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Trade Ichiro Suzuki quietly lobbying his former club to complete a reality on Monday, bringing an era to an abrupt end on the icon overcast afternoon at Safeco Field.

Within hours, Ichiro has introduced her new Yankees teammates, trying to uniform No. 31 for the size and sits in eighth place in the batting order, both fresh beginning and an emotional goodbye to the Emerald City fan favorite.

"I'll have a team of [some of] the most losses to teams with the most wins, so it is difficult to maintain my joy in that," Ichiro said through an interpreter.

Ichiro voice shook as he spoke of the support he has received since joining the Mariners in 2001, said he was "overcome with grief" ever thought of wearing a Seattle uniform again.

But Ichiro said he no longer recognized club match in a young and rebuilding Mariners, the Yankees agreed to a trade because he believes it offers him a good chance to win a World Series title.

"I think he'll fit in great," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He made the decision to move. Because he's on board with it, I think he's excited about it I do not think this would be a huge adjustment for him .."

The pieces of the deal came together so quickly, Girardi had planned to collect the regular lineup before the team brass telling him to wait. As Ichiro stepped up to the first in-bats as a Yankee, he bowed and doffed the helmet before lining a single to center field from Kevin Millwood.

Yankees right-handers sent D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar to Seattle to complete the deal, and will assume only $ 2.5 million contract Ichiro until he is eligible for free agency next year. Yankees designated outfielder Dewayne Wise for assignment to make room for Ichiro.

"This is something of a surprise," said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. "It's an opportunity I could not wait to see how it plays out for us. Because I think he can really help us. I hope to see whether it happens or not."

While performance has dipped Ichiro at the age of 38 and he is no longer an impact player who recorded 2533 hits in Seattle, the Yankees hope he can step in and be a complementary part to replace injured Brett Gardner, who has not played since April 17 and out for season .

"I enjoy playing against him for 11 1/2 years; he's someone who I always admired from afar," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "I have had the opportunity to play with a lot of great players over the years I can not wait to play with him .."

Ichiro is playing right field for now, as a Yankee Nick Swisher hoping to get back from left hip flexor strain when they returned to the Bronx on Friday. Ichiro said he did not have much experience in left field, but the thought does not bring fond memories.

"I do not play remaining for a long time, to be honest with you, but last time I played was left was the playoff game - my first playoff game at Yankee Stadium [in 2001], so the position is very impressive to me for that reason, "he said.

Cashman said that the trade winds are formed early in the conversation between the Mariners president Chuck Armstrong and Yankees president Randy Levine. Cashman and his Mariners, Jack Zduriencik, agreed to a deal late Monday.

"This is a conversation that stands out above the general manager," Cashman said. "Randy asked me, 'you have an interest in Ichiro There may be something that could make sense.?" From there we go. "

When he was welcomed into the clubhouse, Ichiro shake hands and exchange pleasantries with CC Sabathia and Phil Hughes before hugging Freddy Garcia, a former Seattle teammate. Alex Rodriguez called Ichiro "a great man."

Rafael Soriano, who also played with Ichiro in Seattle, jokingly admonished outfielder was, "Do not be late for the 5:30 stretch .." Soriano that he heed the warning; Ichiro on time, jogging out of the third-base dugout to scream and cheers from the home crowd ever.

Ichiro spent some time on Monday to discuss with Rob Cucuzza uniform numbers, manager of the club equipment. No. 51 might be an iconic Ichiro in Seattle, but when the embroidery on the pinstripes, Bernie Williams was raised - and the Yankees do not have to wear since. Ichiro produce, pick No. 31 instead.

"Of course No. 51 is a special number for me, but when I think about what the 51 means for the Yankees, it's hard for me to ask for that number," Ichiro said. "I want to have a new number and then make your own."

Now the league season to-12 big, clubhouses switch Ichiro batting .261 with four home runs, 28 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in 95 games for Seattle. He believes that coming to New York will rejuvenate the appearance.

"Of course, it is my intention," Ichiro said. "Especially to see how the Yankees are doing now, I just want to do whatever I can to help the Yankees."

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This situation is really an explosion on the outskirts of Denver mourning Saturday as bomb experts to disarm a trap apartment of James Holmes, who said police spent months collecting explosives, weapons and ammunition and then went to the movies Friday morning and started shooting.

Neuroscience students fail, which is scheduled to appear in court Monday, remains a puzzle - a young man who, despite the problems in academia are so severe that he was quitting his graduate school program, showing no obvious signs on the verge of extreme violence.

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The police chief, Dan Oates, said he and the officer was targeted by a complex network of explosives in the apartment Holmes.

"These apartments are designed, I say, based on everything I saw, to kill anyone who entered it," Oates said at a news conference. "That would be a cop, right? Make no mistake about what is going on there. Do you think we are angry, we sure as hell is angry."

Aurora police said Saturday night that all the explosives were removed from the apartment and that FBI agents had gone inside to check out other evidence.

Bomb squad job protracted Holmes's apartment occurred on the day when the Aurora citizens to learn the names of 12 people were killed and 58 wounded in the attack in the movie theater 16 Century, where a crowd of mostly young people up to midnight on Friday morning screening of the movie Batman new, "The Dark Knight Rises."

Among those killed were two members of the military, a man celebrates 27th birthday and a girl of 6 years, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, a 25-year-mother, Ashley Moser, in critical condition and semi-conscious with multiple gunshot wounds of the throat and stomach.

President Obama will travel to Colorado on Sunday to visit the shooting victims and their families in the Aurora, the White House said Saturday night.

Holmes, 24, has no criminal record. He was held without bond in the Arapahoe County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, reportedly in solitary confinement, and although he has not been formally charged, police said no other suspects. He is being represented by public defenders office.

Police learned of Holmes when they arrested him that his apartment was booby-trapped. It is not clear why Holmes, minutes after allegedly shooting a stranger in a movie house, told police about the explosives.

