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By any measure, the race riots of 1964 were a turning point in the history of Rochester. The three nights of rioting left four people dead, 350 injured, and more than 800 arrested. But those disturbing July days also broke through the community's complacency toward racial discrimination that had fomented such civil unrest. In the aftermath of the riots, Rochester became the birthplace of several civil rights strategies that would later serve as models across the nation.
To capture this critical chapter in civil rights history, the University's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections has launched the Rochester Black Freedom Struggle Oral History Project. The library has recorded and will soon make available online interviews with more than 20 key players from Rochester's fight against racial discrimination during the 1960s and 1970s.
When completed in the coming months, the project's Web site (www.library.rochester.edu/rochesterblackfreedom) will offer text, audio, and video files of these conversations. In these interviews, civil rights activists relive the emotions and events surrounding those tumultuous years and provide a rich perspective on the city's response to one of its darkest hours.
Phyllis Andrews, Rare Books and
Special Collections librarian
"Actually hearing the interviews is more powerful than anything I could describe," said Rare Books Librarian Phyllis Andrews who spearheaded the project over the past year. "For today's student, 1964 can seem like ancient history," she added. "This oral history project will help to bring those events to life and create a permanent resource for continued study and learning."
Visitors to the site will be able to read and listen to the stories of community activists Constance Mitchell and Loma Allen, businessmen Horace Becker and Clarence Ingram, and ministers Raymond Scott, Herb White, and Robert Kreckel. Charles Price, the first African-American police officer in Rochester, describes his arrest by state police during riot patrol as a plainclothes officer. Darryl Porter, now Mayor Robert Duffy's assistant, recalls his leadership of a local youth gang, the Matadors.
Laura Warren Hill, oral history
project coordinator
"These are people who gave so much of their lives to the community. It is an amazing thing to hear people tell their stories. It completely changes what I thought I knew," said Laura Warren Hill, a doctoral student at Binghamton University who conducted the interviews for the project. Her thesis, "Strike the Hammer While the Iron Is Hot: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY", examines the Rochester riots, their origins, and aftermath.
"The narrative of Black struggle is that the Civil Rights Movement was in the South, then the focus moves to the Black Power Movement in California. Rochester is not on the map," explained Warren Hill. But Rochester pioneered some important strategies. For example, Rochester's civil rights group FIGHT, formed in response to the riots, experimented effectively with a proxy strategy. By asking individuals and churches for voting rights to their Kodak shares, the group was able to attend shareholders' meetings and challenge the corporation's discriminatory hiring practices. The confrontation, covered in the pages of The Wall Street Journal and other national media, eventually pushed Kodak to hire 600 minority workers and implement further job training programs.
"What happened in Rochester has the potential to rewrite what scholars know about civil rights," concluded Warren Hill.
Librarians hope that interest in the site will help identify more candidates for interviews. The project has already assisted the library in obtaining important additions to its collections related to the riots and the city's recovery, including the papers of Walter Cooper, the first African American to earn a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University and a retired research scientist at Kodak. Cooper was one of the founding members of the Rochester chapter of the Urban League and of Action for a Better Community. Already the Black Freedom Struggle Web site includes links to related 19th and 20th century library collections including the Frederick Douglass Papers, the Susan B. Anthony Papers, the Rochester Race Riot Papers, the Franklin Florence Papers, and the Rocky Simmons Photographs.
"Rochester's African-American history extends far beyond the life of Frederick Douglass," said Richard Peek, director of Rare Books and Special Collections. "The collection materials acquired and preserved during this project, along with the developing Web site, will contribute to the ongoing community effort to help bring this history to light."
For additional information about the Rochester Black Freedom Struggle Oral History Project contact Richard Peek, email@example.com or phone 275-4477.


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Here's a look at what happened across the country in Week 7 of college football.
Even before a four-team playoff was conceived and approved, college football already had a de facto national semifinal. It was scheduled for the first Saturday in December every year in Atlanta.
At the halfway point in the final year of the BCS, however, the race to get to the Southeastern Conference championship game is wide open, with three teams from the West and four from the East very much in contention to play for the league title. And depending on what combination of teams makes it, the SEC championship game could either serve as its usual automatic entry to the national title or be rendered meaningless in relation to the BCS championship game.
After winning seven consecutive crystal footballs, it seemed a perfect storm would be required to stop the SEC from taking No. 8. Well, some awful suspicious-looking clouds are starting to form just off the horizon.
As things stand today, the only way an SEC title game would automatically put the winner in Pasadena, Calif., for the national championship would be if undefeated Alabama faced undefeated Missouri. Any other combination of teams and you could have the SEC's disaster scenario developing at the Georgia Dome on Dec. 7.
"I'm not going to get too much into it with the guys, but we'll see how the dust is settling (in a few weeks)," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "There's no doubt it's tight. It might be who can handle adversity the best, who can figure out a way."
MISERY INDEX: Negativity in Norman
CONFOUNDING OR ASTOUNDING: A look at the SEC East
When the BCS was formulated in the late 1990s, the consensus was that the SEC's depth would serve as a disadvantage in the national title race because the contenders would knock each other off while teams with less-imposing schedules would cruise to the top of the standings.
It hasn't worked out that way. While the SEC has indeed been very good at the top most years, tiers have typically formed to separate the true contenders from everyone else. And more often than not, the SEC has been the beneficiary of parity in other conferences. Perhaps the best example was 2007 when we were on track for a Missouri-West Virginia national championship game until Oklahoma upset the Tigers in the Big 12 title game and the Mountaineers lost at home to Pittsburgh, clearing the way for LSU to sneak in with two losses and beat Ohio State.
This year, though, the tables could very well turn on the SEC, which seems to have a cluster of closely-matched teams below Alabama. And if the Crimson Tide happen to lose Nov. 9 to No. 8 LSU, they probably won't get to Atlanta at all.
Though recent history would suggest the SEC's place in the national championship game is a foregone conclusion, 2007 wasn't the only year it has needed things to break exactly right. In 2006, Florida needed Southern California to lose the season finale to unranked UCLA to get into the championship game. Even last year, if Ohio State hadn't been ineligible for the postseason because of NCAA violations, the unbeaten Buckeyes would have played Notre Dame for the BCS title, shutting out eventual national champion Alabama.
Things might not work out so neatly for the SEC if Alabama happens to lose and fall short of Atlanta this year. At 6-0, No. 2-ranked Oregon has never looked stronger. No. 3 Ohio State looks flawed in some ways, but the Buckeyes are running out of true tests. The winner Saturday between No. 4 Clemson and No. 5 Florida State will be in excellent shape the rest of the way. Even Louisville — a fringe contender, at best — seems to be benefiting from poll inertia, moving up to No. 6 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll despite its schedule and unimpressive performance last week against Rutgers. Currently, Louisville is ahead of Texas A&M and LSU. Would voters keep either of those teams behind the unbeaten Cardinals even if they won the SEC?
Meanwhile, the SEC East is going to put a capable-but-flawed team into the league title game no matter what. No. 14 Missouri is 6-0 and could come close to wrapping up the division with wins at home over Florida and South Carolina the next two weeks, but quarterback James Franklin is out — perhaps for awhile — with a separated shoulder. Georgia is certainly capable of rallying to the finish, representing the East and winning the SEC, but with two losses, the Bulldogs are not national title contenders. Florida also has two losses and the toughest remaining schedule, so the Gators are the longest shot to make it to Atlanta.
