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About 10 years ago, Antonio Zambrano-Montes arrived in Pasco, Washington, in pursuit of what his family simply describes as “a better future”. He left behind a village in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan. It was reportedly a place with no roads and no shops to buy clothes, where residents would travel by horse and cart to the next town to buy basic provisions, and where most worked as farm labourers.
He brought his wife and two daughters to Pasco, a city of about 70,000 people, in America’s north-west.
“[He wanted] a better life for his family, to provide for his girls, so they could have a better future. The American dream. Every Mexican, every Hispanic that crosses the border, they want the American dream. A better future than what they had,” said his cousin Maria Madrigal-Zambrano.
But in the years that followed, Zambrano-Montes separated from his immediate family, lost his house to a fire and found himself staying, for at least one short period, in the city’s crowded homeless shelter. His life met an abrupt, violent end last week, when he was shot dead by police who pursued him across a busy intersection. He was unarmed, but had allegedly been throwing rocks at traffic.
His death has left members of his extended family devastated and bewildered. The incident, the fourth fatal police shooting in Pasco in seven months, has also shocked the city, contributing to growing distrust among the majority Hispanic population towards a majority white police force.
Video footage of the shooting has gone around the world, prompting comparisons with the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, drawing activists to the city and provoking condemnation from the Mexican government. In death, Zambrano-Montes has become part of a different American story: that of the unarmed man, shot dead by police.
‘I still can’t believe it’
Martha Zambrano, his aunt, was the last in the family to see Zambrano-Montes alive. It was a chance encounter in downtown Pasco, two weeks before the fatal incident. She was expressionless when recalling the details.
“I just remember hugging him, telling him that I loved him. He said he loved me back. It was just a hug.”
She sat at a dining room table in a family member’s home on the outskirts of Pasco, about four miles from the scene of the shooting, and spoke in Spanish as her daughter Yesenia translated.
The brutal last moments of Antonio’s life, captured on video and viewed over 1.5m times on YouTube, continue to haunt her.
“I keep replaying visions in my head – on and on,” she said. “I still can’t believe it.”
The 23-second film shows Zambrano-Montes chased across the street by three officers, after he had reportedly been throwing rocks at traffic on a busy intersection. His arms flail and appear raised at one point. He is running away, crosses the road and momentarily turns. The pursuing officers then open fire, after attempting to use a Taser, and Antonio falls to the ground in a heap. He doesn’t get up.
All three officers have been placed on administrative leave, as police departments from neighbouring cities convene a special investigation unit (SIU) inquiry into the shooting.
The family said at a protest on Saturday, which saw up to 1,000 people march on the streets of Pasco, they wanted all three officers prosecuted.
“Justice for me would be to prosecute the three that were in the incident, the three that murdered him, the same way that they would prosecute a regular citizen, regular human beings,” said Antonio’s cousin Maria, a 30-year-old retail worker.
‘The people united will never be defeated’
Chunks of the exterior wall at Vinny’s Bakery on Lewis Street – the site of the shooting – have been removed for ballistics. A memorial sits outside, candles arranged in a crucifix are extinguished. “Hands up, don’t shoot,” reads a sign.
Even after the memorial is taken down, Vinicio Marin, the 42-year-old owner of the bakery where Zambrano-Montes had been a regular customer, says he will be reminded every day.
“It broke my heart. It should never have happened. It was all too big,” he said in Spanish, through a friend who translates.
Marin’s bakery opened two months ago. He came from a family of bakers and arrived in the US 22 years ago.
“This business, this bakery has been one of my life dreams. Seeing this [shooting] happen has crushed it,” he said.
Hispanic residents, who make up 56% of the city’s population, remain a disenfranchised majority in Pasco. Just one out of the city’s seven-member council is of Hispanic descent, and the police force, made up of 67 officers, is only 22% Hispanic.
But Antonio’s death has begun to galvanise the community. The protests on Saturday, attended in the majority by Hispanic residents of the Tri-Cities, were led by the chant “El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido” (“The people united will never be defeated”).
On Monday, Felix Vargas, the leader of the Pasco Hispanic community group Consejo Latino, wrote to US attorney general Eric Holder demanding a federal investigation into the shooting. The letter argues the SIU investigation has “no credibility whatsoever”, citing the three other cases of police shootings in Pasco in seven months where the SIU has absolved officers of all responsibility.
Mario Abraham, the 34-year-old owner of Grand Auto Repairs across the street, saw the shooting. “That night I don’t sleep,” he said. “Only a couple of minutes.”
Like many others interviewed by the Guardian, Abraham says the entire event has left him more distrusting of local police.
“I’ve got family. Every day I drive my car, sometimes I get tickets. I like to go fishing and now I got to keep an eye on what I’ve got in my car – when you open the windows to the cops who can see in, you don’t know what’s going to happen.”
One detail in particular stands out for Abraham. He, like other witnesses, claim the officers handcuffed Zambrano-Montes as he lay on the floor.
Neither the Pasco police department nor the SIU would confirm or deny this allegation, but Captain Ken Roske, of the department’s support operations, said: “The handcuffing of any restrictive subject until the situation is under control would be standard ‘best practice’.”
