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Movie websites become desperate for page views. As a result, rumors take flight and somehow get upgraded briefly to "truth" before the filmmakers can sort out the misinformation. Lately, however, a spate of big releases have been playing a lengthy game of chicken with film websites, the suggestion being that false information was being leaked in order to throw publicity hounds off these movies' tracks.
Such is the case with "Prometheus," Ridley Scott's new film. The sci-fi offering, currently shooting in London, was "conceived" as a prequel to "Alien." Though hearing Scott discuss the matter, suddenly the rumor was that Fox was allowing Scott to make a $200 million movie without any ties to the "Alien" universe. Others suggested that this was the early days of the xenomorph beasts we saw in "Alien," built into a conventional science fiction story. But who claims to have the full story? Why, could it be the consistently-wrong, will-print-anything folks at MarketSaw?
The site claims to have an inside-inside bird feeding them email information about the plot. And judging by what they believe, the film will register as a genuine standalone story until the final act when "the movie switches gears and shifts into Aliens territory. Pinewood houses an exact replica of the H.R. Giger Space Jockey command post. You may notice in the original Alien that the Space Jockey had a puncture on its considerably large chest, where the xenomorph broke out through the flesh of the creature and broke through the biomechanical armor it wears.
"You may also notice how big the Space Jockey is in relation to its human counter parts in the film. So imagine how big the baby must be, which is yet to grow. Then imagine quite a few of these. If you can do that, you got a pretty good grasp on the final act. And do not be expecting the traditional look either, these are very different creatures that will keep the general architecture of the xenomorph, but will have a considerably different look, and do very perverse things." Hopefully that doesn't involve "voting Republican."
The spy also refers to the current "Prometheus" script as being similar to "2001: A Space Odyssey," as it will push"the boundaries of what a modern tent pole science fiction movie could be," though they wouldn't go into further details, only to hint that there may be more sex than people are expecting.
On a similar note, the movie site MovieNewz supposedly found out the plot details behind Zack Snyder's "Superman," which they claim will be another origin story with Metallo serving as the villain. The plot revolves around Lois Lane's father building the experimental cyborg with Kryptonite to defeat Superman. While Metallo is one of only about four semi-interesting Superman villains, we doubt the validity of a report that pretty much describes the plot of the early aughts' "Hulk."
So is all this just random BS or are there kernels of truth here and there? Guess we'll have to wait and see next year when "Prometheus" hits theaters on June 8th, while "Superman" aims for a December bow.
meee | April 9, 2011 10:59 AM
Its Luthor isn't it?
And Miss Tessmacher? Lindsay Lohan? If this is the case, I quit
evil rep | April 9, 2011 6:15 AM
yes, voting republican how vary...perverse
Abner | April 6, 2011 11:33 AM
Furthermore, please define "rumor patrol." Why would I think that a post titled as such contains explicit spoilers?
Abner | April 6, 2011 11:32 AM
That you deleted my comment means I was correct.
The Playlist | April 6, 2011 7:59 AM
maybe we should just respond with this each time (to everything across the board)
Well, 'aight, check this out, dawg. First of all, you throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect. Watch your mouth and help me with the sale.
typical | April 6, 2011 7:31 AM
Fair enough. But the likely offensive part of my comment was itself a quote from the comment thread of one of your own writers, directed specifically at me. It still burns me a little, as it was the first time I had stumbled across your site and had merely asked a question.
This thread - with someone questioning the spoiler policy in your articles - and then getting a slew of condescending replies from a variety of site writers, seemed an appropriate place to point it out.
But you're right. This is your house. I'll play by your rules or go home (which I'm doing now.)
The Playlist | April 6, 2011 7:19 AM
dear guy who just posted and comment i just deleted.
It's like this, if you shit on our doorstep, we might just clean it up. Try and be civil. We'll be civil back.
Edward Davis | April 6, 2011 2:58 AM
Sorry you can't read the headlines you actually clicked on, but you know, feel free to put it on us if it makes you feel better. :(
But it's right there front and center, guy.
Kevin Jagernauth | April 6, 2011 2:58 AM
If the headline didn't tip you off there might be spoilers within then you need to retire from the internet. #abnerfail
Abner | April 6, 2011 2:56 AM
Most reputable sites will put a spoiler alert next to the actual spoiler so a reader can get the bulk of the content in the piece and skip the actual spoilers if they so desire. It helps the reader experience but you guys and gals are more concerned with driving site traffic and ad clicks. Lazy.
Edward Davis | April 6, 2011 2:52 AM
Sloppy brain work from Abner... again. Sigh...
