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Body found in Kansas believed to be that of 18-month-old girl
OTTAWA, Kan. -- A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards said in a statement that remains recovered in eastern Kansas on Saturday are believed to those of Lana Leigh Bailey, a child authorities previously reported as presumed dead.
"It is with great sadness that I report a body found in Osage County, Kansas, is believed to be the remains of 18-month-old Lana Bailey," Richards said in the statement.
"I want the family of Lana, and all the victims, to know that this investigation will continue until we are confident we have collected as much evidence as we can to ensure justice is served on behalf of all four victims," he added.
Richards said the body was discovered by an Osage County sheriff's deputy who was searching an area for items that could be connected to the deaths reported May 6 at a farm home in nearby Franklin County.
The evidence collected Saturday when the body was recovered led investigators to believe it was the infant's body, his statement said without elaboration.
"We hope that a forensic examination will make a final identification," Richards added. "Until the identity is confirmed investigators will continue following up on all tips, leads and information connected to this crime."
The statement did not provide any details of where the body was discovered or how the infant had died. But his statement said a crime scene unit was called to the area "to process this new crime scene."
"It is not the outcome we'd hoped for but we knew we couldn't stop searching until Lana was home," the statement said.
Richards told The AP by telephone early Sunday that he would not have any further details beyond the statement. The Franklin County sheriff's office said its next scheduled statement on the investigation would be Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday, search crews had deployed using boats and sonar equipment in search of the child. Earlier authorities had said investigators were scouring ponds and other waterways in the area looking for the body of Lana Leigh Bailey.
Kyle Flack was charged Friday with capital murder as officials investigated the deaths of Lana Bailey's 21-year-old mother, Kaylie Bailey, and 30-year-old Andrew Stout. The 27-year-old convicted felon also was charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder in those deaths as well as that of 31-year-old Steven White, authorities have said.
The investigation had included searching the farm and other rural areas in the 50-mile stretch between Ottawa and Emporia, where Kaylie Bailey's car was found Tuesday.
Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting said Friday that a firearm was used against the victims at the farm, but didn't elaborate on whether that meant they were fatally shot.
Authorities have not commented on a motive.
Richards said earlier that the extensive investigation of what he called a "horrific crime" had taken a toll and that members of the investigative team have required medical attention after searching in difficult areas. Others sought counsel from a chaplain.


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Umpire Scott leaves after face mask hit by foul ball
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SEATTLE -- Home-plate umpire Dale Scott left Wednesday's game between the Mariners and Blue Jays prior to the third inning after taking a foul ball off his face mask. First-base umpire Todd Tichenor took over behind the plate.
In the top of the second, Toronto's Jose Bautista fouled off a pitch that glanced off catcher Humberto Quintero's mask and into Scott's. The inning proceeded after Scott was checked out by a trainer. Scott finished the second inning, but left the game before the start of the third.
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Google has been fined US$25,000 ($24,140) for impeding a US investigation into the Web search leader's data collection for its Street View project, which allows users to see street level images when they map a location.
Google has been fined US$25,000 ($24,140) for impeding a US investigation into the Web search leader's data collection for its Street View project, which allows users to see street level images when they map a location.
The Federal Communications Commission imposed the fine late on Friday, saying Google had collected personal information without permission and had then deliberately not cooperated with the FCC's investigation.
"Google refused to identify any employees or produce any emails. The company could not supply compliant declarations without identifying employees it preferred not to identify," according to an FCC order dated April 13.
"Misconduct of this nature threatens to compromise the commission's ability to effectively investigate possible violations of the Communications Act and the commission's rules."
Google said in a statement said it turned over information to the agency and challenged the finding that it was uncooperative.
"As the FCC notes in their report, we provided all the materials the regulators felt they needed to conclude their investigation and we were not found to have violated any laws," the company said in a statement.
"We disagree with the FCC's characterisation of our cooperation in their investigation and will be filing a response."
Between May 2007 and May 2010, Google collected data from wi-fi networks throughout the United States and across the world as part of its Street View project, which gives users of Google Map and Google Earth the ability to view street-level images of structures and land adjacent to roads and highways.
But Google also collected passwords, Internet usage history and other sensitive personal data that was not needed for its location database project, the FCC said.
Google publicly acknowledged in May 2010 that it had collected the so-called payload data, leading to an FCC investigation on whether it had violated the Communications Act.
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The Wall Flow dpf removal produced by the Diesel Particulate Filter Market removes most of the soot. Some of the filters are intended for disposal and replacement when the accumulated ash is full. The others burn off the accumulated particulate either through the use of a catalyst by active means like the fuel burner which heats the filter to soot the combustion temperatures. This is done by engine programming.
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No Bake Peanut butter Chocolate Oat Cookies
1/2 cup margarine (I use Earth Balance)
2 cups sugar (white or brown)
1/2 cup nondairy milk (I use soy)
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups quick cooking oats
1. Line cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper. In a large pot, bring margarine, sugar, milk and cocoa to a boil. Stirring constantly, let boil for 1-2 minutes until mixture is completely melted. Do not over boil.
2. Take mixture off heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla until completely melted. Stir in oats.
3. Drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto prepared cookie sheet and allow to cool. When cool, turn cookies over to dry the bottoms.
4. Store in an airtight plastic container in the refrigerator.
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I have trouble baking cookies that taste half as good as this recipe. So whenever I'm bringing a dessert to a party/event I always make these. And on holidays. So friggin delicious! Thanks so much for sharing this amazing recipe! :)>>>
I think this was the first recipe I made from Vegweb, years ago.
These were my first vegan cookies, and my first real success with sweets.
My friend Cassie LOVES them. I fed them to my ex-roommates, who took the recipe to Thanksgiving.
My batch is cooling in the oven, a gift for a friend. She'll be so happy with me!!! :)
Mine also came out a lil gooey. I put them in the freezer to speed up the "cooling process".
I used all of the ingredients except Almond milk in place of soy and got approximately 30 cookies. I tallied up the Calories, Fats, Carbohydrates, and protein.
Nutritional Info for 1 cookie
Calories 126.g Fat 4.17g Carb 20.2g Protein 2g
Mine never became "cookie" like. ??? They stayed wet and gooey...but my kids ate them all anyway. Did I do something wrong?
Mine did the same thing! Still good but never set...kept them out overnight and still gooey...I remember making them as a kid and a couple times in my 20's and never had a problem. I'm known for leaving out a step (or sometimes 2 steps) in recipes but followed this one exactly...not sure what happened.
Very nice. Easy to put together, and very yummy. I substituted 1/3 c. oil for the margarine as another reviewer suggested, and old fashioned oats for the quick cooking. These are just like the no-bake (nonvegan, probably) cookies I've had in the past.
The flavor is very good, but I felt like it could use a little something extra. Maybe some chocolate chips, dried fruit or nuts stirred in at the end would do the trick. I like the idea of coffee flavor too.
YES, they do come out great. My little girls, being chocoholic, love them. So far I have left out the peanut butter all together some times.At others I have used 1/2 cup of shredded coconut or 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts instead. They have always turned out great no matter how they are fixed.
Ok...they're in the fridge now. I'm going to try my hardest to let them stay there overnight. I made these so I can give them away for the holidays so I doubled the recipe. I also:
- Used half sucanat, half brown sugar
- Used unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- Carob powder instead of cocoa
- Going by the other reviews, I doubled the extracts but I made a blend of vanilla, almond, and coconut extracts (the aroma was amazing!)
