Brad Paisley;Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tax horror: These states will have the highest tax burdens under Obama's new plan
Tax horror: These states will have the highest tax burdens under Obama's new plan
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
From Bloomberg:
High-income residents of New York City and President Barack Obama's home state of Hawaii would have the highest marginal tax rates in the U.S. if Congress adopts his proposal to increase taxes for top earners, a study found.
The Tax Foundation, a Washington research group that advocates for lower taxes, said state, local and federal taxes would impose a top 50.8 percent rate on high-income New York City residents. Affluent Hawaiians would pay 49.7 percent. Residents of California, Vermont, Maryland and New York round out the five states with the heaviest burdens, with top federal-state rates of 49.4 percent, 48.8 percent, 48.6 percent and 48.4 percent, respectively.
"High-income taxpayers, along with second earners, tend to be the most sensitive to higher marginal taxes," said Gerald Prante, the Tax Foundation economist who prepared the report. "And as they keep getting higher and higher, the marginal cost grows even faster."
Lower tax rates on income and investments enacted in 2001 and 2003 expire Dec. 31. Obama and most Democrats want to retain those that target individuals earning less than $200,000 and married couples earning under $250,000 and allow policies that benefited those with higher incomes to expire. Republicans generally back extending all of the tax cuts.
Obama's proposal would allow the top marginal tax rates of 33 percent and 35 percent to revert to 36 and 39.6 percent next year. Phase-outs for deductions and exemptions also would be reinstated, pushing the rate higher. Tax rates on dividends and capital gains would increase to 20 percent from 15 percent.
Under current law, the top federal tax rate applies only to taxable income that exceeds about $375,000; amounts below that are taxed at lower rates. Taxable income is equal to gross income minus deductions, so most taxpayers wouldn't begin paying at top rates until they gross more than about $400,000.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan J. Donmoyer in Washington at rdonmoyer@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net.
Source;
http://bit.ly/tax_man
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
From Bloomberg:
High-income residents of New York City and President Barack Obama's home state of Hawaii would have the highest marginal tax rates in the U.S. if Congress adopts his proposal to increase taxes for top earners, a study found.
The Tax Foundation, a Washington research group that advocates for lower taxes, said state, local and federal taxes would impose a top 50.8 percent rate on high-income New York City residents. Affluent Hawaiians would pay 49.7 percent. Residents of California, Vermont, Maryland and New York round out the five states with the heaviest burdens, with top federal-state rates of 49.4 percent, 48.8 percent, 48.6 percent and 48.4 percent, respectively.
"High-income taxpayers, along with second earners, tend to be the most sensitive to higher marginal taxes," said Gerald Prante, the Tax Foundation economist who prepared the report. "And as they keep getting higher and higher, the marginal cost grows even faster."
Lower tax rates on income and investments enacted in 2001 and 2003 expire Dec. 31. Obama and most Democrats want to retain those that target individuals earning less than $200,000 and married couples earning under $250,000 and allow policies that benefited those with higher incomes to expire. Republicans generally back extending all of the tax cuts.
Obama's proposal would allow the top marginal tax rates of 33 percent and 35 percent to revert to 36 and 39.6 percent next year. Phase-outs for deductions and exemptions also would be reinstated, pushing the rate higher. Tax rates on dividends and capital gains would increase to 20 percent from 15 percent.
Under current law, the top federal tax rate applies only to taxable income that exceeds about $375,000; amounts below that are taxed at lower rates. Taxable income is equal to gross income minus deductions, so most taxpayers wouldn't begin paying at top rates until they gross more than about $400,000.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan J. Donmoyer in Washington at rdonmoyer@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net.
Source;
http://bit.ly/tax_man
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Russell Watson: The Voice
Russell Watson
Encore
The Voice is the fastest-selling classical recording in UK history
Lulu & Russell Watson - The Prayer
CD version
website | radio | mp3
Following is an interview with Russell Watson from his CD cover titled: The Voice.