Abner | April 6, 2011 2:50 AM
Not in the least.
Kevin Jagernauth | April 6, 2011 2:48 AM
Was the headline not obvious enough for you Abner?
Abner | April 6, 2011 2:47 AM
You seem to have command of bolding text so why not bold some text that reads "Spoiler Alerts?" Oh wait, maybe the editors will do that AFTER the piece is published. Sloppy work yet again from Playlist.
BradZuhl | April 6, 2011 2:22 AM
The Prometheus stuff sounds legit, the Superman stuff sounds like BS.
wow | April 6, 2011 2:10 AM
Are you serious? You call out sites for posting fake rumors and then... REPOST THE FAKE RUMORS yourself?
Look, you can't have it both ways. If you are "above" posting fake rumors for page views, as you insinuate, then don't post fake rumors for page views. Which is what this post is - and worse, your calling out other websites for posting something "false" for pageviews, and then doing the exact same thing (with their content!) has got to be the most hypocritical thing ever.
I mean, go ahead and post all the rumors you want, get all the pageviews you can, no problem with that at all, but don't act like your above another website and then do the exact the same thing as that website, that's insane.
and lastly.....Hugo Strange!
BuntyHoven | April 6, 2011 2:04 AM
Hasn't General Zod already been confirmed as the villain?

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Tuesday, Sept. 23 - 7 p.m.: "On the Hunger of Jewish Writers"
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Several years earlier a German historian named Eberhard Jðckel used some of the poems from the diary that was at the time in Steifels possession in a book he published on Hitlers writings. Once published, the poems immediately came under fire when it was revealed that they were actually written by another Nazi poet and not Hitler. During a check into the diaries, Stern discovered that the same person who had penned the poems used by Jðckel also penned the diaries.
When a research expert at Stern named Thomas Walde noticed the potentially disastrous implications, he urged Heidemann to investigate the diaries more rigorously. Rendell stated that, instead of calling Jðckel, Heidemann called Kujau who assured him that they could not have come from him, and the matter was eventually dropped. Had Heidemann conducted a more thorough investigation it would have been discovered that the diaries were indeed written by the same person and were fraudulent.


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New research led by Colorado State University has revealed that an estimated 100,000 elephants in Africa were killed for their ivory between 2010 and 2012. The study shows these losses are driving population declines of the world's wild African elephants on the order of 2 percent to 3 percent a year.
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Jake Owen may be missing a part of his finger after a go-carting accident earlier this summer, but that does that mean it's going to slow him down?
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Take three friends with roots intertwined in family, food, and fun. Add a dollop of career disenchantment, a get-the-party-started perspective kindled by throwing weekly pizza parties in a friend's café, and a do-it-yourself sensibility (think building your own furniture, making your own ginger beer, and curing your own meats) partially dictated by dropping major cash on a custom-built wood-fired oven imported from Italy. The end result? For restaurant new-schoolers Bill Draznik and brothers Nick and Jared Wayne, it's as much a lively community hub as it is the home of good artisan pizza and small plates, like the pitch-perfect arancini (fried balls of risotto, served with salsa verde). To the table (a tavola!) one and all.
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Welcome to the blacklist, Saints, Payton, and Williams. You and the Patriots (and your dubious accomplishments) are now dead to me. Gives "Who Dat?" a whole new meaning. Yeah, yeah I already know nobody cares.
Unsportsmanlike conduct on a massive systemic scale is more than just a 15-yard penalty. It may not seem like it, but the NFL doesn't exist to be a modern-day gladiator bloodsport where anything goes. This offense occurred on the field of competition, thus the competition results themselves should be up for forfeiture.
Circumvention of salary caps is a by-product that should be dealt with off-the-field sanctions like draft pick forfeiture and what not.
Here's to bad juju to the Saints as they deal with the legal and tax issues, too.
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I really love the "Harry Potter" books and movies. Do the characters in the series practice Wicca?
JK Rowling is a phenomenal storyteller, and she's come up with some pretty creative spell workings for the students of Hogwarts. However, magic consists of more than just pointing a wand and rattling off some Latin phrases. Harry Potter is a work of fiction -- and the magic used in the books is fictional too. However, Rowling definitely did a lot of homework before writing the seven-book series about the boy wizard. Much of what she included in her world-building is based on actual myths, legends, and early occult writings.
Many of the subjects studied by the students at Hogwarts is material that's useful to any student of magic -- planetary correspondences, the history of magic, potions, spells, divination, charms, alchemy and herbalism. The books also include reference to real people, like Nicholas Flamel in Sorcerer's Stone, and famous mythological creatures, such as hippogriffs and basilisks.
