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AMD Update: Following in Intel's Naming Footstepsby Kristopher Kubicki on 5/18/2004 6:09 AM EST
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NullSubroutine - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - link#5
"Why the name change again? Sounds more like following another company rather than leading... oh well."
Umm, AMD isnt following, all they did was drop title XP and a 0. However its actually nice that both Intel and AMD will be using similar naming schemes hopefullly there will be less confusion. Either way AMD was using naming schemes first with the FX and Opteron lines (recent within the past few years.)
#19 Dell is a nice company but their service isnt dependent on the type of processor they use. The reason they go Intel is because of $$$. Coffee is more expensive for Dell than Celerons are. Reply
NullSubroutine - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - link#5
"Why the name change again? Sounds more like following another company rather than leading... oh well."
Umm, AMD isnt following, all they did was drop title XP and a 0. However its actually nice that both Intel and AMD will be using similar naming schemes hopefullly there will be less confusion. Either way AMD was using naming schemes first with the FX and Opteron lines (recent within the past few years.)
#19 Dell is a nice company but their service isnt dependent on the type of processor they use. The reason they go Intel is because of $$$. Coffee is more expensive for Dell than Celerons are. Reply
araczynski - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - linkI agree with 19, I received a reduced quote (5k+ less) from dell just by buying in volume, and that's on top of the further (slightly) reduced rates being an educational agency. Everything we buy is dell and has intel inside, so far no problems, even with 3 year warranties, one time one of the server's raid drives was acting up (not critically) and we had a replacement the next morning.
if anythign broke down and we had to wait any longer then that then "...but we saved 5k" as an excuse wouldn't convince anybody to be nice to us :) Reply
nserra - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - link#8 You are right!
Instead of AMD made that Barton crap and have focus on Tbred clock speed or made some new "duron" with 128Kb of cache to compete with celeron it would have been a better choice.
For me the 512kb cache on Barton was only marketing stuff, because it didn't deliver much performance to the processor just for the cache (as have done to P4) and the mhz remained the same of Tbred, then that have been just ridiculous. Reply
Runamile - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - link>Does this mean the xp is going to have a memory
>controller on the chip since its going to be
>compatible with 754 and 939?
Thats actually a pretty good point fishsauce. Since the new amd64 boards dont have northbridge memory controllers, won't the athlonXP on the 754/939 boards require one? And isn't that one of the key things that is giving the 64's competitive agains Intel right now untill all the other functions are implemented by programmers? If thats true, then the future 'value' chips will be mighty impressive. Reply
AtaStrumf - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - linkUnlocking a Duron was as simple as unlocking the multipliers, but instead of connecting the L1 bridges you had to connect the cut L2 bridge. But that was before AMD started to lock both multipliers and Durons' L2 Cache. I got one of the last unlocked ones, so now I believe it is impossible, although I think you can unlock the multipliers if you change it to mobile. Just use google to find out exactly how. Reply
fishsauce - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - linkDoes this mean the xp is going to have a memory controller on the chip since its going to be compatible with 754 and 939?
I apologize beforehand if this is a dumb question. Reply
glennpratt - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - linkThis is really more or less the demise of the name, the Athlon XP is more or less the Duron of the future. Reply
TrogdorJW - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkI have to laugh at the whole concept of businesses saving money by using Duron processors. Let's see... buying 100 PCs, they're all going to include hard drives, cases, support, graphics, etc. that amount to $600. Now we can go with a $50 Duron, a $100 Athlon XP, or a system from Dell that costs $1000 and performs slower than either! Guess which one 90% of businesses choose?
I for one support roughly 150 PCs at my location, every one of them a Dell GX150 that was purchased for about $900. That's a 1.13 GHz P3 with integrated graphics and a 20 GB hard drive. But when we have a hardware failure, we call up our support people, they call Dell's local support provider, and we get the new part in two or three days. Save $5000 when you're buying 100+ PCs? Well, it might be noticed - briefly - but no one really cares. One day of downtime for the computers would cost far more than $5000.
What really makes me sad is how "outdated" my XP-M OC'ed to 2.4 GHz is becoming. *Sigh* And I just bought it, too! Not like I really care - it runs what I need it to run (games) plenty fast for the present. :) Reply
Pumpkinierre - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - link#17 AtaSmurf, How do you unlock the extra cache on the Duron? I did'nt think it was possible.
AtaStrumf - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkI will miss Durons as well! Bought three of them and one is still running beautifully at 2,0 GHz (1,65V) and it cost me less than half of my Barton 2500+ (OC-ed to 2.2 GHz @ 1,65V) and since I unlocked the extra cache its giving me allmost the same performance. You just gotta love 'em.
I just hope AMD gives us something else to play with. All their new chips are just too expensive to be as much fun as Durons.
As for the new roadmap, it's obvious AMD is having the same problems Intel is hence they're both taking the same path --> 90 nano dual cores. But I hate this new naming scheme. It'll take me a week to figure out what the hell a 3/5/7/?/?xx is. Talk about following the leader :( Reply
HammerFan - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkKristopher, how about this for a multi-core hybrid?
Integrate to seperate cores onto the same package, with the links between the two cores contained in the package and not the die itself. The could eliminate the yield issue and keep latencies lower than two completely independent chips. Reply
acx - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkIntegrating multiple cores onto one chip most likely allows a lot more optimization tricks for synchronizing a MP system than multiple chips on a board. The architect controls everything on a single chip and the latency to get from one chip to another is a lot less. Besides, there is more than enough transistors available for 2 cores (sans cache) so why not? Reply
HammerFan - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkI like the idea of multicore CPUs..as for heat issues, why can't AMD stretch 130nm SOI far enough to allow them to produce multi-core CPUs. I'm sure there are plenty more tweaks to make on SOI to get it to run faster than it does now. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkZap: In my opinion, several smaller cores on one chip would yeild better performance but several chips on one board would yeild higher (thus costing less?). Maybe the solution is a little bit of both?
Kristopher Reply
ZapZilla - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkInteresting that a few years ago multi-core chips were forcast as a result of "hitting a wall" in the ability to decrease process size.
