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When I hear Pantera, I think of the Stars winning hockey games...
And of course, after a night where I have restless sleep because of dreams (more like nightmares) of my ex with her new b/f and of us breaking up on a loop, she texts me today for the first time in days. I haven't been having restless nights or dreams. Last night was first time since the first couple days after the break up. No idea really why. It's not surprising to me she chose today to text. Every time I have a dream like that, whoever I dream of contacts me soon after.
I'm not getting sucked back in (no chance of us being a couple again), but this is a very difficult situation with multiple layers. It's not just her dumping me for another guy or for past mistakes I made that she could no longer live with.
She's still very sick with cancer. It never went into total remission. She is very weak and the Canadian gov't stopped her treatments last May. The stress she's under has really affected her. The idea that death is close and inevitable can do a lot to someone's decision making. She is very depressed and has been for most of her life.
And this may not make sense to non-Christians, but I still care so deeply for her soul. While with me down here, she ended up getting baptized and started reading the Bible. Now that she's back home, there are no Christians anywhere around her for support. The church is far away and she doesn't drive and is too weak to take the bus that far. When we broke up, I cried more because I worried about her falling away than for my own feelings being hurt. I'm crying now thinking about it. She's been through so many terrible things in her life. I don't want her to end up in a place full of the people that hurt and tortured her for so many years. I reached out to her just now. Told her to get right with God if she feels her end is near. That I care for her as a fellow Christian and that I'd find a church closer to her. I told her to just think on it and get back to me.
That's why it's so hard for me to just say "f you" and move on like I want so badly to do.
I'm sorry to unload this sort of stuff on here.
Last edited by Longhorn Al; 01-21-2012 at 03:31 PM.
I don't have any real advice but you should probably talk to your priest/pastor/whatever. I'm guessing they will best be able to help you come to terms with end of your relationship and your ex's health issues.
I have added a few supplements to my diet over the weekend:
whey protein - It's just the brand you can find at Walmart (Body Fortress). I'm going with 2 scoops in water once a day.
soluble fiber - 2 tsp in the protein drink
Centrum men's multivitamin - 1 a day
Omega 3-6-9 oils - 2 a day
I was reading up on whey benefits and saw a lot about it helping weight loss and muscle retention during weight loss. Thought I'd give it a try. I won't allow the shakes to put me over my calorie goal. I'm hoping its claims that it, and fiber, will help curb my appetite a bit.
Everything you listed is a good idea and will certainly help.
Adding to the "you don't need a gym" chorus, even though I'm not in the best of shape yet, so more of what I know versus what I'm currently doing.
Not pushing that particular book, although he does have a very simplified "beginner's program" which is pretty simple to do in your house with not much special equipment (although if you have a pull up/dip stand you'll come out ahead). Weights are great, but you don't actually need them to get in shape. Plenty of body weight exercise sites out there. And hey, if you have weights, that's great as well. Many paths to the top of the mountain, or something like that.
I can't offer anything on than sympathy on the rest your situation, as I don't believe in what you believe in. However, it all sounds very sad and trying, and hope you pull through.
Last edited by MC Fresh Breath; 01-23-2012 at 09:06 AM.
Actually starting the gym today after work with the little brother who's kind of a gym rat. I've lost around 40-50 pounds just not eating as much as I used to in about 1 year(went from 240 to about 185). I havent been under 200 pounds since probably sophomore year in hs. Just want to stay at this weight and lean out, I'm 5'10 so don't really want to drop too much more weight. Hopefully I can keep it up and make it a regular thing, at least 4 days a week.
@ 5'10 you could probably get to 175 just leaning out, of course depending on what muscle mass you have. I'm 6'0 and 170 right now, but I'm naturally lean/lanky, probably have 10 lbs maybe of fat I could still work off and no real muscle mass anywhere other than my thighs. 240 to 185 just by eating well is awesome man! my friend did something similar sr year in HS, cut out all liquid calories and had a salad for lunch at school. stuck to it and the old pictures of him look like a different person.
There's no magic pill. Quick weight loss schemes are about like get rich quick schemes.
Eating less/healthy + working out = weight loss
Chicken, rice, and salads plus running and lifting weights here.
I had a Mexican friend in the mid-seventies that said "you are what you are". He was way over weight, and that was his was response to my suggestion that he might to drop a few pounds. After years of weight lifting, water skiing, surfing, etc., I finally gave up and took his advice. Now I'm happy!
So I'm diving into this thread and healthier living. I wont say how much I weigh but it's way too damn much.
Here's my problem. I largely work from home so I kept basically whatever hours I wanted. Some nights/days I would go to be at 10am and other 10pm. Some nights I would sleep 6 hours and some 10. It was ridiculous and I could feel it effecting me. Step 1, I'm sleeping better. Usually in bed by midnight (up late tonight but will hit the bed shortly). Getting a pretty consistent 8 hours now and already feel a difference. I have more energy.
Food is my second problem. I'm not a huge eater, I just tend to eat all at once. I'm NEVER hungry when I wake up. In fact, if I wake up at 9am, I may not actually get hungry until 6pm. But when that hunger hits, it hits hard and many a night I have gone to a buffet or just eaten a crazy amount of food. I'm forcing myself to eat more, but less. I'm getting three meals a day now and can already tell a difference. The strange thing is that I get more hungry now. If I ate breakfast, I'm hungry again a couple hours later. And since I'm not eating bad food (as much), I'm having trouble finding food that really fills me up. I checked out all the diets (paleo, South Beach, Mediterranean, etc.) and I'm not following any one diet, but I have decided on eating leaner meat, more fruits and veggies and better grains. I love salads and have been eating a bunch, but they don't feel me up. I don't eat a lot of bread but have switched to whole grain bread, whole wheat pasta, brown rice, etc. I just need to find meals and snacks that are good for me, but stick to my ribs.
I'm kind of baby stepping my way into this. Been hitting the treadmill for an hour or so. Made the switch to better breads, pastas and rice as I said above. When I eat out, I've taken to Subway. It's not the greatest, but my favorite stuff there happens to be healthy and I keep track via their nutritional info. It sounds cheesy but I can see how that Jerrod guy lost all that weight (I just wouldn't want to make Subway the base of my entire diet). Eliminating sodas will be my biggest hurdle. In the meantime, if anybody has any stick to your rib meal/snack ideas, I would love to hear them.
Orowheat sandwich thins (100 cals - 3 diff flavors to choose from)
Hellmann's Light Mayo w/ Olive Oil (50 cals/tbsp - if you like mayo)
Spicy brown mustard (no cals)
Fat Free cheddar (45 cals/qtr cup)
4oz of Boar's Head Low Sodium turkey or Blazin' Buffalo chicken (120 cals)
Total = 315 calories and a pretty good sized sandwich. Add a side salad or some of those Quaker Quakes (rice chips) if you need more food. I like to heat up the sandwich so the cheese melts.
Good grief!
