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Paula Abdul presides as an animator and a jazz dancer go home

Jasmine Harper and Aaron Turner perform a Broadway routine on the July 9 episode of So You Think You Can Dance.

Jasmine Harper and Aaron Turner perform a Broadway routine on the July 9 episode of So You Think You Can Dance.

Injury achieved the will of the voters on So You Think You Can Dance on Tuesday night.

Animator Jade Zuberi had to bow out of the competition due to a torn meniscus, but the diminutive street dancer was already on his way out after landing in the bottom three for a second week in a row.

My guess is he would have bought himself at most another week, had his solo and duet been up to snuff.

Instead, his departure was a gift to fellow animator BluPrint and tap dancer Curtis, allowed to stay without even dancing for their lives.

Had Jade not gone, I suspect BluPrint would have been on the chopping block after a lacklustre performance last week and a duet that was a personality-free zone this week.

But I’d look for both him and Curtis in the bottom again, since both were shown up by their female partners on Tuesday.

Speaking of females, the bottom three girls were Alexis, Jasmine Mason and Jenna.

OK, Alexis didn’t completely nail last week’s contemporary routine, but Jasmine did quite well with the tango and Jenna was the best thing about her cha cha with Tucker. So why would Tucker be safe and not Jenna? Beats me.

The judges, heeding the complaints of viewers, reversed course and saved the elimination till the end of the episode.

We knew the bottom six right off the top, but everybody but Jade got another chance to impress with their duets and, in the case of the girls, their solos.

Alexis was sassy and had a nice musicality to her routine; Jasmine had some lovely lines and sexiness (although a touch too much rolling around the floor); and Jenna was sizzling hot as she always is.

The judges eliminated Jasmine, after Nigel Lythgoe told her, “the choreographers feel as if there’s a lot of self doubt in you.” (And now, thanks to being kicked off the show, there’ll be even more.)

Alexis was told she has to work on remembering her “notes” from choreographers, but there was no criticism for Jenna.

I’m not sure Alexis did enough to fight her way out of the bottom on Tuesday, but I’m hoping Jenna did.

Here’s a look at the routines, ranked from my most to least favourite.

Aaron Turner and Jasmine Harper: OK, I’ll admit I’ve been slow to jump on this couple’s bandwagon, but I’m there now. Aaron and Jasmine combined with choreographer Spencer Liff to make this the best Broadway number we’ve seen so far this season. Jasmine had her killer legs (loved guest judge Paula Abdul’s line, “if I ever come back I’ll come back as one of your legs”) and Aaron had his big man’s grace, but it went beyond their outstanding technical ability. They were able to inject character into their dancing in a way that was larger than life, which is what you want in a Broadway routine. I could easily see these two making top four if they keep dancing like this.

Makenzie Dustman and Paul Karmiryan: These two are on their way to being a power couple. They followed up a well-received jazz routine last week with the night’s most emotionally affecting dance on Tuesday. (Why the judges would leap out of their seats for Malece but not for this is beyond me.) New choreographer Lindsay Nelko gave them a contemporary number about a woman with a terminal illness trying to comfort her distraught partner. It was simply gorgeous, combining very gentle movement with athletic leaps and lifts. The ending, with Makenzie and Paul gazing at one another, then walking and embracing, was simple yet powerful and sweet. Makenzie was beautiful and vulnerable; and Paul looked nothing like a Latin ballroom dancer.

Amy Yakima and Fik-Shun: Was this the best SYTYCD paso doble ever? Well, no, but it was pretty darned good. For two people who are so thoroughly adorable, Amy and Fik-Shun did a terrific job of strutting the stage and glowering at each other in a “paso war” as choreographer Jean Marc Genereux put it (nice to see this Canadian back on the U.S. show). Sure, Fik-Shun’s shoulders were too high, but I saw some nice shapes, the synchronization was excellent, he handled the lifts with ease, and he and Amy had the attitude down pat. Pretty good for a hip-hop and contemporary dancer. “I haven’t seen you guys as a couple do any single thing wrong yet,” said Lythgoe. “Keep it up, you’re doing brilliantly.” (Call me slow on the uptake, but I just clued in that Fik-Shun competed on Abdul’s one-season Live to Dance in 2011, except back then he was just Du-Shaunt, as Abdul pointed out.)

Jenna Johnson and Tucker Knox: For Jenna’s sake, I hope the voters “get” this hip-hop choreography by SYTYCD newbies Keone and Mari Madrid. It seemed to puzzle the judges, who described it as hip jazz, hipster jazz and even hipster beatnik style. Whatever it was, Jenna and Tucker did it well, particularly Jenna. She had an extra layer of precision to all those small, precise movements that made up the routine. “I don’t think there’s anything that you cannot do. You just annihilate everything that’s given to you,” Mary Murphy told Jenna.

Malece Miller and Marko Germar: So what am I missing here? The judges gave a standing O to this contemporary routine choreographed by Sonya Tayeh, their reigning “it” girl. Sure, it was nice to see all-star Marko back onstage. And the choreography had some nice moments (Marko holding one of Malece’s leg while the other was extended in the air; the leap onto Marko’s hip) and some nice lines from Malece, but I didn’t think it was all that and a bag of chips. The judges raved about how Malece was maturing before their eyes. Murphy compared her to Season 8 champion Melanie Moore. “You just have that quality; it’s just God-given and you share it with the world,” Murphy said.

Alexis Juliano and Nico Greetham: What elevated this Spencer Liff jazz routine were Nico’s athletics and the well-synchronized side by side steps the pair did, but did I buy Alexis as a hypnotizing seductress? Not that much. She didn’t burn up the stage the way Hayley and Jenna do. I imagine voters might feel the same way. We’ll see.

BluPrint and Mariah Spears: Mariah’s got a lot of spunk and seems to have a great work ethic, and it was on display in this Luther Brown hip-hop routine (like Murphy said, it’s always great to have Luther in the house). This was a fast routine with complex combinations of movement. BluPrint did well, but Mariah did better. She hit it harder and she brought an infectious personality to it, something BluPrint has been missing. “Personality usually wins the day even over great dancers,” Lythgoe said. “You’re not a great dancer yet, so if you’re not bringing your personality up and you’re not a great dancer yet, you’re gonna be going home soon.”

Alan Bersten and Jasmine Mason: If you’re a Canadian dance fan, this jazz routine by Sean Cheesman about a king and queen taking a break from royal routine will probably look awfully familiar. A version of it was danced by Jeff Mortensen and Janick Arseneau on Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, to the same music (“Veins” by Charlotte Martin). If you want to know what was wrong with Alan and Jasmine’s performance, take a look at the YouTube video of Janick and Jeff. That quirkiness that the judges said was missing on Tuesday? It’s there in the Canadian original. This could mean another trip to the bottom three for Alan.

