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It's actually not so bad that Melo, Tyson and Amar'e are out. Giving a lot of practice to the bench players. Hopefully this will help us in the post season. Shump is def. getting his groove back. And K-mart is looking good.
It's actually not so bad that Melo, Tyson and Amar'e are out. Giving a lot of practice to the bench players. Hopefully this will help us in the post season. Shump is def. getting his groove back. And K-mart is looking good.
Right now the coach and his decision making is losing us games.
He's lazy and thereby predictable.
Unlike a top coach i.e Doc Rivers, Popovich and Thibadeau our beloved leader refuses to make adjustments. Not prior to games or during games. In Woodson's eyes likes of Fat Ray and JR.Brick are akin to Clyde and Earl the Pearl. Does not matter how detrimental their play is both will get the call over and over again. What do people think Doc Rivers or Popovich would be doing with this very Knick squad? Sure as hell can bet Fat Ray's ass would seeing some serious pine.
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Unfortunately, its looking like this season is over. I hate to be pessimistic but since the beginning of the season we have been on a slow downward free dive.
Shot selection is terrible. Everything we make is hard and no adjustment. And to go along with the injuries....just disappointing how bad this season could end after a promising start.
can some1 tell me what happend whith Knicks after they have 13pt lead and after 2nd q lost game already?
JR is doin what he can others camby/martin few lay/dunks and pablo few steals that all?
JB from ESPN says Knicks are waisting energy/time for one on one + too much dribbling Woody dont see that?
He favors 1-on-1 a bit much. It's what he did in ATL and their offense often degraded into Iso-Joe, with everyone just waiting.
There was an interview with an opposing player getting ready for the Hawks in the playoffs, who said something like "you know exactly what you're gonna get with that team, they're gonna go to a lot of Iso, and they'll switch everything on D."
I'm paraphrasing, but still, this was years ago. The ball movement we had in Nov started to slowly evaporate in December, when the team was 10-6, it didn't just start during this rough stretch.
But to be honest, there was nothing sustainable about that offense. The ball movement was outstanding, the chemistry was great, but shooting 3s at a historic rate is a great thing while it lasts. Breaking the defense is even better. Might not be as pretty, definitely isn't as flashy (unless you have LBJ & Wade) but damn is it effective.
If this team wants to go back to winning a ton of games in the regular season, then they just need to get healthy, and make a few tweaks here and there. If they want a legit shot at the Larry O'Brien Trophy, then they need to get a big who will command attention in the paint whether he's set up down there or just in the vicinity.
How many times did the Knicks double Aldridge, in the post, on the catch on Thursday? Don't let him dribble or get position, as soon as he gets it in the post, go get that dude. He made the right plays, kicked it to a teammate on the perimeter near him, and the ball moved.
I would be pretty god damn happy if the guy near our big in the post was Melo, but instead Melo IS the guy having his side of the court loaded, and the defense is daring someone else to beat them. The only real lethal option is a cross court pass before the D can rotate and recover out to the 3-pt line. Who's gonna throw cross-court passes all game?
I beg people to go look at what the Celtics did to LBJ with the Cavs. This is when the Cavs were trying to trade for a younger, healthier, LETHAL STAT and when that failed (cause they didn't wanna trade Hickson to Phoenix) they got Shaq.
We are in the same exact situation, except our team isn't as good as those Cavs teams. Melo needs someone who will command all sorts of attention down low, Knicks don't have that guy. Simple.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
i read about that possible diffrent scenarios that STAT could ended in Celtics
MELO could stay in Denver it was in year when STAT last year in PHX and decided to not to resign.
Clevland and Wizard can be playoff team next season while huge rebuilding will be in Atlanta Boston and Chicago
bout Knicks i hoped that Meloless Statless and Tysonless Knicks will be diffrent team more focuse that they are shorthaned
but if we loose whole roadtrip altlantic division title will be out of knicks range.
+ when i saw on ESPN that they wana waive Pablo/Kurt more than White to sign D West this is simply disaster.
West is same as Felton played in Dallas Celtcis nothing special bout him
If they waive Prigioni I won't watch another game for the rest of the year.
i am 50/50 to watch Clippers game due in same time i got futbol match
31.03 is something very interesting The Heat @ The Spurs only when POP will NOT send their main stuff 1 day holiday
yes its meaningless game but 4 now its only franchise that can FORCE heat to play diffrent
San Antonio is only franchise to score 50+ wins for over 15 years respect to them bcoz we will not see same thing in MSG soon
now Thomas is out also woner what will be S5 for Utah
I agree .. with 22 games left in the season our bench-players should be receiving the majority of playingtime minute to rest our starters for the postseason games. However .
In 60 games coach Woodson rotation had our bench-players as spot-minute players in lineup's that had big-time minute players .. 40 minute Melo, 35 minute Tyson, 35 minute JR.smith, and 35 min Felton.
So throughout our 60 games Woodson did not put an all bench-lineup on the court in any of those games.
This is what happen 60 games in the season when a coach is force by injuries to finally put 5 bench-players in a lineup on the court ............
29 point loss to David Lees GS Warriors
23 point loss to Gallo & W.Chandlers Denver Nuggets
15 point loss to Portland Blazer
13 point loss to LA Clippers
What did we do in our 60 games this season?
We ran a different 9 man rotation having Melo & JR take 50% of the shots.
That's a three game winning streak for the bogus, no hoops knowing, non-Knick fan rooting, chicken little a** "the sky is falling" thread starter. Magic number: 3


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I read this story and couldn't help but think about the things we aren't complaining about as much this season.
Maybe it's because expectation are so low, but there has been a serious drop-off in complaints about:
1. Rebounding
2. Player rotations
3. Execution after timeouts
4. Coaching
5. Colangelo
6. Mega-trades!!!!!!
...even the Bargnani hate has died down a bit. But I would never put it on the list.
What do you think is missing from Raptors Republic in 2012? (besides wins, and dignity).


