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Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Lifeby Dara Torres, Elizabeth Weil
From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.
Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of forty-one—years after she had retired from competitive swimming
From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.
Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of forty-one—years after she had retired from competitive swimming and eight years since her last Olympics. When she took three silver medals in Beijing—including a heartbreaking .01-second finish behind the gold medalist in the women's 50-meter freestyle—America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results.
Now, in Age Is Just a Number, Dara reveals how the dream of an Olympic comeback first came to her—when she was months into her first, hard-won pregnancy. With humor and candor, Dara recounts how she returned to serious training—while nursing her infant daughter and contending...
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- 9780767931908
- Publisher:
- Broadway Books
- Publication date:
- 04/07/2009
- Pages:
- 240
- Product dimensions:
- 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)
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I've been old before. I was old when I was 27 and I got divorced. I was old when I was 35 and I couldn't get pregnant. I was really old when I was 39 and my father died. But when I was 41 and I woke up in a dorm in the Olympic Village in Beijing, I didn't feel old. I felt merely–and, yes, happily–middle-aged. "The water doesn't know how old you are," I'd been telling anyone who would listen for the prior two years. Though sometimes, I have to admit,
I would think to myself, Good thing it can't see my wrinkles.
On the morning of the 50-meter freestyle Olympic finals, I set my alarm for six o'clock. I'm a type A person, or as some of my friends call me, type A++. Basically, I'm one of those people who has to do everything I do to the fullest extent of my ability, as fast as I can. When I recently moved houses I didn't sleep until all the boxes were unpacked and all the pictures hung on the walls. I don't like to do anything halfway, and I'd set this crazy goal for myself:
to make my fifth Olympic team as a 41-year-old mother. And the truth was I didn't just want to make the team, either. I wanted a medal. I wanted to win. Along the way, I also wanted to prove to the world that you don't have to put an age limit on your dreams,
that the real reason most of us fear middle age is that middle age is when we give up on ourselves.
It was a pretty crazy thing to be doing, especially under the circumstances. If you've ever had a toddler or watched a parent you adore die, you'll know what I'm talking about. Young children and dying parents are truly exhausting, and I had one of each as I
made my comeback. But I knew in my heart I could succeed–as long as I left no stone unturned.
The race started at 10 a.m., so I'd worked out my schedule leading up to the race. I needed to drink my Living Fuel breakfast shake at 6:15 a.m. so I'd have time to pack my roller bag–two practice suits, two racing suits, two pairs of goggles, two racing caps, two towels, and my dress sweats, in case I got a medal–before
I caught the 6:45 a.m. bus over to the Water Cube. I'd then do my whole routine–wake-up swim, shower, get mashed (a massage technique done with the feet), do my warm-up swim, get stretched,
and put on my racing suit–all before I headed to the ready room,
where all the swimmers wait before a race. My teammates, I have to tell you, thought that roller bag was the funniest thing in the world. They were all 15 to 25 years younger than me, the ages I
was at my first, second, and third Olympics. (I was already beyond their ages by my fourth.) Their bodies were like noodles, and they all carried their gear in backpacks. But I'd noticed that backpack straps made my trapezoid muscles tense up. Swimming fast, for me, is all about staying loose. So I had a roller bag. If I looked like a nutty old lady–fine.
The Beijing morning was humid and dark when I left the
Olympic Village. All the other swimmers were probably still asleep.
I think that the only other person awake in the Village was Mark
Schubert, the National team coach of the USA Olympic swim3
ming team. Mark had also been my coach at my first Olympics, 24
years ago. And he'd been my coach at Mission Viejo, where I'd gone to high school to train at age 16. I love Mark. He's like my fairy godfather, constantly dropping into my life at just the right time, giving me what I need, and then disappearing again. That morning he'd woken up in the Beijing predawn to help me prepare for my race. We'd come a long way together. Though he wasn't my coach in the months leading up to the Olympics, he'd taught me the discipline and the commitment to detail I now so prized. We were now going–literally–one more lap.
I rolled my bag out to the sidewalk as quietly as possible. I didn't want to wake anybody–partly because, as a mother, I knew the value of sleep. But selfishly, I also wanted my competitors to stay in their beds. The longer they slept, I told myself, the greater my advantage and the more time I had, relative to them, to prepare.
Since my daughter had been born I'd been saying that waking up with a kid in the middle of the night was going to give me an edge at some point. I hoped this was it.
Over at the Water Cube the competition pool was empty, so I
yelled "Good morning!" to Bob Costas, who was broadcasting up in the rafters, found my lane, and dove in. I don't usually do a wake-up swim in the competition pool, but the 50-meter freestyle is a really strategic race. Time can contract or stretch out. It's only one length of the pool–just 24 or 25 seconds–but it's also easy to get lost. If I've learned one thing from all my races and all my years, it's that the Olympics can be disorienting, and the middle of things is where we tend to lose the plot. Part of my plan for the morning was to learn exactly where I was going to be in the water at every stroke of the race. So as I swam I memorized all the landmarks,
the intake jets, where all the cameras were on the bottom of the pool. That way I'd have markers in addition to the lines 15
meters from the start and 15 meters from the end. I'd know when to keep a little energy in reserve, and when to take my last breath and gun for the wall.
More was riding on this race than on any other race I'd swum.
Back in Florida I had a child, Tessa, who'd one day study this race to find out who her mother was. I had a coach, Michael Lohberg,
who'd believed in me before anyone else, who now lay in a hospital bed with a rare blood disorder, fighting for his life. I'd had a father, Edward, whom I'd lost to cancer just as I'd started this comeback,
and who'd wanted so much for me to realize my dreams, and who I felt was with me every day.
And most unexpectedly, at least for me, I had a lot of fans.
I'm not being coy when I say the fans were unexpected. I'm saying they were unexpected because I didn't yet understand how overcoming perceived odds works–how even just attempting that can inspire people, and how the energy from those people can boomerang back to you, giving you the strength and energy you need to reach your goals. So I was surprised–deeply surprised,
and also grateful–that my dream was contagious. I've always been good in a relay, but I've never been quite as strong in my individual events. I've just never been at my best when I'm swimming in front of the whole world just for myself. But now I had the support of everyone nearing or over 40, everyone who'd ever felt they were too old or too out of shape to do something but still wanted to give it a try. I had everyone who didn't want to give up.
I just couldn't let all those people down. I felt they were depending on me almost in the same way my relay teammates did. We were in this together. I couldn't entice so many women and men into dreaming a little longer and aiming a little higher, and then not win.
Of course, as anyone who knows me will tell you, I wanted to win anyway. I'm pathologically competitive. I hate to lose. That's just what I'm like. If you and I were in a sack race at a field day,
trying to jump across the grass with our legs stuck in bags, making total fools of ourselves, I'd still want to cross that finish line first.
I'd give it everything I had. But now I wanted to win this race not just for myself. I wanted to win it for everyone who believed–
everyone who needed to believe–that a 40-plus mom could still compete.