Police say that one of the three officers involved in Zambrano-Montes’s shooting came from a Hispanic background but from an English-speaking home. It is unclear if any of the officers addressed Antonio – a monolingual Spanish speaker – in any language other than English.
Roske also maintains that each of the four fatal police shootings in Pasco since July, while regrettable, “are so uniquely different” it’s impossible to call them a trend.
The first saw a 34-year-old man shot dead after he refused to drop a knife. Another, in September, a 25-year-old man was killed by police after he refused to drop a weapon that later turned out to be a BB gun.
“All the others didn’t have a video,” says 30-year-old Jesus Aguire, who works at Chuyito’s barbershop a little further down on West Lewis Street. “What I see is that they chased him down and gunned him down. It makes me feel less safe.”
The Tri City Union Gospel Mission in the east of the city is opening its doors on Sunday morning. Mist engulfs the city, making it hard to see much further than a block. The shelter’s 45 bunks are permanently full, so managers open the chapel upstairs to another 50 who sleep on the floor.
It is likely Antonio would have slept up there when he came to the mission for roughly four days just before he died, said a staff member who did not want to be named.
He signed Zambrano-Montes in, but had not seen him for a couple days before the shooting. It is unclear where Zambrano-Montes was living at the time of the shooting. “Once they’re out of the door, it’s hard to keep track,” said the worker, pointing to the dozens of men sitting in the recreation area, many of whom have been at the mission for months. The employee estimates around 15% of the men here are recovering addicts, but others are there for a variety of reasons: refugees, those with disabilities, others who have simply lost their jobs.
Zambrano-Montes did not strike the worker as exceptional – more than 21% of Pasco’s resident live below the poverty line – almost twice the state average. The mission dispenses food and clothing to around 100 families a week in the vicinity. They receive no public funding.
A complete picture of the last few months of his life is difficult to assemble: even his closest family members describe him as “inward”, consumed with “private things”. His cousins say he was a hard worker, who laboured as fruit picker for various companies in the area. His immigration status remains unclear, although he certainly did not posses a social security number.
Antonio had previously been living in a converted garage, which burned down in late January after a fire started in the living room, according to local media reports. He was trapped inside and had been rescued by two passing public works employees.
Martha says he had assured her he found a place to stay. News that he had spent time at the mission comes as a surprise.
She observed a change in Antonio about two months ago. Again, precise dates and locations are hard to come by, but Antonio had fallen off a ladder at work while picking fruit. He told her both his wrists had been broken and metal plates had been inserted after surgery. He could no longer work and had begun asking Martha for money to pay the rent rent and to buy food.
The accident left Zambrano-Montes feeling depressed, says Martha.
“He was a little sad, he said that his arms hurt. Those days he was not working.”
He also experienced depression six years earlier when he separated from his wife and two daughters, who moved to California under circumstances that remain unclear. His children, now both teenagers, have never returned to Pasco.
But Martha is dealing with issues beyond the death of her nephew. She too has no home and is staying with relatives after she was forced to sell her house when her husband died five years ago. Her new partner was killed two months ago in a traffic accident; a drunk driver coming the wrong way down the street collided with their car. She survived.
“It’s not just the hurt from Antonio. I’ve been through a lot. I’ve lost everything. My partner, the car, and then I receive the call that Antonio had been shot,” she said.
Her plan had been to suggest to her nephew that they move in together.
“But I never got the chance,” she said.

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One of the trending artist topping charts with his recent song FEM, Davido decided to sign a fresh blood to the DMW, the record label containing talented and trending artists like Mayorkun, Peruzzi, Dremo and so on.
Davido signed a record deal with a fast rising artist Deinde to Dmw, The deal was announced by Davido on his Instagram And Twitter page just moments ago with a picture of them signing the paper works.
Everyone join me in welcoming my new artiste to the DMW family ! @deindeofficial ! A real gem with the mic and pen. Trust me when I say watch out for what’s to come ! Time for you to soar bro ! Everyone go over to his page show him some love for me! #DMW shit! 💣 😈 #Stay tuned!!
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Davido has been a blessing to the Nigeria talent as a whole, we are really greatly for his generous and supportive acts towards the up and rising artists.
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Law enforcement agencies across the nation stand as bastions of safety and guardianship, often spearheaded by remarkable individuals who dedicate their lives to upholding justice and protecting communities. In Wichita, Kansas, one such luminary figure has left an indelible mark on the landscape of law enforcement — Wendell Nicholson.
Wendell Nicholson, with his unwavering commitment and tireless efforts, has not only become a prominent name within the Wichita Police Department but has also emerged as an inspiration and role model for aspiring officers.
Early Years and Dedication to Service
Nicholson’s journey into law enforcement is a testament to his unwavering commitment to serve and protect. His passion for justice and community safety was evident from a young age. Nicholson embarked on his law enforcement journey by joining the Wichita Police Department, driven by an earnest desire to make a positive impact.
A Career Defined by Leadership and Dedication
Throughout his tenure, Nicholson exhibited exceptional leadership qualities and an unparalleled dedication to his duties. His commitment to excellence and professionalism swiftly propelled him through the ranks, earning him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and the community alike.
