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Originally posted on Fox Sports Florida | Last updated 3/5/13
JUPITER, Fla. It would be understandable if three seasons of injuries and struggles turned Chris Coghlan into a hardened and frustrated person. After all, Coghlan appeared to secure a long-term spot in the Marlins outfield with a 2009 season that earned the National League Rookie of the Year Award. But the very next season, Coghlan suffered a knee injury when he attempted to give a teammate a celebratory pie in the face. When not recovering from injury or in the minors the past two years, he has hit .207 in 104 big-league games. Its been up and down, highs and lows, but you learn, said Coghlan, 27. Theres so much Ive learned in two years that I wouldnt trade it for the world. Wouldnt trade it for the world? Few players would say those words, let alone say them in earnest. But seeing the positives in life are part of Coghlans makeup. Perhaps that's one reason he's back with the Marlins and trying to earn a spot with Miami in 2013. He is off to a good start this spring, hitting .455 (10 for 22) through his first seven games. I wouldnt be here if they didnt believe in me or want me here, Coghlan said. If they didnt want me here I would have been traded with everybody else. Im excited to be a Marlin. I hope to be part of this reconstruction that were doing. New Marlins manager Mike Redmond had not seen Coghlan play before camp opened. Ive been impressed, Redmond said. Hes going out there, hes playing hard and hes doing everything weve asked of him. Hes had good at-bats and hes showing his versatility. Well continue to see how he does through the course of spring training. A third baseman at the University of Mississippi, Coghlan was a first-round draft pick in 2006 and worked on converting to second base after signing with the Marlins. Upon reaching the bigs, he played mostly left field and some center field. He started in right field against Venezuela on Tuesday night, when he went 4-for-4, with two doubles, and three runs. In the National League, its important for your bench guys to play multiple positions because of double switches or wanting to give a guy a day off, Redmond said. The more positions you can play, the better for us. Ricky Nolasco, a 2009 teammate, credited Coghlan with his attitude. I dont think anybody is questioning his attitude or his motivation or determination, Nolasco said. Anybody that knows him knows those are attributes that the has. Its been rough for him, but he has kept his head up, he hasnt been complaining. Hes just going out there grinding, trying to get to where he has been. When Nolasco is asked about Coghlan, he thinks of the 09 rookie. I think about that guy who put together that rookie year, just really good, complete hitter with a good approach and just putting line drives all over the field, Nolasco said. He was underrated as far as outfield. He was one of the best left fielders I ever had. Coghlan sees 2013 as a fresh start. Im excited, I feel like this is a new chapter, I feel like this is a new season of life for me, he said. I like to think of this year as a redemption type year versus another constructive, learning year. Charlie McCarthy can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @mccarthy_chas
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Most of Europe is involved in a deep economic slump. Unemployment is high, governments are raising taxes and cutting benefits to the citizens to deal with a worsening debt crisis in aims of reducing the deficit and outlooks are down. In these hard economic times researchers have found that these conditions are being accompanied with higher suicide rates.
A study published in The Lancet, a medical journal, this week shows that suicide rates are rising across Europe. Among the hardest hit is Greece, that have been dealing with Greece Austerity lately to maintain some order.
Greece has had to make drastic spending and entitlement cuts, while raising taxes to keep the country from falling into deeper turmoil and stay afloat. Meant to help the nation's finances, these actions have hurt the population, with 1 out of every 6 now unemployed.
"We investigated the case of a small businessman from Herakleion in Crete, who took his car, loaded it with tins of petrol, and first shot himself and then put fire to the whole car. Nothing was found of him, his body was totally extinguished by fire," said a Greek journalist. "We found out that people killed themselves in a very dramatic and sometimes a very violent way, which maybe means that they are trying to make their suicide a statement, want the whole world to understand how badly they feel, how unlucky they were, how sad they have been, how hopeless they have felt."
In Greece men have been the primary victims. While economic factors have had a big role in the increasing suicide numbers, self-respect and dignity also is a large factor as men find themselves unable to support their families.
Greece is not the only nation affected though. Out of 10 nations surveyed, 9 of them had on average a 5% increase in suicides reported, with Ireland at 13%. Accompanying these rises is also a rise in depression levels as the bleakness of economic conditions is realized.

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This article was first published in June 2004. Ezee has more or less gone out of business now, and big heavy electric folding bikes like this are very much a thing of the past
We have to be honest; most electric folding bikes are horrible.Without being so cruel as to name names, we'd have to admit that half of the bikes we've tested are either complete rubbish or close to it.
Part of the problem is the conflicting design constraints discussed elsewhere, but that doesn't explain everything.The fact is that the Chinese are churning out cheap rubbish and greedy middlemen are flogging the things in the UK for mouth-watering mark-ups, without even test- riding them. How does 250% profit sound?