At 7:25 a.m. I got out of the pool and walked to the locker room to take a hot shower. The wake-up swim and the shower were both part of an effort to get my core temperature up. Everybody's core temperature drops during sleep, and that temperature needs to rise if you want to swim really fast. My plan for the remaining two hours before my race was to have my stretchers, Anne and
Steve, mash–or massage–me with their feet, then swim again,
then have Anne and Steve stretch me, and then put on the bottom half of my racing suit, with plenty of time remaining to lie on a massage table in the team area and listen to a bunch of rockers half my age sing a song called "Kick Some Ass." The mashing and the stretching were critical to my performance. All the other kids in the Olympics might have thought they could do their best by just swimming a little warm-up, pinwheeling their arms a few times and diving in. But not me. I was the same age as a lot of those athletes' mothers. Michael Phelps had started calling me "Mom"
eight years earlier. I needed every advantage.
Physically, I have to say I didn't feel great–stiff, still not fully recovered from the prior day's semifinals. (Okay, let me pause right here and say it: I'm totally fine with aging except for the recovery time. Is it really necessary to take 48 hours to recover from a
24-second sprint?) I also felt sick to my stomach with anxiety. I'm like that, even after all these years: On the day of a big race, I feel like I'm going to throw up. I know it's part of the adrenaline surge
I need in order to psych up and win. But my relationship to that surge is like an addiction. I run toward it, crave it, can't live too long without it, and then it makes me feel terrible. That prerace nausea gets me every time. I suppose when I stop feeling it I'll know it's time to call it quits and hang up my Speedo for good.
That day at the Water Cube, as my mother came over to wish me luck, and then came back to wish me luck again, I took a few swigs of Accelerade to try to calm my nerves. Breathe, Dara, breathe,
I told myself. It'll be over in 24 seconds. Of course, Mark Spitz once said the really great thing about being a competitive swimmer is that your career ends quickly. He said the reward for all the long hours in the pool is that you get to retire at 23 years old. Oh, well.
I was not following Spitz's schedule (though he, too, attempted a comeback at age 41). So I tried to focus instead on what I'd learned at the Olympic Trials, where I'd felt so bad just before my first heat that I was crying in the hall but swam really well anyway:
You don't have to feel good to swim fast. I must have said it to myself a hundred times: Don't freak out, Dara. Remember Trials. You don't have to feel good to swim fast.
Finally, I went down to the team area and lay on a massage table for a while, listening to my iPod and watching the muscles in my quads tighten up. Then one of the coaches told me it was time to go to the ready room, which was a good thing. Because despite all my supposed maturity, for the last 20 minutes I'd been acting like an annoying kid. Every 30 seconds I'd ask: How much longer? Is it time yet? I couldn't stand the wait. I'd been working toward this moment for two years, or 24 years, or 41 years . . . Let's just say it had been a long time. I'd done everything I possibly could. I'd assembled the best team. I'd worked hard and smart. Now the only thing that was happening was that my muscles were tightening up.
The ready room is where they put all the athletes just before a race. I hate the place. In the ready room it's just you and the seven other girls you're swimming against, and it's either hear-a-pindrop tense or filled with forced conviviality. When I was younger
I'd sit in the ready room with my Walkman (remember those?),
and then my Discman (remember those, too?), staring at my fingernails,
always keeping an eye on the trash can so I'd know where to run to vomit. That day, on purpose, I left my iPod in my roller bag. But as I ducked my head in to give the official my credentials,
I could see everybody else sitting already, messing with their fingernails,
or with their caps and goggles, looking sick and miserable.
And the room was hot and stuffy.
For my entire career I'd been just like them–enjoying my
Olympics by putting massive amounts of pressure on myself.
Which is to say not enjoying the Olympics at all. But this time I
felt totally blessed. I was at the Olympics. How cool is that? I'd sat with LeBron James and watched Michael Phelps swim. And guess what that's like? FUN. In just five minutes the eight of us girls were all about to do something incredible: swim in an Olympic final. By pretty much any sane person's standards, we'd already accomplished something. We were the eight fastest female swimmers in the world. We'd already won. I wanted to enjoy the experience.
I wanted them to enjoy the experience. I knew we were all going out there to try to beat each other, and believe me, I wanted to win. But I felt the occasion called for a joke.
"Anybody else hot? Or is it just me?" I called out to the girls. "I
feel like I'm in menopause."
I saw a smile creep across the lips of Cate Campbell, the freckly
Australian redhead who up until that moment looked like she was about to meet a firing squad. I knew how she felt: like her whole future depended on the next five minutes. I now was old enough to know that there's a lot of life that happens outside of the pool.
That she was going to lose loved ones and yearn for things that were outside her control. Swimming is not like real life. You can determine for yourself how hard and how well you train. You can control how you dive, how you turn, how you position your shoulders for your touch. But I knew what Cate was going through. Swimming fast can feel like the most important thing–
the only important thing–in the whole world. I've been there,
I've felt that. She was 16.
Maybe it was this perspective that caused me to ham it up just before 24 of the most important seconds in my life. Maybe it was nerves. Whatever the reason, I did. With just a few minutes to go before the race, all of us zipped up like sardines in our tight new racing suits, officials walked us down the hall to the rows of chairs under the bleachers. My mantra for the past two years had been to do everything all the other swimmers weren't doing–that extra vertical kick in practice, those long hours of active recovery–so
I'd have something over them. But now the mom in me came out.
I wanted to take care of everybody. I wanted all these girls to enjoy the event. I wanted them to relax. I knew that Libby Trickett, Cate's teammate, a really spunky Australian who'd gone into the Games ranked first in the 50 free, had just gotten married. So I asked her if she was going to have kids, and before I knew it, as 17,000 fans sat waiting for us to come out and compete, I was telling them what it's like to give birth to a child. And not just telling them. I
had my feet up, as if they were in stirrups, yelling like I was in labor, just as I might have if I was sitting around my house yukking it up with my closest friends.
Then it came time to walk out to the blocks for that long, fast lap. When I got to my lane, I dried off my block with a towel, lest
I slip. Then I took off my sneakers and my two T-shirts, and walked to the edge of the pool to splash my body and face. Back at the blocks, I roughed up the skin on my forearms and hands on the block's surface so I'd have a better feel for the water. Each time,
just before a race, the officials blow a series of whistles–first a bunch of short bursts to warn you to get all your clothes off except your suit, cap, and goggles. Then a long whistle meaning it's time to get on your block in ready position. After that, the starting signal begins the race.
When I heard the long whistle I took my mark, with my right leg back, my left toes curled over the cool metal edge, staring down my long blue lane. I had just one word in my head, tone,
reminding me to keep my body tight, in a toned position to knife into the water on my start. I knew everybody who dreamed my dream with me was on that block, too. But I also knew, at the starting signal, that I'd be diving into the water alone.
