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Birds are the best but at times the outlay of the planet earth actually overwhelms the birds for even the most focused self-centred bird addict for brief periods at least. Last week work took me to the northern tip of Baffin Island for an aerial survey of marine mammals. Any work with the word Arctic attached is bliss for a birder. The Arctic is a huge domain. There are many bird bleak areas. In fact much of the Arctic is that way.
Pond Inlet on Eclipse Sound in northern Baffin Island is a destination for tour ships and Arctic adventurers. The tides between mainland Baffin Island and Bylot Island (a Baffin Island rebel island) are strong and dynamic. There is a lot of marine life thriving here. There is a lot to learn about the place but narwhal congregate here in summer which is why we were doing aerial marine mammal surveys.
In the off-time before and after 'work' there was interesting birding to be had from the community watching the swarms of kittiwakes and fulmars looking for food over the riptides. Pomarine Jaegers were numerous challenging the kittiwakes for their meals of Arctic cod.
On the way to my work there were living glaciers at work on the same project of grinding valleys out of rock for the last multi-thousand years..
A glance out the window of our twin otter survey plane on route to the start of the morning's surveys over Eclipse Sound.
There was no end to the glacier shots one could take on the way to work. Too bad there were two layers of plexiglass between the lense and the outside world.
Wayne Renaud at Pond Inlet scoping the kittiwake flocks for Pomarine Jaegers hunting out in Eclipse Sound. Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and ravens were routine sightings from our seawatch location. On one occasion two juvenile hornemanni Hoary Redpolls fed on the slope near us. You really don't know hornemanni HORE until you've seen the true northern redpolls. They are so big they probably could not physically even mate with any other 'race' of redpoll. It was the one time I did not bring my camera with me but great views with the 30X scope.
Classic scene of a flock of kittiwakes roust up by a Pomarine Jaeger in Eclipse Sound. That is the mountainous Bylot Island in the background some 12 km away
If you look closely there is a fish in the beak of that Red-throated Loon en route to a feed a youngster on a small pond some ways back in on the barrens behind Pond Inlet.
Afternoon Birding in Iqaluit
On the way to do some Marine Mammal Surveys at Pond Inlet, NU at the north end of Baffin Island, unexpected logistics meant that we had to overnight in Iqaluit, NU at the south end of Baffin Island. It was the first sunny day after several days of rain in Iqaluit. Wayne Renaud and I took the 'downtime' to do some local Iqaluit birding on foot. A three hour walk along a river and back on the road to hotel produced a few birds. Birds were uncommon, except for raven and gulls. There were no shorebirds or waterfowl though the habitat looked good. There were about 100 gulls on rocks in the river. Not close and on the wrong side of the sun it was difficult identify everything but we did see one adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls (subadults), 15 Herring Gulls, 40 Glaucous Gulls and the rest unidentified. LBBGs breed at this latitude in Greenland, a possible source of this bird.
Passerine list was six Northern Wheatears, all juveniles (three singles and a group of three), about 10 Snow Buntings and six Lapland Longspurs. These three species are local breeders.
Caught in the act of being a wheatear, this bird was surprised to see me peak over a rock. Wheatears are unnecessarily wary.
What does a bird often do before flying? Yes - another species for the "while shitting photo list".
A glimpse of the patented white arse that gives wheatear its name.
Quiz photo.
Answer: juvenile Horned Lark still be fed by a parent.
Cory's Shearwater ! - Newfromland Style
Cory's Shearwater occurs naturally and by will within legal Newfoundland waters, but just. Being a warm water species most of Newfoundland waters are non-Cory's habitat because of the overpowering influence of the unstoppable Labrador Current that sweeps strongly south and around Newfoundland affecting our everyday life. Warm Gulf Stream waters meet with the Labrador Current off southern Newfoundland in the deep water beyond the Continental Shelf Edge. I know from experience that Cory's Shearwater is part of the normal avifauna in warm water +19C just off the shelf waters south of Newfoundland. and St Pierre et Miquelon - and well within the 200 nmi EEZ. And from good authority know that they occur up on top of the shelf a little bit adjacent to these deep waters. Cory's also occurs with some regularity on the southernmost Grand Banks in and outside the 200 EEZ. In adjacent parts of Nova Scotia Cory's is more routine of shelf waters but the water is also much warmer here in summer than Newfoundland. One year, perhaps abnormally warm, I saw small numbers of Cory's Shearwaters from the North Sydney, NS to Argentia, NF ferry. It was late August when water temps are at the warmest. The Cory's started on the NS side of the crossing and continued in small numbers until south of St, Pierre et Miquelon. There has never been a duplicate result from that crossing but in recent years ferry crossings are done mostly during darkness.
Shearwater watching on the Avalon Peninsula during the capelin season is one of Newfoundland's great spectacles. Day counts from a single location are often in the five digit zone, sometimes six. Great and Sooty shearwaters in varying ratios make up the bulk of the species. There are always a few Manx. After decades of summers enjoying the shearwater and the general seabird spectacle without ever seeing a Cory's Shearwater I assumed it was never going to happen. Some birds like fulmars for example, scavengers of the sea and common in Newfoundland waters year round do not respond at all to the capelin spawning. Maybe Cory's Shearwater don't eat small fish (unlikely theory!) or maybe they just don't like getting their feet cold in the Labrador Current.
On 10 August 2014 thanks largely to lighthouse keeper Cliff Doran's luring I found myself at Cape Race for the 4th day out of the last six. By the time I got there on Sunday afternoon most the shearwaters had floated offshore. Capelin feeding seems to quiet down in mid-day. Not only that there were periods of rain and dark skies. I was wondering if I should not have burned all that gas and time to be at Cape Race again. The seabirds still present were very close as there was some capelin being captured. After a couple hours of enjoying the views I was about to pack it up when I found myself looking at a shearwater flying away with a gray wash between the shoulder blades and on back of the neck. It turned back toward me revealing its full dirty neck and yellow bill. I knew what it was but also knew this couldn't be happening. Yet I was standing on solid ground looking at a Cory's Shearwater feeding off the Cape Race lighthouse.
For the next twenty minutes I had the bird in sight most of the time. It leisurely coursed back and forth 100-200 m offshore cruising over the other shearwaters and seabirds sitting on the water. Twice it hit the water getting a capelin though it never rested on the water. I was standing by the old fog horn building. Photo taken with 840 mm lens using ISO 1600 and 3200 under dark skies. All here are large crops.
The first of 230 photos. Even if this was the only shot the solidly brown head and neck say Cory's Shearwater.
The grayish upper back and hind neck usually contrasted with darker brown wings. This is often a good clue of a possible Cory's vs Great even at good distances. In better light the grayish shown is actually buffy brown.
The bull neck, large head and bill are often impressive next to a Great Shearwater
Wish I could have heard what the Cory's was saying as it banked showing its snowy white belly and clean white under wings.
Another view of the white belly and under wings. There is some moulting of under wing coverts spoiling the immaculate white under wings of a fresh Cory's Shearwater.
Pretty rough looking, the Cory's was undergoing wing covert moult. The uniform dark underside of primaries rules makes it your basic Cory's Shearwater subspecies/species that includes the Azores as its breeding range.
Another view of satiny white belly and if you hadn't noticed by now that stonkin' yellow bill with a black tip.
The Cory's Shearwater was a great glider. It moved slowly but surely often near stall out speed it seemed. Where as the Greats appeared pumped up on caffeine with frequent rapid burst of wing beats to keep airborne with more abrupt changes of speed and angle of movement.
Compared to Greats, Cory's Shearwaters seem to have narrower rear ends and tails with thicker shoulders and wider wings.
The paler upper back and neck contrast with the darker wings of Cory's. On Great Shearwaters the back is either darker than the wings like this individual or the same. Right now the Greats are in or just about in a fresh set of wing coverts and back feathers. These are strongly edged in white, sometime including the back. Depending on light and distant the upper side of both these species looks uniformly dark.
Shorebird Photography Thwarted
During my week off work shorebird photography was one of my goals especially adult Semipalmated Plovers with big breast bands. Easy enough. There is Renews and Bellevue. Two great locations for shorebirds. Tuesday was Renews. I stationed myself among the rocks where I 'knew' the shorebirds would appear as the tide rose. There was an odd dire dearth of shorebirds on Tuesday. And those that were there chose the other side of the harbour to rest at high tide. 2 1/2 hours waiting and not one photograph.
A rare photo of Kelp Man taken by Alison Mews through the wind shield of her car at Renews. She almost blew the opportunity thinking it was a fancy beef bucket sticking out of a pile of kelp until she noticed movement beneath the kelp and realized it was indeed Kelp Man.
On the way home stopped in at Mobile to see the Little Gull that just will not go away. Never was a Little Gull so stationary in the history of Newfoundland birding. It is so attached to a couple of rocks that if Herring or Great Black-backed Gulls are sitting in its place, it will fly up and down the shoreline until the site is free again.
Today it was Bellevue Beach for shorebirds. The tide was right for arriving early in the morning and making the 30 minute walk down the beach to the tidal flats for excellent views and good photo opts of many shorebirds of good diversity Newfoundland style. Either I forgot to look at the weather forecast or didn't notice the mention of possible rain. I arrived at 07:15 as rain started and continued non-stop until I gave up and left at 11:00. I could see many shorebirds running around on the mussel beds through my scope included some red Red Knots. Also at least three Bonaparte's and 9 Black-headed Gulls.
This Bald Eagle sat in the rain next to my car for 45 minutes. It was one of at least ten eagles loafing in the area.
Forget about shorebirds tomorrow. It will be a seabird day at Cape Race. Post tropical storm Bertha will be weak and pass too far south to have much positive effect. The NE winds should keep the fog down allowing views of the good numbers of shearwaters recently building up in the area.
I am Bringing a Chair
Anything can happen to this projected path of tropical storm/hurricane Bertha between now and Thursday when it will pass closest to Cape Race. The path is all well out at sea, much of it beyond the continental shelf where bird life can be very sparse. However it will be in warm subtropical waters all the way. When it travels south of Nova Scotia and then hits the shelf edge at the southwest side of the Grand Banks and crosses the middle of the Grand Banks it will be going through some relatively productive waters. The warm waters off the SW Grand Banks is poorly known but extrapolations from only slightly better known waters off the NS banks etc can send one's imagination of the possibilities into outer space.
I'll be happy enough if the storm keeps this track. I tend to be away when tropical storms affect Newfoundland. Not only will I be here for this one but I already have this whole week off for vacation time. I am prepared to be a Cape Race for a big seawatch sit on Thursday. Good shelter behind the old foghorn house in a NE wind. I am bringing a chair.