The Shanghai Ezee Kinetics Co, run by Waiwon Ching and his son Ken, is a bit different.Working from a small factory in Shanghai, and a European office in France, the pair are determined to break the 'pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap' pattern and introduce a decent range of Chinese bikes.
We tested the Ezee Forza back in June 2003 and were suitably impressed.The electronics needed some fettling, but the basic concept – quality alloy frame, nickel-metal hydride battery and fast, efficient motor – proved perfectly sound.The bike has gone on to reach nearly 2,000 miles on long-term test and continues to work well. Mr Ching has now launched a folding bike called the Quando, and we had a brief look when father and son passed through the UK earlier this month.
Like the Forza, the Quando has a nicely-engineered aluminium frame, NiMH battery behind the seatpost and a powerful brushless hub motor. Unlike its big brother, the wheels are 20-inch, the frame folds, and the motor is in the rear wheel, rather than the front.The disadvantage of this layout is that you can't fit a geared hub – one of the Forza's best features.
We're not very happy about the Ezee dual power control system.This has been brought about by confusion over whether UK electric bikes are legally allowed to motor along without the rider pedalling (they probably are allowed at present).The Ezee system features a torque sensor on the crank that brings the motor up to full power a second or two after the rider starts pedalling. The motor can also be more precisely controlled with a conventional twistgrip throttle, but this does not have a safety switch to prevent accidental power application when standing still.
We'd like to see a simpler system, where a crank movement sensor feeds power to the twistgrip, rather than squirting 36 volts straight into the motor.We only dwell on this because the Quando is the most powerful folding electric bike we've seen, so precise control is important, both for safety and fuel efficiency.
The bike also has a single 53″ gear. If you can picture this, the rider starts pedalling and one second later the characteristically smooth, torquey brush-less motor cuts in, propelling the bicycle forward at a cracking pace.Within a few seconds, you've passed 12mph, leaving the 53-inch gear behind – further acceleration relying on the motor alone. On full throttle, the power continues to arrive smoothly and cleanly right up to (or a shade over) the 15mph legal limit. At this stage the bicycle stops accelerating and relaxes into a quiet cruise. Hills of up to 10% are simply ironed out, but steeper gradients will slow the motor to varying degrees. For example, our, ahem, 83kg rider (not Jane, incidentally) slowed the bike to 11mph on a 7% (1:14) gradient, 7mph on a 10% gradient, and the bike even managed a restart with reasonable enthusiasm at 12.5% (1:8)… all without turning a pedal. Anything steeper, and you need to provide some modest assistance, the absolute limit depending on how heavy and how fit the rider is. Our steepest local hill is about 18% (1 in 6), and we cleared that relatively easily, so an enthusiastic rider in the North Yorkshire Dales should do a lot better.
…with one fairly low gear and oodles of power, this machine is more moped than bicycle…
Brakes are somewhat low-tech for such a speedy projectile – a nondescript caliper on the front and a rather noisy and 'wooden' band brake on the rear. Stopping requires quite a heave on the levers, producing a brake force of .33G from the back, which is just enough to lock the wheel (but not in reverse – see page 11).That's adequate, but the similar .33G brake force from the front caliper brake is some way short of the power we would normally expect.
The Quando has suspension – a Moulton-style sliding fork at the front and a polymer bungee at the rear. Both units work well enough, but the front suspension can bottom- out with a nasty crash on rough roads, and the rear has no damping effect, so the bike tends to pogo up and down a bit when you're pedalling fast, which you usually are.
Saddle height is a bit limited too, at 84cm – 94cm.That's too high for some of the grey- market customers it might appeal to and too low for taller folk. But this is a prototype, so we can afford to be generous – these are relatively minor faults. Like the Forza, the Quando is fully equipped with mudguards, a stand, a chunky rack, bell and trip computer.
With one fairly low gear and oodles of power, this machine is more moped than bicycle, so range is less than it might have been, had we been able to test the bike in our normal 'flat-out, plus typical pedal-power' mode.That said, 15 miles is a good result in hilly country and with hardly any assistance from the rider. Average speed is around 141/2mph, which really isn't bad when you consider that it's difficult to pedal above 12mph and the motor only runs to 15mph…
Fuel consumption (including some losses in the charger) is close to 30 watt/hours per mile, but this high figure is hardly surprising when you take the performance into account. Back in June last year, with the same battery pack, a slightly less powerful motor, and more suitable pedal gearing, the Quando's big brother consumed 18 watt/hours per mile, giving an excellent range of 33 miles.With the torque-sensor disconnected and a choice of pedal ratios, we think the Quando could easily exceed 20 miles, even on our hilly test route.
With the rocket boosters empty, the bike is still quite pleasant to ride. Despite a little play in the handlebar hinge (very common this), the frame is rigid enough to make pedal effort productive and the 53″ gear is a reasonable compromise.