I wanted to see how many calories my previously regular lunch meals from the surrounding fast food places is.
Typical Whataburger meal + DP = 1,550 cals
Taco Cabana meal = 2,570 cals wtf?
Sonic meal = 2,190 - 2860 cals depending on drink and sides. double wtf?
I didn't eat those things every day or every week, but even once a month would be ridiculous. That Sonic meal is less than 700 calories short of 1 pound of fat.
BTW, why the hell is Sonic so much worse for you than Whataburger, yet WB is infinitely better tasting? Sonic fail. I'm glad I only ate there once every 4 or 5 months.
Now my lunches consist of one of those bagged salads from HEB plus cucumbers, sometimes carrots, and light dressing. As well as a 300 calorie turkey or chicken sandwich.
It's not that big a surprise people can lose weight just by not eating out. Sickening what restaurants/fast food do to their product.
Last edited by Longhorn Al; 01-25-2012 at 12:50 PM.
Yup... eating out often can absolutely kill your weight management goals. We always eat much healthier when we eat at home.
if you're eating a lot of salad, i recommend using a no-oil dressing. lots of recipes here: http://healthygirlskitchen.blogspot....dressings.html
I'm 16 days into the Engine 2 diet and I've lost 8 pounds.
Best of luck to you Al!!!
Like I said earlier, I am doing a 21 day "challenge" through Mel's Meals. I stopped drinking after the MNC game and tracked calories, started letting Mel prepare everything I shove into my gob 11 days ago and am down 15 pounds.
If you want a good baseline for your calories needed each day, go to the Daily Plate which is now part of Livestrong. You can enter your age, height, weight and even tell it how much you want to lose and it will give you a calorie per day goal that you can aim for. Mel has me at around 1700-1800 per day which is a little aggressive but I am actually doing fine on it. Eating 3 meals a day and 2 snacks is quite a difference and it is funny but like said above, the more often you eat, the more often you get hungry.
It is amazing to see my 500-600 calorie dinners that taste good and don't leave me starving. It would maybe fill up the salad plates we use at the house if I spread it out. When I think about how much extra I would pack in on that 12" dinner plate, with sometimes seconds, plus all the booze, I am kinda surprised that I don't need a scooter. If I can stick with this, and at this point it doesn't seem too hard to do, I am going to kick myself that I didn't do it 10 years ago.
I've mentioned that I am using My Plate on Livestrong. I track everything I eat, as well as exercise I do each day. It's a great tool. It puts me around 1600-1700 cals a day to lose 4 lbs a week. When exercise is added to that, I've rarely hit the goal. Always well under it.
I'm down 18 lbs since the 2nd. I took photos of myself around the 3rd day of the diet. I want to take photos after every 25 lbs lost. Hopefully that's coming up soon.
But as Al said, I've also been using it to look at how bad my old eating was. It's unreal. Regularly getting 1500-2000+ calories per eat out/drive-thru meal. Frankly, the shock value of just seeing many of those numbers has been enough to keep me away from any drive-thrus.
Those of you focused on weight loss, I strongly suggest Jamie's talk at TED... there are various messages he's delivering here about changing how we eat, obesity, etc. Just good information to reinforce why it is so important to make permanent lifestyle changes... yes, his message has to do with children and food but this needs to hit home for everyone who is obese.
Ornish lays it out in 3 minutes... I'm sure some of you will latch on to one specific segment of his speech.
I have a odd question. What are some healthy big meals if you are trying to PUT on weight? I don't want to gorge myself with $#@!ty food to gain weight?
eat three healthy meals then add in like 2-3 protein shakes?
Raider... Google "eating clean" which really should apply to weight loss or weight gain. If you are going to try to gain weight, you should focus on eating clean to do so rather than eating garbage.
to gain weight while still eating healthy, you really have to eat until you can't anymore. My room mate is 6'4 and was hovering around 195 and when he was working out 5 times a week, he had to eat at least 4k calories a day to break even and maybe gain a slight bit. He has a naturally fast metabolism, but it still shows that eating a little bit more just won't do it. He was never ever hungry but just stuck to eating more, and he got up to almost 220 over the semester.
Also, once you gain what you want, you can't just revert to your old eating habits and workout routine, the gains will go away without being used. My buddy is already down to 210 again because he can't work out as much due to a new job.
edit: more specifically to the question Raider asked, I would say take a meal idea from this thread, add some carbs to it and protein and good fats, and eat six of those meals a day vs three for dieting.
Last edited by cam4mav; 01-25-2012 at 10:04 PM.
I haven't lost any weight the last few days. I've stopped around 17 lbs.
I haven't walked since Monday. I've been barely able to walk at work with a sore toe on the left foot. It's almost back to normal, and I'll be able to walk again. I really need to look for better shoes...again. I did go bowling for about an hour on Tuesday. It wasn't as hard on my foot and I still got a little exercise in. Better than sitting on the couch for that hour.
I'm also going to cut out that whey protein shake in the morning for a few days. Ever since I started using it, my weight loss has stopped. Going to stop and see if it's the culprit.
My calories are still around 1500 or less a day.
any of you (weight) losers doing this Febriety thing? No (binge) drinking for the entire month of February. a bunch of my friends are doing it. the plan is to find weekend activities that don't involve alcohol for the year's shortest month. I'm considering it. I'm sure it would save me a few lbs, a ton of money, and wouldn't be too bad for my liver/kidneys either. The only problem is that I like to drink and weekend activities that don't involve alcohol would surely be more fun if they did involve alcohol.
I don't drink. I can't imagine how fat I would be if I did.
Maybe you could hang out with King Neptune and find some cool stuff. You just need a metal detector, floppy hat and black socks.
al - you're going to plateau occasionally. it's just part of weight loss. that's one of the reasons i'd suggest weighing yourself every other week or so and judge your success by how you feel and how your clothes fit.
i don't know enough about food/diet chemistry to be an authority, but i definitely raised an eyebrow when you said you were taking whey protein shakes. in my experience, that's something guys like raider take to add good weight, not something people take to lose. personally, i drink one protein shake a day, either as a meal replacement for breakfast or a late morning snack. i use syntha-6 over muscle-milk because it has less fat (and i'm pretty sure less calories, but it's been a while since i checked). handful of strawberries/raspberries, 2 small scoops and water.
I agree on losing the protein shake. The exercise you are getting is great for your legs, but its not so stressful that you need to supplement protein in your diet to have enough to properly repair the muscles. A regular calorie reduced diet should still have plenty of protein to get the job done. Any protein you intake that doesn't get used get transformed to fat, so no need to try and have extra. your muscles should do just fine without the shake.
Cool. I had read that it helped people lose fat in a few clinical studies w/out exercise. But maybe it isn't working for me right now. I'm doing without for awhile.
