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Monday, January 30, 2012
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Occupy Oakland: Police Teargas Protestors, Use Flash Grenades
OAKLAND, Calif. ? Police were in the process of arresting about 100 Occupy protesters for failing to disperse Saturday night, hours after officers used tear gas on a rowdy group of demonstrators who threw rocks and flares at them and tore down fences.
Police Sgt. Christopher Bolton said the arrests came after protesters marched through downtown Oakland a little before 8 p.m. Saturday, with some of them entering a YMCA building.
Meanwhile, about 100 police officers surrounded City Hall while others were swept the inside of the building to see if any protesters broke in.
More help from other police agencies was also on the way, with busloads of Alameda County sheriff's deputies arriving in the downtown area late Saturday.
The nighttime arrests came after 19 people were taken into custody in Occupy Oakland protests hours earlier.
Police used tear gas and "flash" grenades on the group Saturday afternoon after some demonstrators threw rocks and other objects at them. Police said three officers were hurt, but they released no details.
Police said the group assembled at a downtown plaza Saturday morning, with demonstrators threatening to take over the vacant Henry Kaiser Convention Center. The group then marched through the streets, disrupting traffic.
The crowd grew as the day wore on, with afternoon estimates ranging from about 1,000 to 2,000 people.
The protesters walked to the vacant convention center, where some started tearing down perimeter fencing and "destroying construction equipment" shortly before 3 p.m., police said.
Police said they issued a dispersal order and used smoke and tear gas after some protesters pelted them with bottles, rocks, burning flares and other objects.
Most of the arrests were made when protesters ignored orders to leave and assaulted officers, police said. By 4 p.m., the bulk of the crowd had left the convention center and headed back downtown.
The demonstration comes after Occupy protesters said earlier this week that they planned to move into a vacant building and turn it into a social center and political hub. They also threatened to try to shut down the port, occupy the airport and take over City Hall.
In a statement Friday, Oakland City Administrator Deanna Santana said the city would not be "bullied by threats of violence or illegal activity."
Interim police Chief Howard Jordan also warned that officers would arrest those carrying out illegal actions.
Oakland officials said Friday that since the Occupy Oakland encampment was first established in late October, police have arrested about 300 people.
The national Occupy Wall Street movement, which denounces corporate excess and economic inequality, began in New York City in the fall but has been largely dormant lately.
Oakland, New York and Los Angeles were among the cities with the largest and most vocal Occupy protests early on. The demonstrations ebbed after those cities used force to move out hundreds of demonstrators who had set up tent cities.
In Oakland, the police department received heavy criticism for using force to break up earlier protests. Among the critics was Mayor Jean Quan, who said she wasn't briefed on the department's plans. Earlier this month, a court-appointed monitor submitted a report to a federal judge that included "serious concerns" about the department's handling of the Occupy protests.
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International Development - Manager, Finance & Budgeting, Trees ...
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The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Based in New York City, with offices throughout the United States and worldwide, the Rainforest Alliance works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers.
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The Rainforest Alliance?s TREES (TRaining, Extension, Enterprises and Sourcing) Program promotes sustainable livelihoods and protects biodiversity in forest-dependent communities. We work to enhance the competitiveness of community and indigenous forestry enterprises by building business skills, increasing efficiencies, and facilitating investment in value-added processing, expanding income opportunities from wood and non-wood forest products and environmental services, and increasing access to local and global markets through Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.
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Position Summary:
The Finance & Budgeting Manager will be a key member of both Rainforest Alliance-HQ Finance & Administration Division and the TREES Program management team. S/he will provide critical support to the TREES Program management in monitoring, analyzing and reporting the financial performance of the TREES Program.? S/he will work closely with the Director to develop and manage the TREES Program budget and proactively ensure it meets its revenue and expense targets. S/he will assure the TREES Program complies with finance, budget and contracts requirements in accordance with Rainforest Alliance policies and procedures.? S/he will also be a member of the Finance & Administration Division, which includes HQ-Finance management and the other Rainforest Alliance Finance & Budgeting Managers, and as such participates in the overall budgeting and financial analysis process and supports HQ-Finance as needed.?
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Responsibilities:
Planning and Budgeting
- Responsible for accurate and timely reporting and analysis of the division?s performance, based on board approved budgets, for both TREES Program management and HQ-Finance;
- Manage the annual budgeting and financial planning process (including mid-year forecast) for the TREES program in collaboration with the Director, Regional and Project Managers, Supervisors, and other Division staff; determine how TREES Program staff participate in drafting portions of the budget;
- Monitor all financial activities, and keep TREES Program management and HQ-Finance advised of situations which have potential negative impact on financial performance; and
- Coordinate proposal budget development with TREES Program staff, Development and HQ-Finance.
Expense Control/Accounts Receivable
- Monitor expenses and revenues to ensure that the TREES Program spend according to the available revenue and that restricted funds are used according to donor requirements;
- Coordinate with HQ-Finance and TREES Program staff to manage receivables on an ongoing basis;
- Create and maintain financial report templates and reporting tools; and
- Establish additional TREES Program procedures, where needed, to ensure adequate control and timely and accurate recording of expenses; including pre-approvals, expense approval limits, and activity planning tools.?
Contracts and Agreements
- Ensure that contractual agreements are created with approved templates and according to Rainforest Alliance policies and funder requirements; and coordinates negotiation of? agreements with TREES Program staff, Finance, Legal and/or other Rainforest Alliance departments as required and necessary;
- Ensure that Rainforest Alliance-issued agreements and related payments are processed and administered according to Rainforest Alliance policies and in compliance with established terms; and
- Ensure that implementation of funded activities is in conformity and on schedule with the provisions and requirements of the funding sources.