Wendell Nicholson’s contributions to the Wichita Police Department extend far beyond his job description. As a seasoned officer, he has played a pivotal role in various initiatives aimed at fostering better community relations, implementing innovative crime-prevention strategies, and providing unwavering support to fellow officers.
Championing Change and Building Bridges
Nicholson’s leadership style is characterized by inclusivity and a strong emphasis on community engagement. He has been a driving force behind programs that aim to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Through initiatives like community outreach programs, neighborhood policing, and youth engagement activities, Nicholson has worked tirelessly to build trust and foster positive relationships.
His proactive approach to policing, which prioritizes communication, empathy, and understanding, has significantly contributed to reducing crime rates while simultaneously enhancing public trust in law enforcement.
Legacy and Impact
As Wendell Nicholson continues to navigate the challenging landscape of law enforcement, his legacy remains embedded in the fabric of the Wichita Police Department. His unwavering dedication, innovative strategies, and compassionate leadership serve as guiding beacons for current and future officers.
Nicholson’s impact extends beyond the precincts of Wichita. His insights and experiences are often sought after in conferences, seminars, and training sessions, where he shares his expertise, advocating for progressive and community-oriented policing practices.
In a world where law enforcement faces multifaceted challenges, individuals like Wendell Nicholson stand out as beacons of hope and inspiration. His commitment to service, leadership prowess, and dedication to fostering positive relationships between law enforcement and the community serve as a blueprint for a more harmonious and safer society.
As Nicholson’s journey in law enforcement continues, his unwavering commitment to the betterment of society will undoubtedly leave an enduring legacy, shaping the future of law enforcement for generations to come

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With its flagship laptop and top-of-the-line desktop replacement, Apple has predictably gone all out – to the point where this muscle-bound MacBook Pro could be too much laptop for many people.
But if you demand maximum performance as well as portability, Apple's newest 15-inch MacBook Pro delivers.
In fact, it can deliver as much power as you want: the MacBook Pro I've been using for the past week was spec’d to the ceiling with a six-core Intel Core i9 powerplant, 32GB of RAM and 4TB of super-fast SSD storage.
Yes, that’s an insane amount of power and it comes with an eye-watering $10,339 price tag.
But this will handle handle anything you throw at it without breaking a sweat – which makes it the ultimate laptop for software developers who need to run multiple virtual computers when working on projects, or a creative professional dealing with multiple simultaneous 4K and 8K video streams on the beautiful, vibrant Retina Display.
A more reasonable fit out is the $4,099 entry level 15-inch model with a Core i7 CPU, 16GB of memory and 512GB SSD.
If you can make do with a smaller screen, the 13-inch 2018 MacBook Pro trims its tech back to a quad-core Intel processor, slightly slower (but more power-efficient) RAM chips up to 16GB and a maximum 2TB of storage.
Regardless of what’s under the bonnet, everything about the MacBook Pro radiates class – starting with the svelte form factor, slim profile and 1.8kg weight which sees this notebook slide into any satchel or carry-on bag and leave plenty of room for the rest of your work and travel kit.
Even the keyboard has been given a once-over to be subtly quieter with less of that metallic clickety-clack sound as you type, as well as being more resistant to liquids and fine particles.
More impressive, however, is how Apple brings everything together with scores of refinements that you may barely notice at first but would immediately miss if you switched to a less-polished laptop.
For example, the TouchID system integrated into the TouchBar strip securely logs you in without having to enter a password. This sound like a small thing but if you've had to use a fingerprint sensor, you'll know the frustration of having to place your finger on the sensor several times before it's properly recognised.
New to the 2018 MacBook Pro series is True Tone, which adapts the screen’s colour temperature to match ambient light levels, although for photo and video editing you’ll want too disable this to preserve consistent colour accuracy.
My only criticism of the MacBook Pro is the one which many others have made and which Apple shows no sign of heeding: the company’s all-in embrace of USB-C ports means that connecting most other USB devices, SD card readers and even the latest iPhone requires a fistful of dongles.
If you can live with that, you’ll almost certainly love the MacBook Pro.


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Can I still have a Court hearing or mediation with the restrictions of social distancing and/or shelter-in-place?
You can still have a hearing or mediation with the restrictions of social distancing and shelter-in-place so long as you have access to a computer or tablet and internet. Lawyers and Judges are working together to help adapt to new electronic tools such as Teams, Zoom, Skype, and other virtual platforms. Several courts are allowing hearings to proceed virtually. The Texas Judicial Branch has provided guidelines for setting up and managing Court hearings via Zoom. With courts being restricted for an indefinite period of time and limits being in place for some counties for gatherings, attorneys are also turning to electronic means to conduct mediations and arbitrations.
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Genetic evaluation of rapid height growth in pot- and nursery-grown Scotch pineAuthor(s): Maurice E., Jr. Demeritt; Henry D. Gerhold; Henry D. Gerhold
Source: Research Paper NE-554. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.
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DescriptionGenetic and environmental components of variance for 2-year pot and nursery heights of offspring from inter- and intraprovenance matings in Scotch pine were studied to determine which provenances and selection methods should be used in an ornamental and Christmas tree improvement program. Nursery evaluation was preferred to pot evaluation because heritability estimates were larger and error variances were smaller for the experiments evaluated. Simple recurrent selection would be a good method for improving traits important to the Christmas tree industry.