I'd like to get opinions on low-fat vs. low-sugar. Thirty years ago, when people wanted to lose weight, they were advised to cut out "starchy" foods like bread, potatoes, and pasta. This morphed into the "eat a low-fat diet" where it was recommended that you get less than 30% of your calories from fat. Of course, people ate more starches and sugars, and there are a lot of low-fat snacks out there with a ton of refined sugar in them. Now everybody is fat. The "eat a low fat" thing seems to have quietly faded away, and I'm starting to think it was really bad advice all along. I'm starting to believe the "avoid starches and sugars", especially at night, and eat all the fat you want as long as it is "good" fat, side of the story. One book advises that you get 70% of your calories from fat. What says Shag?
Fats include nuts, seeds, fish oils, flaxseed, some veggies, etc. I agree 100% with what you're saying. Carbs/starch turns to sugar. We are bombarded with sugar and carbs every day in almost everything we eat. It is a factor in the obesity and diabetes epidemic.
sugar is a major culprit. its a short burst of energy and any that isn't immediately burned off its very easily transformed into fat.
fats are fine, especially good fats. excess amounts of butter and lard and such isn't good, but oils used in cooking are nothing to shy away from and fats occurring naturally in foods are good. the body needs enough fat to function properly.
carbs/starch just have to be monitored as far as intake. because they have such a high density calorie wise, its extremely easy to intake more than you use. a carb heavy meal that "fills you up" can easily be 1200 calories in what seems like a reasonable lunch. Even more so if there is any type of creamy sauce or oil.
there is no secret, just balance and portion. sugars are a little evil, but only because of how prevalent they are in so many foods and how accustomed we are to consuming to much sugar. (it even hides in places you wouldn't think, there is 4g in a McDonald's dollar menu item bun)
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keep it up everyone.
2nd weigh in this year today - down 14lbs from jan 1.
I had this long post and got a bad gateway when I tried to post it. POS.
I've been bouncing between 17-18 lbs lost for the last week. I'm down 18.5 as of this morning. Hopefully I've broken through that plateau.
I am down 12 lbs from Jan 1.. I started playing indoor soccer 2 nights a week, plus watching what I shove down my throat.
Hoping to be back to around 180 by April.
Jan 1 weight was 220
Jan 31 weight was 208
Down 13 since Christmas. I've been walking to Subway at lunch (10 mins each way) 2-3 times per week and getting their $5 meal deal of the day. Better than driving 10 mins to Chuy's or something.....cheaper too
Down another 2 pounds to 238 since my last weigh in two weeks ago. I've found a pretty good balance that isn't too hard to maintain exercise wise. I drank quite a bit in the last week, which is why i'm sure I didn't lose as much as I should have.
Anybody ever tried NHB out on 620? They advertise it on espn Austin radio.
Yo dude, you still doing work? Keep expecting to see you bump this thread.
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God Bless The USA was written by Lee Greenwood in 1984, and became very popular in the USA after the 9/11 attacks.
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Jenna, Texas
18 October 2013 at 1:47am
five stars 55555:)
Jazzy, United States
20 July 2012 at 2:37pm
I used to sing this to my dad,,,hes in the army and it makes him cry whenever i bring it up.
Gio, United States
9 June 2012 at 9:59pm
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Dona, United States
20 December 2011 at 3:21am
I love that song "God Bless the USA" every time I her it makes me cry because many American had fight for everyones right even throughout many countries, helping other homeland not only their own but for everyone sake, I hope people still have GOD in their heart and prayer because we all need it in everyone's daily life. God bless every one in this Christmas day and for the coming new years and be safe for the whole world.
Jessica, United States
10 November 2011 at 4:13am
Great song i was born to be patriotic and happy veterans day everybody i was born to sing these patriotic songs even our usa anthem
Alex, United States
9 November 2011 at 7:44pm
and does'nt your country worship god
Alex, United States
9 November 2011 at 7:42pm
not trying to be mean or anything just saying it not fare to us AMERICAN'S that why i am proud to be an american
Alex, United States
9 November 2011 at 7:37pm
oh yea and the 9/11 attack that your plp did it not fare
Alex, United States
9 November 2011 at 7:32pm
god will not only just bless the usa he'll bless all countries reson this song is about the usa is because many plp fight with you india country and its not fare
Jennifer, India
25 October 2011 at 4:10pm
why?god will only bless U.S.A?not india and other countries?hahahahaha!


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Laurel Hill coach Scott Varnum said losing DeAndrade was especially tough on the team.
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Owens, a natural shooting guard, has been forced to take over point guard responsibilities with Zessin and McLaney's help.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Angela Lauren Brannen of Summerville S.C. and Matthew Daniel Craven of North Charleston were married Sept. 15 2013 at Planters Walk in Goose Creek S.C.
The groom's grandmother, Bonnie Craven, officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daniel Brannen of Summerville. She is the granddaughter of Jo Bray of Summerville and the late Ernest J. Bray III; and DeLoris Keith, the late Marshall Keith and the late William D. Brannen.
She was given in marriage by her father.
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Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Edwin Maysonet's first career grand slam highlighted a five-run sixth inning, helping the Milwaukee Brewers down the Chicago Cubs, 8-2, in the middle test of a three-game set.
Shaun Marcum (2-1) fanned six and allowed a run on three hits and two walks over seven strong innings.
"After last night, everyone was a little sluggish," said Marcum of Friday night's 13-inning five-hour marathon -- which Milwaukee won -- that went just past midnight. The team's were back at it again nearly 12 hours later. "I was sent home early last night so I got my rest."
Travis Ishikawa smacked two doubles and scored a pair of runs for Milwaukee, which has won three of its last four contests.
Tony Campana had two hits, including an RBI double for Chicago, which has dropped 10 consecutive games in Milwaukee.
"His breaking ball was hitting the corners on the black and he was keeping us honest," said Chicago's Alfonso Soriano of Marcum's outing.
Chris Volstad (0-5) surrendered just four hits through the first five innings, but was touched for five of them in Milwaukee's five-run sixth.
Jonathan Lucroy doubled to deep right field to start the frame and Ryan Braun followed with a single. Aramis Ramirez grounded out to plate Lucroy before Corey Hart doubled to left field. Ishikawa was intentionally walked to load the bases, bringing up the 30-year-old Maysonet, who was called up from Triple-A Nashville following Alex Gonzalez's season-ending knee injury.
Maysonet cracked an 0-1 sinker into the left-field seats for a 6-1 Brewers advantage. The grand slam was the second round-tripper of his brief MLB career.
"It's a great day for him," said Brewers manager Ron Roenicke of Maysonet, who was filling in for Rickie Weeks at second base. Weeks was hit by a pitch on the left wrist in the 13th inning of Friday's tussle. He is day-to-day. "He looked good in the field and had a couple of great at-bats."
Chicago scored a run in the eighth on Campana's RBI double, but Milwaukee responded by plating a pair in its half of the frame. With runners on the corners with one away, Norichika Aoki's suicide squeeze brought home Ishikawa. After Nyjer Morgan walked, Lucroy's single to center field scored Cesar Izturis.
