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Looking for Casual Dating, Long-term Relationship
**If you know the origin of my voice greeting, we should do coffee.
I am sweet. I am endearingly stubborn. I am a lover of all things musical and the arts. I love all kinds of humor: raunchy, silly, slapstick, and I love to make people laugh. I love to cook and take over my friends kitchens. I can't imagine my life without having friends, wine and hours of conversation. I am a huge geek. I'm disappointed Tina Fey isn't returning my phone calls. I believe family goes beyond blood relatives. I could spend hours sitting in my favorite coffee shop writing or people watching. I am looking for someone to share this wonderful life with. I love all kinds of humor: raunchy, silly, slapstick, and I love to make people laugh. I spend a lot of time dabbling in the arts, cooking and depleting the worlds wine stock. I'm back in school, exercising the hamster on the ol' brain wheel and finishing my degree. I maintain a blog and I'm working on my first book. Other than chasing rainbows I'm spending time with friends and living life to the fullest.
If you could have a dinner party and invite any 4 people, dead or alive, who'd be coming? Jim Henson, Tina Fey, Anais Nin, Hillary Clinton
Where do you like to hang out? Oddfellows, Vivace, the Ballard Market, Golden Gardens, Wallingford
What kind of person are you attracted to? A girl who enjoys being a girl with a fabulous sense of humor and loves wine as much as I do.
Who's someone you'd like to be trapped in a confined space with? Tina Fey. And we're not leaving until we've at least made out.
If I could change one thing about Seattle, it would be: to defrost the FREEZE.
One book everyone should read is: When You're Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
One movie everyone should see is: Hamlet 2
What bands do you always find yourself talking shit about? Anything with whiney Emo lyrics like "My heart is bleeding on the floor in the blackness of my despair". Shut up. Seriously. Shut. Up.
If I could only eat one type of food for the rest of my life, it would be: Cheese and crackers
I consider myself an open-minded person, but my deal breakers are Passive Agression and Meanness
Something I learned from the last person I dated is Mean people suck
If I could take back one thing I said this week it would be saying Merry Christmas to my Jewish friend
Design your ideal mate: the brain of Tina Fey and the body of Christina Hendricks
I want to make a t-shirt that says I'm a narcissist but I have the decency to feel bad about it
My picture(s) reveal that I am good at exploiting my good side.
Something I said I'd never do but did anyway was make a diorama; and I did and it was awesome.
My idea of a great date is good drinks and even better conversation with plenty of laughter and story swapping.
My guiltiest pleasure is Dr. Who
The first section I turn to in the Stranger is Savage Love. Can't help it.
When stuck in gridlock I sing at the top of my lungs or listen to podcasts.
One night stands can be very fun.
The last show I saw was U2 in Vancouver
The quickest way to my heart is laughter and honesty The quickest way to my bed is being a good flirt and an even better kisser. And in the morning, I like my eggs cooked scrambled.
Great sex calls for lots of honesty and flexibility.
A fault my friends tease me about is my bad hearing and how I take over the kitchen.
I know they say "Everybody Loves Raymond ", but I never have.
It's Sunday morning at 10 a.m. If I'm not still sleeping, I'm at church, having brunch with friends or writing in a coffee shop
Talk about irony: I am sweet and patient in my personal life yet serious and impatient in my professional life.
Something people keep buying me for gifts and I never use is make up bags. What the hell?
When I die, I believe I will go to heaven or somewhere like it. We'll see.
The last time I made an ass out of myself, I baked an apple pie that was too juicy in the middle, carried it into a party and announced "My pie is leaking!" Got a good reaction.
One sport I will never get is football. So many rules! I'm a hockey fan.
For delicious results, add one part humor and mix it with one part fearlessness
Michael Jackson was at a time a great artist. Then he weirded the eff out.
When I was a kid, I actually owned a Cricket Doll. It was my dream Christmas present.
PBR or Red Hook
White meat or Dark Meat
Electric or Acoustic
Early Bird or Night Owl
Princess Leia or Princess Amidala
Black or Cream and Sugar
Cowboy or Indian
Surf or Snow
Snorer or Sleeptalker
New York or L.A.
Library Card or Amazon
Ballard or West Seattle
Beatles or Stones
True Blood or Twilight
Barsuk or Fantagraphics
Ocean or Lake
Jack White or Jack Black
Kittens or Puppies
Vampire or Zombie
Pinball or Pool
Elliot Bay or Amazon
Trusty Scarf or Testy Poncho
Thongs or Boy Briefs
Casket or Cremation
Bath or Shower
Vinyl or MP3
Scarecrow or Roku
Crunchy or Smooth
Talk or Action
Bring it On or Stomp The Yard
Tom Douglas or Matt Dillon
Murphy's Law or Karma
Comet or Canlis
Frank Gehry or Rem Koolhaas
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News Section: Local Government
Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch is a Go
BRADENTON -- At Thursday's BOCC Land Use Meeting, commissioners showed their flexibility to modify their General Development Plan and Land Development Code by using approvals on special request. Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch, may be changing the way a development gets built.
It was just one month ago that Caleb Grimes, attorney for the applicant, went before the Manatee Planning Commission to ask their recommendation for a long list of special requests to build a 1,300 single-residence development off SR 70, on a 645-acre parcel in Lakewood Ranch.
Two of the special requests were because the project is partially located within the Watershed Overlay District, and the gross residential density exceeds the one dwelling unit per-acre that the code suggests. The proposed gross density is 2.02.
The applicant also requested a street formula change (reducing the lanes to 11 ft. width) and alternative street drains. The Miami- style street drains take the height out of the curb and offer a smoother line to the road.
Specific approval for a Land Development Code (LDC) were requested as well. The applicant requested a smaller-caliber tree diameter; and the allowance of only one canopy tree per resident instead of one every 50 feet along the right-of-way, as the LDC suggests.
The LDC required buffer was modified and a 0.24 acre wetland will be impacted to provide a inter-neighborhood tie.
Another request by the applicant was to not build a sidewalk along S.R. 70, because there is no other sidewalk to connect to. The applicant is offering a percentage of the cost to be donated to the county's sidewalk fund.
SR 70 is expected to expand to four lanes in years to come, and another sidewalk would be included in SR 70 projects.
Grimes said that the project is proposed to be constructed in phases, the first beginning in 2014, to a build-out in 2015. Grimes added that he expects the complete build-out to be within 10 years.
The project is said to be a "gated, private-road adult community." More frequently, project codes are being modified to build a particular design rather than the design fitting the codes.
Commissioners voted to approve 6 - 0 with Commissioner Whitmore absent.
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Feeds at least 6 people:500g of thin chipotle sauce (Available in most mexican supermarkets, recipe at the end)500g of thin tomato sauce (Called "cald...
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Pour the tomato and chipotle sauces into a deep pot and simmer over a very low flame
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I have a question I wanted to throw out. The term "GA" gets batted around all the time as meaning, the production-ready version of MySQL server. However, googling for quite a bit, I can't find a definition for GA (other than what I stated above, i.e. production-ready). What does this mean in terms of bugs? Features? Anything else I might be missing?
I believe it means that there are no known "critical" (whatever that means) bugs and there will definitely be no more features added. Can anyone point me to a good definition?
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GA is kind of a funny term for open source stuff. Many product distribution models release 'preview', 'beta' or 'early adopter' releases only to a select number of customers, not making the product available to the general sales channel. Once the product is ready to go out the door for use by many customers, it becomes "generally available" to the whole sales channel.
In a nutshell, it means nothing, to you and me at least. But here's the story of WHY there's such a thing.
The "no known bugs" or "no critical bugs" have been tweaked and messed so many times by MySQL that it's just good for a laugh. Think back to 5.0, which has had some serious messes going on after going GA. And we know the server is always generally available anyway, so….