In Harry Potter's world, magic exists as a natural science. For many modern Pagans and Wiccans, magic IS a very natural thing -- it's rooted in the natural world. Furthermore, most Wiccans and Pagans agree that some degree of training and study is required to be an effective spellcrafter -- just like in Rowling's books.
For Wiccans and Pagans, magic is generally defined as bringing about change in the universe by the manipulation of energy. Magic has limits, in that it won't go against the laws of physics or science.
Harry Potter is make-believe. Harry and his friends aren't Wiccans or neoPagans or anything else, they're simply students in a magnficent fictional school. Could you take one of Rowling's spells and turn it into a "real spell"? Sure -- but it would involve a lot of work. In fact, it would take as much work as creating a spell from scratch.
If nothing else, the series is a fun read, and has done something that most books haven't -- it's reminded kids that you CAN believe in magic. Entire generations have been taught that it's all make-believe nonsense, and by presenting it in an almost academic way, JK Rowling has managed to open up imaginations again.


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How will the Eagles look next year? From players resigned players, released player, free agent, traded, and drafted.
The Philadelphia Eagles will be going through a transition period. The Chip Kelly Era has begun. His five year contract will keep him around for at least three year in my opinion. I know the dream is to have him take us to the Super Bowl year one. As an Eagle fan I have realized that we are in the year of rebuilding. From discover who our quarterback is to looking at an offensive line. Plus who is our defensive coordinator? 3-4, 4-3, or multiple defensive schemes. We can even add in the Tampa 2. But reality is 3-4 or 4-3, maybe a mixture of both. There a lot of questions in play. What are the facts? What are the player's futures? I believe we will go to a 3/4 and look at drafting defense heavily.
Restricted Free Agent - S: Colt Anderson - receive 7th round draft pick not resigned
Unrestricted Free Agents -
LS: Dorenbos - He will be resigned
T: Dunlap - not resigned
OLB: Jordan - not resigned
DT: Landri - not resigned
CB: DRC - franchised for 3rd round
G: Scott - resigned
DE: Tapp - not resigned
Contract Restructured: Nnamdi Asomugha to 2 million a year with incentives
Released: QB: Michael Vick, T: Demetress Bell
Trades: Jeremy Maclin and Nate Allen to Rams for 3rd round pick (Final years of contract)
DT Mike Patterson traded for a 6th round pick
Trade our 1st round draft pick and 7th round draft pick for their Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1st round (13) and 2nd round draft pick.
Package our 5th and 6th round draft pick for Chicago Bears 4th round draft pick
Free Agents Signed:
FS: Patrick Chung
G: Brandon Moore
OT: Andre Smith
QB: Dennis DixonTE: Delanie Walker
Draft Picks
The players drafted are due to the changes I believe may happen at the Combine. Each one of these players could gain or loose a round throughout the draft.
1 - NT: Johnathan Jenkins, Georgia
2 - CB: Jordan Poyer, Oregon State
2 - DE: Margus Hunt, Southern Methodist (Put weight on be a DE or try at OLB)
3 - WR: Da'Rick Roger, Tennessee Tech
3 - SS: Jonathan Cyprien, Florida International
4 - FS: T.J McDonald, Southern California (I'd personally rather have Bacarrai Rambo, Georgia)
4 - QB: EJ Manuel, Florida State
6 - WR: Denard Robinson, Michigan or Aaron Mellette, Elon
7 - C: Graham Pocic, Illinois
7 - CB: Johnny Adams, Michigan State
Pick up Punter to compete - P: Jackson Rice, Oregon (knows Kelly's system)
Philadelphia Eagles 53 Man Roster
WR: DeSean Jackson, Denard Robinson, Damaris Johnson
TE: Brent Celek, Delanie Walker
LT: Jason Peters, Danny Watkins
LG: Evan Mathis, Brandon Moore
C: Jason Kelce, Graham Pocic
RG: Todd Heremans, Jake Scott
RT: Andre Smith, Dennis Kelly
WR: Da'Rick Roger, Jason Avant
FB: Stanley Havili, Emil Igwenagu
RB: LeSean McCoy, Bryce Brown, Dion Lewis
QB: Nick Foles, EJ Manuel, Dennis Dixon
LS: Jon Dorenbos
P: Jackson Rice
K: Alex Henery
LDE: Cullen Jenkins, Margus Hunt, Ronnie Cameron
NT: Johnathan Jenkins, Dennis Dixon
RDE: Fletcher Cox, Cedric Thornton
OLB: Brandon Graham, Everette Brown
MLB: Ryans DeMeco, Casey Matthews
MLB: Mychal Kendricks, Jamar Chaney
OLB: Trent Cole, Vinny Curry
CB: Nnamdi Asomugha, Curtis Marsh
CB: Jordan Poyer, Brandon Boykin, Johnny Adams
SS: Jonathan Cyprien, Kurt Coleman
FS: Patrick Chung, T.J McDonald, David Sims
Thoughts and possibilities:
Quarterback - Kelly is a fan of Nick Foles, but to bring in Dennis Dixon someone who knows his system. Plus EJ Manuel who wants to play for the Kelly. There is always the possiblity of bringing in Alex Smith, but money is the issue or draft picks.