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Yeah even CT slimmest fit are fairly roomy. I have had shirts tailored before, mainly sleeves shortened, which I think is about £10-£15, similar for making it slimmer in body - not something you want to be doing to all your shirts though.
So this afternoon I was looking forward to trying on and buying my first white dress shirt from Charles tywitt as there is a sale going on and I have a £10 voucher from them. They also have an EXTRA slim fit range which I assume was a more modern and more of a tailored fit . I tried the smallest size 14.5/33 and to my disappointment it was really baggy at the waist and also at the arms even though I have rather large arms as I gym quite a bit. My waist is 28in. So my question is does anyone know where I can buy a similar quality shirt but in SUPER extra slim size? If all else fails I will need to find a tailor but I assume it will be very expensive...
Yeah even CT slimmest fit are fairly roomy. I have had shirts tailored before, mainly sleeves shortened, which I think is about £10-£15, similar for making it slimmer in body - not something you want to be doing to all your shirts though.
TM Lewin's fully fitted John Francomb range are pretty good, though the arms could be slimmer. And I'm a 32" waist, so they might still be roomy on you.
As Alex said, you could have them slimmed in the body by a tailor. I've had a couple of shirts slimmed in the arms and body. Even though not a costly alteration, it adds up if you need to do it on each and every shirt.
If the shirt is already a slim or extra slim fit, would bringing it in more using a tailor make it look out of place? Any thoughts on this?
I have an Oxford shirt from Next which is pretty good. Good fit in the shoulders and neck though I could do with it a bit slimmer down to the waist. Should a tailor be able to sort me out easily enough?
Interestingly, when I originally went in to get it tailored, the tailor warned me off doing so saying that because it is 100% cotton (so obviously 0 elastic) he has seen people rip through it when tailored too tight...
At the moment I'm going to wear it as it is, wash it a few times and if no changes - get it tailored in.
Another vote for Uniqlo's Oxfords.
Got a grey one last week, and I can honestly say it's the first shirt I've ever owned that is actually long enough in the sleeve while not being tent-like across the body. Can't comment on the longevity of the shirt, but for £15 it's hard to gripe if it lasts 6 months!
blue oxford shirt from Uniqlo has been superb. Slim fitting and great quality.
I had a good experience with the ASOS Oxford shirts.
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CONROE, Texas - A 16-year-old has been accused of making a fake bomb threat against a high school.
Conroe Independent School District police said they received multiple anonymous phone calls that there was a bomb at Caney Creek High School, 13470 F.M. 1485.
Students and staff were evacuated while police searched the school.
"We all just came out to the parking lot and they told us we weren't allowed to go the football field. Eventually we went to the football field and we stayed there for like an hour," student Jessica David said
Detectives said they traced the calls to a cellphone number that belonged to a student. The student was arrested and confessed to making the threat, investigators said.
The student will likely face criminal charges.
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Whenever people get together to discuss the academic achievement of Black American males they usually end up with a litany of failure that seems to defy solutions. Over the past five years, however there is a new trend in the research on Black males and schooling. Pittsburgh, for a number of reasons, may find itself at the forefront of new methods to improve the effectiveness of schools and communities in engaging young Black males.
Pittsburghers got a glimpse of where this might be headed during a community conversation that took place at the August Wilson Center on June 20th. The conversation featured a sneak preview of a documentary that took fourteen years to make, titled "American Promise".
This documentary followed the development of two African American boys who were enrolled in the Dalton School, an elite private institution in Upper East Side Manhattan. The two were part of a handful of Black students attending the elementary school, in the hope of continuing through high school. The film's narrative contained both dreams and disappointments, but no easy answers. It illustrated persistent questions that people who are serious about the education of Black males must wrestle with.
One of the basic conflicts illustrated in the documentary was the dilemma facing the parents of the two students: on the one hand they wanted their children to have all of the social and cultural advantages that an elite school, such as Dalton, could offer. On the other hand, they wanted their children to still be comfortable their Black peers in the neighborhood. It is the classic dilemma of code-switching; how does one maintain one's integrity in two very different social and cultural environments? When one leaves familiar surroundings, is it possible to come home again?
After the film the sponsors of the program convened a panel, consisting of the parents of the children in the movie, along with Richard Gray, of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform; Carey Harris, Executive Director of A+ Schools; William Generett, Executive Director and CEO of Urban Innovations; and Rex Crawley, PhD., Assistant Dean of the School of Communications and Information Systems and Endowed Chair of the Uzuri Think Tank at Robert Morris University. WQED Producer Chris Moore moderated the conversation.
The panel discussed the core dilemma facing the parents in the film, and the Black community in general since the end of desegregation. For most of the 20th Century the Black community fought to dismantle segregation only to discover that we may have placed unwarranted hopes on the ability of integrated schools, alone, to solve all social and educational problems.
While desegregation opened new opportunities, it came with a price. The teenagers in the film had to have one foot in two very different social environments. Their parents, meanwhile, suspected that the teachers at Dalton, whom they hoped would strengthen their children's opportunities in life, were judging and stigmatizing the children without really knowing them.
When the school's administrators raised questions about whether or not the two young men should continue at Dalton High, after graduating from their elementary school, a familiar choice, for activists in education reform, emerged. How does one define where the problem actually lies?
The school's administrators put the institution above critique by focusing on whether or not the students were "the right fit" for that institution. The institution would not be responsible for trying to find new ways to teach a socially diverse student body; instead the students would have to develop new ways of learning to fit the traditional methods of the school.
Does one say, "This is a great school, but unfortunately these students don't fit in," or does one ask what there might be within the school's environment that prevents some students from fulfilling their potential? Assumptions that the viewer brings to the situation have everything to do with how they define the problem. It is a difficult task to try to strike a sensible balance between the two approaches.
This points to new perspectives that are shaping research on young Black males and their relationship with schools. Anthony Robins, director of program and research for Robert Morris' Uzuri Think Tank, recently wrote about this change in focus in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Sunday Forum. In the past education researchers were oriented toward a deficiency model. This approach focused on students who were failing. It tried to explain their failure. Newer research tends to be oriented toward what might be called an "anti-deficit" model. This research focuses on Black male students who are successful and tries to identify factors contributing to their success.


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Large crowd expected at historic Harris Hill
BRATTLEBORO -- The town felt like a long-lost cousin was returning when the Harris Hill Ski Jump Competition was resurrected a few years ago.
At least that's what Jerry Goldberg, executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday.
The event, which pits some of the best ski jumpers in the world against one another in a test to see who can leap the farthest from a take-off ramp, has a storied history in Brattleboro and is an important part of the town's identity and character. This year's competition will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17.
"I think it's certainly a signature event. You can't buy that type of thing overnight," Goldberg said.
Because the ski jump needed major renovations, there was a three-year hiatus between 2005 and 2009 and he said there was something missing from Brattleboro's winters during those years. He said that was proven by the local and international response to the announcement that following an amazingly successful fundraising effort, the competition was making a comeback.
Goldberg said the competition is a vital revenue source for area businesses, as many families come to town for the entire weekend and spend money downtown. He said a lot of people from all over the world go out to eat in town and purchase souvenirs -- perhaps some Vermont maple syrup -- for loved ones back home.
He said Main Street is just a 30-second drive from the hill's site, making that much more enticing for visitors to see what Brattleboro's downtown area has to offer.
Harris Hill Ski Jump, Inc. announced in late January the lineup for the opening ceremonies for each day of competition. Brattleboro Union High School student Kristina Meima is slated to sing the national anthem on Saturday while acclaimed jazz and blues singer Samirah Evans will perform for her third consecutive year. Each opening ceremony will be held at noon at the base of the jump.
Born in Sweden to an American father and British mother, Meima has been a resident of Brattleboro since the age of 7. This will mark the second time she has sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Harris Hill.
"We're so excited for her," said her father, Ralph. "She did it last year and she's looking to do it even better and learn from last year."
Meima, 16, began participating in musical theater at the New England Youth Theatre a year after arriving in Brattleboro. She also plays the trumpet with the Brattleboro Union High School band, and sings in a madrigals and an a cappella group.
Evans, a native of New Orleans, was a popular vocalist in the city until Hurricane Katrina devastated her home. She and her husband, a Brattleboro native, moved to town a year later and recently had a second brush with tragedy when their Fuller Drive home was damaged in a fire on Saturday, Feb. 2.
She has toured Europe, Asia, and the Americas as a headliner, and has shared stages with legendary artists such as B.B. King, James Brown and New Orleans' own Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas.
The world's top male and female ski jumpers from the United States, Europe and Canada are scheduled to compete this year on the 90-meter jump designed to International Ski Federation specifications.
Spectators watch the jumpers launch from the take-off and soar more than 300 feet at speeds of nearly 60 mph. The event is meant to attract the whole family, as food, music, souvenirs and a beer tent will be available.
This year's event will not only feature the annual Pepsi Challenge and the Fred Harris Memorial Tournament, but also will be the only U.S. stop on the International Ski Federation's FIS Cup and a stop on the United States American Ski Jumping US Cup Tour.
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The comment I made in the thread about Chapman meeting with Price in Arizona, that I was anxious to hear more about his philosophy, sent me to the web and I came across this transcript from an NPR story back in 2005. John Liu, the reporter, was traveling around doing stories on teachers and this was his segment about Price teaching him. Reading through this, it almost seems like a Zen thing. Maybe he'll start calling our young pitchers "Grasshopper".
If anyone else comes across some earlier articles on Price and his techniques and pitching philosophy, please post them.
How I Learned To Pitch A Seattle Mariners coach teaches me to throw a change-up, and much more
Bryan Price of the Seattle Mariners is one of the most esteemed pitching coaches in the major leagues, and one of the youngest. Only 42, he's been named Baseball Weekly's Pitching Coach of the Year and is increasingly described as manager material. On a recent afternoon I met up with Bryan at the sports complex outside Phoenix, Ariz., where the Mariners hold spring training. His job was to teach me to throw a change-up. My job, I thought, was simply not to embarrass myself. Only by accident would I discover something else in the course of our workout.
What makes a great pitching coach? Part of it, of course, is having an eye for tiny mechanical adjustments in a pitcher's delivery. Today's pitchers are the latest in a long line of men who've taken the mound as professionals, and nearly every motion they make is inherited, the accreted sum of many generations of incremental tinkering. When you see someone come along like Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, the fabled Cuban defector and onetime Yankee whose knee-to-nose leg kick strained the groins of people watching him, you realize how conservative an institution pitching usually is. El Duque is the exception that proves the rule.
Pitching demands adherence to a rigorous and unchanging set of physical rules. But it is only the physical conclusion to a process that unfolds mostly inside someone's head. And so a teacher of pitching is ever operating on two levels, a surface curriculum about how to pitch and a curriculum beneath about how to be.
Failure, in many ways, is the default setting in baseball. A pitcher can be on a roll and cruising through a game, but he is always just one bad pitch, or one fielding mistake, away from a meltdown. The thing Bryan Price teaches is not how to win all the time. What he teaches is how to right yourself when you falter or fail.
When we met, I'd proposed that Bryan teach me a curveball. But he suggested the change-up instead, because it would be easier on my elbow and because mastering a change is the first step in separating mere throwers from pitchers with craft. A change-up looks to the batter like a fastball and is thrown with all the force and conviction of a fastball. But because of the unorthodox gripimagine making an "OK" sign and wrapping it around a ballthe pitch comes out of the hand more slowly. That slight difference and deception is enough to upset the batter's timing and balance, tricking him into swinging too early.
The timing of this lesson, it turns out, was rather apt. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitchertrying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people I face. Lately I've been realizing that it would help if I knew how to change speeds from time to time, to be less predictable.
We got to work. My first few attempts at a change-up were wobbly. I had no control, no feel for the pitch in my fingertips. Worse, I began to think about how I had no feel. I began to think how ridiculous I must look, a clueless amateur. Bryan could see a dozen things wrong with my delivery: arm slot too low, hips not turned enough, follow-through too unbalanced, and on and on. But he chose to home in on one thing only: "Keep your head quiet," he said.
This meant making sure I held my head steady and square as I pitched, so my eyes would remain fixed on the target. It also meant not overloading my brain with anxiety and data. A quiet head in the psychological sense is hard to achieve. Bryan got me there by emphasizing a quiet head in the physical sense. By worrying only about keeping my gaze steady and my skull centered, I stopped overthinking.
Sometimes Bryan will do what he calls "dry work" with a pitcher. He'll remove the ball altogether and simply work on the component motions of the delivery. Remove the ball: It's a powerful idea, because the ball is the source of the self-doubt and negative judgment. If you always practice with the ball, you will measure success only externallyby where the ball ends up. If you do dry work without the ball, you learn how to measure success by how intrinsically balanced your movements are. You learn how to listen to your body, and you learn to "self-coach," as Bryan puts it: Diagnose the tiny flaw in your delivery, and then fix it.
On this day, Bryan didn't do dry work with me, but he did a different kind of bait and switch. After a few dozen pitches, my change-up was getting somewhat better but it was still very inconsistent. So Bryan asked me to start throwing straight four-seam fastballs. The good news here was I threw my fastball to the same spot consistently. The bad news was that the spot was where a right-handed hitter's face would be. I could feel the spiral of criticism start again. Why do I keep throwing it there? Why? Can't I get out of this rut?
Just then, Bryan abruptly asked me to throw a change-up. I did, and to my surprise, I nailed it. It was the same change-up, same grip and delivery, as before. But the context was different. Now I was thinking of the change-up as an antidote to my wayward fastball. And now I was able to reel off three, then four, then five perfect change-ups, down and over the plate with perfectly deceptive presentation.
It struck me only later what Bryan Price had done. He'd used the fastball interlude as a distraction and had gotten me back onto my original objectivethrowing a good change. Like any good teacher, Bryan is a master of misdirection: working on a fastball to improve a change-up, using dry work without a ball to sharpen performance with a ball, and talking about how to keep a quiet head when, in fact, we were talking about how to keep a quiet mind.
The goal for a pitching coach, ultimately, is to turn his pitchers into self-coaches. After all, there are only so many times in a game when the coach can walk out to the mound and point out a problem or suggest a solution. What Bryan Price did that afternoon was give me a taste of how I could become a self-coach. And though I am not likely to step on a major league mound any time soon, the lesson is going to stay with me for a long time.


