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Steve came to Houston after spending nearly four years at WSVN-TV in Miami, a job that made Steve an eyewitness to many memorable stories. He was the first reporter on the scene after designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his South Beach Miami mansion. Steve was also there when the U.S. Coast Guard brought Elian Gonzalez to shore on Thanksgiving morning 1999. There were also a lot of Hurricanes (the names all blend together). All those hurricanes were practice for Katrina. Steve was in the New Orleans area when the storm hit. His coverage was picked-up nationally.
Georgia. After that: stops at WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama and WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio. He was originally the Weekend Anchor at 39news.. Steve began anchoring 39news at nine during the weekdays in June of 2008.
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Watching the Super Bowl with friends can leave a lot of us feeling like information haves and have-nots.
While some of us have been following the teams, their players, strategy, and statistics since the day we were born, others at least know who the quarterbacks are and that they are the ones who throw the ball.
Whether you're looking to impress the sports nerds in the room with a few of your own facts, or you're simply a true connoisseur of arguably useless knowledge, here's some fun trivia for you about Super Bowl 2013.
Five Fun Facts About the Super Bowl
- This year, a 30-second commercial costs $4 million, up from 3.5 million last year and $42,000 in 1967, according to Time.
- Football fans are anticipated to consume an estimated 79 million pounds of Hass avocados during Big Game gatherings this year, according to the Hass Avocado Board.
- If you still think the 1983 season finale of M*A*S*H was the most-watched broadcast in the U.S., think again. The 2010 Super Bowl between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts stole that title, only to be beaten exactly one year later when 111 million people tuned in to watch the 2011 Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to Nielsen Co. That record was broken again last year when 111.3 million people watched the Giants beat the Patriots, according to ESPN.go.com.
- Heading into the game, the 49ers are 5-0 in Super Bowls and the Ravens are 1-0 in Super Bowls.
- Super Bowl XLVII is the first time in professional sports history that siblings will play each other. John Harbaugh coaches the Ravens and Jim Harbaugh coaches the 49ers, according to SB Nation.
So who will come out with the title? Finally, here's some actual useful knowledge to have heading into Sunday.
Who: The Ravens vs. The 49ers
Kickoff Time: Sunday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Where: New Orleans, LA at Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Channel: NBC
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1. Mick Morgan's on Rte. 1/Providence Highway: Just down the road from where the game will be, this Irish pub in Sharon offers a wide variety of American and Irish dishes to compliment your viewing experience.
2. Halfway Cafe (Canton): View the game in the lively bar area with flatscreen TVs.
3. Center Field's Bar & Grill (Canton): Head over to this local venue for the game, hang out in the bar or lounge area and take advantage of a vareity of specials.
4. CBS Scene at Patriot Place (Foxborough): Join CBS Scene to catch all the NFL playoff action on one of the restaurant's 145 high-definition displays.
5. At Home. We've asked readers where they plan on catching the game on several occasions, and home seems to be a favorite place to catch the big game. Enjoy your flat screen, that big comfy couch and the company of loved ones.


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Housing starts hit a five-month high in June, led by a 30% bounce in multifamily starts. The Wall Street Journal's Dawn Wopatka and Alan Zibel cover the story here, ("Behind the Numbers: Apartments Keep Builders Busy"), observing: "While builders have slowed down construction, apartment developers are racing to meet increasing demand."
Hard demographics argue that this country has to supply housing for its citizens, in the long run. And the long run could be starting already. As Eeconomist Steve Blitz told the Journal, "Families are still being formed, mortgages are tough to get and tougher still for first time buyers, and there has been a decided underbuilding of multifamily homes relatives to single-family dwellings since the early 1990s. In sum, the level of construction in both categories remains decidedly depressed but signs for a cyclical rise in apartment construction continue to build."
Household formation is the physical driver behind home construction. But what, exactly, is a household? These days, it's not what it used to be. The Los Angeles Times today reports that in California, the proportion of families consisting of a married couple with kids continues to fall ("California families are changing, U.S. Census data show," by Kate Linthicum, Ari Bloomekatz and Scott Gold). Rising in its place is a different animal — check that: a whole menagerie of different animals. Blended families, single parents, same-sex couples, same-sex triples — you can't tell the players without a scorecard.
"New census figures show that the percentage of Californians who live in 'nuclear family' households — a married man and a woman raising their children — has dropped again over the last decade, to 23.4% of all household," the Times reports. "That represents a 10% decline in 10 years, measured as a percentage of the state's households. Those households, the Times analysis shows, are being supplanted by a striking spectrum of postmodern living arrangements: same-sex households, unmarried opposite-sex partners, married couples who have no children. Some forms of households that were rare just a generation ago are becoming common; the number of single-father households in California, for instance, grew by 36% between 2000 and 2010."
Builder Magazine took a statistical look at the family status of recent home buyers back in September 2010 ("Will the Real Home Buyers Please Stand Up?"). According to sampling by research firm American LIVES, we reported, "A significant portion [of buyers] are singles, childless couples, or unmarried partners. Nevertheless, families with children still outweigh the rest, even though the household may be anchored by a single mom or dad. And though singles are important, couples still count. By the numbers, married couples (with or without kids) make up about 60 percent of the survey response. And families with kids (including marrieds, single parents, and partners living together) also add up to about 60 percent. But the two groups aren't identical: 17 percent of married couples have no children at home, and 13 percent of the families with children are single-parent households."
But we were looking at a sample of home buyers. Not all households are buyers or homeowners. What about the renters? Here, it seems clear, you're even less likely to see a traditional family structure, and more likely to see something much harder to define. And in part, that's just because renters are often young people who are trying different lifestyles on, before they settle down.