The term used to be "production". However, some corporations have an internal policy (based on and geared towards non-OSS sw of course) that states that they are only allowed to deploy software if it's labeled GA. And thus, MySQL started labelling their production version GA, allowing these organisations to be happy without having to change their policy. That's all there's to it.
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On the Fox News Sunday roundtable, the panelists observed that the financial-reform bill, indeed all the enormous pieces of legislation that Obama has gotten through Congress, aren't helping him any:
BRIT HUME: Because his big agenda has not seemed to the public to be focused on the things the public is concerned about. The economy was job one. They did something on the economy that the public did not like and did not believe in, and does not believe in to this day, which is the stimulus program. And since then, the president has been on to other things, other things that were nowhere high on the public's priority list. I speak, of course, of the — of the health care reform bill, financial reform.
Regulatory reform may be something the public thought ought to be done, but it doesn't come anywhere near the priority that people have on the creation of jobs and the — and the awakening of the economy so that — so that it will boom enough to really generate some jobs. …
NINA EASTON: … it's fascinating, because this bill, which, as you said, was going to be the cracking down on fat cats of Wall Street, has got small community banks concerned, farmers concerned who deal in derivatives for their business. It's got — something like 533 rulemaking proceedings are going to be going in, which creates lots of uncertainty and lots of fear.
And it's interesting that this week the president in an interview said, "Look, I'm" — when he was talking about his poll numbers, "Look, I'm facing 9.5 percent unemployment." He's got an unpopular economy the same way President Bush in 2006 had an unpopular war. We grant him that.
And now, fascinating to us, that you've got this Wall Street reform that doesn't really — it's really — it doesn't look like it's going after Wall Street. And so I'm not sure that's going to help them in November.
Indeed, it's not merely that the financial reform bill, the stimulus, and ObamaCare haven't helped the president; they've actually hurt him, both in the short and the long term.
An array of polling evidences a revulsion against big government and the enormous debt that has accompanied Obama's spending spree. The public thinks he and his party are too liberal, and, as Bill Kristol pointed out, Republican Party identification is consequently rising. All this suggests that what's at work is more than simply a bad economy or misplaced priorities. Obama has managed to reinforce the Democrats' liberal tax-and-spend identity, which Bill Clinton worked mightily to shed.
But the real problem for Obama is the long-term, or longer-term, damage he has done to the economy and in turn to his party. The massive tax hikes (with more to follow if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire), the raft of new regulations and mandates, the mound of new debt, and the anti-business rhetoric (which the Obama administration now bizarrely claims isn't anti-business at all) have freaked investors and employers. The economy now seems headed for that feared double-dip recession, which can fairly be attributed to Obama's insistence on putting a ball and chain around the ankles of businessmen, entrepreneurs, and consumers.
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The number of people commuting into Manhattan from outside Manhattan rose significantly from 2002 to 2010, especially in nearby neighborhoods in Brooklyn and New Jersey.
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HENDERSON, KY - Vicki Lynn (Watson) Quinn, 44 of Smith Mills passed away Friday November 9, 2012 at Lucy Smith King Care Center.
She was born June 21, 1968 in Henderson Co. to Homer and Geraldine Watson. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded by a sister Cathy Watson.
She is survived by her companion Richard Riggs of Smith Mills; Parents: Homer and Geraldine Watson of Smith Mills; Two sons: Michael Quinn and Mason Quinn both of Smith Mills; One step daughter: Erin Quinn; Two brothers: Homer Watson, Jr., Glenn Watson both of Smith Mills; Two sisters: Tina Boston, Karen Watson both of Smith Mills; One grandchild; Several nieces and nephews.
Services will be 1:00 PM Sunday November 11 at Tomblinson Funeral Home Henderson Chapel. Burial will be in Smith Mills Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Saturday and 9:00 AM until service time Sunday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Quinn, Mason Quinn, Jeremy Boston, Jacob Boston, Joseph Boston and Daniel Watson.
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Tom Cruise is the best.
Tom Cruise is the best.
A story of a genius and the guy writing a story about him.
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
A reprint of an article by Greg Carpenter about the Confederate Flag.
A report on the July 23rd Columbia Links fundraiser.
An FFC looks at the gross gender politics of "Pixels."
A reprint of an article by Greg Carpenter about the Confederate Flag.
An FFC looks at the gross gender politics of "Pixels."
An obituary for Dr. Mohamed Abdel Kader Hatem, the grandfather of FFC Wael Khairy.
How we process movies in 2015; Top Ten Pixar Movies; Christopher McQuarrie on Minnelli and more; Dangers of auteur TV; Dorothy Arzner retrospective at UCLA.
An interview with Paz Vega of "Paulo Coelho's Best Story."
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
A feature on the latest major Blu-ray, Netflix, and On Demand releases, including "Gone Girl," "The Boxtrolls," "The Zero Theorem," "Coherence," and more.
A piece on the first wave of critics groups awards and some predictions for SAG and the Golden Globe nominees.
"Mahogany," Diana Ross and me; Nathan Rabin on John Green; Hidden plight of child grooms; 10 tips on turning your short film into a feature; Variety critics list best festival films of 2014.
An interview with the one and only Terry Gilliam, director of this week's "The Zero Theorem."
Wes Anderson talks about the sources behind "The Grand Budapest Hotel", dining with his cast every night on location, and the comic gifts of Ralph Fiennes.
The calculation of odds is finished. The campaigning is done. Erik Childress predicts the winners of the Oscars.
Erik Childress analyzes the impact of the recently-awarded BAFTAs on the Oscar race.
Erik Childress looks at the first awards of the season and their possible impact on the Oscar race.
Ben Kenigsberg recaps Cannes's post-awards press conferences and closing-night party.
Power is rarely discussed at Cannes, and it's ostensibly all about art, although careers can hang on critics' approval, and whether films are sold here, and to how many regions of the world. The annual jury press conference on the opening day is the first and foremost love-fest in which the concept of competition is downplayed and jurors find novel ways to sidestep the question of comparing one film to another in order to award the Palme d'Or in ten days.
Ben Kenigsberg looks forward to the parallel programs at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
What delights me is, those are the real actors. They must be complely sick of Dreaded Hotel Room Interviews.
Between Two Ferns: Oscar Buzz Edition Part 1 from Zach Galifianakis
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This year's Outguess Ebert contest seems a little like shooting fish in a barrel. For the first time in many a year, maybe ever, I think I've guessed every one correctly.A few years ago, I came across an article about the newly identified psychological concept of Elevation. Scientists claim it is as real as love or fear. It describes a state in which we feel unreasonable joy; you know, like when you sit quiet and still and tingles run up and down your back, and you think things can never get any better.
I tried applying it to that year's Oscar nominees. Did it work any better than any other approach? You need Elevating nominees. An example of Elevation would be when the bone morphs into a space station in "2001." Did I feel Elevation in making any of my Guesses this year. That doesn't mean it was a bad year at the movies. Harvey Weinstein, accepting his achievement award from the Producers' Guild, said he thought 2012 was the best in 90 years. Maybe he felt Elevation when he gazed upon the Weinstein Company's box office figures.
Rating: Four stars
Consider now the curious character of Dr. King Schultz. He is an itinerant dentist who works from his little wagon, traveling the backroads of the pre-Civil War South. As Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" opens, we see a line of shackled slaves being led through what I must describe as a deep, dark forest, because those are the kinds of forests we meet in fairy tales. Out of this deepness and darkness, Schultz (Christoph Waltz) appears, his lantern swinging from his wagon, which has a bobbling tooth on its roof.
