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After more than two years of development and testing, and two more in the hands of the fishing public, the Ross™ F1™ has revolutionized modern fly reel design. A complete departure from conventional thinking, it also incorporates the most innovative features found in any fly reel available today.
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A local elderly care official thinks proposed state cuts to Medicaid funding will adversely affect long-term care and amount to a tax on the elderly.
Veronnica Smith, administrator of Avera Brady Health and Rehab and Avera Brady Assisted Living in Mitchell, said she understands Gov. Dennis Daugaard's budget reduction goals. But she thinks the proposed across-the-board cuts of at least 10 percent to all state programs would disproportionately affect the elderly in long-term care programs, and force nursing home providers to make up budget shortfalls by charging higher rates to private-pay patients.
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Relapse…If you keep up with the SBB you know by now that addiction is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that takes hold in some people who abuse drugs. You may also know that some people can quit their drug use. But often a person will return to using drugs after they have quit. Read More »17 Comments
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Salsa and Gordita: Salsa and Gordita are ten-year-old Chihuahua sisters with luxating patellas and bad teeth. The vet removed Salsa's mammary tumors. Gordita uses special drops for eye problems. Salsa delivered a stillborn puppy in February 2001.
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Above is a recent photo of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. Although Australians are heading into winter, this is not a blanket of snow on the ground. [Arachnophobes turn back now.] It is spider silk. All of it. The area is inundated by wolf spiders (slideshow here, video here) fleeing floods that have displaced thousands of residents living along the Murrumbidgee River. The spiders are not crawling to higher ground, they are "ballooning." To do this, they position themselves on raised legs with the abdomen pointed upward, a posture known as "tiptoeing." They release several silk threads into the air and let updrafts of wind carry them away. Distance traveled will depend on the air current. Spiderlings have been known to successfully parachute 16,000' (5km) high and 994mi (1600km) away, a journey of several weeks without food. So technically, these white leavings are not webs, which the wolf spiders are incapable of producing: "Wolf spiders would rather be hiding somewhere, trying to escape birds and other predators, but when land gets so flooded the spiders are forced to flee into trees and other high things. These spiders leave behind a dragline of silk, so the spiders at these places in Australia must be nervously running into each other, marching around in search of food. There is clearly a lot of spider activity, as evidenced by the massive amounts of silk," explains University of California, Davis, entomologist Steve Heydon. A similar phenomenon happened in Pakistan last spring. The spiders will return to their natural underground habitats when the floodwaters recede, but the good news is that they are currently feasting on the mosquitoes and other insects whose populations have boomed due to the moisture.
Joolz wrote:Not a spider
Bouncy Castle wrote:Scientists in the United States say they have found a new family of spiders in the caves of California and Oregon.
MerlinPowered wrote:Haha Del that story was great. I didn't get the thong thing first off, but can see how the others thought it was hilarious. I've had huntsmans on my car windows quite a few times; they hold on well at 100km\hr. For those that don't have them in their country, they are quite big (can grow to easily cover the palm of your hand), and have an incredible knack (especially for their size) for squeezing under things. We have them at home quite often just lounging around on the walls.
Like other parts of the world, being Australian means getting used to spiders, unless you are my wife. I usually relocate most that I find, like house spiders, huntsmans and other innocuous species. But if its something that could hurt the girls I usually don't allow them the privilege. White tails, redbacks, funnel webs etc usually end up under my shoe. We even had a largish wolf spider walking the halls at work a few weeks ago. We had great fun catching it, scaring people with it and relocating it under the eaves.
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Short Term UK Vehicle Cover
Temporary car insurance is a way of providing vehicle cover for a shorter time frame than the standard annual time period usually offered. The length of policy is normally restricted for a period between 1 and 28 days.
Why Take Out Short Term Cover?
Any situation where car driving is not done on a regular basis could be a reason for taking out this type of vehicle cover. An example would be if you are borrowing a friend's car for a day out or going on holiday and only want a car for the duration of the holiday. Similarly, SHORT TERM INSURANCE allows you to insure someone else who is driving your own car on a one-off basis. Otherwise, it may be for a test drive it's needed or when driving a courtesy or hire car. In circumstances like these, as with many others, a temp policy can be taken out for a day, few days, week or month and be more cost-effective than taking out annual motor insurance.
Where Can I Get It?
A number of firms who offer standard polices also offer Short Term Vehicle Cover for either a car or van. In addition, there are a number of specialist companies who solely deal in vehicle assurance for a period generally between a day and a month. Hiring short term cover for a vehicle is usually straight-forward and can often be done over the phone or online in a relatively quick time.
Is Everyone Eligible?
Different companies have different requirements for taking out shorter term vehicle insurance. For instance, one company may have a minimum age requirement of 18 whilst for another it will be 23. Typically, you have to be between 18 and 75 and have held a UK driving licence for a certain period of time, either 6 or 12 months for example, as well as being a resident of the country during that time. The type of car you drive is also looked at but with most firms who offer this kind of cover, the vast majority of cars are eligible for cover. As with a standard policy, the younger the driver, the harder it will be in general to get a cheap quote.
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Yes, temporary car insurance should give the same comprehensive cover as any annual insurance policy. The only difference is the time period. In addition, a no-claims bonus will not be affected should any type of accident occur whilst driving a car which has temporary motor insurance.
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1984: Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, after nude photographs of her were published in "Penthouse" magazine.
1992: Chicago got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999: Woodstock '99 began in Rome, New York. The three-day festival started off peacefully but ended in fires, lootings and accusations of rape.
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A couple of weeks back, we showed you how modern F1 cars would look in classic liveries (hint: entirely retro-excellent).
Fighter jets with F1 paintjobs!
Planes in old racing liveries make Top Gear very very happy
And now another man who's on a similar brainwave has gone arguably even better. DeviantArt whizz Bill Clave has combined two of TG's favourite things - old planes and old F1 liveries - into one glorious whole.
