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411 MMA Interviews: Tito Ortiz
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on 09.26.2012
411mania.com speaks with UFC Hall of Famer and the former light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz, for an exclusive interview. Tito speaks about his new fighter management company, promoting new MMA amateur fights, and what's next for the Huntington Beach Bad Boy.
Recently 411mania.com got the chance to speak with the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and recent UFC Hall of Fame inductee,
Tito Ortiz
. Ortiz recently retired from fighting after losing a unanimous decision to
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at UFC 148. The same week, Ortiz was officially inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame for his numerous accomplishments and history in UFC and MMA including being the most defending UFC light heavyweight champion ever and one of the top box office draws the industry has ever seen. Even though he is no longer fighting, Ortiz is still very much involved with the MMA industry. He's started his own fighter management company, Primetime 360 Sports & Entertainment Management, Inc. In addition he will also be promoting and launching his own series of amateur MMA events in the Orange County area with the Fight Club MMA Rising Stars series, working alongside Roy Englebrecht and George Prajin.
The first event for the series is set for Saturday, October 6 at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Orange County. The series will then have it's next event on Friday, December 7. This will be an all amateur fight series to help fighters on the developmental stage of their careers get to the next level and fight in the pros. Ortiz will also be setting up a "Training with Tito" session where he will invite each fighter in each corner at the events to have a private training session with him.
Jeffrey Harris: How is retirement from fighting been treating you for the last several months?
Tito Ortiz: I don't think of it as retirement. I think it's more a graduation of moving onto something a little more physically easier but mentally harder. And that's opening up my management company and amateur league.
Jeffrey Harris: So congrats on starting this new venture, Fight Club MMA "Rising Stars." And you'll be promoting some amateur MMA events coming up in October and December?
Tito Ortiz: Yes that is correct. Actually, about two weeks ago, I opened up a management company called Primetime 360 Sports & Entertainment. And it's pretty much a whole 360 of entertainment – from the sport side of it; of course the entertainment side of it. We're trying to find the new, next stars and the way to do that is manage the guys the right way. Catch them when they're amateurs and teach them to be professional, [and to] be comfortable to getting into a professional level of mixed martial arts.
Jeffrey Harris: So you and George Prajin will be promoting amateur fights in the Orange County/Southern area?
Tito Ortiz: That's correct. Us and Roy Englebrecht who does Fight Club OC.
Jeffrey Harris: Will you only focus on amateur fights or do you ever want to start promoting some professional ones as well?
Tito Ortiz: I only want to do amateur fights because I want to build these guys for the professional level. Of course [with] UFC being the Super Bowl of mixed martial arts, and I want to get them to that level. So kind of laying the foundation so when they get to that level, they're very familiar with it and they know how to work with it.
Jeffrey Harris: Had you wanted to do this for a while or planned on doing it before?
Tito Ortiz: I kind of did…but I wanted to fight. I wanted to give the best I possibly could in the UFC and I think I've done that. In the last 10-15 years, I've really kind of built a stable for myself of a business acumen of doing the best I possibly can. Now it's time to give back to the youth and the amateurs in this profession of mixed martial arts and the next superstars. All the trials and tribulations I've gone through in my career; now it's time to correct those things and do them the right way. And I think I'm able to show a lot of young fighters that are up and coming stars that this isn't just a hobby. This is a lifestyle. And this is a way of life, and if they want to be successful, the best way to do it is learning from someone who has been in the sport the longest and has done it the right way I think.
Jeffrey Harris: Was that July 4th week an emotional week for you? You were inducted into the Hall of Fame. You had your last UFC fight with Forrest Griffin. Was that a surreal experience or just another day in the office for you?
Tito Ortiz: It was very surreal. But it's kind of funny because it's kind of like another day in the office. When it was done and over with, I was like, "Is it really over that easy?" But I look back and I've gone through a lot of stuff physically, emotionally through my career. And I was able to be seen outside the box – just as a normal fighter. I was able to use my success on a different level. And when I opened this management company, I wanted to do the same thing for young fighters who are coming up so they understand it and not making the same mistakes that I did as I was coming up. When the UFC Hall of Fame came about, I was just like, "Wow. Is this really happening?" And I was thankful because I think my fans deserve it. I've worked so hard in the UFC. I just wanted to make sure my fans know that their support that I've got [meant a lot]...
Jeffrey Harris: Being a family man, is there any sense of relief that the fighting part of your life is done? Between the injuries and having to get multiple surgeries.
Tito Ortiz: Yeah. I got to get two more surgeries. I got to get neck surgery again and get my ACL replaced in my knee. I tore it in the Forrest fight. And I'm just happy I don't have to kill my body anymore. I've always had the idea that prepare for the worst and the best will happen. Well after the best has happened, what else is there to fall back on? And I was able to know a smart businessman and make sure I have something else to fall back on. And through the surgeries that I've had: I've had back surgery; I've had neck surgery; I've had ACL replacement before; I've had rib surgery. And I was able to battle through those things and be successful and get to the top guys in my weight class and at the top level of UFC. And now that I can finally get my last surgeries finally done and set forth and over with – I'm 37 years old and it's nice to finally use my brain now instead of my brawn. I've made some great businesses because of the UFC, because of Dana White and Lorenzo Fertita. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be able to have what I have today. I'm very thankful because of it. So now it's time to use it to its fullest and to make sure that I've learned from the mistakes that I've had. To not copy those mistakes again and to fix them and to really use them to its fullness of being the best manager I can be since I was one of the best fighters in the world and really give back to the youth of our sport in mixed martial arts.
Jeffrey Harris: I think in many ways you were a trailblazer in the business in not just being a top level fighter but how you promote and market fights such as the things you did for your fights with Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, and Randy Couture like when we saw the specials for your training camps on Spike TV or when you were a coach on The Ultimate Fighter in one of the higher rated seasons. I think you more than anyone know that it's not just about being a sport, if you want to make money you have to get your name out there and connect with an audience.
Tito Ortiz: 100%. I think those are the biggest keywords: connect with an audience. When the fans fall in love with you and they have association you – "I do that same thing. I've had neck problems. I have to get surgery. But how does Tito do it? Get in the gym and still train." Then all of the sudden, they have something to correlate with. They have something in common. And I think a lot of fighters need to show that because all of us fighters are all the same. We all have a lot of associations with a lot of people. It's just that we love to train to fight. And to me it's a business. I've never been a "fighter." I don't "like to fight." But I like to make money. I mean don't get me wrong, I'd like to make the best out of this market right now. And the only way for me to do it was to compete. It wasn't a fight to me. It was a competition. It was business, and I understood it as that. So now essentially with this management company and this amateur league is showing these guys the right way to do it so when they get to the pros, they've already been there. They understand it. They've been ran through the coals to do it the right way, and I think educating these guys on the right level is doing it. I'm going to make it happen. I'm not going to promise these guys anything at all, but if I do promise them one thing is I'm going to give them the opportunity; the guys and the girls. We just signed Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos. So I'm going to give them the opportunity. They just got to make sure they work hard. This is not going to be easy for me or them but at the same time it's going to be an opportunity that no one else can give them. And I think everything I've been through my career, I can advise them. I can push them the right way so they understand that this is a business. If you put yourself as just a fighter, you'll be remembered as just a fighter. And I'm going to make the best of it I think and show these guys the right way to do it. So they do the interviews. They get their name out there and they are a household name. That's the biggest thing of this whole sport is being that household name. In boxing there is [Oscar] De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Mike Tyson, [Evander] Holyfield, [Muhammed] Ali. I mean that's just in boxing. That's just a few names that even come to mind. In wrestling there's The Rock, Hulk Hogan. There's so many of those big names in each sport – there is a void needs to be filled. There were guys like myself, Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, [Chuck] Liddell, [Randy] Couture. There are only just a few names in this sport that went to excel to the maximum as well as they could at the time. Now I've done great at getting to be a household name. So how do I make that happen for the future young fighters that are up and coming? I think that I've been through that myself, so I'm going to teach them how to do it.
