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It wouldn't be the final Wave of 2012 without a bit of reflection on the past year. Here's what you'll find in this edition:
Last week we gave you the top moments on local stage as picked by reviewer Lawrance Bernabo (with a little help from his friends). This week we asked the local artists and entertainers to weigh in on a faves from the past year and they came up with a pretty good mix.
Music reviewer Tony Bennett considers Jamestown Story and finds it too polished. He says:
The music on Show Me Tomorrow, as perfect as it is, is like a piece of art glass with all the imperfections smoothed out. This collection of songs has been steam-cleaned, pressed, ironed, fussed with, tinkered with, considered, reconsidered and then considered again. Or at least it seems that way. Even if all these songs were hammered out in no time, it feels fussy. It's a tuxedo when it should be jeans and a T-shirt.
Speaking of music: This is happening tonight on a radio near you. Walt Dizzo, with co-host Tony Bennett, consider the best of 2012 in a 5-hour special on KUWS-FM.
Best Bets include the return of the gigantic earth harp, bar hopping on New Year's Eve — or just hanging out at one all day and all night, a burlesque show and the return of a locally-raised musician.
And Charles Durning, the great character actor, died Monday. Here's what happened when he spent a few weeks filming "Far North" in Duluth.
Also on the internet:
The Current has a sneak peek at the first track off Low's 2013 release "The Invisible Way." Here's where to find "Plastic Cup."
The Duluth Playhouse looks back at the year on both its stage and the Play Ground space. Slide show.
Life in 2013: Last week MPR reported that the Guthrie was offering Tweet Seats for audience members who want to Tweet the theater experience. I've heard this come up occasionally with arts folks. Good idea? Bad idea? Weird idea?


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Improving All Season Till The End, Kiwanis Swimmers Bring Home Three Titles
August 6, 2014 | Volume 101 / Number 32
Georgie Kulczyk / For The Courier
The ink has yet to dry – or will it ever?– on the 200-meter freestyle relay state championship in Conrad for these girls. From left are Natosha Sand, Jordan Kulczyk, Katie Kaiser and DJ Rasmusan. They also placed second in the 200-meter medley relay.
Still cutting time going into the finals, the Glasgow Kiwanis Thunder Swim Team had a solid performance from 22 swimmers at the state meet in Conrad this past weekend. Out of the 22 state qualifiers, 13 swimmers qualified for the finals on Sunday and went on to bring home three champions, six second-place and six third-place finishes.
That gives the Thunder a fourth place in the A Division with 232 points, or ninth overall out of 22 teams from throughout Montana that competed in the state meet. Bitteroot Swim Team was the state champion with 736.5 points, followed by Lewistown with 577 points – the best of the eastern division this season.
Fifteen swimmers earned points for the team on relays and/or individual events, averaging 15 points per swimmer (first place is awarded 14 points). Co-head coach Irene Whitmer thinks that the Thunder might not have a big team to rack up the points, but has developed a high quality program where swimmers are competitive in their specialty and bring depth to the team.
Glasgow girls in the 13-14 age group, who have been stellar for the last two seasons, continued to shine. In the 200-meter freestyle relay, comprised of Katie Kaiser, Jordan Kulczyk, Natosha Sand and DJ Rasmusan, they shaved 4 seconds off of their first place finish in the Eastern Divisionals and won gold at State with a time of 2:10.69.
The same four girls took silver in the 200-meter medley relay with a time of 2:32.86, cutting 7 seconds from the Divisionals and losing to the home team Conrad by mere 0.56 second.
On Sunday's individual finals, Katie Kaiser proceeded to win the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:17.79, a great achievement for one of the youngest swimmers in her age bracket. Jordan Kulczyk won the third gold for the team in the 100-meter butterfly with her personal best of 1:21.17.
Boys in the 11-12 age group also took silver in the 200 meter medley relay. Tim Wageman (backstroke), Britt Fairclough (breaststroke), Trevor Johnson (fly) and Dalton Sand (freestyle) cut 8 whopping seconds from the previous week and only fell behind Columbia Falls by one second. The same crew took third place in the 200-meter freestyle relay.
Senior boys Logan Gunderson and Tony Kaiser joined two swimmers from the 13-14 age group, Ben Miller and Taylor Johnson, to compete in the 15-19 relays. They took fourth in both the 200 meter freestyle relay and medley relay.
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Glasgow Thunder swimmers Klaire Krumwiede (middle, freestyle) and Iris McKean (right, breaststroke) anxiously anticipate the start of the girls 9-10 100-meter medley relay after receiving some last-minute instruction from coach Irene Whitmer.
According to co-head coach Whitney Billing, Ben Miller placed eighth in the 50 free, fifth in the 100 breaststroke, and seventh in the 100 free by cutting major time and beating out some of his season-long rivalry. Miller competes in one of the hardest classes with swimmers who are breaking pool and federation records at every meet.
Miller joins Fairclough, Johnson, Kaiser, Kulczyk, Dalton Sand, and Wageman as swimmers who placed in the final top 12 for all of their individual races.
Several 8-and-under and 9-10 year-olds might have not brought home ribbons, but they continued to improve and, as any swim veteran will tell the young ones, just making it to State is a tremendous accomplishment.
"All in all, it's been a great season full of achieved goals," said co-head coach Whitney Billing. "It's been such a great experience to coach a sport that I've always loved. I look forward to watching these swimmers continue to develop their strokes, push their limits to achieve their goals, and have fun while doing it!"
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Jumping right into the action, this sequel pretty much picks up with the Joe's fighting Cobra once again. This time the Joe's find themselves ambushed and framed for treason by the ruthless Zartan. Determined to clear their name, the Joe's go into hiding while crafting a plan to defeat Zartan and his army.
Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), Jonathan Pryce (President), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), Elodie Yung (Jinx), Ray Stevenson (Firefly), D.J. Cotrona (Flint), Adrianne Palicki (Jaye), Channing Tatum (Duke), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Luke Bracey (Cobra Commander), Arnold Vosloo (Zartan).
G.I. Joe: Retaliation gets right into things from the start with some good action followed by the ambush that sets up the rest of the film. From there the story is a mix of drama, suspense, and plenty of action with guns, fists, and explosions. The Joe's even have a few cool toys in this sequel to keep things interesting. As the story moves along the film develops a much more technology based feel and looks much more like a big-budget film. Sadly the ending feels a bit abrupt and a lot like a sequel setup.
Acting was decent in this one with Johnson delivering his usual. Pryce did a nice job, as did Lee. Stevenson was fun in this one, as was Palicki. The remainder of the supporting cast did nicely throughout.
Camera work, sets, and backgrounds were well done and gave the film a solid, big-budget feel. CGI was mild but well done. Dialogue was okay with a few rough spots. Sound and soundtrack were good.
Overall G.I. Joe: Retaliation was a decent sequel and a solid action flick. Fans of the genre or the series will probably enjoy this quite a bit. Those who have never gotten the G.I. Joe craze will likely enjoy it much less.
With plenty of violence, martial arts action, mild sensuality, and foul language this should be fine for teens and above.
Released: 2013
Reviewed: 11.6.13
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Action & Adventure, Action Thrillers, Military & War Action, Adventures
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Although Los Angeles has yet to experience winter this year, by the calendar, Spring is just around the corner. Our March Clear Path newsletter gives you a very cool array of strategies and ideas for moving forward on your ideas to clear and clean and create the space you need, want, desire.
Here's a fun 2-minute organizing idea - if it takes 2-minutes or less to complete a task, "just do it." If a task takes longer than 2-minutes (and most tasks do) - at least start it by calendaring the date to begin, listing supplies you made need, scheduling time with a friend (or your favorite Organizer!) to help. Here - this article should help with the 2-minute organizing idea!
Have fun, clear your head, your space, and your place! Happy almost Spring!
1. Get rid of stains! Different surfaces and stains require different methods of removal. Refer to this "stain removal guide" and keep in the same, easy to access spot for future reference.
2. Organize your closet. Organize by what works for you. You might want to make sections like: work, casual, formal, athletic, PJs. Or perhaps you prefer: blouses, sweaters, dresses and then organize by color. Either way, come up with a plan and put it to work. Regardless, it would be beneficial to eliminate what you don't wear or is damaged. Click here for a list of donation and recycle centers. Take is a step further and pick out what you're going to wear the next day right before bed.
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President Barack Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney is stepping down and principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest is taking over, according to Yahoo! News on Friday. President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press briefing room on Friday to make the official announcement of Jay Carney's departure from the Obama administration. In Obama's statement, he said that Carney is one of his closest friends and praised him for his work as his press secretary. The president said that he will continue to rely on Carney as an outsider.
Obama briefly spoke about his new press secretary as well. He said that Earnest is honest and full of integrity. The president called him "a straight shooter."
After Obama made the announcement, Carney said that being Obama's press secretary has been an amazing experience, according to a USA Today report. Carney also said that he will be staying on at the White House until mid-June.
Carney is a former Washington bureau chief for Time magazine. He has been the White House press secretary since 2011 when he replaced Robert Gibbs in the position. During the first two years of President Obama's presidency, Carney was Vice President Joe Biden's communications director.
Jay Carney's resignation was one of the Top 10 Political Predictions of 2014 by this political writer. At the beginning of this year, it was stated that Jay Carney would quit his job in the White House rather than continue being the man who must face the press to defend the Obama administration and the president on a near-daily basis. The prediction further stated that Jay Carney would announce his decision to leave the White House and quickly disappear from public view soon thereafter. The president's announcement on Friday does not include the future of Carney who just turned 49 years old last week. Carney was the nation's 29th Press Secretary and the second one in the Obama administration.