It's a little more complicated than that, though. Inman News blogger Tara-Nicholle Nelson is the author of "The Savvy Woman's Homebuying Handbook" and "Trillion Dollar Women: Use Your Power to Make Buying and Remodeling Decisions." She's also the Consumer Ambassador and Educator for real estate listings search site Trulia.com. In a very insightful blog post on the Inman.com website ("Gen Rent': the new kids on the block"), Nelson psychs out the motivations of the young renting crowd like this:
"Gen Yers... are the first generation to have lived their formative years through this recession, and been old enough to have an opinion on homebuying shaped thereby."And for months -- even years -- of this down market, I've heard many a Gen Yer express that they have only ever known real estate ownership to be more of a burden than a blessing, that they've known many friends or family members who have been affected by foreclosure or forced to short-sell, and that they just don't 'get it' -- with 'it' being why homeownership is even viewed as desirable by older people."This generation never experienced owning a home that doubled or tripled in value in a year's time; never experienced a market in which they could literally name their price for their home -- and get dozens of offers; and never was able to watch their net worth skyrocket, all on the power of their property."So, in some ways, Gen Y could be called 'Gen Rent'. To them, renting seems much more sustainable and less risky. It also seems less burdensome from a lifestyle perspective, offering both freedom from home maintenance concerns and geographic freedom -- the ability to move on a moment's (or a month's) notice across the country, if necessary, to follow a career opportunity or a relationship."But recently I realized that some of Gen Y's conversion to Gen Rent might be based less on mindset -- the preference of renting over homeowning -- and based more on access -- or their perception that their access to homeownership is dramatically limited."I've come into contact with Gen Renters who are voracious savers; meticulous about retirement planning -- in their 20s; hard-core career strategizers; and who say they would also love to own their home but don't see it as realistic or possible."They've read up and know that mortgages are hard to come by. They know down payment requirements are tightening up. They might not have the years of steady income in the same field or bulked-up savings accounts it takes to qualify for a home loan, and even those with great educations and jobs don't feel they can comfortably or sustainably afford a home in many of the high-priced areas where jobs are plentiful."
Smart young people, in other words, who are sizing up their world and making a rational choice. To rent.
And if you think that they would like to rent some old busted junk — well, you might be right, but you might not.
Hey — what are people renting these days, anyway? It just happens that NAHB has some numbers on that this week. For example, you might be surprised to learn that of the roughly 30% of American dwellings that are rental units, just over a quarter are single-family homes. Here's the NAHB "Eye On Housing" report ("The Rental Housing Stock"). But these numbers barely graze the surface. We don't know what these units are like, or whether they meet the needs of the renters.
If you're building for renters (and remember, a lot of this month's strong starts report is about multifamily), it probably helps to think about all these new demographics — the nature of renting households, how they make a living, what resources (financial and otherwise) they have. But to the best of my knowledge, we're a long, long way from knowing what the new wave of non-traditional households needs, or wants, in housing. We've spent a lot of time and energy getting a handle on the desires of the over-the-plate customer — the married couple with 2 jobs and 2 kids. We barely have a clue what the new crop of "housemates" out there cares about.
We like to call ourselves "homebuilders." But the truth is that often as not, we build houses, not homes. In the recent boom years, lots and lots of buyers were buying what we liked to call "second homes." But really, they weren't second homes — they were investment properties. Renters — traditional nuclear families, or individuals, or just housemates — made those rental units into homes.
When we get to understand those renters — who they are, what they need, what they care about — then, maybe, we can start building homes for them.
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CATEGORIES Comedy, Independent, Deals, Newsstand, Movies, CinematicalTodd Louiso endured too many Moby jokes in School for Scoundrels and too much hype in Snakes on a Plane, but now all that suffering for his art has paid off. His sophomore directorial project The Marc Pease Experience, has just received final funding, according to a press release from Paramount Vintage and Groundswell Productions.
Jason Schwartzman plays the title character, a successful performer in high school musical productions. Ten years later, he's still living in the past. The story takes place over the course of one day as Marc's former teacher, Mr. Gribble (Ben Stiller) mounts a new production that allows Marc to exorcise his Broadway demons once and for all.
Louiso's directorial debut, Love Liza (2002), was the extraordinary, underrated story of a recent widower (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his pathetic attempts to cope with his loss. Since Hoffman's brother Gordy wrote the Liza script, The Marc Pease Experience marks Louiso's first produced screenplay.
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Arianna Huffington: 'Enormous opportunities' for online video channel
The Huffington Post has announced the launch of a new online video channel this summer, at a conference to coincide with the site's first anniversary under AOL ownership.
The HuffPost Streaming Network will launch this summer and feature original programming and debates, produced from studios in New York and Los Angeles. Editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington said the project would launch with 12 hours of daily programming and would eventually go to 24 hours.
Beet.tv's Andy Plesser spoke to Huffington at the press conference.
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The opportunities are enormous from the point of view of advertising. More and more of our readers want to consume video. It is completely interactive.
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The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirms the body found in the Chattahoochee River on Thursday is that of a Sandy Springs missing man.
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Of all the fights on the under card for UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields, this one has the most hardcore MMA fans buzzing. Daniel Roberts, training partner to fighters like Nick and Nate Diaz as well as Jake Shields, enters this bout with considerable improvement over his inauspicious beginning in MMA. Claude Patrick, by contrast, has shown excellent submission savvy in the UFC en route to today's fight.
Here's how Bloody Elbow handicapped this fight:
What have these guys done lately?
