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Posted 10 March 2012 - 05:53 PM
Losing feels like shit
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 05:59 PM
Hey guys sorry for my shtty performance. Although I do think I won the fight that's not at all how good I can fight....just overall shitty 9 days being locked in a hotel without any phone. And the Only working out I could do was treadmill running for about twenty minutes a day. But hey no excuses at least I have time to play tycoon and get my ass in shape....thanks for all the love guys
Losing feels like shit
you should have seen the amount of tycooners in chat cheering you on, even mike showed up for it!
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 06:33 PM
What u felt when the referee was geting close to you on the sub atempt?
Do you feel u let the sub a bit looser and u could have won without it?
5mn decision don't really looks like a loss to me.
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Shiv get raped 3 times streak in the same night,and he still ask more.
Worst beatdown ever Snake the pendulum vs Phil Ivey :50-42 .
20:42 Sniper1 i would love to see silva lose,he is like jacky
20:42 Sniper1 to me, they are pretty much the same:the goat.
Posted 10 March 2012 - 06:58 PM
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 06:59 PM
was very close fight but i would of gave it to you cause of going for finish and trying to end the fight -- usa judges seem to like and favor the dominate position and control though
your still a winner though
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"I am the devil... and I am here to do the Devil's work."
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 09:16 PM
I think you shoulda won, you beat him standing up, and if it stayed on the ground it would've only been a matter of time till he was tapping. Unfortunatly 1 round fights don't favor a BJJ guy.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 09:32 PM
Oh and that's not a loss. 1 round MMA fight? That's just complete balls. You could get a wrestler going in, get an early takedown and basically Lay and Pray the whole fight and get into the house. Your striking looked better, transitions looked a lot better and subs were really good too. If you would of got into the house, I would think you would've been one of the favourites to win.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 09:34 PM
This imo is true. BJJ look for a sub, if they dont get the sub, they're usually on their back and so don't usually win the round cause the other fighter would win through control. 3 round MMA fights gives BJJ fighters a lot more time to get a sub.
Unfortunatly 1 round fights don't favor a BJJ guy.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 10:06 PM
I've been reading a few other mma forums and the consensus is that Jeff won. I didn't see a single post that said Larsen won. I would love to hear what Dana has to say about that fight, but we all know he won't say a damn thing.
Your right, they flat out refused to say anything about the bad stoppages too. IMO because they dont want to tarnish the validity of those fights. But everyone I've asked said Jeff won. Other guy was bloody and basically subbed several times. To me thats winning the round.
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A new boat charter service operating out of Stornoway offers passengers a unique look at the stunning wildlife of the Hebrides.
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* EU, ACP group reaffirm backing for Paris Agreement
* Canete says climate pact "irreversible"
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BRUSSELS/BONN, Germany, May 18 (Reuters) - The European Union will provide 800 million euros ($891 million) to help 79 African, Pacific and Caribbean (ACP) nations implement a global deal to combat climate change.
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"We, developed and developing countries together, will defend the Paris Agreement," European Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said on Thursday.
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My girls know my mantra by heart….put some Shea Butter on it. For every bruise , cut,burn or scar you can use it for healing the skin. I ran across this amazing healing salve and I loved the idea of adding healing essential oils to the mix. This recipe calls for beeswax pastilles, but I would substitute for Shea butter. Check out this easy recipe !!
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Weekend Dives for November
We start November with a night dive on Thursday the 3rd to join divers from around the world in an effort to set up a new world record for the amount of divers doing a night dive at the same time. We meet at the JBay Ski Boat club at 19:00.
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Stella Artois film festival this weekend
I got a free ticket for the Sunday, but then found out the film is Ferris Bueller, which is great but I've seen it roughly 4 billion times.
Anyone been before? Is it worth it?
Something '...D.O.O. economics"
Voodoo economics.
these always look a bit smug
and very demographically aimed - I mean who wants to see this film again!?!?! (its a great film though)
Yeah, I know
I have no real urge to go all the way to Greenwich to watch a film I could just take off the DVD shelf and see at home.
I suppose if nothing else it'll take away that sinking Sunday evening depression.
The ads for it always have
the sort of smug 'filmy' 'indie' or 'twee kookie' types sat facing a glaring screen - its just another way to get people with a lot of money to part with it in a way that they think somehow makes them culurally superior to the cheap fabric masses in desk drone jobs.


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RSS ? What's This Asks Mediabistro
So yesterday, the big launch of blogs, one of them UnBeige. As one would expect from such a site, is that it has syndication aka RSS feed or something. And hey, the folks of Mediabistro don't know what it is, no RSS feed there, and this calls itself BLOG!
AND that's not all! None of the Fishbowl blogs publishes feeds either!
I've received quite a few inquiries about RSS feeds. As in: Where are they?That's not enough, hun, you are a BLOG! Shame on you, that would never happen to Denton or Calacanis folks! You are losing readership the moment you were most likely to gain readership!
Answer: Coming soon! (And sorry they're not here yet.)
AND that's not all! None of the Fishbowl blogs publishes feeds either!


