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Forever underrated despite being an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) world champion, Frankie Edgar brings the ruckus with a chip on his shoulder and the tireless desire to prove that the guy in front of him simply doesn't want it as badly.
And who can argue?
Since taking the title from B.J. Penn, he's proven to be one of the most improved products in mixed martial arts (MMA), showcasing a nifty, ultra-busy stand up style that mixes in great movement, footwork and a work rate that few can match.
Small for 155 pounds, he finds a way to win, with an outstanding sixth sense of what to do in a crisis, be it a mat scramble, dangerous exchange, or simply having his bell rung by Gray Maynard so badly that the most rational cageside bettors would lay 3-1 he wouldn't finish the round.
But thus far, he always has, and he still holds the belt because of it.
His opponent in the UFC 144 main event tonight (Feb. 25, 2012) at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, Ben Henderson poses a compelling challenge. With his southpaw stance, improved striking and power, he's steamrolled three UFC opponents, showing the kind of complete game that's much better than the relatively one-dimensional one that won him the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) belt.
Punishing wins over Jim Miller and Clay Guida showed Henderson to be, perhaps, the most overpowering grappler presently in the UFCs Lightweight division.
Follow me after the jump for a complete breakdown of the UFC 144 fight between Frankie Edgar vs Ben Henderson:
The Breakdown
Henderson's improved stand up has come a long way in recent fights, proving serviceable enough for him to present a credible threat on the feet, which has opened up his great takedowns and suffocating top game. "Smooth" makes excellent decisions from that position -- witness how brutally he worked over the incredibly tough Jim Miller, delivering vicious elbows in spots, improving position in others, and giving a real clinic on how to control, punish and demoralize a world-class opponent.
He also looked outstanding in his decision win over Clay Guida, one of the toughest outs in the division. Henderson's phenomenal upper-body strength is one asset, backed by tree-trunk legs that make him incredibly hard to take down. He's also submission-proof, with freakish flexibility. Henderson is a fighter who has really come into his own since going on a 3-0 run in the UFC, hence him landing a title shot here.
The Pick
Henderson has stated that catching Edgar is the hard part, while taking him down -- once locked up -- is not. But therein lies the fallacy – Edgar's blend of movement, angles and timing on his strikes is a kind of impenetrable rhythm, somewhat like bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz, albeit without as many crazy feints and bodily histrionics.
Edgar avoided most of Maynard's takedown attempts because he never stays in front of his opponents, unless he's whapping a quick strike or combination, and then he vanishes. Edgar's ability to explode out of tie-ups and to scramble will be key because it's Henderson's crushing upper-body strength that will be integral to him slowing down the bout, pressing Edgar against the cage, and draining him of energy.
To say nothing of taking him down and holding him there, which is where Edgar could absorb significant damage. Gameplans are everything when you're the smaller fighter, and Edgar's key priority is to win the battle on the feet. Henderson's left kick is a thudding one, and his weapon -- he doesn't try to do more than he should standing, which is throw quality strikes and then close the gap to force a wrenching, clinching, eventual ground fight.
Over five rounds, it's not hard to see Henderson winning a couple rounds, and certainly not ringing Edgar's bell. The former WEC champ is incredibly gifted and strong, and he'll land more on the feet than most people would think, especially give his southpaw stance, which he uses smartly to attack on straight lines, which is the lefty's natural advantage.
But, Edgar's deeper realm of the stand up game – kicks, combos, angles and tireless rhythm – will eventually force Henderson to take medium and low-percentage shots as the bout wears on. Expect Henderson to get a takedown or two early, but few fighters scramble up and away from their back as quickly and effectively as Edgar. "The Answer" will rally hard down the stretch in a close fight, landing more on the feet as the fourth and fifth round drag on, with Henderson tiring from chasing him and trying to corral the elusive champ.
They will let it all hang out in an epic fifth round, with Edgar mixing in takedowns and some gut-check style flurries to take a memorable decision win to retain his title.
Edgar via decision
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With BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Bernard Scott missing most of the preseason, it's stalled Cincinnati's ground game to a halt. Pathetic would actually be an upgrade from what we've seen the past two weeks. But it's preseason. That's right. I forgot that there's a big red button that reads "Help" and everything works in synchronous harmony. Sorry. I tend to get a little concerned when there's no established trends, even during the preseason. Anyway. Currently the team's roster is largely set, with The Law Firm and the Delicate One leading the one-two combination, followed by Brian Leonard, Cedric Peerman and Chris Pressley at fullback.
However Scott's return for the regular season opener against the Baltimore Ravens isn't assured, writes Kevin Kelly with the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Running back Bernard Scott, who injured his right hand in practice Aug. 2, tells Lewis that he will be ready for the Sept. 10 season opener at Baltimore. The likelihood of that happening will hinge on how soon the medical staff clears Scott to start practicing.
"He's got to get to the point where the doctor gets to where he removes his hardware and then releases him fully to us," Lewis said. "He's working on conditioning, working on carrying the ball and doing those things he's got to do now.
"The one thing is our running backs haven't taken many shots in the preseason. So that's probably a good thing."
Now that's optimistic, Marvin. As for Green-Ellis, Kelly writes, he's practiced this week but his participation this Thursday is unknown.


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The Pinellas School Board is being sued for injuries allegedly inflicted in a bullying incident at Largo Middle School in February 2012. The petition only identifies the victim by the initials "E.D." and his mother by the initials "R.D." and has not yet been served on the school system.
It says the boy was kicked by another student so hard one of his testicles was removed.
This allegedly happened after the victim was bullied in the gymnasium area of the school while a substitute teacher played basketball with other students. The lawsuit says the injured boy has Asperger's Syndrome, which is a form of autism, and that behavioral issues with other students were well-documented.
"The school board knew what they needed to provide, they knew what his problems were, and they basically did not provide what he needed," Orlando attorney Jeremy Weinsier told FOX 13 News.
The lawsuit refers to state laws that require education programs that are tailored to an individual student's special needs.
The Pinellas school system is on a summer schedule and nobody was available to answer questions. However, historically, governmental entities do not comment on pending litigation. Weinsier provided a notice of the initial complaint filed with the school system dated March 10, 2012.
Friday, he said "They've completely denied any responsibility for the incident."
The lawsuit claims damages in excess of $15,000, but the attorney said that is not the mother's primary motivation.
"Her biggest concern here is that this doesn't happen to other students," Weinsier said.