The recipe was very simple. I got 75 cookies. I made 40 like this and 35 I added coconut flakes (natural, not sweetened). I'll return tomorrow once I've sampled them and taken pictures. If they turn out ok, I'll make another double batch (or two) to give out....or keep ;)
These came out awesome!! I wonder how they would be if you baked them? Just curious...would that ruin them?
Thanks for the great recipe! ;)b
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man, i don't know what I'm doing wrong. the first time i made these they were the best cookies ever. they came out perfect! well i have tried to make them 3 times since then and they don't harden, they just stay mushy blobs. I'm not doing anything different. its really getting annoying! i want those yummy cookies that came out the first time :(
that has happened to me a few times before, and i have slightly reduced the amount of soy (or other "milk") and/or margarine used....OR you could always add more oats or pb to get them to firm up more! good luck! and regardless, the "mush" is delicious!


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A rundown of inmates who were executed in Arizona since 1992.
A defiant Don Eugene Harding was executed in 1992, becoming the first inmate to die in Arizona's gas chamber in 29 years. Harding's life was marked by a traumatic childhood that escalated to property crimes, then, in 1980, to a robbery-slaying of business partners Robert Wise and Martin Concannon in a Tucson motel room. Witnesses described his death as particularly violent, with the inmate thrashing against leather restraining straps.
Last meal: Several fried eggs, several strips of bacon, toast, butter, honey and orange juice.
Last words: Asked about Harding's final words, a Department of Corrections spokesman said, ''There is no procedure for recording his last words.'' Harding's parting gesture was a repetitive cupping of his hands, just below the straps that held his arms, in an apparent attempt to tell prison officials to hurry with the cyanide.
Brewer, who confessed to strangling his pregnant fiancee in 1987, was executed in 1993 in Arizona's new death chamber: lethal injection. His death ended his five-year effort to seek his execution as punishment for killing Rita Brier, who was 22 weeks pregnant when Brewer strangled her with a necktie. Unlike Harding, witnesses said he went peacefully.
Last meal: Three grilled pork chops with gravy, a quarter pound of bacon, six fried breaded shrimp, beef Rice-a-Roni, two to three slices of French bread with butter, applesauce, two cans of Canada Dry Ginger Ale with ice, one slice of coconut cream pie, one pint orange juice, one can of chicken noodle soup with crackers, one can of pear halves with syrup and Maxwell House coffee with cream and sugar.
Last words: Before he died, Brewer made eye contact with the six witnesses he had invited and gave the thumbs-up sign to the Rev. John Schaumburg, a Lutheran minister from Flagstaff. Four of the six, all friends of Brewer, left the room after Brewer looked at them and appeared to say, "Go, go.'' His words could not be heard because the execution chamber is soundproof.
Clark was put to death in 1993 for the murder of four people at Thumms' Cochise Lodge and Guest Ranch in 1977. He was the second Arizona inmate to die by lethal injection, which was approved by voters in a 1992 referendum, and the third to die since the state resumed executions after a 29-year hiatus. Two of the victims were Charles and Mildred Thumm, who had hired the wrangler.
Last meal: Clark ordered a medium-rare porter house steak and sauce, two pounds of large shrimp and sauce, a baked potato with sour cream, cole slaw, banana cream pie, rice pudding with raisins, two dinner rolls with butter and a strawberry milkshake. He then refused the meal when it was served.
Last words: A Department of Corrections spokesman said Clark's final words were, ''I would like to have my wife to be the first person to touch me (after death)."
The spokesman said the department's director responded, ''That's not possible, but we will record it as your last statement.''
Jeffers, 49, was executed by lethal injection in 1995. He died in a fit of anger, his right hand frozen in an obscene salute. In 1976, Jeffers killed his girlfriend in Tucson by injecting her with an overdose of heroin that halted her breathing.
Last meal: A 10-ounce steak, peas, rolls with butter, one baked potato with shredded cheddar cheese, strawberry pie with whipped cream and a large chocolate malt.
Last words: Jeffers' last words were a stream of obscenities.
Bolton, who raped and murdered a 2-year-old girl in 1986, showed no sign of fear, anger or remorse as he was executed by lethal injection in 1996. Bolton, 29, had claimed his innocence all along but had fought appeals of his 1992 death sentence because he could not face the thought of life in prison. The parents of the victim, 2-year-old Zosha Lee Pickett of Tucson, witnessed the execution.
Last meal: None specified.
Last words: Bolton said nothing.
Mata, 45, was executed in 1996. His execution was witnessed by the parents of his victim, Debra Lee Lopez, who was 21 when she was raped and killed in 1977. Mata and his brother, Alonzo, were convicted of murdering Lopez, who was beaten and raped at the Matas' apartment in Phoenix, then left in a ditch with her throat slashed.
Last meal: Two beef burritos, two pork chops, French fries and a few jalapenos.
Last words: Mata mouthed, ''I love you'' to witnesses, then recited the Lord's Prayer.
Greenawalt, 47, a man convicted in the 1970s for the brutal murders of a Yuma family and truck driver, was administered a lethal injection in 1997. Greenawalt was a member of the infamous ''Tison Gang,'' which busted out of a unit at the Arizona State Prison at Florence in 1978. At the time of the prison break, Greenawalt was serving a life sentence for murdering a truck driver.
Last meal: A cheeseburger, fries and coffee with milk.
Last words: The Department of Corrections' director asked Greenawalt whether he had any last words.
Greenawalt said, ''Yes, I do. I have prayed for you many times, and the Lord is using you well. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine.''
Woratzeck , 51, died by lethal injection in 1997, proclaiming his innocence until the end. Woratzeck was convicted in the 1980 slaying in Casa Grande of Linda Leslie, a 36-year-old mentally challenged woman to whom he rented a small apartment near his own trailer. Police said Woratzeck beat, stabbed and strangled Leslie. Then he set fire to her apartment and her body burned.
Last meal: Woratzeck's niece, nephew and brother shared his last meal.
Last words: ''I want the state of Arizona to know they are executing an innocent man. Tell my wife I love her and tell the rest of my family I love them.''
Ceja, 42, was executed by lethal injection in 1998 for the 1974 shooting of a young Phoenix couple during a theft of 70 pounds of marijuana. According to the case record, Ceja shot Linda Leon twice in the chest with a .22-caliber pistol, then dragged her body into a bedroom where he used a pillow to muffle four more shots in the head. When Randy Leon returned home, Ceja shot him four times.
Last meal: Two red chili beef burritos, one slice of cherry pie and two cans of Coke.
Last words: When asked if he had any final words, Ceja said, ''No, that's all right.''
Villafuerte was executed by lethal injection in 1998 for the murder of Amelia Schoville, a mother of three, in 1983. In his trailer, he beat her, kicked her skull until it fractured, then lashed her to a soiled mattress with shredded sheets.
Last meal: One broiled chicken, nine corn tortillas, two tomatoes, one can of jalapenos, one plate of rice and two cans of Pepsi.
Last words: ''Tell my son not to worry. I will be with the Lord.''
Ross, 43, was executed by lethal injection in 1998. He had been convicted of luring 26-year-old real estate agent James Ruble to a vacant Tucson office and shooting him in the head while robbing him. Ross rejected court appeals that could have extended his life.
Last meal: Three grilled cheese and fried egg sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream and two cans of Pepsi.
Last words: None.
After 25 years on death row, Douglas Gretzler, 47, was put to death in 1998. He was given two death sentences for the murders of a Tucson couple in November 1973 but confessed to killing 17 - nine at one time, including two children - during a monthlong rampage in Arizona and California with partner Willie Steelman.