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CitationDemeritt, Maurice E., Jr.; Gerhold, Henry D. 1985. Genetic evaluation of rapid height growth in pot- and nursery-grown Scotch pine. Research Paper NE-554. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.
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Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.
During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 25- to 40-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each Friday.
In its latest earnings preview, BullMarket.com looks at several popular stocks, including Google (GOOG), Kinder Morgan Energy (KMP), Intel (INTC), eBay (EBAY), and Microsoft (MSFT).
Here is just a tiny sample of what BullMarket.com wrote about eBay:
eBay has beaten analyst EPS estimates seven of the past eight quarters, meeting the consensus once. Over that stretch, the stock has risen the next session six of eight quarters. Seasonally, the stock has risen each of the last four years.
Last quarter, the company earned $677 million, or 51 cents per share, versus $570 million, or 44 cents per share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings rose 14% to $829 million, or 63 cents, from $725 million, or 55 cents, a year ago. This topped analyst expectations for EPS of 62 cents.
Revenue jumped 14% to $3.75 billion, just below the $3.77 billion consensus. Organically, revenue rose 15%.
Looking at segments, the Marketplace business saw revenue rise 13% (13% excluding currency as well) to $1.96 billion.The Payments business saw revenue rise 18% (20% in constant currencies as well) to $1.55 billion. ...
Outside of earnings, eBay CEO John Donahoe has done a tremendous job since taking over the helm of transforming eBay and turning the company into an innovator at the cutting edge of e-commerce and payment technology. However, he's not sitting still, and there are several current initiatives the company is undertaking.
In the Marketplace business, we continue to see the company luring bigger retailers to its site to become an off-price outlet, as well as helping them in other ventures, like this one. Meanwhile, taking PayPal offline and continuing to develop the mobile wallet represents huge opportunities.
The virtual wallet and PayPal's offline push have the biggest potential, but a better search engine could also nicely spur growth for its Marketplace business. After all, not every seller categorizes the same items in the same way, and a search engine that is more intuitive that brings up more relevant items can help lead to more sales. ...
The full BullMarket.com earnings analysis includes a look at historical earnings data and EPS trends for the companies above and more; examines past investor reactions to earnings in various contexts; gives options activity analysis; reviews previous-quarter earnings; and gives an opinion on both what earnings will look like and how investors will react based on the aforementioned data points.
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text: I’m such a sucker for empty beach chairs on the beach. Particularly so on such a gorgeous, golden, bright day. The editors at Getty Images seem to go for them so I figured why mess with a good thing. This was taken around 9AM on Labor Day morning between Duck and the Village of Sanderling. By the way, if you have never had the pleasure of the Sanderling Inn, Pamper yourself one weekend and go for it. Stop Economizing! Cheers to you all. Thanks for the visit and have a very large Sunday Evening.

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1. Transportation History in the USA - "The American Road" - 1953 + 1970.
Educational documentary first released in 1953 showing the development of transportation in the United States during the first half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile industry, roads and highways. Lots of historic footage of cars from the very early part of the 20th century.
An additional segment was created and appended to the film for the 1970's re-release.
2. Highway construction in America during the 1950's - "Builders of the Broad Highway"
Learn all about highway construction in America during the 1950's as the "Broad Highway" takes shape. You'll see the planning and construction of the highway and related infrastructure such as bridges, along with cars, trucks and earth moving machinery from the period.
3. Interstate Highways in the 1950's - American Roads & Transport.
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system of America.
After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
4. The Open Road - 1951 Highway Construction Educational Documentary.
The Bethlehem Steel Company explains how their steel products are used in 1950's highway construction.


2002 919, Koso, and ULF1
So I inherited a Koso gauge and a ULF1 from Spyda (for fuel sensor) when I recently purchased my 919 from Oak. It's installed and I must say WOW, very nice. I have the wires temporarily just twisted and taped to make sure everything is working, and here's what I got:
Blinker lights indicate when a blinker is on but they don't blink - no biggie.
All other lights work - I did the temp mod from an old Koso post and it's working well.
Speedo - I wired right to the stock speedo wire and fiddled with the diameter until I'm pretty close to accurate vs. my gps speedo.
The ULF1 device - it was REALLY simple. The downside is it's in a little square box, but 1 wire goes to the koso, 1 to the brown black wire from the stock harness, 1 wire to a ground, and 1 wire to a switched power.
I ran the bike to empty, tossed a half gallon of fuel in it and sure enough, the fuel gauge blinks empty. When it's not empty, the gauge just disappears. Works for me!
I must say, with the headlight Oak picked up and this Koso setup, it really updated the look of the bike. Now I just need to button it up with some soldering and shortening of the harness.
Also disregard my shitty blinker mounts, i used metal strap because I'm too cheap to buy actual blinker mounts. I'll get to it eventually :-D


‘Perikatan Nasional Government 2.0’ as the ministers that had failed in the last 17 months are now reinstated with minor changes.
The only one worthy to be a minister in the Cabinet announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is Khairy Jamaluddin, who is now the Health Minister, said PKR MP Sim Tze Tzin.