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Children, more and more often, are being targeted by identity thieves because kids have clean financial records that allow identity thieves to fly under the radar for years after they use a child's stolen identity.
October 16-22 is National Protect Your Identity Week and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is raising awareness about the child variety with a host of useful information on its IDTheftInfo.org website.
When someone steals your identity, you don't wander around aimlessly like some John or Jane Doe. Instead, someone pilfers enough of your personal identifying information — name, address, Social Security Number, drivers license, credit and financial account numbers, and the like — then masquerades as you to make purchases, withdraw cash or otherwise undermine your financial assets and your name.
The crime could cost you money lost outright and money to repair your credit. It could also temporarily — but for quite a while — put the kibosh on your attempts to land a mortgage, refinance, get a credit card and proceed with other financial activity.
For kids, it can be even worse.
"Children today are being targeted for identity theft because their records are clean – they don't have bad credit or other types of fraud associated with their names or Social Security numbers," said Susan Grant, CFA's Director of Consumer Protection. "That makes children's personal information very attractive to identity thieves to use for employment, open credit accounts, and other illegal purposes," Grant added.
Kids also have become easy targets for ID thieves because of the exposure offered by popular social networking sites on the Internet. In their naiveté, kids are too often willing to give out information that can be used fraudulently. Parents also contribute to the problem when they don't take care to secure their kid's personal information.
The Federal Trade Commission reported that victims age 19 and under accounted for 8 percent of the identity theft complaints that it received in 2010.
Time isn't on their side
It can be years before a child's stolen identity is discovered.
"Child identity theft is often not discovered until the victims become adults and try to get jobs, apartments, or loans for college," said Ms. Grant. "Parents need to take steps now to reduce the risk of someone stealing their child's identity," Grant said.
It can be even worse for foster children, because they often lack a family support system to see them through the ordeal, according to California Office of Privacy Protection, A Better Start: Clearing Up Credit Records for California Foster Children, which outlines a pilot project on how to determine if foster children are identity theft victims and, if they are, steps to take to cure the problem.
Matt Cullina, CEO of Identity Theft 911 and a member of CFA's Identity Theft Service Best Practices Working Group, offers the following tips to ward off identity theft.
• Guard you child's Social Security card and other documents containing their Social Security number. Only carry them when needed for a specific purpose. Also, don't leave Social Security or other identification information lying around the house, office or school where others can see it.
• If a child's personal Social Security number is requested, ask why. It may not be necessary, or other information could be used as an alternative. If you must provide a child's Social Security number, ask how it will be used, who will have access to it, and how it will be protected from fraudulent use. If the information is not going to be retained, ask how it will be destroyed or returned to you.
• Cross-shred documents containing children's Social Security numbers and other personal information before disposing of them.
• Don't post children's pictures online. Many digital cameras have geocoding features that embed the location where the pictures were taken. This can help identity thieves link children's names to their addresses.
• Don't give children their Social Security numbers until they understand how and why to protect them.
• As your children age, make sure they understand the risks of social networking and the need to keep sensitive personal information private. Teach them to create strong passwords, avoid accepting friend requests from strangers, and to be careful when clicking on links or taking quizzes. The Federal Trade Commission also offers excellent information about protecting children's privacy.
• Parents should watch for signs of child identity theft such as preapproved offers of credit, bills, and debt collection notices in a child's name. Parents should only check for credit reports related to their children if there is reason to suspect that identity theft has occurred. Children shouldn't have credit reports associated with their names and Social Security numbers. Checking for a credit report can actually create a credit report identity thieves could then exploit.
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STAFF WRITER | February 14,2013MANCHESTER — A local engineering firm has submitted a proposal for redeveloping a shopping plaza on Depot Street and expanding Price Chopper, but officials at Price Chopper said Thursday they know nothing about the proposal and didn't request it.
The Development Review Board is scheduled to hear a proposal Wednesday for redevelopment of the Manchester Shopping Center Plaza.
In a letter that accompanied a preliminary site plan, Ellis Speath, of Speath Engineering in Manchester, said the proposal would involve demolition of 21,200 square feet of building space in the plaza. The plaza is now roughly L-shaped but the proposal would add about 20,700 square feet straight out to the northwest.
The proposed development would add about 14,300 square feet of space to the existing Price Chopper supermarket and leave about 6,400 square feet for other uses.
The letter said the proposal would add 50 parking spaces, giving the plaza more than 190 spaces, and improve the circulation and the ease with which trucks can be unloaded.
Speath said that if the plan was approved as proposed, it would double the size of the supermarket.
However, Mona Golub, a spokeswoman for Price Chopper, said the plan was not made on behalf of Price Chopper and the company's officials have not seen them.
"Price Chopper has no plans to expand the Manchester store," she said.
Golub said she believed the plan may have been created at the request of a prospective buyer for the shopping plaza. Staff at Speath Engineering said on Thursday they couldn't comment on whose behalf they submitted the proposal.
Town records list the owner of the plaza as Manchester Holdco S.C. LLC. No contact information could be found for the owner on Thursday afternoon.
As submitted, the redevelopment of the plaza would not affect stores to the east of Price Chopper but would remove the businesses to the west. One of those is Manchester's only movie theater, the Village Picture Shows.
The theater's owners, Shelly and Jeff Gibson, have started a campaign through online crowd-funding site Kickstarter to raise $175,000 and update the movie theater to install digital equipment.
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Hello fellow Falcons fans. I thought I'd take a moment to share a few thoughts on what I saw out of the pre-season game last night. Before I go any further though, I'd like to remind everyone that this is just the preseason, so none of this is a true indicator of what we'll see in the regular season. After all, the Lions went 4-0 in the 2008 preseason before promptly losing 16 straight games. That said, I do think we can see initial indications of how players are looking and how things are progressing.
Ryan looked as comfortable as I've ever seen him. It was nice to see him start in the no-huddle. Even when he was outside of the pocket, he seemed poised and confident. His passes (minus the interception) were near perfect and he showed that talk about having a weak arm was just wrong. He's not throwing lasers, but he can make all the throws.
Redman looked like a guy heading towards retirement. Granted, he didn't have long in the pocket, but he's looking less and less like a capable #2. I hate to see it, because I really like the guy.
John Parker Wilson - I'm glad he got the time that he did. He sufficiently proved to me that he should not be in the NFL anymore. The guy consistently put the ball in the dirt and looked absolutely lost most of the time. Even though he showed some nice leadership at times, he couldn't even properly manage a 2 minute drill, using timeouts poorly. This guy needs to go.