Perhaps the most interesting contender is South Carolina, whose season has nearly come off the rails multiple times. But even if the Gamecocks sweep the board, they'd probably need Georgia and Missouri to lose one more time to win the East
"We've mentioned just briefly that we're still in the hunt for whatever we're in, until we're not," South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said. "We know we have a chance if we play pretty close to how we played last week."
If one-loss South Carolina or two-loss Georgia ended up playing one-loss LSU in the SEC championship game, the SEC would probably once again be in need of major help on championship weekend to get to the BCS title game.
Things have broken the SEC's way plenty of times before, but with so many teams still in the race at the halfway point, the path to an eighth consecutive crystal football is as cluttered as ever.

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Celebrity presence has always been an essential part of the game at Los Angeles charity events, but this fall organizers may have outdone themselves. Consider:
George Clooney will be honored at the Carousel of Hope Ball.
Leonardo DiCaprio is co-chairing the Art and Film Gala for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where Steven Spielberg is slated to deliver a tribute to the late filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and comedian-actor-musician Steve Martin will speak on behalf of artists Barbara Kruger and Cindy Sherman, respectively, at the Hammer Museum's Gala in the Garden.
And if that's not enough star power, pop supernova Katy Perry has signed on to perform.
In the high-stakes game of charity fundraisers, where one night's take can exceed $1 million and on occasion top $3 million, gala organizers are clearly making it a priority to line up A-listers to honor, present, emcee and entertain.
This makes sense, especially in Los Angeles. After all, Hollywood's royalty is part of the greater community too. But does such luminosity make a difference to the bottom line? Most gala organizers say they already have a base of support, but, yes, the celebrity factor is meaningful. Especially now, given the ever-present attention to celebrities on the Internet and the popularity of social media that allow celebrities to tweet their every move and passion to loyal followers.
David Morehouse, assistant director of donor relations at the Hammer Museum, whose Gala in the Garden is scheduled Oct. 6, says most of the guests buy a table because they love the Hammer. But he agreed celebs are a draw.
"Someone might decide to come because they love Cindy Sherman or Barbara Kruger, or because Steve Martin is funny," he said. "Maybe they're fans of Rachel Maddow and they'll buy a $25,000 table." And lest anyone doubt Perry's appeal, the recording superstar has more than 25 million Twitter followers (@katyperry).
For the Los Angeles Philharmonic, there's no need to stray far for a big name — Music Director Gustavo Dudamel is a rock star of the music world. "Gustavo is world-renowned," said Joan Hotchkis, gala co-chair along with Carolyn Powers.
At the "The Philharmonic Dances" on Sept. 27, the maestro will conduct a program of ballet, contemporary and Broadway-style dancing, before joining guests for dinner and dancing.
Likewise, the L.A. Opera has its own world-renowned star, Plácido Domingo, as general director. At Ignite! A Gala Celebration on Sept. 15, guests will dine and hear Domingo sing his 140th role in "The Two Foscari" before he, conductor James Conlon and the cast head over to the "Aria" after-party, chaired by Stana Katic of TV's "Castle."
Katic's involvement is no one-time fluke. She comes often to the L.A. Opera, and gala chair Jill Baldauf said she "couldn't be happier" that the actress is taking part in this year's plans.
Baldauf said that when "Shameless" star Emmy Rossum chaired the party last year, the result was an avalanche of attention.
"People could see it was a fun party," she said, adding that ticket sales for this year's gala brought in $1 million so quickly that the committee raised its goal to $1.5 million.
"The whole media scene has changed," said Judy Levy of Levy Pazanti & Associates, which specializes in event coordination and fundraising. "Like everybody else, celebrities are committed and care and want to give back, but now they have more opportunities to let people to hear about it.... There's no down time. You can be tweeting, texting, emailing 24/7."
And Levy believes that's a good thing, saying, "Special events should be 50% money and 50% building awareness."
So what if some guests don't recognize the latest pop stars? Publicist Katy Sweet said the balance is more important. "The charity has to bring in younger people to continue to grow. Maybe some guests don't know a name, but their kids do."
Spielberg famously remarked in 2009 when being honored by the Anti-Defamation League: "What my kids will remember is that I met Adam Lambert tonight."
The whole world knows Clooney, but Carousel of Hope chair Barbara Davis said she got the idea to honor him while watching "The Descendants." She had gone to see the film with a friend, music impresario Clive Davis.
"It was so crowded in the theater that we had to take seats in the first row and crank our necks up to look at the screen. Clive turned to me and said, 'He's the person you should honor,' and I realized he was right. Here's a man who really cares — for Haiti, for Darfur. He is to be admired."
Davis recalled the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon for the earthquake victims in Haiti, which Clooney organized in 2010, and his many other humanitarian pursuits, which have included drawing attention to the atrocities in Darfur through his television special "A Journey to Darfur" and addressing the U.N. Security Council about the conflict in this troubled region of Africa.
Davis well knows the power of having noteworthy names. Jay Leno is on tap to emcee the Oct. 20 Carousel of Hope gala, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds is set to perform, and the many gala committees include as members Brad Pitt, Barbra Streisand, Denzel Washington, Maria Shriver, Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Magic Johnson, Seth Rogen, Halle Berry, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lopez, Anjelica Houston, Cindy Crawford, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas.
"Everybody enjoys seeing stars. We all do. I do," said Davis, who has raised more than $75 million for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes since the first ball in 1978.
For the Oct. 27 LACMA gala, DiCaprio seemed a natural fit as co-chair. "He represents new Hollywood, old Hollywood, young Hollywood, and he's such a good friend of the museum," said Eva Chow, the evening's other co-chair.
"LACMA is honoring filmmakers as artists. That's the important point here," she said. "We are in Hollywood and we have the library of film, a great film program and great people involved."
Like last year's gala, this year's event, priced at $5,000 and up per ticket, is expected to attract artists from different worlds — cinema, visual arts, music — plus prominent business leaders and fashion figures. (Frida Giannini, creative director of presenting sponsor Gucci, is host committee chair.)
"Celebrities like to meet celebrities in other fields," Chow said. "All that positive energy — that's what makes a good party."
One of the pioneers in understanding how to use her high profile for a good cause was the late Elizabeth Taylor, who teamed up with Macy's 25 years ago for its Glamorama fashion fundraiser, when the department store was about to launch her first fragrance.
Patrick Smith, Macy's regional special events director, said Taylor wanted to educate people and underscore the importance of AIDS testing. Inspired by her activism, Smith said, Macy's turned its annual fashion show for its best customers into an AIDS fundraiser, which has poured $30 million into helping those living with HIV and AIDS.
"She knew her fame would carry the message across the world. There were times when she was bedridden for six months, 10 months at a time, but when September rolled around, if she could only take 10 steps in a year, she was taking those 10 steps to the podium," he said.
Today, even without Taylor, the fashion show goes on. This year's Glamorama Sept. 7 is scheduled to include Nicole Richie launching her capsule collection for Macy's Impulse; performances by singer-songwriter Robin Thicke and pop duo Karmin; and guests including Camila Alves, Ali Landry and Cheryl Burke. The night will benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles and Project Angel Food.
"Elizabeth definitely built the base," Smith said of what has now become a powerhouse of a show. "There are so many reasons people now come — the fashionistas, who are excited about clothes and want to see who's new on the runway, the social people who want to see who's there and the people who come for the cause."
"We can never replace Elizabeth," Smith said. "But people who were buying that $10,000 ticket are still buying them. They're not walking away because they're not getting a moment with Elizabeth."
Olivier covers the Los Angeles party scene at SocietyNewsLA.com.