Quentin Tarantino has found his actor in Christoph Waltz -- someone who can speak Tarantinian fluently and still make it his own. When Waltz uses a self-consciously ostentatious word like "ascertain" (as in, "I was simply trying to ascertain..." -- the kind of verbiage QT is as likely to put in the mouth of a lowlife crook as a German dentist, or a Francophile plantation slavemaster, for that matter), it sounds right. As someone to whom Tarantino's dialog often sounds cliche-ridden and cutesy, it's a pleasure to hear Waltz saying the words in character rather than simply as a mouthpiece for the writer-director.
Oh, stop. This isn't sounding the way I want it to.
Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" (2012) is a very good Tarantino movie. Save for "Pulp Fiction," I tend to appreciate and respect Tarantino movies more than I enjoy them. "Pulp Fiction," however, was so entertaining that I did not want it to end. Such were my feelings with "Django Unchained." As a mash of bloody pulp cinema with great aspirations, it is as entertaining as anything I have seen from Tarantino. For Tarantino diehards it is as Tarantino-esque as everything else from him.
The Grand Poobah writes: "No man has a better wife than Chaz."
Marie writes: Intrepid club member Sandy Kahn has found another Hollywood auction and it's packed with stuff! From early publicity stills (some nudes) to famous movie props, costumes, signed scripts, storyboards, posters and memorabilia...
Marie writes: Behold a living jewel; a dragonfly covered in dew as seen through the macro-lens of French photographer David Chambon. And who has shot a stunning series of photos featuring insects covered in tiny water droplets. To view others in addition to these, visit here.
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Marie writes: The ever intrepid Sandy Khan shared the following item with the Newsletter and for which I am extremely glad, as it's awesome..."Earlier this year, the Guggenheim Museum put online 65 modern art books, giving you free access to books introducing the work of Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt & Egon Schiele, and Kandinsky. Now, just a few short months later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched MetPublications, a portal that will "eventually offer access to nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals" published by the Met since 1870."
Marie writes: the ever intrepid Sandy Khan recently sent me a link to ArtDaily where I discovered "Hollywood Unseen" - a new book of photographs featuring some of Hollywood's biggest stars, to published November 16, 2012."Gathered together for the first time, Hollywood Unseen presents photographs that seemingly show the 'ordinary lives' of tinseltown's biggest stars, including Rita Hayworth, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe. In reality, these "candid' images were as carefully constructed and prepared as any classic portrait or scene-still. The actors and actresses were portrayed exactly as the studios wanted them to be seen, whether in swim suits or on the golf course, as golden youth or magic stars of Hollywood."You can freely view a large selection of images from the book by visiting Getty Images Gallery: Hollywood Unseen which is exhibiting them online.
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Marie writes: If you're anything like me, you enjoy a good book cover as much as a good story; the best often speaking to inspired graphic design. Indeed, I know I'm not alone in my admiration...Welcome to "The Book Cover Archive" for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design; edited and maintained by Ben Pieratt and Eric Jacobsen. On their site, you can gaze lovingly at hundreds of covers complete with thumbnails and links and even the name of the type fonts used. Drool....
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Marie writes: Next door, across a long narrow drive and beyond the row of cedar hedges which run parallel to it, there resides an elementary school dating back to 1965, along with an assortment of newer playground equipment rendered in bright, solid primary colors...I'm sure you know the sort I mean...
A few weeks ago on Facebook -- that sly keeper of family secrets, whose memory seems to have increased incrementally with its new Timeline mumbo-jumbo -- an actor of some repute posted a list of the best Twitter accounts of 2011, as compiled by a wholly forgettable outlet. He had been placed relatively highly, and someone commented that it was a very subjective list. Apart from the fact that taking issue with "a list of the best Twitter accounts of 2011, lol" is by definition absurd, the statement presented a logical fallacy (I am fully aware of the irony of regarding a throwaway Facebook comment in such depth). All lists are subjective: that's why they're lists. Nonetheless, this fairly simple fact gets lost in the year-end frenzy as interested parties start calling for the list-maker's head, like angry villagers wielding pitchforks, if and when their favoured books, albums, films, etc fail to place on a given critic's compilation of the year's best.


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UFC NEWS – Poll Results: Who Takes It Overeem Or Dos Santos?
In our latest polling here at BJPENN.COM we took to the fans to figure out who the favorite is going into the proposed heavyweight title fight between the champion, Junior dos Santos and the challenger, Alistair Overeem.
The two heavyweights are known for their striking prowess, the champion his boxing and the challenger his world-class kickboxing. But who will prevail as the victor in their fight tentatively scheduled for this summer?
According to our poll, which saw 4,170 votes, the favorite to win amongst MMA fans is Junior dos Santos.
The polling was close, in fact it may be our closest poll to date, but that doesn't change the fact that the champion is the favorite to retain his title.
52.1% (2,171 votes) of you picked Dos Santos to win while 47.9% (1,999 votes) of you picked the challenger and his K-1 grand prix winning style to take the belt.
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it'll be a damn good fight.
I didn't even make up my mind in time to vote.
Its hard to say Junior will get the KO if Overeem closes the distance on him and out grapples Junior. Though Dos Santos is a beast full of power and a far cry from getting man handled. Cmon, Dana…..set the date! TEAM PENN!!!!!!
dang thats a hard one. Junior has the heart of a champion and he is in his prime. Overeem is past that. But Alistair is a big bastard
The scary thing is that I don't think Dos Santos is anywhere NEAR his prime. He is still young in the fight game, young in general really. He has a few years before he hits his prime. But that's just my opinion. He will have his hands full with Overeem though.
Dos Santos is gay, for real, that doesn't matter anyway, but he is. Allistar is over his prime, hahahahaha, your over oyu'r prime when you have a UFC title shot, current Dream HW, Current Strike Force HW Champion and a K-1 Champion of 2010, hahaha, stupid amricans, go cry about brock, I'm the UFC, I don't even know Allistar, that says what a "fighter" that fag was, not real, just a fake show wrestling fighter that trough 1 good punch in his hole MMA carreer and that was against keith harring, and he bassiclly runed in to that one and brock didn't even know what he was doing, I'm the UFC and one liver kick ended it hahahaha what a joke.
Overeem has the advantage in power, he has more weapons than just boxing, and he has a huge experience advantage. I just dont see how JR wins without landing a lucky punch.
+1 JDS last fight was with a guy 3 inches smaller and not a great striker. Now he is going up against the best heavy weight striker, who has a height, weight, reach and strength advantage. Dont see JDS winning this, on the ground or standing.
+2 Dos Santos is less of a challenge to The Reem than Lesnar.. sure he has better hands than Lesnar but The Reem's striking is lightyears beyond his and The Reem is a better grappler and probably has better BJJ too. Not to mention far more strenght. I don't see how anyone would actually put money on Dos Santos. I like the dude but let's be real. The Reem is too much for him.
Overeem by knockout
Either way its going to be good and most likely one of them will be going to sleep in the 1st or 2nd round. The fact that Reem seemed to push Brock around was a big thing. Reem has the kicks and knees as well. Im going with Reem on this one but its going to be close, would be an amazing achievement to go with the K1, Strikeforce and Dream Champion titles!
The only one to beat The Reemjob will be Badr Hari. Hopefully Dana will bring him to the UFC soon.
Gsp would beat both by decision lolol
i like it when your mom beats me with decision for 5 rnds
This Fight is gonna be over quick. I predict Overeem 1st or 2nd round tko. Even if Overeem doesn't win I don't see this fight going past the 1st or 2nd round. IMO
Reem will win easy…JDS just has his boxing and Reem is not Cain. Cain was the smaller, shorter, non striker last time. JDS doesnt have scary ground skills, he has his boxing… Overeem can pick apart a guy that plays his game. Brock could have been a more dangerous fight. Easy day for Overeem, 3rd round tko.
