[11Munsey]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=00-01 27:00]
[GRAPHIC=Munsey]
Officials with the Pulaski County Sheriff's department are following-up on several leads concerning the murder of Tara Munsey.
At least one expert believes the crime scene may bring authorities one step closer to finding the killer.
Joy Sutton has more on the investigation.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=the crime scene]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;:26]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Tod Burke/Criminal Justice Professor]
[SUPER=@Joy1]
[RUNS=1:30]
[OUT Q=js n7]
((
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[SOT 1:28:00 cover first part of bite w/video]
[IN Q=The crime scene itself]
((DR. TOD BURKE /CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSOR:THE CRIME SCENE ITSELF IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A BODY AND ANY TYPE OF CRIME SCENE THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST HELPFUL THING YOU CAN HAVE))
[RUNS= 8]
[OUT Q=you can have]
Ever since Tara Munsey's body was found on Thursday in a wooded area off of Parrott River Road in Pulaski County, authorities have been looking over the crime scene -- searching for evidence that could help them find a suspect in the murder.
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[SOT1:18:23]
[IN Q=Physical evidence]
((DR TOD BURKE: PHYSICAL OR FORENSIC EVIDENCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO THE HAIR ANALYSIS, FIBER, BLOOD, THAT COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE SUSPECT AND ALSO HELP DETERMINE MAYBE IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE OFFENDERS))
[RUNS= 13]
[OUT Q=if there were multiple offenders]
Even the location of the crime scene can provide helpful information to authorities.
Pulaski County Sheriff Jim Davis says he believes Tara's killer was familiar with the area because of the remote location where her body was found.
Authorities say she died from multiple gun shot wounds -- and Davis says they are also looking into a possible struggle at the crime scene.
And now that investigators have found her body-- the hope is that this latest development may trigger someone's memory.
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[SOT1:25:44]
[IN Q=Usually what]
((DR. TOD BURKE: THEY GO OUT AND RE-INTERVIEW BECAUSE NOW MEMORIES MAY BE REFRESHED -- NOW I DO REMEMBER SEEING THAT VEHICLE PULL INTO THE LOT))
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[OUT Q=into the lot]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=Now the Pulaski]
(( JOY SUTTON/REPORTER:NOW THE PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS TIPS -- AND DAVIS SAYS THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON EVERY LEAD.
BUT THE HOPE IS THAT MAYBE SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING AND WILL COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION. JOY SUTTON, NEWS 7))
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[OUT Q=n7]))
[Landry]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The NFL has lost a legend. Former Cowboys coach Tom Landry died yesterday from Leukemia.
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[VO-NAT]
He was the third-winningest coach in N-F-L history behind Don Shula and George Halas.
Landry was famous for pacing the sidelines in a business suit and grey fedora.
He was all business and his teams showed it.
Landry lead the Cowboys to 20 straight winning seasons in his 29 years.
His teams won the Super Bowl in the 1971 and 1977 seasons.
Tom Landry was 75.
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[11Rubatex]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=99-54 1:09:24]
[GRAPHIC=Rubatex Corp.]
Labor unions at several Rubatex plants around the country are getting involved in the ongoing dispute in Bedford.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
Union representatives from Arizona, Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin have formed a union council and are meeting in Bedford, this weekend.
According to a press release from the union-- council members will be discussing the Bedford strike and what they perceive as attempts by Rubatex to play one plant against another and to bust their unions.
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[Campaign]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=Campaign 2000]
The Democratic frontrunners for the presidential nomination battled for California's support.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Jose, CA;]
Al Gore and Bill Bradley gave back to back speeches at the state Democratic Convention in San Jose.
The room was heavily in support of Gore, who took the offensive saying
Bradley has ``attacked'' and ``demeaned'' the Democratic Party by faulting the Clinton administration on health care, gun control and child poverty.
Bradley offered an idealized vision of the party that hopes to hold the White House, highlighting goals of universal health care and elimination of child poverty.
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[Poll]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=HOLD]
Republican presidential hopefuls George W. Bush and John McCain are in a dead heat...that according to a new poll.
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[VO-NAT]
The Newsweek poll puts Bush ahead of McCain 43 percent to 40 percent among registered voters who plan to vote in next Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary.
The outcome could hinge on an influx of non-Republicans who are entitled to vote.
