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TheF-Files:ComunSense

• OK?
•  Let’s find out just how clever you really are
•  Ready? GO!!! (scroll down slowly to uncover Q’s and A’s)
•  First Question:
• You are a participant in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
  
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•  Answer : If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely WRONG! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, YOU are in second place!

• Try not to screw up next time. Now answer the second question, but don’t take as much time as you took for the first question, OK?
•  Second Question:
• If you overtake the last person, then you are…?
• (scroll down)
• Answer : If you answered that you are second to last, then you are WRONG again. Tell me Sunshine, how can you overtake the LAST person??
• You’re not very good at this, are you?
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• Third Question:
•  Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only.
• Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.
• Try it.
• Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 . Add another 1000 . Now add 20 . Now add another  1000 . Now add 10 . What is the total?
• Scroll down for the correct answer …
  
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• Did you get 5000 ?
• The correct answer is actually 4100 ...
•  If you don’t believe it, check it with a calculator!
•  Today is definitely not your day, is it ?
•   Maybe you’ll get the last question right… Maybe…
•  Fourth Question:
• Mary’s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini,  4. Nono, and ??? What is the name of the fifth daughter?
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• Did you Answer Nunu?  NO! Of course it isn’t.
• Her name is Mary you retard! Read the question again!
• Okay, now the Bonus round,
• a final chance to redeem yourself:
• A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
• Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
  
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• It’s really very simple
•  He opens his mouth and asks for it…
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•  Does your employer actually pay you to think??
•  If so Do NOT let them see your answers for this test!
• PASS THIS ON TO FRUSTRATE THE
• SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE!

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Congratulations to FokaiAmphibiousDivisionCompetitionTeam’s BJRolinski in his first place finish

in teh Mens Bodyboarding Division.

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Congratulations to MiguelAyuyu of TeamCarlsonGracie on his Kickboxing Debut KnockoutVictory over PXC veteran Joshua Alvarez.

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just another day in micronesia

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CongratulationsTessaSimpson!

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Simpson wins MMA debut

By Nadia Fernandez • Pacific Daily News • March 25, 2009

“I was happy to get it done quickly without getting hit at all,” Simpson said via telephone from Austin, Texas. She is the daughter of Mary Castro Mayberry and Henry Simpson.

Tessa Simpson defeated Angela Diaz in the women’s 115-pound weight division at Shark Fights 3. They fought in front of a packed house March 14 at the Azteca Music Hall in Amarillo, Texas.

The 22-year-old stopped Diaz with a triangle-armbar submission in the first round.

“She tapped right away,” said Tessa Simpson. “I went into the fight totally relaxed and confident.”

She is planning to fight in Shark Fights 4 on May 2 in Lubbock, Texas.

The 5-foot-2-inch Simpson trains at the Paragon Jiu-Jitsu South Austin Gym. She trains for three to five hours a day, five to six days a week in jiu-jitsu, kickboxing and wrestling. She holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is aiming to hold a black belt one day.

“(Jiu-jitsu) is a good stress outlet,” she said. “It’s fun and there’s so much to learn.”

Aside from excelling at mixed martial arts, Tessa Simpson is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin. She is working toward a bachelor’s degree in computer science and is planning to visit Guam after she graduates this December.

She started training in BJJ at the beginning of 2004 with Luis Blanco at The Pound Jiu-Jitsu.

“Since she has left here she has been getting a lot of good training,” said Blanco. “I’m happy to be part of her foundation.”

When Tessa Simpson visits Guam for vacation she trains at The Pound.

“Whenever she comes back, she gives (students at The Pound) a run for their money,” Blanco said.

Tessa Simpson left Guam after she graduated from Harvest Christian Academy in 2004.

“She’s a very determined individual,” said Blanco. “She knows what she wants and that’s a very good trait in this sport.”

In her blood

There is also evidence that Tessa Simpson’s proficiency in BJJ is in her blood. While many sports fans on Guam know Henry Simpson as a pioneer of motorsports on Guam, few know that he has a wrestling background. He was captain of his high school wrestling team, and his grandfather was a professional wrestler.

Henry Simpson said his daughter got a kick out of reading the old newspaper clippings that detailed his background in wrestling. Nonetheless, his reaction when his daughter asked him if she could fight in MMA was typical of most fathers. He said, “What?”

Henry Simpson chuckled when he recalled that moment, but he is proud of what his daughter has accomplished. He even offered to e-mail the link to the online video of her fight, further evidence that she is a chip off the old block.