Yet, today we find that multi-core chips are needed due to heat density issues of the ever-larger number of transistors on chip.
Alas, there is no money it seems in moving from one process generation to the next with constant or small growth in the number of transistors.
So which would be better, a single multi-but larger-core chip or several single, smaller-core chips (on a smaller process) plugged into seperate sockets? Reply
gherald - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkAnemone, you are 100% clueless. *Everything* you just said was wrong. Reply
Anemone - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkOk I'm liking the FX-57, and I'd consider it if 90nm, but I'd have to see pci-express boards on the NF3 250gb before that would be a mixable combination.
Not sure how I feel on this but its quite surprising and pleasantly so, that AMD would be appearing to come back into the game with a sooner release of the FX-57 rather than later. If I have kept up on the news this could be a 90nm part that also would incorporate the use of up to 500mhz DDR and potentially SSE3 (not that SSE3 over SSE2 is a showstopper).
Because AMD delays so often, I'll probably have to believe it when I see it, but I think its the right direction they need to move, sooner rather than later to keep the momentum they've gained so far going.
Now we need promised dual core desktop cpu's on 939 socket sealed in a promised date. Otherwise, dual cores are questionable as to socket needs and timing and certainly whether they will offer dual cores to the desktop (at least FX pricing level products).
Good, but we need more, and they can't delay. Faster, sooner, is good and will help convince the market to use them, not just the enthusiasts.
Zebo - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkJust to follow up. At the business level if I were to build/buy, say 100 machines for my office workers I could save $5000-$6000 right there building machines with a Duron over a barton. You think Mr's Smith plugging away on word and email cares or would notice any difference? No. But 5K is noticeable.
Even for enthusiasts I doubt they'd pass an a/b test w/o using benchmarks.
For overclcokers a Duron was a steal easily overclcoking to 2.3Ghz, better than all bartons OC but the mobiles, which carry thier own premium in price.
Nope it's a really sad day to see this chip go. Reply
Zebo - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkAww poor Duron the best bang for the buck chip EVER! So unappreciated so sad to see it's demise.:(
#7 show me one benchmark, any test, of a $100 Barton performing twice as well as a $50 1.8 Duron and you may have a point, but thier within 20% of one another accross the board!! Making the Barton a relative rip-off just like all pentiums are.
segagenesis - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkOh yeah, I give my condolences to the Duron also, it will be missed! I remember the days when you could make a decent machine using a Duron for alot cheaper (then) than getting an Athlon or P4.
Prices the way they have been being able to get even a barton core 2500+ for under $100 kind of defeats the purpose of the Duron existing. Most people (read: non-gamers) are sufficient with just 2ghz. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkActually sega, yeah thats exactly the reason. It even said so on the roadmap.
Kristopher Reply
segagenesis - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkWhy the name change again? Sounds more like following another company rather than leading... oh well. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linklol hutch.....
Kristopher Reply
JHutch - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkMany hands make light work---
English playwright John Heywood.
While Heywood *was* born in the 15th century (1497), he was only 3 years old when the 16th century rolled around. And since all of his "work" was done in the 16th century, he would be more accurately labelled a 16th century playwright. ;) Reply
JHutch - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkReply
Myrandex - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - linkThey should release a faster Socket A variant to give at least a slight upgrade path, as it should not be too difficult given people overclocking way past the 3200+ speed grade. Reply


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I think all three catchers bring something to the table and have their own strengths and weaknesses. All the statistics used are from ESPN and are lifetime numbers only. Stats are current as of yesterday.
LaRue: $3.9m/yr with 7 yrs experience. Defensivley, he's got a FPCT of .990, 67PB and 230 SBA against him. PB as a percentage of games is 10.5%. His CS% is .395. He's commited 40 errors on 638 games. Errors as a percentage of games is 6.3%.
Valentine: $1.15m/yr with 7 yrs experience. Defensivley he's got a FPCT of .992, 19 PB and 134 SBA against him. PB as a percentage of games is 6%. His CS% is .330. He's commited 15 errors in 315 games. Errors as a percentage of games is 4.8%.
Ross: $500K/yr with 4 yrs experiene. Defensivley. he's got a FPCT of .989 , 12PB and 66SBA against him. PB as a percentage of games is 7%. His CS% is .371. He's commited 11 errors in 168 games. Errors as a percentage of games is 6.5%.
From a defensive standpoint, Valentine has the best FPCT, lowest PB as percentage of games played, and errors as a percentage of games played. However, he has the lowest CS% while LaRue is highest. With the exception of PB as a percentage of games (LaRue highest) all the numbers are pretty much in the same range.
Offensive numbers:
LaRue: .242BA, .325OBP, .419SLG and .744OPS. In 2103 AB he's hit 79HR and 509H. He struck out 612 times or 29% of AB's.
Ross: .225BA, .296OBP, .429SLG and 1.008OPS. In 471AB he's hit 23HR and 106H. He struck out 146times or 31% of AB's.
Valentine: .241BA, .302BP, .394SLG and .696OPS. In 1022AB he's hit 32 HR and 246H. He struck out 187 times or 18% of AB's.
Offensively, Ross has the higest OPS and SLG, however he's K'd 31% of his ABs. LaRue K's 29% of the time which isn't much better. Javi only K's 18% of the time. LaRue has hit the most HR and hits, but Javi isn't far behind him in hits.
LaRue's biggest black-mark is his price tag. He brings experence to the table, however, there are plenty of other vets on the team. Then again, he has power but does that offset his high PB rate? Ross is cheep but K's alot. He has a great OPS and has hit 9 fewer HR in 551 less AB's than Javi so he's got some power. His errors as a percent of games is as high as LaRue. Javi is realitivley low cost at $1.15m/yr has 7 years of experience (same as LaRue) so he can bring the "experience" to the table for what that is worth. What he lacks in power he makes up in hits and OPB. Defensivley he is strong, with the exception of his throwing arm.
I'll take a look at the combinations of LaRue/Valentine, LaRue/Ross and Valentine/Ross but this post is already too long.
Food for thought and hopefully serrrious debate.


