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I'll be interested to hear what Meltzer has to say on the matter, he usually gets good scoops.
Yushin made something like 100k with a win...but I think that's baseline for a top 5 fighter. I think the issue is he was a spoiler for guys the UFC was looking to bank on like Belcher and Lombard, and would have been another loss on Bisping's record if they ever fought.
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ehhh.... nothing personal. UFC cuts him now and asks him back in a year or two, no big deal. this is one of those decisions that can possibly end up being good for both the ufc and okami.
I think they're betting that Okami is on the decline of his career. I think it was an early cut, but I think he's going to perform worse outside of the UFC than folks expect.
Dana's explanation is very stupid really. His excuse for cutting him is basically because he will never be a champion and he does not win the really big fights. LOL in that case why he has not cut Chael Sonnen?? Oooh right! Because unless Okami, Sonnen is a big draw and brings money to UFC.
In few words, this only confirms once again what everybody already know: UFC is first and foremost a business. The sport aspect is way behind.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
If not wanted/requested by Yushin , this is a completely cunt move by Dana and Co. Of the classic divisions MW has the least stand outs and name fighters and and is by no means "stacked". Okami is valuable for the Asian market and MMA landscape altogether. His record , especially recently , is damn decent and gatekeepers are a useful divining rod to see where other fighters stand and if they're ready for top competition or maybe a title shot. This is purely attacking the less-appealing-to-the-masses style YO employees. If GSP wasn't able to string together so many wins and be so marketable he would be out on his ass as well , considering his style since Serra and the KTFO heard round the world.
Thats right bitches, gonna have to bling out the other hand soon...
Not sure why anyone would ever want to fight in the UFC lol either get into entertaining brawls and give up your body to be for sure entertaining enough to stick around if you can at least win here and there, or be one of the best fighters in the world which is obviously really hard.
Plus, as Rivet pointed out, even if you are doing enough, some people just aren't smart enough to realize it. Very few people are stupid enough to enjoy Leonard Garcia's brawling, untechnical, unskilled style. Not sure how stupid Dana thinks the general public is.
Get sick of Dana playing favorites. Kisses the guy in my sig's ass after the Barnett stoppage when Frank's been put out cold over and over again (and the same thing would have happened), yet says Wineland-Barao was just. I'm not saying either was unjust, but at least Wineland didn't fall flat on his face. Then takes his frustration out by shitting on the ref in the Mir fight. Says since it was a co main event that the ref should have let it go on a bit longer lol. Well guess what fatty, Wineland-Barao was also a co main, and a title fight, and they are Bantamweights, not fucking Heavyweights. Wineland also doesn't have a history of getting his ass brutally beat a few times. He says so much dumb shit.
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I hope this isn't too big, because it's awesome.
A dumb move by the UFC in the sporting aspect. I honestly think he was commanding too much money. Mad he should. He can probably make more fighting in Japan and become a champ. Then the UFC can pay him a ton of money for a champ vs champ fight.
The idea of them getting rid of him for being too good of a gatekeeper also makes a lot of sense. Either way, Dana White is still a jackass. I'm on the die hard side of the fan spectrum and I have no idea who half of the guys on the upcoming cards are. And some of the ones I know aren't that impressive.
And CB should have been cut after his win over Miller.
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- The picture up top is from last night. I went to see the live version of Dreamworks' How to Train your Dragon, and to say it was spectacular would be to do it a disservice. They combine 20 projectors (at $100k a pop), an incredible wire rig, and several full sized, brilliantly realized animatronic dragons into something you truly have to experience to believe. Watching Toothless take off did indeed make me believe a dragon could fly. If it comes to a city near you, check it out. And if you're up for it, stick around and meet the dragons afterwards. They're state-of-the-art-of-FX, and will not fail to impress.
- Apple vs. Samsung is winding down in the U.S., but Motorola vs. Apple is picking up. While some may wish everyone involved would just cut it all out, they're big businesses and big money is involved, and until there's patent reform and much better precedent, it isn't going anywhere, any time soon. That being said, there's no way in hell I'm going to be writing about them everyday. We'll carefully pull the great stuff, like the iPhone and iPad prototypes, and highlight anything of significance, or that might have industry-wide ramifications, but otherwise we'll cherry pick the start and end points carefully.
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I wouldn't hold my breath on that. I think the hardware will be better than we think, once we have all the details. But, other than some nice add-ons for a new and even better camera, and maybe Video Stream backups to iCloud, I wouldn't get my hopes up. Apple spent all of its time and resources on other things, like Maps (a massive undertaking for them, even if the end result only seems like an app swap out to us) , smoothing out iCloud some more, getting Siri moved toward full release, Retina MacBooks Pros, and Mountain Lion.
I personally feel that Apple has reached a turning point. I think that they are now stretched too thin at their current employment level. Apple has a TON of workers when you just look at the numbers, but thanks to all of the exposure given to their retail side in the past two months, we have seen that the vast majority of those employees work in Apple Stores. They have a relatively small staff of engineers, programmers, PR, and directors for the vast array of software and hardware that they produce. Very soon, Tim Cook is going to have to make the call whether to stick with Steve Jobs vision of smaller teams and running more like a start-up, or expanding to meet the demands of an ever-growing products and services catalog.
