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Encourage musical creativity at an early age. Easy and fun to play, the slide whistle, kazoo and harmonica let kids sound out their favorite songs or make up tunes of their own.
- Kazoo is a made of tin with a painted finish in fun colors; provides a lot of entertainment.
- Slide Whistle is made of red plastic and has a metal piece that slides as you blow into the mouth piece; makes a beautiful melody; no practice needed.
- Harmonica has green plastic valves between two shiny silver plates; encourages musical exploration, creativity, and showmanship.
- Ages 8 and up.
- Dimensions & Care
- Kazoo: 2.5" long
- Slide Whistle: 11.75" long
- Harmonica: 5.5" wide x 1.5" deep x 1.5" high
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
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Hi! I'm a 5'4 pointguard and it's my offseason now so I've decide to really work on my game. This year I got all my points from open jumpshots and fast break layups, and didnt get that many points. Now, I'll be the oldest PG so i want to secure my role as the starter. So i just wanted to know if you guys had any tips on finishing at the rim? We play against 2-3 zones so i can beat the man up top, but the help defense gets to me and im forced to take bad shots/passes. Any tips on how to finish against big men waiting to block your shot? or anything you think that can help? Anyway thanks alot in advance!
i had the same problem. if u wanna score just go to the basket and take care of the ball, they probably foul you.
if u don't want to get your points from the line just make some fakes when you are driving
Well ,considering your height and the fact that they block the paint out you might wanna try passing to an open shooter but don`t forget to target him before you make your move to the basket so that you don`t make a bad pass and turn the ball over.You could also try and force some body contact and even if the shot won`t fall at least you will get to the foul line.And I personally think that it is not necessary to start working hard on this.You might wanna improve what you already have established and work harder on that aspect of your game such as mid-range shooting or the 3 pointer.Trying to change your offensive style might hurt you in the long term.But do as you feel it is right.
There is a simple answer and solution to your question.
U have to learn how to do a runner/floater. U have to finish in the paint with a floating shot or running shot so it's harder for the big guys to block it.
Run into the lane and just flip it up. Can u do that? Guys like Steve Nash always do that against big men and I think Nash has it down the best.
Look at that example below. U can't be stopped if u use that!
Hey man, Im a seinor and the starting pg for my team. I am a small guard too. I would suggest flashing to the middle and calling for the ball. You can a quick little jumper off or if the big man is rite there, pump fake and take it strong. If you beat your man baseline on the 2-3 I love to use my floater in that situation. Get it high up and hold your follow through. Height doesen't matter heart does. Keep ballen and good luck
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Career Resources
Professional Development
- APS Professional Development Resource Guide
Prepared by the APS Committee on Career Development, this guide lists important career resources and choices for today's scientists.
- Postdoc Best Practices
APS has recently approached physics department chairs to ask them how they deal with the problems that many postdocs face. Read an excerpt from the letter to department chairs from former APS Executive Officer Judy Franz, followed by some of the responses.
- Career Breaks/Reentry information about career breaks for scientists and physicists.
- Blewett Scholarship for women returning to physics research careers after an interruption.
- CCPD/FIAP Invited Session: Physics Careers in the Semiconductor Industry
- CCPD Tutorial: Things Your Professors Will Never Tell You
Statistical Talks and Resources organized by the American Institute of Physics.
Other Resources
- Profiles of Physicists in Industry from the Industrial Physicist
- AIP's Physics Success Stories
- Sample Career List from the Villanova Physics Alumni
- Stephen Granade, Getting a Job in Industry [Duke Physics Seminar, March 2004]
- Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond
- NAS Career Planning Center
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Several Meander Artists from the Upper Minnesota River Watershed Region are featured in a special exhibit that has been displayed at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) for the past month. A reception honoring the artists will be held this Friday, September 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the MCAD Concourse Gallery at 2501 Stevens Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.
Featured Meander artists who will have their work on display include Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen of Montevideo, Malena Handeen of Milan/Big Bend, Karen Jenson of Milan, Dale & Jo Pederson of Granite Falls, Franz Allbert Richter of Clarkfield and Gene and Lucy Tokheim of Dawson. Malena Handeen will also be performing some musical selections at the Friday evening reception.
According to the MCAD web site, the exhibition is a showcase of the variety and depth of work being created by Minnesota artists outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The show, entitled In the Field: Artists from Greater Minnesota serves as a capstone to the college's Greater Minnesota Arts Initiative. Over the past year, and with support from the Bush Foundation, the college taught two Design in the Community classes focused on the Upper Minnesota River Valley and the greater Grand Rapids areas. The students met with local residents and discussed creative ways to use skills learned at MCAD to help address challenges faced by rural communities. Based on the community discussions occurring in these classes, MCAD developed a summer fellowship program where students lived in the Montevideo and Grand Rapids areas for two weeks. While living in the communities, student fellows worked on community service projects that capitalized on their art and design talents.
Throughout this process, the college came into contact with many rural artists dedicated to practicing their art while also working to ensure that greater Minnesota's vibrant and eclectic arts scene continues to flourish. In the Field is a sampling of the work of these talented and dedicated individuals.
Montevideo based Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) served as the welcoming and connecting organization for MCAD's project in the Upper Minnesota Valley. CURE has several projects designed to connect people through river, art and the re-use of empty buildings in the towns of western Minnesota. The exchange with MCAD is one example. The upcoming October 5th production of Granite Falls: A Meandering River Walk – community based theater project is another. The Meandering River Walk play is collaboration between CURE, the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization and the Granite Falls Historical Society and Twin cites based playwright Andrew Gaylord and producer director Ashley Hanson.
"We believe in fostering vital creative relationships between Upstreamers and Downstreamers": stated CURE Executive Director Patrick Moore. "The Minnesota River connects the rural and urban parts of the state. Both regions benefit by creative exchanges. The interaction gives us new eyes to see our challenges and help us to view them as opportunities for collaboration."
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Liverpool Message Board
Rodgers Accepting the Blame..
It was obviously well documented here, there were two trains of thought for the Oldham Fa Cup match... the side was good enough, and the side was not.
Opinion is matter of perception, so there really is no right or wrong, unless you want to see the result, after the fact was proof .. but that's subjective and hindsight.
For me, the side was plenty good enough, and I find 2 mistakes in that one absolutely shocking, particularly the Brad Jones fumble on the floor leading to a tap in.. that's blasphemy!
But anyways, it was a bad overall performance, and I think Arsenal was a good rebound, and despite some shaky moments, and late pressure, I thought we could have and probably should have gotten 3.. Opinion of course..
Anyways, in a post match interview, Rodgers in reflection has accepted the blame in who he selected for Oldham, as well as giving emphasis on what he wants the team to do from the get go, not seen in the United match, and for me, obviously mentioning that as another point of emphasis where he feels the blame, and obligation to make sure he gets that from his players. He uses the words brilliant and terrific all the time, and is ever the optimist, so we're always going to hear that and I suppose alot feel because of him speaking that way he thinks everything is always roses, which of course isn't the case..
"Sunday was more my fault than theirs. I'm a great believer in young players - we've put a lot of trust into them.
"The problem is if I put them in and I maybe don't have some of our big players, it's difficult. That was how it was for us on Sunday and we're obviously disappointed to go out.
"But I never had any second thoughts about us getting a reaction. These players have been brilliant and they're improving all the time. Tonight was another performance to show evidence of that.
"We've tried to reinforce the message about starting well - we were terrific at Manchester United in the second half but we didn't start well."Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jan 31, 2013 17:57 Flag
Hope this keeps those who like to pick at the managers every word happy.
Personally I don't blame BR for the loss at Oldham, it was the players who let down the club, however as manager he does, and has taken responsibility.
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I noticed him saying that last night.
I dunno if he's backing up my view that he picked the wrong team against Oldham or not but I think it's really good that he's taking responsibility for it.
Hey Dave, I dont usually like to pick at every sentence scribed on this Board but were you taught by Yoda? I was glad that BR reflected upon what he had said in haste and frustration and was big enough to recognise a collective fault in the teams poor performance at Oldham.His honesty gets my total respect but I will probably continue to dwell upon and analyze his every word from now until the end of this season, although this may not necessarilly be interpreted as a bad thing.
Good post and an example of how the post Oldham press sensationalised brs comments which now appear much more sane. On a point of semantics Jason, he did not accepet blame for wrong selection but instead qualified it by saying he had to use younger players ib the absence of older more experienced ones.
