Cuando el tiempo se detuvo…..

Por Christian Quezada

Muchas veces uno ve en las películas, como se detiene el tiempo cuando los personajes de estas, se encuentran por primera vez y de algún modo quedan flechados. Es un momento donde nada se mueve y todo se paraliza. Claro, si uno lo analiza objetivamente es imposible que eso pase y es una fantasía y parte de las mamonerías propias de los films de hollywood. Igualmente la gente tiende a decir y manifestar en algunos momentos, que esto existe. El amor es algo esquivo para mí, por eso creer en estos conceptos no iban para nada conmigo. Yo siempre me reí y me burlé que esto pudiera pasar y hace casi un año viví algo muy particular, que pienso, se acerca mucho a esto. Ví a una mujer que realmente paralizó el mundo por unos segundos. No era la hermana de Hiro Nakamura (Heroes) ni mucho menos. Era una simple y mortal mujer que conocí y al verla realmente algo extraño me pasó. Me pregunté si ¿habrá sido amor a primera vista?, algo que tampoco me había pasado antes. A mi lo primero que me llama la atención de una mujer es su cara y era realmente hermosa y al conversar un rato con ella,  la encontré sumamente interesante y divertida. Fue algo extraño y que me llevó a querer conocerla un poco más. Para no entrar en detalles ni ponerme triste (mentira, el pasado es pasado), ella pololeaba y uno al estar enamorado se ciega demasiado, por tanto nunca tuve oportunidad de conocerla como quería ni demostrar nada.

Eso sí, guardo ese momento como algo súper especial, ya que es la única vez que me pasó algo así. El final no fue para nada hollywoodense. ¿Final feliz? quizás en otra vida. Ahora ambos seguimos nuestras vidas por separado y alejados uno del otro.

Con esto entendí un poco más el slogan de  TNT: “Pasa en las películas, pasa en la vida real”. Acá les dejo la escena final de “Cashback”, que es una tremenda película inglesa que trata este concepto del amor de un punto de vista genial. Y además una canción de Zoé que grafica un poco lo que me pasó con esta chica, hace mas o menos, 365 días cuando la ví por primera vez.

Los presidentes de NJPW (Naoki Sugabayashi) y el CMLL (Francisco Alonso Lutteroth) y referí Tiger Hattory / Imagen cortesía de CMLL.com

Como ya lo había sugerido nuestro director editorial, Ernesto Ocampo, con la llegada a México del presidente de NJPW, el Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre y New Japan Pro Wrestling -dos de las empresas de lucha profesional mas grandes de mundo- han renovado su convenio de colaboración que promete aún mayores cosas para los fans

Con la presencia de los presidentes del CMLL Francisco Alonso Lutteroth y de NJPW, Naoki Sugabayashi, un acuerdo fue firmado, y entre los puntos mas importantes destacan

• El CMLL participara el próximo 4 de enero del 2010 en el evento máximo de NJPW, denominado “Wrestle Kingdom” que además contara con la presencia de TNA y otras empresas Japonesas. (El evento contará con cobertura  de la revista Súper Luchas como en años anteriores)
  
• Además de Místico, se contemplan viajes de Sombra, Texano Jr. y Terrible
• Los primeros elementos que llegarían en febrero a México son nada menos que las dos máximas estrellas de NJPW: Hiroshi Tanahashi y el actual campeón Shinsuke Nakamura, además de el equipo NO LIMIT y Liger con presencia en las principales plazas del CMLL.
• Habrá intercambio de luchadores no solo estelares también de la sangre nueva con el objetivo de que tomen experiencia Internacional y se conviertan en grandes figuras.

Sólo falta que el CMLL estreche más los lazos con TNA para que podamos ver en la Arena México, algunos de los mejores carteles del planeta

Image from baltimoreravens.com.

As I’m not feeling well and have taken medication, I might not make it through the rest of the game. So, I’ve decided to do a half-time edition of “Well…”.

As I write, the Ravens are down 17 to 0 to the Bengals. Now that really doesn’t sound so bad, except that the beating they are putting on us FEELS like 50 to 0, or even 100 to 0. If the Ravens lose this game, no matter what happens in the 2nd half, I place this loss solidly on the doorstep of the coaching staff.

Not surprisingly, the Bengals have thrown at will on our suspect secondary. The AFC North teams are nothing like the Broncos, so I’d like to think that the coaches had sense enough not to get lulled into a false sense of security by last week’s success. Newsflash coaches: Kyle Orton is NOT Carson Palmer. We all knew this would happen, so why didn’t the coaches??

What’s so disconcerting is the lack of willingness by the coaches to *shake things up*. ONLY when Fabian Washington went down with an injury (though he has returned) did we see Lardarius Webb get more time at corner. What did he do once he got in the game?? Stop Cedric Benson for one and actually get near an offensive player for two. For whatever reason, Dawan Landry continues to struggle at safety. One would think we had no other safeties on the team, but oops, we do: Haruki Nakamura and Tom Zbikowski. Either of these players might provide a spark that Landry can’t right now, but I guess we’ll never know.

The story is the same on the offense. Last time we played the Bengals, they had a good amount of success stopping Ray Rice. No surprises here…same thing has happened today. Why not start off with Willis McGahee whom the Bengals are less familiar with this year? And what about putting more tight ends into the game? We have at least 2 others besides Todd Heap [Edgar Jones and L.J. Smith]. But no, we continue to play like we only have 3 total offensive players: Derrick Mason, Mark Clayton, and Ray Rice. No shockers here: the Bengals already know this and have those guys smothered.

I’m really concerned because if we have no answer for the Bengals, I have no reason to believe that we will have an answer for the Steelers in either upcoming game, or the Colts when we face them [and let's not forget, the Colts have OWNED  us in recent history].

As always, I support the team; I just hope that the coaches become alot less predictable over the coming weeks or we have no serious chance of making the playoffs.