Reporting
- Produce and/or review financial reports submitted to funders on behalf of the TREES Program; ensure that submitted reports and invoices are reviewed for accuracy and include proper support documentation; and
- Assist with monitoring, tracking and reporting of contract and agreement deliverables.
Human Resources
- Coordinate with Human Resources in submission of job descriptions/position announcements and new hire requests in accordance with HR processes, and monitor these for conformance with approved program budget; and
- Coordinate with Human Resources regarding current and future recruitments.
Communication, Training and Guidance
- Serve as a key communication conduit to and from HQ-Finance and TREES Program management and other staff.? Ensures the timely and accurate dissemination of information;
- Provide training and guidance to TREES Program staff on the use of financial tools, budget formulation, tracking and adjustments, expense accounting, financial analysis and reporting, and contract management;?
- Identify training needs and facilitates contracts orientation and training for newly hired TREES Program staff, in coordination with other Rainforest Alliance staff;
- Provide guidance, coaching and oversight of other TREES Program staff serving in finance and contracts management roles for large government and multi-lateral funded projects; and
- Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelors ?degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting or Finance;
- 7-10 years experience in financial analysis, reporting and budgeting; with minimum 2 years experience directly supervising staff;
- Demonstrated work experience with both Excel and computerized accounting systems (knowledge of Solomon a plus) and with reporting software, (FrX and Crystal highly preferred);
- Familiarity with a multi-office, multi-national organizational environment;
- Non-profit and U.S. government funding experience preferred;
- Experience in training staff in budgeting, financial reporting and use of financial tools;
- Strong math, analytical and technical skills; highly organized with an attention to details; take initiative; customer service oriented;
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills;
- Ability to interact professionally with culturally and linguistically diverse staff and clients;
- Fluency in English and proficiency in Spanish required; working knowledge of French a plus; and
- Willingness and ability to travel to 30% of the time internationally and domestically.
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Commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits package provided.
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Send resume, cover letter and salary history to Human Resources, Rainforest Alliance,? 665 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012; Fax: 212-677-2187; E-mail: gro.ar@lennosreP. If emailing, use the following format in the subject line: first name and last name, job title of position you are applying for.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns (Reuters)
GENEVA (Reuters) ? More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
The agency appealed for $67 million for 8 countries in the region where it said instability fueled by increasing activities of al-Qaeda and Boko Haram was compounding humanitarian needs. They are Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and the northern regions of Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal.
"In the Sahel we are facing a nutrition crisis of a larger magnitude than usual with over 1 million children at risk of severe, acute malnutrition," Rima Salah, acting UNICEF deputy executive director, told a news briefing.
"The countries in the Sahel, for example, if we do not now attend to their needs, it will become like Somalia and other countries," she said. "We have to prevent it before it becomes a disaster."
She was referring to the anarchic Horn of Africa country where the U.N. says 250,000 still live in famine conditions due to drought and conflict and a total of 4 million need aid.
More than nine million people in five countries in Africa's Sahel region face food crisis next year, following low rainfall, poor harvests, high food prices and a drop in remittances from migrants, aid agency Oxfam said last month.
The funds for the Sahel, for an initial six-month phase, will provide therapeutic feeding to malnourished children and campaigns to prevent the spread of epidemics including cholera. Some families will receive cash to cover higher food prices.
It is part of UNICEF's overall appeal of $1.28 billion for 98 million women and children in 25 countries. Somalia and other Horn of Africa countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya) account for nearly one-third of the total amount sought.
"There is growing instability in the Sahel region, fuelled by the Arab Spring and increasing activities of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Boko Haram, all compounding the humanitarian needs of children and women in the region," UNICEF's report, "2012 Humanitarian Action for Children," said on Friday.
The Libyan civil war might have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a U.N. report released in New York on Thursday.
The U.N. report on the impact of the Libyan civil war on countries of the Sahel region that straddle the Sahara - including Nigeria, Niger and Chad - also said some national authorities believe the Islamist sect Boko Haram, which killed more than 500 people last year and more than 250 this year in Nigeria, has increasing links to al Qaeda's North African wing.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay Editing by Maria Golovnina.)
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Woods shoots 69, in contention in Abu Dhabi (AP)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates ? Tiger Woods moved into contention after the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship with a 3-under 69 Friday, two shots behind leader Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark.
Olesen shot a 67, making seven birdies in his first 12 holes for a one-shot lead over 18-year-old Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland (70) and Matteo Mannasero of Italy (65).
"For me it's very special. It's not many years ago I was watching them on TV," Olesen said of the world's best golfers. "I know it's tough, but I'm trying to keep playing my own game and do my best."
Woods had three straight birdies on the back nine to finish at 5-under 139.
He started slowly before making three birdies over five holes. Woods dropped a shot on the 16th after an errant drive landed in deep rough.
"I thought I played well today," Woods said. "I made a couple putts here and there, but it was tough out there. The greens got a little quicker, a little bit drier and the rough is certainly getting deeper and more lush."
The best score of the day came from Manassero, who made seven birdies in a bogey-free round.
Woods is tied for fourth in a group that includes Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (72) and Robert Karlsson of Sweden (72).
Spain's Sergio Garcia (69), Ireland's Padraig Harrington (69) and South Africa's Charl Schwartzel (70) were at 140.
