Gilbert Melendez injury causes Strikeforce to cancel Saturday?s card

Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez was hit with an injury just a week before he was scheduled to fight Pat Healy. He had to withdraw from the fight. Without Healy-Melendez, Showtime decided not to air the card. Without Showtime, Strikeforce canceled the event.

"When Showtime informed us that it would not be airing the event, we made the difficult decision to cancel Saturday's card in Sacramento," Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said via press release. "Without a television partner, we simply could not move forward with this event. We wish Gilbert a speedy recovery and will work diligently and quickly to reschedule the fighters affected by this news on upcoming cards."

This is the second major injury to hit Strikeforce recently. UFC heavyweight Frank Mir pulled out of his Nov. 3 bout with Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champ Daniel Cormier with an injury.

Healy told Bloody Elbow Radio that he was told he would not be fighting again until Melendez is healthy, and that he wasn't given the option to fight someone else.

"I'm like in a daze, still. I have to think about, if Gil's going to be out six months and I have to wait the whole time, I have to start making some plans to make money right now so I'm not in a situation where I have to make money right before training for a fight," Healy said.

Outside of Melendez Healy, Saturday's card featured:

? Guto Inocente vs. Gian Villante
? Caros Fodor vs. Josh Thomson
? Adriano Martins vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
? Quinn Mulhern vs. Jorge Santiago
? Jorge Gurgel vs. Mizuto Hirota
? Amanda Nunes vs. Cat Zingano
? Mike Kyle vs. Dion Staring
? Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Yuri Villefort
? Michael Bravo vs. Estevan Payan

Those fighters didn't create enough firepower for Showtime. Perhaps a re-airing of the "Weeds" season finale will be enough for the network instead of a live sporting event.

This creates a problem for the Strikeforce fighters on the card. One of the complaints heard most often from Strikeforce fighters is that they don't fight enough. In 2012, Strikeforce has held just five fight events. With such infrequency, fighters have few chances to fight and make money from their fight purse and sponsors.

Outside the main event, Strikeforce has nine fights place. Though there is room on the Nov. 3 card, it won't be enough to accommodate every fighter. Plus, the fighters thought they were getting paid on Sept. 29, and best case scenario has them getting paid a month from now. Fighting is never an easy way to make a living, but cancelling cards in the last minute makes the job much harder.

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FCC votes in favor of rethinking spectrum holding rules, goading broadcasters into wireless selloffs

FCC meetings can be momentous occasions under the right circumstances, although it's seldom the case that we see the agency pass two potentially far-reaching measures in one sitting, like we just saw on Friday. To start, regulators have voted in favor of a proposal that will review spectrum sale rules and might drop the case-by-case determinations in favor of a more consistent screening mechanism. The reexamination will also consider a change to the ownership rules surrounding wireless frequencies that treats bands below 1GHz differently than those above -- the better to address a chorus of smaller carriers that don't like all the prime spectrum going to the companies with the most existing clout, namely AT&T and Verizon. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski argues that reform could spur innovation through more competition, although dissenting Commissioner Robert McDowell is worried that consistent rules will somehow create "uncertainty."

Side-by-side with the review, the FCC is proposing an incentive-based reverse auction strategy to have TV broadcasters voluntarily give up their spectrum for cellular and data use. The multi-phase approach would have TV providers set the price at which they're willing to sell their spectrum to the FCC; those that just can't bear to part with their airwaves would be corralled into a tighter band range to make for larger available frequency blocks in the auction that follows. As with other FCC proposals, there's likely to be a long interval between the auction vote, the review and any definitive rulemaking, let alone an impact -- auctions by themselves can take years to play out. Still, any success with the measures could head off spectrum crunches while simultaneously preventing any solutions from consolidating too much power and creating their own problems.

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Amanda Bynes pleads not guilty, does her makeup (for a half-hour)

Amanda Bynes' attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf on two misdemeanor hit-and-run charges Thursday in Van Nuys.