It is just about possible you have not heard about Russell Watson, the operatic tenor from Salford, North West England, but then it is unlikely that you will be reading this anyway... But for those of you who have chanced upon a copy of this his second album, Encore, you should know that Watson was the YTS kid changed with putting nuts and bolts in a machine in a factory before he was lifted from a life of drudgery and repetition by virtue of his voice and a determination to let the rest of the world hear it.
To date, at least one and a half million people across the globe have bought The Voice. Hook line and sinker. It is a voice so powerful and versatile that his voice coach, William Hayward, does not hesitate to call it "unique and with no qualifying adjectives". It is a voice which has been at number one in the UK Classical Artist chart since it was released (and is still there at the time of writing) whilst also gracing the top spot in several other countries.
Is it really twelve months since I saw him break down and cry as he listened to the final edit of the genre-defining and inspirational duet with Shaun Ryder of Barcelona, the single that announced the arrival of The Voice? "This year has gone so fast", he reflects, lying on a sofa in his rented London flat, casual in off-duty fatigues of New York Yankees baseball cap, sweatshirt and tennis shorts. "It doesn't seem like five minutes since the release of the first album and to be honest my feet haven't touched the floor. I have been whisked all around the world." He has also, it seems churlish to ignore, performed on the same stage as his idol, Pavarotti, and in front of the forty-third President of the United States of America.
"We were in the States for threee months, recording the album you are now holding in
your hands, and made a lot of friends over there. To begin with, leaving home for that amount of time was quite daunting; I missed my family, but even so it was nothing like singing in Italy, essentially the home of opera. I did a lot of TV there and the first show was the equivalent of the National Lottery in the UK except for the fact that there were about 500 people sitting in an amphitheatre. I felt like Spartacus going into the arena."
"Anyway, I was singing 'Nessum dorma' and was thinking, I hope I get the words right,
but at the first high section the audience started clapping and cheering. I finished the piece and the whole place was on their feet. I felt like I had conquered Italy." Veni, vidi, vici. Well almost. That might have to wait for the success of this album to outstrip the first and, when you consider that The Voice is the fastest-selling classical recording in UK history, that is asking for a lot. But if you don't ask, you don't get. You learn that as you put nuts and bolts into a machine on the shop floor in a factory.
"I have matured as an artist", he explains. "I am more confident as an entertainer, move around the stage more and communicate better with my audience. It is all experience... I started out in the clubs in front of 200 people and it is a bit of a culture shock to work with a 70 or 80 piece orchestra and perform in front of thousands. The very first time I worked with the Royal Philharmonic it was..." he lets his bottom lip tremble. And then burst out laughing. "I sort of had this feeling that all these guys are at the top of their trade and I kept thinking, here's little old me fresh from clubland... yeah, it was daunting and I have to say that, at first, they possibly didn't take me particularly seriously, as a result of where I am from, but I have worked with them several times now and feel at least the feet taller. Now I am introduced as Russell Watson and they cheer and that makes you feel good because it's like I have been recognized by real musicians. It makes you feel like you are part of a team. You aren't given respect, you have to earn it."
Presumably that is why, combining his trademark mix of pop classics and operatic arias, he has worked on this album with songwriters of the calibre of Lionel Richie and Diane Warren, and dueted with the former at his insistence and also with Lulu. Pop classics which come in for the Watson treatment include the Joe Cocker standard "You Are So Beautiful" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Lulu appears on "The Prayer", while the rest of the album continues in the vein he established on The Voice - that of bringing opera to the masses, smiling with sweet innocence at the established order as he does so. Consequently, you are also about to be blown away by "Ava Maria", Puccini's "Che gelida manina" and Verdi's "Celeste Aida" alongside "Where My Heart Will Take Me" (the title track of the new Star Trek series - and the first one to feature a vocalist.) Did I mention "Volare"? Prepare yourself.
But before you put you feet up and float away or if you're in the mood to shake the plaster off the next door neighbor's walls, please, if you will, observe a minute's silence for the Sunday newspaper critic who said that Russell Watson would never be successful until he received formal and classical musical training. That notice appeared the same day the first album went double platinum in the UK. Well, as the nameless critic is doubtless aware, you can't put a premium on timing. -- Bill Burrows
CD version
website | radio | mp3
Source;
http://bit.ly/Russell_Watson
Copyright 2010 Atkins & Assoc. All rights
reserved.