I can't believe that, so far, people voted more for Dos Santos than Overeem. I think a lot of UFC fans pick their fighters based on popularity and since Dos Santos has been in the ufc longer than Overeem, people tend to vote for him. Personally, I don't see Dos Santos winning this, even though I like his personality, I think Overeem is a more complete fighter. What if Dos Santos fails to out box Overeem, then what? Dos Santos is not known for his ground game, so failure is almost his only option. I am not saying Dos Santos cannot win, He can still get a lucky punch or wait for Overeem to make a mistake and move in, but right now my pick is on Overeem, because I give him the striking advantage, ground advantage and power advantage. Dos Santos has also a very very important advantage on his side, which is good cardio. Anyway, this is MMA and this sport is full of surprise, maybe Dos Sanstos will find a way to win. One thing for sure, this is going to be one hell of a good fight. My pick: Overeem.
Out box Dos Santos? I dont see that happening.
Hey Dan,
Overeem is the K1 champion. In K1 you cannot use wrestling nor ground games, which means Overeem gotta be damn good in boxing and kicking (kickboxing). The UFC likes to hype the fights giving each opponent a strong point. For example, the UFC was promoting brock Lesnar's strongest weapon as being his take downs, which was just big time useless against Cain and Overeem (Lesnar himself believed in ufc's bullshit). UFC is trying to promote the fights of Dos Santos with his boxing. However, against a K1 champion, I doubt he can survive the striking game. Can't wait for the fight though.
Overeem is the Champ, sapp was, is and always will be a joke. So bad example…
MJ said it better than me. Just read his comment…..
He doesn't have to be known for his ground game to be good on the ground. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt is a black belt whether he relys on it in his fights or not. JDS has just not really gone to the ground often in his fights. I do agree with you though that if he tries to stand and trade with overeem it could be a long night.
Here, look at his record he actually has a guillotine choke submission on his record and his only loss is to an arm bar submission. Overeem's only advantage in this fight are his knees. Experience is trumped by youth and talent.
I think JDS is going to beat Overeem on the feet. Everyone keeps going on about Overeem's striking but in MMA it's different. I keep asking and nobody has an answer..Which reputable heavyweight striker has he beaten(Not K-1..MMA!)? He had trouble with Werdum on the feet and Brock blinded him in one eye during their fight. This fight SHOULD be good(hopefully) but I say JDS takes it. Also, as someone else said, JDS hasn't really had to go to the ground so we truly don't know what he is capable of there.
You have a point, however,
Brock Lesnar had a wrestling background, and he didn't know how to apply his discipline effectively into MMA. The same thing can happen to Dos Santos, yes he has a BBJ, but since he didn't really practiced it in MMA, will he know how to use it effectively ? The answer is I have no idea, I haven't seen him much on the ground. Overeem has a lot of win via submission and ko. Which makes me less worried concerning the ground game and striking. If you wanna exchange your views after the fight or any other fight, my twit name is the same as this one here. Hope to talk more MMA.
All hail King Dos Santos!!!!
Hasn't even defended his title yet. Just like machida and Vanilla ice, Jds is a one hit wonder! Reem will be the next champ. No offense bradduh biz just my opinion.
How do you call this quality competition @Chartmonster?
Overeem defended his Strikeforce Belt from a chump like Brett Rogers who practices MMA on his wife. A real tough guy….
He got the Dream HW belt from "Glass Chin" Todd Duffy who got cut from UFC after being KO'ed by a fat cop named Mike Russow. Who is Mike Russow?
Fabrico Werdum, I'm tired of telling that story… Probably his best opposition in a while.
Tell me, compare JDS' past three opponents and Overeem's past three and tell me who had better competition? If Overeem manages to catch JDS, he won't hold onto the belt for long. Quality over quantity dude.
@ dumbfk dollop. ..question: who did u pick Reem or Brock? Enough said! Jds will lose and like brock you'll see a SCARED junior.
LOL, I picked the Brock Lesnar who beat Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, Heath Herring and Randy Cuture. Brock Lesnar didn't show up. Overeem got handed an easy title shot.
Overeem would destroy Brock 9 out of 10 times ! It won't matter which Brock shows up ! It could be the Brock that was shooting prairie dogs with a .50 cal ! Overeem smash ! Time and time again !
I think .50 cal prairie dog shooting Brock with matching camouflage bag and Kung Fu grip could take Overeem. Just saying……
Ok first ya need to get off overeems nuts Damm he's a beast but ya acting like he's the best. If overeem was as good as ya think he is he would of been in the UFC a long time ago. On paper overeem wins this fight 9 out of 10 but in the octagon I think u will be surprized. I just hate how fans are so fake ya jump everyone's Nuts after they win like nate diaz after the cowboy fight. When dos santos won everybody loved him now everybody is forgetting what kinda of monster this guy is and far from his prime. All I'm saying is stop riding the winners nuts if your a fan be a fan not a nutthugger. With that said this fight is fuccing exciting overeem is finally here but dos santos is a monster I say let the best man win but I had to pic its dos santos idk I just can't see him being dominated. But if I'm wrong I will admit and not bitch but my moneys on Cigano
good points man, seems to be a lot of team switching over here. anyways i still cant make my mind up on who i got in this one.
Dos santos is way faster with his punches and will put overeem on his ass like everyone else. People say jds has a weak ground game? He has never even had to go to the ground. I'm sure dos santos' nogueria black belt is better than overeem no belt. Jds 4 th round tko
Overeem is a bear. He will wade in on JDS like he did with Brock and punish him with brutal knees! JDS will get in a few good shots like Carwin did with him, but Overeem will prevail in the 3rd with aTKO or KO.
It won't go to the 3rd..Reem will have it wrapped up by the end of the 2nd. Good to see fellow reemmonsters on here!
JDS is going to finish Overeem inside 2 rounds. His hands are too fast and too powerful for Overeem to handle and if Overeem wants to take it to the ground he won't be able to keep him down because his take down defense is rated at 85% on the UFC website.
Cigano! Cigano! Cigano!
haha… right on bro! Well, it will be a classic bear vs. tiger match then. Don't underestimate Overeem's head movement. He dodged almost all of Brock's jabs – very quick, very intuitive! So, I am curious: who do you think will be backing up who when they meet in the center? How do you see that going? Do you give the edge to anyone in one punch KO power?
JDS is so humble and smart that I think he would take Brock's advice to heart. You know Brock should have learned from the mistakes of Cain but didn't wtf man take a chance and get kneed in the face. I would have rather him had got KTFO going for the kill than fighting a tentative fight getting TKO'ed.
I don't remember his head movement but I do remember him creeping on brock and keeping his head exposed. I don't think Brock is a good judge for how well Overeem will do against JDS.
JDS will push the pace and probably use that uppercut of his and body shots. Overeem will use haymakers and knees. I think they are even for one punch KO power but I have never seen JDS stunned and his career being only in the HW division and not to have been stunned says something. He's only been submitted in his career with 15 fights.
Yeah, I think Brock got scared of Overeem's big right after he grazed his head with it in their opening exchange. I can't blame him really. But I will always wonder how powerful Brock's right was. He never seemed to connect with it in the stand-up, except against Heath Herring. I kept waiting, but nothing! I remember he just missed with Carwin to open the 2nd.cc
One thing I notice about both these guys is they both box with a really low guard: both arms. Their heads are totally exposed. JDS took a good left from Carwin in the 2nd that affected him, but he did handle it pretty well.
Even though I think they both have KO power in the right, I think it will be Overeem backing up JDS with left leg body kicks that take away JDS throwing the right uppercut, and then following it up with the right. This will also help him stop JDS from establishing his jab, which he will want to do from the get-go. If JDS does manage to establish a "consistent" jab though, or can catch "some" – not one, but some – of Overeem's kicks and take him down, it will make for a very strategic fight. The stand-up becomes even and it will be a great battle! But Overeem just has so many striking weapons. Cain never had the vicious body kicks and knees to pose a threat to JDS. He will have much more to think about and may even have to circle him rather than stand right in front of him. I think Overeem's more complete striking options will eventually wear him down.
