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Posted on: April 17, 2010 9:09 pm
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Strikeforce live results: Mousasi vs. King Mo
The Strikeforce light heavyweight title is up for grabs, as champion Gegard Mousasi (28-2-1) defends against Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (6-0-0).
Mousasi is on a 15-fight winning streak and is one of the most poised and impressive fighters in the sport right now.
King Mo is a former amateur wrestling standout that has had immediate success knocking guys out, so he's already a double threat. He figures to have a very bright future in MMA. It might be too early for a challenge like Mousasi, but a lot of people are picking King Mo for the upset tonight.
Round 1: Before the fight begins, the crowd is cheering for King Mo. Mousasi with a head kick, Mo checks it. Mo with an overhand right. Left hook by King Mo. Mo goes for a single leg and takes Mousasi down as Mousasi hammers away at his head. Mo working in Mousasi's guard. Mo looking for some ground and pound but Mousasi is defending well.
King Mo passes to side control. Mousasi is trying for an upkick to the jaw repeatedly as Mo stands to look for a big punch, but he's not connecting with it. King Mo throwing plenty of punches, some landing and some blocked. He mixes is some elbows and forearms. Mousasi is also puching upward, but King Mo is throwing the bigger shots.
Mousasi scrambles to his feet. King Mo shoots for a single leg and Mousasi hammers away with fists again. Mousasi with a head kick that gets mostly blocked. Mo looks exhausted already, but he goes back to a takedown and gets it. Mousasi escapes back to his feet. He misses a left, Mousasi connects with a weak counter. End of the round, and I have it 10-9 King Mo, but it's very close.
Round 2: Mo is definitely tired, but he's sticking with his wrestling gameplan anyway, despite that being one of the fastest ways to empty his gas tank. Mo with a takedown. Mousasi with plenty of hammer fists and other punches to the head from his back. Mo doesn't seem to know where to go once he gets Mousasi down. Mousasi throwing more upkicks as King Mo stands. Mo goes back to the mat with Mousasi, but Mousasi eventually scrambles to his feet.
Mo takes Mousasi to the mat one more time. From this point forward, if King Mo doesn't find success with something other than takedowns, it's just a matter of time before Mousasi puts him away. Mousasi escapes to his feet again. Mo with a weak-looking left uppercut. Mousasi with a countering uppercut.
Mo takes him down. Mousasi takes the arm but Mo slips away. Mousasi back to his feet, and he takes Mo's back from the standing position, but can't get the rear naked choke as time expires. 10-9 Mousasi. If this one lasts a full third round, I'll be shocked. Mo is totally gassed out.
Round 3: Kick to the ribs by Mousasi. Superman punch by King Mo grazes Mousasi, who connects with a counter. Mousasi misses with a left hook. They both connect with right hands and then tie up at the fence. Mo with a boxing combo that largely misses. Mo takes him down and lands in Mousasi's full guard.
Mo throws some weak strikes, but is basically trying to catch his breath right now. Mo briefly gets to side control and Mousasi turns to his side. King Mo finally starts connecting with a series of right uppercuts with Mousasi laying on his side. Mousasi gets back to butterfly guard. Mo starts landing a few more well-placed punches. He hammers away with uppercuts to the face.
Mousasi doesn't look terribly hurt, but regardless, Mo definitely connected a bunch of times there. End of the round, and i think King Mo stole that one late. 10-9 Mo, so I have it 29-28 Mousasi heading into the championship rounds.
Round 4: King Mo with a left hook, then a takedown. He still looks very tired, more so than Mousasi, but Mousasi isn't doing enough right now. If he's playing possum, he needs to be more active than this so he doesn't needlessly give away rounds.
Mousasi lands a big upkick. Mo with a series of strikes to the face, but he goes dormant long enough for referee "Big" John McCarthy to stand them up. King Mo goes back to the single leg takedown and puts Mousasi on his back. From this point forward, McCarthy is probably going to have less patience for inactivity on the ground. Mo lands a pair of fists from the top. Mousasi throws a few hammer fists from beneath. Right cross by King Mo. End of the round, and it's close, but 10-9 Mo.
Round 5: Mousasi whiffs on a right hook and gets taken down by King Mo. Mo stands up and eats two upkicks to the face for his trouble. Lesson learned, so he goes back into Mousasi's guard. Mo throwing short fists to the face.
Mousasi lands an upkick to the face while Mo's on his knees, which is illegal. McCarthy separates the fighters and warns Mousasi, then checks on Mo. He's OK, so McCarthy deducts one point from Mousasi for the upkick, and the fight resumes. That could be the nail in the coffin for Mousasi, if he doesn't finish Mo.
Mo picks up where he left off with a takedown. Mousasi with some nice punches from the bottom. Mo with a few shots of his own, but Mousasi is more active now. Mousasi is bleeding from the nose, and Mo's eye is almost swollen shut. Mousasi escapes to his feet and throws a few big shots that miss. Mo ties him up at the fence, Mousasi escapes. Mousasi moves in for the kill and gets taken down with a minute left.
Mo stands and looks for a downward strike, but he takes too long and McCarthy stands them up. Another Mo takedown with 10 seconds left brings the fight to a close. 10-9 Mo, so I score the fight 49-46 for King Mo. Let's see if the judges agree.
Make that 10-8 Mo for the final round... I forgot about the point deduction. So I score it 49-45 for King Mo.
Winner: Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal defeats Gegard Mousasi via unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 49-45) after five rounds to win the Strikeforce light heavyweight title.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: CBS, Gegard Mousasi, King Mo, live results, Strikeforce
Posted on: April 17, 2010 8:38 pm
CBS Strikeforce quickie undercard results
Here are the results of the just-completed undercard bouts for CBS Strikeforce Saturday Night Fights, which goes live on the air at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
Spoiler alert: One of the fights below -- featuring Jason "Mayhem" Miller -- is scheduled to air tonight, possibly in highlight form. If you prefer not to have the finish of that fight spoiled, READ NO FURTHER and revisit this blog shortly after 9 p.m. ET for the live round-by-round analysis of the championship fights.