Fullbacks and Tight Ends - Emil Igwenagu can play either position, and Delanie Walker can block
Offensive Line - The reason for not a high draft pick was due to the free agents that are available and the defensive change to a 3-4.
Linebackers - The reason no one was drafted for linebackers was due to that alot of these players played in a 3-4 in college and the misuse of Andy Reid using them to their strengths and he is horrible at drafting linebackers.
Corner Backs and Safeties - Massive change in both spots, but bring in or keep expierence to mentor the players.


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Motorists in Arizona now have a newly redesigned driver's license and a new way to obtain one.
Beginning Monday, June 16, customers visiting a Motor Vehicle Division office to get a new driver's license or ID card leave with a temporary credential. Customers will receive a permanent license or ID card in the mail within 15 days.
The Arizona Department of Transportation has also launched a new, high-security credential format.
Both changes are designed to protect against identity theft.
A current driver's license or identification card will still be valid until its expiration date – or at least until the 12-year mark when the photo needs to be refreshed.
The price of a duplicate credential remains unchanged at $12 for many customers.
"With the new central issuance process it is critical that customers keep their address updated with MVD," said Stacey Stanton, director of ADOT's Motor Vehicle Division.
The process was already been in place in 14 of ADOT's offices in communities in Greater Arizona and in the authorized third party offices that process driver licenses, but on Monday the change was expanded to all offices statewide.
The temporary driver license or identification card contains a photo and the basic information that appears on the actual credential.
Security features of this new credential include:
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Step Across This Line
I've written before that when you're busy living the changes in your life, it's hard to see them for what they are, until one day you wake up and realize that what you thought were small changes were not small at all, and that without noticing you've become a new person. That writing was about the small changes. Today, I want to write a little bit about the big changes we make in life, because you – my most loyal and (I assume) extremely good-looking reader – are about to embark on a big change in your life. You're about to go to college.
In early 2002 – so early, in fact, that the shadow of the World Trade Center still stretched heavily from lower Manhattan to New Haven – the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie was asked to deliver one of a series of lectures on 'human values' at Yale University. In his lecture, titled 'Step Across This Line', he retold the following story by the Sufi poet Fariduddin Attar. Reader, bear with me here, because it's good writing and you'll be better off after you read it:
Once upon a time the birds held a conference. The great bird-god, Simurgh, had sent a messenger, a hoopoe, to summon them to his legendary home far away atop the circular mountain of Qâf, which girdled the earth. The birds weren't particularly keen on the idea of this dangerous-sounding quest. They tried to make excuses—a previous engagement, urgent business elsewhere. Just thirty birds embarked on the pilgrimage. Leaving home, crossing the frontier of their land, stepping across that line, was in this story a religious act, their adventure a divine requirement rather than a response to an ornithological need. Love drove these birds as it drove the mermaid, but it was the love of God. On the road there were obstacles to overcome, dreadful mountains, fearsome chasms, allegories and challenges. In all quests the voyager is confronted by terrifying guardians of territory, an ogre here, a dragon there. So far and no further, the guardian commands. But the voyager must refuse the other's definition of the boundary, must transgress against the limits of what fear prescribes. He steps across that line. The defeat of the ogre is an opening in the self, an increase in what it is possible for the voyager to be.
So it was with the thirty birds. At the end of the story, after all their vicissitudes and overcomings, they reached the summit of the mountain of Qâf, and discovered that they were alone. The Simurgh wasn't there. After all they had endured, this was a displeasing discovery. They made their feelings known to the hoopoe who started the whole thing off; whereupon the hoopoe explained to them the punning etymology that revealed their journey's secret meaning. The name of the god broke down into two parts: "si," meaning "thirty," and "murgh," which is to say "birds." By crossing those frontiers, conquering those terrors and reaching their goal, they themselves were now what they were looking for. They had become the god they sought.