Clave has taken old fighters like the Spitfire, Hurricane and Jeremy's favourite, the English Electric Lightning, and treated them a new lick of classic F1 paint. All our favourites are there: Rothmans, JPS, Benneton, Team Lotus... the lot.
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NCAA Game Summary - Utah State at BYU
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Final Score: BYU 6, Utah State 3
Provo, UT (Sports Network) - J.D. Falslev's touchdown catch late in the second quarter was the only touchdown of the game as BYU took a 6-3 win over Utah State.
Taysom Hill passed for 235 yards and a score along with an interception on 24- of-36 passing for the Cougars (4-2), who have won their past two games. Hill also had 19 carries for 80 yards, Jamaal Williams added 71 yards on 17 carries and Cody Hoffman caught eight passes for 114 yards.
Chuckie Keeton went 22-for-38 for 202 yards and added 23 yards on 10 carries for the Aggies (4-2), who had won their previous two coming into the contest. Matt Austin had seven catches for 72 yards in the loss.
The only points of the first quarter came late in the frame as Josh Thompson hit a 26-yard field goal with 34 seconds left to give the Aggies a 3-0 lead. Earlier in the quarter, the Cougars were stopped on a 4th-and-1 at the Utah State 30.
Brigham Young lined up for a field goal with 4 1/2 minutes left in the second, but Justin Sorensen's 34-yard attempt was blocked.
With just 28 seconds to play in the half, the Cougars got the ball at their own 39 and three straight catches by Hoffman for eight, 28, and 22 yards got the ball down to the Utah State 3. The next play saw Hill hit Falslev in the end zone. The extra point was missed, though, and it was a 6-3 game at the break.
A Utah State fumble on the first possession of the second half saw BYU recover at the Utah State 9, but the team was unable to take advantage as the team went for it on fourth down and failed.
Later in the third, the Aggies got to the BYU 30, but Cameron Webb was picked off by Preston Hadley at the 2-yard line to kill the drive.
Hill was picked off early in the fourth quarter a nd the Aggies got into field goal range, but Thompson's 38-yarder sailed wide to the right.
Following an exchange of punts, the Cougars had the ball with a little over two minutes to play and the Aggies needed a stop, but they didn't get it as BYU was able to convert for two first downs and killed the rest of the clock.
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Dotsie the 2nd edition is a compleatly new print run with a new ISBN if another publisher issues it or when the print run for that book has run/sold out , if the number sequence starts with 2 that is still a 1st edition but a 2nd impression/printing.Dotsie wrote:Who's Wee Dug wrote:I can't give you a screen shot as my books are still boxed,it would be the same as Mad's but the number sequence would be: 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 and so on the lowest number would be that print edition, if they ran zero to nine the number sequence would be: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 in a straight run and again 0 would indicate 1st /1st, hope that clarifies it for you.Dotsie wrote:Who's Wee Dug wrote:If it has all the numbers Dotsie (just in case Mad is not online)if the 1 was missing itt would then be a 2nd printing of the 1st edition. although some start at zero to nine 0-9
OK, so what would a second edition look like?
Nope I just don't see the difference there between 1st edition 2nd printing and 2nd edition. But thanks anyway.


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With oversight of three airports, Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) airports, Lindsey's responsibilities include managing the largest public works project in the history of the City of Los Angeles.
More than $7-billion for capital improvement expenditures through Fiscal Year 2019 at LAX is improving passenger safety, and security, while enhancing the overall customer experience at all of the airports terminals.
Before joining LAWA, Lindsey was executive vice president of McBee Strategic Consulting, LLC, a government relations and aviation consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Prior to that post, she was Managing Director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac).
Lindsey also served as director of aviation for Anchorage International Airport. Prior to managing airports, she worked for the Alaska Department of Transportation on surface transportation issues.
Gina Marie has served on both the Airports Council International World Board and the Airport Cooperative Research Board under the National Academy of Sciences, was first woman chairman of Airports Council International-North America, and chaired the Federal Aviation Administration Management Advisory Council.
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Oooh... I wonder if I can convince my wife to buy me a second one. For the kids of course... :)
Just want to make sure, retail version may turn out same as the one you get from LEGO education (part #979792 - 432 pcs) for ages 8+. It comes with rechargable battert, education NXT software (#928979) and NXT resource set (#979648 - 672 pcs). Importantly it provides FLL team license. I am not sure the new cost, but we paid $280 including shipping.
Microcenter also sells same product listed in this blog. I guess for home use this is good price, considering one year of shelf life or special promo.
In first line of previous comment I meant retail versionmay not turn out ......
I remember reading e-mails from lat year, purchasing from LEFO education is bargain considering all construction system we get. Only drawback is instructions..
The retail set has 571 pieces and includes the NXT-G software.
The $280 that you referred to is a great deal but its only available to someone who is registering an FLL team.
For others the Lego Edu set goes for $250 and the resource another $60. You also have the buy the software separately.
I'd personally recommend the retail kit for home use esp at $189 - (you can always buy the rechargeable battery separately.
-David Levy
I just bought one off eBay, 1 DAY before you posted this!!! It cost $185 + $20 S&H!!! oh man...
SMS says: can I use a Lego gift certificate?????
CompUSA has them now for $199 for in store pickup
"The $280 that you referred to is a great deal but its only available to someone who is registering an FLL team."
Note: the FLL NXT Kit is now $325
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Aug 23, 2006
Programming Question...
I've never actually placed a MOVE block by itself and configured it for UNLIMITED Duration. I did this today and when I ran the program, the motors spun for 1 Duration.
I put the MOVE block inside a LOOP block (set to FOREVER) and configured the MOVE block for UNLIMITED and it ran until I stopped it.
Okay, here's the question. Shouldn't a basic MOVE block configured to UNLIMITED Duration keep spinning the motor without the LOOP block? Can anyone else duplicate this or is it possibly just something with my brick/motor?
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- Steve said...
The motor will run until the program ends.
The program ends after the motor block is executed.
So, it will start the motor, and end the program. The motor may not even be running as far as you think. It may just be coasting.