Patrick: W - James Wilks (UD) | W - Ricardo Funch (SUB) | W - Matt MacGrath (SUB)
Roberts: W - Greg Soto (SUB) | W - Mike Guymon (SUB) | W - Forrest Petz (SD)
How did these guys get here?
Claude Patrick built his career in Canada (outside of one regional show in Moline, Illinois) compiling an 11-1 record before signing with the UFC. He submitted Ricardo Funch with a guillotine choke at UFC 115, and went on to defeat James Wilks by unanimous decision at UFC 120.
Daniel Roberts won his first nine fights in regional promotions in Oklahoma before signing with the UFC. He made his debut at the UFC's first show on cable channel versus, dropping a fight by knock out to John Howard. Roberts bounced back with three straight victories, defeating Greg Soto by kimura in his last fight at UFC 125.
Why should you care?
With a combined 2 losses in 27 fights, Patrick and Roberts are two fighters worth keeping an eye on.
They've got similar skill sets and are in similar points in their career. They generally tells me the fighter will either be cautious or exceptionally hungry to move to the next stage.
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The first UFC fight featuring members of this season of The Ultimate Fighter has been announced. The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen representatives Adam Cella (4-0) and Tor Troeng (15-4-1) will meet on April 6 at UFC on Fuel 9, according to MMA Junkie. The card airs from Stockholm, Sweden and features an Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi main event.
Troeng should be the favorite here, as he was one of the early picks to go far on the show. As a member of Team Sonnen, he was paired with Josh Samman in the first round of fights and was KO'd by Samman in round 1. Cella was a member of Team Jones. He was on the receiving end of the vicious Uriah Hall KO, knocking him out of the competition.
One interesting aspect of this fight is that it will take place before the actual TUF Finale, which is set for April 13, meaning Troeng and Cella will be the first competitors from this season to have official UFC fights. Typically, the UFC holds off on bringing in TUF fighters until after the Finale, however in this case, they are likely looking to give Troeng a fight in front of his home country fans in Sweden.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen continues this Tuesday night on FX. Join us here at Bloody Elbow for live coverage.


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Singularity University and CNBC Partner to Launch Exponential Finance Conference June 10-11 in New York City
Two-Day Conference Brings Together the World's Top Leaders in Technology and Finance
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Singularity University (SU), the widely acclaimed technology-focused education institute and business accelerator, today announced it is partnering with CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, to launch Exponential Finance, a first-of-its-kind conference to explore the impact of exponential technologies that are disrupting and reshaping finance and the world as we know it.
Exponential Finance will take place June 10-11, 2014, in New York City. The event will bring together top business leaders and government officials with the next generation of entrepreneurs to engage in dynamic and forward-thinking discussions on the exponential technologies that are creating the next greatest wave of transition in industry, business and finance.
"In the next decade, 40 percent of today's S&P companies will not be here," explains Executive Chairman Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, who co-founded SU with Futurist and Google's Director of Engineering Ray Kurzweil. "AI, Robotics, Synthetic Biology, Big Data, 3D Printing, Nanotechnology and other exponential technologies are not only transforming how we start companies, deliver services, analyze and invest, but also dramatically accelerating the rate at which decisions are being made."
"CNBC's 25th anniversary celebration this year has brought with it a heightened awareness of the tremendous changes in the last quarter century," said Nikhil Deogun, SVP and Editor in Chief, CNBC Business News. "The content and context this event offers will set the tone for the next 25 years and continue CNBC's tradition of bringing actionable information to our audience first."
CNBC Chief International Correspondent Michelle Caruso-Cabrera will serve as co-emcee of the conference with SU Chairman Peter Diamandisand Salim Ismail, SU Founding Executive Director and Global Ambassador, and former Yahoo VP who led Brickhouse, Yahoo's internal "ideas factory."
CNBC is the exclusive media partner and will feature live interviews throughout the two-day conference during CNBC's Business Day programming and on CNBC.com. Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/cnbc/.
Exponential Finance is the first in a new series of Exponential Conferences being produced by Singularity University. The 2014 series includes: Exponential Finance, Exponential Manufacturing, Singularity Summit and Exponential Medicine (formerly FutureMed). Will Weisman, Executive Director of Conferences at SU, said that these events "are oriented to anyone who characterizes themselves as an early adopter, and individuals and corporate executives who want to ensure that they are the ones doing the disrupting—not the ones being disrupted."
For more information about the Exponential Finance Conference, details of the venue, and to register, visit: http://xfin.co. To learn more about the lineup of 2014 Singularity University Exponential Conferences, visit: http://exponential.singularityu.org.
Singularity University's (SU) mission is to educate, inspire and empower a generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. Since 2009, SU has hosted innovators, entrepreneurs, government and industry leaders from more than 85 countries at Graduate and Executive Programs, Global Summits and other conferences. In 2013, Singularity University launched SU Labs and more recently a Corporate Innovation Exchange. To learn more, visit www.singularityu.org.
Singularity University Launches New Corporate Innovation Exchange To Inspire and Enable Industry Giants To Reimagine and Reinvent Their Future
The Coca-Cola Company, The Hershey Company, Lowe's Companies, Inc. and UNICEF Are Founding Members
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Singularity University (SU), the widely acclaimed technology-focused education institute and business accelerator, has announced the launch of a new initiative for accelerating corporate innovation, the Corporate Innovation Exchange. The SU program will enable large enterprises to establish an innovation outpost in Silicon Valley and regularly access SU's global community of world-renowned tech experts, startups, NGOs and other forward-thinking organizations. Founding members include The Coca-Cola Company, The Hershey Company, Lowe's Companies, Inc. and UNICEF.
