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This tutorial will cover the steps for adding a new, unprivileged user for day to day use of BackTrack. It will also discuss the reasons for and against running as root, as well covering off on as potential problems that may arise from running as a user other than root and how to solve these problems.
UPDATE: Now revised for BackTrack 4 R2.
Why Create an Unprivileged User?
Before we discuss the "how" of adding this new user to BackTrack, lets first go over the issue of "why" you might want to do this, or why it is even necessary to add an unprivileged user to BackTrack. In this section we will discuss some background issues to give us some perspective on the issue, and we will also cover off on the positive and negative factors of running BackTrack using an unprivileged user.
Most Linux systems currently available today are designed to be run in every day use as a user other than root, with the user being prompted to setup at least one of these users during the installation routine. There are important security and stability reasons for this decision, which become even more important when the system is run as a multi user system, where more than one person uses the same Linux system.
BackTrack is different. Due to its roots as a live system, and considering that it has a large number of tools installed that need to run using root privilege, BackTrack is designed to run as root.
In addition, taking into account that BackTrack is a distribution aimed at security professionals, it is assumed that BackTrack's users will be aware of the risks inherent in running a system as the root user. Your average Linux system is not usually made with this assumption in mind.
Given that "security" is generally mentioned as the deciding factor as to why you shouldn't run a Linux system as root, it might be helpful for us to actually examine the specific risks that are involved, so we can make an informed choice about whether to run as root or not.
So what are these risks? Well they fall into two main categories:
- Things that you might accidentally do to yourself, and
- Things that an attacker might do using your own privileges.
As an example of what you might accidentally do to yourself, if you run "rm -rf /*" as root, you can kiss your system and all data on your mounted volumes goodbye. If you do this as a regular user instead of root, any of your own personal files will still be deleted, but your system should still survive. So not running as root limits the damage you can do to your system. This factor is particularly important in multi user systems, as it stops one user from accidentally breaking a system used by others. Even if it's only you using the system however, it's still nice to know that one mistyped command won't be the end of it.
As an example of what an attacker might do, if you happen to visit a malicious website hosting a Linux exploit while running as root, that exploit will have full access to your system. Running as root, that exploit will be able to do a much wider variety of "bad things" than it could if you were running as a regular unprivileged user. While Linux client side exploits aren't exactly that common in the wild, they are still not unheard of, and their prevalence will grow along with the use of Linux on the desktop, so this is something that should not be totally discounted.
Now those are the "security" related reasons related to use of root on a BackTrack system, but there are some other factors to consider as well:
- If you are only using BackTrack as a Live environment, and are not installing it to a hard drive, then there really isn't much point in using an unprivileged user. The threat of accidentally destroying your system by running a privileged command no longer really applies, as the system will be regenerated from the ISO once you reboot, and any malware or attacks performed previously will have been erased from your system (although a persistent USB install might still retain these).
- If you spend most of your time in BackTrack running privileged commands (changing networking settings, sniffing traffic, binding to low numbered ports, etc), you may also believe that the extra added inconvenience of logging on as a unprivileged user is not worth the bother.
- In addition, running as root is what long time users have come to expect from the system. Most of the tutorials you see on this forum or elsewhere on the Internet are likely to have been written to assume that you will be running as root, so if you aren't you will need to be able to adjust the commands you run as appropriate. I will go over some guidelines on how to know if a program needs to run as root later in this HowTo.
So those are the things you will want to consider when deciding whether or not to add an unprivileged user to BackTrack.
Starting to Create the New User
Now we have discussed the factors that would influence your decision on whether or not to create a unprivileged user in BackTrack, lets go over the details of how you can actually do it. The following steps assume that you have installed BackTrack 4 R2 to a hard disk and have booted into this new system and logged on as root.
Fixing up /etc/skel
The first thing we will do before creating our new user is to fix up the /etc/skel directory. We will be using the adduser script to create our new user, and when a new user is created on a Linux system using this script the files from /etc/skel will be used as a template for creating the new users home directory. We will modify the files here so that our new user, and any subsequent users we create using this method have the correct files copied to their home folders.
The commands below will prepare our /etc/skel directory.
