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The widowed Kate Allison had returned to Uckfield Registration District sometime between the death of her husband Robert Cecil Allison in 1914 and the birth (and death) of an illegitimate daughter Georgina in 1916.
This pretty much confirmed that she was my 2x great-aunt, but the final confirmation came when I looked back at the marriage certificate of my great-grandmother Minnie Driver. Four years after the death of her first husband (my great-grandfather Henry Herbert Hemsley) Minnie re-married Robert Farlow in High Hurstwood, Sussex.
Just under four years ago I ordered a copy of their marriage certificate to confirm some details and make sure that I had the right husband (Moses Farlow). When I looked again at the certificate I realised that I had undeniable proof that Kate Allison was my 2x great-aunt.
Until I had started on this search for my grandmother's "adopted" sister the two witnesses were unknown to me, and to be honest they weren't that important to me. I mean why should I be bothered about those two strangers at my great-grandmother's wedding?
Actually that is not strictly true, I knew I should try to find out who they were, but they were a low priority. Four years ago there were plenty more important people to work on and fewer records online, so they never really got the attention they deserved.
Of course the importance of the two witnesses should not be measured by the importance they have to me (are they my relations?) but by the importance that they had to my relatives.
I am sure you can guess where I am going with this, one of the witnesses on the marriage certificate was Kate's daughter, Minnie Gladys Allison the adopted "sister" I had been searching for along.
Her name had been sitting in my records all along, it felt like I had gone full circle, but without making that journey I probably wouldn't have realised the significance of the name on the marriage certificate.


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Thanks for asking! I'm not sure when we find out...it seems like it is taking forever, lol! The last round is hosting a challenge. That runs from 4/13 - 4/20. So hopefully we'll know soon after that!
Hi, it's me Erin and I hear that I am supposed to give you some info about myself for the big party coming up. Are there things in particular that you need to know, certain questions to be answered...or just a general blurb about myself? LOL! I wasn't quite sure what I should do.
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Well that deal is only benefits one person I reckon, unless merchandising etc are that valuable to the Lakers franchise.
Lol.... Rebuilding process delayed!
Excellent. Now when they sign Melo next year the drama will be on over drive, LOL.
Dumb move....real dumb. Keep up the "good" work there Jimbo.
Hopefully gasol takes a payout and play for the clippers. Heck I'll take kaman to back up our big
My underrated storyline/hope is that they can't afford to keep Jordan Hill and we get him with the MLE... I like his rebounding and he has a decent post-game.
Would love it. Then the Knicks can finally tank. Oh wait no draft picks....
Melo join the Lakers, do it please. I would love to see implosion.
That would be a very good move and with Jimmy Boy running the show it could very well come to fruition.
Unfortunately your Knicks will be in crash mode for a while I'm afraid.
Did you get to Vegas and bet the under 50 line yet...at least you can make some $ off them.
2 years, $48,500,000...
For a 35-year-old coming off an Achilles tear. Shrewd move, Kupcake.
Edit: My bad, topic already exists. Merge?
Nope I don't gamble but if I did I would have put under 45. I already knew they were going to be awful.
Sad to be a Knicks fan but I am pretty much numb to the constant failure since I have low expectations and am used to them failing.
Sounds like another team we root for....but as you know things change...eventually.
LOL, some Laker fans label this as a "pay-cut"
I'd take a "pay-cut" also if it meant I'd be getting paid twice what I'm worth.
I found its funny that Lakers homer think that the salary cap restriction was due to against the Lakers. But do they know that the person who agree with this restriction was no other than Kobe Bryant's buddy, Derek Fisher, who is at the time was the head of the Players Union. Call me amused.
My laker buds do not like this at all. Even though they are still hoping, no, dreaming, no, delusional about king James, they know this hurts their chances.
I think James rather play with Wade over Chuckbe. Not to mention the Heat have the better FO + more talent.
I say the chances at this point are 0%.
A good read on the "kobecide" signing. The once shinning franchise turning rusty and dull very quickly:
http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/articles/j ... the-lakers
^ Very interesting info regarding their much vaunted 2014 cap space.
Funny thing is, everybody wins in this deal... well, almost everybody.
Kobe makes out like a bandit despite the fact that there was never a credible threat of him retiring anywhere else. His laker-legacy is too important to his ego, and besides, no other big market team has the cap to sign him. He gets to chase individual stats to his heart's content without the nuisance of having to actually share the ball with another elite player or two.
Jeannie Buss makes a $50,000,000 investment that is sure to double or triple with Staples sellouts and merchandising, thereby adding to her bottom line.
Jim Buss gets to throw his Daddy's money around and pretend to the fans that he has 1/10th of his acumen, by repeating Jerry's "win at all cost" mantra... without actually achieving the same results.
Kobe fan-boys get to see another 2 years of him taking 25 shots to score 28 points and proclaiming he's better than LeBron based on PPG alone.
And as Scott Howard-Cooper pointed out today, the other 29 teams benefit because the lakers with 2 legit stars PLUS kobe's scoring threat would have been pretty dominant.
Wouldn't surprise me if even Mr. & Mrs. Sterling popped a bottle of Bollinger and made nasty last night, because this ensures the Clippers are still the best team in L.A. for the foreseeable future and that another year of pre-teens just discovering the game will follow the Clips deep into the playoffs.
The only ones who really got kicked in the nuts are longtime fans of the lakers franchise. Ones who would go to games with or without kobe and pay their money on the understanding that the franchise will do their utmost to try to win... maybe not win it all every year, but at least make an honest effort. But who cares about those guys? They're up in the rafters or at least 15 rows behind this week's 3rd rate celebrities. It's not like those fans are ever on TV or anything.
So congratulations lakers... you got your man (and your guaranteed profits)... and from a Clippers fan... thank you. And to those loyal laker fans left holding their swollen balls again after the TWC sellout and now this... perhaps it's time you gave a look to the Los Angeles basketball team whose owner actually cares about winning!
Oh, how the tables have turned!
I love how the default Gif in the OP is him applauding. How fitting, LMAO.
Kobe has always been a hog. A ball hog. A lyin'-cheatin'-no-good-husband hog. And now...he's a cap-space-worry-about-no-one-but-his-businessman-self hog. Lol
At any rate, he would have been called a fool for turning down what the Lakers offered. Lakers can only hope that Kobe can still be a draw to Staples Center and fill those seats whether he plays or not for the next THREE years.