- Aug 23, 2006, 6:54:00 AM
Ive played around with the Unlimited move block a bit, and I think it only runs until the program has ended.
Like if you began a program with a Unlimited move block, then you put a bunch of switches there, without a loop, it will run that unlimited until it has preformed everything.
- Aug 23, 2006, 6:55:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Ah... got it. I guess that makes total sense... the program is done so the motor stops.
Duh... sometimes I can't the forest for the trees.
- Aug 23, 2006, 7:01:00 AM
- NXTGord said...
You will also get the same thing when you use a Motor block with degrees/rotations and you don't specify wait for completion.
- Aug 23, 2006, 7:04:00 AM
I did the same test, my NXT. The innitial move block moved the motor 1.5 rotations by my reckoning. But as you said, when in a. unlimited loop, the motor spins until I turned off the program. Odd, I'd say, I've created a "My Block" for this functionality issue.
- Aug 23, 2006, 8:41:00 AM
- David Levy said...
Isn't this this opposite behavior from the RIS? I think I recall that program stack completion did not automaticaly result in a STOP.
So what of the STOP block in the 'complete' palette.
- Aug 23, 2006, 9:56:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
The "Stop" block is a way to terminate program execution based on some test condition, and it specificly says it results in coasting the motors. It other words, it addresses how to stop the sequence, not the outputs.
Brian Davis
- Aug 23, 2006, 12:45:00 PM
Is anyone using John Hansen's NBC? This is so much better than NXT-G for people who enjoy programming languages. Also, I did some cursory tests and the executable generated is 1/10 the size of a NXT-G executable. Want to increase your program storage by a factor of 10? :)
- Aug 23, 2006, 10:20:00 PM
- David Levy said...
NXT-G is great fo 8-10 year olds. It's also sanctioned by the FLL.
I haven't tried NBC yet and would be interested in reading comparisons of it to some of the other text based languages including RobotC. I'm still waiting to see what the Lejos roadmap looks like.
- Aug 23, 2006, 11:45:00 PM
Have any of you made a program for the NXT that runs for an extended period of time? It seems that the NXT powers off after a few minutes even if its in the middle of running a program. This is annoying, especially if it ends halfway through a motion. Does anyone know a way to dissable the auto-shutdown so it could run for several hours instead of only about 5-10 minutes?
- Aug 30, 2006, 11:07:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
You have to use the Keep Alive block.
- Aug 30, 2006, 11:10:00 AM
The unlimeted block just means that it doesn't count how many degress that it goes just for how long
- Sep 22, 2006, 12:04:00 PM
In summary, once you execute an unlimited Motor or Move block, the motor(s) will keep running until either (a) you give the motor(s) a new command such a Stop or another Move block, or (b) the program ends.
- May 30, 2008, 7:43:00 AM


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It's been 20 years since the quixotic and worldsweary Louis Wu discovered the Ringworld. Now he and SpeakertoAnimals are going back, captives of the Hindmost, a deposed puppeteer leader.
With Louis' help, the Hindmost intends to regain his status by bringing back such extraordinary treasures from the Ringworld that his fellow puppeteers will have to be impressed. But when they arrive, Louis discovers that the Ringworld is no longer stable—and will destroy itself within months. To survive, he must locate the control center of the legendary engineers who built the planet.
His quest becomes a wild and gripping venture blended with the mysteries and spectacular technologies that only Larry Niven can conjure.
©1980 Larry Niven (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"The Ringworld Engineers has all the imaginativeness, convincing detail, and narrative vivacity that have come to be associated with the works of Larry Niven. Furthermore, it answers a lot of questions that have been tantalizing his readers for a long time. Most highly recommended!" (Poul Anderson)
"Good Story, Wrong Narrator. Way Wrong."
Short review - long winded soapbox.
Casting picked the wrong narrator for this book. Mr.Garcia speaks with a clear voice that might be a pleasure to listen to if given the right story. His voice has a pleading quality to it - sometimes a whining quality. I see Mr. Garcia reading the classics or maybe some genre I don't listen to such as childrens books.
After listening to the first book in this series my impression was serious fictional science with fun banter, appropriate sarcasm, and witty conversation. Mr. Parker nailed the first book with his outstanding performance. I mean he nailed it. His voice, inflections, emphasis were all spot on. I was able to laugh in the right places, be shocked in other places and follow along with the story very easily.
In the second book much was lost. Too much. I would have to listen to something multiple times to realize that was supposed to be a funny part or the characters picking on each other or some serious encounter. But instead the whole book is lost in an incorrect emotional interpretation. All sense of tension countered by comic relief is lost. Instead all the characters seem to be whining or complaining to each other.
This is one of the fails when converting a series into audible content. Publishers need to realize the narrator is a huge part of the book. They can turn a wonderful book into a painful drag or even turn a mediocre book into something worth listening to. With Mr. Parker they found the right narrator - then immediately changed for someone so wrong for the part. I notice in future books Mr. Parker does not return. Unfortunate. I'm not sure I can go through one more book with Mr. Garcia only to be facing another change in narrators. Ugh.
As a parallel - Jim Butcher has a series called The Dresden Files. It is outstanding! For 13 volumes the narrator, Mr. Glover, gave an outstanding performance. Voice perfect. In volume 13 they brought in a new narrator and I almost lost interest in the whole series. Maybe I was totally used to Mr. Marsters by that time but I don't think I would have listened to the whole series if it was read by the narrator of volume 13. Fortunately this publisher realized the situation and brought out volume 14 with the original narrator. Outstanding!
If all publishers would realize their narrators are bringing their books to life and their voice must be matched to the character then I think the audible world would be much better. If they find the right voice in the early volumes of a series - stick with it! Pay him or her more if you have to but don't swap voices without due consideration for the impact on the listener. Narrators are celebrities in a real sense. If my favorite artist (narrator) is reading in a genre I listen to (or one I want to try) I jump on it because of the narrator and I'm generally pleased with the outcome.