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I don't even think it's the press that sensationalize what he's said, it was very black and white, and more a matter of the reactions here and on various other forumns. Some see the comments for what they are, and others view them in other lights. That's each person's personal view and opinion, but sometimes it seems when he talks post match, he's "damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't".
Again for me, I thought it was a plenty strong enough side for that match, and with plenty on the bench as well, but he could have started Gerrard, Lucas and Carra, but none of them could have prevented Jones' diabolical mistake, or mistakes from Wisdom, or Coates getting absolutely outjumped and outmuscled for a ball he should win 10/10 times.. We didn't do anything in the final third, with Suarez, Sturridge, Borini and Henderson, so Sterling / Downing aside, not sure what else could have been done there..
But interestingly, I had a thought similar to this, a comment I heard on Sky today when talking about Rodgers... "If he can't play some of these players now (a game like Oldham), then when can he play them"? That's a very legitimate question to ask really.. Certainly not at Arsenal, not at City, and not at Zenit St Petersberg surely?
They have to play at some point, and if there's injuries and fatigue from others, they have to be ready for whatever match it is, not matter how big..
I think it was good to give a b0llocking, and then come out with these comments.
The only time I would blame him would be if he endlessly picked an obviously under performing player which cost us points, but I don't think he would do that.
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Feb 1, 2013 00:33 Flag
If amanager screws up and they know . Then they should be man enough to admit it.
However the big thing is do they learn from that mistake?
Rodgers has made quite a few cock ups and he doesn't seem to be learning from them.
I saw that the other day, and you have to say fair play. I think he was really direct that he was blaming the young players for the defeat in the fallout which seemed to leave the experience players on the pitch blameless. That was unfair in itself as the oldest player Brad Jones was the worst just edging out Coates. I think his comment is more of a backtrack on that seeming attack.
I'm not sure that the side wasn't good enough more the blend of the selection, as you say, it is very easy for us to criticise with hindsight, when I saw the line up I thought we would win.
I also agree that we responded well against Arsenal, only problem was that we sat soooooo deep when we had the lead, but if it had worked, it would have been deemed tactically sound, after all Carra was in the line up.


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- Purdy: Pressure on Alex Ovechkin, Russian hockey team
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- Olympics: Russia's Volosozhar and Trankov win pairs figure skating gold
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- Olympics: Speedskater Shani Davis beaten in 1,000 meters
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Kristi Yamaguchi enjoyed her first trip to the halfpipe this week to watch Shaun White and the rest of the gravity-defying snowboarders at the Sochi Games.
The Olympic figure skating champion from Fremont is working with the TeamUSA.org doing video. She was treated as just another journalist in the media mixed zone by Sochi volunteers who had no idea about her Olympic pedigree.
But Yamaguchi doesn't mind the anonymity despite winning the gold medal in the 1992 Albertville Games.
Twenty four years later, the Bay Area has another skater in the women's skating competition -- and Yamaguchi has been predicting it for a while.
The former champion has been a big supporter of Polina Edmunds of San Jose, the 15-year-old who surprised the skating world by qualifying for the Sochi Games.
"Polina for 15 has an incredible balletic quality on the ice," Yamaguchi said. "She has a lot of confidence you don't see in a 15 year old. The lightness and ease she has on the ice is beyond her years."
Edmunds, an Archbishop Mitty High sophomore, is scheduled to compete next week in one of the Winter Olympics' marquee events. Yamaguchi's coach, Christy Ness, has consulted with Edmunds, which is no surprise in the tightknit Bay Area skating community.
Yamaguchi is joined in Sochi by her husband, former NHL player Bret Hedican, who is doing radio commentary on hockey. The Alamo couple first met in Albertville during Opening Ceremony.
The former skater feels part of the Olympics even when she can't attend the games. But she is enjoying the U.S. Olympic Committee platform that allows her to introduce people to the athletes and events.
"As an athlete you always feel connected to it," she said.
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In celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, the United Kingdom's most prolific and influential author, writer Richard Barlow Adams published "Eben Kruge: How 'A Christmas Carol' Came to be Written."
Adams' new book is the story about the man behind one of the most loved Christmas stories of all time.
What is it about Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that propels so many readers to reread the ghost story of Christmas and watch its many film and play productions?
What is the fascination?
Did people not "get it" the first or fifth time, or even the 20th time? And what of the man who penned the story? What was the writer, social reformer, businessman, husband, father, son, sibling and friend like?
What circumstances framed his past and present when he sat down to write the carol?
"Eben Kruge" is a story that explores these and other questions behind why Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843.
The story weaves together well-known and less-known facts about Dickens, including the secret he took to his grave, which led to his frenzied writing of the most famous of all Christmas fables.
"Eben Kruge," not much longer than the carol, is a story that invites readers to experience, with Dickens, what triggered his imagination to write the Christmas classic.
Adams previously wrote a historical fiction called "The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War," which tells the true story of the West Point class of 1861, a small band of brothers who are torn apart, only to face each other in battle.
It draws on his background as the first of three brothers to graduate from West Point.
As he pursues his writing, Adams continues to serve as a consulting forensic engineer, and is a part-time ski instructor at Beaver Creek.
He also enjoys sharing his faith, traveling, lecturing, golfing, hiking and biking. He and his wife have two married children and several grandchildren.
They reside in Sandestin, Florida, in addition to spending part of the year in Denver. They are currently members of the Destin United Methodist Church, and former members of The Vail Church.
"Eben Kruge" is available at The Bookworm of Edwards. Visit www.richardbarlowadams.com to learn more.


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Area briefs: Walker named SEC Player of Week
Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina senior Ieasia Walker was named SEC Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The Gamecock point guard led the team to a pair of victories last week, including a 55-50 win over then-No. 5 Kentucky at Colonial Life Arena. She finished the week with 23 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, two blocks and three steals.
CLEMSON: In Clemson, Dan Radakovich, the Director of Athletics at Clemson University, announced Monday that the university submitted a letter on Jan. 25 to the Managing Director of Enforcement at the NCAA self reporting violations as it pertains to actions within the men's and women's track and field program. The letter identified a summary of violations, along with the prescribed penalty and corrective measures taken by the institution.
LIMESTONE: In Gaffney, softball associate head coach Amy Yates has been named the Interim Head Coach for the 2013 season as announced by Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Cerino. Longtime head coach Jimmy Martin will sit out this season as he recovers from a serious health issue but will continue in his role as Associate Athletic Director for Facilities.
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Robert Pattinson with the Best Movie, Best Kiss, Best Fight and Best Breakthrough Male Performance award received for "Twilight" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards
A younger Pattinson back in 2005 during a photo call for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," in which he plays Cedric Diggory
David Bradley, Rupert Grint, Robert Pattinson and Clemence Poesy during the aftershow party for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
(Back row, left to right) Katie Leung, Stanislav Ianevski, Clemence Poesy and Robert Pattinson, (front row, left to right) Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson all promote their 2005 "Harry Potter" flick
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The popular actor at a photocall for his newest film in the "Twilight" series, "New Moon," during the Cannes Film Festival
ca. October 2008, Rome, Italy --- Pattinson's jacket by Helmut Lang, jeans by Calvin Klein. --- Image by � Fabrice Dall'Anese/Corbis Outline
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Here are some suggestions by the National Consumers League:
• Don't shop online on an unencrypted or open wireless network. It may leave your computer vulnerable to hackers and thieves to capture your financial information.
• Secure your computer before shopping online by installing anti-virus and anti-spyware programs and a personal firewall; regularly update these programs.
• Pay by credit card. Under federal law you can dispute the charges if you don't get what you were promised. You may also dispute unauthorized charges on your card.
• Be wary of a pop-up ads and other deals through email. Legitimate companies don't send unsolicited email messages asking for your password, login name or your financial information.
• Be careful when shopping for a gift in an online auction. Always ask about terms of delivery and return options. Be wary of auctions that ask for payment via wire transfer.
Sure, there's a lot of talk about today's ultimate holiday shopping spree, Black Friday, when throngs of bargain hunters hit the stores so earnestly that the tradition has spilled over to Turkey Day.
Save some cash, though, for the other spin-off shopping days that have emerged from Black Friday: Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
In an effort to bring more awareness to small businesses during the holiday season, American Express in 2010 introduced Small Business Saturday, which occurs the day after Black Friday.
Last year, more than 100 million shoppers took part in the shopping event, a number that's expected to rise this weekend, according to American Express.
Throughout the Southland, merchants have been working to woo customers into their stores on Saturday.