It was a day of mixed fortunes at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. McIlroy's round was marred by a two-shot penalty for brushing away sand in front of his ball, which sat on the fringe on the ninth. Fourth-ranked Martin Kaymer (73) failed to make the cut in a tournament he has won three times. Meanwhile, a relatively unknown 22-year-old Dane surged into the lead of the star-studded tournament in a bid to win his first event on the European Tour.
Much of the attention was on Woods, who is trying to follow up his season-ending victory last month at the Chevron World Challenge with another win. That ended a two-year run without a victory, a period in which the 14-time major winner endured a series of injuries and turmoil in his personal life.
Woods had a bogey-free first round but admitted the greens fooled him much of the day. He seemed to figure them out Friday, making several key putts including a 10-footer for his final birdie on the 15th.
But he said players were "grinding along" and it was anyone's tournament to win with the leaderboard featuring nine players within two shots of Olesen.
Woods is optimistic the changes in his swing instituted by new coach Sean Foley are paying off.
"Certainly I have much more experience within the system, and I've grown to understand what Sean wants me to do and how my body is going to do those things and produce the numbers he wants me to produce," Woods said. "If you would have asked me (six to eight months ago) if I would understand the system as well as I do and the numbers I'm producing, I probably would have said no ... Now I do and when we talk, it's very simple."
While Woods was the picture of consistency Friday, the big-hitting McIlroy took fans on a rollercoaster ride after holding a share of the lead after the first round.
The 22-year-old U.S. Open champion, playing with Woods for a second day, opened with a bogey and double bogey after an errant drive and some shaky putting. He rallied with three birdies before a double bogey on the ninth. That's where he got a two-shot penalty for brushing away the sand in front of his ball. Playing partner Luke Donald (72) spotted the infraction and called him on it.
Rather than get rattled, McIlroy produced two birdies on the next three holes to end at even par.
"Obviously, that wasn't the best start, 3 over through three. I battled back really well to get it back to even par after eight," McIlroy said. "Made a mistake on 9 when I brushed the sand off the green, wasn't thinking clearly and a penalty there. Felt like I played the back nine well. Even par, considering everything that happened out there today, is a decent score." Players are allowed to brush away sand on the green but not on the fringe.
"I mean, my ball was just maybe six feet off the green and there was a lot of sand in between my ball and the hole. I just brushed the sand and Luke was like, 'I don't think you can brush sand off the fringe,'" he said. "And I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, you're right'. Just one of those things ... You're going to get a bad deal every now and again, and just have to take it on the chin and try and come back and get the shots back as quick as possible."
Kaymer headlined the list of 60 players to miss the cut of 2 over. The 27-year-old German, who had come in as a favorite after his past success on the course, blamed putting for his troubles.
"Expectations were very high," he said. "When you go to a tournament where you've played very well in the past, you expect you're going to be successful somehow and it hasn't happened this week. It's OK. I practiced hard in the winter and it will come together at some stage."
British Open winner Darren Clark also missed the cut after shooting a 9-over 153. Others failing to qualify for play on the weekend included Colin Montgomerie of Scotland (147), Edoardo Molinari of Italy (149), American Todd Hamilton (149) and Michael Campbell of New Zealand (149).
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Conan O'Brien and CBS plan on a "Super Fun Night" (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES, Jan 26 (TheWrap.com) ? Conan O'Brien and CBS plan on having a "Super Fun Night" together.
The network has picked up the pilot for "Super Fun Night," which will be produced by the late-night host. The half-hour, multi-camera comedy will track the efforts of three geeky female friends as they embark on a "funcomfortable" journey to have "SUPER FUN" every Friday night.
Australian "Bridesmaids" actress Rebel Wilson will write and star in the pilot.
O'Brien will share the executive-producer credit with "Conan" executive producer Jeff Ross and David Kissinger; Wilson will co-executive produce. O'Brien's production company Conaco and Warner Bros. Television are producing.
(Editing By Zorianna Kit)
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Strong business morale shows Germany will avoid recession (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) ? German business sentiment rose for the third month in a row in January, beating expectations and offering fresh evidence that Europe's largest economy is shrugging off a sovereign debt crisis that has hammered growth in other euro zone countries.
The Munich-based Ifo think tank said on Wednesday its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 companies, rose to 108.3 in January from a revised 107.3 in December, its highest level since August and the biggest monthly increase in 11 months.
The reading was at the top end of expectations in a Reuters poll of 39 economists that produced a median forecast of 107.5. It sent the euro to a session high versus the dollar.
"Did anyone say recession? Today's Ifo index shows that the German economy only made a short stopover at the end of last year and is now heading towards expansion again," said Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING in Brussels.
"The widely-spread fear that the euro zone's biggest economy could now also be caught by the crisis virus has been soothed."
A sub-index on expectations posted the biggest monthly climb since July 2010, a sign businesses are confident that Europe's powerhouse will return to healthy growth from the second quarter of the year. It rose to 100.9 from a revised 98.6.
Ifo's sub-index on current conditions fell to 116.3 from 116.7 in December.
TURNING POINT
Economists said the third consecutive increase signaled a turning point in Germany's outlook, with growth broadening again, prompting JP Morgan analysts to expect German quarter-on-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth of around 1 percent in the first three months of the year.
Germany's government predicts the economy will grow 0.1 percent in the first quarter.
"We have hit the floor with GDP in the first quarter," Unicredit economist Andreas Rees said.
Germany has been resilient in the face of troubles elsewhere in the euro zone, as fiscal prudence, steady demand for its high-quality products, and high competitiveness have helped it weather a tough global environment.
