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Metamoris 2 (Spoilers)
Did anyone catch Metamoris 2 this weekend? I didn't get a chance to watch it live myself, but I'll be watching youtube over the coming days for matches and highlights.
Victor Estima VS JT Torres (Draw)
Michelle Nicholini VS Mackenzie Dern (Draw)
Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu VS Brendan Shaub (Cyborg by Decision)
Andre Galvao VS Rafael Lovato Jr (Galvao by Decision)
Rodolfo Vieira VS Braulio Estima (Vieira by decision)
Kron Gracie VS Shinya Aoki (Kron by Sub (Guillotine))
So this card only produced one sub, and featured a couple draws. The press I've read has been mixed. I think comparing the 2 events, possibly the addition of judges caused a more cautious approach, as the first event had 3 subs (and 3 draws).
I had hoped Lovato Jr would pull out a win, but Galvao is a beast, so I'm not surprised he couldn't pull it out. I have no idea why Brendan Shaub was in this event. From what I've read, Brendan Shaub also had no idea why he was there...
Lastly, Eddie Bravo VS Royler Gracie II was announced to headline Metamoris 3. Personally, I'll believe that when I see it. Til then... We've been here before...
Anyone catch it? Thoughts? Do we like Metamoris? Are we excited about seeing Bravo vs Royler (probably not) fight again?
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Quote from item V on the TOS page:
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This is your only warning. If you do it again, you will be banned.
Edit: After poking around the web, I see that this has happened to Ms. Dern on more than one occasion, and that you were probably making a flippant comment in this regard. However, that does not change Phrost's edict concerning this matter.
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What Schaub was doing was trying the get Cyborg to take shot, sprawl and counter, except there was very little of the last item. Schaub prided himself in not playing Cyborg's game, but seemed to not have a game plan himself, save for run the **** away.
He seemed to have 1 attack which required him to sprawl and spent the entire 20 mins disengaging everything from collar ties to Half Guard, "pumping his jab", and when Cyborg gave him what he wanted 7 times, he just sprawled and ran away 6 times. Only the 7th time did he try something and ended up on bottom of side control.
This wasn't a hole in Cyborg's game it was the rule set didn't penalize running away.
Omega, I am curious to what Bill's reaction about being dropped at the last minute was?
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If you can't watch a match like that and come away with the utmost respect for both competitors, you need to do a little soul searching, and a lot more training.
Faixabranca - I recommend you take this generous chance to reflect on why you are here.


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Local business aims to create sustainable food, jobsWritten by Amanda Tindall | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Ninety-eight percent of produce consumed by Toledoans comes from more than 1,800 miles away. Meanwhile, the city has an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent.
When Toledo resident Jim Bloom worked in vocational rehabilitation, assisting in job searches for those who needed it, he realized Toledo-grown produce was an area with huge potential for job growth.
Traditional farming — growing plants in soil and using sunlight for photosynthesis — had one big limitation in creating sustainable, profit-producing crops in Ohio: winter.
Of the states in the continental United States, Ohio receives among the least amount of sunlight in winter months, Bloom said, and even greenhouses are energy-inefficient.
"I discovered that the one huge growth area was food production, if it could be done right," Bloom said. "For four years, I've been researching the best ways to do this and how to do this. What I wanted to be done in other cities was being done in the Netherlands, and I wanted to know what they're doing in the Netherlands that we're not doing here."
After researching the technology used in Europe and the Middle East, Bloom found a way to modify the energy technology for use in the U.S. He started Sustainable Local Foods in 2012 and set up shop on Hill Avenue.
Mayor D. Michael Collins, who was recently introduced to the mission and technology of Sustainable Local Foods, said the company can offer hope and opportunity to the community.
"I'm a firm believer that this is a new venture for this area in the agricultural industry," Collins said. "I see it as a potential business niche to complement all the other things that are going on here. The science and the technology provides the growth of produce 365 days a year. When you figure our position in the marketplace, I could very easily see us gravitating [toward becoming] a major supplier to this corridor of the United States. From a business niche standpoint, this is just the beginning. It's another footprint in Northwest Ohio; it's a huge opportunity for business growth."
By adapting the technology used in other countries, Sustainable Local Foods aims to produce 150 jobs in the Toledo area in the next five years. Each half-acre of growing space requires 167 hours of work each week, which means Toledoans can buy locally and organically while supporting Toledo workers.
Sunless, soilless growth
With LED lights specifically designed to induce photosynthesis and narrow, white trays that hold the plants in a constant stream of water and nutrients, the indoor gardens of Sustainable Local Foods look incredibly futuristic.
The method of growing plants in a stream of nutrients, but without soil, is known as hydroponics. The water with nutrients flows through the trays, the plants soak up the nutrients and water, and the excess water flows to a barrel below. Not only are the gardens of Sustainable Local Foods energy-efficient, they are also efficient with other resources, said lead grower Bryan Ellis.
By using hydroponics, Ellis said, they can use less water and keep a consistent amount of nutrients flowing to the plants. Hydroponics uses an eighth of the water that would be used in a typical, soil-based garden.
"Each one of these trays has this cute little thing dripping nutrients, a very light flow of nutrients, through the system," Ellis said. "It flows slightly downhill to a drain in the back, all the way down the 200 feet down this garden."
The nutrients are split up into two barrels with a control system that allows the growers to decide how much nutrient-rich water the plants receive.
Each row of lettuce is planted a week apart. Heads of lettuce are spread out from the smallest to largest, growing larger and larger down the row.
The garden can produce 3,000 heads of lettuce a week, many of which go to local stores.
One of the major problems Bloom said he faced was adapting the energy systems used in the Netherlands. However, by using the energy-efficient LED lights, the plants can photosynthesize, even inside.
Lead grower Danny Taylor said the lights produce red, blue and white rays of light, all of which are in the spectrum of light the plants need to grow best.
"Those lights are LED; they're very energy-efficient," Ellis said. "They allow us to do this year-round, so we can grow lettuce in the middle of winter.
"We could grow these crops without any natural light at all," Taylor said. "We'll actually be doing that in the not-too-distant future because it's such a heat-sensitive crop. If we could get ourselves into an insulated situation, provide all the plants' needs with the LED lighting, then we could basically produce a perfect crop every time. Eliminate all the environmental factors that are different every day, the amount of sun and the amount of light."
The crops at Sustainable Local Foods are all cold crops, which means they do best at cooler temperatures than other plants. Each garden has a temperature control system, used to ensure the gardens will not get too warm. Because the Toledo garden at 3901 Hill Ave. is in a greenhouse, not entirely shielded from light, the plants receive more nutrients during the hours when the sun is hottest.
Even inside, plants can develop biological problems and diseases, but Sustainable Local Foods grows organically and does not use any chemical pesticides on its plants.
"We use organic pesticides such as ladybugs," Ellis said. "That is what we refer to as our IMP, which is integrated pest management. We rely on critters that eat other critters. So for every problem, there's a solution that's natural that doesn't require us spraying."
Their main type of lettuce is a natural hybrid product called buttercrunch lettuce, developed purposely for indoor growth. But it is not genetically modified, Taylor said, because genetically modified lettuce does not exist. In addition to the buttercrunch lettuce, they grow basil and romaine lettuce and will add tomatoes next month.