Dominique Davis - I don't want to overstate it, but he has potential. He has a good arm, good mobility and definitely looked better than the other non-Ryan QBs. Granted, he was going against 3rd team, but he showed some confidence in the pocket. It would not surprise me to see him on the roster in a few weeks.
Offensive Line:
This was the one area I was paying the most attention to, and often would rewind the DVR to get a better look at how things were going. First, let me say this: Sam Baker had a pretty good game. He looked much better than he did last year, and the left side of the line seemed to hold up pretty well for Ryan.
However, the Center and RG spots were less impressive. Going against Ngata will do that to you. We saw a good bit of Hawley + Reynolds at C/RG and it was not pretty. They got blown up a few times, forcing Ryan to scramble. If Reynolds stays as #1 on the depth chart at RG, I'll be shocked.
Once some of the other guys came in, it got interesting. Though they got beat early, Konz (RG) and M. Johnson (RT) seemed to settle down and do a good job on the right side of the line. The left side, with Andrew Jackson at LG and Svitek at LT, didn't impress as much. It wasn't terrible, but going against a 2nd and 3rd team defense is not exactly premiere competition either.
Based on what I saw, my guess is we'll see Konz and/or M. Johnson get a chance in the first quarter next week, especially with how RGGR - or as I call him, "the human red carpet" - played in his chances.
Running Backs:
Turner up the gut for 3. That was about all I remember from MT, and to me, it looked like he just didn't have that step anymore. His burst from 2008 and 2010 seems to be all but gone. I'm hoping it is from being timid because of the OLine rotation and new fullbacks, but his performance was underwhelming.
Jaquizz made the most of the opportunities. On several occasions, he picked up positive yards when he should have gone down in the backfield. When he didn't have lanes, he still found ways to push the pile and his 2 yard TD run showed just how much power this mighty-mite has. I'm going to be very curious to see how the RB battle plays out. If last night was any indication, MT may end up taking a back-seat in this newly refined offense.
Tight Ends:
TG seemingly took the night off, but he's solid as always, so no worries there.
Michael Palmer made a few nice catches, but also showed his blocking ability has really taken a step forward as well. He's shaping up to be a very solid TE. He won't be the next Graham or Gronk, but he's a dependable option that Ryan can use.
The new guys failed to impress, with Lamark Brown and Aron White both exhibiting butter fingers which lead to turnovers. Not a great way to impress the coaches.
I refuse to say anymore about Julio than this: What he did last night was criminal, and he is going to sky-rocket this year. Enough said.
Roddy had some nice catches and in limited opportunities, seemed as reliable as always.
Even though Meier was on the field a good bit, he never got to touch the ball - which is not his fault. Playing opposite of JJ can do that.
Drew Davis showed some nice route running, and some decent hands, though he didn't actually pull a couple of those passes in. I didn't see anything notable out of the other receivers, although Kevin Cone did see some action on special teams.
Defensive Ends:
Sadly (or positively) we didn't get to see too much out of our expected starters. The beer-man did record a sack, and it was obvious that Flacco was getting pressured consistently, so this does bode well.
The more encouraging sign came from our other guys. Sidbury didn't get a sack, but he demonstrated his great speed and was consistently around the ball. Massaqoui also showed some promise, though he showed his rawness, getting beat on the edges a few times. Matthews looked solid as well, so it looks like we have some decent depth at this position.
Defensive Tackles:
This was another area I was paying special attention to, as there are some definite question marks about our depth. I'm not as concerned anymore, though I reserve the right to be cautious about my optimism. As mentioned earlier, our front 4 seemed to get good pressure on Flacco (forcing two straight 3 and outs).
In particular, it was nice to see Peria Jerry getting great penetration and recording a couple of tackles. Additionally, I was particularly impressed with Travian Robertson. All of the camp talk about this kid being strong looks legit. He was constantly pushing the pile, and on a few occasions, I saw the Ravens move to double-teaming him to slow him down. If he keeps this up, he could end up in the permanent rotation this year - which would be huge for a seventh rounder.
Weatherspoon looked like a natural leader out there and his energy clearly was a spark for the entire D. Even though he didn't record a sack, you could tell he was causing some havoc, as the offense had to account for where he was lining up. And even though Ray Rice delivered the stiff-arm of doom to him, Stephen Nicholas showed great coverage chops - knocking a ball away on third down. Dent didn't appear to be much of a factor, concussion not withstanding.
The surprise of the night for me was Robert James. Our blessed practice squader showed tremendous speed and looks like a very nice fit for Nolan's scheme. He was consistently around the ball and his speed stood out. If he keeps this up, he may make a hard charge for being on the active roster every Sunday.
Sadly, our safeties - outside of the first quarter - appeared to be somewhat lost. They allowed too much space and got burned a good bit. However, Charles Mitchell did show some flashes of play making ability and did break up a nice pass in the 3rd quarter. I think Shann's days on the roster may be coming to an end, and Chris Hope probably needs more time to adjust to the Nolan way.
Finally - our much discussed position of strength appeared to be so, as Flacco could not connect for any meaningful yards against our starters. Between the front four pressure and our starters covering well, it was a completely different defense out there.
Once you got into the 2nd and 3rd string, though, the pain started. First - even though he did record a reception - I'll be surprised if McClain makes it another 2 weeks. He was regularly torched and just looked completely lost out there. And while Franks made a strong case for being on the roster with his beautiful punt return, he showed that he's still very raw in coverage. Even my favorite - Darrin Walls - didn't look particularly impressive out there. I don't know if that speaks to the quality of the Ravens 2nd and 3rd team offenses, but it didn't bode well for these guys trying to make the roster.
All in all, I think the first preseason game went as well as can be expected. Our starters showed immediate, measurable improvement and some of our 2nd and 3rd stringers showed great promise that could materialize as early as this season.
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This weekend I had a debate with a couple of Saints and non-Saints fans about our upcoming Free Agency situation and who should be a priority. For the record the Saints top free agents are...Drew Brees, Robert Meachem, Carl Nicks, Marques Colston, Tracy Porter, Shaun Rogers and Aubrayo Franklin. As expected, we were all in agreement that Brees is clearly the top priority, but after that we were all in debate. I felt that the our signings should come in the following order of priority...