AWord(or2)FromDaFlyingCockoroach

Hafa Adai and Greetings All,

As some of you may already know, Rep.Stanley Torres is taking all the steps necessary to pass House Bill 16-26 which aims to produce an Athletic Commission for the regulation of Mixed Martial Arts in the CNMI. He was quoted as saying “MMA is very violent and too brutal” and that it’s nothing but a “Blood Sport”. He also mentioned that we are operating our shows/events in an “unorganized manner” and that it needs to be regulated.

Mind you, between the 2 local promoters, collectively we have had 20 SUCCESSFUL MMA events with another  one coming up on the 27Th of this month.This doesn’t include the other 4 MMA events that was held here in Saipan and 1 in Tinian and 1 in Rota by outside promoters in 2004,2005 and 2006.There were no serious injuries in all 26 MMA events held.Each event had anywhere form 8-18 matches per show.

Fighters from the Saipan,Tinian,Rota, Guam, Hawaii, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, the US and Japan have competed in MMA here in the CNMI and believe me, it takes respectable, experienced promoters who have global connections to successfully put on an event such as the ones held in recent years.

I truly believe that it is Rep. Stanley Torres’s ultimate intent to bring down the sport of MMA altogether and by initiating this commission, it solidifies that chance. I am not against a commission, especially when it involves fighter safety. If the terms are for the best interest of the fighters,competitors and and of course the promoters who are putting on these events for everyone’s viewing pleasure, then I support regulation to a certain extent. But you are going to have to ask yourselves- Who will run the commission? What should their credentials be? Who decides who will be appointed ? I know the Governor will definitely appoint the Doctors and other members of the board but truthfully you would need experienced people to run the commission.

What I am against are the outrageous fees and mandatory percentage charges that will be implemented and that will be enforced by the commission for us to pay. Rep.Torres copied the Nevada State Athletic Commissions guideline VERBATIM and wants to use it here in the CNMI. According to the regulations of the commission, we would have to pay a $10,000.00 bonding fee per fighter, pay a high percentage fee on all ticket sales and gross sales per event, pay a fee for 3(three) “Highly Qualified” Doctors per event, and pay all the requirements for fighters’ mandatory health screening- CAT Scan, MRI Scan of the brain, Chest X-Rays, Blood testing and etc…..the list goes on and on…Just paying SS tax for employees and BGRTs is tough enough. (Oh and the service fee the CPA charges).

It wouldn’t be so bad if Saipan or Tinian or even Rota had stadiums that fit 20,000+ fans and if we were selling out the house every time. If this were the case, as it is in Nevada and the States and other parts of the world, then the fees would probably be attainable.The reality is, is that commissions around the world are facing litigation from promotional companies all the time because of how they are ran.

FYI- In every MMA event held here in the CNMI, many months of planning and organizing takes place prior to each event. Fighters’ safety is our priority.We insure the presence of a Doctor and ambulance at each event and we hire highly qualified and experienced referees to control each bout. International MMA rules are enforced and fighters are educated in all the do’s and don’ts prior and during each contest. The referees and doctors can stop the match at any time they feel the competitor’s lively hood is at risk…even if the competitor thinks he is OK. Combatants are matched by weight and EVERY PARTICIPANT signs a waiver form prior to competing. Good sportsmanship is mandatory and more friends are made through fighting in MMA than in any other sport. In fact, it is through fighting that goodwill and friendship are created. Events such as MMA is their outlets.

I think that there is some regulation taking place after all with all these requirements, don’t you? Statistically, MMA is far more safer than boxing as far as deaths and serious injuries are concerned.

If you have the time, please feel free to comment on this issue. Every opinion is welcomed and encouraged. I would like to hear everyone’s take on this and what positives and negatives may come out of the whole thing. Thank you for reading!

LONG LIVE THE ISLAND WARRIORS!! AND LONG LIVE MMA!!

 

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Impnrtant note to everyone.
Current mood:  stressed

I just want everyone to know that eveything that I do is done for a good reason and sometimes what you hear though the grapevine is incomplete and inaccurate.
Trust me that I am a man of honor that I will die for my honor in a second for the right reasons…and nothing… not jail nor death is a reason to falter from the right way, the honorable way, the Yamatodamashii way.

Before passing judgement get the full story. I refuse to back down to anyone even when they threaten me with jail time. People that play this game of deception with threats better be ready to walk the walk if they are going to talk the talk…. because I am. Like my fight Im ready to fight to the very end. I don’t give a shit! Im ready for whatever.

 

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