Week 9 USCL Action: Arizona 3 Seattle 1

Going into the match, I was not hopeful at all about our chances.   HA81 said we would lose by the distance between two raindrops.  We were not sure what a “raindrop” is, but weather-wise we had woes: Tucson had encountered a cold snap and temperatures had dropped from the 80s to the 60s.  Our team was besides itself looking in closets for emergency general-use hoodies.  And, one of our team assistants came into the room having previously suffered from a combination of Swine Flu, Mono, and Regular Flu.  It was a potent and potentially lethal combination of virii.  Did you enjoy that plural of the word ‘virus’?  I know I did.  Virii!  In college, I took Virology (a Graduate-level course) from Dr. Jane Flint at Princeton.  I was a junior and full of hubris.  Having failed the first midterm with a 47 out of 200, (I was told this was more like a “K” or an “L” than an “F”),  I learned fortuitously I still had a day left to “Drop Class” option.  And Drop Class I did.  I’m going to have to blame the Student Union here.  They served beer to anyone (NJ was an “18″ drinking age state at that time). But I remember that word, virii!  In summary, if elected, I pledge to bring back “18″ drinking age states!

Here is a photo of our fourth board, Amanda Mateer, going over some opening possibilities with our first board, Alejandro Ramirez at the playing site (Agricultural Resource Economics Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ).  You know what they say about prep, the substantial majority of the time is spent on stuff that did not occur.

Prep Time

Soon it was time to start and the games got into full swing.  I went to our commentary room down the hall and monitored the progress from there.

The first board, Nakamura-Ramirez, turned into a very interesting strategical affair in an Alekhine’s.

Board 1. GM Nakamura – GM Ramirez  Alekhine’s Defense

1.e4 Insta-moved (after Naka was 20 minutes late to the board)

1…Nf6 Insta-moved.

2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 4. Nf3 is a whole different story.

3…Nb6 5.exd6! 5. f4 had its heyday in the 1970s and never came back. Ljubo defended some wild games on the black side.

5…exd6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Ne2 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nbc3 Re8 10.Be3 Nb4 11.b3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Bf6 13.Rad1

Tough Road Ahead

A nice setup for white. Although black nominally has won the bishop pair, he must still work hard to equalize from this start position.

13…g6

Interesting.  Yermo was kibitzing and liked 13…Bg4 but it appears 14. Rde1! with the idea of Ne2-f4, defusing black’s plan of Bg4-h5-g6, leaves white with a plus.

14.a4 A good idea for white here would be 14. Ng3! controlling f5 and preventing black’s equalizing plan.

14…d5 15.c5 Bf5 16.Qd2 Nc8 17.Bh6 Ne7 18.h3 Be6 19.g4 Bh8 This bishop has to get out of the way to prepare …f7-f5 later, which will be a necessary space-gaining defensive mechanism.

20.Qf4 Nc6 21.Qg3 Qd7 22.Bf4 Rac8 23.Rd2 a6 24.Rb1 b6 25.b4 bxc5 26.bxc5 Na5

Typical of the Alekhine’s, the horse finds a nice spot on c4.  Black is fine.

27.Kh2 f5 28.g5 Bf7(?!)

28…Nc4!? 29. Rdd1 c6 is a very solid way to play.

29.Rdd1 Qc6

The queen looks a little strange here.

30.Ng1! Nc4 31.Nf3 Bg7 32.Re1 Suddenly black has problems!  White can choose when to occupy e5 especially with a bishop.  If black is not careful, the wrong pieces will come off the board and white will have a crushing grip on the dark squares.

Problems Surface!

32…Re4!? A radical Petrosian-style attempt to upset things, and it surprisingly works!  It’s often the case that “disorienting” moves work well.  However, in this particular position, white could have found his way clear to a plus.

33.Nxe4 dxe4 34.Ne5 Bxe5

Key Moment

35.Bxe5? After 35. dxe5 white is better.  For example,  35…Qxc5 36. Rec1! (an important move) 36… Qe7 37. Qb3! Nxe5 38. Qb7!.   Also, enjoy the geometric 36…Rd8 37. Qe3!! – imagine that occurring in a USCL game, the spectators would go nuts! This sort of tactical play is normally Nakamura’s forte.  He may have overlooked black’s response in the game.

35…Nd2!

A nice fully equalizing shot! Most ICC kibitzers were simply calling for black’s demise here, focusing on the ratings of the players, not the board.  I reminded them to look at the board and general confusion started to take over.  Then the kibitzers switched to the “black is mated on the dark squares” theory but that just isn’t happening here.

36.Qc3 Nf3+ 37.Kg3 Nxe1 38.Qxe1 Qxa4 39.Qc3 39. Rb7 is equal.  The text actually gives black something to work with.

39…Bd5 40.c6 Qxc6 41.Qxc6 Bxc6 42.Rc1 Bd5 43.Ra1

Quiz Time

43…Bc4 44.Rc1 Bd5 45.Ra1    1/2-1/2

A draw was a good result for us, but actually now, in the calm of the next day, the position is good for black.  As a test for yourself, can you identify a 43rd move for black that keeps very good winning chances?   Nobody noticed it while the game was in progress; it’s a hard quiz.

Stay tuned: I will post the other games in this spot.

Board 2.  Altounian-Mihaliuk

Good prep by Levon.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bh6 This two-step with the bishop is all Greek to me, but apparently it was Levon’s comfort zone as he was playing rapidly.

9…e5 10.Bxf8 Kxf8 11.Qh6+ Kf7 12.e4 Be6 13.Bb5 g5?

Black should play 13…Qe7.

14.h4 g4 15.Nh2 Qe8 16.Be2 To show how positions can be approached differently, I would play here castles short, and (with perhaps Qe3 thrown in), then play f2-f4 with numerous very nasty threats to pry open black’s king like a sardine can.  Levon plays a completely different plan.

16…Qg8 17.0-0-0 Qg6 18.Nxg4 Qxh6+ 19.Nxh6+ Kg6 20.Ng4 And so white is just a pawn up with a big time edge.  Levon converts easily.

20…Rad8 21.b3 a5 22.Ne3 Ne7 23.g3 a4 24.Kb2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ra8 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 b5 28.Ne3 axb3 29.axb3 Re8 30.Rd7 c6 31.g4 h5 32.f3 Black resigns 1-0

Board 3   Milat – Adamson Benko Gambit

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Nb6 11.b3 Bc8 12.Nh4 h6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Bb2 g5 I guess this is all topical theory, but black’s position is very precarious.