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Apple's smaller iPad to actually be called the iPad Mini indeed, speculation mounts
0. phoneArena posted on 27 Aug 2012, 09:11
The iPad logo will be printed on the back of this Mini, as anyone could've easily guessed, but the source mentions that the new iPad will also be getting the 8-pin dock connector from the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini, at least the version that Japanese carriers intend to offer...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
A relief for those who can not afford a big iPad, a bitter disappointment for hardcore Apple fans (those who really believe in the companies one-fits-all-philosophy). As I am neither, I don't really care.
Should raise the iPad market share even further from staggering seventy percent.
7. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
And once again, bold Apple follows the trend instead of setting it...
15. sithvenger (banned) (Posts: 371; Member since: 25 Aug 2012)
Every one follows in some way. Remember a good leader is also a good follower.
10. joey_sfb (Posts: 6624; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
one-fits-all-philosophy is bulls**t. Its like saying everyone like to have oats for breakfast.
11. MeoCao (unregistered)
one-fits-all approach is to maximize Apple's profits, and not about users.
23. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
maybe with specs similar to the Ipad 2, and only 8GB of memory, I could see it.
3. Smart (Posts: 76; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
"We've been referring to the smaller, more affordable tablet expected from Apple this fall, as the iPad Mini, for the sake of convenience, but it could very well have be something else."
RIP English.......
5. Daniel.P (Posts: 108; Member since: 14 Jul 2011)
Fixed, thanks
9. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
This site need a Proof Reader!!!
13. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
U R Smart!
16. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
My feeble attempt at sarcasm...
4. residualhatred (Posts: 25; Member since: 28 May 2012)
Apple has enough confidence in themselves to sell a 7.85 inch tablet at about $300, whereas most companies are selling their 7 inch tablets at around $200. Im going to have plenty of tablets to choose from come Xmas.
21. smallcolabear (Posts: 82; Member since: 18 Feb 2012)
Samsung has their i800 galaxy 7 inch at around 400.00. The new Samsung 7.7 is 550.00. Xyboard 8.2 is 430.00. No these prices come with a cell network were they would probably be 100.00 less without it. The Kindle is 200.00 The Levano idea pad is 250.00, the playbook just been lowered to 200.00, the Nook tablet is 250.00 There are tons of tablets that are priced around 200.00 but some of them I would never consider I guess.
6. MeoCao (unregistered)
$300 iPad (even mini) from Apple, and pigs fly...
8. shadowcell (Posts: 300; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
Damn you Austin Powers!
12. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Sorry, but ipad mini still sounds like a feminine hygiene product... Better than ipod maxi or something...
20. SteveWozzENIAC (Posts: 16; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
Jenny " Mom bring me some ipad...the mini one from the market "
14. JessJess (unregistered)
A good a name as any I guess. I look forward to seeing it. September is going to be a busy month, and we now have October to look forward to.
17. SteveWozzENIAC (Posts: 16; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
what do you think about the price ?
An iPad Mini with 3G on board.
18. jmoita2 (Posts: 930; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Price point still too high...
19. SteveWozzENIAC (Posts: 16; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
300 USD (CND) as well is fine i guess..
PS: Talking about the 3G model...
22. kcombs (Posts: 275; Member since: 15 Dec 2010)
You would think apple would want to fill the smart phone market with multiple size smart phones, not iPads. And before you bash, .05 is not a huge difference in size. (referring to the new iPhone)
24. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Agreed. Instead of doing the slight, slight upgrade to 4", I think they should have marketed the classic size, then a bigger one, say 4.5-4.7 inch, for those that want a bigger screen. The differecne between 3.5 and 4 is minimal, 3.5 and 4.7, now that's a big difference.
25. jjackielz (Posts: 10; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Im sick with iOS UI.
i think ipad-mini will be same specs as the ipad 2 with just different display.
26. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i dont think if iPad mini will boom like iPad... 8gb of memory no back camera... i dont thinks so...
but if apple will make something to make iPad mini to be love by people like 10gb and front and back bamera at 5mp will be a good deal at starting price $250.. and the $300 variant will be 20gb... if they will go 8gb, i dont think that it will sell like hotcakes like the iPad and the nexus..
and if this is true, what about the iPod touch? the 8gb version starts at $200.. so i think if they dont follow the memory pattern of the nexus 7 or its iPod and make 10gb version instead, it will have a market in 7" tablets...
but we will never know.. this is apple we are talking about.. the company that is worth a trillion dollar...
if microsoft will truely price the surface RT at $199, then my money goes to surface...


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A LANCASHIRE wholesalers has been sentenced for possession and selling illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
NH Foods Ltd, of Brown Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to the sale, possession and supply of illicit cigarettes and tobacco at Blackburn Magistrates Court.
They were ordered to pay a total of over £6,000 in costs and fines.
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After complaints from the local area, the shop was proved to have sold illegal tobacco to customers on two occasions.
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Good morning, grillers! I could use a bit of help. I'm preparing a 2-lb. pork loin roast today, having split it open, smeared with a paste of rosemary, garlic, olive oil, S+P, tied back together and covered in same paste to marinate for a few hours.
I'm set up for indirect grilling, but have a question. Should I :
1. Just set it directly on oiled grates with a drip pan below, or
2. Brown it first, then set it in a roasting pan to finish?
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A FIVE hour pilates marathon raised almost £2,000 for a breast cancer charity.
Pure PIlates in Ilkley chose to celebrate its fourth birthday on May 24 with a pilates marathon in aid of The Haven in Leeds.
The pilates studio has often supported various breast cancer charities but this is the first time it has held an event for a local charity such as the Haven - and both clients and staff rallied to the cause.
At the last count, the studio had raised £1954 from classes on the day, a raffle and silent auction and the sale of 'booby biscuits', pink juices, cupcakes, t-shirts socks, plus kind donations
The target for fundraising was just over half of the amount eventually raised.
Pure Pilates said: "We have been overwhelmed by the generous response of our clients and local businesses who have donated prizes for our raffle and the silent auctions. Our visitors from the Haven in Leeds, led by manager Debra Horsman, were delighted to hear how well supported the day had been,."