Jeffrey Harris: You were a household name before everyone really knew what MMA was.
Tito Ortiz: It was the hard work I put in after. It wasn't just about fighting. It was about a business. This was a business to me. And people laughed at me. People were like, "Oh. Tito doesn't know what he's talking about." Now all of a sudden, 15 years later, I'm recognized and respected as that because I believed. I believe in putting in hard work in making these things happen and now it's paying off.
Jeffrey Harris: Last year when you defeated Ryan Bader at UFC 132, you beat a guy when a lot of people thought that was going to be it for your fighting career. And Ryan Bader who even just now was in a fight with Machida where he was competing to possibly get a UFC title shot. So what did it mean for you to not just beat Ryan Bader but finish a young, tough opponent like that?
Tito Ortiz: Well just showing that I still have it. No matter what the surgeries I've had done – just having back surgery in general, there's not one fighter that will come back after back surgery besides Nate Quarry who can compete and win. And just showing to the general public that we can accomplish anything. Set our goals high and never stop dreaming. And never stop working hard. I never stopped working hard. And I did that, and I think that was just god giving me back a gift, showing Tito, "See what hard work can achieve." Because before that fight, I worked harder than I ever worked in a long, long time. And I was able to do it because my health was good. I'm just very thankful for Lorenzo Fertita and Dan White for giving me the opportunities I've had in my career even if they challenged me a lot of times. But still, I've stuck next to the company. Whenever they wanted me to fight, I fought besides the one time that was against Chuck when he was my best friend and it was business decision on my part. I didn't have a manager. I didn't have people telling me what to do or how to do it. I did it myself. And that was the way I wanted to do it. And I just wanted to make more money if I was going to fight with my friends. In the falling out that he said he was never my friend, I guess I should have kicked his ass for cheaper money. It was just that I had to stand my ground. To me, this is a business and I got to take care of my children. My number one thing in my life is taking care of my children. I know what broke feels like and not having money, not being able to survive, not being able to put clothes on my back, not able to able to feed myself. And I don't want my children to ever feel that feeling. I had that feeling at the age of 6, 7, 8, 9 years old, and it seemed like another way of life. But then when I understood that's not the way life is supposed to be done, I wanted to make sure my children never had to do that. They never have to steal to feed themselves. They never have to steal to put clothes on their back. And that's why I work so hard and stand the ground that I do just because I want my children to never have to worry about financial stuff just as long as they work hard and they do great in school and respect their mother, respect their peers, and they respect their teachers and their father; that's what matters to me.
Jeffrey Harris: When you were being inducted to Hall of Fame, there was also a debate about Frank Shamrock since he had that previous win over you in the UFC and was the undefeated champion. I know it's not your call, but speaking hypothetically do you think Frank Shamrock deserves to be in the UFC Hall of Fame at some point?
Tito Ortiz: 100%. Frank Shamrock was a guy who changed the attitude of mixed martial arts. He put the mix in mixed martial arts for sure. I learned from him. After he beat me, I went into his camp and I trained with the guy. I learned how to use a heart rate monitor. I look up to Frank Shamrock. And even before we fought I still looked up to him. And he was a guy who got put literally on a bad pedestal because he tried to stand up for what I stood for. But at the time, he wasn't the champion. He was trying to come back and do things that he wasn't able to do. So he pretty much got blackballed completely out of everything. And he went to Strikeforce and he did that. So that was his business decision. The business decisions that I had were strictly because I was champion, and I believed what I was worth. And I think Frank Shamrock now and one time he should be in the Hall of Fame. He was a guy who I looked up to. Look at his name, Frank Shamrock. Everyone knows who Frank Shamrock is that is a serious fan of mixed martial arts.
Jeffrey Harris: Did it ever upset you when you fought through these injuries and talked about them and fans criticized you for it and fans felt that you were making excuses?
Tito Ortiz: Yes very much because the fans never understood what I went through. Now they are starting to see it. They are starting to see it. They are seeing fighters pull out of fights and they're pissed off at them. They're screaming at them, "Oh you guys are afraid to fight." Try to fight with injuries. Try to fight when fans aren't telling you to fight with injuries and you're saying no. I fought with injuries. I had a ruptured disc in my neck and fractured orbital bone the second time I fought Forrest [Griffin]. I still fought. I had two ruptured discs in my back and I fought Rashad Evans and [Lyoto] Machida. I fought Chuck with that back problem. Fighters now are pulling out. Back when I was doing it, fighters pulled out all the time and people didn't care because people didn't care about the fighters that were pulling out. They had no interest in them. Now when I'm not there, they're like, "god who do we watch?" They try to watch someone and they're pulling out due to injuries, and they're like, "Oh, he's pulling out. He's afraid to fight. Duh, duh, duh," because they're attitude has been set to a normalcy of a guy pulls out, he's afraid to fight. And that just goes out of what Dana has done with me. And I was just looking out for my health. When I fought, I was looking out for the company. I stepped up when I was fighting. When I fought Forrest Griffin, you got to understand, Brock Lesnar was supposed to fight Shane Carwin at UFC 106. And I was supposed to fight Mark Coleman. I was getting ready for camp and all of the sudden I was four weeks into camp and I get a call from Dana saying Mark Coleman pulled out because of knee problems. And the next opponent you're fighting is Forrest Griffin. I was like, "OK." I didn't second guess anything. I wasn't like, "Oh no. I need more money." I was like, "OK, fine." And I did that. Then all of the sudden, Brock Lesnar was hurt and he was pulling out, and I got pulled up to the main event. And through all that, I never questioned anything. I was like, "Cool. I'll fight Forrest. Let's get this on. Let's fight." And I did. And I stepped up and I fought…and our PPV numbers were great. I think we did over 600,000 PPV buys. We did great.
Jeffrey Harris: How does it make you feel to get your own action figures and being in a video game? And how do your kids like that?
Tito Ortiz: It's great. My son now, Jacob who is 10 years old, he says he plays and he uses me and he always beats all his friends. It's just cool to see. I mean it's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. I believed in it. I worked for it and I made it happen. But now that it happened and I look at it, it's just very surreal. Now I have my own action figures, and its like, "Wow, I always dreamt about this." Having my own fighter cards – I was the first fighter to make fighter cards. I have my seventeenth edition of fighter cards. When I first started making them I thought it was just for the fans. I would make 10,000 of those each issue and I would give them out for free and give them out to the fans. And the same fighter cards that I made now that I've made, all of the sudden a company is paying for me to make cards. And I was like, "hey, this is pretty cool." You got to believe in something. You got to believe in what this all going to pay out for. I just was trying to push the example of mixed martial arts, and I think I've done it very well.