Earlier, Chicago struck first with a run in the top of the first inning. David DeJesus led off the game with a double to left field, moved to third on Campana's bunt single and scored when Starlin Castro grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.
The Brewers tied the contest in their half of the frame in peculiar fashion. In the midst of Hart's at-bat with runners on the corners, Braun was caught reeling off of first on the fake-to-third, throw-to-first pickoff play. While Braun was in a rundown, Morgan took off from third base and crossed home plate without a throw.
Maysonet has played in 51 MLB games, but hadn't appeared in one before this season since 2009. His first career MLB homer came as a member of the Houston Astros in 2009...Volstad has an 18-start winless streak dating back to July 17 of last season. He's lost 10 games during that stretch.


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Corey Hill's sobering advice for Anderson Silva and his return from a broken leg
"My first words to my manager (were), 'Who broke their leg?'" Hill, 35, told MMAjunkie.
When told it was Silva, and that the former champ had suffered the same injury he had five years ago on the same month – in the same round – he let out a cry of disbelief.
"I couldn't wish that on anybody, friend or foe," said Hill, who first stepped onto the national stage as a cast member on the fifth season of the UFC's long-running reality series, "The Ultimate Fighter."
Since then, there have been more phone calls, all of them asking for his reaction to Silva's injury, which aired Dec. 28 on pay-per-view at the UFC's annual year-end event. Not surprisingly, it's brought up a lot of old memories.
"Some good, but obviously a lot of bad," Hill said. "The pain associated with any compound fracture is something to deal with in and of itself, (as are) some of the struggles my family endured during that time. We all kind of reflected and found some bright points."
Hill's injury didn't end his career, nor did it fracture his family, though it threatened to do both years after it happened. He said he's more mentally tough than he used to be, and his resolve is stronger than ever. He is still pushing toward his dream of being a UFC champion.
Physically, though, he said, "I'll never, ever be the same as when I stepped into that cage Dec. 10, 2008. But that's the territory you live with when you sign the contract.""The biggest thing that he's going to face is the aspect of, we're human warriors and gladiators, so to speak – we make our living getting in the cage and going to war," Hill said. "So he's going to have that question – 'My body failed me. Is that a sign for me? Is that a sign for me to leave this alone?' He's going to have doubts about the whys.
"The big thing with me was, 'Why me, why now?' Only God knows those answers."
As Silva recovers, Hill said, he could also be subject to fame's cruel underbelly.
"There's a lot of people out there that are going to say, 'We're glad that happened to you,'" he said. "He's going to experience the insensitivity of people. I think a lot of people downplay how serious this is for him, or anybody on that magnitude of a stage – to be a main event, worldwide, and to have that happen. It sounds crazy, but he's going to deal with some embarrassment.""It just felt like [I] was cut from the UFC because of an injury, not for performance, and that was just something I couldn't live with. If I'm not good enough – if I lose, losing is a part of the sport. But to have my livelihood stripped because of this injury and be on the outskirts looking in, watching the success of other fighters, and maybe some fighters that I feel I can compete with in the division, [was] just very difficult."
Although the UFC paid for Hill's surgery to fix his leg, he said the cost of his ongoing treatment, combined with his lack of fight income, prompted him to move his family into his parents' house.
"We may have walked away with 20 grand (for the Hartt fight), and for that injury, it doesn't measure up," said Hill, who lives in Spring Hill, Fla., and is a father of three. "I have a condition called 'drop toe' that we were no longer able to get treatment on. Two years after, I was still having surgeries from the initial injuries.
"I have several toes that don't extend any more. And we all know you get your power from your feet. … I appreciate the UFC and everything they did because the surgery alone was quite a big deal.
"But still, paying for that doesn't pay for the bills and your cost of living. That was my fourth professional fight ever, so to have that happen, we not only fell in the hole – we were under the hole."
Hill was resolved, however, to continue his career and prove he was worthy of fighting in the UFC. On the reality show, he was one of the most driven and eager to learn from other cast members with far more experience.
Today, that hunger remains, though he also is embracing another grind – the life of a student. He is a business administration major at a local college.
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Hill continues to train at Universal Martial Arts in Spring Hill. He now fights at welterweight, which fills him out from his years as a beanpole lightweight. While he lacks training partners of his stature and pro experience, he makes no excuses for the trajectory of his career.
"We're still at it," Hill said. "It seems to be different rules for different guys. But that's life. You don't cry over spilled milk. The one thing I will not do is give up."
Although he wonders whether concerns over liability would make the UFC hesitant to bring him back, he wants one last shot, whether or not he's physically the same man he was when he last stepped into the octagon.
Thankfully, he said, he still has the support of his family, who lived with him through one of the most difficult experiences of his life.
This past Sunday, his wife – "the one with the strong stomach," he said – found the Silva fight online and told him what happened. He didn't want to watch.
It took him two years to watch his own fight, after all.
"To be honest, you will never truly recover," Hill said. "I feel like I've grown, I feel like I'm blessed to be here, and I'm blessed to continue fighting. But as far as being 100 percent, it's not going to happen."
I do think Bisping is a good option as a return fight. Sure, we may all cry if Bisping won, but the fight makes sense if Bisping wins his next fight.
I'd say make Silva fight two more, then fight for the title if he wins both.
If Anderson comes back and gets another immediate title shot I'll throw up in my mouth.
There are many paths to freedom, not all are peaceful
The only way I could see Silva getting an immediate title fight is if he comes back has a fight lined up then gets pulled to step in as an injury replacement on short notice.
Bisping sounds good if he decides to come back.
title shot upon return? that would be absurd! props for being unbeaten in 6 years or so and 16 fights but he got KOed and broken back to back. he has to string together a couple of wins first.
Favorite fighters:
HW- Mir, Brock, Fedor, Cain
LHW-Shogun, Tito, Mousasi. Rampage
MW-Hendo, Sonnen, Mayhem M
WW-GSP, C Condit>Nick diaz, Fitch wonderboy?
LW-Penn, Edgar, Cerrone, pettis
FW-Aldo, Homenik,
Fighters I LOATH 1-BISPING
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Shonia, I think that I can offer a practical answer from the perspective of the mom with the baby. One of my close friends lost a baby around the same time as you. Not preeclampsia, an unsurvivable birth defect which meant that the whole time that we were actually having our daughter (born in July) they were going through the process of having the problem diagnosed etc. We work together and I had to bring my baby to work with me quite often during the fall. I was dying inside for somewhat the same reasons as you suggest. I was very afraid that she would think that I was rubbing my baby in her face etc. It has been a real struggle for both of us to speak openly, both then, when the issue was acute, and now, when some time has passed. We have come to a situation where I don't ask her if she wants to play with Chloe, but if she comes over and asks, then she gets first chance. I guess that everyone heals in their own way, and at their own pace. I know that I would never be offended and my feelings would not be hurt if she told me that she just didn't feel up to interacting, especially when everyone else clusters around cooing etc. I always perceive that as salt in the wound.