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No. Plants are a fantastic resource of nutrients that can assist promote your body to create its own collagen, but there is no well-known plant food that offers type II collagen, the type that offers every one of the health and wellness advantages detailed above.
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Bone broth is made by simmering animal bones as well as cells for a minimum of 10 hours with veggies, herbs, and spices such as thyme, garlic, as well as bay leaves. Top quality bone broth starts with top notch ingredients, making use of bones from natural grass-fed animals and natural vegetables. While any bone or ligament can be made use of, knuckles, poultry feet, as well as femur bones often tend to contain one of the most collagen.
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Inspect Ina Garten's recipe for chicken broth. It's extremely comparable to this and has actually been made use of with small variants by educated chefs for decades.
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Before Kettle and Fire was birthed, among our founders, Nick, tore his ACL playing football (ouch). His bro Justin read about the advantages of bone broth for injury recuperation. As his timetable really did not leave much time to make bone broth from the ground up, he laid out to buy a store-bought, top notch, grass-fed bone broth, given that both of their active timetables didn't leave much time to make the broth themselves. (You can discover more concerning our tale here.).
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One year ago, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration published the first image of a black hole in the nearby radio galaxy M 87. Now the collaboration has extracted new information from the EHT data on the distant quasar 3C 279: they observed the finest detail ever seen in a jet produced by a supermassive black hole. New analyses, led by Jae-Young Kim from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, enabled the collaboration to trace the jet back to its launch point, close to where violently variable radiation from from across the electromagnetic spectrum arises.
The results are published in the coming issue of "Astronomy & Astrophysics", April 2020.JIVE scientists continue to be involved in the EHT Collaboration and are co-authors on this new result.
The EHT collaboration continues extracting information from the groundbreaking data collected in its global campaign in April 2017. One target of the observations was a galaxy 5 billion light-years away in the constellation Virgo that scientists classify as a quasar because an ultra-luminous source of energy at its center shines and flickers as gas falls into a giant black hole. The target, 3C 279, contains a black hole about one billion times more massive than our Sun. Twin fire-hose-like jets of plasma erupt from the black hole and disk system at velocities close to the speed of light: a consequence of the enormous forces unleashed as matter descends into the black hole's immense gravity.
To capture the new image, the EHT uses a technique called very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), which synchronizes and links radio dishes around the world. By combining this network to form one huge virtual Earth-size telescope, the EHT is able to resolve objects as small as 20 micro-arcseconds on the sky - the equivalent of someone on Earth identifying an orange on the Moon. Data recorded at all the EHT sites around the world is transported to special supercomputers at MPIfR in Bonn and at MIT's Haystack Observatory, where they are combined. The combined data set is then carefully calibrated and analyzed by team of experts, which then enables EHT scientists to produce images with the finest detail possible from the surface of the Earth.
For 3C279, the EHT can measure features finer than a light-year across, allowing astronomers to follow the jet down to the accretion disk and to see the jet and disk in action. The newly analyzed data show that the normally straight jet has an unexpected twisted shape at its base and, revealing features perpendicular to the jet that could be interpreted as the poles of the accretion disk where the jets are ejected. The fine details in the images change over consecutive days, possibly due to rotation of the accretion disk, and shredding and infall of material, phenomena expected from numerical simulations but never before observed.
Jae-Young Kim, of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and lead author of the paper, is enthusiastic and at the same time puzzled: "We knew that every time you open a new window to the Universe you can find something new. Here, where we expected to find the region where the jet forms by going to the sharpest image possible, we find a kind of perpendicular structure. This is like finding a very different shape by opening the smallest Matryoshka doll."
Avery Broderick, an astrophysicist working at the Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo, explains "For 3C 279, the combination of the transformative resolution of the EHT and new computational tools for interpreting its data have proved revelatory. What was a single radio 'core' is now resolved into two independent complexes. And they move - even on scales as small as light-months, the jet in 3C 279 is speeding toward us at more than 99.5% of light speed!"
Because of this rapid motion, the jet in 3C 279 appears to move at about 20 times the speed of light. "This extraordinary optical illusion arises because the material is racing toward us, chasing down the very light it is emitting and making it appear to be moving faster than it is," clarifies Dom Pesce, a postdoctoral fellow at the CfA. The unexpected geometry suggests the presence of traveling shocks or instabilities in a bent, rotating jet, which might also explain emission at high energies such as gamma-rays.
Anton Zensus, Director at the MPIfR and Chair of the EHT Collaboration Board, stresses the achievement as a global effort: "Last year we could present the first image of the shadow of a black hole. Now we see unexpected changes in the shape of the jet in 3C 279, and we are not done yet. As we told last year: this is just the beginning."
The EHT array is always improving, explains Shep Doeleman, EHT Founding Director. "These new quasar results demonstrate that the unique EHT capabilities can address a wide range of science questions, which will only grow as we continue to add new telescopes to the array. Our team is now working on a next-generation EHT array that will greatly sharpen the focus on black holes and allow us to make the first black hole movies."
The international collaboration announced the first-ever image of a black hole at the heart of the radio galaxy Messier 87 on April 10, 2019 by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. Supported by considerable international investment, the EHT links existing telescopes using novel systems - creating a new instrument with the highest angular resolving power that has yet been achieved.
The individual telescopes involved in the EHT collaboration are: the Atacama Large Millimetre Telescope (ALMA), the Atacama Pathfinder EXplorer (APEX), the Greenland Telescope (since 2018), the IRAM 30-meter Telescope, the IRAM NOEMA Observatory (expected 2021), the Kitt Peak Telescope (expected 2021), the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), the Submillimeter Array (SMA), the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT), and the South Pole Telescope (SPT).
The EHT consortium consists of 13 stakeholder institutes; the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Arizona, the University of Chicago, the East Asian Observatory, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Large Millimeter Telescope, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, MIT Haystack Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Radboud University and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Illustration of multiwavelength 3C 279 jet structure in April 2017. The observing epochs, arrays, and wavelengths are noted at each panel. Credit: J.Y. Kim (MPIfR), Boston University Blazar Program (VLBA and GMVA), and Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
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Only moments have passed since the USGA pressed the "post" button, thus distributing the new rules of golf. The result of years of research conducted by the biggest governing bodies in golf, the new rules aim to make life easier for recreational golfers–and faster too.
There's a lot to go over here, so it's a blessing that we're getting them nearly nine months before they take effect Jan. 1, 2019–and not before. What do you think? Is there anything particularly troubling herein or have the governing bodies demonstrated they are truly in touch with the needs of the "modern" golfers?
And what about implementation? It seems to me that the USGA and others are giving players ample time to deal with issues. But will they?
I'm not going out on a limb here if I predict the game will experience lots of conflict, whether in tournament play or during a casual weekend afternoon. Adjustments will take time.