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Rebound - Another Turnover, another shooting foul ! Clever stuff knicks !
A rebound turns into 2 free throws for George.
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Nicole DeHoratius is an expert in the management of retail operations. As a faculty member of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, she has published in leading journals such as Management Science, Harvard Business Review, and California Management Review. The Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society awarded her its Best Paper Award for her article "Retail Inventory Management When Records are Inaccurate" (coauthored with Adam Mersereau and Linus Schrage). Her industry projects include work with Fred Meyer, Hugo Boss, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Staples, Target, Ulta Beauty, and Walmart. Nicole serves as the Past-President of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Supply Chain Management and as an associate editor for MSOM and senior editor for POM.
Nicole received her D.B.A. from Harvard Business School, her M.Sc. from the University of Sussex as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, and her A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College. She joined Chicago Booth in 2001 and since then has taught operations management, service operations, and supply chain management to executives in programs and companies around the globe.
Supply chain management, retail operations, execution, product availability, vendor management, incentives, operations strategy, labor planning, customer satisfaction, consumer goods, operations management, emerging markets, executive development, operations strategy, apparel, Asia-Pacific.
Execution Quality: An Analysis of Fulfillment Errors in a Retail Distribution Center, with Nathan Craig, Yan Jiang, and Diego Klabjan (forthcoming), Journal of Operations Management.
With Zeynep Ton, "The Role of Execution in Managing Product Availability", Retail Supply Chain Management, Chapter 4: 53-77; edited by N. Agrawal and S. Smith, Springer (2015).
With Lisa Rohrer, "Seyfarth Lean: Transforming Legal Service Delivery at Seyfarth Shaw", Harvard Law School (2015).
"Global Sourcing at Walmart", University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2014).
With Mark Barratt, "Retail Analytics and Behavioral Operations: A Recipe for Superior Performance," Cutter Consortium Data Insight & Social Business Intelligence Executive Update (2012).
With Elliot Rabinovich, "Field Research in Operations and Supply Chain Management," Journal of Operations Management (2011).
"Inventory Record Inaccuracy in Retail Supply Chains," Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, edited by James J. Cochran (2011).
With Zeynep Aksin, "Introduction to the Special Issue: Teaching Services & Retail Operations Management," INFORMS Transactions on Education (2010).
With Ananth Raman and Zahra Kanji, "Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (A) and (B)", Harvard Business School Press (2009).
With Ananth Raman, "Inventory Record Inaccuracy: An Empirical Analysis," Management Science (2008).
With Adam Mersereau and Linus Schrage, "Retail Inventory Management When Records Are Inaccurate," M&SOM (2008).
With Marshall Fisher and Serguei Netessine, "McDonald's Corporation: Launching McCafe," University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School (2008).
New: Consistency and Recovery in Retail Supply Chains
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Mar 31,
We extend prior research on retailers ordering from unreliable suppliers to incorporate dynamic aspects of supplier performance identified in the literature: consistency (the ability of a supplier to fulfill orders repeatedly) and recovery (the ability of a supplier to fulfill orders after a lapse in service). We develop a method for measuring consistency and recovery, and we test the method using more than 40,000 order and fulfillment records collected from two suppliers to retailers (387 SKUs over 268 weeks). We propose a model of a retailer purchasing from two competing suppliers with different levels of consistency and recovery. The model incorporates both the retailer's uncertainty about its demand and the retailer's uncertainty about its suppliers' reliabilities, which the retailer assesses using each supplier's prior performance. We use the empirical data to conduct numerical experiments with the model that characterize how the retailer's orders change with a supplier's ...
REVISION: Modeling the Behavior of Patients Who Leave the ED Without Being Seen
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Feb 24,
Abandonment in queues has long been recognized as having a significant impact on system performance. Nevertheless, our empirical understanding of the key drivers for abandonment, particularly in observable systems, is limited. Most models of abandonment assume that it occurs after a length of time sampled from an exogenous distribution, with no dependence on the system. However, discrete-event simulation, a commonly used tool for decision making in service systems, permits much more complex (and hence accurate) models of abandonment than those simply based on time in system. To better inform our understanding of abandonment and guide our modeling of this behavior, we study three operational drivers of abandonment, namely, waiting time, queue-length, and service rate. Using operational data from a hospital emergency department, we show that all three factors affect a patient's propensity for leaving the waiting area without being seen by a physician (LWBS). Further, these factors ...
REVISION: The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service Level on Retailer Demand
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Jan 14,
To set inventory service levels, suppliers must understand how changes in inventory service level affect demand. We build on prior research, which uses analytical models and laboratory experiments to study the impact of a supplier's service level on demand from retailers, by testing this relationship in the field. We analyze a field experiment at the supplier Hugo Boss to deter- mine how the supplier's inventory service level affects demand from its retailer customers. We find increases in historical fill rate to be associated with statistically significant and managerially substantial increases in current retailer orders (i.e., demand, not just sales). Specifically, a one percentage point increase in fill rate, measured over the prior year, is associated with a statistically significant 11% increase in current retailer demand, controlling for other factors that might affect retailer demand. We explore the drivers of this demand increase, including changes in retailer assortment and ...
New: Understanding the Behavioral Drivers of Execution Failures in Retail Supply Chains: An Experimental Study Using Virtual Reality
Date Posted:
Oct 20,
We conduct a real-effort experiment in an immersive virtual environment in order to quantify the role of product similarity in execution failures in a retail setting. In our experiments, subjects must identify and sort two types of products based on their observable characteristics. When the two products are very similar, performance is substantially lower (with both more sorting errors and more products left unsorted) than when the products are more dissimilar. Introducing a clear visual cue to distinguish the products improves execution when the products are dissimilar (by lowering sorting mistakes) and, even more so, when they are similar (both by reducing sorting mistakes and the number of products unsorted). In the latter case the average increase in overall performance is over 22 percentage points. Our results suggest that there may be important gains from taking ease of execution into account in the design of products, product packaging, and labeling.
New: In Search of Intra-Firm Bullwhips
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Sep 10,
Researchers exploring the bullwhip effect and its impact on supply chain performance utilize the conventional bullwhip measure, i.e., the ratio of variances in the stream of orders placed relative to orders received. Building upon this existing research, we decompose the conventional bullwhip measure into three intra-firm bullwhips, namely, the shipment, manufacturing, and order bullwhips. We define the shipment bullwhip as the variance in shipments relative to orders received, the manufacturing bullwhip as the variance in manufacturing output relative to shipments, and the order bullwhip as the variance in orders placed relative to manufacturing. We demonstrate that the conventional bullwhip is the product of each of these component bullwhips. Moreover, using monthly, industry-level U.S. Census Bureau data, we characterize the magnitude of each of these component bullwhips across industries, examine correlations between them, and identify factors that may be associated with industry ...
New: Inventory Management with Fulfillment Errors and Rework
Date Posted:
Jul 30,
Retailers replenish inventory by placing purchase orders (POs) with suppliers. POs stipulate terms for fulfillment beyond order quantity and delivery time, such as specifications for electronic data interchange, carton labeling, and retail tickets. These fulfillment terms are instrumental for optimized supply chains employing automation and techniques such as pack-by-store. When fulfilling an order, a supplier may commit a fulfillment error, i.e., the supplier may fail to adhere to the terms specified by the PO. Prior research has shown that the retailer can correct the majority of fulfillment errors through rework. In this article, we study how inventory policy and cost change in the presence of such correctable fulfillment errors. Further, we examine how retailers respond to fulfillment errors in practice by characterizing commonly used penalties, or chargebacks. Our research provides guidance to managers seeking to mitigate fulfillment errors and demonstrates that chargebacks ...
REVISION: Execution Quality: An Analysis of Fulfillment Errors at a Retail Distribution Center
Date Posted:
Jul 03,
Purchase orders specify many aspects of the fulfillment process, including item quantity, delivery time, carton labeling, bar coding, electronic data interchange, retail ticketing, and others. These fulfillment terms are instrumental for highly optimized supply chains employing automation and techniques such as pack-by-store. When fulfilling a purchase order, a supplier may commit a fulfillment error, i.e., the supplier may fail to adhere to the terms specified by the relevant contract. We present a study of the fulfillment errors that occur in practice using data collected from a major retailer's distribution center. While fulfillment errors involving incorrect product quantities and delivery times have received the most attention in the literature, we find that the majority of fulfillment errors in the context we study involve documentation, bar coding, and retail ticketing. We refer to these as correctable fulfillment errors, since they are amended at the retailer's distribution ...
REVISION: Point-of-Care Testing: Improving Emergency Department Performance through Process Redesign
Date Posted:
Dec 08,
Hospital emergency departments (EDs) typically rely on central laboratories to analyze patient samples for the purposes of diagnosing and treating patients. Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a process redesign that shifts the analysis of samples from the central lab to the ED. Using a queueing model, we generate hypotheses about how POCT impacts operational performance and then test those hypotheses empirically using data collected from a large, urban, tertiary, academic hospital. Specifically, we
New: Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (B) - The M-Ratio
Date Posted:
Jun 12,
We evaluate the impact of a supply chain pilot implemented at Hugo Boss. This pilot entailed altering the way in which Hugo Boss orders from its suppliers. We explore the challenge of assessing the impact of supply chain change, the link between operational performance and firm performance, and the relationship between sales, inventory, and product availability.
New: Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (A)
Date Posted:
Jun 12,
Inventory, Order management cycle, Order processing, Order quantity, Lines of business, Product management, Consumer goods, Department stores, Retail stores, Retailers, Retailing, Supply chain management, Supply chains.
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If I have a StandardSetController and an object ID, is there a way to check whether the object would be included in the StandardSetController, short of looping through all of its objects? Best described by example:
String query = 'SELECT Id, Name FROM Account
WHERE SomeCriteria = :someValue
ORDER BY AnotherField';
StandardSetController ssc = new StandardSetController(query);
Account thisAccount = howeverYouGetTheAccount();
// Question 1: Is this account included in the SetController?
Boolean isAccountInSet = ???;
// Bonus 2: On what page of results or in what index?
Integer page = ???;
Integer index = ???;
List<Account> records = ssc.getRecords();
System.AssertEquals(thisAccount.Id, records.get(index).Id);
Again, I know I could iterate through all the results... but that could be thousands of results and is really inefficient.
A query locator is required in this case, because we might have thousands of results, and a
Setwould overflow the heap.
My example is simplified. In reality, we have about 10 various criteria running on this search, so while I could recreate it and do a binary search for the item in question, that might be a bit messy...