Oates said that for four months, Holmes has received a large number of commercial packages, the head of it enabled him to assemble the ingredients in a small apartment warehouse traps and weapons and ammunition allegedly used in the massacre.

"What we see here is the proof, I think, some calculation and deliberation," the police chief said.

Detectives are not able to investigate the 800-square-foot third-floor apartment because Holmes complex web of chemical and incendiary devices, numbering about 60 people. Efforts to defuse and disarm the explosives are made all the more delicate by the need to preserve criminal evidence.

In a hallway near the front door, a wire filament was hung on the tripwire waist height, according to a law enforcement source. The tripwire connected to two containers of chemicals which, when mixed, can create an explosion.

The bomb squad disarmed the setup by sending a robot that slips under a tripwire and removed from the bottle of liquid.

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Then comes the 30 round tube in the living room. It's like fireworks packed with gunpowder - "homemade grenade," the official call them. Cables run from the device to the "control box" in the apartment kitchen. It is not clear, the official said, how they should be blown up.

The authorities use a "fire bottle" - a small explosive that sends a wave of water at high speeds - to destroy the control box.

Finally, the official said, there are about three jars in the living room filled with what appears to be a combination of liquid and powder. "Improvised Napalm," said the official. This is not rigged to explode, but will likely have to leave in a "sympathetic explosion" if other explosive devices had been tripped. Which will provide additional heat and blast of power destructively.

Cleared with explosives, residents of four adjacent buildings could begin returning home. Some have been living in emergency shelters and others with friends and relatives.

"It went very, very good," said FBI Special Agent James Yacone Saturday afternoon.

The churches in the Denver area have changed their signs to honor the victims, and radio DJs have read the messages of support. But inside the home and the hospital room where the victim was recovered, the second day is said to be more difficult than the first. Adrenaline had worn off, leaving the reality of injury and loss.

That day was the first full day of living with what happened, and what happens is still not unreasonable.

Annie Dalton, Ashley Moser's aunt, told Associated Press that injured 25-year has been in and out of consciousness and was never told that her daughter, Veronica, did not survive the shooting.

"All he's asking about, of course, is his daughter," said Dalton, according to AP. "He is a dynamic 6-years. She was excited, he had just learned how to swim."

Navy and Air Force confirmed that John Larimer, 27, and Jesse Childress, 29, both stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, was killed.

"Sailors are really interested in calm attitude and incredible work ethic," Cmdr. Jeffrey Jakuboski, Larimer commander, said the young officer. "He really did not have a bright future ahead of him in the Navy."

Lieutenant Colonel Pat Walsh, who oversees Childress in his work as a computer technician, said: "He really touched everyone in the wings, more than a thousand people .... We're going through this, but it's very difficult for us now."

Matt McQuinn, 27, died in the theater trying to protect his girlfriend, Samantha Yowler, 27, along with his brother, Nick Yowler, 32. McQuinn and Nick Yowler Samantha stands for a shield from bullets. McQuinn hit the legs, chest and back, said attorney Rob Scott, a spokesman for the family. Yowler Samantha is in the hospital recovering from surgery after a bullet hit his knee.

Alex Sullivan of Aurora is located in the middle of the night to celebrate the birthday show 27 when he died.

"Alex is known as a bear hug," said his cousin Steve Schwab. "No matter how long since you were talking to him, he would always end the call with 'I love you.'"

Sullivan, known for his love of comics, working in theater in Aurora where he died. The Sullivans did not get confirmation from the authorities of his death until Friday night.

"What we continue to think is that he was in the theater helps everyone, because it would be a natural tendency," said Schwab.

Three helicopters circled above the movie theater Saturday afternoon. Nearby mall was closed. Several cars of the premiere Thursday night was still sitting behind the police tape in the parking lot.

End of the block, mourners dropped flowers at the memorial on the corner of an emergency. Two men stand and raise warning signs promoting Jesus - the one in the UK, one in Spain.

Source : http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/aurora-police-ready-controlled-detonation-at-home-of-alleged-shooter-james-holmes/2012/07/21/gJQALMQJ0W_story.html

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This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes, who was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. University of Colorado/AP

 
James Eagen Holmes, a man suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 people in one of the largest mass shooting in the history of the nation, raised in an upper middle class community of beautiful hacienda-style house surrounded by hills and ravines.

His family still lives in a two-story white house with red-tile roofs where he grew up. The house was less than three miles from Westview High School where he graduated in 2006.

This is a community where neighbors are friendly and know each other, said one neighbor, Rose For.

"We know the parents as a good neighbor," said Go, whose house is across the street from the Holmes family. "We watch out for each other here."

Youth, who graduated from college with honors in neuroscience, was brought up with math and science. His mother, Arlene, has been licensed as a registered nurse for over 30 years. His father, Robert was a mathematician who developed a statistical model for financial services, specifically looking at fraud.

On Saturday, news reporters and television trucks, generator spinning, camping on the sidewalk in front of the house, such as the San Diego police officers patrolling the area and stand guard. Some people in and out of the house without speaking to reporters.

William Parkman, 19, knew Holmes because he attended Westview High School with a younger brother Holmes.

"He seems to have a good attitude," said Parkman. "You hear news reports about him, as if people are talking about one person in San Diego and one in Colorado Who is he right now is not who he was in San Diego .."

Holmes allegedly shot 70 people in the theater was sold out. Police said he wore himself out in the rest of the body armor for the attack and dyed her hair red.

Eagan James Holmes, 24, legally purchase the weapon he allegedly used four. Police said he fired a shot at the theater suburban Denver with four sold-out performances of the inaugural Rising Batman Dark Knight movie. He wore a head-to-toe in black bullet-proof gear, including helmets, vests, leggings and groin protectors and throat. He was wearing a gas mask, goggles and black gloves.

He threw tear gas into the crowd to disorient moviegoer, police said. When he was arrested, he told officers he was Batman villain the Joker, said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who spoke with Aurora police about the incident.