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Foxconn GeForce 9800GTX Review
The 9 series of GPUs from Nvidia were released just a scant few months ago. The 9600GT was an impressive improvement over the 8600 series it replaced. The 9800GX2 was next on the release docket. Performance was there and then some. You just needed a system that could keep up. Many waited holding their breaths for a successor to the 8800GTX crown. When the 9800GTX was released, it was game on. Performance numbers on the 9800GTX have been shown across the Internet with each card differing slightly in its performance based on the system specs used. The 9800GTX has a little something for everyone. Tri SLI capability, High Definition gaming with an HDMI to DVI adapter and, with the right motherboard, Hybrid SLI and Hybrid power for the "green" energy saving features that are in demand today.
The Foxconn 9800GTX features a GPU core clockspeed of 685MHz, a shader clock of 1713MHz, 1100MHz on the 512MB of high speed GDDR3 memory, and 128 Stream processors that run at 1.69GHz. The GPU core is built on a 65nm process and has 754 million transistors packed into that small patch of silicon. Just how will the Foxconn 9800GTX perform? Does it have the tools to take the performance crown from the current single GPU King of the Hill, the G80 8800GTX? Let's find out.
Foxconn's packaging is quite a bit toward the flashy side. Tha'ts not a bad thing, as it brings attention to the packaging. The front of the package shows that this is the standard overclocked 9800GTX. The front also highlights the SLI and PureVideo HD aspects of the 9800GTX. On the front panel, Foxconn shows off some of the awards that have been given to its products. The rear panel expands on the SLI capabilities as well as the Hybrid Power capabilities. By opening the flip up front cover, you get a glimpse of the 9800GTX, as well as additional information on the build quality. Foxconn stresses the Truth in Engineering as part of its SWORD philosophy. Additionally, the latest awards given to Foxconn are shown under this panel.
Once the box is in your hands, you can pull it open to find a plain white box that holds the card securely under a window. Opening this package, the Foxconn 9800GTX needs to be removed from the clear plastic box that surrounds the card. In a compartment under the card is the accessory bundle.
The bundle of accessories includes the manual and two discs, one contains the drivers and Foxconn software while the other disc contains Drive Clone 3 and Virtual Drive 11.5. The hardware that comes with the 9800GTX includes two DVI to D-sub adapters, an HDTV out dongle and a two 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCI-E power adapters.
Now that I know how the card is distributed and what it comes with, it's time to dig a little deeper into the card itself.


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|2006-02-03, 20:10
|Link #21
spring time of life
this is honestly one of my absolute favriote series right now. plus i really connect with Ginta. i craped my pants when i saw the first episode. cuz i pulled a stunt like his "holy heaven thunder" incident back when i was like 10 when me and my buddies used to rp on the bus ride to school. just insted it was more like me standing up on the bus seat yelling "i have the fire sword!" holding my hands above my head like im holding one.... and i got bad grades like ginta.... and i had like no endurance... and i have long blonde hair o.O;; kinda creepy... just i have good vision ^.^ even got a cute friend to defend me ^.^
|2006-03-23, 21:29
|Link #22
Sage of the Unknown
I've only read the first 4 volumes for this.
Whats Halloween's basic arms? When him and the skull masked guy were slaughtering that town on vol.3 only the skull mask one was doing any attacks, Halloween just stood there.
|2006-04-06, 05:43
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~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
His basic attacks are regular ranged magic attacks from those Arms and several magical generated elemental arms.
Anymore would be spoiler, since the scanlated hasn't reach so far till the current raws of Ginta vs Phantom.
|2006-04-07, 04:23
|Link #25
Genin Featherweight
Ginta vs. Phantom...already? So does this means the manga series is about to end? Or will this be like FoR where we thought Recca vs. Kurei in the tournament would be the big climax and all...
Lemme guess: NO, the manga will NOT end with Ginta and Phantom's battle...there's still the Queen (vs. Dorothy) and the unseen "King" (probably a "Mouri Kouran"-type who wants to gain power at the cost of annihilating the world and such...)
|2006-04-07, 10:41
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we girls arnt safe!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the space between your walls
Age: 30
MAR reminds me of a freind of mine who loves final fantisy, the main charicter is lust like him in almost every way....... its scary.
Over all I engoy this manga and would recombend it to others
|2006-07-07, 15:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
So did ginta end up with Dorthy or that tomboy? hoping dorthy but most likely not....
|2006-07-10, 15:54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
i see.,.. well from looks Dorothy looks like Ginta's mom... maybe ginta follows suit? Then again isnt the lead female in Flame of recca also Snow-look a like? forget...
|2006-07-22, 23:49
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~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
Is it just me, or does the final 1/5th of the manga feels ridiculously incredibly RUSHED? Battles were ludriciously shortened, there was little to no emotional impact on the supposedly emotional scenes as they were just skimmed over, reused plot cliches, among other things. It's like the supposed final dungeon/showdown of the manga was forced to be covered in just 10 chapters or so.
|2007-01-07, 02:51
|Link #36
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: USA, MS
If i'm right, sometimes the company that publishes the manga, forces the author to end the manga earlier than the author wanted to. This was actually the first manga that I ever bought and it's my favorite. I even made a text-based RPG for it at http://z11.invisionfree.com/Beautiful_World/index.php?
|2007-02-13, 11:16
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Genin Featherweight
I just finally finished reading the entire manga series (15 volumes), and I tend to agree that the chapters towards the end feel a bit rushed. There was little or no "anticipation" leading up to the "final battles", and the supposed "plot twist" is extremely cliched.
At any rate, it was a pretty entertaining manga. now if the anime series would just get the hell back o track and finish animating it!
Oh, and I was rather surprised at the "ecchiness" towards the last few volumes. Didn't think the author of Flame of Recca would "stoop so low"! Not that I blame him, since
|2007-02-26, 03:48
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Yeah, whoa!
I was very suprised as well, Shadowclone. Notice (I'm new to the forum, so I'm not sure what consitutes as a spoiler, but this doesn't feel like one ) that her dress is divided on her left side? I went back and tried to track down when exactly it happened, but from what I saw it just magically appeared at the start of the fight. Perhaps his fans or the people in charge wanted more fan-service?
I didn't mind it at all . I wouldn't be complaining if there was a bit more of her like that in the sequel.
Hrm, I wonder how they're going to do the scene on the anime? Just convienent camera angles or pieces of wrecked clothing? Hrrmmmm...
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A fox saved from starvation when an animal lover took him under his wing — and raised him like a pet dog - has gone missing.
Devastated owner Pam Makinson, of Birch Lane, Hollingwood, is appealing for information after Farley escaped from his enclosure during the stormy weather.
Pam, 30, hand-reared Farley after his mother abandoned him and said he would not be able to cope alone in the wild.
Ten-month-old Farley spends his days dozing on the sofa, snuggling up with Pam's three dogs, playing fetch with his squeaky toy and tucking into his favourite meal of roast chicken.
But on February 3 high winds and rain forced open the door to his outdoor enclosure during the night.
Pam, who also has around 40 other pets including three dogs, five rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, tarantulas, a python, lizard and hedgehog, said: "I thought he wouldn't have gone far as he is quite shy.
"He probably followed a scent towards the canal and got lost."
She added: "He will not know how to hunt for himself and I'm worried he could get hit by a car."
Cute Farley's distinctive appearance with unusual white paws, saw him snapped up by national fashion brand Jigsaw for an advertising campaign.
Pam was approached by an animal agency and Farley appeared in an advert for the clothing giant.
Pam, a hair extensionist, said: "The shoot was on a military training ground in West Sussex. He was very good. He was just a baby then and much easier to control."