But its economy slowed at the end of last year and some economists see a risk of two consecutive quarters of contraction -- the technical definition of a recession -- in the fourth quarter of 2011 and first quarter of 2012.
"There are no signs of a recession," said Ifo economist Klaus Abberger, pointing to the euro zone debt crisis as the main risk to the German outlook.
Germany was the only country in the euro zone to retain a top-grade AAA credit rating with a stable outlook from Standard & Poor's, after the rating agency's mass downgrade of states using the single currency earlier this month.
The strong Ifo, combined with an expanding manufacturing sector and better investor sentiment, came a day after the International Monetary Fund cut its outlook for German growth to 0.3 percent from 1.3 percent for this year, a forecast that Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said was too low.
Still, economists are concerned that while Germany is weathering the storm well, its growth is far from enough to bolster the euro zone as a whole.
And in a sign that the gloomier economic environment is making it harder for firms already struggling to secure financing, a number of high-profile German companies have filed for insolvency in recent months.
Germany's biggest drugstore chain Schlecker said last week it was filing for insolvency after failing to secure funds to keep it afloat while it restructures its business.
Even Siemens (SIEGn.DE), Europe's biggest engineering conglomerate, has felt the pinch of the debt crisis. The maker of trains, turbines, hearing aids and lightbulbs said on Tuesday it suffered an unexpectedly sharp fall in core profit, as the debt crisis squeezed its margins, especially in the renewable energy business.
(Reporting by Annika Breidthardt, additional reporting by Stephen Brown, Madeline Chambers, Brian Rohan and Gareth Jones; Editing by Noah Barkin and Stephen Nisbet)
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Republicans Need to Back Call for Mandatory High-School Attendance to Age 18 (ContributorNetwork)
COMMENTARY | Sometimes Republicans just don't know when to shut up. One such member is Utah Sen. Mike Lee who wants Republicans to block President Barack Obama's call for mandatory school for all students until age 18.
Lee said Obama's call for longer mandatory attendance before a student could drop out was "none of his business," according to The Ticket. Lee said the federal government should not play a part in education because that is the within purview of state and local governments.
He's right -- and he's wrong.
Determining education standards is certainly the right and responsibility of state and local governments, but let's be serious here: The Obama proposal is a good idea. Our young people need as much education to compete in today's modern world as is possible. Drop-outs will have a hard time finding meaningful work, especially in a recessed economy. The least we should expect is that students complete high school.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 8.1 percent of students nationwide dropped out of high school in 2009. That number is too high. If we are going to compete in a global market, we've got to make sure all students receive a minimum level of education and expecting them to complete high school is not asking too much. Maybe -- just maybe -- it will cut down on welfare support programs for the underpaid and unemployed.
But the focus needs to continue beyond high school. Employers and local communities need to give more support to community colleges and vocational schools where the trades are taught. That support can be in the form of joint private-public ventures as Obama described in his State of the Union Address, as well as incentives to hire freshly-trained vocational school graduates.
Wherever the approach, there needs to be a greater focus on education. Republicans cannot possibly believe that by turning their noses away from the problem that it will go away. They need not cede state control of education to support a plan like Obama suggests. Mandatory high school attendance until age 18 is not a bad idea.
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Nokia S40: over 1.5 billion served
Nokia has announced a major mobile milestone: over 1.5 billion (with a b) Series 40 (S40) handsets sold since the first device -- the 7110 -- was introduced in 1999. "We are incredibly proud to reach this milestone," wrote Nokia's Executive VP of Mobile Phones, Mary McDowell. "It is gratifying to consider how Series 40 devices have made mobile technology accessible." Breeze on past the break for the official PR with more information about the Asha 303 handset knighted number 1,500,000,000, then feel free to weigh in on how long will take the Lumia line to reach the same milestone.Continue reading Nokia S40: over 1.5 billion served
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Obama speech echoes in town with failed factory (AP)
MOBERLY, Mo. ? After 19 years running state unemployment offices across northern Missouri, Steve Moore can rattle off the names of shuttered factories in this old railroad town with ease.
There's Matcor Automotive, a parts manufacturer that at its peak employed 300 workers but closed in June 2010 in response to declining production by General Motors. Textbook publisher Scholastic Inc. is closing its Moberly packaging center, costing the town another 100 jobs.
Then there's the biggest blow of all: the failed promises of Mamtek U.S. Inc., a Chinese-owned artificial sweetener factory offered about $17 million in state tax incentives and $39 million of local bonds that went belly up in 2011 when the company couldn't make the bond payments. More than 600 promised jobs went up in smoke, with the deal now facing scrutiny by Missouri lawmakers and a pair of investigations by the state's attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"There was a lot of anticipation, and then a lot of disappointment," Moore said. "Let's be honest. Everybody had hoped that something was going to come out of it."
As President Barack Obama again pledged to repair the American economy in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, some Moberly residents chalked up his pronouncements as just more rosy rhetoric by a politician ? not unlike the July 2010 day when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and former Gov. Bob Holden came to the town of nearly 14,000 and hailed the Mamtek project's potential.
Others blamed an intractable Congress for not working more closely with the president to lift the country's economy. Still more held out hope that manufacturing companies lured by the region's low cost-of-living and central location would once again seek out Moberly, a 136-year-old railroad hub that became known as the Magic City in the late 19th century for its seemingly overnight emergence on once-empty prairie.
"We got a promise that he didn't keep," said business owner Diane Harlan. "He promised our economy was going to be better, and it's not. In this small community, we were under the false hope that everything was going to be OK, and it's not."
