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Andy Murray Quickly Moves To Third Round In 2015 Miami Open

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Andy Murray is determined to keep moving up the tennis rankings as he didn’t waste any time or energy beating Donald Young at the 2015 Miami Open on Friday. Tomas Berdych didn’t have it quite as easy as Murray, but he was able to beat Hyeon Chung and is now ready to face Bernard Tomic.

Two-time former champion Andy Murray made short work of Donald Young in his opening match at the Miami Open presented by Itaú on Friday, dismissing the American 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round.

The Scot improved to a 5-1 FedEx ATP Head2Head record over Young as he advanced in the humid conditions in 82 minutes. Murray won 75 per cent of his service points and broke Young on four occasions.

The 27-year-old Murray is now two wins away from becoming the ninth active player to record 500 tour-level victories. The right-hander has a 17-4 record at the start of 2015, reaching his fourth Australian Openfinal (l. to Djokovic) and making the semi-finals in Indian Wells last week (l. to Djokovic).

Murray is chasing his 10th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and third trophy in Miami, having triumphed here in 2009 (d. Djokovic) and 2013 (d. Ferrer). Here’s the highlights from the game.

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Eighth seed Tomas Berdych curbed the run of 18-year-old Korean, Hyeon Chung, beating the teenager 6-3, 6-4.

Berdych didn’t have it all his own way against Chung, who had recorded his first ATP World Tour win on Wednesday when he beat Marcel Granollers. Chung opened up a 4-2 lead in the rain-interrupted second set, but Berdych reeled off the final four games of the match to prevail in 85 minutes.

The 29-year-old Berdych goes on to face the 25th-seeded Bernard Tomic, who edged American Austin Krajicek 7-6(6), 7-5. Berdych has won all three of the pair’s previous meetings, most recently winning in straight sets when they met in the Australian Open fourth round in January.

Kevin Anderson battled back from brink to beat Sam Querrey 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-4 in two hours and 32 minutes. Querrey served for the match at 6-5 in the second set, but could not close it out, and then dropped serve at the start of the third as Anderson fought back.

Juan Martin del Potro’s Return To Miami Open Quickly Stopped

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Juan Martin del Potro return to tennis at the Miami Open caused quite a stir, but sadly, his latest comeback from a wrist injury is off to a very slow start.

Playing his first match since January 15, Del Potro lost on Thursday to Vasek Pospisil 6-4 7-6(7) in the first round.

Del Potro had been sidelined with a lingering left wrist injury. The 2009 US Open champion underwent wrist surgery a year ago and played in just four tournaments in 2014, and his world ranking has fallen to 616.

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Rustiness showed in the second set, to the disappointment of a partisan stadium crowd rooting for the Argentine. He served at 5-4 but was broken. He had a set point at 6-5 in the tiebreaker but double-faulted. He double-faulted again on the next-to-last point.

In other results, American Steve Johnson lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 3-6 6-2. Marcos Baghdatis lost to Simone Bolelli 6-2 6-2. Martin Klizan won and will face world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the second round on Saturday night.

In the women’s draw, Venus Williams began her 16th appearance at the tournament by beating qualifier Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-2.

Radwanska’s older sister, Agnieszka, won her opening match, beating Anna Schmiedlova 6-4 7-5.

Radwanska, the 2012 champion, has advanced to at least the quarter-finals each of the past five years. She is seeded seventh and all seeded players had first-round byes. Fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki also advanced, beating Madison Brengle 6-0 6-1 in less than an hour on court.

Ninth seed Andrea Petkovic eased past American Christina McHale 6-2 6-2.

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Maria Sharapova is 0-5 in Key Biscayne finals. This year, her loss came at the start.

Seeded No.2, Sharapova was upset in her opening match of the Miami Open by wildcard Daria Gavrilova 7-6(4) 6-3.

The 21-year-old Gavrilova, who was born in Moscow and is based in Australia, earned her first victory over a top-10 player with a poised, aggressive effort before a near-capacity stadium-court crowd.

Sharapova said she went into the match knowing little about Gavrilova. But Gavrilova was well-acquainted with the Siberia-born Sharapova.

 

Sharapova lost serve four times, struggled with her return and found herself in a succession of long rallies thanks to the 5-foot-5 Gavrilova’s defensive skills.

“She runs a lot of balls down,” Sharapova said. “I was committing a lot of errors off of those balls and not really staying patient and just going for too many winners.”

Sharapova trailed in the first set, rallied and again fell behind in the tiebreaker. She looked back ruefully on an easy overhead she netted on the next-to-last point of the set.

“That would have leveled it in the tiebreaker,” she said. “I would have loved to get that one back.”

Sharapova then fell behind three-love in the second set and could never pull even. When she misfired on her final shot, Gavrilova did a pirouette and landed with a big grin. Gavrilova had been 0-4 against top-10 players.

“I always believed, and that’s probably why I won,” she told the crowd. “I was very composed. I told myself to keep believing and keep trying.”