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Multiscreen Viewing Proved Out for Olympics on BBC, Adobe Says

AMSTERDAM -- While the Olympics is a big screen event, the BBC learned that multiscreen viewing played a vital role for viewers not only in recapping the Games but also in the primary consumption, says Steve Allison, Senior Technology Evangelist at Adobe, which handled Olympics streaming for the BBC. Beet.TV caught up with Allison at the IBC Show in Amsterdam for an update on the Olympics, as well as the latest on serving ads in live streams.Specifically for the Olympics, Adobe learned that PC usage was strongest at noon, with mobile usage peaking in the early evening and tablet usage hitting its highs around nine p.m. "The Olympics changed the way people think about consumption of video," Allison says in this video interview, explaining that the Olympics proved that there is consumer interest in multiscreen viewing of events. Beyond that, he says that IP technology is evolving to enable more targeted ad delivery to the right people across devices. He adds that at the IBC show he's seen a number of tech tools that let media companies deliver video directly from cameras to IP.

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10 Amazing Google Earth and Maps Discoveries

1. S.S. Jassim Shipwreck

In 2003, the S.S. Jassim, a Bolivian cargo ferry, hit shallow water on the Wingate Reef off the coast of Sudan. While the shipwreck itself wasn't discovered on Google Earth, the image of it was, and now it's one of the largest shipwrecks visible on the platform, as well as one of the most searched-for. Image via Google Maps.

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Today, it's easy to be an explorer -- all you need is a computer, access to satellite technology and a sense of adventure. Google makes it even simpler with Google Earth and Google Maps, letting you travel virtually to any place in the world with just a click of your mouse.

Even though the average person can use these services to explore the planet, researchers and other scientific professionals use Google Earth and Google Maps as preliminary tools to analyze areas around the globe, uncovering some pretty amazing things we've never seen before.

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South Korean movie star shines in L.A.

Byung-hun Lee leaves his mark in cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre earlier this year and recently was in L.A. to attend the premiere of his latest film, 'Masquerade,' which is a big success back home.

It's a typical weekday at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. Clint Eastwood is signing autographs just outside the hotel's front window for a cluster of near-frantic fans. A parade of the wealthy and connected pass through the lobby on their way to lunch at the hotel, ground zero for industry deal-making. Inside the bar, however, no one gives even a sideways glance at the handsome, tousle-haired actor Byung-hun Lee, who at first appears somewhat unsure of himself as he speaks quietly in halting English.

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Edwards AFB

Endeavour lands at Edwards Air Force Base in the California Mojave Desert.

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HTC Debuts Windows Phone 8 Smartphones

HTC hopes to resurrect sales with Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, which have vibrant colors, Beats Audio, and Gorilla Glass.

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MTV Embraces Viddy ("Twitter for Video") for Big Music Show Coverage

MTV is having scores of its staffers at the September 6 Video Music Awards use Viddy, a video sharing platform that allows users to upload and share 15-second videos, says Colin Helms, MTV's SVP for Digital in this interview with Beet.TV In our first interview with Helms, he explained the use of Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram and other platforms being used for the Awards. Andy Plesser

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2012 NSCS AAA 400 Q&A with Toyota Racing Driver Denny Hamlin

Denny Hamlin in car - Photo Credit: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images for NASCARDENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing How does it feel to get back on track after the win at New Hampshire? “Obviously, good to get back on track. Had a pretty good first practice so we’re really optimistic about...more»

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This Week In Fear-Mongering: The Problem With Ferguson and Frum

As all of you know Niall Ferguson has written an execrable piece of right-wing clap-trap for Newsweek on why President Obama doesn't deserve a second term. Others have written about the many issues of fact and analysis in Ferguson's piece,...

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miniCASTER Demos Pocket-Sized Live H-264 Encoder At IBC

AMSTERDAM – “Television has to get more mobile and more and more broadcasters and news stations want to have real feeds from the street, from the events and from different venues,” says miniCASTER’s Director of Marketing, Norbert Gierlich. miniCASTER aims to make live streaming easier and more mobile with a pocket-sized live H-264 Encoder. Gierlich explains that the “miniCASTER is perfect to go in a handbag with a small camera, DSLR, and some action cams and deliver that live feed directly to your newsroom, station or website.” miniCASTER believes that in the next year, as a result of set top boxes and encoding devices like miniCASTER, “more and more people will be able to go live and decode signals and play them out on HDMI screens.” Gierlich demonstrates the features of the miniCASTER encoder in this video interview from the IBC show in Amsterdam. Megan O’Neill

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The glory that was Greece

Economically, the future of the West now depends on the birthplace of the West.