1. Brees
2. Nicks
3. Colston
4. Franklin
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You'll notice that I didn't list Rogers as I feel that he just ain't worth the money, but wanted to bring it to my CSC brethren and see what you guys think should be the priority of free agents signed.


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A chilly October air mass settled into New England Thursday and will stay with us. Friday and Saturday will be cold. A FROST ADVISORY is posted for coastal areas all the way to the Cape Cod bridges, except for the City of Boston. I do think there is the risk of frost there as well, though, especially Saturday morning.
Clouds will increase Saturday afternoon as a warm front passes to our west, but the day will be dry. The cold front swings through Sunday morning with scattered showers. The skies will brighten in time for the Patriots game at Gillette Stadium. Game time temperature will be in the mid-50s. The next possibility of rain comes for Halloween, at least according to one of our computer models. We are keeping it dry for now.
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"New Record Low for Conforming Loans"by Tim Manni
All things considered, last week was a pretty good one for not only Wall Street, but for Main Street as well. According to the latest issue of HSH's Market Trends Newsletter, New Record Low for Conforming Loans, "After a big Wall Street "rally," it's not an uncommon pattern for some reversal to take place. A week ago, a Fed-announced plan to purchase certain Treasuries caused about a half-percent decline in 10-year Treasury yields, the biggest one-day move in several decades. [Last] week, a considerable portion of that was given back amid warmer economic news and lots of available supply. Even so, conforming mortgage rates fell to a new low as consumer demand picked up sharply."
"That 10-year Treasury yield slipped from 3.02% on Tuesday 3/17 to 2.51% on Wednesday, 3/21… but more or less rose steadily to 2.81% this Wednesday before backing off some. As discussed here last week, the once-mighty influence of the 10-year TCM on mortgage rates has become less mighty in the past year or so, and we thought only half of the rally might make it through to the average 30-year FRM. With a daily decline last week from 5.15% Wednesday to Thursday's 4.94%, that's almost exactly what we got. Since then, though, rates have reversed course, again following to some degree the reversal in yields of the Treasury. The 4.94% of last Thursday turned into a 5.06% figure by this Wednesday, an increase slightly less than one-half that seen in the 10-year TCM."
"For the week, the overall average for fixed-rate mortgage money measured by HSH's Fixed-Rate Mortgage Indicator eased by eight basis points (.08%) to close the final full week of March at 5.54% The FRMI's 5/1 Hybrid companion shed six basis points, finishing HSH's weekly survey at 5.30%. Jumbo 30-year FRMs trended back by thirteen basis points to 6.50% (an average that puts it on par with those seen back in May 2007), and the final weekly average for 30-year conforming FRMs nudged six basis points lower from last week to a new record low of 5.01% + 0.27 points."
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Final Shuttle Landing Doesn't End Stennis Space Center's Key Role in U.S. Space LaunchesBy Rhonda Miller | Published 21 Jul 2011 12:33am |
With the landing of the shuttle Atlantis, a proud chapter in America's space program comes to an end. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis has played a pivotal role in space missions. And as MPB's Rhonda Miller reports, that role doesn't end with the final flight of the shuttle.
Stennis will continue to test rocket engines that launch vehicles into space. Stennis Director Patrick Scheuermann says as part of NASA, the center will continue to evolve with the nation's space program.
"NASA is currently in the closing discussions of what's going to come after the space shuttle program. And it's the space launch system," Scheuermann says. "We're very confident that space launch system is going to have liquid engines, which is what Stennis Space Center does, to test. And those engines are going to be showing up here again for the next several decades, just like Apollo, like shuttle. And we'll keep people busily employed in this region here for 30 or 40 years."
No layoffs are planned at Stennis. More than 5,000 people work at the Stennis complex.
Scheuermann said Stennis will continue to keep Mississippi connected to the forefront of space exploration.
"We have an incredible set of opportunities that are here. Not only do we have the NASA mission that we're on the ciritical path to get us beyond low earth orbit at the next destination, be it back to the moon, or on to Mars or some Deep Space rendezvous with an asteroid. We're gonna be on the front end of developing those rocket engines," Scheuermann said.
At the Stennis visitors center, children and adults catch the excitement of space exploration. Jarah Lewis is an elementary teacher from Dallas, Texas.
"I hope they continue the space program and I think space is a good place for us to explore. I would love to see more space in the schools, too. And the kids in school love all of the space activities that you could possibly do.," Lewis says.
At Stennis, the excitement of space is in the daily work. For example, Stennis is currently working on a project to test engines for a company called Orbital Sciences. Those engines will help deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
Lewis taught science in her elementary classroom and said she'd like to see more space shuttles launched.
Cargo to the space station. Maybe some of those children visiting stennis space center will one day be working on the next project going into space.
Rhonda Miller. MPB News. Biloxi.
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GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in Sebastian County say a man holding his mother at knifepoint was shot and wounded by a deputy.
Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck says the shooting happened early Thursday at a home at the intersection of U.S. 71 and Arkansas 10. Hollenbeck says a Sebastian County deputy and a Greenwood police officer found a man holding a knife to his mother's chest when they arrived at about 4 a.m.
Hollenbeck tells Fort Smith television station KHBS (http://bit.ly/12j4lxP ) that the deputy shot the man once in the shoulder. The man was then taken to hospital, where he is under the supervision of a guard.
Authorities say the deputy and police officer have been placed on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.
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Publication date: 30 July 2013
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Improvements to learning and teaching spaces this summer
Publication date: 30 July 2013
A range of centrally bookable learning and teaching spaces are being upgraded over the summer in order to provide a more pleasant working environment and enhanced facilities.
"Truly interdisciplinary": postgrad supervisors discuss first Global Citizenship Programme
Publication date: 25 July 2013
June 2013 saw UCL's first ever Global Citizenship Programme, a two-week, post-exam course for first-year undergraduates. Supervision and guidance came from postgraduate students, three of whom share their experiences here.
Summer school teaches teens film animation skills
Publication date: 23 July 2013
Tech-savvy teens keen to pick up digital animation skills are creating their own films at a UCL-based summer school.
Developing students' academic writing at UCL
Publication date: 19 July 2013
Abbie Willett reports on an event designed to draw together the various people at UCL who are interested in developing students' writing.
Student perspective: my first year on the BASc
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Avy Tennison shares the highs and lows of her first year on UCL's pioneering Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc) degree course.
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Paul Walker, Principal Teaching Fellow in CALT, reports on the 'Media-Savvy Teaching' workshop and shares some of the techniques the participants learned.