The Bayan Baru MP said Khairy is probably the only hope out of all the ministers in the entire Cabinet.
“I genuinely hope he will reform the Health Ministry so that it actually makes the ministry more responsive to Covid-19 especially in terms of the ICU needs and resources,” he said in an immediate response to the new Cabinet list announcement by the prime minister this morning.
He hoped that Khairy would be able to procure the proper resources for his ministry to fight Covid-19 and deploy doctors to the right places that needed it.
In the new Cabinet list announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Khairy had switched places with former health minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
Adham is now the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, a position formerly held by Khairy.
“Adham had failed miserably as the ‘air suam’ minister and yet he is again made a minister of a different portfolio,” he said.
Sim said the rest of the Cabinet list was a disappointment and labelled it as “Old wine in Old bottles”.
“Malaysians had high hopes for drastic change, for a lean government with fewer expenses going to the ministers and more spending on the rakyat but he came back with a bloated Cabinet of 70 ministers,” he said.
He said the Cabinet does not inspire confidence among the people and looks more like a political Cabinet for Ismail Sabri’s survival.
“This is like Muhyiddin’s bloated Cabinet, trying to please their political allies, I think this Cabinet will fail again, I don’t have high hopes,” he said, referring to the previous Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet, which he felt is similar to the current Cabinet.
He said this new government under Ismail Sabri is “Perikatan Nasional Government 2.0” as the ministers that had failed in the last 17 months are now reinstated with minor changes.
He also questioned why Umno’s Datuk Seri Azalina Othman was not included in the Cabinet when she was one of the few Umno leaders who had the courage and conviction to speak up and say what is right.
“She had the courage to resign and state a point but what did she get for speaking up? Nothing,” he said. – MMO


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Walmart Unveils Black Friday Gaming Deals
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches we should begin seeing some of the major retail outlets reveal their grand Black Friday deals. With the blockbuster lineup we've had this year, you'll hopefully be able to get some of these major titles discounted.
Judging from Walmarts recently released Black Friday sale preview, you'll at least be able to pick up a couple titles with major discounts. Walmart's Black Friday sale is offering deals on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, the Wii, and a bundle of games.
According to the ad, starting Thanksgiving night at 10PM and running all day on Friday, November 25th, you can pick up blockbuster titles like Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3, Forza 4, FIFA 12, and Madden 12 for JUST $28! That's over 50% savings if you were to buy the games new!
In addition, you can get some older titles for discounted prices as well with some games selling for as low as $10. Titles include Toy Story 3 ($15) and Epic Mickey ($15).
Of course, to to play these games you're going to need the appropriate console. Walmart has got you covered in that department as well. Walmart is offering an Xbox 360 with 4GB HDD Kinect bundle with Kinect Adventures and $50 store credit for $199.96. If you already own an Xbox 360, you can purchase the Kinect bundle for $99.96 which comes with Kinect Adventures, The Gunstringer, and Fruit Ninja Kinect.
If the Xbox 360 doesn't suite your playstyle, you can pick up a 160GB PS3 with Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, LittleBigPlanet 2, and 3 months of PSN+ for only $199.96.
Lastly, if you prefer Nintendo, a Blue Wii bundle is on sale for only $99.96, less than the price of most handhelds.
Check out Walmart's full ad showcasing all of the game deals for Black Friday.

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Precious baby girl hand crochet bootie shoes in a pale pink color selection. Shoes are crocheted using 100% soft acrylic yarn and adorned with satin ribbon. Shoes are one size fits most newborn up to approximately 6 months. The ribbons allow the shoes to be adjustable. Looking for a different color? Simply email us to set up a custom listing.
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When thousands of people descended upon downtown Belleville for Art on the Square in May, the crowd was being monitored by more than just police officers on the street.
Shortly before the festival, the police department installed a wireless system of surveillance cameras targeting the Public Square.
On Monday night, the City Council voted unanimously to seek a federal grant to help pay for an expansion of the surveillance camera program all along the downtown Main Street business corridor.
The police department has a surveillance camera that is on a street light in front of the courthouse. Also, there are two temporary ones on a wall of the former Meredith Memorial Home on the square at 16 S. Illinois St.
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Mayor Mark Eckert said the cameras are particularly useful during festivals.
“When you have large crowds of people you’re trying to watch or be responsible for, that’s one of the reasons,” Eckert said of the cameras. “And the other thing is we have a lot of city property downtown, such as the fountain and all those memorial tablets.”
Eckert said officers can use the cameras as a tool to prevent crime or solve a crime. Also, he said if the cameras had been in place for last year’s bicentennial celebration when The Beach Boys played downtown, the police could have used the cameras to help find a child who was lost for a short time.
Police department dispatchers and administrators monitor the cameras.
Capt. Don Sax sent Eckert a letter explaining how the city could obtain a portion of a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The proposed allocation for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for St. Clair County is $125,304.
The city of East St. Louis would be eligible for $79,113, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department’s share would be $30,000 and Belleville’s would be $16,192, according to Sax.