Undercard Results (will not air on TV with the expected exception of Miller vs. Stout):
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Posted on: April 17, 2010 1:15 pm
Edited on: April 17, 2010 1:16 pm
'Saturday Night Fights' live blog: 8:45 p.m. ET
Tonight, MMA returns to CBS with three big Strikeforce title bouts airing live from Nashville, Tenn., at 9 p.m. ET.
For those of you that can't be near a television -- or if you just want to add to your viewing experience -- I will be live-blogging the broadcast tonight starting shortly before 9 p.m. ET.
Here's an early look at the show's introduction to hold you over:
For a complete look at the full card, with quick stats on all of the fighters on the broadcast and expert picks, check out our CBSSports.com Head to Head preview .
See you tonight.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: CBS, Dan Henderson, Jake Shields, live results, Strikeforce
Posted on: April 10, 2010 3:20 pm
Edited on: April 11, 2010 11:49 am
UFC 112 live results: Silva vs. Maia
Time for the middleweight title fight: Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia.
Silva looks more confident than ever coming to the Octagon. Nothing fazes this guy. They keep showing Georges St. Pierre at cageside and teasing that he's interested in this fight. I guess they're setting up Silva vs. St-Pierre after all.
But first, Silva vs. Maia...
Round 1: Maia stalking forward cautiously as Silva waits for his opening. Silva with a side kick to the shin. Interesting. Silva with an outside leg kick that spins Maia around on his feet. Silva head fakes a strike and Maia leaps backward, covering half the distance of the Octagon.
Silva begins clowning, crouching down into a sprinter's starting position and sticking his chin out. Leg kick by Silva. And another. Maia doesn't want to move forward, but that's keeping him from throwing anything, too. Silva starts doing a side-to-side head shimmy, mocking Maia, then throws a short fist. Maia tries to pull guard and Silva escapes.
Silva hits Maia with a flying knee to the head, and Maia goes down. Silva won't go into Maia's guard, wisely. He starts kicking Maia in the hands, dangerously close to kicking him in the face while he's down. The referee stands Maia up. Silva still mocking Maia and toying with him. 10-9 Silva.
Round 2: Silva with a jab and some more mockery. Silva with an ouside leg kick that puts Maia down. Silva stuffs a takedown and throws a huge kick at Maia while he's down, just missing his head. (Which would be extremely illegal, if he connected.) Silva now mocking Maia again and the crowd cheers him for it. Silva standing with his hands on his hips, then at his waist. He punches the canvas, frustrated. Maia swings, Silva dodges.
Silva just following Maia around the cage and talking trash at him. Jab by Silva. The round ends. If I could deduct a point from Silva for being an idiot, I would. But I can't. 10-9 Silva.
Round 3: Teep kick by Silva. Maia's face is bleeding. Outside leg kick by Silva. Inside leg kick by Silva. Maia is taking these leg kicks but he's not giving much back, other than the occasional missed jab. At this point, if I'm Maia, I just shoot for takedowns or get knocked out trying. Maia misses a jab, Silva with a leg kick. He misses again, and Silva kicks his leg again, and then mocks him by doing some ugly-looking jig.
Silva will chop Maia down and Maia will stay there, but Silva lets him up. It's basically a public shaming at this point. 10-9 Silva.
Round 4: More of the same. Silva is not attacking, just dancing around and making fun of the fact that Maia can't do anything to stop him. Maia is trying, but he's way out of his league, demoralized, and unable to force anything. The crowd in Abu Dhabi is cheering for GSP, which says it all.
Maia gets frustrated and waves Silva on. Silva answers by waving him forward. The crowd cheers for Maia. The round ends. Screw it -- 10-9 Maia, because at least he was moving.
Round 5: Embarrassing lack of class from a guy who should be one of the UFC's embassadors. Maia is looking for takedowns. Silva dodges one attempt. Maia has one eye closed from swelling. Leg kick by Silva, and Maia erupts with fists and kicks. He goes down and keeps swinging from his knees. The crowd goes nuts cheering him on. Silva laughs at him.
Maia swings, Silva ducks. Silva with a spinning back kick. Silva is just walking in circles. Silva misses a jab as Maia clings to a leg for a takedown attempt. Silva slips out. Side kick to the shin by Silva, followed by more jogging in circles. Referee Dan Miragliotta stops the fight to tell Silva if he keeps running around he's going to deduct a point, and the crowd cheers him for it.
Silva finally stands in front of Maia, but there's very little time left. He dodges a few strikes, and the buzzer sounds. The crowd erupts in a large "Maia, Maia" chant.
Winner: Anderson Silva defeats Demian Maia via unanimous decision after five rounds to retain the UFC middleweight title.
Silva is still every bit as good as advertised, but his complete disrespect of his opponents -- in a sport where the fighters pride themselves in respecting martial arts -- is growing tiresome. He apologized (through the interpretation of Ed Soares) afterward, but I don't buy it. Not when it's happened for several consecutive fights.
Reports from Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports are that Dana White threw down the middleweight title belt and stormed off. White apparently also had words with Ed Soares during the fight and did not strap the belt onto Silva after his win.
Silva is still one of the best fighters in the world. But somehow, even in winning, he finds a way to turn himself into a disgrace. His behavior won't help the UFC win any new fans. His ability would. But in order for that to happen, he needs to start dismantling guys the way he did early in his reign.
If you want to prove your opponent is terrible, do it by destroying him. Then, shake his hand afterward for being honorable enough to step into the cage and give it his best shot. To mock a man for trying, and to be the bully that nobody can shut up, is not being a great representative for MMA.
And that is part of being a champion. You have to represent your sport, particularly when it's fighting to maintain credibility as critics look for any chance to write it off. Silva's got the fighting game down pat. But if he wants to mock someone for being subpar, he should start by going home, looking in the mirror, and thinking about what it means to be a champion of honor.
