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Michael Russo has covered the National Hockey League since 1995. He has covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005, after 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. He uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN (100.3 FM) radio and seen weekly on Fox Sports North.
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I don't know how the Wild keeps giving up these 3-0 leads, but it certainly made for a quotable locker room after it survived tonight during a 5-4 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars.
For the third time this season, the Wild coughed up a 3-zip lead in what felt like were nanoseconds.
Last month at the Rangers, the Wild gave up five in the third to lose 5-4. Twelve days ago, the Wild gave up three in the third to go to overtime only to see Marco Scandella, fresh off the mumps, win it.
Scandella's getting good at saving the Wild's bacon after blown 3-0 leads. Amazingly less than two weeks after winning the Jets game, Scandella pulled it off again tonight with the OT winner off Zach Parise and Thomas Vanek assists.
It came after Nino Niederreiter, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund built the Wild a 3-0 lead. But in the final 3:42 of the second period – and in a 3:31 span – Ales Hemsky, Tyler Seguin and Erik Cole – tied the score.
Coach Mike Yeo had a big choice between periods. One game after pulling Darcy Kuemper for a second consecutive home start, could Yeo trust Kuemper enough to chill the heck out and not get so rattled that he would disintegrate in the third period?
After all, Kuemper was playing well before the vanished lead, and the Hemsky goal came after a terrific move on Ryan Suter, the Seguin goal came after the Wild let the NHL's leading goal scorer fly right off the gut off an odd-man rush and the Cole goal came through (maybe) a screen.
So in Yeo's mind, this was not like his recent pulls when Kuemper was giving up bad goals left and right and fighting the puck.
But Yeo, after leaders Mikko Koivu and Suter went over to Kuemper between periods to give him a pep talk, boldly stayed with Kuemper and he responded by stopped 19 of 20 third-period shots (and so many great ones, including a game saver in the final minute on Antoine Roussel). Yes, he gave up the go-ahead goal to Alex Goligoski on yet another top-line odd-man rush after Niederreiter got tripped up on a breakaway. But after Yeo brought Kuemper to the bench with 2:01 left for an extra attacker, Vanek scored his biggest (and second) goal as a Wild with 1:52 left to force overtime.
Remember the Tampa game when Yeo said he may revisit which players he tosses out there in need of a tying goal late after Zach Parise, Vanek, Koivu, Jason Pominville, Suter and Granlund couldn't get it done on a 6-on-4 power play? Well, Yeo put his trust in the same exact six on this 6-on-5, Parise won a puck battle and finally a puck came right to Vanek in his sweet spot. He didn't miss his only shot of the game.
Vanek had a sense of humor about both his goals this season coming against Dallas: "I think we play them 2 more times, so hopefully I can get my total to 4. This is obviously not the start I wanted, but I can't dwell on the last 20 games. It's just about coming the next day and staying positive and just keep going.
"I feel like I'm making plays and I'm getting in the areas. I was lucky enough to get a puck to get a chance there, but I feel like I'm finding the open spots, just the puck's not coming or it's hitting a stick or it's going in front of me or behind me. This time it was right on and gave me a chance."
Vanek has been a lightning rod for criticism all year and certainly was in this game again as he turned pucks over early and waved at a puck at his feet as he went for a line change before Seguin's second goal.
What's frustrating about Vanek besides the giveaways and lack of shots is that when he decides to move his feet, he does what he did to Kyle Brodziak earlier this year (two goals) and what he did on Scandella's winner. When he wants to skate, he skates, and he did on this play when he recognized a loose puck pop into the defensive-zone slot. He turned on the jets and took off on a 2-on-2 with Scandella. He then was smart enough to pull up at the blue line, take Jason Demers with him, wait for Parise, who assisted on his third goal of the night to set up the Scandella winner.
Vanek earlier in the game also made a terrific assist on Niederreiter's team-leading 11th goal. Brodziak's forecheck rushed a clear by a Dallas defender. Vanek picked it off along the wall and immediately found Niederreiter alone in the slot for the bang-bang goal.
I didn't have the space to get into this on deadline in Saturday's paper, but I'll probably run with it Sunday.
Yeo said, "There are a number of things that we're still working with him. I'm talking to Thomas regularly and talking to him this morning and we're looking at video and we're going to support him and we're going to keep getting him through. This is a different conference he's playing in. It's a different team, a different structure and system and the way we play the game is very different than what he's been doing for a lot of years, so it's going to take some time. As long as we keep seeing the improvement, everything else will follow along with it. That's the thing with his skill. As long as he's doing all the little things and continuing to play the system the right way, it'll put him in a great position for his skill to shine."
On Vanek not showing a willingness at time to do those little things or skate, Yeo said, "The consistency is going to come, that's our job as far as developing the habits. They're not habits right now and we can talk about capabilities or abilities or whatever, but we have to form habits and that takes time. But we're seeing some progress here and that's the key."
After the Niederreiter goal, Zucker scored his ninth, and he was laboring all game after sustaining what Yeo called a leg bruise and charleyhorse (Twitter docs tell me they're two separate things, but that's what Yeo said), so we'll see if Zucker will be good to go in front of Niklas Backstrom and the Wild on Saturday when the team opens a four-game homestand.
Then, Parise and Pominville set up Granlund. Here's something interesting, but 15 of the Wild's 16 goals of the past six games have come from Parise, Scandella, Niederreiter and Zucker.
On the game, Yeo said, "A rollercoaster, yeah. Really liked our first period. Second period you could feel that we were coming out and we were definitely letting them be the aggressors. We were on our heels pretty much right from the first shift and I thought that all the things we were doing well in the first period as far as winning 1-on-1 battles, the detail, all the little things, it was starting to slip and then we scored the third goal, but there was never a point where I was feeling comfortable because we just weren't going the right way."
On why he stuck with Kuemper after two, Yeo said, "Yeah it's what I talked about this morning (see previous blog). Listen, we all would love to just coast through and have things be great night after night. What's real important is how you handle things when things don't go well. This is twice now coming into this building he's bounced back. But I think even more importantly, overcoming the adversity of that second period, for him the way he came out in the third period, have to be real impressed."
On if he was worried Kuemper would crumble like the LA game or NYR game, "I think this was a different game first of all. It's not like this was a game where he's fighting the puck. He was in this game. He was engaged. He was seeing it and tracking it well and playing big in the net. You're always probably a little bit worried about how are you going to deal with that, even if you're playing a great game and things haven't gone well. I just liked the way that he picked himself up after. This is why we left him in last game as well. These are things that you have to deal with. It's not always going to go the right way. It's not always going to go the way that you draw it up, but that can't kill you. You have to be able to find a way and that's what he did."
