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When you think of a trader, you probably think of someone who sits in front of 10 computer screens all day constantly pressing buttons, stressed to the max. While the money behind this sounds exciting, the job itself sounds boring and stressful.
Day trading is great if you have several hours to set aside every day to scan the market, find, and place trades. I myself got started in trading as a day trader, and roughly 35-40% of the traders I work with today are day traders.
But the other 60-65% of traders I work with don't have several hours per day to spend trading, they either work full time or just don't want to spend that much time in front of the screen. That's where swing trading comes into play and works quite well with my strategies as well. I myself started as a day trader but migrated into incorporating more swing trading to free up time and get some time away from the computer. In fact, many professional day traders that I know also incorporate swing trading into their strategy to try and free up a little time as well.
Swing trading can be longer term, but it doesn't have to be. With swing trading you can hold a position just for a day or two, but the main thing is you have the ability to "set it and forget it". You can place your orders then go to work, go golf, or go spend time with your family. Yes, you still have to spend time researching, entering trades, and if you're new spend time practicing and learning, but swing trading definitely frees up much more time than day trading, and is a great alternative for those with limited time.
Perhaps the best news I have is that when I put together our price action trading course, I intended it to be viewed by both day traders and swing traders, so the examples and concepts are catered to both groups of traders. This means that once you perfect day trading or swing trading, it will be fairly easy for you to move back and forth between the two using the same strategies.
So to answer our question, no, trading doesn't have to mean sitting in front of a computer all day, and many of the traders I work with only spend 1-2 hours per day managing their trades.


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Moral ambiguity seasons the violent action in Edgar-winner Hall's outstanding 13th thriller featuring laconic loner Thorn (after 2011's Dead Last). Thorn, who lives in the undeveloped backwoods of Key Largo and loathes the kind of hyperdevelopment that's ruining Florida, is roused from his isolation to extricate his grown son, Flynn Moss, whose existence he only recently became aware of, from the Earth Liberation Front, a group of ecological terrorists who are planning to shut down a nearby atomic power plant. Thorn actually is sympathetic with ELF's goals—but he doesn't trust them. Meanwhile, FBI agent Frank Sheffield begins uncovering a plot to create a nuclear disaster that could annihilate Miami, while a beautiful female Homeland Security agent and a cocksure psycho who likes to play with electricity are working their own schemes. Hall shifts among the skillfully drawn characters, each uncertain of which ends justify extreme means, as the action races toward a literally explosive climax at the nuclear plant. The result is both thoughtful and white-knuckle tense. Agent: Richard Pine, Inkwell Management. (Dec.)
Going Dark (Thorn Series #13)by James W. Hall
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"Master of suspense" (The New York Times Book Review) James W. Hall delivers another nail-biting Thorn thriller and this time, the stakes are higher than ever as Thorn embarks on a mission to save his newfound son.
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"Master of suspense" (The New York Times Book Review) James W. Hall delivers another nail-biting Thorn thriller and this time, the stakes are higher than ever as Thorn embarks on a mission to save his newfound son.
Earth Liberation Front is a loosely-knit national organization of radical environmental activists who take a "by any means necessary" approach to defending the planet. In the last decade, ELF has been responsible for almost a hundred million dollars in damage mainly through arson. The FBI ranks them, along with other eco-radicals, as the number one homegrown terrorist threat. And Flynn MossThorn's newly discovered sonappears to be among ELF's members.
"no-holds-barred action…A fine thriller on every level." Booklist
Flynn has naively fallen in with an ELF cell in Miami, where he's engaged in non-violent protest against one of Florida's largest nuclear power plants. But soon Flynn uncovers another, darker plot among ELF operativesone that involves a radioactive catastrophe rivaling Chernobyl or Fukushima. With a growing sense of dread about his involvement in such a scheme, Flynn summons Thorn to help him escape from Prince Key, the remote island off the shores of Miami where the ELF group is camped. But just as soon as Thorn leads the fight to save Flynn, he reaches a frightening realization: In order to protect his son, he must join the eco-terrorists and help them complete their deadly mission. And time is running out in Going Dark…
"James Hall is the king of the Florida-gothic noir."New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane
Editorial Reviews
Moral ambiguity seasons the violent action in Edgar-winner Hall's outstanding 13th thriller featuring laconic loner Thorn (after 2011's Dead Last). Thorn, who lives in the undeveloped backwoods of Key Largo and loathes the kind of hyperdevelopment that's ruining Florida, is roused from his isolation to extricate his grown son, Flynn Moss, whose existence he only recently became aware of, from the Earth Liberation Front, a group of ecological terrorists who are planning to shut down a nearby atomic power plant. Thorn actually is sympathetic with ELF's goals—but he doesn't trust them. Meanwhile, FBI agent Frank Sheffield begins uncovering a plot to create a nuclear disaster that could annihilate Miami, while a beautiful female Homeland Security agent and a cocksure psycho who likes to play with electricity are working their own schemes. Hall shifts among the skillfully drawn characters, each uncertain of which ends justify extreme means, as the action races toward a literally explosive climax at the nuclear plant. The result is both thoughtful and white-knuckle tense. Agent: Richard Pine, Inkwell Management. (Dec.)
In Hall's 13th Thorn novel, the go-it-alone Key Largo PI undergoes a crash course in parenthood when he discovers the grown son he barely knows belongs to an environmental activist group with terrorism on its agenda. In targeting the Turkey Point nuclear power plant near the Florida Keys, the Earth Liberation Front originally had planned on a nonviolent action. But extremists in the group now have a spectacular demolition in mind, having acquired a superpowerful explosive. Taken prisoner by ELF on the remote island where they're preparing the attack, Thorn is unable to talk his son, Flynn, into escaping with him. But to be around the boy in order to protect him, he convinces ELF that he supports their efforts. It helps that one of the group's leaders is a woman for whom Thorn was a surrogate father when she was a troubled teen. Meanwhile, having been alerted to ELF's presence by the logo they left inside the plant's supposedly impenetrable security system, authorities, including FBI man Frank Sheffield, plan a "force-by-force" exercise in which agents take on the plant's security forces with simulated weaponry. In the end, real shots are fired, Thorn's sidekick, Sugarman, gets more of the action than he bargained for, and betrayals are revealed--the great sex Frank has with a psychologically scarred Homeland Security agent from his past proves to be skin-deep. As ever, Hall is in colorful command of his South Florida setting, occasionally editorializing on the harm developers are doing to it. Compared to other mystery writers, he plays things refreshingly low key, but he's always in control, thriving on the setup as much as the payoff. The plot of Going Dark doesn't have the zip of some of Hall's other Thorn books, but with its nicely observed characters and lively dialogue--and terrific sex scenes--it keeps readers turning the pages.