Sustainable Local Foods CEO Nicholas Bloom said the business plans on opening three more organic, indoor gardens as soon as the buildings are secured.
Sustainable jobs, incomes
The garden is set up in a greenhouse, but Jim Bloom said because greenhouses are not energy-efficient, they hope to have completely indoor gardens in the future. Each half-acre garden requires three full-time and three part-time workers. Sustainable Local Foods is quickly expanding, and Ellis said the company aims to increase its growing space by a half acre every month.
"We're a for-profit corporation," Bloom said. "We want to be an efficient, affordable food producer, to grow in market share, to create more jobs in the city in areas that need revitalization. We want people to live in areas that they choose to live in. We'll only place gardens in areas that have a bus line, so people who don't have an opportunity for transportation can get to work, people who have been incarcerated, veterans with PTSD, and those in need of jobs."
While applicants with a college education would not be excluded, a degree is not required, Taylor said.
"The fact is, even though this is reasonably high-tech, with time and effort and good training, people without a college education could actually run a system like this," Taylor said.
Jim Bloom, Nicholas Bloom, Taylor, and Ellis all said the real mission of Sustainable Local Foods is not, in fact, food, but bringing jobs and hope to the community.
"We're a for-profit company that acts like a nonprofit," Ellis said. "So that's what's very unique about this. We hire individuals who might have barriers to employment and we start them out above living wage. So our starting pay is $11 an hour."
The mission and motto of Sustainable Local Foods is to provide "food, opportunities and hope."
"We also want to provide opportunities for people to own their own growing space," Taylor said. "If people have the aptitude and the desire, we can actually help finance a place like this, and their family could run that place. We could sell the produce, and teach them how to run the place effectively. We'll tell them, 'If you can grow this, this and this for us, we'll take it all and sell it.'"
If a family owned a garden like this, Taylor said, they could earn about $40,000 each year. By selling all the produce, the cost of technology is quickly recouped.
The produce grown in Toledo is mainly sold at the Toledo Farmers' Market in Downtown and other area farmers markets. It is also used by many local restaurants, including Swig in Perrysburg, Ellis said.
"We try to keep our produce in Toledo," Taylor said. "We're selling some of what we grow in Detroit, but really, we don't want to do that. We want to sell everything we grow in Toledo in Toledo, and basically we've got a Detroit market."
"But we want our Detroit team to grow for Detroit," Ellis said. "We want sustainable local food to be exactly that in every city that it's in. We want it to supply its own community, help its own community, and hire from its own community. I like to think of it less as distribution of produce and more like distribution of opportunity."
Training youth
Taylor, like Jim Bloom, was previously involved in a field with goals similar of Sustainable Local Foods. He worked in urban missions in Brisbane, Australia, and came to the United States to study hydroponics. He said he and his wife felt God was calling them back to the United States to serve.
"What I thought would take me five years to get set up took me no time at all," Taylor said. "Jim [Bloom] had already been working on it for about that much time."
In April, Alan Halterman joined the Sustainable Local Foods team as a grower. Halterman studied in the urban agriculture program at Owens Community College.
"They just ended the [urban agriculture] program," Halterman said. "It's very sad news. Everyone's pretty disappointed with that. With all the new jobs coming up in the industry, we need more graduates, but the closest place you can go is Ohio State, Michigan or Hocking. That's too far away for people who have a job."
To train youth in agriculture, Sustainable Local Foods works heavily with the Lucas County Youth Treatment Center (YTC) and the Toledo juvenile courts. Ellis said many of the youth that work with them have either come through the YTC program, which works with adjudicated youth to help them re-enter society and the workforce, or are court appointed.
"Our response would be to create an educational program here connected with the work that we're doing with the juvenile courts, etc.," Taylor said. "You don't need a degree to do this, but education is necessary. We have graduates like Alan, like Bryan. I have a certificate in aquaponics, but between the three of us, we should be able to pull something together."
Halterman said Jose Soto and Derek Hawkins, who was one of the first employees, are two of the youth who have come through Sustainable Local Foods' training and are now an indispensable part of the team.
"They're actually brought up through the YTC program from Toledo GROWs," Halterman said. "So they're youth born and raised around here. They were kind of reintroduced to society through gardening. Jose and Derek are shining stars of that program. They've come out and now they're leaders in the community and are leading other groups that they were once a part of."
Hawkins shared his story of being a juvenile in the CITE program (Community Integration for Training and Employment), as he placed new plants in white nutrient trays. He began working with Toledo GROWs, an outreach program at the Toledo Botanical Garden, where he came into contact with Ellis and Soto. When Toledo GROWs started reducing their number of workers, Hawkins ended up at Sustainable Local Foods.
"Toledo GROWs opened my eyes to a lot of things and taught me a lot about agriculture," Hawkins said. "I love this type of field, greenhouse, farming. I love the people that come around. I just love the feel, it has a homey feel to it."
Madeenah Robinson, another young worker, was home-schooled and just graduated from high school. She began training through the Youth Empowerment Program at United North and began her work at Sustainable Local Foods less than a week later.
"It's been a good experience," Robinson said, as she planted seeds. "We plant and seed and harvest and you have to make sure that the water's good. You have to clean up, but really that's not my specialty. There's a lot of things I like about it."
While Robinson doesn't plan on staying in agriculture permanently, she said she would enjoy doing something like it again.
Ellis said the thing young workers talk about most is how the plants always look different, and that they really take pride in the work that they do.
"There's a lot of people I used to work with that now work here," Hawkins said. "It's really not a workplace; it's a family."
Taylor and Ellis called each other brothers as they shared their passion for Sustainable Local Foods.
"There's a need for charity, but it's not the answer," Taylor said. "In the short term, we need people to have food, have jobs, but in the long term, we need to create opportunities for them to be empowered."
Tags: Alan Halterman, aquaponics, Australia, Brisbane, Bryan Ellis, CITE, Community Integration for Training and Employment, crops, Danny Taylor, energy technology, Europe, food production, greenhouse, hydroponics, juvenile courts, LED lighting, lettuce, Lucas County Youth Treatment Center, Mayor D. Michael Collins, Middle East, Netherlands, Nicholas Bloom, Owens Community College, photosynthesis, plants, profit, soil, soilless growth, sun, sunlight, sustainable, Sustainable Local Foods, Toledo Farmers Market, Toledo GROWS, YTC


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Udyr uses the stance mechanic. His abilities all have a persistent effect which remain until he activates another ability. Each ability also has a temporary activation effect that occurs upon being cast; the temporary effect of each stance persists for its full duration even if Udyr changes stance again. Switching stances sets off a 2 second static global cooldown.
All of Udyr's abilities have 5 ranks, but as Udyr can only gain a maximum of 18 skill points at level 18, he cannot ever max out all of his abilities. He may max three abilities (with the fourth only reaching its 3rd rank) or he may max two abilities (with the other two reaching their 4th rank).
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- Further stance activations at maximum stacks of Monkey's Agility will refresh the timer.
- Applies spell effects as a damage over time ability.
- Spell vamp is fully applied.
- will apply a 20% slow for 1 second.
- The triggering attacks will apply other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal.
- Unlike most on-hit physical damage, the bonus damage from Tiger Stance will not apply life steal.