15.Nf3 Bb7 16.Rd1 0-0 17.0-0 Ra7 18.e4 Rc8 19.Rfe1 Ng4 20.h4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Qe2 g4 It looks like black has to do this, but it’s very sharp and black had little time left.

24.Qe3 Kh7 25.f4 gxf3 26.Qxf3 Rg8 27.Qh5+ Kg7 28.Bh3 Qe8 But now white spends most of his time and accepts a draw offer!   Kg7 to f8 is not THAT scary.

Given the match situation, white must play on.  Boo. Game drawn by mutual agreement 1/2-1/2

Board 4.  Mateer-Sinanan  Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nge2 Nc6 I don’t know theory, but black does not seem to be doing well here.  In addition, he was spending a lot of time.

10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.Ba3 Interesting.  I expected 12. cxd Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 with a definite plus.

12…Re8 13.cxd4 Qa5 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Bd6 Bg4 16.Ng3 Qd5 17.h3 Nxd4 18.Qb2 Bf3! A clever way to confuse.

19.gxf3 Nxf3+ 20.Kg2? It worked!  20. Kh1! is correct. Then black can play 20…Qe6 to set up the game drawing mechanism.

20…Nh4+? 20…e3! 21. fxe3 Nxe5+ and the bishop on d6 falls.

21.Kh1 Qe6 22.Kh2 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 White offered a draw and indeed this is just a draw.  Black should take it because first of all he’s a piece down; secondly every half point matters in USCL play and his game move was patently hopeless.  The real problem in this match was Milat not fighting on in the board 3 struggle enjoying a substantial time advantage and a plus pawn.

23…Ng5 24.Rh1 Qg6 25.Qe2 f5 26.Qh5 f4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Nf1? Note here 28. h4! just ends the game in white’s favor.

28…Nf3 29.h4 Rac8 30.Rb1 b6 31.e6! Rxe6 32.Bxf4 Once again white is just winning.

32…Rc2 33.a3 Ra2 34.Rb3 Rc6 35.Ng3 Nd4 36.Rb4 Ne6 37.Be3 Rxa3 38.Nxe4 Rc2 39.Kf3 Rd3 40.Ra1 Rd7 41.Rba4 Rcc7 42.Ng5 Nd8 43.Bf4 Rb7 44.Re1 Re7 45.Rae4 Nc6 46.Bd6! A nice way to finish up.

46…Nd4+ 47.Kg2 Black resigns 1-0

When all was said and done, we had won the match 3-1!  Quite an upset!  And nobody was happier than Amanda Mateer, who found a nice Bd6! move to finish her game!  To his credit, her opponent NM Sinanan refused a draw in a drawn position (forced repetition) to battle on for his team a piece down. Some would just call it foolhardy, but it did give Amanda the much-coveted t-shirt.

Here’s a photo of the happy team.

The Happy Squad

From left to right:  Levon Altounian, Robby Adamson, Amanda Mateer, and Alejandro Ramirez.

We attracted quite a few fans in the commentary room.  There was even a dork wearing a strange T-Shirt (much inferior to the one Amanada Mateer won from Endgame Clothing!).

Dorky Spectator

Yale Wing Chun Kung-Fu at a Scorpions-Seattle match?!

Since Gordon Strachan got the Middlesborough job, there have been a few quotes by him in the press about his time up at Parkhead. Most of them have made me smile, such as his claim he could be “Prime Minister after managing Celtic”. I can certainly understand the comparison, as it’s fair to see we’re a demanding bunch.

Generally, I was supportive of Strachan during his management. I liked his spiky interviews, and I would happily acknowledge he brought us success in his 4 years. Anybody who denies this is certainly misguided.

However, his latest claim that he left a side full of quality is laughable, to say the least. Strachan’s side lost the title to the poorest Rangers team in living memory, and the one true piece of quality in Strachan’s squad left at the same time he did.

I think even the few Celtic fans who didn’t rate Nakamura during his time with us will now hold up their hands and acknowledge what he contributed. We certainly lack his creativity this season, and as much as Shaun Maloney is trying to fill the void, we are struggling out wide.

So why do I disagree with ‘wee Gordon’? Well, if you’d seen us play I wouldn’t need to answer that, but I appreciate that neutrals may read this too, so here goes.

Defensively, we’re shambolic. We really struggle at centre half, and I’m yet to be convinced by any of the three central defenders we have in the squad. At right back, we’re pretty strong, with Hinkel being one of our best players this year. We also have good cover, with youngster Paul Caddis and Mark Wilson both reasonable alternatives. However, Strachan’s left back is woeful. Lee Naylor had one good season, but since then he’s been shocking. It is worth noting that his position was highlighted almost instantaneously by Mowbray, who brought in Danny Fox.

In the centre of midfield, there is a whole load of effort yet not too much quality. My own personal favourite player at the club is Barry Robson, but that is for his desire and tenacity. He does have some quality, but he needs a real footballer to play alongside him. Next we have Scott Brown, who is an enigma. I think we can all see he does have ability, yet he is so frustrating as time and again he won’t deliver. Next, there is Spanish youngster Marc Crosas, a player who is full of promise, perhaps the best passer of the ball at the club, and yet still unproven, even at SPL level.

Strachan also left Massimo Donati, a player who cost nearly £3 million, whom I’ll refuse to comment on in a family-friendly blog. And much like Nakamura, Paul Hartley’s contract expired at the time Strachan left, and so he was also allowed to leave.

Out wide, we have great potential. McGeady, Maloney, McGinn and the mercurial McCourt all have bags of ability. However, none of these players have the same quality as Nakamura. Indeed, McGeady and Nakamura had a great understanding, regularly switching wings, and in my opinion this understanding made McGeady a better player. As a result, none of our creative players are what I would call ‘in their prime’, and all are players for the future. Koki Mizuno can also be added to this list, another decent player, but one we are still undecided on.