"They had become the god they sought." I had drinks the other night with my friend Rachel (she's the one I ran the 5k with a few weeks ago, remember?), and she said something that stuck with me: "I am the person now that I wanted to be five years ago." That's a hell of a statement. And the first step down that path, if you ask me, is to step across that line. Do the thing you're scared of. Do it even though it scares you. Do it because it scares you. At the end of the day, you'll be a better, stronger, more complete person. You might even have a story or two to tell at the end.
I don't know your life. I don't know the things you've done, what you've been through, or what you're likely to go through in the next few months. But I do know that the only way to keep moving forward is to keep taking chances, and push yourself beyond where you thought you could be. As you think about college over the next few months, try to find a place that'll push you outside of where you are now and into a new self. Maybe that's Clark for you. Maybe it's not. It's been Clark for me.
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The Lebanon Reporter
Wendell C. Stewart, 84, of Evansville, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was born Jan. 24, 1929, in Lebanon, of Ernest and Margaret Stewart, who preceded him in death.
Wendell graduated from Indiana University in 1952. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran, honorably discharged in 1955. Wendell worked for 26 years for the IRS, assigned to the Evansville office, retiring in 1988. He was a member of American Legion and was an avid sports fan.
He is survived by his sister, Majetta Muhler of Fort Wayne; nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews; and special friend, Margaret Lant and family.
Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, 800 S. Hebron Ave., Evansville, IN 47714. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be made at www.ziemerfuneralhome.com.


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Josh "Negative Nancy" Gross' latest article is out there making some waves. Kid Nate calls it "compelling." The commenters are basically calling it poop. I call it full of holes, but let me give you my reasons in my break-down of Josh's work.
I understand the difference between journalism and commentary, but Josh ignored something vitally important regarding business: the proof is in the pudding.
Anyone can throw out coulds and shoulds and what-ifs but no rational person can dispute that in its current state, the UFC is incredibly successful, and by all indications, highly profitable. Josh's lack of appreciation for this point makes his article lame.
Frankly, any editor with knowledge of MMA would have sent this back to him requesting MANY revisions, as many of Josh's assumptions and predictions don't jive with reality.
Josh is in the highlighted text, I'm in plain text. Game on!
UFC president Dana White may have prophesied that his company will drive MMA to become the biggest sport in the world by 2020, but there aren't any guarantees its rise will continue at all, let alone at the rate it has since 2005.
Dana White is a PROMOTER and thus prone to hyperbole. There's no reason to pretend that you don't get that.
Nothing grows in a straight line. Every business, no matter how fast-growing it is, has its ups and downs, including revolutionary world leaders like Google. It's completely normal for things to slow after a period of hyper growth, such as the post TUF-1 boom. And think about all the crazy stuff that happened in MMA in 2009. Dying promotions, crazy injuries, Rampage in the movies, etc. The post-injury rebound alone could help the UFC, and thus the sport, generate significant growth in the second half of 2009.
Concerns of oversaturation on American television will be met head on in 2010.
There is some oversaturation of UFC PPV events. I think we can all agree on that. But the numbers still look pretty damn good, don't they? More often than not, the numbers are defying skeptics, including yours truly. But free MMA on TV doesn't hurt anything. In fact, it increases the growth potential of the sport because more people can be reached.
The impact of collective bargaining for fighters could begin to play out in a real way.
Actually, it can't without the cooperation of the sport's biggest stars, who need it the least. Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz were outspoken about fighter pay and treatment - until they signed their big fat new contracts with Zuffa, LLC. Randy's sh*t-eating grin at the UFC 102 press conference said it all. Nothing changes until a bunch of the big boys refuse to fight, and that aint happening.
A dire need for competent regulation and judging is underscored each time fighters step in the cage.
I will agree on this point - the sport needs to do a better job of recruiting and training judges and refs. It would also be nice to find a doctor that can detect major injuries BEFORE a guy gets into the cage.
And on the home front, a promotional war between the UFC and Strikeforce is likely to intensify.
It's not much of a war. Strikeforce still doesn't have enough fighters to fill out all of their cards, and their belts are relatively meaningless. I hear that Mousasi uses his belt to prop up his coffee table.
Between Spike TV, HDNet, Showtime, Versus, CBS, Fox Sports and pay-per-view, MMA fans will have the ability to watch more than 100 live fight cards in 2010.