Please read the gamer for Kuemper and Scandella quotes.
Suter and Parise talked a lot after the game about how the Wild needs to learn how to respond the right way after taking leads.
"Too many turnovers the last half of the second period," Suter said. "We turned the puck over every time we were coming out of our end. We feel very fortunate to come out with two points.
"We've got to learn. We have to learn to make the right play. A lot of times we get up three goals, we let our guard down and try to do the extra stuff. That's usually when it ends up costing us."
Great game by Parise (three assists, two shots, seven attempts shots, four hits, three takeaways, plus-2) after talking this morning about video work Yeo did with his line to show bad habits that crept into their game.
Scandella was plus-3…Jonas Brodin was plus-2 in his return from the mumps after missing seven games.
Lastly, goalie Josh Harding is expected to make his first Iowa start Sunday at San Antonio. Due to complications with multiple sclerosis that sidelined him the second half last season and then a broken right foot sustained days before the Wild's training camp, Harding hasn't played since Dec. 31.
That's it. I still have to do Wild Minute, get back to the hotel, and it's almost 12:30. Very early flight and I have to fly back to Minnesota via ATLANTA, so not updates via Twitter on the St. Louis game until the late afternoon (No morning skate anyway). Yeo will talk at 4:45 p.m. Saturday. Not positive yet whether myself or Kent Youngblood will be at the controls Saturday, but at the very least, I'll go to the game to write the notebook, tweet and blog.
The Wild will try to bounce back from Wednesday's 4-0 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings tonight in Dallas, where the Wild won, 2-1, Nov. 15, behind Darcy Kuemper's 27-save performance.
Prior to that Dallas game, Kuemper was pulled at home after giving up two goals on two shots in an eventual victory over Buffalo. Kuemper has now been chased in his past two home starts, so coach Mike Yeo will give him a chance to rebound a second time in Dallas.
So why return with Kuemper?
1) The above bouncebacks; 2) Kuemper has stopped 46 of 48 shots in two victories this season against the Stars; 3) Niklas Backstrom is 1-5-3 all-time at Dallas with a 3.75 goals-against average and .868 save percentage; 4) the Wild plays at home Saturday night against St. Louis, so Backstrom can start that game.
Kuemper getting rattled in the midst of tough games and letting it affect him is becoming part of his M.O. We saw it last year, we have seen it this year.
"Well, he's a young kid who is proving himself," Yeo said. "I said that from the start of the year, there's going to be ups and there's going to be downs. We'll keep working on him. We're trying to continue to develop a young player. Obviously, we've seen what he's capable of and it's up to us, it's up to him to try to bring the consistency out."
I didn't cover last game, but I watched on my cell phone and I told my brother right at the second goal that Yeo would be kicking himself for not pulling him then. After the third and fourth goals, I said Yeo's going to be really beating himself up because it was so clear early that Kuemper was in la-la land.
Yeo usually has a great feel on when to pull his goalies, and the Wild has rallied back in a couple lately after yanks. I knew why Yeo probably didn't pull Kuemper, and he confirmed his reasoning today when I asked why he didn't pull him at 2-0 (I understood 3-0; just trying to get him out of the period at that late juncture). Yeo brought the previous Buffalo start. Keeping Kuemper in was in Yeo's mind another learning experience that a young goalie needs: Battle through tough moments in a game (obviously didn't work).
"Part of it is I don't want to just pull him every time that he lets in a bad goal," Yeo said. "He's got to fight through it, too. We'd pulled our goalies in the two previous home games, so after two goals just to pull a goalie again, in hindsight, sure probably would have done it, but that said it's important for him to battle through that stuff. That's part of your development as a player, is going through those hard times as well. We want to develop him. We know how important he is to us not only this year but the future and so that was part of it."
Good afternoon from Dallas, where the Wild plays tonight at 7:30. Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. Wild is 5-0 against the Central (but hasn't played Chicago or St. Louis yet) and the Stars are 0-5-2 against the Central (but hasn't played Colorado yet).
Not sure exactly the forward lines tonight because Mikko Koivu and Thomas Vanek didn't skate. I saw Vanek off the ice. I never did see Koivu.
Defenseman Jonas Brodin is expected to play for the first time in eight games tonight. He had been out since Nov. 11 with the mumps.
Brodin said he lost some weight (not sure from where since he's a rail). The virus hit him bad, saying that he woke up in New Jersey and his jaw hurt. He still played and started to feel sicker during the game. The next day, he woke up in Minnesota and was completely sick with a very noticeable swollen jaw.
"I was pretty big and swollen," he said. "It was bad. Head fever, I felt tired and exhausted for more than a week. I didn't feel like eating and when I ate, it hurt really bad for like four hours."
Brodin said he has felt good on the ice since Monday. "It's fun to get back with the guys and fun to start playing again."
Yeo didn't divulge who would sit if Brodin returned. Obviously, Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Marco Scandella and Brodin will be the top-four, so it'll be either be Keith Ballard, Nate Prosser or Matt Dumba. If the Wild wants to keep Ballard in because he's the only left-shot, it'll be Prosser or Dumba.
A reporter this morning asked about Dumba's progress and Yeo kinda hesitated and grinned before answering, and Yeo's poker face sometimes is BAD (I'd be wealthy if I sat across the table from Yeo at a card table), so it could be Dumba.
On Dumba, Yeo said, "Again, with just another young kid, consistency's always the big thing. I just want to keep seeing improvement in his game. The improvement, if you want to compare it to a guy like Zuck, the improvement's not going to come from him shooting harder or skating faster or making a nicer play. The improvement's going to come from all the other little things and we're going to continue to work with that."
Brodin has skated on his own and in two morning skates and only one full practice (yesterday). Ideally, that's not enough practice time for a guy who hasn't played since Nov. 11, but Yeo said, "Back-to-back games here and if physically he's feeling fit, his skating ability and his execution [would be a welcome addition]. We wouldn't expect a perfect game from him, but a good game from him we kind of expect, and a good game from him, it would mean a lot to our team."
I talked to Zach Parise a lot this morning about his line with Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville. They haven't been very good since being reunited the last three games. Parise scored a big goal in Tampa, but that was with Pominville in for ear repair and when he returned, they had a big defensive-zone breakdown that led to the winning goal. In Florida and last game against L.A., just not very sharp and lots of ins and outs of the o-zone.
Turns out Yeo brought them in for video clips this morning because he spotted bad habits creeping into the game.
Pominville has really struggled. He has one goal in the past 14 games and is tied for fifth among NHL forwards with 34 missed shots, and that's only posts and missed nets, that's not all the swings and misses and fans we have seen this season.