Jeffrey Harris: You're probably tired of talking about this, but after the last fight with Forrest Griffin we learned he was granted a therapeutic use exemption for testosterone replacement therapy. Do you think it's suspicious for younger fighters under 35 to use this and do you think these are legal steroids and it's weird that commissions are allowing fighters to use this?
Tito Ortiz: I think it's crazy. I'm just literally baffled by it. I don't understand why they do it. In my career, I never had to do it. In the Olympics, they don't allow anybody to do it. I think it's just were setting a wrong example for us as fighters as a whole for the use and for the fans that are watching us. All of the sudden kids now will be like, "Well if I can't do as well as that guy, maybe if I took steroids I'll do better." That's setting the wrong example. I mean Forrest is what? 35? 34? And he shouldn't have to use anything like that until you're 50 years old. And it should be strictly for recovery and strictly to make you feel younger. Not to do it to excel and become a better fighter. It's just an easy way out. That's a cheater. Plain and simple, that's a cheater. I mean look at guys like Barry Bonds who are looked very down upon because of it. There's guys in baseball who can't get into the Hall of Fame because of it. Why are we setting an example for our children? And giving the opportunity for fighters to do this is setting a horrible example. And I've always been a person trying to set an example for children in mixed martial arts who want to be the best fighters ever. So this is a shortcut for cheaters I think, and I think it shouldn't be accepted.
Jeffrey Harris: Forrest Griffin just turned 33 right before your third fight with him.
Tito Ortiz: 33. Wow. I couldn't even imagine doing that stuff at that age and being able to compete. That's just crazy.
Jeffrey Harris: But is it OK for older fighters to use it?
Tito Ortiz: I think for any man in this sport, you should never be able to have a handicap at those levels to compete against a guy. If you have to, retire. Get out of the sport. Don't set an example for our children for your own use or for your own sacrifice. It's something that just shouldn't be done.
Jeffrey Harris: Are there are any guys coming up from Team Punishment that you are really excited about?
Tito Ortiz: Yes actually. Rob Emerson. He actually fought in the UFC at 155 lbs. He had a little trouble over the last two years with himself and hanging out with the wrong people. I signed him over to my management company. He's fighting now at 145 lbs., and he just submitted a guy two months ago in just over a minute and 45 seconds. And he's going to be destroying guys at 145. He's very, very vicious. 155 was a little big for him, but now at 145 he's going to be doing a lot better. Another guy by the name of Ricardo Abrue, who is 3-0 right now, who fights under Team Punishment; he is very, very tough at 185. And I think he's going to have a bright future. And of course Cris Cyborg who fights at 145 in Strikeforce. She actually is a champion and she's going to continue dominating as a champion. I know she had a problem last year with the stuff we were just talking about. I saved her. I got her mind in the right place, and she's going to promise me. I'll put my stamp on her that she's going to get some great fights and at the same time she's going to be the champion that she's always been.
Jeffrey Harris: Is the fight with Ronda Rousey going to happen and does it happen at 135 or a catch weight?
Tito Ortiz: It will happen at a catch weight. It will not happen at 135. To answer your question, yes the fight will happen 100%. But it will not happen at 135. Cyborg cannot make that weight. She walks around at 160. For a woman to cut that much weight, it's really too hard health wise on her body to cut that much weight. She's always fought at 145. Ronda Rousey fought at 145 at the beginning of her career. So why would a person whose the champion and whose defending the world title cut down to hinder her body just to make someone else happy?
Jeffrey Harris: Putting that aside what do you think of Ronda Rousey and what she's accomplished?
Tito Ortiz: I think Ronda Rousey is awesome for the sport. I look up to the girl. I think she's great for the sport. She's very beautiful. She has great technique. Great talent. And she is at the best at 135 pounds I think, and I wish the best for her. But if she fights Cris Cyborg, we've all seen what she did to Gina Carano. Cyborg made of an example of her. And I think Cris Cyborg will make an example of all the women in mixed martial arts because she's a different species. She's a different type of a woman. She's a fighter. She's a fighter at heart. Ronda Rousey, she's a great champion. She's a great representation of the United States and Olympic Judo. But I represent Cris Cyborg and I think she's a better fighter. But what Ronda Rousey has in front of her is a PR machine in ZUFFA, and they're pushing the right woman at this time at the right time. And I think Ronda Rousey deserves it and she's a great fighter.
Jeffrey Harris: Anything you would like to plug or anyone you would like to thank or give a shout out to?
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There are mixed feelings out there about this situation. Personally, I believe they should get his contract done. He has improved his performance each year in the league, and signing him would give their quarterback Mark Sanchez a sense of security. It would give him the feeling of confidence that he has a guy with him for a long time. There is precedence for this, as the Jets have extended core players early, such as Nick Mangold and David Harris.
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Written when the author was seventeen, and first presented as part of The Foundation of the Dramatists Guild's Young Playwrights Festival at New York's Circle Repertory Company, this rollicking dark farce focuses on a father's bizarre birthday gift to his son, a gift that ultimately changes the course of human history. "THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT would be called daring if written by an adult; it's even more wonderful as written by a 17-year-old" NY Times. "
the wild conceit and witty words of Schulman's THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT skyrocketed into the comic atmosphere." BackStage. "The satire, neatly sustained through two mini-acts, hits many targets, but is not lacking in underlying humanity." NY Magazine.
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Premenopausal women lose iron during menstruation, so experts advise that women in this age group take a multivitamin with 18 mg of iron, such as One-A-Day Women's (*Est. $7 for 50 tablets). This multi also contains 400 mcg of folic acid, which is recommended for all women of childbearing age to help prevent potential neural tube defects like spina bifida. Its 1,000 IU of vitamin D is slightly above the newest recommendation of 600 IU from the Institute of Medicine, but far less than the safe upper limit of 4,000 IU per day.
One-A-Day Women's is approved by ConsumerLab.com in its latest round of testing, and it's one of the few women's multivitamins evaluated that contains accurate amounts of the nutrients listed on the label. Five of the women's multis tested contain more niacin or vitamin B3 than stated. ConsumerLab.com says niacin in high doses is usually harmless, but it can cause skin flushing and tingling. Women's Health magazine says One-A-Day Women's is the best multivitamin for women. "This classic brand's formulation adheres to the updated DRIs [dietary reference intakes] more closely than most other multis," writes Richard Laliberte.
In August 2008, the FDA tested 324 multivitamins for lead, finding that 320 contain at least some trace. All of the multis are far below the provisional total tolerable intake (PTTI) levels, but some contain more lead than others. One-A-Day Women's has lower amounts of lead than many other women's multis evaluated, and doesn't exceed lead limits in ConsumerLab.com testing. User reviews at Amazon.com say women are generally happy with this One-A-Day multivitamin, but several complain of nausea if they don't take the pill with a substantial meal. Vegans and vegetarians should note that One-A-Day Women's contains fish ingredients and gelatin, which the company's website says is sourced from beef or pork.