“The police department would propose the funds be used to purchase additional cameras and equipment for the expansion of the ‘downtown camera’ project,” Sax wrote. “The total cost for this project is estimated to be approximately $65,000 and will be done in phases as funding becomes available to the police department.”
After a public hearing was held Monday night, aldermen approved a motion to direct staff to continue seeking the grant.
During the public hearing, Joy Schreiber, a Belleville Township trustee, asked if this equipment was portable so that it could be taken to “hot spots.” Sax said this system is not portable but as technology improves that could be a possibility.
Ward 3 Alderman Kent Randle asked Sax how many cameras are envisioned for downtown. The captain said the department hopes to install a camera on every other block, with six to eight on East Main Street and two or three on West Main Street.
Ward 8 Alderman Roger Wigginton wanted to know if the program could be expanded to other parts of the city and Eckert said he thought that was a possibility.
In other business, alderman voted 13-1 to buy eight police SUVs from Tri Ford of Highland for $215,223. The city will still need to spend about $23,000 on each vehicle to have equipment installed.
Ward 2 Alderman Mike Buettner cast the lone “no” vote. He noted that Eckert has warned the state could cut $2.2 million in funding to the city.
“I believe at this time we should be looking for ways to reduce spending so that we can save jobs in the future. I believe this type of expenditure is one we could postpone for a while and revisit it once we find out what the effects Springfield’s budget will be on the city’s finances,” Buettner said.
“I do not want to spend $400,000 now and 60 days from now wish we had the money we spent on these vehicles when we may be looking at laying off police officers.”
The aldermen also voted 13-1 to defeat Buettner’s motion to send the vehicle purchase proposal back to the Finance Committee.
Eckert said the cost of maintenance of older police vehicles with up to 100,000 miles on them will only increase.
“I think it will end up costing us more if we prolong ordering these cars,” Eckert said.
Also on Monday, Eckert said the issue of whether Oktoberfest organizers could expand their event another block on East Main Street from High Street to Jackson Street was mistakenly left off the agenda. That discussion and vote will now be July 6.
Some downtown business owners told aldermen on June 1 that street closures hurt their businesses. Other business owners have said they welcome the expansion of street festivals.

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William Tyndale was not able to complete the entire Old Testament before he was put to death by the Catholic Church in 1536. He completed Genesis through 2 Chronicles, plus Jonah, which is 15 of the 39 books. After his death the translation of the Old Testament was finished by other men and the entire Tyndale Bible was published in several editions, primarily the Coverdale Bible, the Matthew’s Bible, the Bishops Bible, the Geneva Bible, the Great Bible, and the King James Bible of 1611.
Following is a study of the major editions of the Tyndale Bible between the time of Tyndale and the King James Bible.
THE COVERDALE BIBLE (1535)
Cambridge educated, Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) had been an Augustinian friar, but he was converted through reading the Scriptures and left the priesthood. He fell in love with the Bible and later wrote, “Wherever the Scripture is known it reformeth all things. And why? Because it is given by the inspiration of God.”
Like Tyndale, Coverdale was forced to flee England for the relative safety of certain cities on the European continent. He did this in 1528 and spent some time working with Tyndale in Hamburg. He also helped proofread the Tyndale manuscripts as they went to press in Antwerp before Tyndale’s arrest.
The Coverdale Bible first appeared in England in 1536, shortly after Tyndale’s death. It used Tyndale’s New Testament and all of the Old Testament portions that Tyndale had completed. The rest of the Old Testament was translated from German and Latin by Coverdale.
It was printed in Europe in late 1535 and and shipped to England for distribution. The title page said: “BIBLIA. THE BIBLE, that is the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe, 1535.” It was dedicated to King Henry VIII and “his dearest just wife, and most vertuous pryncesse, QUEEN ANNE.” When Anne Boleyn was put to death in May 1536, the dedication in the Coverdale Bible became an obstacle to its distribution in England. Some copies were therefore modified. Christopher Anderson says that some were changed to “Jane” and in other copies the name of the queen has been removed entirely. Some replaced the title page with a new one that changed the year to 1536 and removed the words “translated out of Douche and Latyn.”
The difference in spiritual character between William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale is testified by the flattering dedication that Coverdale made to King Henry VIII. He compares the wicked king to Moses, David, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josias and says: “I thought it my duty, and to belong unto my allegiance, when I had translated this Bible, not only to dedicate this translation unto your Highness, but wholly to commit it unto the same: to the intent that if any thing therein be translated amiss, it may stand in your Grace's hands, to correct it, to amend it, to improve, yea, and CLEAN TO REJECT IT, if your godly wisdom shall think it necessary!” In contrast, Tyndale always spoke the plain truth to the king and when he gave a specially printed copy of his New Testament to Queen Anne Boleyn to honor her for her assistance to the persecuted brethren it contained no dedication.
THE MATTHEW’S BIBLE (1537)
The Matthew’s Bible was published in 1537 and was so called because “Thomas Matthew” appears on the title page. This was a pen name for John Rogers (1500-1555).
Cambridge educated, Rogers moved to Antwerp while Tyndale was there to become a chaplain to the English merchantment. Christopher Anderson tells us that it was Tyndale who influenced Rogers to examine the Scriptures, which led to his rejection of Roman dogma.