"There's been some good and some bad," Parise said. "I think we're spending a little too much time in our D zone. We've been getting good chances. We haven't been scoring as much as we'd like, and I think that's causing us to start to cheat on offense. [Yeo] brought up how Pommer and I, right when we get the puck, we're trying to fly and even if we do get the puck, it's still a 1-on-2 or 2-on-2, and you can't really generate much like that. So it's more so coming up the ice together and timing a little better and in the offensive zone, we're so good at retrieving pucks off of shots, but right now we've kind of stopped shooting and we're trying to make that extra play and they're breaking it up and now we're backchecking rather than holding onto it a little longer and supporting and shooting. We haven't shot.
"It's just like second nature, when things aren't going well, all of sudden you start to fan out to the perimeter. No one's going through to the net, everybody wants something out here (motioning away from the net) and we've been guilty of that right now. It's not working for us. I'm glad he brought it up because you don't notice it when you're in the game."
Yeo on that line: "That line, when they're on their game I don't know that we have another group and maybe that's because that they've played with each other as much as they have, but that uses each other and plays with each other as well as they do. It hasn't been as much the last few games. … That confidence that doesn't just come back magically. You have to work for it to come back and I think it will."
I also talked to Parise about the old NHL Thanksgiving rule. Typically, if you're in the top-8 at Thanksgiving, you make the playoffs. If you're outside the top-8 at Thanksgiving, you don't.
According to STATS INC., 77.3 percent of NHL teams since 2005-06 that are in the top-8 at Thanksgiving make the playoffs. Entering tonight (after Thanksgiving), the Wild is in ninth place in the West – three points behind second wildcard team, Winnipeg.
Interesting, two exceptions to the "rule" the past five years were the Wild. In 2008-09 and 2011-12, the Wild was inside the top-8 at Thanksgiving and ended up missing the playoffs.
"It's funny, there's such an emphasis on points at the end of the season and those races, but they're so important early also," PARISE said. "You don't want to put yourself in that situation where you're trying to chase or hoping people lose. But it's still November. But we've got to get ourselves playing better hockey – bottom line."
Parise also said, "It's important to keep everything in perspective. I know there were fireworks we lost 4-nothing last game. It wasn't pretty, but we were just come off winning four in a row. Win four in a row and you feel great, you lose one, you feel awful. Everyone just needs to relax a little bit. Do I think we were playing really well when we won four in a row? No, but we found ways to win the game. I don't think we've been playing great as of late, but at the same time, in our last seven, we're 5-2 maybe? Things aren't always as bad as that 4-0 loss, which was ugly, don't get me wrong, but everyone needs to slow down a little bit, tap the brakes."
There really isn't much more to say about the Wild's 4-0 stinker against Los Angeles on Wednesday. It does seem interesting in retrospect that coach Mike Yeo seemed so nervous about the game when he spoke after the Wild's morning skate. He promised the game would be neither easy nor fun if the Wild didn't mind the details, which were sorely lacking in a sorry performance.
Goaltender Darcy Kuemper didn't have any real explanation for his poor play. He never looked right, which was magnified as he constantly faced odd-man rushes during the one period he played. Kuemper gave up four goals on 10 shots, including one that trickled through his pads, and sat glumly on the end of the bench for the final 40 minutes as Nicklas Backstrom finished up.
"It was an off night for myself,'' said Kuemper, who had gone 3-1-0 with a 1.60 GAA and .949 save percentage in his previous four games."I was off a little bit tonight, and it cost me.
"I felt good this morning, I felt good in warmups. It was just one of those nights where it doesn't really go your way. It happens. You've just got to get over it.''
Yeo said he considered pulling Kuemper after the second goal, scored by Dustin Brown on a two-on-one. Brown had winger Justin Williams open on his right, but he chose to hold the puck and shoot. That was the one that dribbled through Kuemper's pads.
"I thought about (pulling Kuemper after that goal),'' Yeo said. "I regret not doing that now. Even the third goal (scored at 18:18 by Tyler Toffoli), I thought, 'Well, there's a minute-thirty (left in the period), let's give (Niklas Backstrom) a chance to have a bit of a stretch between periods.' I thought we could get through that.
"The list of regrets I have now is very long. But at some point, you have to battle through that stuff, too.''
The Wild was caught flat-footed throughout the first period, which seemed to disgust winger Zach Parise. "We gave up what, 15 odd-man rushes in the first period?'' he said. "They capitalized on them, and it got away from us after that.''
The Wild outshot the Kings 28-22, but goalie Martin Jones was strong--despite having played in a shootout loss the night before--and his teammates supported him well. The Wild frequently turned the puck over in the neutral zone, and the Kings were all over them in the offensive zone. At one point in the third, Nino Niederreiter--who led the Wild with six shots on goal--got the puck at close range with a good look at the net. The Kings' Trevor Lewis swooped in and lifted Niederreiter's stick to spoil one of the Wild's best chances.
The Wild also missed the net 18 times, were outhit 23-16, whiffed on some good opportunities and were sloppy with their passing.
Yeo said the Wild's performance was "not even close to the way we're supposed to play the game ... We actually came out with some good energy, but execution, details killed us.'' He added that he wished he would have "done some different things to try to alter our focus and our mindset before coming into this game,'' but he declined to elaborate. While Yeo thought the Wild played better later in the game, he said, "I'm not going to try to get any moral victories out of that.''
The Kings were delighted to end a streak of road futility that had begun to play on their minds. They had won once in nine road games before Wednesday.
"This is important, not just for the two points in the standings, but for our psyche,'' Williams said. "It was big getting the lead. Mentally, we were exactly where we needed to be. (The Wild) played us hard in LA (in a 2-1 Kings victory in October). We wanted to show them what we're all about.''
The Wild will not skate on Thanksgiving day before traveling to Dallas. "We've played well on the road, so I think we're going to have some confidence,'' Kuemper said.
As the Wild prepared for tonight's game against Los Angeles, two players who won't be in the lineup made progress toward a return. Defenseman Jonas Brodin and winger Matt Cooke both skated Wednesday morning, and coach Mike Yeo said Brodin could be ready to play Friday at Dallas.
Brodin has missed six games because of an illness believed to be mumps. Yeo said his conditioning is not quite up to speed, but the coach doesn't think he's far off. "He's much, much better,'' Yeo said of Brodin. "He looks like a different guy right now. There's a chance we could have him Friday.''
Cooke has been out for 12 games with a hip flexor injury. He has begun skating without full gear and will need much more work to get into game shape. "At least he's touching the ice,'' Yeo said. "He's feeling better, but he's got a long way to go just to get him back up to speed.''