I will always think Brock was wasted potential. He should have gotten in the game years ago but his disease really killed his career.
Good discussion dude.
For sure. Right on man.
He's gonna need that glue to hold together his fair weather fans. It's really trendy on bjpenn.com to be a fair weather fan.
I agree, turn on the lights and they scatter like roaches..
JDS will be calling up Brock for a losers' lunch and Cain will be under the table listening for helpful tips!
haha right on.
I agree about Jds and Brock, but Cain don't need any help just better head movement.
I agree. I think Cain got a bit unlucky with that punch. It was right on the side of the skull, which really screws up your equilibrium. He obviously has a great chin. Look at the shots he took from Kongo! I look forward to a re-match between them that lasts at least a few minutes longer, and shows how their skills truly stack up against each other.
OK. Cain could NOT finish 2 of his last 3 fights against guys way less experienced than Overeem. What makes any of you believe that JDS will finish Overeem? I never believed Cain was all that good, he just exposed Lesnar as the phony that he is before JDS had a chance to. JDS is a great fighter, but an Allistar Overeem he is not. The Reem will go right after Junior's weak knee and show him kicking power that nobody else has before.
Overeem by TKO or Decision.
Cain finished Brock and Big Nog by KO before he got KO'ed himself by JDS. In fact all but one of his wins are by TKO of KO. Cain is really good and JDS destroyed him. Now, Cain didn't have to fight Granite Chin Mofos like Roy and Carwin, JDS did and beat them by decision. If you are going to use that argument then I'll use this one. How come the best "MMA striker" got schooled by a guy JDS already KO'ed (Werdum)? Werdum even beat him in Pride by submission…
Do you think Overeem would beat the Carwin that put a beating on Brock and Mir? I don't think so.
In the last fight with Werdum, Overeem was willing to stand in the pocket with him and take a few extra punches from him because he had zero respect for his power. That is the ONLY reason Werdum outpointed him in the striking. Werdum never once hurt Overeem, whereas the heaviest, power punches were by Overeem. The only reason he didn't finish Werdum was because he used up so much time rolling around on the mat after Overeem would shrug off his many attempts at pulling guard. Technical fighters who don't have adequate punching power, but are just good enough at being elusive in the stand-up are a pain in the ass. They can't win, but they succeed in making the better fighter look average. Case and point: Florian vs. Aldo.
I hope Overeem makes the mistake of taking JDS' power for granted that would make my day.
I think we are all going to be dying to see who lands that hard right first, and if the other guy can recover or not.
Would be really dumb if he underestimated that.
oops. tried to change it but this site wouldn't let me post. I meant JDS, not Cain
I dont want either one to lose, but if Reem makes the same mistakes he did with Brock, with the "Frankenstein/Zombie" move he did while attemptin the clinch, its gonna be a quick night.
Forty ..Teem will bring his KNEES instead for Jds's mouth piece.
this is tough to call, but id say Dos Santos will find Overeem's chin and score a knockout in round 1 or 2
ok jds hasnt shown his ground game cause hes knocked everyone out or they failed to take hiim down so to say that he has no ground game is jus stupid an junoirs crisp boxing is onna different lvl then most cain does has stand up but jds was jus better overeem hasnt really faced anyone with the skills of jds hes always faced opponets who are just really good in one aspect of the game while jds is very well rounded hes like the gsp of the heavyweights he took down shane carwin whos by far a superior wrestler and stuffed takedowns from cain, carwin, nelson an so on and so forth and when anyone got him down it was only down to one knee and he was back on his feet as for overeem being at an advante in terms of power, reach, size etc.. everyone forgets how freakishly fast jds is and his pace is of the charts too commpared to overeem who got tired by the end of the 2nd round when he was facing werdum that being said if jds controls the pace and gets reem to play his game i see jds tko by the 3rd and you can hate all you want jus saying what know
Overeem has a strength and size advantage over Cain, Carwin, Nelson, and JDS. He easily shrugged off Rogers and Werdums' grappling and take-down attempts (Werdum over a dozen times); he slammed Werdum and he literally threw Rogers to the side! He will take down JDS when he wants and will stuff him too. JDS better start working on his grappling now 'cause he is gonna get mauled by the big, bad ReemBear!
I want Junior and Cain to have a rematch – Cain needs another fight to take place ASAP – ring rust is a bitch – He F'd up that last fight. I'd really like to see those two go at it again – So i'm going for Junior.
Don't worry Cain will get Jds when Reem is done spitting Jds's bones out. Cain will get his day bc he's the terminator!
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Negative - Woods Point, Victoria, circa 1905 Reg. No: MM 004629
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My great-grandparents, John and Margaret Senior (nee Manton) were Master and Matron of the Upper Goulburn District Hospital at Wood's Point from 1865 to 1905. My grandfather, Dr John Higgins, was appointed medical offcer to the hospital 1 August 1896. He married the Seniors' daughter, Margaret at Wood's Point. Dr Higgins and his family left Wood's Point in 1908 for Queensland bcause of his wife's poor health
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At this rate, the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6 may be in trouble sometime in 2017.
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WSJ jumps on the 4th gen iPhone on Verizon Rumor bandwagon!
We shoulda know the moment we lamented the lack of 4th generation iPhone (not iPhone 4G!) rumors that along would come our most mythical of rumored beasts -- the iPhone on Verizon. But this time it's no less than the Wall Street Journal that's mongering.
Citing the elusive "people briefed on the matter", the WSJ says Apple will likely release another GSM model this summer, just like clockwork, manufactured by the usual suspects at Hon Hai Precision Industry. A second iPhone of CDMA flavor (compatible with Verizon and Sprint) is said to be set up at Pegatron Technology Corp. for manufacturing in September.
What's with the wonky timeline? We don't know and no one in a position to know is talking. So take this with an iPad-sized grain of salt and speculate away in the comments!
[Thanks to Jeremy for the tip!]
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WSJ jumps on the 4th gen iPhone on Verizon Rumor bandwagon!
I'm looking forward to what Big Steve classes as "an A upgrade" in the 4th Gen iPhone...
It's. Not. Going. To. Happen.
Look for T-Mobile LONG before Sprint or even Verizon, if for no other reason than to spite them. You can't poke fun at Apple's flagship and expect them to hand it to you.
The "map for that" commercials and now the "4G hotspot" commercials have sealed their fates.
I have a friend that works for AT&T here in the Seattle area. For months near the middle of last year they were emailing internally telling everyone to expect a shift to Verizon (called out by name) during Q1 this year. Then those commercials ramped up for Christmas and they attacked the iPhone directly. All of a sudden the emails stop and AT&T continues to have an exclusive contract with Apple.
Think about it.
I wanna see it over there for the sheer pleasure of watching it bring the network down.
This is just BEAUTIFUL, I'm leaving as soon as Steve confirms it at WWDC!!! I'm really looking forward to the upgrades for the new iPhone4X (4th time). If its the same 3GS just with different guts(CDMA) coming to VZW, then I'll be HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED. We all know about 64GB memory upgrade, that's a given. I wonder what else Apple has up their turtlenecks?
how bout eff verizon ill stick with at&t?
4th gen iphone predictions: apple A5 processor at 1.5GHZ (anyone?), iPhone os 4.0 (duh), 5 megapixel camera (maybe 8?), and a 2 megapixel frontfacing isight camera! obviously thinner than the current 3GS, 720p video recording, LED backlit screen with 400x800 screen resolution.