This command gives us the correct menus for our new user:
These commands set the desktop folder for new users to /home/<user>/desktop and makes sure that that folder exists in the users home directory:Code:root@bt:~# cp .config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu /etc/skel/.config/menus/
This command sets the fancy new desktop wallpaper for new users:Code:root@bt:~# sed -i 's/XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME\/"/XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME\/desktop"/' /etc/skel/.config/user-dirs.dirs root@bt:~#mkdir /etc/skel/desktop
These commands set the BackTrack dragon icon in the KDE menu:Code:root@bt:~# sed -i 's/Wallpaper\[\$e\]=\/opt\/kde3\/share\/wallpapers\/origin2.jpg/Wallpaper\[\$e\]=\/opt\/kde3\/share\/wallpapers\/bt4.png/' /etc/skel/.kde3/share/config/kdesktoprc
And this command copies over some some other configuration files for various programs installed with BackTrack:Code:root@bt:~# cp .kde3/share/icons/nuvoX_0.7/kmenu-dragon.zip /etc/skel/.kde3/share/icons/nuvoX_0.7/ root@bt:~# unzip -ou .kde3/share/icons/nuvoX_0.7/kmenu-dragon.zip -d /etc/skel/.kde3/share/icons/nuvoX_0.7/
Creating the UserCode:root@bt:~# cp -R /root/{.wine,.dragon,.fluxbox,.mozilla,.msf3,.subversion,.conky_scripts,.liferea_1.4,.gem} /etc/skel/
Now /etc/skel is configured appropriately we can actually create the new user, using the following command, where <user> should be replaced with your chosen username:
This command is actually a script that makes use of a number of other Linux tools to create your user and set up all of the necessary options for the account. The script will prompt you for a number of pieces of information about your new user account, some of which are optional. I have included an example session, where I created a "lupin" user, below.Code:root@bt:~# adduser <user>
This command will add the user to the admin, disk, cdrom and audio groups, which will allow it to use the sudo command as well as access the cdrom, other disk devices and your sound card. Replace <user> with the name of the user you just created with adduser.Code:root@bt:~# adduser lupin Adding user `lupin' ... Adding new group `lupin' (1000) ... Adding new user `lupin' (1000) with group `lupin' ... Creating home directory `/home/lupin' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for lupin Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: lupin Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] y
Once these commands have been run, restart your system and logon as your new user, using the password you set when prompted by adduser. The first time you logon, you will get a message popping up about krandrtray which you can safely cancel.Code:root@bt:~# usermod --groups admin,disk,cdrom,audio <user>
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The selection committee will evaluate the letters of nominations and the letters in support of nomination and will supplement the submited materials with a recent CV or resume and a biographical sketch of the candidate, obtained through the Director's Office. All materials will be confidential.
The committee will provide the Director's Office with a recommendation of one individual to receive the Excellence in Mentoring Award. The award will be presented at a ceremony.
In addition to recommending an award recipient to the Observatory Director, the selection committee will also:
-consider mentoring at the Observatory in a broad sense, and make recommendations to the Director about how to improve mentoring at the Observatory,
-plan an event that highlights the importance of mentoring to accompany the award ceremony, and
-recommend to the Observatory Director new committee members for the following year.
2017 Membership
- Kuheli Dutt - Co-Chair
– Award recipients from each of the previous 2 years:
- Robert Newton, 2016 recipient
- Natalie Boelman, 2015 recipient
- Gisele Wincker, 2015 recipient
– 1 Representative from CIESIN
- Greg Yetman
– 1 Representative from IRI
- Eunjin Han
– 2 Graduate Students:
- Frank Pavia
- Dan Sousa
– Lamont Research Professors
- Suzana Camargo
1 Postdoctoral Research Scientist:
- Roger Fu
– Staff Associate
- Nicole Anest
Kuheli Dutt is a non-voting ex-officio member of the Award committee representing the Office of Academic Affairs & Diversity. The Office of Academic Affairs & Diversity has been established within the LDEO Directorate to develop policies that not only promote diversity among the scientific staff but also ensure the integrity of academic processes. Accordingly, there is participation from this office in all key LDEO processes pertaining to the appointment, advancement, and retention of the scientific staff. This includes governance, promotions, appointments, and awards committees.
In years where award recipients from the previous two years are not available to serve on the selection committee, these positions will be filled by appointment of the Observatory Director.