Whatever. This benefits the Clippers since the Lakers will wallow in Kobeland for a while and will be challenged to find the right pieces to complement their aging star whose effectiveness from his Achilles injury has yet to be tested in games.
An update by Larry Coon on the Lakers future cap space:
Great deal as far as I am concerned. Shoot yourselves in the foot to keep Mamba.
The only thing i cannot understand is how Fakers fans always decide the biggest free agents are all lining up to be Fakers. You read their posts and they have Carmelo and LEBron and Love to name a few dying to be on their team. I don't understand that logic. Maybe Love would really like to be a Spur or maybe Love will stay put because money talks. Not everyone in the league wants to be a Laker,they have to live with that but it is not in their bubble.
And PS to Kobe,get over CP3. Make your peace with it and move on.
To be fair, he technically did take a pay cut..
I ain't even mad, since he just pushed the Lakers towards a couple more years of mediocrity.


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He was born in Philadelphia to Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan Jr. and Mary E. Albert.
Mr. Sullivan was a homebuilder and real estate developer. He owned cattle ranches in Arizona and Tiffany, near Arboles. He was a life member and past president of Valley of the Sun Real Estate Exchangers; past director of the Scottsdale Boys Club; past trustee of the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation; and member of the American Hereford Association.
Mr. Sullivan spent many years as a 4-H Club leader. He particularly enjoyed working with young 4-H members and other leaders, his family said.
He loved showing registered Hereford cattle at cattle shows throughout the western states and shared that passion with his grandchildren, who have continued the tradition. He enjoyed horseback rides with the Scottsdale Charros and the Verde Vaqueros.
Mr. Sullivan was an Irish Tenor, and he sang and toured with The Phoenix Orpheus Male Chorus.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy Sullivan, of Scottsdale; daughters Valerie Remington of Colorado Springs, Cathy Calderwood of Ignacio and Carolyn Conditt of Baltimore; son, Tim Sullivan of Los Angeles; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A visitation and rosary will be held at 6 p.m. today, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School Road in Scottsdale. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 6261 N. Granite Reef Road in Scottsdale.


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Today my friend Chris and I completed another section of the North Downs Way. Today's route took us from Wrotham along to Halling, both in the county of Kent.
The actual distance along the North Downs Way was about seven miles, but on top of that there was about a mile and a half at each end, to and from the railway station to reach the North Downs.
This is one of the furthest sections of the route from my home, so it took me almost three hours to the starting point (Borough Green & Wrotham station). Things should start improving next time when we turn the corner and start heading south again.
The weather was pretty good today. At the start there was a clear sky and bright sunshine, but it didn't last and the sky clouded over in the the afternoon, looking like it could rain any minute, but it was still warm enough for walking in a short-sleeve shirt and shorts.
Overall the walk was not particularly outstanding. There were some quite impressive views to the south and east, but again it was hazy in the distance. There were a couple of quite challenging climbs, but on the whole the route was pretty flat.
Apart from a few sheep grazing at the foot of the Downs east of Wrotham (see above) there was not a lot of interest along the route, either that or we missed it all. One thing we wouldn't have missed were the flies that seemed to be lining the route. It might be that they had just hatched, but they really were a real pain at times and many of my photos are ruined by black dots scattered across them.


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While some shoppers expressed concern with crossing the protest line and entering the stores, customers were able to go in and out of the store without incident.
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A union-backed group called �OUR Wal-Mart� was staging demonstrations and walkouts at hundreds of stores across the country on Black Friday. It was unclear how many people participated in those protests or what effect they had on business.
�The OUR Wal-Mart group doesn�t speak for the 1.3 million Wal-Mart associates,� David Tovar, vice president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. corporate communications said in a statement. �We had our best Black Friday ever, and OUR Wal-Mart was unable to recruit more than a small number of associates to participate in these made for TV events.�
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The Reds have bullpen reinforcements for Tuesday's game vs. STL.
RHP Mike Lincoln went to the disabled list with a straight right latissimus dorsi muscle (on his side). RHP Carlos Fisher was optioned to Triple-A Louisville. Both guys got pummeled yesterday and Lincoln allowed 12 runs over his last 7 2/3 innings.
Recalled from Louisville were relievers Enerio Del Rosario and Logan Ondrusek
1B Joey Votto is back in the Reds lineup as well…
Cabrera 6
Phillips 4
Votto 3
Rolen 5
Bruce 9
Gomes 7
Stubbs 8
Hernandez 2
Cueto 1
*Dusty Baker said that Lincoln had been dealing with this injury for a while.
"He doesn't complain, alibi or cry about anything," Baker said. "Last year, he had that neck problem. He had been on the DL so much in his career, that's the last thing he wanted to do. When he gets healthy, he still has good stuff."
*Ondrusek had eight of his last 10 outings at Louisville be scoreless but was roughed up for four runs in the two other games. He believed he made some adjustments to be back better this time.
"It's just making sure I'm locating the fastball early, and getting ahead," Ondrusek said. That's the big thing where I got hurt here. I was falling behind and having to throw more over the plate. Guys just started crushing me."
*It was asked why Jared Burton wasn't considered for the call-up. Burton had four-straight scoreless outings for Louisville…but had only had five outings since coming off the DL.
"Burt is throwing the ball but they thought he needed some more time," Baker said. He hasn't been back that long. It might have been Burt if he was pitching more. He has to get his endurance up. They say he's looking pretty close to where he was last year. We want him all the way back."
*Homer Bailey threw from 120 feet today. He is scheduled to have a bullpen session on Thursday. He hoped to return to start when he is eligible to come off the DL June 8.
*Sam LeCure was amped for his start on Wednesday, his second in the big leagues. He grew up a couple hours away in a small town near Jefferson City, MO. He already has 20 tickets set aside for family, and expected more people to attend.
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*Here's some interesting info — Baker's teams are 88-90 all time vs. Tony LaRussa, entering today.
SF vs STL, 34-32
Cubs vs STL, 37-34
CIN vs STL, 17-24
Overall, 88-90
*In the 2002 NLCS, the Giants defeated the Cardinals, 4-1, which pushes Baker ahead 92-91.
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Ondrusek???? Gimmee a break Walt. Please tell me you have someone in the minors better and more reliable than this bumm. He's been stinkin' it up in Looserville for cryin' out loud. What a disappointment. Might as well keep Stinkin' and Fisher in there.