Recharging proved a bit of an unknown quantity because of a suspected charger fault, but the figures suggest four hours or more to reach a 90% charge (the Forza took five hours) and the rest of the night on a slow trickle charge to top right up. The charger is the same light, compact fan- cooled unit supplied with the Forza (see A to B 36).
Like most 20-inch bikes, the Quando folds into a large package, but the operation is easy enough and the result is very neat, all things considered. Dimensions are 38cm wide, 90cm long by 66cm high.That comes out at 226 litres or 8 cubic feet. Not minuscule, but perfectly acceptable by non-assisted 20-inch standards (the archetypal Dahon Vitesse measures 190 litres, for example). In terms of weight, the Quando is a very different animal. It's lighter than some folding electric bikes, but at 25.7kg (20.2kg with battery removed), still way outside our folder viability zone (see graph, page 26). Once again, improved gearing and range would make a lot of difference.We think 25.7kg is a lot of hardware for a 15-mile ride, but probably acceptable with a 25-mile range.The bike would be capable of this with the right gearing.
Some people wouldn't choose the Quando if it was the last bicycle on earth. But for others, it's the dream machine they've given up hope of finding. If you're old or infirm and you need a bicycle that can easily haul you home when you can't manage another pedal stroke, this is one of the best options available. As a boat tender, the bike would cope with steep, unpaved climbs from remote harbours and carry back provisions on its substantial rear rack. The Quando would also suit a commuter in a hilly city, storming up gradients that leave conventional cyclists puffing and blowing.There are smaller electric folders available, of course, but this machine folds well enough to carry in most car boots, by train, or by boat, assuming reasonable stowage space.
The price remains a bit vague for the time being, but the target is £650 – cheaper than the much less effective Bliss or Powabyke folders. If the makers can achieve that, they have a guaranteed winner.
Ezee Quando (estimated price) £650
Weight (bicycle) 20.2kg (battery) 5.5kg (total) 25.7kg (57lb)
Gear ratio 53″
Batteries nickel-metal hydride
Capacity 324Wh . Range 15 miles
90% charge 4+ hours
Fuel consumption 30Wh/mile
Manufacturer Shanghai Ezee Kinetic Technology
fax +86 21 58224040 mail sales@ezeebike web www.ezeebike.com
European enquiries Ken Ching mail firstname.lastname@example.com


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Here's a good article on what the UFC is… the Ultimate Fighting Championships past, present and future of the organization.
LAS VEGAS — Dana White wants to conquer the world.
From his office a few blocks off the famed Las Vegas Strip, he plots his strategy and maps out his plans for global domination. As president of Ultimate Fighting Championship, it's his job to sell the ever-growing, controversial, hugely popular sport of mixed-martial-arts to the masses.
One day, he's preparing for UFC's venture into Canada (a sellout in Montreal for UFC 83 last April). Another day, he's getting ready for the company's foray into Ireland (a sellout for UFC 93 earlier this month), England (a sellout at UFC 70 in 2007) or Germany (the site of UFC 99 this June). In late 2008, he was prepping for UFC 91 and UFC 92, both of which would surpass one million buys on pay-per-view, numbers previously reserved for names like De La Hoya and Tyson.
On his, uh, quiet days, White will merely make dozens of phone calls to network executives, cable company representatives, state commissioners, reporters, fighters and their managers.
"Every once in a while I see him catching a nap in his office (but) he's constantly promoting, constantly working at it," says Marc Ratner, the influential former Nevada State Athletic Commission Director who went from UFC critic to lobbyist for the company.
Some call White, 40, the new Vince McMahon, creative force behind World Wrestling Entertainment. (Is that a compliment or condemnation?) Much like McMahon, White is brash, bold and outspoken, but also undeniably a world-class promoter.
And, like McMahon, White — a former fight manager and boxercise instructor; a current husband and father of three; shaved head, easy smile, and apparent inability to go more than five minutes without uttering at least one curse word — dreams big. Bigger. Biggest.
"I know people think I'm a ****ing lunatic when I say this, but I'm telling you: (mixed-martial-arts is) going to be the biggest sport in the world," says White.
"Bigger than the NFL, bigger than soccer, bigger than anything out there.
"When you think about it, in this country right now, there's nothing bigger than the NFL. The NFL is huge. But the NFL can't go into other countries. Nobody gives a **** about football in England or Germany or any of these other places . . . They don't understand the rules: Punt, pass, kick, fourth down. They don't get it and there's no investment in any of the teams. They don't give a **** what the L.A. Raiders are doing or what the New York Jets do. It doesn't mean anything to them. Now I don't care what country you come from, what colour you are or what language you speak; at the end of the day we're all human beings and fighting is in our DNA. We like it. We get it. It doesn't have to be explained to us."
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UFC, and the sport of mixed martial arts, may not exist today if it wasn't for Playboy magazine. But because someone actually bought an issue for the articles, a phenomenon began.