"The Corporate Innovation Exchange is the next step in the evolution of Singularity University from an educational institute and startup accelerator, to a diverse global community of innovators that includes the largest organizations in the world," explained Rob Nail, CEO and Associate Founder, Singularity University. "These companies not only seek to make bold leaps and drive disruption in their industries, but they also want to contribute to SU's larger mission to positively impact the lives of billions of people."
SU's Corporate Innovation Exchange will convene R&D, new product development, innovation, and insights/foresight teams at SU Labs on the Singularity University campus at NASA Research Park. Members of the Corporate Innovation Exchange will immerse themselves at SU, continually learning from recognized science and technology experts, working alongside the latest tech startups and like-minded corporate innovators, exploring uncommon partnerships and experimenting with ideas at the periphery of their industries.
The Corporate Innovation Exchange will offer:
- Private office space at SU Labs that companies can permanently staff year-round
- Access to world-class experts in exponentially accelerating fields, including artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D printing, nanotechnology and biotechnology
- Opportunities to connect and partner with cutting-edge startups and brilliant young entrepreneurs from around the globe
- Silicon Valley immersion, including university tours, corporate/lab site visits and innovation roundtables
- Opportunities to support a unique group of dedicated global collaborators to help tackle humanity's grand challenges
"The Corporate Innovation Exchange helps large companies think beyond next quarter's earnings report…way beyond," says Carin Watson, SU's Managing Director of Corporate Innovation. "This is where organizations come to look several horizons out…to reimagine and reinvent their future. Being here 24/7 gives these teams the tools to fast-track execution of their established innovation road maps and the freedom to explore the unknown, exchange ideas and experiment in disruptive spaces."
Deloitte Consulting LLP, SU's strategic alliance partner, will play a key role in the Corporate Innovation Exchange by offering thought leadership and advising members on practices and capabilities for driving innovation in their organizations. "We see the SU Corporate Innovation Exchange as an excellent forum for our clients to sequester small, autonomous teams in a non-traditional environment that fosters and encourages creativity, idea exchange and rapid prototyping," says Marcus Shingles, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and a leader in Deloitte's innovation group.
SU plans to selectively expand membership in the Corporate Innovation Exchange in 2014, as it strengthens its network of the most innovative global organizations. In time, the Exchange will be home to numerous organizations in myriad business, science and technology sectors.
For more information regarding Singularity University's Corporate Innovation Exchange, visit http://www.singularityu.org/corporate-innovation/
About Singularity University
Singularity University's (SU) mission is to educate, inspire and empower a generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. Since 2009, SU has hosted students and industry leaders from more than 85 countries and has prepared both individuals and organizations for exponential technology changes through a series of events, conferences and education programs. SU's Founding Corporate Partners include Genentech, Autodesk, Cisco, ePlanet Ventures, Google, Kauffman Foundation and Nokia. To learn more, visitwww.singularityu.org. Follow us on Twitter: @Singularityu; #SuCorpInnovation.
Singularity University and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Partner to Advance Global Innovations that Benefit Women and Children
UNICEF to establish New Innovation Lab at Singularity University Campus
Mountain View, CA (June 27, 2013) –Singularity University (SU) and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF have announced a new partnership to create transformative technologies that will save and improve the lives of the most vulnerable children and women in developing countries. SU and UNICEF will work together to find sustainable solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the areas of nutrition, water, energy, security, health, and education.
"At Singularity University, our mission is to educate and empower the brightest people on our planet with the tools of exponential technology and entrepreneurship to solve humanity's greatest challenges," said CEO Rob Nail. "Our new partnership with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will now give us access to a global network to directly implement these solutions in localities of greatest need."
A key provision of the partnership is the creation of a UNICEF Innovation Lab on the campus of Singularity University. The new lab will provide UNICEF with access to SU principals, management, start-up companies and the university's global network of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs. Together SU and UNICEF will work with academia, government, and the Silicon Valley business community, as well as young people to expand the network.
The partnership will allow UNICEF to leverage its expanding network of Innovation Labs and build on its long history of scaling transformative solutions for children, including deploying the first low-cost water hand-pump to rural communities, pioneering the use of radio for social mobilization, and developing RapidSMS, the award-winning open source data collection and communication platform that has improved health systems.
"UNICEF works to give the world's most vulnerable children access to education and healthcare to help them thrive on an even playing field," said UNICEF Advisor on Innovation, Christopher Fabian. "Our partnership with SU can help achieve these goals, while keeping an eye on future potentials. The new UNICEF-SU Innovation Lab will match the world's toughest problems with the people who can solve them."
"Finding a way to expose our Singularity University participants, faculty and staff – especially the participants in our Graduate Studies Program, to the specific needs in the developing world will greatly enhance our institution's understanding of its mission and social impact globally," said Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Chief Impact Officer and Exec VP of Operations, Singularity University, who traveled with UNICEF to tour Innovation Labs in Uganda and Burundi.
"There is no substitution to seeing these challenges first-hand and understanding them from the user standpoint and interacting with the local populations," continued Paat-Dahlstrom. "UNICEF's global network of experts and experience in country in their Innovation labs, and wealth of case studies will make this easier in the future."
Singularity University's mission is to assemble, educate, and inspire a new generation of leaders in business, science, finance, and government who strive to understand and use exponentially advancing technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. Since 2009, SU has hosted students and industry leaders from more than 70 countries at its campus at NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA. Corporate Partners include Autodesk, Cisco, Credit Union Roundtable, ePlanet Ventures, GE, Genentech, Google, Intelius, Kauffman Foundation, Nokia, Steelcase, and Triple Ring Technologies.
About UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve children's lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. Together, we are working toward the day when zero children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.
Deloitte, Singularity University and XPRIZE Form Alliance and Launch the Innovation Partnership Program
New York, May 14, 2013 – Three recognized leaders advancing innovation in industry, education and business have announced a new alliance to spur global economic development and business commerce, while supporting a mission to help humanity solve its greatest challenges. The Innovation Partnership Program (IPP) is a three-year alliance of XPRIZE, the leader in solving grand challenges through large-scale, global incentivized competitions;Singularity University, a unique Silicon Valley educational institute and business incubator which explores the disruptive influences and global growth opportunities of exponentially advancing technologies and Deloitte, a leader in strategy & operations, human capital and technology consulting services. XPRIZE, Singularity University and Deloitte will leverage their respective strengths to drive innovation across multiple industries and business sectors.
The announcement was made jointly by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and chief executive officer of XPRIZE and executive chairman of Singularity University; Rob Nail, associate founder and chief executive officer of Singularity University; and Marcus Shingles, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and a leader in Deloitte's Innovation Group.
The inaugural IPP event took place in March at the NASA Ames Research Park in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. More than 60 senior business leaders from 30 iconic companies, including Google, Shell, Qualcomm, The Hershey Company and Sprint, met for a four-day executive summit. The selective membership-based program consisted of a wide array of workshops on crowdsourcing, the rapid advancement of exponential technologies and how to innovate through incentivized competitions. The March IPP event was the first in a multi-year series of events where Fortune 500 leaders will meet innovative start-ups and entrepreneurs to expand their partnership ecosystem across Silicon Valley and reach across global markets to connect the most knowledgeable industry leaders and innovators in a highly curated and unprecedented summit.
"IPP brings an unparalleled value proposition to the market," said Diamandis. "The goal is to bring together the critical elements required by businesses seeking to become 'exponential' organizations — awareness, education, relationships and know-how. Deloitte adds a crucial element with the ability to assist companies in customizing and implementing their innovation strategies resulting from IPP."
"IPP not only provides unique access to relevant thought leaders and entrepreneurs, but also introduces an important vantage point and exposure to the key drivers and pace in which various emerging innovations – technological and organizational – will transform the business landscape in the near-term and longer-term," said Bert Alfonso, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, The Hershey Company.
Highlights of the inaugural IPP event included seven CEO case studies by crowdfunding and crowdsourcing pioneers, including Quirky. The impact and business relevance of exponential trending technologies were also main topics covered, including digital medicine, biotechnology, sensor technologies, big data, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and advanced robotics. Also, a signature element of IPP, "The Path Forward," was a discussion led by Deloitte on their 10 Steps of Innovation and Scaling Edges approach for organizational characteristics and adoption of innovation.
"IPP provides corporate leadership teams with access to an expanded ecosystem of some of the world's top entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, technologists, innovation strategists and business thought leaders, thus providing participating companies with a broader lens as to the potential non-traditional threats and opportunities their industries and businesses are — or will be — facing," said Shingles. "IPP is a process versus just an event, giving members continuous exposure to the latest thinking and relationships required to capitalize on innovation-driven business transformation."
About Deloitte Consulting LLP
Deloitte Consulting LLP helps organizations grow their businesses and enhance value by identifying actionable insights. More than 23,000 professionals provide a broad range of capabilities across human capital, strategy & operations and technology that are aligned to the particular needs of specific sectors, businesses and organizations. Deloitte Consulting LLP provides clients with leading business insights that can help generate a tangible and measurable impact. As part of the alliance, Singularity University and XPRIZE will refer their clients to Deloitte for consulting services around innovation, from strategy to execution.
The innovation capabilities of Deloitte Consulting LLP that will assist IPP member companies include DC Innovation, Deloitte's Center for the Edge, Monitor Doblin and GBN groups and Deloitte Digital.
About XPRIZE
Founded in 1995, XPRIZE is a leading organization solving the world's Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, high-profile, incentivized prize competitions that stimulate investment in research and development worth far more than the prize itself. The organization motivates and inspires brilliant innovators from all disciplines to leverage their intellectual and financial capital for the benefit of humanity. XPRIZE conducts competitions in five Prize Groups: Education; Exploration; Energy & Environment; Global Development; and Life Sciences. Active prizes include the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, the $10 million Archon Genomics XPRIZE presented by Express Scripts, the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE and the $2.25 million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE. For more information, go to www.xprize.org, "like" us atwww.facebook.com/xprize and follow us on twitter @xprize.
About Singularity University
Singularity University (SU) is a unique interdisciplinary and international organization whose mission is to educate, inspire and enable a new generation of leaders who strive to understand and use exponentially advancing technologies to transform their organizations and to address humanity's grand challenges. Since 2009, SU has hosted leaders in finance, science, business and government at Executive Programs and Global Summits and brings together each summer many of the world's most talented young entrepreneurs to attend SU's 10-week Graduate Studies Program. SU programs have received international acclaim and represent the cutting edge of education, impact, entrepreneurship, inspirational ideas and science. Singularity University is based at NASA Research Park in Mountain View, CA, in the heart of the Silicon Valley. For more information, go to http://singularityu.org/ and follow us on twitter @singularityu and participate in our dialogue on Facebook:www.facebook.com/singularityu
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.
Singularity University Acquires the Singularity Summit
Mountain View, Calif. (December 6, 2012) – Singularity University (SU) today announced that it has acquired the Singularity Summit, one of the premier annual conferences focused on Artificial Intelligence, founded by the Singularity Institute (SI) in 2006.