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It was amazing! So many good flavors, a lot of healthy vegetables and surprisingly filling. Caprese salads are definitely something I will keep in mind when I am out at restaurants deciding what to eat. This salad didn't just have your typical tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil, but it also had onions and a vegetable that I am not sure what it was. It might've been a turnips or something along those lines, whatever it was it was delicious!
That inspired THIS...
Caprese Salad Pizza
whole wheat pie crust
2/3 cup fresh mozzarella, sliced
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 cups fresh basil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
-- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
-- Blanch the basil leaves for 10 seconds in hot water and then immediately cool in an ice bath. Squeeze out all the water and put the leave into a blender.
-- Add the oil, salt, pepper and garlic to the blender and blend until smooth.
-- Brush the basil oil on the pie crust, top with the slices of cheese and tomato.
-- Bake for about 10 minutes.


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I spent all of yesterday taking photos of people waiting by the statue of Hachiko in Shibuya (for more on Hachiko, see here).
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-- Whereas, Jonathan Pollard committed illegal acts of spying against the United States for an American ally for which he was sentenced to life in prison; and
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- Driving directions : [Subway]
Express Bus Terminal Station (Seoul Subway Line 3, 7, 9), Exit 8-1.
Go straight for 250m, and turn right at Express Bus Terminal Sageori (4-way intersection).
Continue going straight, using the walkway through the underpass to arrive at the park.
Get off at Banpo Hangang Park/Seom Sevit Bus Stop.
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Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain is installed along 570m on both sides of Banpodaegyo Bridge, with 380 nozzles spraying water from the river below out into a beautiful show of water, music, and lights. The fountain is programmed to play different shows during the day and night. During the day, the fountain shows a hundred different configurations meant to evoke waving willow branches and willow leaves. When the sun goes down, 200 lights illuminate the fountain as it sends out dancing, rainbow-colored jets of water in the air in synchronization with music.
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On behalf of a friend, and also to be posted on the Southern New England board, but I was wondering if Boston Hounds had any recent experiences and recommendations. I imagine the off-season will limit their options somewhat, but I'd be grateful for any pointers. (I haven't visited in some years, myself.)
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Gurnee Team Prepares for Robotics Competition
GURNEE – Steven Margis' basement in his Gurnee home transforms into a lab each week when Dynamics Signals Team 7351 gathers to build a robot that will be able to pick up blocks and put them in a basket, raise a flag and compete against others at a FIRST Tech Challenge qualifying tournament Jan. 25.
"We are proud to be the first FIRST Tech Challenge team ever from Gurnee," Margis said. His FTC team is at the middle–school level, while Warren Township High School's 60–member Robotics Club participates in FIRST Robotics Competition each year. Margis hopes to form an FTC developmental program at Woodland Middle School.
FIRST is a national organization that works to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in mentor–based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well–rounded life capabilities, including self–confidence, communication and leadership.
"What I really like is that statistics show that there are a lot of scholarships out there for kids who go through this program," Margis said. "There is a high demand [for professionals] in technology careers." The team started with Margis and Steven Kuscsik and their sons Kevin Margis and Alex Kuscsik, and grew when the boys invited their friends Leo Forney and Fritz Clark. They're on a "quest from Edison to Einstein as we seek to establish a sustainable program for Gurnee kids throughout the FIRST program continuum," Steven Margis said.
On Nov. 6, the four team members and two coaches met to work on building an arm capable of grasping a horizontal pole 32 inches off the ground and pulling the robot up.
The Dynamics Signals team named their basement lab Edison Field as a reference to the FIRST Championship's Einstein Field. A bust of Edison decorates the space, which has an open area to practice maneuvering the robot. Alex Kuscsik said being on the team has made him closer with his dad, and he wants to be an engineer when he grows up.
"We can build whatever we want and see if it works - stuff no one has ever come up with," he said. He worked with Forney to develop an arm out of a metal piece typically used to slide drawers.
"We need it to extend, and then we need something to hook and grab the bar," he told Forney. Forney came up for the idea by Google–searching parts companies use for a similar purpose.
Meanwhile, Kevin Margis and Fritz Clark, Woodland seventh–graders, were working on the gears to spring the arm.
Kevin Margis said he's interested in the programming side of engineering, and programmed his bedroom door to open by sensor. He changed it slightly when his dog kept setting it off, he said.
Steven Margis said that as someone who came of age at the beginning of the video game and personal computer era, it's amazing to see middle–schoolers sitting at a computer, rendering a robot in 3D to figure out what they should build.
"It's amazing to see them using professional grade software at age 12," he said. Before they became an FTC team, Steven Margis and his son Kevin competed in FIRST LEGO League, building robots out of LEGOs.
Steven Margis said he's seen his son Kevin's confidence increase. "He was normally very reserved, but toward the end of the [FLL] season, he really wanted to answer judges' questions and couldn't contain his enthusiasm." At the Jan. 25 competition, students will compete head–to–head using a sports model. In pairs, teams are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete against other teams on a 12–by–12–foot field.
Robots are built from a reusable platform and teams can choose from two programming languages. Teams are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition, as well as community outreach, design, and other real–world accomplishments, Steven Margis said.
Many of the robots' parts are available in a kit from FIRST, but additional parts are bought online using funds from sponsors such as Underwriters Laboratories, where Steven Margis is director of certification programs.
The Dynamics Signals team stays connected to other teams in the area.
"[In November] we had mentoring sessions with FTC Teams in Highland Park and Elgin," he said. "Each site has a team that made last years' world championships. We learned about FTC firsthand at the season's first Block Party Scrimmage. We also were treated to an 'engineering' exchange and tour with staff at Arens in Arlington Heights."
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