Authorities were still piecing together how the youth of San Diego went from the study of the human gene for a suspected mass murderer.

He was in the process of breaking neuroscience department, according to University of Colorado, where he enrolled as a graduate student in June.

"He's in a tower of research," said Dan Meyers, director of communications for the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Holmes was not in medical school but works at research facilities on campus.

Meyers would not say whether any particular event causing the withdrawal of Holmes. Holmes said he "voluntarily left the program in June 2012 he completed the withdrawal in the process .."

He said access to the facility Holmes stopped and confiscated his entry card.

However, the university was evacuated three research buildings on campus Friday afternoon where Holmes might have worked.

"We want to make sure everything is safe for our people," said university spokeswoman Erika Matich.

A federal law enforcement official said police found four guns when they were arrested Holmes in the back of the theater purchased the last six months in Denver and Aurora-area gun shop. Police said he used the AR 15 assault rifles, Remington rifles and 40-caliber Glock pistol during the raid. Police found weapons and other 40-caliber Glock in Holmes' white Hyundai when they arrested him, said Aurora Head And Oates.

Assault rifle gun was traced to a Gander Mountain store in Thornton, Colorado, Remington rifles and Glock pistols purchased one at Bass Pro Shop in Denver, and two Glock pistols purchased at Gander Mountain store in Aurora.

Holmes purchased the weapon in May, June and July, federal law enforcement official said, adding that investigators had recovered at least one video from store security cameras to record the purchase.

Federal law enforcement official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said the cache of ammunition were found inside the suspect's car, and used the magazine was found dumped in theaters where the attack occurred.

Holmes in his apartment in the student-housing complex in the north of Aurora, police are still working their way inside the trap unit.

"We have an active and difficult scenes in there," Oates said during a press conference at noon outside the theater. He said the apartment was booby-trapped with a variety of devices and trip wires.

Biology student Kaitlyn Fonzi, who lived under Holmes, said the loud techno music began playing in his apartment just after midnight.

Against the advice of her boyfriend, Fonzi said up and banged on the door, but no one answered. She said she called police to report loud music, playing on a loop and stop at exactly 1 am, he said.

Fonzi said they went to bed but was awakened by the SWAT team broke down the door and ordered everyone out around 2 am

Fonzi said that he saw Holmes around several times, and that he looked like the other students in the medical and academic campuses across the street from their apartment.

"You never really think something like this would happen," Fonzi said, standing outside the cordoned-off building, still wearing pajamas.

Holmes is not on the radar of law enforcement agencies. He was no previous contact with the Aurora police, unless a summons for speeding traffic in 2011, Oates said. Holmes will have an initial court appearance on Monday.

Holmes graduated in the spring of 2010 with a degree in neuroscience from the University of California-Riverside, where

he is remembered as outstanding students who attended the merit-based scholarship.

"He's at the top of the peak," said Chancellor Timothy White at a press conference called immediately. "He really distinguished himself."

White said the campus community will be surprised Riverside connection. He described the reaction as "shock and horror" and that students and faculty who knew he was closing ranks to support one another.

In San Diego, a woman who was contacted by ABC News, told reporters she is the mother of Holmes. She said she had awakened to realize the shooting and have not been contacted by authorities but directly expressed concern to the ABC that his son may have been involved.

"You have the right people," he said. "I need to call the police .... I have to fly to Colorado."

Family home assessed at $ 398,000 in 2000.

The family issued a statement through the San Diego police, which reads: "Our hearts go out to those involved in this tragedy, and to family and friends of those involved," the statement said. "We request the media respect our privacy during a difficult family we are working with authorities in both San Diego, California, and Aurora, Colorado We are still trying to process this information and the. We appreciate that people will respect our privacy."

A neighbor in the neighborhood where the family lived described him as "a quiet young man," according to the North County Times.

Neighbor Tom Mai, 61, told the newspaper that he had lived next door to Holmes family for years and friends with them. He said James Holmes has a degree in neuroscience from the University of California schools. He said the mother James Holmes said that James was not able to find a job, so he sent him to a school in Colorado to get an advanced degree.

Mai told the newspaper that Holmes, who graduated from Westview High School of San Diego in 2006, is "a typical American boy," who "alone" and "does not seem to have many friends."

Police believe Holmes acted alone.

"Lone-wolf terrorists are very smart and often very well come from socioeconomic backgrounds," said Todd McGhee, a former Massachusetts state police who is now managing partner of Innovation Protecting the Homeland, a security training company in Braintree, Massachusetts

"But they become desperate they become isolated from family members .. Then they take on an ideology. Some people find religion. Some people find the anti-government," he said.

No doubt the accused shooter knew the theater well, McGhee said.

"He has a level of comfort to walk into the theater he has been there before .. He knows the layout."

He planned the attack well enough to make what is called the "fatal funnel." When people crouched to avoid the bullets, he threw tear gas to flush them out and shoot them when they do.

But, he said, Holmes took the attack one step further.

"Its mission is to not end it there in the cinema," said McGhee. "Part B for this attack."

Part B is a flat trap.

"He could see what he is part of," said McGhee. "He can see the response This is the claim to fame will."

Source : http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-07-20/colorado-shooting-holmes/56373668/1

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Matt McQuinn

In the midst of terror and fear in the cinema as a bullet fired by the shooter, there are also moments of heroism, a story that appears shows.

Matt McQuinn is one of 12 killed in mass shooting in Aurora.

McQuinn seeks to provide protection to his girlfriend when he was hit, said a family lawyer, Robert L. Scott.

He saved lives Yowler Samantha, although she was hit by a bullet, said Scott. He is recovering in hospital.

More stories expected to surface early Saturday when police publicly released a list of the victims.

With song and prayer, the shooting victim remembered

"It took about 19 hours to hear from law enforcement, which I think is just painful and cruel to all directly affected families," said Anita Busch, who said his cousin, Micayla Medek, was among those killed. "We have tried very hard to find."