Last meal: Six over-easy, fried eggs, four strips of bacon, two slices of buttered, white bread toast, one cup of coffee and two cans of Coke.
Last words: ''From the bottom of my soul I am so deeply sorry and have been for years for murdering Patricia and Michael Sandberg,'' he said, his voice barely audible. ''Though I am being executed for that crime, I apologize to all 17 victims and their families.''
Then, his final words were to two friends, a sister and his two daughters, who were not in the room.
Gretzler became emotional as he told them he loved them in Romanian. ''Thank you for life lessons learned,'' he added.
With that, Gretzler mouthed the words ''I love you'' and then ''Bye'' twice.
Impatient and laughing, Gillies, 38 was executed in 1999 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a Phoenix woman in 1981. Gillies and Michael David Logan overpowered Suzanne Rossetti, 23, after she offered them a ride, raping her repeatedly. They then took her into the Superstition Mountains, pushed her off a ledge and beat her over the head with a rock. Finally, they buried her, still alive.
Last meal: A New York steak cooked rare, a cup and a half of sliced mushrooms, two eggs, 10 strips of bacon, two slices of wheat toast with butter, 3 tablespoons of strawberry preserves, 8 ounces of milk, 8 ounces of apple juice and a 32-ounce chocolate milkshake.
Last words: Asked for any last words, Gillies' face took on a quizzical expression. Then he loudly said, ''No," raised his head and laughed openly.
''No,'' he repeated. Then he lowered his head to the gurney.
Gerlaugh attracted national attention because he was the first Native American death row inmate permitted to use a sweat lodge for purification ceremonies. He was executed in 1999 for the 1980 slaying of 22-year-old Scott Schwartz, who had stopped for Gerlaugh and two other hitchhikers. The three men repeatedly ran over and stabbed Schwartz.
Last meal: A New York steak cooked medium rare, Worcestershire sauce, two eggs, eight strips of bacon, two slices of buttered toast, half a pint of peppermint ice cream and 16 ounces of apple juice.
Last words: Gerlaugh refused to make any final comments.
The case of LaGrand, a German national, attracted widespread attention in Europe, and his attorneys had selected death by gas as a grounds for reversal on appeal and to illustrate the horrors of the death penalty. But an hour before the execution, he chose lethal execution. Lagrand, 35, was put to death in 1999 for stabbing to death a Marana bank manager during a botched robbery attempt in 1982.
Last meal: Two bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches on white bread, mayonnaise, four over-easy, fried eggs, hash-brown potatoes, two breakfast rolls, strawberry jelly, one half pint of pineapple sherbet ice cream, 22-ounces of coffee, one medium slice of German chocolate cake with coconut-caramel icing, a 12-ounce cup of cold milk.
Last words: LaGrand apologized profusely to the family of Kenneth Hartsock, his victim.
''I'm sorry this took so long and dragged out,'' LaGrand said. ''But from the bottom of my heart I'm sorry for what I did. I hope one day you can find it in your heart to forgive me.''
LaGrand, 37, was executed in 1999 despite protests from the German government and a flurry of international controversy over the death penalty. It was the state's first use of the gas chamber since 1992. A week earlier, his brother was executed for the same crime -- killing a bank manager during a botched robbery attempt. Witnesses said his death by gas chamber was difficult to watch because he gurgled and coughed violently.
Last meal: Six over-easy, fried eggs, 16 strips of bacon, hash-browns, one pint of pineapple sherbet ice cream, one well-done "breakfast steak," one 16-ounce cup filled with ice, one 7UP, one Dr. Pepper, one Coke, one portion of hot sauce, one cup of coffee, two packets of sugar and four Rolaids tablets.
Last words: ''To all my loved ones, I hope they find peace. To all of you here today, I forgive you, and I hope I can be forgiven in my next life.''
At 41, the man who proclaimed himself ''Banzai Bob'' by carving the Japanese epithet in a victim's flesh, had built himself into a bloody legend inside Arizona's prison system. He was put to death by injection in 1999 for the 1992 murder of a fellow death row inmate. He was cited for two murders, 158 other major violations, assaults on 12 corrections officers and some 20 inmates, numerous threats and about 40 counts of making weapons.
Last meal: Two green-chili burritos, french fries and ketchup, vanilla ice cream, cream soda and a cigarette.
Last words: Vickers flashed a gap-toothed smile at the assembled crowd of officials and witnesses and said, ''Hello, everybody."
''See you later.''
He nodded. His microphone was cut off. Still, the watchers outside the glass could read his lips: ''Time to go.''
Poland, 59, was executed by injection in 1999 more than two decades after he and his brother posed as highway patrolmen, robbed an armored car and killed its two guards. His lawyers had unsuccessfully tried to convince courts that Poland did not understand he was going to die and was therefore mentally incompetent to be executed. Asked if he had any last words, Poland said he was hungry.
Last meal: Three sunny-side-up, fried eggs, four slices of bacon, hash brown potatoes, two slices of whole wheat toast with two pats of real butter, two individual serving size boxes of Raisin Bran cereal, two cartons of milk, two cups of Taster's Choice coffee.
Last words: Poland said he was hungry.
''I'd like to know if you're going to bring me lunch afterward,'' Poland said. ''I'm really hungry. I can't think of anything else.''
Ortiz, 57, was executed by lethal injection in 1999 for killing his ex-lover and trying to murder her three young children. Ortiz became involved in a 1978 affair with a married woman, Manuelita McCormack, but when she went back with her husband, he stabbed and strangled her to death and stabbed her children.
Last meal: Two fried eggs, Pace hot sauce, four strips of bacon, a 12-ounce sirloin steak, french fries, ketchup, one pint of vanilla ice cream, milk and a cup of hot coffee.
Last words: Ortiz said, ''Jesus Christ is Lord,'' which he translated into Spanish. He then said, ''Heavenly Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit. Thank you.''
Chaney, 45, was executed by lethal injection in 2000 for the murder of Dr. John Jamison, a Flagstaff physician and Coconino County reserve sheriff's deputy, on Labor Day 1982. Attorneys had argued that Chaney suffers from a mental dysfunction that caused him to turn violent when he encountered Jamison.
Last meal: Two over-easy eggs, four slices of bacon, coffee, one pint of vanilla ice cream, one can of peaches and strawberry jam.
Last words: Asked if he had any final words, he emphatically said "no" and then gave a thumbs up to his friends in the witness room.
Miller, 36, was executed by lethal injection in 2000 for the June 1992 Tucson slaying in which he helped a friend murder Jennifer Geuder, an 18-year-old Tucson woman. He had said he would rather die than remain on death row and asked the Supreme Court to vacate a stay.
Last meal: Two guacamole tostadas, two tacos, one strawberry malt, one Dr. Pepper, one lemon meringue pie, five whole jalapenos, one lemon, one lime, one quart of strawberry ice cream.
Last words: "Mom, I love you."
Miller also apologized to the brother of his victim for causing him to miss a baseball tournament because of his sister's death. And then he prayed.
Poland directed his last words to the families of the men he killed in 1977, then blew a kiss to his girlfriend before he was executed by lethal injection in 2000. He was convicted in the robbery and slaying of armored-van guards Cecil Newkirk and Russel Dempsey. Poland's brother, Michael, who was the mastermind, was executed a few months earlier.
Last meal: No request made.