Downtown Long Beach merchants are offering deals on food and gifts on both Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Participating businesses include Outer Limits Tattoo, Zen Baby Shop, District Wine, Lyon Art Supply and Pilates Plus.
(For a complete list of Long Beach stores, go to downtownlongbeach.org/News-Detail/Shop-Black-Friday-Small-Business-Saturday. For a list of stores participating in other parts of the region, go to americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/.)
City Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske is encouraging residents to shop businesses in her 5th District, including those on Norse Way at Lakewood Boulevard and Carson Street, the Parkview Village Shops at Bellflower Boulevard and Carson, and businesses along Spring Street from Studebaker Road to Lakewood.
"In these tough economic times, it's important that we help our neighbors succeed," she said. "Small business is the lifeblood of our community, and Small Business Saturday is a day for everyone, from the business owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally. Purchasing from our local small businesses helps invigorate the economy and keep our community thriving."
Meanwhile, for those who prefer online shopping, Cyber Monday on Nov. 26 is traditionally the day in which consumers kick off the holiday buying season with online purchases. Considered one of the biggest shopping days of the year on the Internet, Cyber Monday is the day retailers large and small offer steep online discounts and sometimes free shipping.
But, a word of caution - when it comes to shopping, especially online, the National Consumers League urges consumers to be mindful of holiday scams.
"The Internet can make your shopping faster and easier, but there can also be pitfalls if you're not careful," said Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League. "There are ways to ensure you have a safe online shopping experience, so that gift-giving is a joyous occasion, not an opportunity for cyber thieves."
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A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012 for Rosemarie Gillispie, 83, of Biggs, California. She passed away Saturday, September 20, 2012 at Gridley HealthCare and Wellness Center, Gridley, California.
She was born September 19, 1929, in San Francisco, California. Rosie had attended Walnut Creek Elementary, Oakland High School and San Francisco State. She was baptized as a Jehovah's Witness on September 15, 1952. She met and married Lewis Gillispie on June 28, 1954. They then moved to Biggs, California where they raised their family of five children. Rosie loved gardening, planting flowers, and spending time with her children. She enjoyed vacationing by the ocean and visiting lighthouses along the Oregon and California coastline.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Gillispie in 2003, her parents Hayden Neal and Anita Carlile, her grandfather and grandmother, Lewis and Bartley Frembling and her brother Leroy Carlile.
She is survived by three sons Richard Gillispie, of Orland, California, Donald and April Gillispie, of Oroville, California, Doug and Rebekah Gillispie, of Biggs, California; two daughters, Mary Gillispie, of Gridley, California and Bonnie Pyeatt, of Gridley, California; six grandchildren: Raymond Lovins, Kim Hay, Brian Lovins, Tommy O'Hara, John Pyeatt II, and Madeline Sierra; 12 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Memorial Services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 2 p.m. At the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 140 Idaho Street, Gridley, California.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Neptune Society of Northern California, Chico, California. Scattering of her ashes will be at sea off the coast of Marin County in the San Francisco Bay.
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Official talks about insurance changes
Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 1:26 p.m.
Len Fontaine talks about insurance changes and how Obama Care will impact retirees at the Terrebonne Retired Teachers Association's May 9 meeting.
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PARKERSBURG - The West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the city of Parkersburg seeking records about citations to individuals or organizations for soliciting funds without a permit.
The request stems from citations issued to panhandlers standing at intersections with handmade signs asking for help from passing motorists.
The city received the request Nov. 2 from Sarah Rogers, staff attorney for the ACLU of West Virginia, and Parkersburg attorney Walt Auvil.
"My understanding is the city has some kind of ordinance," Auvil said. "Under some rule or regulation they started giving these people tickets."
The city is supposed to have a board that oversees the permits, Auvil said. The FOIA requests the names of all members of the Board of Supervisors of Public Solicitation, which the city does not have.
Mayor Bob Newell said the ACLU is questioning the city's ordinance, which has been on the books since 1957.
The city can cite the solicitors if they don't have a permit. According to the ordinance, there is supposed to be a board of solicitors.
"And we don't have that," Newell said. "That's the angle they are looking at."
Newell said there hasn't been such a board to his knowledge.
"That's not an excuse," he said.
Permit requests are often handled by the city clerk or the finance department, Newell said.
Auvil referred additional questions to Rogers, who described the letter as just a routine investigation.
"I cannot talk about that," she said, asking not to be quoted. "It was just an inquiry and not something I want to commit to any position at this time. We send out FOIAs to get information."
Tickets have been issued to panhandlers; however, it is a futile effort, Newell said. They don't pay the fines and the city's only other recourse is to notify the Division of Motor Vehicles, but these people don't drive, he said.
Rather than issue citations, officials have asked passers-by to stop giving money to the panhandlers and instead give it to service providers.
"If they want to give money they need to give to the organizations that help people, provide meals and clothing. The money is much better spent giving it to them than the ones standing on the corner,' Newell said. "There are plenty of services - an overwhelming number of services for the homeless in this city - and people need to realize the money being collected (by panhandlers) is for drugs and alcohol."


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Wood County references are available online at the Portal to Texas History at http://texashistory.unt.edu/. Billing itself as "a gateway to Texas history," the portal is a project of the University of North Texas. A search at the portal main page (link above) for Wood County, Mineola, Quitman,and Winnsboro yields many digital pages of documents, publications, maps, etc. concerning people and places in the county ranging from the mid-1800s to the late 1900s.
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61 killed in New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 11:15 a.m.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — At least 61 people were killed early Tuesday in a stampede following a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center, said officials.
The death toll is expected to rise, according to rescue workers.
The majority of those killed were young people between eight and 15 years old who were trampled after the fireworks festivities in Abidjan's Plateau district, at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, said Col. Issa Sako, of the fire department rescue team.
Thousands gathered at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium to see the fireworks and after the display the crowds moved out onto the Boulevard de la Republic by the Hotel Tiama, said Sako, on Ivory Coast state television.
"The flood of people leaving the stadium became a stampede which led to the deaths of more than 60 and injured more than 200," said Sako.
President Alassane Ouattara has visited some of the wounded in hospital and he pledged that his government would pay for the costs of their medical treatment, according to the president's office.
Ouattara's government organized the fireworks to celebrate Ivory Coast's peace, after several months of political violence in early 2011 following disputed elections. It was the second year that Abidjan had a New Year's fireworks display.
Desperate parents went to the city morgue, the hospital and to the stadium to try to find children who are still missing.
Mamadou Sanogo was searching for his nine-year-old son, Sayed.
"I have just seen all the bodies, but I cannot find my son," said a tearful Sanogo. "I don't know what to do."
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Livingston County saw just a 13 percent voter turnout in Tuesday's election. Unofficial results show that 1,216 of the county's 9,397 registered voters cast ballots. The greatest percentage of registered voters casting ballots was found at the Jenkins Community Center, where voters from Blue Mound and Monroe townships were casting ballots. Just over 26 percent of the 546 registered voters cast ballots. A contested school board election for the Livingston R-1 District may have been a big draw at the polls, as three candidates had filed for two open positions. Chillicothe's 3rd Ward had the lowest percentage of voter turnout in Tuesday's election. Just 80 voters (or 6 percent) of the ward's 1,331 voters cast ballots.
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June 22, 2011
DOE Offers Loan Guarantee to New Hampshire's Largest Wind Farm
DOE announced on June 21 the offer of a conditional commitment to Granite Reliable Power, LLC, to provide up to $135.76 million in loan guarantees for a new wind generation project. The 99-megawatt (MW) project will be located approximately 110 miles north of Concord, New Hampshire. According to project sponsors, the project will create nearly 200 construction jobs.
The project will consist of 33 Vestas 3-MW wind turbines, and will generate enough electricity to power nearly 20,000 homes, avoiding the emission of more than 124,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. The majority of the power from the project will be sold to Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power. DOE's Loan Programs Office has issued loans or loan guarantees, or offered conditional commitments for loan guarantees totaling over $33 billion to support 36 clean energy projects across the United States. See the DOE press release and the Loan Programs Office website.


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Wednesday September 26, 2012
Harlem, Ga--The past year and a half has been anything but pretty for the Harlem Bulldogs. 13 games without a win. But now the drought is over and part of the reason for the win is our Acadmey Sports and Outdoors player of the week.