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Game 87: Yankees vs. Rays
As my 4 train pulled into the Yankee Stadium stop this morning, the conductor got on and made the following announcement: "Let's go, Derek Jeter." Coming down the stairway, a stocky NYPD cop announced to no one in particular: "It's a great day for history." And there were thousands already gathered outside Gates 4 and 6, waiting for their chance to see a great moment.
And so maybe there will be one to cheer for. It certainly is a picture-perfect day in the Bronx as we try this all over again, with Derek Jeter two hits from 3,000. Everyone is anxious to get the milestone in the books; the players want to see it and be part of it, but they also want to get back to the business of focusing on only winning baseball games.
So, too, does Jeter. He admitted in Cleveland that he is uncomfortable with the constant crush of cameras trailing his every move, including those filming the chase for a HBO documentary. Jeter's always trying to get a hit when he steps in the box, but he would agree that the spotlight is burning even brighter than usual these days.
Here are today's lineups:
Johnny Damon DH
Ben Zobrist RF
Evan Longoria 3B
Casey Kotchman 1B
B.J. Upton CF
Matt Joyce LF
John Jaso C
Reid Brignac SS
Pitching: David Price LHP (8-7, 3.56)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Russell Martin C
Jorge Posada DH
Andruw Jones RF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Brett Gardner LF
Pitching: A.J. Burnett RHP (8-7, 4.12)
- Alex Rodriguez did not speak to the media pre-game, and the Yankees said there would be nothing further at the moment on his right meniscus tear. A-Rod is weighing surgery that could cost him a month, and Joe Girardi said a decision should be made today. Girardi said he won't play Rodriguez today or tomorrow for sure.
- Nick Swisher was out of the lineup again with a tight left quad. He suffered it on Thursday chasing Ben Zobrist's triple in the right field corner, after trying to kick it to stop its progress. He wasn't in last night's rained-out lineup either.
- Sounds like you can pretty much forget about Eric Chavez stepping in to replace A-Rod. Chavez is still dealing with back issues and Girardi said there is no timetable for his return. Either way, get ready to see a lot of Eduardo Nunez.
- Girardi said he could use Freddy Garcia – who was rained out from his start yesterday – out of the bullpen, "but we really haven't done that much, so we would have to see how we would do it."
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Let's face it. Posada has had his day. They can't DH him every game. He's not getting production. They intentionally walk Martin to get to Posada and he hits into a double play. A few years ago they were pitching around Posada and intentionally walking him because he was a threat. Obviously no longer. But who have the Yankees got to DH? Nobody really.
Sometimes it makes me wonder, how sharp do you believe you'd be if you went through as long a wait between innings as Burnett, remember those guys he's facing are PROFESSIONALS, they get paid huge sums to hit baseballs. The Rays will hit you and don't care if you're AJ Burnett or Roy Halladay, they will hit the baseball.
By the way Robert I don't happen to agree with Chad Jennings on Andruw Jones. He strikes out too much and doesn't get the clutch hits. He's almost a sure out for the side every time he gets up to bat and he looks bad doing it.
Bustnett does what he does best, gives up a home run. Home runs and walks end up doing Burnett in. Discouraging for a team that gets ahead and then its pitcher gives up a home run with a runner on and gives away the lead. It happens too often to Burnett unfortunately. I thought maybe with the momentum of Derek getting his 3,000 that we were going to pull this one out regardless of the lineup but not sure now. Congrats Derek on hit #3,000 and against a very good pitcher and a home run. Done in style.
The old nemesis–leaving guy on base and not getting them in. Andruw Jones is useless and I've been saying it all year and we haven't gone out yet to get a good utility outfielder who can hit. Jones is not going to get it done. This was a poor off season pick up for the Yankees. His best years are way behind him offensively and defensively. And we sent Dickerson down to the minors. Cashman is going to have to do something to plug this hole in the outfield after the All Star game. We can't go the rest of the year witH Jones as a backup outfielder. How often do we have to see him to know he's no good.
WE're in trouble in this series against the Rays with ARod and Swish out of the lineup and if ARod is out long term Nunez is not ARod let's face it. He has potential and has a little bit of pop at the plate but struggles defensively. This is not a good time to lose these kind of players with us 1 game behind the Sox and only 3 up on the Rays. This could end up being our season right here. I'm not optimistic today with Price on the mound and the lineup we've got. We could end up getting swept in this series. And one wonders which AJ will show up today.


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All of these studies, products, and efforts make it clear that BYOD is here to stay. So the question remains, how will this affect the evolution of engineering alongside BYOD? The bigger and most progressive companies are fully embracing the trend, and building support around the idea. Will everyone else follow suit?
Policies to ensure safe and secure use of personal devices will allow engineers to access more corporate data, which has obvious benefits when working in the era where time means everything. As part of wider access to information and expedited solutions, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other services, like RemoteFX from Microsoft and XenApp from Citrix, are enabling engineers to access programs that use high-end graphics and heavy processing loads straight from centralized databases or servers on their own devices, effectively trivializing hardware or OS requirements.
This means that tests and results from AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Abacus, Creo (now Pro-E) etc., can be performed and accessed by smartphones, laptops, and the like, by making centralized computers do all the heavy lifting. No matter where the engineer is, a new idea or solution can be put to the test immediately. This will result in more robust engineering practices, as well as engineers who are proficient in maneuvering between these services and programs, expanding their field of knowledge and expertise.
Some believe this expansion in knowledge and productivity will give rise to another BYOD movement: building your own device. As companies adopt policies on bringing your own device, some are calling for in-house engineers to build components specifically for their company.
Boeing, for example, is developing its own version of a secure Android phone. Union Pacific railroad had their own R&D labs, engineers, and contract manufacturers to build 8,000 radios they needed, saving $7 million to $8 million plus recuperating cost by selling these radios. Google is developing its own secure and secret servers for its employees. Other companies will surely follow suit and create servers tailor-made to support all those employee-owned devices and protect vulnerable information.
There was a time when my colleagues used the "company computer" for all their work. Over the past five years I found that everyone, including myself, swiftly took to using our own computers, devices, and Internet connections at the workplace. The affordable prices of desktop components, laptops, tablets, and the like certainly is the foundation of the departure of past norms. However, the majority of my associates said that it is privacy they want most. Their office desktops, from what they tell me, log every keystroke, every Webpage visited, and in some cases, take screenshots. To a lesser degree, their personal systems will run faster and have fewer issues for what they want to do.