In the years when appropriate, the committee will add members from the technical and/or administrative staff.
Committee members will be asked to serve for a term of two or three years, at the discretion of the Observatory Director.

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Skip to comments.Eggs of Enigmatic Dinosaur in Patagonia Discovered
Posted on 04/21/2012 7:01:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
An Argentine-Swedish research team has reported a 70-million-year-old pocket of fossilized bones and unique eggs of an enigmatic birdlike dinosaur in Patagonia...
The dinosaur represents the latest survivor of its kind from Gondwana, the southern landmass in the Mesozoic Era. The creature belongs to one of the most mysterious groups of dinosaurs, the Alvarezsauridae, and it is one of the largest members, 2.6 m, of the family. It was first discovered by Dr. Powell, but has now been described and named Bonapartenykus ultimus in honor of Dr. José Bonaparte who 1991 discovered the first alvarezsaurid in Patagonia...
The two eggs found together with the bones during the expedition might have been inside the oviducts of the Bonapartenykus female when the animal perished. On the other hand numerous eggshell fragments later found show considerable calcite resorption of the inner eggshell layer, which suggest that at least some of the eggs were incubated and contained embryos at an advanced stage of their development.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Nest thing you know, this topic will descend into a pun war.
Which is a good thing.
First the dinosaurs were giant cold-blooded reptiles. Now, they're giant warm-blooded birds. A hundred years from now school children will laugh to think that adults thought the obviously mammalian dinosaurs were birds.
The dividing line (warm-blooded vs cold-blooded) has itself been superseded as a consequence of the study of more species.
So are we seeing greater speciation today with larger distinctions between species?
Not much — there's no speciation going on today, as far as has been observed. In the fossil record there's a broad diversity of critter types, same as now, with unknown numbers not preserved, or poorly represented (no complete type specimen). This suggests that there's not much difference in the sheer number and diversity now as there ever has been — but it's apparent that whole taxa vanished at the various paleontological boundaries.
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Mechanical Operator Jobs in bhaipheru Pakistan
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Yes, we know we put "history" in the title twice. That's because there's the real history that consists of a history of First Nation people and public proclamations of calls to be thankful from - of all entitities - the US Government.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
This list represents a compilation of visitors to the UW-River Falls campus since we first opened our doors in 1874.
The compilation of the more than 300 names was spearheaded by sociology professor emeritus (1963-1995) Robert Pionke, who spent over 100 hours researching the names and dates of the visitors listed here. During his tenure at UWRF, Pionke spent three years on the Concerts and Lectures Committee and was personally responsible for bringing many of these notable visitors to campus during the turbulent Civil Rights Movement.
This on-line list of Pionke's research was completed in the spring and summer of 2012 with assistance from the UWRF Foundation, University Communications, Division of Technology Services, and the University Archives.
The list is designed to be an ongoing record of UWRF's notable visitors and will be regularly updated. For additions or corrections, please contact the University Archives by e-mail or call 715-425-3567.


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Carrie Underwood Would Quit Music for Mike Fisher
Superstar Carrie Underwood has seen tremendous success over the course of her career, with a total of ten ACM Awards, six Grammys, and all four of her albums debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart. Yet, if her busy lifestyle began to divide her marriage, she'd walk away from it all -- as long as husband Mike Fisher was by her side.


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5 U.S. Code § 7119 - Negotiation impasses; Federal Service Impasses Panel
§ 7119.
Negotiation impasses; Federal Service Impasses Panel
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall provide services and assistance to agencies and exclusive representatives in the resolution of negotiation impasses. The Service shall determine under what circumstances and in what manner it shall provide services and assistance.
(b) If voluntary arrangements, including the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or any other third-party mediation, fail to resolve a negotiation impasse—
The Federal Service Impasses Panel is an entity within the Authority, the function of which is to provide assistance in resolving negotiation impasses between agencies and exclusive representatives.
The Panel shall be composed of a Chairman and at least six other members, who shall be appointed by the President, solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties and functions involved, from among individuals who are familiar with Government operations and knowledgeable in labor-management relations.
Of the original members of the Panel, 2 members shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 2 members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, and the Chairman and the remaining members shall be appointed for a term of 5 years. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, except that an individual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member replaced. Any member of the Panel may be removed by the President.