According to the survey, 55 percent of
independents who plan to vote support McCain, compared to 30 percent for Bush.
Fifty-two percent of those polled say Bush would be more likely to defeat the Democratic candidate in November, compared to 31 percent for McCain.
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[11Texas-Tavern]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=99-56 57:21]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Today is officially Texas Tavern day in Roanoke.
Yesterday The Roanoke Millionaires Club and many of it's customers celebrated the landmark's 70-th birthday.
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[NAT SOUND]
(( NAT SOUND/22:51:07: THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME? WELL HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? SHE SAYS IT'S THE BEST!!))
[out q= it's the best.]
[RUNS=5]
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]
Whether they were first time customers or regulars, everyone who came out to the Texas Tavern to celebrate the restaurant's 70th birthday was glad to be a part of the festivities.
Mayor David Bowers even declared February 13th "Texas Tavern Day".
The Mayor also presented the owners a resolution from the Virginia General Assembly recognizing their years of dedication.
And the customers also showed their support and appreciation to the Bullington family... who've been serving them,
since 1930.
((NAT SOUND: 23:01:30: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG))
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[Health-Week]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sat Am]
[WRITER=tfl]
[TAPE#=Health Check]
[GRAPHIC=Health Check]
One of the most fully equipped university gyms in Southwest Virginia opens it's doors to the public and diabetic students now have a safety net.
Tonya Flory has those stories and more in this week's health check report.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Blackburg; :00]
[SUPER=01-Anne Pandapas/Participant; :10 QUICK]
[SUPER=01-Jim Wright/Virginia Tech Center Director; :22]
[SUPER=03-Bedford; :39]
[SUPER=01-Debra McKinney/Montvale Elementary Secretary; :45]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; 1:12]
[SUPER=@Tonya2; 1:20]
[RUNS=1:45]
[OUT Q=Health Check.]
[TAPE#=500-1 10:14:23]
((Anne Pandapas is proving that exercise is good heart medicine.
She's been working out at Virginia Tech for four years.
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[SOT tc 00:40:40]
[IN Q=I wasn't a]
((ANNE PANDAPAS/PARTICIPANT: I WASN'T A PERSON THAT LIKED TO WALK, SO I HATE IT, BUT I DO IT.))
[RUNS:05]
[OUT Q=I do it.]
Now the therapeutic exercise and community center is expanding to help people with health problems in addition to heart disease.
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[SOT tc 00:42:22]
[IN Q=The programs we ]
((JIM WRIGHT/TECH CENTER DIRECTOR: THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER ARE CATERING NOT JUST TO PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE, BUT MUSCULOSKELATAL ARTHRITIS, BAD BACKS AND SO ON.))
[RUNS:08]
[OUT Q=and so on.]
Wright says the biggest accomplishment of the program is making people feel better about themselves.
He says even those in perfect shape can benefit from the center's preventative philosophy.
[TAPE#=500-9 5;48]
Teachers across Southwest Virginia are getting a lesson in diabetes treatment.
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[SOT tc 15:01:31]
[IN Q=We do have]
((DEBRA MCKINNEY/MONTVALE ELEMENTARY SECRETARY: WE DO HAVE A CHILD WHO IS A DIABETIC IN OUR SCHOOL AND JUST RECENTLY DIAGNOSED, SO THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME BECAUSE I FELT LIKE SHOULD SHE NEED THE ATTENTION, AT LEAST I FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE HELPING HER.))
[RUNS:14]
[OUT Q=helping her.]
In July 1999 Virginia lawmakers passed legislation amending the drug control act to include training school personnel in giving glucogen and insulin shots.
Two people, other than the school nurse, must be able to treat students in each school.
[TAPE#=500-11 14:43]
Volunteers at Babies R Us in Crossroads Mall are making sure no defective car seats will ever be used again.
The store, along with the DMV, Roanoke City and County Police officers, Carilion and Allstate Insurance held recall roundup where seats were crushed using a cardboard bailing machine.
Safe Kids coordinators say if the seats are NOT destroyed, some people might try to reuse old, borrowed, or recalled seats that appear perfectly fine.
Car seats last safely for no more than six years.
Tonya Flory, News 7, Health Check.))
[Movie-Protest]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun aM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
A controversial movie hits the CBS airwaves this evening...