She added: "I reared him from three-weeks-old. His mother was hit by a car and was taken to a rescue centre. She abandoned her cubs due to stress. His two sisters died but we managed to save Farley.
"He lives in the house most of the time but goes outside at night. I live my life around him. I'm generally up until 2am every day so I can have that interaction with him.
"I'd be absolutely devastated if he wasn't found."
Farley, who is wearing a black harness, was seen in Staveley last Thursday and in Brimington on Friday.
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Barnes County North hits Bull's-eye
Three Barnes County North students have achieved "straight A's."
"Arrows," that is.
Sisters Hope and Hannah Willson, fifth and seventh graders, respectively, and senior Cody Beach qualified for the 2012 NASP (National Archery in the Schools Program) National competition in Louisville, Ky., on May 10 and 11 following the state competition that saw the school finishing fourth as a team in the senior high division.
"We were 15 points from third," said coach Kurt Wagner at the BCN School Board Meeting last Wednesday. "Next year."
In the competition, the students shoot three sets of five arrows at a short distance, than another three sets of five arrows at a longer distance.
With a bull's-eye being worth 10 points, a perfect score is 300.
Cody Beach scored a 275 out of 300, but then their was a Dunseith kid that scored a 291, which is unreal," co-coach Davy Zinke said Tuesday. "That's pretty remarkable... We had a kid who shot 262 and the fifth place was 265, so we had some kids who were pretty close."
Hanna Willson tied for fourth place in the girls middle school division, but could not make it to a shoot off and was given fifth place.
Hope Willson tied for first in the elementary girls division, but again missed the shoot off and was given second place.
Reports from Bismarck say the state competition participation was up 14 percent over last year, and Zinke said this is the first year archery was offered at the BCN East campus and the second year for BCN West.
"We got a grant and the North Dakota Game and Fish supplied the equipment, so actually that's pretty neat," Zinke said.
The competition in Kentucky looks to be fierce with a record number of archers expected to attend.
"This is so big that the Guiness Book of World Records is going to be there to see if it's the world's largest archery shoot. It has really grown," Wagner said.


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April 30, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Heading into the final stretch of his collegiate career, senior Jay Turner continues to sharpen his game. On Wednesday, the recently named All-Conference pitcher hurled his second consecutive complete game, as MIT defeated NAIA opponent Fisher College, 3-1.
The mid-week non-conference tilt had all the makings of an excellent pitcher's duel as Turner and Fisher starter Evan Tardugno cruised through the first four frames. While Turner scattered two hits through the first four innings, Tardugno appeared even stronger as he was averaging just eight pitches per stanza while keeping the Tech bats completely at bay.
MIT (18-15) finally broke the deadlock in the fifth. Freshman Ryne Barry ignited a three-run inning for the Engineers by hustling out a double hit down the left-field line. Two batters later, Ben Bersanti lined a two-strike pitch between short and third to bring Barry across for the first score of the afternoon. The Cardinal and Gray picked up its second run following a double steal as an error by the catcher enabled rookie Dan Hyatt to walk home from third. Pinch-hitter Kevin Wheeler capped the scoring with an RBI single up the middle.
Fisher (18-17) stayed in contention by clubbing four of its seven hits in the seventh and eighth innings. Josh Valerio and Edwin Pena delivered back-to-back two-out singles in the seventh before Turner forced a fly-out to right to end the threat. In the eighth, Thomas Englehardt led off with a double to deep center, but scored unearned after an error at short. With one out and a runner on second in a two-run contest, Turner struck out the No. 5 hitter while Hyatt and Wheeler combined for a 2-5 caught stealing on an apparent hit-and-run.
Turner (3-4) gave up seven hits and one walk while striking out six. Tardugno also tossed a complete-game, but endured the loss after giving up five hits, three walks and two earned runs.


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High-level overview
The "content" module is located in
src/content, and is the core code needed to render a page using a multi-process sandboxed browser. It includes all the web platform features (i.e. HTML5) and GPU acceleration. It does not include Chrome features, i.e. extensions/autofill/spelling etc. The goal is that any embedder should be able to build a browser by starting with content, and then pick and choose Chrome features.
As the Chromium code has grown, features inevitably hooked into the wrong places, causing layering violations and dependencies that shouldn't exist. It's been hard for developers to figure out what the "best" way is because the APIs (when they existed) and features were together in the same directory. To avoid this happening, and to add a clear separation between the core pieces of the code that render a page using a multi-process browser, consensus was reached to move the core Chrome code into
content (content not chrome :) ).
As discussed above, content should only have the core code needed to render a page. Chrome features use APIs that are provided by content to filter IPCs and get notified of events that they require. How to Add New Features (without bloating RenderView/RenderViewHost/WebContents) describes how to do this.
As an example, here's a (non-exhaustive) list of features that are Chrome only, and so are not in content. This means that content code shouldn't have to know anything about them, only providing generic APIs that they can be built upon.
Where code interacts with online network services that must be supplied by the vendor, the favored approach is to fully implement that feature outside of the content module. E.g. from the list above Safe Browsing, Translate, Sync and Autofill require various network services to function, and the chrome layer is the natural place to encapsulate that behavior. For those few cases where we need network service using code in the content module in order to implement generic HTML5 features (e.g. the network location service for Geolocation), the embedder must fully define the the endpoint to connect to, typically it might do this by injecting the service URL. We do not want any such policy coded into the content module at all, again to keep it generic.
The diagram above illustrates the layering of the different modules. A module can include code directly from lower modules. However, a module can not include code from a module that is higher than it. This is enforced through DEPS rules. Modules can implement embedder APIs so that modules lower than them can call them. Examples of these APIs are the WebKit API and the content API.
The Content API is how code in content can indirectly call Chrome. Where possible, Chrome features try to hook in by filtering IPCs and listening to events per How to Add New Features (without bloating RenderView/RenderViewHost/WebContents). When there isn't enough context (i.e. callback from WebKit) or when the callback is a one-off, we have a ContentClient interface that the embedder (Chrome) implements. ContentClient is available in all processes. Some processes also have their own callback API as well, i.e. ContentBrowserClient/ContentRendererClient/ContentPluginClient.
The current status is content doesn't depend on chrome at all (see the meta bug and all bugs it depends on). We now have a basic browser built on top of content ("
content_shell") that renders pages using content on all platforms. This allow developers working on the web platform and core code to only have to build/test content, instead of all of chrome.
We have a separate target for content's unit tests in
content_unittests, and integration tests in
content is build at a separate dll to speed up the build.
We've created an API around content, similar to our WebKit API. This isolates embedders from content's inner workings, and makes it clear to people working on content which methods are used by embedders.
In parallel, or once this is done, it would also be useful to separate the dependencies of chrome features. As an example, if someone wants to start with content and add spellcheck+translate, they should be able to build without extensions. We need well-defined APIs between features in order to make this possible. Update (3/28/2013): see the BrowserComponents effort.
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Chocolate Cheese Fudge
1/2 pound Velveeta cheese, sliced
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts, pecans, walnuts
2 (16-ounce) boxes confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
Spray lightly the bottom of a 9 by 2-inch square pan with a nonstick spray.
In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the cheese and butter together, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat and add the vanilla and nuts.
In a large bowl sift together the sugar and cocoa. Pour the cheese mixture into the sugar and cocoa mixture and stir until completely mixed. The candy will be very stiff.
Using your hands, remove candy from bowl and press evenly and firmly into pan. Because of the amount of butter in this recipe, pat the top of the candy with a paper towel to remove the excess oil. Place pan in refrigerator until candy is firm.
To serve candy, cut into squares.
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|This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the Family History Library.