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Not sure of the exact date, but when I got to SF to train today I saw Jason "White Mamba" Collard standing there with a brand new black belt! Jason has been featured on a number of OTM productions and has won more tournaments than I can count off the top off my head. So a big congratulations (and a HUGE sigh of relief on behalf of those of us who have to train with him to Jason!
Pretty incredible day at the academy today with ten black belts on the mat training, and a few more keeping score off the mat.


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"Everytime I go against my gut, I always pay for that."
— Charlie Rose Interview,
Dolly Parton's latest album Blue Smoke offers up a dozen brand new tracks by the eight-time Grammy® Award winning country music icon. Featuring duets with Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson, Dolly delivers a fresh batch of new original songs and a few well-known covers like Bon Jovi's "Lay Your Hands On Me" and Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice."
Dolly Parton's book Dream More is a collection of inspirational wisdom based on the commencement speech she gave at the University of Tennessee in 2009. Throughout its pages, Dolly sprinkles the wit and wisdom she has garnered from her extraordinary life and shares them in her candid and down-to-earth philosophy.
"I know that I've learned some things in my life that are important to me, and I think maybe they might be good ideas to pass along to you. Not as advice, but as information that I have found has helped me over the years. Enough to share, and a little to spare..."


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Buddy Holly embodied the well-mannered, first-generation rock and roll star. He aroused hysteria among teenagers, charting seven Top 10 singles in 1957 and 1958, but with his horn-rimmed glasses, bow tie, conservative haircut and winning smile, he wasn't reviled by disapproving parents. He changed the definition of exactly who could become a rock star. Holly melded his love of country music and rockabilly into likable, catchy rock and roll tunes that stand as classics. Yet success wasn't just handed to Buddy Holly.
"That'll Be the Day," his first hit, was a chart-topping million seller. But it was slow to catch on, and Holly had been struggling professionally for well over a year beforehand. The unlikely inspiration for the song was actor John Wayne, who used the title phrase repeatedly in the 1956 western The Searchers. Holly and drummer Jerry Allison wrote the tune with producer Norman Petty, and then recorded it in Nashville during Holly's aborted stint as a Decca recording artist. Decca released two Holly singles, neither of them were "That'll Be the Day."
Seven months later Holly and Allison recorded the song again, as members of the newly formed Crickets. This time the style was full-blown Texas rockabilly, nurtured in the sympathetic confines of Norman Petty's recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico (across the border from Holly's hometown of Lubbock). Placing the recording with the Brunswick label, Holly temporarily hid himself as a Cricket, lest Decca should discover he had remade his own song. The single built slowly, apparently while people decided if they liked the high-pitched, hiccupping singer. It entered the national charts on August 12, 1957 and on September 23, 1957 peaked at Number One on Billboard where it stayed for one week before getting bumped by Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb."
Buddy Holly was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first year in 1986, and he is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland's "Rave On" exhibit (pictured above). See rock history for yourself!


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For more information about this meeting, contact Xiantao Li, Yuxi Zheng, Kris Jenssen, Jinchao Xu, Hope Shaffer.
|Leveraging Flexibility in Energy Minimization Algebraic Multigrid
|Computational and Applied Mathematics Colloquium
|Ray Tuminaro, Sandia Lab
|A general interpolation strategy for algebraic multigrid that uses an energy-minimization principle is presented based on minimization ideas for Krylov solvers. The proposed strategy is applicable to symmetric and nonsymmetric problems in both a classical and smoothed-aggregation-based algebraic multigrid framework. Each column of the interpolation operator is minimized in an energy-based norm, while enforcing two constraints. A sparsity pattern is enforced on the interpolation matrix and important user-defined modes, such as the constant, are preserved in the span of the prolongator. A key advantage of energy-minimization approaches is that they are quite flexible. In particular, it is relatively straight-forward to use an energy-minimization approach with a variety of coarsening schemes, to specify the basis function support in a fairly arbitrary way for grid transfers, to accurately interpolate user-defined important modes, and to have some choice of norm for minimization and search space. In this talk, we consider a few application areas where this flexibility is advantageous. These include extended finite elements and fracture propagation, traditional finite elements and anisotropic elasticity, reservoir simulation, and some fluid flow problems.
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B1G Hockey Recap: Wisconsin upsets Minnesota
There were two outstanding Big Ten hockey games tonight on BTN's Frozen Friday. Ohio State kicked off the action with an overtime shootout victory over Michigan State. No. 12 Wisconsin followed with a huge upset win over No. 1-ranked Minnesota. Catch up on all the scores, stats and video highlights in this post.


text: God should drop out of school and get a real job, according to a new book on the history of religious studies in the modern university. Not that the Lord did anything wrong; college just isn't right for Him. According to D.G. Hart, scholarship is simply better suited to naturalism than to evaluating the claims of the supernatural. "Academic inquiry, if the history of religious studies is any indication, waters religion down to the point where faith makes no actual difference." The same might be said of journalism, where all too often the religion described and evoked is, as Hart puts it, "thin." Douglas Sweeney plumps it up in his essay on Hart's study in Books & Culture.