Sticking with the start-up path would involve cutting some of their current line-ups in favor of core products and services. This definitely wouldn't be popular, but it might be prudent. Expansion, on the other hand, could mean possibly altering the formula that got them where they are today. Neither seems like an easy decision, but I do not think that their current position is sustainable. They can't be expected to churn out yearly updates to iOS and OS X, yearly hardware refreshes of all mobile and most desktop products, while also keeping all of iTunes and iCloud running smoothly. This doesn't even take into account them possibly getting into the TV business, whether on the hardware or service end, or both.
To me, it just feels like Apple ran out of time for new features in the new iPhone, and most especially in iOS 6, once they checked their own boxes off the list. That left a lot of the users, especially loyal power users, boxes left for next year. This year's jam packed hardware and software release cycle, combined with the lackluster iPhone and iOS refresh, are the best evidence that Apple is just plain overloaded right now.
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And what, exactly, is the rush? Do you think Apple needs to "innovate faster" or something?
Oh, and have you tried out the "new iPhone" already and determined that it is, in fact, "lackluster"? Or is your post just a classic "concern troll"? (Look it up in Wikipedia. You nailed it.)
Call me whatever you want, but Nokia, Palm, and Blackberry fanboys probably used to scoff at fellow concerned users, too. Complacency and playing it safe yield little innovation. Being overloaded can result in innovation becoming sporadic, which is more what I am suggesting.
While I haven't held hardware in hand, I've been using the iOS 6 beta since the day it was released, and the fact that I didn't have to do a restore of my phone data and all of the app as part of the upgrade told me everything I needed to know. It is a minor bump that has no effect on any core functionality of the OS. As for the new phone (which unless Apple has pulled the biggest con in the history of tech, is already known top to bottom), it looks good. I'll personally be happy with it. But there isn't anything about this device that will grab the attention of the public like the iPhone 4 did. Nothing. No buzz here. Remember when Apple used to OWN the buzz in the tech world.
Look, I'll have an iPhone 5 on launch day, and it will sell like crazy. it may set every recod in the book. But, if Apple comes out with an iOS 7 that's as short on new, headline grabbing-features as iOS 6, existing users will get bored. That's how humans work. People get bored with what they know.
After saying all of this, you really missed the point of what I was saying, anyway. It isn't that Apple doesn't innovate anymore. Just look at Mountain Lion, the new Retina MacBook Pro, and the screen and battery life of the New iPad. There is a lot going on in Cupertino. I'm just asking the question- can Apple at its present size, continue to innovate on ALL fronts at the same time. Say what you want, but compared to what we've seen in the past, this year's phone upgrades are pretty pedestrian. Apple has a MUCH smaller non-retail staff than Samsung, Google, or Microsoft, but are taking on all three of those companies in their core businesses, while Apple makes more hardware and software and offers more services than two out of the three on the list. How is that sustainable?
The iPhone isn't the only place you see this lag, either. Last year's pass on the iPod Touch (the ultimate gateway drug for iOS) has seen it's market share decrease. Who knows if we will get a new one this year. That device used to be on a yearly cycle. Apple has sat on the early distance it created with the 2nd Gen Apple TV, while Microsoft has far outpaced them in media deals and content on the Xbox. It still sells well, but it isn't the best box in town anymore. Even the Roku is step for step with Apple. Now I fear they will also sit idly by while small systems like the OUYA exploit the sub-console big screen gaming opportunity Apple created with AirPlay Mirroring, but never bothered to make usable. If you've never tried it (and I have plenty), it's a beautiful dream, but a pain in the ass in reality. If nothing else, the support for the OUYA and media attention shows that there is a lot of interest in this opportunity. Apple is RIGHT THERE. A few additions and changes, and they can own that market. but there they still sit, in the same spot for a year and a half.
The current version of Apple is awesome at throwing new features out there, but it would be great to see them actually FINISH a few, rather than become the butt of media jokes. iCloud and Siri, almost one year later, certainly come to mind. I love them both, but they are not fully usable in all areas yet. Even an Apple fan should be able to take off the glasses long enough to see that. If not, go read the Apple Developer Forums on iCloud implementation into apps, and see what you find. So, sure, Apple comes up with all kinds of neat stuff. They are the most valuable company in the world now. Great. mazing. But will they keep on innovating and churning out great new ideas and products if they are swamped by the ones they already have that they either can't keep up with or can't seem to fix? I'm not saying Apple is about to fail. I am just hoping they will hire some more top-notch people to execute on the vast array of stuff they have going on. If you read the tech press, you know that they aren't as aggressive as Google, Amazon, and Facebook at going after talent. At least not in volume. If you don't believe me, go look at the numbers yourself.
But I'm just a "concern troll," so what do I know. Keep drinking the cool-aid man. Nothing to see here.


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I am a huge fan of firefly and browncoat for life. That being said, this game is never going to be made. It is either a hoax or the people making it are very stupid.
It has trying-to-look-like-much-more-of-game-is-complete-than-really-is written all over it. And the siri voice over for your indiegogo? Really...?
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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Originally posted by wormywyrm
Way to kill something before it gets out of the starting gate there is a bit of history to this project,and the campaign was delayed because of an ill advised article in Kotaku which they later retracted which labeled the game a hoax which of course it isn't.