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"Great continuation for what was never a series"
First let me say that the Narrator isn't as good as the one on the first book but not as bad as the one for the 4th book Ringworld's Children, it should be the same narrator for all the books in a series but I guess its not possible every time
This is the start of a series of books that the author never set out to make a series, this was never planed but after 10 years and many fans point out errors with the Ringworld as well as wanting more he made this book and I am glad he did.
The author says that MIT students attending the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention chanted, "The Ringworld is unstable! The Ringworld is unstable!" Niven says that one reason he wrote The Ringworld Engineers was to address these engineering problems.
In the first book you are introduced to the Ringworld and there are some inaccurate or overlooked features about the Ringworld that were corrected in this book or at least helped to explain them better, if you read the first book and loved it then this is a must read.
Louis Wu went to the Ringworld 20 years ago and now he goes back with his friend Chmeee (the "ch" is pronounced like a guttural German "ch", as in "ach" the narrator does it correct in this book but the one for the 4th one Ringworld's Children don't) "Speaker-to-Animals" from the first book who has a name.
This book explores some of the Ringworld and you get to see more of how it works, it has become unstable in its orbit and if not corrected it will brush against its sun and obliterate everything on the surface and probably destroy the Ringworld itself but Louie Wu and hos motley crew are back to help fix the problem.
There must be a control or repair center on the Ringworld to fix the problem and they must find it, but who made the Ringworld and how long ago is still a mystery that will be discovered in this book.
There are whole maps of planets in a 1:1 scale on the Ringworld that are of Worlds in Known Space including Earth and Mars, others are unknown but you find out its the home world of the makers of the Ringworld.
other questions still remain after reading this book, some will be answered in the following books and others can be found in the prequels, still others remain a mystery for the reader to infer.
This is pretty much a must read if you liked the first book, now some people say the next one isn't that good and that the 4th one is also not so good, I have read them all and they aren't bad, you can read my reviews of them also if you look them up
"Finally the second book is in audio"
It seemed to pick up perfectly from where the last book left you, and leaves you ready for the next.
After having read all the ringworld books it is great to see them come to audio. It makes the drive to and from work enjoyable.
"Good attempt"
It was great for an author to come back and provide another glimpse into his work. The information gleamed from the many fans was included to a large degree and it was very interesting to read. The story itself didn't seem to hold together though and at times it felt like the technical information was drowning out the plot. I wish it had blended a little better.
"A Great Book made even better on audiobook"
The creativity of Larry Niven is nearly unparalleled. He puts so much thought into every detail, all the way down to wind patterns. The adventure of it all and the sheer size of the Ringworld, even in the book, just contemplating the scale can leave you in awe. He makes it feel like it could really become a future engineering project.
His voice as both the narrator and Chmee is perfect. His excitement for Louis' voice is a bit overdone and forceful however.
enthralling, listenable, enjoyable
not as encapsulated as the original "Ringworld" seeming to wander a little, but as I understand it, this was written to answer fan questions about Ringworld science tech. The reader isn't quite as differentiated in character voices as the original's reader, but he does a good job.
nothing outstanding, but reads well and gives character to the book
not really
"A wonderful sequel."
This book left me both delightfully satisfied and hungry for more. I can't wait to dive into more Ringworld.
"Great Hard Sci-Fi"
Larry Niven gives a great follow up to his Ringworld masterpiece. He wraps up most of the mysteries of the first book, leaving you wanting to know what comes next.
I'm a Denver based web designer who enjoys having (or making a commute) so that I can listen to my favorite books.
"Reader wasn't that bad"
Admittedly, he's very different from the first book's reader who, by the end of the book gives you the image that Louis Wu is a 180 year old crotchety guy who's hilariously active. In this book you meet him in a much different state and so I gave the reader a chance and by the end of the book had accepted him for how he performed the characters. I feel like everyone else just took that transition harder than I did. All in all he's a good reader and it's not a painful experience to listen to the book. I recommend it if you like the series
Yes, The narration was great. The reader did a great job at the many voices and of conveying the emotion of each character!
The most interesting was learning about all the tech on the Ringworld and how it all worked! The story did seam to draw out way too long at times
First one
Didnt have any extreme reactions. This book didn't do much for me. Not nearly as much as the First Ringworld Book!
1st Ringworld book was great, This one however did nothing to peak my interest and I actually lost all interest in the series and have no desire to continue on with any more of the Ringworld series
"The Best Ringworld Novel"
Ringworld Engineers is by far the best of the Ringworld books.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For people new to the Ringworld series - Read "Protector" before you get "Engineers"
(It fits between the first and second book)
This novel is the answer to the riddle "Who Built the Ring and why"
Note: The 1980's Role Playing Game of Ringworld is based completely on this book.
The original book was well worthy of the awards that it won, however this is a much more complete travelogue around the ring than its predecessor
I rate it has a hard SF novel that that easily competes with Dune and the like because of the vast scale and clean science behind the writing.
Perhaps most importantly it is just a great adventure story that explores the vast structure without getting bogged down in personal angst, politics, or too much scientific theory.
(There's far too much of that these days in science fiction)
Niven at his very best!
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Rahon didn't participate in the entire SDSU practice Monday, but he was able to raise his arm high enough to shoot and he did step into a few full-contract drills against the scout team. He said Wednesday still figures to be a "game-time decision," but he admitting being "pretty encouraged with how much I did today."
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As from 1 December 2009, the date on which the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, the European Union has legal personality and has acquired the competences previously conferred on the European Community. Community law has therefore become European Union law. In the following presentation, the term 'Community law' will nevertheless be used where the earlier case-law of the General Court is being cited.
The General Court is made up of at least one judge from each Member State (28 in 2013). The judges are appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member States after consultation of a panel responsible for giving an opinion on candidates' suitability to perform the duties of Judge. Their term of office is six years, and is renewable. They appoint their President, for a period of three years, from amongst themselves. They appoint a Registrar for a term of office of six years.
The General Court sits in Chambers of five or three judges or, in some cases, as a single judge. It may also sit as a Grand Chamber (thirteen judges) or in plenary session when this is justified by the legal complexity or importance of the case. More than 80% of the cases brought before the General Court are heard by a Chamber of three judges.