Family of the deceased was not informed until Friday night because of an active investigation is underway at the scene in Aurora, police said.

Alex Sullivan relatives were also among those who received the dreaded news.

"The Sullivans lost their cherished family member," said a representative for the family said in a statement. "Alex is smart, funny, and above all loved by his friends and family Today is the 27th anniversary of his .."

U.S. soldiers among the victims

His uncle, Jim Loewenguth, said Sullivan was an employee at the theater, but off the evening.

Sullivan married and loves to cook, Loewenguth said.

He was "full of joy" and "never had a bad chip on his shoulder," he said.

Other than fatal victims was John Thomas Larimer, a member of the service in the Navy who served in the first post, says his father, Scott Larimer.

A team official notification of the Navy family information in Crystal Lake, Illinois, around midnight Saturday, a statement from the family.

Remembering the victims through photos

Petty Officer Third Class Larimer joined the Navy in June 2011.

"I am deeply saddened by the loss of Officer John Larimer - he is an outstanding shipmate," said Cmdr. Jeffrey Jakuboski, Larimer's commander. "A valued member of our Navy team, he will be missed by all who knew My heart goes out to John's family, friends and loved ones, and for all victims of a terrible tragedy .."

On Saturday, Air Force spokesman confirmed the death of a member of the service, Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress.

Childress is a reserve Air Force on active duty with Force Support Squadron 310.

As news spread about the victim's name, created an online tribute.

A Facebook page created in memory of AJ Boik, who has been in the theater with his girlfriend and another friend.

The father of a friend Boik said her son "was the first to hightail to the lobby," where he was reunited with his girlfriend Boik, but they could not find Boik.

There is blood on clothing boyfriend, but it was not hers, James Crofter said.

Massacre: "Oh my God, this really happened '

While relatives had a day of sadness Friday, racing between the Denver-area hospitals and trying to learn the fate of their loved ones, some already know the answer.

Aspiring sports reporters Jessica Ghawi were among those killed, his brother Jordan said in his blog, citing a coroner's office.

Ghawi, in his mid 20's, barely avoided another mass shooting in Toronto last month - an incident that led him to reflect on life in his blog.

"I can not get a funny feeling out of my chest," he wrote in the posting Ghawi June 5. "The feeling, almost will not go away empty sickening feeling I have noticed this when I was at the Eaton Centre in Toronto just a few seconds before someone fired a shot at the food court .. A strange feeling took me to go out and absently out of danger. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around how to save me a strange feeling of being in the middle of a shooting. "

Toronto shootings leave one dead and seven others wounded.

The shooting cast a pall over the weekend blockbuster 'Dark Knight Rises'

"I showed how fragile life is, Saturday. I saw the fear on the faces of bystanders," I see the victims of crimes that make no sense. I see life change., "He wrote at the time." I am reminded that we do not know when or where our time on Earth will end when or where we will breathe our last breath .. "

Some families find relief at the end of an emotional roller coaster.

Patricia Legarreta, who went to the new Batman movie with her fiance, 4-month-old baby and 4-year-old daughter, crying, remembering what happened when shooting took place.

Legarreta, who suffered leg injuries, said she took her son and daughter and headed for the door. "There are times where I drew my child tripped him and I just dragged him and I just think that we just have to get out .."

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"I'm trying to get out of roads, but those who fell in beside me," said Rohrs. Then he thought, "this is it."

In the chaos, the couple became separated. Rohrs finally learned Legarreta and their children made it out of the theater.

At the hospital, the couple had an unexpected conversation.

"He went to the restroom and out," said Legarreta of Rohrs. "And he just looked at me and he said," I know this is not the time and place, but will you marry me? 'And I said,' yes. ' Going through 10 minutes thinking he was dead and I'll never see it again, you do not want that feeling again. "

The wounded were treated at five medical centers: University of Colorado Hospital, Denver Health Medical Center; Children's Hospital Colorado: Swedish Medical Center and Parker Adventist Hospital.

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The youngest of children, injured a 4-month-old, were treated and released.

Some victims of the shooting said they could not believe that they survived the hail of gunfire.

Stephen Barton was shot in the neck and recovering in a hospital bed when he described the "cold and calculated" attack on the Century 16 movie theater.

"I really think more people will die," Barton said CNN affiliate KMGH.

For residents of Aurora, the day ended with a terrible mess and seek solace. Community lit candles and prayed Friday evening to honor the victims of the rampage.

Source : http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/21/us/colorado-shooting-victims

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Shooting Victim Jessica Ghawi

The mother of a young woman who was shot and killed while attending a screening of Aurora, Colorado, at midnight "The Dark Knight Rises" said his daughter "is very easy to fall in love."

"He was like a jolt of lighting. We will tease when she would come home to visit, that he walked in the door, it's just automatic clutter because the level of energy he brought to a room," Sandy Phillips, the mother of Jessica Ghawi, said tonight on "20 / 20. "

Ghawi has escaped from a separate shootout in a shopping mall Toronto last month.

"He was deeply affected by watching the shooting victims were taken out of [Toronto], and realized that some of them close to his own age and realize that life is fragile and he got enlightenment at the time that it could happen to any one of us at any time rather than fear it, he embraced life even more complete, "Phillips said.

Ghawi, the sportscaster candidate, was killed when 24-year James Holmes burst into a movie house early this morning, police said, and began shooting customers, allegedly killed at least 12 and wounding 70.

Ghawi, who recently moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Denver, had escaped from the June 2 shooting in Toronto food court, which killed one person.

Ghawi attend a screening of the film with his friend, Brent Lowak, and has been tweeting about the minutes before the movie starts.

Lowak he and Jessica sitting in the theater when it filled with smoke from the device being thrown into the crowd, according to information posted by the brother of the shooting Ghawi, Ghawi Jordan, on his blog.

My friends down to the prone position to take refuge from the spray of bullets.