- Critical strikes do not interact with the bonus damage from Tiger Stance.
- The persistent onhit physical damage can successfully be dodged, parried and blocked.
- However, they do not prevent application of the active DoT.
- If Udyr is blinded, neither the persistent damage nor the active damage will be applied, and it will consume the empowered attack of the active.
- Spell shields will not block the enhanced autoattack.
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- If the enhanced autoattack is dodged, parried or blocked or Udyr is blinded, the target will still be stunned but will receive no damage.
- Spell shields will block the ability and incur the 6 second stun immunity.
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According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:
An Aiken man reported a broken window at his shop on York Street on Friday.
Two safes were reported missing from a restaurant in The Alley on Friday.
An Aiken woman reported on Thursday that someone entered her home and took the cords off her son's Xbox console and his cellphone charger.
A 23-year-old Edgefield man was detained for DUI on Thursday after officers responded to a dispute in downtown Aiken. The man smelled strongly of alcohol and was taken into custody after failing multiple field sobriety tests.
A 46-year-old New Ellenton man was detained for shoplifting on Saturday after stealing socks from a store on Whiskey Road.
A 33-year-old Aiken man was detained for DUI on Monday after he was seen driving erratically on Whiskey Road. The man smelled strongly of alcohol and exhibited signs of intoxication. He was taken into custody after failing multiple field sobriety tests.
Police responded to two calls of shots fired, at 7:20 p.m. Sunday on Ligon Street, and about 1:25 a.m. Monday on Bradby Lane. Officers investigated but found no evidence of gunfire.
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:
A burglary was reported on Winthrop Drive in Aiken on Sunday. The owner reported two televisions and money missing.
Additional burglaries were reported Sunday on Fig Tree Court in North Augusta and Wire Road in Monetta.
A vehicle break-in was reported on Audubon Circle in Belevedere on Friday.
Vehicles were reported stolen Sunday from Honors Circle in Graniteville and Offspring Road in Aiken.
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An Aiken man reported to authorities that someone called his phone and said they found his dog, which was apparently taken from his backyard, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
The 25-year-old victim said an unknown man called his phone on Tuesday and "claimed" he had found the owner's dog, according to a report by ADPS.
The victim examined his backyard where the dog was supposed to be and found that a portion of the fence had been torn down.
The man on the phone told the victim that he could pick up the dog at Kent's Korner on York Street, according to the report. He also "demanded a reward."
The victim agreed to give the man a reward and met him at the gas station, where he found the dog tied up with a black garbage bag, according to the report. The owner gave the man $20 and took his dog home, then contacted police, according to the report.
Officers inspected the fence in the owner's backyard and found that the damaged portion appeared to have been pushed inward from the outside of the fence, and the wooden screws appeared to have been stripped out of their holes.
"The damage did not appear to have been caused by the dogs, and there did not appear to be any tooth or claw marks in the wood," the report stated.
The victim told officers the man was black with a partially gray mustache, and that he was wearing a tan jacket, khaki pants and a baseball hat. He said he didn't want to press charges but wanted officers to be aware in case similar events take place again.
Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard. He is a graduate of Clemson University and hails from Williston.
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Chowders 'N Moor reopens after fireWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | email@example.com
A fire may have claimed seven months and a roomful of precious mementos from their Waterville business, but Tom and Tina Kuron plan to have the last laugh.
The owners of Chowders 'N Moor, which reopened Jan. 23 following a June fire, are designing a T-shirt. The back shows a chicken holding a match, running away from the restaurant on fire, and reads "I ain't gonna be no chicken chili," while the front reads, "We survived. The chicken didn't."
"We're poking fun at the fire, that a chicken lit the building on fire because he didn't want to go in the chili pot," Tom said, referring to the white chicken chili that is the eatery's signature dish.
The grand reopening was exciting and emotional, the Kurons said.
"All night we just thanked people," Tina said. "We shook hands, we walked around the dining room and were just glad to see people back. That's been every single day this week actually. People are actually thanking us for opening back up. They are happy to be here. It was nice to see people come back."
"What was funny was that after a few hours it felt like we never even closed," Tom added. "It was the same people, sitting in the same spots. It was exciting."
The Kurons, who also operate a Chowders 'N Moor restaurant in Holland, said many Waterville customers have come to the Holland location, and many Holland customers have come to Waterville since the re-opening to show their support.
"Honestly I have been choked up this whole week," Tina said. "I really appreciate those people in both locations that supported us. People have been patient and we want to thank them for their patience and thank them for coming back. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be here."
Too far gone
The Kurons opened the original Chowders 'N Moor in Waterville in 2002, moving the eatery to its current location at 312 South St. in 2007. They opened their Holland location, at 7723 Airport Highway, in 2008.
The cause of the fire, which started in the basement office of the Waterville eatery on June 18, 2011, was never determined, although a fire inspector suspected faulty wiring, Tina said.
"We got the phone call at home," Tina said. "Tom had just left, within the hour. My sister and our nephew were working here. The office was just up in flames. They tried to do whatever they could to get the fire out, but it was too far gone."
The basement office, which was a total loss, sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage while the rest of the building had smoke damage.
"The hardest thing to lose was our memorabilia; it was our memories down here," Tom said. "This office is like my second home. We had family pictures, we had little 'love you' letters that got burnt up. Ten years of memories. You talk to anyone who's had their house burned down to the ground — your house, your furniture, your bedding, your clothing, all that stuff can be replaced. It's your kid's pictures and your photo albums. It's stuff like that that means the most to you. Those are things money can't replace."
It was also upsetting to lose keepsake decorations, some of which were gifts, Tina said.
"One that sticks out in my mind is someone got us a Jimmy Buffett ticket from a concert with a picture of him on stage and all that. That I couldn't save," Tina said. "Just a lot of decorations that were here in the office that I hadn't had a chance to hang up yet."
The restaurant's plumbing, electrical system, heating and air system and flooring were replaced or overhauled, Tina said.
"It was just endless things that were upgraded," Tina said. "People think, 'Why did it take you so long? The place looks the same.' I hung the decorations on the wall pretty much like they were, so when they walk in, yeah, it doesn't look much different, but every single thing in this restaurant was taken off site to be cleaned. We had to replace every piece of plastic that was in here. Anything glass or metal could be saved, but everything else we had to throw away. Thousands of dollars of food. Alcohol. All that stuff was just a loss."
Lindsey Gibbs of Whitehouse, a manager at the Waterville location, was on her way to work when she got a call from a co-worker about the fire.
"I saw everyone out in the parking lot, crying, fire trucks everywhere," Gibbs said. "It's just sad. Your heart just sinks. You never want to see it happen to anyone, especially people who have worked so hard to build a place from the ground up. You don't realize how hard and complicated it is until it happens to someone you know."
Big happy family
The Kurons were able to keep some workers, including Gibbs, at the Holland location, but about 75 percent were on unemployment, Tina said.
"Everyone here is like a big happy family, whether you go to Holland or Waterville," Gibbs said. "Everyone knows everyone and gets along really great. As much as I love Holland, it feels good to be back where I started. It's good to see familiar faces and meet new regulars. We're doing great and it should only get better."