Ranked 97th, Gavrilova cracked the top 100 this week for the first time. She is making a comeback from a torn ACL in her right knee in 2013.

March Madness 2015: March 26 Recap Notre Dame Makes Final Four

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The 2015 NCAA March Madness tournament resumed on Thursday night as eight teams took to the courts to try and make their way through the round of sixteen. The night of action did not feature a close game nor did it feature an upset as the higher seed won each of the four match-ups.

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In one of the earlier games from Thursday evening Notre Dame, champions of the Big East, defeated Wichita State. The final score in the contest was 81-70 as the third seeded Irish advanced to the round of eight. With the victory, Notre Dame improved to 32-5 on the year while Wichita State will end the season with a very respectable 30-5 record.

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Notre Dame, not really considered a threat to win the NCAA championship this season, appeared to be firing on all cylinders in the late going of their Sweet 16 match-up. They will likely need to continue that rhythm if they are going to advance to the Final Four this season.

Next up for the Irish are the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation. The Wildcats also advanced through the Sweet 16 on Thursday as they hammered West Virginia 78-39.

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Other action saw Arizona and Wisconsin advance as both teams posted similar spreads to one another. Arizona, second seeded in the West, defeated the Xavier Musketeers 68-60. Wisconsin, considered to be one of the only teams remaining in the tournament that has a chance against Kentucky, advanced with a 79-72 win over North Carolina.

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Kentucky and Notre Dame will meet in the midwest final in Cleveland on Saturday, in a game that is scheduled for 8:49pm (ET). Wisconsin and Arizona will meet in the earlier game on the same day as they are scheduled for a 6:09pm (ET) start time.

Of the four schools, Notre Dame is the only one that has not made the Final Four in recent memory. The Fightin’ Irish have not been to the national semifinals since the 1978 tournament when they lost to both Duke and Arkansas at a time in the tournament’s history when a third place game was featured.

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Kentucky and Wisconsin both made the Final Four just last season while the Arizona Wildcats have a near-handful of appearances from Lute Olson’s tenure as coach.

The Sweet 16 is scheduled to conclude on Friday night with Duke facing Utah, UCLA facing Gonzaga, Oklahoma facing Michigan State, and NC State facing Louisville. The Final Four will be known by the end of the weekend as the winner’s of Friday match-ups will face on Sunday. The national semifinals will then be played next Saturday with the championship game coming from Indianapolis on April 16th.

What Windows 10 Will Bring To Gaming

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Windows 10, the latest version of the popular Windows operating system is well on its way along the production line and with the public technical preview soon to be closing off, the operating system is nearing its final stages of development with an intended launch coming this summer.

There is some speculation as to why Microsoft missed out version 9 of the operating system, but the official statement from Microsoft is that the numeric gap represents the giant leap that the operating system will take in comparison to version 8 and 8.1.

There is no question that the operating system is very different from Windows 8 – it is crammed with new features, major overhauls of previous features and also some new visual elements.

Perhaps one of the game changers though is the integration with XBOX and more specifically the attempt to broach the gap between personal computer and console in terms of gaming.

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Windows 10 Integrates directly with XBOX

XBOX Live – Microsoft’s online gaming platform comes built in to Windows 10 allowing computer users to have immediate access to the entire XBOX gaming community and for those who already have an XBOX live account, access to all of their games, friends and achievements direct from Windows 10.

This connection between Windows and XBOX live opens up a whole new world of possibilities for the gaming community and allows for gaming to become much more intertwined between console and personal computer where in the past gamers have been forced into one of the two genres.

Stream Xbox One games to your Windows 10 PC

On a simple level, games can now be streamed from XBOX to Windows 10 PC or Laptop allowing users to play on either device with ease as long as you have a good wifi or cable connection between the two.

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Cross-device multiplayer

The real hero of this new integration between console and PC is the cross-device capabilities. Gamers will now be able to play against users on different platforms so users playing via XBOX can directly interact with users playing on a Windows 10 PC and vice versa.

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With the XBOX app for Windows 10 you can also keep in touch with your online world and game play seeing instantly what your friends are doing on XBOX One, checking out leader boards, high scores and also having the option to chat to friends via XBOX live from your PC.

What this means for gaming

These new features are great in their own right – this means more fun when playing games, more interaction between friends even if they are on different platforms – it really highlights what online gaming is about and really seeks to enable that vision for gamers.

There is a more fundamental change in the landscape in light of these new integrations though – Microsoft are really paving the way for the future of online gaming – the integration between their console and Windows 10 is just the start and the long term concept is clear. Microsoft are clearing seeking a singularity for the online gaming world – they can see the problem of having separate worlds on each gaming device out there and how this really limits the capabilities of online gaming and prevents a certain amount of realism from developing.

With this first step towards integration across devices and platforms it is likely to see online gaming coming together in other ways and eventually perhaps developing into a single online community shared across all devices and platforms and shared between all participants of any particular game.

