UFC hands out Twitter bonuses to Brazilians, ?Smooth? and a lady

UFC hands out Twitter bonuses to Brazilians, ?Smooth? and a ladyAt the Fighters' Summit in June, the UFC promised to hand out bonuses to fighters based on their Twitter activity. UFC president Dana White is a huge fan of the social networking site because it allows fans and fighters to interact easily. When the UFC announced the bonuses, they were open to both Strikeforce and UFC fighters.

Only one Strikeforce fighter picked up any of the $5,000 bonuses, and that was Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos. Since Strikeforce doesn't give out postfight bonuses like the UFC does for Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night, or Submission of the Night, this is the first bonus given to a female fighter.

Here's the complete list of winners:

Twitter Bonus Recipients
75,000+ followers:
Most Followers: Anderson Silva
Largest Percentage Growth: Anderson Silva
Most Creative: Forrest Griffin

30-75,000+ followers:
Most Followers: Antonio Minotauro Nogueira
Largest Percentage Growth: Antonio Minotauro Nogueira
Most Creative: Joe Lauzon

10-30,000+ followers:
Most Followers: Demian Maia
Largest Percentage Growth: Demian Maia
Most Creative: Benson Henderson

2-10,000+ followers:
Most Followers: Cris Cyborg
Largest Percentage Growth: Cris Cyborg
Most Creative: Joseph Benavidez

White picked out the most creative types, but I can't agree with all of his picks. Amir Sadollah, Miguel Torres and Kenny Florian are just as deserving. Miesha Tate shares the best pictures, and Duane Ludwig is the most well-rounded.

The one category missing is the one that the UFC values the most: fan interaction. Fighters have come up with many different ways to use Twitter to meet fans, give away gear and memorabilia, and mobilize them to get a fight or a spot on a card. Considering that is how the UFC uses its own account, it should add a bonus for fighters can deftly use Twitter to work with fans.

Are you on Twitter? Do you agree with the awards that the UFC has awarded? Tell us in the comments, on Facebook or of course, on Twitter.

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Kim Kardashian Filed For Divorce Today

Sing it with me, Kim Kardashian… D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Folks, we saw this coming for a while now. After just 72 days of marriage, Kim filed for divorce from Kris Humphries this morning in Los Angeles. Kim has hired high profile divorce attorney Laura Wasser, and court documents reveal (you can see those here) the typical ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for the dissolution of marriage. Date of their separation is listed as today. There was a pre-nup in place, and Kim has requested to ‘terminate the court’s jurisdiction to award spousal support to Respondent’, as well as wanting each to pay their own attorney fees. Rumors of strife between the two have been circulating for a while now. It was just going to be a matter of time before they were headed down this road. Just this past Saturday, Kim hosted the Midori Halloween Party in New York, dressed as Poison Ivy, but partied solo, adding more speculation about the couple’s relationship. Last week reports surfaced that Kris was not her original choice to date, instead it was another NBA player, Danilo Gallinari, that she allegedly had her eyes on. When E! reps allegedly approached Gallinari to see if he’d be [...]

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No. 22 Georgia gets rare win over Florida, 24-20

Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes on fourth down, and No. 22 Georgia overcame several mistakes to beat Southeastern Conference rival Florida 24-20 Saturday.

The Bulldogs, at the very least, kept pace with South Carolina in the Eastern Division.

It was Georgia's fourth victory in the last 22 games against Florida and could be a big one for coach Mark Richt. He had been under pressure since losing his first two games this season.

Now, the Bulldogs (6-2, 5-1 SEC) have won six straight.

The Gators have lost four in a row for the first time since 1988, a streak that certainly will taint coach Will Muschamp's first season in Gainesville.

The latest loss came against Muschamp's alma mater and eliminated Florida (4-4, 2-4) in the division race.

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Fans trash stage after Metallica cancels concert

Whoops!

Metallica sure angered their fans in India...

The metal rockers were set to play their first ever concert on the subcontinent Friday in the city of Guragon, India. But the show became a no-go when the band announced just prior to concert time that they'd have to postpone until Saturday due to "failure of a security barricade in front of the stage that could not be adequately repaired."

As you can guess, the fans didn't take the news well.

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The band took to their official site, explaining: "We arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play our first show ever in India at the F1 Rocks concert. However, immediately at the end of our afternoon press conference at a hotel near the venue, we were notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience. And our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans."

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Well, apparently the feeling wasn't mutual as fans seemed unconcerned about their own safety. After the announcement many of the 25,000 concertgoers rushed?and trashed?the stage, destroying instruments and causing injuries to some fans.

