child to preschool, the more confident your child will be.
The First Day
When you enter the classroom on the first day, calmly reintroduce the teacher to your child, then step back to allow the teacher to begin forming a relationship with your child. Your endorsement of the teacher will show your child that he or she will be happy and safe in the teacher's care.
If your child clings to you or refuses to participate in the class, don't get upset this may only upset your child more. Suggestions for leaving kids at preschool are simple but can be hard on a parent. Always say a loving goodbye to your child, but once you do, you should leave promptly. Never sneak out. As tempting as it may be, leaving without saying goodbye may make kids feel abandoned, whereas a long farewell scene might only serve to reinforce a child's sense that preschool is a bad place.
A consistent and predictable farewell ritual can make leaving easier. Some parents wave from outside a certain classroom window or make a funny goodbye face, whereas others read a short book before parting. Transitional objects a family picture, a special doll, or a favorite blanket can also help comfort a child. Also, keep in mind that most kids do well once their parents leave.
Whether your child is eager or reluctant to go to preschool, make sure that a school staff member is ready to help with the transfer from your care to the classroom when you arrive in the morning. Some kids may jump right in with their classmates, whereas others might want a private cuddle and a story from a caregiver before joining the group.
Many preschools begin with a daily ritual, such as circle time (when teachers and children talk about what they did the day before and the activities that are ahead for the day). Preschoolers tend to respond to this kind of predictability, and following a routine will help ease the move from home to school.


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How Did My Dog Get Ticks?
Ticked Off Yet?
Even if your dog tays close to home, ticks are canny creatures, and they have ways of making it into your home and onto your pets, even with preventions in place. All it takes is a few ticks to get established in an area to set up a full-scale infestation of your yard, your dog, and your home. Here are five common ways your dog gets ticks.
#5 Other Animals
No yard is an island unto itself, and squirrels, raccoons, feral cats, and other small rodents will find ways to get into your yard, carrying ticks along with them. This is one reason not to encourage wild animals to come into your dog's domain by leaving out offerings such as corn, nuts, and seeds. Even a bowl of water, left out for when your dog is outside, is an invitation for other animals to hang about.
#4 Human Transportation
You and your human visitors can also be unwitting carriers of ticks. They can be brought in from the person's own home or pet without their knowledge. If you like to spend time hiking in areas where ticks are prevalent, it's easy for a few to hitch a ride on your pants leg, socks, shoes, etc.
#3 The Great Outdoors
Anytime your dog goes out into the world — even if only for short walks around the block; play dates at the local dog park; a visit to the veterinarian; a stint at the boarding kennel; a trip to the groomer; a ride in the car; etc. — he/she is being exposed to the opportunity for fleas and ticks to hop aboard.
#2 Poor Landscaping
For the outside, there are some plants that are known for their tick repelling characteristics, and it is worth it to try anti-pest landscaping. However, it is often easier and more effective to use chemical pesticides and repellants for yard and perimeter treatment, especially when dealing with a tick infestation that is already in full progress.
#1 Ignoring the Problem
If you suspect there are ticks in your area (and there probably are), don't ignore the problem. Use tick preventives year-round and inspect your dog periodically. It's much easier to start early, keeping parasites from getting a foothold, than it is to try to eradicate them after they have had a chance to breed and establish themselves in your home and on your dog.


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The other day I came across my stash of roasted red peppers in the freezer again and since then I could not get them off of my mind; I just had to pull some of them out and do something with them! When red peppers are roasted they become nice and sweet and one of my favourite things to pair them with is a salty feta which helps to balance out their sweetness. I already had an idea on how I wanted to use that roasted red pepper and feta combo and that was in the form of some crispy fried fritters.
At their base fritters consist of some kind of body, in this case the roasted red peppers and feta, an egg and some flour or bread crumbs to hold everything together. From there you can mix in any other flavours that you want and I went with some oregano and a splash of balsamic vinegar as they also both go well with roasted red peppers. The fritters are then finished off by spooning the batter into a pan to fry in oil until golden brown and crispy on both sides. This is certainly another winning way to enjoy that roasted red pepper and feta flavour combination! In fact they are so addictive that I have already made them a few times! Although they are great just the way they are, they are even better with a balsamic vinaigrette for dipping or drizzled with a balsamic syrup.
Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Fritters
- 4 roasted red peppers (chopped)
- 1 handful parsley (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon oregano (chopped)
- 2 green onions (sliced)
- 1/4 cup feta (crumbled)
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2+ cup flour (I used whole wheat flour)
- oil for frying
- Mix the roasted red peppers, parsley, oregano, onions, feta, egg, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Mix in the flour adding more if needed in order to ensure that the fritters will hold together.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Spoon the mixture into the pan and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 2-4 minutes per side.


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With Italy a destination and transit country for the
trafficking of illicit goods, meetings with Secretary General Ronald K. Noble
and other senior INTERPOL officials reviewed activities in this area and others
– such as money laundering, fraud, forgery, illegal immigration and stolen
works of art – in which the Guardia di Finanza and INTERPOL operate and share
"Financial crime does not stop at our borders, it is a real
threat which affects economies worldwide and requires international
information-sharing and collaboration. In this respect, the Guardia di Finanza
supports international efforts led by INTERPOL to strengthen professional
international police cooperation against financial crime, including in the area
of illicit trade and counterfeit goods," said Lt. Gen. Saverio Capolupo.
The Guardia di Finanza is today a key partner of INTERPOL's
Trafficking in Illicit Goods programme launched in 2012. Previously, it
provided strong support to INTERPOL's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
programme in Europe and beyond, including the provision of training and
operational resources.
"During its relationship with INTERPOL, Italy's Guardia di
Finanza has demonstrated its leadership in international law enforcement
cooperation against financial crime, particularly in the area of training, and
it is an essential partner to INTERPOL's vision for a safer world at a time
when globalization has seen the expansion and diversification of transnational
organized crime," said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.
GdF support for INTERPOL's former IPR programme saw Italy's
Financial Police provide expertise and logistical support to four training
events on combating transnational organized intellectual property crime held at
Italy's Tax Police training school in Rome between 2007 and 2009 when it was
headed by Lt. Gen. Capolupo.
Since 2009, GdF officers have also been regularly involved
in INTERPOL-organized training seminars worldwide to present successful case
studies and share best practices on combating economic crime.
In 2011 and 2012, Italy's Financial Police also played a major
role in Italy as a participating law enforcement agency in operations OPSON and
OPSON II led by INTERPOL against food-related crime. The operations led to the
seizure of tonnes of substandard foods and drinks unfit for human consumption.
General Commander Capolupo was accompanied during his visit
to INTERPOL by the Head of INTERPOL's National Central Bureau in Rome, Major
General Antonio Lisi, the Head of the GdF International Relations Office,
Colonel Antonio Leone, and the Head of General Affairs from the General
Commander's Cabinet, Captain Davide Colella.