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BoxingScene.com recently caught up with junior middleweight contender James Kirkland. The Texas native has been out the ring since early last year as he waits on the outcome of his lawsuit against his promoter Golden Boy Promotions.
Kirkland is known for his power and his exciting style in the ring. He said that if his case is ruled in his favor he hopes to face one of the top fighters in his division before the year is out.
"I am one of those fighters who wants to give a good fight. I am the type of person who wants to give the fans what they want to see and that is a fight," Kirkland explained.
"I'm not running from or dodging anyone. Whether its (Austin) Trout, (Canelo) Alvarez, (Miguel) Cotto or (Floyd) Mayweather. None of them people I'm just waiting to see what happens and if everything goes as planned the sky is the limit."
Trout's performance in his loss to Alvarez on April 20th didn't impress Kirkland.
According to Kirkland, the way to beat Alvarez is to throw a lot of punches and make him feel your power. He didn't think that Trout had the power necessary to pull off the upset.
"A person that is going to get his respect is a person who is going to come and hit him with so many shots, with combinations, moving, knowing how to make him miss and make him pay. That's how you beat Alvarez. People look at him like he's on a high but he is really just a regular fighter," Kirkland told BoxingScene.com.
I asked Kirkland if he would be willing to move up to middleweight if he couldn't get a fight against any of the names he mentioned. He said that he might be even more powerful at 160 but insisted that he has his sights firmly set on facing Alvarez. Kirkland was offered a fight against Canelo last September but wasn't happy with the money being offered and has been in a legal battle ever since.
"It really doesn't matter (where I get a title shot). At 160 I can be even more comfortable but at 154 I definitely want to fight Canelo. That is my game plan but I have a special ass whooping strictly for him. I most definitely want to make something happen as soon as possible but I need to wait till (my court date on) May 13th to see what is going to happen," said Kirkland.
Send questions or comments to [email protected] Follow Ryan on Twitter @ringsidewriter and tune in to BoxingScene Radio, BoxingScene's official audio on Tuesdays from 6-8PM PST. The show is hosted by Ernie Gabion, Luis Sandoval and Ryan Burton
Kirkland is horrible. Canelo or Trout would give James a terrific beatingComment by Sugar Adam Ali on 05-16-2013
Golden boy will probably get revenge on him by making a kirkland-GGG fightComment by AHUEVO on 05-16-2013
[QUOTE=DoubleMM;13341412]Kirkland has the style to beat Canelo, possibly by KO.[/QUOTE] Bahahaha yes and you also believe that Trout will beat Martinez. lolComment by LilCzar on 05-08-2013
SMH....No matter the outcome of the lawsuit, Kirkland's career will be the big loser. He lucked into this fight last year because of all of the bizarre circumstances, but got greedy and ended up screwing himself.Comment by Thickback on 05-08-2013
I think Golden Boy will make this fight because they know Canelo would beat the snot out of Kirkland. This dude is an idiot with the decisions he makes.Post a Comment - View More User Comments (96)


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The 67th Masters Tournament was put on hold Thursday, forcing a 36-hole double round today as the first major championship of the year attempts to get back on schedule.
For the second time in four days, there was no golf at waterlogged Augusta National Golf Club, but this was different than Monday's practice round cancellation. That didn't put a Sunday finish in danger; Thursday's first-round washout did.
With the course saturated with almost 4 inches of rain since Sunday, the club's competition committee postponed Thursday's first round before anyone teed off. It was the first Thursday postponement since 1939.
Thursday's first starting time was scheduled for 8:40 a.m., but was moved back to 11 a.m. Just before 11, the round was postponed.
The 93-player field will begin the first round this morning at 7:30, going off both sides of the course. Gates will open at 7:15 a.m.
The second round will start at about 1:30 p.m., with the same pairings and the same order of play. The only difference will be players who started the first round on No. 1 will move to No. 10 for the second round, and vice versa.
Today's weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions in the morning and partly sunny in the afternoon with northwesterly winds at 10-20 mph. No rain is expected.
"If the weather is as good as they say it is, we have an outside chance of completing 36 holes," said Will Nicholson, chairman of the club's competition committee. "I think it's more probable that we'll have three or four groups on each side still on the golf course."
If that happens, tournament favorite Tiger Woods won't finish his second round, and neither will Ernie Els or Davis Love III. Those three are among the final four groups of the day, though they are not paired together.
Woods, who is seeking to become the first player to win three straight Masters titles, never came to the course Thursday after learning tee times had been pushed back before the round was postponed.
"Evidently, they felt it was unplayable," Woods said in a posting on his Web site, tigerwoods.com. "I feel bad for the fans, but given how wet the course was, I'm sure tournament officials did the right thing."
Woods is now scheduled to tee off at 9:50 a.m. in the first round today.
There hasn't been a Monday finish in the Masters since 1983, and the club doesn't want to have another one this year.
"If at all possible, we'll finish on Sunday," Nicholson said.
The decision to call off the round caught a number of players by surprise.
"Scott Verplank walked in the locker room and we were having lunch," Tom Lehman said. "He said, 'We're not playing today.' We hadn't heard a word, and nobody had told us. We said, 'It's not April Fool's Day; you've got to be kidding, thank you."'
Verplank went on to tell the group that a tournament official had told him there would be no play, but Lehman and the others still didn't believe Verplank.
