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Cro Cop vs. Bonjasky Gave Mirko's Mom Heart Palpatations
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Apparently some fans were critical of Mirko Cro Cop from GLORY 14, not for his performance, not for his style having changed so drastically in the past few years and the lack of kicks or clean punches -- but because he didn't hang around to do interviews after the event. After the fight with Remy Bonjasky was over Mirko Cro Cop made his way backstage and then promptly left the arena, which led to speculation that he was possibly a bad sport over the controversial decision.
According to Cro Cop, that couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, Cro Cop claims that he received a phone call that his mother was sick in the hospital. She suffered from heart palpitations and out of fear of a possible heart attack she was rushed to the hospital. Of course Mirko was going to make sure that his mother was okay and be by her side as opposed to answer silly questions about fighting. Cro Cop implied that while fighting is important, his family takes precedence over the fight industry, especially dealing with the press. This comes after the press found Cro Cop difficult to deal with leading up to the fight, which brings everything full circle. [source]


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On Sunday, the Sharon cabinet accepted in principle the road map — the first-ever Israeli governmental acceptance of a proposed Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. The Israelis and Palestinians now begin the first effort to reach a settlement since the collapse of the Oslo process nearly three years ago.
The "Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" is an ambitious three-stage plan that calls for an end to terror attacks and a settlement freeze in the first stage, a Palestinian state with temporary borders in the second, and a final-status agreement by 2005.
We've been down a similar road before. And as we commence this new process, it is vital to recall the most recent, failed effort to achieve a two-state solution, the Oslo Accords.
What went wrong with Oslo?
This question is precisely the subject of the new HonestReporting film, Relentless, which documents Oslo's four main principles, and how each failed:
1) Oslo called for a Palestinian leadership that denounced violence and showed fiscal and diplomatic responsibility. However, Arafat expanded the terror, extorted funding, and continued to deny Israel's legitimacy.
2) Oslo called for dismantling of all terror organizations, like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the confiscation of illegal weapons. In fact, the leaders of these groups were actually empowered by release from Palestinian prisons, entry to official office, smuggling of illegal weapons (Karine A), and the funneling of arms to terror factions.
3) Oslo called for ending incitement to violence, and education of the Palestinian population for peace. In fact, the P.A. used their media and textbooks to deny Israel's legitimacy, incite for the killing of Jews, and call for "holy war."
4) Oslo presumed that violations would trigger the cessation of the process. Despite explicit Palestinian violations, Israel continued to pursue the Oslo vision, ceding additional land at Wye in 1998, and presenting a deal at Camp David in July 2000 that far exceeded previous offers.
To understand the current road map, one must understand its testing ground, Oslo.
Given the painful Oslo backdrop, Israel has raised 14 objections to the wording of the road map, objections Bush has pledged to address "fully and seriously"; the Israeli cabinet's endorsement of the road map on Sunday was contingent upon the full implementation of these concerns. This time around, the Israelis say, it must be different.
The 14 objections (aside from the Palestinian refugee issue) may be grouped into four main sections, remarkably similar to those that caused Oslo's downfall:
1) The emerging of a new and reformed Palestinian government. Indeed, President Bush called on the Palestinian people to elect leaders "not compromised by terror" as a precondition for the road map. The inference was clear to all — Yasser Arafat must go.
Enter Prime Minister Abu Mazen last month, and the road map was launched.
Yet just last week, Abu Mazen himself stated to an Egyptian weekly: "Arafat is at the top of the [Palestinian] Authority. He's the man to whom we refer, regardless of the American or Israeli view of him… We do not do anything without his approval."
2) The full dismantling of terror organizations. Yet no arrests have been made, and no illegal weapons have been confiscated. Meanwile, homicide bombings and missile attacks on Israeli cities continue apace, and just last week the Israeli Navy captured a Gaza-bound fishing boat carrying explosives, instructions for assembly, and a Hizbullah terror expert.
As recently as March, Abu Mazen legitimized the use of violence and terror: "The Intifada must continue. And it is the right of the Palestinian people to rise and to use all means at their disposal… all means even guns…" (A-Sharq Al Awsat, March 3, 2003)
3) The cessation of incitement against Israelis from official Palestinian sources. Yet lately, the PA has broadcast these "music videos": a) Actors portraying a fictitious torture of a Palestinian prisoner by an Israeli soldier; b) Actors portraying Israelis in Nazi-like activities, like IDF soldiers murdering an elderly Palestinian man by shooting him in the head, and a Palestinian mother and infant blown up by soldiers; c) Encouraging young children to throw stones at Israelis, while smashing Jewish symbols.