The acquisition furthers SU's founding goal to provide the tools and thinking necessary to solve humanity's greatest challenges, while SI transitions to a more research-focused organization. It also enables SU to broaden its global offerings to include an expanded Summit, designed around the tracks of study currently offered at SU: AI and Robotics, Energy & Environmental Systems; Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; Medicine & Neuroscience; Networks and Computing, Nanotechnology, Entrepreneurship, and Design.
"The mission of Singularity University is to equip leaders with awareness about the disruptive implications and opportunities of accelerating technologies and to help empower them to become high-impact innovators," said CEO Rob Nail. "Our acquisition of the Singularity Summit will be a valuable asset as we continue to enrich our educational content and innovation pipeline, and expand our global network. We are also proud to support ongoing serious research on the implications of AI for which SI is well respected."
As part of the agreement, Singularity University will also acquire the Singularity Institute brand, including the singularity.org domain. The current Singularity Institute organization will continue operations under a new brand to be determined, and will remain as co-producers of the Singularity Summit in some succeeding years.
"The meaning of the word 'Singularity' has broadened since the Singularity Institute was founded in 2000 to investigate the science and ethics of self-improving artificial intelligence," said Luke Muehlhauser, Executive Director of the Singularity Institute. "We are pleased that we can transition the popular Singularity Summit conference to an organization with a strong commitment to maintaining its quality as it grows. The funding we receive from SU will in turn help us grow our own technical research program — in fact, we are looking to hire mathematicians and theoretical computer scientists. We will also change our name so that there is no future confusion about the identity of the two organizations."
The Singularity Summit was founded in 2006, by Ray Kurzweil, also a co-founder of Singularity University and its current Chancellor, and Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and a leading thinker and venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.
About the Singularity Institute
The Singularity Institute is one of the world's leading research institutes devoted to studying the societal consequences of advanced Artificial Intelligence. The organization promotes awareness of the potential consequences of advanced artificial intelligence, both positive and negative, and funds technical research intended to ensure that the creation of advanced artificial intelligence has a positive outcome.
Singularity University's mission is to assemble, educate, and inspire a new generation of leaders in business, science, finance, and government who strive to understand and use exponentially advancing technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. Since 2009, SU has hosted students and industry leaders from more than 70 countries at its campus at NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA. Corporate Partners include Autodesk, Cisco, Credit Union Roundtable, ePlanet Ventures, GE, Genentech, Google, Intelius, Kauffman Foundation, Nokia, Steelcase, and Triple Ring Technologies.


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Sandborn-Westphalia Community Bible school will be held July 8-12, 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Sandborn Baptist Church for ages 4 years and up.
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The Daviess County Health Department will sponsor immunization clinics for children under the age of 19 years from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Dr. Holsopple's office; from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 16 at Eastside Park Community Building; from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 19 at Country Health Clinic, Cannelburg Road; and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 30 at Odon Community Building. An immunization record is required.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation announced SR 57 will be closing for repairs to the deck of the White River Bridge in Newberry.
On Tuesday at about 6 a.m., maintenance crews will close SR 57 from the junction of SR 58N to the junction of SR 54S. Crews will be making repairs to the bridge 5.9 miles north of the SR 58 junction.
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The Hinkle family reunion will be held from noon to 6 p.m. July 20 at Eastside Park pavilion, with a catered meal at 1 p.m.


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Santorum rejoices in in his GOP caucus sweep, but he faces major challenges in upcoming states
ALLEN, Texas (AP) -- One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead.
"We definitely are the campaign right now with the momentum, the enthusiasm on the ground," the former Pennsylvania senator said Wednesday, hours after capturing Republican caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and a non-binding primary in Missouri.
"We feel like going forward we're going to have the money we need to make the case we want," he said.
To replenish his coffers, Santorum arranged a weekend of fundraising events in California. It's good timing, too: In the day since he won Tuesday's contests, Santorum raised more than $1 million as donors started to take a second look at his candidacy. He plans to start campaigning in Washington state on Monday, and then Ohio and Michigan in the following days.
At the same time, aides conceded he was making little or no effort in the caucuses in Maine that end this weekend, and they are still working on plans for competing in primaries in Michigan and Arizona on Feb. 28, as well as the delegate-rich, 10-state Super Tuesday a week later.
APNewsBreak: Sources: Pentagon to open new doors for women in combat, catching up with reality
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.
According to defense officials, the new rules are expected to continue the long-held prohibition that prevents women from serving as infantry, armor and special operations forces. But they will formally allow women to serve in other jobs at the battalion level, which until now had been considered too close to combat.
In reality, however, the necessity of war has already propelled women to the front lines -- often as medics, military police or intelligence officers. So, while they couldn't be assigned as an infantryman in a battalion or company going out on patrol, they could fly the helicopter supporting the unit, or move in to provide medical aid if troops were injured.
The officials said the new rules will change that, and formally allow women to be assigned to a battalion and serve in jobs such as medics, intelligence, police or communications officers. The changes would have the greatest effect on the Army and Marine Corps, which ban women from more jobs than the Navy and Air Force do -- largely because of the infantry positions.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell's children were in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched. By the time officers were on their way, the home was exploding in a gas-fueled inferno, with Powell and his two young boys inside.
The priority of the dispatch Sunday was "routine" instead of "emergency," which cost several minutes of response time, and when the deputies arrived 14 minutes later, there was nothing they could do.
The Associated Press obtained the logs Wednesday night under a public records request.
Recently released audio recordings of the 911 calls raised questions about how the dispatch center handled the social worker's call regarding Powell, who was a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife two years ago.