Although they never anticipated it would take seven months to reopen, the couple took advantage of the closure to experiment with recipes and make updates, such as improving handicap-accessibility.
New food options includes a monthly chef's steak special, steak fingers appetizer, fajitas on Mexican Mondays, soup bread bowl, chicken and rice spinach salad, house steak salad, hand-battered shrimp and more.
Both eateries now serve $2 margaritas seven days a week and offer a 3-6 p.m. happy hour Monday through Friday featuring half-off appetizers and drink specials.
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It will eventually get on Verizon. I don't believe this year, however. apple will carry out there contract with AT&T, then run as far away as possible and find Verizon waiting at the safehouse.
Verizon would love to carry iPhone, maybe 4G LTE will accelerate process
Chief executive Ivan Seidenberg told investors he hopes Apple will build a Verizon iPhone for their upcomming 4G LTE network. He said nothing about an iPhone being built for Verizon's current CDMA network, however, so contrast that as you will against recent rumors of Apple building 3 million CDMA iPhones in December for an early 2011 launch.
"We don't feel like we have an iPhone deficit. We would love to carry it when we get there, but we have to earn it," Seidenberg said.
"I think 4G will accelerate the process, and any other decisions Apple makes would be fine with us," he added. "Hopefully, at some point Apple will get with the program."
Either way, it will be an interesting couple of months comming up. Verizon is currently the largest carrier in the US and they have promised 4G LTE in 30 NFL markets by the end of 2010. AT&T is also working on their 4G network with promises of a mid-2011 rollout.
What do you think, will a Verizon iPhone happen soon on CDMA, will they wait for 4G, or will it just never happen? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
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Verizon would love to carry iPhone, maybe 4G LTE will accelerate process
I recently switched from Verizon to AT&T and so far I've no problems with the service except flakey reception in my basement of my house. However I don't see Verizon getting the iPhone. I think AT&T will do anything in their power to hold onto that phone. If Verizon gets it I may switch back however I get a discount through work, so it is unlikely.
It is no longer in Apples best interest to stay with ATT exclusivity (IMO). When a single 4g LTE phone can be made for multiple networks apple will be on-board to sell to multiple carrier.
And notice Seidenberg said "we have to earn it" as well as "any other decision Apple makes would be fine with us." sounds like Apple is negotiating from a position of strength--just were they like it.
I think Verizon has chosen to pass on the Windows Phone7 so they can focus on the super secret CDMA iPhone that is in development. Given recent breaches I am sure Apple would tell them to deny all rumors of it and also to pass on the Microsoft product for at least the launch period.
I am in the know.
Hello....I'm beat to death....please stop.
Exactly... all these CDMA iPhone are for the Chinese market, not Verizon in the USA. It won't be on Verizon until there's a true LTE iPhone... which will be iPhone 6 in 2012 perhaps?
I think the CDMA iPhone "rumors" for EOY are for release on Sprint, they have the most available bandwidth and their aggressive pricing will push AT&T to lower prices (the high MRC is really the only roadblock left for many customers). It makes sense for Apple to launch on a network with fewer initial bandwidth issues and an ability to drive the cost of ownership down. If the argument against such a partnership with Sprint is bad service and bad customer service, remember AT&T was notorious for the same thing when they launched iPhone 1. New technology has never been a driving force with Apple, the company notorious for giving it's customers things that have been around for sometimes years and making them feel grateful to get it (iPhone MMS, multitasking, etc.)
On Verizon Q1 2011. Why would Verizon admit it's coming their way and dry up renewals that they're hoping go into the Android flavor of the week phone? They subsidize then discount these phones already. Their situation would be far worse if word got out that the iPhone was on the way no matter how much profit they make off a customer.
I know for me personally, I have waited for about 4 years now for Verizon to get it's own act together, and nothing. I don't care if they get an iPhone because I will be getting my own and my wife's today, not to mention saving $50 a month on service. Here's hoping at&t doesn't suck to bad...
With Verizon coming out with their own App store for BB and Android they will certainly want to do the same for the Appstore for iPhone. We all know Apple won't have any of this; thus starts the huge fight and Verizon will be iPhone-less. I guessed the CDMA chips for iPhones were for the Chinese made iPhones. Aren't they not cdma?
I must be confused. I don't understand the thinking that they could skip CDMA and go with LTE anytime in the near future.
Folks even at the end of next year it will just be major metro areas with LTE. How do you think people will use their phones when they drive between cities or are out in the far suburbs? Any iPhone on Verizon prior to 2013 or 2014 will HAVE to be a CDMA/LTE phone and not LTE only.
Unless you want to just use it in major metro areas....
Yet Ms Amy at Bloomberg is still clinging on to these rumors based on some scant information from an "insider."
AT&T is already testing LTE, so is MetroPCS too. And here we have Verizon saying that they would love to carry the iPhone.
Look what they've done for Android... hmm.. not really what people had envisioned.
All this talk of an verizon iphone cmda vs lte technology is tiring. All these people who complain about att are probably on verizon and can't get the Iphone now cuz they are on their mom's family plan and have no control on when they can switch their carriers. Att has been awesome with the iphone they have had it since day one and spite it all the issues they have done a great job.
If verizon could have been the exclusive carrier they would have recevied the same hate that att has now. A verizon phone on cmda technology to me is unacceptable. I talk and use my gps or talk and surf way to much to have that option ripped from me by going to a cmda version.
When both carriers get LTE tech then I am all for att exculsivity to end it will provide competion and ease the strain on a great att network where i live. (I am in Minneapolis)
So all you trolls living in your mom's basement go outside find a girl and realize their is life outside of living in rumorville. Att has the iphone verizon doesn't. get over it
All of you seem to forget that Apple chose CDMA technology with Verizon before GSM. Then Verizon being the demigods that they are weren't impressed and really wanted full control. So the argument of surfing the web and talking is a moot point at best.
It was rumored that Verizon was working on a telephony over Rev A project. Perhaps that's what he meant by "we have to earn it." Is there actually anything other than rumors over what actually broke down the talks between Verizon and Apple originally?
ok... i got bored of reading the comments. I'm sorry if it's been said, but i haven't seen it ANYWHERE:
(PROMISE FROM VZW) Verizon will roll out 4G LTE to 30 NFL markets by the end of 2010; (FACT) there are 32 teams currently in the National Football League (obviously spanned across the US)... yes, this fact is important to my calculation; (RUMOR) AT&T's exclusivity contract is ending at the beginning of 2011; (RUMOR) Apple has 3 million Verizon iPhones being made in December... i haven't read "CDMA", i've read "Verizon".
OK let's do the math now (ASSUMING all rumors are true):
VZW LTE to most of America (30 of 32 NFL markets) by year's end + AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity beginning next year + 3 million VZW iPhones made in December = Verizon LTE iPhone Q1 2011... I'm just sayin. It adds up to me, but hey, I know it's a 1000 yd shot in the dark.
You are not very good at math :)
"VZW LTE to most of America (30 of 32 NFL markets) by year's end"
- Dude, the country is much larger than 30 major metro areas. That is not even 30-40% of the population of the US.
"AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity beginning next year"
- Actually, the rumor was 2012 BUT most feel there were renegotiations esp. around the iPad
"3 million VZW iPhones made in December"
- Maybe. That would be nice
"= Verizon LTE iPhone Q1 2011…"
- Only if it is an LTE/CDMA hybrid. THERE is no way there will be an LTE only phone until 2012 late or 2013. You wouldn't be able to drive 30 miles from a major metro and use it. It would be worthless. Imagine a Sprint EVO 4G w/o CDMA? You could use it w/in a 10-20 mile radius of the top 30 cities in the US.
I hope there is a CDMA/LTE hybrid, but it will have CDMA if we see it in the next 18 months.
Let's break down what you've stated (as you did)
"the country is much larger than 30 major metro areas" - yes, but the "promise" did not say the metro areas of 30 NFL markets, it just said 30 NFL markets... and this would be an example to prove my point: the Seattle Seahawks market is not exclusive to the Seattle metro area. It expands to a vast majority of western Washington (this seems to be widely misunderstood)
"the rumor was 2012 BUT most feel there were renegotiations" - negative, my friend. the new rumors resurfaced about the time the 3G came out, that Apple reduced the 5-year contract to a 4-year contract. but, either way, my formula is ASSUMING rumors are TRUE.
"Maybe. That would be nice" - Again... my formula is ASSUMING rumors are TRUE.
"Only if it is an LTE/CDMA hybrid" - I've justified (a little) my solution.
I will add, however, that I'm not entirely sure on the bandwidth procedures (so correct me if i'm wrong), but from my understanding, LTE stands for "Long-term evolution"... which has been described as a semi permanent bandwidth that will "evolve" into what is needed (instead of doing the whole EDGE, 3G, 4G WiMax, EVDO kind of thing). This tells me (again, i don't specialize in this at all) that LTE can add the necessary attributes to include the CDMA/GSM bandwidths necessary to operate on their respective networks, right? And it would seem to me that, if it IS possible, it would be a next-to-effortless accomplishment (or that they've been doing what they can to migrate the LTE network with either network in preparation of a release).
another side note about the LTE roll out promise:
regardless of what phone VZW unveils the LTE network on, the limitations of which you speak will be prevalent, right? so there's got to be a deeper evolution happening within Verizon during this transition. and i doubt they will release a BRAND NEW phone (the only one at that) that will have the hybrid chip you're talking about until they're ready to roll out a fully national network
" i doubt they will release a BRAND NEW phone (the only one at that) that will have the hybrid chip you're talking about until they're ready to roll out a fully national network"
-- then it will be in 2012 or later before you see an LTE phone from Verizon. LTE is an entirely different technology than CDMA. It requires completely different equipment both on the tower and and the switch. They are focusing on the central parts of major metros (so in your example only Seattle's center to 10-20 miles out for now). Look at what Sprint has done with WIMAX. Just the major metros so far and it will be another 2 years before they cover everything. Note LTE and WIMAX use almost identical equipment and can theoretically be flashed to the other protocol.
I'm not saying there won't be a Verizon iPhone in 2011. There may well be. But there won't be an LTE only version for 2 years. It must have CDMA too or it will not be usable on a majority of their network for the useful life of the phone.


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Healthy Eating: The DOs and DON'Ts of Frozen Yogurt
Healthy Eating: The DOs and DON'Ts of Frozen Yogurt
Frozen yogurt is the skinny treat you turn to all summer long to keep your diet in check and your sweet tooth satisfied—that's why it reigns as the queen of hot-weather desserts. But hold up: Certain fro-yo flavors, toppings, and portions can tip your icy concoction from a healthy eating DO to a diet DON'T in seconds. We've got fro-yo facts and sneaky tricks from nutrition experts so you can indulge sans guilt.SEE MORE
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO reverse the order of your cup.To keep yogurt calories under control, Rachel Beller, M.S., R.D., founder of Beller Nutritional Institute and nutritionist for NBC's The Biggest Loser swears by the "flip it" method. "Flip that frozen yogurt and go to the topping station first," she says. "Put fresh berries, whatever fruits you want, and then go to the machine and top it."
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Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO layer your toppings strategically.First, add bigger fruits like whole strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries; they'll help your cup look fuller, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, R.D. Then "the second layer of good toppings should be the things that have a lot of volume like cereal…or things that have a lot of puffy air in them. When it comes to all the other candy toppings, I would keep it simple."
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO ask for a smaller cup.You may not know it, but many self-serve yogurt stores have smaller-size cups that are not on display. Carolyn Brown, M.S., R.D., at Foodtrainers, a New York City-based nutrition practice, recommends asking for a small one and limiting yourself to a serving of one and a half swirls.
Frozen Yogurt Tip: Regardless of the size of your cup, DON'T fill it to the top.There's no need to treat your fro-yo cup like it's the storage for your last supper. Alyse Levine, M.S., R.D., at Nutritionbite, a nutrition practice in Los Angeles, suggests capping yours at 4 to 5 ounces max. Most cups, she says, are meant to hold four times that much. "Have it weighed at the counter before you add any toppings," she says. "That helps to keep the yogurt portion in check."
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Frozen Yogurt Tip: DON'T spend more than $4.Try balancing your waistline with your budget. Stephanie Middleberg, M.S., R.D., says, "I recommend clients keep to a kiddie-size serving or under $4 at a self-serve store. Think of a single scoop of ice cream, or the size of a tennis ball—that should be your frozen-yogurt portion."
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO treat yourself.Don't totally deny yourself or you'll feel shortchanged. Cynthia Sass, M.P.H., R.D., and author of S.A.S.S! Yourself Slim, says to add a teeny bit of your favorite treat topping. Your best bets for the sweet stuff are dark chocolate chunks or shavings.
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DON'T mix flavors.Sure, swirling your two favorite flavors sounds like a great idea, but there's a good reason to resist. "We have a limit where our taste buds start fatiguing on a certain flavor," Blatner says. "If you pick only one topping and flavor, you actually feel way more satisfied than if you were picking multiple things."
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO simplify your fro-yo if you've already overindulged.We've chatted about toppings, but there's also a time to ditch 'em completely. If you've already overindulged throughout the day but still need a sweet fix, Brown says to go for naked fro-yo. "The problem with the salad bar style, you soon load it up with thousands of calories in a treat, which is not a treat. That's beyond a treat. It's like a treat for a week. Plain is the best way to do things."
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Frozen Yogurt Tip: DON'T think sugar-free means healthier.The absence of sugar can mean the presence of artificial sweeteners, which can actually stoke your sweet tooth, making you crave even more. "There is no way you can look at a frozen yogurt and tell if it's all natural or made with artificial ingredients," says Sass. So be sure to check out the ingredient list, which is often posted on machines or available in a brochure near the register.
Frozen Yogurt Tip: DO make fro-yo outings a social event.Often when people bring sweet treats home, they don't feel as embarrassed eating and will order larger sizes with more decadent toppings, says Blatner. "They feel under the veil of being by themselves and eating. Frozen yogurt is about enjoyment, so make sure that you are in a social situation actually enjoying it." No sappy fro-yo pity parties, please—get your friends and go!


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Parker impresses at Duke's open practice
Coach Mike Krzyzewski unlocked the doors and allowed the public to watch this year's Blue Devils practice Saturday morning at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
On Friday, Krzyzewski said the team will be built around athletic 6-8 forwards Rodney Hood and Jabari Parker.