But the new presentation looks pretty convinceing should be interesting to see more footage as they release more videos I my self never fully got behind Dark Cryo a year ago all my time went to The Repopulation,which had the same sort of ill conceived response as this but look at Repop now,just goes to show you never know what gems can be unearthed with the crowd sourceing revolution.
As a natural cynic and skeptic, get ready.
The stolen music on their video is not something I expect a "company" to do. It's not only theft but disrespectful. You have to ride on your own merits. Oddly enough, I had linked this video here with some of the same soundtrack earlier in the week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvUi3EqWOQ
That music is in their video and it isn't theirs I'd wager.
What I learned about the game watching the video - diddly.
The white font with the grey shading for titles - bad, looks like a designers idea but does not work as a title and something to stand out.
The screenshots - what is with them. They scream different sources but aren't labeled so who can tell what they are supposed to represent.
Some are fuzzy and some aren't. Some look like someone took a real life picture and put a photoshop filter on them, like this http://darkcryo.com/_images/indegogo/imgs/34.jpg Pay attention especially to the left side where the boxes are out of focus.
This one in particular looks like it was procedurally generated in the "Love" game. That's the feel I get from it, not that it literally was stolen from Love. http://darkcryo.com/_images/indegogo/imgs/39.jpg
Lending again to the thought that it's a filter.
Compare those images to the ones like this http://darkcryo.com/_images/indegogo/imgs/58.jpg
I don't believe for a second those are all in the same game and if they are, there is some really strange design going on here. This is probably where it really all is, basic. http://d2oadd98wnjs7n.cloudfront.net/medias/625986/pictures/full/20130121063916-01.jpg?1358779160
Maybe someone recognizes that UI on the top right as a game engine?
I can't tell you what the game is about, the images threw me off too much to actually read anything and the little I did wasn't about mechanics or giving me a feel for gameplay or day to day activities, it was googoo babble like this.
"Your strength is derived from your mobility, a network of Megacorp Syndication crime Lords, and sympathetic Anti-Hero loyalists, that require your services to transport their products throughout the system. A resilient individual, you can out-flank superior tactical advantage through coercion, trickery, and deceit, making for excellent job runners and smugglers."
Since they gave all icing and no cake, seems like a bunch of designers that wish they were more because everything I see is influenced by fluff instead of meat. No screenshot has UI elements or windows or screens of playing, it looks like they are selling a terraforming kit the way it's presented. The only place a character(2 count) or creature/mob(0 count) was shown was in the graphics that didn't look edited by filters.
edit: I visited their website, that may be the worst website I have seen in a long time. Most definitely designers. The whole "level up" thing is a joke, it's all design and no usability. They have no explanations on anything that is language that means something only to them. There were 47 images downloaded for 1 page. It took 6 page downs to even see that amount of content that could have been one page. Nothing like comparing products by scrolling upppppp 6 times and doooooown 6 times for each line item. I think Mr. Magoo works there because their design is circus sized - perhaps a Napolean complex you know what I'm sayin' *puts out little finger. No clown cars were found though *kicks dirt and leaves with head down - maybe next time. Web2.don't.
Thanks greenreen, very interesting. I hope people are communicating to the firefly fanbase that this game looks illegit, because I think they may have a more difficult time telling since they have not seen all the failed MMOs go by that community members of this site has. I'd hate to see people putting their money into it because of their love of the series to never see anything in return.
Either they are very unprofessional and do not know how to market and present their product or they are illegitimate. The more evidence I see the more I think its the latter.
I want to see a crowd sourced firefly mmo, but it needs to be from a group with some legitamacy or ties to the firefly or mmo community.
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Yeah we have to look out for each other. No problem for me to dig around, I'm trying to figure out a complicated algorithm so it's good to take breaks.
Here's another link where someone is concerned these people are going to cash back their DCICs.
Revenue-sharing program? Investment certificates? Indeed, various incarnations of DarkCryo forums content and/or their crowdfunding page itself refer to "stakeholder shared equity", an "investor pack", and "starting equity"; "stakeholder equity" in "ingame revenue", "post-Beta subscription revenue", "advertising revenue", and "merchandising revenue"; and to "quarterly investment strategy updates".
On the right side of the campaign you can see them offering the DCIC parcels along with packages.
They do have a point. This from the campaign sure does sound like stock. You even get quarterly reports lol
Issuance of 100 DarkCryo Investment Certificates, or DCICs, as your starting equity.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC ingame revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC post-Beta subscription revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC advertising revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC merchandising revenue.
Insider access to DC quarterly investment strategy updates.
I hadn't heard of this game before - now I see this isn't the first time they had some drama from the previous posts listed there. Even trying to call the game parody at one point to get around not having the rights to use the IP.
Two of the people listed in the campaign also link up to this website as owners. As does the link in the viewsource to darkcryo for an image from the cyber intelligence flash show - hrm, does that look familiar - guess they liked the matrix too.
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Maybe these people are serial "starters", they sure don't seem to have any concept of what belongs to me and what belongs to you when it comes to property. They are just using whatever seems clever.
Interesting, albeit troubling, information. I have contacted one of the listed staff members on Indiegogo campaign who happens to be italian as I am, I'll try to get them to speak on the subject (I'm a press member).