The worker detailed how Powell had locked her out of his house during what was supposed to be a supervised visit with his sons, that she could smell gas, and that she feared for their lives.
EU threatens new sanctions on Syria as Russia tries to broker talks between regime, opposition
BEIRUT (AP) -- The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime's siege of the restive city of Homs.
Russia, a close ally of Syria, and the West are pushing down starkly different paths in trying to deal with Syria's nearly 11 months of bloodshed. After blocking a Western and Arab attempt to bring U.N. pressure on President Bashar Assad to step down, Russia has launched a bid to show it can resolve the turmoil.
Moscow is calling for a combination of reforms by the regime and negotiations, without calling for Assad to go. Its provisions are so far finding no traction with the opposition, which dismisses promises of reform as empty gestures, refuses any negotiations while violence continues and says Assad's removal is the only option in the crisis.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said outside forces should let Syrians settle their conflict "independently."
"We should not act like a bull in a china shop," Putin said, according to the ITAR-TASS news agency. "We have to give people a chance to make decisions about their destiny independently, to help, to give advice, to put limits somewhere so that the opposing sides would not have a chance to use arms, but not to interfere."
Washington state Legislature passes bill legalizing gay marriage, supporters cheer House vote
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.
The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples.
The Washington House passed the bill on a 55-43 vote. Supporters in the public viewing galleries stood and cheered as many on the Democratic side of the House floor hugged after the vote.
The state Senate approved the measure last week, and the bill now goes to Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, who is expected to sign it into law next week.
Gregoire watched the vote in the wings with the bill's sponsor, Sen. Ed Murray, who is gay and has sponsored gay rights legislation for years. Murray said the vote marked "a day that will be remembered in the history of this state."
GOP vows congressional action to overturn Obama administration decision on birth control
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."
The White House pushed back in the face of a political firestorm, arguing that Obama was sensitive to the objections and looking for a way to allay the concerns. Democratic women lawmakers put up a united front in defending the administration.
"Women's health care should not depend on who the boss is," said Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
The fight over the administration mandate escalated as House Speaker John Boehner accused the administration of violating First Amendment rights and undermining some of the country's most vital institutions, such as Catholic charities, schools and hospitals. He demanded that Obama rescind the policy or else Congress will.
"This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country cannot stand, and will not stand," Boehner, a Catholic and Ohio Republican, said in a floor speech rare for the speaker.
Calif. investigators find 200 more photos in case of teacher accused of committing lewd acts
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The scandal embroiling an elementary school where two teachers were arrested last week on lewdness charges widened Wednesday with revelations of 200 more inappropriate photos of children and that one teacher sent warmly written birthday cards and presents to students who participated in his "games."
The case of a third-grade teacher accused of feeding children his own semen in bizarre "tasting games" in his classroom over a five-year period has garnered international headlines.
It has also roiled the nation's second-largest school district, which has a sizable number of students who come from homes with illegal immigrants. Many parents at the school have said they have been reluctant to report suspicions about the teachers because of their immigration status.
The new developments came as Los Angeles Unified School District prepared to reopen Miramonte Elementary School on Thursday with an entirely new staff.
According to three lawsuits filed against the district Tuesday, teacher Mark Berndt sent birthday cards to some of the girls, asking how they were adjusting to the fourth grade. He also wrote warm notes such as "surely no teacher could ever have a more wonderful student than you!!" and "P.P.S. The Roaches Say 'Hi!'"
Slow movements of tai chi helped with balance, reduced falls in Parkinson's disease study
NEW YORK (AP) -- The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi improved balance and lowered the risk of falls in a study of people with Parkinson's disease.
Symptoms of the brain disorder include tremors and stiff, jerky movements that can affect walking and other activities. Medications and surgery can help, and doctors often recommend exercise or physical therapy.
Tai chi (ty-CHEE'), with its slow, graceful movements, has been shown to improve strength and aid stability in older people, and has been studied for a number of ailments. In the latest study, led by Fuzhong Li of the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, tai chi was tested in 195 people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's.
The participants attended twice-weekly group classes of either tai chi or two other kinds of exercise -- stretching and resistance training, which included steps and lunges with ankle weights and a weighted vest.
The tai chi routine was tailored for the Parkinson's patients, with a focus on "swing and sway" motions and weight-shifting, said Li, who practices tai chi and teaches instructors.
TV medical drama 'House' to end after 8 years; producers call decision 'painful' but right
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fox's medical drama "House" is ending its eight-year run this season.
The show's producers, including Emmy-nominated star Hugh Laurie, said it was a "painful" decision but that the time had come to bring "House" to a close.
The drama stars Laurie as Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant but troubled physician with a gift for unraveling medical mysteries. Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard and Charlyne Yi are part of the ensemble cast.
In a statement Wednesday, Laurie and his fellow producers said they imagined Dr. House as an "enigmatic creature," and that it was best for him to vanish while there was still mystery in the air.
The season finale date for "House," which airs 9 p.m. EST Monday, was not announced.
Rivers buries a 3-pointer at the buzzer to help No. 10 Duke stun No. 5 North Carolina 85-84
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Freshman Austin Rivers buried a 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night.
Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six 3s, the last of which will certainly live on in the lore of this fierce rivalry.
With the Blue Devils (20-4, 7-2) trailing by two, Rivers launched a 3 over 7-footer Tyler Zeller from the right wing. The ball swished through the net, sending Rivers running down the court in celebration while the rest of his teammates gave chase before mobbing him in front of a stunned UNC crowd.
Rivers' 3 capped a wild rally for the Blue Devils, who trailed by 10 points with about 2½ minutes left.