Meet the Author
DARA TORRES has set three world records and has brought home twelve Olympic medals, including four golds. She is the first American swimmer to have competed in five Olympics. She lives in Florida.
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I was a swimmer for many years and I had posters of swimmers on my bedroom walls.and they included Dara Torres. She was a role model to me as kid swimming my heart out to get a college scholarship and she continues to be one now that I am past my prime (well, in retirement I should say.never past my prime, eh?) I got goose bumps watching her in Beijing just as I did watching her in person at the 92 Trials in Indy (I later competed in the same pool).. She is an amazing athlete. I can relate to her on many levels and reading her story, in her own words, brought it to a much different level. I am in training for my first half marathon and let me tell you, after reading her book, I KNOW this is something I can accomplish, as long as I believe in myself. She talks about the stigma behind an "old" athlete is not a limitation of your own body, but a fear or even ignorance in society telling one they are too old to do something. You do NOT have to have been a swimmer (or even an athlete) to relate and gain something from her story. She writes with emotion and honesty and I admire her immensely. Read this book and have a new perspective on things, especially on never letting go of a dream, it's never too late and you're never too old. DARA 2012!!!!!
A wonderfully written and intimate look at a very personal journey. So incredible to see it from the inside out. Dara is shocking and remarkable in her discipline and drive. Highly recommended reading.
"Just swim", that is all that Dara focuses on when she is in a competition. On her final book tour stop on April 29 at the Carter Presidential Library, Dara shared her thoughts about her latest book, Age is Just a Number. An accomplished Olympic athlete, Dara has surpassed her colleagues by winning an Olympic metal in her forties at the 2008 Olympics in China. She was prompted to write the book because so many folks asked her about one. When questioned on how she came up with the title, she spoke of how every time she was mentioned in the media, her age would be referenced. However, Dara felt that in the water she was ageless. She felt she could reach out to her contemporaries and let them know that regardless of age you can still go for it. However, she has been surprised by how she has really connected with younger girls. The audience was filled with young aspiring athletes and one small girl got so nervous misspoke and asked her "what it takes to become a great singer", invocating a roaring laugh from the audience. Dara without missing a beat went into that "you need to find your passion; hers is swimming and set big goals..even though it can be tough to wake up at four in the morning to work on her craft." A mother of a three year old, Dara used the book to share the ups and downs of her life and the challenges she had dealing with her father, anorexia, and staying competitive in a world that youth is a virtue. No secret to success, just do it.
Dara gives us an interesting, insightful and inspiring glimpse into the world of competitive swimming, or any competive sport, for that matter. Nothing is what it appears to those of us merely observing. There is much in the way of blood, sweat and tears that takes place behind the scenes. To say that passion and commitment are required is an understatement. The inspiring part is that Dara, at age 41, was able to compete and win in the Olympics against women less than half her age! A positive, encouraging and pleasant read!
Dara Torres rocks! A great "hard to put down" story with all of the highs and lows. Also, this book has some really good advice for every female athlete over 40, even if you are not going for gold in the Olympics.
Dara Torres does a splendid job of blending honesty, relentless courage and perseverance. At times she is ruthlessly honest with herself and does not hesitate to share that honesty with the reader. Her life-long personal discipline shines through her moments of triumph as well as her times of doubt and near depression. She takes us on a journey to the top with her as her competition changes from 'against others' to just competing against herself. It is a win-win book that I would encourage others to read. We will not all become Olympic champions, but we can all continue to grow and to do irregardless of our age. I boutht the book becaquse one of the things I share with those around me is "age is just a number". When I saw the title of Torres' book, I just HAD to read it. I'm glad I did and now others are reading it as I pass it around to my friends and co-workers. It's a great conversation piece.
As a former competitive swimmer and now masters swimmer who has followed Dara Torres for most of her competitive career, it was a great read. As someone who may have just learned who she is, I think it is a great read as well. She is a huge inspiration to anyone, in any sport, that wants to get out there and just do it!
This is a biography of Dara Torres. In my class, we are doing this project where we have to read a biography, then dress up as the person you read about and talk about them. I'm a swimmer with an Olympic dream, so this book will be perfect! GET THE SAMPLE FIRST.
Mixed feelings. Having watched Torres numerous times I'm a fan; her spirit and attitude are rather intoxicating. This book is a memoir about her life and aside from offering explanations about what a competitive swimmer must go through there isn't much in the way of inspiration for others. It's rather puzzling that the writing is not more focused especially since a writer is listed on the cover. I found information repeated. The most surprising is Torres had a serious eating disorder, she's been married more than once and her father was never particularly supportive of her swimming. There are pictures to accompany her story. Like any other sport there's surface politeness but athletes want to win and this sport is no different. I was expecting a more confident woman; it sounds as though it might be difficult to be friends with her because she is so competitive. I hope she's able to move past her amazing accomplishments in the pool; still continues to like being in the pool and be proud regardless of what she does next since she did not make into her 6th Olympics.
The book provides a great history of swimming over almost 30 years by a top female swimmer. It covers all the details of training, competition, personalities, etc. associted with elite swimming. It very nicely weaves in the presonal aspects of life that occur along the way and provides an inspiration for athletes that are getting older and dealing with physical and mental challenges of getting slower.
This has to be one of the most inspiring books I have read. Dana lets everyone know that it does not matter the age, but it is about the heart and determination to go after what you believe in. It will challenge you to get off the sofa and go do what has been sitting in the back of your mind! Dana lets us know we can do anything and everything we put our minds to!
"Older" is not a popular description in our society, but Dara Torres has turned that idea upside down, inside out and every which way with her inspiring story, "Age Is Just A Number." Sports enthusiasms well know who she is - Torres is the Olympic Gold Medalist who restarted her career at the unheard of age of 41. Not only was she older but she was a new mother and her father was fighting cancer. Eight years prior to this comeback she had retired, thinking that was the end of her swimming career. Not so! We hear, "I've been old before. I was old when I was 27 and I got divorced. I was old when I was 35 and I couldn't get pregnant. I was really old when I was 39 and my father died. But when I was 41 and I woke up in a dorm in the Olympic Village in Beijing, I didn't feel old. I felt merely-and, yes, happily-middle-aged. "The water doesn't know how old you are," How right she is! Water does not know how old we are nor does the Earth nor do other people. For us, the problem is that we know and we gauge our attractiveness and abilities by the calendar. Torres will change minds regarding those assumptions as she candidly discusses doubts, believing in ourselves, perseverance, and really believing we can achieve whatever goals we set for ourselves. If you want to hear a really upbeat true story with lots of good advice, give a listen as narrator Rebecca Lowman tells us just how it can be done. Winner of the 2006 Boston Film Festival and an accomplished actress, Lowman delivers a distinct, listenable reading of one woman's inspiring story. - Gail Cooke
I just loved reading about her comeback(s). She is an amazing woman!