"Brent and Jessica heard screams and noticed that he was hit by a round at the foot of Brent began to hold pressure on the wound and try to calm Jessica .. It was at this time that Brent took turns to lower extremities. While still managing first aid, Brent saw that Jessica no more shouting, "wrote Jordan Ghawi.

Lowak "take what may be the only chance to escape from the line of fire" and exit the theater. Once safe, he contacted the mother Ghawi.

Six weeks ago, when a young sports writer had just missed being caught in the Toronto food court gunfight, he pondered how lucky he is and how fragile life is in a blog post about the attack.

"I know after looking at a map of the scene minutes later a man stood in the same place where I just ate, and fired a shot at the food court full of people .... I've been in the same place where one victim was found," Ghawi write.

After graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Ghawi have been looking for a job in broadcasting. After interning with Mike Taylor, a sports announcer in San Antonio Ticket 760, he got a new job in Denver, especially covering hockey.

Taylor confirmed to ABC News that Ghawi was in Toronto Eaton Centre mall at the time of the shooting June 2.

"He's in Toronto, I thought he was just there for the holidays. He was having lunch at a mall in Toronto and there was shooting in the food court where he is. He just left," said Taylor.

In his blog, described the harrowing experience Ghawi see the victims of gun violence.

Source : http://abcnews.go.com/US/colo-shooting-victim-jessica-ghawi-jolt-lighting-mother/story?id=16819751

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IS NOT just about all the explosions! BAM! POW! to actor Tom Hardy playing a giant villain Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises."

One of the scenes are still stuck in his mind.

Hardy as Bane rises above the Batmobile to rally a crowd of prisoners escaped - and then immediately crumpled.

The actor, who packed on 30 pounds of muscle for the movie, passed out in the scorching summer.

"I wore a gray coat and the length of my body armor," he told The News the world premiere of the final Monday at wilting epic "Dark Knight" Christopher Nolan's trilogy.

"It's not that different from the weather today. Anyway, I passed out. I am aware of for some afternoon."

Besides a brief setback, however, not much stands in the way of Hardy.

Instead of exhausting physical training.

Instead formed a tight mask to his face, that Bane uses to continue to pump gas to reduce the pain if not crippling.

And not a shadow of Heath Ledger's Academy Award winning performance as the end of the last arch-enemy of Batman, Joker, in 2008 that "The Dark Knight."

Nolan and screenwriter, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer, deliberately choose Bane as the villain because he is so very different from the Joker.

While Goyer told Empire magazine that some studio executives suggest Riddler from the beginning, the filmmakers are not interested in becoming derivative.

Where the Joker wanted to mess with Batman's head, trying to tear it from the shoulder Bane superhero.

These are criminals, created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and artist Graham Nolan, who rocked the world of comic book fans' debuted in 1993 with Batman during a fight broke again.

"Bane is the first enemy that you know can physically destroy Batman," said the Dark Knight himself, actor Christian Bale.

Although he soon became a name on the lips of millions of moviegoers, it turns out the creator of the comic book character Venom originally planned on calling him - until the editor called back with bad news.

"We are embarrassed to find out Spider-Man has a high profile villain named Venom," Moench said. "We do not know. Chuck pulled the thesaurus and found" Bane "is a synonym for poison and it's a name that sounds good."

A name that sounds good for muscle intimidator who looks Mexican wrestling ring directly. Which unfortunately does not look that translates well to the big screen. (Exhibit A is a cartoon Bane played by Jeep Swenson, and fortunately with little screen time, in 1997's "Batman & Robin.")

Hardy version will be much, much different.

"Free Mask Lucha? Nolan said ignore it, I have an idea," said Hardy, laughing. "The idea is to take a lateral, and I do not wear a mask Lucha and I'm not wearing Lycra pants."

With or without Lycra pants, Hardy trained continuously for four months to fill the costume before the cameras start rolling on "The Dark Knight Rises."

"Tom is one actor who is a transformative actor," says producer Emma Thomas. "When we do a costume fitting for Bane, for example, he would come - and this before he had put a lot of bulk - he would go in and he looks quite slim and trim ... then he will hold his body in different ways and rather stick to the gut out, do something with his shoulder and suddenly you'll see exactly what he would do. "

Source :  http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/tom-hardy-packed-30-pounds-villain-bane-dark-knight-rises-article-1.1117794

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Do not blame the movie.

Do not blame director Christopher Nolan or Christian Bale stars.

But maybe it's good to have a discussion about the culture of entertainment are proficient in selling the power fantasy of violence to people who feel helpless.

Initially, little is known about the gunman Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 in the middle of the night showing of we know his age (24), and his name (James Holmes) "The Dark Knight Rises."; Fact the latter is not relevant, the the former may be less so. The audience that has become the most breathless in anticipation of the third and final movie in the series "Dark Knight" - the audience for whom it's not only movies but top pop their lives - were young. But motive is not known, although unconfirmed reports at the time of the press that Holmes told police he did he could be a fan who lost contact with reality "Joker.". He could be political. Or maybe he's just released "The Dark Knight Rises" as well as potential stage. In which all Americans (or all of the Americans who mattered to him) at midnight on Thursday? On this film. Where a place for him to finally be seen, good to hear, to make an impact? Elsewhere.

The gunman was planning an attack for the first local public screening of the film, and it's almost certain he did not see himself. Let's be clear about this: James Holmes is not the poster child for anything but the pain in his head. However difficult, at this point, to completely separate the actions of a madman single all-encompassing mania gave birth to the series in a surprising number of people. For millions, "The Dark Knight Rises" is just a movie (and, critics, which is very good). For vocal contingent in the suburbs, it's much more - a film that should be perfect for the world to make sense at all.

Earlier this week, the popular movie review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes suspended user comments for "The Dark Knight Rises" for fans who directs several death threats and threats of rape at the critics who dared to give this film less than perfect score. Reviewers like the Christy Lemire Associated Press and movie blogger Marshall Arts promised physical extinction because they dared not like movies that they post a threat does not even look.