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I still don't get the comparison to DD though - as a basketball player. Evans is multi-dimensional on offense. He can play PG through SF. He rebounds. He creates. He gets steals (although his defense is likely on par with DeRozan at best). He is more efficient. He has made steady improvements in his three point shooting while giving a sample size large enough to draw a conclusion (2 per game over 4 seasons).
I don't think BC dodged a bullet because DD and Evans are not in the same league as players (but character and injury history certainly help lower the spread).


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Any good roads and things to see in GA? I am trying to decide if I want to go back East or out West again. I have been out west a lot and love it but would like to see some new places. Have been to NC and TN. Have nine days starting this Saturday. NO wife or kid going
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Arr, it be that time o' year again. Aye matey, it be Talk Like o' Pirate Day! To shiver yer timbers, I be reviewin' a pirate manga that also be fittin' in ta da Movable Manga Feast this month. So grab yerself a bottle o' rum 'n find out about Wanted Arrrr…
In the Mediterranean at the end of the 17th century, former songstress Armeria disguises herself as a boy and boards the ship of the pirate Skulls–the man who kidnapped Luce, her first love. Captain Skulls is arrogant, violent, and a skirt chaser! And unfortunately for Armeria, he discovers she's a woman…
By Matsuri Hino
Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat
Age Rating: Older Teen
Genre: Romance
Price: $8.99
My introduction to Hino's work was through the serialization of her most current title Vampire Knight in Shojo Beat. I really didn't care for it, so when this volume came out, I had little interest in it. But, curiosity got the better of me, and I picked it up. I am slightly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did, but it is about as different from Vampire Knight as night is to day.
The thing I disliked most about Vampire Knight is the way drama oozed from every pore of every character. The characters in Wanted are the exact opposite. Armeria doesn't just sit around bemoaning her loss or wait for Luce to come for her. She take the initiative, disguising herself as a man and joins different ships searching for the pirates that kidnapped him eight years ago. Armeria is spunky and headstrong. She is determined to remain on the ship with Skulls until she finds Luce, and she doesn't let his barbs get her down.
Skulls, the pirate captain, tries to come off as a scoundrel and a ladies man, but he is essentially a good person. He saves Armeria several times, and only robs from nobles who take advantage of the people and then give the wealth back to them. He is like a pirate Robin Hood and his crew are his Merry Men. And it's a motley crew of merry men at that. They are never formally introduced, but there are a few that are featured in the chapters. His first mate, Second, is a big, shirtless, bald black man who knows his captain all too well. Doc is an older man who like the father figure of the crew, and Fourth and Fifth, crewmen skilled in sailing and swordsmanship. The names aren't very original, but they are all fun none the less.
There are three chapters about Armeria and Skulls, and a bonus chapter that takes place in Meiji Japan. I really enjoyed the pirate chapters. They were light and fun. There is swashbuckling, raiding, cannon fire, battles with the navy, and secret treasure; everything that makes pirate stories fun. I didn't care so much for the bonus chapter. It has the same feel as the Wanted chapters, but it just didn't work as well for me. It moved too fast for me to really believe it, though I did kind of like the characters.
The art is very Hino, with the girls having big eyes and the men all being bishonen. And the hair is everywhere. But I was fine with it in this volume. The characters were different and varied enough that it didn't get on my nerves. It was to have a beard, dreadlocks and even no hair at all!
Wanted is a fun romp for a romantic pirate adventure. I liked the relationship between Arto (Armeria) and Skulls. I love that they are always at odds. Even though Skulls' identity was pretty obvious, it's reveal didn't ruin the story. So matey, if ye be wantin' some good pirate romance, be pickin' up Wanted!


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MIAMI - Miami police are investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old boy, according to authorities.
It happened at Northwest 28th Street and 1st Avenue in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood.
"The boy tell me to get the bike off his legs and he didn't feel his legs," said one witness.
Police said rescue crews transported the victim to Jackson Ryder Trauma with a bullet wound to his back.
"My whole life fell out on the floor in front of me because for 14, 15 years, I've taken good care of that boy. We are close," said Sam Willis, the boy's father. "His spine is cut. His spinal cord is cut where that bullet went through his back."
Two other teens who were with the teenager at the time of the shooting were questioned by police Wednesday night, authorities said.
Police said they didn't have a description of the shooter, but that he or she could be driving a white Nissan Altima.
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I have a question about all 12 Weasley/Potter grandkids. So, I hope I put this in the right forum. I'm so sorry if I didn't!!
What do you think is their age order?
I think this is a pretty tricky question and it never says in the books. Right now I have it down as:
Victoire, Molly, Dominique, Fred, Lucy, Roxanne, Luis, James, Albus, Rose, Lily and Hugo.
Everytime I look at it though I switch around a name or two. I would love to hear your opinions or maybe somebody knows of some more info that I'm missing.


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What It Looked Like When a Tornado Hit the St. Louis Airport
First the good news: A miracle zero deaths have been reporting following the tornado that tore through Bridgeton, a densely populated suburb of St. Louis, on Friday night, passing directly through the airport. Sadly, though, 750 homes were damaged, with 100 of those destroyed entirely. But still! No casualties, and only "minor injuries" to five people. Locals are praising the local weather service, which blared sirens 34 minutes before the tornado hit, as well as "the grace of God," as the mayor put it.
And what does it look like when a tornado crashes through your airport concourse? The security footage above captured the entire, terrifying affair. [AP, KMOX]


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Blacks constitute 91 percent more than nine-tenths of the population and are mostly rural Tswana-speaking peoples. Whites make up about 8 percent less than one-tenth of the population and mainly speak Afrikaans.
Corn (maize) , and peanuts (groundnuts) , and sorghum are grown throughout the province, and tobacco, wheat, and citrus fruits are raised in the northeast. Cattle and sheep are grazed in large numbers. Mining also plays an important role in the economy. Diamonds, chromite, platinum, and uranium are mined in the province, which forms the western part of the Witwatersrand and contains the Klerksdorp goldfields. The major urban centres in the province are Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom. The ; the latter city has a university. Area 4544,834 911 square miles (118116,710 320 square km). Pop. (1993 2006 est.) 3,506374,800200.