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Um hello! http://kotaku.com/5974538/the-planned-firefly+inspired-mmo-is-real-its-some-fans-labor-of-love
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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Also if this was a hoax why would they list team members on the Indiegogo site that would be like commiting career suicde if they intended to hoax would they not actually go anonymous,also people refer to the complicated finance system they have,one of the members is a banker in real life amazing what u can find if you look..
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They don't even have the rights to the IP to begin with..
Originally posted by darker70
They trully believe their project, as Dark and Light dev team did at the stat, look at how that turned out..
Originally posted by Toferio
True, but people cannot be held accountable for others actions. They will have to build their reputation on their own merits. Also at the time of Dark & Light there were no funding campaigns, which help greatly indie development both in funding and in taking the right directions with the feedback from fans.
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Do they have the licensing from Joss Whedon? Last I heard, they did not, if it is the same group doing "Firefly Universe Online."
Originally posted by darker70
Yeah they are really putting themselves out there with that revealing text-to-voice software narrated indiegogo video. Just playing... But really, it is not career suicide to work on a failed game at all, it happens all the time. People tank in one business to be handed the next, etc. It is complicated.
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They changed the campaign. It was asking for 200k and now it says 135k or did I imagine that 200k. All that equity stuff was edited out of the bottom text but the DCIC stuff still shows on the package perks. Aha, I didn't imagine it - found a cache of it being 200k http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1fYslQ8kv2EJ:www.indiegogo.com/projects/fuo-the-darkcryo-mmorpg-experience+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Under that gold rush section it says "See website for details!" - luckily I quoted what it used to be in another post. This is what they edited out.
Issuance of 100 DarkCryo Investment Certificates, or DCICs, as your starting equity.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC ingame revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC post-Beta subscription revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC advertising revenue.
Stakeholder shared equity in 100% DC merchandising revenue.
Insider access to DC quarterly investment strategy updates.
Their website requires you to make an account. Oh my.
Question is - did they see our thread or did someone tell the company on them and they had them remove it.
Ever feel like you are being watched - oh no black helicopter. Wait, it was just a roflcopter http://www.roflcopter.net/
I kind of love the endorsement DarkCryo have on their website from Notch from Minecraft (it randomly appears at the top). One problem - he wasn't talking about FUO. It's a quote lifted from an interview about something completely different.
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I wouldn't be impressed by an endorsement of Notch, anyways. I love minecraft and am totally impressed with it and Notch's company. I am not impressed by Notch's opinions on the gaming industry and as a personality.
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...and the campaign is gone.
Here's the organisers take: https://www.facebook.com/FireflyUniverseOnline/posts/528655067156407
They've been offering share incentives in a way which ultimately wasn't in line with the Indiegogo terms and conditions. In the end Indiegogo suspended them last night. They also reduced their goal amount after being placed into Draft mode earlier with Indiegogo, which I suspect didn't go down well as it was a fixed amount at $200k suddenly reduced to an amount they would have met given the pledges they were seeing.
They've been selling the rewards (including share/investment schemes) directly on their website via (I seem to recall) Paypal, which is suggested elsewhere on a blog may not be in line with local law. I think they're still doing that, I haven't checked.
There's no company registered for this apparently (they were originally trading as another company name, something somebody else mentions earlier in this topic, however Craig Redl now claims they aren't using that company), and so no accountable directors, and no address records for those involved.
I'm absolutely sure it isn't a scam. Will they deliver a triple A quality MMORPG ultimately, or will fans and the people running the show end up locked into yet another Firefly fandom kerfuffle?
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Well I would love to see firefly online but this obvously was something that was out there just to get folks money. Now indiegogo removed it from the site. So one has to wonder was it a scam or legit.
Originally posted by erictlewis
I actually don't think that's the case. I think it was a well meaning, very technically gifted fan who has tried to lead a project he didn't know how to manage, without any kind of business infrastructure. I mean, this was never going to be a Firefly MMO - they don't have the license, or means to get the license. Now he's ended up with an apparently unregistered business which apparently can't deliver what they've already taken money from fans for.
This isn't the first time this has happened with Firefly fans (google Help Nathan Buy Firefly, Flanvention etc) and it won't be the last. I just hope everybody - the fans and the Darkcryo people - can make a clean exit where nobody gets into trouble.
A Firefly game would be great. Something tells me it needs some serious infrastructure and firing power to deliver.


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He has expressed interest in taking over as anchor of existing shows and in starting a new show. Indeed, several of the networks he's approached don't have any news programming per se on their schedules. His frustration at not having a real platform during the height of election season has been evident.
Not that a news show is all he'll consider. Olbermann has also told people he'd like to be involved in sports coverage. During his run hosting "Countdown" on MSNBC, he was, for a time, also an on-air commentator for NBC's "Sunday Night Football," although that arrangement ended in 2010.
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Contacted Monday morning, Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton said he doesn't expect any more information to be released until the investigation is completed.
"In talking with the (Mount Airy) police chief, they're working diligently on this investigation and have been since it occurred trying to determine exactly what happened," he said. "I don't think they want to make any comments about the situation until they complete their investigation, so it will be premature right now to try to come up with any idea where they're going right now."