The reader: Advertising executive Art Davie. The story was titled 'Bad.' The subject: Rorian Gracie.
Rorian had come to Los Angeles from Brazil, where the Gracie name was legendary. Taking a fighting style that traces back to the original creation of judo, Helio Gracie early in the 20th century famously turned what he was taught into Gracie jiu jitsu, a style based around the premise that most fights end up on the ground. He mastered the arts of body positioning, submissions and chokes.
For years, the Gracies took on anyone, anywhere to defend the family name. The Gracie Challenge, they called it. (Carlos Gracie once took out an ad in a newspaper: "If you want a broken arm or your face smashed, contact Carlos Gracie.") Determined to bring the Gracie gospel to the world, Rorian Gracie moved to the United States. He got work choreographing fight scenes in Hollywood and teaching students Gracie jiu jitsu, but it wasn't until Davie read the Playboy story and watched Gracies in Action videos that Rorian's grand vision would have an outlet.
Davie, Rorion Gracie, Hollywood director John Milius and Bob Meyrowitz of Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG) came up with 'War of the Worlds.' They got on pay-per-view with a simple concept: Who would win between a boxer or karate black belt? Wrestler or jiu jitsu artist? Street fighter or judo master?
Rather than fighting in a traditional ring, these matches would take place in eight-sided cage. The event would be an eight-man, one-night tournament highlighting a variety of fighting styles. Oh, and there was a small name change. 'War of the Worlds' just didn't cut it, but 'Ultimate Fighting Championship' sure had a nice ring.
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The first match at UFC 1 — Nov. 12, 1993 at Denver's McNichols Arena — didn't last long, but it provided a long-lasting image: The tooth of 400-pound sumo wrestler Teila Tuli flying into the crowd after a round kick courtesy Gerard Gordeau.
Others remember Ken Shamrock being booed after he made Patrick Smith submit to a heel hook; the fans were so uneducated, they had no idea what happened. They wanted blood, not some grappling nonsense. Some remember seeing Art Jimmerson, a top-ranked boxer, fighting with a boxing glove on his left hand (but being so clueless about any other styles that once he was taken to the mat, he submitted before his opponent had attempted any offensive moves).
Jimmerson's opponent? Royce Gracie. The skinniest, most meek looking of the eight competitors made the rest of the field look foolish. Needing a combined five minutes to win his three matches (each by submission), the chosen representative of the Gracie clan was light years ahead of the field.
Not only was the night a rousing success for the family in what amounted to a modern-day Gracie Challenge, it drew roughly 86,000 pay-per-view buys, an amazing number for the company considering it had no television and a minuscule marketing budget.
Gracie returned and won tournaments at both UFC 2 and UFC 4. Ken Shamrock, who had made his name in the Pancrase promotion in Japan, was a good-looking, charismatic rival. Other colourful characters — Kimo Leopoldo, a ripped 240-pounder who carried a massive cross on his back to the ring at UFC 3; Dan Severn, the All-American wrestler who debuted at UFC 4 — came and went. Built around a superfight between Royce Gracie and Shamrock, UFC 5 drew 260,000 pay-per-view buys. The company was rolling and people were talking.
But not all the chatter was positive.
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United States Sen. John McCain is known now as (a) the runner-up to Barack Obama in the presidential election; or, (b) the old guy who kept making cameos on Saturday Night Live. But to UFC fans in the 1990s, he was Public Enemy No. 1.
During its early days, in its attempt to gain any public attention, UFC played up the violence, blood and gore. Among the taglines used: 'There Are No Rules!' 'The Most Controversial Event of the Decade!' 'Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves!' While fans flocked to UFC, it also drew the ire of conservative media and politicians.
A campaign was brewing to restore decency to TV and music in America, and UFC was an easy target. In 1996, McCain wrote a letter to the governors of all 50 states, famously referring to the sport as "human cockfighting" and imploring all states to ban "ultimate fighting."
"When I was a critic, it was because they had no rules, anything goes," Ratner said in a recent interview.
"I said, this was over 10 years ago, we would never allow the sport, the spectacle at that time, into the state of Nevada with no rules and no holds barred."
The challenges were soon mounting. It took a huge legal effort just to put on UFC 9 in Detroit. Political pressure in the state of New York resulted in the sport being banned and the company having to move UFC 12 from Niagara Falls to Alabama. Soon, 36 states had heeded McCain's call.
The biggest blow came courtesy pay-per-view companies. Just days after UFC 12 in February 1997, TCI stopped carrying UFC events (wiping out 14 million potential buyers). Soon after, Time Warner (with 12 million subscribers) stopped offering UFC. Viewers Choice was out, as well. In the blink of an eye, UFC went from a thriving company to entering what has become known as its 'dark years.'