Though the Wild is coming off a 2-1 road trip in which it straightened out some problems that had plagued it away from home, Yeo cautioned against feeling too satisfied. The Kings--despite having a 1-4-4 road record and the fewest road wins in the Western Conference--are a balanced and solid team with no clear deficiencies.
"It's never an easy game (against the Kings),'' Yeo said. "And it's not necessarily a fun one, either, especially if you're not executing, you're not performing the way you need to. It will certainly be a good test tonight.
"I felt like (the Tampa Bay game, a 2-1 loss) was a bit of a step in the right direction. Despite losing that game, I felt there were a lot of parts of the game that looked right. (In the 4-1 victory over Florida), we took another step in the right direction, a bigger step. Our challenge is right now, coming off that trip--a feel-good win--we can't just assume things are going to start where we left them in Florida. We have a lot of work to do. We're not where we need to be, and this is a great team we're playing tonight. We've got to make sure we're ready.''
Today is defenseman Keith Ballard's 32nd birthday, and he is expected to skate in his 600th NHL game. The Baudette native will celebrate with family members coming in for Thanksgiving weekend. Ballard said the last 100 games have taken their sweet time, as he lost significant time to injuries and was a healthy scratch by Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault during Ballard's final season with the Canucks.
The former Gopher has played the past 54 games in a Wild sweater since being signed as a free agent in the summer of 2013. He has played only nine games this season after the mumps sidelined him, but he's grateful to still be on the ice.
"I enjoy coming to the rink,'' he said. "I have genuine excitement coming to the rink and seeing the guys. That's the fun part about playing--getting to know guys and developing those bonds and close friendships. That's what makes it fun going to the rink for me.
"It's gone by fast. When you're young, everyone says, 'Enjoy it. It goes by fast.' These 10 years have gone pretty quickly for me.''
Good win for the Wild tonight at Florida, taking advantage of a team returning home after a long road trip and taking a 4-1 victory to end its three-game road trip with a 2-1 record.
The team returned to Minnesota after the game for a brief pit stop to play the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday before heading to Dallas on Thanksgiving for a Friday divisional battle – the first of a road-home back-to-back that finishes Saturday against St. Louis at Xcel Energy Center.
Jason Zucker scored two goals, Nino Niederreiter one, Zach Parise an empty-netter and Mikko Koivu had one of his best games of the season with two assists. Also, Niklas Backstrom, an outing after blowing a 3-0 lead in the third period to Winnipeg (eventual OT win), rebounded by making some huge stops in a 16 for 16 third to cap a 29-save effort.
Backstrom improved to 6-0-1 all-time against the Panthers and 4-0 in Florida. He improved to 24-3-4 all-time in the first start after being chased and 20-1-2 since March 26, 2008.
Coach Mike Yeo felt Backstrom was dialed in right from the start, as well as his team, which he said brought real focus and an impressive battle level.
"Our guys put a lot into this trip," Yeo said.
Yeo tweaked his lines tonight, keeping his first line intact, but then putting Thomas Vanek and Zucker with Koivu, Niederreiter with Charlie Coyle and Erik Haula and Justin Fontaine with Kyle Brodziak and Ryan Carter.
Koivu and Zucker was dangerous from the start, with two great Koivu forechecks leading to two great Zucker goals. The first one, Koivu took the puck from Jimmy Hayes. The second one, coming after Florida cut the Minnesota lead to 2-1, came after Koivu and Zucker forechecked the heck out of Erik Gudbranson after a Nate Prosser dump-in.
Gudbranson's outlet hit Koivu, who slyly backhanded the puck to Zucker, who tiptoed the line and scored a top-shelf backhander against the grain off the post and under the bar.
Pretty goal, and Zucker of course credited Vanek and Koivu after. Zucker had a career-high nine shots, although he said, "I don't know who was counting them."
I'll likely write Zucker for Wednesday's paper and how he has embraced everything Yeo has thrown at him, especially the penalty kill. Yeo and Koivu had high praise for Zucker after the game, and not so much about the goals and points, but the work ethic that is emblematic often by just how often the guy hustles down the ice to beat out an icing. That of course allows tired guys to get off the ice and avoids D-zone faceoffs.
"I just try to put my head down and skate as fast as I can and hope the [linesman] maybe misses a judgment here or there," Zucker said.
A taste of the praise from Koivu: "His work ethic right now is another step of wherever he's been. I think he's playing his best hockey – not just the points and goals, but overall. If he keeps doing that, he's going to be a great player, a big future from him."
Zucker, who like Colorado earlier in the year stopped a potential comeback with that second-period goal, is now tied with Parise for second on the team with eight goals. Niederreiter is first with 10 and he scored an awesome backhand, top shelf breakaway goal in the first for his second winning goal of the season.
All that summer powerskating Niederreiter does in Portland, Oregon, paid off on that goal, but he said he won't get overconfident and ripped himself for missing the net on three shots and being robbed in the third by Roberto Luongo.
Nick Bjugstad said of the Wild, "They were all over (us). They were on top of pucks and they were supporting each other. We just couldn't find a way to get the offense going, which is tough. That's a good team, we've got to play them physical and play them tougher than we did.
"They've got a lot of skilled players, a lot of fast players so we knew what was coming. We watched video on them and they were no different than any other team. They were ready to play so it was disappointing."
Luongo said, "They're a well-instructed team. They're patient and they wait for the other team to make mistakes and they've got some good forwards."
Said Panthers coach Gerard Gallant, "We had a 'C' performance tonight and it's not good enough. We didn't compete hard enough, we got outworked in the first two periods so it's disappointing.
"We weren't good as a group tonight. We had 20 guys that didn't compete hard enough and I think you saw a team over there that was hungry to play tonight. … If we're going to win hockey games we've got to outwork teams. We can't get outworked like we did tonight. It wasn't the skill of their team that beat us, it was the work ethic that beat us and that's disappointing."
That's it for me. Yeo was deciding on the flight whether or not to practice the team Tuesday. It's either practice Tuesday or practice on Thanksgiving before flying to Dallas.
If they practice, Rachel Blount will practice. Either way, I'll have a story in Wednesday's paper. Rachel is covering the game Wednesday, so follow her on Twitter at @blountstrib. Barring news, you'll next here from me Friday in Dallas.
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While we haven't yet been able to find out whether the Radeon R9 290 series Linux performance has improved, AMD released a new Catalyst Linux graphics driver on Friday.