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The four-week standoff between Fox Networks and Dish Network is over.
On Friday, Dish Network and Fox Networks stuck a deal that returned Fox Sports Net Southwest and 18 other regional sports networks (RSNs) to the Dish lineup.
Spurs fans can breath a little easier. A big chunk of the Spurs' 2010-11 regular-season games (50 of 82 games) are to be shown on FSN Southwest with Monday's game at the Los Angeles Clippers being the first one up.[Read More]
Sports TV: Fox vs. Dish Network; Rain vs. Ryder Cup; MIke Tyson vs. Bobby Brown
Money issues have caused FSN Southwest to be yanked from Dish Network on Friday, affecting fans of Astros and Rangers baseball and Big 12 football.
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Lake Forest, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Bears signed veteran wide receiver Santonio Holmes to a one-year contract on Saturday.
Holmes was released by the New York Jets in March after four years, saving the team a reported $8.25 million in salary for the upcoming season.
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With the outcry concerning the safety of GMOs and their subsequent banning in many places around the world I have come to the conclusion once again that the FDA is FOS.
What do they do exactly? Who are they here to support? Some surprising contradictions in their decisions may shine some light on these questions.
When it comes to the most widespread drug used in this country, the highly toxic substance alcohol, the Food and Drug Administration shuffles those duties off to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as if somehow these very different markets have some dizzying collateral effect on personal health.
The FDA admits that cannabis cures certain cancers and yet it remains illegal in most States and essential studies are routinely ignored by the mainstream media.
Sassafras, another plant used by our ancestors around the world is also banned from being contained in foods, soaps and perfumes, though rootbeer and sassafras tea had long been popular beverages. Based on studies where rats were overdosed on the substance for two years in the 70s this substance is apparently too toxic even for use in modern pesticides.
The United Nations Drug control has hopped on board the banning bandwagon in its efforts to stop the Ecstasy trade, burning Sassafras forests as if somehow this will be an effective way to stop Mother Nature from producing such harmful (and useful) substances and keep man from cultivating them.
And that brings us to GMOs. They fall squarely under the FDA's jurisdiction and according to them they are completely safe, though studies in nations around the world proven otherwise. Extensive efforts just to have them labeled in US have gone unheeded. Though this was one of Obama's campaign promises, he has actually done just the opposite with the aptly coined "Monsanto Protection Act".
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Antenna issues on the Verizon iPhone is complete bs. I've tried it on four separate Verizon iPhones with varying signal strengths and it failed to happen. (Yes, I was holding it 'wrong') The only way you can get any sort of attenuation is if you awkwardly manage to completely cover the phone with your hands, which is not that easy btw, which, hmmm, funny thing...is what happens to all phones.... Just sayin'
Consumer Reports doesn't recommend the Verizon iPhone 4 either
Consumer Reports appears to still be ranting about the reception issues on the iPhone 4, this time they're targeting the Verizon iPhone 4 and excluding it from their list of recommended smartphones.
For that reason, we are not including the Verizon iPhone 4 in our list of recommended smart phones, despite its high ranking in our Ratings. Although Apple no longer offers a free case to buyers of the iPhone 4, as it did for a time after the problem was first discovered on the AT&T version, the company has said in the past that it will consider requests for a free case from customers who buy the phone and subsequently experience reception problems.
Consumer Reports helped set off Antennagate when the AT&T iPhone 4 was originally released. After their initial review of the iPhone 4, Consumer Reports claimed they couldn't recommend the iPhone 4 due to the antenna issues.
I don't know about any of you but the reception problems didn't ever affect me personally. Maybe because I always use cases or bumpers. (Who doesn't put a case on a phone as expensive as the iPhone?) I guess I'm not quite sure why Consumer Reports is still ranting about the issues. Millions of iPhones later, people still want them. All phones have signal attenuation issues when held, not just the iPhone. Is it just me or is Consumer Reports making mountains out of mole hills? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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Consumer Reports doesn't recommend the Verizon iPhone 4 either
lol CR is just trying to stay relevant...
Consumer report can go bankrupt for all i care :).
Well, good for you, but I for one have had major reception problems with my iPhone 4, which drops calls almost every day, in places where my Nokia never gave me any problems. Most of my co-workers have Androids on the same network and never have reception problems or dropped calls. It is a great hand computer, wonderful at that, but by far the worst phone I ever had.
the reception problems are real and continue in low signal areas. i go into 'searching' then 'no service' but i've learned to not hold it "wrong" since i hate cases. it's such an awesome portable computer that i deal with the phone issues. the design flaw wont be repeated in iphone5 i hope.
"All phones have signal attenuation when held.." wow, hell if you're not an Apple apologist. Look, the f*cked up alright? Admit it. Yes all phones have some degree of signal attenuation when held but not when touched with one finger. THAT's the argument that everyone who complains about this problem is talking about mmmk?
Unless Apple is paying you to pretend publicly that "nobody cares about consumer reports," grow up and STOP IT. The bottom line is that Apple made a decent product with FLAWS. iPhone 4 is NOT perfect, and the sooner you simply accept that and start THINKING for yourself instead of being an Apple troll, the better off you'll be.
Excellently put Jason. Yes we have to accept that the iPhone 4 has a flaw. Some of us are able to deal with it. Others don't. Just on this board is one person who doesn't put a case on their iPhone 4. I didn't put a case on my original iPhone but I did for this one and got it for free.
Consumer reports has a target audience and it's not the people on this blog. I like their car reviews because I'm not a car person. I admit their computer and phone reviews are lacking to me because I know more than their average consumer but that's because those articles are not for me.
CR is nonbiased and nonprofit. This blog is tied to a store that makes money off of iPhone accessories. I'm not accusing anyone of anything but please don't start attacking CR just because you don't agree with them. Nonprofit is good.
Well put! However, people (including CR evaluators) are not free from personal bias. It would seem that they will not recommend this phone without a major redesign (example: Apple gave away cases to alleviate the problem and still CR would not recommend them). This despite the fact it had the highest customer satisfaction ratings of any of their other smart phones. Granted some will find this flaw a major problem and return it, but most haven't. CR seems to have weighted this con over all the other pros where as the majority it's users have not.
I guess if this affected me without me trying to have this affect me, I would understand CR's point. But anecdotally I've not seen this to be a real world problem.
Jason, how about taking your own advice. CR is a business also. They make money on subscription not advertisements. CR has used questionable testing methods in the past. CR make mistakes also not just Apple so get real and don't think that CR is perfect either. You are really buying CR advertisements.
By having an external antenna Apple has created a problem. Attenuation happens, but there are two types in the case of the iPhone 4. The normal attenuation (death grip) and also a new kind (death touch) where all one has to do is bridge the antenna with a finger. CR is calling them out on this, and I think it will (hopefully already has) prompt Apple to tweak the design so that a bridging of the two antenna is impossible.