"Hall's latest novel, titled Going Dark proves he's one of the best genre writers working today." Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered
"Among the best [of Florida writers] is James W. Hall. . . . As the story spins forward, Hall builds the suspense and violence to what could literally be a breaking point for South Florida. Along the way, he treats the reader to gorgeous prose about the state's natural bounty, advances his development of Thorn, supplies multiple shocks and proves that not all of Florida's reptiles slither on their bellies." Richmond Times-Dispatch
"As ever, Hall is in colorful command of his South Florida setting… Compared to other mystery writers, he plays things refreshingly low key, but he's always in control, thriving on the setup as much as the payoff …with its nicely observed characters and lively dialogue--and terrific sex scenes--it keeps readers turning the pages." Kirkus
"Hall is one of those rare thriller writers who can build character as he ratchets tension, who can do no-holds-barred action scenes with panache and, in the midst of bedlam, never lose sight of nuance. All those skills are on display here, as Hall assembles a full-bodied supporting cast whose stories hold our interest as much as Thorn's attempt to save his son without helping to bring about a South Florida version of Chernobyl. A fine thriller on every level." Booklist on Going Dark
"Superlative….Hall steadily ratchets the suspense while seamlessly combining elements of Florida's natural history with elements of the state's early development and overdevelopment." Publishers Weekly (starred) on Silencer
"A damn good mystery." Booklist on Dead Last
"Hall's ability to evoke the deep, primeval essence of the Bay and Glades--the water, air, wildlife, feral excitement--are unmatched, and the life and death struggle that ensues is heightened and set apart by a heavy ambivalence…With his unerring sense of place, and a frighteningly sure grasp of the dark side, nobody cooks it up like Hall." Miami Herald
Thorn (Red Sky at Night) has returned to his life of isolation in Key Largo, FL, when he discovers Flynn, the 25-year-old son he didn't know he had. Trying to help Flynn gets Thorn shanghaied into a group of ecorevolutionaries who are targeting a nearby nuclear power plant. Flynn is idealistic, but some of the other group members are killers. Their selfish agendas are mirrored by a beautiful Homeland Security agent who sees an opportunity for advancement. Thorn must try to thwart the plot from inside even as FBI agent Frank Sheffield tries to cut through bureaucracy to avert a nuclear disaster. VERDICT Like fellow Floridian Carl Hiassen, Hall displays a love of his home state's landscape with criticism of the greed that threatens it, plus a fondness for unpredictable characters. Like an Arthurian knight, his protagonist ventures out of his small world just long enough to put things right in a larger one. Luckily for readers, there will be no shortage of opportunities requiring Thorn's next appearance. [See Prepub Alert, 6/10/13.]—Roland Person, formerly with Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Product Details
- 9781250005007
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication date:
- 12/03/2013
- Series:
- Thorn Series, #10
- Edition description:
- First Edition
- Pages:
- 304
- Sales rank:
- 788,817
- Product dimensions:
- 6.52(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.06(d)
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FOR AN HOUR THE MOTHER has been toiling through the tall grass searching for her newborns. The tropical night is sweltering. A lazy breeze off the Atlantic gives no relief. In a small clearing, the mother halts, surveys the landscape, changes direction. She is focused on a hump of earth overgrown with weeds.
She's forgotten where she buried them back in April. After two months of rain and erosion and the powerful ocean winds, the contours of the terrain have changed, confusing her.
But this hump seems promising. She climbs atop it, pressing her belly flat against the earth. This feels right. This, she believes, is the spot.
She gathers herself, lifts her body off the ground, fully extended as if attempting a push-up. She holds that position, then lets go, dropping all her weight against the earth. A thump echoes across the surrounding waters.
She waits a moment, then presses her jaw to the ground to listen for their cries below the surface.
A breeze flitters in the leaves of the Brazilian pepper, frogs screech, out in the darkness two owls compete with whoops and howls, and there's the endless slosh of water against the bank. But through all the night clamor she detects their voices inside the earth, their distinctive cheeps, their throaty squeaks. It's them, her offspring.
She begins to dig in the sandy soil, a few inches, a few more, clawing precisely until she exposes them to the hot night air. Two of them have already squirmed out of their shells. Ten inches long. Black and tan with gold bands. Eyes green and liquid. Immediately mosquitoes and other night bugs circle, land, and begin to track up and down their length.
All this, the unfolding drama of the American crocodile locating her hatchlings, is lit by the video camera's spotlight, which Cameron Prince operates from the bow of the airboat fifteen yards away. Onshore, crouched in the shadows only a few feet from the crocodile nest, is Leslie Levine.
Leslie shouldn't be on land so close to the nest. It's risky at a moment like this, but it happens from time to time and there's nothing to do but tough it out. A minute ago, she ducked ashore to search for drag marks, the distinctive trails crocs leave as they haul themselves across the sandy banks. Seconds after she'd climbed the slippery berm, the mother croc surfaced in the canal, swam to the bank, and trundled up the steep edge.
Cameron called a warning but Leslie raised both palms to tell him to hold steady. No worries. All she had to do was hang back, be still, watch. Sure, it was dicey, but nothing she hadn't handled dozens of times before.
Now in silence she and Cameron watch the scene unfold. The glare of the spotlight doesn't alarm the croc. With such a dominant sense of smell and keen hearing the creature relies little on sight. As long as she and Cameron are quiet, the mother will go about her business oblivious to their presence.
This is a big one, twelve feet, almost half a ton, but she digs into the mound with delicate strokes, pushing aside the mud and marl without harming the fragile shells. An amazing creature: covered in bony plates, with jaws so strong it can crush cast iron, so hardy and resilient it can survive the loss of a leg or its entire tail, yet it's capable of such deftness.
In the bright camera light, Leslie smiles. For years she's been watching scenes like this unfold, hundreds of them, but she's still as stoked as the first time. The American croc laying its eggs months before, then tracking down the right mound, doing her belly flop to see if there's anything alive inside, anything worth digging for. When she hears their cries, she begins the careful excavation, followed by the swim to a nearby freshwater source to safely deposit her offspring. A thousand times she's seen it, maybe more.
Oh, if she wanted to, she could drag out her notebooks, tally up the other nights like this, get the exact total. Everything was in her spiral notebooks. All penned in neat script just minutes after each event. Later on tonight, she'll dock the airboat at the lab and take an hour or two to transfer the data into the computer and fill out the spreadsheets. Every croc they encounter will be identified, sexed, weighed, injected with a microchip, its activities listed with signs of health or battle scars, the GPS coordinates of its active nest, number of hatchlings, and all identifying markings on the mother crocs.
The two of them watch the mother finish opening the nest, revealing it to the camera's light. After a moment's inspection, the big female plucks two hatchlings from the nest, holding them lightly between her jagged teeth.
Next she will turn and crawl back down the bank, slide into the water to begin her swim across the canal to a freshwater pond she discovered earlier. That small, rain-filled pond was Leslie's creation. A month ago it didn't exist. But to be ready for hatching season, Levine requisitioned the plant's maintenance team to use their amphibious backhoe to create the pit so the crocs in this part of the canal system would have a crucial freshwater supply.
Baby crocs needed six months to adjust to salt water. In the meantime they either found a freshwater source or died. Without that pond their only hope for survival would be to skim the shallow lens of rainwater riding atop the briny canals.
In half a year's time, the young crocs can abandon their rain-filled pond and begin to roam. Nature's orderly timetable: the six-month rainy season exactly matched the half year required for their salt-tolerant glands to develop.
Even though their freshwater source is ready, other challenges lie ahead. These two baby crocs have to learn some brutal survival skills: how to hunt and keep themselves cool in the relentless Florida summer, how to conceal themselves from predators, including adult crocs, who have no qualms about eating their young. And these young crocs will have to do it without coaching or protection, because after this one gesture of maternal instinct, the mother croc will abandon her babies to fend for themselves.
Leslie certainly identifies with that.
Hanging a few yards back, she tracks the croc to the bank. She's squinting in the harsh light, trying to make out the markings on this big croc's tail, the two or three missing scutes, those knobs of gristle she herself trimmed away years ago when this croc was a youngster, a code that will tell her where she first encountered this specimen. Most likely it's one of many Leslie has microchipped, but tonight at such a moment it's way too tricky to attempt to lasso the big girl and scan her chip for an update on her travels. At this point the normally shy croc is at her most protective and volatile.
Leslie is ten feet back, staying close because she wants to eyeball the coded cuts on the tail, which will tell her if the croc is one of the hundreds from this region of neatly organized canals, or from a smaller population in northern Key Largo, or perhaps it's one of the Everglades crocs that journey to this coastal, protected habitat to lay their eggs. Charting the croc's travels is a crucial part of the research project she's completing this year.
Leslie picks her way forward with particular care because earlier that afternoon, as they headed out to the nesting sites, a squall from tropical storm Ivan blew through, leaving the canal bank a gloppy mess. Even in her cleated hiking shoes the footing is treacherous.
She's wearing her usual uniform, dark jeans, long-sleeve T-shirt sprayed with mosquito repellent, and a small backpack. She's a lean, athletic woman, thirty-two, with short auburn hair. Despite her natural agility, the steep bank is giving her trouble. Twice she slips and barely catches herself.