The Panel may appoint an Executive Director and any other individuals it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties. Each member of the Panel who is not an employee (as defined in section 2105 of this title) is entitled to pay at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay then currently paid under the General Schedule for each day he is engaged in the performance of official business of the Panel, including travel time, and is entitled to travel expenses as provided under section 5703 of this title.
(A) The Panel or its designee shall promptly investigate any impasse presented to it under subsection (b) of this section. The Panel shall consider the impasse and shall either—
(B) If the parties do not arrive at a settlement after assistance by the Panel under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Panel may—
administer oaths, take the testimony or deposition of any person under oath, and issue subpenas as provided in section 7132 of this title; and
(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title VII, § 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1208.)
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The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (c)(4), is set out under section 5332 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.
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Former Judge Memorial star Stallon Saldivar made history on Saturday night.
A senior guard at Northern Arizona University, Saldivar, a 2009 graduate of Judge Memorial, recorded the first triple-double in NAU history, scoring 13 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists in NAU's 77-74 overtime loss to Eastern Washington in Flagstaff, Ariz.
In addition to being the first-ever Lumberjack to record a triple-double, Saldivar was the 10th D-1 player to notch a triple-double this season. His triple-double came two days after his first career double-double, an 11-point, 10-assist outing in a win over Portland State.
"He has been building up to that for a while now," said NAU coach Jack Murphy in a release after the game. "He is an unbelievable human being and basketball player. He gets the most out of his body than anyone I have ever known. He maximizes every ounce of his talent. You have to give him all the credit in the world for battling in there for rebounds and being smart and intelligent with the assists."
Earlier this season, Saldivar became the 17th player in Big Sky Conference basketball history to eclipse 400 career assists. He currently has 484 career assists.
During his career playing for the Lumberjacks in Flagstaff, Ariz., Saldivar has been named a Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient, Big Sky Player of the Week and the National Mid-Major Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Saldivar has also been nominated for the national Bob Cousy Award. Saldivar is a business economics major, who is set to graduate from NAU this spring.
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Marlins net three top Jays prospects
Toronto's Marisnick, Nicolino, Hechavarria going to Miami
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | November 13, 2012 3:45 PM ET
The Marlins are expected to land a prospect-laden package featuring three of the Blue Jays' top seven prospects: Outfielder Jake Marisnick, left-handed pitcher Justin Nicolino and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria. They also will receive big leaguers Yunel Escobar and starter Henderson Alvarez, according to Fox Sports.
In return, the Blue Jays will reportedly acquire All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, starting pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle, utilityman Emilio Bonifacio and catcher John Buck in what is seen as a salary dump and an 180-degree turn from a lavish spending spree 12 months ago.
As of 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the trade was awaiting commissioner Bud Selig's approval. Neither team has confirmed or denied the trade.
No. 2 on Toronto's prospect list, Marisnick is the highest-ranked of the Minor Leaguers on the move.
The 21-year-old -- a third-round pick from the 2009 Draft -- hit .249 with eight homers and 50 RBIs in 120 games between the Class A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays and the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats this year. The center fielder also hit 29 doubles and 10 triples, and he swiped 24 bases in 33 attempts.
MLB.com's No. 35 prospect Marisnick had a breakout year with the Lugnuts in 2011, batting .320 with 14 homers, 77 RBIs and 37 stolen bases. He was named as a mid- and postseason Midwest League All-Star, and MiLB.com chose him as one of the Blue Jays' top-performing outfielders in the organization.
Nicolino, fifth on Toronto's Top 20 prospects list, was a second-round selection in the 2010 Draft. The 20-year-old southpaw went 10-4 with a 2.46 ERA in 28 games -- including 22 starts -- with the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A Midwest League in 2012, his first full season of pro ball.
The Florida native spent a large part of the season piggybacking with Aaron Sanchez -- but he was a mid- and postseason All-Star, and Topps also named him their Midwest League Player of the Year.
Vince Horsman, the Blue Jays' Class A pitching coach, said earlier in the year that Nicolino has the best changeup in the system and the best breaking ball command of any of Toronto's top pitching prospects.
Earlier Tuesday evening, Nicolino thanked the Blue Jays and said he was looking forward to being part of the Marlins organization.