I agree. It is a design flaw that needs to be corrected. It isn't a problem for everyone, and there's a workaround with a case, but to deny it exists or conflate it with a "death grip" is disingenuous. Sure, the iPhone 4 is a great device and they're selling like hotcakes, but the flaw is still there.
My iPhone has better reception than my blackberry - both on AT&T. Does CR recommend the blackberry bold? Isn't CR written for old people that don't kn
You must be the one person that has this problem. My wife and a few friends all have Iphone (3gs and 4's) and they all have signal issues where my torch has none. Even my galaxy S has better signal then there iphone.
on a separate note everyone is quick to blame a network for weak signal and dropped calls when it is clearly the device and the way it is made/designed.
ow how to use a phone? That was my 3 year old posting before I was done.
I've learned people only use that term when they have no argument. Say something constructive or not at all.
I've had my fair share of complaints about apple products. I just didn't personally experience this issue. I jailbreak because apples proprietary system irritates me. But yes, I'm a fangirl, If u say so (that's sarcasm in case you didnt pick up on that).
Who doesn't use a case with their iPhone? Me. I do keep it in a sleeve when I'm not using it, but when I want to make a call or whatever, that thing is getting naked quick. I know I'm not the only one, or they wouldn't sell sleeves.
I'm particularly amused by arguments (like the one in the article) that go something like "I don't have a 'death grip' problem, therefore the problem doesn't exist". Also: you might want to look up the definition of "ranting". Hint: discussing a problem isn't it.
I said I didn't and I never said no one else did. I think it was exaggerated. Yes. I'll make you a deal, I'll go look up the definition to ranting while you actually read my article instead of putting words in my mouth.
I've got to disagree with you. The meat of your point seemed to be here:
"I guess I'm not quite sure why Consumer Reports is still ranting about the issues. Millions of iPhones later, people still want them. All phones have signal attenuation issues when held, not just the iPhone. Is it just me or is Consumer Reports making mountains out of mole hills?"
You say, from the beginning that CR is "ranting" instead of acknowledging any testing that they have done or the experiences of the many people whose iPhone 4 experiences differ from yours. That doesn't come across as reasoned or unbiased.
You say you don't know why CR is "ranting" about the issue, then follow that up by saying that millions of people still want it, as if the latter negates the former.
Saying that all phones have attenuation issues completely grounds the claims of bias that are implied with "fan___" labels because the clear implication is that Apple's reception issues are not exceptional at all, despite the evidence to the contrary.
And the questions, at the end don't mitigate the bias of the article, at all, because that's how TiPb rolls - end the write-up with a question that prompts discussion.
Some expect more reasoned consideration from journalistic sources, including blogs on TiPb's level. Whenever this sort of point is raised in the comments section and they're met with the Lind of resistance that you've offered here, it seems to be saying that we are holding TiPb to too high of a standard and, therefore, we should expect bias and fanboy- and fangirlism.
That may be a fair argument considering the real world business interests of this blog and its sister-sites, but it is hard to know which we should expect. Bias, objectivity, or both.
I guess either or both could be valid, but don't be surprised when you're called on it.
I gave my opinion. I never once said no one experienced the issue. I still stand by the fact that people exaggerate the severity. That's my opinion. I'm entitled to it.
@icebike - or maybe i stand by my opinion. i asked for others as well. my opinion isn't wavering on this. come on, i head up the jailbreak section. i have plenty of gripes with apple and their proprietary OS and their lack of customization. i'm far from a fan girl. i've owned android devices, blackberries, you name it. i'm far from biased. i don't buy a product because it has an apple on it. i buy a product for the experience. is the iPhone experience perfect for me? no. i jailbreak for a reason. but android and blackberry weren't perfect either. i prefer iOS, even with its issues. Last time I checked I was entitled to my own opinions as well. this is certainly no exception. I have no issues with reception (except for AT&T's lack of 3G in our area currently, but that's everyone, not just iPhone users).
If that makes me rude, sorry. I didn't know I had to bend my opinion to agree with everyone else's.
i havent lost reception on my verizon iPhone since the day i received it. Every time i make a phone call it always has service no matter how i hold it. CR is talking stupid well if anything the iPhone 5 is soon to launch in a couple of months and well see how that does.
Let it go Consumer Reports. Put a bumper on it and be done with it. It is a problem but not worth skipping the phone entirely. There are other reasons for that. Lol
it amazes me how a complete design flaw is overlooked by your site because you "should" use a case, or because it is an apple product. Apple made a mistake and consumer reports is 100% correct in not recommending the iPhone as a cell phone. it is a great mobile computer, but it is a horrible cell phone.
I realize that these forums bring out strong emotions, but calling the Verizon iPhone a "horrible cell phone" is an exaggeration. It has a design issue that can effect the signal strength and that really isn't good. In an area of weaker signal it could lead to call issues. However, there is a solution in that almost any case will mitigate the problem. I'm pretty sure the design will be changed on the iPhone 5, but I'm pretty sure the majority of owners use a case.
Now compare this to something like an Android like the Incredible or Droid. Out of the box they come with batteries that struggle to make it through the day unless you turn off WiFi, bluetooth, and use a task killer. Does that make them "horrible?" I had to spend an extra $50 to get a Seidio extended battery for my Incredible to make it through the day (in addition to my case), so having to get a case for the iPhone is better than a battery and a case for the Incredible.
Two people can go to the same restaurant and have to different experiences: one good and one bad. The one with the good experience will go back, the one with the bad experience will not. Such is the way of life, even with the iPhone. Me, I'm sticking with my iPhone 4.
Please dont insult your readers by saying that all phones lose reception if you cover the antenna. Ofcourse they do. The issue with some iPhone 4s is that they completely lose connection with the network when it is touched with one finger in one specific spot. It is a real problem. It doesn't make the phone completely unuseable but please don't act like you don't know what all the fuss is about
Can't replicate it on my phone. Nor did I insult anyone.
When you write an article like this one it is insulting to people with a brain. You are acting like they are wrong just because millions of iPhones have been sold. I guess if a product sells millions of units there cannot possibly be any issues.
I have an iPhone 4 and I have the issue, but it is not a deal breaker for me.
You just hit the point my friend. You still purchased it. The issue was exaggerated. I stand by that claim.
I never said it doesn't exist. I said it was exaggerated, which it was. And still is. They've sold millions of phones and I don't see millions of ppl returning them, do you?
Don't like it return it. Or not deal with it. And that applies to everything u buy in life
I've never had the antenna problem. I've used my phone with and without a case. And yes! My iPhone has a better signal everywhere I go than my blackberry bold did. Grip any phone the wrong way and you lose bars. It's been proven. Fortunately for me never developed the habit of having sex with my phone and totally covering it like I wanted to hump it! CR is on some BS! They get money to do these things! Believe it or not!
Can I just point something out, every phone has a spot where you can block signal, its just a little easier on the iphone 4. I've done the death grip on the iphone nobody holds that phone like that. And I'm not even an iphone fanboy, I'm webos all the way, but even the pre has a death grip, but just like the iphone nobodys had legitimate troubles with it, people just like to b**** and moan.