4) Full performance of each stage — monitored objectively — to serve as a condition for continuation. Is the road map's preconceived timeline realistic? According to the road map, May 2003 is the deadline for implementation of "Phase One": Ending terror and violence, normalizing Palestinian life, and building Palestinian institutions. Yet none of this has even begun. Does anyone seriously expect it all to be accomplished in the next three days?
The endorsement of the road map on Sunday indicated that Ariel Sharon — long vilified as a "hard-liner" — is now leading his country toward concessions for peace. Yet Sharon insists that this be predicated on a pragmatic, intelligent approach that avoids the four main problems that doomed Oslo.
Remarkably, many media outlets nonetheless found room for censuring Israel's endorsement of the road map. The Washington Post reported that "the deeply divided cabinet attached key conditions to the initiative that could make implementation problematic and ultimately doom it."
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I've redoubled my efforts to look for employment in the area of digital media. Looks like there are a few options here in the Portland OR area, although there has been a lot of consolidation. Other than that I'm mostly looking for more startup-type efforts that would be open to telecommuting, part-time or otherwise. I focused so much on keeping my salary in line last time I was looking that I might have sacrificed some other comforts... since then I've managed to pay off more debts and give myself some cushion, so I feel okay with sacrificing some salary in exchange for something more personally rewarding. I've found a couple of options - right now they only seem five or ten percent likely, but it's still a chance. We will see.
It's been a couple of interesting days thinking about open source. Other than the neat discussion over at slashdot regarding Rick Boucher's interest in open source, I had a thought-provoking run-in with a local businessman regarding open source. I wrote about it on my blog, which you can find here - it's under "Open Source Evil?"


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Description ADULT MALE Has mainly black plumage, but note prominent white patches on nape and forehead. Bill is orange-yellow on top and to the tip, with a white basal patch encompassing a large, black spot; at close range note the whitish eye. First-winter male has brownish plumage, but a hint of adult's bill pattern. ADULT FEMALE Mainly dark gray-brown plumage with white patch at base of bill, and one behind eye.
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Habitat Locally common. Nests beside lakes and winters on coasts.
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Voice Mostly silent but breeding males whistle.
Discussion Hardy sea duck with a particularly large, triangular bill. Dives frequently and for long periods, feeding on marine invertebrates. In flight, all birds show uniformly dark wings. Male is distinctive, white head markings and colorful bill contrasting with otherwise black plumage. Female could be confused with females of other scoter species: head markings and bill size allow separation from Black; uniformly dark wings distinguish it from White-winged.


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Well, I posted a good thread about HASBRO, so i guess now its time for a bad one. I saw the new Shadow ARC-170 (is that what it is called?) at Toys R Us and I almost died when i saw the price tag. $79.99 for a repaint of a vehicle that was what, $44.99 last year? What the hell are they thinking? I mean seriously, almost doubling in price. That is absolutely ridiculous. Looks like that will be a wait until clearance purchase. Seriously though, HASBRO, what are you thinking???
I would love for this to be a question that gets asked to HASBRO in the next Q&A.


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Error message: "Windows Media Player cannot perform the requested action at this time."
Usually, this error indicates that the proxy settings for Windows Media Player are not configured properly.
To verify that your proxy settings are correct
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Your Internet connection is blocked. This could be caused by your computer's firewall or Windows Media Player may be set to work offline.
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For earlier versions of the Player, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, see article 317101, "Error Message: Windows Media Player Error C00D10B3 - Unable to Access the Network."
Q. Microsoft Media Player gives me error C00D11B3
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Watch and decide for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAOBlqUqUZ8
Watch and decide for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAOBlqUqUZ8
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Fist off, Glenn Beck is an idiot.
Second, that isn't something that citizens log into with their computers. It is a website for the DEALERSHIPS to use when doing a cash for clunkers transaction.
Third, it doesn't take over the computer forever. It says that WHILE your are logged into the system, your system is considered a federal computer. But they go on and on about how your computer is taken over forever.