Up front, we have real problems. Scott McDonald is our obvious starter, a striker who can score goals if he is given the service. However, Strachan made his biggest mistake in his time at Celtic by not signing a strike partner for him. Instead, we have the world’s most frustrating player, Georgios Samaras, an unproven Chris Killen and two youngsters (Hutchinson and Sheridan).

‘Skippy’s’ favourite strike partner was allowed to leave after a miserable campaign, but even he was a proven Dutch international. As a result, and this is a controversial opinion I know, our squad has deteriorated since he left.

The ONLY area of the team where Strachan truly did leave us with quality was in goal.

As a result, Mowbray has a massive job on his hands overhauling our squad. Too many average players who lack real quality. What I’d give for another Lubo in this current bunch! I agree entirely with him questioning players ability in public in order to force a reaction. However, I bet he can’t wait for the transfer window to open again.

If I was him, I’d start by calling Strachan and his newly-acquired Middlesborough chequebook.

Oleh MUTSUKO Murakami
Asiaweek, Kamis, Oktober 18, 2001

Tetsu Nakamura Dokter Jepang yang bekerja untuk pasien lepra dan pengungsi di Afghanistan dan Pakistan. Pekerjaan yang membuat dia bersentuhan dengan realitas kehidupan di negara bermasalah. Dan ia mengatakan dari apa yang telah ia lihat, Taliban sedang digambarkan salah secara internasional. “Ada sesuatu yang salah dengan laporan media,” katanya. “Pembicaraan tentang Taliban yang kejam dan dibenci tidak cocok dengan realitas.” Nakamura mengatakan fundamentalis memiliki dukungan luas dari masyarakat, khususnya di daerah pedesaan. “Kalau tidak, bagaimana bisa mereka memerintah 95% dari negara dengan hanya 15.000 tentara?”

Penduduk di sekitar base rumah sakit Nakamura di Peshawar dan 10 klinik di kedua barat laut Pakistan dan Afghanistan timur senang melihat perdamaian yang didirikan di bawah pemerintahan Taliban, katanya. Suku Pashtun merupakan dua-pertiga dari penduduk Afghan, dapat menerima kode muslim ketat karena mereka telah hidup dengan mereka dalam kehidupan mereka, katanya. Perempuan tidak kehilangan pendidikan atau pekerjaan, sejauh ia dapat melihat. Bahkan, setengah dokter lokal di klinik adalah perempuan.

Jadi mengapa orang-orang di ibukota, Kabul, dilaporkan berharap untuk melihat Taliban digulingkan? “Taliban dapat bertindak berbeda di sana,” katanya kepada saya ketika kami bertemu baru-baru ini di Tokyo. “Mereka wajib untuk memperbaiki kehidupan perkotaan yang korup. Orang-orang yang paling vokal dalam mengkritik Taliban adalah orang kelas atas Afghanistan yang telah kehilangan hak-hak mereka.” Kata-kata Nakamura mengingatkan saya pada cuplikan berita saya telah melihat beberapa kali sejak serangan terhadap New York dan Washington. Direkam oleh wartawan Perancis di Afghanistan, menunjukkan wanita Afghan berbicara kritis tentang Taliban. Secara signifikan, mereka mengenakan sutra mengkilat seperti kostum, dengan cincin besar di jari-jari mereka.

Nakamura, 55, mengatakan Aliansi Utara yang anti-Taliban bukanlah pejuang kemerdekaan seperti yang beberapa jurnalis gambarkan. Penduduk desa takut pada mereka karena mereka lebih keras dan kejam dari Taliban, katanya. Mereka mengeksekusi orang tak berdosa dalam cara yang mengerikan, walaupun tidak di depan umum sebagai Taliban lakukan sebagai peringatan kepada orang lain.

Nakamura bekerja untuk Peshawar – kai Medical Services, sebuah lembaga bantuan Jepang yang berbasis di Fukuoka Kota yang telah beroperasi di kabupaten Peshawar selama 17 tahun. Dia pertama kali mengunjungi wilayah sebagai orang pandai mendaki gunung ketika ia masih menjadi mahasiswa sekolah kedokteran di Fukuoka. Terkejut oleh kurangnya perawatan medis di daerah, khususnya untuk pasien kusta, ia menawarkan diri untuk bekerja di sebuah rumah sakit lokal di l984. Dia mengatakan: “Aku menghabiskan sebagian besar waktu saya tidak langsung bekerja sebagai medis, tetapi mencoba untuk memahami pasien, gaya hidup dan nilai-nilai mereka – apa yang membuat mereka menangis atau apa yang paling penting bagi mereka.” Untungnya, saya bisa makan apa-apa dan tidur di mana saja , “ia tersenyum.

Nakamura telah melihat orang asing mengunjungi Afghanistan dan kembali ke rumah untuk mengkritik kebudayaan Muslim – dari perspektif Barat. Orang-orang ini mungkin “para pahlawan di London atau New York,” katanya, “tapi mereka tidak berkontribusi apapun untuk kesejahteraan Afghan.” Adapun anggapan Taliban telah menarik negerinya dari dunia, Nakamura mengatakan barangkali informasi yang diterima orang Afghan yang lebih baik daripada Jepang, ketika mereka setiap hari untuk mendengarkan radio BBC dalam bahasa mereka sendiri.

Keprihatinan terbesar adalah nasib jutaan pengungsi kelaparan di dalam dan sekitar Afghanistan. Lebih dari satu juta dari mereka yang menderita kelaparan, katanya, sementara sampai dengan 40% yang nyaris kelaparan. Dia pikir 10% bisa mati selama musim dingin. Nakamura dan stafnya berhenti memfokuskan perhatian secara eksklusif pada kusta di l980s karena mereka telah berharapan dengan begitu banyak pengungsi untuk ditangani, banyak penderita penyakit malaria, diare, infeksi dan demam. Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir membuat ratusan ribu pengungsi. Dan sekarang bom Amerika dan invasi telah membawa lebih banyak pengungsi. Lembaga bantuannya membantu untuk menggali sumur tidak hanya untuk menyediakan air, tetapi juga untuk irigasi untuk pertanian, sehingga para pengungsi dapat kembali ke desa mereka.