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Philadelphia, PA;]
"Sally Hemmings: An American Scandal."
It chronicles Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave.
A group of protesters picketed a CBS affiliate in Philadelphia.
The controversy is nothing new.
20 years a go CBS tried to make a movie on the subject but the project was canceled in part because historians were afraid it would tarnish the third president's image.
Robin Taylor talks with a man who claims to be a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
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[wipe wipe wipe wipe][Sports-Plays]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=sports plays]
[GRAPHIC=nhl]
In the N-H-L, Washington remained the hottest team in hockey. Adam Oates scored the go-ahead goal early in the final period to help the Capitals beat
Nashville 4-to-2. Chris Simon had two goals. Sergei Gonchar had the
other Caps goal. The Caps are 14-2-and-3 since January first.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ/NHL;]
Trevor Letowski with the long shot, this short handed goal was Phoenix's first score.
The Coyotes' Rick Tocchet broke a 1-1 tie in the second, tapping in the rebound of his own shot.
[SUper=31-Phoenix/4/Calgary/2;]
Jeremy Roenick scored twice for Phoenix and the Coyotes go on to beat Calgary four to two.
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[Schultz]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=net]
[GRAPHIC=none]
The creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip died in his sleep last night.
The word comes as Charles Schultz's final comic strip appears in Sunday newspapers around the world.
Bobbi Harley takes a look at the cartoonist's life and work.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Charles Schultz/"Peanuts" Creator; :25]
[Super=01-Bobbi Harley/Reporting]
[RUNS=1:36]
[OUT Q=New York]
[11VMI]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=00-05 1:05]
[GRAPHIC=VMI Seal]
The Board of Visitors at V-M-I voted to limit the size of the upcoming freshman class to 400.
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[VO-NAT 99-31, 99-27 51:02]
[SUPER=04-File Tape]
Over the past few years, the number of incoming students has ranged from 429 to around 460.
VMI spokesman Colonel Mike Strickler says this has had a cumulative effect...resulting in overcrowding in the barracks.
Stricker says limiting the number of rats will also create a more selective admission's process-- which will raise the academic profile of the students.
For now, the board's decision will only affect this year's incoming freshmen.
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[11Party-Labels]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=tha]
[TAPE#=00-08 :11]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Party designations of candidates will appear alongside their names on state ballots.
The bill won final passage by one vote in the House of Delegates yesterday.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=04-File Tape;]
The 49 to 48 vote fell
mostly on party lines, with Republicans supporting the measure.
The vote means the measure will become law in Virginia because the Governor requested the bill and the Senate has already passed it.
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[11Transportation]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=none]
Governor Gilmore's multi-billion dollar transportation plan crashed Friday night in the House Appropriation's Committee.
Opponents to the bill say they disagree with using money from the state's tobacco settlement for highways.
[11Kissing-Contest]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun Am]
[WRITER=jha]
[TAPE#=99-57 49:38]
[GRAPHIC=none]
It took ten and a half hours, but one couple was able to kiss- away the competiton in a contest sponsored by K-92.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke;]
At ten o'clock yesterday morning, 30- couples puckered up in hopes of winning a romantic getaway to the Virgin Islands.
The contest eventually came down to three couples.. but in the end Melissa Hamilton and Brandon Cupp walked away with the four day three night trip to St. Croix.
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[Profile-Open]
[ANCHOR=Andrew]
[NEWSCAST=Sat AM]
[WRITER=kor]
[TAPE#=Profile Open]
[GRAPHIC=Virginia Profiles]
During the Civil Rights Moment there were many leaders throughout country that went unrecognized -- even though their contributions helped change race relations in this country.
In this weeks Virginia's Profile Joy Sutton introduces us to a Roanoke man who helped integrate the city during the 1960's.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=animation]
[RUNS=:05]
[OUT Q=stop animation]
[WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE]
[Hamlar-Profile]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=morning]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=VA-Profiles]
[GRAPHIC=wipe]
[wipe wipe wipe wipe]
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :01]
[SUPER=07-Lawrence Hamlar; :10]
[SUPER=@Joy2; :36]
[RUNS=1:23]
[OUT Q=News 7 Roanoke]
(( Lawrence Hamlar can still remember a time when Roanoke was a segregated city.
And many businesses refused to serve African Americans.