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The future of gaming

This interlinking of devices and online communities is obviously in the early stages and something that Microsoft are just testing out like they have done with many other features in the past.

As games are released that cater for this cross device play we will see how the technology and the concept develops but it is definitely a forward thinking strategy that could pave the way for a new type of gaming.

With virtual reality being developed further every day there is a definite need for more realism within gaming itself – if the concept of virtual reality is to witness a virtual world as if it were real then bringing online communities together as one single entity, like in real life, is definitely going to enforce that medium further.

Aside from building a larger and more believable community within online games there are also other advantages in bringing cross device support to gaming – not only can more people play online together but there are new possibilities for interaction online – perhaps as virtual reality takes a stronger hold we may be able to perform other tasks within virtual worlds such as shopping, socialising and maybe visiting the virtual alter ego of our physical world – for example going to our own house in virtual reality and switching off our internet connected devices.

Microsoft definitely do get many things wrong when it comes to the development of software, and especially operating systems – you only have to look at the likes of Windows Vista to establish that point. But the reason that Microsoft get so many things wrong is because they are always striving to achieve something great with technology – perhaps more so than any other technology company and this is maybe why they have been one of the most successful technology companies to date.

Where other tech companies play it safe, Microsoft always try to push the boundaries and that is always what technology needs – because by definition when you operate in the tech space you are dealing with new stuff that no one has thought up or seen before.

Windows 10 and its integration with XBOX Live is definitely one of those forward thinking technological ideas – sure it could fail but it could also be a massive game changer and something that sees a new route being taking in online gaming.

Google Fiber Hitting Salt Lake City Utah Next Plus Upcoming Cities

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Google Fiber is slowly but surely making itself roll out across southern and middle America with Salt Lake City being the next target. Many cities have been hoping that the big G will come to their cities, but when dealing with anything Telecom related, you know there’s bound to be plenty of battles to hold things up. Plus parts of the country don’t have the best terrain for laying out that fiber network.

Another city in the so-called Silicon Slopes of Utah is slated for Google Fiber.

Google announced today that Salt Lake City will receive the coveted gigabit download and upload speed — which is more than one-hundred times faster than the national average.

Salt Lake City joins Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, along with Nashville and Atlanta as cities on deck for the service.

Devin Baer, associate city manager of Google Fiber for Salt Lake City, said Google will spend the next few months plotting where to lay the fiber optic cables. In other words, the project is still in the design phase, so residents wont be able to sign up for some time.

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The Fiber project first launched in Kansas City, Missouri in July 2012, later expanding to Provo, Utah, and Austin, Texas.

For residents looking to sign up for the service, Google offers 5 Mbps speeds for free (aside from a one-time construction fee of $300), or access to the high-speed fiber internet for $70 a month.

The map below shows Google’s expansion plans for the service.

FCC Net Neutrality Lawsuits Hit

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It was inevitable that after the FCC passed the net neutrality bill, someone would get their feathers ruffled, and two lawsuits have now hit with more surely to come.

US companies are filing lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s recent net neutrality ruling.

The order, which has not taken effect yet, is already being challenged by firms across the United States. As reported by Reuters, the first wave of lawsuits was filed on Monday by companies under the USTelecom umbrella, which argued that the new net neutrality rules are “arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion.”

The filing argues that the US regulator’s rules break federal and local laws, and violate the constitution and the 1934 Communications Act.

Net neutrality, proposed by FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, forces Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to grant customers equal broadband and traffic speeds with no regard to the type of traffic which flows through a network by reclassifying Internet access as a utility in the United States.Under these terms, for example, Comcast is banned from charging Netflix more than Amazon for Internet access or “fast lanes.”

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Overall, net neutrality enforces three rules: no blocking, no throttling, and no paid priority traffic.

The FCC approved the new rules earlier this year, revealing them online on March 12 (.PDF).

USTelecom, which counts as members companies includingAT&T and Verizon, said the organization supports open Internet rules, but says it also encourages a regulatory approach which does not involve reclassifying Internet access as a utility. USTelecom President Walter McCormick believes this approach is not “legally sustainable.”

In a statement, USTelecom Senior Vice President Jon Banks commented:

“The focus of our legal appeal will be on the FCC’s decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a public utility service after a decade of amazing innovation and investment under the FCC’s previous light-touch approach. As our industry has said many times, we do not block or throttle traffic and FCC rules prohibiting blocking or throttling will not be the focus of our appeal.”

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Alamo Broadband, based in Texas, has also launched a challenge against the FCC using a similar argument. Industry sources told the publication that two additional trade groups, CTIA-The Wireless Association and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, are expected to also launch their own lawsuits.

In relation to USTelecom’s filing, McCormick said:

“The filing ensures that the association’s right to appeal the open Internet order would not be blocked. If the court determines that the trigger date is 10 days after publication in the Federal Register, USTelecom will file an appeal at that time.”