Centrum A to Zinc (*Est. $8.50 for 100 tablets) is another popular, well-reviewed multivitamin that passed an older ConsumerLab.com test. In a 2010 survey by Pharmacy Times, 60 percent of pharmacists said they recommend Centrum A to Zinc to shoppers. This formula has 18 mg of iron, but just 400 IU of vitamin D and 200 mg of calcium compared to 1,000 IU of vitamin D and 500 mg of calcium in the One-A-Day Women's multi. If you prefer more of these nutrients, Centrum Ultra Women's (*Est. $12 for 100 tablets) contains 800 IU of vitamin D and 500 mg of calcium. Both Centrum A to Zinc and Ultra Women's contain gelatin, which is sourced from pork and poultry products, according to the manufacturer. Several users gripe at Amazon.com that Centrum multivitamins can cause digestive upset, especially when taken on an empty stomach.
If you're on a budget, experts say less expensive store-brand vitamins work just as well. Several brands pass muster in a recent independent test, including Costco's Kirkland Signature, Walmart's Equate, Rite Aid's Central-Vite and CVS's Spectravite. "We found that store brands did just as well in our tests as national brands, at a lower price," says ConsumerReports.org. "The biggest winner: Costco's Kirkland Signature, whose regular, 'mature' and children's multis cost a nickel or less a day." The Kirkland Signature Daily Multi (*Est. $13 for 500 tablets) contains 18 mg of iron and 500 mcg of folic acid but has less calcium and vitamin D than recommended for premenopausal women -- only 200 mg and 400 IU, respectively. It contains fish ingredients and gelatin, so it's not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.
The CVS Daily Multiple for Women (*Est. $8 for 200 tablets) also performs well in independent testing. It was approved by ConsumerLab.com in an older report, and it's one of the few multis evaluated that doesn't contain more niacin than stated on the label. It contains fish ingredients and gelatin.
If you don't like swallowing pills, Vitafusion MultiVites (*Est. $7 for 70 gummies) earn several recommendations. These gummy vitamins for adults come in a variety of flavors, including berry, peach and orange. Two gummies provide 800 IU of vitamin D, 400 mcg of folic acid, 12 mcg of vitamin B12, and other vitamins and minerals. However, they don't contain any calcium or iron. Although these multivitamins aren't included in recent independent tests, they get high marks at both Amazon.com and Drugstore.com. Reviewers say Vitafusion MultiVites taste great and are perfect for those who can't (or won't) swallow pills or tablets, but some users are disappointed that they lack nutrients like calcium.
Vegetarians and vegans have fewer options for multivitamins, largely because many top brands contain animal-derived gelatin or fish products. ConsumerLab.com tests several vegetable-based multis in its latest report and the results are largely disappointing. Although these products are supposed to be healthier, three of the eight evaluated aren't approved and three exceed the recommended UL for niacin. Of the approved products with proper levels of niacin, both are aimed specifically at women -- Thorne Research Basic Prenatal and Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw One for Women. The latter gets very good user reviews on Vitacost.com and Amazon.com, and the Thorne Research prenatals get decent feedback on Amazon.com.
While neither is considered a general adult vitamin, Thorne Research Basic Prenatal (*Est. $19 for 90 capsules) is good for all women of childbearing age, according to reviews. Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw One for Women (*Est. $26 for 75 capsules) contains 800 mcg of folic acid and 1,000 IU of vitamin D, but only 6 mg of iron and 16 mg of calcium -- 33 percent and 2 percent of DV, respectively.
Nature's Way Alive! Multi-Vitamin Vcap (*Est. $19 for 60 capsules) comes in a plant-derived capsule without gelatin, and contains 100 percent of most essential vitamins and nutrients, including 400 mcg of folic acid and 18 mg of iron. The multi contains only 400 IU of vitamin D -- 200 IU less than current guidelines recommend -- and 250 mg of calcium. Nature's Way Alive! also features a variety of fruit and vegetable powders, including alfalfa, wheat grass, kale, parsley, carrot, plum, cherry and more. There's no concrete evidence that these whole-food blends are effective, but they're showing up in more and more multivitamins.
Nature's Way Alive! Multi-Vitamin Vcap hasn't been included in recent independent tests, but it gets high marks from more than 60 reviewers at Amazon.com. Users say the vitamins are easy on the stomach and some report feeling energetic throughout the day. However, some are annoyed that they have to take six capsules daily, especially since the cost adds up quickly.
Some newer multivitamin formulas are appearing on store shelves to meet the demands of those who eat organically and want a supplement that follows suit. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) warns that many multis marketed as natural still contain chemicals and synthetic vitamins, not to mention fillers and dyes. The OCA recommends food-based multivitamins that don't contain synthetic forms. For example, food-based organic vitamins obtain B vitamins from brewer's yeast rather than synthetic riboflavin, and vitamin C from citrus fruits or rose hips instead of ascorbic acid. Companies that meet the OCA's requirements for food-based, organic ingredients include MetaOrganics and Raw Source Organics. The latter makes a Daily Multiple (*Est. $35 for 90 capsules), but it hasn't been evaluated in independent tests, contains low amounts of calcium, and lacks vitamin D and iron altogether. It does contain 400 mcg of folic acid, in addition to vitamin C, vitamin E, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6 and more.
The New Chapter Organics brand isn't recommended by the OCA, but its Every Woman's One Daily multivitamin (*Est. $17 for 60 tablets) earns several recommendations. These vegetarian tablets contain 1,000 IU of vitamin D, 400 mcg of folate and 60 mg of vitamin C, but have only 3 mg of iron and 25 mg of calcium -- 17 percent and 2.5 percent of DV, respectively. Better Nutrition magazine says the New Chapter Organics multivitamin is one of the best of 2010. "These are not your average multis," say editors, who like that the formula focuses on organic food-based ingredients.
New Chapter Organics also gets high ratings at Amazon.com, where users rave about the multi's organic ingredients. They also like taking just one tablet a day, but some say the pills are large and hard to swallow. Unlike the brand's One Daily multivitamin, its Every Woman formula containing multivitamins, herbs and minerals (*Est. $17 for 60 tablets) requires two tablets a day but has 9 mg of iron, half of what's recommended for premenopausal women.
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Hey gang. This isn't really an introduction. It's like a pre-introduction for an introduction. Anywho... For the second year in a row, Cincy Jungle, in part with SB Nation, is having our fantasy football league through Flea Flicker. What I need to know from you guys is how many of you want to join the league. I'm in the process of setting it up and want gauge the interest level. In the comments section, let me know if you're interested. That way I'll know to set up a 24-player league, or something smaller.


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UNC Lineberger News
UNC Oncology nurse seeks Kaps for Kids
Help her reach her 2,000-hat goal by December 16.
Marks on the misperceptions of electronic health records
In the editorial, "Misperceptions on electronic health records" published in the News & Observer, Lawrence Marks, MD, Chair of Department of Radiation Oncology and UNC Lineberger member explains on the benefits and drawbacks of electronic health records.
The Gene Team
UNC clinical geneticists Jonathan Berg and James Evans spearhead an ambitious project to catalog all genetic variations implicated in disease.
2013 CABTRAC Annual Meeting explores cancer research and training programs
The UNC Lineberger-sponsored conference featured several UNC-affiliated faculty and graduates.
Evans discusses consumer-marketed genetic testing at Salon
In the article, "Do you want to know what will kill you?" at Salon.com, Jim Evans MD, PhD, Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics and UNC Lineberger member discusses the pros and cons of consumer-marketed genetic testing.