HD for all.
heck yeah i will jump back to verizon without skipping a beat if it went to verizon i use to have verizon then got the iphone and the phone is great but is missing something and that is the network is not consintent at all with att behind it. Verizon is the best and will have 4g coverage where ever they have 3g coverage by the end of 2011.. hell att isn't going to start on lte intill about 2011.. u poeple can say it's going to bring down there network but is far from it..look at all the aircards that verizon has they have probley 4 times the aircards on there network than att does and they still can run data hungry phone on the network no problem like the droid for example..i hope it does come to verizon . i wonder where all the money is going with att cause they never seem to try and grow there network or wait intill after everybody else has tried it . they will never be a pioneer of something thats for sure
I can't WAIT to get back over to Verizon. They have a MUCH wider network; the CDMA technology is FAR superior. The ONLY reason I went AT&T is for the iPhone. It's the ONLY phone that ever made me say "oh, I've GOTTA have that!" I hope Verizon's version of the iPhone has the Palm feature of operating as a mobile hotspot so I can use my iPad with it...
Not going to happen at this time. Imagine a CDMA iphone on verizon with 2-year contract. Where will you be at LTE launch? There simple is not enough "useful life" for a CDMA iPhone unless its an LTE capable one which is very unlikely to happen at this year or next.
Look, the iPad had been rumored to be on Verizon and AT&T's name never surfaced, look where it landed? Huh!
How about the Nexus One, isn't that rumored to be on Verizon too? But it looked like VZW is going to be the last to bring that on board to their network.
The time could NOT be better for Apple to introduce a CDMA iPhone especially with Verizon Nexus One coming out imminently.
I vaguely agree that there may be legit marketing reasons for Apple to get on Verizon, but I doubt it's going to happen before LTE - I basically look at CDMA the way Steve looks at Flash - a standard that's really non-standard and eventually will be replaced.
Yeah but CDMA is more reliable than flash. GSM is more like flash player when it comes to phone technology being reliable. Plus like I said before apple came to verizon first with the iPhone offer so i'm pretty sure Steve doesn't see Verizon as like a flash player issue. Also LTE verizon will have should allow u to talk and get data at the same time. But hell I'm on wifi with AT&T most of the time so it doesn't matter. Cause with verizon phones if ur on wifi u could get data while on a call.
WRONG! It's China Unicoms 2010 upgrade - which runs a different version of CDMA than the US.
Oh hey, remember all those rumors yesterday about a new iPhone coming out for Verizon that had everyone all excited? Well, analysts, wet blankets that they are, had to go and ruin the fun. Maynard J. Um, an analyst who is only indecisive in name, was quick to deem a Verizon launch "unlikely" for this year, with CDMA iPhones possibly going to China Telecom or Japan's KDDI. [AppleInsider]
- If apple decides to make an iphone for Verizon it should not come as a surprise to anyone. How many people do we all know that would love an Iphone if Verizon had one or really anyone other then AT&T and instead have gotten droids, or gone HTC. Apple + Verizon = $$$$$ period. " You know that was messed up what you said in those adds about our product, we want to buy 2 million Iphones at your agreed price, DEAL."
- If they did decide to do a Verizon release after the roughly annual Iphone ( AT&T ) release, it should come as no surprise. They have millions ( not sure of exact number ) of AT&T customers including myself that they want to please with hopefully and A+ upgrade as well as needing to give AT&T time to maximize their customer base. Only then bringing a Iphone to Verizon and opening the flood gates to really see what there made of.
Personally I would love to be able to make phone calls from my iphone from my downstairs living room or from anywhere els Verizon phones can make calls from. But I love my Iphone enough to endure threw 3 different models and cellular service that drives me crazy. But threw it i try to remain loyal because I know that for the most part, every Iphone user I know, knows the love hate relationship that comes with owning an iphone now. If they go to Verizon that will definitely effect AT&T's user base.
The part all you guys are missing is" "Exclusive 5 year contract with AT&T" do any of you actually think there is not a clause in the contract covering similar product release to another carier? verizon and sprint both passed on the iphone deal with apple because they would not release control of the phone exclusively to apple, at&t took the chance. in addition, at&t expects their company owned stores to sell in excess of 50% of all phones being iphones. They are still doing that.
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NIGERIANS sincerely appreciate the confession from Farouk Lawan that he accepted 'money' not 'bribe' from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. He can do better if he seizes to change the goal post along side the direction of the football, and tell the whole world what he has done with the money.
If actually $620,000.00 was involved in this scandal, Farouk has accepted the receipt of the $500,000.00; while Clerk of the committee, Boniface Emenalo is not denying receiving the $100,000.00 in two bundles of $50,000.00 each; definitely $20,000.00 is missing in transition between Otedola, Farouk, and Emenalo.
Farouk money, either taken, given, has gone through some dimensions that made Nigerian House of Representatives a laughing stock, with apology to the innocent ones among them. By the way, how can the fox guard and protect the chicken? Can roaches and rodents claim innocence in the room full of uncontrolled food items?
Why is Nigerian House of Representatives holding back an invitation to Olusegun Obasanjo to answer some questions on why he tagged the National Assembly as "an arm of government populated by rouges and armed robbers"? Nigerians are interested in learning more about the National Assembly tittle-tattle to clean up the remaining rogues and robbers.
Is Nigeria going to charge Otedola for given 'money' to Farouk, now that the vocabulary has changed? Nigerians are waiting for the Judiciary version of new advanced vocabulary on corruption on 'money' collected from Otedola, and not 'bribe'.
In addition to the colossal salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly, more than what U.S. President earns, the greed for money is still chasing the National Assembly members as if it is a ticket for greatness. They are not bothered how much damage they are doing to the Nigeria image across the world.
Farouk Lawan claimed he reported the bribe attempt, not only to the house leadership and newspapers, but also to the Inspector General of Police as he never intended to take any bribe after he discovered that the deal has been leaked. At that point little did he realize that he was video-taped when he collected the money? It then turned into 'money' not 'bribe' was collected.
It is just like the squirrel climbed the top of iroko tree and the hunter is confused on what to do next.
In his groundwork to deceive Nigerians, Farouk earlier mentioned, that, in a situation where the Committee uncovered fraud of over N1 trillion, Nigerians were going to believe in his statement of denial that it should be expected that the powerful cabal behind the high scale corruption in the oil sector would not only fight back but would fight dirty. The dirty fight from the cabal is now landing him in trouble if he had not either initiated the 'Greek gift' from Otedola, or agreed to the offer of the 'damage compensation' to the ad-hoc Committee Chairperson. We would keep on twisting the bribe into, 'money', 'compensation', 'gift', or sadaka.
Farouk described one of the evidences as "a video footage displaying a caricature of my person allegedly having dealing with a marketer reminiscent of military era when dignitaries were invited to the Villa to watch video clip of phantom coup involving Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is already in circulation." Mr. Farouk will safe this country any further embarrassment by coming out clean and confess his sins asking God to forgive him for torturing the mind of well meaning Nigerians on this subject.
Farouk Muhammad Lawan, a four-term Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member of the Federal House of Representatives; born in July 1962; a graduate of Bayero University; first elected in 1999; representing the Bagwai/Shanono Federal constituency of Kano State; is a mournful disgrace in all ramifications. He had, at various times, headed the House Committees on Ethics, Finance, and Education. He was instrumental to the fall of the first Speaker, Salisu Buhari. He also featured prominently in the late 2007 corruption scandal that led to the resignation of another Speaker of the House, Patricia Etteh, when he led the so-called Integrity Group.
Farouk as a fourth-timer in the House of Representatives should have known better than anyone else that as an investigator, he holds the knife and the yam. We should ask, if not out of desperation for his assertive bid for the Kano Gubernatorial election in 2015, why did he go to the Otedola's house? If he wanted to expose him, he should have asked Otedola to come to his house or meet him at his own location?
After collecting the money from Otedola, why did he not deposit it with the police, as evidence; report the bribe to the House, and the media?