When Germany'schancellor, Hannelore Kraft, met France's president, Francois Hollande, in a sunny Berlin earlier this week, they agreed on a compelling strategy to save the Eurozone. With no elections due in any Eurozone country for the next two years, they were able to stretch the austerity timeline for Greece, Spain and Italy, add some elements of growth stimulus but also keep up the essential pressure for fiscal discipline and structural reform. As a result, even devastated Greece began to glimpse light at the end of the tunnel.

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Etnies Under Our Feet: Jose Rojo

Etnies has the third video from their contest. Watch the video, figure out what Jose Rojo did and then go over to the Etnies site and enter to win some free stuff!

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Parsing the RNC's national security platform

POLITICO found what seems to be a close-to-final draft on the RNC's website. The national security section, titled "American Exceptionalism" is here. Below I have gone through and blogged some of the more mendacious and ridiculous content. But what's the...

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California's community colleges staggering during hard times

Demand is up but funding is down for California's community colleges. Many students are shut out of needed classes, making it harder to get their degrees or transfer.

Marianet Tirado returned to Los Angeles Trade Tech community college this fall, optimistic that she would get into the classes she needs to transfer to a four-year university.

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Watch the Emmys Opening Skit: Jimmy Kimmel Cries

Missed the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards or want to relive some of it? Watch the star-studded opening skit in which we find host Jimmy Kimmel in a beauty crisis just before showtime.

A panic-stricken Kimmel escapes into the ladies' restroom to grieve, but the funniest females on TV are nearby to console him. At one point bemoans, "I look hideous; I can't host the Emmys."

That comment draws the attention from a horde of reality TV hosts, who pop up in a stall next to Kimmel's.

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Also, HBO's Lena Dunham from Girls is naked eating a cake.

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The Digital Smackdown: Obama 2008 vs. Obama 2012

Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was lauded for its embrace of digital tools, as it accomplished unprecendented levels of community engagement from a national politician. The Obama team was on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, plus it had its own social network, My.BarackObama.com, to boot.

The campaign rallied early adopters generally not engaged in the political process behind the slogan "Change," which drove historic fundraising success. Following Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention in 2008, the Obama campaign racked the most donations in a single 24-hour period ever -- $10 million from some 130,000 donors.

"Were it not for the Internet, Barack Oba…
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Google Fortifies Platform With Stronger Developer Relations

Google's developer relations chief describes how the company is doubling down on dev tools and support to bolster the success of its products.

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Asia's 10 greatest street food cities

by Lina Goldberg

The food is one of the most enjoyable things about the Asian continent. But do you know where to find its best street dishes?

Now you do. We?ve put together a collection of the best examples of street food from 10 of the greatest food cities in Asia, and also made some handy maps to show exactly where to get them.

While the nature of mobile street carts and movable market stalls means pinpointing every dish isn?t possible, we have shown which roads in each city are more than likely to have someone selling each food.

Start your Asian street food journey below, by clicking on a city.

You can also vote on your favorite Asian street food, right here.

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'Bones Brigade: An Autobiography' trailer released

"Bones Brigade: An Autobiography" is the true story of a group of talented misfit skateboarders who turned the world of skateboarding on its head in the '80s. "They dominated contests, made hundreds of thousands of dollars, created the modern skateboard video, reinvented endemic advertising, pushed skate progression into a new era, and set the stage for a totally new form of skating called 'street style,'" the creators of the project said.

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Source: http://www.grindtv.com/skate/blog/34564/bones+brigade+an+autobiography+trailer+released/

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See how healthy your lungs are -- just blow into your phone

Researchers in Seattle develop a new tool to monitor lung health that doesn't require new hardware. All users need is a smartphone.