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
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I don't really watch Glenn much. It's clear that he has an axe to grind, but this was very interesting. I have friends who are in the car business who are skeptical about nearly all aspects of the Cash for Clunkers program.
But what a grotesque stipulation, don't you think? It really does position government officials to do the Big Brother thing to the extreme.
Thought others might like to be aware of it.
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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It looks just like privacy statements from other websites. The dealer site is virtually identical and does not contain any of the statement made by Glenn Beck.
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Analysis: What's true in the above is that for an unspecified period of time car dealers participating in the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Cash for Clunkers" program encountered the following warning upon accessing the program's vendors-only website:This application provides access to the DOT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a federal computer system and is property of the United States government... users have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected and disclosed to authorized CARS, DOT and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign. By using this system, the user consents to such interception, monitoring, recording, copying, auditing, inspection, and disclosure at the discretion CARS or the DOT personnel.No laughing matter. Nor is it especially comforting to know that only registered dealerships, not the general public, were confronted with the message. It has since been changed.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a watchdog group focusing on free speech and privacy issues on the Internet, the terms of service language was not only "careless" and "overreaching" but also legally unenforceable and technically dubious:Clicking "continue" on a poorly worded Terms of Service on a government site will not give the government the ability to "tap into your system... any time they want." The seizure of the personal and private information stored on your computer through a one-sided click-through terms of service is not conscionable as lawyers say, and would not be enforceable even if the cars.gov website was capable of doing it, which we seriously doubt. Moreover, the law has long forbidden the government from requiring you to give up unrelated constitutional rights (here the 4th Amendment right to be free from search and seizure) as a condition of receiving discretionary government benefits like participation in the Cars for Clunkers program.As of this writing, the revised terms of service language is more like what one typically finds on government websites and reads as follows:You are accessing a U.S. Government information system. This information system, including all related equipment, networks, and network devices, is provided for U.S. Government-authorized use only. Unauthorized or improper use of this system is prohibited, and may result in civil and criminal penalties, or administrative disciplinary action. The communications and data stored or transiting this system may be, for any lawful Government purpose, monitored, recorded, and subject to audit or investigation. By using this system, you understand and consent to such terms.
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His unhappiness stems from a couple hundred payments (from 5 stores) that he has not gotten and advice on the web-site.
They have described it to me as a corrupt scam.
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People come to Galle to visit the huge Dutch fort. I've walked around the town itself but there is not much to see unless you like endless rows of gem shops. If you arrive by bus or train then you are opposite the fort so you don't have to go far to visit it. The fort itself is very imposing and if its message was to convey that the Dutch weren't leaving, then it did its job well. The walls are massive and thick- no amount of bombardment would get through those walls!!! The guide book said that the Dutch governor who built the fort was such a swine to the locals that the Dutch themselves took him away and executed him. Now that's a bad piece of work if your own side will execute you!!!
The fort covers a large area and there is a little town inside
We wanted to go the archaeology museum yet somehow ended up in the Maritime museum (300 LKR each plus extra for the camera). I really enjoy archaeology and history and it is Kat's and my passion after curry and beer. I was looking forward to viewing Galle's maritime history and the many ships, wrecks and battles that this coast must have seen in its many thousands of years of history. There must have been notorious pirates who raided the coasts, huge sea battles as the British and Dutch fought for control of the country and the many trading vessels that made the dangerous journey from Sri Lanka to Europe with hulls full of tea and exotic spices. Inside is one room with a skeleton of a whale, a ship's steering wheel, an exhibit of a fishing village, a description of the various coastal ecosites and some photos of the 2004 tsunami. What a rip!!! I even started looking around for the other rooms I obviously must have missed- nope, that was it. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but it seems lame for 300 LKR. Plus you had to pay extra for a camera- why would you want to take a picture of anything in here? It was all crap.
(Kat: I was really confused looking at the before & after pictures from the Tsunami, until I realized that the "before" pictures were North side up and the "after" pictures were South side up!)
We visited the old Dutch church as well
One scam that seems to be popular in Galle is one where a man approaches you and, after asking you which hotel you are staying at, announces that he is the cook there. He then adds that his wife is very sick and needs money for medicine (can you loan him the money and he will pay you back at the hotel). Needless to say, the man is not a cook from your hotel and you shouldn't give him anything. I told the guy to bugger off and he just went to the tourist behind me and tried the scam on him. That's what I call shameless persistence.