Well this got my curiosity, I have never tried to replicate this death touch or grip or whatever anyone calls it.
I have always used a case and where I am on 3G I get 3 bars pretty consistently. I am in a location that doesn't have that great a signal, well compared to my previous home which I always had 5 bars.
Well after 10 or so minutes of fighting with the case. I tried and tried and could not lose signal. I wrapped by hands round the antenna and still got my 3 bars. I put my fingers on each of the points that the antenna is separated by a black line. Still got three bars.
A friend with a GSM model says that he has never had the problem either, neither here or in the UK.
It's not a case of defending Apple. I preordered the Verizon Iphone because of a single banking application which, when I preordered, was only available on the iphone. Once I had already ordered the case and other bits and pieces to go with the Iphone the bank suddenly announced they had an Android version now available and I would have happily went with an Android based phone.
Consumer reports are entitled to their opinion and if they want to not recommend a product then sure go ahead and not recommend it. I don't rely on others to make a decision for me.
I didn't buy a case because I worried about the attenuation issue, I bought a case because I didn't want to damage the rear of the phone when I put it down by scratching it. For the same reason I bought screen protects, regardless of how terrible I am at getting those things to go on straight and it does take me 3 protectors to get one in place.
By the way my Blackberry Storm had far more issues with Attenuation with it's internal antenna. It always got low signal when I was holding it to make a call and lost 3G when I was downloading and had to start a download and then sit it down until it finished the download or it would stop.
If I was as upset as some of the people on here seem to be about the iphone and it's death touch issues then I would have switched to a different phone and paid full price for it.
So because the AT&T iPhone set off the antennafate issue they're also extending that to the verizon version ? Afterall , apple did change the antenna for the CDMA.
Consumer Reports has been a dieing company for some time now. The only time anyone hears about them at all is when it involved "iPhone", "antenna" and a phone carrier. It's all publicity.
Apple has already addressed this. We need to stop enabling the media about a problem that does not even exists!
Here is my proof that the iPhone 4 antenna issue isn't an issue; goo.gl/KfKsv
So I am guessing because it hasn't happened to you then it is just a false publicity stunt?
Well does that mean because I live in a house that there must not be any homeless people in the world and if there are, they are just doing it for the attention?
Jailbreaking definitely makes your iPhone a completely different device. :)
Eh More options doesnt mean android like to me.
The problem is they made the antenna with no insulation. If you grasp an uninsulated antenna, that affects it much more than if you grasp a phone with an internal antenna you're not touching directly. When you touch the conductor, you change its capacitance. If there's insulation, you create a capacitive coupling but don't change the capacitance of the antenna itself.
I used to agree that people who don't use cases on these expensive phones must be nuts, but cases often come with their own headaches.
I have had as much damage and inconvenience with cases as without them. I'm sure that depends on the case, but you get me.
Now, people who put their phones in their pockets and purses, along with their keys, pockets knives, and spare change,... That I don't understand.
The right pouch and careful handling go a long way (like not putting the phone in your lap while driving, which often leads to getting out of the car and watching as your phone falls to the parking lot or driveway.)
"Who doesn't put a case on a smartphone as expensive as the iPhone?"
Me. I have never put a case on any of my phones until I got the iPhone 4. And then I HAD to put a case on it for it to function correctly. It wouldn't have been so bad if that area wasn't so easy to touch, but it was. My hand always ended up there.
Despite not using cases on my phones, all of them are in perfect condition when I sell them.
What is this Consumer Report you speak of? I've never heard of it.
Consumer Reports has extremely high credibility and an impressive long-term track record. There one of the few objective sources we have. They don't sell adds or receive free products, but house notable expertise and focus on objectivity. Nobody's perfect, but if your knowledgeable and rational it's very difficult to fault Consumer Reports. They do a very good job of what they do. And they're clearly not Apple haters by any stretch.
And some just have difficulty acknowledging that, though they're awesome in so many ways, Apple isn't perfect either. None of my family's iPhones have gotten as good of reception as other phones on the same network, though we still love the iPhone.
By the way, Consumer Reports is not alone in their assessment.
This first post can be removed! Sorry about that!
I'm sorry, but I can't take your opinion seriously when your grammar is so terrible... Seriously. There = they're, your = you're. I had to read your comment twice to understand some of your sentences.
I know I tried this when I had my Droid Incredible, it lost one bar at best. Now that I have my iphone 4, not only do I lose several bars, but i lose my 3G connection. Now that I have a case on it, there is no longer a problem BUT STILL.
The problem STILL REMAINS.
On another note, I reread your article. You are making mountains into mole hills.
The problem exists, just because you yourself hasn't dealt with it doesn't mean there isn't a problem here. Just like since you have a job, house and food, does that mean that there is not homeless or starving people in the world?
I agree with everyone on here and I think you are too quick to rant about a negative story affecting an iProduct. I stand behind consumer reports because they took the BS feedback and still said LOOK, THE PHONE HAS ISSUES SO WE DON'T RECOMMEND IT TO CUSTOMERS. Your article on Tipb is doing the opposite, You are recommending it and shooting down any false claims regarding this phone because you happen to own a case on yours.
I understand this is a blog, but if you want to write journalism you need to be less bias than this article. Approach a story with an open mind and not a defensive one revolving around your bumpered phone.
Wow, that's a little hostile. I stated my opinion and then asked for others. I said "I think" it's exaggerated. Which I do. I don't hold my phone in a way (bumper or not) that ever causes me to drop a call or have an issue with not receiving signal strength.
I voiced my opinion. I was not trying to be biased in any way. Which is why I asked for other opinions. I don't personally believe Consumer Reports is very reliable. They issued a great opinion of the iPhone 4 when it came out, then retracted it because of the antenna issues, which is fine, but why didn't they complete their testing before issuing an opinion? That to me is unreliable right there. I've had issues with reviews of other products they did as well, not even Apple related. I've just never found their opinions to be very subjective. That's just my experience.
I'd think if the reception issues were as bad as some say they are, they'd return the phone. Or that Apple would have a higher return rate than they do. I'm looking at facts. Apparently the issue isn't bad enough to make thousands of people return the phone. So to me, yes it's exaggerated. I never said it wasn't there.
This is exactly my issue with them. I used to read their site on an almost daily basis and always read their reviews before purchasing an expensive device or electronic item.
lately, it just seems they're copying others opinions or retracting statements left and right because they didn't "thoroughly" test or decided to open their mouths before actually testing (this was the case with their initial review with the iPhone 4, they retracted their good review to include the antenna issue only AFTER other sites pointed it out)... to me, that isn't reliable.
They went from being credible to not so much to me anymore. I've switched to reading CNet or other sites for reviews before buying my products. I'm just not too keen on their opinion anymore.