Endeavors - What's best for the breast?
Charles Perou's test can help patients decide on a course of treatment.
"Corona Cares" contributes $150,000 to patients, families dealing with cancer
Funds from the campaign will support programs that benefit patients and families receiving cancer treatment at the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
Promising new therapy in a smaller package
A new microbeam emitter developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by a team led by UNC Lineberger member Otto Zhou has the potential to bring a promising new form of radiation therapy into clinical use.
Fast Break Against Cancer raises nearly $180,000 for cancer research and treatment
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A woman decided to sing for herself during her wedding as she was walking down the aisle to her husband to be.
As Marie Carr, 25, was getting married to her dream man, she decided to sing Christina Aguilera's "The Right Man.". Marie says she got the idea for the song due to the lyrics of the song and her personal tragedy that happened.
"My dad died in a car wreck when I was 13 so I knew no one would be walking me down the aisle," Marie said. "I thought that [Christina Aguilera] song would be perfect because it's about walking by yourself but also walking toward the love of your life."
The couple met at university but Marie knew they 'were meant for each other'. Due to their personal tragedies, the two were drawn to each other like a moth to a flame. Marie's husband, Devin was hit by a truck at age 11 and suffered serious brain trauma that affected his vocal abilities to date. Marie lost her father in a car accident as a teenager and a month before her wedding, she lost her grandmother to cancer.
"I had told my grandmother I was going to sing, and even after she was diagnosed with cancer she was telling all the doctors about my plans and was so excited," recalls Marie, "so it was difficult to not have her there. "
We had some audio tracks of her dad speaking from video tapes he took when she was still in school, so we played his voice before [Marie] walked out to sing," Devin explains.
The walk down the aisle was filled with emotion as Marie listened to her father's voice and walked down the aisle to her future husband.
The wedding took place last year but almost a year after, the footage on videographer Petite Productions' YouTube site got picked up by international news outlets and more than 350,000 hits were later registered.
"This was not meant to be a viral video," says Marie. "I'm a very private person we didn't post a link to the video or even talk about it after the wedding. The only people who knew about actually were the ones who actually came to the wedding."
They had their first child, a daughter Eden, 3 months ago and they are afraid of losing their privacy. "Some people thought it was an act and a publicity stunt," explains Marie, who was wary of doing more interviews. For the record, it wasn't. If Marie's singing seems fraught with emotion, it's because it is. "We both come from pretty hurt places," explains Devin.
Marie added saying, "Another way to put it is that we've had to overcome a lot to get this place so for us it was a pretty magical day."
"At the reception I sang "Endless Love" with my father in law, but my mike wasn't working so all you see is him telling the DeeJay to fix the sound. I'm just trying to process all the attention. So yeah, this is enough for me," Marie said.
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Start of the year:
We are set here don't really need to do anything major this year (we need to take a hard look next off season).
Lee: Try to showcase him at the beginning of the year to move him at the deadline
Crawford: Trade him for a future second round pick
Here again similar stay the status quo and take a look where you are next off season
Bass: like Lee showcase him at the beginning of the year to build up value
Humphris: Try to find a team looking for an expiring deal and deal him for a 2nd round pick plus generate a trade exception (very important)
We need to look hard here and get a young big (Maybe Horford/Drummond/Asik/Vucevic/ or Cousins)
Trade deadline:
Package Bass and Lee if they have a good beginning of the year showcase for something of value (See young big). Maybe if a team like Houston is in the mix they would be willing to trade Asik as they are in win now mode.
Send Hump out for the Trade exception and pair with the one we generated with the Nets deal and have a really huge trade chip for the offseason.
My Rotation after the trade deadline:
PG: Rondo/Pressy
SG: AB/Brooks/Bogans
SF: Green/Wallace
PF: Sully/Olynyk
C: Asik/Shav/Fav
Next Offseason:
So first off hopefully with showcasing Bass and Lee, and the beginning of the year we lose enough games to get a top 5 pick next year. In this scenario we are not in full tank mode putting all our hopes and dreams into the ping pong balls (which never works) but hopefully come out with a great starter and maybe future star. If we don't happen to have a top 5 pick it will most certainly be a top 10 where we can get good player.
This next part is the hard part, I see this as kind of an Al Jefferson type of move. We will need to move a young guy/guys who we all like (AB, Sully, or Olynik depending on how he does) to move for a complementary star, I am thinking a power forward as next year's draft seems weak on them. Looking at the 2014 Free Agent list I would say a sign and trade with the Pistons and get Greg Monroe. I am going to say its going to take AB/Sully as they have more experience out of this group. and the Pistons probably wont want to pay him after this year to clear the way for Drummond.
Now, for the important trade exception. There are a ton of great free agents next year 1st Tier (Lebron, Melo) 2nd Tier (Gay, Wade) 3rd Tier (Granger, Z. Randolph) and I am probably missing some. Now some of you may think I'm crazy for listing some of these players, but if we build it right and depending on how teams do this year we might be able to get a Melo.
We know the Knicks experiment is going to fail, and they are going to go into rebuilding mode once again. We could use that trade exception and one of our many future picks (Nets 2016 makes most sense) and maybe get Melo which I think is the path of least resistance. I also think you can sell him on the youth if we make all these other moves that we would be a legit contender and make him want to come to Boston. so that's what I will go with in this particular post even though as you can see above is not our only course of action as there are other players we can get.
We also need to find a way to get a legit backup PG next year, either through the draft (our other pick) or next year's mid-level exception. For sake of the post I will go the midlevel route and say get (Stucky/Sessions/Colliston/ or Lowery). Any one of those guys is a starts PG on a bad team and a great option for a backup on a great team and could be had for midlevel type money so id be happy with any of them.
2015 Season rotation after all these moves:
PG: Rondo/ Mid Level Money PG (See Above)/ Pressy
SG: 2014 Draft Pick/Brooks
SF: Melo/Green/Wallace
PF: Monroe/Olynik
C: Asik/Shav/Fav
Final Thoughts:
I just want to let you guys let this sink in a minute... A year removed from the big three era we could have a legit top tier team to compete for banners NOW. The team I built above, I don't think by any means is doing anything crazy that can't happen, and if it is I listed viable alternatives to some players so were not putting all our eggs in one basket. I just think that would best case scenario and made the most sense to me.
This team would be young enough to compete for a title many years to come and have enough assists for the future to keep it rolling (Clips 2015 Pick, Swapping 2017 Pick with Nets, Nets 2018 Pick). Have an OKC type of team, which is sustainable for the long run. Especially with a great GM like Danny who always seems to find the gems in the draft.
I applaud Danny for what he has done as I can see him painting a picture for the future.
I hope you all can appreciate what I have written as I took a good couple of hours researching all this information and putting together something. Something which I feel is 100% in the realm of possibility versus a very far stretched post which could never happen in a million years.


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About.com: And then came Family Feud.
Richardson: Yes, in 1999 I began working on Family Feud, and I've had the opportunity to work with three different hosts, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, and John O'Hurley.
About.com: And soon there will be a fourth host, Steve Harvey.
Richardson: Right. The interesting thing there is that I did announcing work on The Steve Harvey Show, but I've never met him because my work was done in post production. So I'm looking forward to meeting him and working with him, assuming they keep me on the show!