Australian cricket board has made a change in the format of the game to be played in the summer. It has introduced night cricket to be played in the Sheffield Shield, aiming it to introduce in the tests.
According to International Cricket Council Test rankings, Australia is defeated in England by 3-0 and in India by 4-0. This has pushed down the ranking of the country to fifth in the tests, fifth and seventh in the one day international and T20 respectively. The performance showed an unexpected fall in the graph. The blame is levied on over emphasis of the short forms of the game. The Australian team is now playing more of short-term games that are adversely affecting the form of the players.
The cricket association of Australia brought about a change in the format with the view to improve the performance of the cricket team. They are of the opinion that if the players do not switch between the format of the game by maintaining a balance so that they might perform consistently. The modern day players have to switch continuously between different forms. The one-day tournament will be played in the month of October and will be broadcast on a popular television channel. The Cricket Australia has decided to broadcast the matches on the Nine Network's high definition channel GEM.
The cricket association of Australia has been lately focusing on the domestic schedule of the game. They believe that the change in the schedule will enhance the preparation of the Australian team. James Sutherland the chief executive of Cricket Australia, remarked that from 30 October to mid December the cricket team will be playing in the in the rigorous schedule of Sheffield Shield cricket. Following this procedure strictly all the players will have a minimum of two games to play and a maximum of three matches to play in the Sheffield Shield cricket tournament. This way they will get many opportunities to prepare themselves for the Ashes Test.
According to a spokesperson of Australian cricket board, The Sheffield Shield domestic tournament is scheduled to be played in nine rounds. It will be taking place day and night. Pink balls are to be used in the games. By adopting such inventive means the cricket board is including suitable equipment and transforming the playing conditions. The authority is hopeful that the change in the mode will ensure a proper day and night test cricket in Australia.
In addition to this the Cricket Australia has separated different formats of the game between two blocks that is Sheffield Shield games and Big Bash League. The authorities have scheduled the one day and T20 format for the latter. Some sports critics accuse the one-day series played in India. They surmise that the tournament might adversely affect the performance of the team in the upcoming Ashes series that is scheduled to begin in the month of November 1.
Evidently this is the first time the Cricket board of Australia has made such transformation in the format of the game. They are optimistic that it will surely revive the declining performance of the team.