Orem Family History Training Center
Utah South Area Family History Training Center
Specializing in Family History and FamilySearch Family Tree Training
The Utah South Area Family History Training Center has temporarily relocated to Orem, Utah, and is a Family History unit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mission of this Center is to provide quality training in genealogical research and computer technology for those with family history callings and others who have a desire to learn or improve their skills in meeting their personal genealogy goals.
• FamilySearch Family Tree Class
Jul 25, 2013
• Special Topics Class
Legacy Family Tree: Aug 8, 2013
• Five-Day Comprehensive Class
Aug 12 - 16, 2013 (Full, Standby Only)
• FamilySearch Family Tree Class
Aug 28, 2013
Announcing new Youth Activities! Fun and informative classes are available for youth ages 8 - 18. Click here for more information.
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Contact, Location & Hours
Director: Jay W. Grant
Phone: 801-356-9114
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Located at 1075 S. Geneva Rd., in Orem (in the Orem University 3rd Stake Building)
Regular Schedule:
- Mon: 9 - 5
- Tue: 9 - 5
- Wed: 9 - 5
- Thu: 9 - 5
- Fri: 9 - 5
See calendar for special dates.
Databases & Software
- Ancestry.com (Library version)
- Heritage Quest
- Footnote.com
- AmericanAncestors.org
- Godfrey Memorial Library
- US Civil War Research Database
- US Civil War Letters and Diaries
- Images of the American Civil War
- FindMyPast
- TheGenealogist
- British Library 19th C Newspapers
- WorldVitalRecords
- Pedigree Resource File
- Personal Ancestral File
- Family Insight
- RootsMagic
- Ancestral Quest
- Legacy
Description of some of the above databases
- Footnote ( www.footnote.com )
Footnote is a subscription-based website that features searchable,
original documents that provide users a view of the events, places and people
that shaped the American nation and the world. The site will have over 25
million digital images by the end of 2007. Footnote is currently working with
FamilySearch to index the American Revolutionary War Pension files. Additional
projects with FamilySearch are under development.
Individuals with Footnote subscriptions will be able to sign in with the
same Footnote username and password they use at home in order to save, annotate,
and upload content.
- Godfrey Memorial Library ( www.godfrey.org )
Godfrey Memorial Library has an extensive collection of essential
resources to assist genealogical and historical research. Resources include
newspapers, city and business directories, vital records, printed census
records, state, county, and local histories, as well as numerous family
histories, family bible records, and service and pension records.
- Heritage Quest/ProQuest ( www.heritagequestonline.com )
Heritage Quest online includes the complete set of U.S. Federal Census
images from 1790 to 1930 including names and indexes for many of the sets. Users
will be able to find people and places located in over 20,000 published family
and local histories and PERSI, an index of over 1.9 million genealogy and local
history articles. Other online databases include Revolutionary War Pension,
Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, and the Freedman Bank Records.
Access to this service will be limited to 1,400 family history centers in
North America. Patrons should contact their local family history center to see
if this service is available. Family history center directors should contact
Family History Center Support with questions.
- World Vital Records ( www.worldvitalrecords.com )
World Vital Records provides access to research helps and has a wide
variety of international records, including more than 60 parish registers,
Scottish death records, UK marriages, and Irish prisoner records. There are more
than 300 newspapers with 100,000 pages added a month, and over 500 online
databases, including vital, military, land, pension records, reference
materials, family histories, maps, gazetteers, and international coops. With the
recent Quintin Publications partnership, World Vital Records will soon have more
than 10,000 databases online. At least one new database is added every business
Online Training
- Intro to new FamilySearch
- BYU PAF Tutorial
- BYU FH Courses
- BYU FH 261 Lessons
- Cathie Owens FH Lessons
Useful Links
- Utah Death Certificates
- Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
- FamilySearch
- Record Search
- newFamilySearch
- FamilySearch Forums
- newFamilyHistory
- Linkpendium Utah
- Cyndi's List Utah
- FamilySearch Indexing
- Salt Lake County Library
- FH Library Bookmarks
- FH Library Catalog
- BYU FH Library
- LDS.org
- Logan Regional FHC
- London England FHC
- Ogden Regional FHC
- Orange County LFHC
- Provo Regional FHC
- Riverton FSL
- San Diego LFHC
- Rootsweb
- Free BMD England
- US GenWeb Project
- Online Death Indexes
- Billion Graves
- FindaGrave.com
- Interment.net
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Twins Salvage Series With Win In Cleveland Sunday
The Twins overcame another shaky starting pitching performance and came back to top the Indians 5-3 in Cleveland Sunday afternoon. The Indians took two out of three games in the weekend series at Progressive Field.
Pedro Hernandez was called up from AAA to make an emergency start in place of Mike Pelfrey, who was sent to the disabled list immediately following Saturday's loss. Hernandez walked six Indians batters but hung on to pitch five innings and earn the win.
Josh Willingham gave the Twins a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI single into left field that scored Joe Mauer.
With Minnesota trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Oswaldo Arcia singled to score Clete Thomas and tie the game at two. Trevor Plouffe's single in the same inning scored Mauer and gave the Twins a 3-2 lead. Willingham would add a second RBI base hit in the seventh inning for a 4-2 Twins advantage.
Glen Perkins pitched out of a jam in the ninth to earn his 19th save of the season.
The Twins are back in action on Tuesday night when they take on the Marlins in Miami.


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There are genealogy blogs about certain family lines, or surname specific. Others give hints and tips for all levels of researchers. Some cover the digital world of family history research.
Here are some of my favorites:
Genea-Musings Randy Seaver of keeps up-to-date on the latest in genealogy software and websites including changes. A wealth of information.
Olive Tree Genealogy Lorine McGinnis writes about genealogy and is currently posting fantastic prompts for those interested in writing their memoirs.
The Armchair Genealogist Ideas for using your blog to write and publish your family history and so much more.
Sources for more blogs:
Cyndi's List This is the go to site for resources and of course among those are blogs. The possibilities are endless.
GeneaBloggers over 3,000 blogs on all aspects of genealogy
How can these blogs be helpful to fiction writers? Stories. There are hundreds of stories to give you an idea of a story or plot. Endless inspiration. The research can fill in gaps in your story especially if writing historical fiction and in need details to put your readers in that time and place.
Here are photos of all eight of my great grandparents:
Nancie Jane (Reed) 1869 - 1946
and Thomas Webster Wilburn 1868 - 1944
Salenia Alzadie (Freeman) Waggoner 1870 - 1948
and Isaac Tandy Waggoner 1864 - 1949
John Lyman Covey 1868 - 1955
Husband of Nancy Ellen (George) Covey below
Nancy Ellen (George) Covey 1866 - 1930
and Nellie Grace (Keith) Martin 1878 - 1963
William Albert Martin 1876 - 1952
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I don't know any Joneses, and if I did I wouldn't waste my time trying to keep up with them.
Not on pointless things like the price of my car, color of my lawn or size of my TV, at least. I do like to compete on the size of my belly though, in that mine is way smaller than those of my neighbors. Not many people prioritize fitness the way I do though. For many it seems like the years between high school and the half-century mark are peppered with work + more work + very little else.
And then the 50s hit, and you're inactive, overweight, eating garbage and anticipating the death spiral. But it doesn't have to be that way. You don't want it to be that way.
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Confronting Transnational Drug Smuggling: An Assessment of Regional Partnerships
2172 Rayburn House Office Building
This is a joint hearing of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Summary of Subject Matter
Official Hearing Transcript
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Hearing on "Confronting Transnational Drug Smuggling: An Assessment of Regional Partnerships"
April 29, 2014
Opening Statement
(Remarks as Prepared)
We are meeting today to review the federal government's efforts to confront transnational drug smuggling and stem the flow of illegal drugs to the United States. I want to thank and commend Chairman Matt Salmon and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for agreeing to explore this important topic in a joint hearing.