In going out of his way to point out how shameful Maia was, Silva shamed himself and the UFC. It sounds like Dana White might agree with me on that one.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Anderson Silva, Demian Maia, live results, UFC 112
Posted on: April 10, 2010 2:30 pm
Edited on: April 10, 2010 3:12 pm
UFC 112 live results: Penn vs. Edgar
It's time for the lightweight title bout pitting champion BJ Penn vs. challenger Frankie Edgar.
Penn is one of the top fighters in the world at any weight class. Let's see if Edgar can crack the code.
Round 1: Edgar with a leg kick, moving in and out very quickly to try and avoid the accuracy of Penn's strikes. Edgar whiffs on a few feeler jabs, then gets out again to avoid a counterstrike. Left jab by Penn connects. Both guys throwing strikes conservatively. Leg kick by Edgar. Edgar uses a punch to set up a single leg, but Penn stuffed the attempt and landed a few good punches in the process.
Edgar moves in quickly and still eats a fist combo before getting back out of range. Edgar with a combo of body punches into a quickly aborted takedown attempt. Edgar with another punch into a body lock, but Penn throws him off. End of the round, and I'd give it to Penn 10-9, but he's already got a mouse under his left eye.
Round 2: Edgar with another takedown attempt off a jab, but Penn stuffs it. Edgar moves in and immediately gets hit with three punches before retreating. Edgar's constant movement is a good thing, and an acknowledgement of Penn's precision striking. Punch in the gut by Penn.
Edgar with a body punch and he gets caught by two counterstrikes. Kick to the ribs by Edgar. Penn with a left, and Edgar lands a nice countering right-left combo. Leg kick by Edgar. Edgar takes down Penn with a single leg but doesn't go down with him, so Penn gets right back up and lands two uppercuts. That's another 10-9 round for Penn.
Round 3: Edgar with an uppercut. A jab by Edgar misses the mark. Edgar misses a looping right and Penn connects with a series of counters, including an uppercut. Penn with a left, as Edgar connects with a pair of body punches. Edgar with a nice left hook off a fake. Penn with a left hook. Edgar sets up a takedown attempt with a Superman punch, which grazes Penn, but he gets stuffed. Whenever Edgar gets stuffed on a takedown, he gets right out of dodge, which is smart. He doesn't hang around and eat fists the way Mark Munoz did against Kendall Grove.
Edgar ducks an overhand right and tries another takedown, but fails. Leg kick by Edgar at the end of the round. 10-9 Penn.
Round 4: Edgar still sticking and moving, but nothing much lands aside from Penn's counters. Penn throws an inside leg kick and Edgar connects with a countering fist to the ribs. Penn with a nice left hook. Edgar throws a head kick and Penn blocks it. Edgar lands a right hand and Penn connects with a counter. Edgar with a body punch. Edgar with a body shot, but the a left hook misses.
Penn with a solid jab. And another. Penn checks a leg kick. Edgar pushes forward and Penn throws him off, then tags him with another jab. Edgar ends the round with a nice left hook. 10-9 Penn.
Round 5: Edgar lands a combo and completes a takedown. Penn escapes relatively quickly to his feet. Leg kick by Penn. Jab by Penn. Penn tags Edgar with a right that takes him off balance for a split second. Both fighters trading jabs now. Nice right hook by Edgar connects. Penn misses a head kick.
Edgar tries for a single leg takedown and Penn shucks him off. Another takedown attempt it stuffed by Penn. Left hook by Edgar. Edgar with a left hook and leg kick combo, connecting on both and dodging Penn's counter. Nice. Penn dodges a straight right and connects with a counterpunch. Jab by Penn. Leg kick to the body by Edgar.Edgar with a body punch, Penn counters with an uppercut. Penn looks tired, but Edgar is in good shape.
Penn with a right hand and a knee to the body at the end of the round. 10-9 Edgar, so I would judge the fight for Penn, 49-46. We'll see what the real judges think.
Winner: Frankie Edgar defeats BJ Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 49-46) after five rounds to win the UFC lightweight title.
Wow. That was something else. It was a very difficult fight to score -- depending almost entirely on whether you value accurate counterstriking more than frequently pushing the pace and pursuing offense -- but even though it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility to give the fight to Edgar, 50-45 seems looney.
On another note, that's probably the farthest my scoring has ever been off from the official fight result.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: BJ Penn, Frankie Edgar, live results, UFC 112
Posted on: April 10, 2010 2:00 pm
Edited on: April 10, 2010 2:23 pm
UFC 112 live results: Hughes vs. Gracie
Matt Hughes (43-7-0) vs. Renzo Gracie (13-6-1, 1 NC) is up next at welterweight. This is a pair of legit MMA legends fighting each other for the very first time.
This is Renzo Gracie's first fight since an underwhelming DQ victory over Frank Shamrock at the first EliteXC show (remember those guys?) way back in February 2007. He is making his UFC debut at the age of 43.
Round 1: Hughes looking to stand with Gracie early. He whiffs on a body kick. Gracie looks very tentative. Hughes with a leg kick. Gracie with a left hook, but he still looks hesitant to follow up. Gracie with a nice one-two combo up the middle. Hughes reverses his back to the fence with a body lock. Gracie escapes before Hughes can work him over. Hughes moves in for another body lock and throws a knee to the ribs. Gracie breaks free again.
Hughes with a leg kick. Gracie with a boxing combo as Hughes retreats to dodge the strikes. Another leg kick by Hughes. And another. Hughes misses with a Superman punch. Teep kick by Gracie before the buzzer. 10-9 Hughes, but there wasn't much action to draw from in scoring the round.
Round 2: Hughes goes back to the leg kicks. Hughes misses with a left hook. Gracie misses with a pair of fists. Hughes body locks Gracie and tries to trip him to the canvas, but Gracie blocks it and tags Hughes on the jaw with a quick right hand on the break. Body punch and a jab by Gracie, and for the first time all show, the Abu Dhabi crowd seems to be booing a fight.