She motions for Cameron to keep the camera's light on the trail before her. Maybe Cameron's finger slips on the spotlight trigger, or maybe it's some electronic glitch—whatever it is, at that critical moment the camcorder's three-watt video light flickers and goes dark.
Later a Miami-Dade police detective will question him about this detail, but Cameron will be unable to say exactly what happened. He won't remember his finger slipping. And he's sure there were no previous problems with the equipment. Since Cameron's recollection of the night is so foggy, the video record is crucial in establishing the timeline.
The last clear image is Leslie's urgent wave at Cameron to keep the light focused on the path. It's possible that move throws her off-balance, or maybe the toe of her hiking shoe snags a root, or perhaps she's simply disoriented by the utter dark beyond the cone of light.
From the camera's angle, there's no way to tell what tripped her. In the murkiness, Leslie appears to throw one arm upward, then the other, as if she's grabbing for the straps on a lurching subway. That's the final image of her before the camera pitches skyward.
After this moment, the video image joggles so wildly it's impossible to determine exactly what's what. The camera swings left, then tilts up, showing the black sky, some scattered stars, a slice of moon. Cameron reported he is at this point scrambling to unhook himself from the camera straps and fumbles the equipment, sending the camera crashing onto the deck. It bounces twice, then comes to rest.
The audio recorder continues to run, capturing a splash and a grunt.
Cameron calls Leslie's name. He sounds alarmed, but not panicked. He's worked alongside Leslie for years and has absolute faith in her skills.
But everything changes fast. With the mother croc in full-protection mode, Leslie's lurch is apparently read as aggression toward the hatchlings. The croc doesn't retreat across the canal as she normally would. From the heaves and grumbles, it appears that the big croc turns on the intruder.
Leslie remains silent, no sign of alarm. This puzzles the investigators who review the footage later, but Cameron assures them her familiarity with the landscape and with crocs in general was so thorough, it's doubtful that she was even concerned.
Maybe this self-assurance made Leslie vulnerable. She dropped her guard, didn't expect the croc to turn and surge so quickly. Cameron could make out only the dim outlines of the moment of attack. Leslie's headlong tumble, the big reptile's swift move. A violent merging of the two.
The audio records violent splashes as though the animal is trying to drag Leslie underwater or tow her as far from land as possible, with Leslie fighting, thrashing. There are garbled words and heaves of breath, while the frozen video continues to show only the still and shadowy image of the grassy bank where the nest is torn open, exposing the white cluster of eggs to a milky wash of moonlight.
More than a minute of quiet is followed by splashing, and a few seconds later, a howl. A human voice that is barely human.
It could be either of them. Cameron doesn't remember yelling but supposes it's possible. He doesn't recognize the scream as his own. To Cameron those moments were a bewildering blur. Shortly after the attack began, he recalls being chest-high in the canal and smacking the water with both hands to lure the big croc away from Leslie. Not heroic, he says, just a blind reaction to the horror unfolding before him. Then he remembers backing away when he thought the croc turned on him.
All that jostling of the water rocks the airboat and somehow triggers the camera's light to flutter on again.
More silence follows, then the sound of someone slogging through the canal, and a moment later Cameron is in the camera's frame staggering toward the bank in hip-deep water.
He's massive, tall and heavily muscled, with short blond hair. He's cradling something in his arms. His face is stricken and white. He claims to remember none of this. Picking it up, carrying it to the boat.
The video shows him splashing near the bow, then lifting the object and setting it on the deck in front of the camera. This human arm was severed an inch above the elbow. Around the wrist is a rubber bracelet, a camouflage design.
Cameron is huffing as he pulls himself aboard and lifts the video camera from the deck. For a moment the lens captures hundreds of glittering lights that outline the towers and the two enormous containment buildings at Turkey Point only a few hundred yards away. With all those lights sparkling in the night, the nuclear power plant appears almost festive.
Then the video goes dark.
Copyright © 2013 by James W. Hall
Meet the Author
JAMES W. HALL is an Edgar and Shamus Award-winning author whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. His Thorn Mysteries include Dead Last and The Big Finish. He divides his time between South Florida and North Carolina.
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another great book in thorn series. top suspense right to the end.
Another excellent Thorn adventure, I wish they would make a series of movies about Thorn. He's just as good a character as Dirk Pit in Cusslers books. Can't wait to read the next one.
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Sees a vole and drops into a hunters crouch she pushes off with her hind legs and bites its neck killing it she takes it back to camp

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Hi brett, congraltions on your picks . I think after ufc 154 alot of us belive gsp is great but hendricks is desering of a title fight or diaz ? Anderson vs gsp a bad fight for gsp anderson should fight jones or a excting heavyweight? wha t did u take from 154 ? Thanks
Brett Okamoto (1:05 PM)
I guess I didn't really take anything all that new from 154. It was an awesome fight, buuuut I don't really think anything now that I didn't before. I still think Anderson is way to big for GSP. I guess if there is one observation I made, it was that GSP doesn't even seem all that into the idea of fighting Anderson ... but I think he'll get pressured into the fight anyway. Hendricks was terrific, but we already knew he was heavy handed. He'd be a great matchup for GSP because of that plus his defensive wrestling. But even though I think it's a mismatch, I'd like to see GSP/Anderson get made because of the attention it would bring to the sport.
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Talking of Real Deal and nicknames, which fighter would have the most unfortunate nickname which didnt quite match his ability? I'm beginning to have less faith in "hands of stone" although "real deal" is probably up there.
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Nick (Melbourne (Australia))
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Hi brett, i am a big gsp fan but anderson no matter the weight cut is just to big? He and dana seem like bullys gsp does'nt seem exctied ? May fill fincial obligated to ufc what do u think ? Thanks
Brett Okamoto (1:18 PM)
Yeah, it's kind of a tough spot for Georges. You could tell the fans in Montreal wanted him to call out Anderson but ... in reality, it sucks, but it's not that fair of a fight. GSP isn't even that big of a welterweight. Silva just got done fighting at 205 a month ago! Just because you have two dominant fighters doesn't mean they have to fight one another. That said, I still want to see it because of what it stands for in the sport, but it's definitely a tough spot for GSP. I expect him to at least be firm on the weight. He's already fighting the bigger guy ... he shouldn't budge much on the weight. It won't end up at 170 because they don't want Anderson holding the belt when it's over, but I can't really see it being higher than 175.
Joe (Ca)
Is it just me or is it weak of Silva to call out the smaller fighter?
Brett Okamoto (1:18 PM)
It's not just you. I had a ton of people tweeting me that this weekend.
Matt (Nashville)
How historic will the supposed Silva - GSP fight be for MMA?
Brett Okamoto (1:19 PM)
Dallas Cowboys Stadium. I'd guess around 1.3 million PPV buys. Mainstream media would latch onto it. Fighters would make unprecedented paydays. It'd be big.
ryan (wi)
There are boring unanimous decisions and then there is a GSP unanimous decision. Constantly moving and being dominant. Besides the third round scare GSP looked amazing.
Brett Okamoto (1:20 PM)
I agree with you, but this GSP decision didn't look like some of the others. He was more aggressive. Honestly, when I heard him say that he had listened to the critics and he was going to take more risks and try to finish fights, I didn't believe him. But he did seem more aggressive this weekend.
Barry (Sc)
What is the true size difference between Silva and GSP? Also, would you agree with the masses that GSP has no chance? I would never count out a champion like GSP, no matter the challenge.
Brett Okamoto (1:21 PM)
Yeah, I wouldn't count him out but I really, really, really don't see him winning. True size difference ... in terms of walking around weight? Ideal weight? I'd say in general, Anderson's frame is built to carry about 25 more pounds than GSP?
Josh (Fl)
How impressive was that comeback by GSP in your eyes? Did he look as the same explosive athlete pre ACL?
Brett Okamoto (1:22 PM)
Yeah, I thought so. I'm as high on Carlos Condit as everyone else. Lots of media had him in the Top 10 pound for pound heading into that fight. He's real hard to hold down and you saw how offensive he was from his back. He cut up Georges' face with elbows from the ground. Georges did everything he needed to do and he survived the real scary moment with one of the best finishers in the division.