Teachers and support staff rewarded for excellence at dual awards ceremony
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The efforts of some of UCL's best teaching and support staff were recognised last week at a ceremony celebrating both the Provost's Teaching Awards and the new Student Choice Teaching Awards.
UCL to be a "key player" in developing Elutec curriculum
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Ruth Umerah, Principal of the UCL-sponsored university technical college Elutec, explains why the new school will be unique and discusses how she envisages UCL being involved.
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2013 Project Scholarship awards $1,000 to Republic and Tonasket high school seniors
This year's awards went to Republic senior Stephanie Wilson and senior Megan Beyers from Tonasket. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship to attend the college of their choice. Ms. Wilson will be attending Eastern Washington University pursuing a major in chemistry and Ms. Beyer will major in exercise science at Pacific Lutheran University. Project Scholarship applications for the current school year may be submitted beginning in March and are due by May first. Donations to Project Scholarship are tax-deductible. Since 1996, Kettle Range Conservation Group's Project Scholarship has contributed over $43,000 in scholarships to seniors from Ferry, Stevens, and Okanogan counties. For more information click on Project Scholarship in the left column.
Curlew Job Corps Instrumental in Opening Historic Kettle Crest Trail
The historic Big Lick Trail in the Kettle River Range was finally cleared of a maze-like tangle of downed trees that had made it completely impassable even to the most rugged outdoors person. Volunteers from Kettle Range Conservation Group and Curlew Job Corps Forestry students put in a herculean effort requiring seven days and 366 person hours to clear 5.5 miles of trail of many hundreds of downed trees that in some locations were piled into twisted trunks and branches over 7 feet deep. Read more: CLICK HERE
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Cape Town is diverse in so many ways. Take our weather: You have to be prepared for four seasons in one day. Walking around the company's gardens to work and back home every day, I realized that I live in the most beautiful city in the world. There's Table Mountain and Lion's Head, where you can take a rucksack and pack red wine, goat cheese, and crackers or dinner and hike for 45 minutes. Get there, take a deep breath, pop your wine open, and just appreciate the view of Robben Island and the city of Cape Town. This is my city. This is where I live. This is the place I call home.
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The big New Year's Eve in Times Square celebration has an Erie connection this year. The Grammy-winning, platinum-selling band Train, whose lead singer is Erie native Pat Monahan, will perform at the world's biggest New Year's Eve celebration, in New York.
The band will cover John Lennon's "Imagine" just before the big ball drop at midnight. Train will also perform the hit song, "Mermaid" on NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daily.
If you're out and about with New Year's Eve plans of your own, you can watch a commercial free Webcast of the Times Square celebration on our web sites at wicu12.com or wsee.tv. The live stream runs from 5:50 PM New Year's Eve, until 12:15 AM January 1, 2013.


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Updated 4:58pm Friday 7th February 2014 in Sport By Andy Naylor, Chief sports reporter
Albion development forward Brennan Dickenson has joined League Two basement club Northampton Town on loan for the rest of the season.
It is the 20-year-old's third spell out on loan since joining the Seagulls from Dorchester Town for an undisclosed fee two years ago.
Dickenson previously had stints in League Two with Chesterfield and AFC Wimbledon.
He goes straight into contention for the team now managed by former Albion defender Chris Wilder for tomorrow's home game against Plymouth Argyle.
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There is some good news. You can rock right over your plaster ceilings. Use 3/8-inch drywall and 2-inch drywall screws in the ceiling joists.
Make no mistake, this is lot of work. But, especially in this economy, it's worth the time it will take to avoid the cost of a new foundation.
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May 21
Athletics Names 'Outstanding Performers'
A total of nine Whitman student athletes are the latest recipients of athletic achievement awards given annually by the athletic department. Read More
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Artis Revives Hoops, Shares Men's Trophy
Justin Artis, the only senior on a resurgent Whitman basketball team that enjoyed its best season in 25 years, is co-winner of the 2011 R.V. Borleske Trophy. Read More
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Elise Otto Nets Women's Borleske Trophy
Elise Otto, one of the most decorated players in the history of Whitman women's tennis, is the 2011 winner of the Mignon Borleske Trophy. Read More
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Undefeated "ET" Shares Men's Borlekse
Etienne Moshevich, a spirited competitor who helped men's tennis post a remarkable 68-0 conference record over the past four seasons, is co-winner of the 2011 winner of the R.V. Borleske Trophy. Read More
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Whitman Athletics Hands Out Annual Awards
It was a time to celebrate as Whitman Athletics held its annual Awards Recognition program last week at Reid Center. Read More
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Whitties Collect Blue Mtn. Finalist Plaques
Representatives of Whitman athletics collected three finalist plaques at Wednesday night's 35th Annual Blue Mountain Sports Awards. Read More
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Four Whits Earn All-NWC Baseball Honors
Senior captains Erik Korsmo and Jay Richards, along with freshmen Cam Young and Aaron Cohen, have earned All-NWC baseball honors. Read More
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Richards Makes Academic All-Distrct Team
Jay Richards, a senior second baseman who led the Whitman baseball team in hitting this spring, has earned Academic All-District honors. Read More
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The Whitman athletics program has finalists in three categories at Wednesday's 35th Annual Blue Mountain Sports Awards. Read More
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Fan letter sent: January 21, 2014.
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On the same day I that received autographed cards from Raphael Diaz, I also received signed cards from former NHLer Chris Kotsopoulos. Coincidentally, I sent letters out to both of them on the exact same day.
Kotsopoulos broke into the NHL with the New York Rangers, spent the next four seasons with the Hartford Whalers and then the four after that with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He signed with the Detroit Red Wings, but only played two games with them -- and the rest in the AHL -- in the final year of his career.
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My favorite quote: "He was hands-down the best player I've seen all summer, no doubt about it," an American League scout said. He showed me 70 range and he was running balls down everywhere—left field, right field. You just need one outfielder, almost." Does anyone else suspect this kid will end up being a WAR machine? He also was rated the #3 prospect in the Southern League (which BA said was the strongest league in terms of prospects this year). Hellickson was rated #9.


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MT2: Curry- " I think its about that time to just really keep the grand scheme of my career on the forefront and worry about that so I'm not coming back next year and we have a healthy lineup and I'm the only one that's banged up. I don't want that to be the case. At this time, we're just waiting to see what the next step is. Still don't know." Sounds like he'll be shut down the rest of the year (as if you needed anymore confirmation). Good to see he realizes the grand scheme of things.