Bundesliga Game Week 26 Review: Wolfsburg couldn’t capitalize on Bayern’s loss

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The German champions lost their second game of the season on Sunday and that too on home turf. Bayern Munich losing in the Bundesliga is a very rare occurrence and Borussia Monchengladbach deserve a lot of credit to beat them at Allianz Arena.

Raffael Araujo scored goals in either half against Pep Guardiola’s side at the weekend, making Monchengladbach the first team to return from Bayern’s home with all three points. The visitors had lesser shots than Bavarian giants, but all of their attempts were on target. Manuel Neuer was at fault for allowing Araujo’s shot to slip through in the first half. But the former Barcelona manager refused to blame his goal keeper for the loss. Bayern boss instead claimed that their attacking line should have done better.

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In the post match conference, Pep said, “We didn’t lose due to Manu but because we had problems in attack.”

“We started well and stopped them getting at us on the break. We tried everything but without Franck and Arjen it was tough. In the second half we played with too much heart and not enough head.

He added: “It’s the Bundesliga and people think it’s always easy, but I know how difficult it is. We’ll analyse the game and after the international break we’ll get back to winning ways.”

Borussia Monchengladbach are third in the league with 47 points and have amassed more points than Bundesliga champions this year. Bayern would want to bounce back from the defeat at home in their next fixture, which is away at Borussia Dortmund. Jurgen Klopp’s men aren’t easy to beat and they are slowly picking up momentum after a catastrophic first half of the season.

Wolfsburg weren’t able to close down the gap at the top as they were held in a 1 – 1 draw at Mainz. Bungert scored an early goal for the home side and Luiz Gustavo equalized for Wolfsburg at the one-hour mark. The second placed was unable to find the winner in the remaining half an hour. The gap between the two sides is now ten points.

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Borussia Dortmund were involved in 3 – 2 thriller at Hannover on Saturday. Aubameyang scored twice taking his tally to 12 goals and Kagawa got back on the score sheet after a long haul. Dortmund are still in the bottom half of the table with 33 points, but they would certainly be back by the end of this season.

The bottom clubs, Paderborn and Stuttgart managed to grab points at the weekend, but they weren’t enough to lift them of the relegation zone. Stuttgart won 3 – 1 against Frankfurt and are still at the foot of the table with 23 points. They will face the potential runners-up of Bundesliga this season in the next game week. While Stuttgart would travel to Wolfsburg, Paderborn would be entertained by Hertha BSC on April 5th.

With curtains starting to come down, teams will have to give more efforts than ever to reach their goal for the season.

LOVE & HIP HOP NEW YORK Ep 514: Jhonni Blazes On Rich

This week on “Love and Hip Hop New York,” we are winding down to the very last wire and the cast of LHHNY are sparing none of the drama.

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Peter Gunz tries to find a friend in Erica Mena. He wants her to help him get back in Amina’s good graces. She tells him that she will help but he has to do better. Why is he even trying? Peter just leave the girl alone, she doesn’t want you any more.

Erica meets with Amina and tells her that she met with Peter and that he wants her back. For the life of me, I don’t understand why she is even getting involved knowing how and what he has done. Amina is not having any of it and holds her ground against letting him back in to her life. Erica, bye. This doesn’t concern you. Just go on and be with Shad Moss.

Later, Amina meets with Orin, a former manager and flame, and he pretty much tells her that she needs a new manager because she is not popping right now. She tells him that  she and Peter are not together and he asks her if she is all in then, and she hesitates. He tells her to stop focusing on the emotion and focus on the music. He then tells her that she needs to work on getting over Peter and she says that she will. God Amina, for the love of all things decent and right, just get over Peter!

Rich and Cisco meet at a store so that Rich can “get fresh.” He tells him how he walked away from working with Jhonni Blaze and tells him that the shoes he’s looking to buy at that moment are more important to him than her career. Damn Rich. You cold.

Meanwhile, I love how the show just puts the cast members together for the sake of telling a story. Case in point, Cyn and Chrissy have apparently gotten close. They meet up at a salon while Cyn gets her hair done and she asks her about Cisco. The singer tells her that she isn’t feeling him like that and she actually has a new man in her life, Ray, who she used to be with.  Chrissy gives her an update about her life. With her, it seems like she is looking for the bad things with Chink because she tells Cyn it was nice meeting his dad and stuff in DC but she still didn’t see where he lives which leads her to believe that he is still living with his wife. She says she’s going to get an apartment and tell him that he needs to move in or else it’s over. Okay Chrissy, that’s a good idea… because ultimatums go well with men.

Later, she meets with her man at his studio and gives the news to him about the apartment. This, of course, does not set well with him.  He tells her that he’s a “grown ass man” and “I ain’t never had nobody find no place for me and tell me where I’m moving unless it was jail.”