Letty (NYC)
I'm a BJ believer, I think he gives it one last hurrah to show everyone.
Brett Okamoto (1:24 PM)
Talked to BJ yesterday, too ... he's looking forward to proving people wrong. He said he knew everyone is expecting him to show up pudgy, get thrown around by the bigger McDonald and generally get beaten up. Says people will be surprised, that he's showing up weighing 175 with abs. We'll see. He did put together a great group of guys in this camp.
Tim (North Olmsted)
Don't you think Mirgliotta was too fast in DQ'ing Sakara? I think he shouldn't given Cote 5 mins to recover and maybe taken a point rather than ending the fight. Your thoughts?
Brett Okamoto (1:25 PM)
Yeah, he screwed it up. He should have stopped the bout, let Cote recover, made sure he was good to go then restarted. What he did was basically stop the fight and give Sakara the win, but changed his mind when he saw how blatant the shots to the back of the head were on replay. He told media afterwards he was yelling at Sakara ... I never heard him. Even if he did, okay, stop the fight then and take a point. It happens I guess. Human error.
Kevin (Mile High)
Who would you rather see next for GSP? I would much rather see Hendricks than AS. There are too many quality fighters at 170 to see the belt get hung up again, especially since GSP already fights so infrequently.
Brett Okamoto (1:26 PM)
Competitively, I'd want to see him fight Hendricks or Nick Diaz. But if we're getting the biggest show ever in Dallas against Silva? I want that.
Falco (Miami)
Where does Condit go from here? He beat Diaz, giving him Kampman would be a step down. If GSP doesn't fight Hendricks why not let Condit have a go, at least it'll boost Hendricks even more if he wins.
Brett Okamoto (1:28 PM)
Nah, not really fair to Hendricks to have him fight a guy coming off a loss. Then if he loses, you lost your No. 1 contender. If Hendricks is going to fight anyone in the meantime, it should be Diaz. For Condit, I don't think Kampmann is a big step down. He was theoretically one win away from a title shot a week ago. And they had that split decision so ... both guys would want the fight.
ronnie cascone (milford ct)
hey brett do you think that if rampage jackson wins his next fight in convincing fashion do you think he will sign again with ufc.
Brett Okamoto (1:28 PM)
That's actually a good question ... I'd say not immediately but wouldn't rule out him returning at some point.
Tyler (NH)
Obviously we all know that Silva vs GSP is bound to happen and it's what the UFC wants. Silva seems like he wants to do it as well, do you believe GSP will agree to fight Silva? I think GSP would have to move up in class right?
Brett Okamoto (1:29 PM)
He won't go to 185. It would definitely be catchweight.
Justin (Edina)
who the hell is Dion Staring and why is he being allowed in the cage with a top 10 heavyweight like Cormier?
Brett Okamoto (1:31 PM)
Well ... says here on his Wikipedia page he's a Dutch mixed martial artist who starred in TV commercials after serving in the military. Huh. I'll be honest, I know next to nothing about Staring. Clearly, they didn't want to pull a UFC guy onto the final Strikeforce card, or the ones they asked weren't willing. They needed a heavyweight that wasn't signed ... which is hard to find these days ... and Staring was the best option.
Matt (NJ)
True or False: there is no better moment in combat sports than seeing a dominant champion in trouble and how they react (like GSP in that 3rd round).
Brett Okamoto (1:32 PM)
True. Reminded me of Floyd Mayweather getting popped by Shane Mosley in the second round of their fight two years ago and for that one moment you were like, oh man, Floyd's going down! But then he reacted brilliantly and you came away even more impressed by him than when he dominates.
Mark (CHICAGO)
Hi Brett,What do you think should be next for Condit? Do you think that he can build his way to a rematch ?THANKS
Brett Okamoto (1:33 PM)
Similar question but I'll add that yeah, absolutely, Carlos could make his way back to the title picture no problem. He's got that win over Rory MacDonald, too, maybe at one point if Rory keeps rolling they give him a shot at avenging that. Carlos beats him again ... that would elevate him to title contention. I'd set the line at -145 for Carlos getting back to a title fight.
Jon (TX)
Will an interim MW title be issued if the GSP-Spider is made?
Brett Okamoto (1:34 PM)
Who knows? We'll have to see who wins these middleweight fights (Bisping/Belfort's a big one), what happens to Chris Weidman (who is reportedly injured and out of the Tim Boetsch fight, by the way).
Justin (Edina)
I'd rather see a Cowboy stadium card with Silva vs Weirdman as the headliner and GSP vs Hendricks as the Co-main
Brett Okamoto (1:34 PM)
That ain't happening.
Jeff (Southgate, MI)
Why does nobody like the idea of a GSP-Silva superfight? i've been waiting 5 years for this
Brett Okamoto (1:35 PM)
I definitely wouldn't say nobody likes it. Plenty of people like it. It'd end up the best selling fight in UFC history. It's just that the people who don't like it are being pretty loud about the fact they don't like it. Casual fan buys that fight.
Will (Nc)
To overcome acl and to fight Condit right out of the gate, well, IMPRESSIVE.
Brett Okamoto (1:35 PM)
Vince (Hoboken)
Hi Brett, GSP is just an amazing wrestler, he takes everyone down at will, not great for viewing by casual fans but very impressive how he just controls the fight. That said, is there anyone who can compete with that?
Brett Okamoto (1:37 PM)
Hendricks doesn't have amazing offensive wrestling, he hasn't molded it fluidly into his MMA game yet, but his DEFENSIVE wrestling is superb. GSP would have a very hard time taking him down. GSP is still more skilled on his feet, but Hendricks is so heavy handed ... there would be drama in that fight. Other than that, Anderson of course, because he's much bigger, has a tricky guard. I will say that one of the previous questions asked what I took from the 154 and I said not much new, actually, I give Nick Diaz less of a chance against GSP than I originally thought. He'd get held down.
Nathan (Vancouver)
Why is the pressure on GSP to fight Silva and not on Silva to fight Bones? I hope GSP tells Silva to go duck himself (small pun)
Brett Okamoto (1:38 PM)
Good point.
Amit (Philippines)
We've watched GSP think about the Anderson Silva fight since after BJ Penn I, then after Fitch, and every press conference after, after Sonnen I, after 'if he beats Vitor and he beats Shields, it's going to happen, and now this one.... The ball has been in GSP's court for this fight for years... Why doesn't GSP just say "no, I will fight Anderson Silva?" It's quite annoying when you have that fight overshadowing every time GSP fights.
Brett Okamoto (1:40 PM)
Yeah, and it's kind of weird that now it seems like it's going to happen and yet ... there are a ton of good fights for GSP at 170 pounds. Before, I was all about the super fight because it was like really? We're going to see a Josh Koscheck rematch? Then a Jon Fitch rematch? After he'd fought the likes of Hardy and Alves? Let's challenge the guy. Didn't happen. Now we're going to move the guy up? When he has challenges all over 170? Kinda weird.
Old Yeller (WISC)
I don't even want to see a Silva-GSP fight, like you said GSP isn't really interested and will be simply doing it for money. It's not his fault Silva's division is weaker.
Brett Okamoto (1:41 PM)
You'd buy the PPV, though, wouldn't you? See, everyone complaining about the fight ... I still believe they buy the PPV. Because you're not gonna say, I'm a huge MMA fan but I wasn't watching when Silva fought St. Pierre. So you'll have the hardcores and you'll have the casual fans. Mega fight.
mike (sf)
Did Weidman pull out of 155 because of Hurricane Sandy? Or is he hurt?
Brett Okamoto (1:42 PM)
Report said undisclosed injury.