Encore
The Voice is the fastest-selling classical recording in UK history
Lulu & Russell Watson - The Prayer
CD version
website | radio | mp3
The Voice is the fastest-selling classical recording in UK history.
Following is an interview with Russell Watson from his CD cover titled: The Voice.
It is just about possible you have not heard about Russell Watson, the operatic tenor from Salford, North West England, but then it is unlikely that you will be reading this anyway... But for those of you who have chanced upon a copy of this his second album, Encore, you should know that Watson was the YTS kid changed with putting nuts and bolts in a machine in a factory before he was lifted from a life of drudgery and repetition by virtue of his voice and a determination to let the rest of the world hear it.
To date, at least one and a half million people across the globe have bought The Voice. Hook line and sinker. It is a voice so powerful and versatile that his voice coach, William Hayward, does not hesitate to call it "unique and with no qualifying adjectives". It is a voice which has been at number one in the UK Classical Artist chart since it was released (and is still there at the time of writing) whilst also gracing the top spot in several other countries.
Is it really twelve months since I saw him break down and cry as he listened to the final edit of the genre-defining and inspirational duet with Shaun Ryder of Barcelona, the single that announced the arrival of The Voice? "This year has gone so fast", he reflects, lying on a sofa in his rented London flat, casual in off-duty fatigues of New York Yankees baseball cap, sweatshirt and tennis shorts. "It doesn't seem like five minutes since the release of the first album and to be honest my feet haven't touched the floor. I have been whisked all around the world." He has also, it seems churlish to ignore, performed on the same stage as his idol, Pavarotti, and in front of the forty-third President of the United States of America.
"We were in the States for threee months, recording the album you are now holding in
your hands, and made a lot of friends over there. To begin with, leaving home for that amount of time was quite daunting; I missed my family, but even so it was nothing like singing in Italy, essentially the home of opera. I did a lot of TV there and the first show was the equivalent of the National Lottery in the UK except for the fact that there were about 500 people sitting in an amphitheatre. I felt like Spartacus going into the arena."
"Anyway, I was singing 'Nessum dorma' and was thinking, I hope I get the words right,
but at the first high section the audience started clapping and cheering. I finished the piece and the whole place was on their feet. I felt like I had conquered Italy." Veni, vidi, vici. Well almost. That might have to wait for the success of this album to outstrip the first and, when you consider that The Voice is the fastest-selling classical recording in UK history, that is asking for a lot. But if you don't ask, you don't get. You learn that as you put nuts and bolts into a machine on the shop floor in a factory.
"I have matured as an artist", he explains. "I am more confident as an entertainer, move around the stage more and communicate better with my audience. It is all experience... I started out in the clubs in front of 200 people and it is a bit of a culture shock to work with a 70 or 80 piece orchestra and perform in front of thousands. The very first time I worked with the Royal Philharmonic it was..." he lets his bottom lip tremble. And then burst out laughing. "I sort of had this feeling that all these guys are at the top of their trade and I kept thinking, here's little old me fresh from clubland... yeah, it was daunting and I have to say that, at first, they possibly didn't take me particularly seriously, as a result of where I am from, but I have worked with them several times now and feel at least the feet taller. Now I am introduced as Russell Watson and they cheer and that makes you feel good because it's like I have been recognized by real musicians. It makes you feel like you are part of a team. You aren't given respect, you have to earn it."
Presumably that is why, combining his trademark mix of pop classics and operatic arias, he has worked on this album with songwriters of the calibre of Lionel Richie and Diane Warren, and dueted with the former at his insistence and also with Lulu. Pop classics which come in for the Watson treatment include the Joe Cocker standard "You Are So Beautiful" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Lulu appears on "The Prayer", while the rest of the album continues in the vein he established on The Voice - that of bringing opera to the masses, smiling with sweet innocence at the established order as he does so. Consequently, you are also about to be blown away by "Ava Maria", Puccini's "Che gelida manina" and Verdi's "Celeste Aida" alongside "Where My Heart Will Take Me" (the title track of the new Star Trek series - and the first one to feature a vocalist.) Did I mention "Volare"? Prepare yourself.