The presidents of the Chambers of five judges are elected from amongst the judges for a period of three years.
The General Court has its own Registry, but uses the services of the Court of Justice for its other administrative and linguistic requirements.
The General Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine:
The decisions of the General Court may, within two months, be subject to an appeal before the Court of Justice, limited to points of law.
The General Court has its own Rules of Procedure. Cases before the General Court follow the same procedure, subject to certain specific features peculiar to intellectual property actions and appeals. In general, the procedure includes a written phase and an oral phase.
An application, drawn up by a lawyer or an agent and sent to the Registry, opens the proceedings. The main points of the action are published in a notice, in all official languages, in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Registrar serves the application on the other party to the case, which then has a period within which to lodge a defence. As a general rule, the applicant may lodge a reply, within a certain time-limit, to which the defendant may respond with a rejoinder.
Any person who can prove an interest in the outcome of a case before the General Court, as well as the Member States and the institutions of the European Union, may intervene in the proceedings. The intervener submits a statement in intervention, supporting or opposing the form of order sought by one of the parties, to which the parties may then respond. In some cases, the intervener may also submit its observations in the oral procedure.
During the oral phase a public hearing is held. At that hearing, the judges can put questions to the parties' representatives. The Judge-Rapporteur summarises, in a report for the hearing, the facts relied on and the arguments of each party and, if applicable, of the interveners. This document is available to the public in the language of the case.
The judges then deliberate on the basis of a draft judgment prepared by the Judge-Rapporteur and the judgment is delivered in open court.
The procedure before the General Court is free of fees. However, the costs of the lawyer authorised to practise before a court of a Member State, by whom the parties must be represented, are not paid by the General Court. Even so, an individual who is not able to meet the costs of the case may apply for legal aid.
An action brought before the General Court does not suspend the operation of the contested act. The Court may, however, order the suspension of its operation or other interim measures. The President of the General Court or, if necessary, another judge - as the judge hearing applications for interim measures - rules on such an application by reasoned order.
Interim measures are granted only if three conditions are met:
The order is provisional in nature and in no way prejudges the decision of the General Court in the main proceedings. In addition, an appeal against it may be brought before the President of the Court of Justice.
This procedure allows the General Court to rule quickly on the substance of the dispute in cases considered to be particularly urgent. An expedited procedure may be requested by the applicant or by the defendant.
The language used for the application, which may be one of the 24 official languages of the European Union, will be the language of the case (without prejudice to the application of specific provisions). The proceedings in the oral phase of the procedure are simultaneously interpreted, as necessary, into various official languages of the European Union. The judges deliberate, without interpreters, in a common language which, traditionally, is French.
Written procedure
[Interim measures][Assignment of the case to a formation composed of a different number of Judges (single Judge, 3, 5, 13 or 28 Judges)]
Service of the application on the defendant by the Registry
Notice of the application in the Official Journal of the EU (C Series)
Assignment of the case to a formation
Nomination of the Judge-Rapporteur
Defence[Objection of inadmissibility]
[Reply and rejoinder][Other pleadings]
The Judge-Rapporteur prepares the preliminary reportChamber conference of the Judges[Measures of inquiry]
[Application for legal aid]
Oral phase
[Report for the hearing; hearing]
Judges' deliberation
Optional stages are shown in brackets.Documents which, in principle, are public are shown in bold type.
From the beginning of its operation until the end of 2009, the General Court ruled on more than 6 784 cases. Its case-law has developed in particular in the fields of intellectual property, competition and State aid. More recently, the litigation before the General Court has diversified further into subjects such as the fight against terrorism, access to documents of the institutions, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the placing on the market of plant protection products.
A few examples will give a good idea of the type of cases brought before the General Court.
The company Henkel had applied to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), which is responsible for promoting and managing Community trade marks, for registration of a trade mark for a washing powder or dishwasher tablet. The three-dimensional trade mark applied for was in the form of a round tablet with two layers coloured white and red. The application was rejected by OHIM and the applicant brought an action before the General Court against the decision.
According to European Union law, it is not possible to register a trade mark devoid of any distinctive character. In this case, the contested trade mark was made up of the form and arrangement of the colours of the product, that is to say by the appearance of the product itself.
The Court took the view that that trade mark would not allow consumers, when choosing which product to buy, to distinguish between the goods covered by the trade mark and those of another commercial origin. Consequently, it dismissed the company's action, since OHIM had been right to conclude that the three-dimensional trade mark was devoid of any distinctive character (Henkel v OHIM, 2001).
Similarly, the Court has decided that the shape of the Bounty chocolate bar (Mars v OHIM, 2009) or an exclamation mark (JOOP! v OHIM, 2009) cannot be registered as Community trade marks on the ground that they are devoid of any distinctive character.
Lego had submitted to OHIM an application for registration of a trade mark in respect of a red building block. One of its competitors, Mega Brands, opposed the registration. Consequently, the application was rejected by OHIM and Lego brought an action before the General Court to have the decision annulled.
The General Court held that the red Lego brick could not be registered as a Community trade mark because signs made up exclusively of the shape of the product necessary to achieve a technical result cannot be registered (Lego Juris v OHIM, 2008).
In the case of Piau v Commission, the General Court reiterated that competition rules could, on some occasions, apply to sport.
In that case, the Commission had rejected the applicant's complaint against regulations of the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) governing the activities of players' agents. In its judgment in 2005, the General Court found that football clubs and the national associations of which they are members are undertakings and associations of undertakings respectively within the meaning of competition law, so that FIFA itself, whose members are the national associations, constitutes an association of undertakings. Those preliminary considerations enabled the General Court to hold that the regulations governing the activities of players' agents constituted a decision of an association of undertakings. Those activities are intended regularly and for remuneration to bring a player and a club into contact with a view to conclusion of an employment contract or two clubs with a view to conclusion of a transfer agreement. It is, therefore, an economic activity involving the provision of services which does not fall within the scope of the specific nature of sport as defined in case-law (Piau v Commission, 2005).