Illicit drug use remains a serious concern for the United States. Illegal drugs not only pose a strain on our nation's health care and criminal justice systems, but their trade and transport cause significant safety and security concerns. The transport of illegal drugs affects millions throughout the country and the world. Some of the most notorious and violent criminals, cartels, and narco-terrorists are directly responsible for drug violence, crime, and corruption that are destabilizing foreign nations and risking the lives of American citizens here and abroad.
Representing Southern California, I am very aware of the harm violent drug-traffickers inflict on our communities. In recent years, violence stemming from the drug trade has spilled over the Mexican border and has led to the kidnappings and murders of numerous American citizens and law enforcement officers. A little over a year ago, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne was killed while leading a boarding team in a counter-drug operation off the coast of Santa Cruz, California. Our thoughts and prayers go out his family.
Senior Chief Horne was carrying out the Coast Guard mission to interdict and apprehend illegal drug traffickers on the high seas. Stopping bulk drug shipments at sea before they are broken down into smaller packages is the most effective and efficient way to stop the flow of illegal drugs across our borders. The Coast Guard is the lead agency in maritime interdiction because it has unique military and law enforcement authorities which enable it to seamlessly disable a drug smuggling vessel, seize the drugs, and arrest the crew. But that only works when the Coast Guard, SOUTHCOM, and partner agencies and nations have the resources and assets to act on intelligence targets.
Unfortunately, however, cuts to the military's budget, coupled with aging, and rapidly failing Coast Guard assets, are undermining mission success. SOUTHCOM and the Coast Guard were only able to interdict roughly 20 percent of the cocaine bound for the United States in recent years. That is half of the national target. Since 2009, the Coast Guard has only achieved its cocaine interdiction target once.
I hope today's hearing will help clarify the direction we need to take in the future to ensure our men and women in uniform have the resources and assets they need to carry out this and other critical missions.


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With a classic silhouette accented by peplum detail at hip and a luxe crepe satin with luxe comfortable drape, this bebe dress is the epitome of sophistication. Makes a perfect suiting piece.
- 82% triacetate, 18% polyester
- Center back to hem: 35" (89 cm)
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One man has died and his brother is hospitalized in serious condition after both were shot in their home Wednesday night.
Maurice Antwan James, 25, was declared dead at Memorial University Medical Center after the 7:30 p.m. shooting in the 700 block of West 49th Street, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.
Miller said Violent Crimes detectives continue to investigate the shootings.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crimestoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include "CStop2020" plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
30 pounds of pot, guns found in busts
Six people have been arrested following the seizure of a large amount of marijuana and weapons by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.
For the past few weeks, CNT had been investigating suspected drug activity occurring at two residences located within Chatham County that CNT believed were connected in the illegal distribution of drugs sales, said Gene Harley, CNT spokesman.
Agents working in an undercover capacity began looking into 545 E. Harris St. in and identified 22-year-old Christopher Disilvestro as their primary suspect. Additionally, agents identified 22-year-old Benton Oliver, 20-year-old Mason Crecy and 17-year-old Loyd Hodges as additional persons of interest.
Agents also began investigating 3312 Falligant Ave. in Thunderbolt, identifying 35-year-old Wendell Butler Jr. and 32-year-old Lisa Bimber as the primary suspects in connection with that address.
About 9 p.m. Wednesday, CNT executed a search warrant at Disilvestro's residence that resulted in the seizure of approximately three pounds of marijuana and more than $4,000 in cash. An additional search warrant at the Falligant Avenue address shortly after 3:30 a.m. Thursday found approximately 28 pounds of marijuana, four guns and more than $4,000 in cash.
Also seized in the operation were three vehicles. The seized marijuana has an estimated street value of more than $100,000.
Crecy was charged with possession of marijuana. Disilvestro, Oliver and Hodges were all charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in addition to other felony-related drug charges.
Both Butler Jr. and Bimber were charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in addition to other felony-related charges.
All six were taken to the Chatham County jail.
The Savannah-Chatham police department, metro K-9 Unit and the Thunderbolt police department partnered with CNT on the busts.
Robber faces more charges
Four additional felony charges were served Thursday on an 18-year-old Savannah man already charged with armed robbery and aggravated sodomy on Wednesday.
The additional charges against Kevin Andre Johnson were filed after Savannah-Chatham police robbery detectives determined he had knocked a 54-year-old man and his 5-year-old daughter to the ground and forced an 11-year-old boy to give him $5 last Friday.
The new charges include armed robbery, aggravated assault with intent to rob, and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
That robbery took place at West 54th and Montgomery streets as the victim, who was walking with the aid of two canes, and his children were going home from a store about 5 p.m.
Johnson had been charged with the original two felonies and possession of marijuana Wednesday after detectives investigating the robbery of a pizza delivery driver Sunday in the 600 block of West 54th Street saw that he fit the description of the suspect.
The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include "CStop2020" plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
Savannah Coast Guard saves sailor
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew medically evacuated a sailor from the USS Carney about 70 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday.
Naval crewmembers aboard the Carney contacted watchstanders at the 7th Coast Guard District Command Center to request a medical evacuation for the 45-year-old senior chief petty officer, reporting he was experiencing stroke-like symptoms.
After consulting with a Coast Guard flight surgeon, a medical evacuation was determined necessary, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Potter. A helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah launched aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and met the Carney at sea at 12:45 a.m. Thursday.
Coast Guardsmen airlifted the, man then took him to Jacksonville International Airport where awaiting Emergency Medical Services then transported him to Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.
The man's current condition is unknown and his name is not being released, Potter said.
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Festive Red Tech & Accessories
The holidays are another time of year where color is heavily on my mind. Sometimes I like exploring with cool whites, silvers and golds but I never tire of the traditional red and green color schemes either. Red is my inspiration color this week. Here is a roundup of cool tech items in red to get you into the holiday spirit.
Top Row
• Fisheye One Red
• Baggu Poppy Pouch
• Panasonic DJ Headphones
• Deadmau5 Speakers
• iPod Shuffle Red
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• Metallic Red iPhone Case
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• Kindle/Nook Case
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Police Seek Public's Help in Disappearance of Tyler Man
Police are asking the public's help in finding the whereabouts of Gustavo Valdovinos, 33, of Tyler. He was last seen on July 8, at 2516 Canton Street in Tyler.
Law enforcement officials have no confirmation that foul play maybe involved at this time. Valdovinos has disappeared for a few days in the past but not for this long period of time. Family members have not heard from him and fear that something may have happened to him.
Gustavo is an Hispanic male 5-5, 140lbs, with black hair and brown eyes.
if you have any information regarding this disappearance of Valdovinos, contact the Tyler Police Department.
Overnight Shooting in Longview Leaves Two People Wounded
Early Thursday Morning Longview Police responded to shots fired call in the 1100 Block of West Marshall Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene they observed a car leaving the area at a high rate of speed.
Witnesses told police there were several males who were involved in an altercation. According to witnesses several shots were fired and two people were wounded. Police located one shooting victim, a 26 year-old black male, in a vehicle at the scene. That victim was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. A short time later officers were advised another victim, a 23 year-old black male was brought in to Good Shepherd Medical Center by private vehicle with a life-threatening gunshot wound
A short time later Police located the vehicle they saw leaving the scene. No arrests have been made at this time.