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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A West Texas museum has purchased two old mules and euthanized them for a farm display.
The American Museum of Agriculture in Lubbock says in a statement that the two mules were purchased from a local horse and mule trader after a long search for already preserved animals came up empty.
One mule was 28 years old. The other was 32.
The mules were euthanized and will eventually be put on display.
Museum officials say the mules would have otherwise been transported to Mexico and slaughtered.
Responding to criticism over the move, the museum said in the statement released Monday that the real animals will allow visitors to get a more accurate picture of how mules are used in the field.
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David Oliver edged Terrence Trammell by .05 seconds to win the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials and give the Denver native his first Olympic berth. He reached the final in Beijing and earned a bronze medal, then gained his biggest victory to date at the 2008 World Athletics Final.
Was the September, 2007 Berlin ISTAF Golden League meet a sign of things to come? Perhaps, but not at Beijing. Oliver won the Berlin event in 13.25 seconds to beat a strong field that included Dayron Robles of Cuba. In Beijing, however, Robles took the gold while Oliver settled for bronze.
The best of times:
Oliver set a personal best of 12.95 seconds early in 2008, then matched his PR at the Olympic Trials.
Career highlights:
Oliver gained his first American championship when he won the 2008 U.S. Indoor 60-meter hurdles. He was third at the U.S. Outdoors in 2007. Oliver was a two-time All-American at Howard University, where he also played football. He was ranked seventh in the world in the 110 hurdles after the 2007 season.
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- Weight: 205
- Birth date: April 24, 1982
- Hometown: Denver, Colorado
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The Manhattan Camerata is an innovative world music chamber orchestra that seamlessly weaves original compositions, world music, and European period music together, to produce a cohesive, contemporary aesthetic. Performances integrate the Western classical chamber orchestra with several instruments from around the world (Portuguese guitar, sitar, koto, darbuka, bandoneón, among others), in a wide variety of musical styles (including tango, fado, Indian music, and flamenco). Various art forms are incorporated in the presentation and articulation of the Manhattan Camerata's works, arriving at a culturally rich, unexpected experience.
Lucía Caruso and Pedro H. da Silva founded the orchestra in 2009. The eclectic and inclusive nature of the Camerata can be appreciated in the diverse backgrounds of the musicians who created it: artistic director Lucía Caruso – composer and pianist from Argentina, and music director Pedro H. da Silva – composer and guitarist from Portugal. Pedro is a member of the composition faculty at the New York University, and a multi-instrumentalist (Classical and Portuguese guitars, sitar, bouzouki, mandolin, among others), imparting the Manhattan Camerata with an international and multi-cultural artistic approach.
The orchestra has performed at many major venues in the New York City area, including: Le Poisson Rouge, Joe's Pub, the Blackbox and Frederick Loewe Theatres at New York University, Blessed Sacrament Church, the Argentine Consulate, the Portuguese Consulate in Newark, and on the famous Portuguese tall ship "Sagres".
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Description: The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founding member of the Crips street gang, principally his life in the streets and his life in prison. It also shows some of the work he did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was still imprisoned. On December 13, 2005, Williams was executed by lethal injection in California.


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The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against Beaumont Independent School District Special Assistant for Communications Jessie Haynes.
Assistant Criminal District Attorney Ramon Rodriguez confirmed to 12News that Haynes is charged with obstructing a public passageway. The charge is a class B misdemeanor and is punishable with up to 180 days in jail and a fine not to exceed $2,000.
Now that a charge has been filed, an arrest warrant will be issued by a district judge or a justice of the peace.
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The investigation began after BISD board member Mike Neil filed a complaint with the Beaumont ISD police department. He said Haynes tried to block Neil and a reporter from entering a room where a news conference was held.
Haynes has also filed a complaint stemming from the incident. Haynes claims she was hurt by Neil and filed a complaint with BISD police citing offensive touching which is a Class C Misdemeanor. BISD police have forwarded the complaint to Beaumont's municipal court. It will be up to city prosecutors to decide if charges will be pursued.
BISD Superintendent Timothy Chargois placed Haynes on paid administrative leave following the August 1, 2013 incident.
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The NFL Draft is less than three weeks away. Since early March, I've been running around chasing free agent rumors and news while Matt has been pumping out college scouting reports. Writers like Josh, Evan, and Stew have picked up the slack when they could. All-in-all, we've been pumping out more content than [insert random porn actor name here] pumps out [insert random bodily function here].
However, what we haven't done is organize a community mock draft.
Now, like some of you, I too can get a bit annoyed with all these damn mocks. However, overall I think they are great, and mock draft DO help inform fans of the players that may or may not get drafted. More importantly, mocks are fun community projects that bring a sense of togetherness.
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- Insulting me and my opinions
- Making fun of my Polian obsession
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- Vegan cooking recipes
OK, the last one was totally made up. If you do have some vegan cooking recipes, let me know! I'm one of those communist, tree-hugging, Satan-worshiping vegetarians. Gimme some grilled veggies and tofu, and I am a happy man!
Anyway, the community mock. Please use the comments below to let us know if you want to participate. Tell us the team you'd like to select for as well. We're thinking of doing a three-round mock in one day on Saturday, April 13th.
Sorry, but the Colts pick will go to a Stampede Blue writer not named Brad Wells.
We will also bring back our podcast, interviewing guests about Colts draft prospects and how they think the 2013 NFL Draft will shake out.
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text: In local High School football action, the Fort Dodge Dodgers won their tenth straight game over Mason City and improved to 2-2 on the year with a 24-21 win. Sophomore running back Sam Cook ran for a career high 207 yards and two touchdowns, while quarterback Andrew Stover threw for 152 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile the St Edmond Gaels are 4-0 on the year after a 35-0 shutout win over Pocahontas. Senior fullback Vinnie Harvey also ran for a career high 182 yards and 4 touchdowns. Meanwhile the Titans from South Central Calhoun fell to 1-3 on the season as they fell by a 49-6 score to Carroll Kuemper Catholic.


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THE Basingstoke Blizzards basketball team hammered the Windsor Warriors 99-53 in their last game before the festive break.
Good defensive work put the locals clear at 14-2 after six minutes, with Rob Gerrard on fire and scoring 12 points. By the end of the quarter it was 21-6.
