A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday

Bizarrely, in his trial at Preston Crown Court, Modiak claimed he had merely pretended to stab the bouncer in order to draw attention to his continuing grievance over his conviction for the acid attack.The court heard how his latest crime followed a similar pre-planned and disturbing pattern.Modiak was drunk and smoking outside a bar called Ma Kellys on March 16 this year when he was asked to move away by door staff.After spitting at the bouncers, he changed his clothes and put on a hat, returning in disguise an hour-and-a-half later with a large knife hidden from view. In CCTV footage, Modiak is seen walking past the entrance of the bar sizing up his intended victim before doubling back.He then pulls out the blade and lunges at bouncer Daniel Ursoi, 39. Speaking after yesterday's sentencing, Mr Ursoi said: "He walked up to me and shouted, 'Do you remember me?' then launched at me with the knife. I remember thinking, 'Oh God'. I was so lucky the knife missed me and just caught my sleeve."Mr Ursoi's fellow doormen held on to the the thug until police arrived. A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police say he threatened his wife with a pocketknife and kicked a police officer.The Gainesville Police Department said Michael Linkins Jr., 30, of 5801 NW 23rd St., and his wife were outside their home at 11:02 a.m. when Linkins held a pocketknife to his wife's left rib cage and told her he was going to harm her and the police as well, the police report said.A neighbor who saw Linkins told him he was going to call 911. More neighbors started gathering at the house, so Linkin left in a green Ford Explorer without a tag, the report said.About an hour and a half later, police stopped Linkins at the Home Depot on Northwest 13th Street. After being arrested, Linkins told police he had the knife open during an argument with his wife but had taken it out to cut a fishing line, the report said.Police said Linkins was handcuffed and placed in the back of the car, but he refused to put his legs in. When officers tried to pull Linkins into the vehicle, he shouldered an officer and then kicked another officer in the chest with both feet. this is My Favorites :Function must be by far your primary concern

The knife was taken away a second time

The victim allegedly told the deputy that Freeman found some undergarments she bought and he did not like them, so he cut them with a box cutter and burned them on the grill, Morrison said.Freeman, 37, of 115 Landon Way was arrested and charged with criminal damage to property. The victim was advised of the process to obtain a temporary protective order.In other news, a Covington man has been arrested after he allegedly repeatedly grabbed a knife during an argument. Thursday, an argument broke out between Anthony Tyrone Ross, 44, and another man who was at the house with other family members.When deputies arrived at Ross' home at 10138 Waterford Road, they learned the two men had been arguing throughout the evening."The verbal altercation escalated to a physical altercation with just some pushing," Morrison said.Other people at the house separated the two men, at which time Ross allegedly went to get a knife."One of the attendees took the knife from Ross without a struggle, but then Ross went back to get another knife," Morrison said. "The knife was taken away a second time."According to the deputy, Ross never held the knife in a threatening way and no one was hurt. He did appear intoxicated, Morrison said, and he was charged with reckless conduct."You don't worry about who will be in there," she said. "All those glamorous people. We were all glamorous and slim once. You get older, you put on a few pounds and you get a few wrinkles. I am healthy and I am strong. That is important."Will it be a bonus losing weight? Of course! I will go to Australia, have a load of horrible stuff and lose weight!"I am really excited about doing this show. I love the trials, I love not knowing what is going on and I love what you have to put your head into! I am a bit frightened but I am still going to give it a bash!"And when it comes to getting on with her camp mates, Laila doesn't think there should be any problems."When I meet people for the first time I usually get on with them all right, I don't get nervous, the only time I would get nervous is if I was to meet Johnny Depp but that's a different kettle of fish. this is My Favorites :There’s no evidence he’d threatened anyone

Travels With Charley was my favorite

The East Coast literary establishment, especially New York Times critics, scoffed that Steinbeck, whose style many found prosaic, would be chosen. Steinbeck's response in the speech: "In my heart, there may be some doubt that I deserved a Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence. But there is no question in my pleasure and pride in having it for myself."The voice-over notes, with a tinge of basso profundo sadness, that after the Nobel controversy, Steinbeck never wrote another word of fiction. Yet, just around the corner from the Nobel wing sits Steinbeck's famous green camper, "Rocinate," the one he drove across the country, trusty poodle beside him, in "Travels With Charley," his final book and perhaps his most popular. The camper itself was a fancy setup for the early 1960s with a kitchen, a refrigerator and a table with a manual typewriter on top."I've read every book Steinbeck wrote," Pinkard said, "but I've got to say 'Travels With Charley' was my favorite. It's just so insightful about America. I'm happy he didn't give up writing before that last book."The final quote before the museum exit, stark white lettering on black, comes from the man himself: "I nearly always write just as I nearly always breathe."Among other things, Craig wants to scale back Maryland's role in the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, give the state's business department a greater voice in environmental and health regulations, and impose limits on how long low-income people can collect food stamps and other benefits even if it means refusing federal money.Craig, 64, insists his positions represent the experiences of a lifetime as an educator and public official not a strategy for winning the June 24 primary in an increasingly conservative party. "It's not like we're trying to move to the right or left. It's being correct," he said.Political observers say Craig appears to be positioning himself to compete in a primary in which staunch conservatives are the most reliable voters. this is My Favorites :Sometimes that is independent

Electrical sparks powered the madcap lunge

Every time contrabass virtuoso Mark Dresser plays in town is cause for a celebration. When he does so in the context of his remarkable West Coast Quintet, the advantage grows exponentially. Dresser's group is loaded with top-flight soloists, each of whom receives ample opportunity to shine yet the true beauty of this group lies in their rich interpretive skills in the ensemble aesthetic required by the leader's multidirectional music.The bassist began "Flocus," with probing sonics and creaky overtones, ultimately landing on the slinky ostinato that brought Joshua White's tinkling piano and Kjell Nordeson's quiet storm of percussive activity into the mix, above which tenor saxophonist Ben Schachter and trombonist Michael Dessen orbited with tangential melodies. The intense lurch of the metric-modulated blues "Digestivo," found White exploding with dense volleys of blue-noted mayhem, sounding like Jaki Byard morphing into Don Pullen. Schachter came out with brawny arcs out of the 'Trane/ Rollins/ Shepp axis, and Dessen extrapolated the tenor conclusion with a wicked swagger and blustery vibrato. Finally, Dresser danced through the interruptive minefield with dizzying double-glissandi and amplified overtones that evoked jaws-harp and steel-drum connotations.The brand-new "New Town," began as a ruminative trio of tenor, bass and piano, traversing into nervous Twilight Zone harmonies punctuated by Schachter's piercing cries. White rippled with kinetic energy sending squalls of cyclic velocity against the manic ponticello bowing of Dresser.Electrical sparks powered the madcap lunge of "Notwithstanding," featuring a spastic synchrony in the horns. Shachter's wild, orgiastic squeals were appropriately goosed by Nordeson's carpet-bombing, then it all dropped into silence for Dessen's impassioned braying. this is My Favorites :If one thing is consistent