Reading about Dara's life is definitely a roller coaster of emotions. As she points out, there is always something good to counter what is bad. The birth of Tessa followed by the death of her father. Making Beijing, followed by her coach Michael Lohberg, becoming extremely ill. This is the yin and the yang that makes up Dara Torres. She speaks openly about her first marriage to an abusive husband and her attempts to keep peace. Her struggles with infertility as she watched her brothers and sister have kids. And her most triumphant moment when Tessa was placed on her chest for the first time after giving birth. These are just a few of the moments she relates to her fans that make you realize that she's not always Wonder Woman in a Speedo. She also talks of her fears of letting so many down as her story became bigger than life and much more important than she herself anticipated. Dara didn't set out to be a superhero to middle-aged America. But, once she accepted her new role, she embraced it. Throughout her struggles and triumphs she remained focused on her one goal of winning and wanting nothing less. Her ability to handle adversity and still come out on top is what makes this woman so amazing. And throughout it all keeping her sense of humor whether it be discussing her giant swimsuit while pregnant or walking in on the guy in the bathroom while in a rush to get ready for her race in Beijing. The title of 'role model' is used loosely in America but if you were to choose one role model to follow, especially for your daughters to follow, it's Dara Torres. Do yourself and your teenage daughters a favor and make "Age is Just a Number" mandatory reading.
As an amateur endurance athlete I found this so interesting and uplifting. It was enlightening to learn what the swimmers go thru. It just verifies how crazy we all are but wouldn't have it any other way!!


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The six finalists on "The Voice" got their first chance to perform two songs in one show and four of them took similar plans of attack: Perform one song in strict accordance with the original and tweak the other by altering the tempo and arrangement.
Naturally, there were mixed results. Yet Amanda Brown excelled by being the one singer who stuck with the intent of the best-known versions of her two songs, choosing to add vocal intensity over arrangement gimmicks.
Tuesday morning's iTunes chart reveals that Cassadee Pope remains a fan favorite and it is still very much her contest to lose. Artistically, though, Brown demonstrated interpretive skills that have been lacking on television competitions, and Trevin Hunte, with an impeccable take on a "Dreamgirls" classic, is back to being a contender.
Each singer got to choose one song and the coaches picked another. Surprisingly, a majority of the songs have iconic status or defining interpretations; there were no contemporary hidden gems in the mix. After Monday's show, the six singers shared their thoughts on their selections and performances. We have a few thoughts of our own. Performers are listed in order of preference.
1. Amanda Brown
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, made famous by Aretha Franklin
"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
The dominant one-two performance of the night, Brown gave two wildly different interpretations, taking the Aretha hit up to the choir loft and pushing the Whitesnake jam into the gutter. A double feature of "The Preacher's Wife" and "Rock of Ages" anyone? Power was the game she excelled in Monday, maintaining the intent of the originals and ensuring that everyone in the audience understood who Amanda Brown is as a performer.
"'Natural Woman' is one of those songs you grow up knowing and Aretha is an artist you always know and I wanted to pay tribute to that. I haven't done that," she says, noting the forceful impact of the energy of nearly 30 females singers behind her. "It's not just important for me, but for people to see. I wanted to pay tribute to the artists that have performed these songs I feel like I put my little spin in both and hopefully someone says 'yes, that was a good rendition.'"
2. Trevin Hunte
"Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves
"And I'm Telling You" from "Dreamgirls"
After a perfunctory take on the summer-iest pop song of the last three decades, Hunte demonstrated superior control, pitch and volume with a glorious take on the "Dreamgirls" show-stopper most recently interpreted by Jennifer Hudson. Gender-swapping -- a guy does a song associated with a woman or vice-versa -- is always a safe gimmick on these shows and YouTube covers, but Hunte more than delivered the goods and used the song as a blueprint for a powerhouse demonstration.
"I definitely tried to mash myself into the song," he says. "I rank the night high because it was one of the most challenging."
3. Cassadee Pope
"Stand," written by Blair Daly and Danny Orton, a No. 1 country song for Rascal Flatts
"I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne
From my vantage point in the studio -- six rows behind Christina Aguilera -- Pope had a few pitch issues in both performances and did not further illuminate her vocal skills. She's an admirable singer who knows how to let it rip when a song is nearing its emotional climax ad that certainly generates the standing ovations. Popular as she and her performances are, Pope still fits neatly into a country-pop box that is already overcrowded with talent.
"We're all artists and songwriters so we all know how to pour our hearts into a lyric to make a connection," she told Billboard. "I was a fan of Avril Lavigne since I was 12 and I didn't connect with the lyrics as a kid but the melody is so pretty."
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4. Nicholas David
"September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
"Over the Rainbow," written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
David made a wild stretch from a spot-on disco turn to a modernized rendition of the "Wizard of Oz" classic. It's always troubling when contestants step into a time machine as David did with the EWF tune, singing among a crowd of dancers ready for their moment on "Soul Train." The set, the costumes -- everything about it screamed 1978, except, of course David and his quirky persona. The throwback design suggests mimicry instead of modernity. The flipside, "Over the Rainbow," was dramatic, sweeping, rhythmic and melodically connected to the original from the 1930s. Vocally, he was able to bring personality to it as well.
"'September' was the coach's choice so I was trying to do what people are familiar with," he says. "I was sitting with 'Over the Rainbow' and came up with a cool jazzy spin to switch it up. Time constraints kept me from doing everything I wanted."
5. Terry McDermott
"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
"Stay With Me" by the Faces
Two classic rock classics, one stripped down to piano and cello, the other performed by a group that could be a Rod Stewart-Ron Wood-Ronnie Lane tribute package. McDermott did both songs admirably, investing more personality into the Foreigner number than the Faces. He worked the microphone stand the way Rod Stewart does, which made for a gimmicky presentation, though McDermott says he always uses the microphone and the stand as a prop in his solo performances, influenced more by Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant than Stewart.
"I wanted to cover polar opposites," he says. "The voice has to be what you pay attention to on a ballad so we needed to strip away everything to get you to pay attention. On the other side I did what bands do live on stage - a bare bones rocker and jump around like a lunatic."
6. Melanie Martinez
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
"The Show" by Lenka
Adam Levine praised her take on the bubbly "The Show" by saying that it's OK for her to be 17. The show's youngest competitor, who calls "The Voice" her first gig, aims to be older than her years and the carefree nature of Lenka's best-known song escaped her. She began cautiously and had some pitch issues that she corrected. If the corny set distracted her, that would be an acceptable excuse. On "Crazy," she slowed the tempo and did a decent job of it. Unfortunately, it feels like every amateur trying to make a name for themselves takes that approach - turn a rocker into a ballad -- and the best thing about her performance was the seamlessness of the song taking flight near its conclusion to the tempo Cee Lo and Danger Mouse used on the original.