Curtis Holland and Hayley Erbert: I wish I could say that Curtis killed his routine Tuesday and guaranteed he’ll stay out of bottom three for a while, because I’ve loved what he and Hayley have done the past couple of weeks. Alas, they pulled a Jean Marc Genereux samba, a tough haul for a tap dancer. Contemporary dancer Hayley was all over it, proving once again why she’s one of the hottest girls on that stage. Curtis had some sloppy legwork, not enough hip action and overall he danced way too cautiously. He got called out for his shortcomings even though the judges gave him credit for almost getting the unfamiliar style, but Lythgoe warned, “You have got to step up now and be the strong one in this relationship when required. You looked a little young to me, a little immature.”

Unfortunately we’ll have to wait a while to find out how voters felt about the dancers and see the top 16 dance all over again, since So You Think is being pre-empted by the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

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In India, a move to replace talk of condoms with downward dog

In schools throughout the world's largest democracy, teachers in coming weeks will be directed to stop talking about condoms and safe sex and start talking about downward dog and yoga.

India's new health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, was sworn in on May 26 as a member of the new BJP government. Vardhan, a surgeon, has posted a list of his health-related priorities for the country of 1.2 billion. He writes that "so-called 'sex education' to be banned. Yoga to be made compulsory."

The move is sure to fuel controversy.

Condoms have been a key tool in family planning in India, and they are obviously key to fighting sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. India, which reported its first case of AIDS in 1986, has 2.1 million H.I.V.-infected people, according to the National AIDS Control Organization. That's third-most in the world after South Africa (6.1 million) and Nigeria (3.4 million). In 2011, the United Nations said new infections in India dropped by half during the past decade.

“The thrust of the AIDS campaign should not only be on the use of condoms,” Vardham said during a recent interview with The New York Times. “This sends the wrong message that you can have any kind of illicit sexual relationship, but as long as you’re using a condom, it’s fine. ... Promoting the integrity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife (is) part of our culture.”

Replacing sex-ed with yoga isn't the only pillar of Vardhan's strategy.

The health minister also wants to see environment education made compulsory "in recognition of the danger of climate change" and would like to do away with India's instruction "by rote."

It's unclear whether Vardhan, as health minister, has the power to influence change in India's schools, but he's also calling for schools to introduce instruction in three languages: Hindi, English and a choice of Sanskrit, Urdu and Punjabi.

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THE family of Fast and Furious star Paul Walker are set to sue car-maker Porsche for tens of millions after his death crash.

Walker (40) and friend Roger Rodas (38) were killed in a Porsche Carrera GT after it hit a tree and burst into flames.

Police say it was being driven at over 180kph and court records show Paul amassed five speeding tickets in just three years.

But his family are convinced there was a technical fault with the car, with the same model claiming two lives in 2005.

The other GT victims were killed on a California race track after they tried to dodge another car and hit a wall at high speed.

The family of the passenger sued for €3.3m, alleging that the car lacked a vital safety device.

The Carrera GT has been dubbed “the most dangerous car on the road”, and former Porsche tester Walter Rohrl (66) once said in an interview: “This is the first car in my life that I drive and I feel scared. I came back to the pits and I was white.”

A source said: “The fact that this has happened before is extremely worrying. The family will be talking with their legal representatives about their options.

“Given Paul’s status and potential earnings any claim for compensation would be huge.”

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Talked to an old friend named Skip, whom I hadn't seen in years, the other day.

Skip's son was a schoolmate of my oldest, which is how I met Skip 20 years ago, the occasion no doubt a soccer game involving the boys.

He was an unusual character with a varied history. Skip never seemed to find a long-term niche in work life. Family life was a little better, with two great children now grown up, but Skip has long been divorced from their mother.

A Central High School graduate in 1964, he enrolled at Ball State, but didn't keep up grades. The day he walked away from classes, Skip enlisted in the Marines.

Skip spent "12 months and 20 days, but who's counting" visiting Vietnam. "South of Da Nang was the perfect beach, except they shot at you," he recalled.

After discharge, he got back in school and eventually earned an M.S. in biology, then worked on a Ph.D. before shifting over to study for a master's in history.

For 15 years, he was a food broker, selling to Marsh supermarkets and others, both restaurant and retail. An entrepreneur, Skip designed databases for historians, and sold one product to the National Information Services Corp., for whom he worked until the contract expired.

Last time we hoisted a brew together, Skip was working, quite unhappily, at a Winchester automotive products factory on an assembly line, not what he ever figured he'd be doing for a living.

At that job, he slipped and tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and lost that job. The Veterans Administration helped mend him, but in the meantime, a bank foreclosed on the house he had bought when he remarried five years ago.

The marriage lasted only a year: "As soon as I ran out of money she ran out," he said. "It was a mistake."

Trying to salvage the marriage, Skip had taken early Social Security retirement, receiving significantly less than what would have been available had he waited.

When we talked last month, the string of bad luck had not ended.

After the start of the year, Skip hired on at a big box store in Muncie, which need not be identified, but suffice it to say, the popular retailer is one where almost everyone has to work fewer than 32 hours a week to forgo any benefits.

"How was the pay?" I asked.

"Minimum wage," Skip replied.

A month ago, Skip was taking store pallets into a back storage area when a guy carrying a large duffel bag shuffled by.

"Next thing I know, he walks past me to an emergency exit door," said Skip, who warned the guy not to use that door. At the same time, a woman who works in the bakery ran in and yelled that the guy with the bag was stealing merchandise.

Skip told her to call 911 while the old jarhead ran out to get the guy's license plate, but the guy didn't go to a vehicle. Instead, he ran toward the rear of another retailer next door.

With the bad knee, Skip couldn't run, and when he went to his car to follow, he lost the guy.

But he saw the duffel bag tossed under some pine trees. Skip said the bag weighed at least 100 pounds, and the thief was a "scruffy looking" kid with cutoffs down to his knees. Skip surmised the kid couldn't run quickly and pitched the stolen goods.

Seeing a nearby bread truck driver, Skip told him to find a manager, and one came running and told Skip he did a "good job." Later, Skip heard two figures for the value of the recovered goods, $1,800 and $2,500.

The following Saturday the shift supervisor called Skip in and fired him for the "gross violation of company policy."

"The first manager said good job, the shift manager sticks the knife in me," said Skip, who admitted the company "had every legitimate right."

He recalled initial training and that video on store security. The company warns employees to never pursue shoplifters outside.

"My thinking is, 'God, has the world changed that much that you're going to let a thief get away?' " Skip asked.

Skip's department manager said he'd give Skip a good recommendation and that Skip was the best worker in the department.