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Top 10 Freedom to Marry Moments in 2013
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Chris and Will, although legally married, face uncertainty in Hawaii
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But even though Chris and Will legally married in California and now share in all the federal protections of marriage, they know that their relationship is still not granted legal respect in Hawaii, where they live now.
Military couple Stacey and Genevieve: Serving our country in the face of DOMA discrimination
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A FOOTBALL fan returned to the Premier League football ground where security guards had previously confiscated his Worcester News branding it an "offensive weapon".
Fortunately, West Ham fan Chris Barmby managed to make it into Stoke City Football Club's Britannia Stadium without having his copy of the newspaper taken off him.
Guards at Stoke City Football Club confiscated Chris Barmby's paper last March after telling him that he could set fire to it and use it as a torch.
Mr Barmby, from Claines, Worcester, pointed out to the staff members who stopped him that people could also set fire to programmes that were on sale in the grounds but was told it was the club's rules.
Previously, Stoke City Football Club did not respond to numerous requests for a comment about the incident.
Although newspapers are not on the club's list of banned items, a statement on the Stoke City's website did say anything that could be used as a weapon would not be allowed into the grounds.
Mr Barmby, aged 58, travels on the train to away matches with a group of West Ham fans from Worcester and is well known for carrying a copy of the Worcester News with him.
The retired firefighter said: "Last year I wasn't allowed to being it in because they said I could use it as an offensive weapon.
"They told me I could roll it up and set fire to it and use it as a torch and even when I said anyone could do that with a programme they said they were the club's rules.
"I was a bit wary and preparing to be stopped this time.
"I wasn't taking it deliberately, I hadn't had a chance to read it on the way to the match so I'd put it in my back pocket.
"They didn't blink an eyelid this time and I glided straight through."
Mr Barmby's joy at being allowed to keep his newspaper did not last too long though as his team were beaten 3-1.
"I always get on the train with my paper and I am well known for carrying it all over London but because we are all having a bit of banter I never get chance to read it until I get home.
"It was a good day out and I was glad to keep hold of my copy - I can do without my national papers but I can't do without my Worcester News."


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Cary, N.C. — Tar Heel newcomers Macon Gambill and Caroline O'Hea competed at the 2012 Three Stripe Invitational hosted by NC State at the WakeMed Cross Country Course.
O'Hea ran the 5K in a new personal best of 19:42 to place 20th. Gambill ran his 5K in 15:38 to place 12th.
UNC track and field mid-distance runner Mike Jacobs also ran the event, placing sixth in 15:18.
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JMV1070 #pacers gm David Morway at 5:15p today. Will explain the trade that wasn't and more.
JMV1070 #pacers gm David Morway at 5:15p today. Will explain the trade that wasn't and more.
10 more minutes, here hoping that we get some inside info.
Can you post some specifics. I'd appreciate it.
Hopefully he gives an update on TJ's situation
I was posting in the wrong thread :blush:
He can't name any players names.
He is saying that Memphis said that the deal was done when it wasn't
He is saying that this whole idea of them being seating doing nothing and waiting until 3pm is just ridiculous
He is saying that there was never a done deal because NO was out of the deal after 3 minutes
He is saying that couple assets were coming back from NO and they were going to help in the future, JMV is trying to get him to say if they were big but he not saying anything.
He is saying that they made a call after 3pm but NO was getting out of the deal.
He is also saying that this idea of them needing a clock is crazy
well morway, it does indeed sound like you missed the deadline. you had a deal done with memphis but wanted to add another team to make it a 3 team deal. you could have found a 3rd team to make sure the deal got done but you didn't because you ran pass the deadline. you got greedy thinking you could get more out of the deal by adding another team when you had a deal with memphis agreed to. your own fault.
Morway mentioned a few things:
-- They had a deal agreed to, but New Orleans backed out a few minutes later before it was announced.
-- Took a shot at Kravitz and said that the Pacers did not bungle the trade and did not miss the deadline as it was New Orleans pulled out. Discussed that they did not miss the deadline whatsoever.
-- Discussed the trade policy how you call into a que and wait to learn what time your trade call will be announced
-- Said the Pacers were very aggressive in trading players
-- Mentioned that a lot of teams weren't looking at expiring deals this year because so many teams got under the cap last year
-- Mentioned the Pacers are looking for a scorer and they have a few names in mind and will continue to pursue this summer
-- Mentioned he cannot discuss other teams players, but that there were "assets coming back to the Pacers" in the proposed deals
-- Has spoken with Josh & Brandon and said it was not personal and a business
-- Mentioned that when they review players with baggage that they do careful evaluation to determine if the player will fit in
-- Was upset that people were taking shots at the Pacers for bungling the trade as they did not do so
-- Evaluating Ford and will make a decision later
He is saying that they expend a lot of money and time in checking players backgrounds, and if they make a deal for a risk player they know what they are doing because they check everything related to the player.
He sounds mad, because of what people are saying about the franchise.
Thank you for the recap.
It's time to let it go. There's nothing that can be done at this point, the Pacers have a game tonight against UTAH, and Brandon and Josh are going to be key players the rest of the season.
Hopefully learning that he was expendable to the Pacers front office will light a fire under Brandon and we'll see him be a more aggressive scorer out on the floor. Josh will be just fine, he's been playing very well, and he will continue to play aggressively.
They were going after either West or Landry from NO I think.....
He mentioned that two players were coming back to indiana from NO, I wonder who they are.
This needs to be our GM of the future.
When Morway said "Scorer", a two or three came to mind and not a 4.. It sounded like a guy who could fill it up FAST and get red, red hot. Admittedly we're going to need this in the fourth quarter when we become a better team.
Realistically who do you guys think that he is talking about? It sounds to me like Jamal Crawford, but that's just me.
Personally I think he'd be a great fit for us. 20 ppg scorer and he can start UNTIL Paul George becomes the man. And yes he is a huge upgrade over Rush/Dunleavy.
This leads me to believe that the Pacers are targeting a 2. I think they like Brandon, but are not in love with Brandon. We have a lot of depth with guys like Dahntay, Dunleavy, Paul George, Granger, Rush, Posey and potentially Lance sharing time at the wing.