During the scrimmage portion of Saturday's practice, Parker show off why there's excitement around his arrival. Hood didn't get much of a chance.
A freshman from Chicago, Parker displayed his all-court talents during the two-hour practice session.
In one sequence, he blocked Rasheed Sulaimon's shot in the lane and ran the court on the fast break. At the other end, he took a lob pass from Quinn Cook and slammed home two points to draw a rousing ovation from the crowd.
At the end of the scrimmage, the Blue and White teams were tied at 23. Alex Murphy, wearing Blue drove the lane looking for the winning basket. But Parker swatted the shot away.
As for Hood, the redshirt sophomore participated early in practice but was forced to the sidelines for most of the scrimmage. Hood was experiencing cramping, Duke spokesman Matt Plizga said.
Krzyzewski had plenty to say Friday about what Parker and Hood can do for the Blue Devils.
"All I know is when we are playing somebody they are going to look at stopping Rodney and Jabari," Krzyzewski said.
And here is a much longer explanation by Krzyzewski of how the Parker-Hood tandem will dictate things. Krzyzewski's Olympic coaching experience the last eight years will play a big role in coaching this year's Duke team.
"I think Jabari and Rodney are two guys that really have a chance to be outstanding," Krzyzewski said. "Then what we have is a group of players that has to learn to adjust to those two players.
"It's kind of like, when we're working with our Olympic team, Chris Paul can't play point guard the way he does with the Clippers where he dominates the ball and stuff like that. It's good. He's the best at doing that. When he is with the Olympic team, he's got to get LeBron, Kobe, Durant. They don't want to watch him dribble the ball. They want to have the ball. So Quinn Cook's role on this team changes. He's not going to be just your conventional point guard who is coming down and running the offense. That's not going to be what it is. We are not going to run our offense like that.
"How Rasheed adjusts to having those guys there. What Andre (Dawkins) does. To me one the key guys on this team is Amile Jefferson. I think he has been fantastic in our summer workouts. I think Amile has gone way up. To me he may compliment those two guys as well as anyone on our team."
Early lineup look – Krzyzewski also said Friday that Jefferson and Cook were penciled in as starters with Parker and Hood with the fifth spot up for grabs.
During Saturday's practice, those four were joined by Rasheed Sulaimon on the white starting team. Dawkins was that unit's sixth man.
When Hood was out dealing with cramps, Dawkins played the entire time with Hood, Parker, Sulaimon and Jefferson.
Plumlee working – Marshall Plumlee, a 7-0 redshirt sophomore, has battled foot injuries over the last two seasons. He's reguarly been seen wearing a protective boot.
But Plumlee is practicing with the Blue Devils as work begins for this season. On Saturday, the last of Duke's Plumlee brothers drew a loud ovation when he took a pas in the lane, leaped through the defense and slammed home two points.


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I've just started making your raw recipes. I really have been enjoying them. But I have food allergies. I am allergic to nutritional yeast, yeast and dairy plus a short list of other foods. Is there a replacement for nutritional yeast for the mac & cheese and other recipes you have?
Raw macaroni and cheese recipe
Prep Time5 min
Total Time5 min
Shelf Life4 days in fridge
Rating4.8/5 (from 10 ratings)4.8
Servings5 servings
Yield5 servings
- 2 cups cashews
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 more tablespoons water if needed to facilitate blending (optional)
Recipe Directions
- 1. Throw all ingredients in a high-speed blender.
- 2. Blend. This recipe can be a bit of a @#$#$% when blending, so if you're having trouble getting the mixture to mix properly, turn your high-speed blender off and insert a spatula down one side to let a pocket of air down near the blades. Then remove the spatula, put the lid back on and continue blending--going from slow all the way up to fast again. You can also add a bit more water (mentioned above) but I try not to add any more water than three additional tablespoons because I like to keep the texture nice and thick.
- 3. Serve with noodles . For noodles, you all know that I am obsessed with kelp noodles, so that's what I use for my raw macaroni and cheese extravaganzas. But if you're cheap and/or disorganized and don't have raw kelp noodles, you can make zucchini noodles using a carrot peeler or a spiralizer.
- 4. Garnish with lots of pepper! Normally, I don't really like pepper, but this recipe just totally gets better when you sprinkle a lot of pepper on it. Don't ask me why. It just does. Oh! And you could also even serve with raw ketchup :)
- Enjoy this raw macaroni and cheese recipe! I don't have children, but something tells me they would just love this raw recipe as a treat on a cold, wintry day.
The Rawtarian's ThoughtsBy The Rawtarian
Raw macaroni and cheese... This recipe was born out of me saying to myself, "I need some raw macaroni and cheese right now or I am going to scream!" So I busted out my Vitamix and a sac of cashews and got to work creating this simple but ooeeey, gooey cheesey recipe.
Beware: this raw macaroni and cheese sauce is very potent! Start with a tiny bit of sauce and mix it into your noodles and then add more as your tastebuds dictate. If you add too much this raw mac and cheese recipe can be overpowering and way too saucy. So start slow with the sauce!
OK, and due to my noodles it's not really a raw macaroni and cheese recipe, it's more like spaghetti and cheese, but the taste is what's important, right??!
Nutrition Facts
- This recipe is very low in Carbohydrates.
- This recipe is low in Calories.
- This recipe provides you with 100% of your daily Riboflavin, and Vitamin B6.
- This recipe is a good source of Protein, and Iron.
- This recipe is a noteworthy source of Vitamin K.
Amounts per 67 g (2 oz) suggested serving
|% Daily
|13 %
|11 g
|21 %
|24 g
|30 %
|18 g
|5 %
|Dietary Fiber
|2.6 g
|8 %
|3 g
|21 mg
|2 %
|4 mg
|29 %
|473 mg
|21 %
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My pleasure Juan!
So glad you are having some hits, Angela! For soup, I recommend starting with my tomato or my celery soups
Jan 11, 2015
I love this recipe especially with lots of pepper. I'll add spinach to the kelp noodles next time. I'm new to this app. Please tell me how to mark recipes I love as well as how to increase the font size.
Hi Barbara,
You can easily mark recipes that you like:
1. When browsing the recipe itself, on the right side (mid-screen) - there is a grey star. Click it (it will turn yellow) - it's now marked as a favorite.
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Dec 29, 2014
My family and I love this recipe a lot! We serve it with shredded baby spinach, fresh tomato and sliced rings of baby capsicum. Your recipes never fail us Rawtarian! Thank you :)
Mmm, sounds yummy, Brooke! :)
Cherrie white
Dec 05, 2014
I used two bags of kelp to one cashew sauce mix. I'm glad to read about the shredded carrots in the place of noodles, I might just give that a try.
Hi Cherrie, let me know what you think of the shredded carrot sub! :)
Dec 03, 2014
Amanda's Review
Raw macaroni and cheese recipe
This sauce all over shredded carrots is my new obsession! Raw mac and cheese goodness!
Amanda, I love it! :)
Nov 16, 2014
I have made this many times over the past few years and I absolutely love it!