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Here is a list of drugs that can cause a vitamin B12 deficiency in their users. The primary reason is that these drugs interfere with the body's ability to absorb vitamin B12. Many people are totally unaware that these pharmaceuticals cause malabsorption of vitamin B12, and are therefore at risk for a vitamin B12 deficiency.
In general, people over age sixty have reduced levels of stomach acid. The acid is necessary to aid in the extraction of vitamin B12 from the food we eat, such as meat, fish, eggs and dairy products.
To further complicate matters, doctors often prescribe medications to treat different stomach illnesses. These medications reduce the levels of stomach acid even further, which greatly impedes the absorption of vitamin B12.
Here are some drugs that interfere with absorption of vitamin B12:
- Drugs for heartburn and ulcers: Prevacid, Prolisec, Protonix, Nexium, Zantac, Tagamet, Axid, Alternagel, Maalox, Mylanta, Riopan and Tums.
- Drugs for diabetes, potassium deficiency and congestive heart failure: Glucophage, Glucovance, K-Lor, K-Lyte, Klotrix, K-Dur, Micro-K, Slow-K and potassium chloride.
- Drug to treat gout: Cholchicine.
- Drug to treat high cholesterol: Questran.
- Drug to treat infections: Neomycin.
- Drug to treat tuberculosis: Para-aminosalicylic acid.
These drugs can be highly problematic for seniors, who are prone to vitamin B12 deficiencies to begin with. To make matters worse, many doctors don't routinely administer blood tests to check blood plasma B12 levels. There are many seniors who suffer from memory loss, fatigue, clumsiness, difficulty sleeping and tremors, but are not aware that these symptoms can be easily alleviated by taking vitamin B12 supplements.
If you know anyone taking the medications mentioned above, please tell him to have his blood plasma B12 levels checked.


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Hi there! My name is Kjminame and like you all, I adore Twilight!
How did you pick your screen name?
Well, my screen name has been exactly the same since I was in the 8th grade. My best friend gave it to me because my real first name starts with a "K", so it started as my nickname Kay Jewelers (as in the jewelry store), then Kj, then Kjminame. It has a cute little history between her and I. You can all just call me Kj!
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
I actually found it through my best friend, whom was one of the first people to read in in our high school before the phenomenon hit. My mom actually bought it for her for her birthday, not really knowing what it was! My best friend kept telling me about these amazing characters named Edward, Jacob and Bella and the hardships they faced and the love between Edward and Bella and I just thought "maybe I should read this". I am not a reader really, so this was a big deal! So, I sat down during our Phy. Ed. class, not listening to a word the teacher was saying, and began to read. And the rest is history!
I would say my favorite book is probably Eclipse so far. I haven't read Breaking Dawn yet because I want to wait until right before the movie comes out. I know, I'm so far behind!
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
I think Bella because she can relate to girls of all ages. As I read through the books, I admired her for her strength and hard-headedness. She never gave up on what she wanted. When I was in high school, on a school trip in fact, I actually had a couple of friends tell me that I looked like Bella, so they insisted on calling me Bella for the rest of the trip! Of course I disagreed, but my family says it too. It was kind of funny.
Who is your favorite minor character?
I like Alice a whole bunch. She's just perky and happy. I like happy people!
What are your hobbies?
I am a singer trying to break into the business and I also love writing. I would love to do both professionally!
Where are you from (general area like Montana, not exact town!)
I was born and raised in Minnesota and I still live there today! It's a great state and I love it here.
How old are you? (In general, 20's, 30's, 40's)
I am currently 18 and turning 19 next month. I graduated from high school last year.
Anything else you would like to share?
Just that I am super happy to be on the Twilight Lexicon and look forward to talking with other Twilight fans!


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text: USTA/ITA Regional Championships Home page. This link has most of the draws added so I won't put anymore below. Southeast - hosted by Florida State University, Oct. 18-22. Teams Include FSU, Miami, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, USF, UNF, FGCU and more. Host Site, Qualifying Draw, Main Draw Southern, hosted by Auburn University, Oct. 18-22. Teams include Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Miss State, LSU and more. Host Site. Draws posted tonight. Southwest - hosted by UC Irvine, Oct. 19-22. Teams include USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, UCI, UCSB, Cal-Poly, SDSU, Arizona, and more. Draw page. Mid-West, hosted by Michigan State, Oct. 18-22. Teams include Mich State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Illinois, Northwestern and more. Host Page, Singles Draw. Northwest - hosted by Saint Mary's College (CA), Oct. 19-23 Mountain, Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas, Oct. 17-21. Texas, hosted by TCU, Oct. 20-23 Central, hosted by University of Minnesota, Oct. 18-22 Northeast, hosted by Yale, Oct. 18-23 Ohio Valley, hosted by Memphis, Oct. 18-22 Atlantic, hosted by Virginia, Oct. 18-22 Carolina, Cary Tennis Center, Oct. 18-22 - Singles draw


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The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles kicked off its 30th year with a show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall that was as touching as it was exciting. Joley Fisher, the emcee for the evening, took the reigns to drive the show through the type of concert you would expect from the a chorus of such caliber; songs ranging from Spanish ballads, show tunes, and spirituals, all with messages to fight for equality.
The concert kicked off with a choreographed arrangement of the prologue from Ragtime, a jazzy, expository act, chronicling the cultural shifts at the turn of the last century. Christine Chavez, activist and granddaughter of pioneer Cesar Chavez introduced "Solidaridad," and "Cancion con Todos" both songs that stress inclusiveness, and fighting for justice. Right after came "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," introduced by Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, Donzaleigh Abernathy. She told the audience about upbringing in the civil rights era, and her father, Ralph David Abernathy, working with her uncle to spread the message of non-violence and equality.
"My father, and my uncle would have been proud to have stood here today to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles," she said to roaring applause.
The incomparable Della Reese next took the stage, singing in her familiar, velvety voice. In a wise, and all-knowing tone, Reese sang "I've Been Touched by an Angel" the intended theme song for the show in which she starred from 1994-2003. Next she sang "Work it Out," an upbeat tune that sent the chorus dancing in the risers.
Erin Hamilton successfully took on one of the most poignant songs of the last century, John Lennon's "Imagine." After, she led the chorus to perform her 1999 song, "One World." The first act of the show closed out with two songs from The Tender Land, "Stomp Your Foot" and "Promise of Living."
After a brief intermission and a lighthearted a cappella rendition of Starland Vocal Band's hit, "Afternoon Delight," musician Levi Kreis took the stage to premier a new song of his, "Look How I've (We've) Grown" and the theme song for Del Shores's "Sordid Lives." Fischer came back to introducer herself in a bawdy performance, singing about how all the good men are gay – the classic straight girl nod to her pals.
The second half of the show dealt with the timeliest of issues for the LGBT community in Los Angeles, defeating Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage in the California if voters approved it this November.
Actor George Takei and his partner Brad Altman appeared to announce their support for the Gay Men's Chorus, and to stress the importance of defeating Proposition 8. The two plan to marry in September at the Japanese American National Museum. "What's great about the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles is that they're really the voice of the LGBT community in Los Angeles," Takei said after the concert.
Altman, added that the magnitude of the evening was illustrated by the venue itself. "The Walt Disney Concert Hall is basically LA's version of Carnegie Hall in New York, so for a group like this to perform here is indeed an honor."
The pair introduced Lorri Jean, the executive director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, who gave a stirring speech on the importance of staying active in the fight for marriage equality.
The chorus topped off the evening with a sequence of songs celebrating the rites of marriage, performing "Anything for Him" from Kiss of the Spider Woman, "Love and Love Alone" from The Visit, and "Married" from Cabaret. Next was a tearful rendition of "We've Only Just Begun," a classic Carpenter's song that left few dry eyes in the audience and on the stage. The night capped off with a joyous song and dance to "A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)" from the 1977 musical, The Wiz, and then a soft, touching encore of xxxx.