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On the afternoon of Feb. 26, 1993, Malcolm Brady led a team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into broken concrete in New York City. Their assignment: find out what had blown up four levels of parking garages - and more than 400 vehicles - below the World Trade Center.

Within a day, they found some crucial evidence: a piece of metal that helped identify the van that carried the explosives into the building. During his conversation with Dick Gordon, Malcolm Brady explains how he and his team were able to unearth pieces of the van, and how that led them directly to the person who rented the vehicle.

"Every little piece that you find is extremely important to the final culmination of the case," Brady says.

In the following excerpts from the interview, Brady, who retired in 2003 as assistant director of the ATF, explains to Dick the task at hand for the investigators of Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon.

How much time do you have to work on a scene, and gather the evidence to figure out what the bomb was and where it may have come from?

You want to be very proactive during the first 24 hours. You have to be extremely alert for the weather. If the weather’s going to change, and you’re going to have rain or snow in the area, you have to work real fast, or you have to protect the area. You have to literally tent it. If you don’t, the rain will wash everything away, every little piece of wire, every little piece of metal. When the explosion happens, you’re going to lose all the evidence the explosives contain in them, whether it may be a pipe bomb or whatever it may be. It all blows apart, though it doesn’t necessarily destroy everything. So what you’re looking for is all the pieces and parts of that puzzle, so you can put it back together. Then you can identify it. You may also have a clock, you may have a piece of metal, or you may have whatever it was carried in, or a knapsack that you can take and trace it back to see where it came from.

What kind of tools might investigators now have that they did not have 10 years ago?

The biggest thing in explosive investigations is the ability to take a swab of explosive residue, and put it into examination at the lab and determine what it was within a few minutes. The laboratory people are extraordinary as to what they can do.

What are the investigators on Boylston Street, where the marathon ended, looking at right now?

Well, right now, they’re in the collection mode, so they’ll be collecting every little bit of piece of evidence they can. Of course, they’re talking about it possibly being in a trash can, so they’ll check all that. They’ll be collecting, if it was a pipe bomb, which it may have been, they’ll be looking for pieces of pipe blown apart. You know, if it’s an actual terrorist group, then there’s a signature that will go into the device. The people that make these things - the terrorists - they all make it one way because they’ve done it before, and they’ve been successful, and they still have all their fingers. If they’ve been successful, they keep building them the same way, so you’re looking for signatures.

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Pieter Wispelwey strips away the sweet veneer of Mendelssohn’s music to uncover a strong connection with a Beethovenian impulse in the Second Cello Sonata. Paolo Giacometti’s decision to partner the cellist on an 1837 Érard fortepiano serves this idea perfectly by lightening the textures so that the balance between the two instruments is more easily maintained. The opening movement is gloriously energetic and vital, humorous and bold by turns with strongly characterised articulation and a wide range of dynamics. The recording’s generous acoustic is especially persuasive in the scherzando pizzicato opening, while the mood becomes more highly charged with the entry of the bowed phrase.  Wispelwey and Giacometti project a fervent but controlled passion at the opening of the Adagio and the ensuing finale is delivered with virtuosic brilliance.

Both artists encapsulate a shimmering eloquence in the captivating bel canto melodies of the Chopin waltz arrangements. The Cello Sonata, on the other hand, is a stormier affair, and again Wispelwey and Giacometti hark back to Beethovenian gestures in sustaining a dramatic conception and searing intensity throughout the lengthy first movement. An exquisite lyricism graces their approach to the all-too-short Largo, which in turn yields to the lighter mood of the finale, although a strong sense of fervour never really leaves either the music or this spectacular performance.

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When the 21-year-old Richard Strauss was composing his Piano Quartet he was very much in the thrall of Brahms, and had the outcome carried his predecessor’s name it could well have formed part of the standard repertoire. It’s a powerful score full of exuberant sweep and Romantic warmth, with thematic content that is both strong and memorable. On disc it is something of a rarity, which makes this new release all the more welcome. The playing has those many attributes you would expect from the Nash Ensemble, among them immaculate intonation and fluid tempos that allow the music to flow in long unbroken phrases. The recording is slanted towards the piano so that in fortissimo passages it tends to overpower the strings, though in quieter moments we hear pianist Ian Brown playing with wispy delicacy.

When composing the Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings, Strauss had used a short score for string septet, almost certainly never intending it to be performed in that format. It was rediscovered in 1990 and subsequently published, though when shorn of the opulent sound of the ensemble you miss the emotional intensity. Here it emerges as a very sad work, the Nash strings producing a gorgeous and velvety smooth sound.

That fine-spun tone serves the Capriccio Prelude very well, with the sensuous aspects of this protestation of love characterised with gentle affection and the two cellos sounding wonderfully refined and sonorous. Without the piano the sound quality is admirably balanced, with inner voices clearly defined.

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Q2 2011 Earnings Call

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Mark Houser – COO

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the EV Energy Partners’ Second Quarter Earnings Conference. During today’s presentation all parties will be in a listen-only mode. And following the presentation, the conference will be opened for questions. (Operator instructions) I would now like to turn the conference over to John Walker, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead.

John Walker

Thank you, Douglas. Good morning everyone. I have with me the young 50 year-old Mark Houser, it’s his birthday today, who is our Chief Operating Officer; Mike Mercer, our Chief Financial Officer; and Ron Gajdica, who is in-charge of Engineering and Acquisitions.

The second quarter was a good one for EV Energy Partners as you can see based upon strong liquid prices and good cost control, our EBITDA was above the midpoint of guidance and distribution coverage continues to strengthen. Production fell within 2% of our guidance midpoint. Our Barnett production has grown albeit at a slightly slower pace due to the timing of bringing wells online, and Mark Houser is going to address that.

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"If There's A Rematch, Bradley Will Dominate Pacquiao"

BY Lee Wylie ON June 26, 2012

PacquiaoBradley Hogan 2 There's no doubting its impact within the boxing fraternity. The recent showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley is the most talked about boxing event of recent times. "The decision," as it's been aptly named, is well on its way to becoming the most infamous decision announced by three judges since Pernell Whitaker was declared to have been the equal of Julio Cesar Chavez back in 1993. Heck, it may have even eclipsed that, placing it on a pedestal alongside the decision that was Leonard versus Hagler of 1987.....I think you get the idea.

Having only touched on the subject very briefly in my last two short pieces for TSS, and as a result of many of our regular readers -and some new-taking the time to comment on some of my recent statements -which I feel were not in any way outlandish-I thought I'd take this time to go into a little more detail explaining myself regarding my views on the fight that was, and also in the event of a possible rematch between our two men of the hour.