"We said we'll believe it when we see it," Lehman said. "He said, 'I'll bet you guys 10 million bucks we're not playing today.' Wow, if he'd bet us 100 bucks, we would have taken it and he could have made some money. Ten million bucks put me out of the league there, so we said we're not going to bet you on that, I guess we're not playing."
Lehman still wasn't totally convinced.
"It was quarter to 11; I said I'll believe it at 11:01 when no one is walking off that first tee," Lehman said. "We could see the crowd waiting, and they had their chairs in place. I thought there was no way they were going to postpone this round. We've played in some pretty nasty stuff here in the past."
Not this day, but then again, most of the players can't remember four straight days of such horrid weather. The weather was rainy in 2002, but there were more breaks between showers than this year.
"I told friends last year, 'I've never seen it like this; you'll never see it like this again,"' Lee Janzen said. "I was wrong. It's worse this year."
"I've never seen weather like this in a major," said Ernie Els, a three-time major championship winner.
Nicholson said the fairways on some holes were so saturated that, had play started and more rain fell, players would have had difficulty finding relief from casual water. The greens, which are kept dry by an air suction system under them, are fine, Nicholson said.
"They needed to get this course drier, and with more rain coming, they had no chance to do that," Jerry Kelly said. "They haven't been able to cut the way they want to cut their golf course. It's not Augusta to them right now. It's Augusta to us, but it's not Augusta to the powers to be. And they want it to be Augusta when we play it. I think the course has sort of superseded the players right now, which is fine."
"They want the course to play like they want it to," Jonathan Byrd said. "If it's not ready, it's not ready."
Scott Hoch called the conditions on the course "slop," but still thought play would go on Thursday.
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Who needs three rings when you have two dimensions?
Ilona Jantti's American premiere at the Emmett Robinson Theatre last night proved that technology could turn a circus performance into something even more stimulating and graceful.
The Finnish aerialist's production is the second physical theater piece in the Spoleto lineup, following Gravity & Other Myths. But instead of performing in a group, Jantti is a one-person circus who augments her choreography and more traditional aerial acts with multimedia and creative use of space.
The show was made up of three parts, each using different props. In "Muualla/Elsewhere," Jantti interacted with a projection designed by Tuula Jeker. Though the changes between each animated scene were a bit choppy and the projections told a slightly ambiguous narrative, the media created a different dimension and offered the aerialist an alternative stage. The whimsical animations also lend the performance more color.
Jantti twisted herself onto a rope and swiftly climbed up a fictional staircase on the screen; while in another scene, she fell to the ground when a mischievous cartoon bounced upon the branch she was pretending to sit on.
Even in the less technologically innovative pieces, Jantti used lighting and music to convey the emotions in her show. "Footnotes" had the aerialist dangle and swing on an elongated trapeze to a scratchy old opera playing in the background. A circle of light with uneven edges illuminated her and shone faintly against the stage curtain.
The sound and light together built an eerie, uncanny atmosphere that made the circus act seem even more daunting. This was the only act in which the aerialist performed in old-fashioned circus attire.
Similar usage of the two elements was seen in "Gangewifre," which is an old English word for spider. In this aerial ballet, an ongoing deep rumble established the tension from the very beginning. Jantti created her own web of ropes that hung from the stage ceiling, and then weaved through the complicated map to a steady electronic beat and mechanical sounds. An enlarged shadow of the aerialist projected on the stage curtain added to the uneasiness.
Though some moves seemed to deviate from the music cues, and awkward short intermissions separated the three parts, Jantti took the humorous spirit of circus performance to a new level with the use of technology. Hints of fragility were weaved into the playfulness, and her performance took the art seriously.
Jantti will be performing at the Emmett Robinson Theatre through June 8.
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After taking a 4 year break after high school to be an adult, I am finally returning to schoo,this september as a student in linguistics at Carleton, with a minor is ASL. Expect some impromptu write-in's across Carleton campus, as well as some very forceful signing, demanding why you aren't writing.
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I have a dancemat that lays on the floor and is plugged into 2 USB connectors of the PC. I have found software that lets me emulate the keyboard with the mat. I can assign any key value to the spots on the mat and they will appear to the PC as key presses. I have created a number of outdfoor hiking trail videos and I want them to be controlled by my walking, that is when keys are continually pressed the videos roll at the speed I created them, when the key presses stop the video pauses where it is. It seems simple to me, well it seems like it would be simple to an AS3 programmer. I can't figure it out. The videos will be .FLV files on a local hard drive. I would like to use the number keys "4" and "5" for the walking. It seems to me that since when you pause you will be standing on the keys, maybe the program should be activated by "Key Up". Also, if the hiker should leave the mat for more than a 2 seconds the video should also go into pause.
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The US economy is a car stuck in mud. The monetary Fed is at the pedal. The fiscal Congress is standing outside, refusing to push. With no help from Congress, the Fed is basically spinning wheels hoping to gain traction.
Aside from that, the main goal of QE is to unfreeze lending by removing assets on lenders' balance sheets and replacing them with lendable cash. This aspect of QE is working.
But the true problem is not monetary, it is fiscal and more profoundly structural. ...
Our Federal Gov't has become a huge drag on the economy, and is totally divorced from market forces. Our President and much of the ruling class of 'Versailles on the Potomac' seek only to expand it's size and influence, sucking even more blood out of the private sector. In fact, it can be argued that it's amazing how well the private economy is doing in spite of the drag of the Federal Gov't (and states and locals to) There is a good part of the answer - The Plantation Politics of our time. And even the 'free marketeers' of Wall Street are on the Plantation.