About.com: Is there a learning curve for you at all when a new host takes over the show?
Richardson: No, not at all. What I do is basically the same. I might announce the name differently, just to keep it fresh and distinct, but my job is the same no matter who is hosting. I come in, and do about twenty minutes of warm-up with the audience, welcoming them to the show and teaching them what they need to do; when to applaud, when to cheer, that kind of thing. And between takes I get to entertain them. The crew brings out the soundtracks on CD and I do a little singing then.
About.com: Is there a difference in the way you approach announcing a prime time game show versus a daytime or syndicated game?
Richardson: Not really. The Price is Right had their nighttime specials which were done a little differently, with more prizes and excitement, so everything was kicked up. But the announcing is really the same. In the case of The Price is Right, even with the added excitement, they want the show to appear as much as possible as the same show viewers know and love.
About.com: Speaking if Price, they put quite a bit of focus on their announcers, and even more so lately. Is that something you'd like to see more of on other game shows?
Richardson: Yes I would! Audiences like to see other players on the show; it gives the host another person to interact with on a familiar level. Most of us who do voice work are talented in other areas, so there's talent there that remains untapped. I get to do fun things on Family Feud every now and then of course - on the Halloween episodes I do a little Count Dracula and that kind of thing. I would love to be more involved in the show though.
About.com: As game shows continue to evolve, do you think we'll ever see a return to simpler games without all of the extra drama and glitz?
Richardson: The simpler games will always be around because they're the ones that people love to play along with at home. If you're watching Family Feud or Jeopardy! you can jump right in and start playing the game instantly. It doesn't matter if you walk in halfway through the game while it's on television, you can just start playing. And that's the hallmark of a show like Family Feud.
With reality-type game shows, the core theme is that the participants will get something out of it at the end. Someone wins a prize, someone gets a lot of money, and there might be some theme that will hook viewers emotionally. But viewers can't really play along with those games. Some shows are hardly game shows. For example, Deal or No Deal is a prize show. You do something that will earn you money or prizes, and that's all there is to it.
About.com: The thing I've noticed with Deal or No Deal (and my readers will be tired of reading this by now) is that people desperately want to play the game, but they aren't actually watching it on television.
Richardson: That's interesting. A successful game show engages the audience. If it's too easy there's no challenge, and it's not compelling for many people. There's too much of an element of luck rather than gaming or skill. In the end people like to be challenged.
About.com: Burton, thank you so much for your time today! It was a real pleasure to speak with you, and I hope we'll be hearing your voice on Family Feud for many years to come.
Richardson: Thank you Carrie, I enjoyed our conversation.


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NEW ORLEANS – A mother and son who are both NOPD officers accused of beating a security guard have had more serious charges filed against them in a bill of information filed by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office, announced Thursday.
The charge of aggravated battery was added for Sgt. Emelda Blanco, while her son, Officer Gerald Blanco, had the charge of aggravated assault added to the previous charge of simple battery for the incident that occurred in late May at a Treme nightclub.
The incident was captured on videotape.
In a news release, the DA's office said that after reviewing the evidence, the more serious charges were added to the original charge of simple battery that came from the NOPD.
"I want to reassure the community that under my administration no one is above the law," said DA Leon Cannizzaro. "Those members of the law enforcement community who believe that their badge is a 'get out of jail free card' are sorely mistaken."
In surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News, two off-duty NOPD officers walk up and begin shoving a security guard at Robertson's Vieux Carre' Lounge.
Sgt. Blanco and her son were also suspended without pay following the incident.
The security guard said a few weeks ago that he refused to let Gerald Blanco enter the same lounge because he believed the off-duty officer, who was carrying a gun, was intoxicated.
He said Sgt. Blanco and her son returned for revenge, leading to the incident.


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Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
The catch is that to make universal coverage work at the state level, you'd need some way to channel Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare funds into the system. At the moment, that's difficult if not impossible. But legislation quietly being drafted by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) would change that. It would create a mechanism for states to request federal funds after establishing their own health insurance programs. If passed into law, McDermott's State-Based Universal Healthcare Act would represent a game changer for medical coverage in the United States. It would, for the first time, create a system under which a Medicare-for-all program could be rolled out on a state-by-state basis.
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Zappa Characters
A group in which to share your knowledge of all the characters that have been associated with the Zappa family over the years.
Many have become entrenched in folklore, so facts, figures, rumours, stories of personal encounters; all are welcome. Maybe Dweezil can contribute some hitherto undisclosed knowledge to this group.
So if you went to school with Suzy Creamcheese, saw FZ with Butch & Brenda, if T.J. Helmerich is your brother, or you used to babysit Dweezil, share your story here.
If it's a true story....great. If it's entertaining, but completely made up....that's fine too (nothing too libellous though)
In 1963 my family had just moved to Los Angeles from the Midwest.We moved to West Hollywood, Genesee near Beverly Blvd. A block from CBS TV Studios. One night our friend Gene came by and asked if my brother Charlie and I wanted to see something interesting. We walked about 3 blocks to Laurel Ave. ,to "sculpture & garment" shop and entered the world of Vito and Szou. The first time i saw Szou she was standing at the foot of the stairs wearing a beautiful macro-may dress with a see through top. She was blonde, with short bangs. Utterly beautiful. She hardly paid attention to us as we made our way downstairs to the studio. Once downstairs, we noticed a sculpture studio filled with strange looking pieces of sculpture, and an old man, Vito, talking animatedly with his hand gestures filling the air.There were many guests both very straight looking, and those whose clothing suggested a bohemian lifestyle. We would sit on the rickety couch for hours, just watching. Every once in a while Szou would come downstairs and wrap her arms around Vito. it looked odd. A guy in his 60's with a chick about 20. It was certainly not your ordinary couple. Their son Godot, was a 2 year old blonde moppet wandering around the studio, stark naked, and filthy as can be. Vito & Sue could care less. One night, we were all down there, once again observing, and I saw Godot walk towards a chunk of gray potter clay. he began to stick it in his mouth. I ran over and pulled it away before he cold swallow it. He began to cry. Suddenly Szou looked over, and in a panic began to scream at me. "What are you doing to my baby?" i told her that Godot was just about to eat the clay. She began screaming again calling me a liar. A very strange, neurotic woman. I never saw her laugh or smile.
Where Richard Drakes speaks of Wild Man Fisher and characters of 3 decades.
That is a large pool. In regards to characters that are using the social world of the times that they live in, those decades that Richard speaks of are over, so the answer is a simple one.
So long as there is a platform for expression the characters of a given generation will have an opportunity on that given platform that they may have at their disposal. Is Lady Gaga a character? One of many! Whether any individual enjoys their arts is always subject to taste.
At this moment Repo Men comes to mind. Cry Me A River. Even with Nostalgia Acts the art can run deep in the blood. Sure it's only a movie but so much that one will sign their name to a corporation that if they can not repay the loan the corporation will come and do a live extract of a given organ or implant on you. So art moves people be it within the generation or reliving something that has been around for a long time.
The culture of the 60's 70's and early 80's had a lot of characters. There was an abundance of artistic talent in so many art forms compared to today. Not to be seen like that for quite awhile. It is only the media trying hopelessly to create a buzz. They are always a few days late.