Harrison Barnes scored 25 points for the Tar Heels (20-4, 7-2), while Zeller finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds. But Zeller missed a free throw with 13.9 seconds left, setting up Rivers' winning shot.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- The nation is watching, with horror and disgust, news reports out of Connecticut of a horrific act of violence against an elementary school filled with defenseless children.
While every act of murder ought to provoke outrage, there's something especially condemnable about the murder of children. I think there's a reason for that.
In the hours after the shooting, Jewish political and cultural commentator John Podhoretz called attention to a concept most Americans don't like to think about at Christmastime, if ever: hell.
Podhoretz noted the heightened iniquity of child sacrifice in the Hebrew Scriptures' denunciation of the god Moloch. Moloch, of course, was a blood-thirsty deity who demanded his followers to pour out the lives of their children. The valley of this atrocity was called Gehenna. Jesus pointed to Gehenna when he told us about hell.
Throughout the history of the universe, evil has manifested a dark form of violence specifically toward children. Not only did the Canaanite nations demand the blood of babies, but the Bible shows where at points of redemptive crisis, the powers of evil have lashed out at children.
Pharaoh saw God's blessing of Israelite children as a curse and demanded they be snuffed out by the power of his armed thugs. And, of course, the Christmas narrative we read together this time of year is overshadowed by an act of horrific mass murder of children. King Herod, seeing his throne threatened, demands the slaughter of innocent children.
Jesus was not born into a gauzy, sentimental winter wonderland of sweetly-singing angels and cute reindeer nuzzling one another at the side of his manger. He was born into a war zone. And at the very rumor of His coming, Herod vowed to see Him dead, right along with thousands of His brothers. History in Bethlehem, as before and as now, is riddled with the bodies of murdered children.
There are more factors at work here than just impersonal psychology and sociology. "The course of this world," we're told, is driven along by "the prince of the power of the air" (Ephesians 2:2). And behind all of that is a bloody skirmish.
Satan is, Jesus tells us, a "murderer from the beginning" because he hates life itself. And he hates the life of children, particularly, because they picture something true about Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus showed His disciple John that behind the particulars of history there's another, darker, story going on. Jesus showed the picture of a woman giving birth to a child, with a dragon crouching before her to devour the baby (Revelation 12:4). When the woman and her child escaped, the dragon "became furious with the woman and went out to make war on the rest of her offspring" (Revelation 12:17), and has done so ever since.
Satan hates children because he hates Jesus. When evil destroys "the least of these" (Matthew 25:40, 45), the most vulnerable among us, it destroys a picture of Jesus Himself, of the child delivered by the woman who crushes the head of our reptilian overlord (Genesis 3:15). The demonic powers know that the human race is saved, and they're vanquished, by a child born of woman (Galatians 4:4; 1 Timothy 2:15). And so they hate the children who bear His nature.
Violence against children is also peculiarly satanic because it destroys the very picture of newness of life and dependent trust that characterizes life in the Kingdom of God (Matthew 18:4). Children are a blessing, and that enrages the horrifying nature of those who seek only to kill and to destroy (John 10:10).
The satanic powers want the kingdoms of the universe, and a child uproots their reign.
Let's not offer pat, easy answers to the grieving parents and communities in Connecticut. We don't fully understand the mystery of iniquity. We don't know why God didn't stop this from happening. But we do know what this act is: It's satanic, and we should say so.
Let's grieve for the innocent. Let's demand justice for the guilty. And let's rage against the Reptile behind it all.
As we do so, let's remember that Bethlehem was an act of war. Let's remember that the One born there is a prince of peace who will crush the skull of the ancient murderer of Eden. Let's pray for the Second Coming of Mary's son. And, as we sing our Christmas carols, let's look into the slitted eyes of Satan as we promise him the threat of his coming crushed skull.
The mystery of evil is a declaration of war on the peace of God's creation. The war goes on, but not for long. And sometimes the most warlike thing we can say, in an inhuman murderous age like this one, is "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas."
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11.16.10 Lead and Bacteria in Reusable Bags? What Now!
In the "what now!" department, the New York Times is reporting that lead has been found in some resusable bags. Awesome! I'll carry my organic produce in a bag containing lead, and bacteria from all the other times I used the bag and didn't wash it. This might make one scream, I can't win!
But hold on. Using cloth or nylon bags is way better for the environment:
Single-use paper and plastic bags cause environmental damage and use up 32% of landfill space because they can take up to 1000 years to decompose. Consider that the average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year with 100 billion plastic shopping bags consumed in the United States annually. Cutting single-use bag waste in half would reduce our oil consumption by more than 2,000 barrels a day and keep 73,000 tons of trash out of landfills. Thanks to Two Knobby Tires for these stats.
So we should use reusable bags, but take note of the offending ones listed below, and stick with canvas and cloth bags without bright colors. Couldn't grocery shopping be a bit easier?
The lead containing bags came from several retailers, including "some CVS pharmacies; the Rochester-based Wegman's grocery chain recalled thousands of its bags, made of recycled plastic, in September." I can't say that I am shocked that the bags were made in China.
Maybe my old trusty canvas bags are the way to go. I just need to wash the bacteria out of them every so often!
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But what of David Freese? His three-run home run in the first was arguably the most important hit of the night, and it was his third homer. In 22 at-bats, he's hitting .545 and had a 1.691 OPS.
It has to be Freese. But then read Pujols' video game numbers again and realize that they probably weren't going to be good enough to be the best on his team.
That's a pretty good way to encapsulate how this series has gone for the Brewers. They made great efforts to shore up the pitching in the offseason, and for a few months it worked. For one series, though, everything caught on fire.


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