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And the rock 'n' roll chaos didn't stop there, as the rescheduled show the following night also fell through when the band and promoter were reportedly unable to obtain the proper permissions to stage the event.

Now, not only will the band have to issue refunds to all paying customers, but the promoter must pay an additional price as well. NDTV reports that four of the concerts' organizers were arrested on charges of overselling the venue and not telling fans about the cancellations in a timely manner.

Yikes, looks like the show can't always go on!

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Iran parliament renews move to summon Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

TEHRAN (Reuters) ? Iran's parliament has revived its threat to call in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning, with more lawmakers signing a summons that could ultimately lead to the president's impeachment, media reported on Monday.

Less than a week after the legislature dropped a four-month-old motion to summon Ahmadinejad, enough members of parliament have signed the paper to force him to appear.

"Plan to question Ahmadinejad back on track with increased signatures," ran the front page headline on Siasat-e Rouz daily which, like most newspapers, led with the story that shows a serious internal political rift is far from healed.

The conservative-dominated parliament first looked set to issue the unprecedented summons in June when 100 of its 290 members signed the motion -- amid growing criticism of Ahmadinejad's policies and what many lawmakers see as his overbearing attitude and disrespect for the legislature.

But, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for unity among the branches of power, parliament's presiding board held back from issuing the summons until enough lawmakers had removed their signatures to make it invalid.

To take effect this time, the motion must still be passed on to the president by the presiding board.

Prominent conservative lawmaker and long-time Ahmadinejad critic Ali Motahari tendered his resignation in protest at parliament's refusal to issue the summons.

That seemed to embolden his colleagues and with the additional support there are now 74 signatures, Sharq daily said, one more than the 73 needed to make it valid, according to parliament's website.

UPSET

"The presiding board's move to suspend the case was somehow illegal ... and it upset the lawmakers," parliamentarian Sharif Hosseini was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.

Parliament has often been hostile to Ahmadinejad but upped the pressure in April when he attempted to sack the intelligence minister who plays a key role in overseeing elections, a move that was blocked by a rare intervention by Khamenei.

Hardliners accuse Ahmadinejad of being in the thrall of a "deviant current" of advisers seeking to undermine the authority of the clergy in the Islamic Republic's system of government. They have also accused some of his aides of being involved in a $2.6 billion bank fraud that is still under investigation.

Eleven lawmakers signed a petition calling on the judiciary to investigate five key officials in the case, including Ahmadinejad's closest aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie and Central bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani, Etemad daily reported.

Analysts say Khamenei may be happy to have a weakened Ahmadinejad but does not want to risk the upheaval of him being forced out of office with less than two years of his term left.

Khamenei has suggested that in future Iran could scrap the position of a directly elected presidency and have the head of government elected by parliament -- something which critics say could weaken Iran's version of democracy.

Motahari said calling Ahmadinejad for questions should not be seen as an assault on Iran's governing system.

"This move will bring more understanding between government and parliament ... All things considered, it will be in the interests of the system," he told a news conference on Monday, according to the ISNA news agency.

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called on Ahmadinejad to attend a parliamentary session on Tuesday where Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini will face questions as part of a possible impeachment -- another front in the fight between the legislature and executive.

(Writing by Mitra Amiri and Robin Pomeroy, editing by Rosalind Russell)

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Stranded Qantas passengers await labor ruling (Reuters)

SYDNEY (Reuters) ? Tens of thousands of stranded Qantas Airways passengers are pinning their hopes on a government-appointed tribunal on Sunday ordering an end to the industrial action that grounded the Australian national carrier's entire fleet.

Qantas took the unprecedented step of grounding more than 100 aircraft around the world on Saturday, seeking to bring to a head a prolonged and increasingly bitter battle with its unions over pay, working conditions and plans to set two new airlines in Asia.

Qantas plans to cut 1,000 jobs and order $9 billion of new Airbus aircraft as part of a makeover to salvage its loss-making international business.

The marked escalation in the dispute angered the government and came as an embarrassment for Prime Minister Julia Gillard who was hosting a summit of Commonwealth leaders in the western city of Perth, 17 of them booked to fly out on Sunday with Qantas.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, who estimated the "bold decision, an unbelievable decision" would cost the company A$20 million ($21.4 million) a day, said the special labor tribunal would have to terminate all industrial action before the airline could resume flying.

"We're hoping a determination is made today and that will give us certainty about what we can do and start planning to get the airline back in the air," Joyce told Australia's Sky News on Sunday.