She gave a fair amount of credit to the band. "Every musician knows who we are as artists. Before we start (rehearsals) they know how to make the song work (within the time limit)." Revamping "Crazy" was an easy call, but altering "The Show" was a non-starter. "You cant change a song that nobody knows. You have to interpret in your own way and I got to show a side of myself that I had not before."

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|Game background
|Prince of Lies, the Dark Sun, the Black Sun
|Home plane
|2E: Shattered Castle (Pandemonium)
3E: The Supreme Throne
|Power level
|Chaotic Evil
|Murder, lies, deception, illusion, strife, intrigue
|Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Illusion
|Design details
Cyric is a deity in the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Cyric is known by many titles, including: the Prince of Lies, the Dark Sun, the Black Sun, the Mad God, and the Lord of Three Crowns. Cyric is closely associated with the essence of murder, strife, lies, and intrigue.
Cyric is not subservient to any other deity in the Faerûnian Pantheon. He has made himself enemies with Mystra (Second Incarnation), Kelemvor, Oghma, Azuth, Mask, Tyr, Torm, and Iyachtu Xvim (now Bane). The faith of Cyric is symbolized on the Forgotten Realms continent of Faerûn by his symbol: a white jawless skull on black or purple sunburst. His alignment in the game's mechanics is Chaotic Evil. He was a Greater Power, and he ruled supreme in his divine realm, the Supreme Throne.
- 1 Publication history
- 2 History
- 3 Relationships
- 4 Company of the Ebon Spur
- 5 Literature
- 6 External links
- 7 References
Publication history[edit]
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)[edit]
Cyric's partial story as a mortal (covering the two-month period prior to his ascension to godhood) is described in the Avatar Trilogy, in the novels Shadowdale,[1] Tantras,[2] and Waterdeep.[3] Cyric first appeared in a Dungeons & Dragons game supplement in 1989's Hall of Heroes.[4] By the end of the original Avatar Trilogy, Cyric had risen to godhood.
Cyric was described in the hardback Forgotten Realms Adventures (1990),[5] the revised Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet,[6] and Faiths & Avatars (1996).[7] His clergy was further detailed in Warriors and Priests of the Realms (1996).[8]
Cyric's story as a deity and much of his backstory is covered in the novel Prince of Lies (1993),[9] with a continuance of his deification detailed in Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (1998).[10]
His role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in On Hallowed Ground (1996).[11]
His relationships with the nonhuman deities in the Forgotten Realms was covered in Demihuman Deities (1998).[12]
Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition (2000-2007)[edit]
Cyric appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001),[13] and is further detailed in Faiths and Pantheons (2002).[14]
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-2013)[edit]
Cyric attempted to kill Mystra causing the Spellplague.[15]
Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (2014-)[edit]
Due to his murder of Mystra, he was imprisoned in his realm by Tyr, Lathander, and Sune.[16]
Cyric became a divine being due to the events which occurred during the Time of Troubles as detailed in The Avatar Series. He inherited the powers and many of the worshipers of the god he killed, Bhaal, God of Murder, and those destroyed by others: Bane, God of Strife, and Myrkul, God of Death. Later he gained the domain of lies by killing and thus obtaining the domain of Leira. He lost the domain of death when Kelemvor returned and usurped his throne as chronicled in the novel "Prince of Lies."
Cyric is one of the twelve greater powers of the pantheon of deities, and he is one of the major causes of evils in Faerûn. The destruction of Zhentil Keep was his doing as chronicled in the novel Prince of Lies. Cyric went insane reading a tome of his creation meant to subvert all readers into believing his version of history, the Cyrinishad. This caused Cyric to believe that he was the supreme power of the Dungeons and Dragons multiverse, superseding even the being who raised him to divinity and is responsible for all of creation in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Ao (the overgod.) Oghma created an alternate book, "The True Life of Cyric," that could counteract the effects of The Cyrinishad. During a trial by the other greater powers, Cyric was forced to read "The True Life of Cyric" and his insanity was cured. After that time, until his imprisonment, he lost portions of his portfolio to the returned Bane.
In The Grand History of the Realms, by Wizards of the Coast, it is stated that Cyric is somehow behind the murder of Helm (1384 D.R.), but Tyr is later proven to be more culpable in that plot. It also says that in 1385 D.R., Shar assists Cyric in murdering Mystra (Midnight), completely destabilizing the magical Weave and re-ordering the planes in what became known as the Spellplague. The gods Tyr, Lathander, and Sune imprisoned Cyric for a period of one thousand years as punishment, although this did not strip Cyric of his divinity or his ability to grant powers to his worshippers.
Cyric hates all other gods, especially Mystra and Kelemvor, due to their interactions as mortals and, later, as deities. Cyric must contend with the resurrected Bane. Cyric believes in his own heart that every other god is a slave to his will and can easily be undone.
He has formed temporary alliances with dark deities (e.g., Mask in the form of Godsbane, used to slay both Bhaal and Leira), but inevitably these are short-lived, as he uses them wholly for self-serving purposes, and betrays all too easily (as seen by his weakening of Mask and subsequent stealing of his portfolio element of "intrigue").
The sinister demipower Velsharoon also despises him. Cyric hates Velsharoon because of the latter's somewhat reluctant servitude to Azuth.
Company of the Ebon Spur[edit]
This fighting order established by Cyric had no leader. It is rumoured that the two clerics in charge of establishing admission standards into the order could not agree on what those standards should be and were engaged in intricate plots to kill each other off, since each was convinced that he was right. They both pretended that Cyric appeared to them and gave them precise orders, but the orders given to the two priests were contradictory. It was originally feared that when the order finally got off the ground, Cyricist crusaders would certainly lead fighters against rival churches for the glory of the Prince of Lies. Since, however, the army destroyed itself while plotting to attack Candlekeep.
Cyric features prominently in the following novels:
- The Avatar Series novels
- Shadowdale (1989), by Scott Ciencin
- Tantras (1989), by Scott Ciencin
- Waterdeep (1989), by Troy Denning
- Prince of Lies (1993), by James Lowder
- Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (1998), by Troy Denning
External links[edit]
- ^ Scott Ciencin (as Richard Awlinson), Shadowdale, TSR, Avatar Trilogy, Book 1, 1989
- ^ Scott Ciencin (as Richard Awlinson), Tantras, TSR, Avatar Trilogy, Book 2, 1989
- ^ Troy Denning (as Richard Awlinson), Waterdeep, TSR, Avatar Trilogy, Book 3, 1989
- ^ Grubb, Jeff, Kate Novak, David E. Martin, Jim Lowder, Bruce Nesmith, Steve Perrin, Mike Pondsmith, and R. A. Salvatore. Hall of Heroes (TSR, 1989)
- ^ Grubb, Jeff and Ed Greenwood. Forgotten Realms Adventures (TSR, 1990)
- ^ Ed Greenwood (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. ASIN B000K06S2E.