If anyone has information on this case they are asked to contact Detective David Cheatham at 903-237-1147. If the tipster wishes to remain anonymous they can also contact Gregg County Crimestoppers at 903-236-STOP(7867) or submit a tip online at www.greggcountycrimestoppers.org.


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17 Beautiful Holiday Cookie Recipes
This past weekend marked the beginning of Cookie Month, known to some as December. We love Cookie Month, which we showed last year by giving you a great cookie recipe every day. We're kicking off CM2012 with a slideshow of all the tasty cookies we made last year. There's a little bit of everything, from the classic to the outrageous and the simple to the decadent, but they're all pretty spectacular.
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Hi all! Another question for you.
Phoebe has gotten into the habit of going downstairs in the middle of the night and needs to be let out once or twice. It's getting frustrating as it has been going on for over a year and it disturbs my sleep. I feel that it's a habit rather than anything else.
I know that I let her have water all the time but if I take it away she starts barking for it in the middle of the night. I put out puppy pads last night but no interest. It's hard to sit it out as I have a flatmate and don't want to disturb her.


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Teen charged in armed carjacking
Beaumont 18-year-old Charles James Mishaw, III, has been charged with federal firearms and carjacking violations stemming from a Jan. 11 indictment where he is alleged to have taken a senior citizen's car under gunpoint. He will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zachary J. Hawthorn on Jan. 30 for arraignment.
According to information presented in court from the Department of Justice, on Nov. 15, 2011, Mishaw approached a 69- year-old woman as she was entering her gated apartment complex in Orange. As the victim rolled down her car window to access the security keypad, Mishaw approached and placed a small caliber handgun to her head and ordered her to surrender the car and her purse.
She complied. Law enforcement officers arrived almost immediately and were able to locate and stop the absconded vehicle in Bridge City. Mishaw was still driving the vehicle and was in possession of the victim's credit cards along with the firearm he had used to steal the vehicle. The victim's purse was recovered from where it had been thrown by the side of the road.
If convicted, Mishaw faces up to 15 years for the carjacking and a minimum of 7 years for the firearms violation.


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the "Shards of Sin" chapters 28, 29 & 30 on irc don't belong to their respective chapters
Greetings! If the project has been dropped - it is also deleted from the archive? The manhwa Ability is mentioned as the dropped project. It is absent in the online reading function, the download links are also broken.
I am not sure whether it should be like that. Faq doesn't mention the fact of deleting or not-deleting of the dropped projects.
Sorry if I choose the wrong topic to ask. Thanks.
I'm not a staff of EGS right now, but I do know that Naver has become very uptight with their Manhwas leaking to other websites. (EGS might have taken Ability down due to copyrights)
And Manhwa "Ability" was also dropped as a whole due to one of the author of "Ability" (the two authors of "Ability" and "Noblesse", Jaeho Son and Gwangsoo Lee) having too much health issues.
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detai...62&weekday=thu is the page where the author Gwangsoo writes an apology and an explanation of why they have decided to close down on the production of Ability.
Here's the summary of Author's message, "As many of you know, Noblesse and Ability both had long breaks due to my health reasons. Taking treatments for panic attack while working on both Noblesse and Ability would be pushing it, and because I know if we kept going with the two projects, we would have to put a long hold on the manhwas again due to my health worsening, after a great consideration, I have decided it was impossible to carry both projects and the treatment, and came to a settlement with Jaeho Son(The other author) and Naver to let "Ability" go unfinished. Sorry for letting down all you readers that waited for Ability to come out, and I sincerely apologize for not bringing this up sooner." -Gwangsoo Lee.
He says after about how he has gotten so many e-mails about ability and how he saw everyone has waited, how much he regrets himself for not properly finishing the manhwa, then apologizes again and promises a better project to come someday.
Sorry to deliver such bad news, however I would like to recommend you a read. Transfer Student Storm Bringer (http://read.egscans.com/Transfer_Student_Storm_Bringer)
Enjoy~ ;D
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Oh. Sad that even translation from EGS was erased=_= I liked it.
Need to save the favourite projects beforefand, lol.
About everything else... Wow! I knew about the hiatus, but not about the cansellation. Thanks.
And thank sfor recommendations, i'll try it)
Sojuboy recommended. ;D
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Brewing a whole new batch to try to save a bad (or even mediocre) batch is not worth it IMO. But experimenting with a batch that is destined for the drain anyways - if it's not going to tie up a fermenter for too long. or involve enough $$$ or effort that it would be just as easy to rebrew, then by all means go for it.
How much Coriander did you use? How do you know you over did it?
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Dual Monitor MacBook & Incredible View From Toronto
It's always inspiring to see the setup that other people use. This setup really made us blink, and take a look again. The dual displays are pretty awesome, but then there's this incredible view of Toronto, Canada.
Blogger and Flickr user Tn Pham finally came around and put together his dual displays on his glass desk and we have to say that this combination looks really good.
His clean desk is coupled with some pretty funky hardware, from a MacBook Pro to dual Apple Cinema Displays. Pham says that it was a hassle and he thoroughly documented how to setup dual monitors on his blog so that everyone could benefit. The reason why this was so complicated is that the dual monitors weren't plugged into some Mac desktop, they are plugged into his MacBook Pro.
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After a stroke, bathing and dressing yourself can be a major step in recovery. First, focus on what you can do. Which movements are easiest? These tips will help you get started. Use a weak hand or leg as much as you can. Daily use will make it stronger and helps to retrain the affected side.
Hair Grooming
Have an extension mirror mounted near a mirror in the bathroom or on a dresser. By using both mirrors together, you can see the back of your head.
Use a wall-mounted hair dryer or buy a wall mount for a hand-held dryer.
Use a curling brush to eliminate the need for rollers. Just plug it in for one or two minutes. Then roll your hair onto the brush and count to 30. Unwind and repeat.
To clean your hairbrush, hold it between your knees, and then pull a comb through it to get the hair out. When you're done, soak and rinse the brush and comb.
Care of Teeth
Toothpaste tubes with flip tops are easiest to use. To apply toothpaste, you can:
Use your strong hand to squeeze it onto your tongue, and then pick up the toothbrush.
Hold the toothbrush in your teeth, and apply the toothpaste with your strong hand.
Hold the toothbrush between the thumb and forefinger of your weak hand, applying the toothpaste with the strong hand.
Special Cleaning Aids
To floss, try disposable flossing toothpicks or a floss threader.
To clean dentures, try using a suction brush or denture soak.
To help flush out debris from between teeth and gums, try using an oral irrigator.
Use an electric shaver if you have to shave with one hand. Or, if you prefer using blades, puff out your cheeks when you shave. Use a disposable razor so you don't have to change blades.
To apply shaving cream, squeeze the cream onto the back of your weak hand or onto the edge of the sink. Then apply the cream with your strong hand.
To trim a mustache, use a single-edge razor. For safety, sit while doing this task.
To shave your legs, use an electric shaver. If you lie on a bed, you may be able to reach your lower legs more easily.
Nail Care
If your hand is clenched (in a claw-like manner) as a result of a stroke, keep your fingernails short and smooth.
Special nail clippers designed to be used with only one hand are available. Also, depending on the strength in your affected hand, you might want to try foot-operated clippers.
To file fingernails, tape a nail file to a table and run your fingers over it.
Cut and file toenails after soaking them in warm water. The water helps soften the nail. If you have a reclining chair, put your feet up on the extension when you clip your toenails.