Rick (Kansas)
According to MMAJunkie Sara McMann already signed with UFC. Just an FYI
Brett Okamoto (1:42 PM)
Yeah she's signing with the UFC but that doesn't mean she's getting Rousey in her first fight.
tdiddy (winnipeg) [via mobile]
As a Canadian it is almost treasonous to cheer against GSP. But I just don't like his style of fighting. It's boring and he should get as much flak as Jon Fitch for his lay and pray. It was a more exciting fight than his prior few but I fear that his bell getting rung will make him more likely to take things to the ground, and do whatever he does down there , in future title fights. Get ready for more of the same. And there really should be no argument that Hendricks deserves the title shot. Beat Fitch, Kos and Kampman in a year. Case closed.
Brett Okamoto (1:44 PM)
Yeah, I agree. If GSP doesn't end up fighting Silva and defends his belt, has to be against Hendricks. He's only lost once to Rick Story and I swear, either he had the flu or his dog died or something because I literally remember being in the arena watching that fight thinking, what's wrong with Johny tonight? As far as GSP's style, everyone is entitled to his opinion. GSP isn't one of my FAVORITE fighters to watch, but I do enjoy it because of how good he is. If you really pay attention to the little things, his range, his feints, the timing of his takedowns ... it's just so impressive. Not highlight impressive, but impressive.
Josh (Akron, OH)
Ignoring that GSP does not seem too interested in fighting Silva, if Dana pressures him enough to take the fight, could we see yet another title eliminator for Hendricks? Possibly with Diaz after his suspension?
Brett Okamoto (1:46 PM)
I'd be real surprised if Johny didn't fight and decided to wait. That's what he's said he wants to do, but that's a long time. Diaz is going to need a fight. As I've said just about every week for the last month, I would love to see Diaz/MacDonald. But if not that, Hendricks really makes a ton of sense.
Nathan (Vancouver)
Brett, the fans have spoken and the consensus seems to be that GSP is too small and they would prefer if Silva fought Jones. So why are we still talking about GSP/Silva?
Brett Okamoto (1:46 PM)
Because it's going to happen.
Ultimate Warrior (Parts Unknown)
How did Carmount get that victory?
Brett Okamoto (1:46 PM)
No idea. Lawlor won that fight.
Matt (NJ)
Man, Dana really hates my boy Fitch. He looks like he may be ready to make a run, so lets match him up with a fringe top 10 guy who has the best chance of anyone in the sport to pull off the submission from his back.
Brett Okamoto (1:48 PM)
Ehh, maybe. I don't see it as a huge mismatch in favor of Maia. Fitch's submission skills are great. Maia is pretty big at 170 though. I like that fight.
Bob (the Counter)
Football!! I like Ravens -1 and Titans -3
Brett Okamoto (1:49 PM)
Cincy -8. Jacksonville +3. Chicago and Cleveland PICK.
Matt (Nashville)
Buy or Sell: Jim Miller is a better matchup for Joe Lauzon than Gray Maynard was.
Brett Okamoto (1:50 PM)
Buy. Edgar knocked out Maynard but despite that, I still think Maynard has a great chin. So, Lauzon was going to struggle hurting him on the feet and I didn't see one of those Lauzonesque, early sub victories over a guy like Gray. Miller has a better gas tank than Gray, but yeah. Easier fight for Joe.
Jeff (Southgate, MI)
i think gsp would beat silva, am i crazy?
Brett Okamoto (1:52 PM)
I was talking to a trainer here in Las Vegas yesterday who was convinced GSP would beat Silva. Said his explosive takedowns would definitely get Silva to the ground, even despite the size. I think he and you are crazy.
Mimmy Rodgers (Cali)
Brett, why is the UFC so hung up on Dallas Stadium when both Brazil and Canada seem like more rabid markets for a super fight (especially between GSP in Canada and Silva in Brazil)?
Brett Okamoto (1:54 PM)
They've wanted to do a stadium show in the US for a long time and this way you have Canadians traveling, Brazilians traveling and the US fan base. Not sure you'd have a ton of US fans traveling to the fight if it were in soccer stadium in Brazil. But that remains an option ... just from a competitive standpoint, too, this feels like a fight that needs to take place at a neutral site, ya know?
James (CT)
The best fighter at the peak of his powers in UFC 1 was probably Ken Shamrock, due to his athleticism. By the time Tito was regularly beating him in the ground he had lost his explosiveness due to age and injury. If you time-machined him in his prime into the current UFC landscape I could see him succeeding. Maybe not winning a belt, but he'd win fights.
Brett Okamoto (1:55 PM)
Middle of the pack at best I'd say.
Bob (IN)
Anderson is the all-time greatest no doubt. But it wasn't until Jon Jones arrived that he started buying into a fight with GSP. The knee injury and subsequent layoff for GSP probably doesn't bother him either.
Brett Okamoto (1:56 PM)
Yeah, GSP is an easier fight for Anderson than Jon Jones. If we know it, so does he. Georges is a lot younger than Anderson though. Maybe Georges tries to say he needs more time to prepare and tries to put off the fight til either late 2013 or even 2014 in the hope Father Time catches AS.
@PappaFeez (Mom's house)
Open weight fight between Fedor and Anderson right now. Who you got? What's the line?
Brett Okamoto (1:57 PM)
Do we know what Fedor is doing? Is he in the gym? Has he let himself go? Line is Anderson -550.
Andy (Chicago)
Brett can GSP take Silva down (ala Chael) and keep him down? Or would Silva be too big?
Brett Okamoto (1:59 PM)
I think GSP could/will take Anderson down at least once when they fight. And that will be exciting. But here's where the criticism of GSP's inability to finish guys becomes important not from just an entertainment aspect but of a winning fights aspect. When they fight, he has to take advantage of any opportunity he gets. I can't see him beating Anderson in a 25 minute fight. Just too long to outpoint a guy as dangerous as Silva.
Steve (DC)
I thought it was very interesting that after being floored by the kick GSP was much calmer in the corner than he was after hurting his groin against Alves or the Shields eye poke. For both of those Jackson was in the corner, this time Zahabi obviously. Not saying that's why he was calmer, but I thought it was very noticeable.
Brett Okamoto (2:00 PM)
Tough to really break that down and make something of it ... not sure what was going on his head at that moment. I will say, a groin injury and serious eye poke, that's going to affect you the rest of the fight. You can't move like you want or you can't see. You get your bell rung. You come back, okay, I'm good. You move on, ya know?
Justin (Edina)
Whats the holdup with Eddie Alvarez? There's no way any other organization is offering him half of what the ufc is
Brett Okamoto (2:01 PM)
Negotiations man. Run up the price. Make the other side sweat. I'm not really a businessman but the time is right to get Eddie paid. When you're coming in from outside the UFC and you have hype behind you, you have leverage.
Miggy (Philly)
How do you see Fitch-Maia playing out? Love that fight. Tough luck with the Panthers last week, who you got this week?
Brett Okamoto (2:03 PM)
Brutal luck with the Panthers. Heartbreaking. Tough to predict how Fitch's wrestling will do. Maia fought Mark Munoz, who is a world class wrestler but is still transitioning it into his MMA game. He fought Weidman in a weird fight that was mostly standup. I think Fitch can blanket him a bit, but Mais is big, can create scrambles. I think it will turn into a fun fight.
Chuck (IL.)
Brett - Did Stephan Patrick Bonnar screw up his chances at moving into a commentating role with the UFC and/or Fox?
Brett Okamoto (2:04 PM)
Nah. Bonnar is incredibly likeable, he's still done a lot for the UFC and he is good on camera. This latest screwup won't put him permanently in the UFC's bad graces. When things cool down, if Bonnar wants to commentate, I think he'll be there.
Jeff (Cooperstown)
The early line is out on Phil Davis, he's -375 to beat Forrest Griffin. I don't see how Griffin could win that fight, i see him more like 10-1 underdog.
Brett Okamoto (2:06 PM)
Yeah, I'd say that lines about right. Could probably be a little higher. Griffin doesn't have a ton of KO power. So you're thinking he would need a decision to get the win ... his wrestling is underrated but eventually Davis is probably getting him to his back where he most likely won't be able to get up.
Ken (ca.)
Diaz is coming off a loss too, he doesn't really deserve Hendricks right now if GSP/Silva happens does he? Diaz vs Condit 2 would be more interesting .......