The middle class has been destroyed by NAFTA and GATT. They are being forced to give up on wages and benefits in order to compete with foreign workers who have no safety or pollution standards, health benefits, and are willing to work for peanuts!
It's been bad for the US trade balance too. The dollars go overseas and then are lent back to us. That is an unsustainable system. Keynes was very worried about trade imbalances and one wonders why modern Keynesians never mention that!
you are absolutely right. Ross Perot was a bit of a kook but he had this right.
Mizesaw, yes, about trade imbalances: notice that about midway through this course of change, Federal stats changed from gNp to gDp?
That was because GNP has been destroyed by trade imbalances.
As far as Keynsians go, they are irrelevant. This is the age of monetarism and Milton Friedman. History will not speak well of these times.
The trade imbalances make no sense micro- or macroeconomiclly.
They can better be seen as either geopolitical strategy or as Outright incompetence of our academics and managers.
Bozo, haven't used "here here" login in some time. You must be current on your meds you seem to make sense .
You completely ignored two MAJOR reasons for the slow economic growth:
1. Population Demographics, the baby boom is saving for retirement instead of buying new homes, cars, TVs, etc. Look at the 1970s when the boomers were coming of age.
2. Middle class income, adjusted for inflation has not grown for over 15 years while energy, housing, health care and college costs are up triple digits percentage wise along with exec pay.
The truth_stinks, you do have a point about immigration dynamics, particulrly during this slack period when immigration of younger people is curtailed due to high unemployment. Until this curtailment, there were projections that the greying phenomenon experienced most strongly by other G7s was being mitigated by immigration of young people. In any event, the greying of the boomers could be a drag on the economy, but do you seriously think thats the reason for high unemployment now?
Your second point is exactly what I am talking about. Incomes have stagnated for all but the top 10 percent.
Thank you for adding that, as it is a point I should have mentioned in the original post.
Better fiscal policy would help but the Fed can increase aggregate demand by increasing the money supply which is what QE does. The primary goal of fiscal policy should be to redistribute wealth. It can also increase velocity but the primary driver of demand is the quantity of money.
If the primary goal of fiscal policy is to redistribute the wealth, it worked. The bottom 93% of Americans are distributing their wealth to the top 7%.
Velocity is a very overlooked old metric. Look it up. Its not doing too well.


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> New M&P 22 out yet?
March 29, 2011, 07:15 PM
Has anyone heard any news about when this pistol is coming out? I see it on their website, but there isn't any date or news.
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March 29, 2011, 08:53 PM
Talked to Customer Service three times in the last two weeks. I got "no idea","hopefully in a couple of months" and "mid to end of April".
Your guess is as good as mine but I hope it's soon. I also hope it doesn't have any issues.
March 29, 2011, 09:10 PM
"Soon" is all I've heard--always a month or two away. :rolleyes: Man, the pictures on S&W's website (http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_785503_-1_757753_757752_757751_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y) make it look really bad :eek:, and not much like a real M&P (although they're kind of marketing or positioning it as part of the series nevertheless). My Airsoft M&P looks more realistic! Fortunately, the finished product (http://lundestudio.com/2011SHOTShow/Day1/2011shotshow-01182011-71.jpg) will look a lot better than that. Unfortunately, it's still not an M&P, just a reasonable lookalike. Personally, I'd rather have a .22 LR conversion kit than a Walther P22 that has undergone plastic surgery. ;)
By the way, there seems to be plenty of interest in the following thread on the M&P Forum:
March 29, 2011, 09:32 PM
Whoa... From the Smith & Wesson website-
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March 30, 2011, 12:35 AM
I'd much rather have a .22lr conversion upper too. It just doesn't seem right to have a .22lr that is just styled to look like a M&P
March 30, 2011, 07:01 PM
I too think that the way to go would be for the 22lr conversion, but I don't think we will see that now that they are coming out with the M&P 22. I was just curious because I own 2 M&P 9c's (one was a gift) and the 45c and they are both outstanding weapons.
March 30, 2011, 07:18 PM
and its slide is made from an aluminum-"aeospace" material......... whatever that is.
March 30, 2011, 11:08 PM
I'm holding out hope that a manufacturer of M&P aftermarket parts comes out with a .22lr conversion kit. I believe the complicated part is the extractor and the initial cost
March 31, 2011, 08:38 AM
I'm holding out hope that a manufacturer of M&P aftermarket parts comes out with a .22lr conversion kit.
Also waiting for a .22lr upper...
March 31, 2011, 09:01 AM
More junk from Walther. The M&P22 is going to be hammer fired not striker fired. Think Walther P22 in M&P clothes.
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Travel across Chilean Roads and Stay in Style at San Cristobal Tower, Santiago
Hands down the finest hotel in Santiago, San Cristobal Tower is arguably one of the best hideaways in South America. A member of Starwood's Luxury Collection, San Cristobal Tower is situated just minutes away from the Providencia business district. Guest rooms are outfitted with carved mahogany chairs, elegant drapes and gold-rimmed mirrors, and boast spectacular views of the snow-capped Andes. If you book one of the two Terrace Suites, named after the great Literature Nobel Prize winners from Chile, "Gabriela Mistral" and "Pablo Neruda," you'll enjoy the views from spacious terraces. San Cristobal Tower is offering an exclusive getaway with a car rental included so that you can create your own tour of the world-famous Chilean wineries, beaches at Viña del Mar, and Andes mountains. Priced from $289 per night (3-night minimum required), the package includes complimentary buffet breakfast, a bottle of Chilean wine in-room upon arrival, free admission to Neptuno Spa Pool and Fitness Center, late check-out at 4 p.m, and parking for your rental car!