I'm inclined to agree overall Ciaran (especially about Mr. Doherty) Famous for being famous seems perfectly valid to lots of people today.
Times were different back then, but I do wonder if those guys' contemporaries were talking about them the way we are about Mr. Doherty et al. Perhaps they were being compared unfavourably to the previous generation of larger than life characters, just as we are doing here.
One thing I am confident of, is that history invariably sees people through rose tinted glasses.
Take Jim Morrison, I thought in my much younger days what a thrill it must have been to be around the guy, then I read a book by some guy who was there (Sugarman?) and it seems he was largely unbearable. It's only one person's view, but you get the point.
It would be interesting to see any other opinions.
I think thats a really interesting question Richard. My personal take on it is that we will never see their like again. The times were different then, and produced real individuals with something to say or do.
By comparison, todays bunch are just 'celebrities' who are famous for being famous and not much else.
Permit me to enter into evidence the case of one Pete Doherty...a first-class t**t if ever there was one. He (and his media mates) seems to think that his drug taking is the result of him being a tortured soul. Sorry but that dog don't hunt.
He's a wanker.
What say you Mr. D?
Just out of curiousity, what does everyone think about the characters that are around today as opposed to Wild Man Fischer and that 60s/70s group of miscreants?
Were people more interesting and exciting then, or will todays' crop assume the same mantle of mystique and bravado in years to come?
@ Liza,
The Zappa fan in the video is not Dweeezil Zappa. Dweezil had just turned 12 years old a month before the show and there are several photos of him at that general time if one wants to see what Dweezil looked like back then.
While I was at this show and all Palaldium shows that year I do not remember meeting "Charlie Chaplin" but there were many good costumes that Frank Zappa Halloween at The Palladium.
Here is a toast to DZPZ doing a Halloween show this year.


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[2012-06-26] Dolphin 2.1
After the release of Dolphin 2.1 on the first of August Frank Reininghaus will take over the maintainership of Dolphin. The last 6 years have been a great experience for me and I'm proud that I got the chance being part of this community!
[2012-06-03] Improved Views
The upcoming Dolphin 2.1 release, which will be part of KDE applications 4.9, will have improved views.
[2012-03-06] Dolphin Update
Dolphin 2 has been released and contains several bugfixes as part of the 4.8.1 release of KDE applications. Also some visual improvements for grouping have been done.
[2011-11-04] Dolphin 2.0
Dolphin 2.0 is going to be released with the 4.8 release of KDE applications and will contain a new view-engine.
[2011-03-27] Preview of the new default look
Dolphin will get a new default look for KDE SC 4.7 that tries to minimize the visual clutter:
[2011-01-24] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE SC 4.6
KDE SC 4.6 is expected to get released on January the 26th. This release of Dolphin includes several improvements for searching, the column view and service menus.
[2010-08-10] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE SC 4.5
KDE SC 4.5 has been released today. In this release mainly bugfixes and cleanups for Dolphin have been done.
[2010-01-26] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE SC 4.4
KDE SC 4.4 will be released on February the 9th. An overview about the improved searching, tooltips and version control support is available on the Dolphin Weblog.
[2009-07-25] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE 4.3
KDE 4.3 will be released on August the 4th. An overview about the improved Information Panel and directory thumbnails is available on the Dolphin Weblog.
[2008-10-26] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE 4.2 alpha
The feature freeze for KDE 4.2 is on November the 17th. An overview about the new Dolphin features is available on the Dolphin Weblog.
[2007-12-16] Screenshot of Dolphin for KDE 4
One month left until KDE 4.0 gets released. Dolphin looks like this currently:
[2007-03-10] Oxygen Icons
The Oxygen icons are now part of kdelibs and Dolphin looks like this:
Please note that the Oxygen icons are not finished yet. Also the window and widget decoration of Oxygen is not used in the screenshot.
[2007-02-25] Screenshot of Dolphin in KDE 4
The KDE 4 version of Dolphin currently looks like this:
Some notes to the screenshot:
- The screenshot does not include Oxygen.
- The sidebars can be hidden, tiled and moved to any position now. Please ignore the poor layout and design, this will be improved.
- The design of the navigation bar will be improved too.
[2007-02-17] Dolphin has been moved to kdebase
Dolphin has been moved to kdebase this week. As there already had been some discussions at dot.kde.org about what this really means, I hope the original SVN comment from David Faure makes it more clear:SVN commit 633622 by dfaure: Moving Dolphin to kdebase, as discussed with Peter and others. The big plan is: dolphin will become the default file manager (kicker buttons and file:/ links bring it up); for a more file-manager-oriented GUI than in kde3. File management in konqueror will remain available, e.g. for people who like to have profiles where it's combined with other things. For code sharing even more, we are considering making a dolphinpart and using that as konqueror's directory view.
This means that all people who love Konqueror because of its power and being an universal an viewer: File management in Konqueror will stay and nothing will be taken away. Dolphin for KDE4 has been adapted in a way that Konqueror and Dolphin share as much code as possible. Having now two frontends means that the shared code gets tested in a better way, which will increase the stability and points out possible shortcomings. So just see Dolphin as an additional application for file management, which can be used but nobody is forced doing so.
As some topics regarding Dolphin popup frequently on discussions and are sometimes only based on screenshots and on wrong assumptions, here are some facts:
Navigation bar: The navigation bar can be switched from the breadcrumb
view to the traditional view without any problems. It's configurable which
view acts as default and it's possible to switch the views during runtime:
In the KDE4 version of Dolphin it is possible to paste an URL from the clipboard by pressing the middle mousebutton somewhere inside the breadcrumb view.
- .dolphinview files: The KDE3 version of Dolphin stored a hidden .dolphinview file in each directory where the view mode has been changed. Aaron J. Seigo has fixed this, so like in Konqueror the standard .directory file is used instead. Additionally it is configurable whether Dolphin should remember the view properties at all; this means no .directory files if this feature is turned off.
- Is FTP access possible? Dolphin uses the KIO slaves like Konqueror and hence can access all common protocols like ftp:/, home:/, file:/, system:/, media:/, remote:/, applications:/, sftp:/, fish:/ and smb:/.
- Sidebar The sidebars of the KDE4 version Dolphin are now implemented as QDockWidgets, which allow a free configurable alignment (left, right, overlapped or tiled).
[2007-01-25] Release of Dolphin 0.8.2
I got some translation updates for German and Polish from Jannick Kuhr and Piotr Malinski, which have been integrated into Dolphin 0.8.2.
[2006-12-22] Release of Dolphin 0.8
The release of Dolphin 0.8 will be the last release for KDE 3, as the main focus will be to prepare Dolphin for KDE 4. Dolphin 0.8 contains the often requested sidebar:
[2006-11-27] Dolphin is part of KDE playground
Dolphin has been integrated into KDE playground! My thanks go especially to Laurent Montel, Kevin Ottens and Holger Freyther, who helped a lot porting Dolphin to KDE4. To give it a try:
svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/utils/dolphin mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ../dolphin
For informations how to install KDE 4 please refer to KDE3To4. A rough roadmap for Dolphin is also available.