If the Fair Work Australia tribunal ordered termination of industrial action on Sunday, Joyce indicated Qantas could be flying again on Monday.

Qantas and the unions would then have 21 days to negotiate a settlement before binding arbitration would be imposed. The hearing begins at 0300 GMT.

ANGRY RESPONSES

Executives faced angry shareholders and workers at a shareholders' meeting on Friday where the company said the labor dispute since September had caused a dive in forward bookings and was costing it A$15 million a week. The shareholders backed hefty pay rises to senior Qantas executives.

The Australian and International Pilots Association was flabbergasted at the move to ground the fleet, describing it as "brinkmanship in the extreme."

"Alan Joyce is holding a knife to the nation's throat," said Richard Woodward, vice-president of AIPA.

The action also sparked an angry response from Australia's Transport Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday.

"I'm extremely disappointed. What's more, I indicated very clearly to Mr Joyce that I was disturbed by the fact that we've had a number of discussions and at no stage has Mr Joyce indicated to me that this was an action under consideration," he said.

Qantas check-in desks across Australia were empty on Sunday morning as customers scrambled for alternative travel arrangements. Australian rival Virgin Blue said it was adding an extra 3,000 seats on its domestic network on Sunday to assist Qantas passengers.

Qantas's decision left many passengers venting their anger.

"To resolve this at the expense of paying customers on one of the biggest flying days in Australia is quite frankly ... bizarre, unwarranted and unfair to the loyal customers that Australia has," a businessman, who gave his name only as Barry, told Sky TV at Melbourne airport.

This weekend is one of Australia's busiest for travel, with tens of thousands traveling to the hugely popular Melbourne Cup horse race on Tuesday, dubbed "the race that stops the nation."

Qantas' Facebook page was inundated with angry passengers. "Stranded in Sydney Airport ... because QANTAS are useless idiots," wrote Lyn Haddon.

At London's Heathrow Airport, passengers stood in long queues looking up at departure boards showing canceled flights.

"(I'm) not very happy because it was the holiday of a lifetime for us and it cost us a lot of money," British passenger Steve Johnson said.

The dispute is the worst Qantas has faced since 2008, when industrial action by engineers cost it A$130 million ($133 million), local media reported.

Shares in the airline have fallen almost 40 percent this year, underperforming the 8 percent fall in the benchmark index.

(Additional reporting by Narayanan Somasundaram and Ed Davies in Sydney, Rebekah Kebede in Perth, James Grubel in Canberra, Kevin Lim in Singapore; Editing by Ralph Gowling)

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Jobless veterans say military experience is not valued (Reuters)

NAPERVILLE, Ill (Reuters) ? When Matthew Burrell left the Army after eight years of service, he landed a job as a public relations contractor in Iraq. With a salary of $170,000, he figured military experience had finally paid off.

But five months after returning home to Chicago, 33-year old Burrell is unemployed and said his job search has been strange. Despite having six years experience as a public relations officer in the Army, companies treat him as if he just graduated from college.

"I can tell you for a fact that definitely in my field in public relations and marketing, private sector companies do not value (military experience)," Burrell said.

Burrell feels he is more than qualified for a job in the corporate PR world. But Burrell, along with many of what the Department of Labor says are 235,000 unemployed veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, has run into a frustrating problem.

Many U.S. companies, and sometimes veterans themselves, do not know how to translate military experience into civilian job skills. There is a disconnect between companies demanding a college degree and veterans' giving confusing descriptions of their military experience to civilian employers.

MILITARY JARGON

That disconnect has contributed to veterans having an unemployment rate 2.6 percent higher than the general population, according to September's Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment report. As U.S. involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars winds down, lawmakers and organizations of all stripes have launched efforts to help veterans find work.

President Barack Obama this week announced measures, including $120 million in total tax breaks to companies that hire veterans.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it hopes to get 15,000 veterans hired through 100 job fairs around the country for veterans this year. One of those job fairs was held recently in Naperville, a Chicago suburb, giving 86 companies the chance to meet more than 600 veterans.

One problem is that veterans need to articulate more clearly to companies their experience, said Kevin Schmiegel, vice president of veteran's employment programs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Hiring managers who have not served in the military are often bewildered by the jargon used by soldiers and weapons specialists, said Becky Brillon, who directs a program at the Community Career Center in Naperville.

A military job title might be listed like this: "25 Romeo visual and media equipment operator and maintainer."