"Couldn't have ask to be apart of a great group of people...but now it's a new chapter," Nicolino said on his Twitter account @J_Nicolino22.
In Hechavarria, formerly the Blue Jays' No. 7 prospect, Miami gets a sure-handed shortstop who saw time in the Majors this season.
The 23-year-old Cuban, rated as the best defensive infielder in the system by Baseball America in 2010, batted .312 with six homers and 63 RBIs in 102 Triple-A games with the Las Vegas 51s this year. He also legged out six triples and 20 doubles, and he scored 78 runs. Following a promotion to Toronto, Hechavarria hit .254 with two homers and 15 RBIs in 41 games.
The move is expected to slash around $160 million from Miami's payroll.
Ashley Marshall is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Not entirely surprising
VxWorks is the core of IOS-KR. That sort of thing is nice to have in house
Financially struggling chip maker Intel is paying $884m to take over embedded operating system supplier Wind River Systems. Why would it do that, you may ask. Well, the best answer, of course, is because it can. Intel's launching and continuing support of the Moblin variant of Linux for netbooks shows that the chip maker knows …
VxWorks is the core of IOS-KR. That sort of thing is nice to have in house
I think you mean "QNX's Neutrino" and "IOS-XR", so er... no. VxWorks has plenty of successful implementations, but that isn't one of them.
IOS XR does use QNX, never heard about KR thing though (except the K&R C of course).
There's an awful lot of stuff out there with an awful lot of investment behind it that uses VxWorks on chips that aren't from Intel. They're using ARM and PowerPC, even 68000! And those things and their developers with decades of ecosystem behind them aren't about to switch to an Intel chip just because VxWorks has been bought, even if Intel withdraw VxWorks-PowerPC, VxWorks-ARM, etc.
If Intel do withdraw that support I expect a lot of things will migrate to Greenhill's Integrity OS. It's not too dissimilar to VxWorks, and does support all those other CPUs that don't belong to Intel.
Is this all a symptom of Intel having ditched XScale, regretting it, not admitting the mistake, trying to cover it up with their creation of Atom, realising that Atom is a mistake too, and trying to cover that up by buying a key OS vendor with a view to force developers on to Atom? They'll have to buy all the other real time OSes too, and that'll look anti-competitive...
Intel have a lot of work to do to make x86 fit the same niches as ARM and PowerPC. Atom doesn't even come close.
to be sucked into some "black hole" then.
I'm not sure how one paints Intel as "financially struggling". it's maintained profitibility, has cash in the bank, and is continuing to do research.
Intel used to have their own POSIX-ey RTOS - iRMX - until the 90s when they flogged it off, deciding operating systems weren't worth the hassle.
I wonder if Intel will do to Wind River what Wind River has done with everyone they have bought out. About the worst news an embedded developer can get is "Wind River is buying out your RTOS vendor" since you get to start all over again.
> "Wind River is buying out your RTOS vendor"
Yes, I remember that too. Still, at least they weren't saying that you had to change processor too (at least not very much).


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Use THIS search engine and google for the terms: xorg.conf resolution Nvidia GeForce
Hi peops,
New linux user here, I've been playing around with Ubuntu 9.04 for a week or so and have just discovered the possible usefullness of Backtrack 4
**Start general but useless talk here**
I think I know the basics of how to crack WEP and WPA (Xploit guides ftw!) which is fine on Ubuntu. Today I discovered pyrit but am unable to install the graphics card part of it due to my lack of understanding of linux (or maybe its just not compatible) I've been working on this for most of the day with no luck. A bit of research led me to a guide by purehate about using it for backtrack 4 which seems much easier than trying it out on Ubuntu. I'm now the proud owner of a Live DVD for it.
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The Problem:
I boot the CD, use the xstart command to allow me access to firefox for searching things during my testing and playing around and then... I'm stuck...
The resolution used is too low for my screen (which is a 26" HDTV and has no drivers whatsoever). A single letter takes up a 1/4 of my screen and hence I can't read any menus or even use a browser! Is there a way to fix this using command lines? If so then what are they and what do I need to install? (a step by step guide would be very helpful)
The Hardware:
Intel Core 2 Duo - E6600 (I think)
2 GB ram
Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra - 756mb
I have used the search function for the Forums and Google but I'm not even sure what the problem is so haven't come up with anything useful. Any Help would be greatly appreciated! If I can get this fixed and the live DVD functioning I can then work on my next task: Making a bootable pen drive for it! Muwahaha!