But before you put you feet up and float away or if you're in the mood to shake the plaster off the next door neighbor's walls, please, if you will, observe a minute's silence for the Sunday newspaper critic who said that Russell Watson would never be successful until he received formal and classical musical training. That notice appeared the same day the first album went double platinum in the UK. Well, as the nameless critic is doubtless aware, you can't put a premium on timing. -- Bill Burrows
CD version
website | radio | mp3
Source;
http://bit.ly/Russell_Watson
Copyright 2010 Atkins & Assoc. All rights
reserved.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
SURVIVORS
Survivors
It is said there are three stages of man; Youth, Middle and "You haven't changed a bit." Change is the name of the game. Consider:
We were before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens, pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets and automatic shifts.
We walked on sidewalks, not the moon. We got married first and then lived together. In our time, closets were for clothers, not for "coming out of." Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagons.
We thought deep cleavage was something a butcher did. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousin. Fast food was what you ate during Lent. Outer space was the balcony of the local theater. We were before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages.
We were before daycare centers, groups therapy. We never heard of FM radio, computer chips, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, Muzak, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings.
We would have thought that ERA, JFK, DDT, ESP and IUD were lovers' initials carved on a tree. We hit the scene when 5 and 10 stores were where you bought stuff for five and ten cents. For one nickel you could mail a letter, buy two postcards and mail was delivered twice a day. You could buy a new Chevy for $590.00 but who could afford one. A pity too, because gas was 10 cents a gallon.
In our day Grass was mowed. Coke was a cold drink and Pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was a grandma's lullaby, and AIDS were helpers in the school cafeteria.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," wrote Charles Dickens. We agree. We made do with what we had and we "SURVIVED".
-- Mervin D. Borthick
It is said there are three stages of man; Youth, Middle and "You haven't changed a bit." Change is the name of the game. Consider:
We were before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens, pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets and automatic shifts.
We walked on sidewalks, not the moon. We got married first and then lived together. In our time, closets were for clothers, not for "coming out of." Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagons.
We thought deep cleavage was something a butcher did. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousin. Fast food was what you ate during Lent. Outer space was the balcony of the local theater. We were before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages.
We were before daycare centers, groups therapy. We never heard of FM radio, computer chips, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, Muzak, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings.
We would have thought that ERA, JFK, DDT, ESP and IUD were lovers' initials carved on a tree. We hit the scene when 5 and 10 stores were where you bought stuff for five and ten cents. For one nickel you could mail a letter, buy two postcards and mail was delivered twice a day. You could buy a new Chevy for $590.00 but who could afford one. A pity too, because gas was 10 cents a gallon.
In our day Grass was mowed. Coke was a cold drink and Pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was a grandma's lullaby, and AIDS were helpers in the school cafeteria.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," wrote Charles Dickens. We agree. We made do with what we had and we "SURVIVED".
-- Mervin D. Borthick
What It Takes To Be #1
What It Takes To Be #1
"It's a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they're there - to compete. They know the rules and the objective is to win - fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules - but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for, needs, discipline and the harsh reality of head-to-head combat. I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausteed on the field of battle. - victorious".
-- Vince Lombardi
Thanks Specialist Hernandez for the quote!
27 January 1982
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"It's a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they're there - to compete. They know the rules and the objective is to win - fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules - but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for, needs, discipline and the harsh reality of head-to-head combat. I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausteed on the field of battle. - victorious".
-- Vince Lombardi
Thanks Specialist Hernandez for the quote!
27 January 1982
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Jeremy Dwyer
STATEMENT
There is light and there is dark. There is life, death, work, search, or rain' and there is love... there is no more.
I dream or think as God allows it, but I create because I must --
simply to exist.