[2006-11-17] Roadmap
The last weeks have been very interesting. Aaron J. Seigo provided some cool patches and offered a lot of help for Dolphin. Dolphin gets now ported to KDE 4 so that it can act as a kind of prototype for testing some usability ideas and improvements. If everything works well, things like the Dolphin navigation bar might even get part of the KDE 4 libraries. This would allow other applications or e. g. the file open dialog to use the navigation bar too,
One downside of the good news is that I don't have time to maintain and develop the KDE3 version of Dolphin in parallel. Dolphin 0.8 will be the last release for KDE3 and will offer a sidebar as major new feature. Currently Michael Austin works on the documentation (this will take up to 3 weeks, as Michael is currently quite busy).
Anyhow I think its worth to make the KDE 4 port for Dolphin now, as it helps testing the I/O related parts of the KDE 4 libraries and allows giving some input.
[2006-10-22] Release of Dolphin 0.7.0
Dolphin 0.7.0 has been released. I got a lot of translations during the last days and wanted to thank Ain Vagula, Stephane Lesimple, Patrice Tremblay, Itai Alter and Piotr Malinski for their contributions!
[2006-10-06] Renaming of Files
I'm back from vacation and found some time for adding a functionality into Dolphin I always missed: renaming of multiple selected files in one step. When I copy the photos from my digital camera to the harddisk they are named dsc001234.jpg, dsc0001235.jpg etc. Renaming them file by file can get a little bit boring when coming back from vacation having 150 photos... Ok, I could have been using Digikam or KRename for this task, but it was more fun to implement this functionality within Dolphin by using the vacation photos as test base.
Also I got some very nice patches for Dolphin from Patrice Tremblay, which will get part of Dolphin 0.7. The fixes are the kind of fixes I mostly like: no big "Hey, I'm a new feature, look at me"-stuff, but small, nearly unrecognizable improvements which just make feel the application better than before.
[2006-08-30] Release of Dolphin 0.6.2
The release of Dolphin 0.6.2 contains mostly bugfixes, but the interesting things happened behind the scene: The Dolphin team has been increased! Cvetoslav Ludmiloff is currently working on a sidebar for Dolphin, Stefan Monov contributed session management to Dolphin 0.6.2 and gave some very good inputs regarding some usability issues. Michael Austin and Orville Bennett contributed an early draft for the Dolphin documentation. All in all I'm very happy for being part of a team now instead of playing the "lonely warrior" ;-)
I'm on vacation from now on until the end of September and cannot answer any e-mails during this time. This also means that the planned release of Dolphin 1.0 gets postponed. I think that the end of this year seems to be a realistic date from the current point of view...
[2006-08-18] Dolphin at Sourceforge
Dolphin now found its place at Sourceforge. To submit bugs, features or for getting the latest inofficial snapshot just visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/dolphinfileman.
[2006-08-06] Release of Dolphin 0.6.1
I got a lot of useful input after releasing Dolphin 0.6.0 and hope that I can implement most of them for Dolphin 1.0. In the meantime I fixed some important issues and released Dolphin 0.6.1. The release also contains a nice feature submitted by Cvetoslav Ludmiloff: the currently shown folder can be bookmarked by the context menu. Cvetoslav is now part of the Dolphin development team and honestly speaking I'm very happy having some support now.
[2006-07-23] Release of Dolphin 0.6.0
Dolphin 0.6.0 has been released, which includes the features mentioned below.
[2006-07-13] Still Alive
It's a long time since the last Dolphin release, but don't worry: Dolphin is still alive. I plan to release Dolphin 0.6.0 until the end of July, which will include some nice features:
- A menu 'Tools' has been introduced, which includes:
- Support for opening the console for the current directory.
- File searching with KFind.
- File comparing by the integration of Kompare.
- Support of zooming the current view. The zooming also works for the view mode 'Details'.
- Different sort orders for all views (this feature is currently not finished yet).
- ... and for sure some bugfixes.
[2006-06-20] Release of Dolphin 0.5.2
Although I wrote two days ago that the next release will be done at the end of June, I decided to release Dolphin 0.5.2 now. The reason for this that I could fix a really nasty issue in the view mode 'Previews': for specific MIME types the y-position and height of the preview was calculated in a wrong manner. In addition to the other fixes made since Dolphin 0.5.1 I think it's worth to release it. This allows me to have a more relaxed schedule for Dolphin 0.6.0.
[2006-06-18] Small enhancements
I found some time to implement the following changes:
- Fixed issue that moving, copying and renaming of files on non local directories failed under certain circumstances.
- Don't clear selection if the focus is changed on a split view.
- The view mode 'Icons' strictly refuses to generate any kind of preview.
- Pressing 'Escape' in the 'Edit Location' mode of the navigation bar switches to the 'Browse' mode.
- View properties dialog: don't ask for confirmation, if no change has been done by the user.
- File information is shown in statusbar when the mouse pointer is above an item.
- Spanish translation (thanks to Nestor Diaz).
Still I think it's too early to release another bugfix version on www.kde-apps.org; the users should really see some improvements on Dolphin and I fear that the packagers get crazy if I release a new version each week :-) So the next release 0.6.0 is target for end of June including some minor enhancements.
[2006-06-12] Release of Dolphin 0.5.1
Dolphin has been accepted quite well on www.kde-apps.org, thanks to all people who gave Dolphin a try! The bugfix release Dolphin 0.5.1 is available for download and contains some results from the given feedback.
[2006-06-07] Release of Dolphin 0.5
The first public alpha version of Dolphin is released and ready for download. The final 1.0 release is planned for end of September 2006.


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You know, it's funny. My wife and I were watching fencing the other day and she said that she just didn't get it.
She said why sword fight if there weren't any real consequences. Now, if they were fighting to the death, then she'd be all for it. After taking a moment to process my wife's newly discovered (at least by me) blood lust, I realized that she had a pretty compelling point.
It does seem rather ridiculous that we have these sports with violent pasts and make them tame for competition. Now, I realize that it would be wrong to have people killing each other on national TV. I doubt McDonald's and Coca-Cola would still advertise so heavily if that were the case.
And yet, it got me wondering what other games from movies would be fun to see in the Olympics. In that spirit, here are the medal winners for games that we would like to see added to the Olympics.
How is roller derby or by extension this futuristic take on it not already in the Olympics? Rollerball basically adds a ball and a whole lot of grit to roller derby.
Sure, in the movies there's plenty of violence, so in the spirit of the Olympics, we will tone that back a bit. But I think starting with roller derby would be a good start.
BASEketball is one of those sports in which the United States would absolutely dominate in, you know if it actually existed. Given that the Olympic committee has taken baseball and softball out of the Olympics, it seems only fair that we add this new sport to the mix.
Some might say that team handball is already heavily influenced by dodge ball, but to those people I say that you're not paying attention enough. DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story is one of those great little underdog films that stands up to the test of time.
The laughs keep coming and bring home the gold.
With one day to go, it's all tied up at the top. There's a three-way tie for first place in the medal count, so it all comes down to tomorrow.
Make sure you come back tomorrow when we get a little closure.


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Investigation as woman in Kent is believed to have been killed by a horse
A woman is believed to have been killed by a horse in a field close to a hospital in Kent.
The body of the 53 year old who was from Gravesend, was discovered in the field in Darenth Woods in Dartford.
It's thought she may've been a patient at Darent Valley Hospital. Toby Sadler sent this report from the scene.