P.S - This is really fun, hope I can get a little aid to make it more enjoyable
Would definitely recommend following the instruction for installing nvidia drivers provided by nvidia.
Follow the instructions and make sure you do some reading. If you get stuck hit back with the relevant info.
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Ok, got the screen resolution fixed using
xrandr -s 1360x765@60
But it turns out my problem isn't really anything to do with the screen resolution after all... its the character size thats too big (only the terminals are fine)
Guess its back to the old search engines for me (wonder if xorg.conf can be used, I'll soon find out! lol)
Many Thanks guys


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SUN RA: Night of the Purple Moon
A 1970 New York studio recording, released on the Saturn label in 1972 and unavailable since, this was a small ensemble record featuring Ra, Gilmore, Danny Davis and Stafford James (with Gilmore playing drums most of the time). Ra has two Moog synthesisers with him, and the elusive electric Rocksichord. The pieces are simple and essential, with the electric sonorities of the keyboards given pride of place. This, like Media Dream, is more with less and, presciently, sharply oriented toward the specifics of sound. A lot of the time it swings, and some of the time it's like pop music. It's good to hear this musical intelligence in a stripped down form; if the big band stings like a bee this small ensemble floats like a butterfly. These are all pieces not featured in the usual Ra repertoire (except for a great version of 'Love in Outer Space'). With four extra tracks, one an alternative take of' 'Love in Outer Space', & the rest home recordings of Ra with a Wurlitzer electric piano and a celeste - the last of which is especially interesting.
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The suburb of Oklahoma City (population 55,000) was hit Monday with its fifth massive tornado in just 15 years. Early images of Moore on Monday afternoon showed horrifying scenes: blocks of flattened homes and debris, demolished hospitals and elementary schools, and burning buildings. The twister was recorded as a F4 tornado, the second-highest intensity on the Fujita scale.
But longtime residents of Moore are no strangers to the destruction of a powerful tornado. The town weathered one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded in 1999.
The May 3, 1999 twister lasted only an hour and 25 minutes, but was responsible for 41 deaths, 583 injures, and over $1 billion in damaged property. It was rated an F5, the most intense twister possible. It covered 61 miles in Moore and the surrounding towns before dissipating in Midwest City, Oklahoma. It destroyed over 8,000 homes, over 1,000 apartments, 260 businesses and several public buildings and churches
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'…the one who keeps his cool when everybody else is losing theirs, whose play gets steadier when the stakes are highest. The one who famously told his college coach, "I don't get nervous." He's not the biggest scorer in the NHL, either. Just the biggest winner.'
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Pat Rafter is considering throwing Sam Groth into the Davis Cup cauldron after watching the big-hitting journeyman blast his way into the second round of the US Open.
Groth continued his remarkable rise from one-time bag-carrying hitting partner and Australian Rules footballer to grand slam force with a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Tuesday.
More-celebrated compatriots Samantha Stosur, Casey Dellacqua and Bernard Tomic will be fancied to go further in the draw after also advancing, but Rafter is sizing up the world's fastest server for equally important national duties.
Australia host Kazakhstan in a World Group playoff next month in Perth and Groth, fresh from cracking the world's top 100 in singles, looms large as a doubles option.
The 26-year-old has won six doubles titles this year with countryman Chris Guccione and is chasing a seventh at Flushing Meadows to further showcase his Cup credentials.
Rafter and Davis Cup coach Josh Eagle ventured to far-flung court 15 to watch Groth oust Ramos-Vinolas without facing a single break point.
"I would love nothing more than to represent my country," Groth said later.
First things first, though.
His reward for reaching the second round is a prime-time showstopper under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium against 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer.
Federer confirmed the date with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) win over Groth's compatriot Marinko Matosevic in Tuesday's feature night match.
"Obviously it's going to be a big moment, the biggest moment of my career," Groth said.
"It's my second time in a grand slam second round and, if it's on the biggest court in the world - size-wise - on a Friday night in the biggest city in the world, of course it's going to be a dream come true.