European Union law prohibits all agreements between undertakings, all decisions by associations of undertakings and all concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the common market.The Commission, through a decision, finds a breach of competition rules by a company. In relation to fines imposed by the Commission on companies that infringe competition law, the General Court is required to verify the lawfulness of the decision of the Commission at the request of the company on which the fine is imposed. In this context, it can confirm the decision, annul it or reduce or increase the fine imposed by the Commission.The Commission adopted a decision in 2004 finding that several companies, including Prym and Coats, had participated in a series of anti-competitive agreements through which they had shared geographic product markets in the needles sector. The Commission imposed a fine of EUR 30 million on each of the two companies.The General Court held that the Commission had made errors in its assessment and consequently decided to reduce the fines. In relation to Prym, the General Court held that, even if it were true that Prym had never actively assisted the Commission in clarifying certain points, it had always expressly stated that it did not dispute the facts, which was sufficient to grant it a reduction in the fine fixed by the General Court at EUR 27 million.In relation to Coats, the General Court held that the Commission had not put forward sufficient evidence to show that that company had participated in the cartel beyond 1997. Therefore, the General Court held that Coats merely facilitated the entry into force of the framework agreement for the cartel in a role more like that of a mediator than that of a full member of the cartel. Taking account of the proven length of the infringement and of that attenuating circumstance, the General Court reduced the fine imposed on Coats to EUR 20 million (William Prym v Commission and Coats v Commission, 2007).
In 2004, the Commission adopted a decision finding that there was an abuse of a dominant position by Microsoft consisting, firstly, in refusing to provide information relating to the interoperability of the Windows PC system necessary for undertakings wishing to develop and distribute work group server operating systems and, secondly, in the abuse resulting from the linked sale of the Windows PC operating system and Windows Media Player.The General Court dismissed the action against the decision of the Commission and consequently confirmed the fine imposed on the company of more than EUR 497 million.In relation to the refusal of Microsoft to provide interoperability information, the General Court held that, given the dominance of Microsoft products for PCs, its competitors on the market in work group server operating systems had to be able to interoperate with Windows on an equal footing to enable them to compete viably with Microsoft products.
In relation to the abuse resulting from the linked sale of Windows for PC and Windows Media Player, the General Court held that that conduct had the effect of restricting competition. The linked sale of those two separate products by a company in a dominant position discouraged consumers and manufacturers from using other multimedia players (Microsoft v Commission, 2007).
Airtours, a British company selling package tours from the United Kingdom, wished to acquire a competitor, First Choice. The Commission was informed by Airtours of this proposed merger. The Commission declared the merger incompatible with the common market on the ground that it would have led to a collective dominant position.
Airtours brought an action before the General Court for annulment of the Commission's decision. The Court stated that, pursuant to the relevant regulation applicable at the material time, a merger may be prohibited if it will lead directly and immediately to the creation or reinforcement of a dominant position, significantly distorting effective competition in the market over a long period.
The Court concluded that, because the Commission had made a number of errors of assessment, it had not shown sufficient evidence of the negative effects of the merger on competition, and the Court therefore annulled the contested decision (Airtours v Commission, 2002).
In a judgment of 2006, the General Court specified the criteria upon which the turnover of two parties to a merger should be calculated in order to verify its Community dimension and consequently the necessity to notify the merger to the Commission. In the case, Gas Natural, a Spanish company active in the energy sector, had notified the national competition authority of its intention to launch a bid to acquire the entire share capital of Endesa, a Spanish company active mainly in the electricity sector. Being of the opinion that the transaction had a Community dimension and, therefore, should be notified to the Commission in accordance with the regulation on merger control, Endesa had brought a complaint before the Commission, which had been rejected. Endesa challenged that decision before the Court in submitting, in particular, that the Commission evaluated its turnover incorrectly.
In this context, the Court specified that, for questions of legal certainty, the turnover to be taken into consideration with a view to determining the appropriate authority to be notified of a merger must, in principle, be defined on the basis of the published annual accounts of the undertaking. It is only by way of exception, where particular circumstances so justify, that certain adjustments should be made in order best to reflect the financial position of the undertakings in question. The Court therefore dismissed Endesa's action (Endesa v Commission, 2006).
In a judgment of 2008, the General Court annulled the decision under which the Commission had examined separately two agreements concluded by the airline company Ryanair with, respectively, the Walloon Region, owner of Charleroi airport, and Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA), manager and operator of the airport. Those agreements provided, in particular, for the grant by the Walloon Region to Ryanair of a reduction of some 50% as compared with the regulatory level of landing charges and for its undertaking to compensate Ryanair for any loss of profit resulting from a subsequent change to airport charges.
According to that decision, those two agreements involved State aid incompatible with the common market.
The Court noted, firstly, that, as BCSA was an economic entity dependent on the Walloon Region, the Commission should have considered them to be one and the same entity. Further, it held that, in concluding its agreement with Ryanair, the Walloon Region was not acting as a public authority, rather it was carrying out an economic activity, namely the management of airport infrastructure. The mere fact that that activity is carried out in the public sector did not mean that it was an exercise of public authority powers. In addition, the mere fact that the Walloon Region has regulatory powers in relation to fixing airport charges does not mean that a scheme reducing those charges ought not to be examined by reference to the principle of the private investor in a market economy. The Court held that the fixing of the amount of landing charges, and the related compensation guarantee, is an activity that is directly linked to the management of airport infrastructure, which is an economic activity. The Court concluded that the Commission's refusal to examine together the advantages granted by the Walloon Region and by BCSA and to apply the principle of the private investor in a market economy to the measures adopted by the Walloon Region in spite of the economic links binding those two entities is vitiated by an error in law (Ryanair v Commission, 2008).
In a series of judgments, in particular three cases concerning the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), the General Court emphasised the importance of fundamental rights in the European Union. It held that, in taking measures freezing funds, the Council must respect the rights of the persons or entities the subject of such measures, in particular the right to be informed of the reasons for which they were added to the list on freezing funds, the right to property and the right to an effective judicial remedy (People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran v Council, 2006 and 2008).