As the second-quarter started Windsor showed a little fight to get back to 23-12. However, Aaron Taylorson, Rob Gerrard and Joey Haynes piled on the points as the half ended with the Blizzards leading 44-23.
In the second-half Basingstoke pressed on the gas, as Gavin Frecklington assisted in numerous fast breaks to see Basingstoke go 68-28 ahead.
Tom Mavronicholas and Adam Paddon joined in the scoring, with Rob Gerrard still on fire, to finish the third-quarter clear at 74-32.
The question was now would the Blizzards get 100 points on the boards for the second week running? Unfortunately, the buzzer came just too soon, Adam Paddon putting a three pointer up with 20 seconds remaining which was not enough as the clock lapsed without the home side getting the ball back, but they still won 99-53.
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A Dartmouth College fraternity is suspended because of accusations of hazing.
The Valley News says, college administrators reviewed internal fraternity emails that were on the gossip website Gawker and temporarily suspended Beta Alpha Omega.
A college spokesman says, the college suspects the fraternity's members of hazing, providing alcohol to minors and engaging in behavior that threatened physical harm.
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You cannot give the history of the Elastec / American Marine Team without starting at the beginnings of Elastec / American Marine. The company was started by Donnie Wilson and Jeff Cantrell. Elastec / American Marine began as any other Southern Illinois oilfield service company. It was their innovation though, that earned them their reputation, oilmen with a problem with machinery design would come to see them. "They would draw out a design on a napkin and say 'Can you build this?'" Donnie would say. We're still doing that - solving problems.
The firm holds two international patents and six domestic patents on its products. They got the idea of an oil recovery system after responding to an oil spill locally that was quite small, but equipment was being used in the effort to recover the spilled oil and it wasn't doing the job very well at all. Donnie said he asked Jeff to throw him a five-gallon plastic bucket to help in the recovery effort but luckily Jeff's aim was off that day and the wind caught the bucket and blew it into the spill on the water. The wind continued to turn the bucket and Wilson noticed that as the bucket turned, oil stuck to the side of it, leading them to their first invention of oil recovery equipment. So it began. That bucket spawned the barrel skimmer, a highly successful skimmer on the market today. Never being satisfied with the "norm" Donnie and Jeff continued their pursuit to construct even more efficient skimmer apparatus and in 1990 obtained the first of many patents for innovation in the field of pollution control equipment.
Fast forward to April 20, 2010… the Transocean drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded. This event was immediately devastating as 11 crewmen were killed. The rig sank two days later. As information was being gathered, it was not known how much, if any, oil was being leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. By Saturday, April 24th an oil leak was reported near the sunken rig. Over the course of the coming months it became the largest oil spill in US history. Elastec / American Marine was contacted on the morning of April 26th with a request for Hydro-Fire® Boom. Donnie Wilson and Jeff Cantrell drove a truck loaded with equipment towards New Orleans, Louisiana. While all the resources and options were being gathered and assessed for managing the response, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it would conduct a test using fire resistant boom to burn the oil floating on the water's surface. The boom they selected was the Hydro-Fire® Boom, manufactured by Elastec / American Marine. The test was a success and the Coast Guard then authorized controlled burning as a response tool. This is the first time that the technique of burning oil on water in a large scale incident has been proven – reducing the impact on the shoreline and sensitive ecosystem of the Gulf coast. By the time the well was capped a record 411 burns were conducted with some lasting up to 12 hours in duration. On the 18th of June alone, an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 barrels of oil were removed from the marine environment according to official estimates.
In the beginning, burns would last one hour. As more burns happened, the technique was refined and burns up to 12 hours in duration became possible - removing vast amounts of oil from the marine environment. 219,000 to 309,000 barrels of oil are estimated to have been removed from the marine environment in these controlled burns. In the midst of what seemed like constant bad news concerning the leaking well, the burns were being recognized as one of the best alternatives and providing hope as an effective response tool. As giant smoke plumes bellowed into the sky, people were worried about how it would affect air quality for workers, citizens on shore and the environment in general. The Environmental Protection Agency, stationed with burn teams, conducted studies that showed the smoke was not toxic as it appeared. While the smoke looked quite ominous, it was nothing more than a temporary side effect to solving a larger problem. There was no more environmental impact incurring with the burns than if the oil had been processed and used in its intended purpose. In addition to supporting the controlled burning Elastec / American Marine supplied approximately 180 skimmers and 100 miles of containment boom to assist BP and other responders in their cleanup efforts.
After the well was capped and the flow of oil stopped the Elastec / American Marine team began to analyze the events of the past months and the efficiencies of the equipment and methods used to combat the spill. At this time word came out about the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE. An excellent motivation at an opportune time. A team was assembled and the problem solving process began. True to the tradition of the X PRIZE Foundation the task will not be easy, but then again neither is burning 300000 barrels of oil in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.


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CATEGORIES MoviesWhile "Iron Man 3" will doubtlessly thrill millions of casual moviegoers and hardcore Marvel Comics fans, there's a class of film buff who will be especially intrigued by one particular aspect of the mega-budget superhero production. Yes, "Iron Man 3" is very much a Marvel Studios production with a familiar visual style and mythic tropes, and stars characters who've been extremely well-defined over the course of numerous other films we've all seen. But it is also very muc a Shane Black film.
A legendary Hollywood screenwriter who basically invented the modern buddy-cop-action-psychodrama with the original "Lethal Weapon" back in 1987, Black's unique style -- frequently characterized by an at once serious and funny blend of wry voice-overs, film noir detectives, odd couples, hopeless despair, Christmas, the destruction of houses on stilts, and outrageous violence -- shines through the filter of every director he's worked with, and is much-beloved by his fans.
Among those admirers is Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, who recruited Black to succeed Jon Favreau as the man behind the man in the iron mask, so to speak, even though Black had only one other directorial credit to his name. That film is the acclaimed "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," which happened to star Tony Stark himself, Robert Downey Jr., in a career-re-defining performance that helped land him the "Iron Man" part in the first place.
Obviously, it was natural progression for the talented Black to helm the new Iron Man film, but we were nevertheless struck by how Shane Black-ish the new film really is, despite hitting all the notes we've come to expect from Marvel Studios films. The synthesizing of styles and confounding of expectations were part of our recent conversation with Black and Feige, who explained, candidly, the Marvel method of moviemaking as well as the symbolic content of "Iron Man 3," strong women characters, and why it can be a good thing for an audience to leave a movie with questions about what they've just seen.
