Reader rants: Cagereaders weigh in on Frankie Edgar?s fight, GSP?s return and more from the MMA world

With an unbelievable few weeks of MMA, Cagereaders had some really, really strong opinions. Because of your thoughts, Cagewriter decided it was a perfect time to bring back Reader Rants. Drawn from Cagewriter's Facebook page, here are thoughts from Cagewriter's readers. What are you ranting about this week? Tell us on Facebook, and you may be on our next Reader Rants.

Frankie Edgar is moving to featherweight and getting an immediate title shot against Jose Aldo at UFC 153. What say you, Cagereaders?

Interesting move for Frankie. If he doesn't win, then where does he go from there. I guess one challenge at a time? -- Mark Jimerson

Frankie has a huge chance don't count him out! -- Monzeil Jhamal Flemming

Jon Jones' reported request to Dana White to get Chael Sonnen to cool it with the trash talk also got you talking.

I don't know if I buy this story. There has been so much Jones hate, and I am sure this post will draw even more. This one sounds like BS to me. -- Eric Chism

I wonder if this is a sign of things to come with jones? Can't believe he wouldn't take the fight! I don't blame dana for feeling the way he does. I think jones is a terrific fighter, but wonder if character flaws will be a problem. I'll be watching. -- Kevin Armitage

Whether he deserves it or not, Sonnen is now the uncrowned 205 lb champ until Jones proves otherwise. Refusing to accept a challenge is the same as forfeiting. -- Jason Zachary

Georges St-Pierre was medically cleared to fight. Will he be back to his former self? Cagereaders weighed in.

I hope not. I hope he will fight to win instead of fight to not lose his belt. Maybe knowing that Condit has the interim belt it will motivate him to prove he deserves to be the champion. -- David Bernetich

There is no upside to the time off, obviously. It's a negative performance-deflating incident no matter how great his rehab went. The only question is if he is indeed good enough to come away with a win against Condit so that he can get BACK to where he should be AFTER the fight...no doubt in my mind this will be his biggest challenge in his entire life...any athletes out there would agree with me. -- Kyle Ertl

Anderson Silva said he didn't finish Thales Leites because of their friendships. Here's what Cagereaders had to say about this.

During one of Joe Louis's title defenses, he fought John Henry Lewis. Before the fight, Joe told his trainer that he didn't feel comfortable fighting such a good friend of his. Joe planed on carrying John for the full 15 rounds because he
did not want to hurt him.

Joe's trainer stated that he would be more likely to hurt John if he were to carrying him the full fight. Therefore, Joe went out and KOed John in the first round.

Both continued to be good friends. John Henry Lewis retired after his fight with Joe. It was the biggest purse of his career. -- Wrestling Roots

Its an embarrassment to the sport. They are professional fighters so they should act like it. -- Helio Fabian Rangel

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Hillicon Valley: FCC eyes broadband tax - SpursTalk.com - Forums