Seriously, as long as there are plenty of free fights, where's the problem? If promotions lose money showing fights, they'll simply cut back.
I've often wondered about the point of it all if the game isn't rooted in seeing the very best fight the very best. How much longer will mixed martial arts remain palatable to Americans if the premise is skewed more toward watching a good fight, rather than determining who's No. 1?
The fact that the sport is rooted in "watcing a good fight" is actually beneficial to the sport's long-term health. It's good for people to attach themselves to the sport just as much as the athletes. It keeps them watching. There were probably just as many Mike Tyson fans as boxing fans in the 1980's. But who's still watching boxing today? (no jokes, it's too easy!)
The way the sport is structured, with UFC running as its own independent "league" -- though that's hardly the word for it -- too many important fights are in jeopardy of not getting made. Plenty do, of course. But we've already seen several major matchups get tossed aside, such as Fedor Emelianenko vs. Randy Couture, and, down the road, perhaps B.J. Penn against Shinya Aoki. There's little reason to believe that won't be a trend.
Yes, it would be nice to see Fedor and BJ destroy Randy and Aoki, but exclusivity also has its benefits. UFC-signed guys don't waste time fighting freakshows in Japan when they could be battling legit contenders. UFC fighters also don't ignore their belts (cough, Overeem, cough) Of course there are matchups I'd like to see that can't happen, but I can live with it.
In the beginning, White and Lorenzo Fertitta spoke of ensuring that the best fights were made, and spoke highly of the idea of co-promotion. Not anymore. Now they consider the idea counter to everything they hope to accomplish.
And what did co-promotion ever give the UFC? The UFC put then-rising star Chuck Liddell in the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix and got NOTHING in return. Again, Josh is making himself looking extremely biased by not listing the many benefits of a closed promotion.
Where has it led us? An increasing pattern of championship fights with contenders perceived to be weak. That may be a result of dominant champions planting themselves at the top, but it could also be the start of a disappointing trend.
Yes, some guys, like BJ, Anderson, and GSP look unbeatable now. But so did Lyoto Machida until his run-in with Shogun. New contenders will slowly emerge, and all three of the UFC's dominant champions could move up in weight class, where they could face greater challenges.
And is it the UFC's fault that these guys are so damn good? What do you want? Maybe Dana White should tell GSP to only go for three takedowns per fight to give the other guy a shot at winning?
Have you heard the complaints about Frankie Edgar challenging Penn ahead of Gray Maynard, who defeated Edgar? (Many fans say it doesn't matters much, as neither guy has a chance against Penn.)
And those many fans are right. Aoki is an interesting opponent but BJ is likely to crush him. And if the UFC ever did co-promote, it wouldn't be for a guy like Aoki!
With major organizations such as Strikeforce and Dream proponents of making fights across promotional lines, 2010 will be a true test as to which business model is better for the sport.
No it won't. The UFC has already proven that it has the best business model in the history of the sport. And as others are pointing out, where did co-promotion get boxing? Cough, epic Floyd/Pac-Man fail, cough...
I'm firmly in the camp that co-promotion makes sense. MMA is an individual sport. Is it realistic to think any one entity will control every top fighter?
And yet co-promotion failed in boxing, and hasn't worked in MMA either. The answer is obviously no because Fedor doesn't care about the UFC, and there are enough good guys that don't feel compelled to sign. But the UFC doesn't need every top fighter - it just needs to consistently put on good fights.
Is it fair to tell a mixed martial artist he or she must be attached to a specific promoter in order to be considered the best?
No, but the reality is that the UFC has more top fighters under exclusive contract than any other promotion, and the #1 fighter in each of 4 weight classes. You want to be considered the best, you fight the best. That means the UFC.
Certainly there are flaws to co-promotion. Reputations, big money and egos often get in the way. But it allows for the possibility of important fights fans want to see. If the demand is high enough, things will get done unless the people doing business are suicidal.
Agreed, there are flaws to co-promotion, just like there are many many benefits to having control under one roof. The more @ssholes in a room, the more messed up things become. You know what's great about having two guys controlling the UFC, and by default, much of MMA? $hit gets done.
Unfortunately, as Mike Brown knows, the standard is different in MMA. Winning isn't enough, or at least it isn't always important enough in determining who gets what. Urijah Faber will fight Jose Aldo in April or May because the WEC feels he's more marketable. Apparently, it doesn't matter that Faber is 0-2 against Brown. Perhaps that's residue from MMA's early roots in the U.S. as a pay-per-view spectacle, or the conflation between sport and pro-wrestling in Japan (and the U.S., too, in recent years). Regardless, determining the best must supplant entertainment if MMA is going to be as relevant as it should.