Brett Okamoto (2:07 PM)
Sorry, I know this is unpopular but I still think Diaz won that Condit fight. I've only rewatched it once and wasn't really scoring it, but live I thought Diaz won. Either way, the fight was close, and if Diaz doesn't fight Hendricks then who does? If they need to keep Hendricks busy, Diaz is the only guy that makes sense unless you promote Rory that high after he beats BJ.
@PappaFeez (Mom's house)
How long does GSP/Silva last? O/U 3 minutes?
Brett Okamoto (2:09 PM)
Definitely over. I'm all over that prop bet if that's the line. I'd put the line at ... 10.5 minutes.
mark (yo momma)
brett how excited are you about the upcoming ufc on fox card if it stays injury free i think its a better deeper card then alotta of the ppvs weve had this year your thoughts?
Brett Okamoto (2:10 PM)
Definitely pumped. Great story lines. Love watching BJ fight ... love watching Matt Brown fight. Critical moment for Shogun. He's allowed to lose, but if he gets dominated, it's not good.
Sammy (Stockton)
I'm surprised you don't give Nate Diaz much of a chance against Bendo. You were one of the few guys on Nate as he rose to the top of the division.
Brett Okamoto (2:11 PM)
I was. Still am. But what's Nate's kryptonite? Bigger guys who can outwrestle him. Henderson is durable and virtually unsubmittable.
Brett Okamoto (2:11 PM)
Great gas tank, too. Which is always important against the Diaz bros.
Rick (Kansas)
I'll try one more time. Nobody used the size excuse when Hendo and Fedor agreed to fight. How is it any different than GSP and Anderson? Seems like GSP and his fans are already making excuses for a loss that may or may not even occur.
Brett Okamoto (2:13 PM)
The size difference is bigger here. Anderson is a decent size light heavyweight. Georges is an average size welterweight. Plus, these two don't HAVE to fight each other. Anderson is calling out the smaller guy, that's why people have a problem with it. In SF, Dan wanted the fight as much as Fedor did.
Hank (Cooperstown)
How in the world can Forrest beat Phil Davis? I'm trying to pick a scenario and I can't come up with one.
Brett Okamoto (2:14 PM)
Well timed knee on a double leg? ... Maybe?
mike (sf)
what caliber of fights do you think they will put on the gsp vs silva card? Another championship fight? Ronda rousey? Or a bunch of filler?
Brett Okamoto (2:14 PM)
I could see it either way, but my guess is they'd make the card strong top to bottom.
Rashard Evans (Training)
Isn't GSP's strength out pointing guys over the course of a fight?
Brett Okamoto (2:15 PM)
Yeah, but Anderson's strength is knocking guys out. If I'm GSP, I don't want to have to beat Anderson for 25 minutes. I want to take him down and be able to finish him. Not have to repeatedly take him down over the course of the fight.
@PappaFeez (Mom's house)
-550???!?!?!?!??!Your love for AS is insane.
Brett Okamoto (2:17 PM)
A retired 36-year-old who's biggest win in the last four years was over Andrei Arlovski against the best fighter in the world who actually wouldn't be giving up THAT much size in a heavyweight fight? -550.
Stoke (Oregon)
Do people ever call you Brent instead of Brett?
Brett Okamoto (2:17 PM)
Happens fairly regularly.
Brett Okamoto (2:17 PM)
The real problems come with the last name though.
Billy (NY)
When is Jon Jones going to stop fighting 185 lbs fighters (Belfort, Sonnen, possibly Silva) and move up to fight the big boys at heavyweight?
Brett Okamoto (2:18 PM)
2014. Don't think it happens next year. Why take the risk? Fighting bigger guys is not easy and he's 25. No rush. He'll get there eventually. Don't take years off your career by doing it too early.
Billy (NY)
Bigger chance of an upset... BJ Penn of Shogun Rua?
Brett Okamoto (2:18 PM)
Adam (Long Beach)
People always talk about Silva being far too big for GSP, but aren't Condit and Silva almost the exactly the same size? 6'2 76-77 in reach?
Brett Okamoto (2:19 PM)
Interesting point. It's their frames though. There's more to size than just weight and reach. I guess it's tough to describe, but when I stand next to Anderson in person he feels MUCH bigger than Condit.
Jeff (Southgate, MI)
if nate diaz wins the belt, how many times do you think he would defend it
Brett Okamoto (2:21 PM)
Tough to say, lightweight is so stacked. I think he could beat Cerrone again, but it would be virtually a pick 'em type fight. I think he could beat Pettis but again, could go either way. He's beat Gray Maynard before. I could see him hanging onto it.
Justin (Colorado)
Dan Hardy says he wants Josh Koscheck. How would that fight go?
Brett Okamoto (2:21 PM)
We would see that Hardy's wrestling has improved but not enough to fight Josh Koscheck.
Andy (Chicago)
Is Diaz hungry to get back to fighting?
Brett Okamoto (2:22 PM)
I have to believe so. His lawyer is still running appeals to his suspension (and fine) through Nevada court systems.
Joey (NY)
After he beats BJ? So are you giving BJ Penn very little chance to win?
Brett Okamoto (2:23 PM)
Pretty much. I'm not dismissing BJ at all and I think if he does win the fight, believe it or not it will be by submission, but size matters in MMA man. BJ likes to believe it doesn't, but it does.
Jeff (Southgate, MI)
what do you think the odds of jon jones and alistair overeem fighting in the future are?
Brett Okamoto (2:24 PM)
I'd say good. Jones is going to heavyweight eventually and as of right now, there are like what, around five legitimate opponents for him? Junior, Alistair, Cain, Cormier. A few others would be fun of course but those are the guys he'd be fighting. Alistair will still be around in 2014.
Paul (Australia)
Why would anyone buy overpriced tickets to a Cowboys Stadium UFC event? You would be so far away from the action you would be looking up at the big screen the whole time anyway.
Brett Okamoto (2:25 PM)
Fans do that in arena shows right now. I've been to DCS one time and it was when Pacquiao fought Clottey and as a fan, you could do worse than be in the arena and be watching that screen the whole time.
Alexis (Chula Vista, CA)
Hey Brett, how do you see Diaz beating Henderson? It'd have to be by sub right?
Brett Okamoto (2:27 PM)
He could hurt Ben on the feet, too. Ben has good reach, good jab, he backs guys up then takes them down against the fence, but he does get hit. He never shows it, amazingly, but I saw Frankie light him up a few times on the feet. Diaz's volume punching is tough on anybody. The reason I'm picking Ben is wrestling. I'm not giving Diaz no shot, he could definitely win, but I think Ben's wrestling will be the difference.
Chris (Chicago)
I was surprised by how much bigger (height-wise) Condit seemed compared to GSP. Do you think AS would only have a ~3 inch height advantage over GSP or is Georges a little shorter than listed?
Brett Okamoto (2:27 PM)
GSP might be a little shorter than listed.
jeremy (syracuse, ny)
whoa wait a minute benavidez over royce has marriage already made you crazy?
Brett Okamoto (2:29 PM)
You gotta remember that nobody knew what they were doing on the ground with Royce. Not saying he wasn't a legendary grappler, but guys didn't even know how to counter what he was doing. You know how much faster time-machine Benavidez would be than Royce? Circle, circle, combination, leg kick, circle. I don't know if Royce would ever get him down.
hector (chicago)
gsp schooled koscheck and kos beat hendrick in many peoples mind. too much too fast for hendrick! kampman was tailor made for him
Brett Okamoto (2:31 PM)
Hendricks' power man, it's what makes the fight interesting. I agree Kampmann was tailormade for Hendricks. Shook my head at people who picked Kampmann in the fight. He's extremely vulnerable to slow starts and left hooks ...
Eric (Indiana)
Your taking the browns to beat the steelers. That as bold as declaring page will recapture the 205 title.
Brett Okamoto (2:31 PM)
Charlie Batch is not good.
Stoke (Oregon)
Did you see the Keven James movie?