Allow me to make one thing perfectly clear. In a crowded house on fight night, surrounded by a talkative family and blessed with a Primetime feed that just so happened to glorify everything Pacquiao did {I'm English remember, so no slick HBO for me!} I initially felt Pacquiao won the fight, by a margin of around eight rounds to four. The following day however, with a clear head and no sound to diminish or enhance an opinion, I re-watched the fight and found it to be of a close nature. Eventually, having obtained a high definition version of the fight, I decided to score it for myself.After yet another viewing, again minus the sound, I scored the fight 6 rounds apiece...even... a draw. It's a score that I've now settled on after achieving the same result multiple times after repeated viewings {I must have watched it five or six times now.... I need to get out more, I know}. The point being, at no time did I ever declare that Timothy Bradley won the fight. In all honesty, I don't have a problem with those who think Bradley won the fight, nor do I have a problem with the vast majority of people who felt Pacquiao did. What I do have a problem with though, is those who saw it as a one-sided massacre in Pacquiao's favour. Scores of 119-109 for Pacquiao are, quite frankly, absurd to say the least. To suggest Bradley only won a single round in this fight is ridiculous. It was close and it was competitive.

Here is my round by round breakdown:

Round 1: Bradley
Round 2: Bradley
Round 3: Pacquiao
Round 4: Pacquiao
Round 5: Pacqiuao
Round 6: Pacquiao
Round 7: Bradley
Round 8: Pacquiao
Round 9: Pacquiao
Round 10: Bradley
Round 11: Bradley
Round 12: Bradley

As you can see, I viewed it as an extremely close fight where the decision could have gone one way or the other. Of the twelve rounds I scored, I felt only two of them were decisive. I believe only two rounds out of the twelve could have been scored by a boxing novice, those being round four for Pacquiao and round ten for Bradley.Apart from round seven,which was close and could very well have been reversed, I considerd the rest of the rounds to have been closely contested in which there was a winner, but not by a huge margin.

Now, moving onto the comments that seemed to have ignited hellfire and brimstone, namely Pacquiao being figured out and Bradley being able to dominate the rematch.By looking at my scorecard, you will see a pattern that does not frequently occur -Bradley won the first two rounds on my scorecard, then did not win consecutive rounds until the tenth round of the fight. In my eyes, this is a clear indication of something out of the ordinary that took place during the fight, which was Bradley's early foot injury. Here's why:

Rounds 1-2~

During the first two rounds -unlike some of Pacquiao's more stationary welterweight opponents- we saw Bradley utilising a lot of movement. As Pacquiao was advancing, Bradley clearly made a point of moving to his left. Pacquiao's offense in the first two rounds -his right hand followed by his left straight, or his straight left lead- was met with Bradley sliding off to Manny's right, and away from the left hand. Regardless of what many think {yes I'm talking to "three big booms" Lampley here}Pacquiao only landed his straight left hand once in the first round. At least cleanly. To sum up, I thought Bradley isolated Pacquiao's ambushes in the first two rounds using his feet. The blueprint looked to be set in stone for him -a counterpunching strategy that used Pacquiao's aggression against him.

Rounds 3-9~

Disaster struck for Bradley. With the injury to his foot {or feet} Bradley could no longer replicate what he was able to achieve in rounds one and two. Instead, we saw Bradley having to stand in range with Pacquiao, where he was forced to exchange with some of the fastest hands in all of boxing. Bradley, due to the pain which was evident on his face, was no longer able to use his legs to motor himself out of Pacquiao's range. Apart from the seventh, Pacquiao swept rounds three through nine.

Rounds 10-12:

With the pain seemingly under control, Bradley began neutralizing Pacquiao's lunges again with his feet. Using his jab -which seemed to go completely unnoticed- and his footwork, Bradley kept Pacquiao off balance by pivoting off of his front foot in a clockwise motion, away from Manny's back hand.

Because I felt Bradley won rounds one, two, ten, eleven and twelve -rounds where he was not in pain and could use his footwork- I think barring his injury in the second round, Bradley may have won this fight decisively. I had my doubts over Bernard Hopkins' shoulder injury against Chad Dawson,as did I with David Haye's broken toe and the alleged pain he was under during his twelve rounds with Wladimir Klitschko. There is no doubt in my mind however, as to how legitimate Tim Bradley's injuries were, nor is there any doubt as to how much pain he was in. There he was, in the biggest fight of his life, unable to use his legs for seven rounds against a fighter in which footwork and mobility is the key to unlocking him. Bradley was clearly suffering from the third to the ninth round.However, it was during those seven rounds,where Bradley had to go to plan B and plan C -you could clearly see it, and because of that, we got an idea of just how versatile Bradley is. Something, I believe, that does not bode well for Manny in the rematch.

I'm a firm believer that Bradley is one of boxing's finest technicians, even though many seem to disagree with the notion. Agreed, his punches do not flow like that of Juan Manuel Marquez' nor do his opponent's deflect off of him like Floyd Mayweather. Bradley's best asset in my eyes though, his boxing brain, is vastly underrated. Lets just forget about Bradley's injuries for a moment and ask yourself this. After the fourth round, did Pacquiao's left hand land with any regularity, if at all? I don't think it did. And it's because of the subtle adjustments Bradley made. After the fourth round {a round in which Bradley admitted to being hurt in} Pacquiao's left hand -regardless of what Primetime or HBO said- did not land clean again for the remainder of the fight -that's eight rounds where Pacquiao was unable to land his primary weapon -his only fight ending weapon- and five rounds in which Bradley was a wounded animal yet Pacquiao still couldn't hunt him down to a finish.If you look at the film again, you will see four adjustments Bradley made to negate Pacquiao's left handed attack throughout the fight.

Pre Injury: Initially, Bradley's footwork was his primary evasive action. Moving to his left, thus eliminating any left hand threat.

Foot injury: Unable to move, Bradley went to plan B, which was to use his blocking skills. Pacquiao throws two types of left hands at two different ranges. The first, in close, is swept around the guard and aimed towards the right side of an opponent's head, and the second, thrown at mid-range, is thrown straight down the middle, towards the centre of an opponent's chin. Bradley negated the first by getting inside and covering the side of his head with the outside of his right glove, and the second by bending at the waist and covering his chin with an open glove which he used to parry Pacquiao's left hand. Bradley adjusted his guard depending on Pacquiao's angle and range. Another look at the film, and you will see Bradley continually catching Pacquiao's left hand with an open mitt.

Bradley also negated the left hand through head movement. As Pacquiao lunged in, Bradley simply dipped low enough, so that Pacquiao's momentum would allow him to land on top of Bradley's back, thus forcing the official to call break.

Post foot injury: Moving again, Bradley was able to use a counter left hook as he slid off to his left. This -along with his jab- was Bradley's most effective evasive action. As Pacquiao leaned in with the straight left hand, Bradley was off to the side, throwing a well timed left hook over Manny's right shoulder. Don't be fooled by Bradley's aesthetics, only a technician learns and adapts during a fight.