Dontel Frails is only a sophomore but the bulldogs have put a lot on his shoulders. Friday night, he delievered. 24 carries, 151 yards and four hard earned touchdowns. For a program needing a win in the worst way, this performance came at the perfect time. Frails is still developing as a back but is quickly maturing into a force to be reckon with
"I mean, I just feel like I had to step up for my team" said Dontel Frails "We had a tough season last year but our whole team is working hard, especially our offensive line opening up holes so I put all my faith in my offensive line"
"Dontel ran tough, he ran harder then I've seen him run in a long time" said coach Jimmie Lewis "He was smelling it early in the ballgame and he just ran hard. He ran as good as good as I could ever ask a back to run."
Frails had no idea on the game he had until afterwards and was still more happy with the win than the personal accolades.


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With sunny skies and temperatures into the 70s, Sunday's weather seemed custom-made for Marietta's Veterans Day celebration, drawing hundreds who lined the streets for the annual parade and ceremonies that followed.
Nine-year-old Jadin Buckman of Marietta knew what Veterans Day was all about as he shook the hand of Vietnam veteran Larry Block and thanked him for his service.
"I'm probably going to join someday, too," Buckman said.
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Jadin Buckman, 9, of Marietta thanks Vietnam veteran Larry Block of Belpre for his military service during Veterans Day ceremonies at East Muskingum Park Sunday afternoon.
SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Block, 62, of Belpre, served with a U.S. Army Airborne unit during the war, and served in Cambodia from 1969 to 1971. He was the third American to touch down on Cambodian soil in 1969.
"Be sure and become a paratrooper so you can jump out of planes like we did," he told Jadin.
Asked why he thanked veterans for their military service, Jadin said it felt good.
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History of Veterans Day
At end of World War I an armistice was reached between the Allied Forces and Germany at the 11th hour of the 11th day of November, 1918.
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first official Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919.
Congress declared Armistice Day a legal federal holiday in 1938.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 1, 1954, signs legislation changing the holiday name to Veterans Day.
Congress passed the Monday Holiday Law in 1968 which established the fourth Monday in October as the new date for the observance of Veterans Day. The law is to take effect in 1971.
Between 1971 and 1975 several states change their Veterans Day holidays back to the original Nov. 11 date.
In 1975 federal legislation is passed to return the Veterans Day observance to Nov. 11.
Veterans Day observance officially reverted to the Nov. 11 date in 1978.
Source: www.history.army.mil
"Becaue they've helped us," he said. "If they didn't we might not be alive today. Or maybe we would still be alive, but we wouldn't have our freedom."
John Lawrence of Vincent, who works with the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C., brought his whole family to Sunday's ceremonies. He was glad to see the crowds turn out on Veterans Day.
"Patriotism never goes away," Lawrence said. "In some years it's just more openly displayed than in others. But we love these small towns, and Marietta always has a good Veterans Day celebration."
Bryan Moffatt of Marietta also brought his family to witness Sunday's parade.
"We bring the kids out to educate them about our veterans and what they've done for our country," he said. "And when they get older I hope the'll do the same with their children. Our veterans have given a lot for us."
The parade ended at East Muskingum Park with ceremonies that included a 21-gun salute by veterans in memory of their fallen comrades.
Regis Kern, commander of American Legion Post 64 in Marietta, reminded the crowd that Veterans Day is to be celebrated at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of every year.
"How quickly the nation forgets those who fought and died for their country," he said. "But every day is a blessing that reminds me of my brothers in arms who didn't come home from the wars and who won't be remembered unless we commit to remember them."
Former U.S. Marine and Marietta Mayor Joe Matthews was keynote speaker during Sunday's event.
"Veterans Day is a reminder to guard the legacy that has been left us by our forefathers," he said. "That legacy is freedom in every American heart. It's central to our being, but is only attained through eternal vigilance. And freedom is never free."
Matthews said that's why the nation must keep its arms at the ready and its military forces strong.
"America can never fully repay our veterans for their service, but we must not forget the sacrifices of all those who served in wars and conflicts," he said. "Our veterans have served us well, and we must continue to honor and support them."


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Islander Fans,
It's been a week since I have updated you all. Last week we hosted our first two home conference games. We picked up our first conference win on Saturday against Southeastern La. It felt really good to finally get everyone off our backs and get a victory.
We left Tuesday for Arlington for our game yesterday. We flew out around 1 p.m. and got into Arlington around 4 p.m. Then we went to practice for two hours and then went to dinner. I ate a 10 oz. Sirloin, medium rare and a HUGE sweet potato. It was delicious. There were six slices of sirloin and I ate four of them *pats myself on the back*
Wednesday was game day. Woke up and ate breakfast at 8 a.m. I ate a bowl of cereal. Then we had shoot around from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. It was pretty legit. Then off to pre-game meal where I had chicken and waffles. Mmmm. And... spinach dip. I love spinach dip. It's the best. After dinner we went back to the hotel and I began my shower ritual. You all remember that from my previous blog. Then I went to sleep ... for a good hour and a half, before I had to go down the hall to room 219 and pick up Amber our SID since she wanted to be a player this week and be on crutches. I was her right hand woman and helped her with all her bags all week *dust my shoulder off*
Then off to the game. It was a rough first five minutes, but we got the flow going and didn't stop. I hit a buzzer shot, my first one ever, in my life, with the assist from Verne'qua Taylor aka Nene. Boooyaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Started the second half and again it was a rough first five minutes, but we pulled it out for the win. Our first conference road win of the season! Alisa Roberts came clutch with the free throws hitting 6 for 6 in the last minute of the game to clinch the win!! *whoop whoop*
After the game we went to dinner and I got Amber's food and she told me to put everything on it. So I did. I put every type of bean to guacamole, except I didn't put all three meats because she only said chicken. But I must have did good cause she liked it.
So we get back to the hotel and my grandma comes to visit aka Nikki aka Anitra Jeffery aka former Islanders women's basketball player. Shout out to my Aunt Baby Sister aka Scottie aka Adrienne Scott aka former Islanders women's basketball player also for coming to the game and rooting us on. But while we were at the hotel I was eating and me and grandma we were OovoOing my mother and I caught a cramp in my leg. I screamed so loud Coach D thought somebody was fighting. So she came rushing into the room with a concern look on her face. >:-/ Then Sy came in with a concerned look on her face (Shout out to the BEST TRAINER EVER!!!!!!). She heard it too. So she tried to stretch my hamstring out and in the midst of her doing that I caught a cramp in my quad. So then she made me roll over so she could stretch my quad and the cramp in my hamstring came back. It hurt so bad. I think I was on the floor for 10 minutes. My mom and grandma thought it was so funny that I was hurting. I was so mad at them. They were just dying laughing and I was in serious pain. Its ok I forgive them though.
Ok so I must have stumped you guys since no one guessed what tenosynovitis is. So I'm going to give a shout out to our trainer Sayuri Hiraishi AGAIN, who diagnosed me with it. What's up Sy!! Tenosynovitis is the inflammation of the synovium that surrounds a tendon. That's what I have in my wrist but it's getting better.
Since I told all of you about Trish Amboree's hidden talent, I'm going to tell you about mine. I like to draw and during our downtime in Arlington I drew this for you guys. Sorry I didn't color it, I didn't have crayons or colored pencils. I get my drawing ability from my grandmother *brush the shoulders*
So we had to get up at 4 a.m. to catch a flight at 7 a.m. *smh* By the way I watched the sunrise. Ok so we get to the airport and as usual I had all of Amber's bags and we get to the security check and I gave the man Amber's ID and a ticket. He looked at the ticket and he looked at the ID. He was so confused because they had two different names on it. So he looked at me and he said, "you did the whole switch-a-roo on me." Come to find out I gave him Amber's ID with my ticket and Amber said, "so you don't think we look alike?" We just laughed. It was funny.
I got to pre-board with Amber and I was asleep before the plane took off until we arrived at the gate in Corpus. Zzzzzzzzz.
Then got back to school and went to class as soon as we got to campus and now, here I am, letting you all know about the week. Btw I just got a massage.
Well hope to see you all at the game on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center where we plan on taking down the Lady Bearkats of Sam Houston State. I will update you guys next week after we play the Lady Bobcats of Texas State.
Welp gotta go get my learn on in physics and exercise testing and prescription *yawn* still sleepy.


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Reports of child molestation and sexual predators are up in Columbia County. That's why the sheriff's office warned parents Tuesday morning that some groups say sex with children is natural.
News 12 is on your side with how to spot a predator.