AMD has now put out the Catalyst 13.11 Linux Beta v9.4 driver on Friday in order to resolve existing issues. Among the issues fixed are a crash when resizing KDE's Konsole, brightness adjustment issues, kernel module compile issues, avoids using a new GPL symbol, and resolving a system hang to resume from S4 with an OpenGL screen-saver running. There is no reports whether the Radeon R9 290 (Hawaii) series performance has improved.
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Transportation unions vow vigorous push to end neglect of Nation's transportation System and infrast
Transportation union leaders are rolling out a 2013 transportation investment and jobs agenda, staking out an aggressive stance against irresponsible liberalization of aviation trade and condemning damaging cuts to transportation programs and jobs that are threatened by sequestration. The unions also call for the reform of maritime cargo preference laws and pledge support for the battle against human trafficking led by the U.S. departments of Transportation and Homeland Security.
'It is the height of irresponsibility for extremists in Congress to use the sequestration battle to tank our economy and use public and private sector working men and women as pawns in their partisan games,' said Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), following the annual winter meeting of TTD's 33-member Executive Committee. 'It is time for Congress to end this senseless sequestration stalemate and finally start focusing on an agenda to modernize our failing transportation system and create middle-class jobs.'
The TTD Executive Committee was joined yesterday by new House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) who said, 'I appreciate today's opportunity to meet with the Transportation Trades Department's Executive Committee, and look forward to working with them and all parties interested in a stronger transportation network for our nation. By listening to a diverse set of opinions and working together to build consensus, we can improve America's infrastructure, make us more competitive, and strengthen our economy.'
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Espresso Monkey Brown T-Shirt
Here is a very simple, straight-forward shirt with the Espresso Monkey Blend design on it. Yep, that's one weird lookin' monkey, ain't it?
But we like it a lot; it's a popular t-shirt among the Sweet Maria's staff! Anyway these are on 100% comfortable cotton shirts. These are on Anvil super-soft, "dark roast brown" shirts with cream color ink ... so we have a coffee theme.
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Sweet Maria's Knit Beanie Hat - Blue
Does your current knit beanie lack style? Well then, you need a blue and orange Sweet Maria's beanie with with a red and white pom on top. We did our best to choose a wacky color combo without pro sports references...so we hope the LA Clippers/Chicago Bulls colors clash with the Denver Broncos colors just enough.
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What do you think about? Black coffee. What do you drink? Black coffee. It only makes sense to have it in big letters, wrapped around your head. Represent your favoriite drink with our warm and comfy beanie. We decided to go stealth and not put any branding on this one...you won't find "Sweet Maria's" anywhere on it. We want you to have the option of not being a walking billboard while still wearing conversation-starting coffee gear.
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Hello all,
Brewed my first AG last weekend with the the 10-gal Rubbermaid and the 3/8 fittings mentioned at the start of the thread. Everything went fine with the 5/16 vinyl hose into the kettle.
My question (and pardon if this has been answered, I did search and found no solid answer) is if anyone has got the same 10-gallon cooler working with 1/2" fittings. I am soon upgrading to a Top Tier and wanting to go with the SS camlocks with 1/2" NPT all around (other than the females with hose barbs on the hoses) and wanted to make every connection possible the same 1/2" size.
I can't imagine the OD of a 1/2" diameter pipe nipple is too great to go through the standard hole on the cooler, though it raises questions about what to do with the "existing white gasket" that we save, or if that needs to be replaced with something larger.
Does anyone here have it piped with 1/2" and have an alternate parts list? Or can anyone provide a forum link if this has already been asked?
Thanks in advance!!!
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Thanks n8dagr8 for your response.
In trying to figure out something for the inner gasket, I was looking at the Fastenal web site and while they don't have silicone gaskets, they have something called "gylon".
I looked it up and found this PDF about it: http://jameswalker.biz/system/pdf_do...pdf?1272627165
It says it's food safe, does not support bacterial growth, and safe for temps from -450F to +500F (my normal mash temp sits comfortably within this range ).
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience at all with this material, just wondering if it's got the flexibility to serve as an appropriate gasket in the mash tun to prevent leaks.
I haven't used that material, but I used this silicon o-ring on the outside of my boil kettle upon which I attached a 1/2" ball valve. Works perfectly. It could be used inside your mash tun, outside, wherever you like. Silicone O-Ring 13/16" x 1 3/16"
So I just did my 10 gal round orange rubbermaid that I have had as a cooler for >10 yrs. Have done a couple all grain bathces with the manual valve and got tired of having to hold it to sparge.
Anyway, I looked at the various components and found the ID of the 3/8" nipple is roughly the same size as the ID of the 1/2" valve , whereas a 3/8" valve (which is actually more expensive than the 1/2" ??) has a smaller ID and acts as a potential choke point, so I decided 1/2" fittings might end up being better long term, but I still wanted to use the 3/8" nipple to take advantage of using the existing gasket from the cooler. I use a large mesh bag that is as big as the cooler for a screen so did not go with the braid
Here's what I did starting on the inside toward outside:
Brass Pipe hex bushing 1/2" MIP x 3/8" FIP (Watts A-828) $3.46 Home Depot (If you can find a 3/8" pipe thread lock nut easily (I could not), you could sub this, or a coupler. The bushing, leaves me with 1/2" threaded connection if I want to add something inside later. )
5/8" stainless washer $0.90 at Eliots Hardware (Plano TX)
3/8" x 1.5" nipple (Watts A-786) $2.75 Home Depot
existing white gasket from cooler
5/8' O-ring ($0.76) Eliotts
standard rubber hose washer (Free, had on on hand)
3x5/8" Fender washers ($0.46 each) Eliotts
Pipe Hex Busing 1/2" MIP to 3/8" FIP (Watts A-828) $3.46 Home Depot
1/2' Brass Ball Valve $7.32 Home Depot
Hose Barb 1/2" Barb x 1/2"MIP (Watts A385) $2.31 Home Depot
Total cost (without the cooler that I already had): $22.34 plus tax
Leak testing as we speak with 8 gallons of water. So far so good
Well just finished mine now. I am currently leak testing it.
Thanks flyguy for the info, found everything at my local HD.
Now just gotta wait for Xmas to get the rest of my items so I can go AG


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Many different types of offenses, including DUI and DWI offenses, can result in a suspension of a person's driving privileges in Georgia. People whose licenses are suspended have their rights to drive withdrawn temporarily for a specific length of time. When the suspension period is up, the person can then reapply to have his or her driver's license reinstated after they have fulfilled any additional requirements.
Man faces DUI charges in multi-vehicle traffic accident
A 51-year-old Georgia man is facing multiple charges following an accident in which one man was killed and several people were injured. The accident occurred on Oct. 25 around 7:30 p.m. in Savannah.