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One single list this week due to time constraints (been doing that a bunch this trip). Will be back to the full position break down next week – I think this will move to Tuesdays permanantly though, so I have a day to sort through stats and include MNF performances.
- Steven Jackson - 176 total yards, 3 TDs, 2 catches – If the Rams start rolling -WATCH OUT!
- Mewelde Moore - 134 total yards, 2 TDs, 5 catches, 1 rec TD – How bad is Parker's knee?
- LenDale White - 156 total yards, 3 TDs, 1 catch – We always knew he had talent, but probably the top of his production for the year.
- Dominic Rhodes - 114 total yards, 2 TDs, 4 catches – Good performance – Addai might practice this week, so what will his value be?
- Adrian Peterson - 130 total yards, 2TDs, 1 catch – Finally the big performance we were looking for. Just in time for his Bye week.
- Chris Johnson - 172 total yards, 1 TD, 2 catches – White and Johnson on the same list? Tenn's run game is going off and the team looks solid. If only they could throw the ball.
- Andre Johnson - 11 catches, 141 yards – Just needs to find the end zone.
- Matt Cassel - 185 yards passing, 3 TDs – Outstanding night. Did Cassel put all doubt aside? No, Denver's defense is that bad. Still, huge step forward for him.
- Jeff Garcia - 310 passing yards, 1 TD – In the doghouse or not, the old dog still has some tricks. Looked solid this weekend and is an ok play in a QBBC.
- Clinton Portis - 183 total yards, 1TD, 1 catch, 1 fumble – Just missed a top 5 fantasy RB perfromance but continues a trend of solid numbers and reliability in yet another year where the top RBs have been a mess.
That's all for now – remember, tomorrow the site will be pretty light as I am traveling – we're back on the normal schedule Thursday.


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Lizzie from The Overbrook says, "I rescued this dresser after seeing a curb alert on Craigslist. Right away, I knew it would be perfect for my boyfriend's apartment, since he doesn't have a lot of furniture."
Jennifer had her little sister help her with some basic repairs to the dresser before she gave it a new coat of glossy black paint. She also switched out the boring wood knobs that were original to the dresser for something a little more decorative. I like how Jennifer actually used a different set of knobs for the top two drawers, which definitely adds a lot of visual interest to this piece.
You can read more about this dresser makeover at The Overbrook.


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Bully Ray's music hits, and the big man makes his way down to the ring quickly, grabbing the mic and telling the sound man to shut his music off. Ray paces around angrily before sending a referee to the back.
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The independent film festival is returning to the UK in 2013 after a successful debut this year.
16:46, UK, Monday 22 October 2012
Robert Redford's Sundance film festival is coming to London for the second year running.
The Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker announced the return of the event, which features films from his annual celebration of independent movie-making in Park City, Utah.
The festival will take place from April 25 - 28 next year at the O2 and will also return in 2014.
"Sundance was warmly welcomed to London by engaged and adventurous audiences eager to take a chance on independent film, and this makes a second year all the more exciting for us," Redford said in a statement.
This year's event featured an opening-night conversation with Redford and T Bone Burnett moderated by Nick Hornby and there were performances by Glen Hansard and Guillemots.
The festival included 27 pieces, including 14 feature-length and eight short films, many of them European premieres, as well as performances by 17 musical acts.
Highlights included screenings of Julie Delpy's comedy sequel 2 Days in New York.
The line-up for the next Sundance London remains under wraps.
The film festival was launched in 1978 and is seen by many as the world's premiere showcase for independent cinema, with the objective being to introduce American independent films and music to UK and international audiences.
In addition to screenings, the four-day event incorporates panel discussions and live musical performances.
It has helped launch the careers of directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Quentin Tarantino.
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The Thursday, July 31 episode of "Rookie Blue," 5x07, "Deal With the Devil," introduces yet another reason to put Duncan on your "please go away soon" list. Meanwhile, a thumb is found in garbage, Gail tries to apologize to Holly, Chloe gets a couple of birthday gifts and Dov finds out Chris' secret.
Let's be honest for a moment. Did anyone actually care about the case in this "Rookie Blue" episode? A thumb (despite what Chloe originally thinks) is found in the garbage of a restaurant, the owner uses the excuse that it's "too damp" in the basement for him to go down there which is why he didn't know a suspect of a firebombing was down there and Ben Bass delivers "Crime doesn't sleep, Mr. Patootie. We have other matters to attend to" and "No child should lose an appendage to a kitchen appliance" perfectly (and there are several other notable lines connected to this case), and it's still hard to even care who did what and who's guilty of what and who chopped off whose finger.
That's because there's so much else going on, and poor Oliver is pretty much at the center of all of it. His daughter is suspended from school for a protest she staged after he told her to take initiative and then goes missing. He tells Nick and Chloe to do the same thing, and they bring garbage back to the station and set up in the break room. Inspector John Jarvis won't get off his back about accepting the Staff Sergeant position, even though all Oliver wants is to go back to the street. Duncan's hearing is moved up, giving them two hours instead of two weeks to prepare. His office is a mess, and now he's going to have to deal with it since he's now stuck keeping the job he never wanted to protect Andy. It's Oliver's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
It's bad enough when Andy admits to Oliver that she fudged his performance reviews to make him seem better. Let's be honest. Nothing Duncan did on the job could be considered "satisfactory with room for improvement." He pulled a gun on a mother getting her registration out during a traffic stop. He used the bathroom after they cleared the house on a robbery call. He turned off his radio when Andy was in a life-threatening situation. It gets much, much worse when she admits that she talked to him at the bar.
Then it gets even worse when Andy meets her lawyer (oh, if only her father was the police commissioner and could get her one like Duncan's) and Duncan reveals that he recorded their conversation, and in the video, she says that maybe she should be blaming herself for his mistakes and she failed. With that, the superintendent is ready to expand the scope of the investigation, so Oliver does the only thing he can: accept Inspector Jarvis' offer so he'll make it go away by dealing with the issue internally. The big problem: Duncan gets his job back.
It can go without saying that there were mistakes made by everyone, and yes, maybe Andy was too eager (and too drunk) when she made the decision to become Duncan's training officer, but if he didn't have the police commissioner for a stepfather, none of this would be happening. It's very much the obvious path to be taking Duncan, especially once they mentioned his father's the commissioner and he messed up on his first day, and all it seems to be doing is making it a bit too easy to dislike the new characters this season, especially with Oliver mentioning that someone had Duncan set up that conversation with Andy.
Meanwhile, Gail tries to apologize to Holly, but it's too late because she's moved on and she's seeing someone else. Even a speech like the one Gail gives when Holly brings by the thumb - "I'm impetuous, I'm self-destructive. I'm a brat. And I don't want to end up a sad, sorry woman who threw away the most wonderful person she ever met." – isn't enough to win her back (at least not yet maybe?), but hey, this is a good side of Gail right now.
Oh, and it's Chloe's birthday, and while one of her gifts is something she's wanted for a while – off desk-duty and back in the field – another is not. After revealing that what she really wants to do is watch "The Breakfast Club" and eat popcorn to Nick, she receives a box with the movie and popcorn inside, but it's not from her boyfriend or a sweet gesture from Nick. Instead, it's from Wes, who just won't go away. If he keeps showing up, he could be some serious competition for most annoying character this season for Duncan.
But at least Dov has a good reason for not being there for his girlfriend on her birthday. After Chris misses work – and calls out sick with a lame excuse – Dov does some digging around his car before heading home and finding Chris getting high and playing online poker. Chris does a horrible job of hiding his drugs – he even looks in that direction – and Dov has had enough. It's his house and he's lying for his friend. Chris argues that he didn't ask him to lie for him and that he's not a junkie, but Dov puts an end to that argument with one sentence: "No, you're a cop."
"Rookie Blue" season 5 airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC. What did you think of episode 7 "Deal With the Devil"?
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- 'Rookie Blue' 'Two Truths and a Lie' recap: Forgiveness and a big step forward
- 'Bones' season 10: Stephen Nathan previews 'huge ramifications' & Booth betrayed
- 'The 100' season 2: Devon Bostick on Mount Weather, Jasper's PTSD and more
- 'Arrow' season 3: Marc Guggenheim on who's returning, Felicity and Ray and more
- 'Supernatural' season 10: Jared Padalecki on demon Dean and keeping a promise


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Looking at this chair conjures up daydreams of lounging by the poolside at the super swanky and stylish Ace Hotel in Palm Springs or some other designer resort hotel. But you don't have to go on vacation and spend the big bucks; you can create your own getaway with the Acapulco Multi Lounge Chair ($229) even if you don't have a pool to go with it. Just stick it in a sun-filled corner and surround it with potted plants for a similar effect.
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UEFA Europa League Final
First known as the Inter City Fairs Cup when introduced in 1955, the UEFA Cup was a tournament that originally lasted three years and was designed more as a showpiece to promote trade rather than as a genuinely competitive footballing tournament. That has changed considerably though and, in Europe, it is viewed as second only to the Champions League as the continent's most prestigious club competition.
Originally a knockout tournament played across two legs, home and away, it has evolved into a league and knockout competition. However it is known, though, it is a competition that pits teams against each other from far and wide across Europe - leading to games in which Mediterranean flair can meet Scandinavian grit, or English passion faces Russian pragmatism.
Won three times apiece by Juventus, Internazionale and Liverpool, it is nevertheless a tournament that often allows teams considered as European underdogs the chance to win a major trophy.