-- Said he has known J-Mac for a long time and it would have been very difficult to trade him. Mentioned that he will be a free agent this summer and will have a decision to make he suggested that there would be interest in J-Mac this summer.
This leads me to believe that the Pacers will want to keep J-Mac, but if a team comes and offers him something crazy, I think the Pacers may let him walk. However, I think the Pacers realize that they still may need help at the 4
-- As far as Ford, as was mentioned, Morway said "he's still a Pacer" and suggested that they will wait and see what the future holds.
I think TJ will be gone by the end of February and will likely sign with a possible contender. I think a team like Miami makes a lot of sense for TJ, as does Portland. For TJ's sake, this is an opportunity for him to try and win a ring, but also resurrect his NBA career and earn a future contract. I thought that I saw TJ tweeted that his father was in town. Perhaps helping him wrapping up things in Indy?
-- Acknowledged that they have high character players on the team, but when they review bringing in new players that they invest a lot of time and resources and weighing the pros and cons of bringing in a potential questionable player.
I got the feel that they were close to bringing in Mayo and had done their homework, a deal just didn't work out. With that said, I think they could explore another player this summer -- even if he has some baggage. Perhaps a guy like Zach Randolph? Mayo?
Haha, I just said that I thought he was talking about a 2. I think the Mayo talk will be brought back, but I don't have confidence that we will get him.
Jamal Crawford, Wilson Chandler, and OJ Mayo are the only guys I see being available that we want in the summer barring something unexpected happening.


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Ellsbury's homer in 14th ends tough day with win
Teixeira goes deep twice in Yanks' first game post-Tanaka injury
CLEVELAND -- It took five extra innings and the clock pushed toward midnight, but on what was a particularly stressful day for the Yankees, shaking hands and celebrating a late-night victory helped take some of the sting out of their afternoon.
Jacoby Ellsbury connected for a two-out solo home run in the top of the 14th, giving the Yankees something to smile about at the conclusion of a 5-4 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night at Progressive Field.
"That's what it felt like, it was going to take a home run to get a run across," Ellsbury said. "Our bullpen pitched unbelievable to give us a chance to win that game. It was a nice team win."
The win took five hours and 32 minutes, going into the books after the Yankees absorbed a heavy dose of bad news, losing ace right-hander Masahiro Tanaka to the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his right elbow.
Carlos Beltran also sustained two small facial fractures in a batting-cage mishap and Brett Gardner was held out of the lineup with an abdominal strain, but on the positive side, Mark Teixeira homered twice and Brandon McCarthy hurled 6 2/3 solid innings in his Yankees debut.
"No matter what happens before the game, in between the lines -- whether it's nine or 14 innings -- we're just going to keep playing hard," Teixeira said. "That's the only thing we can do. Don't feel sorry for ourselves, go out there and try to win games."
Ellsbury's homer off Vinnie Pestano made a winner of rookie Chase Whitley, who hurled two scoreless innings in his first outing since being bumped out of the rotation. David Robertson, the seventh Yankees reliever of the night, pitched a scoreless 14th inning for his 22nd save.
"That's a tough game to lose for either side," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Both bullpens did an exceptional job. It came down to one big hit."
The Indians had the winning run 90 feet away in the 10th inning, as David Huff issued walks to three batters he faced, loading the bases with free passes to Michael Brantley, Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall.
Shawn Kelley entered and pitched out of the jam, striking out Nick Swisher and inducing a ground ball from David Murphy to wriggle free. New York's bullpen combined to hold Cleveland to three hits over 7 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts.
"Bases loaded, one out, any fly ball or solid contact gets the job done for them," Kelley said. "I was just trying to make a big pitch."
Teixeira atoned for a first-inning throwing error with his first multi-homer game in nearly two years, slugging a solo blast in the fourth and a two-run shot in the fifth, both off Tribe starter Josh Tomlin.
The second blast -- Teixeira's 17th of the season -- gave the Yankees their first lead of the night, marking his 37th multi-homer game and his first since July 13, 2012, against the Angels.
"I just got lucky. I just put a couple of good swings on some pitches," Teixeira said. "I haven't really been swinging the bat well the last few weeks, so it was just a good day to get two homers because we needed it."
McCarthy settled down after three unearned runs crossed the plate in the first inning, a frame prolonged when Teixeira hit Brantley with a throw as he slid into second base, loading the bases. Chisenhall knocked home a run with a groundout and Swisher delivered a two-run single.
Santana also logged a fifth-inning RBI single off McCarthy, who was acquired from the D-backs on Sunday in exchange for left-hander Vidal Nuno. He scattered nine hits with a walk and three strikeouts, recording 13 ground-ball outs to keep his infield busy.
"Results-wise it was all right, but I didn't feel sharp early on, I was struggling with a few things," McCarthy said. "I feel like I did a decent job of getting it back, but [catcher Brian] McCann was fantastic at keeping in touch with me between each inning, coming up, letting me know what he was seeing. We were able to make adjustments and it made it way easier for me."
McCann lifted a sacrifice fly as part of a three-run fifth inning off Tomlin, who worked seven innings and allowed four runs on eight hits. He walked none and struck out five before yielding to the bullpen.
"These ones are always tough when you lose them," Ellsbury said. "Obviously when you win them, it's nice for the momentum."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Randy Magdaleno had just parked his car in his driveway off of Bent Bough Lane on Wednesday morning when he noticed his home's back door was slightly open and the glass was shattered.
"I would not come in the house empty-handed. If I didn't have that rifle hidden where I could get to it, I would not have come in here."
He immediately grabbed his pistol that was sitting nearby and searched his home.
"I could hear people running around upstairs," Magdaleno said.
That's when he made his move.
"I sneaked up on them and told them to lay on the ground on their stomachs," he said.
Magdaleno dialed 911 and kept his gun pointed at the three 14-year-old boys until Houston police showed up to put handcuffs on the teens.
"When I asked them what they were doing in my house, they said my back door was open and that their dog ran in here and they were coming in after their dog," Magdaleno said.
No dog was found when police showed up. Investigators said the teens were after electronics in the home. The man's laptop was found inside a backpack belonging to one of the teenagers.