Marie Antoinette Offer at the Hotel de Crillon, Paris
Now showing at the glass-roofed Grand Palais in Paris: the Marie Antoinette exhibition. The public's obsession with the big-spender of a Queen continues to this day, and Sofia Coppola's film did a fine job dreaming up the Queen's world in all its excessive finery. Running through June 30, 2008, the exhibition showcases 300 works from all over Europe to illuminate the personality and destiny of Marie-Antoinette. While visiting the City of Light, book a stay at the city's exceptional address at the Place de la Concorde in the very heart of Paris. The world-famous Hotel de Crillon, the palace hotel that was designated a unique historical monument, is as good as it gets. Choose the Marie Antoinette offer and you'll enjoy breakfast served in the comfort of your own room or at the fine dining restaurant, 2 tickets for the exhibition, daily international newspaper, access to the fitness center, and free wireless internet. Starting from EUR 670 in a Superior Room. Available until June 16, 2008.
P.S. A meal at the Crillon's Michelin-starred Les Ambassadeurs is not to be missed.
Buzzworthy: Sun International's Palace at Port Ghalib, Egypt's Red Sea Riviera
Billed as the premier resort destination on Egypt's Red Sea coast, the new Port Ghalib development, just 2.5 hours from the Valley of the Kings, is home to Sun International's 5-star citadel of indulgence. The Palace at Port Ghalib has made quite the stir since its debut last November 2007. Surrounded by fountains, terraced gardens and a kilometer-long swimming lagoon (the second largest saltwater lagoon ever made!), The Palace is truly spectacular. Each of the 309 premier rooms has butler service and a private balcony and terrace overlooking the Red Sea. For the ultimate indulgence, the 13 Royal Suites pamper guests with spa-like bathrooms and elegant surroundings (intricate architectural details and luxurious furnishings). In addition to the Palace, there are two other hotels on-site at Port Ghalib: the Sahara Sun Oasis and the Sahara Sun Sands. From here, try your hand at any number of activities-- from scuba diving and fishing to jeep treks and camel rides.
Cherry Blossom Special with the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington D.C.
Checking out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C. this year? Why not bunk down at the prestigious Hay-Adams? After all, it's "as close as you can get to staying at the White House without a personal invitation from the President." Commemorating the 96th anniversary of Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki's gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the city of Washington, the 2008 National Cherry Blossom will kick off on March 29 and run through April 13. The parade will be on Saturday, April 12. The distinguished Hay-Adams hotel will celebrate the festival with a special offer. The Cherry Blossom Package includes luxurious accommodations, Continental Breakfast for two, overnight parking, a secret special amenity and a Cherry Blossom Festival Information Packet. Package rates are from $429 to $799 per night, based on availability. Two night minimum stay. Promotion valid from March 28th through April 13th.
The New Bottega Veneta Suite at St. Regis Grand Hotel, Rome
The St. Regis Grand-- the opulent icon in Rome-- is known for its sumptuous interiors. And now guests can choose to stay in the seductive Bottega Veneta suite, designed by Tomas Maier and unveiled in October 2007. Appointed with a mix of furnishings from the Bottega Veneta home collection and traditional pieces, the suite is even perfumed with a signature room fragrance. The expansive space is comprised of a foyer, three bedrooms (two with separate sitting areas), three baths, and a living room with a fireplace. Guests can expect the legendary service for which the hotel is renowned; 24-hour butler service is the norm for all guest rooms.
Exclusive Amenity at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris - The Five Star Alliance Cocktail
March 17, 2008
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Only a few steps away from the Champs-Elysees, the Faubourg Saint Honore shopping area and all major museums, the Hôtel de Crillon is the place to stay in Paris. Five Star Alliance clients making a reservation at the Hôtel de Crillon will receive a brand new, exclusive amenity. The Hotel de Crillon is now serving the "Five Star Cocktail" - and Five Star Alliance guests will get the opportunity to enjoy one per person, per stay, in the Crillon Bar. The voucher will be provided at the time of check-in.
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Ubud Hanging Gardens: Tropical Paradise in Bali
The ultimate chill-out spot can be found not far from Bali's cultural capital of Ubud at a luxury resort like no other. Ubud Hanging Gardens, like its name suggests, clings to the steep slopes over the Ayung River gorge and offers sweeping views. Perched over the rice terraces, this gravity-defying hotel has 38 luxury villas surrounded by verdant gardens. Conceived by the landscape architect William Warren together with John Pettigrew, the gardens are spectacular; exotic trees and flowers include cocoa, coffee, durian, bamboo, flame trees and orchids. Each Balinese-style villa has its own private terrace and heated infinity plunge pool. Ubud Hanging Gardens features massages and yoga classes at the Ayung spa, excellent food-with-a-view at the restaurants, and a gorgeous pool with a unique design emphasizing the natural curves of the hillside. The real star of the show? The resort's own private funicular (pictured), built into the hillside, which carries guests from one level of the resort to another.