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"Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans is over halfway through her pregnancy and she is excited to be a mother for a second time. Of course, there are skeptics who think she will fail as a mother once again, but she is prepared this time around. And she just announced that she has a baby registry. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on March 3, "Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans is now revealing that she has created her baby's registry at Babies R' Us.
"I have a registry on Babies R Us website," Jenelle had tweeted out to her fans. Perhap she was hoping that many of her followers would buy her stuff, as Farrah Abraham had done something similar for Sophia's wish list for Christmas. However, Jenelle's followers were quick to judge her registry and every single item on her wish list. And yet, Jenelle was shocked that people were sharing their thoughts.
"Holy s—, MY baby registry is none of YOUR business," she revealed. "Pretty sure I'm the one pregnant, not you. #GTFO." If the registry was none of people's business, why would she be tweeting out where it could be found? It sounds like she was hoping she could have gotten things for free, but when it backfired, she slammed everyone for commenting.
If Jenelle is so protective of her son, she should consider leaving this kind of information off social media. Kailyn Lowry, for example, was very protective of her pregnancy and son. What do you think of her plans?


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The Making Of Thunderstorm 3 SFX Library Part 2
Guest Contribution by Frank Bry
Check out part 1 of The Making of Thunderstorm 3 SFX here.
In this second and final article I will discuss microphone patterns, recording device pre amp settings, editing and the final mastering phase of this collection. Before I dive into all the technical mumbo jumbo I want to express that when I'm setting up and actually recording thunder and lightning I get quite excited. There must be something in the air, alien mind control beams or just the anticipation of getting the "ultimate" thunder clap or lightning strike. It's very hard work and involves exercise, listening, tracking the storms and watching the skies. I feel like a kid in a candy shop and I feel the recording is the easy part. So, now we begin. Part 2: The Real Work Begins.Read More