The fourteen song ambient collection from Ricardo Alves, Hope, is a highly artful musical statement in a genre that is often derided or pre-judged as self-indulgent. The bulk of the songs on Hope are filled with intense emotions and moods that veer from bleak, icy hopelessness to quiet yearning and all points in between. The primary instrument driving these songs is, naturally, synthesizer, but the electronica conjures up a variety of other sounds that are surprisingly natural sounding despite their origin. Electric piano, brass sounds, and an assortment of percussion tones are well utilized in Alves' attempt to weave mood and musical coherence together in one package. The ambient variations that Alves summons over the course of this collection has a great arrangement of colors and tempos that aren't presented in an outright aggressive manner, but rise to claustrophobic levels at certain points.
Hope begins with a very illustrative contrast. The title song "Hope in Tomorrow" and the second track "Desire" is a sharp juxtaposition of emotional bents. The former has sophisticated, yet direct, electronic orchestration that suggests simmering desperation rather than exuberance and a relatively placid pace that allows listeners to absorb individual passages before moving on to the next. "Desire" percolates with slightly busier percussion than the first track and, while the mood remains a little downcast, there's a brighter sheen glowing from the keyboard and synth textures. The atmosphere of longing filling this track is undeniable. The evolving upticks and lulls in the track "I Cannot Travel Very Far on My Own" is tied together by beautifully melodic piano bubbling beneath the synthesizer surface. It is the album's most beautiful track and the aching title alone performs a great service to the work.
"They're Having Fun" is initially rather deceptive. The threatening electronic sound soon dissipates into an electronic display much more in accord with the track's title. Electric piano makes another appearance here, but it's much more restlessly deployed than on the earlier track. There are some tracks when Alves employs what listeners might call, for lack of a better term, anti-crescendos that surprisingly have the same dramatic effect of the opposite effect in mainstream music. "The Insignificance of Our Lives" uses this device much more effectively than any song before this and it comes, appropriately, near the end of the track. It will likely jar listeners on first hearing, but additional plays will deepen the audience's appreciation for the technique. "Unsettling Mind" is one of the album's best marriages of title and music. It maintains a steady pace, rising slowly, but undermining the listener's growing tension with its lack of hitting heights it hints at approaching.
"Fibonacci" has one of the darkest tones of any song on the release. It uses the aforementioned bottoming out of the sound before it returns gradually for the song's coda. There are certainly moments on Hope where the musical textures are brighter than elsewhere, but the majority of the work has a much more complex, dramatic emotional approach that doesn't deal in sunny skies and brighter tomorrows. Ricardo Alves has written and recorded an important work in this genre that deserves the largest possible audience.


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But there's still a difference between the Western and Russian approaches towards the issue, says Aleksey Fenenko from the World Security Research Institute.
The sanctions proposed by Russia can be lifted as soon as Iran gives up its uranium enrichment program, Fenenko explained.


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Four men have been sentenced to a combined total of 17 years in jail after they admitted being part of a conspiracy to burgle a number of Co-op stores in Northamptonshire.
Billy Foster, aged 26, and Wayne Loveridge, aged 24, both of Ecton Lane Park in Northampton, and Bobby-Joe Stanley, aged 28, and John Stanley, aged 39, were involved in the theft of more than £10,000 pounds worth of cigarettes from convenience stores during a three-week period in 2014.
Northampton Crown Court heard the owners of a Co-op store in Desborough, who live above the shop, were awoken by the sound of the metal security shutters being pulled up in the early hours of April 3, 2014.
The shopkeeper went downstairs to find a group of men wearing balaclavas, who were filling up empty bins with packets of cigarettes.
The owner was threatened with a sledgehammer by one of the burglars.
Roxanne Aisthorpe, prosecuting, said the shopkeeper used a metal pole to smash the window of an Audi car being used by the burglars. He also managed to remove one of the men's balaclavas.
A total of £5,000 worth of cigarettes was stolen in the burglary.
Ms Aisthorpe said a Co-op in Croughton was then targeted on April 15.
Again, the owners of the store were awoken by the sound of the alarm going off and "banging and crashing".
Looking out the window, the shopkeeper saw the burglars had attached a large industrial-strength strap to the cash machine in the store, which was then connected to a 4x4 vehicle.
The burglars attempted to pull the cash machine out of the shop but were unsuccessful and left the strap behind.
Police investigators were later able to connect Hadfield, Foster and Loveridge to the purchase of the strap, six days before the break in.
A boiler suit and gloves left near the scene were also forensically matched to Loveridge.
A week later, another attempted burglary took place at The Co-op in Hunters Way, Brixworth, shortly before midnight. The burglars failed to get into the store and then drove off.
Later the same night, thieves managed to broke into the One Stop Shop, Olney, Buckinghamshire, and stole a large amount of cigarettes, valued at more than £6,000.
Hours later, a burglary took place at the Budgens, Stagsden Road, Bromham, Bedfordshire. More than £1,700 worth of cigarettes was stolen.
An Audi S4 recovered by officers during the investigation was found with approximately £7,000 to £8,000 worth of cigarettes inside, along with a sledgehammer and a crowbar.
Police later arrested the four men and they were all charged with conspiracy to burgle. They all pleaded guilty on the first two days of a trial in February this year.
In their basis of plea, Loveridge and Foster admitted taking part in the burglary in Croughton.
Bobby-Joe Stanley, of West Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, and John Stanley of Hitchin, pleaded guilty to offences in Brixworth, Olney and Bromham.
Loveridge, Foster and Bobby-Joe Stanley were all sentenced to four years in jail. John Stanley was sentenced to five years in jail as he committed the burglary while he was on licence.
All four men are likely to serve half their sentences in jail before being released on licence.
Detective Constable Alex O'Meara, from the Organised Crime and Drugs Team, said: "We're extremely pleased with the sentences handed down today. This is yet another firm message to those intending to commit crime in Northamptonshire and a reminder that our investigations are not obstructed by county borders.


