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Cris Cyborg delays Bantamweight debut Invicta 10 WMMA Champion (Chute Boxe) – Video

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http://www.criscyborg.com Invicta FC, Strikeforce WMMA Champion Cris Cyborg Justino (Chute Box) announces her injury and batamweight debut delay scheduled for Invicta 10. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...

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Ronda Rousey Says Cris Cyborg Fighting on PEDs Is Like Fighting with a Weapon

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Ronda Rousey always seems to crank up the intensity a bit when talking about Cris "Cyborg" Justino.

Speaking on Monday's edition ofThe MMA Hourwith Ariel Helwani (NSFW language),the UFC women's bantamweight champion dished on Cyborg, and the results were critical, as expected.

"Cyborg is just a fraud and a cheat," Rousey told Helwani. "I'll do it (the fight), I'll beat her, I'll prove it to everybody, but it's just, that girl, in my eyes, should be charged with attempted negligent homicide. Coming into the cage with performance-enhancing drugs is the equivalent of walking in there with a weapon."

In Rousey's mind, Cyborg's history of PED usage risks more than just the safety of her opponent on a given night; it puts the entire sport of MMA in jeopardy.

"It's not about who hits the ball farther or something like that," Rousey continued. "If you keep putting PEDs in people, it [the sport] becomes less and less safe. And the day that somebody dies in that Octagon and the other person tests positive for steroids, you're going to have your first murder case involved in MMA, and that is the kind of thing that's going to destroy the sport. It could destroy the sport forever."

Unfortunately for fight fans, it's unclear at the moment whenor ifRousey will get the chance to back up her words inside the cage.

Right now, Cyborg is signed with Invicta Fighting Championships, where she was scheduled to make her 135-pound debut at Invicta FC 10 on Dec. 5.

However, Cyborg was forced off the card after she ruptured the anterior talofibular ligament in her left foot (h/t MMAFighting.com). Now, it's unclear when she'll make her debut for Invicta, and that's a big deal.

Cyborg has never fought at bantamweight, and Rousey has previously said that she has no interest in taking the fight at a catchweight or at featherweight.

As a result, Cyborg would need to prove that she can safely make weightat 135, and she would have to show that she's just as fearsome after shedding 10 pounds.

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Cyborg Service: The Unexpected Effect of Technology in the Employee-Guest Exchange | By Michael Giebelhausen

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By Michael Giebelhausen, Assistant Professor at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration

Executive Summary: Hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality industry operations are experimenting with self-service kiosks, tablet devices, and other technologies intended to augment or replace interactions between guests and front-line employees. While the combination of technology and people is designed to improve service, research suggests that service technologies can impede development of employee-guest rapport and lead to lower service evaluations. The studies presented in this report apply social equity theory to determine when (and why) technology can improve guests' satisfaction with the service process and when it diminishes the guest experience. Equity theory suggests that when the use of technology prevents guests from responding to an employee's friendly advances, guests experience psychological tension and decrease their evaluations of the service experience. The reverse situation also applies, so that when employees are less than friendly the barrier created by technology increases service evaluations by reducing guest anger. However, it is not always the case that friendly frontline staff and technology don't mix. In a follow up field experiment, guests who used a Monscierge touchscreen system located not far from a bell stand preferred interacting with the technology when a hotel employee was nearby though not directly engaging guests. Thus, frontline employees should still develop a rapport with guests, but when technology acts as an "equity barrier," the employees should provide guests with "social space," without abandoning them entirely.

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Michael Giebelhausen is an assistant professor of marketing at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He earned his Ph.D. in Marketing from Florida State University, graduate degrees from Loyola University Chicago, undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois, as well as a "Ductorate" from Walt Disney University. He teaches Marketing Management for Services and Marketing Research, and he has been honored with the FSU College of Business Ph.D. Teaching Award and the Cornell School of Hotel Administration Ted Teng '79 Dean's Teaching Excellence Award. His research focuses on consumer behavior and signaling in service settings with a particular emphasis on the effects of green marketing.

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Cornell "Cyborg" Study Focuses on the Combination of Technology with Customer Service

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As the hotel industry ramps up its use of technology for guest service, a nagging question involves whether technology improves guest satisfaction, or whether technology gets in the way. A new study from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) demonstrates how to combine technology with personal service to maintain guest satisfaction. The study, "Cyborg Service: The Unexpected Effect of Technology in the EmployeeGuest Exchange," by Michael Giebelhausen, is available at no charge from the CHR.

"My colleagues and I have conducted several studies intended to find when guests like interacting with technology, and when technology leaves hotel guests dissatisfied," explained Giebelhausen, an assistant professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "What we found is that technology can really improve the service experience, but guests don't want to have their attention divided between technology and a frontline agent."

The report bases its findings on recent research conducted by Giebelhausen and colleagues, as well as two new experimental studies. "In one experiment, guests used a Monscierge Connect Lobby touchscreen that was located at a slight distance from a bell stand. This allowed enough distance between the two to create a 'social space.' The bell person was still nearby but the guest didn't feel so awkward about not interacting." The other study showed, though, that when guests had to divide their attention between a piece of technology and the frontline agent, satisfaction with the technology decreased. "One thing I've noticed is that guests don't like it when technology comes between them and a frontline agent who has been interacting with them. The idea is that people feel awkward when technology prevents them from responding to an agent's greeting, or if they feel that using the technology is making them appear rude to the agent." The lesson here, says Giebelhausen, "is to make sure the guest, the employee, and the technology work together appropriately."