Thanks, Laura! It's good to have a go-to mac and cheese! :)
Oct 26, 2014
Amanda's Review
Raw macaroni and cheese recipe
I love this cashew cheese recipe!! Sooo delicious. I'm really glad that I didn't have to soak the cashews; everyone else says to do do, but I couldn't taste the difference. Except, however, how good your is.
Basically, a delicious recipes that is easy and quick to make!!
Thanks for sharing that, Amanda! Great pic, btw! :)
Oct 15, 2014
Sarah's Review
Raw macaroni and cheese recipe
Yummy! I've just started working with nutritional yeast and wow I have been missing out. This is a go to for me now when I'm feeling super lazy or in need of some comfort food. I really like adding an avocado to this sometimes too.
Hi Sarah, I think a lot of people are pleasantly surprised when they taste nutritional yeast for the first time!
Very nice. I like my food less salty so only added half tsp. it was still lovely, and VERY filling. I had mine with courgette (zucchini) noodles.
Hi Sarah! Gotta have mac and cheese, yum! :)
Sep 15, 2014
What would I be able to use instead of cashews? I'm deathly allergic
Hi Kiley! You can use macadamia nuts instead if you can eat those?
Aug 19, 2014
Hi there, I love the sound of this recipe, I don't have the Spirelli because frankly I am not sure which one to buy. But can I use Buckwheat(Sobe) noodles for this recipe? I know that does not make it a completely Raw dish but I do know that it is a great alternative to pasta.
Give it a try with the buckwheat noodles, Jennifer! :)
Jul 12, 2014
sheri's Review
Raw macaroni and cheese recipe
That was great and you were right about a little cheese goes a long way. I did add tomato and basil. will be making that again
Glad you liked the mac and cheese, Sheri!
Jul 08, 2014
Would it be ok to freeze this? And how long would you say this would hold in the fridge?
Thank you
Hi Faygi,
4 days in fridge. I've never frozen it myself
Jun 01, 2014
This is divine and Icould just sit and eat all of this on it' s own . I am going to make the celery soup now leaving the last lot of the cheese in the vitamix
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"This product is exclusive to the Discovery Channel Store.
The Discovering Ardi DVD begins its story with the 1974 discovery of Australopithecus afarensis in Hadar, northeastern Ethiopia. Nicknamed ''Lucy,'' this 3.2 million year old skeleton was, at the time, the oldest hominid skeleton ever found. In a human evolution DVD, as the Discovery Channel special documents, Lucy's title would be overtaken twenty years later by the 1994 discovery of """"Ardi"""" in Ethiopia's Afar region in the Middle Awash study area. It would take an elite international team of experts the next fifteen years to delicately, meticulously and methodically piece together ''Ardi'' and her lost world in order to reveal her significance.
The science DVD reveals a scientific investigation as it began in the Ethiopian desert 17 years ago, and now opens a new chapter on human evolution, revealing the first evolutionary steps our ancestors took after we diverged from a common ancestor we once shared with living chimpanzees. """"Ardi's"""" centerpiece skeleton, the other hominids she lived with, and the rocks, soils, plants and animals that made up her world were analyzed in laboratories around the world, and the scientists have now published their findings in the prestigious journal Science.
Shop for a Discovering Ardi DVD, and witness the amazing work by international experts, as they painstakingly put the 3.2 million year old hominid skeleton back together.


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Good story, Gwen, and you've a marvellous novel in front of you. Woo Hoo.
And Book, I recently re-read The Talisman the Black House back-to-back which added to the enjoyment of both IMO.
Some great stories of bargains etc here - don't you feel even better when you've got a bargain?
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To our amazing friends and fans,
This has truly been an interesting year for the three of us. We have spent most of the last three years writing songs and searching for inspiration. As a part of that season, we've also been seeking direction and a new plan for what God has for our lives. In the midst of this journey our songwriting times turned less and less into songwriting and more and more into God speaking to us about His new plans for us. And the outcome is that God is gently leading us in a new direction. The three of us really feel, and all agree, that the Lord is leading us to make a huge change in our lives and we want you to be the first to know about it.
Happy Valentines day from all of us.
We are on the road right now and we celebrate today with a day off in Southern Cali and a fun bike ride with the 3 of us, close friends and a cousin. To most people a bike ride is something leisurely to do, but for us 40 miles was our goal this Valentines.
The thing I love most about Valentines day is we took on a challenge many years ago, instead of us spending the day depressed (let's be honest) we decided to make the day very special for those we knew that were single. Instead of us sulking we took the opportunity to encourage others. By celebrating with them or sending flowers, cards and cookies to brighten their day. We started that tradition when I was in High School and we have kept it ever since.
So if your feeling down at all this Valentines day remember that you being a blessing to someone else will make your Valentines the best One ever.
It's the last week of our favorite things in our hometown with the Keys To A Chicago Christmas!
A unique German Christmas tradition that takes place in Daley Plaza! Grab some authentic German street food and wander through all the unique vendors. Make sure while you're at the Daley plaza you see a 50ft Pablo Picasso Sculpture. We Chicagoans love guessing what inspired this sculpture.(unnamed)
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Macy's on State Street is known for its beautiful window displays, a holiday tradition since the 1800's when the company was called Marshall Fields. But make sure you take a closer look, head inside to see the Great Tree in the Walnut Room.
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So lets see...
Sonnen got surgery, had some of his colon removed & attended weigh ins on the same day. Sonnen then fought 1 day post surgery and passed the drug test (even though he would have been on pain killers for the surgery).
Sounds totally feasible.
And if this is some how real, Sonnen should be fired. Think of the risk and liability he would have brought down on the company he works for if something serious would have went wrong... Not that I believe the story in any way.
Good attempt at an excuse by Sonnen though. TSN's 'undisclosed' source was probably the American Gangster himself. Also, hard to forget all the lies Sonnen has been caught in over the past few years.


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Olson has served as Editor & Curator at Rhizome, the inaugural curator at Zero1, and Associate Director at SF Camerawork. She's contributed to many major journals & books and this year Cocom Press published Arte Postinternet, a Spanish translation of her texts on Postinternet Art, a movement she framed in 2006. In 2015 LINK Editions will publish a retrospective anthology of over a decade of her writings on contemporary art which have helped establish a vocabulary for the criticism of new media. Meanwhile, she has also curated programs at the Guggenheim, New Museum, SFMOMA, White Columns, Artists Space, and Bitforms Gallery. She has served on Advisory Boards for Ars Electronica, Transmediale, ISEA, the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, Creative Capital, the Getty Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Kennedy Center, and the Tribeca Film Festival.
Olson studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz, and Rhetoric & Film Studies at UC Berkeley. She has recently been a visiting artist at Yale, SAIC, Oberlin, and VCU; a Visiting Critic at Brown; and Visiting Faculty at Bard College's Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts and Ox-Bow. She previously taught at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' new media graduate program (ITP) and was Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY-Purchase's School of Film & Media Studies. She was recently an Artist-in-Residence at Eyebeam & is currently Visiting Critic at RISD.
booomerrranganggboobooomerranrang: Nancy Holt's networked video
Nancy Holt, Boomerang (1974), still from video.
In her time on this planet, Nancy Holt came to be known as a great American Land Artist, and certainly her brilliant installations, like Utah's Sun Tunnels and collaborations with her partner Robert Smithson and their peers, are profoundly significant, but it was her work in film & video that has had the greatest personal impact on me.