Harlan spent seven years as executive director of Main Street Moberly, which represents downtown business owners, before opening the Darn It Yarn store seven months ago after the business group cut her full-time job to 20 hours a week. She voted for John McCain in 2008 but hasn't yet made up her mind about the 2012 election.
While vacant storefronts dot downtown Moberly, Harlan said her business has succeeded beyond expectations, allowing her to drop that part-time job starting next week. A handful of similar small businesses have sprouted nearby, from a sewing shop to a secondhand furniture store.
"People are finally figuring out, we can't depend on our leader to get us out of something that we've created," she said. "We've got to go back to the grassroots. More self-sufficiency, doing things on our own, teaching our children, instead of depending on a man sitting in a white castle to take care of us and make things right."
David Gaines, a vice president with the Moberly Area Economic Development Commission, is among the local officials who helped court Mamtek in a deal given the code name "Project Sugar" before it was publicly disclosed. Count him among those looking for more leadership from those in the audience at Tuesday night's speech.
"It's not so much what he says but what they do," Gaines said, referring to Congress. "They need to quit talking and do something.
"That's what is holding consumer confidence down, is the inability of Congress on both sides of the aisle to do what the people elected them to do," he added.
After the speech, Gaines said he was heartened to hear the president urge lawmakers to work together, not against one another.
"I do like the fact that he said it's time to stop the divisiveness between the two parties," Gaines said. "If they set the right tone, everyone will follow along. If they don't, the nation will just drift."
Political affiliation aside, Moberly residents interviewed Tuesday tended to agree that improving the economy and creating more local jobs are the most important issues facing their community and the country. Look no further than a commuter parking lot along U.S. 63 packed with cars while their owners work 35 miles south in the college town of Columbia. Moberly, in turn, attracts workers from dozens of surrounding rural towns.
"Folks are regularly commuting 40 or 50 or 60 miles to go to work every day," Gaines said. "When we share that with the folks we talk to in Atlanta and Chicago and LA, they are quite amazed that people are willing to commute that far for a good job. But they have to."
Elsewhere in Moberly, Obama's speech was met with disinterest, if not outright scorn. At Nelly's Someplace Else restaurant, dozens of Republicans filed past a pair of televisions showing the president's address as the monthly meeting of the Randolph Area Pachyderms Club. Few stopped to listen, though some jeered as they walked past.
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Video: IMF's Lagarde: Much Still Needs to Be Done for Euro Crisi...
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde says she hopes that 2012 will be a year of healing for Europe. The euro partners have to agree on more, says Lagarde, who adds the IMF needs an additional $500 billion in lending capacity to build a stronger fire...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Living la vita hacker: PS3 firmware exploit expands Vita Remote Play options
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Fantasy Shopper Confirms Its Hottness With $3.3m First Money From Accel And NEA
Fantasy Shopper is a social shopping game where players discover and share the latest fashion from real-world online and offline retailers. It's gained a lot of traction since it's launch last October, especially amongst women and we've heard on the grapevine that it was piquing the interest of investors for some months since emerging from the European Seed accelerator HackFWD. Today that intense interest has been confirmed with a first round of funding led by top tier venture firms Accel Partners and NEA (one of the key investors in Groupon) to enable it to build out engineering and expand into new cities other than London. With NEA co-leading the investment, clearly there is a big opportunity to scale in US cities and elsewhere. The investment is based on a convertible note not equity, which is standard practise when investors want in fast and the round is hotly contested.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DVqMIhc1ajg/
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Biomarkers in Cancer Research ? High Unmet Need in Cervical ...
Biomarkers in Cancer Research ? High Unmet Need in Cervical Cancer and Lung Cancer to Drive Growth?
Cancer Research?Market?
GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest report, ?Biomarkers in Cancer Research ? High Unmet Need in Cervical Cancer and Lung Cancer to Drive Growth? that provides key data, information and analysis of the major trends and issues affecting the biomarkers in cancer research. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the history of biomarkers, its uses, efficiency as well as their limitations. The report also provides a detailed analysis of cancer biomarkers market characterization in terms of its market size, segmentation by key cancer types and the major market drivers and barriers. The report also talks about the patent landscape for cancer biomarkers and provides comprehensive analysis. The report also looks into the cancer biomarkers pipeline along with analysis on the pipeline by indication, phase of development and geography of development. The report also provides competitive landscape of the market that profiles key market players along with their brief business description, pipeline, major products and major M&A and partnership deals. The report also provides detailed analysis of major partnership deals that have taken place in the cancer biomarkers market since 2006 along with segmentation by number of deals per year, indication, deal type, geography and companies. In addition, the report also talks about the major M&A deals in the cancer biomarkers market since 2005 along with segmentation by value, geography and companies. Finally, the report provides the major conclusions from the report.
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in house analysis by GBI Research?s team of industry experts.
Scope
The scope of the report includes:
- Detailed overview of biomarkers in pharmaceutical industry along with their use, efficiency and limitation
- Annualized market data from 2007 and forecast forward till 2016 along with segmentation by cancer types including breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and stomach cancer
- Key market drivers and restraints shaping the cancer biomarkers market
- Patent analysis of the cancer biomarkers along with segmentation by patent type, company and geography
- Pipeline analysis of the cancer biomarkers along with segmentation by indication, phase and geography
- Analysis of partnership deals from 2006 to 2010 along with segmentation by indication, deal type, geography and companies
- Analysis of M&A deals from 2005 to 2010 along with segmentation by value geography and companies
Reasons to buy
The report will enhance your decision making capability. It will allow you to
- Develop better strategies for cancer biomarkers research by understanding the market dynamics of the cancer biomarker research industry
- Develop market-entry and market expansion strategies by identifying the key cancer areas for high growth and high opportunities
- Understand the factors shaping the cancer biomarkers research market
- Reinforce R&D pipeline by identifying the key biomarker tests which can provide more accurate and early diagnosis of cancer
- Identify the key players best positioned to take the advantage of the opportunities in the global cancer biomarkers research market
- Exploit partnership and acquisition opportunities by identifying the products that could fill the portfolio gaps.
Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 3
1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 7
2 Introduction 8
2.1 GBI Research Report Guidance 8
3 Biomarkers Overview 9
3.1 History of Cancer Biomarkers 9
3.2 Use of Cancer Biomarkers 10
3.2.1 Screening and Early Detection 10
3.2.2 Diagnosis of Cancer 11
3.2.3 Prognosis and Measuring Effectiveness of Treatment 12
3.2.4 Detecting Recurrent Cancer 13
3.3 Efficiency of Cancer Biomarkers 14
3.3.1 Speed and Accuracy of Diagnosis 14
3.3.2 Optimize Costs 14
3.3.3 Increased Survival Rates 15
3.3.4 Non Invasive Techniques 15
3.4 Limitations of Cancer Biomarkers 16
3.5 Key Takeaway 16
4 Market Characterization 17
4.1 Market Overview 17
4.2 Market Size and Forecasts 17
4.2.1 Segmentation by Indication 19
4.3 Drivers and Restraints 29
4.3.1 Market Drivers 30
4.3.2 Market Barriers 31
4.4 Key Takeaway 31
5 Patent Analysis 32
5.1 Segmentation by Patent Type 32
5.2 Segmentation by Company 33
5.3 Segmentation by Geography 34
5.4 Key Takeaway 35
6 Pipeline Analysis 36
6.1 Biomarkers in Cancer Research Pipeline by Indication 36
6.2 Biomarkers in Cancer Research Pipeline by Phase 37
6.3 Biomarkers in Cancer Research Pipeline by Geography 38
6.4 Key Takeaway 38
7 Competitive Landscape 39
7.1 Clarient, Inc. 39
7.1.1 Business Description 39
7.1.2 Pipeline 39
7.1.3 Major Products 40
7.1.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 40
7.2 Qiagen N.V. 41
7.2.1 Business Description 41
7.2.2 Pipeline 42
7.2.3 Major Products 42
7.2.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 44
7.3 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 46
7.3.1 Business Description 46
7.3.2 Pipeline 46
7.3.3 Major Products 46
7.3.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 47
7.4 bioMerieux S.A. 49
7.4.1 Business Description 49
7.4.2 Pipeline 49
7.4.3 Major Products 49
7.4.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 50
7.5 Biomoda, Inc. 52
7.5.1 Business Description 52
7.5.2 Pipeline 52
7.5.3 Major Products 52
7.5.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 53
7.6 Exiqon A/S 53
7.6.1 Business Description 53
7.6.2 Pipeline 54
7.6.3 Major Products 54
7.6.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 55
7.7 Beckman Coulter, Inc. 55
7.7.1 Business Description 55
7.7.2 Pipeline 55
7.7.3 Major Products 56
7.7.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 56
7.8 A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc. 57
7.8.1 Business Description 57
7.8.2 Pipeline 57
7.8.3 Major Products 58
7.8.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 58
7.9 AdnaGen AG 59
7.9.1 Business Description 59
7.9.2 Pipeline 59
7.9.3 Major Products 59
7.9.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 60
7.10 Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. 61
7.10.1 Business Description 61
7.10.2 Pipeline 62
7.10.3 Major Products 62
7.10.4 Partnership and M&A Deals 63
8 Deals Analysis 64
8.1 Partnership Deals 64
8.1.1 Partnership Deals by Year 64
8.1.2 Partnership Deals by Indication 65
8.1.3 Partnership Deals by Deal Type 66
8.1.4 Partnership Deals by Geography 67
8.1.5 Partnership Deals by Companies 68
8.2 M&A Landscape 69
8.2.1 M&A Deals by Value 69
8.2.2 M&A Deals by Geography 70
8.2.3 M&A Deals by Companies 71
8.2.4 Top Five M&A Deals by Value 71
8.3 Key Takeaway 73
9 Conclusion 74
10 Appendix 75
10.1 Market Definitions 75
10.2 Abbreviations 75
10.3 Research Methodology 76
10.3.1 Coverage 76
10.3.2 Secondary Research 77
10.3.3 Primary Research 77
10.3.4 Expert Panel Validation 77
10.4 Contact Us 78
10.5 Disclaimer 78
10.6 Sources 78
List of Table:
Table 1: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($bn), 20072016 18
Table 2: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Breast Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 20
Table 3: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Prostate Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 21
Table 4: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Lung Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 22
Table 5: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 23
Table 6: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Cervical Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 24
Table 7: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Head & Neck Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 25
Table 8: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 26
Table 9: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 27
Table 10: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Stomach Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 28
Table 11: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Patent Analysis by Company, 2010 33
Table 12: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Patent Analysis by Territory, 2010 34
Table 13: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pipeline by Indication and Stage of Development, August 2010 36
Table 14: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Clarient Pipeline, August 2010 39
Table 15: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Clarient, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 40
Table 16: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Clarient, Partnership Deals, 20062010 41
Table 17: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Qiagen Pipeline, August 2010 42
Table 18: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Qiagen, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 44
Table 19: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Qiagen, Partnership Deals, 20062010 45
Table 20: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Pipeline, August 2010 46
Table 21: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 47
Table 22: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Partnership Deals, 20062010 48
Table 23: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, bioMerieux Pipeline, August 2010 49
Table 24: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, bioMerieux, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 50
Table 25: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, bioMerieux, Partnership Deals, 20062010 51
Table 26: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Biomoda Pipeline, August 2010 52
Table 27: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Biomoda, Partnership Deals, 20062010 53
Table 28: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Exiqon Pipeline, August 2010 54
Table 29: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Exiqon, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 55
Table 30: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Beckman Coulter Pipeline, August 2010 55
Table 31: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Beckman Coulter, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 56
Table 32: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Beckman Coulter, Partnership Deals, 20062010 57
Table 33: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, A&G Pharmaceutical Pipeline, August 2010 57