I agree that Faber does NOT deserve the title shot, but let's face facts: MMA is just as much entertainment as it is sport. Hardcore MMA fans will watch pretty much whatever's thrown at the wall. Casual fans, however, have a much greater chance of being reached by a 'marketable' guy like Faber.
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Our left tackle went on Sirius XM earlier today to talk with host Adam Schein about the Carolina Panthers this year, and what has happened in the NFC South this off-season. Gross said it best, so I'll leave it up to him:
"I like where we are at in the division. I like these teams. But I wouldn't be surprised if we won the division."
"Score more points on offense, stay healthy on defense, and special teams needs to improve."
"To be honest with you, I've kind of loved everything that's happened in New Orleans (this offseason)"
I don't think it's possible to agree with #69 any more, on all three points. He has a really good grounding of what the team needs to do to take the next step, and I pretty much love the fact he was brutally honest about the Saints; and why shouldn't he? These are guys he's seen twice a year for the better part of a decade, they're rivals and he found out they were trying to injure the player who he's charged with protecting. Why not enjoy a little side-helping of schadenfreude?
More after the jump
The New Orleans comment is self contained- nothing special to talk about. However, the first statement is one we've seen echoed among many members of the team. There's a confidence we've seen from this group that wasn't even present in the 2004 squad. It's almost like they know something special is about to happen, no doubt, no worry. As long as confidence is kept in check (something Ron Rivera is striving for), this team is in for something special.
Also hilarious is how simply Gross can sum up this team's needs and woes. We'll spend another three months analyzing and over-analyzing every single move the team makes, yet Jordan gets it through with three simple tenets, although they're easier said than done.


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First, some information about me that will interest you not at all.
I am married. I have children. I own a home where they all live, and a job that pays for that home.
That said, I have just purchased NCAA Football 11 (for the PS3,) and if I am to be completely honest, I would leave my family, burn down my home and stand in the unemployment line if it would result in AN ABILITY TO BEAT BAMA ON "EXPERT" LEVEL GODDAMN YOU VIRTUAL MARK INGRAM DAMN YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!
Are my priorities out of order? That was rhetorical, but yes, yes they are. You should know that while I'm not what one would call a "hard-core" gamer, this semi-annual $60 purchase sees me (with a strong assist from Spencer and the EDSBS crew's efforts) through the long, dark tea-time of the off-season. I suspect that, given our mutual interest in all things college football, that many of you share with me the same withdrawal coping methods.
And so I now propose what the title of this post implies; that we create an online EDSBS-friendly NCAA 11 league or leagues for the coming season. This is such an obvious idea that I'm certain that I'm not the first to mention it, and if such a thing already exists I would happily accept an invite to join (I would also accept cheat codes that would allow me to tackle Ingram, or even better, digitally decapitate him early in the first quarter.) If no such league exists, well, why the hell not?
Submit your suggestions below regarding the formation and structure of such a league. I'm not much of an online gamer (the internet scares and confuses me,) so someone with more experience in these matters (i.e. any 13 year-old Phillipinos out there commenting from an internet cafe) would need to step up and organize this.
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A valley mother is due in court to change her plea in a child abuse case.
32-year-old Jutrina Tillman was arrested on Christmas night last year.
According to court paperwork, she tried to strangle her 5-year-old son because she was mad he was playing video games.
Police say she also threatened her 13-year-old daughter with an 8-inch knife when the teen pushed her off the boy.
Tillman originally pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault and child abuse charges.
When Tillman made a court appearance in December, she told the judge
that her daughter got caught having sex, and out of spite called the
police on her mother. Court paperwork revealed an open child abuse case
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When the weather gives you a chill, I say make chili! It is the perfect one-pot meal for fall and winter. And the best thing about it is that it gets better with time, so it is the perfect make-ahead meal.
Originally, chili con carne was a simple soup-like stew made of chilies and beef, and in Texas "a bowl of red" still has no beans about it! But the thing that I love about today's "chili" is that the new definition allows for almost any combination of ingredients that make up a soup-like stew.
I make all kinds of chili — the popular ground beef and bean chili, a mean bowl of red, a white chicken chili with green chilies and hominy, and everything in between. But the chili that started my love affair with the one-pot wonder is my fire-roasted tomato and veggie chili.
When I was a just starting out, this was the dish that I made for housewarming gifts, or for friends who were under the weather, as well as for big gatherings when cash was short but friendship was large. I would make a huge pot of this chili and a skillet full of cornbread and that would be the party!
