UFC 109 Main Event Fight

Two UFC Hall of Famers, Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman, faces off last Saturday in the first ever battle between two champions of the last decade, as the Main Event of UFC 109.

The battle took place before a sellout crowd of 10,687 fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, pitted two guys who started as national champions in amateur wrestling and later became heavyweight champions in mixed martial arts.

Randy at 46, appeared to be fast, employing his usual strategy of using a Greco-Roman wrestling-style clinch against the cage, his best position, to tire out Coleman and throw punches.

Coleman at 45 was unable to take Couture down or really get any strong offense going, and Couture was happy to keep Coleman in a clinch for most of the round.

In the beginning of the first round in their fight, Couture uses uppercuts to outscored Coleman and master the routine of his opponent. And on the second round, Couture threw more punches on the ground, forcing Coleman to turn his back, as Couture got Coleman again in the clinch and was able to fire punches again, before taking Coleman down – a position that Coleman said before the fight he needed to avoid.

Couture defeated Coleman via submission (choke) in the 2nd round of their fight, making Randy “The Natural” Couture a Champion again for UFC 109, and now, he has 18 wins and 10 losses while “The Hammer” has 16 wins and 10 defeats.

Nickelback Rocked Dubai

Fresh on the tails of their Dark Horse European Tour, Nickelback band members Chad Kroeger (vocals), Mike kroeger (bass), Ryan Peake (guitar) and Daniel Adair (drums) kept the audience upbeat and excited throughout the show.

Concert goers were singing and dancing especially when the band plays their famous songs such as If Today Was Your Last Day, Photograph, Rockstar, and If Everyone Cared, to name a few. Additionally, the live streaming of the concert on two huge panels, a music video presentation as the backdrop, and the incredible series of pyrotechnics paved the way for a magnificent stage production that simply wowed crowds.

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Naruto Manga 481 Chapter Review – DANZOU’s Death

It’s confirmed KARIN IS DEAD.  How can I tell?  Well, I didn’t see her body or any remains of her body in the last page of the chapter, all we saw were the corpse of Danzou while Madara and Sasuke stands above him.

On the first page of the chapter, we see six of the elder ninjas of Konoha during the time of their youth, all striving to prove themselves as worthy ninjas of Konohagure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen-

Mitokado Homura –

Utatane Koharu –

Akimichi Torifu –

Shimura Danzo –

Uchiha Kagami –

We go back to the last scene where Sasuke pierced the Raiton charged spear right into Karin and Danzou.  There were speculations that Karin have survived the attack, but I guess this chapter have proved how Sasuke has really welcomed the darkness and Karin was the first of his real comrades (since his Konoha batch ninjas) that he took for granded and even sacrificed for his victory or we may say – his first true revenge over the death of Uchiha clan and his beloved brother Itachi.

Karin was completely in shock of the events that were truly unbelievable, for a girl who worshipped Sasuke, offered her whole body to regain his chakra back and even loved and shared his vision of revenge as part of the Hawk team.  At the very end, Karin realized that her loyalty did not matter to Sasuke, he only relied on the ninjas that would help him in his revenge.  How will Juugo and Suigetsu compare, only time will tell. 

At the end, what matters to Sasuke is the role of each of Hawk’s member on helping him on his revenge, in this case, Karin proved to be a liability by being too weak to become a hostage.  If she is a hostage, the best use of her is to distract Danzou and make his attack, and this was exactly what happened.

Madara knew that Sasuke’s last attack was the end of Danzou, so he comfortably joined in the stage and was eager to take Shisui’s eyes from Danzou’s current right eye.  In his last moments and helplessly breathing his last air, he remembers the time that he was a young ninja…let the flashbacks begin.

So the 6 young ninjas then were all together in the woods, these was a time that the great ninja war was still imminent in the surroundings.  Danzou , Sarutobi and the other ninjas were lead by Nidaime, the 2nd Hokage and brother of the First.

The Konoha team was being surrounded by Kumogakure’s Master bounty hunters, and their only mission was to hunt and kill.  These hunters were closing in and with a number of 20 ninjas against 7, this was indeed a serious situation.  They decided that a Decoy will potentially lure their attackers and let the others escape back to the village. 

Deep inside, Danzou wanted to volunteer for this very important self sacrifice, he fought with his decision and feelings inside, though his spirit was strong, he could not let himself voice out his intentions while his whole body was trembling with fear.  He consciously tries to think what Sarutobi’s thoughts were but before he could figure it out – Sarutobi spoke confidently to be the Decoy.

The young Danzou though surprised was easily relieved for Sarutobi’s words, he fully realized that he is weak and felt embarrassed.  Sarutobi asked Danzou to take of the others but this angered Danzou.  It seemed that the two had rivalry in strength and achievements even since they were young and this occasion was no different. 

The Second Hokage then spoked and announced that HE will be the decoy and entrusted the others, the young flames of Konoha, to continue to survive and protect the village.  He said to his young ninjas that there is still a lot of things in store for them and it they should not be hasty while they are young.  “One day, you’re time will come, Just stay alive till then.”