Georgia man charged with DUI after collision
The Georgia State Patrol believes that alcohol consumption may have contributed to an Oct. 20 accident that sent a Clermont man to the hospital. Police say that the two-vehicle crash was caused by a 34-year-old Hall County man who failed to yield while allegedly driving under the influence. He has been charged with DUI and issued with a traffic citation. The accident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Athens Highway southeast of Gainesville.
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Two drivers were accused of drunk driving after they were both involved in the same accident in Georgia on Oct. 24. The crash took place in Atlanta at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Battle Avenue. The accident also involved a police cruiser.
Boating under the influence in Georgia
Although most people are aware that it is illegal to operate a car or motor vehicle on the roads while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, some are not aware that the laws apply to Georgia's waterways as well. It is illegal to operate a boat while under the influence of alcohol.
By operating a boat, people consent to alcohol testing. For people 21 and older, those with a blood alcohol content of more than .08 face charges of BUI. A BUI is a misdemeanor charge carrying the possibility of up to one year of incarceration and a fine of $1,000. A conviction of the offense will also serve to prohibit the person from operating a boat until they have completed an approved DUI Alcohol or Drug Risk Reduction program successfully.
What is the "open container law"?
A driver in Georgia may face penalties for driving with an open can, bottle or container that contains an alcoholic beverage. Georgia law defines an open container as a container with any amount of alcoholic beverage with a broken seal or with a portion of its contents removed. Both drivers and passengers are subject to this law whenever a car is on the road or on the shoulder of a road.
In the event that the driver is the only person in the car, he or she shall be deemed to be in possession of any open container in the vehicle. An exception to the law exists for those who transport people for compensation or for those driving a mobile home. The penalty for having an open container in a vehicle is a fine that will not exceed $200.
Strategies to defend against a DUI
Georgia residents who have been charged with DUI may face a number of consequences upon conviction. However, there are several different strategies that might help a person avoid a guilty verdict or excessive penalization. Our firm could assist a client build a defense case that fits his or her circumstances and seeks to protect that defendant's rights.
We represent clients that are facing a variety of charges associated with impaired driving allegations. Regardless of a client's alleged blood alcohol content, our attorneys may be able to help individuals seek a dismissal of DUI charges before a trial begins. By using a number of strategies such as questioning if an officer had reasonable suspicion to pull over a defendant or suggesting that officials lacked probable cause when making an arrest, our firm might be able to argue against the charges and the sanctions associated with a conviction.
Georgia man detained after alleged police chase
Georgia police took a man into custody after he allegedly led them on a high-speed chase on Oct. 9. Officers said the man was driving while intoxicated, traveling at high speeds along U.S. Highway 27. The chase reportedly ended when the man attempted to flee on foot.
Police said they suspected the man was driving drunk because he was driving erratically, weaving in and out of lanes at inconsistent speeds. They attempted to stop the vehicle around 1 a.m. at an intersection. While the car allegedly attempted to evade police, it collided with a sign near a parking lot and then hit a curb in front of a gas station. One witness said that sometime during the chase, they heard the car strike an unknown object near a fast-food restaurant.
Georgia laws concerning alcohol and minors
In Georgia, state regulations regarding underage drinking and possession of alcohol by minors mirror those set by many other states. With few exceptions, most states enforce strict laws with regard to to these issues.
For legal purposes, a "minor" is generally defined as any individual under the age of 21. Some state rules regarding possession apply strictly to evidence of alcohol in a minor's body, though others dictate that a minor who is unaccompanied and has alcohol on his or her person is "in possession" and may face charges. When a state requires that a minor have alcohol in his or her system in order to be charged, the presence of alcohol is usually verified by by a blood, breath or urine test.
Georgia man slams car into patrol vehicle in alleged DUI accident
According to Gwinnett police officials, a 19-year-old White County man slammed his 2015 Kia Optima into the back of a deputy's cruiser while the official was working in a traffic safety detail off-duty in a construction zone. The accident occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Sept. 24 on Interstate 85 between Indian Trail Lilburn Road and Jimmy Carter Boulevard.
Police say the driver was driving in the HOT lane. The deputy was partially parked in the lane with his lights flashing; construction crew members were busy completing repairs to the lane when the collision occurred. The 32-year-old deputy suffered non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the accident. He was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center for medical treatment as a result.


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Budget accord is reachedBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | May 08,2013MONTPELIER The Democrats who control the House, the Senate and the governors office have chosen budget reductions over tax increases.
They will lop $10 million off next years spending plan in order to scrap revenue bills that would have upped taxes on everything from the incomes of the rich to the sales of bottled water.
A three-way negotiation between Gov. Peter Shumlin, House Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President John Campbell yielded a deal Tuesday that forsakes a menu of revenue options tax increases on meals and satellite television were also on the table as well as the programs and services they would have funded.
In light of the gas tax increase of 6 cents per gallon signed into law by Shumlin earlier this year, the second-term governor has said in recent days, elected officials ought not proceed with additional tax hikes.
Weve been having conversations over the last several days about the best way to bring closure to this session, while accomplishing the greater goals we set out at the beginning, which is to do everything in our power to find ways to create jobs and raise incomes for Vermonters that have jobs, Shumlin said.
And we have come to an agreement on revenue and the budget that will allow us to leave this session without raising additional taxes.
After an election cycle in which the Republican opposition warned against the ills of one-party rule, the deal will burnish the conservative credentials that all three men have sought cultivate this session.
House and Senate Republicans convened a press conference two hours prior to the announcement of the deal, in which they urged the precise course of action Democrats would ultimately undertake.
House Minority Leader Don Turner said. I commend the governor and the speaker.
This is what weve been pushing for all session, Turner said. I give them credit for listening to Vermonters who have told us they dont want new taxes.
But in rejecting revenue packages proposed by the House and Senate, Shumlin necessarily axes the bulk of the $34 million in new spending hed proposed in January for childcare subsidies, home weatherization and renewable energy subsidies.
And while leaders in Montpelier have cemented a deal over the parameters of a $5.3 billion budget, they have yet to identify which line items will absorb the blow.
Shumlin said new revenue projections that arrived last Friday they forecast a surplus of about $16 million at the end of the this year will temper the impact. And improving prospects for federal legislation that could generate about $20 million from taxes on online sales, Shumlin said, also could help us.
Half of the $16 million surplus will, as per statute, be deposited directly into the education fund. But the remainder would backfill all but $2 million of the gap between the Senate version of the budget and the revenues available to pay for it.
Sen. Jane Kitchel, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, said that surplus will allow lawmakers to plug the hole in a way that youre not going to see any destruction.