This vegetarian chili is so dense and "meaty" that you don't miss the con carne part and it is something that you can serve just about everyone regardless of food preferences. It is meatless and vegan, gluten-free and — most important — a delicious and hearty stick-to-your-ribs version of an American classic.
The key to a great chili is layering the flavors. I do this several ways. I roast the garlic before adding it to the chili, giving the dish a deep garlic flavor that is savory sweet instead of raw and sharp. I also caramelize the mushrooms and vegetables before adding the liquid, again deepening the flavor. Finally, I add a bottle of beer as the chili simmers. This gives the finished dish body and additional layers of flavor.
This also is a technique you can apply to any of your favorite chili recipes. Making sure that each category of ingredients (vegetables, aromatics, liquids, etc.) is fully seasoned before adding the other ingredients to the pot is the key to the rich, almost bottomless flavor. Just be prudent with the salt, as it will assert itself in every layer and you want to make sure that the chili is well seasoned but not over-salted.
Be sure to serve this amazing chili with a skillet of hot cornbread and a fresh green salad. To speed up this recipe, roast the garlic ahead of time. Once cooled, it can be refrigerated for a day or two.
Fire-Roasted Tomato and Veggie Chili
Serves six.
1 large head garlic
Olive oil
1 pound sliced button mushrooms
1 medium red onion, sliced
1 red or yellow bell pepper, cored and chopped
Kosher salt
1 pint grape tomatoes
Two 10-ounce cans Rotel tomatoes (tomatoes with mild roasted green chilies)
14 1/2-ounce can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1 1/2 cups cooked black beluga lentils (or one 15-ounce can lentils, rinsed)
15-ounce can chili beans
12-ounce bottle beer
6 tablespoons tomato paste
2 to 3 teaspoons chipotle chili powder
2 to 3 teaspoons ancho chili powder
5 to 10 shakes hot sauce, or to taste (optional)
Ground black pepper
Chopped scallions, grated cheddar cheese, sour cream and oyster crackers, to serve
Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York. She is the author of three cookbooks, including "Soaked, Slathered and Seasoned."


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THE MORNING AFTER: Game balls for Vols in loss to Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Almost from the start, Tennessee didn't get what it expected in its first significant test of the season.
That much was obvious after an easy touchdown allowed and then a handful of offensive snaps, with the fourth ending with Justin Hunter crumpled up on the ground holding his knee.
But even after losing their star receiver and digging a deep hole against No. 16 Florida on Saturday at the Swamp, there were still some positives for the Vols in a 33-23 loss.
As usual, none of the disappointed Vols who met with the media after the game wanted to talk about moral victories, and they probably couldn't claim one anyway. But the way coach Derek Dooley's team fought back after falling so far behind could bode well for building a resilient team in the future, and these three guys helped lead the effort.
Seven tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery
Facing a more traditional pro-style attack and allowing the Vols to play less Nickel directly impacted playing time for the true freshman, and he didn't disappoint. He was all over the field, and all of his tackles were solo efforts -- and his strip of Gators running back Jeff Demps breathed some life into UT when the outcome looked to be a foregone conclusion.
Five tackles, two tackles for a loss, one pass defended
The sophomore still hasn't put many sacks on the resume through three games, but he's piling up tackles for a loss. Smith at times looks unblockable in his various roles on the defensive line, knifing through blockers with his speed or overpowering them depending on the situation. He also showed some good awareness by getting his hand up to bat down a third-down pass that forced a field goal.
26-for-48 for 288 yards, three touchdowns with two interceptions and three sacks
The numbers obviously aren't as eye-popping as what he posted through two games, and the sophomore made one big error that swung the momentum for the Gators when he forced a pass into coverage to start the second half. But his best work on Saturday didn't show up on the stats sheet -- taking big hits and responding, trying to get UT over the loss of Hunter and incorporating DeAnthony Arnett and showing off some hands to salvage a number of off-target snaps from James Stone.
DeAnthony Arnett had a great coming out party, so to speak, in that game. I think he is going to develop into a real go-to guy.


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Now that the year 2012 is coming to an end, I feel like it's probably the best time to make fun of American politics without offending anyone. Slate created 5 videos that poked fun at the various political battles throughout the presidential election season. Some of the jokes may not stick if you're unfamiliar with the presidential election and the primary campaign but it's definitely worth checking out for a few laughs.
Mitt Romney vs Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul
Barack Obama vs Donald Trump
Joe Biden vs Paul Ryan
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
SOURCE: Slate