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Дубравка Перић (Загреб, 19. јун 1927 — Београд, 9. август 2002) је била југословенска и хрватска  филмска и позоришна глумица.

Филмографија

|- style="background: Lavender; text-align:center; "
| colspan="4" |1940.-те
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| 1949. || Прича о фабрици  || Рајка
|- style="background: Lavender; text-align:center; "
| colspan="4" |1950.-те
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| 1957. || Поп Ћира и поп Спира   || Меланија, ћерка поп Ћире
|- style="background: Lavender; text-align:center; "
| colspan="4" |1960.-те
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| 1960. || Писаћа машина ТВ филм || /
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| 1961. || Сама сам вечерас  ТВ филм || /
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| 1963. || Два пресудна дана ТВ филм || /
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| 1967. || Јегор Буличов ТВ филм || Александра Шура
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| 1968. || Стубови друштва ТВ кратки филм || /
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| 1968. || Не играј се љубављу ТВ филм || Чамила, сестричина Баронова
|- style="background: Lavender; text-align:center; "
| colspan="4" |1970.-те
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| 1972. || Женски разговори ТВ серија || /
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| 1973. || Самоћа ||
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| 1974. || Оглас ТВ филм || Марта
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| 1974. || Мистер Долар  ТВ филм || Госпођа о којој се много шапуће
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| 1975. || Живот је леп ТВ серија || Валентина
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| 1975. || Лепеза леди Виндемир ТВ филм || Госпођа Статфилд
|- style="background: Lavender; text-align:center; "
| colspan="4" |1980.-те
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| 1982. || Дон Жуан се враћа из рата ТВ филм || Стара мајка / Жена под маском / Дама из Берна
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Спољашње везе

Рођени 1927.
Умрли 2002.
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Q: ElementTree's iter() equivalent in Python2.6 I have this code with ElementTree that works well with Python 2.7.
I needed to get all the nodes with the name "A" under "X/Y" node.
from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree

verboseNode = topNode.find("X/Y")
nodes = list(verboseNode.iter("A"))

However, when I tried to run it with Python 2.6, I got this error.
ionCalculateSkewConstraint.py", line 303, in getNodesWithAttribute
    nodes = list(startNode.iter(nodeName))
AttributeError: _ElementInterface instance has no attribute 'iter'

It looks like that Python 2.6 ElementTree's node doesn't have the iter().
How can I implement the iter() with Python 2.6?

A: Note that iter is available in Python 2.6 (and even 2.5 - otherwise, there'd be a notice in the docs), so you don't really need a replacement.
You can, however, use findall:
def _iter_python26(node):
  return [node] + node.findall('.//*')

A: Not sure if this is what you are looking for, as iter() appears to be around in 2.6, but there's getiterator()
http://docs.python.org/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.getiterator

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64 House Members Take Stand Against CA Mustang Slaughter
Washington, DC (May 6, 2019) … The nation's largest wild horse protection organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) today commended Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) for spearheading a bipartisan sign on letter calling on the U.S. Forest Service to abandon plans to sell California wild horses for slaughter.
The letter, co-signed by 64 members of the House of Representatives, including 27 from the California delegation, states, "The Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, administered by the Modoc National Forest, is home to California's largest herd of wild horses, and represents a significant tourism draw to the region. More importantly, these horses are beloved icons in the country, and Americans overwhelmingly oppose horse slaughter."
"AWHC applauds Rep. Lieu and his colleagues who signed this letter for their leadership in protecting America's iconic wild horses and burros from slaughter," said Suzanne Roy, Executive Director for the AWHC. "Americans overwhelmingly want wild horses protected and humanely managed on our public lands. It's time for the Forest Service to abandon its cruel plan to treat these national treasures like trash by selling them for $1 a piece by the truckload, without limitation on slaughter."
The plan by the Forest Service -- announced last fall - to sell wild horses captured from the Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory in the Modoc National Forest near Alturas California for slaughter has provoked widespread public outrage and opposition from California political leaders including U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and California Assemblymember Todd Gloria and 22 of his fellow state legislators. Prompted by the ongoing controversy over the plan, Assemblymember Gloria introduced legislation AB 128, to strengthen and improve enforcement of Section 598 of the penal code, which makes it a felony to sell, import, export or possess a horse for the purpose of slaughter for human consumption. The bill passed out of the California Assembly Parks and Wildlife Committee on a 10-1 vote.
The AWHC and the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit to stop the plan and the federal district court in San Francisco will hold a hearing this Thursday on the matter.
The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is the nation's leading wild horse protection organization, with more than 700,000 supporters and followers nationwide. AWHC is dedicated to preserving the American wild horse in viable, free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.
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7News Special Report: Thin to Win
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She could tell you where she won every medal.
"It's a memory of the past, of what you've done, what you've accomplished," said Olympic hopeful Andrea Walkonen.
Walkonen has kept every prize, every publication, every picture of her legendary running career since it started back in middle school. WIth hopes of making it to the Olympics one day, the now 29-year-old New Hampshire native said her dreams were almost dashed.
"I think I was 93 pounds and 5 feet 7 inches my senior year of high going into college," said Walkonen. She said she saw another athlete she admired eat and copied her by cutting out certain foods and exercising more and more.
"I was doing road races and I was getting really fast. My times were dropping like crazy and I was like, this is great, this is fantastic. And it started to spiral from there," said Walkonen.
Her high school coaches stepped in and when she went to Boston University, on a full running scholarship, coaches there too told her she had to keep weight on or sit out.
"Not able to use the gym, or not being able to run with the team, it was tough," said Walkonen.
Walkonen's story is not uncommon. Experts say athletes are suffering from eating disorders at an alarming rate - two to three times more often than non-athletes. Many are girls and boys in high school trying to score athletic scholarships for college or college athletes trying to keep that scholarship money.
"There are so many things that are unique to the sport environment in terms of the pressures, the expectations, the pressure to perform, the pressure to win, scholarship dollars," said registered dietician Paula Quatromoni.
Quatromoni said it is a growing problem and blames social media for promoting perfect body images, new performance supplements and diets marketed to athletes and coaches who worry more about numbers on a scale than nutritional information.
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"The athlete isn't necessarily looking at, I want to look good in a bikini this summer," said Walkonen. "The thinking is that if I'm thinner, I'll be faster."
Walkonen is now seven years recovered but she will never forget the course she took to get to this finish line.
"Looking back at some of these pictures, I don't know if I would ever want to look like that ever again," said Walkonen.
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Q: Set text to fill the size of a container I basically have a text representation of an image. I'm trying to fit the font size and font height to match the size of the parent container. What I've got so far is:
body: Container(
    margin: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 40.0, horizontal: 20.0),
    width: double.infinity,
    color: Colors.black12,
    child: FittedBox(
        child: Text(
        newImage,
        style: TextStyle(
            fontFamily: 'RobotoMono',
            height: 0.7
        ),
        ),
    ),
),