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dangerous floater ? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $2000 Post Count: 26,137	The Federal Communications Commission is eyeing a proposal to tax broadband Internet service. The move would funnel money to the Connect America Fund, a subsidy the agency created last year to expand Internet access. The FCC issued a request for comments on the proposal in April. Dozens of companies and trade associations have weighed in, but the issue has largely flown under the public's radar. "If members of Congress understood that the FCC is contemplating a broadband tax, they'd sit up and take notice," said Derek Turner, research director for Free Press, a consumer advocacy group that opposes the tax. Numerous companies, including AT&T, Sprint and even Google have expressed support for the idea. Consumers already pay a fee on their landline and cellular phone bills to support the FCC's Universal Service Fund. The fund was created to ensure that everyone in the country has access to telephone service, even if they live in remote areas. Last year, the FCC overhauled a $4.5 billion portion of the Universal Service Fund and converted it into a broadband Internet subsidy, called the Connect America Fund. The new fund aims to subsidize the construction of high-speed Internet networks to the estimated 19 million Americans who currently lack access. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-va...ternet-service
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Believe. ? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $2000 Post Count: 17,489	If mega-corps are FOR a tax, it's ONLY because they will be profiting, in the many $Bs, from the tax. They'll pocket the tax to Connect America but they won't Connect America seriously, and the govt won't penalize them for not connecting. iow, no accountability. btw, DSL is NOT broadband, it's baseband.
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Gwarn ? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $2000 Post Count: 14,978	lol, as if the general shitty service isn't expensive enough already? _____________________________ So it goes.
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It's the smell... ? Team: Dallas Mavericks SpursTalk Cash: $2563 Post Count: 5,402	DSL is broadband delivered over a phone line. :facepalm "Federal Communications Commission has the following definition for Broadband Internet: ??broadband service [is the] data transmission speeds exceeding 200 kilobits per second (Kbps), or 200,000 bits per second, in at least one direction: downstream (from the Internet to the user?s computer) or upstream (from the user?s computer to the Internet)? http://www.brighthub.com/computing/h...id=parsely_rec Also, why is there another tax needed for this? The USF fund is sufficient. _____________________________
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Yesterday, 10:01 AM	? #5
Believe. ? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $2000 Post Count: 17,489	Originally Posted by TeyshaBlue DSL is broadband delivered over a phone line. :facepalm "Federal Communications Commission has the following definition for Broadband Internet: ??broadband service [is the] data transmission speeds exceeding 200 kilobits per second (Kbps), or 200,000 bits per second, in at least one direction: downstream (from the Internet to the user?s computer) or upstream (from the user?s computer to the Internet)? http://www.brighthub.com/computing/h...id=parsely_rec Also, why is there another tax needed for this? The USF fund is sufficient. DSL is analog baseband, not broadband. DSL is faster than audio-frequency modems, but it's not broadband.
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Yesterday, 10:50 AM	? #9
Believe. ? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $2000 Post Count: 17,489	Originally Posted by TeyshaBlue The FCC seems to disagree with your assessment. the FCC are politicians, not engineers broadband is misused widely. the terms were originally broadband vs baseband. Misuse doesn't make it right, only common parlance. and FCC is really talking about mainly DSL, since true broadband in underserved (rural) areas would be WiMax or cable, not twisted pair copper.
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Restaurant review: The Fat Duck, Bray ? Trivial Pursuits

In last year?s exceptional documentary Closer To The Edge, central protagonist Guy Martin says that the word unbelievable is bandied around too much these days. Despite spending most of the film inches from self-afflicted doom, he refutes claims that what he?s doing is unbelievable, going on to say ?When a man eats his own head, I will hold me hands up and say: ?THAT is unbelievable?.?

It?s hard to argue with his sentiment. In the overhyped, sensationalist world in which we live, reputations are built up and knocked down with one fell swoop of a journalist?s hand. Amid mediocrity, the good can seem great, the great can seem extraordinary and the plausible is often labelled with that word? Unbelievable.

It was with those sage words ringing in my ear that I arrived in the sleepy Berkshire village of Bray last week to go for dinner at Heston Blumenthal?s flagship restaurant The Fat Duck. Three Michelin stars are not handed out willy-nilly, indeed only four such places in the UK have ever been exalted to such pantheons of greatness, but at the same time I was wondering if food could ever achieve the tag affixed by so many to the place. Unbelievable.

The restaurant itself is a surprisingly low-key affair. No garish sign outside (it?s entirely possible to walk past and not even acknowledge its existence), nor lavish d?cor to distract you. The bells and whistles that adorn so many places are stripped out. This is a gastronomic experience, laid bare. Even the element of choice is removed, something an indecisive and non-fussy eater like myself is hugely appreciative of. You are seated, told what you are going to eat, and that is the end of it. The curtain is raised.