Our feeling is we can come up with strategies to reduce or close the gap that will not translate into benefit impacts at all, Kitchel said.
Rep. Chris Pearson, a Burlington Progressive, said his concerns arent entirely assuaged. He said hes still holding out hope for heightened financial assistance for the lower-income Vermonters facing increases in health insurance costs next year when they head into the new online exchange.
Im left wondering what its going to mean for our budget and some of the priorities some of us advocated for, Pearson said. Now the question for me becomes what is the implication to the budget.
The answers to those outstanding budget pictures will come soon. The arrival of a budget deal makes it all but certain that lawmakers will adjourn for the year on Saturday, and Kitchel said she hopes to have the final budget to the printers by Friday.
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Justin Timberlake recently sat down for an intimate interview for OWN's Oprah Presents Master Class, and revealed that it was actually the King of Pop himself – Michael Jackson – who pushed him to go solo.
Timberlake recalls writing the 2001 'N Sync hit Gone for Michael, but when his team turned the slow jam down, 'N Sync cut the record instead.
Justin Timberlake recently sat down for an intimate interview for OWN's Oprah Presents Master Class, and revealed that it was actually the King of Pop himself – Michael Jackson – who pushed him to go solo.
Timberlake recalls writing the 2001 'N Sync hit Gone for Michael, but when his team turned the slow jam down, 'N Sync cut the record instead.
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"It was one of those songs where, it felt a little more personal to me, because I had written it for the biggest artist of all time," he smiles. "I guess Michael did hear it, and called me on the phone and said that he wanted to cut the record, but he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I. And I said, 'Well, it's already out, we've already cut the song as an 'N Sync record … could we do, like, an 'N Sync featuring Michael Jackson, or Michael Jackson featuring 'N Sync?' And he was very absolute about the fact that he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I."
"I think it's the first idea that I ever got about doing something on my own because it was the first time I ever really felt the confidence to do it," he explained.
Timberlake went on to become a highly successful solo artist after leaving 'N Sync, producing chart-topping and Grammy award-winning albums Justified (2002), Future Sex/LoveSounds (2006) and The 20/20 Experience (2013).
Though according to 'N Sync member Lance Bass, it was actually P. Diddy who he thought broke the successful boy band up!
"I never heard that story, so I would not blame it on Michael Jackson," Bass said. "I always thought that it actually came from P.Diddy because P.Diddy was opening up for us at the very last concert and I remember that they were at the bar at one of our, you know, parties and I heard him say, 'Hey, you should go solo, you know, without the guys.' And I was like, wait a minute, I'm sitting right here."
Though he insists that there are no hard feelings.
"We're brothers," he said of his relationship with Timberlake now. "It was something we did as kids. We loved it so much but we all had to grow up. I could not be more proud of him."
Check out the video for the bombshell revelation.
Video: Hear Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson's New Duet
Timberlake kicks off the new season of Oprah's Master Class on May 11 at 10 p.m. on OWN.
Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake's sleek new duet, "Love Never Felt So Good," will enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week following its first few days of availability.
The song appears on "Xscape," an album of eight tracks of Jackson's vocals set to new music from Timbaland and J-Roc, Rodney Jerkins, Stargate and John McClain (a former A&M Records executive and co-executor of the Jackson estate). The set arrives May 13.
"Good" premiered on the iHeartRadio Music Awards, broadcast on NBC on May 1, and was then made available for digital purchase. (Instead of Timberlake, Usher danced to the song on the broadcast.)
Fueling its Hot 100 start? Solid initial sales and airplay, which should send the song, available as a solo Jackson recording and in a duet version with Timberlake, onto this week's Hot 100 in the list's lower half. Streaming activity since its premiere will also contribute to its debut rank. While "Good" is not yet available across on-demand subscription services, it's has racked 960,000 views on YouTube so far, split between its official audio clip on Vevo (which was released May 1) and user-generated YouTube clips.
Highlights of the Hot 100 will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (May 7), while the chart will post in its entirety the following day.
"Good" will mark Jackson's 49th Hot 100 entry and second since his 2009 death. "Hold My Hand," with Akon, reached No. 39 in January 2011. That collaboration was released from the posthumous "Michael " album, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 3 and has sold 540,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Jackson boasts 13 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most among solo males in the chart's 55-year history. Only the Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (18) have totaled more No. 1s, with Rihanna also having notched 13 leaders.
Highlights of the Hot 100 will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (May 7), while the chart will post in its entirety the following day.
"Good" will mark Jackson's 49th Hot 100 entry and second since his 2009 death. "Hold My Hand," with Akon, reached No. 39 in January 2011. That collaboration was released from the posthumous "Michael " album, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 3 and has sold 540,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Jackson boasts 13 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most among solo males in the chart's 55-year history. Only the Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (18) have totaled more No. 1s, with Rihanna also having notched 13 leaders.
Industry forecasters suggest that "Good" may have sold more than 60,000 downloads in the week ending Sunday, May 4. That sum would've been generated from only three full days of sales, as the song reached retailers late on Thursday (May 1), after its premiere earlier that evening.
Certainly, "Good" is buoyed by the availability of the duet version with Timberlake, which accounts for the bulk of the song's overall sales. (Both the Jackson solo version and the duet are combined for sales tracking and charting purposes.)
If "Good" debuts with more than 60,000 downloads sold, that would outpace the opening of "Hold My Hand." That song sold 19,000 in a similar opening time frame, and served as the first radio-promoted single from "Michael." It was released on a Friday (Nov. 19, 2010), so it had less than three full days of sales in its first week (ending Nov. 21). "Hold" then sold 44,000 in its first full week of availability (the frame ending Nov. 28).
Meanwhile, "Good" has also garnered a strong response at radio and appears on track for a debut on the 50-position Radio Songs chart. As of this posting, the cut has drawn 31 million all-format radio audience impressions since its first plays on Friday. On this week's airplay charts (highlights of which will post later today, while the full charts, along with all others, will update on Thursday), it makes multiple debuts, starting on Adult R&B Songs (No. 19), Adult Contemporary (No. 23), R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (No. 28) and Adult Pop Songs (No. 40).
As part of Clear Channel's promotional synergy after the premiere of the song on the iHeartRadio Music Awards, "Good" received hourly plays the following day on a multitude of the company's pop, adult and R&B/hip-hop stations, greatly contributing to its airplay so far.
Still, the station that has played "Good" the most is CBS Radio-owned adult contemporary KYXY San Diego (and, thus, did not contribute to Clear Channel's concentrated play). The station has given the duet 37 plays (though Sunday). "We loved the song the instant we previewed it," says KYXY program director Charlie Quinn. "It felt familiar and right in line with audience expectations for a Michael song."