Messrs Franchet and Byk, the former Director-General and former Director of Eurostat respectively, were refused access to various documents from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and from the internal service of the Commission calling into question their management and relating to alleged irregularities within Eurostat.
Those documents had been provided to the French and Luxembourg judicial authorities in the context of an investigation into their liability.
The General Court, firstly, noted that exceptions to the principle of access to documents of the institutions must be interpreted and applied in a restrictive manner. It then examined the manner in which the Commission had applied those exceptions, particularly those deriving from the protection of court proceedings and of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits.
The Court annulled the decision to refuse access on the ground that the Commission could not show that the various documents had been drafted solely for the purposes of court proceedings. The action which the competent national authorities or institutions take in response to the documents forwarded by OLAF is within the responsibility of those authorities and it is possible that a communication from OLAF will not lead to the institution of judicial proceedings at national level or disciplinary or administrative proceedings at European Union level. Moreover, as regards certain communications to the Commission, OLAF made a decision without showing that the disclosure of those documents would really adversely affect the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits (Franchet and Byk v Commission, 2006).


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By Kathryn G. Menu
Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Marine Corporal Jonathan Yale are credited with saving the lives of over a hundred Marines and Iraqi soldiers in a 2008 attack that claimed the lives of both young men.
Five years later, over 1,600 people have signed a petition urging the White House to award both men the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor in the country, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
On April 22, 2008, Lance Cpl. Haerter — a native of Sag Harbor — and Cpl. Yale took their guard post at the Joint Security Station Nasser in Ramadi, Iraq. Lance Cpl. Haerter was a rifleman with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and at the age of 19 had just arrived in Iraq for a seven-month tour of duty two days before. Cpl. Yale, 21, from Virginia, was a rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines and was reportedly showing Haerter the ropes.
Shortly after taking their post, a blue truck loaded with 2,000 pounds of explosives began speeding through the concrete barriers towards the two Marines, who immediately responded by shooting at the vehicle, which was manned by a suicide bomber. The truck stopped short and detonated, killing both men, but their actions are credited with saving the lives of 150 Marines and Iraqi police officers.
It is for their act of valor the petition was started on December 6 by an Alexandria, Virginia resident — the identity of whom remains a mystery to even Haerter's own parents, Christian Haerter and JoAnn Lyles.
"I actually found out about it Thursday," said Haerter this week. At that point, the petition had just 600 signatures, but since both Haerter and Lyles began promoting the post — along with others who knew Lance Cpl. Haerter or Cpl. Yale — that number has grown rapidly. The petition aims to collect 100,000 signatures by January 5, 2014.
Lance Cpl. Haerter was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross Medal, the second highest military decoration for valor that can be awarded to a member of the United States Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. He also earned a Purple Heart medal, Combat Action ribbon, Iraqi Campaign medal, Iraqi Service medal, Good Conduct medal, National Defense medal and Sea Service Deployment ribbon.
On Friday, Haerter said that while he was unaware who was pushing for his son and Cpl. Yale to receive the Medal of Honor, he has begun supporting the idea by asking others to sign the petition. That being said, Haerter added it would likely be through another avenue, for example the support of a member of Congress or military official that would initiate a formal review.
"As far as I am concerned there is no medal that is going to bring Jordan back," said Haerter. "If he was awarded the Medal of Honor, for me that just extends his legacy because obviously a person who is the recipient of a Medal of Honor is talked about for years to come as it is such a rare honor. Anything I can do to keep him in people's minds is a positive, but for me, I think they should all get a medal like this."
There have been just 3,468 Medals of Honor awarded to servicemen and women since it was first created in 1861.
Lyles, who has been spreading the word about the petition through Facebook, first heard about it through social media, while checking in with Cpl. Yale's mother, Rebecca.
"She doesn't know who started it either," said Lyles on Friday.
Lyles said she also reached out to Susan Keophila, who was serving in Ramadi when Lance Cpl. Haerter and Cpl. Yale were killed in the suicide bomber blast. Keophila, now retired from the Army, has sent letters and documentation calling for the Marines to be awarded the Medal of Honor to her Congressman in Virginia since she returned from Iraq, said Lyles. While Keophila also said she was not responsible for starting the petition, Lyles said she is grateful for whoever did.
"Maybe it just ensures he is remembered longer," she said. "It would make sure his name is known much longer than our lives."
On Friday, Congressman Tim Bishop said rarely is a review ordered through the aid of a member of Congress, but that it can be done. It is not a binding request nor is there legislation attached to it, he added.
"I have not been asked to do so by Cpl. Yale's family or Jordan's family, but if I am I certainly would," said Bishop.


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So, because it's mma, it's required to be a hypocritical cunt?
Come on, even the most sheltered fan can admit that, if they truly have zero value, you need not acknowledge them then relish in their misfortune.
So, because it's mma, it's required to be a hypocritical cunt?
Come on, even the most sheltered fan can admit that, if they truly have zero value, you need not acknowledge them then relish in their misfortune.
You say shark I say hey man, Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars
Karo Parisyan Injured; Cristiano Souza to Face Alejandro Garcia at Bellator 106
*Starting to become a bit of a joke here...
This is a business. You crush your competitors and that's the bottom feeders trying to make a buck off of what you built.
Fuck Bellator. Who gives a shit? They'll be out of business with in a year or so.
All I hear is a bunch of people who have zero experience running a billion dollar company telling people running a billion dollar company how to do so and how to act in doing so.
There are many paths to freedom, not all are peaceful
I've never once told him how to run the business. That's a false statement.
What I have done is commented how to conduct yourself as a man and a professional; and I'm quite sure I qualify as such. You don't need to be a millionaire to show class and restraint.
As for bellator sucking, healthy competition improves quality and forces excellence.
I don't know why you're such a mark for the ufc and quite frankly it doesn't matter as I will not change your mind and don't hope to. If you cannot see the lack of class and candor displayed, that's your issue (and your children's should you choose to have any).