Investigator Bruce Walker told moms Tuesday about a group called NAMBLA, or the North American Man / Boy Love Association. They say it's natural for adults to be sexually attracted to kids.
Mother Glennita Royer says she's going to be more careful. Predators tend to take up hobbies that involve children, gain their trust, and try to seduce them.
"He brought up a lot of things a lot of us hadn't thought about," Royer said.
Reports of abuse are on the rise in Columbia County.
Coming up in court, there are 21 counts of crimes against kids, ranging from cruelty to children to aggravated child molestation.
34 out of the 46 sex offenders on the Columbia County Sex Offender Registry are accused of touching minors.
Investigators say predators often come to public places like the ballpark and may watch or even take pictures of your child without you ever knowing about it.
"He would go to Wal-Mart and take pictures of little girls on the quarter riding thing," said Sgt. Harold Clack.
Sgt. Clack says predators may come up to your child and strike up casual conversation before they make a move.
"A child can be totally destroyed at a very young age," he said.
Deputies say the victim can be destroyed. But groups like NAMBLA call it sexual preference. Shocking for mothers like Glennita.
"It helps people to recognize what's going on out there," she said.
The investigators ended the meeting by telling the group to keep a close watch on their kids.


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SAN JOSE -- As the city extends its search for a new top cop, a 27-year veteran with the department will take the reins on a temporary basis when police Chief Chris Moore retires at the end of the week.
City Manager Debra Figone announced Monday that Deputy Chief Larry Esquivel will take over as acting chief and appoint an interim management staff in the interest of ensuring "continuity and stability for the department."
Figone added because police leadership ranks are stretched thin -- second-in-command Assistant Chief Rikki Goede left the department earlier this month to become the new chief in Piedmont -- she will work with Esquivel "to identify supplemental sources of expertise, capacity and support as necessary to help them and the department succeed during this transitional period."
Last week, the city announced that even as they did in-depth interviews with prospective successors to Moore, an extension was necessary to find the right fit for the department.
City spokesman David Vossbrink said that while the city manager wanted to expedite the search process to have someone in place when Moore left, the main goal is to find an ideal candidate.
"She said it's more important to take the time we need to get someone who is a good match," Vossbrink said.
He said the city manager based her decision to take more time on feedback and observation from multiple sources, including community panels that interviewed finalists last week.
"The people we are considering are very strong and very qualified," Vossbrink said. "It's not a matter of candidates not meeting standards but trying to find the right combination of attributes that meet expectations of the department and the community."
He said those qualities include being a good manager and a leader who can address issues such as low morale in the department and also have a broad sensitivity to cultural diversity and be innovative with technology.
"We're trying to get someone who can press a lot of buttons at the same time," Vossbrink said.
Esquivel began his career in San Jose as a reserve officer in 1984 before being hired in 1986. He has served in patrol, narcotics enforcement, special operations, investigations and internal affairs units. He was promoted to captain in 2010 and deputy chief in February 2012.
Jim Unland, president of the San Jose Police Officers' Association, called Esquivel's appointment "as good a choice as could be made right now."
"I worked with him since his days in MERGE," Unland said, referring to San Jose's version of a SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team. "He has succeeded wherever he has gone and has a lot of respect from the troops."
The search is expected to take a few more months, according to the city manager. Moore's last day is Friday.
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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Happy Thanksgiving!
Easy gym workout:
10 pushups
10 situps
10 dumbell curls each arm
10 lat pulldowns
10 leg presses each leg
10 kickbacks each leg
hip exercises
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I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
DH, good workout and Happy Thanksgiving back at you (and you too Rich!)
Did a 10K this morning, 47:16 official time. I was shooting for under 48, so not bad. Beautiful morning, nice and crisp, for this area - not back east, with a nice mist on the lake/pond at the start. We, as a family were still discussing things when the race started, so at the back...no mats at the start, again. Warmed up nicely during the race, tho my hands reached ambient temps pretty quickly - they're still cold...son did the 5K, wife did the 1/2, shop we covered the whole event. Son finished 4th overall, I finished 5th overall, so you know it was a small event and fairly slow. Still, looks good on the resume...;-)
Ray, that was a good 10K time. Good job!
Rich, good job not running! If you are anything like me, sometimes the hardest thing is holding off and being sensible.
Mike? Where are you?
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
Happy Thanksgiving! The only thing I did today was eat and watch football. And you're right D.H., sometimes the smartest thing to do isn't the most fun, but tomorrow's another day.
Nice race Ray, you ran a good time. You didn't mention your shin, it's better, eh?
And nice workout at the gym D.H., it's all good.
Here's another explanation for "contrast baths". http://amazinghealth.com/AH-health-hot-cold-bath-blood-circulation As you can see, they're not just for Carpal Tunnel, but will help heal a number of injuries...
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Rich in NH wrote:
Here's another explanation for "contrast baths". http://amazinghealth.com/AH-health-hot-cold-bath-blood-circulation As you can see, they're not just for Carpal Tunnel, but will help heal a number of injuries...
Rich, thanks; I have made it a favorite at home and work. May try it. Actually I am having a little bit of recurrence of carpal tunnel. Maybe this will help.
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
What I like about the second link is they give you water temperature recommendations, it's all a guessing game unless you have those numbers.
I've been doing these soaks for a couple of days now. Twice a day and I've changed the sequence to 2 minutes in each and 8 of each before I call it quits. Here's hoping it helps with Carpal Tunnel.
I've also got more going on with my injured foot than I first realized, turns out a tendon called the Posterior Tibial Tendon goes around the ankle under the skin, then makes a turn into the foot at about mid-point of the instep. I have a sore spot right where that tendon turns into the foot and it's a symptom of Tendonitis in that tendon.
What's even more odd is the recommendations for Plantar Faciitis recovery are the same as recovery for inflammation of this tendon, so it looks like I've got both. That tendon actually supports the arch and if it deteriorates, you can end up with a flat foot that can't be fixed. Yikes!
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
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Lake Oswego's key water supply facilities – the water intake on the Clackamas River and the water treatment plant in West Linn – are more than 45 years old. Over the years the City of Lake Oswego has continued to invest in its water supply system through upgrades, replacements, and maintenance. This has allowed the City to keep water rates low.
Now, despite past investments and ongoing maintenance, the system and most facilities are nearing the end of their expected life. Lake Oswego's water facilities are too old and undersized to continue to reliably and economically serve the community's needs.
In August 2008, the cities of Lake Oswego and Tigard formally endorsed a partnership agreement for sharing drinking water resources and costs. Lake Oswego's water supply system is near capacity, and key facilities would need expansion and upgrades, even without a partnership with Tigard. Tigard residents need a secure, dependable water source. Both cities want to keep water affordable for their customers and sharing the cost of new infrastructure to serve both communities does that.
Lake Oswego customers benefit by sharing the costs with Tigard customers for needed upgrades to the community's water system.
Cost / Funding
The current (2015) estimate is $254 million. Cost estimates for large multi-million dollar infrastructure projects can fluctuate widely as design engineers move from concept to detailed engineering plans. As more is known about a project's elements, the more precise cost estimates become.
For example, when LO Tigard Water Partnership was at about 60% design, there was a fairly high degree of confidence in the costs associated with 60% of the project while another 40% of the cost is an estimation based on experience. Costs only become final when contractors are hired and construction begins. And even then we know surprises can arise. This is why every construction project has working "contingencies" built into their estimates.
The bottom line is that the true final cost of a large project is never known until the last worker leaves the job site and the final bill is paid.
Funding sources for the Partnership project include bonds issued by Lake Oswego and Tigard to be repaid over the years by customers' monthly water charges and SDCs (systems development charges). SDCs enable new connections to the system to pay for their respective share of capacity into the expanded system. Cities typically sell bonds to fund large capital projects. Both Lake Oswego and Tigard are increasing water rates to repay the principal and interest on bonds, and to operate and maintain the joint water supply system.
More Information
To learn more information about the water systems, project information or to sign up for updates on the project, please go to the project website at www.lotigardwater.org.


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Shabazz Napier scored 22 points and Connecticut won its second NCAA title in four years, beating all those Kentucky freshmen 60-54 in the championship game Monday night. Napier is among three UConn seniors who were part of the Huskies' 2011 title. That trio stayed after coach Jim Calhoun's retirement even when the Huskies were ineligible for the NCAA tournament last season. They came back strong in coach Kevin Ollie's second season, and the Huskies (32-8) went all the way to their fourth overall title.