The first course (of fourteen, no less) was described as nitro poached aperitifs, a phrase that only really makes sense in hindsight. A choice of three classic pre-dinner drinks were offered, in mousse form, and poached in smoking liquid nitrogen before your very eyes. The waiter?s dexterity in their creation somehow transforming the scientific-looking canisters into an effortless art form. This is far from the only time this bridge between those age-old polar opposites is crossed during the course of the meal. The result here, resembling a small meringue, was ice cold yet melted in the mouth to leave the exact sensation of your drink of choice. It was a strong opening statement.

A tasty dish of red cabbage gazpacho was quickly followed by another of the eccentrically original creations that I had gone to experience. We were instructed to place a slither of oak moss on our tongues to prepare our palates for what was to follow. A slice of truffle toast sat aside a bowl of quail jelly, crayfish cream and chicken liver parfait. As the moss coated your mouth and prepared you for the earthy nature of the truffles, dry ice was poured liberally all over the table top, lending the impression that you were eating from the morning fog in a woodland clearing.

If you go down to the woods today?

At this stage it?s probably worth noting that the inner cynic is screaming at you to ignore this OTT mumbo jumbo, but the fact of the matter is that you have gone to this extraordinary place to be entertained both sensually and theatrically. If you buy into the drama of the piece, the rewards are obvious. It was, needless to say, phenomenal.

Next up was one of the signature dishes of the place, in the form of snail porridge. The equally famous eggs and bacon ice cream had sadly been removed from the menu a while ago, but when Heston first hit the scene all those years ago, it was these dishes that captured the nation?s imagination. Many would recoil at the thought of snail porridge, it sounds rather like the sort of elaborately repulsive things that the baddies in Roald Dahl novels would eat, like bird pie or snozcumbers. It was however deliciously textured, and topped off with some intricately shaved fennel. Another extraordinary taste sensation.

Snail porridge

It feels strange that I would not elaborate on the next course, but with fourteen to get through, the ?mere? excellently roasted foie gras (which I hasten to add would be a highlight of most other meals) seems somewhat too ordinary to mention. The same cannot be said of the next dish.

The mad hatter?s tea party from Alice in Wonderland was lovingly, deliciously and totally insanely recreated in front of our eyes. A gold pocket watch was dropped into a teapot of clear liquid, only to transform the contents into a tea-coloured consomm? once shaken. From here, you were instructed to pour the contents into a teacup of veal and miniature poached egg to create the famous mock-turtle soup that the Hatter served up. It was a hilarious concept really, and one that played on the inner child in everyone. A good, yet unspectacular tasting dish was elevated through interaction. Conceptually, it took the cheap thrill you got from adding your own salt to crisps, or shaking your own salad? and ramped up the theatre a notch or ten.

Mad Hatter?s Tea Party? Before and after.

The following dish was another headline act, the sounds of the sea. For this, we were given a conch shell with headphones coming out of it (as most conches do, naturally), and were instructed to listen to the noise of a gently-lapping shore as we marvelled over what was in front of us. A shoreline scene, briny sea crafted from edible froth, a sand substance made of anchovy and tapioca, all strewn with edible seaweed and sashimi, was to be the focus our four remaining senses. Heston has long claimed that sound can enhance your sense of taste and while it certainly added to the novelty of the experience, to my humble taste buds, the aural aspect was probably unnecessary. Bah, humbug!

The sounds of the sea

The rest of the menu was a mix of the extravagant and the excellent, with the two very rarely separated. Salmon poached in a liquorice gel proceeded immaculately cooked lamb. A cup of hot and iced tea (each entering a different side of your mouth to cause the oral equivalent of when you?re simultaneously washing your hands under a hot and cold tap) was followed by a tiny edible picnic, complete with a white chocolate rug and wild strawberries.

By the time the sweeties came out at the end, I was unsure as to whether it was even the same meal as when I started. Fans of Heston?s television programmes will know that he possesses a sizeable inner child, and this manifests itself in the doggie bag you are given to go home with. Edible wrappers, coconut tobacco, jam-filled playing cards. It?s straight out of Willy Wonker, and given that you almost certainly have room for them after the meal, a nice way to carry the experience over to the following day.