Gracie moves backwards and catches Hughes with a left. Hughes with a left-right combo that connects. Gracie misses with a looping right. Both guys look to be getting tired. They end the round exchanging one-off strikes and then quickly retreating. 10-9 Hughes.
Round 3: Outside leg kick by Hughes. Gracie misses a right, Hughes counters with a jab. Gracie with a jab, then he misses with a left hook. Body punch by Hughes. Nice straight right by Hughes, but he neglects to follow up. Neither guy looks interested in finishing the fight. Hughes with an uppercut and a body lock at the cage wall. Hughes with a series of nice uppercuts as they break, and the crowd finally gets into it. Gracie looks wobbly, but Hughes backs off anyway. Gracie with a jab. Hughes with a jab.
Outside leg kick by Hughes, and Gracie falls to the canvas. He's been trying to chop that tree down all fight. Hughes tries to let Gracie up, but in a funny moment, Gracie asks Hughes to help him up, and he does. Another leg kick and Gracie goes down again. When he gets up, Hughes keeps working those uppercuts. Hughes with a straight right that drops Gracie to the mat. Hughes backs off. Unbelievable. Gracie gets up and Hughes finally finishes him with strikes.
Winner: Matt Hughes defeats Renzo Gracie via TKO due to strikes at 4:40 of Round 3.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: live results, Matt Hughes, Renzo Gracie, UFC 112
Posted on: April 10, 2010 1:32 pm
Edited on: April 10, 2010 1:47 pm
UFC 112 live results: Etim vs. Dos Anjos
Up next is Terry Etim (14-2-0) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (13-4-0) at lightweight.
Etim is looking for his fifth straight win in the UFC. He finished his last three opponents in the second round. Dos Anjos has fought in the Octagon four times, winning three, with the only loss coming at the hands of Tyson Griffin.
Round 1: Outside leg kick by Etim. Dos Anjos is working from a southpaw stance. Right head kick by Etim is blocked. Dos Anjos with a double leg takedown, and Etim slaps on a guillotine choke on the way down. Etim's holding on to the choke, but Dos Anjos is patiently waiting for a chance to pull free. He's not in immediate danger. Etim also has a body triangle applied from the bottom. Dos Anjos slips free and passes to the side.
Referee Mark Goddard warns Dos Anjos for a strike to the spine, and then stands the fight up after a knee on the ground hits Etim in the spine, in the middle of his back. Dos Anjos is warned again and they resume the fight standing. That was an odd standup. Dos Anjos tries to heel trip Etim down and it backfires, with Etim landing on top. Dos Anjos tries to trap the leg from the bottom and Etim spins out of it. Etim working ground and pound from the top.
Dos Anjos throwing short punches from his back. Dos Anjos tries for a kneebar right before the buzzer and can't finish it. Close one, but I'll give it to Dos Anjos 10-9.
Round 2: They trade a variety of strikes for the first minute of the round, with Etim just missing on a Muay Thai knee. Etim throws a kick, and Dos Anjos catches the leg for a takedown. Dos Anjos has side control. Dos Anjos throws fists and works to achieve full mount. Etim takes half guard briefly, before Dos Anjos gets his leg free and tries for a choke.
Dos Anjos lands some stiff, short elbows to the forehead from side control. Dos Anjos takes full mount, but Etim uses a hip escape to get back to half guard. Dos Anjos works his way back into side control and then into the north-south position. Dos Anjos takes the left arm and cranks back on an armbar. Etim tries to turn out of it, but it's tight, and he is forces to tap out.
Winner: Rafael Dos Anjos defeats Terry Etim via submission to an armbar at 4:30 of Round 2.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: live results, Rafael Dos Anjos, Terry Etim, UFC 112
Posted on: April 10, 2010 1:09 pm
Edited on: April 10, 2010 1:25 pm
UFC 112 live results: Grove vs. Munoz
We kick off the main card with a middleweight bout pitting Kendall "Da Spyder" Grove (11-6-0, 1 NC) vs. former All-American collegiate wrestler Mark Munoz (7-1-0).
Munoz is looking for his third UFC win in a row, after debuting in the promotion with a loss to Matt Hamill a year ago.
Round 1: Grove has an eight-inch reach advantage, which is par for the course for him. Munoz tries to get inside, but he's wary of the reach. He moves in and catches a knee to the ribs. Munoz goes for a takedown and Grove unsuccessfully tries to sprawl. Munoz lands a nice right hand to the face from above, then tags Grove three more times as he stands up.
Munoz shoots for another takedown and eats a basty-looking right uppercut that puts him on his backside for a couple of seconds. Munoz regroups and tries to finish the takedown as Grove hammers away from above. Munoz is still fighting for a takedown as Grove defends with his back to the fence. The referee separates them.
Munoz shoots again and Grove sprawls, then tries to roll into a choke. Munoz escapes. Munoz shoots again and Grove puts on a guillotine. Munoz struggles free and goes right back to Grove's legs. He just won't give up on those takedowns. Grove with another guillotine attempt, which he releases right before the buzzer to throw another punch. Munoz's gameplan is walking him directly into harm's way. 10-9 Grove.
Round 2: Munoz grazes Grove with a looping right hand and then moves closer for another takedown attempt... which earns him a stiff right uppercut and a knee to the body. Grove ends up with Munoz's back and tries for a choke. Munoz escapes to the top position. This is where he needs to be. Munoz tees off with heavy fists to the ribs, and a few to the head. Munoz stands and perfectly times a huge right hand to the face.
Knowing he just landed something big, Munoz goes Donkey Kong from the top, smashing Grove with numerous fists to the head until he turtles up and the referee stops the fight.
Give Munoz credit for sticking to that game plan, because even though it put him in serious danger early, it also allowed him to finish the fight once he got to the top position.
Winner: Mark Munoz defeats Kendall Grove via TKO due to strikes at 2:50 of Round 2.