Pay-per-view buys plummeted. The company's big stars — Mark Coleman, Ken Shamrock, Tank Abbott — took bigger money offers in pro wrestling or from promotions in Japan. UFC 23 through UFC 29 weren't even released on home video. Costs were cut everywhere the company could.
UFC legend Chuck Liddell recalled in his autobiography, Iceman: My Fighting Life, his memories of his debut at UFC 17 in May 1998: "When we had weigh-ins, they used a bathroom scale . . . This was the UFC I had been training for?"
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Perception had become reality for UFC.
Everything that first got UFC attention was now coming back to bite its owners, SEG. UFC and mixed-martial-arts (which replaced 'no-holds-barred' as the official term for the sport) were tainted.
"It's still haunting," says Ratner. "Some of those same concerns (still) come up . . . In 1995, '96, when they advertised no-holds-barred, anything goes, no rules, that certainly is not the sport it is today. But it's about education and going over what the sport's about now."
Dana White spins a yarn about how SEG ran from state sanctioning and wanted to continue promoting a 'no-holds-barred' sport. Nothing could be further from the truth. Working with athletic commissions, UFC and SEG made countless rules changes, including introducing weight classes at UFC 12; making four-ounce fingerless gloves mandatory at UFC 14; making headbutts and groin strikes illegal at UFC 15; and implementing five-minute rounds at UFC 21. Still, the company couldn't get back on pay-per-view and was bleeding money.
By the time the New Jersey commission created the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts in September 2000, it was too late for SEG. International Fighting Championships promoted the first sanctioned event in New Jersey, and SEG followed weeks later with UFC 28. But after UFC 29, SEG couldn't stay afloat.
Enter Dana White, who informed childhood friends Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta that UFC was up for grabs. The brothers had made their money in casinos and this was a gamble they couldn't pass up, so for $2 million they purchased UFC and began operating it under their newly-created company, Zuffa LLC (Zuffa translates to 'fight' in Italian).
Hopes were sky-high, but prospects soon looked as promising for Zuffa as they did for SEG. Despite the sport being sanctioned in Nevada in 2001; the company regaining home video distribution; and a Ken Shamrock-Tito Ortiz main event at UFC 40 drawing 150,000 pay-per-view buys, by 2004, Zuffa had lost $34 million.
The Fertittas were ready to tap out, and told White to find a buyer. An offer was even on the table. But a change of heart kept the company in the hands of Zuffa and a change of approach would soon turn the company's fortunes around for good.
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It seems appropriate that a promotion billing itself 'as real as it gets' would be saved by reality TV.
In a last-ditch attempt to jump-start UFC's fortunes, a reality TV program was launched in January 2005 that would follow 16 fighters living together and trying to earn a UFC contract. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) was a smash success.
"We got on TV and suddenly people were watching mixed martial arts without realizing they were watching it, because they got caught up in the storylines," White said in a 2006 interview with Playboy magazine. "You also get to learn about the characters and see that these guys aren't a bunch of ****ing gorillas who just rolled in off a bar stool. You can see how hard they train and that they have real lives and families."
The main event of the season's live finale has been called the biggest moment in UFC history. On a Spike TV special, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar went toe-to-toe for three rounds in a real-life Rocky movie, and the audience was left breathless.
"I can say after that fight, it helped make martial arts cool, a cool thing to do," says Bonnar, who lost a decision to Griffin.
Just as the company's fortunes hit the skids almost overnight in 1997, the rise back to the top was equally meteoric in 2005. After hovering for years in the 50,000-75,000 range for PPV buys, UFC 52 in April 2005 drew 280,000 buys for a Randy Couture-Chuck Liddell main event. Within 18 months, UFC 66, headlined by a Chuck Liddell-Tito Ortiz main event, drew 1,050,000 buys.
UFC had found a spot in the mainstream. Sports Illustrated devoted a cover story to the company. ESPN provided regular coverage. TV ratings eclipsed Major League Baseball and the NBA in the key 18-to-34-year-old demographic. With MMA currently sanctioned in 37 of 50 U.S. states — New York and Massachusetts being notable exceptions, along with Ontario and B.C. in Canada — companies like Bud Light and Harley-Davidson became major sponsors.
The world was introduced to Rich Franklin, a former high school math teacher; Georges St-Pierre, who routinely shows up to press conferences in Dolce & Gabbana suits; Randy Couture, an ageless wonder nicknamed 'Captain America'; Chuck Liddell, an accounting major in college with a mohawk and tattoos on his skull; and Anderson Silva, the Brazilian considered as unbeatable as Mike Tyson in his prime.
Fans became more educated, responding almost as much to slick wrestling and submissions as vicious fistwork. More and more, critics got past their harrowing first impressions. UFC officials make a valid argument that MMA is safer and less violent than boxing. In MMA, for instance, you can avoid hundreds of shots to the skull by taking an opponent down to the mat, throwing leg kicks or grappling with them, and by finishing a match in a method other than knockout. White also theorizes the NFL is far more violent. He may have a point; the average NFL career lasts just 3.5 years.