Anyhow, in summation, what were my overall feelings. Of course it is pretentious, that?s without question. In terms of sheer quality, you can definitely do better elsewhere, while the bill is big enough to make a Toucan jealous. But that?s missing the point. This is food served as theatre. This is novelty and invention, in the grand traditions of this fair isle. And with that in mind I find it hard to deny that, despite my reservations over the word, much of what you eat at The Fat Duck is? unbelievable.

by Harry Harland

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Gold, Silver & Copper Are All Heading Lower ... - Yahoo! Finance

"I'm bearish across the board in the metals," says Jeff Kennedy, Chief Commodity Analyst at Elliott Wave International. "I'm looking down in gold, down in silver, and down in copper." He lays out his case in the attached video, starting with the precious metals.

Gold and Silver

Kennedy dismisses the muted efforts of gold and silver to regain last year's momentum as classic corrective wave patterns. "Essentially the moves that we've seen the last few weeks, the last few months, are very indicative of a larger down-trending market," he explains.

Once he sees confirming price action, specifically a break below last week's lows in gold, Kennedy wants to get short. The analyst's favorite ways to play the dark side on gold and silver are via the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV).

Copper

The news is no better for copper bulls. In fact, it's much worse if you buy into the idea that "Dr. Copper" is a tell for the rest of the economy. Based on his wave work, Kennedy says copper is heading not just lower, but down as much as 55% to $1.50. This would take copper near lows last seen during financial meltdown of 2008, when global growth crumbled.

Kennedy's favorite short play off copper is Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). The copper and gold miner has the same chart characteristics as copper as well as a specific trigger point for the short. "Take out $30 a share in Freeport," he says, "and nothing's holding it up until you fall to $10."

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your-mind-your-money-part - Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

Welcome to Part 2 of this series detailing how your mind may hurt your financial situation by guest contributor, Ornella Grosz.

Money and Your Mind

Check out Part 1; Your Mind and Your Money-Investors are Not Rational; Learn How to Use Your Mind to Combat Money Mistakes

Misplaced Beliefs

In part 1, we talked about trusting your gut and increasing awareness of our beliefs. To clarify, misplaced beliefs are beliefs you perceive as truths. As I delve a little into our psyche,?I?m going to tackle four misplaced beliefs.

1. Forecasting errors can lead to poor investment decisions.

Behavioral finance researchers Kahneman and Tversky found that people overweight recent experience and believe the recent past will continue into the future.

When the 2008-2009 financial crisis threatened and depleted the average persons financial assets, you or someone you know may have felt it. And when we feel threatened, we intuitively assess the risk?it?s that fight or flight mode. In fact, as stock values tanked, many investors feared that they would never recover their losses and that stock investments would never outperform again. This caused the unfortunate few to sell out their losses at the bottom, only to watch the market fully recover over the next few years.

2.?Stereotyping can hinder our financial decision making.

Some people assume women are more risk averse than men, especially when feeling financially threatened. According to a 2010 study published in?Psychological Science, ?Stereotype Threat Affects Financial Decision Making?,?by Priyanka B. Carr and Claude M. Steele only when prompted with stereotypical ideas (ie women are bad at math) did gender stereotypes hold.

When the male and female volunteers were prompted about the negative stereotypes, the gender differences emerged?women were more likely to avoid risk and losses.

When the volunteers were not hinted, there were no gender differences in financial decision making. Both sexes were moderately loss and risk averse.?The stereotypical cues?negative for women, positive for men?encouraged behavior related to the stereotype.

The takeaway; reduce and remove these gender stereotypes?women are more risk and loss averse, men are more risk-takers?both men and women are free to make the financial choices and decisions they think are best.