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Try as he might, Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins is finding it difficult to generate much animosity toward IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud, whom he challenges in the HBO-televised main event March 9 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Despite their 17-year age gap and decidedly different points of origin, Hopkins, 48, feels a certain kinship toward Cloud. It's hard to work yourself into a frothing rage in preparation of a fight with someone you sort of relate to.
"I heard this guy talking about his mom's refrigerator being repossessed, about how they had to put their food in a washtub and fill it up with ice to keep it from spoiling," Hopkins (photo above by Hogan Photos), a child of poverty who grew up on the mean streets of North Philadelphia, said of Cloud, who hails from Tallahassee, Fla. "I've been watching that tape for a couple of months. I'm from North Philly, but I know where he's coming from. He said he used to live in a room with 15 people, and he ain't never going back to that again.
"I know how that is. That means my ass had better get ready for this guy because he's hungry, too."
And the roaches that presumably are a familiar sight to kids living in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions? Hopkins recalls times when he had to brush them off stale slices of bread, and those when he and other family members ate cold beans straight out of the can because the gas in their shabby apartment had been shut off.
"Oh, man, those were our buddies, as long as they didn't take all of (the food)," Hopkins said of co-existing with vermin. "You expect them to be in there. You were sharing space with things with a lot of legs and people with two legs. Whoever got there first got to eat."
But if Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs) can't find a legitimate reason to be mad at Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs), he has to be mad at somebody, because, well, that is how boxing's ageless wonder has stayed at or near the top of an unforgiving profession when most fighters are long since retired and whiling away the hours in rocking chairs, not in gyms while getting ready for another tough bout. Fortunately for B-Hop, taking on Cloud – a victory would enable Hopkins to break his own record, set against Jean Pascal on May 21, 2011, of becoming the oldest man ever to win a widely recognized world title – provides him with just such a target for vengeance and retribution.
That would be Hopkins' former promoter, Don King, who promotes Cloud.
"Cloud believes he is the best, that he can beat anybody," Hopkins said. "I'm not surprised he took the fight. I am surprised King agreed to it because Cloud losing to me will shut down what's left of King's company. He's pretty much down to Cloud. Cloud is Don King's last big hope.
"Who would have thought that I would have stayed around long enough to destroy Don King? I started the process with Tito (Trinidad). Look, I made a history of beating Don King fighters. Robert Allen, John David Jackson, William Joppy, Keith Holmes, Trinidad. That's five so far. There's probably more."
To Hopkins' way of thinking – and this is a proud, obstinate guy who never forgets real or imagined slights – King became an enemy during the run-up to, and aftermath of, what likely was the ex-con from Philadelphia's most important ring success, the 12th-round stoppage of the unbeaten and favored Trinidad on Sept. 29, 2001, in Madison Square Garden. His Hairness ostensibly promoted both fighters, but King's continual waving of the Puerto Rican flag, and smiling shouts of "Viva, Puerto Rico!" left no doubt in Hopkins' mind that his best interests were not exactly the promoter's priority.
Then there was the matter of the newly created Sugar Ray Robinson Award, which was to be presented to the winner of the unified middleweight championship. Hopkins was the IBF and WBC 160-pound champion going in, Trinidad the WBA champ.
"They already had engraved Tito's name on that thing," recalled Hopkins, 3-1 underdog that night. "If he had won, they would have given it to him right there in the ring. I had to wait a week to get it."
But Don King is hardly alone when it comes to inclusion on the list of the former promoters, managers and advisers who have raised Hopkins' ire. Maybe it's remnants of his five-year forced incarceration on an armed robbery conviction, but B-Hop – who, to his credit, has never run afoul of the law since his parole a quarter-century ago – does seem to have problems with certain authority figures. Just ask Dan Goossen and Lou DiBella, or examine transcripts of the profane rants toward Hopkins uttered by Butch Lewis, who passed away on July 23, 2011. All once had warm spots in their hearts for Hopkins which turned icy cold, and all engaged him in dueling lawsuits.
"I have a track record I'm proud of," Lewis said when he was sued by Hopkins. "I've gone above and beyond the call of duty with every fighter I've ever had, in terms of contractual commitments. But I don't want anybody to confuse my being a nice guy with weakness. I'm not going to let that (bleeper-bleeper) kick me in the ass and take it when I'm doing right."
And there is this from Goossen, the president of now-defunct America Presents when it promoted Hopkins and was also involved in acrimonious legal action with the legendarily hard-to-satisfy boxer.
"One of my biggest disappointments in 20 years of boxing is Bernard Hopkins," Goossen said in 2000 (Hopkins' contract with America Presents expired on June 30, 1999) as the charges and counter-charges were being sorted by lawyers. "He's right up there with Michael Nunn. I always felt Michael Nunn had the ability to be one of the greatest fighters ever, and I had the same feeling about Bernard. But Nunn never achieved greatness, based upon his own decisions, and it's too late for him now.
"With Hopkins, who has greatness written all over him, it's getting harder and harder to believe it's ever going to happen. I wanted to have a good relationship with the guy and enjoy it, but, well, Bernard is Bernard. I'm not going to get into a war of words with Bernard Hopkins. I'm saddened by the direction he has taken in his career. I'm proud of what we were trying to do to advance that career. He wasn't happy with what we did; we are."
But perhaps the most bitter split involved Lou DiBella, the former senior vice president of HBO Sports who for a time served as Hopkins' adviser. DiBella shed tears of joy the night Hopkins dispatched Trinidad, but the relationship took a nasty turn when Hopkins accused his onetime friend of extorting $50,000 from him for a spot in an HBO-televised fight bout against Syd Vanderpool on May 13, 2000, in Indianapolis, Ind. Interestingly, that fight – Hopkins retained his IBF middleweight title on a clear-cut unanimous decision – took place 16½ months before B-Hop and DiBella expressed their undying love for one another in the glow of that big night in the Garden against Trinidad.
DiBella points out that he won a $610,000 defamation judgment against Hopkins, who continued to loudly pronounce his contention that his version of what had transpired was correct. That led to a tense situation heading into the first meeting of Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, who was promoted by DiBella Entertainment. Taylor, on a razor-thin split decision, wrested the middleweight championship from Hopkins on July 16, 2005, in addition to ending his division-record streak of 20 successful defenses.
"I've got a personal reason why I want to clock this guy (Taylor), but I got it under control. It ain't reckless," Hopkins said prior to the grudge match. "I take all fights personal, but this one's extremely personal. It's a fight that motivates me more than any fight I ever fought. In this fight, there's no (attorneys raising) objections. There ain't no (judges) presiding. I am the judge, the jury and the executioner. This is me being able to get my vindication (against DiBella)."
DiBella fired right back. "What he did hurt me in every way," he said of Hopkins. "It hurt my family, hurt my marriage, hurt my career, hurt my business.
"Look, Bernard Hopkins is a Hall of Famer. He's the best middleweight of his era. In my estimation, he's one of the five best middleweights of all time. I'm not sure Marvin Hagler would have beaten him. But he is a vile human being. Inside the ring, he's a genius. Outside the ring, he's a hateful, lying person."
To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction, allow Hopkins to retort against those he deems to have conspired against him.
"Yeah, I speak my mind," Hopkins said when he was taking on Goossen in the courts. "I understand the politics of boxing and, in some people's eyes, that makes me dangerous. But I can't be bullied. Bully tactics don't work on me. If you try to bully me, I fight back. Just because I can fight doesn't mean I can't think.
"How many stories have you heard about fighters who went broke? There are a lot of those. Now, how many stories have you heard about boxing promoter who went broke? There aren't any. Promoters hold all the power, all the leverage and most of the money. That's the way it's always been. They're not going to give up any of that power and leverage to any fighter, unless they absolutely have to."
Leave it to each individual fan of the sport to determine who is right and who is wrong in these various disputes, or if there is a greater truth to be distilled from the succession of verbal wars outside the ropes. Maybe there are shades of gray, as is frequently the case whenever absolute truths are not immediately evident and therefore open to interpretation.
What does seem clear is that Hopkins' rigid approach to the business of boxing is very much like his approach to the brutality of boxing, where a refusal to give ground is often – but not always – a plus.
Recently retired HBO ringside analyst Larry Merchant perhaps best summed up Hopkins, the fighter, in analyzing what had taken place in his 10th-round stoppage of No. 1 contender Antwun Echols in a foul-plagued brawl on Dec. 1, 2000.
"Gil Clancy once told me that, from a technical standpoint, today's fighters and those from the 1930s and '40s aren't that dissimilar," Merchant told a reporter minutes after that fight. "But he said those old-time guys, a lot of whom came out of the Depression, were hard men. When I look at Bernard Hopkins, I see a hard man."
He is, undoubtedly, a hard man to deal with. Even those who marvel at his longevity, at his ring smarts and his determination, can be left exasperated and enraged. Striking deals with Bernard Hopkins that satisfy both parties can be as difficult as getting Israel and Iran to play nice.
"I know when someone's trying to bum-rush me," Hopkins said during another heated skirmish with a promoter. "Well, come on with it. I know about intimidation. I was taught it by Butch Lewis. The main thing I learned from Butch was this: Don't trust anyone. I don't trust anyone in boxing."
Given Hopkins' history, his ongoing relationship with Golden Boy Promotions – he has held an executive position with the company since Nov. 20, 2004, just 32 days after he knocked out company president Oscar De La Hoya – is as or more noteworthy than his 20 winning middleweight defenses or his capturing world titles deep into his 40s. A lot of people are waiting, waiting for the association to blow up in the same rancorous manner what marked so many of B-Hop's previously ill-fated attempts at co-existence.
Even De La Hoya had harsh words prior to his ninth-round knockout by Hopkins on Sept. 18, 2004. "Hopkins is a bully. He talks about having been in prison and all this street stuff, and he thinks that's going to intimidate me. But he's wrong. He's not going to win any battles before we get in the ring."
For his part, Hopkins spoke about how he was going to rearrange De La Hoya's matinee-idol mug. "Oscar has always been known for how handsome he is," he said. "I'm envious of him. His nose is straight. Nobody's really busted up Oscar. But for all of his fans who admire his Clark Gable looks, they'd better take their pictures of him now. It's going to be one of those before-and-after deals after I get through with him."
That De La Hoya and Hopkins should team up was quite the shock. Maybe it was De La Hoya's way of showing appreciation that the takeout shot by Hopkins was a left hook to the liver, which did not oblige the losing fighter to seek the services of a plastic surgeon.