Cyn and Cisco also meet for a date and he “just hopes that she’s feeling me like I’m feeling her.” She pretty much lets him down gently. Slowly, but gently.  In the end, he doesn’t get it ,which is not surprising especially for male narcissist like him.

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Yandy and her girls, Kimbella and Candy meet up. She talks to them about her idea of having a commitment ceremony at the baby shower, where she will legally change her last name, because she wants to be a Harris, “Just like all the other Harris’ running around the house.” She tells them about the issues with Mendeecees’ mom and says there is no way she can do this event and not tell her. They disagree.

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Yandy decides to tell Judy during their spa date with Judy. Judy doesn’t really get it and questions what is going on with the wedding. She goes back and forth and in the end, Yandy says that she’s going to do what she wants anyway and Judy just lets it go and says she will finally be a Harris.

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Jhonni meets with Rich’s mom, his business manager. Jhonni tells him mom about what happened with her and Rich. By the way, his momma is bad to the bone. When Jhonni starts crying she tells her to put those tears away. She wants to talk business. She asks her about her tweets saying she wants out of the contract and Jhonni just cries more. Her advice to the singer… stripper… whatever the hell she is… is straighten it out with Rich and move on.

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She ends up meeting with Rich and his business partner to see about getting his drink 79 Gold in a local club. She comes in and asks if she can speak to Rich privately but of course, this does not go well at all. She wants him to man up and admit the things he’s done and he just won’t. She blows up and gets all in his face.  It gets very heated and the crew has to come and separate them.

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This girl is totally twisted and gone and is so emotional. Rich is super wrong in the way that he deals with these girls and he is just as much at fault as the girl. In fact, more because he’s way grown and these girls are unstable in their twenties.

They calm down, but not for all. Rich lets her have it, yelling at her and slamming his hand down on. He tells her to tear up the contract because what they are doing is over, he’s done and he walks out leaving a sobbing Jhonni Blaze at the bar crying in her arms.

CSI: Cyber Killer en Route Ep 104 Recap

 

On this week’s CSI: Cyber a business man got into a car provided by a car service called Zotgo and became suspicious when he received a message on his cell phone stating that his car service had been cancelled because he didn’t show up to get a ride. The man asked the driver to turn around because he had a change of plans. When that didn’t work he told the driver to just pull over so he could get out of the car. The car then stopped in a dark alley and the driver turned around and tasered the man.

Viewers then found out the man was Cade Matthews, a government employee with secret clearance and that the driver had succeeded in killing him. Cade had worked as a consultant for the government and specialized in cyber security. His electronic devices at work, at home and on his person had been disabled by a hacker, leaving the FBI with very little to go on to start solving the case. They began by looking at his social media profiles.

It was then revealed that Cade had helped the Boston Police Department determine who was responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing so the department was adamant about the FBI cracking the case as quickly as possible. Agent Ryan questioned a Cade’s boss. She told Agent Ryan that he had worked as a consultant to NASA and she didn’t know all the details of that work. She then admitted that she and Cade had been dating but he had broken up with her the night he died. Agent Ryan then asked the woman if she killed him. She told Agent Ryan she had not killed him and that she still loved him, before excusing herself.

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The coronary report showed that there were signs of struggle on his body and that he had been strangled to death. Agent Mundo researched Cade and it was determined that Cade himself was the person who had wiped out all the data on all of his electronic devices. He then found out that Cade had used an app to ensure that no information about him could be accessed and then dialed 911 on his cell phone.

Agent Mundo then instructed his team to obtain the recording of Cade’s 911 call. When they listened to it they found out that Cade had pretended to be ordering a pizza. They also found out that the 911 operator was not able to pinpoint Cade’s location before the call was terminated. Mundo then went to the ZoGo offices to talk to them about what happened. He was told that the company’s drivers are independent workers as opposed to employees of the company and therefore he couldn’t give Agent Mundo the names of the five drivers Cade had allegedly received service from. Mundo was told that ZoGo was not responsible for their drivers.

Through their detective work the team determined that there had been a victim that met their fate the same way Cade did, but before he was killed. Finding out where the nearest dead body had been found Agents Mundo and Ryan went there to investigate. They confirmed that the body was that of the first victim randomly targeted for using ZoGo.

Agent Mundo went to a cab company to talk to one of the drivers and ended up chasing a man behaving suspiciously. The man was caught and arrested because he had sent out a phishing email that began this whole case. Agent Ryan then questioned him and determined he was not responsible for the murders.

Further investigation by the agents determined that six months prior a ZoGo driver had hit and killed a little boy and fled the scene. The case against ZoGo was dismissed because the driver fled from the country. Agent Mundo then surmised that the father of this young boy snapped and sent out to kill ZoGo drivers. Agent Ryan then tracked down the location of the suspect’s car and sent Agent Mundo there.