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A: To answer my own question, there is no need to manually calculate the text height.
Instead, just use:
FittedBox(
    fit: BoxFit.fill,
    child: Text(
        text,
        style: TextStyle(
                fontFamily: 'RobotoMono',
                color: Colors.white,
        ),
    ),
);


Interests: Agnes and Patsy - loved forever.
Thank you for the good news update.
because of how MWBAM works you don't actually need to restart your computer to fix this error.
Just a simple uninstall and reinstall is sufficient.
After that reinstall and everything is installed correctly. No reboot needed.
After those deletions and a system restart, the only thing needed is for the install to be made with "Run as administrator", and a system restart to complete that system's clean re-install.
Thank you for the good news update and beta testing the MBARW project.
After installing the Beta 8 update from the prompt within the previous version, I kept getting a popup stating a new version was available and also was still seeing the update message from within the program. However, when clicking the About button, it showed the current version was 0.9.17.661. I did an uninstall using the tool included within /Program Files/Malwarebytes/Anti-Ransomware/ then reinstalled a fresh download of Beta 8. Everything is working great now.
I had the same problem, a week ago. I had no idea this was going on. I thought it was some kind of malware trick that had gottten pass through my computer, to get me to install something that was not COOL! I downloaded a current version, disconnected form internet, deleted the running one, rebooted then installed the downloaded version. No more pop up! nor "install now" on the app.
It's great that you were able to resolve the issue.
Thank you for beta testing the MBARW project and your valued feedback.


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Helen Mirren debuts pink hair at BAFTA Awards, says 'America's Next Top Model' winner Sophie Sumner inspired her cotton candy-colored locks
By Margaret Eby
Helen Mirren modeled her rose-colored locks after 'America's Next Top Model' winner Sophie Sumner.
Everything's coming up rose-colored for Helen Mirren.
Mirren, 67, arrived on the red carpet for the BAFTA Awards Sunday sporting a frothy white Nicholas Oakwell gown and a surprising new 'do.
The actress swapped her signature blond locks for a pale pink dye job, worn in a messy bob.
What inspired the radical change?
Who's that girl? British actress Helen Mirren poses as she arrives for the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards after party. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
Mirren credited the transformation to Sophie Sumner, the winner of the America's Next Top Model: British Invasion, who had her golden tresses colored a similar baby pink hue.
"I was watching America's Next Top Model and the season where the British girl won-she had pink hair and I thought, 'That looks really pretty.'" Mirren told The Independent.
"I just thought it would be fun to dye my hair pink. So I'm copying her, basically."
Mirren wore a dramatic full-length gown by Nicholas Oakwell (Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
Mirren matched her pastel locks with light pink lipstick and nail polish, giving the look of a particularly well put-together fairy godmother.
She was nominated for a Best Actress BAFTA for her role as Alma Reville in "Hitchcock," bu lost to "Amour" star Emmanuelle Riva.


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I have to admit that I've been sort of dreading Lexi's play episode. Not because of the obvious mess it would cause, but rather I just haven't been able to buy into the storyline. I'm unable to see its point outside of an overt attempt at meta-commentary and an excuse for manufactured drama. There are already so many characters and storylines that need developing - did we need to stage a grandiose musical instead? I might be in the minority here, but outside of the jaw-dropping final number and its aftermath, I wasn't a fan of this episode and think it was another prime example of Sam Levinson favoring shock and awe over substance.
Episode 7 has made it painfully evident that many storylines have been near stagnant this season. It's the second to last episode, and we are still stuck watching the same Cassie/Nate sex scenes. We get it, she's going insane and is madly obsessed with him, and we've seen the same variation of scenes between them depicting this over and over. The imbalanced amount of time spent with certain characters over others has been a major flaw of this season. One small benefit of the play was that it gave the wildly underused Austin Abrams a chance to shine as Ethan. It's incredibly satisfying that Ethan and Lexi, two loveable theater nerds who've remained on the sidelines up until this point, collectively annihilate Nate Jacobs with an outlandish, hilariously homoerotic final musical sequence.
Maddy has some much-needed moments to shine in this episode, reminding us all that Alexa Demie is truly great in this role. I wish she had been given more to do this season, outside of being the victim of Nate's abuse and Cassie's betrayal. It's nice to see glimmers of Maddy's genuine character, such as the sweet scene where she does Lexi's makeup when they were younger. We also spend this whole episode flashing to Fez getting ready for the play; it's a clear attempt to build the -will he or won't he make it there- suspense, but it doesn't work when we know the kind of show we're watching, meaning the darkest and most upsetting scenario will prevail. It makes these scenes feel meandering and frustrating, with a building sadness instead of suspense. We know something terrible is about to happen to Fez and Ashtray, and we're forced to sit and wait for the inevitable.
This episode was ultimately a mostly unenjoyable mess. We constantly cut from the play to random moments in the present and past, making it impossible to really get anywhere storywise when so much ground is attempted to be covered at once. The last 5 minutes of the episode almost make up for the rest of it. The explosive final number naturally causes Nate to storm out with Cassie following behind. And of course, Nate ends it with Cassie in a split second, without a second thought. This causes Cassie, who has now built her identity around him and placed the entirety of her self worth in his hands, to completely lose her mind.
The unhinged, Carrie-esque shot of Cassie looking through the window panel of the theater door, her breath fogging up the glass, is a brilliant and terrifying way to end the episode. We are left on this well-executed cliff hanger, as to be continued… appears on the screen. Seeing Cassie go full Carrie will be satisfying to watch, I just wish it had happened about 3 episodes ago, rather than stretched through the whole season. Nonetheless, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited by the shot in the preview of Cassie storming the stage and what looks like Maddy getting some deserved revenge. Hopefully Cassie has some sort of epiphany after this complete and total mental breakdown. It will be interesting to see how Levinson manages to conclude such a rough season and whether things will end on a high note with shades of episode 5's brilliance. The finale will be a tall order, as there's much to be resolved and little time to do so.