Within the last batch of comments at the end of my last article, one of our TSS readers made a good analogy when he suggested the rematch could go like Lewis-Rahman. Suggesting that Pacquiao, like Lewis did, may have learned his lesson, and will be able to adapt and win a rematch in spectacular fashion. I have to respectfully disagree with that analogy. And here's why. Lennox Lewis, unlike Pacquiao, was the technician between him and Rahman. In their first fight, an underprepared Lewis was brutally stopped by a heavyweight puncher. In the rematch, Lewis did his home work. He knew that Rahman, a one-dimensional slugger, blocked a jab by flailing his arms out and moving to his left. knowing this, Lewis walked Rahman onto a right hand, and the rest was history. Lewis, an astute student of boxing, knew how to tailor his style to suit an opponent.As I've said before, I consider Pacquiao to have one of the best A games in boxing. His "in and out" offensive attack is usually enough to get the job done against most opponents and in particular, those who opt to stand right in front of him within punching range. Nevertheless, I believe Pacquiao struggles to adapt and adjust if things are not going his way.I question Pacquiaio's -and Freddie Roach's for that matter- ability to come up with a plan B or C during a fight.

In my last piece, I referenced the Lewis-Holyfield scenario {their first fight was a disputed draw, in which Lewis clearly won and the second was closer but Lewis was awarded the decision} as how the Bradley-Pacquiao rematch may go down. Point being, Bradley may actually dominate the rematch, but judges, feeling Pacquiao was harshly treated last time, may actually award Pacquiao the decision {I believe we are in for another twelve rounder, more on that in a moment}.

A better analogy however, is the Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins fights. During their first fight, Hopkins, a technician, was stunned and hurt early by Pascal, who is a superior offensive fighter, with better athleticism. Pascal though, can be considered one dimensional. After Hopkins figured him out during the fifth round, he never lost a round for the rest of the fight. This carried into the rematch as Hopkins was able to neutralize Pascal from the get go. Despite the first fight being a draw, Hopkins dominated the rematch. I consider Bradley to be in a similar situation to Bradley. In my eyes, Pacquiao won the first half of the fight, but Bradley, after recuperating from his leg injury and making subtle adjustments, won the second half of the fight. This to me, suggests that Bradley has figured something out -remember,Pacquiao barely landed his left hand after the fourth round.

One of the most common perceptions I've heard and read is that Pacquiao will be able to get the knockout in the rematch. Look, I don't mean to rain on Manny's parade or anything like that, truth is I'm a bigger fan of Pacquiao's than I am of Bradley's, but I just don't see him being able to get the knockout in the rematch. Pacquiao's last six fights, in case you've forgotten, have all gone the full twelve rounds. Pacquiao's vaunted power at welterweight,I'm afraid to say,is vastly overrated. Pacquiao hit Bradley flush in the fourth round. Bradley was able to recover and claim Kendal Holt hit harder. I also don't buy into Shane Mosley saying Pacquiao's power is something else. If Pacquiao's power really was something else, then Mosley wouldn't have been there mythologizing fables. Did Thomas Hearns' opponents stand there at the end of the fight telling the world how hard he hit? No, they were being scraped off the canvas. That's how we knew Hearns was a hitter at welterweight. With Pacquiao not having scored a stoppage in his last half dozen fights and with his primary fight ending weapon not landing with any regularity since the Antonio Margarito fight, I think the Rubik's cube that was Pacquiao, is now something far less complicated, especially since he's started his inevitable decline.

Pacquiao, like Roy Jones, Naseem Hamed and Muhammad Ali did, relies heavily on his physical gifts like speed, athleticism and explosiveness. Look at Pacquiao against Oscar De la Hoya. You will see a fighter who has clearly lost a step in speed, reflexes and most notably, stamina. When was the last time Pacquiao was ever outworked throughout a twelve round fight before Bradley threw more punches than him last time out? Try never. It's obvious to me, that Pacquiao was performing that old Ray Leonard trick of trying to catch the the judges eye by turning it on for the last minute of every round. A clear indication that he is no longer capable of re-producing his frenetic pace of his featherweight days. Without volume, Pacquiao just isn't the same fighter. It's why haven't seen vintage Pacquiao since 2009.

Consequently, I think a rematch with Bradley would be a bad decision for Pacquiao. Bradley, to me, looked to have figured out Pacquiao's attack pattern -namely his side to side head movement, followed by a right hand....right, straight left combination. It became a case of rinse and repeat as the fight went on as Pacquiao seemed to lack any variation in his attack. One thing I did notice during the last fight, was the rare occasions when he threw it, Pacquiao seemed to have some success with the uppercut. Maybe that's something Pacquiao and Roach could pick up on if there's a rematch. On the other hand, it's not hard to imagine Bradley, just as he eventually did with Pacquiao's straight left, to figure the shot out and adjust accordingly. Again, I consider Bradley to be a boxing chameleon. Only a technician can adapt and re-adjust to the situation at hand.

I stand by my belief that if there's to be a rematch, Timothy Bradley will dominate. Pacquiao, who does not seem to be able to adjust during a fight, struggles against moving targets. The direction of Pacquiao's attack becomes lineal against fighters who are not overly aggressive and who counter movement with movement, fire with fire. Look at Pacquiao's attack angles against David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto, then contrast his angles against Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley and Timothy Bradley -you will notice Pacquiao becomes a pressurizing stalker against the latter group, yet against the former, Pacquiao was like a wasp, moving in, out and around his stationary targets.

A fully fit Bradley will be moving off at angles, not allowing Pacquiao to launch his four-five-six punch combinations that we've become accustomed to seeing him throw against his more stationary opponents {whom Pacquiao is a killer against}. I'm of the opinion, just as Bernard Hopkins did with Jean Pascal, that Timothy Bradley has a clear understanding on how to neutralize Manny's best weapons -his left hand, movement and angles-heading into the rematch.

And yet, having said all this,I would not be at all suprised if Pacquiao was given the decision, as a result of how the first fight was deemed a robbery. I hope I'm proved wrong, but the recent re-judging by the WBO has, I feel, only but enhanced my logic.

I look foward to hearing your response, TSS Universe. Thanks for reading.

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ultimoshogun says:

crottyruh says:

You should watched the fight a little more, say 20 times more. And by the 18th time, you will then see that Bradley is pounding Pacquiao into submission. Your a funny guy.

Radam G says:

____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ____! Oftentimes there is a deadline up inside da noggin of a make-believing ___ ___ with that sublimical hatred of a type of human. Holla!

SouthPaul says:

The photo..... LMAO! Cosign.