Last words: Patrick Poland directed his last words to the families of the men he killed in 1977, then blew a kiss to his girlfriend.
''Once again to the Newkirk family and the Dempsey family, please accept my apologies," Poland said. "I'm sincere. I'm sorry for the pain and suffering I have caused. And I do thank you for your forgiveness.
''I ask my family to forgive me for the pain I have caused them. I ask all my friends and people who believed in me to please forgive me. And I ask the woman I love to remember that I will always love her.''
In 2007, Comer died by lethal injection with a steady gaze and a defiant smile on his face as he became the first person to be executed in Arizona since 2000. Comer, 50, shot a Florida man to death and raped and kidnapped a Chicago woman at a campsite northeast of Phoenix in 1987.
Last meal: Fried okra, four buns, butter, salt, two slices of banana bread.
Last words: "Go, Raiders."
Landrigan, who had been on Arizona's death row for 20 years for the 1989 murder of Chester Dean Dyer in Phoenix, was executed by lethal injection in 2010. His execution moved relatively quickly after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a temporary restraining order that had been imposed by a U.S. District Court judge in Phoenix and affirmed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Last meal: Steak, fried okra, french fries, strawberry shake and Dr. Pepper.
Last words: "Well, I'd like to say thank you to my family for being here and all my friends, and Boomer Sooner," a reference to the University of Oklahoma Sooners.
King, 47, was executed by lethal injection in March 2011 for murdering two men at a south Phoenix convenience store during a 1987 armed robbery that netted about $73. King, then 26, was partying with a longtime friend when they went to buy wine at a convenience store. Two men were shot: Ronald Barman, 46, the store clerk, and Richard Butts, 61, a security guard.
Last meal: Six ounces of fried catfish, half a cup of collard greens, half a cup of candied yams, two small portions cornbread, one wedge of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, one small tomato, one medium-sized pink grapefruit and two 20-ounce bottles of creme soda.
Last words: When asked if he had any last words, King boomed out a simple "no."
An emotional Beaty, 56, used his last words to apologize to the family of his victim, 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff, moments before he was put to death by lethal injection in May 2011. His execution had been delayed for most of the day as his defense team tried to challenge the decision to substitute pentobarbital for sodium thiopental in the state's execution-drug formula. Fornoff, a newspaper carrier, was killed in 1984.
Last meal: One shredded beef chimichanga, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, a double cheeseburger with a sesame bun, french fries, one slice of red onion, two slices of tomato, five pickle chips, one lettuce leaf, mustard, mayonnaise, 14-ounces of H�agen-Dazs rocky-road ice cream and two 20-ounce bottles of Diet Pepsi.
Last words: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Beatysaid, his lips quivering as he lay on the death gurney awaiting the injection of a lethal three-drug cocktail. "God will let you see her again."
In June 1988, Richard Bible snatched 9-year-old Jennifer Wilson from her bicycle as she was riding along a rural road in Flagstaff. He took her to the top of a hill, raped her, killed her with three blows to the head and left her body hidden beneath a pile of branches. Bible, 49, was executed by lethal injection in July 2011 after his final appeals were denied.
Last meal: Four over-easy, fried eggs with melted cheese on top, a cup of country gravy with sausage, hash browns, seven biscuits with grape jelly and peanut butter and a 20-ounce bottle of chocolate milk.
Last words: "I'd like to thank my family, my lawyers. I love 'em all, and everything's OK."
As he lay strapped to a table in the death chamber at the state prison in Florence, West, 52, sent a message to his attorneys with pre-arranged hand signals and flashed them a peace sign. Then he closed his eyes as the prison warden read the warrant for execution and never opened them again. West was executed by lethal injection in July 2011. He was convicted of killing Donald Bortle in Tucson after Bortle caught him burglarizing his home in 1987. Relatives, lawyers and psychologists explained that West suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because of physical and sexual abuse as a child.
Last meal: West declined a last meal.
Last words: None.
Moormann, who killed his mother and chopped her into pieces during a compassionate leave from prison 28 years ago, was put to death by lethal injection in February 2012. It was the first Arizona execution carried out with a single drug instead of a three-drug cocktail. In his last words, he apologized to his family and to his victim in a 1972 abduction and rape.
Last meal: A double hamburger with two slices of onion, three leaves of lettuce and three slices of tomato; french fries with ketchup; two beef burritos; and two 14-ounce containers of rocky-road ice cream.
Last words: Moorman apologized to his family and to his victim in a 1972 abduction and rape.
"I hope that this will bring closure and they can start the healing now," he said. "And I just hope they will forgive me in time."
Towery, 38, was executed by lethal injection in April 2012 for the 1991 murder of a Paradise Valley philanthropist during a robbery. Towery and an accomplice had gone to the home of the victim, Mark Jones, and pretended that they needed to use the phone. They held Jones, 68, at gunpoint and ransacked his house. Then Towery strangled him with zip ties.
Last meal: Porterhouse steak, sauteed mushrooms, baked potato with butter and sour cream, steamed asparagus, clam chowder, milk, Pepsi and apple pie a la mode.
Last words: Towery apologized to his family and to the victims. He talked about bad choices he had made. Then Towery said, as he appeared to be crying, "I love my family. Potato, potato, potato."
His reference to potatoes was a message to a nephew who witnessed the execution and referred to the sound made by a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Towery's attorney, Dale Baich, said it was Towery's way of telling his nephew that everything was OK.
Kemp, 63, was put to death April 25, 2012, for murdering a Tucson man in 1992 and dumping his naked body at a ghost-town mine near Marana. During his trial, Kemp told the court that his victim, Hector Juarez, was "beneath my contempt" because he was not an American citizen.
Last meal:He ate a cheeseburger with french fries, root beer and boysenberry pie with strawberry ice cream.
Last words: Kemp was defiant until the end. "I regret nothing," he said as his last words.
Lopez, 49, was executed on June 27, 2012, for sexually assaulting and murdering Estefana Holmes in her apartment in central Phoenix in 1986. He stabbed the grandmother and seamstress more than 23 times and slashed her throat with her own kitchen knives after a fierce struggle. For the first time, the Department of Corrections allowed witnesses to watch, via close-circuit cameras, as executioners inserted the intravenous catheters that deliver the fatal drug, pentobarbital, into the condemned man. Previously, the department only allowed the curtain between observers and the inmate to be pulled back after the catheters were in place.
Last meal:His final meal consisted of one red chili con carne, one green chili con carne, Spanish rice, a jalapeño, an avocado, cottage cheese, French fries, a Coke, vanilla ice cream and pineapple.
Last words: He had no last words.
Cook, 50, was executed on August 8, 2012, for the brutal murders of Carlos Cruz Ramos, 26, and Kevin Swaney, 16, in 1987. Cook shared an apartment with Cruz Ramos and John Matzke; the three worked together at a restaurant. Cook quit his job and started drinking and smoking methamphetamine with Matzke. When Cruz Ramos realized that the other two had stolen $90 from him and he complained, they overpowered him, stripped off his clothing and bound him to a chair. Then they beat and sodomized him, tried to strangle him with a sheet and then put a pipe over his throat and stood on it until he was dead. Two hours later, Swaney stopped by the apartment. Cook took Swaney to the closet and showed him the body. Then, as Swaney cried, Cook stripped him and sodomized him, too, and then strangled him.
Last meal: Eggplant lasagna, garlic cheese mash potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts, broiled asparagus, ice cream and root beer.
Last words: "I'd like to say I'm sorry to the victims' family. I know that's not enough." He sobbed and tried to catch his breath, then suddenly said, "Where am I?"