Brett Okamoto (2:32 PM)
I actually have not. You know what that is? That's an iTunes rental on the flight to Chicago for the Fox card next year.
Steve (WI)
If BJ comes into the fight in shape and motivated, what chances do you give him of pulling off the upset?
Brett Okamoto (2:33 PM)
Man ... tough to say. On one hand, I want to give an in shape, motivated BJ a 45% chance or higher just because we all know how talented he is. On the other hand, this is kind of like talking about the GSP/Anderson fight. The size difference is ridiculous. Rory would be an average size middleweight no problem. To answer your question ... 20%.
Josh (Muskegon, MI)
Not a lot of talk about the heavyweights for 2013 but that division excites me maybe the most with cormier coming in and the Reem coming back. Should be a couple awesome title fights against Dos Santos. u agree?
Brett Okamoto (2:35 PM)
For sure, the top five guys are exciting and will have awesome fights. There's a gap after that though. I like some other heavyweights, exciting talented group, but none of them really have what it takes to knock off the elite guys so it makes the division slightly less interesting.
Alan ((Coconut Creek, FL))
Brett, instead of boring fans with having Henderson fight Machida why not give us Evans vs. Henderson? Bigger fight than their current options.
Brett Okamoto (2:36 PM)
Well, I like the fight but if Rashad wins then what do you do with him? You can't have him fight Jon Jones next year and then you've kind of killed yourself by knocking Henderson out of title contention. How come you don't like Henderson, Machida? I think it could be a fun fight. Henderson isn't in many dull ones.
Nathan (Vancouver)
Brett, why no love for Shogun? The guy is a warrior in the cage
Brett Okamoto (2:37 PM)
He's slow. I will say that Brandon Vera looked good in that fight. It wasn't that Shogun looked awful, it's that Brandon came to fight and we've always, always said that Brandon has a ton of potential. So, I'm not basing it on that. I just think his style is to walk a guy like Gustafsson down and Gus has the counter punches and cage awareness to win that type of fight.
jeremy (syracuse)
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Brett Okamoto (2:38 PM)
Agree to disagree. Build a time machine and I'll get Joe on board.
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Lotta people not liking the GSP / Silva fight but in reality he's not going to do any worse than Bonnar or Irving or Forrest. AS has had the benefit of very favorable matchups when he has moved up in weight and if GSP were given the same favorable matchups at 185 I think he would be just as dominant. Not to say GSP will win because there is still a big size difference but I think its a competitive fight.
Brett Okamoto (2:39 PM)
I agree with what you said about favorable matchups for Anderson at 205 but that doesn't have much basis on what would happen in a fight with GSP.
Heath (NY)
A nice long Thanksgiving chat today... thanks moto!
Brett Okamoto (2:39 PM)
Good questions today, feel like we're on a roll.
Josh (Muskegon, MI)
Brett I respect your work you do on mma for espn but you seriously need to sit down and score every round of that condit-diaz fight. I understand when casual fans say diaz won that fight but I don't even like to talk mma with people who think that. Condit had a game plan and had success with it, the fight clearly didn't go the way diaz had planned
Brett Okamoto (2:40 PM)
Fair enough. I'll go back and watch it.
GSP vs Anderson @ 185, no matter the results, GSP will be the interim champ @185, give 170 to McDonald and Anderson moves to 205 for JJ then retirement. your opinion, whats my chance?
Brett Okamoto (2:40 PM)
Hmmmm, no. You're going to make GSP the interim champ ... when no interim belt is on the line ... even if he loses? Come on son.
Brett Okamoto (2:42 PM)
Awesome chat today guys, let's close it down for the day. Enjoy the holiday tomorrow. Hit me on Twitter about everything MMA and sports gambling related (I like talking NFL picks with ya) @bokamotoESPN. We'll see ya next week.
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As part of the adoption of the 2016 budget, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago City Council established the City of Chicago Absenteeism Task Force ("Task Force") to study City employee absenteeism and make initial recommendations for reducing and managing absenteeism.
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Establishment of a Web-based repository for wireless multipath channel measurement data would make it possible for the researchers to pool their datasets to yield more reliable or broadly applicable results or to extract additional value from data that may have been collected for other purposes. It would also allow the validity of models derived from certain data sets to be more easily tested against other data sets than at present. Moreover, ongoing developments in Web technologies will greatly add to the capabilities of such repositories in the coming years. While the wireless community would greatly benefit from the establishment of such a repository for channel measurement data, account must be taken of the significant differences between wireless channel-response data and data collected in other scientific fields. A particu ar challenge is to ensure that essential details concerning the measurement equipment used to collect the data, the manner in which the equipment was calibrated and verified, the data collection procedure, and details of the environment in which the data were collected are adequately documented and linked to the channel response data. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the return from such a wireless channel-response data repository would justify the effort required to set up and maintain it.
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2012 British Arrows Awards
Commercial breaks are generally when viewers head to the kitchen, go to the bathroom, or press "mute" and chat with friends. This will not be the case at the popular British Arrows Awards screenings at the Walker Art Center. Here, audiences will be invited to take a look at some of the most creative, innovative, and bizarre commercials airing in the U.K. Past spots have included a building painted rainbow hues using colorful explosions, the creation of a car made only of cake and frosting, and a breast cancer awareness PSA featuring strippers. This year's crop should dazzle and amuse as well. Gather by D'Amico will be serving Brit-themed dishes during festivities, with a menu offering classic treats from the other side of the pond such as Scotch eggs, treacle tart, fish and chips, and bangers and mash. The opening-night screenings will be introduced by British Arrows board member Mark Benson. Tickets sell out fast. Check online for showtimes.
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Roads to Appalachia Through Scotland and Ireland
July 5 - July 21, 2005
The excitement of fifteen days of learning about the "Roads to Appalachia" by traveling those roads themselves was without equal in a true understanding of the historical context of the Appalachian culture base. The experience began in Scotland and explored historical, folkloric, and societal elements of both Lowland and Highland Scottish culture. Travels to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Loch Ness, and the Isle of Skye explored these issues through visits to castles and museums, such as the Angus Folk Museum, the Highland Folk Museum, Culloden Visitor Center, and the Museum of the Isles/Clan Donald Center (the largest of centers for studying Scottish family history). Included in these days was also traditional celebrations of Scottish life and foods with a Scottish Evening including the "Ceremony of the Haggis," and the historic "get together" of the "caelie." The route of the Scotch-Irish (Lowland Scots) as they move across to Northern Ireland was studied.
The move to Ireland began in Northern Ireland and Belfast/Omagh where a visit to the Ulster American Folk Park fully explored the role of the Scotch-Irish in both British Isle and early American and Appalachian history. Of course, famous geological and historical sites were included. The move to the Republic of Ireland was our only encounter with the newly instituted monetary notion of the Euro. Most importantly the group had the opportunity to explore the area, historics, and tragedies that were created with the potato famine of the mid 1840's. A visit to County Roscommon and the Strokestown House/1840's Famine Museum not only reviewed that dark time in Irish history but established the base of understanding for the large immigration from that area to the United States and especially to central West Virginia state that the individuals were born in County Roscommon, Cork, Galway, or even Strokestown itself. What a wonderful way of understanding the arrival of the Irish Catholics in our area. Many other stops in Ireland and ending in Dublin illustrated the Appalachian background whether it be song, dance, legend, folklore, or geology.
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The West Virginia Storytelling Guild, in conjunction with the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, is presenting the concert, "What Tales to Tell!" with national storyteller Lynette Ford at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University.
Storyteller and spoken word artist, Ellouise Schoettler will perform two programs in April as part of a Celebration of Women's History at Fairmont State University.
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University will host a special talk by a guest lecturer from Ireland at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3.
John Gillis, Senior Conservator at Trinity College Library, Dublin, will speak on "Treasure from the Bog," the story of the Faddan More Psalter, an 8th-century manuscript unearthed from a peat bog. A reception will follow the lecture. Admission is free and open to the public.