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The Meadville Tournament wrapped up over the weekend with local teams seeing action, and playing for hardware. The second round action ended late Thursday, the Consolation round ended Friday, and the whole kit-and-kaboodle ended on Saturday with the crowning of Champions.
In the boys third place game, it came down to a battle of two of the LCL's teams. The Bucklin/Macon County Raiders would be the home team against the Linn County Mustangs.
The teams exchanged baskets to start the game, with Bryar Bookout and Alex Porter scoring for their respective teams. The teams would play evenly throughout the first frame, with BMC taking a slight lead, 15-11, after one quarter.
Damon Porter would start the scoring in the second frame for the Raiders, and a free throw from Logan Brinkley would answer for the Mustangs. Linn County would fight back to tie the game with a pair of free throws by Ty Stillwell at the 5:37 mark. Alex Porter would take the lead back for BMC, but a three by Stillwell would grab it back for Linn County. At the half, the Mustangs led 25-21.
In the boys championship game, the Meadville Eagles looked to remain unbeaten, as they rematched with Mercer from the NCMC Holiday Hoops event.
Mercer opened the game with a 5-0 run in the first two minutes. But Meadville would be undaunted, battling back to tie the game with baskets from TJ Schmitz and Kolton Friesner. Mercer would again use their outside shooting to take back the lead. But the Eagles would take their first lead of the game at the end of the evening frame with a three-pointer from Dalton Palmer with the assist by Derek Smith. After be quarter, Meadville led 13-12.
Blake Burkholder would start the Eagles off on an 8-3 run in the first three minutes of the second quarter to extend their lead. Mercer would close two within two points at the five minute mark, but a hoop by Smith would re-open the lead for the home team. At halftime, Meadville led 28-26.
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Pioneer Cemetery established in 1832
November 16, 2012
NEW MATAMORAS—Pioneer Cemetery is a well hidden historical gem in New Matamoras, situated two blocks from the intersection of Ohio 7 and Main Street. The cemetery was established in 1832....
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Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Summer storms can cause some big problems for homeowners, especially if they have trees in their yards.
Poorly-maintained trees die before their time and create safety hazards for your family. Every so often, you'll want to inspect the trees in your yard to make sure they're healthy.
You want to look for insect infestation and disease, as well as lightning strikes. Also, too much mulch around the base of the tree can cause problems.
Don't procrastinate if the tree appears to be dying or dead. Waiting to have it removed could cost you more money if it happens to fall.
"Trees need check-ups like people do. Having a certified arborist come and exam your trees annually can help you prevent potential problems, catch disease early and protect your landscape," said Angie Hicks of Angie's List.
The cost for tree removal is determined by several factors, including size and location. Keep in mind, stump removal is often a separate cost.
As with hiring anyone, check their license and proof of insurance first and get everything in writing.


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- Met Tomoko and her friend 23:44
- Kitted out 23:41
- Coincidence 23:31
- Translators EB 22:09
- Coding life 00:23
- In other news 00:21
- Backlog: After the conference 00:20
- Met Jean-Christophe Helary 00:19
- Mail problems 00:11
Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing in Japan
to stake out an unexplored place and make it my own.
9. Met Tomoko and her friend: 23:44
She introduced me to one of her friends who is going to the Philippines next month. As her friend is really interested in news and photos, I shared the pictures Mama sent and my family's contact information. I think she'll have a wonderful time. I certainly enjoyed the dinner!
8. Kitted out: 23:41
You can check out Tokyo weather on the Net and send me sympathy. Or sunshine, which would be greatly appreciated.
7. Coincidence: 23:31
|what's this - do your friends take turns? Dominique signs off when Ranulf signs on? or that was just coincidence?
6. Translators EB: 22:09
|Saturday, Oct. 30
|6:00pm (til about 9, 9:30)
|Oiwake (Taito-ku Nishiasakusa 3-28-11) http://www.oiwake.info/ 3844-6283
|Iriya on the Hibiya sen or Tawaramachi on the Ginza sen
I just want to let everyone know the details of this Saturday's get together in Tokyo. Several of us will be going to Oiwake and I hope that more can join us. Here is the information. If you can come, please try to let me know by mail or phone so we can add to the reservations.
5. Coding life: 00:23
4. In other news: 00:21
3. Backlog: After the conference: 00:20
2. Met Jean-Christophe Helary: 00:19
He showed me OmegaT, a tool for computer-assisted translation. It's an interesting-looking Java project with a bit of room for improvement. I hope I can help out!
Conversation was tons of fun. =D
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It's been a while since I've been on these forums, but I got involved in a conversation about rules yesterday at my kids High School Winterball game.
I was talking with another dad (who played High School ball) and an interesting scenario was mentioned (IMO)
What If???????
Bases loaded, tie game, in the bottom of the seventh. Winning run on third (obviously).
Batter takes his position in the box.
Pitcher begins his delivery.
Batter requests time.
Umpire says and does nothing.
Batter steps out.
Pitcher suddenly stops his delivery.
My ruling...It's a balk, run scores, and game is over.
That is how it was ruled in the game. However, the dad (the batter who was actually involved back in the day) claims this call was wrong. He feels he got away with something as the batter.
His feeling is that by rule he (as the batter) made an attempt to deceive the pitcher, and thus the result of the play should have been a no pitch.
I disagreed as I feel that it is always the umpires option as to grant time or not. Since time was not granted, then the result of the pitch/play stands (a balk).
Please sound off on the answer, and also quote any points of rule as a reference point.
I figure this is the place to get the right answer, and this crew has never disappointed me before (in terms of knowledge and resources ).
A BIG welcome back Jim.
I'll pass on your scenario...defering to the knowledgeable umpires on the board.
Re: Strange Scenario/Batter "Deception?"
Hey Frank... Thanks! ...and thanks for the email the other day. It was good to hear from you.
From J/R:
An umpire does not always give a batter time on request, especially if the pitcher has begun his motion to pitch. If time is not granted ... (b) but the pitcher balks (e.g., interrupts his motion or disenages improperly) due to the batter's request for time, the plate umpire should impose time and nullify the balk.
It's a balk. A hitter can't call time. He can only request time. If the umpire does not call time the play is live.
You are correct when you say the hitter can't call time. However, its not a balk. Most rule sets specifically outline this scenario and don't penalize the defense. For example, here's the FED ruling (Rule 6-2-4d1):
"If the pitcher, with a runner on base, stops or hesitates in his delivery because the batter steps out of the box (a) with one foot or (b) with both feet or (c)holds up his hand to request "Time," it shall not be a balk. In (a) and (c), there is no penalty on either the batter or the pitcher. The umpire shall call "Time" and begin play anew. In (b), a strike shall be called on the batter for violation of 7-3-1. In (a), (b) and (c), if the pitcher legally delivers the ball, it shall be called a strike and the ball remains live. Thus, two strikes are called on the batter in (b). If the umpire judges the batter's action to be a deliberate attempt to create a balk, he will penalize according to 3-3-1o."
It's a do-over - one of the few in baseball. If the batter steps out without time having been called, you cannot reasonably penalize the pitcher for not continuing with the pitch. However, the batter hasn't done anything that warrants a penalty such as a directed strike. So, it's a do-over.
It's not in the rules, it's in the authoritative interps. Someone posted the J/R text, and here's the JEA text:bq. Batters are not at liberty to step in and out of the batter's box at will. The umpire shall not allow a batter to
commit any physical act which causes the pitcher to commit a balk or deliver an illegal pitch. If such incident occurs,
"time" shall be called and play starts over from the time of the pitcher's action.
4.06a3 makes it unsportsmanlike conduct to do something to obviously try to make the pitcher balk. That doesn't really apply here either, unless you want to apply an ant hammer and toss the batter for UC.
Not a balk.
Two rules:
4.06 (a) No manager, player, substitute, coach, trainer or batboy shall at any time, whether from the bench, the coach?s box or on the playing field, or elsewhere?
(3) Call ?Time,? or employ any other word or phrase or commit any act while the
ball is alive and in play for the obvious purpose of trying to make the pitcher
commit a balk.
6.02 If after the pitcher starts his windup or comes to a ?set position? with a runner on, he does not go through with his pitch because the batter has stepped out of the box, it shall not be called a balk. Both the pitcher and batter have violated a rule and the umpire shall call time and both the batter and pitcher start over from ?scratch.?
Thanks guys. I do appreciate it.
While TG and I are correct in that the umpire does not have to grant time, in this instance there is no penalty to the pitcher (if the blue knows the darned rules).