I am not a poet, artist, philosopher, or sculptor because I like it. It is not an escape nor hobby, and I do not believe it is a want, desire, or enjoyment. I create in these fields because I was born to, and I cannot stop.
These endeavors of mine, whether aesthetic or mundane, are the sum of my life. I cannot see the sheerness of beauty, wisdom, or the breath of truth without this being.
In living... everything offers and illusionary mystery to the gifted. This simple id often has an excellence of its own. My belief in this... is the basic key to all development for me.
As a supposed adroiter, I seek only to express the emotional content of what I view; but unfortunately, I still have only a mind and a deeply inspired feeling to reach this goal with. This knowledge and its practice offer a starange and trying existence, too often filled with sensitivity and loneliness.
Thus... my artistic efforts are really only an odd reflection of my lifetime, coupled to the young and the emotional visions I have oft pursued. It was difficult to live two lives... one in service for others so that they might be heard, and as a creative man; but perhaps this human experience one day will show within my poetry and art.
And, in essence....
I am self-taught at everything that I do within expression. It is not because I wish to be, but because it is important that I continue to be... or that I host this asperity. It is often very difficult to teach myself or find this truth, but there is no other way if I am to live within faith.
I am not a charlatan... nor a fool. I am a soul caught up and snared by creativity. I am not always pleased... but as a human being and a man's son, I am true to this axiom. I am also true... to my own entity.
Hence, I create because I must.
I have no other reason.
R. Jeremy Dwyer
Poet Laureate
R. Jeremy Dwyer
Biography;
Jeremy Dwyer is a third generation Irishman who came to American to serve in the military as a combat medic during times of conflict. These wars include Vietnam, WWII and WWI.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Dwyer once at the 747 Tavern in Everett, Washington in 1988 while serving as a US Army Recruiter in Lynnwood during my tour of duty 1987~90. Being half Irish we drank like two Irishmen that night.
Jeremy presented me with a copy of his book of poetry titled: PENETRATIONS, A book of Poetry, Essays, Proverbs, Drawings and Meditations.
Inscribed, "This book is dedicated to the few people who believed in me. It was because of their encouragement, sincerity and faith... that I have been able to be..... creative. To the children... to my family, and to the Keyist of Braeloch."
Published & Copyrighted by Cotterstone of San Rafael, California Box 913, 94902 Copyright 1975 Limited First Edition Number. Printed in the U.S.A. by Olde Colony Press, Napa, California.
Published Courtesy;
Philip Atkins
Tacoma, Washington
Source;
http://bit.ly/jeremydwyer
Soul: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manorah/message/1679
Copyright 2010 Atkins & Assoc. All rights reserved.
There is light and there is dark. There is life, death, work, search, or rain' and there is love... there is no more.
I dream or think as God allows it, but I create because I must --
simply to exist.
I am not a poet, artist, philosopher, or sculptor because I like it. It is not an escape nor hobby, and I do not believe it is a want, desire, or enjoyment. I create in these fields because I was born to, and I cannot stop.
These endeavors of mine, whether aesthetic or mundane, are the sum of my life. I cannot see the sheerness of beauty, wisdom, or the breath of truth without this being.
In living... everything offers and illusionary mystery to the gifted. This simple id often has an excellence of its own. My belief in this... is the basic key to all development for me.
As a supposed adroiter, I seek only to express the emotional content of what I view; but unfortunately, I still have only a mind and a deeply inspired feeling to reach this goal with. This knowledge and its practice offer a starange and trying existence, too often filled with sensitivity and loneliness.
Thus... my artistic efforts are really only an odd reflection of my lifetime, coupled to the young and the emotional visions I have oft pursued. It was difficult to live two lives... one in service for others so that they might be heard, and as a creative man; but perhaps this human experience one day will show within my poetry and art.
And, in essence....
I am self-taught at everything that I do within expression. It is not because I wish to be, but because it is important that I continue to be... or that I host this asperity. It is often very difficult to teach myself or find this truth, but there is no other way if I am to live within faith.
I am not a charlatan... nor a fool. I am a soul caught up and snared by creativity. I am not always pleased... but as a human being and a man's son, I am true to this axiom. I am also true... to my own entity.