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Kendall Grove, live results, Mark Munoz, UFC 112


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This frame grab from video shows lightning inside the massive Joplin tornado. / tornadovideo.net
Joplin -- Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this city off the map and hit a major hospital.
It was the nation's deadliest single twister in nearly 60 years and the second major tornado disaster in less than a month.
Authorities feared the toll could rise as the full scope of destruction comes into view: house after house reduced to rubble, cars crushed like soda cans, shaken residents roaming streets in search of missing family members.
The danger was by no means over.
A Riverside police officer was recovering from a near-lightning strike suffered while he was helping during the tornado aftermath.
The unidentified officer was being treated at a hospital for burns and other injuries after the strike around 5 p.m. Monday.
Riverside police spokesman Sgt. Brent Holland said the officer had just driven a fire commander back to a command post and was standing next to an all-terrain vehicle when the lightning struck near him.
Fires from gas leaks burned across town, and more violent weather loomed, including the threat of hail, high winds and even more tornadoes.
At daybreak, the city's south side was a barren, smoky wasteland.
"I've never seen such devastation -- just block upon block upon block of homes just completely gone," said former state legislator Gary Burton, who came to help at a volunteer center at Missouri Southern State University.
Unlike multiple storms that killed more than 300 people last month across the South, Joplin was hit by just one exceptionally powerful tornado.
Not since a June 1953 tornado in Flint, Mich., had a single twister been so deadly. That storm also killed 116, according to the National Weather Service.
Authorities were prepared to find more bodies in the rubble throughout this town of 50,000 people.
Gov. Jay Nixon did not want to guess how high the toll would go. But he said: "Clearly, it's on its way up."
Seventeen people were pulled alive from the rubble. An unknown number of people were hurt.
While many residents had up to 17 minutes of warning, rain and hail may have drowned out the sirens.
As rescuers toiled in the debris, a strong thunderstorm lashed the crippled city. Rescue crews had to move gingerly around downed power lines and jagged chunks of debris. Fires, gas fumes and unstable buildings posed constant threats.
Searchers fanned out across several square miles. Groups went door to door, making quick checks of property that in many places had been stripped to its foundations.
National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes said the storm was given a preliminary rating of EF4 -- the second-highest assigned to twisters. The storm had winds of 190 to 198 mph and at times was three-quarters of a mile wide.
Some of the most startling damage was at St. John's Regional Medical Center, where staff had only moments to hustle patients into hallways. Six people died there -- five patients and a visitor.
The storm blew out hundreds of windows and caused damage so extensive that doctors had to abandon the hospital. A crumpled helicopter lay on its side in the parking lot.
Dr. Jim Riscoe said some members of his emergency room staff showed up after the tornado with injuries of their own, but they worked through the night anyway.
"I spent most of my life at that hospital," Riscoe said. "It's awful. I had two pregnant nurses who dove under gurneys ... It's a testimony to the human spirit."
As the tornado bore down on their trailer home, Joshua Wohlford, his pregnant girlfriend and their two toddlers fled to a Walmart store. The family narrowly escaped after a shelf of toys partially collapsed, forming a makeshift tent that shielded them.
"It was 15 minutes of hell," Wohlford said.
At a Fastrip store, 20 people ran into a pitch-black cooler as the building began to collapse around them. They documented their experience with a video. The audio was even more terrifying -- ear-splitting wind, objects getting smashed, wailing children and a woman praying.
Brennan Stebbins said the group crouched on the floor, clinging to and comforting each other. No one was seriously hurt.
Shielded by mattresses, former lawmaker Chuck Surface rode out the storm in his basement with his wife, daughter, granddaughter and dog. After about five minutes, the deafening roar stopped.
"When it got to where we thought we could look out, we went to the top of the stairs and there was no roof -- it was all open air."
Dazed survivors tried to salvage clothes, furniture and family photos.
Kelley Fritz's sons, both Eagle Scouts, rushed into the neighborhood after realizing every home was destroyed. When they returned, she said, "my sons had deceased children in their arms."
Justin Gibson stood outside the tangled remains of a Home Depot and pointed to a black pickup that had been tossed into them. It belonged to his roommate's brother, last seen at the store with his two young daughters.
"I don't know the extent of this yet," Gibson said, "but I know I'll have friends and family dead."
Three firefighters from Battlefield were among emergency workers from throughout the region who were in Joplin to help with recovery efforts.
Battlefield Fire Capt. Jake Schleuter has worked at disaster scenes before, but "I've never been to anything like this."
Fellow Battlefield firefighter Peter Rauch urged civilians to stay away.
"It's hard enough trying to find organization in the chaos without all the tourists," he said.
Contributing: News-Leader reporter Roseann Moring

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On Thursday, Jan. 10, Future, Trina and K. Michelle will perform at The Moon as part of DJ DEMPs Celebrity Birthday Bash during the annual DJ DEMP Week. / Photo courtesy of futurefreebandz.com
Tallahassee will get a dose of Future, Trina and K. Michelle at the same damn time. Coming to The Moon this Thursday, Jan. 10, is DJ DEMPs Celebrity Birthday Bash with the aforementioned performers and a slew of celebrity guests.
Future, the shows headliner, skyrocketed to fame this past year with the release of hit singles Tony Montana, Same Damn Time and Turn On the Lights. A member of the notorious Dungeon Family (Outkast, Cee-Lo Green, Killer Mike, Goodie Mob, Janelle Monáe), the rapper has also made a recent appearance on Rihannas latest album, Unapologetic, producing and writing the hit Loveeeee Song.
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General Chat, Webmaster & Promotion Forums mainly get me going http://www.admincommunity.com/forum/...R#>/tongue.gif
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What type of forum gets you going? Into it? Totally a part of them?
And what turns you off?
For me, it's mostly role-playing and anime that I'm into. But hey, other forums tend to catch my eye.
I don't like sports forums though. They're just..I don't know =P They make no sense to me O.o
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How to change your company culture for marketing success
Mar 10th
I used to work for a big metals and mining company called Alcoa. Whenever I worked on a new customer contract, we always had an extremely conservative legal position, especially when it came to anything that had to do with the competition.