Out of all the places we visited in Sri Lanka I would say Galle was the most "touty". By touty I mean that touts were trawling the tourists for the naive or stupid to pay whatever inflated prices for handicrafts or gems they thought they could get away with
(Kat: It's 'cuz we look like fat wealthy North Americans, at least when our clothes are clean and pressed....)
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|Which text / post are you referring to? I don't recall having any confusion over what you have clarified; quoting would help.
Juro, what I think Lefty is saying there is that the size of your loop is determined by the distance the tip of the rod travels during the speed-up-and-stop.
Bear in mind that these are not, " Lefty's," principles, but merely his statements of what he and many others believe to be scientific facts based on physics, and stated in what he believes to be a simplified way for people to understand how to improve their casting.
The path of the rod tip travel is covered by the principle about the line traveling in the direction of the rod tip during the speed-up-and-stop.
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But what are you doing to generate the power snap? Lefty suggests keeping the wrist firm and I think it is far easier to generate the power snap by turning the wrist over. This instantaneously moves the rod tip through a very powerful snap that is not as easy if you keep the wrist straight.
I think there is overemphasis on the so called straight line path. If you are not rotating around the elbow or just opening and closing the wrist it is likely that if you are smoothly applying acceleration you will generate a straight line path. If you are not accelerating (but say pop from the top) you are not generating a straight line path. The direction of the path is certainly important as that is the direction the line will go
If you are just making a point by citing a theoretical cast without it, carry on. But if you were saying that people saying "straight line path" were advocating moving the rod with just the arm and not finishing the stroke with a power snap, you would be mistaken. I have not heard anyone advocating just moving the arm without a power-snap/SUAS/hard-stop/etc in this thread. The discussion around "straight line acceleration" is to combine the two motions (pre-load and wrist snap at the end) for max results.
"straight line path" means...
For me, "straight line path" (leading up to the burst) means a whole lot more than rod tip position during the forward stroke and relevance to tailing loops. Straight line path refers to the directional build-up of tension used to get the entire line moving to target before the final power snap / suas / hit / hard stop / whatever you wish to call it.
IMHO - Bruce Richards describes it best, he says that this initial acceleration path becomes the path of the upper half of the loop when you stop. I found this to be absolutely true and the better you do this, the better the upper half of loop you get. Conversely the power snap forms the lower half of the loop and lastly the distance between the straight line path and the stop postion of the rod tip (deflection notwithstanding) defines the size of the loop.
Hi Rick, thanks for the comments.
As I mentioned earlier please don't read too much into the sketch! My freehand drawing skills should not be taken too literally, kinda like that colonial map of the united states that shows Massachusetts as large as the rest of the continent - things are not to scale and intended to emphasize certain aspects
I also do raise my arms a bit even when overhead casting and raise them notably when spey casting. Having a slight decline in the forward stroke certainly is not a bad thing especially for casting styles where the power snap / suas is doing most of the work getting power from deep load low in the blank from good technique.
My point is NOT to say the picture is perfect, rather it's provided just to say that the rod tip can move in a straight line even when bending thru the stroke - but more importantly the initial acceleration and it's transition into the burst/stop can be straight which means everything to a good cast.
The drop in the tip after the stop is not meant to show intent or be to scale, but it is there to emphasize that the stop must occur below the path of the moving line, and that there is potential for deflection per the post it's associated with.
But then again, if it causes more discussion then it's glitches are actually cause for healthy discourse and that's OK too.
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The idea of the speed up at the end is the main reason I prefer a much shorter more vertical stroke. I don't think that Juro's sketch really represents the short stroke as one poster suggested. The rod is going in a pretty much horizontal path with only a slight drop up to the point where the rod is at maximum load- his sketch then shows a marked drop which either method (Lefty's or the "more traditional") will have as you then lower the rod to the water.
The hand motion is much more up and down with the traditional shorter stroke method. The back cast is pretty much just raising the arm from the shoulder with not alot of elbow rotation - the hand stops opposite the ear and the thumb is pointing stright up - note this means there is a bit of wrist activity which I think is key for this method - the last thing that happens is the wrist goes from "closed" to "straight" which really gives that burst of acceleration right at the end before you stop. Watching Steve Rajeff on Mel's advanced tape has done more for giving me a very tight back cast than anything else!!