There's something really terrible happened here: titled fanboy mentality, enabled by the anonymity of screen names, moving and thinking as a mass and reacts to any deviation from praise to outrage round a spoiled child. Of course there are many level-headed response to the board Rotten Tomatoes and elsewhere, of course not all the fanboys (and girls) are stupid immature. But enough of them to dominate the discourse, and assuming they are frightening to contemplate: If someone does not like this movie, he deserved to die. Oh, wait, are you kidding? They're just words, pixels on the screen? How does that set you free? If you are a real human being threatened with violence while hiding behind a wall DrkKnghtFan, what consequences does it have for the intended victim, the community, for your soul?

More pressingly, it needs to be asked, why fantasy fantasy in general and in particular means so much to so many people? Why attack a few negative reviews for the film as an attack on their own identity? When the second film in the trilogy Nolan "Batman", "The Dark Knight," came out in 2008, it was awesome to see so many members of the generation that does not have a cultural focal point of finding them in this respect, the way previous generations have rallied around The Beatles or "Nevermind" or "Titanic." Even more so: I remember (and write about at the time) a young man I met who equate the impact of "Dark Knight" for the Kennedy assassination and the Challenger disaster as an event that young people come together and give them as they determine.

Really? A movie? (. And I say this as someone who has devoted a lifetime to see, write, and think about the movie) That's a sign of several things, one of which is that Nolan is very skilled at making films that matter - a move to larger sizes beautiful and asking big questions about where the world will be knocking while we fool with explosive action and drama and superhero in pain. His films do not explain the world we confusing, but they reflect that confusion with the skills catharsis, a way that feels right if you do not know how to find the words to yourself. They are hardly political, but they reflect the powerlessness we feel about politics and society - about our lives - that resonates with power. Not surprisingly, then, the mass-fan online seems to be more ruthless protector of superhero films Nolan of "The Avengers" or "The Amazing Spider-Man" (although they can be ugly about them, too). And what a coincidence that the gunman appeared in the movie Aurora is not a summer blockbuster that different? Maybe he wants to mean as much to us as "The Dark Knight" meant to him.


Or maybe not. He's probably just another crazy person, with no ax to grind about this or any film. But I would not be surprised to learn that he was responding, in psychosis, for the tortured fantasies of power that this film - and many of popular culture aimed at young people in particular - into a fantasy That trade is now everywhere. It is possible for us, of any age or sex, to avoid the reality of the day in America by keeping our eyes fixed on our screens. They are on our walls at home and in restaurants, in our living rooms and bedrooms, we toted in a backpack, fitting neatly into our hands. Screens we sell a lot of things: video games both benign and ultra-violent, empty "news" about celebrities, Facebook posts from our most intimate friends 2864, trailers for the latest Hollywood blockbuster in which man flying through the air and blow up everything that is bad in their lives. The display shows that we care, each and every one of us. Turning off the screen to face the world is saying, in many cases, no, you really do not.

That's hard, especially if you are still figuring out who you are and a superhero, beautifully conflict (or supervillain) reflects your self-image. Our culture's entertainment dreams of power is a drug that makes us kidnapped in a cloud of promise: that we can win and winning is everything and that we will be seen and heard for who we are if we are thin enough or strong enough or have a cool toy or the biggest guns. Fantasy lie, because people know we are making a desperate fantasy to be lied to and are willing to pay for it. And often, when we're selling the fantasy that is so well made, which seem to push so deep into our very real sense of the disaster is imminent, and that seems so self-conscious about the fantasy itself, certain people respond to it as if it were truth. "The Dark Knight" movie-like fantasy, and if they matter to you as something more than a very well crafted and provocative entertainment, you really need to interrogate ourselves (and maybe your friends) as to why.

A final thought: The idea is quite a bit mask is important in this regard. Superhero movies dominate the box office that we are all about the mild-mannered secret identity and power that comes with wearing a face mask. We live every day through digital mask: a screen name, online personas, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, and so on, any attempt to show the world the face we want, not the face we fear we have. Gunmen wearing masks in Aurora, also, to protect themselves from tear gas, or to avoid being seen, or to play with a sad fantasy in his head that he personified Doom is not an angry 24-year.

In reality - real reality, perhaps you've forgotten? - No one wearing a mask. Someday people will have to face it

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The honor student, who moved to Colorado last year to study psychiatric disorders, broke up in June. In recent months, he bought four guns and allegedly booby-trapped apartment with incendiary devices and a variety of chemical reactions.

James Eagan Holmes, Colorado on suspicion of shooting movies while wearing a black dress ballistic devices, the Phi Beta Kappa graduate student in neuroscience are starting to buy four guns legally in May, about the time her grades dropped and he began the process of dropping out of school.

A law enforcement official confirmed that Holmes had two pistols, rifles and semi-automatic rifles, have brightly colored hair red or orange, and told police that he was the Joker, a fictional villain in the previous Batman comics and movies. Holmes did not cooperate with the government, in addition to revealing that his apartment was rigged with explosives. He is represented by a lawyer.

One difficulty for researchers is that the explosives in the apartment was the only suspect in the shooting is so hard to get to a computer, any writings or other information that could explain the motive, why is he apparently committed mass murder. Police called it "a vexing problem." Police will say nothing about the possible motive or what Holmes attitude has been. Police have suspended their efforts during the night to enter the apartment.

In the last 60 days, police said, Holmes purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, weapons stores and via the Internet.

The gunman was reported to have never said anything while shooting 71 people and killed 12 in the event sold out for the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises. "NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.

24 years old from San Diego, known as Jimmy's friend, is a Ph.D. students on the campus of the University of Colorado Medical School in Aurora, university spokesman told NBC News.

"University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus confirm that Mr. James Holmes in the process of withdrawing from the University of Colorado Denver graduate program in neuroscience," the university statement said. "Mr. Holmes enrolled at the university in June 2011."