Daniel appeared in court to talk about the death of his parents, who were shot and killed in a convenience store when he was 10 years old. He told the judge that he had to tell his grandmother, whose only son was Daniel’s father, that he had been killed. His parents’ killer was on trial and Daniel confessed now, 18 years after they were murdered, he thought he would be mature enough to forgive their murderer but he was wrong.

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The team determined that Richard Davis, the man responsible for the deaths of Cade and a young woman, was a customer of ZoGo. Both murderers took place when a passenger was scheduled to get the car service at 5:17 am so at that time Agents Mundo and Ryan, as well as Nelson, tracked Davis’s location and went to that location to prevent him from causing the death of another innocent person. Nelson tracked Davis’s movements behind the wheel of his car while Agents Ryan and Mundo rushed to catch up.

Richard Davis was in a ZoGo car and pulled a gun on the driver and told the man to throw his cell phone out the window because he couldn’t have him calling anyone. The driver did so, causing Nelson, who had been tracking the man’s location using the GPS on the phone, to lose his ability to do so. They got the tracking information back and Nelson told the agents where Davis was going. In order to catch Davis, Raven had to manipulate the traffic lights they encountered in their pursuit. She then changed all the traffic lights along the route so that they were all simultaneously green. Daniel said this would cause more chaos than switching all the traffic lights to red. As a result, the car Richard Davis was riding in became stuck in traffic. The agents then caught up with Davis who admitted he wanted ZoGo drivers to pay for his son’s death.

SURVIVOR: WORLDS APART Ep 4&5 Recap: Lindsay Maxed Out

 

On this week’s Survivor  Worlds Apart, Hali said it was great to come back to camp from tribal council and see a campfire started. Mike found a snake and told his fellow tribe members to get a machete so they could kill it.

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When the tribes arrived for this week’s reward challenge Jeff told the blue and white color tribes that Nina had just been eliminated. The challenge was one person from each tribe was the caller and the other tribe members would all be blindfolded. The caller for each tribe had to direct their fellow tribe members to the objects they need to find to complete the challenge. Once a tribe found all those objects they had to go back and raise a flag. Jeff announced that the first two tribes that won this challenge would receive a reward. He then announced that the first tribe to raise their flag would get three roosters and a hen that they could use for food and companionship. Todd sat out on the while collar tribe while the blue collar tribe had Rodney and Mike sitting the challenge out. This is because both the white and blue collar tribes had more people on them than the no collar tribe. Caroline, Sierra and Joe were chosen to be the callers in this challenge. The white collar and blue collar tribes found their first objects.

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During the challenge, Kelly became injured and started bleeding. Jeff immediately stopped the challenge in its tracks. The medical team was then brought in to examine her and said that even though her head was bleeding she was going to be fine.

As the challenge was resumed the no collar tribe had four of the items they needed while the white and blue collar tribes both had three each of the items they needed. Jeff said that the no collar tribe was the only tribe that had figured out the challenge. At the end of the challenge the no collar tribe had earned the reward. The white collar tribe received ten eggs as a reward for coming in second place in the challenge.

Back at camp the no collar tribe talked about the fact that it was Will’s birthday and they were going to cook one of the chickens to give him a birthday meal. This made Will emotional and he stated that it was the first birthday he wasn’t spending with his family. Jenn objected to killing one of the chickens and eating it because the chicken was providing them with eggs. She also said she doesn’t eat meat at home and didn’t want the chicken killed to be used for food. Jenn went out to get firewood and look for the immunity idol while the rest of the tribe members were preparing one of their chickens. She said that the tribe cooking the chicken dinner worked for her because it allowed her to have time to find the immunity idol.

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Lindsay and Rodney argued because Rodney said that women should hold themselves to a higher standard than men and she found that to be a sexist statement. She said this made it hard to live with Rodney. He then said Lindsay looked like a female Mike Tyson. Rodney then said he didn’t know why they were fighting over something so stupid.

Shirin said she was glad the while collar tribe didn’t win the live chickens because no one else on the tribe would have known how to kill and cook one. The tribe did boil some of the eggs for themselves and talked about having a meal consisting of crabs and eggs. Shirin then said that in preparation for being on Survivor she had learned how to kill a chicken by slaughtering a rabbit. This made Joaquin feel like Shirin was a psycho because serial killers always start out killing small animals.

Max said than in the next challenge they shouldn’t ask Shirin to sit out because it will upset her. Caroline then said that both Max and Shirin are crazy. She also said that Shirin walks around camp naked because Max does as well and Shirin will do anything Max does.

As all three tribes arrived for the immunity challenge Lindsay and Shirin had to give back their immunity idols. Jeff then announced they would have to navigate a rope obstacle course. Standing on a balance beam each tribe had a bucket of balls that they had to get into holes in a large piece of wood. The first person to get three balls to the top of the wooden board would win immunity for the week. Lindsay, Dan and Shirin were chosen by their tribes to sit out of this challenge. The white collar tribe fell behind the other two tribes in completing the obstacle course. The no collar tribe ended up winning immunity. The white collar tribe was also safe but the blue collar tribe had to head to tribal council that night.