"I always believed in this thing and always thought we could get there," says White.
"It's just a matter of, was the timing right? Are things going to line up and go the way that they should?"
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Jan. 31, 2009 will be the latest in a seemingly endless string of success stories for UFC.
More than 14,000 fans from around the globe will pack the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas and watch Canada's Georges St-Pierre defend his welterweight title against BJ Penn. Many will have paid $750 for ringside seats (or more, if they went through scalpers). White expects at least 1,000,000 households in North America will pay another $50 to watch the event on pay-per-view.
"When it's happening in the moment . . . me and Lorenzo look at each other, we high five each other, and you get the goosebumps," says White. "There is nothing on earth like it."
For years, when fans talked about 'the big fight', they usually meant boxing. Now, more often than not, they're referring to UFC. In 2008, the company generated nearly $300 million in pay-per-view revenue to shatter the single-year standard of $260 million set by WWE in 2001, and top boxing's best of $255 million in '07.
Ratner said leaving his regulatory position in Nevada to come to UFC was hard, "but to be on the ground floor of a new sport is really the big thing. None of us can say we were there when they started or hockey or when they started baseball or football.
"Here we are, this sport is just barely 15 years old and we're growing it. We're working globally to make it bigger and bigger. That's a pretty nice thing to be able to say in your lifetime, as part of your legacy, that you helped a sport grow."
As MMA has grown, challengers to UFC's crown have popped up. Some — Elite XC (with Internet-made sensation Kimbo Slice), International Fight League and Bodog — disappeared quickly. Pride FC, a Japanese company, was UFC's biggest rival until its business went into the tank after ties to Japan's mafia were revealed; UFC promptly bought Pride for a reported $70 million. Affliction Entertainment is UFC's current challenger, although that company has struggled to turn a profit in its first two pay-per-view events.
For now, UFC remains the undisputed king. That's the way White likes it, but he's not content. Far from it.
"Obviously I'm happy that everything's worked out the way it is, but I don't really sit back and look at it. There's so much more work to do," says White.
"The crazy thing about this sport is, we haven't even scratched the surface on how big this thing's going to be."
– The sport is not 'ultimate fighting.' It's mixed-martial-arts — a combination of wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, jiu jitsu, Muay Thai and other styles. To call MMA 'ultimate fighting' is like calling tissue 'Kleenex.' Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the No. 1 promotion in MMA, but 'ultimate fighting' is not the sport itself.
– If you think it should be illegal, it probably is. There are no head butts; no hitting in the groin, throat, spine or back of the head; no knees or kicks to the head of a downed opponent; no fishhooking, hair pulling or eye gouging.
– Competitors must wear four-ounce, open-fingered gloves. Fighters are also only allowed to wear MMA shorts and kickboxing trunks; shirts, gis and shoes are not allowed. They are routinely tested for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, plus illegal recreational drugs.
– Matches generally end in one of four ways: knockout, referee stoppage, submission or judges' decision.
– The cage in which UFC matches are contested is an eight-sided structure with walls of metal chain-link fence. The diameter of the cage is 38 feet, while the fence is roughly 5-foot-9 high. Other promotions — Affliction, most notably — contest matches inside a traditional roped-off ring.
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So, just a quick question, which of the two major Sue Storms do you prefer?
The Regular 616 Sue Storm?
Or the Ultimate U 1610 Sue Storm?
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LFC006: Israel Cannan – "Heart Of Mine"
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It's been a short while, but we're finally ready to announce that the next release on Laissez Faire Club Records will be "Heart Of Mine", the stunning and uplifting new single from one of Australia's brightest new songwriting talents, Israel Cannan.
You might remember his wonderful, charisma filled set at The Enterprise back in June, where he opened up for Jake Mattison at the launch party for our last release, "Sorrow". Since then, Israel has been making further waves in London, a place he's made his home since moving from Australia at the end of last year.
Available on iTunes (and all other good digital retailers) from Monday 1 October, the release will be Israel's first since his 2010 album, "Walk", and also his debut single in the UK.
Of course, we'll be throwing a big party to celebrate, and where better to do it than the old stomping ground of The Enterprise? We're back there on Tuesday 25 September, folks, and support on the night comes from firm LFC favourite Jade Hopcroft, who'll be warming us up with her haunting lyrical folk-pop, and Sophie Grant. Not at all one to be missed. And if that wasn't enough, we've booked Israel to support his fellow countrymen Deep Sea Arcade at The Windmill in Brixton later on that week (Friday 28 September). Plenty to look forward to.
Check out the charming video to the A-side below, and stream the early Shins recalling B-side, "From The Start", below that.


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Diran and I studied all weekend – we both had an exam this morning!
Since we passed most of our time at the library, we needed a lunch we could bring with us. I made the usual: a salad. Which is not that usual since there are tons of possibilities in the salad department!