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U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman Briefly Addresses Bridge Investigation
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman didn't take questions Tuesday about his office's ongoing investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures, but said that his office generally pursues its inquiries as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
"With everything we do, we do it as well as we can, as fast as we can, within the context of what our mission is, which is to try to figure out if anybody has violated federal law," Mr. Fishman said when asked about the bridge case during an unrelated press conference Tuesday.
Mr. Fishman declined to discuss any specifics of the investigation opened by the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey nearly three months ago, including whether he has spoken to counsel for a state legislative committee also looking into the matter.
"Today for us is about violent crime," said Mr. Fishman, while standing with New Jersey Acting Attorney General John Hoffman at the Livingston Student Center at Rutgers University. "I don't answer questions generally about ongoing investigations anyway."
Mr. Fishman also declined to comment on an internal investigation conducted by attorneys hired by the Christie administration, and whether it was interfering with his own probe.
Christie administration lawyers have interviewed people associated with the lane closures that prosecutors have also reportedly sought to speak with, and some Democrats have said that the investigation could possibly harm the U.S. Attorney's work.
A report on the circumstances of the lane closures by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the counsel hired by the Christie administration, is expected to be released soon.
Prosecutors are probing whether Christie administration allies and aides broke federal laws in closing lanes to the bridge last year, flooding the neighboring borough of Fort Lee, N.J. with five days of traffic.
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- Bridget Kelly's Lawyers Accusing Christie Administration Counsel of Not Keeping Bridge Scandal Documents
- Chris Christie Wants Media to Say Sorry for Bridge Scandal Coverage
- George Washington Bridge Scandal Trial Postponed
- Christie Super PAC to Hold First N.J. Fundraiser
- Judge in GW Bridge Lane Case Appointed By President George W. Bush
The state Attorney General's Office so far hasn't announced that it has opened an inquiry into whether the lane closures violated state laws, and Mr. Hoffman declined to comment Tuesday on the "existence or status of any criminal investigation."
New Jersey's two top law enforcement officials delivered the opening remarks at a conference that was billed as the state's first anti-violence summit. The men spoke about the need for law enforcement agencies to better cooperate to combat crime, particularly in New Jersey's cities. About 300 people attended.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hoffman said his office is looking into reports that the New Jersey State Police photographed protestors at one of Gov. Chris Christie's recent town halls.
"I thought that it was a bit of an overzealous security measure," Mr. Hoffman said about the photographs.
Mr. Hoffman said his office has recommended for the state police to not photograph future town halls and his office is looking into whether it should determine policies for security at the events going forward.


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ALAMEDA -- The Raiders were faced with the possibility Thursday of being without one of their most dependable and durable defenders as strong safety Tyvon Branch missed practice for the second straight day with a neck injury.
Branch, the Raiders' leading tackler this season and in the previous two seasons, has started 57 consecutive games after missing the second half of his rookie season with shoulder surgery.
"If he's able to practice tomorrow then I'd anticipate he'd be able to play," coach Dennis Allen said. "I'd have some real concern if he's not able to practice tomorrow."
It's not known exactly when Branch was hurt. Mike Mitchell, who would start in Branch's place if he's unable to go, said, "He was kind of sore, and then on the plane he was kind of stiff, but we didn't really know anything."
In the same situation as Branch is wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who has missed the past two practices with a hamstring strain -- always a tricky injury for skill position players who depend on speed.
If Heyward-Bey does not play Sunday against New Orleans, it would mean increased time for Rod Streater, Derek Hagan and Juron Criner.
Running back Darren McFadden (right ankle sprain) did some running on the field with the training staff, according to Allen, but did not practice. Backup running back Mike Goodson (right ankle sprain) has not begun running.
Defensive tackle Richard Seymour (hamstring) didn't practice, and it's likely he will miss the Saints-Raiders game along with McFadden and Goodson.
Free safety Matt Giordano (concussion) was cleared to practice and is a likely starter against the Saints.
As a rookie in 2001, Brees watched as the Raiders crowd showered Flutie with insults, mostly along the lines of, "Hey Flutie, you're short. You stink."
So Flutie walked toward the crowd, and suddenly, according to Brees, it was, "Hey Doug, how you doing, man? Good to see you. I'm such a huge fan. Will you sign this for my daughter?"
After a few moments of warm exchanges, Flutie left to warm up and immediately Brees said the talk reverted to, "Hey Flutie, you're short. You stink."
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'Blue is the Warmest Color' Wins Top Honor at Cannes
CANNES:–Amid tears, embraces and a rousing standing ovation, the 66th Cannes Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or for best film was won by "Blue is the Warmest Color", by Franco-Tunisian director, Abdellatif Kechiche. In an unusual gesture, Steven Spielberg and his jury decided that the award is to be shared between the director and the film's two leading actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, whose exceptional performances were the talk of the town.
"Blue is the Warmest Color" ("La Vie d'Adèle"), a passionate lesbian love story between a 15-year-old girl, Adèle, and Emma a sensual blue-haired painter, has been the critics' favorite since it screened last Thursday.
Flanked by his actresses, Kechiche haltingly gave out numerous thanks to his film team and evoked the late director, Claude Berri for his support. The director finished by dedicating his film to "the beautiful youth of France" whom he met during the long shoot and "who taught me a lot about the spirit of freedom" and to the Tunisian youth of the Arab Spring.
The best director award went to Mexican filmmaker, Amat Escalante for "Heli" a violent drama about a young girl who falls in love with a young policeman.
Veteran American actor, Bruce Dern, who was not present at the ceremony, was named best actor for his role as a caustic, deluded hard-drinking father in Alexander Payne's black and white family drama, "Nebraska."
"If I got an award, we'd all be thrilled but you don't make a movie for a box of candy in the end," Dern said in an interview on Friday. "What means more to me–judging from the enthusiastic reception we got during the 10-minute standing ovation–was that the audience felt that they'd just seen a movie that they hadn't seen in a while."
The best actress prize was awarded to Franco-Brazilian actress, Bérénice Bejo for her moving performance in Asghar Farhadi's fifth feature film, "The Past," set in Paris. The actress, who pocketed a French César in 2012 for her role in "The Artist", gave an emotional thanks to the director, almost speechless with surprise.
Kim Novak presented this year's Grand Prix to Ethan and Joel Coen for "Inside Llewyn Davis," a musical romp through the Greenwich Village early 60s folk scene. The prize was accepted the film's male lead, Oscar Isaac, who plays a young struggling singer.
The best screenplay award went to "A Touch of Sin" by Chinese director, Jia Zhangke, which intertwines four stories from contrasting geographic in contemporary China.
The Jury Prize was awarded to "Like Father, like Son", a moving Japanese family drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Cinefondation and short films jury president Jane Campion presented the Palme d'Or for a short film prize to Korean filmmaker Byoung-Gon Moon for his 13-minute work, "Safe".
Among the 20 films in the competition lineup, notably absent from the awards were Italian director's Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra", both high on the list of favorites with the critics and festival audiences. James Gray ("The Immigrant") and Nicolas Winding Refn ("Only God Forgives") also walked away empty-handed.
After forty briskly paced minutes of award giving, mistress of ceremonies Audrey announced that the party was over. "Et voilà, c'est fini!" she said. "See you next year."
A screening of French director Jeremy Salle's "Zulu", a police drama set in South Africa, starring Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker, followed the closing ceremony.
For more on "Blue is the Warmest Color" read "Lesbian Love Story Draws Raves at Cannes."


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Defense Documents
David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(D) Invention and manipulation of evidence: the Eberstein testimony
1. Having given the impression that Hitler knew nothing of the initial pogroms of 8-9 November, Irving now goes on to suggest that when he did discover what was going on, he was extremely angry and tried to stop it. At one point, Irving refers to Hitler's 'fury' about the pogrom.35 In a speech delivered in 1983, Irving claimed that Hitler did 'everything he could to prevent things nasty happening' to the Jews.36 Once more, his account relies on a tissue of inventions, manipulations, suppressions and omissions.