"Bernard Hopkins is one of the best fighters in recent history," De La Hoya said when B-Hop joined Team Golden Boy. "His talent and skill in the ring are unquestioned, but what impressed me just as much is his charisma, vision for the future of boxing and deep love and respect for the sport."
Hopkins, for his part, used the occasion to take a few shots at Bob Arum – who had just announced that his stepson, Todd duBoef, was taking over the day-to-day operations of Top Rank – and, yes, King.
"Perhaps Don King will get a whiff of this," Hopkins said of the aging icons he hoped to remove from an entrenched position of power. "Those old dinosaurs will see that new, young blood is coming to town."
There are those who would say that it's Hopkins who is the last dinosaur. In any case, it's likely he'll be taking his last punch in the not-so-distant future. Cloud is a 3-1 favorite to be the guy to deliver that parting shot.
A lot of people will bid Hopkins, the living legend, a fond farewell then. And a lot of people will be saying goodbye, and good riddance, to Hopkins the legendary pain in the ass.
promoter= lying scum8ag. thats it. nothing more nothing less. dibella cryed tears of joy for $$$ he thought he might grab. no hard feelings lou.
Freakin Idiot, Could have been a hero and done alot of good if he took the high road with things! Instead he is a symbol of shame to his own people! No glory in indiscretion stanky!
Good read editor Mike.
Bernard Fernandez's story about trashing Don King puts me in mind of a similar B-Hop rant, but his ire was directed at DiBella. B-Hop needs a villain to fuel his fire. Check my TSS story about B-Hop's first presser with Jermain Taylor: http://www.thesweetscience.com/article-archive/2005/2058-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave ----Joe Rein
Whats the point of Bernard Hopkins madness! I guess thats why people remember the name Judas Iscariot, He represents a spirit of negativity, no darn excuses, How far have we would have gone without those 30 pieces of silver! This idiots time has come, he is now seeking the noose!
OK, so Bernie is your view that Cloud will beat Hopkins; with the "noose" comments? .
B Camp is just jivin' and connivin!' He just doesn't dig B-Hop. But B-Hop is gonna do some walking on that Cloud, like did on Roman water. And Peter could have too, if his bytch arse had faith. Hehehe! I pulling for the B-Hop to come out on top. Holla!
There was a time when I thought the "Executioner" was the most level-headed boxer to come down the pike since Gene Tunney. No more. A fellow who willingly takes blows to the head at the age of 48 isn't level-headed. For the record B-Hop has already boxed 458 rounds, vs. "only" 443 for Evander Holyfield (a poor comparison, I admit, as Holyfield has been in more wars against men who punch harder). One of the amazing things about Hopkins' career is that he lost his pro debut! Off the top of my head, the only other great champion I can think of to lose his pro debut was Benny Leonard, but Leonard was then only 15 years old. Who am I missing?
The great, late Henry "Homicide Hank" Armstrong was KTFO in his pro debut, to name one. Depend on what you consider as "great, "ArneK. You are missing a few more. Losing the first bout meant nothing. Especially way, way back in da day when the first pro fight was the first fight for a lot of great pros. Holla!
Radam my man, youve got to get your facts straight; not Roman water, Jewish Water, straight from Israel boy, The Sea of Galilea! Just goes to show you all you Friscoes got short on education, Mustive been too much video games!
C'mon, B-Camp! The Romans were the rulers of Jewish terrain at those times. There was no Israel until the 1940s. Historic manjfacturing is distorting of the struggles that Jews faced and face. That is why muthasuckas be friscoeing the BobFather. Holla!
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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College Hockey:Gaudreau scores two to lead Boston College over Boston University
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College and Boston University came into their 264th all-time contest going in different directions, and kept going that way.
With a 6-4 win, BC extended its unbeaten streak to eight games (7-0-1), while BU's winless drought stretched to seven (0-6-1).
The victory marked the 950th in BC coach Jerry York's career.
The nation's leading goal scorer, Johnny Gaudreau, scored twice, including an empty-netter, but arguably the fourth line of freshmen Adam Gilmour and Chris Calnan along with sophomore Brendan Silk led the offense. Gilmour scored his first of the game late in the first period to knot the score at 1-1. Then in the third, after BU had narrowed the margin to 3-2, Calnan and then Gilmour gave the Eagles the cushion they needed.
BC scored on its only two power-play opportunities, and thanks to a raft of third-period penalties, had to kill five-of-six BU man-advantage chances.
"Our game was pushed by Adam's line," York said. "They were outstanding tonight. They've come together, three big kids. They did a lot of positive, positive things.
"Our power play and penalty kill were also very good tonight. They had to be."
Gilmour's two goals were his third and fourth of the year. Calnan's was his third.
"I owe pretty much everything I did on the scoring to Brandon and Chris," Gilmour said.
While BU once again failed to pick up its first win since Nov. 30, first-year coach David Quinn still saw the game as a positive.
"We took a big step in the right direction," he said. "We competed more than we had been in this stretch when we've been struggling. You get down 5-2 to that team and you could pack it in easily, but we made a game of it.
"Anytime you face [BC], you have to be on your 'A' game. Their power play was the difference."
BU got off on the right foot when midway through the first period, Robbie Baillargeon sniped a wrister from the left faceoff dot into the upper far corner. It was the freshman's sixth goal.
The lead held until the closing minute of the period. From the left point on a power play, Teddy Doherty found Gilmour on the doorstep and the freshman stuffed it around BU netminder Sean Maguire to tie the score, 1-1.
The pace picked up for the Eagles in a second period in which they outshot their rivals, 19-9, and took a two-goal lead they would never relinquish.
Four minutes in, Kevin Hayes dropped a nice pass for Bill Arnold, who deked Maguire beautifully only to watch the netminder stop the puck anyway. Soon after though, Quinn Smith put in the rebound of a Danny Linnel shot and BC enjoyed its first lead of the game.
When BU countered briefly with a partial break by Matt Lane, Brian Billett, who would struggle in the third period, made the save.
The Eagles threatened again when Gaudreau fed Arnold as he cut to the net on a delayed penalty, but Maguire made the save. However, he couldn't stop the BC power play from capitalizing for a second time as it utilized tic-tac-toe passing from Hayes to Arnold to Gaudreau in front.
BC's second-period dominance continued even on a BU power play, as Brown and Austin Cangelosi broke in two-on-one short-handed. Maguire stopped Brown's shot and held the puck long after the whistle, but the BC crowd still howled its disappointment when no goal was awarded after Cangelosi knocked the puck loose and stuffed it in.
Less than three minutes into the third, however, BU freshman T.J. Ryan scored his first collegiate goal to make it 3-2, collecting a centering pass and putting it into the top of the net.
Calnan and Gilmour widened the lead back to 5-2, but Billett's shaky third-period goaltending opened the door for the Terriers.
BU's Mike Moran shot from barely above the goal line, yet the puck slipped through Billett's short side for an especially egregious softie.
BC then weathered a brief five-on-three disadvantage only to see Cason Hohmann put a shot through defenseman's Scott Savage's legs on the resulting five-on-four and beat Billett.
The Terriers created some nervous moments for the capacity crowd in the closing minutes until Gaudreau backhanded a shot from the center ice boards into an empty net.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Joe Steffy, who played with Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis on some of Army's greatest teams and won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top lineman in 1947, has died. He was 85.
Army announced that Steffy died at St. Luke's-Cornwall Hospital's Newburgh campus on Saturday. He had dealt heart problems in recent years.
Steffy was a two-time All-American and played on Army's 1945 and 1946 undefeated teams under coach Earl "Red" Blaik and with Heisman winning running backs, Blanchard and Davis. Steffy was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Steffy served in the Korean War and received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after being wounded in action.
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Kyle Garlick's 18th two-out RBI of the season scored what proved to be the game-winning run in Oregon's 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Portland at PK Park on Wednesday night.EUGENE, Ore. –
The fifth-ranked Ducks (42-14) will bring a nine-game winning streak to Goss Stadium on Friday night as Oregon closes the regular season in a three-game conference series at No. 23 Oregon State. The first-place Ducks currently hold a one-game lead in the Pac-12 standings over second-place Arizona.
The Ducks trailed the Pilots (25-24), 1-0, entering the bottom of the sixth, but used some two-out resilience to rally. Oregon doubled its hit total scoring two runs on three hits as Ryon Healy drove a two-out double into left center to tie the game when Aaron Payne came around from first to score. Healy was able to advance to third on the throw home, setting up Garlick's pinch-hit RBI single into center that plated the go-ahead run.
Oregon has totaled 96 two-out RBIs in the 2012 season, led by Garlick's 18.
Following the sixth, the trio of Joey Housey, Tommy Thorpe and Jimmie Sherfy held the Pilots without a base runner for the final three innings. Sherfy closed the game recording his 17th save of the season and striking out the side in the ninth.
In the win, Oregon left-hander Jordan Spencer (4-2) allowed just one run on three hits and three walks while striking out two. In two starts against the Pilots, Spencer is 2-0, allowing just one run in 15 innings pitched.
Dating back to his no-hitter against Portland on April 18, Spencer had pitched 14 and 2/3 shutout innings against the Pilots. But he ran into trouble in the top of the sixth as Portland took a 1-0 lead after Beau Fraser's two-out RBI double scored Turner Gill. Gill was hit by a pitch earlier in the frame.
Portland starter Kyle Krause (6-6) was the tough-luck loser pitching an eight-inning complete game, and holding Oregon to two runs on eight hits while striking out four.
Payne and Healy led Oregon with two hits apiece, while Same Westendorf recorded two of Portland's three hits.
Notes: The Ducks are on a nine-game winning streak…Oregon has totaled 96 two-out RBIs in 2012 led by Kyle Garlick's 18…Oregon is now 16-4 in one-run games… Brett Thomas recorded his 14th double of the season which ties for second all-time in single-season history.
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On November 4, 2013, at approximately 11:05 p.m., a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputy conducted a stop on a car at the intersection of N. Crocker and Napoleon Street in Sulphur for a traffic violation.
When the deputies spoke with the driver of the car, Amber M. Young, 23, 2111 Trailer Street, Lot # 10, Sulphur, she began to act suspiciously. After receiving consent from Young, deputies conducted a search of her car and recovered nine bags containing methamphetamine, numerous prescription pills including Somas, Xanax and Trazodone (anti-depressant), a semi-automatic handgun, a postal digital scales and drug paraphernalia.
After running the serial number of the recovered handgun through NCIC, deputies discovered it had been recently reported stolen through Sulphur Police Department.
Young was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with possession of CDS II (crystal meth) with intent to distribute; possession of CDS IV; possession of a legend drug; illegal possession of a stolen firearm; illegal possession of a firearm in the presence of CDS; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Her bond is still pending.
CPSO Deputy Joshua Neal and Sr. Cpl. Mitchell Taylor were the arresting deputies in the case.