A last semester of poor
The Washington Post reported that a neuroscience faculty member in Colorado who said he taught Holmes said he immediately thought of Holmes when he heard that a student is accused of the shooting. Holmes said faculty members "very quiet, strangely quiet in class" and seemed "socially active."

Holmes was very bad on the comprehensive exams last semester, the instructor told the Post, and the school was considering putting him in academic probation, but does not consider the expulsions.

Aurora, Colorado, police said they were working on the strip "flammable or explosive materials" at home James Holmes, suspected shooter movie theater, and NBC's Pete Williams has more details about the shooter apartment.

The site university courses listed as one of the Biological Basis of Life and Neurological Disorders. He enrolled in classes such as web sites to make presentations in the spring on microRNA biomarkers.

University of California, Riverside, confirmed that a student named James Eagan Holmes, with the same date of birth, graduating with a degree in neuroscience in 2010. He graduated in four years, comes from fall 2006 to spring 2010. Public records show that Holmes lived in Aurora has a previous address in the dorms Riverside.

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"A little strange, very smart'' '
A student who lived across the hall from Holmes on the Cal-Riverside, who requested anonymity, said Holmes completed the awards program and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key honor society.

"I always thought it rather strange that I can not put my finger on it. But something told me to not be close to him, women's instinct I guess," said student NBC News. "I have tons of classes with him and stayed in front of the dorm Honors He was a very smart man though .. He's a little weird, but we respect the students, the public is kind of weird."

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Aurora Police Chief And Oates said Holmes, born December 13, 1987, is a person who is believed to have killed at least 12 people Friday morning at midnight showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. At least 58 people were wounded, almost all of them with bullets, but some other way in the chaos, Oates said.

Holmes has not been charged with any crime and will appear in court on Monday.

"We are convinced that he acted alone," said Oates. He said he had no way of knowing how many rounds have been fired, but "many, many." CNN said the gunman had a magazine that will contain more than 100 rounds.

Holmes was arrested without resistance in a white Hyundai car in the parking lot the theater, parked right outside the back door of the theater.

He was wearing a bulletproof ballistic helmet or black, tactical ballistic vest with pockets, ballistic leggings, throat and groin protectors, gas masks and ballistic tactical gloves, Oates said.

University of Colorado James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting.

Purchase of weapons began in May

In addition to the two tubes, may hold the tear gas, four guns were found at the scene, said Oates.

• Two .40 caliber pistol was, made by Glock. At least one of them is used, the police chief said. Holmes has purchased more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, .40 caliber, Oates said.
• One rifle, Remington Model 870, one of the most popular models. Pump action, single barrel, 12 gauge, with 300 rounds.
• And one gun Smith & Wesson AR-15 type, .223 caliber, which is called by some an "assault rifle." These weapons can accommodate large ammunition clips, and Holmes has a "clip drum" which will bring more than 100 rounds, Oates said. With the clip, he could fire 50 to 60 rounds in a minute, even if the gun is considered a semi-automatic, not automatic, Oates said. He had 3,000 rounds of ammunition for this rifle.

The officials told NBC News that the four legally purchased, started in May, of the two national chains: Guns Gander Mountain and Bass Pro Shops.

Bass Pro Shops issued a statement saying that the employees at the Denver store to follow all laws when they sold two guns to Holmes. "We want to offer our deepest sympathy to the victims and their families," said Larry Whiteley, manager of communications for the company. "This is a heartbreaking tragedy, and we join with all Americans in offering our prayer support Based on our records review, personnel at our Denver store is properly and fully following all federal requirements in connection with the sale of a rifle and a pistol. With the individuals identified in this incident Background checks, as required by Federal law, which was done,. and he agreed. Once again, our hearts go to the victims and their families. We also offer our support and appreciation to law enforcement and emergency response professionals and all others who responded to provide assistance to innocent victims. "

CNN spoke with the CEO TacticalGear.com, which said it sold urban assault Holmes Blackhawk vest for $ 107, along with a triple pistol magazine, M16 magazine pouch and a silver knife.

The only police record prior to Holmes was ticketed in October 2011, the head of it.

NBC's Pete Williams reports Colorado gunman was identified as James Holmes carrying two pistols, shotguns, and rifles to the midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," and said authorities are looking into how he could enter the theater through the emergency exit.

Family statement

Holmes family, who lives in Rancho Penasquitos, well-to-do suburban communities in the northeastern part of San Diego, issued a statement through the San Diego Police Department.

"Our hearts go out to those involved in this tragedy and to family and friends of those involved," the statement said. "We request the media respect our privacy during a difficult family we are working with authorities in San Diego, California, and Aurora, Colorado. We're still trying to process this information. And we appreciate that people will respect our privacy." A man believed to Holmes's father, James, was seen leaving with luggage, escorted by the police. The Associated Press said the father was a manager at a software company, and his mother a nurse.

A neighbor, Tom Mai, told reporters on the block that Holmes was a shy, polite boy, clean cut and responsible, who is very active in church. Associated Press reported that the family attended a Presbyterian church and a quiet Christmas party for the neighbors. Holmes had difficulty finding a job after college, said Mai, and then went to graduate school.

Rooting for the villains?

Holmes attended Westview High School in San Diego, graduating in 2006, the Poway Unified School District confirmed. Classmates show yearbook with a photo of the cross country and soccer teams.

NBC 7 San Diego to talk with classmates, Sumit Shah, who said he went to school with Holmes. "He was quite shy, but once he's comfortable with you, he is the man, the most intelligent funny ... He always has something intelligent to say." He continued, "The people I knew in high school, I do not understand how that could be the same person ... He's a little shy and quiet, but he was never aggressive or mean He always had a very good value .. She looks pretty normal . "
A woman he knew in high school who told NBC News that Holmes was a good man, but strangely always rooted for the villain in superhero movies.

"He's a nice guy who really wants to be liked and wanted." She said. "He's a very, very smart honest I do not believe he can do this .. I know, I know, everyone says that. But it is really destroying me.