"When you're growing up, you dream of playing tournaments like this. You dream of playing on the big stadium courts.
"You don't dream of playing on a back court at Kalgoorlie."
Stosur and Dellacqua also both enjoyed straight-sets victories to join first-day winners Nick Kyrgios, Matt Ebden and Anastasia Rodionova in progressing.
Stosur launched her quest for a second title at Flushing Meadows in imposing fashion, rolling young American Lauren Davis 6-1 6-4 in just 77 minutes on the Grandstand show court.
Intent on avoiding a repeat of her disastrous first-round loss last year to 17-year-old world No.296 Victoria Duval, Stosur was on her game from the get-go and broke Davis five times to tee up a meeting with Estonian Kaia Kanepi.
Seeded for the first time at a grand slam, Dellacqua took only slightly longer to dispatch Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 7-5 6-3 and next plays Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang.
An ailing and tiring Tomic was relieved to have knocked over Brown in three sets to set up a clash with Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer.
"I dug deep and I played well," Tomic said.
"I played the right tennis. It was what I needed to do against Dusty because we all know what he is capable of doing.
"He can beat anyone. He has done that before. He has beaten Nadal and has had wins over Lleyton, so you have to be ready for him."
Teenage qualifier Ashleigh Barty, Groth's ex-wife Jarmila Gajdosova and adopted import Ajla Tomljanovic all crashed out at the hands of seeded opponents.
Barty lost 6-1 6-3 to Czech Barbora Strycova Zahlavova, American young gun Madison Keys outclassed Gajdosova 6-0 6-3 and Tomljanovic succumbed 3-6 6-2 6-1 to 15th seed Carla Suarez Navarro.


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thanks guys for this nice forum . just wondering the reasons for closing some threads . what if the person still have question on the same subject will he has to make a thread on the same subject or this means F$#@off and don't bother us with ur stupid question again ,
will all respect we all started as dump newbie one day .


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|Business Students Present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research
|School of Business seniors presented their original research & scholarship at a conference that drew more than 3,000 students to Ithaca this Spring.
Her four years at Ithaca College followed a natural progression for Waimon Kyu '11 to her presentation at the 25th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, held this year at Ithaca.
She'd never heard of sustainability until she arrived at Ithaca four years ago. Studying at the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise taught her about energy-efficient buildings. An internship at a local company, Silicon Solar, developed her interest in alternative energy.
"I began to recognize the immense potential such investments could have for our global society," said Kyu, who's majoring in business administration, with concentrations in international business and marketing and a minor in legal studies. At NCUR, she delivered a paper on "Sustainable Energy Solutions in the Global Market."
She was one of four School of Business seniors presenting their original research and scholarship at the conference that drew more than 3,000 students to Ithaca for a weekend this spring.
Their topics reflected the varied interests of School of Business students:
- Matthew Pollinger, a dual major in applied economics and business administration with a concentration in finance, discussed "The World of Monetary Policy," the topic of his senior thesis in applied economics.
- Meghan Miller, a dual major in accounting and business administration, worked with a professor on "Valuing Intellectual Assets During the Acquisition Period," studying the value of professional degrees and licenses in divorce proceedings.
- Garrett Zendman, an accounting major, delved into research regarding management, with an interest in how first impressions can determine a job interview's outcome. His paper's title: "Body Art and Its Implications in Relation to the Interviewing Process."
The University of North Carolina at Asheville conceived the idea for a national conference open to undergraduates and hosted the first one, in 1987. Ithaca has long participated in NCUR and, since 1997, has hosted its own Whalen Symposium, a full day for students to present their research, writing, and compositions.
At NCUR, students have 15 minutes to present their material and five minutes to answer questions.
"I learned that I am capable of presenting high-quality accounting research, drawing on everything I have learned at Ithaca College, as a professional," said Miller. "In theory, this is something that I have been coached to do in the classroom, especially senior year, but for me this experience was the capstone, my final exam on my education at Ithaca College."
Two of Kyu's professors – Hormoz Movassaghi, in finance and international business, and Marlene Barken, in marketing and law – approached her to present on alternative energy. Sustainability had become the focus of her interests at Ithaca.
"I didn't realize how unsustainable most of our society's everyday practices were, and I began to connect how many of the social and political issues I encountered throughout my classes reflected this inequity," Kyu said.