Everybody in sales and marketing had to go through annual training programs about what to do if we ever saw a competitor, or a competitor spoke to us. If we were attending a trade show where a competitor would be, we had to get written permission ahead of time from the Legal Department and brush up on our training again.
Does this sound like overkill to you?
It might make more sense if you knew that the company was the subject of the most famous lawsuit against a corporate monopoly in U.S. history. Alcoa actually lost the suit, leading to the break-up of the company into smaller parts that eventually grew into the company's competitors.
Can you imagine what that would be like? Your former manufacturing plants and employees turn into your competitors almost overnight?
Obviously something that dramatic would have a powerful impact on the company culture. No wonder Alcoa was so conservative when it came to anything that looked like monopolistic behavior.
Oh by the way … that famous legal ruling? It occurred in 1944.
Company culture rules.
Can you see how complex and important corporate culture can be? An event that happened decades ago still influences the company culture today. You really have to dissect the cultural DNA of a company to understand how it works. And I believe there is no more powerful influence on a company's ability to change and adopt new marketing practices than culture.
This is the subject of an extremely interesting new Marketing Companion podcast. Of course Tom Webster and I also introduce three new Marketing Companion products including a discount escort service and subpar child care. Simply a natural connection, right? But that's another story.
The challenge of corporate culture and how to get over the resistance to change is a struggle for almost all of us today. In this podcast we discuss:
- Why so many executives are slow to change and what to do about it
- How to get a change effort started: education, quick wins and the safe sandbox
- The foundational blocks of leadership
- Why you MUST document your progress as a buffer against future change
- The social media quote that gives Mark a stomach ache.
- The march of Milennials is on. How will this impact culture?
- Culture swap — Can we cross-pollinate cultures?
Are you ready? Let's do this thing!
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The key to social media success rests with HR?
Dec 18th
Social media and HR might not seem like the most natural of bedfellows but hear me out … HR might be the most important function leading to transformational change.
I had a fascinating visit with Sprinklr CEO Ragy Thomas recently and the synaptic sparks were flying as we compared notes on how social media is progressing at some of the biggest companies on the planet.
Our viewpoints were remarkably similar. We see many big investments in resources and technology but struggles nearly across the board with implementation, execution, and adoption.
"Part of the problem," Ragy said, "is that the investment required is not necessarily in technology alone. There must also be a commensurate investment in change management."
It's not a technology problem
A lot has been written about the need for CMOs and CIOs to work more closely together and certainly that is true. But we can eventually get technology to do whatever we want. Implementing a sophisticated technology like social analytics is the easy part. Getting people to use it effectively is a lot harder.
That's why social media success might not be determined through a successful IT implementation or marketing strategy. It might ultimately depend on partnering with the Human Resources department.
Traditionally HR and Marketing only interact when there is a position to be filled or an employee grievance to be addressed. Perhaps in the future we will see a closer and more seamless connection between these departments. It will have to be this way for real progress to occur.
Social media and HR
Think about it this way.
Walk through Finance, Accounting, or Engineering. The way they work is not dramatically different than the work experience of 10 years ago. Sure, there are some cool tech enablers, but the fundamentals of the day-in-day-out work are the same.
If a marketing professional from 2005 walked into the marketing department of 2015, they might feel like they are entering an entirely different world.
- Command centers
- Community managers
- Real-time reputation management and crisis response
- Digital analytics
- Instant customer service
- Online advertising optimization
- Content marketing
… none of this was even on the table 10 years ago. And success in this environment is not easy or cheap. Obviously there is a significant technology commitment. But it also places extraordinary new demands on the organization:
- Employees with entirely new marketing experiences and skillsets
- A work environment that can adapt to constantly-shifting rules of engagement
- An organization that is "on" every hour of the day, every day of the year
- A corporate culture ready to publish, respond, and withstand the winds of public criticism when something goes wrong (which will happen!)
- Marketing competencies rooted in statistical analysis and data science.
- Initiatives and compensation based on long-term customer development instead of quarterly sales goals.
Organizational design. Recruiting. Training. Compensation. Change management. All of the success factors in this list are HR functions, not typical marketing responsibilities … but without them we fail.
As we look forward to the promise of the "social organization," "social selling," and real-time engagement at every omnichannel touchpoint, maybe our first step needs to be a visit to the HR Department instead of the CMO.
This post was written as part of the Dell Insight Partners program, which provides news and analysis about the evolving world of tech. To learn more about tech news and analysis visit TechPageOne. Dell sponsored this article, but the opinions are my own and don't necessarily represent Dell's positions or strategies.
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Social media and leadership: 7 ways the world is changing
Oct 6th
When I was in graduate school, I took what I thought was going to be a "filler" type of class in Business Leadership. It turned out to be one of the most interesting classes I have ever taken and it set in motion a life-long study of what it means to be a leader.
The shrill, noisy, and extemporaneous nature of the social web is not exactly an ideal environment for the traditional notion of leadership. I've been thinking about this a lot and have listed below a few ideas I have on social media and leadership. I'd love to hear what you think …
1) How do you exert leadership in an environment that disdains leadership?
Even though any kind of "rules" or hierarchy are disdained on the web, people still have an innate urge to want to know who is in charge … even when nobody is in charge! In a world so densely-packed with information, I sense that people are hungry for real leaders to step up and establish a voice of authority, communicate calmly and clearly, and show others how to make sense of this chaotic world. What does leadership look like in an environment that shuns leadership? Who are real leaders on the web and why?
2) Technology has dis-intermediated traditional paths to leadership
Twenty years ago, working in a traditional company was also your graduate school. There were training programs you accumulated along the way and formal mentoring initiatives to help you figure out how to lead a company.
Today, anybody with a computer can start a business. You don't need capital or assets or even a production path. You just need a good idea and an ability to create computer code. This is an exciting revolution but what happens when a 22-year-old college dropout is suddenly running a billion dollar company? What replaces the traditional educational ladder? Do we NEED to? Is there still a role for traditional management education?