The second hokage then called Sarutobi and told him to protect those who have FAITH in you and who LOVE the VILLAGE.  His new role that the Hokage declared is to TRAIN up those whom he can entrust the NEXT GENERATION of Konoha.  The next words, surprised everyone especially Danzou , the 2^nd Hokage declared Sarutobi Hiruzen the tomorrow (from the time that Nidaime might be dead) he will be the THIRD HOKAGE.  Even Sarutobi was surprised but he calmly respected and accepted the title and responsibility.   From this time, Sarutobi was now too far for Danzou to reach, though he could not be Hokage – he fought his own ways to protect the village and serve its citizens.

Danzou fighting Sasuke was his way of serving Konoha and for the sake of the Ninja world, he casted his last technique – Shishou Fuuin Jutsu (reverse four symbols Seal) and the four symbols hidden in his chest started to blow and cast big force that Sasuke and Madara has to step back.

Danzou’s last thoughts was still of Sarutobi, his friend, comrade and probably an idol that he hardly admitted to admire.  He died never catching up to do greater things than Sarutobi not even to become the next Hokage.

In the outer parts of the forest, we find Sakura’s pack, their intention was to find Sasuke, stop him or kill him.  Kiba spotted Sasuke’s scent and told Sakura, with her foolish judgement, she decided to cast a smoke to let the other sleep while she travels alone and fight Sasuke from thereon.  Sai was there to stop  her move, and this angered Sakura. 

With Kakashi’s orders, Sai did not let anyone pass to continue fight Sasuke or Madara since they don’t have any match for these two forces.  Sakura made her attempt to hit Sai but my prediction that the one they are currently talking to is a clone as we see in the other page the both Sai and Kakashi were on their way to join Sakura and team

Lastly, we see the big almost perfect half circle of a crater that Danzou’s last technique has created and as I said earlier, no sign of any remains of Karin.  Sasuke and Madara stood proudly at the sight of their defeated enemy.  Sasuke declared – We HEAD Next for Konoha.

We know Sakura is one kilometer away from Sasuke’s location and Kakashi and Sai is closing in.  We have no idea where Naruto is, for sure not training but still contemplating on how to meet Sasuke face to face as he is now fully aware that the both of them are fated to meet, fight and pursue the never ending fight between the First and Uchiha Madara.

Prediction for 482, a less action packed chapter which I believe would have a lot of conversation from all parties.  A time for Kishi to rest his hands with the past 8 chapters of massive fight scenes and just go back to the old time talk clouds. 

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COMMUNICATE WITH YOURSELF!

Research has shown the most efficient office based workers use several tools- such as the telephone, email, voicemail, inter-office memos, faxes, and “sticky” notes- to organize and complete their work in a way that maximizes productivity.

The highest performing workers use these tools to their best advantage , and one common method is known as “self-messaging”.

This could involve the workers sending emails to themselves, for example, to remind them of important tasks. They may write notes to themselves during the commute home, or keep track of scheduled appointments in their daily diary or mobile phone calendar.

Sometimes they may even leave themselves voicemail messages on their work line if something springs to mind while they’re out of the office.

So to improve your productivity at work, take the time to improve communication with yourself.

Emily Scott

Our Featured Hot Chick of the Day is an Australian commercial lingerie and glamour model, Emily Scott, she was born in Canberra, Australia on June 3, 1984.

Although she’s really goodlooking, she’s did not use it to her advantage on her early age, Emily got her Bachelor’s degree in Product and Urban design from the University of Queensland before she pursue her modelling career. Much to the excitement of pre-pubescent boys who go swimming, Scott is also a trained lifeguard. So whenever she’s on duty and you feel like drowning, please be her guest!

Scott has made appearances on the shows Love Island, Robbie Williams “Rock DJ”MTV, London Ink and the face of Lipton Iced Tea in 2006.

Emily  was also voted by FHM magazine as the “Sexiest Aussie Babe.” In February of 2007.

Having busy for some time, this young lady, despite of her busy modelling schedule, she started her own line of business. And as a designer, she uses her degree to design her own line of swimwear  for a website. And guess who’s modelling? Emily herself! 

What more can you ask for?  One hot chick , smart and a business oriented woman, all in one!

Egyptian football team wins African Cup for the 3rd time

Egypt won the African Cup of Nations for the third time in a row after beating Ghana 1-0 in the Angolan capital, Luanda.

Egypt’s goal was scored by substitute Mohammad Naji, better known as “Gedo” for the team’s historic record victory Sunday.

Gedo, who scored in the last minutes of the match, was also named the tournament’s best scorer with five goals, all scored after coming from the bench.

The “best coach” title went to the Egyptian team’s coach, Hassan Shahata, the team’s goalkeeper Esam Al-Hadhary was named the best goalkeeper, while Egypt’s captain Ahmad Hassan was named, best player.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has received Egypt’s national football team that won the African Cup of Nations Sunday evening in Angola.

At the reception, Mubarak granted medals of honour to the national football team.

Mubarak also noted that the team had displayed the noble spirit of the Egyptian people and their awareness of the true significance of sportsmanship as a bridge to brotherhood and friendship between nations.

Source: – NNN-KUNA