Overcoming Neglect — How Caregivers and Family Can Help
If the survivor (especially one with right-brain stroke) has lost awareness on one side of the body, find ways to gently remind him or her of the neglected side (usually the left side). You might say, "Let's brush your hair." Then, taking hold of the survivor's neglected hand, gently move it to the brush on the counter. When you touch the survivor's hand like this, his or her head and eyes will naturally move in the direction of the touch.
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After running his family's company that was a Shawnee staple on Main Street for 91 years, N.W. "Wilson" Baptist III has sold Baptist's Athletic Supply, which is now closed.
After running his family's company that was a Shawnee staple on Main Street for 91 years, N.W. "Wilson" Baptist III has sold Baptist's Athletic Supply, which is now closed.
But part of the legacy of that business will live on as Baptist's salespeople, through a new company, will continue to serve area schools and customers with athletic gear and uniforms.
Baptist's Athletic Supply has supplied area schools with uniforms and sporting gear for decades, so generations of past and current students in this area and all over the state have likely worn uniforms sold by the company.
Baptist has run the Shawnee business since 1969, but he said it's time to retire.
"I've never regretted it — it's been a wonderful life and I've enjoyed every minute," he said.
Baptist said the many loyal and dedicated employees, past and present, helped him, his father, and grandfather make the business a success.
"We've served Shawnee 91 years…we couldn't have done it without the help of a lot of folks."
Humble beginnings
In 1922, Baptist's grandfather, N.W. Baptist, who was a hardware salesman who called on businesses by horse and buggy, bought an existing hardware store that had been open in the Main Street location since 1898 and changed the name to Baptist's. The hardware store carried household items, hunting and fishing gear, and even sold firearms in those early days, Baptist said.
What began as a 25-foot storefront would begin to grow. In 1932, Baptist's father, N.W. Baptist Jr., who went by the name "Buddy," graduated from The University of Oklahoma. Seeing his father's business struggling during the depression, he joined the family company and became a partner.
"For my dad, it was the best decision of his life — he loved it since day one," Baptist said.
As a golfer, Baptist Jr. started carrying golf equipment and some other sporting goods in the hardware store, which began the slow change into athletic equipment as a retail category, with everything from baseball bats to gloves and football helmets.
Expanding athletic business
In 1946, the father and son team hired Jimmie Brownell, who began calling on schools, which became part of the team business of selling sports-related school uniforms and other gear.
The business expanded further with R.W. Baptist Jr. buying another storefront on Main Street to operate Baptist Boats and Motors.
When Baptist's grandfather died in 1951, his father ran the business on his own with "a lot of really great employees."
When Baptist graduated from OU in 1963, he joined the Air Force. After four years, he returned home to Shawnee in 1967.
He did quite a bit of hunting in Alaska during those years, and it was on one of those trips that Baptist shot a brown bear standing nearly 10 feet tall. His father encouraged him to have the bear stuffed for the store, so it made its way to Shawnee by truck and was uncrated on Main Street, attracting quite a crowd. The bear became a store attraction.
When Baptist Jr. had a stroke in 1969, he had to retire and left the day-to-day operation to his son, including the start of the athletic supply side in 1970.
Back then, athletics were fast becoming a retail item, as more people began buying athletic shoes – not just for sports — but also to wear to school and everyday activity.
Since then, he's been working six days a week.
Changes in business
While the athletic portions of the company expanded over the years to include stores and locations in the mall, along with stores in Stillwater, Norman, Oklahoma City, Edmond and even McAlester, Baptist later scaled those back over the years and strictly operated out of the Shawnee store.
In the early 90s, with the arrival of Shawnee Mall, foot traffic in the Main Street store decreased, so he focused and expanded the team sporting business with sales people calling on even more schools in the field, which expanded further and evolved to include schools all over Oklahoma, parts of Texas, and even some in Kansas and Arkansas.
"We made a conscious decision to go to the customers rather than wait for them to come to us…we went to the schools and expanded," he said, with Baptist Athletic Supply becoming the largest athletic store in Oklahoma.
With the premise of taking presentations to schools and selling team uniforms to schools, then selling other items the school didn't purchase directly to the students — from shoes to gloves, letter jackets and other items — the business continually grew in an Internet market.
While Baptist enjoyed that success, he began a few years back thinking about the future of the business.
A transition phase
This year, at age 73, Baptist, who never married or had children to leave the business to, began looking at options for the business so he could retire.
"As much as I wanted to see it continue, I was unable to work out a plan I thought would work," he said.
He first began negotiations with an interested buyer but wasn't pleased with that setup, but then, out of the blue, he heard from another company that Baptist would ultimately admire and make plans to entrust with his business.
With 11 salespeople on the payroll for the school business, with them traveling all over Oklahoma and parts of Texas, Baptist wanted that part of the business to continue for his sales people to have jobs.
Baptist found that when he met with officials from Lids Team Sports, based in Indianapolis, they wanted an opportunity to expand their team business.
Everything fell into place for a sale and the transaction for the sale was completed last month, he said, with the new company picking up inventory and Baptist closing up the storefront on Shawnee's Main Street, with Lids hiring all of Baptist's salespeople to continue serving schools with new sales.
While it is closed to the public, the store is still in operation with employees busy at work to serve those with previous sales while filling past orders as they work to close out all the books and billing, a process that should be complete by the end of this year, he said.
Lids Team Sports, which has retail stores all over the U.S., now has a store inside Shawnee Mall, he said, and with Baptist's previous sales people already in place, contracts and relationships with schools and customers in this area won't change as they continue to provide the same products.
"This way they retained all of our sales force," Baptist said, although he regrets a few of his store employees will not be employed once all accounts are settled.
And while Baptist is sad about the end of Baptist Athletic Supply, he said he's happy he found a quality company to continue the service to customers.
"I couldn't be more pleased," adding he admires the company greatly.
"We all made the right decision," he said.
Before he made the deal, Baptist sent his salespeople to Indianapolis to check out their potential new employer.
"I wanted them to be happy and associated with a quality company," he said.
In the meantime, he and the current staff will continue to finish up accounting and clean up the building on Main Street, which he will eventually put up for lease or for sale.
Retirement for Baptist
"I'm very sad…but I'm 73 and I need to move on with life," he said, adding he is anxious for retirement.
"I'm sad the store won't continue but I'm happy I found a resolution and successful plan," he said, which will allow the new company to serve many loyal customers.
He commented on Jimmie Brownell, now 91 years old, who was important to the success of the business in its early years. Brownell's son, Jimmie, also worked for Baptist for 40 years and is now an employee of Lids, he said.
Baptist, who started helping his dad in the store as a third grader, said the business and its people has been his family most of his life.
"I'm so pleased everything has worked out," he said. "I speak for myself and for my grandfather and father to express sincere appreciation to both the employees and customers for their loyalty and dedication."
And while many usually plan to travel during retirement, Baptist said he's looking forward to staying in Shawnee and enjoying life each day.
Longtime attraction to find new home
And the longtime attraction at the business, the nearly 10-foot stuffed Alaskan brown bear on display in the store since 1967, will be moved to the Santa Fe Depot to be part of the historical society's collection.
Baptist, who shot the bear during an Alaska hunting trip in 1967, said with the business being sold, he wasn't quite sure what to do with the bear.
For years, it wasn't uncommon for people to bring children by the storefront to see it, with handprints and face prints an everyday occurrence as children moved up close to the window to see the bear, he said.
It was never in the direct sunlight, but a reflection started fading the brown bear, which is now more of a cream color.
"People still come by to this day and bring their grandkids to see that bear," he said.
"I really wanted it to be somewhere in Shawnee," he said, adding he is pleased the local historical society will put the bear on display locally.
Plans are being made to move the bear to its new location.