2. The first piece of evidence other than the Goebbels diaries which Irving handles in this way is the testimony of the Munich police chief and SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Karl von Eberstein to the Nuremberg trial. Irving claims that when the management of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten phoned Hitler's private apartment after 1 a.m. on 10 November to report that the synagogue had been set alight, Hitler sent for Eberstein, who found him 'livid with rage'.37
3. Irving's whole account of this incident lacks any kind of credibility when checked against the sources. The evidence offered by Irving for the encounter between Eberstein and Hitler is the 'testimony of Wilhelm Brückner', which Irving provides no further details about and which he has not disclosed to the court. Brückner was a close associate of Hitler, and as such, his testimony has to be treated with due caution. Brückner boasted after the war that between 1930 and 1940, when was the Head of Hitler's Adjutantur, he saw Hitler almost every single day. Brückner was also an Obergruppenführer in the SA, in which he had already been a Führer (according to another of Hitler's loyal followers) before 1923.38 Irving only provides an incomplete reference for Brückner's testimony, which could not be located in the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich. The only document which could be located was a summary of a statement of Brückner, written by a German historian. According to this summary, Brückner claimed that Hitler 'is said to have raged' when he was informed of the burning Munich synagogue. However, Brückner does not confirm Irving's statement that Hitler sent for Eberstein. The statement merely mentions that 'Brückner betook himself to Hitler, probably accompanied by the Munich Police President Baron von Eberstein.' Thus, even Irving's main witness is not sure whether Eberstein was with Hitler or not; he only thinks he 'probably' was.39
4. The claim that Hitler spoke in anger to Eberstein is advanced by another of Irving's sources, Hitler's adjutant Nicolaus von Below, in a transcribed interview with Irving.40 As will be shown later in this report, however, this is a highly unreliable source. Little weight should be placed by serious historians on von Below's claims as reported by Irving. In fact, it is unlikely that the exchange between Hitler and Eberstein took place in the manner described by Irving. It seems unlikely that Hitler was 'livid with rage' after he had instructed Goebbels only a few hours previously that the Jews were to be given 'a taste of the public anger for a change', as Goebbels had noted in his diary. Also, in his testimony at the Nuremberg trial, Eberstein himself never mentioned such a meeting with Hitler, although there was no reason for him not to have mentioned it had the meeting actually taken place. Irving is of course familiar with the trial records, and must know that they cast grave doubt on his version of events, which is no doubt why he ignores them in this instance.41
5. Most importantly, if he really had found Hitler 'livid with rage' about the pogrom, they why did Eberstein send a telex later the same night to the Gestapo in Augsburg, Nuremberg, Würzburg and Neustadt, repeating the order that the police were not to interfere in the 'actions against the Jews' which were taking place all over Germany?42 This would appear to have been a deliberate flouting of Hitler's wishes, which would have been inconceivable. In order to overcome this problem, Irving claims that the instruction to the Gestapo in Augsburg and the other towns was sent out before Eberstein's supposed 'bawling out' by Hitler.43 But this would mean that Hitler was not informed about the nationwide pogrom until after 2 a.m. on the morning of 10 November, the time when Eberstein sent his order out. At one point, Irving does indeed suggest this, claiming in a lecture given in 1983 that von Below had told him during their interview: 'Mr. Irving, the first thing that Hitler knew about the night of broken glass throughout the pogrom that evening was when the phone rang at 2.00 in the morning in our adjutants' apartment.'44 But we know that large numbers of Nazi officials of all ranks were informed about it hours before. It is inconceivable that Hitler was kept in the dark when everyone else knew what was going on. Moreover, Irving's 1983 claim is not borne out by the transcript of his interview with von Below, where no time at all is given for the phone call, so that it appears to be pure invention on Irving's part.45
6. According to a number of other testimonies, the leading officials in Munich received details of the pogrom well before midnight. Heydrich received first reports at around 11.15 p.m. on the night of 9 November, his close associate SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff found out about the burning of the synagogues and other excesses about five minutes later, and Eberstein received reports of a burning synagogue in Munich before a quarter to midnight.46 Two of these sources, which this Report will examine in greater detail below, also provide convincing evidence for the conclusion that Hitler himself was informed about the pogrom before midnight. Irving is familiar with these sources, but he suppresses them because they would seriously undermine his attempt to dissociate Hitler from the pogrom.
7. Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels and Gauleiter Wagner were also informed of the first destructive actions against Jewish synagogues and shops well before midnight.47 Most of these leading Nazi officials were present at midnight at the swearing in of SS troops at the Feldherrnhalle, where Hitler spoke to the new recruits. Irving himself has acknowledged in the past that Hitler was informed of the pogrom before midnight on 9 November 1938, a fact which completely discredits his own later claim that Hitler was informed only after Eberstein's telex was sent at 2.10 am on 10 November 1938.48 And Hitler, as we have seen, had already ordered that 'The Jews must for once feel the people's fury', so why should he have any reason to be angry about what was going on.
35. Irving, Goebbels, p. 277.
36. Irving, 'On Contemporary History', The Journal of Historical Review Vol. 5 (1984).
37. Irving, Goebbels, p. 277. In The War Path, p.p. 164-5, Irving merely claims that Hitler 'angrily sent' for Eberstein 'and told him to restore order', not that Hitler was 'livid with rage' when Eberstein arrived.
38. BA Berlin, Film 55002, Vernehmung des Wilhelm Brückner, 26.8.1947; IfZ, ED 100/203, Bl. 407, statement by Schaub.
39. IfZ, Zs-243/I, Aktenvermerk Dr. Freiherr von Siegler, Betreff: Besuch von Herrn Heim am 1. Oktober 1952, written on 2.10.1952: 'soll getobt haben... Brückner begab sich wahrscheinlich in Begleitung des Münchner Polizeipräsidenten Frhr. v. Eberstein, zu Hitler.'
40. Irving interview with von Below, 18 May 1968, in, folder 51(a).
41. Der Prozess gegen the Hauptkriegsverbrecher, Vol. XX, pp. 320-21.
42. Eberstein to Staatspolizeistellen Augsburg, Nuremberg, Würzburg, Neustadt, 10 November 1938, 2.10 a.m., in BDC Berlin, BDC Ordner 240?I
43. Irving, The War Path, p. 279.
44. Irving, 'On Contemporary History', The Journal of Historical Review, Vol. 5 (1984).
45. Irving interview with von Below, 18 May 1968, in folder 51(a).
46. Der Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshos , Vol. XLII, pp. 510-12, and Vol. XX, pp. 320-21, and Zeugenschrift des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte, Karl Wolff, 22. 3. 1948, cited in Irving discovery, V, document 120.
47. E. Fröhlich (ed.), Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels, Vol. I/6 (Munich, 1998), p. 180.
48. Irving, The War Path (London, 1984), p. 164.
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STOCKTON – Three young men robbed a 27-year-old man at an ATM machine in the 200 block of East Martin Luther King Boulevard at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Stockton Police Department.
When the three men demanded his wallet, the victim dropped it and the suspects fled in an unknown direction with the wallet in their possession. Cash and identification cards were taken.
The suspects were described as in their early 20s and wearing dark clothing with bandanas over the faces.
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Neil Cavuto of Fox News Channel is never going to be mistaken for a reincarnation of Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow.
For a brief moment or two today, however, Cavuto waxed uncharacteristically reasonable, as we see HERE:
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto blasted Republicans on Wednesday for preparing to file a federal lawsuit challenging the executive actions of President Barack Obama. During an interview with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Cavuto belittled the effort as �an enormous waste of effort� and �a political football,� suggesting that President George W. Bush used similar executive authority.
The segment devolved into a shouting match, with Cavuto laughing off Bachmann�s indignation about Obama�s use of executive powers.
�You just said it, congresswoman, we might not get anywhere,� Cavuto exclaimed in frustration. �Maybe Republicans are within their rights, maybe the president is within his rights.� As Bachmann sought to defend the suit, Cavuto accused her of �conflating issues and being silly.� �Where was your rage when Democrats were going after President Bush on the same use of executive orders, because I think you knew then that that was a waste of time then and I think you know in your heart of hearts this is a waste of time now."


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STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department on Thursday released the name and photograph of a man who is wanted in connection with Tuesday's deadly shooting on North American Street.
Detectives have obtained an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Louis McCornell, a 5-foot-7, 180-pound man who is also known as "Hamburger," police said. McCornell is wanted on suspicion of homicide and should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
Police allege that McCornell was involved in the shooting that killed Devandre Norwood, 21. Norwood was gunned down about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the Doyle Gardens apartment complex in the 600 block of North American Street.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8377, the Investigations Unit at (209) 937-8323 or Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600. Callers can remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards up to $10,000.
Cellphone users can text information to 274637 (CRIMES) by entering the keyword "TIPSPD" and their tip. Internet users can visit the Police Department's Facebook page and click "Submit a Tip."
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