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Dana White has some choice words about Roy Nelson as TUF premieres on Friday (VIDEO)

Considering there are no major MMA fights this weekend, it's been a full week of news. UFC 153 was completely rearranged, which is overshadowing the start of another season of "The Ultimate Fighter" on Friday nights.

Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin will coach this season, but word is that Nelson and UFC president Dana White battle more than Nelson and Carwin. White sat down with Yahoo! Sports and talked about his thoughts on Nelson.

"Everything that comes out of his mouth is just ... asinine. I'm worried that at the end of the season, people are going to want to see me fight Roy Nelson instead of Shane Carwin."

White also had choice comments on how Nelson's appearance affects his sponsorships. He said he advised Nelson to cut his mullet, shave his beard, and work on the belly Nelson has become known for.

"He focuses on all the wrong things. You know what I consider him? The ultimate underachiever. Come into my office and [expletive]. 'I want more sponsors.' Well, you got a mullet down to the middle of your back. You got a Santa Claus beard, and what pops out from underneath the beard is this huge, massive roll. What company wants to throw their logo on that?"

He wants to see Nelson take his career more seriously.

"Take your career serious. Maybe if you took your career serious, I would. The guy could be really good if he cared."

Do you agree with White on Nelson, or should he just lighten up on the fighter? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter.

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Video: Tour BMW's Art Car collection with EVO

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, BMW, Specialty, Design/Style, Racing

The last time we heard from EVO magazine's Henry Catchpole he was drifting a Caterham Supersports through the snow up the side of a French mountain.

There's more to the Scotsman than mad antics, it seems. After studying philosophy and art history, the final hurdle to getting his degree was writing his dissertation, the subjects of which were the BMW Art Cars. So, who better to take us on a tour of some of the works in the Art Car collection while it was in London for the Olympics?

Starting with the BMW 3.0-liter CSL dressed up by Alexander Calder and raced at Le Mans, and alighting on various models right through to the BMW M3 GT2 by Jeff Koons that was recently spotted in a fjord, the trip down art history lane is smart and entertaining. There are even background digressions to add to the fun. For instance: Warhol painted the M1 in just 28 minutes - so quickly that the camera crew hired just for the purpose didn't have time to film him painting it.

You can take the full tour with Catchpole in the video below, and the EVO site has photos of the cars when you want to slow things down.

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Yahoo Back into Second Place (Behind YouTube) in Latest Online Video Rankings

The latest ComScore Online Video Rankings, detailing stats and trends in the online video world, have been released. The new report details the state of the industry as of this August, and one of the big stories is that Yahoo has passed Facebook as the second ranked video platform on the Internet, obviously only trailing Google and its YouTube empire. In terms of unique viewers, Yahoo rose 7 million over the past month to 55 million, while Facebook had more than 5 million fewer viewers, dropping to around 47.7 million. Yahoo did lose almost 100 million video views, but they remain well ahead of Facebook in this regard, receiving 529 million views compared to the social networking giant's 261 million. AOL was second in views with 725 million. Facebook's shrinking audience probably had a lot to do with engagement. Facebook averaged just 16 minutes per viewer over the past month, which Yahoo almost quadrupled with its 58 minutes per viewer, 3rd among top players. The 2nd and 4th place finishers in this category (news distributors NDN and AOL, respectively) both saw rises in unique viewers and unique views over the past month. Obviously, Google is still the king across the board, standing miles away and laughing as the other players scratch and claw for second place. The companies various video services (mainly YouTube) accumulated 150 million viewers, 13.7 billion views, and 443 minutes per viewer. However, there is evidence that the gap is shrinking; these numbers are 6.8 million viewers, 5.8 billion views, and around 80 minutes of engagement fewer than last month. Slowly but surely, the rest of the online video world is catching up. Overall, the entire industry had 188 million viewers, 37.6 billion views, and 1,335 minutes (almost one hour) of engagement per viewer. The counting stats are slightly up from last month, while engagement was negligibly down

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KB Home posts profit as chief says company is now 'on offense'

Los Angeles home-builder KB Home surprised Wall Street on Friday with a positive earnings report for the third quarter reflecting the recent housing rebound in California and beyond.

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