Table 34: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, A&G Pharmaceutical, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 58
Table 35: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, AdnaGen Pipeline, August 2010 59
Table 36: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, AdnaGen, Major M&A Deals, 20052010 60
Table 37: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, AdnaGen, Partnership Deals, 20062010 61
Table 38: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Rosetta Genomics Pipeline, August 2010 62
Table 39: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Rosetta Genomics, Partnership Deals, 20062010 63
Table 40: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Indication, 20062010 65
List of Charts:
Figure 1: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($bn), 20072016 17
Figure 2: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Market Segmentation by Indication, 2009 19
Figure 3: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Breast Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 20
Figure 4: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Prostate Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 21
Figure 5: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Lung Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 22
Figure 6: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 23
Figure 7: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Cervical Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 24
Figure 8: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Head & Neck Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 25
Figure 9: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 26
Figure 10: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 27
Figure 11: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Stomach Cancer Biomarkers Market Revenues ($m), 20072016 28
Figure 12: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Market Drivers and Restraints, August 2010 29
Figure 13: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Patent Analysis by Patent Type, 2010 32
Figure 14: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Patent Analysis by Company, 2010 33
Figure 15: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Patent Analysis by Territory, 2010 34
Figure 16: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pipeline by Indication (%), August 2010 36
Figure 17: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pipeline by Phase of Development (%), August 2010 37
Figure 18: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Pipeline by Geography (%), August 2010 38
Figure 19: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Year, 20062010 64
Figure 20: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Indication, 20062010 65
Figure 21: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Deal Type, 20062010 66
Figure 22: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Geography, 20062010 67
Figure 23: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, Partnership Deals by Companies, 20062010 68
Figure 24: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, M&A Deals by Value (%), 20052010 69
Figure 25: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, M&A Deals by Geography (%), 20052010 70
Figure 26: Biomarkers in Cancer Research, Global, M&A Deals by Companies (%), 20052010 71
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Victor Garber to Guest-Star on Showtime's The Big C (omg!)
Victor Garber is heading to The Big C.
The Alias and Eli Stone actor, who currently co-stars on Web Therapy, will make a guest appearance in the third season premiere. He'll play a foil for Sean (John Benjamin Hickey) after an accidental phone call turns into a harassment situation.
Showtime sets premiere dates for Nurse Jackie, The Big C and The Borgias
The last we saw of Cathy (Laura Linney), she had finished running a marathon, only to learn that Paul (Oliver Platt), who suffered a possible heart attack, may have died.
The Big C returns April 8 on Showtime.
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- Showtime sets premiere dates for Nurse Jackie, The Big C and The Borgias
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
S&P hits back at Italian investigators (Reuters)
MILAN (Reuters) ? Ratings agency Standard & Poors hit back at Italian prosecutors on Thursday after sources said its offices in Milan were visited by tax police pursuing a probe into the impact of S&P's reports on Italian share prices.
"S&P is surprised and dismayed by these investigations into our independent ratings," S&P said in a statement sent by email. "The claims being made are baseless and entirely without merit, and we will vigorously defend our actions, our reputation and that of our analysts."
A source close to S&P confirmed Italian tax police had carried out the visit but declined further comment.
An investigative source said the move was part of a probe being carried out by prosecutors in the southern Italian town of Trani.
"I only know that it's part of the Trani investigations, but I don't know any more," S&P defence lawyer Giuseppe Fornari said on his way in to the S&P offices.
In August Italian prosecutors seized documents at S&P's offices in Milan following complaints from Italian consumer groups over the impact of its reports about Italy on Milan stock prices.
One of the complaints filed in May last year targeted Standard & Poor's after it threatened to downgrade Italy's credit rating because of its huge public debt.
Prosecutors are investigating whether crimes of market manipulation and illicit use of privileged information were committed when S&P's reports were released in May, June and July 2011, prompting a sell-off of Italian assets.
Earlier this month S&P hit the euro zone with a downgrade of half the countries in the single currency area, including Italy, fuelling long-standing frustration with rating agencies.
A day after the downgrades, a leading political ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged legislation to reduce the reliance of institutional investors on ratings agencies.
Separately on Thursday, sources said tax police had carried out routine checks at S&P's Milan headquarters at the end of November, which had thrown up "interesting" findings, but added that Milan prosecutors had not opened an investigation.
(Additional reporting by Stephen Jewkes; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters and David Holmes)
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Cagewriter Q and A with Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey
Cagewriter spoke with two of women's MMA's biggest names: Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate. Rousey will try to take the Strikeforce bantamweight belt from Tate on Mar. 3 in the main event in Columbus, Ohio. The two addressed the tension that led to their fight and women's role in MMA.
Cagewriter: There has been heat between you two, in tweets and articles. Did that make it an easy decision to take the fight?