According to Shelton, the incident originated shortly before midnight Saturday when a patrol officer noticed a vehicle speeding in the Southbound lane of U.S. 52. The officer began pursuing the vehicle at the U.S. 601 intersection, but the driver, a 15-year-old, declined to stop.
Officials say the officer pursued the vehicle onto U.S. 601 near Edgewood Drive and Carter Street, where the driver lost control.
Shelton said the 9-year-old, who was wearing a seat belt, ended up pinned against a rock as the car was partially-submerged in the Ararat River.
"The vehicle struck a tree near its roof panel, spun around and ended up with the boy pinned in the passenger seat against a rock with the water level coming up to about dashboard level and the front of the vehicle under the water," Shelton said.
The driver of the vehicle was the sister of the 9-year-old victim, according to officials.
She was transported from the scene to Northern Hospital of Surry County, where she was treated and released.
Both Shelton and Mount Airy Police officials say no more information will be immediately released.
"This is a terrible event, and our hearts go out to the family, especially here at Christmas time," Shelton said.
A spokesman for the Mount Airy Police Department would only say the accident is still under investigation, and gave no indication of any potential charges as a result of the accident.
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Remember that when the Lord speaks to you He will give you a second or third witness, from scripture and/or His body.
he's even seen Jesus
I'd personally a whole lot rather spend my time listening to James Robison and Charles Stanley on television than [a small handful] of the Universalists that I've known at these boards over the last 8 years! Some Universalists that I've known, their words are like nails on a chalk board while they're supposedly defending the truth:
Quotehe's even seen Jesuswhat did he look like?
Quote from: chuckt on January 28, 2009, 05:38:34 PMQuotehe's even seen Jesuswhat did he look like?I don't think that matters.
Hi there Cardinal,The pets of people gave them a sign that they were ok. My own cat gave me a sign and my recently departed dog did too.


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By Erin Post
Drizzles of rain in December, spring-like temperatures that confused some flowers into budding mid-winter, ski trails boasting nothing more than rocks and grass even after New Year's celebrations ended: All of these miseries seemed to fade as the storm clouds gathered over the Valley on February 14.
And for good reason--the blizzard that blanketed the Green Mountains in almost three feet of snow also seems to have jumpstarted The Valley's economy and rejuvenated outdoor enthusiasts.
It's all enough to make skiers positively giddy.
"They were like little kids," said Eric Friedman, marketing director at Mad River Glen, in reference to the thousands of skiers who turned out for a weekend on trails covered with fresh powder.
The record-setting snowfall heralded the start of the Presidents Day weekend, traditionally one of the busiest for businesses that depend on snow.
Parking lots at The Valley's ski areas, as well as many motels and inns, started filling up February 16 and 17, as soon as travelers had time to clean off their cars and pack up their suitcases.
And the traffic is expected to continue through this weekend and possibly into next week, when many Vermont schools have vacations to coincide with Town Meeting Day.
The rest of the week and the upcoming weekend "should be huge" for Mad River Glen, Friedman said.
The cooperatively-owned ski mountain has recently turned a corner; Friedman said the ski area is poised to catch up with year-to-date revenue for last season, thanks in large part to the snowstorm.
Saturday's power outage couldn't even squash the enthusiasm. Friedman said the Single Chair kept churning, and skiers took it all in stride.
"I'm absolutely convinced we have the happiest lift lines in the country," he said.
JJ Toland, Sugarbush's director of communications, said it was a record-setting weekend at that mountain as well.
On Saturday and Sunday, signs were posted declaring the Lincoln Peak parking lot full.
"I have never seen that before," he said.
In part because the snowstorm garnered national attention, the ski resort experienced a significant spike last Wednesday in the number of unique visitors to its website. This in turn led to phones "ringing off the hook" for room reservations and the phones haven't stopped since.
"We are nearing the 100 percent-booked mark for resort lodging," Toland said in reference to the coming weekend, "and with another storm on the horizon, we expect to be jamming."
Area motel and innkeepers also report travelers continuing to roll in even after a busy Presidents Day weekend.
"It was great. We definitely needed that snow," said Paul Lavoie, owner of the Wait Farm Motor Inn.
He said about 80 percent of rooms were booked prior to the storm, and business only picked up from there. As the inches of snow piled up, so too did the phone calls, he said, adding that the inn ended up at about 95 percent of full occupancy last weekend.
At some inns, skiers and other visitors to The Valley banded together to dig out in the days after the storm.
Betsy Pratt, principal owner of the Mad River Barn, said about 18 skiers staying at the inn got out shovels Thursday morning to clear the feet of snow that had piled up on vehicles in the parking lot to help out their fellow travelers.
"It was a very cheerful scene," she said.
Although the Sugartree Inn was completely booked for Presidents Day weekend prior to the storm, owner Graham Hewison said the dumping of snow should help attract travelers even into March.
He expects a good crowd for the end of this week and said word of the stellar ski conditions seems to be getting around.
All of this is good news for many businesses struggling to make up for a less than ideal Christmas holiday season.
"We've got a lot of catching up to do," Hewison said.
Mother Nature may be providing a little more help for The Valley: The National Weather Service is forecasting another chance for a snowstorm on Sunday and Monday.


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McCain: Could Obama be hiding something?