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Motorola Xoom LTE and Droid 3 get added to Verizon's MAP list, launches should happen soon
During the weekend, a screenshot of the newest additions to Verizon's MAP (minimum advertised price) list was leaked to Droid-Life. It shows, as you can see below, both the Motorola Xoom LTE as well as the Droid 3 as devices that are going to be subjected to MAPs upon launch.
That can only mean that both of the aforementioned Android-powered devices should launch pretty soon indeed. July 7 still looks like a good date for the Droid 3 to finally hit American shores after it's even been unveiled in China.
As for the Motorola Xoom LTE, it's still unclear what this is. Sure, it could be a new version of the Xoom that will come with LTE built in – something along those lines has leaked a few days ago in a Verizon ad video. Back then, we were hearing that it was going to be called Xoom 4G, but Xoom LTE is basically the same thing. So it could be that.
Or it could just be the good 'ol Xoom that we know and love shipping with that LTE radio built in – unlike it has done until now. If that's the case, then Verizon's long promised 4G LTE hardware upgrade for the existing Xoom may be close as well.
We'll keep you posted.


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Mr. "Catch Me If You Can" was caught by police in San Antonio, Texas Monday. Alberto Rodriguez had taunted police with a video he posted showing his reckless motorcycle driving through traffic at high speeds. He dared them to catch him, and they made it happen. Fox News shared the details on Feb. 18.
Rodriguez was wearing a helmet camera as he drove a motorcycle at speeds of up to 100 mph darting through traffic. The video, originally posted in May 2013, went viral and it clearly took a while before the man who taunted authorities to "catch me if you can" was caught. After the video was shared about 10,000 times, someone posted the video on the page of the San Antonio police. They made the connection to Rodriguez, and it happens that he had several warrants already outstanding.
The "Catch Me If You Can" driver caught by the police faces a reckless driving charge, and there may be charges related to a motorcycle theft. Authorities indicate there may well be other charges brought forth as well. Alberto Rodriguez also had two felony warrants and one misdemeanor warrant already in place at the time of his arrest regarding the reckless driving. He is said to be in jail, unable to post bond at this time.


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The main purpose of investing in the stock market is to make money. There are other ways to invest your money, but investing in the stock market can offer a higher return than any other investment opportunity. Some people in Utah usually invest their money by keeping it in the bank and accumulating a small amount of interest every month. But there are other ways to invest — ones with a much higher return on investment.
The stock market is rebounding after America's recent recession. Now is a good time to begin investing (or, in some cases, re-investing) in the automotive industry. For Ford, for example, there are certain times when you should invest and times you shouldn't.
Some tips to keep in mind while deciding when to buy your stock are waiting until stock prices are low — when its undervalued, or when you have done all your research. Keeping these three tips in mind will help you decide when to buy stock.
There are different ways to invest in a company's stock. With Ford Motor Company, you can invest by purchasing common stock, invest in Ford Interest Advantage or invest in the Ford Credit Asset-Backed Securities program.
Since timing is everything when investing in stock, it is important to constantly check to see where a company stands. Now is a good time to buy stock in Ford Motor Company. Due to Ford dealers' great third quarter earnings report and dealers' great sales in upcoming markets, Ford looks like a reliable option for Utah stock investors.
The success that Ford dealers have seen with the F-Series trucks, like the F-150, is one reason why investing in Ford is a good idea. There is a high demand for these trucks. Ford dealers are expected to only increase the F-Series truck sales this next year; therefore, there is no harm in buying Ford common stock. When companies are becoming more successful, it is a good sign to invest in their stock.
With Ford's EcoBoost technology rated a success and predicted to become even more profitable within the next few years, this means that investing in their stock could be a way for people in Utah to make money through the stock market. Ford Motor Company is also seeing growth in China. Ford has been investing in opportunities in China and their sales have been increasing faster than expected.
Investing in the stock market is a big decision and can be risky. This decision shouldn't be taken lightly and people in Utah should have a thought-out strategy. There is an option of hiring a stockbroker, but they will end up charging you a high commission on your trades. The most reliable option is to just do your own research and making an informed decision. With that in mind, Ford would be a good option to invest in due to its predicted success.
Ashley Waite, a content writing intern at Fusion 360 in Salt Lake City, contributed to this report.


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I may not be one of those people who is always on the cutting edge of technology. In fact, I am usually on the edge that's been worn down to a nub.
HBO and DVR capability arrived in our house only a couple of years ago. Blockbuster Video went out of business soon thereafter.
My two computers barely function. One has a broken "enter" key, and the other really compels one to do something to pass the amount of time required to fire it up. Like put in an eight-hour workday.
And until recently, I was possibly the ONLY person left who was still getting Netflix DVD's by mail and not through streaming (it's no wonder they arrived so quickly).
But a couple of months ago the biggest development ever to transpire in my technologically-challenged history happened. I traded in my dumb phone. In its defense, it was not the dumbest phone out there. It did take pictures, while I know of others still in possession of phones which do not. (Or maybe they just haven't figured out how to use that feature.) And besides, it was not a flip phone but a slide phone. So there.
But now I FINALLY have a smart phone…a beautiful sleek sexy genius of an Apple iPhone 5S. We have a beautiful and passionate relationship, my iPhone and me. And honestly? I've never made a connection quite like it. One of the reasons is that as much as I love the people in my life, none of them have ever helped me get through so many diversely troubling scenarios quite like my iPhone already has, and our liaison just continues to grow more satisfying with each passing day. I love checking in at restaurants and posting pictures, talking my texts and enabling instant navigation. But besides being so convenient for checking email, playing games, searching the web and keeping up with social media, in our short time together this phone has bailed me out more times than the parent of a juvenile delinquent.
Bailout #1 - The holidays:
During the crazy holiday season, I found myself in Costco on a lunch hour doing what was supposed to be a quick errand: picking up the Christmas cards I had already ordered online (Or I should say RE-ordered. It was my second time this year at the Christmas card rodeo because the first batch came out way too dark). But lo and behold, due to some malfunction of the Costco website the day before (note to self: do NOT order cards online from Costco on Cyber Monday), the order never finished processing. So the woman in the photo department suggested I check my account on my smart phone and see if I could send the order the rest of the way through cyberspace and they would finish it while I waited. After years of practice, I was all ready to protest that I didn't have a smart phone when I remembered. Now I did!
And the story had a happy ending because not only were they able to produce my cards before I went back to work that afternoon, but I could roam Facebook while I waited. My mood instantly went from frustrated to fantastic.
And later when I was decorating the Christmas tree and certain family members did not want holiday music all through the house because they were watching football, I was able to have my own little Christmas party in my pocket, thanks to Pandora and my iPhone.
Bailout #2 - Money:
When you're far from home and your daughter is lacking rent money and needs a quick short term loan until she gets paid, there's nothing handier than having a bank app on your phone.
Of course, the jury's still out on whether this is truly an advantage or not.
Bailout #3 - Susan down:
Most of the time, our smart phones help us in the most technical of ways. But sometimes they can surprise us by literally saving our butts. Case in point: recently I had a washing machine malfunction and looked up from my phone long enough to see water pouring out from the laundry room. I shoved my little treasure (and its super-protective hard outer case) into my back pocket and went to work cleaning up the mess. But as soon as I removed my soaked shoes, I slipped on the soapy water and went straight down on my derriere. And not only did my phone's case protect it, I think they both saved me from any after effects of that perfect pratfall. I escaped totally unscathed and pain free.
It's a little ironic that the very same people who encouraged me for years to get a smart phone are now the ones who complain that I am addicted to it. I did warn these people that this would most likely happen, which is exactly why I held off for as long as I did.
I admit I have been known to pester Siri relentlessly with multiple questions in a single evening. I mean…she's there, so why not? I've taught her to call me by name but, like mothers everywhere, she really only uses my name when she is exasperated with me.
As in, "Susan, I'm afraid I can't help you with that."
"What the heck, Siri? Isn't your ONLY job to help me with that?"
And between you and me, sometimes I think she sends me in the wrong driving direction on purpose, just to assert herself and get back at me.
I guess as in any great relationship, we have our power struggles.
Recently my husband and I were watching one of those Dateline or 20/20 shows about people in jail for killing people they supposedly loved. (He always wants to watch these. Should I be worried?)
Anyway, the person in jail this week apparently sent 20,000 text messages in relation to her crime.
My husband: "Wow! 20,000 texts!"
Me: "Is that a lot?"
My husband (looking at me incredulously): "Maybe you should ask Siri."
Last week this same husband asked what I wanted for Valentine's Day. He said no flowers or candy. I suggested two of my favorite stores but he vetoed those too for some reason (maybe I really do need to start watching 20/20).
Being easy to please, I said "Whatever".
On Valentine's morning I was presented with two beautifully wrapped accessories for my iPhone. He admitted they weren't the most romantic gifts but would be very useful.
But I begged to differ. As far as I'm concerned, pamper my iPhone and you pamper me. Could there be a more perfect Valentine than a gift for the one nearest and dearest to my little Emoji heart?
Now if only they would invent something where you could use your phone to take a selfie of yourself holding your phone. If they already have, I need to get it immediately.
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