Kembali ke rumah di Jepang untuk sementara waktu dan memikirkan daerah basisnya di Pakistan dan Afghanistan, Nakamura mengatakan: “Ini semua seperti fatamorgana jauh di padang pasir.” Dia ingat merah-cokelat lahan tanah afghanistan, para penduduk desa berbagi kegembiraan mereka tentang air dari sumur galian baru, dan wajah-wajah yang ramah tentara Taliban membantu penduduk desa. “Saya punya satu pertanyaan sederhana,” katanya. “Apa berusaha dipertahankan oleh negara-negara besar dengan menyerang negara kecil yang sedang sakit ini?” Ini pertanyaan yang bagus.

Sumber C4kra.multiply.com

Sumo Fan Magazine sat down with Nakamura Okamisan for a great interview published here.   For those who don’t follow Sumo, the word “Okamisan” is basically the honorific term for a female manager of a Sumo stable.

Yep, they call the gym where Sumo athletes train a “stable”.  But, hey, they really are as big as a horse!

quote:

Sumo is the condensation of Japanese culture; the beauty Japan contains within, and the way of thinking inherent in this beauty are one of the fascinating things about Ozumo. Thus, I would like to ‘offer’ these things (as representative of Japan and the sport) in order to let fans in foreign countries understand them well.

Estreno liguero para el Athletic en San Mamés después de una pretemporada con más sombras que luces en lo deportivo y que ha acabado por recluir al aficionado rojiblanco al mar de dudas de campañas anteriores. Aún así, pese a la debacle futbolística del partido frente al Tromsoe, la catedral acogió con buena entrada a un Espanyol que, bien por las fatídicas circunstancias de su pretemporada, o bien por las ausencias de futbolistas de la clase de Iván de la Peña, no acabó por mostrarse tan compenetrado como cabía esperar de un equipo que aspira a estar entre los 8 primeros a final de liga.

 El Athletic, con las novedades de Ustaritz por Ocio en el centro de la defensa y de Gurpegi acompañando en el doble pivote a Javi Martínez, se mostró incisivo desde el principio aprovechando la espontaneidad de Muniain y la profundidad de un de Marcos que se fue diluyendo conforme pasaban los minutos. Toquero primero y Javi Martínez después pusieron de manifiesto el dominio rojiblanco en la primera mitad, obligando a lucirse a un bien colocado Kameni que malogró no sin complicaciones, uno tras otro los persistentes ataques rojiblancos. Sólo el japonés Nakamura al que por cierto una treintena de periodistas japoneses habían venido a acompañar en su debut, y de golpe franco, consiguió inquietar al ex espanyolista Gorka mientras un desconocido Tamudo apenas dejaba notar su presencia en el terreno de juego.

 Tras la reanudación, los de Caparrós cedieron en parte la iniciativa al conjunto periquito, elaborando un fútbol algo más directo por no decir ramplón, pero que se mostró efectivo en vista del recorrido y la calidad de los Muniain y Susaeta que salió en sustitución de un cansado De Marcos  con algo más de media hora por delante. Sin embargo, el gol se haría de rogar y llegaría en un arranque de casta de Toquero que, tras recepcionar con un intencionado control orientado con el pecho un buen balón de Amorebieta, dejó atrás a todo el mundo y acabó por batir al meta camerunés con un fuerte disparo tirando de empeine.

El gol, aunque tardío, hizo justicia a un resultado que bien pudo ser algo más amplio de no fallar Llorente ante Kameni a poco del final, y que celebró como se merece el público que jaleó los cambios de Toquero y Muniain a los que San Mamés despidió puesto en pie. Al final, y aunque evidentemente lo mejor del partido son los 3 puntos, las mejores sensaciones que dejó el equipo y el hecho de dejar por primera vez desde el partido contra el Betis la puerta a 0, son otras de las muchas lecturas positivas que sacaba un Caparrós feliz tras conseguir ganar en la primera jornada por primera vez en estos 3 años con el Athletic. Ya faltan 3 menos.

Skip Beat! : Valentine’s Bug         vol 23 chp 145 by Nakamura Yoshiki

Kyoko’s relationship with Ren has recently gone through a rollercoaster, especially her continuous worry about valentines day. But she isn’t the only one who’s been worried through out this event, Sho, too, has been thinking a lot about the chocolates she’d be giving out. The chocolate he saw that he misinterpreted.

The confusion between all the main characters are so funny because they become so frantic infront of each other and must bring back their composure before anyone else sees. They do have to keep up a certain face to the public. So many things are happening to Kyoko at once and it’s more than she expected -from Sho and Ren, even Vie Ghouls’ Reino. We all must have expected some thing more from Sho and here in chp 145, he proves us right! It’s perfect, the twist in which Ren must react to, may it be some thing unpredictable (confessing his love, very unlikely) or a pure lie (saying he’s okay and it’s up to Kyoko, along with his very scary yet funny smile).

Without saying too much, I just immediately fell in love with this chapter. I mean one even after another, all working together -a very well planned snowball. I just can’t help but laugh at her misfortunes, as mean as that may sound. How will she get herself out of this predicament?!

Final Scoring
Average: 5 stars
Story: 5 stars
Characters: 5 stars

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Inglaterra, Itália, França, Alemanha, a bola já está rolando pelas ligas dos principais países europeus, porém, os torcedores da Espanha ainda não têm seu campeonato nacional na ativa. Mas essa espera está perto de acabar, pois no próximo dia 29, Real Madrid e Deportivo La Coruña entram em campo para abrir a disputa do troféu mais importante da nação.

Depois de alguns anos com a Premier League ganhando maior destaque internacionalmente, essa temporada tem tudo para colocar La Liga de volta ao primeiro posto de campeonato mais atrativo do mundo, principalmente por contar com times do calibre de Barcelona e Real Madrid, normalmente já fortes, concentrando as maiores estrelas do futebol mundial.