Adaptation of "Pommes de terre au citron, à l'ail et au piment", Salade pour changer, Marabout
- 2 pounds mini potatoes
- 1 big handful chiseled fresh parsley
- 15 chives, chopped
- 1/2 cup earth balance buttery spread (or butter)
- 3 cloves garlic, pressed
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp Piment de Sainte-Béatrix, or espelette chilli pepper flakes
Directions: Put potatoes in a big pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and let simmer 10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare butter by mixing all ingredients with a fork.
When potatoes are ready, cut then in half. Add the prepared butter while potatoes are still hot and mix. Serve at room temperature.
You can make this salad in advance and keep in fridge – just bring back to room temperature before serving.
Makes 8 servings as a side dish.
Makes 4 servings as a main dish.
I loved this salad! It is very light tasting. If you want a dominant garlic taste, double the amount of garlic.
I really need to relax and go to bed early tonight! I have two exams left but they are next week.
I deserve a night off :).


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That is why I like to share images of Bolivia. Of course, not all of the images you have seen in this blog over the time I have been online are mine. Some of the most amazing photos are, in fact, not mine.
Every once in a while, I make it a point to share some of these images with you all. Also, know that every image I use has the permision of the author. Well, almost every one. Some authors cannot be reached by email anymore. The majority of the following images I have taken, with permision, from the blog Mi Bolivia. Please pay him a visit, he's got more. Thanks to Gonzalo for letting me use them.


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I've noticed that when I click on the play button, there is a lag between loading the 2 (?) video players. In short, this is what I get:
1. Click on big play button in the middle of the video
2. Wait for the spinning Silverlight thingy to reach 100%.
3. If impatient, then mash the little play button until something starts playing. This seems to trigger the non-Smooth Streaming playback.
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@zian:You can set your preferred method of playback in your profile settings,..
Then you can opt-out of smoothstream,.
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This year is the 50th anniversary of the first Cursillo in Nashville.
It was held at St. Henry in November 1967. Approximately 5000 Catholics have made Cursillo in the Diocese of Nashville. It would be great if we could get a good group of men and women from each parish to make Cursillo this year. The Men's Cursillo will be held on February 23-26 and the Women's on March 2-5 at Camp Marymount. We will also have the 50th anniversary celebration at St. Henry on November 11th in the Fellowship Hall;
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Will's Playroom!
Now that the quads are nearing two, we have seen some changes. First of all, they are pretty good about not putting things in their mouths. Second, they and Will have started to play together very well. As we get closer to the basement being completed (Oh who am I kidding? That room will never be finished! Do not get me started on that darn basement! Anyhoo...), we are planning to consolidate to one playroom. Will plays in the quads playroom often, but the other day I went ahead and let everyone play together in Will's playroom. I sat in there with them and everyone was playing nicely. After a little while, I was confident enough that it was going to well to run upstairs to put away laundry. This is what I came downstairs to find...
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That makes me feel completely normal. I try to keep all the toys picked up and organized but for some reason they all like to sit in the toy tubs. Go figure...maybe I should get rid of the toys and keep the tubs!! lolReplyDelete
I love this post. First of all that is exactly how things look around here. Just as the big girls started keeping things semi-picked up the little girls got big enough to start carting toys all around the house. Second, we did the same thing - 2 playrooms. I cannot imagine having 4 little mouths to keep small toys out of! And the timing seems about the same as to when my little girls started playing in the big girls playroom but they have free reign in there too. Hmmm, gets me thinking, perhaps it will be time soon to reclaim my downstairs! But the big girls still have stuff that they have to keep in their room and now little Reagan can get into any door (as well as drawer and cabinet) so hmmm, what to do? Hopefully in another 6 months my little girls will be past the small parts danger phase.ReplyDelete
I like too that they are sitting in the bins. As hard as the toddler age is it is just so darn cute! I think God made them so cute so we could deal with all their shenanigans!


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How to Become Part of a Crop Mob
Crop Mobs are a new movement that I suspect will spread like wildfire. If you're a small-scale, sustainable farmer they can be a lifesaver.
And if you're without ample land they'll rescue you from growers lust and put you in touch with the source of your food. :)Anyone can participate.
It's not charity. The premise is that people who want to farm sustainably band together in a Crop Mob. When one of the members needs help on a farm, a work day is scheduled. Major tasks that would take a farmer and a few farmhands weeks can be knocked out in mere hours.
If you don't work, you don't get help. It's that simple. No money is exchanged and the mobbers socialize and eat together after the labor is accomplished. The "landless" get to trade information with experienced farmers. True farm community spirit!
The first official Crop Mob was started in the Triangle area in North Carolina. Check out their website for more details or subscribe to their blog for updates. You can also read about them in the New York Times.