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OCEAN CITY — Salisbury
native Jill Fears gets choked up when talking about last weekend's Ocean City
Air Show, and, ironically, her tears stem from a special moment she and her
family experienced on the ground.
Tens of thousands of
spectators were treated to aerial brilliance last weekend as the US Air Force
Thunderbirds closed out what is being widely considered as the biggest and most
successful OC Air Show in its short three-year history.
Yet, a handful of
families from the local Believe in Tomorrow Children's House were personally
invited by the Thunderbirds during the Air Show rehearsal last Friday, and the
brief meeting with these aerial superstars left a lasting impression on the
"Our son Daniel, who is
five, is essentially wheel chair bound, and he can't talk due to a number of
conditions he has, but he was just blown away and was grinning from ear to ear
when he saw those planes in the air last week," said Fears, "and what was even
more special, was that some of the other Thunderbirds pilots who weren't flying
in the show came and spent some time with the kids and gave Daniel a special
pin of the planes in a delta formation. It was pretty amazing and just so
Fears said the children
were in the Colonel's Club VIP seating area at the center of Air Show
headquarters on 16th Street where the announcer was set up, and
noted that the kids got to be up close and personal with some of the Leap Frog
parachute team as well as the Thunderbirds. She says that the little bit of
time that the performers spent with the kids was incredibly gracious.
"You know, it's a big
air show, and there's so much going on for those pilots and performers, but for
them to come and take a few minutes and get down on Daniel's level and just
spend some time talking to him and the other kids just shows how amazing they
are as people," Fears said.
The Believe in Tomorrow
Children's House, which is celebrating its 25th year of bringing
critically ill children and their families to the Delmarva peninsula, was
invited to bring some of its families to the Air Show for the second straight
year. Last season, however, some of the meet-and-greet festivities for the
children were cut short due to the fog that had postponed some of last year's
This year, however, a
small gesture of goodwill from the pilots created lasting memories for some
kids in need of a lift.
"The best part of the
Air Show in my opinion was the F-16's and the FA-18 Hornets," said 12-year-old
Beau Swallow, who is currently battling cancer. "My brother helped a Navy Seal
pack his parachute and he showed the Navy Seal his awesome pushups. It really
helped me forget about my cancer a ton."
Fears noted the gracious
and caring home away from home that the Believe in Tomorrow Children's House
has been for her family and said that meeting the Thunderbirds was certainly
one of the big thrills in her children's lives thus far.
"There was one moment
were the Thunderbirds pilots were carrying Danny and his wheelchair down the
steps that I just wish I could have gotten a picture of," said Fears.
"Sometimes things are very hard having a child like Daniel, but we consider him
our gift from God, and we make the best of it and try to make every day as fun
as it can be. So, to see the smile on his face that day, made me so thankful
that Ocean City puts on such an event like the air show that all types of
families can enjoy together. It was such a great day for Danny."


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Today's show will feature Russell and Don.
Some links relevant to the show (from Don):
- Holy War – details how churches have raised money and power selling hatred of gays.
- The Fabulist – Self proclaimed homosexuality "expert" Paul Cameron is a major fraud.
- Rick Santorum on hijacking marriage for "the good of society" – think 'conscription'.
- 1999 Barna Study on Religious Belief and Divorce Rates (could not find original link)
- Announcement concerning a new study on Protestantism and divorce.
- Arrows for the War – Kathryn Joyce explains the Quiverfull movement.
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I own a dell dimension 2350, bought new in 2003.
Celeron 2.2Ghz(Willamette, 128kb cache)
Integrated graphics(Intel Extreme Graphics, powered by the CPU, uses 64mb of system RAM)
786 Mb RAM(originally 256Mb)
Intel 845GL motherboard
17" CRT monitor
The system runs fine for the large part, but it sometimes takes up to 5 seconds for the screen to redraw when switching between applications. I am not much of a gamer. Also, if I am playing a video file(or DVD) in the background, there is sometimes skipping/jerkiness, but I don't do this often.
I found some parts on eBay that I couldn't resist:
P4 2.6Ghz(Northwood, 512kb cache, non hyper-threading(system can't support HT)): $50 shipped from USA
ATI Radeon 7500 128 MB DDR PCI(I don't have an AGP or PCI-Express port): $28 shipped from Hong Kong
The prices are "high"(compared to modern CPUs and AGP/PCI-E cards) because they are old and in demand.
So what type of improvement can I expect? I hope by increasing the CPU speed and cache, moving the video off the CPU and onto the GPU, and having larger, dedicated video RAM, I can expect a 20% boost. Hopefully this would make my machine Win 7 ready and beyond.
Only thing that bothers me slighly is the switch from a Willamette CPU(0.18 micron) to a Northwood(0.13), due to the differences in voltage etc. But from my research, the latest bios update should have enough info for the system to correctly detect and accomodate the changes, and I've already installed the latest bios. I'll still hold my breath though, and for the small prices involved, I don't mind if the new CPU won't run properly.
The new parts should arrive within 2 weeks.
For for sentimental reasons, I will probably be using this machine until it dies. I'll probably upgrade to an LCD monitor later down the track.
Anyone still using old hardware?


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Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by Sho, Apr 15, 2012.
I still got a content not available error when I clicked on your link.
^ Yeah, I honestly just copy the link from the S&S website and then it's up to them to fix it .
I was pretty sure that was what you did, but I just thought it was worth warning people it doesn't work... at least for me.
I second the call for Christopher to return to Titan. Martin's just not doing it for me. The Gum Nebula was turning out to be a fascinating place and I really want to get back out there and do some exploring. You know, new worlds and all that.
I'm really excited. For me, this is the most anticipated Trek novel of 2012. I loved Watching the Clock, and I can't wait to see what Christopher has done in this latest outing.
I'll join the chorus and state that Forgotten History is among the Trek books I'm most anticipating this year. I am also very excited about the time frame selected for this novel as well. Christopher has stated he'd like to maybe move on to something else after this one but I still uphold my suggestion from the Watching the Clock thread that I would seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE an Uptime book starring Jenna Noi. As much as I liked Garica and the other characters, and obviously our two stars, I fell in love with Jenna Noi as a character. One of the best characters I think Chris has handled as a writer. So fascinating and I loved her banter with the DTI gang. So yeah I know I'll be holding out for the possibility of an Uptime book still
Christopher will this involve that much complicated science as the last one?
Oh yeah, I'll second this one.
It would be neat and quite difficult I'd imagine to do a Trek book from the Uptime perspective. but I'd love it.
For the first time in awhile I'm all caught up in my Trek lit so bring this one on! I tell you there is not a single monthly title left this year I'm not super excited about. The first DTI book was great and I'm sure this follow-up will delight me just as much.
Not quite as much. I needed to lay the groundwork in Watching the Clock, but now that that's done, I don't need to repeat it.
Thank godness. I might be able to comprehend most of it this time.
Me too.
I believe the two Temporal Investigations agents reference that Kirk had seventeen separate violations on his record in the DS9 episode. Think we'll get a complete accounting of those, drawn from both Canon and lit sources?
like when he did a slingshot manoeuvre to prevent himself spilling his coffee over komack.
No, I left room for a few more. Who knows, after all, when another writer may come up with another Kirk time travel story?
Makes sense, considering Cox just did it a couple of months ago.
I like the idea that...
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Miri's Earth could be a parallel timeline version, not just a copy, of the real Earth. I've seen that idea explored in fanfic as well as this. And I didn't even consider that what we saw on Omega IV might be the result of items left behind by a previous visit, just like Iotia was.
Wow, that's a very long excerpt. That's over a fifth of the book.
Spoiler: excerpt
The idea about Miri's Earth is one I had a long time ago, and the only one that seemed to make sense to me. As for Omega IV, I used to have this convoluted theory about WWIII refugee sleeper ships that got flung back in time, but a couple of years ago I realized the points I brought up in the book -- one, that we were never actually told the American artifacts were ancient, we just assumed it; and two, they were in such good condition that they couldn't actually be very old at all. And in my history studies in college, I did come across cases where something that observers assumed to be an ancient custom of a "native" civilization was actually a recent adoption.
I absolutely cannot wait to grab this book! I've been wanting more DTI novels since reading Watching the Clock!
We've been lucky that's for sure. I'm so flipping behind, only half-way through That Which Divides & What Jusgements Come. Need to lock myself away for a weekend to catch up.
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Following the season, Nelson and Bouton made the gum in a frying pan, chopped it up, put it in pouches and pitched the idea to major gum companies. Amurol Confections, a novelty gum maker owned by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, first released Big League Chew in 1980. While available originally in just one flavor, Big League Chew achieved $18 million sales during that first year.
A new Grape flavor was introduced the next year and strawberry followed in 1982. Big League Chew is currently available in Original, Grape, Strawberry, Watermelon, Sour Apple, Sour Cherry and Cotton Candy.
According to the 2005 packaging, over 450 million pouches of the gum have been sold since 1980.
INGREDIENTS: (Original)- sugar, gum base, corn syrup, glycerine, lecithin, artificial flavor, red 40 lake, red 40 and BHT (to preserve freshness). (Strawberry) - sugar, gum base, corn syrup, glycerine, lecithin, artificial flavor, malic acid, citric acid, red 40 lake and BHT. (Watermelon) - same as "original" except blue 1 lake (instead of red 40 lake and red 40).
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Persian Tomato and Cucumber Salad recipe – 68 calories
Persian Tomato and Cucumber Salad recipe – 68 calories
1 large tomato
1 large cucumber
1 large onion
1-2 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice (or to taste)
salt, to taste
1. Finely chop the tomato, cucumber and onion.
2. Mix the chopped vegetables with the parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.
3. Add salt to taste and serve (or let the salad sit in the refrigerator for a few hours to get an even better taste).
Servings: 4
Nutritional information for one serving:
Calories: 68
Calories from fat: 32
Total fat: 3.6g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Total carbs: 9.6g
Fiber: 1.5g
Protein: 1.3g
WW points: 1
Photo credit: Bergy
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Wow, this looks really good. I'll have to try this! I love your blog! Lots of good stuff on here!!
Thanks for the great simple recipe. I love how names can make all the difference. Would you rather have a Persian tomato and cucumber salad or a Persian tomato and cucumber salad. I take the Persian version.
Wow..wow..this is so tempting. Thanks for sharing, I'd love to try this out!
wow!this seems to be really good .I was looking for it!
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I love fresh onions and been looking for ways to have it. This seems like a good one.
Thanks for posting it.
wow that good but i want to see a salad mix with carrots
don't forget salt and pepper.
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I stumbled upon this a year ago or so…and I LOVE this recipe! It's so simple, and yet so good. I serve this at our Preachers Conference for a salad with lunch, and have gotten compliments on it. My husband and I really enjoy this recipe. Once in a while I add some oregano, but usually just the basics, and only a very little salt, and fresh cracked pepper for a nice bite.
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Try this with chopped mint and lime juice instead. I have been eating it every day for a week!!!