- ^ Martin, Julia, and Eric L. Boyd. Faiths & Avatars (TSR, 1996)
- ^ Terra, John. Warriors and Priests of the Realms (TSR, 1996)
- ^ James Lowder, Prince of Lies, TSR, production no.: 8539 / 964510000, 1993
- ^ Troy Denning, Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad, TSR, production no.: 8577 / 964520000, 1998
- ^ McComb, Colin. On Hallowed Ground (TSR, 1996)
- ^ Boyd, Eric L. Demihuman Deities (TSR, 1998)
- ^ Ed Greenwood; et al. (2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. Wizard of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ^ Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. Faiths and Pantheons (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
- ^ Greenwood, Ed (August 19, 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (4th ed.). San Francisco: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786949244.
- ^ Greenwood, Ed (2007). The Grand History of the Realms (1 ed.). San Francisco: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 9780786947317.


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Empty. No wraith, no creature nothing but empty darkness and weakly hanging mist. Garma sighed with relief, an encounter with a fog wraith could be disastrous. No geniune way to kill them had ever been found out, all that was known about them was that they were the essence of death, things that manifest when thousands of lives were cut short. They battled with mind, body and soul and to lose any of these battles was worse than death.
He was eager to leave this ruin now. It was cool and dim, almost refreshing from the blistering heat of the outside but now he longed to be in the open. They were lost in this construct now, the entrance could be anywhere. Garma gritted his teeth with frustration, everything looked the same in the gloom. There was no landmark.
Horus crept into the room first, his blade drawn. He kept low as he moved then stopped in the middle of the room. Nothing.
"Ok lets move." Garma said clambering over the horizontal door frame. Suddenly he stopped, a horrified look across his face. Everything slowed but he could not react, the floor had begun to crack under Horus' feet. A rotten, diseased hand had poked through the rotten wall and was about to clamp around his ankle. Horus hadn't noticed, he waved confidently at Garma to come over. A trembling stutter was all that he could manage in reply. Finally the ground shattered, the hand grabbed its prize and with a terrified scream Horus dissapeared.
"Horus!" Garma shouted, with renewed vigour he threw himself into the room and up to the hole in the floor. Nothing could be made out but swirling fog.
"Sir the wraiths!" One soldier called.
"That was no wraith that was-" Garma almost stopped for fear of sounding mad but continued anyway. "That was a monster."
"But sir." The soldier said again with fearful desperation in his voice. Garma knew it was unfair to send his men in after Horus, the chances are they would all be killed. The fog began to move in irregular patterns, swirling and hissing in anticipation of new blood. Every ounce of him wanted him to dive in and save him. Surely he still had time, a glance at the men showed their thoughts. Fear, anguish and confusion. Not one of them would stand against a wraith. He had no choice.
A tear formed in Garma's eye, held for a moment and then fell. He had no other choice, he had to abandon Horus. He couldn't risk his mission, he had to let the man who was as a brother to him go. Leave him to his fate, leave him to the wraiths.
"Lets move men, leave quickly single file. Keep your weapons ready." Garma stammered over every word despite his best attempt at remaining stoic. The men took a moment to move, unsure of how to react. Finally the more cowardly of the company climbed to their feet and turned to leave.
Garma and the others followed suit. He said a quiet goodbye to Horus as he did so, a quiet apology.
Suddenly the building began to shake, the fog whirled with wild ferocity and the hissing grew into almost a screech. Walls began to collapse in on themselves around the company, the cieling cracked and gave way to more rubble.
"The buildings collapsing. Get moving go go go!" Garma tried desperatly to make himself heard over the crash of the collapsing building but to no avail. He saw before him men dissapear as the floor gave way under them, some clung desperatly to the floor, some screamed for help. All tried in vain to escape the raging fog and the hungry wraiths below. None escaped, not even Garma.


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New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Pakistan today categorically denied ISI role in the July 7 terrorist attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul saying the reports were ''incorrect.'' ''No. No. Incorrect,'' Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Mahmud Ali Durrani told reporters after his 20-minute meeting with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here.
He was asked about reports about ISI involvement in the attack.
Ironically, Pakistan had at the 15th SAARC Summit at Colombo in Sri Lanka offered to conduct investigations into ISI involvement in the Kabul incident.
He said he had ''a very good meeting'' with the External Affars Minister.
''...things are going okay,'' he added.
Mr Durrani, who arrived here on Saturday evening on a five-day official visit, held talks here yesterday with India's NSA M K Narayanan.
The two discussed the embassy attack and ceasefire violations across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.
The External Affairs Ministry said the two National Security Advisors reviewed the status of bilateral relations against the backdrop of recent summit-level meetings between the leadership of both countries.
''The discussions which were held in very cordial atmosphere, covered all issues of mutual concern and interest, including the regional situation. The discussions were most productive,'' it said.
The two National Security Advisors affirmed the utility of a dialogue of this nature and regarded their discussions as providing an important channel of communication between the highest level in the two governments.
Mr Durrani also called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
He met Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and interacted with the National Security Council Secretariat and members of the National Security Advisory Board.
Mr Menon said yesterday that India would raise the issues of Kabul embassy bombing and ceasefire violations by Pakistan at the first ever meeting between the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the two countries.
Mr Menon told reporters on the sidelines of a function here that all issues would be discussed with Pakistan NSA.
These include the Kabul embassy bombing, ceasefire violations and the situation on the border.
''...We will do that...We will discuss all isues.
Mr Durrani is an old friend...He has interest in India-Pakistan relations,'' the Foreign Secretary said when asked whether India would raise the issue of Kabul embassy bombing at the talks and give some evidence (of ISI involvement) to the Pakistani side.
Mr Durrani will leave for Lahore tomorrow.
Pakistan has recently suffered a spate of terrorist attacks, the latest being suicide attack yesterday in its northwest Orakzai region, in which more than 20 people died and 70 were injured.
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Alien Mysteries is a Canadian UFO documentary series featuring eyewitness testimony that is produced by Exploration Production Inc. for Discovery Channel (Canada).[1] Alien Mysteries showcases the real-life stories of ordinary people who fall victim of alien abduction or attack. Alien Mysteries debuted on Discovery Canada on 3 March 2013.
US-American Pickup[edit]
In March 2013, Destination America, which is Discovery Channel USA's sister network, purchased the distribution rights.[2] And, in April 2013, Alien Mysteries made its debut on US-American cable television for the first time.[citation needed]
Alien Mysteries has six episodes:[3][4]
|Air date
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|The Reed Family
|3 March 2013
|Alien abduction
|Lights Over Stephenville
|Stephenville, Texas#UFO sightings
|Corina Saebels
|10 March 2013
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|Rendlesham Forest
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- ^ discovery.ca: Alien Mysteries | About Alien Mysteries
- ^ Bell Media Press Room: Aliens in America! Discovery Canada's Newest Hit Series ALIEN MYSTERIES Lands Internationally (21 March 2013)
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The boys, aged 15 and 16, are today in a serious condition in hospital following the brawl in West Ealing.