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Three years ago, shortly before the first big screen version of their successful TV comedy The Inbetweeners was released, Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas and James Buckley insisted that the movie marked a final goodbye to the socially inept teenagers we'd all come to love since their debut in 2008.
The film, which follows the lads as they leave school and venture on their first parent-free holiday, went on to notch up the most successful opening weekend ever achieved by a comedy in the UK. And now they're promoting the sequel. It's not for the money though.
"If it was about the money, we'd have brought a film out much quicker, when we were kind of riding the old wave," says Harrison, 29, who plays the lanky, gormless Neil.
Thomas, 30, who fans will recognise as the slightly neurotic and often lovelorn Simon, agrees: "We'd be on about [film] four by now."
"We had no idea it was going to be as successful as it was," adds Bird, who plays pompous, former-briefcase-toting Will. "I think personally, for ourselves and for our careers, we wanted to go on and do other things and not get tied down by The Inbetweeners."
And that's what they did, for the next two years. "It was only that people didn't stop asking us whether we were going to make another film," continues Bird, who turns 30 this month.
"Yeah, there was still this demand," adds Buckley, 26, also known as pathological liar Jay. "Every day, people were coming up to me and tweeting me, 'Please do another film'. If it wasn't for the fans, this film wouldn't have been made."
Although Bird and Thomas, who became friends art Cambridge University, have since collaborated on the First World War-set comedy Chickens, they've all missed working as a foursome. "But that's not a good enough reason to make people watch [another movie]," says Buckley, who's become a dad of two since the first film's release.
"We didn't even want to entertain listening to any more ideas because, I don't know how the others felt, but I felt a bit like The Inbetweeners could be the only thing I do successfully in my life, so let's not ruin that."
However, the show's creators and writers, Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, had been busy working on another film script. "When we saw how funny it was, then everything changed and it became a no-brainer," admits Bird, who married girlfriend Lisa Owens in 2012.
"Yeah, we didn't want to make anything that didn't live up to what the first film has become," adds Harrison.
Any remaining fears they had were allayed during their first read-through in front of the crew; the same team they'd worked with last time. "Afterwards, they all came up to us saying they thought it was funnier than the first film, so we thought we'd made the right choice in agreeing to do it," Harrison explains.
So what fan fans expect from The Inbetweeners 2?
Well, at the time of this interview, much like the first outing, the plot's a closely guarded secret, but they will share certain titbits, like the fact it's set six months after the last movie.
"Jay's gone off to Australia to stay with his uncle and the other three lads are in Britain having quite a rubbish time of it," reveals Harrison. "Neil is working but he really misses his best mate, and the other two lads are at uni but not necessarily having a great time."
As is often the case, their friendship's become fragmented since they left school.
"It's a confusing, horrible period when you've moved away from all your friends and haven't quite made your new set of friends," Bird says.
Then Neil receives an email from Jay saying how brilliant Australia is. "Even though they know he may be slightly exaggerating the truth, they think it's got to be better than what they're doing and head off," explains Harrison - and in great cinematic tradition, there's an element of a road trip.
"It's less romcom-y than the first one," offers Bird. "It's more about the four of them, which is important, I think, because that's what The Inbetweeners has always been about, at its core it's about that group of friends."
No road trip is possible without a car, and it would seem Jay's found something suitably understated for them - a motor with a picture of a topless woman on the bonnet and the words 'mobile virgin conversion unit' emblazoned on the boot.
"Car scenes are the most fun to film, because we're mic'd up so know everyone can hear us, and we can make jokes about the crew but they can't get to us," says Bird.
"We've got a captive audience basically," continues Thomas. "So we babble away with a load of drivel. Basically, our only aim is to make the crew laugh and we're really pleased when we do. It's pathetic, it really is."
This time round, Morris and Beesley decided to step up to the challenge and direct as well, something Thomas likens "to two kids being left in charge of a classroom".
"It was crazy," Bird says, laughing.
"They've always set up this attitude on set that if it's funny just do it, but there's normally a director in place to pull on the reins ever so slightly when things got out of control. So when Iain and Damon took over the reins, it was like the lunatics have taken over the asylum," adds Harrison.
"And," continues Buckley, "any time they did try and discipline us or show us some sort of authority it was completely disrespected and ignored. Well, not only ignored but..."
"Mocked!" offers Bird.
"But despite our remorseless hounding of Iain and Damon, we do absolutely love them," clarifies Thomas. "That's why we did it. That's not an explanation that would wash with them, by the way!"
As hard as it might be for the lads, and their many fans, it would seem this really does mark the end of The Inbetweeners' journey. As Harrison puts it: "The comedy of the show comes from their ignorance and naivety, and if you follow the characters into their late twenties, that kind naivety is almost unforgivable."
It'll be tough to say goodbye though.
"I think it's a nostalgic show in some ways, because people look back to that age as an age of innocence, to a certain extent," says Thomas. "There is something of that which Iain and Damon have managed to capture in these characters, their slight ineptitude but, ultimately, their warmth.
"There's nothing too threatening in The Inbetweeners' universe," he adds. "But at the same time, there's nothing too impressive either."
:: Jackass - The wince (and sometimes vomit) inducing antics of the Jackass boys might be Marmite TV, but clearly someone's watching as they've made three movies.
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:: The X-Files - David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson found fame in Nineties sci-fi horror series The X Files, which later spawned two films.
:: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - This summer, the Eighties TV cartoon series is given the Hollywood treatment, with Megan Fox starring as April.
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|Ruhk "The Dandy"
|Marduzi Lovarya
|Ruhk "The Dandy"
|Malcolm Cavendish
|Rommin Hawkridge
To summarize (and please correct me if I am wrong):
21 Jordan – Normal vision
20 Azmythe – Low light vision
15 Marduzi – Normal vision
14 Kelistra (6) – Normal vision
14 Iralynash (5) – Low light vision
13 Rommin (4) – Low light vision
13 Ruhk (2) – Normal vision
10 Malcolm – Normal vision
6 Halvor - Darkvision
|GM Will Cooper
Thanks Rommin.