"He did not have many friends for someone who wants to be liked," he said. "He loved all the villains in the superhero thing, I did show a peculiar Most people enjoy a hero."

His cousin, who knew Holmes and playing football with him, offered this assessment through email:. "Jimmy both to those who know It's hard to get to know him, but once you do, you realize that he was funny and everyone receives an error. He loves video games. But I will say he does not like shooting games he would prefer someone else, guitar hero . He was always quiet on the football field, but committed to the team. Which is someone you want on you. side even if they are not the best. Last time I talked to Jimmy, he does not actually appear in either place, but it last year .. But nothing extraordinary, just you know a 20-s trials and tribulations. What he did was horrible, but I will always know him as Jimmy Holmes, is not this guy he is described as destroying origin. may if I try to keep in touch or something. Just hope and pray that the families involved to know that everyone is thinking about them I just was thinking of Jimmy too .. "

The Denver Post reports that Holmes, in his application of rental apartments last year, described him as "calm and relaxed." A pharmacy student who lives in the building told The Washington Post that he called 911 around 12:30 am Friday (2:30 ET) because there are songs blaring from the stereo in the apartment 10, where Holmes lived. The students, who want to be identified only as Ben, saying he could not see the songs but it seems to be the same person playing on repeat. He also said Holmes alone and will not recognize the people as they passed in the hall and say hello. "No one knew him. No," he told The Post.

Melvin Evans, a bouncer at a karaoke bar near the apartment Holmes, Holmes said he remembered as a patron of the ID checking. Holmes said he would take a walk to the Zephyr Lounge, sitting quietly in a corner booth and have a Budweiser, but never joined in the singing. "He's just going to sit alone. He will not talk to anybody," said Evans. "He's very, very gentle, really quiet you will not even look twice at him, if you passed on the road .."

Officials said Holmes is not on any watch lists which tell the authorities that he was dangerous, officials said. The incident was not believed to have links with international terrorism, they added.

A previous report that Holmes was driving the car had Tennessee plates are untrue, officials said.

"He looked so peaceful '

Police said the gunman entered through the exit door and came in front of the theater in Aurora and the release of a tube, is considered the tear gas, which emit a hissing sound. He apparently had bought tickets, propped open the door, and went to his car to his teeth.

The gunman then began firing into the crowd, triggering chaos.

"He looks so calm when he did," said an eyewitness kusa NBC affiliate. "It was like scary He's waiting for the bomb exploded before he did something .. Then, after they explode, he started shooting."

"He does not have a specific target. He just started letting loose," added the witness.

Witnesses told reporters that the fire broke out while shooting a scene in "The Dark Knight Rises."

After being arrested by the police, Holmes told authorities she explosives in his apartment, kusa reported.

Local and federal officials seeking Holmes's apartment building, which was evacuated immediately after the shooting.

Oates, the police chief, said the apartment was booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives or combustible materials. Officials trying to determine how to defuse the device.

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Hospitals throughout the Denver metropolitan area treated dozens of people, many of them seriously injured, after a mass shooting Friday in theaters.

The youngest of children, injured a 4-month-old, were treated and released from the hospital.

Ten people were killed in a theater in Aurora, and two died later in hospital, officials said. Another 58 people were wounded in the massacre.

Among the dead were candidates for Colorado sports reporter in his mid 20's, according to a statement from his sister.

"Jessica (Ghawi) indeed died from injuries sustained in the shooting," Jordan said in his blog Ghawi, citing the coroner's office.

The victim's family was not notified on Friday because there is still an active investigation at the scene, Aurora police said.

Patricia Legarreta, who went to the movies with his fiancee, 4-month-old baby and 4-year-old daughter, crying, remembering what happened.

Legarreta, who suffered leg injuries, said she took her son and daughter and headed for the door. "There are times where I drew my child tripped him and I just dragged him and I just think that we just have to get out .."

Legarreta and his fiancee, Jamie Rohrs, then talk about their plight on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."

"I'm trying to get out of the way but the people who fell beside me, but I'm fine, think this is it," said Rohrs.

In the chaos, a couple who recently moved to Colorado from New Mexico, became separated. Rohrs finally learned Legarreta and their children made it out of the theater.

At the hospital, the couple had an unexpected conversation.

"He went to the restroom and out," said Legarreta of Rohrs. "And he just looked at me and he said" I know this is not the time and place, but will you marry me? 'And I said,' yes. ' Going through 10 minutes thinking he was dead and I'll never see it again, you do not want that feeling again. "

The wounded were treated at five medical centers. CNN can not explain the 58 injured from a list provided by the officials. Hospitals provide the account Friday afternoon:

- University of Colorado Hospital had 23 patients, nine remained in critical condition. Ten patients were treated and released.

- Denver Health Medical Center received six patients. Three remained in fair condition and three acquitted. A patient was taken to the hospital later and was in fair condition.

- Colorado Children's Hospital said it had six wounded, ranging from critical to good. One patient had died.

- Swedish Medical Center has three patients in fair condition. A man of 19 years were treated and released.

- Parker Adventist Hospital treated and released two patients.

U.S. soldiers were among the victims in a shooting at the Century 16 movie theater, the Pentagon said Friday.

Department of Defense issued a statement saying the boaters were injured and another, known to be in the theater, is still missing. Two pilots were injured in the incident, he said.

Witnesses describe deadly shooting Friday as terrible and chaotic, while victims and their families try to cope after the bleed.

In the early hours of Friday morning, a police officer was seen carrying a young girl, described as bloody and motionless.

"I honestly can not think of the type of person who would intentionally hurt a little girl," said CNN affiliate Milano Alex goad. "I do not know who that little girl, but my heart goes out to them."

"I see at least four maybe five people limping, injured," said Milano. "What I see is a girl who pretty much covered in blood, and he has no wounds on his body that got me thinking the worst .."

"There was this one man crawling on all fours. There was a girl spitting blood," recalls Donovan Tate to CNN affiliate KCNC. "There were bullet holes in the back of some people, some of those arms."

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