Os catalães mantiveram sua base que levou o clube ao Triplete na última temporada, com a saída significativa apenas de Samuel Eto’o, que acabou sendo substituído por nada mais nada menos que Zlatan Ibrahimovic, craque da Internazionale de Milão que agora atuará ao lado de jogadores como Xavi, Iniesta, Henry e o provável melhor do mundo Lionel Messi.

Para tentar tirar o título da Catalunha, o Real Madrid aparece como maior candidato, e não é a toa, a equipe conta com mais uma vez a presidência de Florentino Pérez, que gastou mais de 250 milhões de euros para montar um novo elenco galático. Depois de levar atletas como Beckham, Zidane, Figo e Ronaldo a Madrid em outros tempos, desta vez o presidente merengue escolheu Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, Benzema e Xabi Alonso para serem os líderes do time na tentativa de colocar o clube no topo do mundo.

Apesar de parecer uma disputa bipolar, outras equipes podem pintar para incomodar os gigantes da Espanha. Candidatos a “intrusos”, podem ser destacados Sevilla, Valência, Atlético de Madrid e Villarreal.

O clube de Sevilha agora não conta com o rival Bétis, rebaixado da elite, como adversário, e tem como maior trunfo a manutenção de Luís Fabiano, além do reforço de Negredo, destaque do Almería na última temporada espanhola.

Mesmo atravessando uma crise financeira, o Valência conseguiu manter seus principais jogadores, como David Villa e David Silva, que foram especulados em diversas equipes européias durante a janela de transferências.

Na sombra do rival da capital, o Atlético mais uma vez aparece como possível destaque. Também na disputa da Liga dos Campeões, os torcedores alvirrubros depositam suas esperanças em sulamericanos como Máxi Rodríguez, Diego Forlán e Kun Agüero.

Sediado em uma cidade de apenas cinquenta mil habitantes, o Villarreal ganhou corpo nas últimas temporadas, inclusive chegando às semifinais da Liga dos Campeões da Europa recentemente. Sem o técnico Manuel Pellegrini, que seguiu ao Real Madrid, o Submarino Amarelo deverá lutar pela ponta da tabela com a ajuda dos brasileiros Marcos Senna e Nilmar, além do jovem Giuseppe Rossi e do experiente Robert Pirés.

Além dos seis já citados, quem poderá surpreender neste ano é o Espanyol. Após escapar milagrosamente do rebaixamento, a equipe catalã segue apostando no salvador Maurício Pochettino, que agora contará com o japonês Nakamura entre seus comandados. Porém, os jogadores terão que superar a morte do capitão Daniel Jarque.

Depois de passar pelos concorrentes às primeiras colocações da tabela, a fuga do rebaixamento deverá ser bravamente disputada por clubes como Almería, Mallorca, Osasuna, Sporting Gijón, Valladolid e os recém-promovidos Tenerife e Xerez.

A análise está feira e todos já estão a postos para a largada do Campeonato Espanhol, que promete ser um dos melhores dos últimos tempos e o mais prestigiado da Terra. Será que o Barça conseguirá manter seu troféu? ¡Vamonos a La Liga!

Madness, I tell you, Madness (or Sickness)

In Nakamura-Ljuobjevic  NH Rising Stars Tournament (in progress, Amsterdam, Holland), white fell into a move order trap that I have committed while drunk in ICC blitz.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Nb3? Excitable GM Ljubojevic must have fallen off his chair as white falls into a dusty, old, move-order trap.  Note that Ljubojevic was my personal chess hero in the 1970s for his crazy openings and extreme tactics.  Play over, for example, two Ljubo demolitions of GM Lev Alburt.   Alekhine’s Defense Demolition #1 (Malta Olympiad, 1980) and  Alekhine’s Defense Demolition #2, even nicer, NY Open 1985.

Correct is 8. O-O and if 8…Ng4?! (8… d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb3 Bd7  is normal with such players as Tal drawing the black side)  9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Nd5! guarantees white an edge, and white went on to win, in Ciric,D-Ilievski,D/Novi Sad 1965.  And 8. O-O has the added benefit of being able to keep a complicated game!

8… Qb4! I have had the same sinking feeling as white in ICC blitz.

No Way Out

9. Bd3 Note here there is the interesting gambit which I did not spot at all, 9. Nd2!? Qxb2 10. Nb5 which in no way is worse than the game move.   For example, GM Zapata drew A. Hoffman at Santos 2001. Objectively, the gambit isn’t good but it offers more complexity.

9… Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe4 Now white is just down a center pawn and the position is simplified.  In the chess.fm radio blog interview, Nakamura tried to pass this off as prep.  I would do the same, white’s 8th move is a nice cupcake for black. Admittedly, Ljubo does make some mistakes coming up, but this position is just not good for white (and not too many chances to complicate, either).

12. O-O d6 After 12… O-O black is comfortably better.  For example, 13. Re1 Qh4 (13… Qc4! 14. Nd4 d6 and yes, White is worse:  aries2-totalfish, icc 5 0 blitz, 7/8/08.  White duly lost.  One of my drunken blitz disasters.

13. Re1 Qg4?! In these lines, 13… Qc4 is always the strongest keeping maximum eye on the important center light squares.

14. f3 Qh5?! Again, the queen should like to nest on c4!

15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rg8?! Much simpler and stronger was 17… O-O with an instructive sample line 18. a4 a6! 19. Rab1 b5! 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd3 Bc4 22. Qe4 e5 and black is developing a big initiative.

18. a4! Naka finds his chance and the game is equal!

18…g5 19. Rab1 b6 20. h3 Qg6 21. a5 h5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. h4 Qh5 25…g3! is a good move after which it’s equal but easy to play for black.

26. Qe2 Rc8 The nice trap here was 26… Qxh4?? 27. Qb5+ Kf8 28. Rb8+ Bc8 29. Rxa8 Qxe1+ 30. Qf1 Qe6 31. Qe2! Qf5 32. Qa6! and white wins.  Very geometric.