I even use my own oscilloscope, data logger, and soldering station. Times are changing. The consumer world and the corporate business structure are inevitably merging. It will be interesting to see how companies react to these shifts of accessibility and redistribution of authority, as each member of the workforce integrates their work and technology with their daily lives, year after year. Likewise, the evolution engineering practices and how businesses use them will continue to transform the workforce and economy.
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Hopefully we can get this thread rolling and get some positive and realistic input here but these are the things I think we need to succeed.
First off, let's assume that Eric Bledsoe is going to be traded. As much as we'd like it to be DJ instead of Bledsoe, in a trade that gives us cap relief and the ability to say sign Bledsoe to an extension, I think DJ is here to stay, at least temporarily.
Let's also stipulate that Crawford, no matter what is coming off the bench. Crawford is extremely talented on offense, his ball handling skills and ability to isolate and score are almost the best in the league. He seems content with his role here and serves a giant purpose off the bench. Seems his role has been solidified over the past few years in Atlanta and Portland.
But what do we need?
We need CP3 to sign a long-term deal with this team, yeah I'm no idiot that's priority #1. We should also be looking to ink Matt Barnes to a 2-4 year deal. If we can't find a solid SG or SF to start for us next year, Barnes can play either position, or be the "7th" man for us. He seems to be a big fan favorite and he played very well this past season.
And I'd hate to see Caron here and he starts over Barnes. Butler to me, at least at this point in his career has lost his ability to get assists on a regular basis, he lacks intensity to get to the basket and wants to spot up for 3PT'rs or jumpers. That kind of player who is nearly immobile on offense needs to come off the bench.
So far, we've got CP3 to a long-term deal, we are keeping DeAndre and we've locked in Barnes for at least 2 more years.
We need to secure a SG or a SF that can start by shipping off Bledsoe. Caron Butler also must be included in the deal as there aren't many starting SG's or SF's out there that make Bledsoe's salary or less that teams are willing to part with.
I am just going to go simple here and say we make a deal with Orlando for Arron Afflalo. That fills a need at SG and allows us to use Willie Green, whose done well here to come off the bench, or spot start if need be. Giving us 4 of our starting 5 for the season, a 6th man in Crawford and a 7th man or possible starter in Barnes.
After all the trades and the re-signing of CP3, I am not sure if we will have the money, but I'd really consider going after a guy like Kyle Korver on a 2-3 year deal. He can play SF and although he isn't a defensive monster, Afflalo and CP3 can take over defensive duties on the tougher PG, SG and SF's that other teams may have. Nobody really has all 3 of those positions that require spot on defense that would expose Korver's lack of solid defense too much.
Korver is a 3PT machine, and also a scoring machine as well. Combined with Afflalo and CP3's ability to score from just about anywhere, it should open up the post a lot more for Blake, and allow DJ to slip in unnoticed for easy dunks or layups. Another guy to go after would be someone like J.J. Redick, who will probably get a 7 mill a year deal from a poor or mid-level team. But, we can dream can't we?
I think for the SF spot ( again, assuming we trade for Afflalo ) should go to either a 3PT specialist/offensive dynamo, or to be given to Matt Barnes. This leaves us with open spots on our bench...
Lamar Odom should be in the mix as a returning bench guy if he can take a pay cut. Odom hasn't played well at all his past 2 years and the dreams of making the All-Star team are way behind him. However, he can still play all 5 positions on the floor and seems to be in a better place back home in Los Angeles. Odom is a solid rebounder, great passer for a big man and in a 8-21 minute a night role, can provide Blake and DJ with relief, and allow us to utilize his abilities as a great big man passer that KG was in Boston under new coach Doc Rivers. Question is, will he take less money to stay home and contend for a team, or will he take more money to potentially play for another playoff team and get a bigger role?
After CP3 though, I really feel that our biggest need is a bruiser down low. Or at least a bruiser or dirty player on the wings. I'd prefer us to get a tough guy who doesn't take crap to play in the paint. I want this guy to have little to no offensive ability at all, but be a punisher in the paint. Someone who is going to hard foul those weak little guards out there that step into his perimeter known as the Clipper paint. We need a guy whose physical, will fight for rebounds and help give this team a reputation like the 70's Philadelphia Flyers, the 90's Knicks and Dennis Rodman himself.
I am not sure who is out there that would step into this kind of role, but we need someone who isn't a wuss to be down low. Someone who will give flying elbows like Charles Barkley when he rebounds, to chatter on defense to get inside the heads of opposing players. Someone who gets technicals and isn't afraid to get fined. This is where we really miss Reggie Evans.
The rest of our bench needs to be filled out with complete specialists who are 1 or 2 dimensional at best. If the team and Chauncey himself wants to come back, he should have a very limited role in 8-15 minutes a night, as a floor general and a spot up shooter from mid/long range. If we don't bring back Chauncey, get a PG who can play good defense and pass the ball well, who won't need shots to feel he's effective. This is where I miss players like Eric Snow, or could use a guy like Eric Maynor or Earl Watson.
Guards and Small Forwards who excel at perimeter defense and/or 3PT shooting are a must. Get at least 1 guy whose basically our Steve Novak to bomb 3PT'rs if we don't get a guy like Korver or Redick. Get a guy who can play good defense to play the 2 or the 3.
I'd also like to fill out the team with at least 1 other, defensive-minded PF/C. Ronny Turiaf can be looked at to fill this spot. Although under-sized, he's a good blocker and can rebound.
The team needs to realize, Miami, the Bulls in the 90's, the Spurs and other teams in the past had guys on their bench that weren't just overall OK at everything, but had specialists to fill their team. The Heat have guys like Juwon Howard who are clearly leaders to their team, Shane Battier and Mike Miller who deliver corner 3PT'rs like daggers, Chris Anderson and Joel Anthony who are primarily there to block shots and clog the paint.
Don't go after around average, or average players who can do a little bit of everything, that's what Crawford, Odom and Barnes can do with their respective positions. Specialists is what it will come down to come crunch time.
Would you rather have a guy who can score when needed, play defense when needed etc etc or would you rather have a 2nd unit of guys who know exactly what their jobs are, and are out there for specific purposes, who allow the team to run certain plays and go under a certain strategy?