Witnesses told how a group of about 13 or 14 youths were chased for a mile by a 20-strong gang.
Police said the fight involving around 17 youths took place shortly after midnight in The Broadway. Two youths, also 15 and 16, were arrested at the scene and are being questioned by detectives today.
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You are a producer for a rolling news channel, under pressure to deliver a guest to discuss one of the day's big talking points. The major players in the story either have their phones switched off, or they are busy, or they refuse to take part. But the clock is ticking and you have a four-minute slot to fill. And the realistic chances are that if you cannot find anyone else, you end up booking someone from a lobby group.
If the subject is crime, producers will often turn to Norman Brennan from the Victims of Crime Trust; if it is immigration, try Sir Andrew Green from MigrationWatch; for life, birth or death, your woman is Josephine Quintavalle from Comment on Reproductive Ethics (Core). Sometimes they are booked because of an intervention their organisation has made - a survey, speech or piece of research. But often, their ubiquity is down to the fact that they keep their mobiles turned on and they can make it down to the Millbank TV studios for a 7.35am slot.
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The consequence over time is that, by using them so often, news channels create a profile for a hard core of spokesmen and women which often transcends their actual importance. Their repeated exposure conveys on these commentators a sense of authority that viewers may come to accept. They are transformed into establishment figures, taken for granted as representatives of a public consensus and genuine stakeholders in a debate, even though they may not represent anyone other than themselves, or a handful of members with personal axes to grind. They are placed on a par with elected politicians and accountable public figures.
Last month, on the afternoon the government lost the 90-day terror suspect detention vote, I was working for the London radio station LBC 97.3 at Millbank. I was struck by what was happening on College Green, where a phalanx of camera crews were waiting. Every channel was on open-ended coverage, and the producers needed guests. But the politicians, those who had made the decision, remained in the warmth of the Commons lobby. Some were indeed being interviewed from there, but the crews on the green needed to show they were doing something.
Fortunately, on hand were Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, and Sir Iqbal Sacranie from the Muslim Council of Britain. Both are well-informed and articulate, but neither has a democratic mandate to make our laws, nor had taken part in the vote. Yet by interviewing them in the same context as politicians the implication was that they were playing an equally weighty role in the unfolding events.
Everywhere on TV and radio, debates are being framed by lobby-group spokespeople whose credentials and authority to speak are not always clear. Groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Hacan ClearSkies (the anti-Heathrow expansion campaigners), Fathers 4 Justice, Kevin Miles from the Football Supporters' Federation, Mediawatch, the Portman Group and Christian Voice.
But who are these people? Who decided they deserved a self-appointed role in proceedings equal to the professionals? Who scrutinises them? And do they represent the mass of public opinion, or just a narrow self-serving interest group? Do they appear on TV and radio for the value they provide, or just because they are available for an interview? In a busy newsroom and with airtime to fill, it is sometimes difficult to resist the temptation to go for an "easy hit" or, as they are sometimes known, "a low-hanging fruit". I have been guilty of it myself.
Mystical qualities
Josephine Quintavalle of Core puts her popularity down to the unique nature of her role. "I get a high profile because I focus on a very specific area. I'm not on an ego trip - I wish there were more people getting their heads around reproductive ethics." But she admits: "We are based in London, so it's easier to get to Millbank - that's why we're booked." Core is not a membership organisation but a loose network of similarly minded people, so who does she represent? "A broad but conservative section of society - what I say is credible because it's the truth."
There is often no relationship between the group's size and the extent of its exposure. Norman Brennan of the Victims of Crime Trust, which comprises just a few people, has racked up over 7,000 broadcast interviews since 1994. Sir Andrew Green, of MigrationWatch UK, a thinktank with no formal membership, has been interviewed 400 times in the past three years. But, he argues, research endorses his claim to be putting popularly-held concerns on the news agenda. "Viewers can see someone making an argument they agree with, but are afraid to voice themselves. Our view represents 70% of the public who support, according to opinion polls, tighter restrictions on immigration."
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, says such figures have an important role in airing widely held views that would not otherwise have been heard. "There's a great deal of support for [Brennan's] view in the wider public but it doesn't tend to have a voice. The pro-welfare for asylum seekers lobby is very vocal, but there is not much of a vocal lobby from the other side. These people do serve a purpose. I don't think we imbue them with any great mystical qualities but they articulate an opinion shared by a lot of people." He also cites the credible research which underpins the authority of some of them: "There's a lot of documentation that the government takes [Green's] views seriously, and there have been occasions when the MigrationWatch figures have been more reliable than the official ones."
Guts of an argument
Peter Horrocks, head of BBC TV news, denies broadcasters are responsible for turning talking heads into figureheads. "Many organisations had respectability and authority before the advent of 24-hour news. They represent a single clear point of view, and often know more about it than politicians, especially backbenchers. And they can explore the guts of an argument more clearly than a politician."
Are audiences allowed, though, to misinterpret a spokesperson's role in a story? Horrocks does not believe that the likes of Shami Chakrabarti is ever put on the same footing as Charles Clarke. "The key is not to take them at face value. We might explain that their research has a particular bent." But, Pollard says, there is only so much you can do to contextualise any such guest. "We have between 60 to 100 interviews a day, and it's not realistic to go into the background of each one. But we try to indicate where they're coming from, and if they have an axe to grind, what that axe is."
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Norman Brennan
Victims of Crime Trust
Brennan is the founder of this group, which has two staff and no members
Broadcast interviews: 7,000 since 1994
Josephine Quintavalle
Comment on Reproductive Ethics (Core)
Takes a broadly conservative stance on reproductive issues, has a contact base of 1,500 but no members
Broadcast interviews: "Several hundred" since 1994
Andrew Green
MigrationWatch UK
Green claims to have "brought public opinion into focus ... on the scale of migration" with his thinktank, which has no formal membership
Broadcast interviews: 400 since 2002
Shami Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti is the director of this 8,000-member pressure group, which has an elected council. "Twenty-four hour news channels provide a useful forum for key issues that might otherwise get left behind," it says
Broadcast interviews: about 10 a week
John Beyer
Mediawatch UK
Beyer is the elected director of the successor organisation to Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, with a membership of 5,000
Broadcast interviews: 1,000 since 1994


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Last year we already did a tutorial on how to install VPN on Kali Linux. Since then a lot has changed and the installation procedure is a little different now. This resulted in a lot of questions by our readers through comments on this website and social media. In this tutorial we will be installing VPN on Kali Linux 2016 rolling edition using OpenVPN and the VPN service from Golden Frog again as we did in the last tutorial. Of course you can use any VPN provider you like since the installation procedure will be practically the same. If you do not have a VPN provider yet you might as well take advantage of one of the following offers from Golden Frog:
If you sign up using one of the following links you can get a discount:
Or the spring special with 3 months for free on annual accounts:
Why use VyprVPN from Golden Frog?