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"There was an attitude among editors: Look, we're going to war, why do we even worry about all this contrary stuff?'' "Editors at The Washington Post acknowledge they underplayed stories questioning President Bush's claims of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in the months leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq." The weblog Lunaville notes that The Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland found that "since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has been especially successful at getting the American media to confirm its political and diplomatic agenda. Media reporting on the President amplified the administration s voice: when Bush said to the country that Americans are vulnerable to WMD in the hands of terrorists, the media effectively magnified those fears." Lawrence Lessig says: "As media becomes more concentrated, competition to curry favor with politicians only increases... Concentrated media and expansive copyright are the perfect storm not just for stifling debate but, increasingly, for weakening democracy as well." Can we make the media democratic?
New World Freedom of Press Rankings
Reporters Sans Frontières has released its 2003 world press freedom rankings: "Cuba second from last, just ahead of North Korea. United States and Israel singled out for actions beyond their borders....The ranking distinguishes behaviour at home and abroad in the cases of the United States and Israel. They are ranked in 31st and 44th positions respectively as regards respect for freedom of expression on their own territory, but they fall to the 135th and 146th positions as regards behaviour beyond their borders." In related news, "In Baghdad, official control over the news is getting tighter. Journalists used to walk freely into the city's hospitals and the morgue to keep count of the day's dead and wounded. Now the hospitals have been declared off-limits and morgue officials turn away reporters who aren't accompanied by a Coalition escort. Iraqi police refer reporters' questions to American forces; the Americans refer them back to the Iraqis";"Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins"; and it looks like we may have been using the word "casualties" incorrectly all this time.
Why Aren't U.S. Journalists Reporting From Iraq?
Why Aren't U.S. Journalists Reporting From Iraq? "This notion that the Iraqi leader is in cahoots with Osama will be easy to feed the American people. To the American people, one bad Arab is the same as the next, and Osama equals Saddam. People who wonder about the Bush war-urgency only need to think about this: there's a blind spot that needs to be exploited now, before too many journalists get the idea to go inside Iraq and find out what's really happening. As long as the Condi Rices, Dick Cheneys and other hawks are talking to journalists with no experience inside Iraq, they won't get a raised eyebrow about this notion that the secular dictator is in bed with the jihadis -- even though [reports indicate]....the CIA has found no link between the Iraqi dictator and Al Qaeda."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The judge who ordered a new trial for novelist Michael Peterson has set bond for his release at $300,000.
Judge Orlando Hudson set the secured bond Wednesday after he
ruled that a key investigator misled jurors about bloodstain evidence at Peterson's 2003 trial.
Attorney David Rudolf says it would likely be Thursday before Peterson's release paperwork can be completed.
Peterson will have to wear electronic monitoring while awaiting his new trial. He will live at a friend's home in Durham.
Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson, who was found at the bottom of a staircase in
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A reported 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Sunday morning around 7:14 a.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Tsunami warnings for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea were issued but have since been canceled, but the quake is reported to have generated large waves. Authorities were trying to determine if there was any serious damage or injuries.
Government spokesman George Herming said people throughout the Pacific island chain awoke to the strong quake at 7:14 a.m. He said that people on Makira and nearby islands southeast of the capital, Honiara, reported seeing three large waves after the quake.
The earthquake's epicenter was 200 miles southeast of Honiara, the Solomons capital, and hit at 7:14 a.m. local time.
Originally estimated at magnitude-8.3, it was downgraded twice and finally reportd at 7.6 magnitude. At least three strong aftershocks were reported after the initial earthquake measuring at 4.9 and above.
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U.S. officials say there is no threat of a tsunami to the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii or Alaska after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands.
Director Paul Whitmore of the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska said powerful waves don't threaten the U.S. West Coast or Canada after the quake hit after noon Pacific time.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii says Hawaii isn't threatened after the earthquake's magnitude was downgraded from initial estimates.
The Solomon Islands, home to 600,000 people, was already reeling from devastating flash floods that struck Honiara and other areas April 3. The floods have killed 23 people and left 9,000 more homeless. Herming said up to 30 more people remain missing.
"It has really been a tough time," he said.
Andrew Catford, the Solomon Islands country director for World Vision, said that the aid group's staff in the Kirakira office in Makira province reported that there was no tsunami, but strong currents and heavy waves pounding the reefs. He said the group's staff evacuated to higher ground as a precaution.
"We felt this one strongly in Honiara. It was close to 30 seconds long," he said.
The Solomon Islands lies on the "Ring of Fire" - an arc of earthquake and volcanic activity that stretches around the Pacific Rim.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the temblor. This is a developing story.
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Hotel Booking WordPress theme is a sleek app theme powered by our advanced Tevolution plugin and the Booking System add-on. It is an ideal solution in case you're looking to create a hotel website that both looks and works the part.
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Beats Antique With Guest At Belly Up
- When Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 9 p.m.
- Where Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach, CA Map | Website
- Age limit 21+
- Categories Dance
- Cost $17 - $19
Above: Image of the group Beats Antique.
Beats Antique combines the sounds of the Middle East with the styles of hip-hop, brass band, downtempo, glitch and dubstep in a new collage of music that is mixed and broken down with clever breakbeats for an adept international flair.
Don't miss your chance to catch this groups rare mix at Belly Up Tavern on Feb. 23, 2010 at 9 p.m.
The doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online in advance for $17.
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Medco-ESRX Deal Irks Supervalu - Analyst Blog
The leading grocery chain and heavyweight pharmacy retailer Supervalu Inc. ( SVU ) is now an addition to the list of many pharmacy companies for whom the takeover of Medco Health Solutions ( MHS ) by Express Scripts Inc. ( ESRX ) did not go down well. Supervalu made its view public along with other retail giants urging the takeover would leave "only two significant competitors in a highly concentrated industry."
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (of which Supervalu is a member), the National Community Pharmacists Association, and few retail pharmacy companies have filed a lawsuit at US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania appealing that the merger should be stopped.
Express Scripts wants to takeover Medco Health Solutions for $29.0 billion. The two pharmacy chains are big players in the field of Pharmacy Benefit.
Given the large purchasing power, the Pharmacy Benefit Managers ( PBM ) negotiate and reduce employers, government agencies and other clients' spending on prescription drugs.
If the merger takes place, St. Louis-based Express Scripts and New Jersey-based Medco would create the largest U.S. PBM, controlling prescriptions of more than one in three Americans. Thus, the pharmacy groups are worried that the merger will hurt several retail pharmacy chains, specialty chains and huge employers who need pharmacy benefits.
We note, earlier this year that another retail bigwig Walgreen Company ( WAG ) had refrained from renewing its license with Express Scripts.
Therefore, customers who were registered with Express Script had to refill their prescriptions at new pharmacies or pay for them out of their own pocket.
Supervalu's Shop n Save with 50 stores in Illinois and Missouri, and 34 pharmacies planned to hire more workers and enhance its pharmacy services to welcome patients with Express Scripts prescription plans.
It has urged the Express Script customers to transfer prescriptions well ahead of time, as then the pharmacist at the Shop n Save stores can arrange for the medicines in advance.
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I have now backed up 5 games successfully usuing Alcohol 120%. The trial expired so I went with my Nero. After I FTP'ed my Need For Speed Underground 2 and made a iso with Qwix, I went to Recorder then Burn Image and wrote at 2x. I put it in my Xbox and as it started to load the EA Games(Where is says challenge everything) Started to lag and it said the disk maybe damaged or dirty. What should I try?
Need For Speed Underground 2(help)
Started by Mrguy123 , Dec 28 2004 10:29 PM
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Posted 28 December 2004 - 10:29 PM
Posted 28 December 2004 - 10:57 PM
I have the same problem
Posted 29 December 2004 - 12:53 AM
personally, i copied all the files from xbox to my pc, then burned them directly with nero (dvd + xbox compatibility)
never got any prob with any games, nfsu2 worked great too!!
never got any prob with any games, nfsu2 worked great too!!
Posted 29 December 2004 - 07:04 AM
bump for help or a plain "it wont work"
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