Lastly, any new players we bring in must hit at least 60% of their free throws minimum. We suck at free throws. Outside of 3 guys ( CP3, Chauncey and Crawford ) I'm petrified when anyone goes to the line, literally.
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It's a bit too early because we don't know what Doc wants.
First Odom must go. He was a great rebounder but to paraphrase Lawler the ball moved better when Hill was playing. What's he going to do with Bledsoe? He may keep him at least for a year. He could be more valuable albeit more expensive than Jamal. Bledsoe is a potential 20ppg player. Maybe let Jamal go. He's streaky and can't defend. If Bledsoe and be a Ginobli and play starter minutes at 1 and 2 trade Jamal and Butler
Thats pushing it, especially on this team and without any ability to shoot off the dribble.
He put up 14.9 pts/36, 14.2 pts in 34 MPG in his 12 games as a starter. A jump to 20 pts is a lot, it should mean a significant improvement in shooting at the least.
Agree with a lot of things. Great post, seriously. With that being said, Some things that im not sold 100% or want to give another point of view:
About Barnes: 4 years extension seems kind of a stretch. Maybe 2 with non guaranteed money on 3rd could work. And yes, part of the MLE would have to be taken.
Butler is gone, hopefully. Love tuff juice, the broken hand playing and the first big FA to sign here in a while, but we need another things right now. A question we should be asking to ourselves is: "Is Matt Barnes a quality starter as SF on its own?"
About the AA trade, Im not so sure how to distribute minutes with Paul, Crawford, Afflalo, Green and Billups (if he returns, but I guess we are getting a good and cheap backup PG). But well, I hope Doc knows best. And I really dont like the idea of playing Afflalo as a SF
About getting a sniper: I guess someone like Anthony Morrow would be more realistic. Korver and Redick are not gonna to renounce on money, I guess. As a spot up shooter only, even a rookie could fit the role.
Odom wont get anything but a vets min, here and Id like to say anywhere. Im pretty sure nobody on their right minds would spend more than that on him. Like his pick and roll D, his rebounding rate and his versatility. Praying that his offense awakens some day. I dont think hed wear another jersey at this point. Except Miami to get a ring, of course (?)
As a bruiser on the wings we have Barnes. Afflalo and Bledsoe (considering we have one of the two) are good perimeter defenders. Zaza Pachulia would be a decent enforcer, or Ivan Johnson if you want to trade the #25. Free agency options are crucial here. We picked Martin from FA a couple of years before and it worked. Heat did the same with Birdman.
Turiaf gets cut, IMHO. hustling is nice, but if hustling doesnt make you gain the rebound because you dont have the size or technique to do it, it doesnt help the team. Love Ronny, but Id rather have another player. Ideally, a Center who can play very good D and has a nice jumper. Rare commodity, of course. So Im hoping DJ improves badly and to have a plan if Defenses Clog the paint against our big men.
One of Spurs keys was versatility. It seems that with Pop their guys can do everything. The versatile-specialized players debate could be argued for a while.
Since we'll be defensively oriented team I think we need a long, athletic defender at the 2 and 3 spot who can also run and slash through the basket
Trade Bledsoe and Butler for Afflalo and Nicholson- Afflalo would be a defensive stopper at the shooting guard position and also be our best perimeter shooter. Nicholson would take Odom's spot in the rotation. He is a much better shooter then Odom. He could basically be playing next to Blake or DJ for 24 minutes per night, and help spread the floor.
Draft Reggie Bullock with the 25th pick. In a interview, Doc emphasized today that the Clippers will be looking for a shooter in the draft. Bullock fits the bill hitting 2.6 threes per game at UNC last season while converting 43% of them.
Sign Pierce with the MLE.
Sign Jermaine O'Neill, Chauncey Billups and Ryan Hollins to minimum contracts.
-Having Nicholson and O'Neill off the bench will ensure a big opposite of Blake or DJ whenever one of them is out of the game. This is key for floor spacing. Nicholson and O'Neill are both also above average shot blockers, which helps with the defense. Hollins provides another athletic big off the bench that has played for Doc before.
-Afflalo/Bullock gives us two very good spot up shooters that will only be asked to knock down open shots and play solid defense.
-Pierce and Crawford are two guys that are known to create offense. They could both score in bunches.
-Then we still have CP!
The more guys the Clippers can get who can shoot AND is a good defender, the better the team will be. Those guys are hard to find, but Arron Afflalo certainly is such a player. Kyle Korver is an excellent shooter but not so great defensively. Matt Barnes- good defender but outside shooting is a little too streaky. Caron Butler- good shooter, but defensively is getting a step slow.
Not saying that we can't win without guys who can both shoot/score and defend, but we certainly need more of those type of players to go deeper in the playoffs. You look the Spurs and the Heat- they have several key guys on the roster who can D up and put the ball through the hoop. If we could get one guy who plays starter minutes who can shoot/score to replace one of our mediocre guys, that would be nice. Now if we added TWO such players, this team will certainly be a championship contender.
Every one of our guys are streaky.I would take a sharpshooting mediocre defending SF over a PF. We don't need a bench guy, we need a starter.
As far as Jermaine O Neil he's had injury problems his whole career. Anyway we don't need more medicare eligible guys.
First Odom must go. He was a great rebounder but to paraphrase Lawler the ball moved better when Hill was playing. What's he going to do with Bledsoe? He may keep him at least for a year. He could be more valuable albeit more expensive than Jamal. Bledsoe is a potential 20ppg player. Maybe let Jamal go. He's streaky and can't defend. If Bledsoe and be a Ginobli and play starter minutes at 1 and 2 trade Jamal and Butler
He put up 14.9 pts/36, 14.2 pts in 34 MPG in his 12 games as a starter. A jump to 20 pts is a lot, it should mean a significant improvement in shooting at the least.
He needs a good coach. He has put up 20+ points. I think his highest is 23. AS far as shooting he was a pass first slash second shoot third guy. We don't know how well he can shoot
if karasev is on the board, id take him over bullock. 19 years old and already a korver like shooter with length and high bball IQ. i like the ebled trade, because we may get an unprotected first rd pick from the magic as well as nicholson and afflalo for butler and ebled. however, i don't feel comfortable with billups being the back up point guard, but if he takes the minimum then thats good. other than that, you are spot on.
I don't really understand. Players that average a certain amount of points don't get that every game, so sure, once in a while he can put up 20 pts, of course. 61% of his FG attempts were jumpshots, he just missed a whole lot of them. He shot 34.7% on 343 jumpshots attempts. I think we have a pretty good idea of what kind of jumpshooter he is.