I'm still buzzin' off the Ortiz/Josesito fight. They were the tidal wave to Bradley and Pacquaio's dead horse shore. Washed away and dragged out to sea... over it. For now. lol

rgorden says:

I had the fight a draw as well. I saw it with the sound OFF and in slow motion. Many rounds could have been called either way. It is hard to judge a close fight solely from a video feed. The camera catches some things and doesn't catch others. For example a fighter who is facing the camera throws a punch to a fighter whose back is to the camera. Did the punch reach? Was it blocked? Was it partially blocked? Or did it land? You can't tell.

In any case one's view is from a single camera. So everything you see is two dimensional. You cannot really see depth. Even people at ring side have a very different view depending on which side of the ring they are seated on. In a close fight ones perspective can make all the difference.

I don't really dispute anyones scoring of the fight, although the way they scored it on HBO and on ESPN seemed a little over the top. Mostly I have a hard time with people acting out emotionally as if they somehow have a monopoly on "THE TRUTH".

To me this was a close fight. I thought Bradley was quicker and slicker than Pacquiao. But Manny landed the better power shots. In any case all this controversy should lead up to an interesting rematch especially if both fighters are healthy.

rgorden says:

I had the fight a draw as well. I saw it with the sound OFF and in slow motion. Many rounds could have been called either way. It is hard to judge a close fight solely from a video feed. The camera catches some things and doesn't catch others. For example a fighter who is facing the camera throws a punch to a fighter whose back is to the camera. Did the punch reach? Was it blocked? Was it partially blocked? Or did it land? You can't tell.

In any case one's view is from a single camera. So everything you see is two dimensional. You cannot really see depth. Even people at ring side have a very different view depending on which side of the ring they are seated on. In a close fight ones perspective can make all the difference.

I don't really dispute anyones scoring of the fight, although the way they scored it on HBO and on ESPN seemed a little over the top. Mostly I have a hard time with people acting out emotionally as if they somehow have a monopoly on "THE TRUTH".

To me this was a close fight. I thought Bradley was quicker and slicker than Pacquiao. But Manny landed the better power shots. In any case all this controversy should lead up to an interesting rematch especially if both fighters are healthy.

Radam G says:

Nobody cares JACK about Bradley, and JILL would whup his arse up at the top of any HILL! Dude even knows that he lost and stinks. He's now saying that he is willing to vacate the title because of the wave of hatred and criticizism toward him. WOW! Of course it ain't his fault, so he shouldn't punk out. He's not the one who selected a judge who sneaks into a dark society of ______ ____. And one who cannot help her thrills and spills for muscle on ___ ____ ___ because of her "Jungle Fever."

As I've said: Tim Bradley is the most hated baldheaded black man in pugilism in more than 102 years when all da racists and dey daddies hated "Unforgiveable Blackness" Jack Johnson for whuppin' the Cali "Great White Hope" Jimmy Jefferies. And ole Jacky left no doubt and made all those muthasuckas shout. Now Bradley has made everybody shout too. Shout that he LOST! And he DID!

I will just call the "Cali Cranium Crusher" Bradley the "Great Mirage Joke." And he is indeed nowadays the joke of sports. No matter how any of his allies, fanboys and fellow Pac-haters and Asian haters try to put it, dude is the most HATED cat on every block! And by every the C-word that rhymes with BLOCK! And anybody and dey ___ _____ can go ahead and jump up in my grill because I'm calling a spade a spade. YUP! I said it -- ASIAN HATERS!

Weak muthasuckas are using TB for for their halfwitted hatred, just as 102 years ago, they used The White Hope JJ for their dimwitted hatred. Nothing changes under the sun but the playas.

As my great, great grandma, who lived to be 118 years old said: "Different time, different playas -- SOS -- same old sh*t! Oh, YUP! Ima Siller had a cussin' mouth on her. She could cuss an arse out in 24 languages and dialects. And in thousands of languages and dialects, nearly the whole 7bil people of the globe are saying that Tim Bradley got his arse torched. And the Sin City Stanks ought to be ashamed of themselves for giving ____ ____ _____ such a BIG VOICE of make-believe victory. Holla!

SouthPaul says:

I'll take slap and peddle over jab and grab. Will any fighter ever be disliked as much as Johnny Hug 'em Ruiz? He perfected the jab and grab to a nauseating point. Barf.

Radam G says:

OOPS! I musta fo'got! There was no rematch between the JJs. The "White Hope" JJ didn't beg for one either, because there was justice. He lost fair and square in that squared jungle, got paid and sped back to farming chickens and pigs.

The "Great Mirage Joke" TB won by crook and hook. The male judge is corrupted, among other things, and the female judge is "Jungle Fever" hooked on darkskinned muscle lads. and TB is now wanting to vacate his gift belt, while begging now a ___ ___ not be isolated out of dancing with the BIG GUN. Right now, the only champion who's willing to KICK his arse is lighting-punching Magicman Paulie Malignaggi [Name misspelled]. MAKE that dance, and I predict that the Magicman Paulie find that Great Mirage Joke and kick his arse all NIGHT LONG! Holla!

SouthPaul says:

LMAO at lil' Italy callin' Bradley out. I read that yesterday. Boy oh boy I use to really dislike Paulie at one time or another. His whole Jersey Shore nonsense had me all hot and bothered. I really enjoyed watching Cotto dismantle that sucka'. That said; he's since earned my respect. Tough dude.

Radam G says:

@SouthPaul, da Hug'em man was "disliked" for lacking excitement. The "Great Mirage Joke" Bradley is hated for yakkin' about everyone else is blind except for him and the 15 or so people of the world who saw the same winning great mirage joke that a corrupted __ ___ __ and a jungle fever luvin' __ ___ __ gave him. I ain't faulting ole Timmy Boy for being awarded the V, but just for pretending that he believe that he won. His whole aura snitches on him. Especially now that he is saying that he doesn't mind vacate the title.

Every fighter knows when he lost, and the elite one will admit to it. All the Sugarmen of the hurt bitnezz never said that they won win they knew that they lost. Now even Sugar Ray Robinson was that lame. You can go on Daily Motion and Youtube and hearing him saying that he lost this bout and that bout, but was lucky and/or glad to get it. But he wouldna given it to himself. Holla!

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Bradley dominating Pacquiao in their second bout? your dreams!

I bet Pacquiao will knock out Bradley soooo Badley! Pacquiao will never let soft punching Bradley to win not even a round next time. Like Pacquiao said, he will become a warrior in their rematch. Can't wait to see Bradley lying on his back in their rematch!

hoi says:

if there's a rematch, bradley still do the same stuff run around and when gets hit then injured his feet. He knows that pacman have power in both hands so he condition his chin for that but the impact of that punches damage and injured his feet. A rematch will be boring coz it will be a running around game...