Until April 30, 2008, take advantage of an exciting special offer at Ubud Hanging Gardens. When you stay for 5 nights, you'll only pay for 4 of them! Book any villa or suite and stay for a minimum of five consecutive nights.
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ANYONE WHO has ever heard Michael Buffer intone "Let's get ready to rummmmmble" knows ring announcers can come up with some very clever and creative banter.
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West Allis' Anthony Pettis wins in return match
Chicago - Welcome back, Anthony Pettis.
Eleven months after his last fight and one day before his 26th birthday, Pettis made a spectacular return to the cage Saturday night, stopping Donald Cerrone in the first round of their lightweight bout on a UFC on Fox card before 16,091 at the United Center.
Pettis, of West Allis, caught the retreating Cerrone with a thudding left round kick to the liver about 2½ minutes into the fight and followed with a left jab to the forehead.
But it was the kick that did the damage.
Cerrone crumpled to his knees and tried to cover up. Pettis landed a few perfunctory punches before referee Robert Madrigal waved it off at 2 minutes 35 seconds.
The flashy Pettis (14-2), who earned a $50,000 bonus for the knockout of the night, once again lived up to his "Showtime" nickname and made a strong case to be next in line for a shot at UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.
"I knew I was going to finish him," Pettis said of Cerrone. "Donald called me out and said I was scared of him. I ain't scared of anybody. I want the champ. I want that belt ASAP."
Pettis beat Henderson for the World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight title before the WEC was absorbed by UFC.
But Pettis hadn't been in the cage since he knocked out Joe Lauzon in the first round in Tokyo on Feb. 25. He underwent surgery for a torn labrum in his right shoulder on April 2.
Cerrone, of Albuquerque, N.M., fell to 19-5.
"Knocking his (expletive) out in the first round was great," said Pettis, who trains at Roufusport Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Milwaukee. "He's called me a (expletive), he's said I am scared of him, he's talked nothing but (expletive) for a year while I've been out hurt with my shoulder.
"Shutting that guy up was the biggest thing for me. Now I never need to hear about that guy again. He's done, he got beat in one round. Goodbye."
In the main card opener, Erik Koch of Milwaukee, one of Pettis' sparring partners, was cut up and knocked out by Ricardo Lamas of Chicago in a 145-pound fight.
After an uneventful first round, Lamas (13-2) took down Koch and rained elbows and fists from half-guard until referee John McCarthy jumped in and stopped it at 2:32 of the second round.
"If I get on top you better watch out," Lamas said. "I'm not letting you up until you're bloody or knocked out."
Koch (13-2) was both.
In the main event, Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson successfully defended his UFC flyweight title with a five-round unanimous decision over John Dodson.
The 5-foot-3 Johnson, of Parkland, Wash., improved his record to 17-2-1.
Also on the main card, Glover Teixeira of Rio de Janeiro scored a three-round unanimous decision over former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
Jackson had said this would be his final fight in the UFC, an organization he has criticized.
In the preliminaries, welterweight Pascal Krauss of Milwaukee improved to 11-1 with a three-round unanimous decision over Mike Stumpf of Crystal Lake, Ill.
Krauss, 25, who moved to Milwaukee from Freiburg, Germany, in November to advance his MMA career, picked apart Stumpf with a sharp left jab, overhand rights and thudding leg kicks.
Somehow, a bloodied Stumpf stayed on his feet. All three judges scored it 30-27.
"I thought a couple times, 'I got him,' " Krauss said. "But I watched tape of him and I knew he was pretty hard-headed. I tried to finish it, but kudos to him. He's tough."


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Before you start animating the transform properties for any layer, the first question you should ask yourself is where is that layer's Anchor Point? Is it in the correct place? Now you can practice this exercise with virtually any layer. If you happened to have the files that came with this lesson, open up Advanced Animation and double-click Comp 01-Anchor Point. It's blank to begin with. I'll twirl open Sources, select Flower.ai. And I'll use the keyboard shortcut of holding Command on Mac or Ctrl on Windows and typing forward slash.
That will center the layer in my composition and scale it to 100%. So I've got myself a nice graphical illustration of the flower, and say I want this thing to wave back and forth into breeze and maybe scale as if it's growing up in the ground. I'll twirl open the Properties for this layer, and I'll start editing say the scale. But as I scrub it, I see something that's not quite right. It's not scaling up from the bottom of the layer; it's scaling from the center of the layer. That ain't going to work. Let's try rotation. Same problem: it's not rotating from the bottom where it supposed to be rooted into the ground; it's rotating around the center of the layer.
This is for a very good reason. The Anchor Point, this little crosshair icon, defaults to the center of every layer, and the Anchor Point defines the center of rotation, scale and even the position value. So it's very important to know where that Anchor Point is in relationship to the rest of the layer. Now there are several different ways of editing the Anchor Point. One convenient way is to edit it in the Layer panel. To open up the Layer panel, double-click a layer and you'll get this alternate view.
It will be just that layer in isolation with its own timeline. The Layer panel defaults to docking to the same frame as the Composition, but quite often, you want to see these two side by side, so you'd either re-dock the Layer panel to be beside the composition. Or, if you like, you might even float it, undock it completely, Undock Panel, and now you can move it wherever you want. But position it somewhere where we see it both side by side. Now one of the reasons editing in the Layer panel is so handy is because you can focus on what you are editing.