Moviefone: First question, Christmas and a house on stilts; were these the deal-breakers?
Shane Black: [laughs] We didn't really project that [Tony Stark's doomed house] would be that far out over the peninsula. It just sort of evolved. The fascinating thing to me about the house is that it's just not real at all. On day one I said, "Please do me a favor. I know you guys know how to do this. I'm not going to presume. But please, let's do models. Please, let's just build the house, we'll make it the size of two rooms, I don't care if the water looks a little fake, I just love models." And they said, "You know, ["The Avengers" director] Joss [Whedon] said the same thing and quickly changed his mind." And sure enough, they made it look real. I always thought CGI couldn't look real but you can do anything now.
All the Marvel Studios films have a prevailing aesthetic, but you also work with really idiosyncratic filmmakers, too. And the films work. But this film might be the most seamless. It's definitely a Marvel Studios film. It's definitely a Shane Black film. What's the process behind it?
Kevin Feige: It's very difficult...
SB: [laughs]
KF: Well, it's a legitimate desire to bring a unique voice to each movie and have each movie stand on its own and be a great piece of entertainment in and of itself. Then it must connect to the broader Marvel Universe in various ways. Frankly, when Shane was signing up for "Iron Man 3," we knew he knew what Iron Man is, he knew what the audience's expectations were for an Iron Man movie. As he's done many times before, he figured out a great way to turn that on its head while keeping it very much in line.
SB: There's a humility, too, that's required -- a lesson I am forced to learn again and again as I go through life. It's knowing that there are accommodations, there's a Marvel Universe that I now get a pass to play inside of. It doesn't mean I can't say, "Okay, everyone dies!" But who wants everyone to die? I had fun collaborating and constructing with Marvel, and to some extent even with Downey, the story that we hope will satisfy everybody. There's a lot of wrangling to be done because there's a lot of opinions in the room, but that's the fun of it.
We skip the middleman. Normally I'd go off and do my bad thinking in private and write down ideas and go, "Argh, that doesn't work!" or I'd spit [an idea] out and my friend would go, "Wow you really put your foot in it with that one!" and I'd finally go, "All right, here are my great ideas, finally!" and hand them over to Marvel. Except Marvel doesn't work that way. They want you to be in the room, so my bad laundry is being viewed by everybody as we work in the room together. Once I got over that, I said, "You know what? Fine. I'll say a dumb idea, I don't care. We'll get this together. We'll skip the middleman. We'll write this damn thing in this room." And we did that. We had this marvelous collaborative experience with [executive producers] Lou D'Esposito, Stephen Broussard, [co-screenwriter] Drew Pearce, and Kevin and myself in a room, vetting ideas and breaking story for hours at a time.
Ultimately, it's this great fusion that wouldn't exist otherwise. I've never been able to do that before. Most producers I work with can't stand 30 minutes of sitting in a room talking about story. These guys can do it days on end.
An interesting theme in the film is anonymity. Anonymity gives Killian (Guy Pearce) his power. Tony Stark identifying himself explicitly is what ends up getting him blown up. Was there any aspect of Internet culture involved in that, the notion that anonymity can empower people?
SB: Yes. There was the notion of having created something beyond yourself and then stepping back and watching it play out. It's no mistake that the Mandarin videos which go viral are kind of chaotic and "video"-looking. He is a mythic figure who basically exists in the ether now. He's been created. He's the ultimate terrorist. The anonymous voices who benefit from him don't have to interact with that. They've created something bigger than themselves. So, too, has Tony with his Iron Man suits because he has made something he can never live up to. This thing that is literally a hollow individual which walks beside him. It's now something he's projected outside himself, and he is the anonymous creator of these things.
There's a lot of those symbolic things running through the film. By the end, [Tony] has to recall [the suits] in a way, and reclaim his flesh, his being. He says, "Yeah, it was great for a while to be anonymous but now I have to step up and own myself again and get rid of all these distractions."
It was great to see Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper step up and have that moment where she wasn't the damsel in distress, she was the one saving Tony. Was that important to you?
SB: It was important, especially to take the curse off the damsel in distress thing. I have a hankering for empowered females trashing stuff. Especially when that stuff includes this metal suit that's been impinging on their relationship. Literally showing up in their bedroom at night and driving her to distraction. It's in essence Tony's lover. It's become the other woman. This f---ing Iron Man. So she, at the end, has a chance to exact some vengeance on it and reclaim her boyfriend.
We were speaking with Rebecca Hall (Maya Hansen) earlier, and the scene she mentioned was when she and Pepper were interacting. That they'd both been with Tony Stark was incidental. They were all business, as opposed to having a cliched cat fight.
KF: Yes.
And The Mandarin as well, without spoiling anything, there's obviously a flipping of the script. It seems like you guys take that opportunity when it presents itself.
SB: You can't do too much of that, though, because then that becomes predictable. But to the extent that it feels like it's organic, the attempt to be surprising and have moments that you can go in and interpret different ways -- maybe this means this, maybe this means that -- for example, you came in here with questions about the film. That's great. Those questions are great. Observations about the film, that's a victory already. I wouldn't try to turn things on their head just to do so, but to keep things surprising and keep possibilities in play, to keep notions in play and see how those notions bounce for each other, that's all you can ask for -- especially in a superhero movie where you're not expected to deliver anything of significant intellectual weight, why not give it a shot?
KF: They're both such strong characters in and of themselves, Maya Hansen and Pepper Potts. They each have so much more going on in their lives than the fact that one slept with Tony once and one's sleeping with him now. We love the idea that that's just completely incidental. They don't get catty about it. Maya couldn't give a sh--, and Pepper knows what Tony was up to all those years.
SB: Maya wasn't even that taken with him, really!
KF: Tony said it was a great night and she was like, "Eh..."
SB: It's also part of the rom-com of it. What's important to me in honoring Favreau and what he's contributed with the first movies, which I went back and watched again and again, is they're part-thriller, and there's also a lot of romantic comedy. The extent to which rom-com figures in the early Iron Man movies is substantial. The relationship stuff -- what some people might unkindly call the soap opera stuff -- is just as important in some ways as the technology and that was amazing to me. Make them care about the people, make it funny, and then have the mythic stuff that's sort dark and powerful and portentous and then take the curse off that, take the piss out of the myth if you can. It's just juggling.
KF: The best of the Marvel comics have been doing that for a long time.
SB: Decades.
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