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Sierra blamed Rodney for ruining the tribe’s chances of winning immunity. She then said that he should be eliminated because of that. Mike said no one knows who their true alliance is until Jeff announces who is safe in the competition and who is not. Lyndsay then asked Dan to vote Rodney off that night because she wanted him gone. Dan said if getting rid of Rodney would bring the rest of the tribe together that he would be willing to vote against Rodney.

Rodney then talked about wanting to eliminate Lindsay and getting his other tribe members on his side. Mike also said that he did not trust Rodney and had no problem getting rid of him.

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At tribal council that night they talked about why Rodney was not liked. Jeff said that Rodney was playing with fire. He then told them that it was time for them to cast their votes accordingly. Jeff tallied the votes and announced that Lindsey was going to be going home.

Back at camp the blue collar tribe talked about that night’s tribal council. Mike said the tribal council had gone the way the alliance had planned for it to go. He said he was unhappy that Sierra was being cut off in the tribe. Dan said everyone on the tribe should air their grievances so they could work together again. Sierra was being criticized by the other tribe members for the way she was playing the game. Rodney said that he didn’t care that Sierra was crying because she had tried to have him voted out at tribal council. She was crying because Lindsay had been eliminated. Rodney said that if Sierra couldn’t handle the game she could “pack her bags and leave.”

At the rewards challenge Jeff announced that they were changing things so that there would no longer be a white collar, blue collar or no collar tribe. They were then told they would be separated into two tribes only; red and blue. Each person had to choose one object with either red or blue written on it. They were not allowed to see what color they got until everyone had one. Jeff then announced that the rewards challenge consisted of launch balls across the beach for their tribe mates to catch in a lacrosse stick. He showed the two tribes the reward the winning tribe would get, which was kitchen supplies and food. One point was awarded for every ball that was caught and the first tribe to reach five points would win the challenge. The blue tribe won the challenge and received their reward.

Back at camp Shirin and Kelly talked about the game and Kelly said she threw out the bait for Shirin. The blue tribe was happy to see all the new supplies they had from winning the challenge. Rodney confessed to his fellow tribe members that two years ago he arrived home one day to find his sister dead inside the house. Tyler then said that Sierra is broken and he is happy to her have on his tribe because he is drawn to helping broken people.

Jenn said she didn’t like Shirin and she didn’t quite know why but that Shirin talks too much. Shirin then announced to the tribe that she was going to go try and poop. Max went into the water and got stung by a sting ray. He came back to camp with both his feet having been stung. Jenn took a bucket of boiling water off the fire and told Max to put his feet in it. She then said they needed to boil more water for him. Hali complained that he had put his feet in their drinking water and that he had a wart on his foot.

Dan and Mike argued about how to get Sierra to be a part of their alliance and Dan said he would ask Sierra to take a walk and apologize to her for his past behavior during the game. When he talked to her Dan told Sierra it hurt him when she verbally attacked him. Dan said that he and Sierra had made the same mistakes but she wasn’t willing to forgive like he was.

The two tribes then arrived for the immunity challenge. Jeff then announced that the challenge was for two people from both tribes to take a sled with pots on it and drag the sled through an obstacle course. The pots then had to be placed on a stand and balanced there so that they could be smashed with a wrecking ball. The blue tribe won the challenge and the immunity idol. The red tribe was told they would have to go to tribal council that night.

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Back at camp Max said he was excited to get on with the game and that he was actually happy they were going to tribal council. Shirin said she thought she’d be in the power seat tonight and she was going to try to convince the others to vote Will out.

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The red tribe arrived at that night’s tribal council Max said that they were in a unique situation. He said the blue tribe has all the athletic people and the red tribe has no athletic people. Jenn then laughed because Max and Shirin remember every detail of past seasons of Survivor. Shiri said she has a lot of respect for Survivor and it was always her dream to be on the show. Max then said he had to force himself to relax or else he would never be able to. Hali talked about loyalty votes and quality of life votes when it comes to determining which tribe member should be eliminated next. After much discussion the votes were cast to determine who would be eliminated that night. Jeff then tallied the votes an announced that Max was being sent home.

BRING IT! Captain Down Recap: Kayla Works Through the Pain

This week on Bring It, the girls head back to Atlanta to compete in the creative dance and stand battle facing one of their biggest rivals in the Dazzling Divas at the ATL Bomb Squad Buck Off. Selena and Ms. D are at it again as well but this time it is over Sunjai.kyla hurt in bring it lifetime recap 2015 images

This week too Kayla runs into some issue because she feels like she has pulled something in her leg which causes Ms. D to tell her to sit it out. She doesn’t really want to but her mom, who agrees with Ms. D, tells her to do so.