This View pop-up defines what you are seeing and what you were editing in the Layer panel. I'll select the Anchor Point path, and now as I put my cursor over the Anchor Point in the Layer panel and start to move it towards the base of the flower, watch what's happening in the Comp panel to the right. The flower seems to be levitating up the screen. But if you look down at the Position value below, Position is not changing. What's going on here? Well, the Position value says, where is this layer in relation to the Composition? I can't define every single pixel of a layer, so it has to define where the Anchor Point is in relationship to the comp.
As I move the Anchor Point in the Layer panel, you will notice it's not moving in the Comp panel; in other words, the position is not changing. What is changing is how this layer is going to be drawn in relationship to the Anchor Point. Here I am saying draw this layer upward from where my Anchor Point position is, down at the base of the flower. Once you've done that, then you can go to the Comp panel and drag flower back to whatever position you want it to be in. I'll put it around here for now.
Now when I go scrub values like scale, it's going to behave exactly the way I expect it, growing up from the ground. And as I scrub rotation, it's going to rotate from the position where it's rooted in the ground. It's going to behave the way that I expect, but only because I moved the Anchor Point from its default position, and that's why it's so important.
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This week the designs for a statue of author Ernest Hemingway received unanimous approval by the Petoskey City Council.
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Construction begins for new cultural center in Bay Harbor
A groundbreaking is scheduled for this weekend for a new arts and cultural center in Emmet county.
Rare collection of Hemingway manuscripts opens in Boston
A first of its kind exhibit dedicated to Ernest Hemingway opens this month at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
Former Petoskey laywer facing up to 20 years in prison for embezzlement
A Petoskey lawyer who embezzled more than $100,000 from an elderly client was sentenced Monday to up to 20-years in prison.
67-year old Michael Kennedy was convicted of siphoning funds from the victim's trust, into his own personal checking account. Continue reading
Local art gallery owners give $20,000 to Petoskey community groups
Last week – two local art gallery owners in Petoskey announced their donation of $20,000 to local community groups.
Ward and Eis Gallery owners, Don Ward and Jennifer Eis give two percent of their sales back to the community every year. Continue reading
Petoskey will be the first city in Michigan to use a traffic safety device
One Petoskey intersection is expected be a little safer this fall. The city is scheduled to be the first in Michigan to receive a new traffic safety device.
It's called a Rural Intersection Collision Avoidance System . It will be installed at a blind intersection on US-131 and Intertown Rd. Continue reading
Pedestrian tunnel in Petoskey allows for safer crossing between schools
For students, crossing the street in Petoskey just got a whole lot safer. A pedestrian tunnel now lets people cross the road between the middle and high school underground.
Construction started in the spring and wrapped up just last week. Continue reading
Petoskey looks forward after slow tourism season
With rain during the holiday months, and cold temperatures during a key President's Day weekend in February, Northern Michigan has been lacking visitors.
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State trail usage survey reveals thousands of annual users
Michigan's recreational trails have been feeling the love. A community forum is planned in Petoskey to discuss survey results that show the usage of some northern Michigan trails.
The Top of Michigan Trails Council and Emmet County commissioned the study last summer. Continue reading
Fairy Tale Moons exhibit makes its way to Petoskey District Library
Most of us are familiar with the traditional fairy tales and bedtime stories told to us when we are young.
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An exploratory project is being launched to bring back passenger train service to a rail line that still exists through central and northern Michigan.
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Statewide robotics competition to feature 8 central & northern Michigan teams
Qualifying matches are complete, and Michigan middle schoolers across the state are looking ahead to a statewide robotics competition after the holidays.
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Community development grants open for private investors
Several Michigan cities, including Sault Ste. Marie, are receiving state grants to help spruce up their communities. On top of the state funding, the grants are expected to spur almost a million dollars in private investments.
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Seiches tamper northern Michigan waters
Complex storms are producing some unsettling waves in northern Michigan waters, in which water levels are rising up and down along shorelines.
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String of identity thefts strike Michigan Walmart stores
Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who they say has been using stolen credit cards at stores around the state. Continue reading
Petoskey students raise enough money for regional trip
A team of northern Michigan students have raised enough money travel and compete in a regional robotics competition.
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Petoskey Robotics Team fundraising for Super Regionals
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Isn't that essentially what a tier list is? Yes, it still has a ways to go, but the fact of the matter is that a tier list is nothing but votes.
Ya don't make a tier list based on opinions, you calculate usage data, tournament win ratios, crunch match-up numbers, then exchange and debate your opinions while backin' yours and/or tearing down others' using said data. Specific game things are also to be taken int' consideration. For example, while counterpicking is commonplace in nigh-every competitive game ever (side decks in TCGs, character selection in fighting games, etc.), ya can't swap team members out in your typical Pokemon tourneys. You're stuck with them 6 Pokes 'til the end. Running anti-meta strategies can drag you down in battles where said anti-meta strategies are irrelevant and make a team incomplete as such, so in that metagame, counterpicking has a risk-reward factor.
Also, however large CT is, I doubt there's enough people to create a large enough batch of data t' etch out the opinion side'a things enough to make the resulting tier list less biased and region-centric.
Creatin' a tier list that accurately represents a metagame's state takes much time and much expertise. There's a reason that "tier list" is preliminary.
I'd of thought that vBrawl players wouldn't have many issues with Falco, what with them bein' used to countering (double) laser spam and gimpin' that awful recovery, which is even easier in P:M thanks to an absence of vBrawl's bullshit ledge mechanics.