When Ibori offered Nuhu Ribadu, former EFCC Chairman, the sum of $25million, Ribadu called his people when he brought it to his office. After Ibori left, he immediately sent the money to the Central Bank in the presence of some of his men. Ribadu did not take it to his house, stuffed the money in his pocket or cap.
Ribadu did not go to Ibori's house, or into his jet, hotel or anywhere, Ibori brought it to the EFCC headquarters. Farouk goofed and he should stop lying to his teeth. He should produce the money. Regardless the number of make-ups he is making, he has already failed and Nigerians would continue to find his excuses as baseless as Nigerians are smarter than his mendacious teeth.
Who is being hoodwinked in this episode of 'money-taking' or 'bribe-giving' of Farouk dishonorable horse ride in the sandy desert? Farouk found himself on top of the tallest building in his milieu as a signal that he has captured the entire universe. That was not enough, he graduated to the market square stark naked after sharing his local drinks with 'lords of the flies' with his pants below his kneels. He has been acting like the big turkey concealing its head in the sand thinking that no one is watching. Brother tortoise would be asking when he would return from his shameful journey of denial, possibly until he is being disgraced.
Farouk should bury his head in shame and swallow his pride, if he has any, come out openly and ask for forgiveness. Nigerians are good people. He needs to come clean, confess, and produce the money. If he has spent it, he should tell the whole world what he did with it. He should tell the truth.
His 'bosom' friend at the House, the Chairman of the House Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, whose Farouk claimed he handed the $620,000 bribe to, has threatened to go to court if Farouk continues to make false statements that he has the 'money' in his custody as an evidence against Otedola.
Since Hon. Adams Jagaba, has denied the receipt of the money and the letter from Farouk, enquiry mind wants to know where the money is, when the letter was written. According to Jagaba, Farouk claim and the attachment of $500,000.00, "is callously untrue." He first saw the letter on the pages of a newspaper and when he visited the Police Headquarters.
Farouk should stop the unnecessary excuses as not to divert the attention from the essence of the fuel subsidy probe as to why he did not raise the issue on the House floor on April 24, 2012. Perhaps Farouk might have spent the marked money, or distributed among his cohorts. Most of them would always get their share immediately, before any other action.
Nigerians are seriously interested in the correspondence between him and the Nigerian Police Force: the letter with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/
Nigerians want to see the $600,000 marked money from the State Security Service, (SSS), not the fresh money gotten from the Central Bank or from the Bureau de Change. The Police or any law enforcement agent cannot go further on this matter until the marked money is produced as evidence. Otedola might provide the video evidence, audio recordings, without the real evidence in question, no one can determine the allegation. Who knows what transpired in the video: Real money in US Dollars, Euros, Naira, or fake currencies from the out-of-space? Farouk must produce the marked money.
June 11, 2012, he confessed that he collected $500,000.00 bribe offered by Otedola. He took 'money' and no 'bribe' we agreed. He took the money to expose Otedola. No problem with that. He has repeatedly maintained that he got the bribe money to serve as evidence against Otedola. No wahala. Since he collected the money to implicate Otedola, he should release the money.
All being said and done, as to who collected the money, the question that needs to be answered by Farouk now, and what Nigerians are waiting for, is, for the 'money', not 'bribe', to resurface from where ever it is being kept. We might need to examine the throat of the Crocodile, if we can get the reptile from the pond, to remove the swallowed money from the system.
Farouk should stop playing on peoples' intelligence by twisting the story and take the country to another vocabulary level from Farouk Central Bank. Unfortunately, he misunderstood the big grammar from the former member of the House of Representative, Honorable Patrick Obahiagbon, the 1983 product of St John Bosco Grammar School, Obiaja, Edo State, under who Farouk learned his new vocabulary. Obahiagbon succeeded in bamboozling Farouk with his heavy grammar on the House floor as evidenced from the vocabulary of the collected 'Money' and not 'Bribe'.
A school of thought opined that if Nigeria fails to kill corruption, corruption will eventually kill the country. Unfortunately the bad eggs among the current National Assembly, especially at the House of Representatives are too desperate for money. Someone will be wondering why they are more interested in probes than their normal law making for the country.
Nigerians expectation from the current House of Representatives is to construct quality legislation and oversight functions. Sadly with the allegations, denials, agreements, twisting of words to qualify the inhuman acts, Nigerians are not convinced that they have the accurate individuals at the helm of affairs at the National Assembly.
Activities of some members of the HOR are impeding progress in the monstrosity that has bedeviled Nigeria progress as a nation for so long. When the head is rotten, what hope for the rest of the body? The fish rotten from the head, as it happened to Nduka Elemelu, so it has happened to Farouk Lawan. May God help Nigeria?
What type of legislation would come from the National Assembly as they continue showing their colors on a regular basis? Nigeria is sitting helplessly irredeemable on the bed of troubled, shark-infested waters.
Since Farouk decided to make the 'money' taking a laughing, matter, Nigerians are joining him to continue pushing his luck to the comedy club. The jokes on this episode are copious and our readers have joined him to say Farouk, as a verb, means to collect bribe and deny it, attributing evidence to video and doctoring. To Farouk is human as the National Assembly is populated with Faroukers. The desperate contractor became a Faroukee in order to win the business. The politician has a degree in Faroukology from the University of Corruption. Nigeria has been practicing faroukracy from independence. Faroukism is the political ideology of bribery, corruption, and cover ups. The results of the investigation appear really faroukish. Faroukiosis is a chronic disorder of bribery taking and denial. The lawmakers have carried on faroukistically.
Until the cankerworm of corruption is rooted out in Nigerian political psyche, through a justice system that works, the nation cannot make progress. Fraud exists in all nations; nonetheless, Nigeria case is pitiable because rogues and robbers have been emboldened to believe that they cannot be punished.
Nuhu Ribadu asks if Nigeria is really a "Maggot's Paradise"?
Farouk Muhammad Lawan, where is the money?
* Professor Femi Ajayi is Head, Political Science and Public Administration Department, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State
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You got it wrong, $20,000.00 is not missing. It's only that in the forex market $620,000.00 is equivalent to F600,000.00. For Nigeria to have a strong currency, it's about time we adopt Faroukee as our national currency.
Neither the Police nor the Prosecutor do not require the money to proceed, since there is no dispute as to whether money was received. Farogue already admitted that openly on many occasions. The constant demand for the money is just another attempt to treat the roguery as "family affairs" Jail the freaking rogue already!
Sorry, guys...there aint gonna be any jailing cos...this na Naija! Or, I dare them to bring him before a Judge and prove me wrong.
Re: [Articles] Honorable Farouk Lawan, Where is the Money?
$3m bribery scandal: I'm ready for trial -Farouk Lawan
Good! let's wait for the trial. As usual, I expect a lot of argument on technicalities, appeals and long adjourments. In the end, readers will lose tract of the case. However, those asking Lawan to produce the money are not serious. Whoever produces "awuf" money? Besides, are we ignorant of self-incrimination? It is the duty of the Police to find the money. I foresee many loopholes in this case. Do courts accept video tapes that were not recorded by Security Forces? My attitude? Wait and See!
I thought it was said that the SSS set up the sting operation?
That money came from Ote$$$ top govt friends and Lawan has licked it up with his pals! Did you see his new angle of proposed defense? Let the guy come and prove in court how I demanded a bribe!
When I was cautioning you people to exercise restraint in your exuberance, did you listen to me? Its a bad case from point one...those who scripted the set-up had no plans for prosecution; just discredit Lawan and his report and has the EFCC not done that now? The SSS would not be daft enough to part with so much money and not capture the thief. They were not trained to act silly.
There was no exuberance but anger at how stupid they think we are. They are right we are indeed stupid. We are stupid because we are too docile. We persevere in the face of impunity. Stooopid.