Hence, I create because I must.
I have no other reason.
R. Jeremy Dwyer
Poet Laureate
R. Jeremy Dwyer
Biography;
Jeremy Dwyer is a third generation Irishman who came to American to serve in the military as a combat medic during times of conflict. These wars include Vietnam, WWII and WWI.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Dwyer once at the 747 Tavern in Everett, Washington in 1988 while serving as a US Army Recruiter in Lynnwood during my tour of duty 1987~90. Being half Irish we drank like two Irishmen that night.
Jeremy presented me with a copy of his book of poetry titled: PENETRATIONS, A book of Poetry, Essays, Proverbs, Drawings and Meditations.
Inscribed, "This book is dedicated to the few people who believed in me. It was because of their encouragement, sincerity and faith... that I have been able to be..... creative. To the children... to my family, and to the Keyist of Braeloch."
Published & Copyrighted by Cotterstone of San Rafael, California Box 913, 94902 Copyright 1975 Limited First Edition Number. Printed in the U.S.A. by Olde Colony Press, Napa, California.
Published Courtesy;
Philip Atkins
Tacoma, Washington
Source;
http://bit.ly/jeremydwyer
Soul: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manorah/message/1679
Copyright 2010 Atkins & Assoc. All rights reserved.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Police seek help in prostitute murder investigation
Washington News
Police seek help in prostitute murder investigation
Credit: Des Moines Police Dept.
Jennifer Walstrand
by KING 5 News
NWCN.com
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Related:
Woman's death in Des Moines investigated as homicide
SEATTLE – Des Moines detectives are asking for the public's help as they search for whoever killed a woman in her apartment last week.
Jennifer Walstrand was found dead in her residence in the 24000 block of 25th Avenue South on Aug. 31. Police do not believe it was a random attack, but do not have a motive for the murder.
Des Moines police say the landlord, who lives in the next unit, heard "thumping" sounds. He also said the dogs inside the apartment were barking excessively, which was unusual. He called 911.
When officers arrived, nobody answered the door. They peeked in a window and saw the victim on the floor just inside the entryway. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say Walstrand, who also went by the names "Roxie" and "Face," had a long history of prostitution arrests. They say she was involved in a dating service which included using the Internet to arrange and meet dates.
Evidence taken from the apartment includes computer and cell phone records. Des Moines police are requesting the public's assistance, including with Internet and cell phone record information. Police are stressing that their focus is on the murder, not on any alleged prostitution activity.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or 206-343-2020. You can also send your tip to the Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound website.
Mother Asks For Public’s Help To Find Daughter’s Killer {video}
Source;
http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Police-seek-help-in-prostitute-murder-investigation-102459659.html
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Police seek help in prostitute murder investigation
Credit: Des Moines Police Dept.
Jennifer Walstrand
by KING 5 News
NWCN.com
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Related:
Woman's death in Des Moines investigated as homicide
SEATTLE – Des Moines detectives are asking for the public's help as they search for whoever killed a woman in her apartment last week.
Jennifer Walstrand was found dead in her residence in the 24000 block of 25th Avenue South on Aug. 31. Police do not believe it was a random attack, but do not have a motive for the murder.
Des Moines police say the landlord, who lives in the next unit, heard "thumping" sounds. He also said the dogs inside the apartment were barking excessively, which was unusual. He called 911.
When officers arrived, nobody answered the door. They peeked in a window and saw the victim on the floor just inside the entryway. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say Walstrand, who also went by the names "Roxie" and "Face," had a long history of prostitution arrests. They say she was involved in a dating service which included using the Internet to arrange and meet dates.
Evidence taken from the apartment includes computer and cell phone records. Des Moines police are requesting the public's assistance, including with Internet and cell phone record information. Police are stressing that their focus is on the murder, not on any alleged prostitution activity.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or 206-343-2020. You can also send your tip to the Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound website.
Mother Asks For Public’s Help To Find Daughter’s Killer {video}
Source;
http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Police-seek-help-in-prostitute-murder-investigation-102459659.html
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