Reggie Evans would be the perfect compliment to Crawford off the bench. If we could sign Chauncey to a vet. min. contract, Evans would help even more. Reggie gives shooters even more confidence and leeway to shoot because he gobbles up rebounds on missed shots. If Odom will come back for 2 mil or less, I'd say sign him, he or Reggie could split the MLE with Barnes. Sign a filler, backup center (Hollins will do) for the vet. min. and the bench is set.
For the starting unit, I'd make every effort to sign or trade for Eric Gordon, Arron Afflalo or OJ Mayo in that order. EJ is expensive and will be for a while, but we know what he is capable of and we could get him for cheaper right now since he is coming off of a string of injuries (we might be able to get him for Bled and 2 first rounders). He is also very strong on defense and gets to the foul line often, which is something we completely lost from both of our starting SG's last season. Afflalo would be next on the list because he doesn't get to the foul line or penetrate to the hoop as often, but does, however, have pluses in his very low turnover rate and solid spot up shooting. After this, trade Butler for Ariza straight up to get younger at the 3 spot and get ready for wins.
Poetic license?
Things have changed now that we have Doc though. The consensus around sports analysts is that the Clippers are a major player with Doc as our general. I wouldn't be surprised if this acquisition will help lure players here.
That is a great point, you have to space the floor in order to make a run in the playoffs now.
I agree that Afflalo/Korver is a good plan to improve our spacing. However, I think we could get a head start in that by drafting Reggie Bullock with the 25th pick. Bullock is a Korver type player, only he is a better defender and rebounder. I would then sign Pierce with the MLE. If Pierce is not available, then I would turn my attention to signing Barnes with part of the MLE. Maybe 3years/12million. This would give us a good combo of offense/defense at the 3.
The thing with Korver and Redick is that if they come here, theyd be declining their only shot in their career to make big bucks (Thats the same reason Barnes wont resign with us for the minimum).
Is a Money vs Championship ambitions thing.
^ korver and reddick made 5.5 million and 6 million respectively, way different scenarios to what barnes made.
I think 3years/12million for Barnes will work.
^ we can't offer him that much since we don't have his bird rights
Morrow $4 mill last yr
I don't think Barnes would take less than two
Sure we can. But, we would have to use part of our mid level exception for him, that's the only thing. But there isn't really any impact level small forwards available for the MLE any way, so we might as well us it on Barnes.
We can if we use almost all the MLE on him, which I don't think would be wise, but because of his energy, I think people forget that Barnes is 33 years old. i mean seems like a lot of people on the forum are so scared of old players yet would want to sign a 33 year old Barnes to a 3 year contract? He'll be 36 when that contract is over.
I think being a role player and being 33 years old, the Clippers should tread lightly in terms of any length they give to Barnes in a contract.
Morrow would come cheap, but he does suck on defense. It was very interesting that the Nets couldn't find a place for him.
Assuming that Pierce's contract is not bought out and thus being made available with the MLE. Use of the MLEvwould basically have to come down to Barnes or Korver for us, I think.
Korver has played for like 8 or 9 years I believe. Getting a large contract is probably still on the table even if he plays say 2-3 years here. Some guys really want to win something and not play on teams that don't have a realistic shot at the Finals. We are the 3rd ranked team according to the oddsmakers in Vergas to win the title. That will have sway in who wants to come here.
Well this is interesting seeing some guys were still talking about Reddick years ago
I was interested about the topic and thought before I opened it,geez we are succeeding fairly well right now,what does this guy want now? then I realized we are revisiting a year old thread.
Well I definitely would have liked Korver lol. 3 point machine. Would help us soooooooo much.
This team needs one thing only. For DJ to be able to score in the paint rather than just picking up the trash. This is not a criticism or a put down because he's done great but he could have really gotten the Dallas bigs in foul trouble. Lawler agrees. With BG and DJ in the post we're unstoppable.
I have always thought the key is having dominant bigs. You just can't stop a team with two bigs who can score and one being a defensive anchor. You may not win it every year but will always be in the hunt with that. Drob and Duncan were a perfect example.


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A 14-year-old South Aiken High School student was detained for possession of marijuana on Thursday after a teacher caught him smoking a white tube called a one-hitter, according to reports. The student was apprehended by the teacher after a short chase.
A female juvenile was detained for shoplifting on Thursday after she tried to conceal a pair of earrings and exit Dillards in Aiken Mall.
A plastic bag containing a clear, crystal-like substance believed to be meth was found on Richland Avenue on Friday.
An open door was reported at a home on Chesterfield Street on Friday.
Aiken Public Safety officers responded to an alleged shooting on Monetta Street about 7:15 p.m. on Friday after dispatch received a call from an unknown man who said, Im shot. Officers investigated but residents said they hadnt heard any shots, and there was no evidence of a shooting.
Officers responded to an alarm at Sprint on Whiskey Road on Friday. The alarm was reportedly triggered by an open back door at the store, which was cleared by police.
A breach of peace was reported at Wendys on Richland Avenue around 1 a.m. on Saturday. Officers found an employee from a concrete company breaking up a concrete pad in front of the restaurant with heavy machinery. The employee was given a warning and said he would adjust his work schedule.
A 14-year-old boy was detained for shoplifting after he tried to conceal items in his clothing at Walmart on Whiskey Road on Saturday.
An Aiken woman reported on Friday that someone keyed her vehicle while it was parked on East Gate Drive.
Two teenager were detained for shoplifting after they tried to take cookies from Walmart by concealing the items under their clothes.
A 30-year-old Aiken woman was detained for driving under the influence on Sunday after she was pulled over on Laurens Street
An unknown man entered the Walmart on Richland Avenue, placed a desktop computer into a shopping cart, pushed the cart out of the store, loaded the computer into a vehicle and left the store.
An Aiken woman reported that someone opened an account in her name with Verizon Wireless, resulting in a bill of more than $2,000.
An Aiken woman reported on Monday that she saw a man standing next to her vehicle outside her Palmetto Avenue home around 9 p.m. The man reportedly fled the scene when she turned the lights on outside her home.
Vehicle break-ins were reported to Aiken Public Safety on Richland Avenue, Majestic Oak Way and Greenville Street.
A shoplifting was reported at the Dollar General on Harvey Court in Aiken on Monday. Two women reportedly filled their purses with merchandise and left the store.