As for its long-term fortunes, Quinn is optimistic. "Timberlake and the production value definitely elevate it beyond a novelty."
"Two icons coming together for a great groove," is how Alex Tear, Clear Channel vp of programming/Miami, top 40 national brand coordinator and PD of Pop Songs reporter WHYI, describes the track. The station has played "Good" 13 times through May 4. "Hearing and watching the debut [of 'Good' during the iHeartRadio Music Awards] certainly played a role in inspiring listeners' passion and for them to request it. News traveled fast across the generations, lighting up social media and text requests all weekend."
Tear concurs that the song could sustain widespread interest following its splashy start.
"It's smooth and will certainly have a pop-culture impact. It's a great way to begin rolling into summer."
Last week, the first single from Michael Jackson's upcoming album was released online. The track, "Love Never Felt So Good," featured Justin Timberlake. But JT says that he and the King of Pop nearly first collaborated over a decade ago.
"The first real seed of that was this song I had written, called 'Gone,' " the singer told Oprah Winfrey's OWN. "It ended up on our third and last album [for *NSYNC]. And it was the first song I kind of cut by myself, and then brought it to the guys and included them. We were having an A&R meeting for the third *NSYNC album at that time, and I said, 'Well, I have this other song, but I originally wrote it for Michael.' I originally wrote that song for Michael Jackson."
Unfortunately for Timberlake, Michael's people turned the song down. Rather than letting it go to waste, he and his groupmates used it themselves.
And then, once it came out, Michael heard it.
"And he called me on the phone and said that he wanted to cut the record, but he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I," the "Mirrors" singer recalled. "And I said, 'It's already out. We've already cut this song as an *NSYNC record.'"
Naturally, he felt a bit of regret.
"I'm on the phone, I'm literally punching myself in the face, because I said, 'I can't do that. Could we do an *NSYNC featuring Michael Jackson? Or Michael Jackson featuring *NSYNC?' And he was very absolute about the fact that he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I."
Even though that moment didn't turn out like Justin may have hoped — with a collaboration with Jackson, basically — he still credits it as a turning point in his career.
"I think it's the first idea I ever got about doing something on my own, because it was the first time I have ever really felt the confidence to do it," he admitted. "And I knew that the music that I was interested in and was writing at the time was different than what we had previously done. And it felt like a real departure."
XSCAPE, Jackson's new album, which features "Love Never Felt So Good" as well as 16 other songs on the deluxe edition and eight total on the standard, drops on May 9.
People of China, prepare to meet Justin Timberlake.
It was announced Thursday that Timberlake is set to make his first appearance there on June 14, as the guest of Chinese pop star Wang Leehom on the final date of Wang's Music-Man II Fired Up World Tour.
The show will be at Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium, China's largest venue, with 91,000 seats. Wang became the first solo pop artist to perform there in 2012. A classically trained musician, he has fused different elements in his tunes, and is "excited to bring Chinese pop music to wider audiences," noted a release from Timberlake's publicist.
The release added that "Timberlake and Wang share many similarities in their respective markets. Both are actors, songwriters and musicians who dominate pop charts and social media."
Remember that hilarious "Celebrity Family Feud" sketch in which Justin did a spot-on impression of Jimmy Fallon, in front of Jimmy Fallon? Well, this past weekend, host Andrew Garfield did an impression of Justin! And he was pretty damn good! You can watch the sketch on NBC's website here.
JT took home the "He's The One – Best Male Artist" award at the Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs), as voted on by kid and tween fans. While the event took place at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Justin was able to accept the award remotely – from Paris!
There was a video of his acceptance "performance" but it has since been taken down by YouTube. I'll post it when I find another one.
Germany seems to agree with Justin Timberlake.
The entertainer made the staff at a bar in Cologne, Germany, extremely happy recently by leaving a $3,920 tip after a night out.
Bitterness prevents me from calculating what percentage that is of my annual salary. Let's move on.
Timberlake was in Germany for his ongoing European tour. MSN.com reported he was partying with friends at the Crystal Cologne nightclub following a personal invitation from the owner.
The group stayed until the early morning hours, enjoying drinks on the house. Timberlake showed his gratitude to staff by leaving a generous $3,920 tip, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.
The venue's owner, Yunus Arslan, told the publication, "He was in a great mood, a real gentleman."
Oprah's celeb pals are coming back to drop knowledge on an all new season of Oprah's Master Class.
For season 4, Ms. Winfrey enlists a star-studded line-up that includes Good Morning Americaanchor Robin Roberts, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Williams, and Justin Timberlake, who'll kick off the highly-anticipated series.
Make sure to catch the premiere on May 11 at 10pm on OWN. Get a first look above.


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Verrall (1996) and England & Verrall (2001) first considered the use of smoothing methods in the context of claims reserving. They applied two smoothing procedures in a likelihood-based way, namely the locally weighted regression smoother ('loess') and the cubic smoothing spline smoother. Using the statistical methodology of semiparametric regression and its connection with mixed models (see e.g. Ruppert et al., 2003), this paper revisits smoothing models for loss reserving and credibil-ity. Apart from the flexibility inherent to all semiparametric methods, advantages of the semiparametric approach developed here are threefold. Firstly, a Bayesian implementation of these smoothing models is relatively straightforward and allows simulation from the full predictive distribution of quantities of interest. Since the main interest of actuaries lies in prediction, this is a major advantage. Secondly, because the constructed models have an interpretation as (generalized) linear mixed models ((G)LMMs), standard statistical theory and software for (G)LMMs can be used. Thirdly, more complicated data sets, dealing for example with quarterly de-velopment in a reserving context, heavy-tails, semicontinuous data, or extensive longitudinal data, can be modelled within this framework. Throughout this article, data examples illustrate these different aspects. Several comments are included re-garding model specification, estimation and selection.


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Room was spotless! Bed very comfortable. Staff very helpful.
A little austere, could have used a luggage rack and another chair in bedroom
the extra care taken for directions and advice on where to spend family time. Beaches, and restaurants.
Nothing bad to say other than wished I had booked my last night with you rather than going to a travel lodge close to airport which was very yukky.
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Our king bed was a little firm
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The beds. We had a scratchy feeling all night
The staff was just great. We were upgraded because our the first room were far too small for two adults and a little Child.
Pool, Location, close proximity to down town. Great sunsets: Well Run; and I travel for a living and I am very picky!!
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People in the parking lot loudly talking at 3:00 AM. Not hotel's fault.
Location was convenient.
Wifi was almost non existent, price was too inflated for off season marginal room
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furniture was old and needed updating for the price of the suite
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