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[SOT 20:37]
[IN Q=None of the ]
((NONE OF THE RESTAURANTS WERE OPEN TO YOU, THE EATING PLACES, THE ENTERTAINMENT PLACES, THAT WAS COMPLETELY SEGREGATED))
[RUNS11]
[OUT Q=completely segregated]
Hamlar says putting an end to segregation is why he became part secret committee -- made of 6 blacks and 6 whites working together fight discrimination.
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[SOT23;18:13]
[IN Q=They knew about]
((THEY KNEW ABOUT US BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO WERE MEMBERS))
[RUNS3]
[OUT Q=who were members]
The members had agreed to keep their identities a secret.
Hamlar says they decided on a plan to integrate several businesses in one night in the summer of 1963 -- and they went to the businesses before hand and let them know what was about to happen.
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[SOT23:34:43]
[IN Q=We didn't anticipate]
((WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE ANY TROUBLE AT ALL, WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE ARREST,NOTHING AT ALL HAPPENED, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LIKE WE PLANNED))
[RUNS17]
[OUT Q=planned it]
Hamlar says it was a silent protest --that opened the doors for many African Americans.
Hamlar says he doesn't consider himself a hero -- just a man fighting for something he believed in.
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[SOT 23:33:28]
[IN Q=That was my mission]
((THAT WAS MY MISSION IN LIFE TO TRY TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING THINGS BETTER))
[RUNS4]
[OUT Q=that was my mission]
Joy Sutton, New 7, Roanoke.))
[Sports-Extra]
[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=sports extra #2]
[GRAPHIC=wrestling]
[anchor tag anchor tag anchor tag]
Earlier in the school year we introduced you to Heather Cross, the girl who wanted to play football and wrestle for her middle school.
It's wrestling season and Heather is on the mats.
Here's an update on her story.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Heather Cross/Breckinridge Wrestler; :06]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke; :13]
[SUPER=01-Paul Barrell/Breckinridge Wrestling Coach; :23]
[SUPER=01-Austin Miller/Breckinridge Wrestler; :38]
[RUNS=1:17]
[OUT Q=go for it]
((
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[SOT 07:06:09]
[IN Q=when I]
((HEATHER CROSS/MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLER: WHEN I GET SLAMMED ON THE MAT I JUST GET RIGHT BACK UP AND DO IT AGAIN. IF I LOSE, IT'S A LOSS FOR EXPERIENCE.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=loss for experience]
Heather Cross is one of three middle school girls wrestling in Roanoke City.
She says she does not recieve any special treatment.
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[SOT 01:06:13]
[IN Q=we have]
((PAUL BARRELL/BRECKINRIDEG WRESTLING COACH: WE HAVE PARTNERS IN PRACTICE AND SOME OF THE GUYS TOOK UP WITH HER NO PROBLEM. I DON'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. WE TREAT HE THE SAME, SHE JUST DRESSES IN A DIFFERENT LOCKERROOM.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=DIFFERENT LOCKERROOM]
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[SOT 09:17]
[IN Q=EVERYBODY RESPECTS]
((AUSTIN MILLER/BRECKINRIDGE WRESTLER: EVERYBODY RESPECTS HER AS A WRESTLER, AS A PERSON. THEY DON'T JUST SAY LOOK AT THE GIRL WRESTLER TRYING TO BE ONE OF THE GUYS. WHETHER SHE WINS OR LOSES THEY APPLAUD HER.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=APPLAUD HER]
Heather is winning some matches and losing some. But she's also getting the attention of other girls in the school
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[SOT 5:38]
[IN Q=some of them]
((HEATHER: SOME OF THEM JUST THINK I'M CRAZY THEN OTHER GIRLS ARE GOING 'GO HEATHER IT'S WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO.'))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=you like to do]
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[SOT 8:07:29]
[IN Q=I WATCH]
((AUSTIN: I WATCH WOMEN WRESTLERS ON TV AND THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK MAY THAT'S WHERE SHE GOT THE IDEA. SO IF SHE'S WILLING TO DO THE WORK THEN I THINK SHE SHOULD GO FOR IT.))
[RUNS=]
[OUT Q=GO FOR IT]
))
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[anchor=denise]
[ss=hold]
Heather plans to wrestle for Breckinridge again next year and then move into the high school ranks.
by SS