Something to think about, eh? Personally, I?m very aggressive with my investment choices and with other financial choices a little cautious. I?d like to think that growing up I didn?t succumb to this type of negative stereotype. However, I?ve met those who have. And I venture to say that perhaps it?s part of the reason women formulated??hidden scripts??.

3.?People are seduced by the status quo.

As busy people, we are trying to cope in this complex world. Because we are busy and have short attention spans we have less time to think about every choice we make. Thus we seek convenient solutions. If something seems to fit in line with the way we think (perception), we will treat it as our truth.

Additionally, we?prefer that things remain the same, or that things change as little as possible, if they absolutely must be altered?dubbed ?status quo bias.? You make the easy choices, not necessarily the best choices. For example:

• Subscribe to a magazine for the free trial period and forget to cancel it afterwards. You have good intentions to cancel, but for some reason you never seem to get around to it. This decision hurts you financially by paying for something you really don?t want. (That?s why I avoid the temptation to take up these short term offers. It?s just too much hassle to remember to cancel. Barb?s comment)
• Set up your retirement plan to a specific asset allocation and never review or rebalance. (You need to rebalance your accounts every year to keep them in line with your initial investment choices. Barb?s comment)
• Making very conservative financial choices, without considering your age, or risk tolerance.
• Accept a higher car insurance premium without calling up the company to find out the reason for the increase or searching for ?a cheaper alternative.

You become stressed when a situation forces you to make a financial choice and so after making your initial decision, you remain closed minded to a better opportunity. Maybe you stick to the status quo because you lack the confidence to compare the alternatives or are overwhelmed with the available choices.

In today?s world, financial literacy is more important than ever to help make better financial decisions; otherwise, you revert to poor habit driven decision making.

4. Financial rules of thumbs are short-cuts to break down complex financial choices.

Rules of thumbs are better known as heuristics. Here are some examples:

• Pay off debt with highest interest rate first.
• Use 4% as a safe withdrawal rate at retirement.
• Pay off your mortgage.
• Refinance your home when interest rates have dropped by 1%
• In retirement, you?ll need to replace 80% of your pre-retirement income.
• Save at least 10% (you might need to save at least 15%).
• Life insurance should equal X times your income.

The truth is we are not hard-wired to think for the long-term; therefore, envisioning and planning for the future can be a challenge. Sometimes, I think that?s why some people struggle with savings. Financial rules of thumbs help us speed up the process to making a decision without having to over think it. They help us to navigate with ease.

At the same time, they can be perilous. Adhering to such rules may not always be the right financial decision for your financial circumstances. Our minds naturally gravitate to things we are familiar with, and the above examples are all things most of us have heard.

I?m not saying to ignore all financial rules of thumb. I like that they provide a general guideline. Personal finance is more personal than it is finance. And rules of thumb can help us manage our money better. But when people only use rules of thumb, they could be missing out on better opportunities or strategies.

How to Combat Misplaced Financial Beliefs

Since we have a natural tendency to confirm what we think we know or already know, I think I have a solution: consider looking for facts to support information that contradicts your beliefs and biases. Ultimately, you?ll change your perception.

I would like to leave you with a quote from John Maynard Keynes:

?The real difficulty in changing the course of any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas but in escaping from old ones.?

Check out Part 1;?Your Mind and Your Money-Investors are Not Rational; Learn How to Use Your Mind to Combat Money Mistakes

Ornella?Grosz,?CFEd? is financial expert, keynote speaker, author of?Moneylicious: A Financial Clue for Generation Y, and member of the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) Financial Literacy Curriculum Advisory Board. Emerging?as the optimistic financial voice during a turbulent and uncertain economy, is an advocate for young adults, women, and beyond (she doesn?t discriminate) to view money differently.?She blogs at?Moneylicious?adding a little spice to money matters. Join her @OrnellaGrosz.

Can you think of other misplaced beliefs??Or, what are some financial beliefs you grew up that has worked for you?

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