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Britons fill boots at the Oscars
Space movie Gravity and slavery epic 12 Years A Slave were the big winners at the Oscars in what was a celebratory night for the British film industry.
12 Years A Slave, directed by British filmmaker and former artist Steve McQueen, took the biggest prize, best picture, at the Los Angeles ceremony.
Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, won seven awards, including best director for Mexican-born British resident Alfonso Cuaron and the visual effects gong for the Soho-based team.
12 Years A Slave took three Academy Awards, including supporting actress for tearful newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, who told the audience: "It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's."
Backstage, she said she felt "a little dazed", adding: "This is my first time here and I feel like Willy Wonka in the chocolate factory."
McQueen made history as the first black filmmaker/producer to collect the statuette for best picture and dedicated his award to victims of slavery.
"Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live," he said. "This is most important legacy of Solomon Northup. I dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery and 21 million people who still suffer slavery today".
The filmmaker jumped for joy on the stage but later joked he was actually "as cool as a cucumber".
He told journalists backstage: "Everyone saw me jump but truly I am so ecstatic, I'm so happy for us all, it's one of those moments in life that might never happen again but you're living it, you're there and it might never happen again so emotions just take over... Van Halen. Jump!" he said, referring to the song.
The director added that the film's success was proof that times had changed.
"It's the mark of development and how we see that time in history now, the background characters are now in the foreground, their history and lives are being recognised in a way more than ever before," he said.
"People are ready for this narrative, before it was quite painful, but now people want to look at that history."
Brad Pitt, who helped produce the film, praised McQueen as "indomitable" while Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted his congratulations.
Best actor went to former rom-com star Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club, while Cate Blanchett took home best actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
Blanchett, who beat Bullock, Dame Judi Dench, Amy Adams and Meryl Streep, said films with strong female characters were not "niche", adding : "Audiences want to see them and in fact they earn money".
British film was also celebrated in the award for best documentary short which went to The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - a week after its inspiration, pianist and world's oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, 110, died in London.
Director Malcolm Clarke, who now lives in Canada but learned his trade at the BBC and Granada TV, dedicated the win to her "extraordinary capacity for joy and her amazing capacity for forgiveness".
The technical expertise of the UK film industry was recognised when Gravity picked up awards for sound mixing and sound editing, while the movie also won cinematography, original score and film editing.
Original score was won by Steven Price, a musician from Nottingham, who thanked his family, joking: "Mum, Dad, Jenny sorry I made so much noise while I was growing up."
Speaking backstage, he added: "My house was full of music, my main memories are of the record player at home, it was all Beatles and Stones and we danced around the living room, that started me off on instruments and I've done nothing else ever since."
Host Ellen DeGeneres opened the 86th Academy Awards show with a string of gags poking fun at the event, before taking selfies of the stars and even ordering pizzas.
Bill Murray paid tribute to his Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis, who died last month, while Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter O'Toole and Richard Griffiths were also re membered in a section of the ceremony dedicated to those who died in the last 12 months.
McConaughey's Dallas Buyers Club co-star Jared Leto won best supporting actor for his role as an HIV-positive transgender woman and dedicated his win to the "36 million people who have lost the battle to Aids" .
U2 lost out when the award for best song went to Let It Go from Frozen and Steve Coogan failed to win the b est adapted screenplay Oscar for Philomena with 12 Years A Slave writer John Ridley picking up the prize.
The award for best original screenplay went to Spike Jonze for Her.
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway were among those presenting gongs at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.