Rousey: It was a no-brainer for me. She never wanted this fight. Originally she said she'd be down to fight me, but as soon as I called her out, she changed her tune real quick.
Tate: No. Someone asked me on Twitter, "Would you ever fight Ronda?" And I said, sure, if she ever makes the drop to 135 and works her way up, then of course.
Rousey: No, you did not say it like that. You said, "Sure! Why not?" and then you sent me a direct tweet saying, "Do you think you could make 135?" I took that as directly, "Do you want to come fight me at 135?" Not saying abstractly that at some time in the future that you might want to fight me under certain circumstances that you deem reasonable.
Tate: That's how I remember saying it. Basically, yeah. If she makes 135 then I'm not afraid to fight anyone. At that time, you were in my division and I was in mine. Like, if anyone asks if I'm going to fight Cyborg, if she makes 135. If you're in my division, then yes. I'll fight you. I'm not going to go to 145, but if you come down to 135, and the opportunity presents itself, then yeah. I'll fight you.
Rousey: I presented with my own opportunity to fight you. Sorry it wasn't on your time.
Tate: That's fine. I don't have any problems with that, and I don't have any problems fighting you.
Rousey: Really? Because I see a lot of articles that say the contrary.
Tate: Let me finish. Do I feel you're the No. 1 contender in our division? No. I feel that Sarah Kaufman had the rugged pulled right out from under her feet. Not necessarily your fault, but she was promised the spot that you have right now. It was on national television, I had beat Marloes and they brought her in and said, "Hey you're the No. 1 contender. You're coming off two solid wins." And then you come in, 4-0 and never having fought in our division, and you run your mouth, you say, "I'm marketable," and this fight makes sense because I'm marketable, and you get it. That's fine. I'm going to fight you because that's my job. If they tell me to fight you, I'm going to shut up and do that. I don't care who I fight. But morally? Who do I think deserved it? Sarah Kaufman. We're going to fight.
Cagewriter: Women don't often headline cards. What does being the main event mean to you?
Miesha Tate: It's a huge opportunity. I think we're going to draw a lot of attention from people who haven't been paying attention to women's MMA, or MMA period. I think it's going to broaden our fanbase, and I'm excited for the opportunity. I'm glad that Strikeforce is confident enough to give us the main event.
Ronda Rousey: She said it pretty well. We're being given a good opportunity to be able to prove that women can draw a lot of eyes to the sport. The last time women headlined a show, it was Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg, and I think it was the second-most drawing show for Strikeforce. Being given another chance to show what the women can do and how they can appeal to the audience, it's a huge opportunity. Of course, we're going to put on the best show possible so that we can get these chances a little more often than every two years.
Cagewriter: Can women sell tickets the way men can?
Rousey: Of course they can. It's 2012, for crying out loud. To say that women shouldn't be able to go to war and be honored for serving in the military, or somehow say that it's inappropriate for them to fight, or people don't want to watch them fight, it's totally wrong. It's unfair, and it's sexist. I'm glad that Strikeforce is one of those organizations that takes a stand on this, and puts themselves behind women. We get equal rights.
Cagewriter: How do you respond to people who don't think women should fight?
Tate: I tell them not to be so sensitive! I think that it's silly. There are so many people that do support women's fighting that if someone is adamantly against it, I don't want to waste my time on that person. I'd rather spend my energy giving back to the people who support us than wasting my time arguing with someone on why we should get to do exactly what the men do. I mean, we have two arms, two legs, and we're capable. It's silly to say, with any sport, that a woman shouldn't be able to do it. MMA is no different than soccer or softball or volleyball. If the men can do it, the women sure as hell can do it, too.
We'll be able to sell tickets and draw people because women bring something different to the fights in that, we have that wow factor. People stereotype what we should do. A lot of people are shocked that we can get dressed up and wear make-up and high heels, and then get in the cage and mix it up. When it comes to entertainment, women always deliver.
Cagewriter: Is that a responsibility for female fighters? Do they need to be entertaining, no matter what?
Roousey: It's kind of unfair to the women. If someone's watching a women's fight, and it's a boring fight, then it's common for them to say, "Women's fights are boring." But, if I was watching a UFC fight and it was boring it, would be, "These two individuals are boring." People have a tendency to categorize women, so there is an added pressure to perform.
Tate: We get judged a lot more because we only get one shot on the card. If you notice with the men's fights, there are exciting fights and there are boring fights on every card. Usually, there are some that are exciting and end in a knockout, and others that get grinded out to a decision. For women, when we get our opportunity to showcase on television, it's usually just one fight. That's a lot of pressure on those individuals to represent the entire women's division. People will judge it based on one fight. That's a little bit harder, too, because we don't get the opportunities for mass exposure.
Cagewriter: Ronda, you had strong words for Cris Cyborg after she criticized Gina Carano. What prompted you to say that?
Rousey: If she had just said, "My next victim is Ronda, and that's it," I probably would have ignored it entirely. It was the fact that she really had disrespected Gina by taking a picture, after Cyborg had beaten her, and photoshopped it to make it look like she had beat her up more than she had, and then referred to Gina as her victim. I thought that was entirely insulting, and Cris Cyborg owes her entire career to Gina. No one would know who she was if it wasn't for her. That's what pissed me off the most. I thought, if you're going to stoop that low, then I'm going to give you a taste of your own medicine. I did not expect it to be favorited and retweeted hundreds of times, but it was one of my good ones!
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/cagewriter-q-miesha-tate-ronda-rousey-192050774.html
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