I will respect your assessment but you should have realize that no matter how you are are trying to convince the people of your view, you just make yourself a stupid writer for telling the MILLIONS of people around the world of your assessment of their fight and your prediction that Bradley will dominate Pacquiao if there is a rematch. I would love to see the rematch but I hope there will be changes of the judging system.

Americanboy says:

No other Best fight other than Mayweather vs Pacquiao. This is the only fight left in boxing. Boxing now is dying.

Radam G says:

BTW! Just so you muthasuckas will know, especially the haters, busters, fakers, fanfaronades, groupies and __ ___ ____, "PunchForce" is on the way because of the robbery of Da Manny. This type of near-foolproof scoring will eliminate the need for human judges, especially cheats in a dark world of hatred and those on "Fever jungle" of muscular, darkskinned cats. Holla!

hoi says:

How much did bradley pay you for this article?... Write something realistic...

warrs says:

does any one of you watch it in super slow motion?? sound or no sounds it has nothing to do with it.. its a visual thing.. u cnt see the pacman land due to high velocity punching in normal play. try slow mo.

the Roast says:

That just about says it all. Lets move on people, nothing more to see here...

jesster64 says:

Another brilliant article by lee wylie, one of my favorite writers. I believe bradley will dominate. What more can pac do in a rematch? Bradley had a bad leg and still managed to win the last 3 rounds. Whats pac going to do to get more endurance? Maybe if manny threw a punch the first 30 seconds of a round, the scoring would have been different. But i don't see him fighting at the same non stop punching pace he had just a few years ago. Time, strength, and movement are on bradleys side.

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This is a fantastic article and I couldn't agree more! I too have watched this fight many times and at closer inspection it was without doubt a 'much' closer affair than what every one is saying. Pacman missed a hell of a lot more than the HBO idiots would have you believe on the night. Pacman's punches are so quick it was hard to tell what was landing and what wasn't but thats just more of a credit to Bradley because he was moving and blocking a lot of those lightening fast punches so his defensive skills and reflexes have to be only greatly admired.

I feel very sorry for Tim now actually. He may not be a hard puncher but thats about all he lacks. He's as brave as a lion, and highly skilled and even with a damaged foot managed to out box the pacman. I agree that he would win the rematch if he performs in the same manner with no damaged foot. I think over all he deserved the victory for his effort all things considered and the boxing world and fans should appreciate and respect this guy!!!

tasdevil says:

I quite agree
I'm a lifetime fight fan ( I saw " The Brown Bomber " fight ) but did not see the match live,but was very much rooting for Manny , having personal reasons for opposing Bradley.
When I heard the result and the furore that followed, I thought '... here we go again ,American judges , fight fixing , gambling money etc ..another Khan type decision etc '...
Before watching the replay I got copies of the scorecards and settled down to be my own Judge.
It was somewhat unclear and close, but to my astonishment , I did give it to Bradley. And I did agree with the judges ( Duane Ford ? ) comment that Bradley gave Pacquiao ..
..' a boxing lesson...'
Again, hate to say it , but i think the decision was fair.
ps. I'm deaf now , so don't hear the commentators, crowds and background.

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Everyone should wake up, this is a sport not war. These guys go out and perform for the fans which have up to this day have been perceived as bad guys, good guys, the unknowns have become known, and all have come from different walks of life. I give props to all fighters for getting in shape and getting in the ring. This is becoming a world of the weak. I think all fights should be free!!!!!!!!!!!! These fights make the fans expectations so high that they can't live up to the hype. We are a world of making and seeing things happen, but when it comes to boxing at times when i watch these darn fights I have to record and watch them twice because of how much the dang things cost, and the commentators dont even have a clue. Sometimes I think these fights are big jokes. Let me guess? I wonder if the rematch will be free? I would rather pay for all the hype which leads up to the fight instead of the fight. CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD PPV FIGHT? All the good bouts have been free. The promoters need to give something back. Since the fighters can't say or indicate what they really want.

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Mathias Kom is chuckling about his hectic schedule when a frantic beeping breaks out in the background.

“Oh, sorry about that,” he says as the noise subsides. “That’s my smoke alarm.”

He then carries on with the conversation as if nothing happened.

Kom is the founder of the band The Burning Hell, co-founder of Lawnya Vawnya: An Explosion of Independent Arts and Culture in St. John’s, and an ethnomusicology PhD student, and he’s in the middle of organizing a music festival, a CD release, a Canadian and European tour and finishing his last few classes.

Fire alarms? No big deal.

“People” is the Burning Hell’s sixth album, and it was recorded during another intense time: the band had just finished a two-month long tour of Canada and Europe, during which they set the world record for the most shows played in the highest number of countries in 24 hours.

“We knew that we would be in Europe and we also knew that it would be the Euro Cup, and that everybody and their dog would be watching football,” he says.

“So we thought we shouldn’t try to do shows during Euro Cup, we should make a record. We used the tour leading up to it to start performing new material and then we spent all of June in the studio and then about three or four days after we were done and we went on our world record tour.”

The Burning Hell is a much-adored indie rock band, whose sound incorporates everything from bluegrass and klezmer to straight-up rock ’n’ roll.

Kom sings clever, tongue-in-cheek songs in a baritone voice about plane rides and Jewish born-again agnostics. The roster of musicians playing alongside him constantly changes, depending on where in the world he is located and who’s available to play.

“The Burning Hell didn’t start as a project that I ever thought would do anything, it was just a name that I gave to recordings that I made starting in the early 2000s, most of which I’ve tried to destroy,” says Kom.

“But from the very beginning it’s been a pretty open-door policy that people who want to play get to play. I saw the downside of that after a couple of years: I would put the call out and say, ‘Hey, going on this tour, wanna come?’ and everybody would say yes.”

Not one to turn down a dedicated musician, Kom has set out across the country flanked by a 13-piece band.

The troupe he’s taking on the road for “People” is modest in comparison as Ariel Sharratt will play saxophone and clarinet, Nick Ferrio will play lap steel and bass, Jake Nicoll will be on percussion and Darren “Boobie” Browne will play mandolin and guitar.

“This marks the very first time, the only time,” says Kom, “that I have ever gone on the road with the exact same band that made the record we’re touring.”

The album was inspired by a book of poetry called “A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Kinds of People” written by Gabe Foreman and published by Coach House Books.

Foreman has designed every one of The Burning Hell’s album covers.

“He gave it to me as we were leaving on tour almost two years ago,” says Kom. “I would read it in the van and I’ve been reading it ever since. It’s funny and dark and wonderful. Last year, when I did my RPM  record for 2012, I realized that a couple of the songs I wrote were actually people songs in a way, and that it had really been on my mind as a theme.”