Sen. John McCain is calling for a Watergate-style congressional committee to investigate the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya after President Barack Obama failed to answer direct questions about the attack.
"It's this kind of B.S. that I continue to find his leadership just lacking," Meghan McCain told KTAR's News/Talk 92.3 Mac Watson and Larry Gaydos. "I mean just answering a direct question, which he's not doing, makes me think he's hiding something."
Sen. McCain said Wednesday that "The American people deserve answers to these and other questions related to the Benghazi attack. Congress has a unique Constitutional role to play in getting to the truth of this matter as well as well as compiling the lessons of this tragedy so it's not repeated."
McCain said she can't speak for what her father does or doesn't know, but feels he is in the right for questioning the president.
"An ambassador, in my opinion, has been slaughtered by terrorists and insurgents and there just really hasn't been any explanation," she said. "It was dodged during the election. I think he and Sen. Lindsey Graham are totally in the right to call the president for real answers."
During Obama's first press conference in months he said, "If Sen. McCain and Sen. Graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me."
He still never answered any questions of the Benghazi attack.
McCain also talked about the Gen. Patraeus and Paula Broadwell scandal.
"My favorite is there was 20,000 to 30,000 emails exchanged of sexting. That is an unfathomable amount of sexting to have gone on. What are you guys doing all day?," said McCain.
She said she thinks marriages and affairs are between husband and wife and doesn't care who people sleep with, unless classified information has been compromised.
"From her point, this is a woman that went to West Point. She should be ashamed of herself. I really think that she is compromising national security," said McCain. "I, for one, was always a big fan of Gen. Petraeus and I'm sad to see him leave the CIA because I think it will affect our national security."
President Obama reluctantly accepted Petraeus' resignation earlier this week.
McCain believes it depends on how much classified information Broadwell was given if Petraeus will be able to come back.


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Toledo has a strong attachment to hockey.
Since the Toledo Mercurys first took the ice in 1947, the city has hosted six hockey franchises. A glance at the banners hanging from the rafters in the Huntington Center will reveal that Toledo's various hockey team incarnations have produced a number of champions.
For Toledoans who grew up in the '70s or early '80s, the Toledo Goaldiggers, a franchise from 1974-86, represent a nostalgic and successful era for Toledo hockey. The team had six appearances in the International Hockey League finals and four championship titles. David B. Hamilton, a longtime hockey fan, can remember enthusiastically watching the Goaldiggers as a teenager. This summer, he founded Toledo Retro Hockey, a vintage sports apparel company and digital photo archive as a way to honor Toledo's hockey history, particularly the Goaldigger era.
"I had been thinking about starting a sports apparel line for a long time," said the corporate salesman-turned-entrepreneur. "But I wasn't sure what that would be until the holidays last year. I wanted to see if I could find any Goaldigger apparel and discovered that aside from a few items for sale on eBay, there wasn't much out there."
Hamilton spent the next several weeks conducting online research to locate the owner of the Goaldiggers' trademark, Classic Sports Logo of Garland, Texas, and in February he began negotiations for licensing. When the two parties reached an agreement nearly three months later, Hamilton set himself the task of finding vendors and designers who could not only create quality sports apparel on par with NHL or college athletic clothing (facilitated by SP Apparel of Québec) but also accurately reproduce the team's vintage artwork.
"One of the biggest challenges with this was design," said Hamilton. "Everything was hand-cut back then. They didn't have PDFs. But now everything is produced digitally so I hired a graphic artist to re-create the Goaldigger artwork in the various formats I needed."
Hamilton's initial vision for Toledo Retro Hockey was to only sell Goaldigger T-shirts and hoodies, but he quickly realized there was strong enough interest in vintage hockey to branch into other areas of merchandise like hats, replica jerseys and souvenir pucks. "I was a little surprised with the reception. I wondered if anyone would remember the Goaldiggers," said Hamilton, who created a Facebook page for Toledo Retro Hockey on July 4 and activated the company's website a month later. "But there are Toledo hockey fans all over the place! Toledo Retro Hockey currently has over 1,300 fans on Facebook, and I've sent orders to 16 states all the way from Maine to Alaska."
Now that he is able to wear the Goaldigger apparel he was unable to find online last Christmas, Hamilton receives several comments when wearing his merchandise in public. "When I started my firsthand market research, I found that people over 40 would notice what I was wearing, stop and say, 'Wow! That's old.' Those under 40 typically just walked right by. But as the number of fans on Facebook grows, I see the demographic is getting younger and younger. Young people are taking an interest in retro hockey, and bringing this vintage brand into the 21st century was one of my goals."
The "second prong" of Hamilton's plan for Toledo Retro Hockey was to preserve Toledo's hockey heritage for the next generation as well as for those who lived it. Toledo Retro Hockey's website contains a historical photo collection of the Toledo Goaldiggers as well as the Toledo Blades and Toledo Hornets. Many of the images have been provided by vintage hockey collectors from across the country and even former players. Also featured prominently on the site's homepage is an excerpt of the documentary "Toledo Hockey History," courtesy of WGTE. Featured in the short clip are the "Miracle on Main Street," when 10,000 fans crowded Toledo's streets following the Goaldiggers' unexpected 1975 championship win, and an interview with Mike Eruzione, who, after leaving the Goaldiggers, went on to play for the victorious 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team.