A 36-year-old man was detained for shoplifting on Monday after reportedly stealing items from a grocery store on Jefferson Davis Highway in Langley.
Stolen vehicles were reported to the Aiken County Sheriffs Office on Howlandville Road in Warrenville and Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater.
Vehicle break-ins were reported on Colderwood Drive in Aiken, Wall Street in Beech Island, Hatcher Drive in Warrenville and Milestone Circle in Aiken.
Burglaries were reported on Hatchaway Bridge Road in Aiken, Old Ninety Six Indian Trail in Batesburg, Aldrich Street in Salley, Ellison Estates Road in Salley, Rawls Mill Pond Road in Wagener, Audubon Circle in North Augusta, Gardenia Court in North Augusta, New Holland Road in Batesburg, Breezy Hill Drive in Graniteville, Pioneer Place in Aiken, Jacob Drive in North Augusta and Easy Street in Beech Island.


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Retweeted Brad Turner (@BA_Turner):
Clippers close to signing guard Sasha Vujacic to 10 day contract, sources. Vujacic took physical, could sign as soon as Tuesday, sources.
Probably because we getting ready to make a trade so getting a bench filler because it's multiple peeople leaving our team, Well that is my hope Lol.
Wow. If Doc doesn't pull off a trade I'm going to turn on him quick. As a coach he's been great. As a GM he's been terribly mediocre. We have the best combo of SG's in the NBA. We need a center or SF! Stop f***** around Doc.
Clippers fans everywhere are asking this very question.
This is horrible... Doc is officially a terrible judge of talent. Dudley, hollins, Mullens, and now vujacic.
I'm hoping there is a bigger trade coming up. I think we're one trade away from being serious title contenders. As is, we could probabably make it to the 3rd round...maybe.
I don't know why, he's been saying every single post game interview that he thinks he needs another Guard. We do need a backup Center though, But I think Doc may be content with the ones we have. Or he might want to sign someone and then make a trade, IDK and I don't care, as long as we keep winning like we are then I'm good.
I think you're right.
We can't win against the top teams so having a great record won't matter come playoffs. We aren't built to go deep.
Who says we can't win against top teams? What teams can't we
beat? We can beat anybody with our fully healthy roster.
People seem to forget We are 4th seed playing
most of the season without key guys.
I call bullshit on your post. We can beat any team and
are already built to go really deep in the playoffs.
We've beat the Spurs and Thunder this year. We've beat the Rockets twice.
I love how you're all ready to jump off a cliff like lemmings over a 10 day contract. Do I know why Doc wants to sign Vujacic? No. But am I going to panic and overreact at any time before the trade deadline hits? Absolutely not. Weren't you lot crying and moaning about Turkoglu as well? He's turned out pretty well last I checked. Of course, this doesn't mean Vujacic will be a good fit, but Doc deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Again, it's a 10 day contract. If Vujacic doesn't work out, he won't be given another one. Simple as that. I could understand if we were going to sign him for the rest of the season, but y'all seriously need to back away from the cliff and get a grip.
Right now Willie Green is getting minutes and playing pretty bad, Doc probably just wants to see if Vujacic can help more than Green. He's also big enough to maybe let Dudley rest some if we want another shooting wing player.
I don't think this is the time to panic either. Why not give Sasha a ten-day contract? Let's see what he's got left in the tank. He was a good part of the championship Lakers once upon a time. Perhaps Doc sees something that would be a good fit for the team. We don't know all the details really. For all we know, there is a huge trade being worked on and this is just a stopgap measure until then. Clippers are doing well without their best player and trade deadline isn't even in the horizon yet. If this were February 19th and no trade in the works, perhaps that'll be a good time to panic. lol
If Doc wants to sign him to make a big secret trade that pushes our team forward the great but mabe it is more mundane than that. after all it is only a 10 day contract. Collison is carrying an injury and we don't have a genuine PG back up while Chris is out so maybe he justs wants someone to fill in until CP is back.
I think Doc liked Morris' size and Vujacic is 6'7" too.
No signature wins since early December. This year and last, we've piled up wins against top teams early in the year when they're not in sync and then can't beat them later in the year when they start to gel.
At least Sasha is only on a 10-day. But the obsession with backup guards is getting ridiculous when everyone knows how weak our backup bigs are. I hope a trade is coming, because this current roster is not going deep in the playoffs.
Can I just add to your comment and say WHY IN THEE F#CK???????
even then, he's a guard, Sasha is not playing SF. I seriously doubt Jamal or Redick are getting traded, at least I hope not.
Since we beat San Antonio on Dec 16, we've only played 3 games against top teams, all road back to backs, two without Paul. The one with Paul we lost in overtime.
Interesting. Maybe doc is thanking him since Sasha terrible defense on Allen gave him his first ring
Too many guards.. Our biggest area of need is at the 4 or the 5 i don't see why we can't bring somebody there to see if they can make a difference
Blake and CP3 are going nowhere....
Neither are DJ, Collison or JJ.
I don't understand this signing if it happens.
It seems like Doc signs players he has a man crush on such as JJ, Turkoglu, and now Vujacic.
We've been doing fine without a back up PG
JJ was a great find and Turk is doing great right now..
With that being said our guards rotation is solid i don't get the love with the guards.. we need a banger in the paint offensively and defensively not another shooting guard.
Doc is starting to irk me with these signings, I hope in his mind he knows we really need a big and has something up his sleeves to bring one here.
Look our team is doing great without cp3 and has come together as a team !! Doc has turned this team upside down !!! And he has a plan so as a fan I'm going along for the ride and so far so good !! Calm down everyone doc has this under control !!
Crawford gets minutes at SF and Vujacic is bigger and better rebounder than Crawford. He's the same height as Dudley, it wouldn't be surprising to see him get a few minutes at SF, addition to whatever minutes he might get from Green.
People kept talking about Turkoglu as an SF before we signing, but he's played pretty much exclusively at PF. Doc doesn't seem to mind playing guys up a position from where they've played in the past.
I heard people that Turk is old, slow and waste of time but now people bashing Turk before are now praising him, I believe Vujasic is a good back up he has the speed that i like to compliment Blake DJ, jamal and CP3, and he can hit 3. unlike Jackson. Lets just give him 10 days instead of judging Doc's ability to pick a player.