“People” is a collection of songs about Kom’s favourite kinds of folks: wallflowers, travel writers, amateur rappers and even barbarians.

“But not so much the Conan style of barbarian,” he says. “I’m sure in the Viking era, there were Vikings that were single dads and Vikings that had problems that we could understand. I tried to make it an epic saga song, but while sympathizing with the everyday life of the single dad and his son.”

It’s that kind of thoughtful playfulness that has earned the band a dedicated and even cult-like following in both Canada and Europe. The upcoming tour will put the band in the Maritimes, Ontario and Montreal in April, and all over Europe in May and June.

“Touring Europe has many advantages over touring in Canada, though it’s certainly not a walk in the park,” says Kom.

“There is a different culture of music appreciation, in Germany in particular, but also in France and other central European countries. I feel like it’s something that Canada had at one point and then maybe started to lose, but it’s a culture where musicians are valued a lot. What’s happening more and more in Canada is that, basically, bar owners feel like they don’t have to treat bands very well because there is always another band that really wants that gig, though there are exceptions.”

“There are exceptions to this in Europe as well,” he adds, “but, in general, there is a lot more support and a lot more positivity. Playing even bad shows in Europe, the promoter will say (and first of all there is a promoter) ‘Hey, sorry not many people came out, I guess it’s a weird night or I should have done a better job promoting it, here is your small guarantee and here is a drink and let’s go back to the place where I’ve arranged for you to stay.’ That doesn’t happen in Canada.”

Kom says Newfoundland treats its bands well, giving a special mention to Mightypop, the St. John’s-based booking and promoting agency run by Krista Power and Jud Haynes.

“They care. They really give a crap about the bands and the people they bring in and I find that really inspiring,” he says. “If we had more Mightypops across Canada, things would improve drastically.”

The Mightypop spirit informs Lawnya Vawnya, which runs from April 17-22 this year and will take very good care of musicians like Shotgun Jimmie, Bry Webb and Kid Koala.

Just a few days after that, Kom and the Burning Hell will set out on their tour.

“I’ve done this now three years in a row and every year I say, ‘Well, that was dumb, don’t leave right after the festival again,’” he says, laughing. “Sure enough, this year we’re doing exactly the same thing, almost to the day, that we did last year.”

“I think we’ll be OK,” he adds. “We’ll, you know ... exercise daily?”

The Burning Hell’s new album, “People,” will be released in Canada on weeworks and Headless Owl Records on April 16.

They will celebrate its release at the Rocket Room on Saturday, at

7:30 p.m. with Nick Ferrio & his Feelings.

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“I expected that,” the Duke forward said at Wells Fargo Center. “That’s what happens when you have a loss like that.”

And when you return to what could be considered, in some respects, the site of the crime.

Duke is back in an NCAA Tournament opener, back as a heavily favored second seed perceived to flatten a 15th seed — the same logistical scenario in which the Blue Devils became stunning, season-ending upset victims against Lehigh.

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“It’s there. You know it. But you move on and move forward,” Plumlee said. “Otherwise you just have a terrible view of yourself. You don’t want to think negative. You want to be confident, thinking of your team in a positive way.”

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A Grass Valley man arrested in August in connection with a number of burglaries, after allegedly being caught in the act at a local grocery store, was sentenced Friday to 240 days in jail.

Grass Valley Police officers had responded to a report of a young man with a knife in the 600 block of Sutton Way.

Eric Hayden Geisick, 18, was located inside Grocery Outlet and appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance. A search revealed Geisick had been in the process of stealing items, including soap and shampoo, from the grocery store.

During a further search, a number of items from an earlier vehicle break-in allegedly were found in Geisick’s wallet, including fair tickets and advance tickets for carnival rides at the fairgrounds. He also allegedly had additional stolen items from a Grass Valley pharmacy, as well as three checks from local businesses made out to Pepsi.

Geisick was sentenced by Nevada County Superior Court Judge Tom Anderson to 240 days in county jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest to one count of burglary; he will be allowed to apply for alternative sentencing.

Geisick also was sentenced to 10 days in jail, to be served concurrently, after pleading no contest to a November 2012 misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended license with a prior conviction.

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An Alta Sierra man charged with three felony counts of annoying or molesting a child younger than 18 pleaded no contest Friday to two misdemeanor counts, in exchange for a possible sentence of one to two years.

The allegations centered around inappropriate behavior allegedly exhibited by John Orozco toward several teenage girls, who were school friends of his daughter’s, including cuddling, slow-dancing and other touching incidents.

The girls testified during a preliminary hearing into the evidence that from the time they were 14 or 15 Orozco would ask for hugs, hold their hands and ask them to be his girlfriend. One 17-year-old girl testified that Orozco pushed her against a wall and kissed her on the lips.

Orozco’s attorney, Stephen Munkelt, argued that the crimes described by the witnesses would ordinarily be misdemeanors and had been inappropriately elevated to felony level because of a prior offense. Munkelt filed a motion to dismiss the information on the prior offense, which was granted and which lowered the offenses to a misdemeanor level.

Orozco’s plea agreement carries a potential sentence of at least one year; Anderson did rule that he must be on probation, although that is not typical for misdemeanor cases. Sentencing was set for March 18.

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The Mariners got to toot the bus horn twice Thursday night, Jan. 9, leaving the parking lot in New Glasgow, signifying two points in their big 6-2 win over the division first-place Pictou Crushers.

Goals were scored by Colin Campbell, Kyle Campbell (PP), Sean Fraser, Shawn Boudreau (PP), Braden Mercier and Colin Campbell (SH, empty net).

The Mariners did a great job of killing off all 6 Pictou powerplays. In net Chase Gaudet turned away 22 of 24 shots on net.

Also, back on the Mariners roster for the first time this season was Connor Donaghey, who has returned to the team after playing with the Saint John Sea Dogs in the QMJHL. Donaghey had started last season with the Mariners chipping in 29 pts in 29 games before his recall. He had two assists in the Jan. 9 game against Pictou.

This weekend the Mariners host Dieppe on Friday, Jan. 10 and Miramichi on Saturday, Jan. 11.

The Mariners sit in third place in the Eastlink Division heading into the weekend with 44 points (21 wins and 9 losses). Truro also has 44 points in second place (21 wins and 8 losses.) Pictou remains in first with 50 points (23 wins and 5 losses.)

Organizations: Mariners, Eastlink Division

Geographic location: New Glasgow, Dieppe, Miramichi

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Lamppost swan song

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A swan was killed outright after it flew into a lamppost on Middleton Road.

A passerby reported the damage to the light, situated outside Heysham Trucks Ltd, at 10.14am on Saturday, February 22.

The lamp was left detached and was hanging by the cable.

The swan was killed instantly and was disposed of by the member of the public who rang in to report the damage.

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