Looking ahead to 2014 and beyond, Hamilton hopes to grow the website's digital history collection. He would also like to expand Toledo Retro Hockey's merchandise selection to include Toledo's other historic hockey franchises and possibly open a bricks-and-mortar storefront. Hamilton believes there is enough interest in Toledo's vintage hockey for him to do so.
"Toledo is a blue-collar town with long winters," he said. "We're used to a 'rock 'em, sock 'em' style of physical hockey. It's what we're used to, we love it and it's here to stay."
For more information about Toledo Retro Hockey, visit www.facebook.com/ToledoRetroHockey or www.toledoretrohockey.com.
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I'm a 37y.o. G1P0. I developed severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome (Class 1) at 23w1d which immediately led to an emergency cesarean section (classical incision). My son died 4 hours after he was born. My husband and I are planning to try to conceive again; we were advised to wait until 6 months after my C/S.
For a bit of background information, my risk factors for preeclampsia were being a nulligravida, advanced maternal age (36y at time of conception), and donor insemination. We successfully conceived on our 3rd IUI with frozen sperm from a donor. The pregnancy was also complicated by new onset severe migraine headaches and an abnormal 2nd trimester screen suggesting a 1/29 risk for Down Syndrome; the amniocentesis results were normal. We have since consulted with an MFM specialist and the thrombophilia workup revealed a Protein C deficiency and heterozygosity for the MTHFR DNA mutation (A1298C). Otherwise I'm a very healthy person; my medical history is only significant for the occasional bout of Raynaud's phenomenon and tension headaches.
I understand that you cannot provide specific medical advice about individual cases, but I would appreciate it if you would consider the following questions:
1.) Should the same or different sperm donor be used in future conception attempts?
The literature seems to suggest a possible immunological role of donor insemination and preeclampsia. And I would obviously like to reduce my risk for recurrence as much as possible. Unfortunately, I have heard mixed opinions regarding this issue. One OB/GYN has said use the same donor; another said use a different donor. And, the specialist indicated that there is not enough evidence to base an opinion for or against using the same donor. If 'some' evidence suggests that increased exposure to a partner's sperm decreases the risk of preeclampsia, should the same donor be used in future conception attempts?
2.) When should anticoagulation begin if you have an inherited thrombophilia?
It has been suggested that anticoagulation with Lovenox be initiated as soon as there is a positive pregnancy test. I am curious whether any evidence suggests benefits of anticoagulation at the time of or just prior to conception – such as with low dose Aspirinâ€â€Âas compared to starting anticoagulation roughly 2 weeks later with a positive pregnancy test. Another approach I heard about it is a combination of the above: start ASA when you are trying to conceive and then switching to Lovenox once there is a positive pregnancy test. What does the evidence suggest?
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My father wanted a bar. Big, dark chocolate wood top, cool black leather front and faux-Spanish metal finishings. Very late-60's chic! Dad, ever the true engineer, designed his dream bar and commissioned a local woodworker to build it to his very precise specifications. Yes, this beautiful bar would fit perfectly in the corner of his newly closed-in, decorated and outfitted back room with its floor-to-ceiling dark wooden paneling, wall-to-wall red carpeting, faux-Zebra skin sofa and the grooviest of grape chandeliers dangling from swags of gold chains and spreading a warm, hazy glow across the room. And the day it arrived, with much expectation and even more ado, we excitedly ran outside to watch them unload that beauty and carry it into the house! Except, engineer is as engineer does, and the bar, that monstrosity, would not fit through one door of the house! So, of course, they proceeded to remove the plate glass front window so they could push the bar through and into its new home!
My parents' own tidy Swinging Sixties lifestyle consisted of weekend cruises to the Bahamas and neighborhood buffet parties, the women dressed in brightly-colored satin party pajamas and shimmering pastel lipstick, the men burgundy banlon polo shirts and sleek knit slacks, hair slicked back with Brylcreem. Photos snapped of smiling couples in cruise ship cabins or up on deck holding fancy glasses of colored cocktails with tiny umbrellas and tissue paper fruit on toothpicks dancing gaily above the rim, bringing home straw dolls and baskets with Nassau scrawled across the front in brightly-colored stitching. Memories of long white gloves and dangly earrings, sugary sweet cocktails or Tom Collins from a mix, their libation of choice, party platters of deli meats or finger foods and games of Twister in that same back room all blend together in bright contrast to mom typing or doing the wash, dad working under the hood of the car or reading Life Magazine while watching the news at 6 o'clock.
My parents weren't drinkers and, well, that bar was never finished, never covered with faux-leather fabric or edged in metal molding, and years after my father passed away when my mom decided to update the décor of the back room, we decided to part with his beloved bar, its bare plywood front staring at us miserably, accusingly from the corner of the room, no way to hide its nakedness. That old wooden bunker was piled high with gadgets and gifts never opened, memories of other people's vacations, baskets of birthday cards and bank calendars, now-empty plastic deli party trays and bric à brac that had found no other home. It all ended up being scattered throughout the house, wherever there was space, or thrown into the bin, unopened cellophane cracking with age, the feeble whine of stuffed animals begging for mercy as they headed towards the same sad demise. We crouched down behind in the dark and pulled out all the bottles of whiskey and Kahlua, wine and bourbon that had never been opened, never drunk all those years ago, bottles dusty, labels faded, signs of a lifestyle more played at than lived, and drinks saved for another occasion, forgotten about and left to their musty conclusion.