I somehow didn't see Boomerang, her 1974 video performance usually credited to her collaborator Richard Serra, until I was a Ph.D. student in Linda Williams's Phenomenology of Film seminar at UC Berkeley's Rhetoric program, but the time delay was more than made up for by the work's formative resonance. In the video, made during Serra's residency at a Texas television station, a young Holt is seen sitting in an anchor's chair before a staid blue background. Despite brief station ID graphic overlays and one minute of silence in the midst of the ten-minute piece (announced as audio trouble and reminding viewers of the work's live TV origin), the work is in many ways sound-centric.
Sound and Image in Electronic Harmony
On Saturday, April 11th, New York's School of Visual Arts will co-present the 2009 Visual Music Marathon with the New York Digital Salon and Northeastern University. Promising genre-bending work from fifteen countries, the lineup crams 120 works by new media artists and digital composers into 12 hours. If it's true, as is often said, that MTV killed the attention spans of Generations X and Y, this six-minute-per-piece average ought to suit most festivalgoers' minds, and the resultant shuffling on and off stage will surely be a spectacle in its own rite. In all seriousness, this annual event is a highlight of New York's already thriving electronic music scene and promises many a treat for your eyes and ears. The illustrious organizers behind the marathon know their visual music history and want to remind readers that, "The roots of the genre date back more than two hundred years to the ocular harpsichords and color-music scales of the 18th century," and "the current art form came to fruition following the emergence of film and video in the 20th century." The remarkable ten dozen artists participating in this one-day event will bring us work incorporating such diverse materials as hand-processed film, algorithmically-generated video, visual interpretations of music, and some good old fashioned music-music. From luminaries like Oskar Fischinger, Hans Richter, and Steina Vasulka to emerging artists Joe Tekippe and Chiaki Watanabe, the program will be another star on the map that claims NYC as fertile territory for sonic exploration. - Marisa Olson
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens, Greece, has committed itself to curating a number of recent exhibitions of internet art. Their current show, "Tag Ties and Affective Spies," features contributions from both net vets and emerging surfers, including Christophe Bruno, Gregory Chatonsky, Paolo Cirio, JODI, Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar, Les Liens Invisibles, Personal Cinema and The Erasers, Ramsay Stirling, and Wayne Clements. The online exhibition takes an antagonistic approach to Web 2.0, citing a constant balance "between order and chaos, democracy and adhocracy." Curator Daphne Dragona raises the question of whether the social web is a preexisting platform on which people connect, or whether it is indeed constructed in the act of uploading, tagging, and disclosing previously private information about ourselves on sites like Flickr, YouTube, and Facebook. Dragona asks whether we are truly connecting and interacting, or merely broadcasting. While her curatorial statement doesn't address the issue directly, the show's title hints at the level of self-surveillance in play on these sites. Accordingly, many of the selected works take a critical, if not DIY, approach to the internet. The collective Les Liens Invisibles tends to create works that make an ironic mash-up of the often divergent mantras of tactical media, culture jamming, surrealism, and situationism. In their Subvertr, they encourage Flickr users to "subverTag" their posted images, creating an intentional disassociation between an image's content and its interpretion, with the aim of "breaking the strict rules of significance that characterize the mainstream collective imaginary..." JODI's work, Del.icio.us/ winning information (2008) exploits the limited stylistic parameters of the social bookmarking site. Using ASCII and Unicode page titles to form visual marks, a cryptic tag vocabulary, and a recursive taxonomy, their fun-to-follow site critiques the broader content of the web ...
Reappearance of the Undead
In 1997, internet art hall-of-famer Olia Lialina made a "net drama" called Agatha Appears that was written for Netscape 3 and 4 in HTML 3.2. One of the main features of the interactive narrative was the travel of the eponymous avatar across the internet. Let's just say the girl got around. But the magical illusion of the piece was that she appeared to stay still, even when links in the narrative were clicked and the viewer's address bar indicated movement to another server. But in time, both the browser and code in which the story was written became defunct and the piece unraveled as the sites previously hosting the links and files upon which Agatha was dependent disappeared or cleaned house. Such a scenario is common to early internet art (and will no doubt continue to plague the field), as ours is an upgrade culture constantly driving towards new tools, platforms, and codes. Many have debated whether to let older works whither or how it might be possible to update these works, making them compatible with new systems. For those who are interested, some of the best research on the subject has been performed by the folks affiliated with the Variable Media Initiative. Meanwhile, luddites and neophiles alike are now in luck because Agatha Appears has just undergone rejuvenation. Ela Wysocka, a restorer working at Budapest's Center for Culture & Communication Foundation has worked to overcome the sound problems, code incompatibilities, and file corruption and disappearance issues, and she's written a fascinating report about the process, here. And new collaborating hosts have jumped in line to bring the piece back to life, so that like a black and white boyfriend coming home from war, Agatha now offers us a shiny new webring as a token of ...
In the Future-Past Tense
The fantasy of the future and the utopian promises of new technologies have always gone hand-in-hand. If the history of technology's evolution tells the story of our culture, we can also trace our present-day novelties back to the root of our anxieties about the future and the problems these devices hoped to solve. With this correlation in mind, the interactive DVD novel The Imaginary 20th Century (2007) by Norman Klein, Margo Bistis, and Andreas Kratky, jumps back to the fin de siècle era between the 19th and 20th centuries. It was a time of wonder when new technologies and their representation were wedded in documents like panoramic films of public light shows and short actualities about newfangled transportation devices called roller skates. The novel tells the story of "the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and the story of a woman (Carrie), who in 1901, selects four men to seduce her, each with his own version of the new century" in a recombinatory visual narrative that overlaps 2,200 images culled from primary documents, architectural plans, photos, and other ephemera with an original score. The project speaks to the multiplicity of visions circulating about what the new century would hold, and it's an even more past-tense follow-up to Norman Klein's interactive novel, Bleeding Through: Layers of Los Angeles, 1920-1986 (2003). Klein's work has clearly resonated with at least eleven people, because closing this week at Otis College of Art and Design's Ben Maltz Gallery is "The Future Imaginary," an exhibition that responds to The Imaginary 20th Century with the work of artists Deborah Aschheim, Jeff Cain, Tom Jennings, Jon Kessler, Ed Osborn, Lea Rekow, Douglas Repetto, Phil Ross, Kari Rae Seekins and Aaron Drake, and Susan Simpson. Each contribution embodies the special genre of ...


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Come and see Alfresco at Codemotion in Rome. This year, we are the proud platinum sponsors of all three Codemotion events (in Rome, Berlin and Madrid), and our team will be on hand to answer questions around your mission critical content.
Stop by our stand and say 'ciao' and don't miss Jeff Potts, our Chief Community Officer, present at 10:50 on Friday 23 March, about Using CMIS and your favorite language to unlock content from ECM repositories.


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5 Updated Classic Cocktails from The Hawthorne, Boston, MA
We're here to take a look at The Hawthorne, the first bar in which barman Jackson Cannon actually has a personal stake as proprietor. His partner is Garrett Harker of Eastern Standard and Island Creek Oyster bar. We asked Cannon to share five recipes with us from their menu, which focuses largely on stripped down, updated classics. More