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Felonious Friday – Clinton and Margaret Waits Divorce
I'm trying something new on Fridays… posting family tree items related to crime. I haven't found many to-date (thankfully), but will eventually post them all.
This Friday, I have chosen the divorce of my 2nd great grand uncle, Clinton Morris "Clint" Waits, from his wife, Margaret (Kramer) Waits Yontz. The two were married on 4/15/1896 in Pickaway County, Ohio. They had three children, Claude, Mildred, and Helen. Mildred died at the age of three from Whooping Cough, and Helen was stillborn.
Clinton and Margaret divorced in 1926, with the above article appearing in the 11/8/1926 issue of the Lancaster Daily Eagle. The grounds for divorce was Margaret's infidelity. Due to the divorce, she was barred from her dower interest in Clinton's property.
On 12/9/1926, Margaret charged Clinton with attempted murder, and he was arrested by the sheriff in Lancaster, Ohio. Clinton posted $700 bond and his case was bound over to the grand jury. The above article appeared in the 12/10/1926 edition of the Lancaster Daily Eagle.
I have been unable to find any additional articles on the murder charges, but did find Clinton living in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio in 1930 as a farm hand, with Jesse Carpenter and his family. I'm assuming that the case was settled or the charges were dropped. Prior to 1930, Clinton was a glass worker at the Lancaster (OH) Lens Company.
Margaret would later remarry Hamilton Yontz, also a glass worker, on 5/6/1928 in Franklin County, Ohio. In 1930, they lived in Circleville, Ohio. Margaret was employed as a restaurant cook.
Clinton died 3/13/1943 in Lancaster, Ohio from a coronary thrombosis. Margaret died 4/20/1953 in Lancaster, Ohio from coronary occlusion. They, along with their daughters, are buried in Reber Hill Cemetery in Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
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Discussion in 'Other Equipment' started by lgbalfa, Nov 14, 2012.
or will i have to check it in?
My guess is that the carry on policy varies from airline to airline and even plane to plane within an airline depending on the size and type of the plane. Different airports may even enforce their own policies as you attempt to get through their TSA screening.
I'd at least call the airline in advance to see what their policy is and perhaps print out a copy of it to take with you in case a gate agent should happen to challenge you.
I guess if you'll ask them if it's allowed to carry your sticks as carry on, their answer would be "NO". Just read their terms, racquets are considered as possible weapons.
You better just show up at the gate and try to sneak them into the plane.
Over the last years I saw several passengers taking their racquets with them as carry on. Just try to enter the plane with the first wave, otherwise overhead bins might be the problem. Once there's a problem with putting the racquets away in the bins, the flight attendants might notice something.
Just in case you'll have to check the racquets, make sure they are well protected in the racquet bag. Airport personnel will show no mercy!!
Depending on the airline you can usually bring one or two rackets in individual cases or a backpack, but it's not very likely you can pass a 6-pack bag as a hand carry or personal item. You can probably check it in at the gate.
I just carry my rackets in a wheeled tote like this and check it in. There's a hard bottom, throw all your clothes on top for padding.
I did not take a 6 pack bag per se, but in flying to Nationals earlier this year, I carried on 5 racquets in two of the volkl "pull string" bags that I had slung over my shoulder. I called them my "personal item" and no one gave me any problem over it. This was on American Airlines.
I carry my 10 racket bag on the airplane.... Just put it in the overhead bin.
I used that same bag for my primary suitcase for an entire summer.
It always depends on the airline.
Continental, United, etc like the bigger companies with bigger planes will let you.
I don't think it will fit on the smaller aircrafts.
Best bet is to contact customer service with the specs of your bag and sk them.
I carried a KTour bag that has 3 compartments and filled with 5 racquets and a bunch of accessories to Nationals on Soutwest. No problems except for being stopped by TSA in Tucson for having a couple of tennis balls in the bag.
I brought my 6 pack with me on the plane from tampa to chicago, but on the plane out of country I had to put my racquets in my suitcase and stuff my bag with my clothes.
If you are departing from the US you are fine, however if you leave the country you might have to check them on your way back.
When I flew with my racket bag (6 pack) I took everything out except the rackets so that it fit easily in the overhead bins.
I have. The bags make a great substitute to actual luggage and allow you to circumvent fees. Most airlines don't make an issue of carrying them on because the measurements are just right and they're not rigid. One can stuff them in the overhead bins and still compress the sides of the bag, if necessary. The airline industry bleeds money at an unbelievable rate and has resorted to all kinds of nonsensical fees to make money. It's shameful how terrible the airlines have become in this respect.
Check with airline, baggage fees are billions of extra revenue
I have gotten with 12 many times before, but never sure
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Check it.
I carry two racquets in my backpack, and sometimes travel with a 2/3 size guitar which is even longer. Never had a problem.
On my most recent flights around the holidays I saw people hand carrying single rackets and racket backpacks with no problem, but nothing as large as a 6 pack. That said, Delta was allowing only one item to be carried on inclusive of purses/computer bags/personal items due to crowding on flights and anything else would be have to be checked at the gate to your destination. So if you were carrying a purse, a racket, and a computer bag, unless you can fit all three in the computer bag you have to choose which item rides with you.
I carried my Head 10pk Tour bag this past holiday and no one said a single word to me. We flew AirTran to Florida, and Southwest home. It had 7 frames in it at the time.
I did the same last year, and I believe we flew Jet Blue home. Again, no one ever said a word.
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Cleotha Staples Dead, Staple Singers Member Dies at 78
Cleotha Staples, one of the founding members of the renowned Chicago soul and gospel group the Staple Singers, died Thursday (Feb. 21) after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. She was 78.
According to Chicago Tribune, the Mississippi native was suffering with the disease for 12 years and was under 24-hour medical care. Her longtime nurse was with her when she passed away at 11:11 a.m. CT in her condo on the south side, reported her sister, Mavis.
Cleotha, or "Cleedi" as she was affectionately called, was the oldest of the Staple Singers, which consists of her sister Mavis, her brother Pervis and leader Roebuck "Pops" Staples, who passed away in December 2000. Cleotha's sister, Yvonne replaced Pervis many years later.
The group rose to prominence in the late '60s and early '70s with a string of No. 1 R&B hits including 'I'll Take You There,' 'Respect Yourself' and 'If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)' on Stax Records.
"Her twang as a vocalist was unique," said producer Al Bell about Cleotha's vocal contributions to the group. "And it was the color, the spirit and the attitude of Cleotha, too, that made the group special. She was always complimenting, encouraging and pushing everyone else along."
In 1999, Cleotha was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Staple Singers and received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2000.
Cleotha Staples leaves behind her sisters Mavis and Yvonne, and her brother, Pervis. Funeral services are pending.
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I have a new full face helmet with a clear shield. I don't like it because of the sun on my face. I'm considering a new shield in silver mirror, gold or blue reflective. Any advise? I am a passenger.
I have a new full face helmet with a clear shield. I don't like it because of the sun on my face. I'm considering a new shield in silver mirror, gold or blue reflective. Any advise? I am a passenger.
How about a smoke colored shield?
As the person often talking to someone wearing a reflective shield, I can tell you it's a little annoying, particularly when sunny.
~~ Tracy ~~
I use a dark smoke on my Arai in lieu of sunglasses but then I bring the clear shield with me in case I need to ride in the dark or darkish.
2012 F650GS twin
You might want to try a pin lock face shield if it fits your helmet - it let's you add a smoke shield or yellow for hazy days... Without taking off the clear one... Easier than carrying the full shield. I wish they made it for my new helmet....sigh!
Sarah B
'09 R1200GS 'Starbuck' my big silver baby
'13 K1600GTL Graphite Grey... yet unnamed!
maybe it's time for a new helmet. Several manufacturers now make ones with internal visors that are dark.. all of Schuberth's models have this feature, I think.. Scorpion's EXO-1000 does also (the helmet i have).
Tom - MOA #156706, Hayward, CA
2006 BMW R1200GS Adventure, aka "Gretel"
1983 Honda V65 Magna - SOLD
I finally have my Arai Profile helmet back together after finding a good parts supplier online. On a road trip last summer I had to ship my Arai helmet home and switch to an HJC helmet. And that was at a dealer that handled Arai helmets.
I think I have the Arai figured out now, as far as using the release levers, I have a supply of replacement cover plates, and I have put the faceshield back in correctly, but I definitely shy away from changing out a faceshield on the road.
My fleet: 2015 R1200GS, 2017 Toyota Prius Prime (plug-in hybrid)
For as long as I've been riding I've added painter's tape to the top of my face shields. Easy, cheap and effective. Seen here on Annie's helmet.
Kevin Huddy
Tm Pterodactyl MT Outpost
+1 on the painters tape.
Mack McDonald
Garland, Tx.
I bought one of those window-cling tinted sun shades from the baby section at the store a few years ago. I cut a strip out of it that fits along the top (inside) of my clear shield. Works like a pair of shades without having to swap out my glasses. I think that I've seen a "pre-cut" product marketed too in case your not the DIY type.
I just bought a Transitions shield for my Bell Star, it is amazing! I don't carry two shields anymore unless it's a long trip.
More info please? Is that the one that changes or you can change the amount of darkness? Price? Where did you get it?
Patti B
My wife wears a mirrored shield on her Arai at all times, it does not matter when it is overcast or rainy to her. She does not have to drive so why should she? This has been her choice for the last two years and 20,000 miles.


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text: RareCJ8 Report post Posted June 17, 2013 Tired of the hassle dealing with changing out your YJ style frame mounted fuel filter? Me too. Messy and time consuming. Thanks to guidance and suggestions from Moses, this is the new plan: In tank pump exits with 5/16" efi rated hose to a 6 or 8 AN filling into a spin-on fuel filter installed in same location as the old YJ filter. From there another 6 or 8 AN fitting and tie into the metal fuel line that heads forward to engine. Removal and filter replacement will be a simple affair. Ordered the RM350. http://www.fstperformance.com/ In the spirit of redundancy will also install the MOPAR in line 12 volt fuel pump and mount along upper cross member in front of tank. This will be fed from the other tank pick up to a AN fitted pre-filter, then pump and another lead from pump to the new spin on filter, but blanked off. Should the need ever arise to switch pumps, simply unscrew the in tank pump supply line and attach the supply line from aux pump. The unused end will be properly capped off from debris in either case. Then unplug in tank pump from power harness and plug in the aux pump, prime and off we go. While on this project will also add an auto meter dash mounted electronic fuel pressure gauge that will get its signal from the fuel rail schrader valve port. when we go for a long trip and perhaps also tow the pack mule trailer, the rear of jeep tends to sag leading to a nose-high attitude. Not very safe road manners, even with sway bar attached and the departure angle is compromised. Will install a set of gabriel hi jacker air shocks to level the rear end and, as necessary, adjust departure angle on trail obstacles and mitigate smashing the new gas tank! These shocks are 22" extended and 14" collapsed. This will not affect the existing rancho 9000s. In cab will have a dual paddle controller to handle air management duties. like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/320511185841 Once the parts are here, along with new aero tank, etc etc will photo-document the progress of these important and helpful upgrades and post here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Hello all. I'm taking differential equations and our professor has given us the task of using Euler's Method to approximate the value of y in a differential equation. She has also given us the option to do it in a programming language of our choice, since it's just a lot of repetition otherwise. I figured I'm also taking intro to C, so I may as well do it in C.
I'm almost there.
We are supposed to be able to approximate values at x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, & 0.5 and with step size h = 0.1, 0.05, & 0.025. So far, my program gives me the correct answer for all five x values when h = 0.1, but when h = 0.05, it gives the correct answer at x = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3, but when x = 0.4 or 0.5, it goes nuts. I think I have a problem with variable types, but I'm not sure where. I tried replacing all the variable types with doubles, but that didn't help. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Code:#include<stdio.h> #include<math.h> main() { float x; /*defining variables*/ float y; float h; float targetx; puts("This program will solve the differential equation y' = y - x \nusing Euler's Method with y(0)=1/2 \n\n"); puts("Please enter the desired constant step size. (h-value)\n\n"); scanf("%f", &h); /* Defining step size*/ puts("\n\nNow enter the desired x-value to solve for y.\n\n"); scanf("%f", &targetx); y = 0.5; x = 0.0; puts("\n\nX Y"); while ( x != targetx ) { printf("\n\n%f %f", x, y); y = y + ((y - x)*h); x= x+h; } printf("\n\n%f %f\n", x, y); printf("\nThe value of y at the given x is %f.\n\n", y, h); system("pause"); }