No, my parents were never drinkers and neither was I, watching and learning, having little interest in getting drunk on cheap beer behind the high school football bleachers or Champagne on New Year's Eve. From high school to college, I watched, and experimented, but never understood the attraction to keg parties and great goblets of that golden, grainy beverage, the magical nectar of students everywhere. Going to State U, where, when beer wasn't being guzzled, parties whirled around huge bowls of punch spiked with who knew what, whatever was on hand and could be purchased on the cheap, and flavored with the sweetest of fruit cocktails, the easier to swallow great quantities of the stuff. The ever-present scent of coconut oil, visions of gaudy flowered shirts and the comfort of flip-flops dressed up those years in the Sunshine State, between golf courses and studying outside by the swimming pool. Key West-themed parties, blenders whirring, strawberry daiquiris sipped through straws, piña coladas and margaritas drunk to Jimmy Buffet and Tom Petty, fingers licking off barbecue sauce and spicy dip. Sweet hints of the islands, surfboards tucked under arms, was the tipple of choice, the exotic flavors of coconut, lime and berries, heady with tequila and rum.
Then I moved north to my Ivy League school, where Hawaiian shirts were replaced by button downs and polos, shorts and baggies with chinos, flip flops for loafers and searing heat and bright sunshine with a snowy, gray winter. Odd college chants for the team filled the crisp, chilly Autumn air, "Ha ha hoo hoo we've got more Nobels than you!" in the centuries-old stadium, straw hats and likenesses of our own favorite Quaker, Ben Franklin, became the norm, heavily endowed buildings in red brick standing majestically around a stately green and dinner parties, elegant and worldly, tomes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking pulled from shelves and studied as seriously as any economics handbook. Beer, yes, that old college standby, was never very far, but now corks were pulled from innumerable bottles of red and white to accompany platters of duck and asparagus and chocolate tortes. Sips of candy sweet raspberry, orange or chocolate-flavored liqueurs, oh so sophisticated, or so we thought, followed these meals or punctuated an evening with the girls or a date.
My move to Europe and marriage to a Frenchman amid the popping of corks and the ppffffssss of Champagne, bubbles tickling my nose and making me giddy, has me seeing the world through wine colored glasses: a glass or two of Muscadet, Quincy, Bordeaux or Anjou with every meal is the norm, traditions infused with the intoxicating juice of the vine. And meals are followed by strong, burning gulps of grappa or eau de vie, invigorating whiffs of prune, poire, raisin, Mirabelle. Or splashes of Amaretto, Sambuco or Cognac, just a hint, in a demitasse of café, just enough to infuse it with an earthy heat, a bite of heavenly bliss, an eye-opening kick of the devil's tipple. No drinker, I tend to smile sweetly and shake my head no at anything that strong as I tap the rim of my wine glass indicating that a drop or two more of that wouldn't be looked at askance. Yes, I've learned to savor and taste, understand and appreciate this ambrosia of the gods, the fruit of the vine, Bacchus' delectable nectar. As for the stronger stuff, well, I prefer to bake.
Limoncello, Amaretto, rum or Grand Marnier, whatever the liquor I am more often than not to be found measuring it out and drizzling it in batter or cream, ganache or filling than drinking it out of a tiny crystal glass. I've added it to mascarpone filling, brownies, cake and even bread, and now I've stirred it into delicate, ethereal, silky Panna Cotta, adding a rich, vibrant orange flavor, not quite as sweet as fresh juice, a luxuriously sophisticated version of this gorgeous dessert.
2 cups (500 ml) heavy cream
2 Tbs + ½ tsp (35 g) sugar
2 – 3 Tbs Grand Marnier *
1 ¼ tsps (6 g) unsweetened powdered gelatin
Finely grated zest of one orange, preferably pesticide free, optional
* 2 Tbs will give you a lovely subtle taste of Grand Marnier, 3 Tbs the flavor will be more pronounced but still delicious.
Place the heavy cream, the sugar and the Grand Marnier in a medium saucepan. Stir in the grated orange zest if adding. Sprinkle the powdered gelatin over the top and gently stir it in with a fork or whisk. Allow to sit for 5 minutes to soften the gelatin. At the end of the five minutes the gelatin will look like tiny yellow translucent splotches on the surface.
Place the saucepan over low heat and slowly and gently whisking, allow the mixture to heat up just to the boiling point. Watch carefully as this only takes a few minutes. Once it starts to boil (it may just foam around the edges), remove from the heat and, whisking, make sure that the yellow spots have disappeared completely: this means that the gelatin has completely dissolved.
Very carefully pour the hot liquid into 4 serving glasses (I use a soup ladle or I pour it into a pyrex measuring cup with a spout). Cover the glasses or bowls with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator – ideally over night – to firm up.
I poured a Pomegranate jelly over two of the Panna Cotte and although it was tasty, the Panna Cotta was definitely better without it, simply on its own. If you like, serve this with some fresh raspberries or sliced fresh strawberries.