Once you stop you can add any amount of rod drift depending on a number of factors - this does nothing to help the back cast but allows more forward travel in the forward cast (not really necessary if your timing is good but more necessary in adverse windy conditions etc. ) The forward stroke is just a lowering from the shoulder with the last thing occuring again the wrist turning over giving the burst of acceleration at the end. It is difficult to generate the same acceleration with just the arm and stopping the rod as you can by turning the wrist over at the stop. The more rotation you have in the elbow as you stop, the lower the rod tip is and the wider your loop. If you keep the elbow tight, the hand stops just below eye level with the rod tip very high giving a very tight forward cast
I think "straight line path" really just means you do not ever want the rod tip to rise during the forward stroke then drop again - this means you have let up on the acceleration and the tip unloads then loads again giving a tailing loop
Thank you for excellent explanation.
I have learned more on this site than any other internet discussion in recent years.
Fred Krow
In your post of 8-6 you stated that you thought "creep" was moving the rod tip back an additional amount. Actually "creep" is moving the rod forward without any loading of the rod before you start the power portin of the foward cast. This "creep" reduces the length of the casting arc and will cause all sorts of problems. What you describe is "follow-through" and should not introduce slack to the line. "Follow-through" allows the caster to a small amount of length to their stroke and 'follow-through" will prevent the dreadful "creep". This information gather through the FFF casting booklet. Klem
Thanks for the reminder Juro! I was lucky this time
Thanks for the explanation, I experiment with this style often with two-handed rods. I will definitely get the DVD.
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Juro, I'll try.
It is somewhat similar to the Mel Krieger/Steve Rajeff concepts, perhaps with different emphasis. The same concepts apply for both one- and two-handed rods, but when I said 100ft I was talking about one-handed rods. The idea is to use small movements of the arm to apply long movements to the rod, thus keeping the use of energy to a minimum and the accuracy at a maximum.
In practical terms: The backcast is done with the forearm, maintain the elbow-angle and drift by pushing the elbow forward. For the fore cast pull the elbow back while simultaneously opening the elbow-angle. Use the "V-grip" and apply the main pressure of the grip with your ring- and little finger. These have the same function as the left arm when two-hand casting (if you're rignt handed). The 'elbow-down' in the fore cast is the essential part - how the handle travels down. This is an efficient way to load the butt section with little effort.
For added length you can make the drift longer, and apply more power on the haul, of course. Drift upwards rather than backwards, and again pull the elbow back so that the overarm returns to the vertical starting position.
Now this turned out a big mess I guess you'd better get the dvd. There's mostly two hand casting, but the main concepts are shown with a one hand rod. You also see some pretty nice salmon fishing from Iceland. Henrik Mortensen is a developer for Scierra.
Göran Andersson, his and my mentor, is the first guy to use the expression 'underhand cast', and is widely recognized as its inventor. He was the mastermind behind Sage's European series. He is currently working as the chief developer at Loop Tackle in Sweden www.looptackle.se.
2. The speed up at the end of the stroke is not intuitive, and generally difficult to do until repeated practice sessions inculcate it into muscle memory.
3. An abrupt stop is also counter-intuitive because most sports require follow through.
I agree, this was my initial problem years ago when I struggled to understand basic casting.
One of my methods of practice was on the commute to work on the interstate,,,,,I would pantomine the casting S_U_A_S with a pencil in my hand,,,,,some very strange looks from other drivers.
Fred Krow
Juro, good summary.
Observing most casters, three things standout:
1. Most backcasts tend to dip. This is a function of not accelerating and stopping on a rising or at least a horizontal angle.
2. The speed up at the end of the stroke is not intuitive, and generally difficult to do until repeated practice sessions inculcate it into muscle memory.
3. An abrupt stop is also counter-intuitive because most sports require follow through.
If there is one fault most casters need to overcome to add distance, it is the abrupt stop. Without acceleration at the end or a haul, an abrupt stop will generate a tight loop if the line is straight on the forward cast.
Tore -
Thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely get a copy to study.
Can you explain a little bit what the principles are - despite the language concerns? Actually your english is excellent!
Is this primarily geared toward two-handed rods or also single handed rods with a double haul?
Do the concepts support casting over 100ft when needed? (I frequently fish where casts over 100ft are necessary).
thanks in advance
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