27. Reb1 Qxh4 28. Rb8 g3 29. Qb5+? The key moment.  29. Rxc8+ leads to a drawn game.

29… Kf8 30. Qc6 Qg4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rf1 Rg6 33. Rf4 Qd7 34. Qe4 Kg8 Here, black misses the incisive 34… f5 !35. Qd5 e6 36. Qc4 e5 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Bb6 f4!

35. Be3 e5 36. Rf1 f5 37. Qc4+ Qe6 38. Qc7 f4 39. Qd8+ Kg7? More accurate was 39… Kh7! 40. Bb6 Bb7! 41. c4 f3 42. Qh4+ Rh6 43. Qxg3 fxg2 and black wins.

40. Ra1 Rf6 41. Bb6 Bb7 42. Ra7 Qd5 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qh3+ Kg5 45. Ra1 Rf8 46. Be3 Kg6?! This will win eventually, but a real bone-crushing blow here was 46… Qxg2+! 47. Qxg2 Bxg2 48. Kxg2 fxe3 49. Kxg3 e4 50. Re1 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Re2 Rg3+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 and white must resign!

Black could also greedily grab, 46… fxe3 47. Qxg3+ Kh6 48. Qh3+ Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kf6 50. Rf1+ Ke7 51. Qg5+ Ke8 52. Qg6+ Rf7 53.
Qg8+ Ke7 54. Rxf7+ Qxf7 55. Qg5+ Kd7 56. Qxe3 Qd5 57. Qf2 Qxg2+ 58. Qxg2 Bxg2 and he will win.  But 46…Qxg2+! was by far the most aesthetic and convincing win.

47. c4 (47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qh7+ Rf7 50. Qh4+ Ke8 51. Qh8+ Kd7) 47… Qe4 48. Bb6 Kg5 0-1

The Never Ending Tactical Amusement of ICC Blitz

Now let’s see some blitz tactics.

vcs (2343) – aries2  King’s Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4?! A little too soon.
Ned7 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Black to play and amazingly enough from this normal-looking position, win!

Black to play and Win

12…cxd5? Wrong!   The harsh computer points out 12….Nxd5!! winning!

13. cxd5 Qxb2 14. O-O Qb4? (14…Qb6) 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd7 18. Rb5 and now white is just better.  Oh well.

18…Qa3 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bd6 a6 21. Nb1 Qxa2 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxg6 Qxd2 26.
Bxf7+ Kg7 27. Nxd2 Rf5 28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Bh5 a5 30. Nc4 a4 31. Nb6 Ra6 32. Be2 Ra5 33. Bd4+ Kf7 34. d6 a3 35. Bc4+ Ke8 36. Ba2 Rb5 37. g4 Bd7 38. Kf2
Rb4 39. Ke3 h5 40. gxh5 Bxh3 41. h6 Rb5 42. h7 Rh5 43. h8=Q+ Rxh8 44. Bxh8 Kd8 45. Bf7 {Black resigns} 1-0

And yet another fantastic blitz tactical set of puzzles:

IM Aries2 – IM Porkchopstamer  ICC Blitz 5/0    Modern Defense

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. h4 d5!? Very frisky!

5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nxd5 7. h5 Well, I’m happy.  Black now eggs me on to a piece sac, and we clearly have different ideas about it.

7…h6 Precipitating the crisis.

Sacking against the Pork

8 . hxg6! hxg5 9. gxf7+ Kf8 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Qh5 Bg7 12. Nf3 g4 So here we are.  White to play, what’s the best move?  What’s the correct result?

White's gotta be precise here

13. Ng5? This natural move is wrong!  I am so focused on the possibility of Nh7+ later, I miss the right move.

The crushing move as Rybka rudely mentions is 13. Ne5!! and it never entered my sphere of attention!   Take a look:  13…Nxc3 (13… Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxc3 (14… Nc6 15. Qg6 e6 16. Qg8+ Ke7 17. Nxd5+ exd5 18. Qg7 Qf8 19. Qf6+ Kd7 20. O-O-O Ne7 21. Be2 wins beautifully by complete paralysis) 15. Qh7 and wins prosaically) 14. Qh7 e6 15. Qg8+ Ke7 16. Qxg7 and wins)

13… Nf6 14. Qg6 Nc6 15. Bc4? Again, I miss a nice shot. 15. Nce4!! Nxd4 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Nh7+ Ke7 18. O-O-O Bf8 19. Qxf6+ Kd7 20. Nxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rxd4+ Qd6 22.
f8=Q and wins)

15… e6 16. Bxe6 Ne7 17. Qd3 Bh6 18. Nh7+ (18. Nce4 Kg7 (18… Nxe4? 19. Nh7+ Kg7 20. f8=Q+ Qxf8 21. Nxf8 wins) 19. Bxc8 Bxg5 20. Bxb7 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rb8
22. Qxg4 Ng6 23. Bxa6 Rxb2 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Be4)

18… Nxh7 19. Qxh7 Bxe6? And now it’s black’s turn to miss an absolutely beautiful shot.  19…Bd2+!!  would have won the day for him! Continuing, 20. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 21. Ke1 Bxe6 22. Rd1 Qe5+ 23. Kf1 Bxf7 and it’s all over – an incredible defense!

20. Qxh6+ Kxf7 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. O-O-O?! (23. Ne6! Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Qf4+ and I salvage a draw.

23… Qd6! Black finds the right moves, but don’t pay attention to the rest, it’s just a crazy blitz scramble now.

24. Qh4 Qg6 25. Rh1 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. f4 Re8 28. Nh7+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Kd8 30. Qc5 Kc8 31. Ng5 Nf6 32. Rd1 Ne4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Qg5 Qe6 35. d5 Kb8 36. dxe6 Bxg2 37. Qg6 Bd5 38. Qxe8+ Ka7 39. Qe7 Bc6 40. f5 Be8 41. f6 Bh5 42. Qf8 g3 43. f7 g2 44. Qg7 g1=Q 45. Qxg1+ 1-0

Award for the Wealthiest Strongest Player I’ve Never Heard Of

A bizarre CNN money article on Chris Flowers.

“In high school Flowers was a math whiz and a chess champion.”