It's pitch dark. A faint scuttling sound competes with the sound of your own breathing and the surge of blood in your ears.
Initiative 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
|GM Will Cooper
Creatures' turn.
Web attack on Malcolm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17.
Web attack on Ruhk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23.
Web attack on Iralynash: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6.
In the darkness, things move. Iralynash, you feel the faintest brush of something soft and silken, with a faint tingle but no real harm. Malcolm and Ruhk, strong silken strands wrap round you from out of the darkness. You are snared, and the strands burn with an evil icy chill.
Malcolm and Ruhk are entangled, and take 1 hit point of negative energy damage each. DC 12 Strength check or Escape Artist check to free yourself. Party's turn - you can make perception/listen rolls to find out where the enemy is, and Halvor can direct.
|Jordan Andosano
|Kelistra Drav
|Halvor Lumbar
On Halvor's turn, spoilering since I go pretty far back
"There are three strange spiders back there
|Marduzi Lovarya
Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Assuming that is good enough...(otherwise, send him off blundering in the wrong direction)
Marduzi moves forward toward where he thinks he hears the rasp of a very large spider leg across the floor swinging his sword blindly in the dark.
Concealment miss chance, low is bad 1d100 ⇒ 99
Attack (Greatsword, Power Attack) 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 1 = 8
Damage (Greatsword, Power Attack) 2d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (2, 6) + 7 + 3 = 18
|Ruhk "The Dandy"
|Kelistra Drav
Since the Perception roll was high, I'll roll an attack for this round.
Kelistra approaches the spot where Ruhk is struggling to free himself and waits for the spider sound to approach him. When she thinks she has a fix on the thing skittering towards its prey, she thrusts her glowing rapier blade to where she thinks its body should be.
Attack 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Damage 1d6 ⇒ 4 Concealment - Low is bad 1d100 ⇒ 42
|Malcolm Cavendish
Strength Check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Pereception: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Malcolm easily shrugs off the webbing, and he draws a sunrod from his pack.
We need the light of Abadar!
Malcolm will also use his at will ability to Detect Evil. If they are evil, then he should be able to pinpoint their location, no?
|Jordan Andosano
Per 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Disoriented, Jordan waits for the sunrod and advances casting.
Fire erupts from his fingers at the spiders.
Jordan tries to spray as many as he can.
2d4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 4) + 1 = 6fire
burning hands Ref DC 16
|Malcolm Cavendish
|Ruhk "The Dandy"
|Rommin Hawkridge
|Jordan Andosano
|Malcolm Cavendish
|GM Will Cooper
OK, partial resolution for this round.
@Malcolm, escaping is a standard action, so you can move and draw your sunrod. However, it's another standard action to strike a sunrod, so that will have to wait until next round.
Malcolm rips his way out of the webbing with ease. Before he can raise a light, Halvor's muttered invocation causes a wave of blinding daylight to spill out from a small coin. The illumination is stark and bright, throwing shadows across the cavern. Three giant spiders rear back, shielding their multiple eyes from the violent beams of light.
Marduzi and Kelistra both miss, despite the sudden bright light.
Rommin's arrow buries itself into a spider, leaving it oozing ichor.
Jordan's fire catches just one spider - the same that Rommin targeted.
Ruhk remains caught in the spiders' flung webbing.
Azmythe and Iralynash are up.
Is it possible for me to attack one or more of the spiders with my bombs without hiting Marduzi and Kelistra? If be answer is yes I will toss a bomb trying to get the injured one and maybe one more with the splash. If I can only get one without hurting the others that is what i will do. If i have no clear shoot I will charge the injured one.
Making use of the sudden light Iralynash attacks the spiders.
Ranged Touch Atk: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Fire Dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Splash Dmg: 4
Atk: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 2 = 10
2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 = 11
|GM Will Cooper
|GM Will Cooper
The remaining two spiders scuttle forward maybe ten or fifteen feet, closing to melee range. One attacks Marduzi, the other attacks Jordan. Their attacks seem hesitant in the unfamiliar brightness.
Attack Marduzi: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 1 = 5, damage 1d6 ⇒ 4
Attack Jordan: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 2 - 1 = 21, damage 1d6 ⇒ 5
Crit confirmation: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 2 - 1 = 14, damage 1d6 ⇒ 3
Jordan is pierced with cruel mandibles. Jordan take 8 hp damage and please make a DC 14 Fort save.
The webbing wrapped around Ruhk continues to numb his flesh with a burning chill. 1 hp damage.
Party's turn!
|Kelistra Drav
|Malcolm Cavendish
|Jordan Andosano
|Halvor Lumbar
|Ruhk "The Dandy"
"Believe me, I'm trying. Almost as hard as when I was trying to escape the ropes a lusty ogress once trapped me in."
Strength check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
"There we go, I thought that image might lend me some strength."
Ruhk shakes himself free and steps up to join Marduzi, leaving the other spider for Malcolm.
"You're slipping Marduzi, I gave you several moments to finish this off without me."
|Rommin Hawkridge
|Marduzi Lovarya
Round 2
"We'll see what's left for you Ruhk." quips Marduzi as he swings his greatsword down attempting to slice the spider in two.
Attack (Greatsword, Power Attack) 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 19
Damage (Greatsword, Power Attack) 2d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3) + 7 + 3 = 14
|GM Will Cooper
No map for this combat I'm afraid. Now that Halvor has resolved the darkness, I don't think things will last long enough to matter.
Marduzi and Malcolm each leave gaping wounds in their chosen targets. The spiders hiss and chitter in verminous rage as they writhe around the cruel steel blades. Rommin's arrow, guided by Halvor's blessing, plunges into a spider's abdomen. Both spiders are clearly critically wounded, but their tiny insectoid minds have no room for fear or flight.
Iralynash misses with what would have been a killing blow from his hammer.
Jordan feels poison winding through his veins from the deep spider bites. Azmythe's healing restores his wounded body, but he still feels unnaturally weak. Jordan, lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 points of strength, and next round make another DC 14 Fort save.