A unit of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) sponsors research designed to improve practices in the hospitality industry. Under the lead of the center's corporate affiliates, experienced scholars work closely with business executives to discover new insights into strategic, managerial and operating practices. To learn more about the center and its projects, visit http://www.chr.cornell.edu.

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TEEN TITANS GO! Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, Silkie Toy Review & Unboxing – Video

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Let’s Play Metal Gear Solid (PS1) Part 2 – Tanks and Cyborg Ninjas – Video

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Ronda Rousey: Cris Cyborg should be charged with attempted homicide for fighting on PEDs

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If you expected UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to show any sympathy for rival Cyborg Justino due to the latter's recent foot injury, well, guess again.

On Monday's edition of The MMA Hour, Rousey, when asked about a potential matchup with the former Strikeforce and current Invicta featherweight champ, made it abundantly clear what she thinks about Justino in the wake of her 2012 suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.

"If [a fight with Cyborg] happens or not, whatever," Rousey said. "I'll do it, I'll beat her, it's just, I mean, that girl in my eyes should be charged with attempted negligent homicide. Coming into the cage with performance-enhancing drugs is the equivalent of walking in there with a weapon."

MMA's issues with PEDs seem to be getting worse. In other sports, an athlete's PED use simply enables them to hit a ball farther or run faster, but in the case of MMA, another human being is taking damage as the result of such usage. Rousey fears the results of a worst-case scenario.

"The only reason we're even allowed to do MMA is, given potential for how it is right now, we can say it is safe," Rousey said. "But if you keep putting PEDs in people, it's going to become less and less safe, and the day somebody dies in that Octagon, and the other person tests positive for steroids, you're going to have your first murder case in MMA and that is going to be the kind of thing that destroys the sport. It could destroy the sport forever."

That said, Rousey still wouldn't say no to a potential fight with Cyborg - who was scheduled to make her bantamweight debut at Invicta 10 before a foot injury caused her to pull out - even if she doesn't feel Justino deserves it.

"I'm happy to put her out of her misery and put her out of the sport so no one else will ever have to deal with her again because it's something that needs to be done," Rousey said. "But do I think that having a big PPV card is worth having that sort of thing for the sport that I've worked so hard to develop? Then no, I don't think it's worth it. If you put her in front of me, I'll put her out. But do I think she deserves to be there? No."

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Sci-Fi Action Movie Double Feature with Cyborg and Total Recall

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It's a wonderful Sunday evening for some science fiction, don't you think? Luckily, Netflix has just reintroduced into the streaming wild two titles worthy of your attention: Cyborg and Total Recall.

I am an absolute sucker for action films, but I only really like them if it's completely unforgiving, 24/7, non-stop action. The best action movies have moments where they bathe in the ridiculousness of what's happening on screen, and it makes watching them that much more fun. It's part of the reason why I have such an unreasonable affection for mega-action flicks like The Expendables (yes, all of them.) They're just fun, and these two titles fit that category.

Total Recall is just simply amazing. Going on 24 years old now, the original Arnold Schwarzenegger flick is an excellent retelling of the Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." Douglas Quaid is a construction worker who dreams of traveling to Mars. When a mishap at his local Rekall facility unlocks forgotten memories, Quaid must fight his way to Mars and somehow save the day. Despite being your typical action film, it's definitely one of the best as it's able to even slip in a brain-melting conclusion that leaves you questioning the entire film.

Cyborg has fewer accolades to celebrate. In fact, the film is widely accepted as one of Jean-Claude Van Damme's worst. But as you somehow secretly love movies even if they're terrible, Cyborg's off-putting acting and knee jerk pacing doesn't completely destroy that campy sci-fi romp that is at its soul. Even io9 couldn't bear to include it in their list of terrible cyborg films. (I mean, the sequels sure, but not the original.)

Van Damme, who plays the mercenary Gibson Rickenbacker, must fight Fender Tremelo, a brutish thug determined to secure the cure to the plague that has ravaged the world and keep it in his steely grasp. I'm not exactly sure why everyone is named after guitars, and to be honest, that's just one of many things that doesn't make sense, but I love this movie all the same. Yes, this film was completely written in a weekend, yes, the music is terrible, and yes, it was made for less than 500,000 in 23 days, but it's a comfort film I could watch again and again. [Netflix]

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Injury forces Cris Cyborg off Invicta 10; new main event announced

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Invicta will make its Houston debut on Dec. 5. But it will do so without Cris "Cyborg" Justino.

Justino, the former Strikeforce featherweight champion, was slated to return to action at Invicta 10, but had to pull out due to a rupture of the anterior talofibular ligament in her left ankle.

Invicta president Shannon Knapp indicated Saturday that Justino's injury occurred three weeks ago, but the company decided to wait on the severity of the injury before making the change.

In Justino's place, Invicta 10 will be headlined by "The Karate Hottie," Michelle Waterson. Waterson (12-3) will defend her atomweight title against Brazil's Herica Tiburcio (8-2).

Waterson, a Jackson's MMA fighter, defeated Jessica Penne for the title in 2013, and made her first defense against Yasuko Tamada in September. Ten of her 12 wins have come by way of finish.

The 22-year-old Tiburcio has won three in a row. Six of her wins have come by way of submission.

Also on Invicta 10, Vanessa Porto will square off against Roxanne Modafferi, and Tonya Evinger will face Cindy Dandois.

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