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'Sick And Tired' Of Shootings, Police Ramp Up Patrols For Holiday WeekendWith 24 people shot within 24 hours from Thursday into Friday, Chicago police were worried about a potentially bloody 4th of July holiday weekend.
State Trooper Injured In South Deering CrashThe officer was responding to a call and driving south on South Stony Island Avenue at 10:48 p.m. when his marked squad car struck the passenger side of a westbound Ford Mustang at the intersection with 95th Street, according to Illinois State Police.
State Police Promise Crackdown On Distracted Driving In Construction ZoneIllinois State Police are out without warning that they are stepping up efforts to catch distracted drivers.
State Police Say Beefed Up Patrols Led To More Than 200 Arrests On Chicago Area ExpresswaysIllinois State Police say their beefed-up patrols in the wake of a series of shooting on the expressways led to more than 200 arrests and a dozen weapons seized, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore
State Police To Start Using Aircraft, Unmarked Vehicles To Curb Expressway ShootingsIllinois State Police say they're starting a new approach to try to stop shootings on Chicago expressways.
State Police Ask For Public's Help Identifying Fourth Body Found In Riverdale Garage Last YearState Police say they have been able to identify three of the four bodies found stored in a Riverdale garage last fall and now they're asking for help to identify the fourth.
Fatal Dan Ryan Crash Was Alcohol-Related: State Police One female was killed and a male was injured in a crash early Friday on the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94).
State Police: SUV Going At Least 118MPH Before Fiery Dan Ryan WreckIllinois State Police said the SUV involved in a fiery fatal crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway earlier this week was going more than 110 miles per hour.


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When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angryby Bang, Molly
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A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
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They're still playing Football, right?Iowa -
All that's in their media today is how Basketball Coach Bill Self has decided to go back to Kansas. OK....
On the Football Field, the Defense was tearing up the Illini offense in a controlled scrimmage. The offense did score 4 times, but the D also forced 4 turnovers.
Both Jon Beutjer and Tim Brasic had TD passes, both under 20 yards. Ibrahim Halsey and Jason Davis each had a 1 yard TD run.
From the Stats you deduce that they have a QB controversy brewing for #2 - Chris Pazan was 6 for 8 and 63 yds with one pick. #3 QB Tim Brasic was 6 for 7, 80 yards and a TD. Walk-on QB Matt Rinklin also took the Illini down the field in 4 plays for a score.
Halsey looks like he's the man with the ball rushing 11 times for 77 yds, but the Illini have Sr FB Carey Davis and Jr TB Virgil Morris looking to run the football next Fall too..Overall, the offense had a lot of penalties, and 4 TOs is just too much.
The final analysis from Ron Turner?
"It was great to see the defense flying around to the ball and forcing turnovers. I said all spring I haven't seen our defense this aggressive in a long time"Looks like a long summer for the Offensive guys in Champaign-Urbana...
Its going to be a little different at Iowa this year; No Brad Banks, new O-Line, about all that's left is the defense.Michigan State
Junior QB Nat Chandler was crowned #1 this spring. He was 6-15 and 52 yards. The Hawkeye O couldn't score on 4 attempts from the 7 yard line. Not your Offensively explosive Big 10 Co-Champ Hawkeyes.
The offensive highlight was the pregame drills - WR Ramon Ochoa made a "sensational one-handed catch" on a 50 yarder. Ed Hinkel also grabbed a 55 yarder during the drills.
But the Iowa defense, #2 against the run last year, returns 7 starters and Kirk Ferentz has figured out that the D will carry the day in 2003; "We're just looking at the opposite of where our team was a year ago"
Maybe it was the 15 minute delay as Kinnick Stadium had to deal with a 15 minute downpour, but the First team were the Black team, the Gold team was the 2nd team. Needless to say, the Black team dominated, but nobody could score.
There are a lot of good updates in Spring Practice Central if you're interested in the Hawkeye's Spring "Scrimmage"
There's a new Head Coach, John L. Smith, there are 2 [ maybe 3], new quarterbacks: Drew Stanton and Damon Dowdell fighting it out to see who runs the the new spread offense, which will be joined by a new defensive scheme on the field next fall.Minnesota -
And then there was the "invisible man," former starting QB [and Heisman hopeful] Jeff Smoker, who battled a substence abuse problem last winter and who was not allowed to compete for a starting job this spring.
"Smoker is not in it until fall," said new Michigan State coach John L. Smith, according to the official Spartan site. But Smoker was 8-16 for 118 yards and a 29 yd TD pass.
Stanton was 9 for 15 for 181 yds and a 60 yd TD. Dowdell was 8 for 14 and 48 yds and a TD. Both were sacked once and threw a pick.
Yes, MSU is running a 4 WR Spread, with an unknown name pencilled in a RB. There aren't many stories about the MSU Defense. The student paper noted that the first team D was OK, but the 2nd team players were "exposed several times on big plays."
The Spartans got out of the game with few injuries. DE Alphonso Townsend is no longer with the team, and Discipline is the watchword in Spartanland now.
For a while, I thought the Gophers had stopped all coverage of their team in favor of their Frozen 4 Champ Hockey squad, but the news blackout finally lifted and we learned that the White team beat the Maroon team 24-6 with half of the White team points coming on pass interception returns.