3) Social media and leadership by hashtag
In the past few years we have witnessed dramatic examples of social-media-enabled revolutions like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. These were crowd-sourced revolts without a distinct agenda or obvious leader.
Without question, social media helped these initiatives coalesce. But to what end? The power vacuum in the Middle East has been filled with conventional parties again, leading to more discord. I'm not sure what concrete accomplishment the rudderless Occupy Wall Street movement can claim in the end.
These movements had weak, nearly crowd-sourced leadership. It was essentially Hashtag Leadership. The movements became KNOWN but is that an accomplishment? What does the future look like for weak-link leadership?
4) Does the speed of business provide a mandate for kings instead of leaders?
The intense speed of global business has made traditional command-and-control hierarchies obsolete. To compete today, we need to push responsibility, accountability, customer service, innovation, and time to market to "an 11."
One new leadership model accomplished this better than any other the world has ever seen — Apple, because Steve Jobs was not the company leader. He was its king.
Steve Jobs was unlike any leader I can think of short of a military dictator. His power was so complete that he ordered his board of directors to resign so he could replace them with his hand-picked supporters.
Jobs did a lot right — prioritization and focus, devotion to quality and customers, bold decisiveness, an ability to attract talent, and creative vision for his brand, to name a few. But he was also a nasty, obsessive bully who often put his own ego above the rational needs of his company and his customers. Let's face it. He would not have lasted in any other publicly-traded company in America.
And yet Apple would not have achieved the breathtaking scale and scope of innovation we have witnessed without this highly unusual corporate structure. He ruled by instinct, and there is something to be said for that.
But the danger of this was exposed, too when Jobs' ego and maniacal attention to detail nearly ran strong projects into the ground. There was no accountability, no checks and balances.
Is this an ideal model for innovation or a recipe for disaster? Do we elevate quirky geniuses or organizational leaders? Can you be both?
5) Transparency and political leadership
I think one contributor to American political paralysis is the harsh transparency and instantaneous public feedback from the social web.
Not long ago, you only had to face your constituents every few months when you planned a trip back home. Now leaders are exposed to the constant clanging of public opinion. They are sometimes fighting for political relevance minute by minute.
In some ways this feedback is transformational but in some ways it probably enables dysfunction and obsession with polls.
6) Crowdsourcing social media and leadership
I met this interesting young lady who had created three successful start-ups by the age of 26.
She had no previous business experience.
She had no college degree.
In fact, she had never even take a business course.
How did she navigate the world of finance, HR, and marketing to get these companies off the ground? Her social media connections.
"I have friends who work for Google during the day but help me at night," she said. "Basically I crowd-source all my expert advice."
American industrialist Andrew Carnegie once said the key to successful leadership was having the courage to surround yourself with people smarter than you.
I think that still holds true but there are exciting new opportunities to accomplish this through the social hive that requires a different type of networking skill.
7) The awkward truth about social proof
Let's say you were thinking about signing up for an online social media seminar. The content looks similar for two courses you are considering so you look at the gurus behind the content. One guru has 100,000 Twitter followers. The other one has 2,000. Which one do you choose?
The sad and strange truth is that these numbers matter and actually create an image of leadership from nothing. In my book Return On Influence, I tell the story about a former social media leader who admitted to me that he had manufactured his entire social media presence. He bought Twitter followers and Facebook Likes to appear to be powerful. He eventually crumbled under the weight of his charade but for many years he maintained an image of power and popularity when there was nothing underneath.
At least in the short-term, you can fake your way into a position of leadership on the web. Remember when actually you had to earn a position of authority?
Well, that's enough from me on the subject. Please add your thoughts, additions and comments in the comment section below! How is social media changing the traditional notion of leadership?
The "social media project:" Just say no
Sep 1st
I was thumbing through a recent Seth Godin post on the importance of projects and his advice on tackling them and it served as a good prompt to remind you that not everything is a project. In fact, there are very good reasons to RESIST the idea of identifying something as a "project."
"Projects" are fine when you are identifiying a finite team activity. But making long-term change an identified "project" is probably a momentum-killer.
By and large, people don't want to change. They SAY they want to change. They SAY they will help the company move forward. But humans normally crave stability and they commonly resist change even if they tell you otherwise.
The word "project" is a red flag that something is about to change and that sends shivers down the spines of many people you need to climb onboard. Here is the best way to short-circuit your corporate change effort: Give it a name.
When you name a company initiative (and bring out the posters, etc.), this is a signal to many people that whatever you are working on is the flavor of the month and all they have to do is ignore it, wait it out, and watch it crumble.
If you are trying to adjust a long-term behavior like an approach to customer service, implementation of a content strategy, or beginning a social media plan, just do it, don't name it. If you implemented a new phone system or email platform, you wouldn't name it because it is just part of business now. Approach cultural change the same way.
True cultural change is difficult enough without making it harder on yourself. Beware "the project!"
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There is an ongoing conversation among communications and SEO professionals, alike, about the value of using news releases to boost your online visibility.
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- Multimedia. PR Newswire published a study that proved that releases with multimedia elements garnered more views. It's only natural readers would respond to a release that showcases an embedded video, a large image, or an audio interview. These elements don't directly affect your SEO, but they will affect whether your release is viewed, how long readers stay on the page, and most definitely whether it is shared on social media.
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A secondary benefit that should not be ignored is the fact that your published release now features many of your marketing elements in one place – creating a visual sales page for your company. Now you can reach out personally to journalists in your local area or niche and tell them why you think their readers would be interested in your news; you can also include a link to your PR – where they can view the video, download high-res images or a whitepaper, or follow your call-to-action.
Are online releases a silver bullet solution to solve all of your SEO and online visibility problems? No. But they are inexpensive to publish, generate backlinks, create additional ways for people to find you, are timely and social-media 'share'-worthy, give your business a sense of credibility, and house all of your critical announcement details in a single location.