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HOUSTON - A stubborn old man put the Los Angeles Lakers within one victory of the second round.
Karl Malone wouldn't change his ripped jersey, wouldn't act his age and wouldn't admit he did anything dirty. Most of all, he wouldn't let the Los Angeles Lakers lose control of the series.
On a day when the Rockets nearly evened things up by shutting Los Angeles down in the fourth quarter, Malone's best game of the playoffs - and perhaps the entire season - led the Lakers to a 92-88 victory and a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven series Sunday.
"He had a great game," teammate Gary Payton said, understating the obvious.
With the intensity level taking a decided tick upward and the distaste between the coaches taking a foul-mouthed turn, the 40-year-old Malone had 30 points and 13 rebounds while playing with the energy of someone half his age.
The last of Malone's three steals, along with his second offensive rebound, put the finishing touches on the victory.
Game 5 is Wednesday night, with Houston trying to stay alive after coming so close - just as in Game 1 - yet failing to win.
Houston held Los Angeles scoreless over the final 4¶ minutes of regulation and led by as many as four in overtime before Los Angeles closed the game with an 8-1 run.
Malone surpassed his regular-season scoring high by 10 points, playing most of the game with a ripped jersey after he sparked a first-half altercation.
"They tried to get me to change it, they said it looked bad for TV. I said I don't care, I'm wearing my shirt," Malone said. "I almost had to fight (Shaquille O'Neal) for it afterward. I'm taking it home to my little boy, and he's going to love it."
Kobe Bryant scored six of his 18 points in overtime, including a three-point play that put the Lakers ahead for good with 40 seconds left. Malone then stole the ball from Steve Francis, and the Lakers let the clock run down, After Derek Fisher missed a jumper, Malone grabbed the offensive rebound and was fouled - clinching the victory by making a free throw and then walking away with a satisfied grin.
Malone had been criticized a day earlier by Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, who said he should be suspended for being a dirty player, and he got into it with Francis after undercutting Rockets forward Bostjan Nachbar.
"I wouldn't want a job from them. I could care less about what they're saying. I'm not losing any sleep," Malone said. "They're not writing my paycheck, I'm don't care to go out to dinner with them, on and on. I don't care."
The tension also extended to Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy, who cursed loudly and directly at longtime nemesis Phil Jackson late in the first quarter, then sprinted onto the court during a fracas moments later.
"He yelled at me about his opinion of where I was on the floor. I yelled back with my opinion," Van Gundy said. "We won't be smoking the peace pipe any time soon."
O'Neal was not a big part of the offense for the Lakers, scoring 17 points with 12 rebounds. Malone helped make up for it and joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only 40-year olds to score 20 or more points in a postseason game.
Malone had 20 points, eight rebounds and one technical foul by halftime, getting the tech for storming after Nachbar after the Slovenian forward fouled him on a breakaway layup.
On the previous possession, Malone stuck his hip out as Nachbar went in for a dunk and knocked Nachbar off-balance. Nachbar reached back while still in the air and grabbed the back of Malone's jersey, ripping it.
"When I looked at it, it looked like I've been in a scuffle" Malone said. "I like scuffles sometimes, so I didn't want to get it changed."
As Francis confronted Malone, Van Gundy sprinted onto the court - similar to what he did during a 1998 Heat-Knicks playoff series when he grabbed onto Alonzo Mourning's leg.
Yao's fifth foul came on a dunk by O'Neal with 10:37 left in the fourth quarter. He didn't return until 2:38 remained, but the Rockets were able to close the gap while he sat, using a 6-0 run - during which Bryant was poked in the left eye by Francis while going for a loose ball - to pull to 77-75.
Francis nailed a 21-footer to tie it at 81-81 with 39 seconds left.
Bryant missed on a drive with 28 seconds left, and Francis shot an airball against Fisher's defense. That led to a 24-second violation and gave the Lakers 3.1 seconds for a final shot, but Bryant shot an airball.
Malone drew Yao's sixth foul with 1:27 remaining in overtime and converted a three-point play to cut the Lakers' deficit to 87-86, and Bryant scored off a steal - ending his string of seven consecutive missed shots - with 1:12 left.
Francis tied it by making one of two from the line before Bryant drove around Cuttino Mobley, made a layup and was fouled. The three-point play put Los Angeles ahead to stay.
"I love those situations. That's what I do, close teams out," Bryant said.
Francis led Houston with 17 points.
L.A. LAKERS (92) - George 3-4 0-0 8, Malone 11-17 8-11 30, O'Neal 7-11 3-11 17, Payton 5-12 2-4 13, Bryant 7-21 4-5 18, Rush 1-4 0-0 2, Medvedenko 1-4 1-1 3, Fisher 0-7 0-0 0, Fox 0-0 1-2 1, Walton 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 35-82 19-34 92.
HOUSTON (88) - J.Jackson 6-13 3-3 16, Cato 5-6 2-3 12, Yao 7-15 2-2 16, Francis 6-14 4-6 17, Mobley 6-19 2-2 16, Taylor 2-6 2-2 6, Nachbar 2-4 1-1 5, M.Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Piatkowski 0-1 0-0 0, Padgett 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-80 16-19 88.