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Engineering fear in Dead Space 3
When the original Dead Space was released, arguments raged across the internet as to what genre it belonged to. Some called it a survival horror, while many purists argued that it was an action game.
Jesse Abney, a Producer at Visceral Games who has been working on Dead Space 3 did not hesitate when I suggested the term "action horror" would be a more accurate descriptor. "Sure, that's absolutely what it is," he told me. "We wanted to build a game around epic moments, the crescendos between the tension-building sequences."
"Sure, we could build tension for an hour, with the player creeping through a level, but we want to reward the player with a story beat, the next big moment," he said. "The cinematic sequences help us carry the story and make it a lot bigger and have more punch."
Abney clearly loves the Dead Space property, and cites it as a major reason for his continuing employment with Electronic Arts, the mega-publisher that owns Visceral. "It reinvigorated my enthusiasm for doing that kind of risky, developer-specific, creatively new idea," he enthused. "The genre, the setting, the spaces, the engineering background. Less super-power, more substance. More validity."
Many story details are still being kept under wraps, but some details of the set-up have been revealed. Third time loser Isaac Clarke is once again being thrust unwillingly into the role of action hero, but after everything he has been through he is getting distinctly worse for wear. "We run into Isaac quite ragged and aged, and it's an obvious visual update to Isaac's character," Abney explained.
"We took Isaac out of his couple of months-long recovery after Dead Space 2 and sent him back looking for Ellie Langford in a lost flotilla of ships that were abandoned 200 years in his past," Abney said. The tough-as-nails action heroine of Dead Space 2 has led an expedition to track a Marker signal, but has ended up trapped within a centuries-old flotilla of ships surrounded by a deadly minefield.
"Isaac's ship is torn apart, and he and his crew are forced out into the flotilla to scavenge parts to get themselves to the planet's surface and find the source of the marker signal. When they arrive they find Ellie tracking the signal, and since they lost their ship to the minefield they have to scavenge parts to build another."
Abney explained how the abandoned flotilla was central to the look and gameplay of Dead Space 3. "Those ships bring so much of the character - those tight, claustrophobic corridors, unpowered now, not lit up, they don't have those fancy holographic images everywhere. They're very analogue, very mechanical, which lends to Isaac being an engineer."
While Isaac's status as an engineer has been an important design element throughout the series - his armour is for protection in hostile work environments, not combat, and his weapons are mostly repurposed engineering tools. In Dead Space 3, however, this will be taken to a new level.
"We don't have a store, so we don't have credits to award players with," Abney said. "We created a crafting system based on raw materials and scavenging. By scavenging those materials and those drops from combat, the players are building the individual parts and circuits they need. They're building their health packs, they're building their stasis packs, they're crafting their munitions, and they're crafting the individual core components that make up the larger weapons."
Aside from crafting standard items, this new system will also allow deep weapon customisation, based on snapping together a myriad of different modules. "If you have enough of a certain resource, maybe you could craft a new side attachment, like a stasis coating, which lets you coat the plasma cutter projectile with the stasis effect," Abney said.
I was shown a wide variety of custom weapons, many of them with multiple attacks. One over-the-top example was the classic plasma cutter with a flame thrower on one side and an acid-gun on the other. "It's a metagame in Dead Space, one that we've never had before," Abney explained. "We've had the upgrade paths for weapons and the rig, but weapon crafting and raw resources harness Isaac's natural superpower: being an engineer."
Other new gameplay features are being introduced in this sequel, including the controversial presence of human enemies. In addition to the hideous Necromorphs, Isaac will also be tangling with crazed Unitologist zealots who are seeking the Marker for their own dark purposes.
Abney is enthusiastic about what this human-on-human combat will bring to the game. "This opens up another dimension for the game, and allows a new tangent for the story, affecting how we design the game and what challenges players are going to be up against," he said. "Quite an evolution all the way around."
Another controversial inclusion is the new two-player co-operative mode, but Abney was quick to reassure me that the classic solo gameplay would be undamaged. "Dead Space 3 is a single player game - the exploration, the tension building, it all exists in Dead Space 3, and more," he assured me. "When we decided to approach co-op, we knew it presented us a with a unique opportunity to expand the Dead Space experience with another character who's got another story, another motivation, and has a whole different attitude."
"Players can enjoy the game once in single-player, then invite a friend to re-play it with them, and experience all of the additions that John Carver brings to the table. It's not double the gameplay, per se, but it does motivate people to play the game through twice, because not only are they going to see the kind of cool qualities co-op brings to Dead Space, but they're also going to be learning more story."
Abney laughed and added, "We've heard from some people who have said now that it's co-op they'll actually be able to play the whole game."
Sadly there will be no split-screen co-op, so you won't be able to play side-by-side on the same couch, but only over the internet. Also, co-op is the only multiplayer offering this time around, with Visceral doing away with Dead Space 2's experimentation with competitive multiplayer. Abney explained it as an decision to focus on getting the co-op perfect, saying, "We wanted to do one thing and do it well."
And did they do it well? You will be able to find out for yourself tomorrow when Dead Space 3 goes on sale across Australia.
- James "DexX" Dominguez
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A PALO ALTO MYSTERY ... John Orr, a writer, musician and Daily News arts and entertainment editor, has written and self-published a mystery/sorcery/thriller called "Someone Dark Has Found Me, a George Siofra Story." With its Palo Alto setting, readers will quickly resonate with the references to the local coffee shops, parks and homeless characters. The book is available through Amazon and local bookstores. Information: www.triviana.com
AUTHOR AUTHOR ... Upcoming authors at Keplers, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, include Adam Johnson, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Orphan Master's Son," in conversation with Anthony Marra, author of "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" (July 12, 7:30 p.m.); Bertrand M. Patenaude, "The Sun Never Sets: Reflections on a Western Life: Memoirs of L.W. 'Bill' Lane" (July 16, 7:30 p.m.); Scott Johnson, "The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, A Son, and the CIA" (July 17, 7:30 p.m.); Nina Schuyler, "The Translator" (July 18, 7:30 p.m.); L. Tam Holland, "The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong" (July 23, 7 p.m.); Ivy Pochoda, "Visitation Street" (July 24, 7:30 p.m.); Katie Hafner in conversation with Abraham Verghese, "Mother, Daughter, Me: A Memoir" (July 25, 7:30 p.m.); Robin Chapman, "California Apricots: The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley" (July 30, 7:30 p.m.); Andrew Sean Greer, "The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells" (Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m.); Tracy Guzeman in conversation with Ellen Sussman, "The Gravity of Birds" (Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.). Information: www.keplers.com.
BOOK LAUNCH ... Books Inc. at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto hosts Meg Waite Clayton, who will read from her latest novel, "The Wednesday Daughters" (July 16, 7 p.m.), and Chris Bohjalian, author of "The Light in the Ruins," a re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet at the end of World War II (July 19, 7 p.m.). Books Inc., Mountain View (301 Castro St.) will host Mac Barnett, "Count the Monkeys," an interactive children's book (July 20, 4 p.m.); and Richard Kadrey, reads from the latest installment of the Sandman Slim series, "Kill City Blues" (July 31, 7 p.m.). Information: www.booksinc.net.
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Heavily armed veteran arrested after stealing cruiser, standoff
A massive manhunt for a heavily armed man in a helmet and body armor, suspected of stealing cruiser before abandoning it, ended last night
By O'Ryan Johnson, Bob McGovern
Boston Herald
SOUTH HAMPTON, N.H. — A massive manhunt for a heavily armed man in a helmet and body armor, suspected of stealing a New Hampshire State Police cruiser before abandoning it, ended last night when the suspect slipped back through a police cordon and was taken into custody in his own home, authorities said.
Anthony Reardon, 44, a Navy vet, had earlier confronted officers who arrived at his home in an armed standoff, followed by an exchange of gunfire before he commandeered a Kensington police cruiser, took off, crashed and then fled on foot, authorities said.
New Hampshire State Police Maj. Dave Parenteau said a state police cruiser and a Kensington cruiser were first on the scene at 81 Highland Ave. at 4:23 p.m. for what he described as a "well-being check." There was no immediate information on what prompted the check.
"They attempted to get him to drop his firearms. He refused and the officers took cover," Parenteau said. Police said it appeared Reardon was dressed in tactical gear when police arrived.
Kensington police Chief Mike Sielicki said there appeared to have been "an exchange of gunfire."
After Reardon fled into the nearby woods, cops cordoned off the area and asked residents in Kensington and Amesbury, Mass., to stay indoors for hours while they hunted for Reardon.
The roadblocks took their toll on locals, as families coming home from work were separated from children.
At about 8 p.m., cops found Reardon back inside his home, surrounded it with SWAT teams and arrested him.
Parenteau said it was unclear how Reardon managed to elude the massive police presence and get back into his house. He said no officers were injured.
Parenteau said Reardon was hospitalized for an evaluation, but said he did not know the name of the hospital.
He said police still were determining what charges to bring against him. He said the FBI also had joined the investigation.
Sielicki said officers have "dealt with" Reardon in the past, but Parenteau said the man's records are part of the investigation that they were just now undertaking.
"Anytime you're dealing with weapons, it's a dangerous situation," Sielicki said.
Numerous Massachusetts troopers — including K-9 units and a tactical weapons team — were called to stand by at the state border because the suspect was believed to have "some connection" with Amesbury, according to Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio. They were later called in to assist New Hampshire police.
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