To me, news release publishing has always filled a completely separate, yet valuable marketing need. It doesn't replace anything – we still need to be implementing our SEO strategies, still need to be building relationships on social media, and still need to be publishing quality content that establishes us as leaders in our industries. But, in my opinion, the results of all of these campaigns will be stronger and more effective by including online releases, rather than omitting them.
Tara Geissinger is an SEO and content marketing expert by day and triplet mom by night. As co-owner of the online visibility firm, SEO Content Solutions, and online press release distribution firm, Online PR Media, Tara has helped thousands of businesses get more visibility online – from helping Macy's optimize their product descriptions to working behind-the-scenes with some of the largest SEO and marketing firms in the world.
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Great article! I've done several press releases & it has benefits my business quite a bit. I have more online links directing to my website now! http://www.shannonspetsitting.net I found there are many inexpensive ways to submit a press release. Although contact the local newspapers for a more specific area to be seen , a global presence don't hurt either! I tried to don one at least once a year now.
It is interesting, today I signed up at PRweb to do a press release. The release is completed but I am not sure where to start. I appreciate the information abourtAnchor Text Links. Many distribution sites offer a number of anchor text link options in the body of your release. Take advantage of these by linking to various pages of your website and mix it up. Your article couldn't have come at better time.
News release and press release are the same thing, right? If so, I'm curious as to why you refer to it as the former not the latter. (Honest question)
Help info Tara, thanks. Two thoughts from me upon reading:
1. Not forgetting to factor in the mobile future in optimising news releases but also (and perhaps something of a counterpoint) ...
2. Not encouraging businesses and organisations to flood the online space with no end of news releases just because they've mastered the SEO & keyword imperatives (it's bad enough that there are growing numbers of content farms out there adding to the digital noise and making it increasinggly difficult to achieve cut-through, buy-in and influence change, consumer behaviour change etc).
Great post, Tara! I just added this to my Evernote so that I can review it before my next release goes on the wire. I like how you just slipped in the fact that you are the mother of triplets on top of it all. So, you're pretty much super mom ...
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I enjoyed this post @TaraGeissinger , thanks. I frequently remind clients that their prospective customers will visit the online news room and possibly read that news release; reason enough to get it out there. And, most of us know journalists who are working hard just to keep their heads above water and who rely on the information available online as a source of story ideas, background information or verification. Your news release isn't, or shouldn't be, the sum total of your company's communications efforts but it still has a valuable place in the big picture (IMHO). And using the tips you provided to boost online visibility? Just makes sense. :)
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Thanks for taking a twirl with us, Tara. I'm on the rampage on this one...mostly to figure out the right balance of a news release in the bigger communications program. I know Google says they don't rank releases, but between this and my post last week, I think we have enough anecdotal evidence to prove that wrong.
Let me give you another reason to post them online.
About two weeks ago, I was going behind a reporter proofing a particularly persnickety article (yes, we actually do proof them).
Anyway, as part of just checking a few facts, I stumbled across a press release on a company's website. It led to yet another story that more prominently featured that particular company.
You just never know how a press release will grab someone.
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The trouble with this approach is people forget that media releases are for the media. Spend more time worrying about what reporters need and less time about SEO.
"Without compromising the integrity or creativity of your title, try to include a keyword." - This sentence really stood out for me - I hate when blog posts websites pepper their content/copy with obvious keywords, over and over and over again, to the point where you realize that you're not reading anything of any quality - you're just reading a bunch of trite keyword fodder. Consequently I'm very careful not to pimp out keywords in our content. Great post Tara, thanks again!
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Scientists from the University of Kentucky (UK) and the University of Louisville (UofL) have determined that an inexpensive semiconductor material can be "tweaked" to generate hydrogen from water using sunlight.
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Lovejoy is a series of picaresque novels by John Grant (under the pen name Jonathan Gash) about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia. A less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue, Lovejoy has a reputation in the antiques trade as a "divvie" (possibly derived from "diviner"[citation needed] although several of the books[citation needed] question this), meaning one with an almost supernatural talent for recognising exceptional items as well as for distinguishing fakes or forgeries from genuine antiques. Lovejoy's first name is never mentioned in the books. In the TV series based on the novels, he insists on being addressed by all solely as "Lovejoy".
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The power of blood test can be used to identify Dementia Risk. This blood test can predict with 90 percent certainty whether a senior will suffer from dementia within the next few years, researchers report.
Lower levels of 10 lipids or fats in the blood stream can estimate the chance of either mild cognitive impairment which involves memory loss and a decline in thinking ability or the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease.
Low levels of these 10 blood fats can predict impending dementia symptoms with remarkable accuracy, said study author Dr. Howard Federoff, executive dean of the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
"We do not know why all 10 of those lipids are lower in individuals who are predisposed to go on to cognitive impairment," Federoff said. "We can't directly link this to our current understanding of the pathobiology of Alzheimer's disease."
Maria Carrillo, vice president of medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer's Association, said such a blood test could prove easier to administer than current tests used to detect early onset of the disease.
Doctors now must rely on expensive MRIs and PET scans that are limited in their diagnostic ability.
"Blood-based biomarkers would be a great and useful option more accessible, less invasive, easier to gather and less expensive to process," Carrillo said. "Several are under development for preclinical Alzheimer's disease. More research investment in this area is urgently needed."
The new study involved 525 healthy people aged 70 or older who underwent a full blood exam and a battery of neurocognitive tests.
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Doctors compared their blood to the blood of people who remained mentally sharp, looking for differences. They found that people who later developed dementia started out with low levels of a series of 10 lipids, compared to the other study participants.
They then performed a second study in which they tested the predictive power of the 10-lipid review on a separate group of 40 people. "We showed the blood test would be able to identify people who would develop mild cognitive impairment," Federoff said.
The accuracy of the blood test neither improved nor diminished when researchers added a genetic test looking for a mutant version of the "APOE" gene that has been linked to Alzheimer's.
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