Around July 2010 CR mad this statement on their site. The consumer watchdog group posted a story on its Web site acknowledging that if the iPhone 4 is held in a certain way, signal loss may result. However, it also said the loss is nothing different than you get from any other phone on the market today. So should they just say all smart phones are not recommended??
I agree - I also feel it's exaggerated. What people commenting are ignorantly overlooking is that something can exist AND be exaggerated. Yes, the issue exists. BUT - it's existed for quite some time and it doesn't seem to be affecting people enough that they return the phone more times than they do not. CR is treating it like it's a huge deal, and really, it's not. I have had zero problems with my VeriPhone, and I've tried to replicate it to no avail. My friend who has an AT&T iPhone has the issue. I just CANNOT see something that doesn't happen to everyone AND has been discussed to death as a big issue in comparison to things like pathetic battery life and an unusable browser that other phones have. I'd much rather have the antenna issue (though I don't even have that).
The effect of the antenna issue is, in my opinion, definitely exaggerated.
I've never used a case, nor have I had the problem because I don't touch the antenna.
I know people like to poke fun at the "you're holding it wrong", but if you put your finger over the mic, you won't be heard. You'll be holding it wrong. If you put your finger over the speaker, you won't hear sound. You'll be holding it wrong. If you put your finger over the lens you can't shoot any photos or video. You'll be holding it wrong.
So, why do some people insist on being able to place their fingers over the antenna?
I really could not agree more. I don't cup my phone (case or not) to where I'm covering the break. Sometimes my hand may come in contact with it, but I've never dropped a call because of it. Do my bars fluctuate, sure do. But it's never caused an issue with data speed or signal when making a call, so I'm ok.
People are acting like I'm pretending the issue doesn't exist, and I never said that. I simply said I think the issue is over-exaggerated.
Consumer Reports probably has a place and relevance in today's world, but what exactly that is is unclear to me. It certainly is not the same relevance it was five to fifteen years ago when the internet and public scrutiny was not as prominent as they are today.
Personally, CR has become less and less influential over the last few years. One reason is that I can never find products that they review (is that a time lag?). Another reason is that CR has become part of the problem. A point in fact is their constant bombardment of advertising to me, with monthly and even often reminders to renew when I just recently renewed my subscription. I've returned their renewal notices addressed specifically to the CR President, asking him to save our trees.
As far as the Verizon iPhone goes, their review and recommendations of it hold no credence. The Verizon iPhone has performed flawlessly for me and was well worth the price I paid for it; and I am not one who uses a mobile device very frequently.
My last contact with CR was a phone call to their subscription services department, asking them to cancel not my original subscription, but another one they signed me up for without my consent. Needless to say, for CR it has come full cycle, where the critiquor has become the critiqued.
I had this issue with my At&t iphone when i had one but for the brief time i had a Veriphone, i couldn't actually replicate it.
I don't see it as a big of a deal. i now own a mytouch 4g as one of my devices I use and when I hold it and cover the top left, it loses wi-fi signal which in turns loses signal for calls because i am connected to wifi calling.
It happens with all phones & its not that big of a deal(in my opinion)
Two things
- All phone DON'T have signal issues when held ... SO STOP LYING ..
Evo doesn't .. .even the Iphone 3GS doesn't
- I never get a case for smartphone.. I get a belt clip.. What's the point of raving about you having the thinnest smartphone if you're gonna put a case on it. I can understand why girls don't get belt clips but every guy should have one. That's why Iphone screens get scratched all the time.. too many people put phones in their pocket it's not safe. GET A BELT CLIP
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but belt clips rank fairly low on the fashion list. I've yet to see one myself that doesn't make you look older than you are.
Also, a lot of people don't tuck in every shirt they wear... Belt clips will look REALLY dumb in that scenario.
Yes, I'm lying when signal attenuation was demonstrated to exist on several phones at Apple's press conference. Actually, I WAS able to product attenuation on the Evo, and the 3GS. The bars dropped when you cover the back of the phone with your hand. Does this happen on the 4? Sure. It happens with every phone. have I ever dropped a call due to the bars dropping when I cover the gap? No.
Have I dropped a call based on AT&T's pathetic existence in my county? Sure have! But that's not the phone, it's a network issue. The iPhone isn't the only phone with the issue. They're in the process of lighting up HSPA+ in my area and my phone consistently goes from edge to 3G to gprs. it's maddening but it's everyone's phones not just the iPhone (that's my area of course, not everyone's). But when I'm in a strong signal coverage area, do my bars fluctuate when that spot is covered, sure. Does it affect call quality or drop the call? No. That was my point.
I haven't had a issue with Verizon iPhone 4 yet. Yes, I have a case. But, as the article says, why wouldn't you on this type of phone? Actually, I just switched from the Storm 2 and this is much better.
I stopped paying attention to Consumer Reports years ago because I found them to be a joke when it comes to some of these categories like electronics and cars. In the last article of theirs I read back in the late 90s, they would also have you believe a Toyota Camry is an overall better car than a BMW 3-Series, without making basic distinctions between strengths and weaknesses in different aspects of the two products, like performance, reliability, safety, etc.
Exactly. They seem to care about the issues they personally care about. Nothing further. They aren't interested in what consumers want anymore. Which is a review comparison and looking at big contenders as a whole. They don't take into account that what they think is important may not be what is important to everyone. I stopped reading when they had blatantly false facts about television technology on their site almost daily. They were rating tvs in a way that made me think someone was surely paying them to weigh in a certain way. That isn't good for consumers at all.
CR's compass is off and has been off on so many products for so many years. They are a minor blip on the radar screen at best.


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You will need:
a cutting mat
X-Acto knife
hot-glue gun
Dremel Tool Kit
Premo Sculpey - Baking Clay
Thick card stock paper
Discarded materials around the house. Plastics, wire, metal piping, ect.
Black, yellow, silver, and copper acrylic paint
Paint brushes
Step 1: Make a rough sketch
Sketching helped me get started. But ultimately, I let the the materials that were available to me guide me. I first envisioned my Mr. Potato Head to look more like the sketch in the upper right hand corner.
Step 2: Change Mr. Potato Head's stance
Next, I used a household dremel tool to cut a hole on each side of the body. Then, I attached the two metal pipes to a small plastic beam inside of Mr. Potato Head.
This is a picture of my potato head from the back. The three holes along the middle were part of the original toy design.
Step 3: Be creative with discarded household materials
As you can see, I used a soap dispenser for the gun. I used an empty mini plastic shampoo bottle for the cannon, metal piping for the legs, thick card stock to make the wing-tipped shoes, a contact lens case for the eyes, and old cell phone charger wires for detail.
This is some serious awesomeness!! Thanks for sharing.
Iphone Skin
Iphone Case
Art Prints
Also just thought you might like to see this steampunk art that's available on iphones and ipads.
Great instructable. Sir Spudnik Von Trap looks fantastic!
For tutorial, view here:
Any chance you'd be selling one or two of these?


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