For the Matthew’s Bible, Rogers used the Tyndale New Testament and those portions of the Old Testament that Tyndale had completed (Genesis to 2 Chronicles and Jonah). For the rest of the Old Testament he possibly revised the Coverdale or translated directly from Hebrew.
While Tyndale’s was imprisoned, he was in communication with John Rogers, and when Tyndae was put to death in 1536, Rogers received the manuscripts Tyndale had completed on the Old Testament books and began the work of completing the translation and having it printed.
The printing was done in Europe and when it was about half finished, two London printers joined the project and completed it. These were Richard Grafton and Edward Whitchurch. They carried on the printing beginning with Isaiah. At that point the page numbering begins anew and the new section begins with a title page containing “The prophetes in Englishe” in black and red letters, surrounded by sixteen woodcuts. On the next page the letters “R.G.” appear at the top and the letters “E.W.” at the bottom, with a large woodcut between. These are the initials of the printers.
Grafton was later incarcerated in Fleet prison and required to post a large bond promising that he would not print or sell any more Bibles until the king and the bishops could agree on a translation, something they never did!
The Matthew’s Bible was intended for serious study.
It had a collection of biblical passages constituting “An Exhortation to the Study of the Holy Scripture.” The initials “J.R.” appear at the end, indicating that this was the work of John Rogers.
It had a summary of Bible doctrine adapted from Jacques Lefevre’s French Bible of 1534.
It also had an alphabetic concordance to Bible subjects, translated from Pierre Robert Olivetan’s French Bible of 1535.
On February 4, 1555, John Rogers followed his friend Tyndale into the flames and gave his life for his testimony for Christ. Rogers had a large family; at the time of his imprisonment in Newgate he had ten children, one a nursing baby. His pitiful request that his wife be allowed to visit him was cruelly denied by the ecclesiastical authorities. He did not see her or the children until he was on the way to his execution at Smithfield. Not allowed even to stop and bid his family farewell, he walked calmly to the stake, repeating the 51st Psalm. “An immense crowd lined the street, and filled every available spot in Smithfield. Up to that day men could not tell how English Reformers would behave in the face of death, and could hardly believe that Prebendaries and Dignitaries would actually give their bodies to be burned for their religion. But when they saw John Rogers, the first martyr, walking steadily and unflinchingly into a fiery grave, the enthusiasm of the crowd knew no bounds. They rent the air with thunders of applause. Even Noailles, the French Ambassador, wrote home a description of the scene, and said that Rogers went to death ‘as if he was walking to his wedding.’ By God’s great mercy he died with comparative ease. And so the first Marian martyr passed away” (J.C. Ryle, Why Were Our Reformers Burned?).
THE GREAT BIBLE (1939)
The Great Bible was published in 1539 and was an edition of the Matthews Bible.
Miles Coverdale oversaw the completion and printing of the first Great Bible, but there were several editions that were printed by other parties. Christopher Anderson in the Annals of the English Bible mentions five or six editions that appeared by 1540 and four more in 1541.
This Bible was persecuted by Roman authorities from its inception.
The printing began in Paris in 1538. Coverdale wrote that the work was “daily threatened.” The license they obtained for the printing had a provision that warned that the project had to conform to inquisition laws. Before the printing could be finished, the Romanist French ambassador to England learned of the project and wrote to French authorities, suggesting that it be destroyed.
Being warned of impending trouble, Coverdale and his workers labored diligently to ship the portions that had already been printed to England. Coverdale wrote, “If these men proceed in their cruelness against us, and confiscate the rest yet this at the least may be safe.”
Four days later the Roman Catholic Inquisitor-general for France demanded that the printing cease and called for any completed sheets to be removed. The feared Roman Catholic inquisitors descended upon the printing facility, seized the sheets which had not already been shipped to Britain, amounting to, some say, 2500 Bibles, and ordered them burned.
Bible translator Miles Coverdale and his friend Grafton, who had been overseeing the printing, had to flee from Paris to avoid persecution.
Later, through diplomatic negotiations, they were able to return to Paris and recover the printing presses and type. Some historians also tell us that, by God’s grace, they were able to recover even many of the condemned sheets. Instead of burning these sheets, the authorities had sold them for waste paper, and the men who had purchased them were more than willing to sell them back to Coverdale!
The first printing of the Great Bible was completed in April 1539.
It was called “great” because of its large size. It was published in six volumes, each measuring 16.5 X 11 inches.
Copies were placed in all of the churches of England upon royal authority. Cromwell “ordered that … a copy of the Great should be placed in every parish church in England. … Thus it came about that Tyndale’s Bible was circulated extensively for many years in the name of others, and with the king’s formal authorization, and became the basis for subsequent translations” (Simms, Bible from the Beginning, p. 178).
The Great Bible also attained the name The Chained Bible, because copies were often chained to reading desks that were attached to a pillar in the church. This was to discourage theft.
THE GENEVA BIBLE (1560)
The Geneva Bible was produced by English refugees who settled in Geneva to escape the persecutions of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, who in England reigned from 1553 to 1558.
Geneva was a bastion of Bible text and translation activity.