“Sure, he enjoys outdoor activities: He likes to sail near his vacation home in North Haven, Maine, and he recently returned from a sailing trip off the coast of Croatia. But it seems no accident that he prefers chess — a contemplative, intense mind teaser of a pastime — to the social staples of banking, golf and tennis.”   Yes, the social staple of “banking” is quite the social hobby (huh, who is writing this stuff??).

Maybe it’s this guy (from uschess.org rating list):

14051263 (FL) 2009-11-30   975P  1077P  FLOWERS, CHRISTOPHER M 

Pas besoin d’avoir une bête de concours pour se lancer dans le cyclotourisme en Corse. La première année, en 2001, j’avais pris le vieux VTC Carrefour 14 vitesses de mon adolescence. Fougue de la jeunesse, je cavalais loin devant ma comparse Annaïg : l’explication est simple, comme j’avais moins de vitesses, il fallait que je tienne un certain rythme pour avancer sans trop sentir la pression au niveau des cuisses !

Et puis comme on m’a fauché mon VTC, il a fallu investir pour le nouveau périple de 2006 avec Patricia. J’ai encore opté pour un VTC. Cette fois-ci, un peu plus de vitesses (21) et une meilleure finition. Voici la bête :

C’est un vélo Nakamura d’Intersport, cadre aluminium, pneus légèrement crantés. J’aurais aimé un modèle sans les pistons avant (ça pompe dans les montées, on perd de l’énergie), mais ça n’existait pas sur les VTC dans mes prix. Le vélo, une fois le porte-bagage fixé, pèse environ 14kg. C’est honnête. On dit que vélo et sacoches ne doivent pas dépasser le poids total de 30 kg, ce devait être pile poil son poids !

Dans l’ensemble, j’en suis contente : aucune crevaison, les pneus sont vraiment ce qu’il faut pour les routes Corses un peu cabossées. La chaîne demande à être graissée régulièrement, mais après tout quand on avale les km… Enfin, le passage des vitesses est correct, sauf sur un point : il faut énormément anticiper les rétrogradations dans les montées ! Et du coup parfois, je me suis retrouvée à mouliner dans le vide au début de la montée pour être sûre de ne pas bloquer quand la pente se corse.

J’ai ajouté deux choses au vélo : la selle gel (indispensable !) et les cornes au guidon pour les montées, pour pouvoir changer de position de temps en temps.

Le vélo était une fin de série, il m’a coûté 150€ ; son prix original était de 250€.

Fabien, lui, a opté pour un modèle plus “classieux” ! Un véritable vélo de cyclotourisme acheté en Angleterre quand on y habitait :

Un peu plus léger, cadre aluminium, 21 vitesses, il pèse 12 kg. Bon, il faut aimer les guidons comme celui-là… perso, j’ai l’impression de basculer en avant !

Le vélo est équipé de pneus route, plus fins et sans crampons. Il a rencontré plus de difficultés que moi. Déjà, si vous tombez sur un chemin non goudronné comme ça nous est arrivé en Toscane en 2008, attendez-vous à crever… pas très agréable ! Et puis il lui fallait regonfler les pneus beaucoup plus souvent que moi. Au bout de deux voyages, il a décidé qu’il était temps de changer de pneus pour des crantés, plus appropriés.

Le véritable avantage est le passage des vitesses : les manettes se situent au niveau du frein avant. Au lieu de presser le frein, un simple coup à gauche ou à droite suffit pour changer la vitesse. C’est un coup à prendre, mais d’après lui le système est très souple et beaucoup mieux fini que le mien… D’ailleurs, dans les montées il n’avait aucun problème pour rétrograder même quand il forçait sur les pédales !

Ici, il a juste ajouté une selle gel.

Son vélo lui a coûté 300£, ce qui à l’époque revenait à 450€.

Entre les deux, je pense que l’on doit pouvoir trouver un VTC idéal, qui aurait un système de vitesses plus au point que le mien mais moins cher que celui de Fabien !

Visvim is quickly becoming THE cult streetwear brand around the world, and to mark a new level of their development Hiroki Nakamura has opened a Kyoto boutique.  Located in a former doll shop that operated for 16 generations Nakamura kept the general streamlined aesthetic of the shop intact, in addition to the one of the shop´s other assets.  A 90 year old woman who had worked at the shop her whole life was given the apartment upstairs from the shop to live in return for occasionally coming downstairs to freshen up the flowers.  Respect your elders…

Brutus Magnus y Doug Williams con los títulos IWGP (21 julio 2009) / Photo by George Tahinos

El pasado 5 de Agosto NJPW envió un comunicado que indicaba la anulación del resultado de la lucha por los campeonatos IWGP de Parejas entre Team 3D y British Invasion, llevada a cabo en TNA, debido a que fue realizada sin autorización de NJPW

Pero el día de hoy, a menos de una semana de lo ocurrido, en  conferencia con representantes de TNA, NJPW reconoce a British Invasion (Brutus Magnus y Doug Williams) como legítimos campeones de Parejas IWGP,  de la misma manera se confirma que se expondrán los cinturones de Parejas en el próximo PPV de TNA, Hard Justice 2009 este 16 de Agosto ante Beer Money Inc.

Seguramente TNA debe haber ofrecido enviar al ganador de ese match a Japón, para que los títulos sean nuevamente disputados en terrenos en NJPW, empresa que por su parte probablemente enviará ha algún equipo fuerte como Nakamura y Tanahashi o TenKoji para recuperarlos

Nickname:  Iron
Born in 1981
Home: Tokyo – Japan
Style: Judo
Team: Tokyo Yellow Mans
Division: under 65.9 Kg

MMA Record: 7 – 3 – 4

My name change from Loreen Shizue Akamine is finally legal as of this morning.My new name which I will continue to use for the remainder of my life to honor my paternal grandparents and to recognize the family but I will go by both names though legally it is Elysabeth.Like I told my dad,my mom’s side will never know the full reason for the name change till the day I am deceased.After if my parents are alive they may tell the reason why I changed my name if they desire to but as long as I am alive no one will ever know except for the Kobayashi/Goto/Nakamura will know this:”I have my reasons for changing my name and that’s as far as it will ever go.”