I don't think Doc will make a trade of Jamal, He is our 4th quarter man since CP3 is down. Doc give him full control of the ball together with Blake and Darren. If we will make a trade it should be Hollins, Mullens Dudley Jamison, I may include Green and Barnes if necessary.
Key words. 10 day contract. I have no clue why anyone would be mad about this considering its only a 10 day. Turkoglu was a pleasant surprise. I thought he would be done but was wrong. Hopefully Sasha still has something left.
I believe Doc is already shopping for a big man and he knows the deadline so relax guys, he has assistant coaches who knows better than us.
Sasha is 6'7, but is wirey thin and has supposedly been a SG/PG, though I remember him playing little PG after he first came to the league, but generally on the wings. You can play him spot minutes at SF though, why not. Not necessarily sure I get the signing, maybe he's being signed as a backup "PG" in the sense of just another ball handler and to take Willie Green's role since Green really can't play that role.
Please remember folks, if we really want to receive something of value we have to give something of value. That means outside of Blake and CP3, I would consider any trade that improves us significantly. (Unless of course we trade Blake for Lebron or Durant lol)
I think a lot of people forget this. People want to trade our scrubs and get back a good player. That only works if you are giving up draft picks, which we can't do.
We'll have to give up some players we like or that are decent to get someone really good back unless we tag on to a multi-team trade or get a special situation
Maybe were gonna be suns 2.0 but better defense. Just outshoot everyone
Really makes no sense unless JJ can't play because Green is doing backup PG duty in spots. Should be using 10 days on D league bigs hoping to find a deal. This could also mean a trade is about to happen.
If we do trade Jamal, this is the prime time do so. He's putting up some pretty good stats. Maybe Denver wants his scoring off the bench to replace Robinson.
Just send us Kenneth Faried and we'll call it a day. LOL, but seriously I'd take Timofey and Hamilton off their hands for Jamal and Hollins.
Not sure why people think Doc is stupid. Trade is coming, or at least will be attempted (that's why it's a 10
Maybe, I would like to see some more defenders acquired though, of course I've said that since the first move of summer. I thought the perfect compliment to Dudley was a more defensive guy, but we got Barnes who is a bit of a defensive guy, but kinda old, but I'm still taking a wait and see approach, obviously they aren't just doing random stuff.
Let's hope Doc has a larger scale plan going on here.
Wtf is this crap.. If this is for 10 day contract, how come we can't try a back up bigman. I'm kinda upset with this signing
That doesn't involve trading CP3, Blake, DJ, Reddick, or Crawford
he will sign his contract tomorrow instead of tuesday.


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Where am I now with my research?
Most of my very limited time has been devoted to Henry and Catherine GASSON and in particular their children. I have been trying to find out what happened to all their children, mainly using census returns and various parish register transcriptions.
There have been a few challenges but on the whole this has been pretty straight forward stuff, however I am reaching the stage where I really need to supplement the transcriptions I already have with a trip to the West Sussex Record Office. I can't remember the last time I paid a visit to an archive, so it is long overdue.
I still have several more of the children to work on so I will probably try to complete the work on them and make sure I have a nice bundle of look-ups to do when I do finally get to the record office.
I don't want to get dragged too far down these family lines, researching people who are not my direct ancestors, and need to remember that my original plan was to find out more about the migration of Henry and Catherine from Horley, Surrey to Nuthurst, Sussex and identify similar migrations by other GASSONs.
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No charges have been filed in a vehicle accident on Saturday that left one person dead and another in the hospital, and the Aiken Department of Public Safety will continue its investigation this morning.
Aiken resident Lukisha Nicole Thomas, 29, and a man, Ray Charles Wooden Jr., were struck while walking south on the sidewalk in the 800 block of York Street about 2 p.m., police said.
The 2006 Jeep, driven by Thomas G. Woodruff Jr. of Aiken, left the roadway and struck Thomas and Wooden, according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.
When reached by phone for comment on Monday, Woodruff said he's been instructed not to discuss details of the case.
"My heart goes out to the children of Ms. Thomas. I understand she has five children," he said. "My heart goes out to those children and to her family. I'm deeply concerned about Mr. Wooden's condition. I was, and still am, greatly distressed that this happened. I can't discuss the details."
Thomas and Wooden were transported by ambulance to Georgia Regents University, where Thomas died during surgery at approximately 3:40 p.m., Carlton said.
Thomas's 2-year-old son was with her when the incident happened. He was taken to Aiken Regional Medical Centers, treated and released.
An autopsy on Monday confirmed that the cause of death for Thomas was multiple body trauma, Carlton said. Toxicology results won't be available for about two weeks.
Wooden was in stable condition on Sunday night, according to Lt. Karl Odenthal, a spokesman for Aiken Public Safety.
A small arrangement of flowers wrapped in pink paper had been placed at the accident site on Monday. On the sidewalk and roadway near the flowers was a series of orange spray-painted lines and circles.
An accident reconstruction team with Aiken Public Safety was on the scene Saturday, and will be on the scene again this morning, Odenthal said. "It'll give precise measurements on a more accurate scale. They've marked everything from the scene with marking paint and a measurement wheel," Odenthal said.
It could take two to three weeks for the team to finish its report, which the officers will then take to the Solicitor's Office to discuss what charges, if any, will be appropriate, Odenthal said.
The team will be examining such factors as skid marks, the point of impact and where the bodies landed, Odenthal said.
The team's preliminary findings indicate that the vehicle left the roadway and struck the victims, who were on the sidewalk, Odenthal said.
According to the incident report, Woodruff told officers "something out of the driver side of his vehicle caught his attention and distracted him." Woodruff then heard a "loud bump" and realized he had struck the pedestrians, the report stated.
Officers on the scene provided initial care for the victims, who were lying underneath a parked rental truck, according to the report.
"We don't believe alcohol or drugs were an influencing factor in terms of the operator of the vehicle," Odenthal said.
Odenthal said the northbound lanes near the accident site on York Street will be closed for about an hour and a half this morning. Traffic will be diverted to the center turn lane.
"We ask that the public and the community have patience with us," he said. "We want to make sure we get it right. Those are not the final findings. We're still actively investigating it, crunching numbers and placing physical evidence on the scene and trying to determine what happened. The victim in this case doesn't have a voice; she can't tell us, so we have to piece it together from physical evidence. We have to make sure we get it right."
Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard. He is a graduate of Clemson University and hails from Williston.


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