"If somebody was artillery, or a sharpshooter or a sniper, you have to tone that down in the civilian world. It's more about being detail-oriented, precise and focused," Brillon said.

CREDIT FOR SKILLS

But on the other side of that coin, private employers should give more credit to the experience and skills veterans acquire in the military, Schmiegel said.

Veteran unemployment could fall dramatically if companies were willing to give jobs that normally require credentialing or a college diploma to veterans with military experience in the same role, Schmiegel said. He also said companies should offer training to veterans to help connect military experience to workplace skills.

Some military jobs, like a mechanic or technician, are more easily transferred to a private sector job than others.

David Berry served as a medic in the Army 25 years ago, but did not enter the private-sector medical field because of how much extra training he would need, he said.

Berry said he was performing a range of medical treatments in the military that would have required at least an associate college degree to get a similar job in the private sector.

"The private sector has its own set of rules and they don't all correspond with what the military says," Berry said. "I didn't get anything from the military saying, 'He's qualified, and we back this person up for this position because he's done this, this and that.'"

The credentials and certificates that the military does give out for certain forms of training still do not seem to carry much weight.

Rick Combs, a 27-year old who retired as a Sergeant in the Army, says he was given management training in the military as part of becoming a Sergeant. So far, that training has not translated into a comparable private-sector job.

"You can come in, and slap something down that says, 'Here, the military says I can lead people. Give me a department and I will make it dance for you,'" Combs said. "I haven't had the opportunity on the civilian side yet."

Combs said he's going back to school to become a network technician, an area he worked in for the Army.

Schmiegel, from the Chamber of Commerce, said something must be done for veterans to find jobs or the country's voluntary armed forces will not find as many willing recruits.

"We are telling (recruits) right now that when they leave the service four years from now that they're going to be better off. That they're going to have a better job. That they're going to be more marketable. And the fact is, right now they're not," Schmiegel said.

(Editing by Greg McCune)

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Iraq war vet critically injured in Oakland protests (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? An Iraq war veteran was listed in critical condition on Wednesday from injuries he sustained at economic protests on the streets of Oakland, triggering calls for renewed Occupy Wall Street demonstrations across the country.

Protest organizers say 24-year-old Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine, was struck in the head on Tuesday night by a tear gas canister fired by police during a confrontation with demonstrators trying to move back into a downtown Oakland plaza.

A spokesman for Highland General Hospital in Oakland confirmed Olsen was in critical condition there from injuries sustained during the protest but could not confirm he had been hit by a tear gas canister.

Oakland Police spokeswoman Cynthia Perkins said the department was investigating the incident. She declined further comment.

Keith Shannon, who said he served alongside Olsen in Iraq, told Reuters his friend was suffering from a two-inch skull fracture and brain swelling and had been sedated in the hospital's emergency room trauma center while neurosurgeons decide whether to operate.

The hospital declined to comment on those medical details.

Shannon said Olsen served two tours in Iraq from 2006 to 2010 with the 3rd battalion, 4th Marine regiment. Shannon, 24, and Olsen deployed together to Iraq, where they worked in tactical communications, Shannon said.

They both now work as systems administrators at a software firm, he said.

VIDEO MAY SHOW INCIDENT

Olsen, originally from Onalaska, Wisconsin, had been camping overnight with the Occupy San Francisco protest before joining the Oakland movement after a police crackdown, said his friend Adele Carpenter, who spoke to Reuters by phone from the hospital waiting room.

"The irony is not lost on anyone here that this is someone who survived two tours in Iraq and is now seriously injured by the Oakland police force," Carpenter, 29, told Reuters.

YouTube videos that appear to be from Tuesday night's clashes show a man identified as Olsen being carried away from a police line by protesters, bleeding and unresponsive to questions.

The video could not be independently verified by Reuters.

The injuries to Olsen touched off a furor among protesters in Oakland and elsewhere, where organizers took to Twitter and other social media to call for marches in his name on Wednesday night.

"In #solidarity with #occupyoakland, march at 9PM tonight! Meet us at #libertysquare!" Occupy Wall Street's Twitter account said in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon.

More than 1,000 people marched on Oakland's city hall on Tuesday night to protest scores of arrests made by police when they broke up an encampment in a plaza nearby earlier on Tuesday.

The protests in Oakland are an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement launched more than a month ago in New York.

The demonstrations voicing frustration over government bailouts of big banks, persistent high unemployment and economic inequality have spread across the United States and overseas, although participant numbers remain relatively small in most cities.

(Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Jerry Norton)

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