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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, August 19-21
The Joe Turner show rolls on …
A day after introducing himself to the BTS Report-reading world, our current leader extended his Streak to 38 games on the wings of Robinson Cano's 1-for-5 effort against the Twins.
Joe now sits alone in second place on the season leaderboard and is just 19 successful picks short of claiming the $5.6 million grand prize.
Friday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there…
Shin-Soo Choo: .583 (7-for-12) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Max Scherzer
Ichiro Suzuki: .400 (4-for-10) since '06 vs. Rays starter Wade Davis
Hideki Matsui: .455 (5-for-11) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Brett Cecil
Feeling kinda spicy?
Seth Smith: .500 (8-for-16) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Hiroki Kurdoa
Wilson Betemit: .467 (7-for-15) since '06 vs. Indians starter Josh Tomlin
Jamey Carroll: .600 (6-for-10) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Jason Hammel
You'll thank me later
Paul Konerko: .100 (1-for-10) since '06 vs. Rangers starter Matt Harrison
Adrian Gonzalez: .194 (6-for-31) since '06 vs. Royals starter Jeff Francis
Darwin Barney: 091 (1-for-11) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Ryan Howard: (26 home runs) vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
Saturday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there…
Asdrubal Cabrera: .385 (5-for-13) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Doug Fister
Melky Cabrera: .429 (6-for-14) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield
Derek Jeter: 400 (6-for-15) since '06 vs. Twins starter Francisco Liriano
Feeling kinda spicy?
Greg Dobbs: .455 (5-for-11) since '06 vs. Padres starter Aaron Harang
Mike Cameron: .400 (6-for-15) since '06 vs. Padres starter Aaron Harang
Corey Patterson: .462 (6-for-13) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Matt Garza
You'll thank me later
Joey Votto: .158 (3-for-19) since '06 vs. Pirates starter Charlie Morton
Troy Tulowitzki: .143 (3-for-21) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Ted Lilly
Mark Teixeira: .167 (3-for-18) since '06 vs. Twins starter Francisco Liriano
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Mike Stanton: (29 home runs) vs. Padres starter Aaron Harang
Sunday's picks:
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Brandon Phillips: .444 (4-for-9) since '06 vs. Pirates starter James McDonald
Mark Teixeira: .769 (10f-ro13) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
Miguel Cabrera: .357 (5-for-14) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez
Feeling kinda spicy?
Juan Rivera: .409 (9-for-22) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Kevin Millwood
Alberto Gonzalez: .308 (4-for-13) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez
You'll thank me later
Joey Votto: .200 (2-for-10) since '06 vs. Pirates starter James McDonald
Robinson Cano: .143 (2-for-14) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
David Wright: .182 (2-for-11) since '06 vs. Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Matt Kemp: (28 home runs) vs. Rockies starter Kevin Millwood
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Friday report, there are 62 people with 20 game streaks or more…..another 37 sitting at 19
1st takes Cano
2nd takes Butler of KC
3rd takes Pedroia
Breakdown by numbers: Granderson is taken most. by 7. Pedroia taken by 5. Cano, Butler, Pence, and Hamilton taken by 4. Pujols, Cabrera, Braun taken by 3.
3rd place taken out by Pedroia.
Pedroia, Pujols, Braun, Holliday, Kubel, Furcal, S.Smith (col) takes out 16 of those with 20 or more.
Why, Braun, why? 😦 Well, that's it for my season.
Saturday's games.
63 people at 20 or more, another 28 poised right at 19.
NO one pick stands out today, 34 different players were chosen from the 63.
Jeter was most picked by 9 people. Braun and Cabrera (det) picked by 5. Hamilton and Cabrera (cle) by 4. Victorino by 3. Zimmerman, Gonzalez, Young, and Cano by 2
Well with Holliday giving me a giant eff u last night, I'm done for the season. If you need to find me or some of the other bloggers we're playing ESPN's Streak for the cash (450k grand prize). Search bts bloggers group. GL to those of you that are still in contention and see y'all next season. GO RANGERS GO!!
I'm done in SFTC until September as I'm unlikely to get to 27 at this point.
I probably needn't be concerned about this but am curious nonetheless: How does one win the September monthly prize if a streak of 30 during the month is required?
There are 30 days in the month, correct? So 1 correct pick per day at least. Is this a trick question?
Lol. Season ends on the 27th.
I'm not used to the season ending early. LOL. But there are other sports besides baseball as 00liber pointed out.
Talking about streak for the cash? On any given day, it is possible to play 4 or more times
I shouldn't give up just yet, but I am and will wait to start again in September.
There have been days where I was able to get 7 picks in.(usually on a weekend) 2 early soccer, afternoon bb, 3 bb props then a MLS game late.
Ellsbury out of the starting lineup, but it sounds like he is missing a game or two, so the leader's 39-game hit streak appears safe.
There are 40 guaranteed pick days left in the season, including today, so there is still something to play for, in the form of the consolation prize.
Looks like Jeter might take out nine people tonite as he is 0-for-2 with a walk in the sixth
Asdrubal (replaced) already took down a 30-gamer, A-Gone has 1 more AB, and from games done: M.Young, A.Pujols & D.Freese took down a few 1st pagers.
Jeter just removed from the game
that killed my 17 gamer.. funny cuz the last two days i went wondering, and today i was SO SURE and look what happened
Good run on that 17-gamer. The way this year has gone for all, a 17-gamer may actually be something to be somewhat proud of.
17 is pretty good! I got to 19 and thought I may go all the way and….well that didn't pan out.
well one month of the season left to see if i can beat the 17 gamer,
get that practice for next season
Just to clarify, I was referring to BTS monthly prize. Here is rule:
For each calendar month during the period beginning as of April 1, 2011 and ending upon conclusion of the final game of the 2011 MLB regular season, a prize as set forth below (each, a "Monthly Prize") will be awarded to the eligible participant with the longest hitting streak greater than or equal to thirty (30) as of the end of such calendar month.
That's what I thought. With the MLB season ending on the 27 of sept there won't be ( I don't think) a monthly prize, which is a monthly MLBtv subscription.
That's the prize for a 30-gamer. The monthly prize is a bit better:
One (1) Authentic personalized jersey, one (1) $500 MLB.com shop gift card, and and one (1) subscription to MLBAM's MLB. TV Premium subscription for the 2012 MLB regular season.
There also is a 35-game streak prize which could still be won ($50 gift certificate).
Just because I'm bored at work, here y'all go.
LaV's List
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
152 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Matt Kemp 203 8.20
Miguel Cabrera 191 7.72
Brandon Philips 189 7.64
Dustin Pedroia 157 6.34
Mark Teixeira 143 5.78 (2ND)
Adrian Gonzalez 109 4.40
Robinson Cano 97 3.92 (1RST)(3RD)
Derek Jeter 85 3.43
Josh Hamilton 73 2.95
No Selection 66 2.67
Carlos Quentin 56 2.26
Starlin Castro 54 2.18
Joey Votto 52 2.10
Jacoby Ellsbury 50 2.02 INJ
Hunter Pence 44 1.78
Aramis Ramirez 22 0.89 (4TH)
Xavier Nady 1 0.04 (4TH) DL (He finally made an actual pick yesterday though)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 10 with streak of 14 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
Gurpsing, 14, pg 10, 230, JETER (PICKED 85X)
PeterYanidis, 10, pg 36, 791, TULO (PICKED 40X)
Dragbunt104, 10, pg 43, 791, VICTORINO (PICKED 25X)
im4o4, 10, pg 45, 791, ASDRUBAL (PICKED 41X) GOOD
MDRossi(NYMETS1979), 8, pg 73, 1803, TORII HUNTER (PICKED 16X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
Backrubs, 17, RESET BY JETER
GL to all
when you can only pick ten days in advance and with that one using reyes all the time and now using nady, how many days has this person been able to do this, because it seems like he has been stuck at 27 for two weeks. nady was on the DL while this guy still was using reyes
I can't figure it out at all Back. I was thinking it was a jumpstart pick but you can't do it unless you are at 0. Nady has been on DL for at least 2 weeks.