Ruhk bursts free from the deathly webbing before Kelistra reaches him. Kelistra, you can choose another action if you'd like to.
|Kelistra Drav
|Jordan Andosano
|Halvor Lumbar
|Jordan Andosano
|GM Will Cooper
And Kelistra and Jordan between them dispatch the last two spiders. The blackly twitching corpses start to scorch and dissolve in the bright light from Halvor's coin. Within seconds there is nothing but discolored patches of stone showing where the unnatural spiders died.
Jordan continues to feel the after-effects of the spider's poison. Another Fortitude save please Jordan. DC is 14.
The cavern narrows ahead, leaving only one obvious way to continue.
|Jordan Andosano
Jordan still fights the poison in his system.
Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
-4 STR total?
Jordan gasps under his small load as his weakened state makes carrying the slightest load difficult.
"Malcolm, my pouches are too heavy. Even my spellbook is heavy."
Jordan tries to hand off his water, rations, and a spellbook.
|Ruhk "The Dandy"
Poison that saps the strength of a body, icy nets that burn with unnatural cold, and finally they dissolve upon death.
Whatever those things were, they were NOT natural...I'm afraid my knowledge is useless for telling what they were."
|Kelistra Drav
|Ruhk "The Dandy"


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A SMALL country village has been left in shock after two of its well-known residents were found dead after an apparent murder-suicide or suicide pact.
John Knott, aged 71 and his 70-year-old wife Elizabeth, known as Anne, died at their home in Pow Green, between Bosbury and Cradley, over the weekend, each from single gunshot wounds.
Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with their deaths and have confirmed that a shot gun belonging to Mr Knott was recovered at the scene.
It is believed that Mrs Knott was suffering from Alzheimer's and was quite ill.
The couple, who had not been seen since noon on Saturday, were found at their home on Monday after relatives became concerned.
Yesterday villagers paid tribute to the 'lovely' couple, who had moved to their 300-year-old Forge Cottage from Droitwich.
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"They were obviously a very devoted couple," said the woman who did not wish to be named.
"We didn't know them for very long as we only moved here nine months ago but they were always very friendly.
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Mr Knott, a retired director of a Birmingham construction company, had been fighting a planning application for a gypsy settlement near his home.
"The gypsies down thethe road had troubled John for some time," said the neighbour.
"They had applied for planning permission for a residency but both John and I were against this.
"There were lots of objections."
Peter and Lyn Hodgkiss, who own The Butchery, in Cradley, said John Mr Knott was always happy when he visited them for his shopping.
Mr Hodgkiss said: "He was a lovely man, they were a lovely couple, that used to come in and buy things from us. We are in total shock. If you saw him he was so happy all the time."
Mrs Hodgkiss added: "His wife had Alzheimer's and he was fighting the gypsies near his house and it must have got to be too much for him.
"He always used to come in and give us a nice order and he used to come in all happy and ask how out son is and I could only say good things about him. He was lovely.
"It's hit us hard."
Despite being relatively new to the village, the Knotts had become pillars of the community – always seen at local events and keen to get involved.
A close friend, who did not wish to be named, said: "They were a lovely couple, always willing to help other people. She had been poorly, very poorly, on several fronts.
"We are all very sad and shall miss them. It is an awful tragedy, and shocking."
Mr and Mrs Knott are believed to have had one grown-up daughter, who lives outside the area.
Since retiring to the Bosbury area several years ago, Mr Knott had become a popular member of the Bosbury Parish Hall Committee, right at the heart of village life.
Fellow committee member, Liz Clutterbuck said: "John was a member of the committee, before his wife became poorly. He was also a member of the walking group and got involved with collating the church magazine."
Mrs Clutterbuck added: "He was an absolutely super man, full of fun. Anne, I didn't know so well; but she joined in with events. I believe she was suffering with dementia."
Another Parish Hall Committee member, Liz Cooke said: "They were a very pleasant couple, and I saw them at village events, such as the farmers' markets and the curry evenings.
"This is devastating news. I am absolutely shocked. I can't believe it."
She added: "He was just lovely and keen to get involved. She was a very nice lady – always chatty.
"She helped out at events and also got involved. I knew she was unwell, suffering from dementia."
Bosbury Vicar, the Revd Nicky Seabright said the couple were very well known and the community was "deeply shocked".
She said: "They were well known locally, not least as plant growers and supporters of many events in the village. We do know that Anne was suffering from a progressive illness which must have been challenging for them both.
"We are obviously really sorry and full of sadness about what has happened and the family are very much in our prayers. As a community we will need to come together and support each other.
"The church is always open for those who would like some space for reflection and I am encouraging local people to drop in at any time if they want to."
Police officers were called to the home at around 9.30am on Monday following reports of a shooting, and they discovered two bodies.
Detective Inspector Richard Rees of Hereford CID said: "Police visited the Knott's home on Monday after concerns were raised by their relatives. Sadly, a search of the property found them both deceased. They each had a single shotgun wound, which the post mortems have now confirmed were the cause of death."
He added that there was nothing to suggest a third party had been involved and that police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the shootings.
Police would like to speak to anyone who saw Mr and Mrs Knott prior to Monday as the last confirmed sighting was at about midday on Saturday.
Herefordshire CID can be contacted via the non-emergency police number 101 or information can be passed on anonymously through Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org.


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The former New England Patriot, who is already in jail awaiting trial on charges of murdering a semi-professional football player in June 2013 was charged earlier this month in the 2012 killing of Cape Verdean nationals Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
Hernandez appeared dressed in a suit and tie but remained handcuffed throughout an afternoon hearing at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Members of his family began to weep loudly upon his entry in the courtroom.
Prosecutors said that after leaving the nightclub, Hernandez followed the car that Abreu and Furtado were riding in, pulled up alongside and shot the two men dead with a handgun. There was no evidence that he had previously known his victims or that the pair was involved in any criminal activity, prosecutors said.
Investigators linked Hernandez, 24, to the double-murder after the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was found shot to death in an industrial park near Hernandez's house in South Attleboro, Massachusetts, last June. Hernandez was previously charged in Lloyd's murder and is being held at the Bristol County Jail awaiting trial.
Hernandez had been seen as a rising star in the league and had a contract with the Patriots worth about $40 million. The team dropped him hours after his arrest.