Spin-off groups have already started. If you'd like to get involved the Crop Mob website recommends these guidelines:
- No money is exchanged.
- Work is done on small-scale, sustainable farms and gardens.
- A meal is shared, often provided by the host.
- This is not a charity. We crop mob for crop mobbers.
I'm hoping someone starts a crop mob near me soon, I'll be there!
*Edit* By late morning on 2/25/2010 I am considering starting a Crop Mob group in our area. Also, check out this post on the Cricket Bread blog… so glad to find it!
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If you are interested in starting your own, we can offer some start up support just to get things going. We have some pretty detailed documents that we wrote up for a presentation oat the last CFSA conference.
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Yes! I love this! And—-I love your blog too, what a great resource!
Awesome post, awesomer idea – I had no idea crop mobs existed, but damn, I am glad they do! Thanks for the post.
Great idea and hope it does catch on; probably will, especially in urban-ish areas.
Got your e-mail, will respond next week; am off the farm now.
Do you know about this –
Monsanto and it's quest to rule the world's food supply.
I've wanted to do exactly this, but didn't know it had a name! I've been pondering doing it on a smaller scale with just a farming friend or two, though. I may have to get my act together and start organizing…
Sounds like a great idea!
Sounds very good. We will also support it and publicise on Upstate Locally Grown. I already know one grower who is putting up a greenhouse and could use some help.
What a great idea! I like the name too!
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- People throwing their cigarette butts on the ground
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Multi-leveraged debt Coalition says YES to elected leadership, ending diversions
Over 100 grassroots groups and 2,000 individuals have signed onto an Open Letter (click here for abbreviated version with the list of grassroots groups without the 70 pages of individual signatures) to the Governor and state leaders on transportation issues, which includes a strong message against the Governor's agenda of selling off our public roads to private corporations.
The letter, hand-delivered to the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker and every legislator, comes just in time to inform lawmakers in no uncertain terms what the grassroots want and don't want on transportation policy as a conference committee decides what stays in and what comes out of the loaded-up TxDOT Sunset Bill, SB 1420.
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The letter contends with privatizing Texas roads using public private partnerships (PPP), non-compete agreements, 'innovative financing,' multi-leveraged debt, and road tax diversions, and demands accountability measures at the highway department like elected leadership to head the agency and a complete financial audit of the Texas Department of Transportation.
Texans of all political persuasions have untied against PPPs, but it's particularly notable that PPPs, the brainchild of Libertarians, have come under increasing criticism from within its own ranks. It's rankled conservatives as well, with Michelle Malkin calling them 'corporate welfare.'
"Texas politics has degenerated into how the rich and powerful become more rich and powerful. Libertarians oppose socialist boondoggles like these so-called 'public-private partnerships,' which are the worst of both worlds. Profits flow to Wall Street, losses fall on Main Street, and our sovereignty has been sold for a pittance," observed Kathie Glass, Libertarian Party of Texas 2010 Nominee for Governor, State Executive Committee, District 7.
"These bad transportation bills take the onerous Trans Texas Corridor concept and spread it all over the state. This push is fueled by special interests who quite frankly do not care how much citizens have to pay for transportation. We are actively fighting these bills because they put the power to tax in the hands of private tolling companies and give these unelected people the power to set the tolls. On top of that, these unelected toll authorities can keep the tolls in place into perpetuity.Texans don't need, don't want, and don't deserve unelected bureaucrats running state transportation!" confirmed JoAnn Fleming, Chair, Advisory Committee to the Texas Legislature's Tea Party Caucus and Executive Director, Grassroots America – We the People.
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"The public has protested privatized toll roads for years now, though nearly a decade after Governor Perry first announced plans to build the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC), lawmakers are pushing through legislation to advance at least 20 private toll road deals in Texas. None of the private toll road bills passed this session protect against private toll road companies seizing ordinary Texans land for economic development purposes nor does the eminent domain 'reform' bill passed by both chambers."
Grassroots leaders want to be sure lawmakers are put on notice about key transportation policies as major bills begin hitting the floor at the conclusion of the session.
"With all the focus on redistricting, the budget, and other big ticket items like immigration, we want lawmakers to know transportation is also a big issue. It effects every mile we drive, and with gas at $4/gallon, adding 75 cents a mile in tolls in the hands of a private corporation is unsustainable. We will hold them accountable for the tax decisions they're making that will impact generations to come," Hall added.


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The BMJ carries a good editorial today about the risks of radiation as used in clinical practice, and suggests that we should be informing patients about the dangers as well as being careful about the use of it. But the biggest issue for me is not consent for radiation as used to investigate potentially serious symptoms, but the use of radiation in well patients as a 'health check', or, as the kind of private clinics who advertise this sort of stuff say, 'health MOT'.
It's this kind of imaging that is not evidence based and harmful for all kinds of reasons, including radiation: that's the time when consent and full information about harms are very important.