Actually that streaker at 27 hasn't moved in about 2 months. He simply keeps up with DL and/or minor league moves and fills up the next 9 days worth. By the way, Nady went on the DL officially Aug 13th; so I'd expect you can see Nady as his pick for another day or two
** It does appear he picked Braun yesterday. So he's @ 28 now instead of 27
My streak is over. Dang you Hunter! I'm just playing for fun now.
I thought about Hunter, but stayed away because he has hit just .195 in day games this year.
I am still alive now, but unfortunately if the leader moves on tomorrow, I will then need extra tiebreaker days at the end of the season to just have a chance.
I wish I had seen that stat before I made my pick.


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People Are Upset With Yahoo Fantasy Football | There are several angles to this still-developing story, though. One is, hey, who gives a shit about your fantasy football team, right? Totally valid. Another is, hey, Yahoo what gives, man? Why are you screwing up my leisure activities at literally the most inconvenient time? Read »
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Medical device makers give FDA official an earful
The federal official who oversees the review and approval of medical devices came to the Twin Cities Tuesday, to hear what industry leaders and medical experts have to say about how the agency is doing its job. They aired a host of complaints.
The medical device industry employs some 50,000 people in Minnesota. Medtronic, St. Jude Medical and other medical device companies headquartered here do tens of billions of dollars in sales each year.
So, it's not surprising that some 550 people showed up for the town hall-style meeting with Jeffrey Shuren of the Food and Drug Administraion. Shuren is director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the agency that decides if devices such as pacemakers and stents can be sold for use in patients.
Shuren heard lots of complaints about the FDA's review process.
Dr. John Sherman said he was medical director of a company developing treatments for spinal injuries. But he said the FDA approval process drove away investors. They were worried about putting money into a product that the FDA might not approve for a long time, if ever.
Sherman said that uncertainty was fatal for the company.
"It was shut down primarily because of some of the lack of predictability surrounding the FDA," said Sherman. "This is tremendously innovative technology. I would argue it was probably some of the most innovative technology I have ever seen as a spine surgeon."
The FDA also heard from unhappy venture capitalists -- the folks who fund most medical device startup companies, that may have great ideas but may be years away from sales or profits.
Peter McNerney, a prominent Twin Cities medical technology venture capitalist, said investors are shying away from upstart med tech companies because the FDA approval process is too hard to gauge, and too likely to shoot down new products.
"The regulatory process has become long and uncertain, and in many instances unnecessarily burdensome," he said. "As a result, we have lost our ability to evaluate regulatory risk."
Nationwide, McNerny said venture capital investment in medical device companies declined by more than one-third over the past two years.
Dan Mans, a regulatory consultant for the Minnesota Medical Device Alliance, said the rate of FDA approvals has slowed considerably in the past year.
The FDA says it hasn't been hitting its targets for the length of device reviews. But it says most reviews are getting done according to FDA guidelines.
Some folks wonder if there really is a problem with the FDA approval process for medical devices -- or not.
"My concern is we are doing a 'ready, fire, aim.' We don't understand if there are substantive problems," said Ralph Hall from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Hall said he has a grant to look at medical devices that got to market and had something go wrong with them. He said he hopes to ascertain if they show the FDA is too lax or appropriately diligent in reviewing medical devices.
"Let's make sure we have the data before we start making substantive changes," he said.
The FDA's Shuren assured the audience he would continue to listen to industry concerns. He spoke of developing a "smart FDA," that better balances safety with innovation.
"At certain times in the past, the pendulum has swing far to one side or the other," Shuren said. "To fulfill our mandate we must embrace both parts of our mission -- that is what it means to truly take a balanced public health approach."
Shuren said he wants to make it easier for companies regulated by the FDA to understand why the agency does what it does, and how decisions are made.
In coming weeks, the FDA will issue a report about possible changes in its device review standards and process. Shuren said he welcomes industry and public input.
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text: This paper takes a critical look at the novel manner in which Danny Laferriere weaves personal, collective and multifaceted imaginary spaces in which his narrator lives, while highlighting the erasure of such an imaginary world through a return to the physical tangible native country. In l'Enigme du retour (2009), the narrator carves for himself a universe in which he resides quasi-comfortably and tumultuously in other to escape the fact that his father just passed on, on the same land where both of them have been living, as Haitians exiled I Canada. In Pays sans chapeau (2007), the focus is on the anti-thesis of the imaginary characteristics of life in Quebec, through Laferriere narrator: the realities of life back home and the changes that settled during the several decades of absence. The notion of ecotone is therefore of paramount importance in this work, where it is used to mean 'the virtual space between the universe that the narrator create in those two novels and the physical native land, Haiti'. The thrust of this paper is therefore twofold: firstly, to unveil and dissect the various literary features that the author uses in his construction of the ecotone, which is represented as a complex and impressive dream land where sorrows, fears and sadness are nullified and secondly, to scrutinize the various multiple components of the nodal space which, ijn this paper is the mutations or changes that the geopolitical order of the world terms as the north and the south, or the east and the west. The north or west (Canada and Quebec here) which was hitherto synonymous with happiness and abundance is surprisingly reduced to need, want, fear, suppression of sad realities and feelings, as the narrator's life in l'Enigme du retour shows. The south or east (Haiti in this case) which was associated with all negative traits now has 'sophistication ' and opulence, although such good asset lie in the hands of the few agents of imperialism and its local allies as Pays sans chapeau reveals. The theoretical framework guiding this work is the Diasporan Cultural Literacy Theory, propounded by Raphael Confiant et al. in In Praise of Creoleness (1993) where the physical and virtual distance between the Francophone Black Diaspora in the Caribbean on the one hand and continental Africa on the other hand are explored and analyzed as unifying factors, not as a gap or fissure. Key words: Spacio-temporality, Ecotone, Diaspora Nodes, Escape, Homeland


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Woman tells of Burma plane crash
The number of Australians in the Burma plane crash has been revised upwards to six, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
And two Australians, rather than one, have received minor injuries.
''Two Australians received medical attention for minor back injuries,'' said DFAT. ''The other four Australian passengers were not injured in the crash.''
Two people died and 11 were reportedly injured when the plan burst into flames in a rice paddy near the Heho airport on Christmas Day.
Yesterday, one of the Australians spoke of her fear she would die during the crash.
Anna Bartsch, 31, of Adelaide, was travelling on the plane with her boyfriend Stuart Benson, 32, according to the ABC.
Ms Bartsch told the ABC flames burst out from the back of the plane and some of the doors would not open.
''That's when I definitely thought, 'I think we're going to die here. I can't see that all of these people are going to get out in time and we're sort of down the back and I reckon this might be it,''' she said.
According to DFAT, two of the five Australian passengers are from South Australia, and the other three from Queensland. The sixth passenger is a ''dual national who resides overseas and not in Australia''.