The whole talk from Farogue is dumb. Demand is not a prerequisite for conviction when a bribe is received. In other words, you do not have to demand it, as long as money exchanges hands as an inducement to circumvent due process or take an advantage of the system. Circumstantially, Lawan proceeded to take a substantial step towards the purpose for which the bribe money was meant, by striking Otedola,s name off the list. This is why I am happy that Farogue was not immediately arrested after receiving the bribe to ensure a completion of the crime.
There is a water tight case against Farugue as it is...but then, it is the rogue nation called Nigeria.
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I first heard of the rock band Redline Addiction while listening to New Driven Radio (I know, I talk about them a lot but it's a good rock show). I heard their awesome cover track "Hello" (which is a better version than the original performed by Martin Solveig). As I always do, I went to find out more about the rocking band.
This band is made up of the following five crazy guys (it's true they are crazy!) from Washington, D.C. area. They are:
Rob Robinson "Robbie Rob" "Cojones" - Vocals
Justin Ganderson "Gandy" – Bass/Vocals
Neil Mutreja "Brown" - Guitar
Justin Liberti "Dirty Berti" – Drums
Chris McVey "Rusty" - Guitar/Vocals
Their music is crazy good and what is even better is that they have loads of music to keep a music addict like me happy. They have released 3 albums including their recent release "A to B". I normally complain that music albums can be too short, but with this band I can't complain as they released a double CD album for "A to B". I think all albums should be like this as you can never get enough good music. As you can see from the title of the blog I have split it into two parts for each CD (side A & side B, see what I've done there ha ha).
I Beg You Surrender by Redline Addiction
While listening to the album it felt like I was listening to a complication cd. Let me explain before you give me that weird look. The band have covered a lot of different styles in their music which I asked the band about and I also asked them who their main influences are, they replied:
Musically, we take anything that excites us and incorporate it, whether consciously or not. Certainly Justin L, Neil, and I (Rusty) were greatly influenced by 90's rock initially, including Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Metallica, so every once in a while you will catch that coming out. I alternately was greatly influenced by 80's alt bands like Depeche Mode and the Cure for moodier moments. More recently I've been getting into Grouplove and Bombay Bicycle club and I was really into the Cribs a few years back. Justin G. was more influenced by 80's punk and the indie rock of the early 00's, and some more obscure bands like Fairweather, The Get Up Kids, Paul Westerberg but also Nirvana and Jimmy Eat World. Rob was as huge Bob Dylan, Ray LaMontagne, Jeff Buckley, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Beatles fan and grew up listening to singer songwriters, but then got into the EDM scene in college so he's a bit eclectic.
I think it's because of these varied influences that we have such a diverse sound. We are just fans of music, and can usually find something we like in every genre. Music is about expression, feelings, and honesty, but also fun. We find the same value in a sad ponderous song as a silly dance song. There's a place in all our lives for all of it, it just depends what's speaking to you at the moment. There's no shame in liking a silly bubble gum song if it gets you going. That being said we strive to write deeper songs as well if that's what's going on in our head. I think it's important to find a balance between writing dismissible pop songs and taking ourselves too seriously and only writing depressing art songs. When I pick up that guitar or sit down at that piano I am only motivated by my immediate world around me and the circumstances I've experienced over the past few weeks.
Our Letters album came out of a pretty dark time in my life and a more introspective time of Ganderson's which is why we approached it with a more organic sound. It's a great album but it certainly has a different feel than our new album "A to B". When we were writing "A to B" we were all in a transitional phase of our lives, but mostly we were a bit happier which is why it's a bit more upbeat.
Back to the album, "A" is a great album and showcases the bands talent for music. You can definitely hear the various influences that they mentioned earlier. This is a BAND and I mean they they all sound great together. Don't get me wrong, being a fan of vocals and guitars there are always moments where those elements stand out. I personally think this is the stronger album out of the two CD's as I found it more difficult to select my favourite tracks. I did eventually choose my three top tracks which you listen to via the Soundcloud links.
My first choice is "Beg you Surrender" which starts the album with a bang (intro reminds me of the intro to Thunderstruck by ACDC) with it's "let's rock" vibe and it's catchy chorus. "Uptown" stood out for me and I can't describe why, it's one of those songs that just sounds right. "Our Moment" is one of my favourite written by the band (over all three albums) as I love how it has a feel good anthem vibe about it. It's one of those tracks that you can't help singing along to and imagine being a fan favourite during their live performances.
Our Moment by Redline Addiction
There is more from the band in the second part of the post so stayed tuned. If you don't then you'll be missing out! I do recommend that you check out Redline Addiction, if you are a fan of rock then this is the band for you and I'm sure that your new favourite song is waiting for you! Go say hello to the guys or find out more at the following sites. See you on Side B!
Bandsite: redlineaddiction.com
Facebook: facebook.com/redlineaddiction
Twitter: twitter.com/Redlineaddicts
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/redline-addiction


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In the best sexual position series, we have endeavored to bring you new and pertinent sex health information not readily available elsewhere. In this article we discuss the best sexual position for an older man use. Our authority will be Errol Flynn.
Errol Flynn
The famous phrase "in like Flynn" seemed to appear in the early 1940s when Errol was on trial for "statutory rape" of two under-aged girls. The girls were 18 and Errol was 33. Errol was acquitted, but human nature being what it was, his reputation was fixed thereafter. The incident, and a great more detail can be found in Errol's own book, My Wicked Wicked Ways.
However, a quote by Nora Eddington (later to be one of Flynn's wives) commenting on the trial, "I seriously doubt it; a guy like Flynn doesn't have to rape a girl. His problem is how to prevent them from raping him." Flynn lived until only 50, and died on his yacht while with his girlfriend.
It is from one of his many women (always much younger than himself) where we found Flynn's favorite (and best) sexual position. There is no way to prove the information is correct, but sincere research into his, and the lives of other sexual masters, bears out some similarities that gives credence to our information.
Flynn was a heavy drinker, used opium and smoked continuously (both tobacco and cannabis). Sex under those conditions, and with younger women, would prove also additional evidence that our information is correct.
The Flynn Position
This will be a woman on top position, but in three variations. The first is the woman mounting the man astride, where the man simply lies down, and the woman mounts him, and herself facilitates penetration. The woman will support herself while resting her hands on the man's chest, and do all the movement, in a bump and grind, and then forward churning motion.
At this point the man grabs the woman's back and pulls her down to him, chest to breast. At this point the man starts thrusting, and the woman will be able to kiss the man, or put her head slightly to the side of his. Women tend to orgasm very quickly in this position.
The Flynn position will then shift with the woman, now sitting up aside again, but still penetrated, swivel to face away from the man. The man has now a wonderful view of his penetration, and the woman's buttocks and genital area.
The man facilitates the woman in rising and falling on his penis, and then, the woman, while fully penetrated, goes back to her churning movement, rubbing very hard her clitoral area against the man's. Again, orgasm for the woman can arrive very quickly and profoundly.
A Note on the Flynn Position
Our hero, Errol, had by reputation, great powers of self-control (over his climax and ejaculation). The position above would prove out to facilitate that control, except for the middle pose where the woman and man are chest to breast.
As to this being the best position for an older guy and younger woman, we would invite all prospective candidates for this to try and agree with or dispute the validity of Errol Flynn.
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Not so sure about the Errol Flynn method? Well, you don't have to take his word for it–why not see what another expert, Casonova, has to say in "Best Sex Positions: Do It Like Casonova!" Between them, Flynn and Casonova are about 400 years old–so they must know what they're talking about by now! We never forget the older guys and gals around here. Check out "Sex and the Senior" and "Getting Older and What to Do About It" too. And don't forget to take a gander at that hot flick Fantastic 40's #8. There are lots more like it at the same place!


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