During the cuts, the girls dance and Sunjai, who is having some trouble with the flip over walk, doesn’t make the cut. This sends Selena into a rage, because you know, Sunjai is Beyonce and shit.  She wants her daughter in the spotlight of the Dancing Dolls before she goes off to college. “I want Sunjai to be apart of everything.” She is going off to the parents about it and MiMi tells her about herself.  She says to Selena that Sunjai didn’t make it because she’s not good enough obviously. Brittney breaks them up.

Here you can really tell that the other parents are super tired of Selena being on her high horse about her girls. It’s like no one is better than Sky, Star and Sunjai and the whole world needs to change and bend to accommodate them and what they can and can’t do. It doesn’t really show too much in the show, but I bet her girls are full of themselves just like their mother. I mean, Selena is beautiful and so are her girls, but she takes it too far each week. She has to realize that sometimes it happens that your girls just aren’t up to the task for that particular week and leave it at that.

Selena of course, is not having this and for whatever reason, decides to get all up in Ms. D’s face on the day of the competition and Ms. D gets right back in her face.  During their argument, Selena tells her that her daughter deserves to be in the routine and that Diana should have changed it so that she could do the stunts (which is the main reason she got cut). Ms. D looks at her like “bitch please” and tells her that Sunjai needs to get her act together. She then walks away and nudges  her (yes she put her hands on Selena) back away from the door, closing it in her face. Selena keeps going off but to no avail and then walks away saying, “I’m tired of this.

For the life of me, I don’t know why these parents, when their kids don’t make the cut, feel like it is their right to go to Diana and demand that she put them back into the routine. Like come on ladies. She is not going to budge one little bit, so why the hell do you keep trying to make her.

The time comes for them to go on the dance floor to do what they gotta do for the creative dance category. They have a very unique routine, as they are brought out in baby doll looking boxes, which is very creative. They do pretty well and are able to do the walk over, which a lot of girls had trouble with during practice, perfectly.  Oh and you know that Selena is salty watching it because Sunjai is not out there. She says that Ms. D will see next time (even if she has to open up her eyes for her) that Sunjai needs to dance every week.

With the whole situation that is going on with Kayla, MiMi is in the back pumping her daughter up about the possibility of having to lead stand because of Kayla’s leg.  At the same time, Kayla’s mom is also back there helping her stretch and it is still up in the air about whether or not she will lead the battle because according to Ms. D if she her leg is still bothering her, she is not going to dance.

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When it is time to go on the dance floor, Kayla decides that she can do it and goes out there.  The girls do really well and it is “over the top amazing.”

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And let me just say here too wow, the Dazzling Diva poke fun at DD, as that seems to be the thing to do, and they actually do a great job. Ms. D and Kayla, however, think that it’s just okay but Diana feels that because the Dazzling Divas are the home team and that gives them an advantage and may give them the win.

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In the end, the girls take second place for the creative dance which leads Selena to say that had Sunjai been out there, they would have won. Um okay Selena… sure. In the competition that really matters, the Dance Battle, DD4L takes first place.

Everyone is very proud of Kayla as she proved why she is the captain.

Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari working towards NBA Return

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As long as he remains the head coach of the top team in college basketball, the name John Calipari will be thrown around every time an NBA coaching position becomes available. Well, as arguably the best coach in college basketball, Calipari wouldn’t be against giving the NBA another shot—in fact, he would welcome the opportunity.

Some of you may remember Calipari’s first stint in the NBA: a short-lived gig with the New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 1999. Other than another short tenure as Larry Brown’s assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers, Calipari has stuck to the college game ever since. Well, the now Brooklyn Nets could certainly use some help, and fans of the team believe Calipari’s return could be just what they need. Steve Popper of North Jersey News summed up the feelings of the fan base:

“The one name that could return the Nets to all of those things they thought they could be, that they seemed primed to be, is currently guiding the best college basketball team in the nation, a coach who crashed and burned with the Nets once already. The Nets can be saved by John Calipari.”

Apparently the fans aren’t the only ones who want Calipari coaching in Brooklyn come the 2015-2016 NBA Season:

“He desperately wants it,” said a front office official of the Nets. “He won’t say it out loud. The NBA is the only place he’s ever failed and it drives him nuts. He’s not the same guy he was then. He came to the NBA and he wasn’t ready. He’s ready now.”

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Now the question is whether or not Calipari is actually ready. Calipari has been the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team since 2009, and in that short period of time he has led the team to an NCAA Championship in 2012 and an appearance in the big game again last season. And there’s the whole undefeated thing this season. Not bad.

Of course, Calipari didn’t do any of this alone. In 2012 the team was led by New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis and Charlotte Bobcats star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. 2014 saw Nerlens Noel before his ACL tear. This season Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein have been absolutely fantastic.

The Nets may have the NBA’s top payroll, but they definitely don’t have the top roster. The Nets are outside of the playoff bracket even in the NBA’s weak Eastern Conference.

Is Calipari good enough to lead a team with no standouts to and through the playoffs? Hopefully we’ll get the chance to see for ourselves.