So you weed thru the riot stories, and you figure out that the Gophers really haven't changed much this year. The starting QB is still the White team's Asad Abdull-Khaliq - he was 10 for 22 and 184 yds. RB Brandon Hagen was the big rusher for the White with 93 yds on 18 carries. The guy to watch backing up is RB Marion Barber - he led the Maroons with 30 yds and everyone with a 6.0 rushing average.
The story aparently was the defense's ability to stop the run. Gopher Coach Glen Mason's comment:
We've got three good running backs, they've all improved. (And) it was pretty tough to move the ball.The final word on the scrimmage? From the QB
(The defense) came out and whooped up on the offense, and I expect that," Abdul-Khaliq said. "If we go out there and are scoring all over our defense, something is wrong.Then there's the whole flap over not allowing a female kicker to try out...We'll leave that to later, but if she wants to transfer to NU....
Other Notes:
- Northwestern scrimmage about 40 plays next Saturday, but the practice, wherever it is, will be closed.
- Something that should be troubling for Iowa fans: There are more
stories this weekend about Iowa's NFL prospects in the paper, than
stories about the spring practices...
You can read all of the stories about the Illinois, Iowa, MSU and Minnesota Spring Games by checking out Spring Practice Central...
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Two hundred years ago, Norwood's earliest incarnation, the Jews' Hospital, became the first Jewish charity to have a royal patron.
Bury Council has agreed to allow the flying of the Israeli flag on Yom Ha'atzmaut next Thursday, following a review of its flag protocol, sparked by its refusal to fly the blue star and stripes last year.
Rowan Williams, who last week announced his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury, had his mind on the Middle East on Tuesday, attending a London dinner for Israeli-Palestinian peace group One Voice .
Guest speaker ex-Foreign Secretary David Miliband called the impasse over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the greatest diplomatic failure in 40 years.
As a pre-aliyah treat, a Hendon 72-year-old enjoyed a sentimental tour of some of her favourite London haunts on a red bus hired by family members.
Some three dozen relatives from the capital and Manchester set off with Helen Ginsbury from Golders Green, among them Hendon Synagogue's Rabbi Mordechai Ginsbury, who is one of her sons.
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Bury Council is pressing ahead with plans for a controversial sports pitch in Prestwich which Jewish residents claim will increase antisocial behaviour.
The council will decide on Tuesday on its own application for a multi-sports pitch on King's Road, opposite Jewish homes and synagogues. The application was submitted despite an earlier public consultation in which councillors expressed shock at the level of Jewish concern.
One-hundred Jewish residents have signed petitions and there have been 25 individual objections.
Plans to reduce refuse collections in Bury have upset Orthodox community members from large families.
The proposal - being put to the vote on February 23 - would see general waste collections cut from weekly to fortnightly. For cardboard, the service would go from fortnightly to monthly. But residents would get a green bin, rather than a bag, for paper and families with six or more children would receive a second general waste bin.
An American property developer who allegedly defrauded British Jews out of millions of pounds has been arrested by the FBI.
Eliyahu Weinstein, 35, lost a civil case earlier this month against London property tycoon Berish Berger, who had been swindled out of £23 million.
At least two members of Stamford Hill's Jewish community continue to pursue multi-million pound lawsuits against Weinstein in the US, following property deals that went sour.
Last week, FBI agents arrested Weinstein, who lives in the Orthodox enclave of Lakewood, New Jersey.
South Lightning beat a Barbarians side by 33 wickets to win the NJCL Super Sixes tournament in Manchester on Sunday.
The sides met in the final after finishing in the top two places of a league also featuring teams from Bury and Leeds.
The Barbarians, comprising players from several clubs, had no answer to the superb batting prowess of South's Jonny Lieberman, who was undefeated on 27, and captain Steve Glicher, who retired on 31 off just 12 balls.
A bereaved son has described his frustration after an unsuccessful three-year battle to have his mother's body moved from a Christian cemetery to a Jewish resting place.
Eugene Linder's late mother, Biba Skodnik, is buried in Finland. He has pleaded with the country's Prime Minister and President to allow him to reinter her in Switzerland, where his family now lives.
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Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice validated his class and quality on Saturday.
The son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin made his debut against older horses, and placed second in the 1¼-mile, $1,000,000, Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Belmont Park, beaten 6¾-lengths by long-shot winner, Ron the Greek.
"I thought they ran very fast," said W. Cothran Campbell, Dogwood Stable president. "It was a great race. It wasn't our day. We were second best; second best because of the extra distance we traveled."
However, if one were to evaluate the outcome of the race more closely, it would clearly show that Palace Malice turned in arguably the contest's best performance, and made a resounding statement, one that will more than likely earn him a date in the 1¼-mile, $5,000,000, Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park on Nov. 2.
Palace Malice is trained by 5-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher.
"The race was an example of his consistency," said Campbell. "The race validates his class and quality. Todd said to me, 'It's going to be a different story in five weeks.' Palace Malice will go to California, and then come back to Aiken for a vacation."
The multiple-graded-stakes winner's three wide trip, had the 3-year-old colt covering more ground than the race's winner, in fact, 67 more feet than Ron the Greek, according to Trakus, a wireless horse tracking system. The 67 feet approximated 7 4/5-lengths.
Palace Malice broke cleanly, and came away in good order, stalking the early pacesetter, the 2012 Aiken Trained Horse of the Year, Alpha, finding himself in good position, but was second best to eventual winner Ron the Greek, settling for the place, finishing 1¾-lengths in front of Flat Out.


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