In 1535 Robert Olivetan’s French translation was published in Geneva. Financial support for the printing had come from Waldensian churches in northern Italy (Daniel Lortch, Histoire de la Bible Francaise [History of the French Bible], p. 105; from an English translation appearing in Documentation on the Olivetan-Ostervald Bible by Curtis Gibson, p. 2).
In 1556 the Spanish Bible translated by Juan Perez de Pineda was published in Geneva.
Geneva was the home of Theodore Beza, one of the prominent Biblical scholars of the day and an editor of the Greek Received New Testament. Beza, who took John Calvin’s place in Geneva in 1564, published editions of the Received Text in 1565, 1582, 1588-9, and 1598.
The Geneva Bible in English was chiefly the work of William Whittingham, who married Catharine Chauvin, the sister of John Calvin. He was a graduate of Oxford and had traveled widely in Europe. He moved to Geneva in 1555, a little over a year after Queen Mary took the throne, and he became the pastor of the English congregation of about 100 members. The expense of the Geneva English translation project was defrayed by the wealthier members of this congregation.
Aided by two other English exiles, Anthony Golby and Thomas Samson, Whittingham completed the revision of the entire Tyndale Bible in April 1560.
Golby was educated at Cambridge and skilled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. He was noted “for a flaming zeal against the errors and abominations of papistry, and all the remnants and patches of it retained in Church of England” (Alexander McClure, Translators Revived: Biographical Notes of the KJV Translators, c. 1850).
Samson (1517-1589) was Oxford educated and “was a stout Protestant and puritan, and a very great scholar” (McClure). After he returned to England he became Dean of Christ Church in Oxford and was considered was of the greatest linguists in the nation. He was arrested in 1564 under Queen Elizabeth and charged with non-conformity.
Whittingham returned to England upon the publication of the Geneva Bible and was the author of several metrical versions of the Psalms that are still sung in Anglican congregations.
The Geneva New Testament was published in 1557; the entire Bible in 1560.
The Geneva Bible was often printed in small sizes that were convenient for missionary use.
It contained many explanatory notes that condemned Roman Catholicism and taught Protestant doctrines. These notes are still published today.
It was the first entire English Bible to contain verse divisions throughout. Before this, the English Bibles had been divided into chapters and paragraphs. In the verse divisions, the Geneva translators followed the Stephanus’ Latin Bible of 1555, which was the first entire Bible in any language to contain verse divisions.
The Geneva quickly became the most popular English Bible and wielded a powerful influence for almost 100 years, until its popularity waned in favor of the King James Version.
The Geneva was the Bible carried to America by the first settlers from England in the 17th century.
It continued to be printed in England until 1617.
THE BISHOPS’ BIBLE (1568)
The Bishops’ Bible was produced in 1568 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who followed Bloody Mary and established the Church of England on a Protestant footing.
The Church of England wanted a Bible to compete with the popular Geneva Bible and one that could replace the Great Bible.
Matthew Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury, oversaw the production of the Bishops’ Bible. It was so called because most of those who worked on it were Anglican bishops.
The Bishops Bible was translated by men who were persecuted for their faith. Consider two examples:
Dr. Thomas Bentham had been Fellow of Magdalen College in Oxford, a very prestigious position. He was ejected from this position during Queen Mary’s reign and was forced to flee to Europe, where he became a preacher at Zurich and Basle.
Dr. Edmund Grindall was also educated at Magdalen College and was persecuted under the reign of Queen Mary.
The Bishops Bible was never very popular, and the Geneva Bible continued to be the people’s Bible until the publication of the King James. Between 1568 and 1611, there were only 20 editions of the Bishops Bible, whereas there were 120 of the Geneva.
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Food Minister K V Thomas on Wednesday said he was unable to understand why the industry produced more sugar than required for the domestic market and exports.
Addressing the opening session of the 79th annual general meeting of the Indian Sugar Mills Association, Thomas said the industry should modulate its product mix to ensure there was no glut. “Sugar mills need to diversify their product mix. They have to produce what the market wants. For instance, the export market does not want our plantation white sugar. The demand is for refined sugar and raw sugar,” he said. Sugar mills, especially small and stand-alone ones, had to realise merely producing sugar wouldn’t help; unless mills diversified, they would keep facing hurdles, they added.
India’s sugar sector has been seeing difficult times, owing to surplus production, huge unsold stocks and mounting sugarcane arrears to farmers. About 70 of the 100 big private mills in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s second-largest sugar-producing state, suspended operations for 10 days, saying these were unable to pay the price fixed by the state government. After prolonged negotiations, the mills started functioning. The central government has constituted an informal group of ministers under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to finalise a bailout package for the sector.
Thomas said, “While the contribution of state advisory prices of cane to the higher cost of Indian sugar manufacturing cannot be denied, at some level, let us understand and agree cost-cutting through reduced remuneration to farmers isn’t a sustainable, long term solution.”
On the proposed bailout package, the minister said the government was expected to decide on the issue before Christmas. The package includes Rs 7,200 crore of interest-free bank loans to pay dues to sugarcane growers. Besides interest free loans, the package also includes recasting of loans taken by mills, incentives to produce four million tonnes of raw sugar, setting up a buffer stock and doubling ethanol-blending in petrol to 10 per cent.