Burmese officials said two people died, including a motorcyclist who was struck by the plane.
The crash occurred when the Fokker 100 jet attempted to land in heavy fog, its tail breaking and then bursting into flames. The plane landed about three kilometres short of the airport.
Four foreigners - two Americans, a South Korean and a Briton - and the pilot were among the injured.
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Governor Christie Signs Executive Order To Secure New Jersey's Water Supplies
Declares State of Water Emergency, Authorizes DEP to Take Steps to Prevent Water Shortage
Trenton, NJ – Taking action to secure New Jersey's water supplies while power restoration efforts continue at the state's water supply facilities, Governor Chris Christie last night signed Executive Order 106, declaring a state of water emergency and authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to implement water usage restrictions across the state. Ongoing power outages around the state have left some of the state's water facilities operating on generators, bringing about the need for water conservation around the state as restoration efforts continue.
"We need to make sure our communities have access to clean water so that people can return to their homes and a sense of normalcy," said Governor Christie. "The most important thing we can do right now for everyone is conserving water, while we restore power at our supply facilities and secure the supplies and availability of clean water to everyone who needs it. To that end, I've signed this executive order which establishes mandatory statewide water use restrictions to help ensure our water supplies are secure and we can help prevent a shortage. As a commonsense step, all of our residents should be mindful and conservative in the amount of water they are using while we get water back on and our water delivery systems completely secure."
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Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today signed an administrative order that provides specific details of the mandatory water statewide use restrictions, which takes effect immediately.
"Although the state's water supplies are not directly threatened at this time, significant compromises to the energy supply in the wake of Hurricane Sandy may negatively affect the ability to maintain the water supply network across the state dictating the need for all New Jersey residents to conserve water to the maximum extent possible,'' said Commissioner Martin. "While this order details specific water use restrictions and prohibitions, every resident, visitor and business is urged to pitch in immediately reduce water consumption until we get past this critical situation. We need full and immediate cooperation.''
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AFCEA's Signal Magazine interviews Dr. Gary Horne about Project Albert and Data Farming for their June 2005 issue.
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's
Project Albert is the research and development effort whose
goal is to develop the process and capabilities of
Data Farming, a method to address
decision-maker's questions that applies high performance
computing to modeling in order to examine and understand
the landscape of potential simulated outcomes, enhance
intuition, find surprises and outliers, and identify
potential options. Data Farming is the method by which
potentially millions of data points are explored and
captured. It could be considered akin to Data Mining
combined with feedback which allows for the more
intelligent collection of more data points. This process is
made possible, in part, by the exploitation of High
Performance Computing assets and methods, and the project
is fully supported by the Maui High Performance Computing
Center. The Project Albert modeling approach is achieved
through the development of a suite of models, called
Distillations, to drive home the point
that these models are produced as an intentional complement
to the very highly-detailed simulations being developed
within the DoD, which by the very fact that they are so
highly-detailed and encumbered, do not permit the
examination of a very wide range of possibilities and
By virtue of their being much easier to run and understand
(think: SimCity adapted to a combat situation), they are
proving to be effective tools that help capture and
scientifically reproduce the ideas of Subject Matter
Experts, such as those thinking about tomorrow's concepts,
doctrine, and requirements. This suite of entity-based
models allow for rapid and highly tailorable changes in
entity characteristics and behaviors, quite amenable to,
and intentionally designed for rapid, repeatable concept
exploration. Project Albert develops a suite, vice a single
model, to allow for the testing of robustness of
observations across modeling platforms, and because each
model has inherent strengths and unique capabilities with
regard to each aspect of modeling how entities think,
decide, shoot, move, and communicate. The Project Albert
suite of models
includes Map-Aware Non-Uniform Automata (MANA),
Socrates, and
Pythagoras. It is of note that MANA is developed by the
New Zealand Defense Technology Agency, and it is used free
of charge by members of the Project Albert Team. Project
Albert is also harnessing existing, and developing new,
methodologies for investigating the results of running such
models. In this regard, a wide range of Data
Exploration and Data Visualization tools and
methods are being employed.
Also being developed is the concept and
initial implementation of Automated Red Teaming, a
methodology that helps identify how Red can beat Blue
through intelligent, effective, and efficient search
through the space of possibilities. This is accomplished in
part through the employment of a variety of evolutionary
Currently, Project Albert is collaborating with
military decision-makers, both inside the USMC, jointly,
and within coalitional arrangements, to apply
these techniques and tools to real-world questions. Some
examples of the work efforts can be found on the Project
Albert International Workshop pages. Another example of
collaboration efforts is Project Albert 's Internship and
Experimental History Program. This program has employed
interns from U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School,
U.S. Military Academy, and civilian academic institutions.
Experimental History describes the process of taking a
historical battle of interest and recreating it in one or
more of our distillations and applying the process of data
farming to it to yield a set of data that address
interesting what ifs. In a sense, it is akin to taking a
single data point (of history) and expanding the
understanding of it to a region of possibilities. Finally,
initial progress is also already being made on the
integration (translation of scenarios) between different
models and C2 Platforms, e.g. from C2PC to one of
the Project Albert models, and on the development of
collaborative environments that assist in the whiteboarding
and creation of scenarios and in the joint understanding of
the data that results from Data Farming the scenario.
AFCEA's Signal Magazine has done an article on Project Albert
and Data farming that can be found here.
Project Albert supports the DoD Command and Control Research
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Impact of fisheries on coastal systems
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Aquaculture has grown and developed enormously over the past four decades, however this development is not without cost. There are environmental implications that need to be considered including the increase of nutrients into the exploited area that can lead to eutrophication. The impact of fisheries on coastal systems can be negative through habitat destruction leading to the alteration of the ecosystem. Marine mammals can be affected through incidental death as a result of becoming caught as by-catch or becoming entangled in nets through 'ghost fishing'. Fishing can also have an effect on the target species as a result of over-fishing, which can lead to changes in the ecosystem structure. In order to reduce these impacts there is a need for more research into the long-term impacts of fisheries as well as an integrated coastal management strategy. Especially as humans are becoming increasingly dependant on resources from the sea, particularly coastal areas.
Mariculture – Aquaculture
Aquaculture is an attempt, through inputs of labour and energy, to improve the yield of useful aquatic organisms by deliberate manipulation of their rates of growth, mortality and reproduction. Most often the word mariculture is used to describe extensive cultivations of marine animals and plants where the input of energy (mostly food) is minimal. Fish farming, collecting invertebrates from the shore and mollusc cultivation are typical examples of mariculture. Farming and other marine aquaculture practices influence coastal systems, utilizing land, wetlands and the sea (fish cages or artificial reefs). While most of the finfish production is in freshwater, a growing proportion originates from coastal brackish and marine farming systems, including seaweed, shellfish, and crustaceans. Aquaculture has grown substantially over the past four decades and, in many parts of the world, aquaculture in coastal and marine waters is the only growth sector within marine fisheries.
Environmental problems
With the growth of industrial aquaculture, environmental problems have arisen. However, major achievements have been made in the past decade to cope with many of these environmental problems, including improved site selection criteria, improved husbandry techniques (e.g. better stress management and improved disease control). As there is often a high prevalence of pathogens and diseases in mariculture compared to wild stocks, chemicals may be used to control diseases and pests. Toxic and persistent chemicals, antibiotics and antifouling substances (copper, for instance) are often used routinely. Nevertheless, the use of antimicrobials in modern farming systems can now be avoided because of the development of appropriate vaccines for some key diseases.