L.A. Lakers 2124241211-92 Houston 241718227-88 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 3-9 (George 2-3, Payton 1-1, Rush 0-1, Bryant 0-2, Fisher 0-2), Houston 4-22 (Mobley 2-8, Francis 1-4, J.Jackson 1-7, Nachbar 0-1, Padgett 0-1, M.Jackson 0-1). Fouled out-Francis, Yao. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 58 (Malone 13), Houston 53 (J.Jackson 20). Assists-L.A. Lakers 20 (Payton 7), Houston 19 (Francis 9). Total fouls-L.A. Lakers 21, Houston 28. Technicals-Malone, Payton, Francis. A-18,219 (17,982).
PACERS 90, CELTICS 75. At Boston, the Indiana Pacers reversed their recent history and swept the Boston Celtics out of the playoffs.
Ron Artest scored 22 points and Jermaine O'Neal had 18 to lead the Pacers to a 4-0 victory in the best-of-seven series. It's Indiana's first victory in a playoff series after three consecutive first-round losses.
The Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals and thanks to the sweep, they will have more than a week to rest.
Paul Pierce had 27 points and 11 rebounds and Mark Blount had 21 and 13 for the Celtics, who went away meekly for the third time in the series.
The loss - just the third four-game sweep in Celtics playoff history - could signal the end for interim coach John Carroll, who took over when Jim O'Brien resigned Jan. 27. Carroll lost 12 of his first 13 games but managed to eek out the last playoff spot in the East with a record that was 10 games under .500.
INDIANA (90) - O'Neal 8-18 2-4 18, Artest 9-17 2-3 22, Foster 1-3 0-0 2, Tinsley 2-2 2-2 6, Miller 4-9 2-2 14, Harrington 3-9 7-9 13, F.Jones 1-4 0-0 2, Johnson 2-5 2-2 6, Bender 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 33-73 17-22 90.
BOSTON (75) - McCarty 0-2 0-0 0, Welsch 3-4 0-0 6, Blount 7-12 7-7 21, Atkins 1-6 0-0 2, Pierce 10-23 4-4 27, Mihm 1-6 3-4 5, Davis 2-6 0-1 5, Banks 3-8 2-2 9, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 16-18 75.
Indiana 21252420-90 Boston 25131423-75 3-Point Goals-Indiana 7-17 (Miller 4-8, Artest 2-3, Bender 1-3, Johnson 0-1, F.Jones 0-2), Boston 5-17 (Pierce 3-8, Davis 1-2, Banks 1-3, McCarty 0-2, Atkins 0-2). Fouled out-Mihm. Rebounds-Indiana 36 (Harrington, Foster 7), Boston 51 (Blount 13). Assists-Indiana 19 (Tinsley 7), Boston 18 (McCarty 5). Total fouls-Indiana 18, Boston 19. Technicals-Boston Defensive Three Second, Pierce. A-16,389 (18,624).
NETS 100, KNICKS 94. At New York, there was nothing fake about the New Jersey Nets' sweep of the New York Knicks.
The defending Eastern Conference champions are in the second round of the NBA playoffs and are very much for real.
Kenyon Martin shook off the verbal jabs from injured New York forward Tim Thomas and scored 36 points - 13 in the fourth quarter - to lead New Jersey to its third straight sweep in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Thomas, who missed his third straight game because of back spasms, sat on the bench in uniform but couldn't provide any assistance. Earlier in the series, he referred to Martin as "fugazy" - a slang term for a fake.
Martin also grabbed 13 rebounds, and Jason Kidd had 20 points and seven assists for the Nets, who have won 14 consecutive postseason games against Eastern opponents, dating to last year when they reached the NBA Finals for the second straight season.
Stephon Marbury had 31 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, for the Knicks who built an 85-79 lead with 6:50 left but couldn't hold on.
New York made its first playoff appearance in three years, but it was a short stay for the Knicks, who were swept in a best-of-seven series for the first time since 1983. The Knicks hadn't been swept at all since 1991 when they lost a best-of-five series to Chicago.
NEW JERSEY (100) - Jefferson 5-11 3-6 13, Martin 13-19 10-13 36, Collins 2-7 0-0 4, Kidd 5-10 10-11 20, Kittles 4-10 1-2 10, Rogers 2-7 3-4 7, A.Williams 2-3 0-1 4, Armstrong 1-3 0-0 2, Harris 0-3 4-4 4, Scalabrine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-73 31-41 100.
NEW YORK (94) - Hardaway 5-15 5-6 17, K.Thomas 5-10 4-6 14, Mohammed 1-4 1-2 3, Anderson 2-5 0-0 4, Marbury 11-26 7-11 31, Baker 5-8 2-2 12, F.Williams 4-9 1-1 11, Sweetney 0-1 2-2 2, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-79 22-30 94.
New Jersey 21232531-100 New York 21252226-94 3-Point Goals-New Jersey 1-9 (Kittles 1-3, Kidd 0-1, Jefferson 0-2, Rogers 0-3), New York 6-21 (F.Williams 2-6, Marbury 2-7, Hardaway 2-7, Johnson 0-1). Fouled out-Mohammed, Baker. Rebounds-New Jersey 55 (Martin 13), New York 48 (K.Thomas 15). Assists-New Jersey 16 (Kidd 7), New York 22 (Marbury 7). Total fouls-New Jersey 21, New York 33. Technicals-New Jersey Defensive Three Second, Jefferson, New Jersey coach Frank, K.Thomas, F.Williams, Marbury. A-19,763 (19,763).


Elizabeth George, bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley mysteries (and a local; she currently lives on Whidbey Island), dropped by Friday for a live chat. She talked with readers and Seattle Times arts writer Moira Macdonald about "Just One Evil Act," the 18th novel in the popular Lynley series, and the writer's life. View the conversation below.
You can also meet George in person at 5 p.m. Saturday at Elliott Bay Book Co. and 3 p.m. Sunday at Eagle Harbor Book Co. on Bainbridge. For more info about the author, her books and live appearances, go to www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com.