- 700+ servers worldwide on 50+ locations and free unlimited switching.
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Installing VPN on Kali Linux 2016
By default the a VPN connection is not available on the network settings so we need to add this first. For this purpose we need to install OpenVPN in order to be able to add a new VPN connection in the network settings. Let's start installing VPN on Kali Linux 2016 by using the following command on a new terminal session:
apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome
This command will install OpenVPN and the additional packages which are needed. Installing the network-manager-openvpn-gnome installs just the OpenVPN protocol which is enough in most of the cases. If you want to install and use other VPN protocols like PTTP or L2TP, you can use the following command which installs them all:
apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-strongswan network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome
When the installation of all packages has been finished we can continue with the following step: Add a new VPN connection and configure the VPN connection settings. Let's start with adding a new VPN connection in the network settings by navigating to the settings menu:
And open the Network settings panel by using the following button:
Now click the + sign in the bottom left corner to add a new connection and click "VPN" in the add network connection menu:
And finally add a new OpenVPN Connection:
And finally add a new OpenVPN Connection.
This will take us to the menu where we can define the VPN server settings to set up a connection. In this step we need to define the gateway, login credentials and a VyprVPN Certificate Authority (CA) certificate. Let's download the certificate first by using the following command:
wget -O /etc/openvpn/ca.vyprvpn.com.crt
Or download the certificate file manually using the following link:
Make sure you save the certificate file to the following location: /etc/openvpn/
Now we need to specify the gateway and other settings:
- Name: VyprVPN OpenVPN
- Make available to other users when applicable
- Gateway: VPN server gateway, pick any of these servers from Golden Frog.
- User name: The e-mail address used during registration at Golden Frog
- Password: The password from your VyprVPN account
- CA Certificate: Select the downloaded CA certificate from the following directory: /etc/openvpn/
After entering all the settings the form should look like this:
The last step in the setup process is to enable LZO compression in the advanced menu. You can do this by clicking the advanced button in the bottom right corner of the screen and enable LZO compression.
Now close the advanced options menu and apply the changes to the new VPN connection and let's see if it is working by levering the blue switch in the top right corner of the VPN connection screen:
If all settings are valid you should be able to setup a VPN connection. If any errors occur like: activation of network connection failed. Then check the logs using the following command in the terminal:
journalctl -n100
This will open the last 100 lines of the log. Any errors in the log will be marked red and should clear things up why the error occurred. In the following instance there was a problem with the downloaded certificate, which was solved by downloading the certificate again but manually this time using a browser.
If you have any questions regarding installing VPN on Kali Linux 2016 please use the comment function at the bottom of this page. Thanks for reading again on Hacking Tutorials!


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In helpdesk settings, I've created a rules that is mute every mail comming from a particular email adress.
I want to know if there's a way to mute the communication to the user while the admin still receive the email from Spiceworks?
A "half-mute". :)
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Sep 28, 2011 at 4:20 UTC
Could you just auto-assign it to yourself? I do this with some system alerts. I mute then and assign, so they show up in my tickets view.
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Sep 30, 2011 at 8:39 UTC
No, i don't want to auto-assign the ticket because it's not the same ressources that is assign to this kind of ticket.
And even if i assign it, the ressource don't receive email to advice him that he have a ticket assign.
I know it's not easy but i wan't an "half-mute" :)
Thanks for the reply.


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The Miami Marlins are continuing to alienate what is left of their loyal fan base.On Monday, a team spokesperson revealed that the team won't be holding their annual FanFest event this season. Fans will get the chance to attend a scaled down version at Marlins Park instead. "It will be accurate that there will not be an event named FanFest," Marlins vice president of marketing Sean Flynn said."We have an event that we will announce soon that will have some of the similar characteristics of a FanFest. It'll be different and more fan friendly," he said.Fans will still get the chance to purchase tickets and interact with players, but the extent of how "different" and "fan friendly" the event will be is still left to be seen.And as if that alone wasn't enough to grind the gears of ticked off fans, the club also revealed it won't be holding its annual player caravan this year, either. Traditionally, players and coaches have made appearances around the Miami-area community at schools, shops, and restaurants. Flynn suggests that they will have a week where they allow fans to come mingle inside the ballpark along with fans instead. In essence, fans of the Fish will have to make their way down to Marlins Park rather than having the players come to them. This could prove problematic considering how many folks may have forgotten how to get there. Although Miami ranked in the middle-of-the-pack in MLB attendance last season, due largely in part to their new stadium, fan interest and attendance fell off sharply toward the end of the campaign.Picked by many as preseason World Series contenders, the Marlins sputtered to a disappointing 69-93 record and last place finish in the division. The front office decided to implode the team by firing manager Ozzie Guillen and trading away the likes of Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Josh Johnson, among others, to Toronto.Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and pitcher Ricky Nolasco have since criticized the team's management for their bold moves. The announcement on Monday will do little in helping to regain and/or repair fan interest. In fact, it is yet another blow to the existing fan base, and a potentially costly one at that.Via The Palm Beach Post
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Pixalia aka pixie
My paws thudded over the balconies as i followed the Human and the man, their scents strong in my nose. They stopped before a lady i recognized. jumping down elegantly from the top, i landed gracefully in my boots. My dress hung loosly then snapped back into place, the changing of my shape too quick for it.
"Starlight..." i walked over and tapped her shoulder "The purrrophecy came slightly true m'dear" i purred.
Starlight looked over at me "Pixalia?! i told you to watch over us" her voice anxious.
The Human eyed me cautiously. My Pale blue eyes noticed.
"What is the matter human?" i walked behind her stroking her shoulders lightly with my hand. i caught length of hair gently in my hand as i did... i smelt it.
The scent... oooh the scent, so sweet it sent a shiver down my spine.
"Pixie!" the voice bellowed in my ear - but no-one was stood by me. the princesses.
she looked at me meaningfully and gestured up wards towards the balconies again. i nodded.
"Shote" i said turning slightly "so nice to see you again" i gave him a light hug which he returned.
"Pixalia, it's been a while" he nodded smiling. i flipped my long, dark brown hair behind my shoulder.
"I shall see you again soon my friend... as for you human" i turned sniffing her hair again as i did "I shal be your watcher for now, i will look over you as long as the princess wishes... you shall see me again but if you ever truely need me - just call for pixie" i bowed and kissed her hand.
i launched upwards my body changing into the great Tiger again. I began my run along the balconies once more but not before hearing Shote.
"Isn't she still in trouble with the guards?" shote asked chuckling
The princess replied "Yes - isnt she always? but Pixalia's never cared for herself much that is why she is now a watcher for me"
"Bloody shapeshifters" Shote laughed.
i chuckled as i turned back on myself towards them and sat pacing above their heads, turning and changing direction every few meters.


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I was elected by the citizens of South Winnipeg-St Norbert to be your representative at City Hall and to work towards making positive change for our community and the city as a whole.
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