All types of mariculture are liable to produce excessive amounts of nutrients and deposit organic material in the exploited area. Such inputs contribute to eutrophication. Many of the environmental implications are well known: pre-emption of critical fishery habitats (e.g. mangroves); pollution of estuarine and lagoon waters; excessive exploitation of natural stocks of larvae and juveniles; imports of inferior, sick or non-compatible seed stock; and introduction of exotic species.
Fishing is an important economical activity in the coastal zone. However, the potentially high benefits come with equally high risks of ecological deterioration through over fishing, killing of unwanted by-catch and habitat destruction. The most obvious effect of fishing is the removal of fish and shellfish from the ecosystem, but fisheries affect coastal marine ecosystems in many other ways while fish stocks are in turn affected by environmental factors. In general, fisheries can induce different selective pressures, either directly, i.e., through elevated mortality (which is often highly selective) or through ecosystem-level responses, as exploitation affects food availability and predation risk in both target and non-target species. Responses to selection can be observed at two levels. Firstly, at the community level, some species may suffer more from effects of fishing than others; some may even increase in abundance. Responses by species to exploitation are associated with their life histories. In particular, species with late maturation at large size and with low population growth rate tend to undergo more pronounced declines than early-maturing species with rapid growth. Secondly, the phenotypic composition within species may also change. If phenotypic variability has a genetic basis, then fisheries-induced selection can result in evolutionary change in life-history traits influencing sustainable yields, behavioural traits (e.g., gear-avoidance behaviour), and morphological traits.
Impact on fish populations
The quantitative impact of fisheries on fish populations is far from being negligible as, for instance, up to 1/3 of the biomass (from 3.5 to 2.5 million tones/year) is taken out from the North Sea, 1/3 being consumed by fish, 1/3 going back to the ecosystem to other predators, through diseases, etc. The removal of fish and shellfish biomass as food for humans may lead to stocks being depleted, some stocks even being on the verge of collapse, i.e. North Sea herring, mackerel and cod. Presently, 50% of the haddock present at the start of a year is taken in the same year, but not all species are affected in the same way. Declining species also include slow reproducing animals such as elasmobranches (cartilageneous fish, i.e. Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula, Rays, Conger eel Conger conger, Allis shad Alosa alosa).
The activity of fishing itself might impact living marine organisms in many ways. The removal of target species leads to changed abundance and altered structure of these populations. Shifts in population structure affect the composition of the ecosystem with a decrease in abundance of larger individuals, a shift in population age as older individuals are removed. Life-history changes, increased growth rates and a lowered age at maturity have been reported in Plaice Pleuronectes platesssa and Cod Gadus morhua in the North Sea. Through selection of animals adapted to modern fishing practices it has been demonstrated that whole populations have changed their genetic composition in response to increase human pressure.
Impact of discard
Because of the influence of market forces (undersized fish, over quota catch not being appropriate for landing) or just because they are not fit for human consumption, whole organisms (fish & benthos) are thrown back into the sea. It even happens that for high-grading the catch in order to maximise the value of a certain species at a certain time, marketable fish is thrown back overboard to the sea by fishers. Indirect death or injury takes place when fish are in contact with the gear or escape through the mesh. Such post-escapement mortality seems significant but further work is required for assessing its full impact on populations. Such discard of unwanted catch is a food-source made available at an unusual place and time to scavengers and opportunist predators. The impact on ecosystems is comparable to that from the discharge of offal, tissues rejected after fish is cleaned and gutted at sea. Seabirds, notably, are affected through access to a new source of food.
Impact on seabed
In addition to the potential for over-fishing, fishery operations can have a destructive physical impact on the seabed (Fig. 1), and affect population levels of non-target species through incidental catch, such problems being of particular significance for cetaceans, sea turtles and seabirds such as the albatross. All commercial bottom fishing disturbs sea-floor organisms and the seabed, with impacts on both habitats and species. The removal of non-target organisms (by-catch) may impinge on commercial species or be of no value to fisheries. The mechanical effects on the sea-floor habitat of trawlers, for example, include changes in the size composition of invertebrates with repercussions on the overall trophic structure of the ecosystem. Modification of the substrate include a possible increase in shell debris and the silt / clay content through resuspension of fine particles of sediment, changing in turn geophysical parameters such as penetration depth and surface roughness. Changes in benthic community composition consist of shifts from larger long-lived species to smaller opportunistic species, depending on the intensity of trawling, the gear used and the background level of disturbance, including pollution.
Impact on marine mammals
Unfortunately, effects of fisheries on marine mammals are not well documented. By-catch of small cetaceans, caught in bottom-set gill-nets, have been reported. Litter dumped or lost from fishing vessels includes fishing gear leading to 'ghost fishing' where disposed or lost gear continues fishing for year, entrapping marine mammals and birds. It is important and urgent to integrate fisheries into coastal zone management, with the aim of ensuring sustainable yields, while protecting vulnerable areas and species of birds and mammals. More research is needed into the long-term impacts of fisheries, and their effect on populations of target and non-target species – indeed, on the entire ecosystem of the coastal zone. Changes in the climate, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) appear to be affecting fish distributions and their spawning patterns[1] These changes are coupled with pollution effects on the fish and bioaccumulation of pollutants[2].
Related articles
Biais G. (1999). Understanding the functioning of fishing enterprises: an essential tool in fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56 1044-1050.
Coll M., Shannon L.J., Moloney C.L., Palomera I. and Tudela S. (2006). Comparing trophic flows and fishing impacts of a NW Mediterranean ecosystem with coastal upwelling systems by means of standardized models and indicators. Ecological Modelling 198 53-70.
Guidetti P., Fanelli G., Fraschetti S., Terlizzi A. and Boero F. (2002). Coastal fish indicate human-induced changes in the Mediterranean littoral. Marine Environmental Research 53 77-94.
Hiddink J.G., Jennings S. and Kaiser M.J. (2006). Indicators of the ecological impact of bottom-trawl disturbance on seabed communities. Ecosystems 9 1190-1199.
Machias A., Maiorano P., Vassilopoulou V., Papaconstantinou C., Tursi A. and Tsimenides N. (2004). Sizes of discarded commercial species in the eastern-central Mediterranean Sea. Fisheries Research 66 213-222.
Morais P., Borges T.C., Carnall V., Terrinha P., Cooper C. and Cooper R. (2007). Trawl-induced bottom disturbances off the south coast of Portugal: direct observations by the 'Delta' manned-submersible on the Submarine Canyon of Portimao. Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective 28 112-122.
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O's turning Petco Park into Camden Yards West
SAN DIEGO -- Camden Yards, West?
The Orioles, like a lot of teams, have some strong California ties, but the reception in Tuesday's series opener in San Diego was still a surprise. A significant portion of the announced crowd of 28,055 at Petco Park was pulling for Baltimore -- at one point circulating a "Let's go O's" chant -- and it didn't go unappreciated in the visiting clubhouse.
"The coolest part about it was the 'O' during the national anthem," said San Diego native Adam Jones, who got some of the loudest cheers of the night. "There were a lot of guys down the third-base line that screamed right in our ear. And I think it shocked us a little bit, and I think got us going a little bit. That's cool. I know my Twitter is blowing up, a lot of people have flown out here and made the trip."
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The Orioles are playing in San Diego for the first time since 2010, and the friendly atmosphere in opponent territory was appreciated by new starter Bud Norris, who picked up his second win in as many tries in a Baltimore uniform.
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