I simply choose to conduct myself in a way that befits a man, a professional, and a father.
You say shark I say hey man, Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars
My childrens? Oh boo fucking who.
What a joke.
When did you become so sensitive? That's my gimmick.
So, you'd be ok with someone making shitty judgemental comments about your kids then? And I know what I read.
Newton Eager to Prove Doubters Wrong with Second Win Over 'King Mo' at Bellator 106
"It wasn't something where people were like, 'Man I want to see [Newton and Vegh] fight again.' But with Mo, people can say it's a fluke. They can say Emanuel just landed a lucky one," Newton recently told Sherdog.com. "Mo is a rising star, let's try this again. They [Bellator] invested a lot in Mo -- they weren't expecting this to happen. I'm sure they want to give him another shot, and that's what the fans want to see."
Lawal had to earn his opportunity by defeating Seth Petruzelli and Jacob Noe to capture Bellator's 2013 Summer Series tournament, and the winner of Newton-Lawal is expected to face Vegh at a later date. However, an injury to Tito Ortiz ruined Saturday's original main event and forced Bellator officials to scrap the pay-per-view plans. Instead, the two light heavyweights will square off as part of a free Bellator 106 card that airs on Spike beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
The format change means little to Newton. What's important is that both he and Lawal are healthy and ready to fight.
"When I go up to fight, I don't even see the cameras. I don't pay attention to any of that," he said. "I'm just going to go in there and smash Mo once again."
Over the course of his 29-bout career, Newton has never known as a knockout machine. The finish of Lawal was just his third stoppage via strikes. Eight of his triumphs have come by way of submission, 10 more have gone the distance. That said, Newton believes he was getting the better of Lawal before the unorthodox strike landed, and he says he has the tools to get the job done again -- even if it requires different methods this time around.
"I think he was definitely overlooking me," Newton said. "That's just Mo. He can be cocky and arrogant and it bit him in the ass. At the same time, even when he was trying to put his striking together I was still peppering him and landing more strikes than he landed.
"You're gonna see more awkwardness, more creativity and more technique from me this next fight. I'm gonna be the faster, stronger and more technical fighter. I'm expecting a different fight but I'm ready for whatever he's gonna throw at me."
Even if their second meeting looks nothing like the first, Newton would like to point out that his initial victory over Lawal was far from fortuitous. He disputes Lawal's notion that he was running when he landed the spinning-back fist that would wind up on SportCenter's Top 10 Plays back in February.
"I knew exactly where he was. It was just an awkwardly thrown strike. That's how I am. I can throw anything from any position anywhere in the ring and it can put you out on your feet," he said.
"After that, it just made me realize how versatile I am in my striking and how technical I am. It's not like I don't know how to wrestle. I know how to wrestle too. What he's expecting to happen isn't going to happen for him."
Glitz and glamour no concern for Bellator champ Michael Chandler
And when Bellator, who scrapped when the plans when injured Tito Ortiz pulled out of a planned headliner with Quinton Jackson, decides to dip its toes into the world of PPV, he expects to be on the card. He's put in the work to get there.
"If they put one on next year, I think they'd be a little crazy to not put me on it," Chandler told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "So I'm not worried about it, man."
Chandler doesn't seem worried about much when it comes to show-business side of the fight industry, or his status within it. But maybe that's because they've never played a starring role in his life as a professional athlete. While others fret about how to market themselves to a fickle fan base, he focuses on improving his skills as an MMA fighter and defending the title he won from Alvarez in 2011.
The glitz brought by his belt is a distant third, if that.
"It's not that I think of myself negatively, or not a world champion," Chandler said. "But I don't really think about that. I think it just stems from wrestling. Wrestlers are nobodies in the sport world. Wrestlers are the lowest on the totem pole when it comes to college sports."
While competing on the mats for the University of Missouri, he remembers a meet opposite Oklahoma State University. Together, the schools were respectively ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the country. By any standard, the tournament was a clash of giants, a collision of the country's best talent.
And nobody wanted to talk to him about it.
"Nobody got coverage," Chandler said. "No interviews. Maybe a thousand fans packed into little Hearnes Center in Columbia. We just come from those humble beginnings."
Perhaps it's that modest upbringing that separates him from other Bellator fighters looking to jump ship to the UFC at the first sign of interest. The Viacom-owned promotion lost its middleweight champion to the industry-leader and clashed in court with Alvarez over an offer to cross over. Meanwhile, Chandler signed a lucrative contract extension to stay put, and he frequently plays the role of goodwill ambassador during media appearances.
In turn, he's one of Bellator's most heavily promoted athletes. But he also aims to make an impact on the MMA world as one of the faces of the tournament-based organization.
"I look at myself like a champion, and I tell myself every day that God put me in this sport not just to be good, but to be great and extraordinary – and not just for myself and for the money and the notoriety, but to be able to reach people," Chandler said.
When he fights Alvarez at Long Beach Arena in California, Chandler's work is likely to be seen by far more fans than if Bellator had gone through with the PPV. A second win over Alvarez would further cement his reputation as the best lightweight the promotion has to offer. It might also get more fans matching him up in fantasy with his UFC counterparts.
The more he continues to succeed, the more he can count on the spotlight chasing him. But for now, he's grateful for what he has and what's ahead.
"I'm just so thankful that I have this opportunity, and I just realize that I have so much more work to do," Chandler said. "I haven't even scratched the surface. I'm just excited about all the hard work I have in front of me, and I don't have time to sit around and pat myself on the back. But I promise I want to make a name for myself and create a legacy."
With Parisyan injured, Souza meets Garcia at Saturday's Bellator 106 event
With Karo Parisyan (22-10 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) injured, Alejandro Garcia (14-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has stepped in as a replacement and will fight fellow welterweight Cristiano "Soldier Boy" Souza (6-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) at Saturday's Bellator 106 event.
Bellator officials announced the matchup on Monday.
Bellator 106 takes place at Long Beach Arena in California. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.
Souza vs. Garcia is slated for the prelims.
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