She began researching his presentation – an assessment of the best markets around the world for solar and wind – in December. Condensing her material into a 15-minute presentation was more challenging than the actual presentation, she said.
For Pollinger as well, preparation was harder: "It took me eight months to finish my research and complete my thesis. Making the actual presentation was easy because I have been living and breathing monetary policy for the last year."
He presented on the Taylor Rule, named for Stanford economist John Taylor.
"The Taylor Rule is a monetary policy rule meant to prescribe the federal funds rate," Pollinger said. "The name is a misnomer. The rule is by no means a rule; it is a policy guide."
He explained the implications of his findings: "The Fed does not necessarily change its objectives with respect to its dual mandate, but rather dims the importance of one of its objectives and by proxy shifts emphasis to the other objective. The Fed's dual mandate is that it can pursue stable prices or maximum sustainable output and employment; the Fed cannot, however, pursue both of these objectives simultaneously."
Pollinger will pursue his master's in finance next fall, strengthened by this year's experience. "Being able to conduct high-level individual research is extremely valuable in my intended fields of finance and economics," he said.
Ithaca's small class sizes help students develop professional relationships with faculty, said Miller. After she took two accounting classes with Jeffrey Lippitt, they decided to undertake a joint research project.
"I don't know that I would have had this opportunity at a larger institution," she said.
Lippitt and former professor Eric Lewis (now a dean at Union Graduate College) wrote a paper about valuing intellectual assets for a divorce. Miller and Lippit's paper extended the research to situations when the marriage and subsequent divorce of a student spouse and a non-student spouse does not neatly occur before and after graduation.
Miller called the five-minute question session "a very useful learning experience for that boardroom presentation one day.''
She explained: "It is a valuable skill to practice, learning to think on the fly, consider alternative situations and apply your findings to those situations, and communicate what you know in different ways to help others to understand you."
Zendman began researching his topic in the fall.
"The longest part of the process was reading through a significant amount of literature regarding body art in the workplace, and narrowing down my topic to something that had a clear scope, had never directly been addressed, and could be presented in a concise manner," he said.
His findings complement the suggestions NCUR offers to presenters on its website, telling them to "dress for success" by avoiding jeans, T-shirts, short skirts, and low cut tops.
Visible body art (piercings and tattoos) in a corporate interview affects an applicant's chances of being hired, regardless of the applicant's interview, Zendman said. "There are many stereotypes attached to those with body art, and these stereotypes seem to overcome the actual quality and personalities than an applicant has."
Participating in NCUR as the host school was gratifying to all students.
Said Zendman, "Presenting within the School of Business in a classroom where I have had several core classes provided me with comfort and enabled me to be more excited than nervous."


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Army of Two - PS3
Release Date:March 04, 2008
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Issues of the game can be avoided if you play with another player. There are also numerous ways in which you can have a great experience of the game with a friend.
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When engaged in a single player match, you can either be Salem or Rios who will fight through the 6-story campaigns while the computer is responsible for the control of your teammate. Even if you think that the weapons will help you in your survival, the most essential tool in your weaponry is the Aggro which is a system that is dependent on how powerful the soldier is while in combat. If you fling grenades, shoot enemies continuously or make explosions, what you will do is swing the agro momentum towards you and as a result will make every soldier be aware of you. This may be disadvantageous on your part but there are actually benefits in the use of agro.
In addition, aggro will make you realize that everything can never be done on your own, hence, it is best to get used to the idea that you should do things together with your partner. Also, every player will be dependent on their partner for an assortment of moves just like the step lifts and turret-like formation named as Back to Back wherein you explode your way out from being surrounded with opponents. There is also a huge number of goals distributed all throughout the game one of which is eradicating particular targets of preference. You will also be given secondary goals just like looking for certain items within the surroundings.
The primary characters bring along with them three weapons and a set of grenades during combats. Their main weapon is usually a machine gun or a shotgun to get rid of big groups of rival troops similar to their range and potential. While all these weapons are terrible, you can upgrade these items to either increase or decrease every weapon stat. Perhaps the most important transformation is the pimp out selection in which your weapon will be turned into gold or platinum plated pistols. Despite the enjoyment, the single-player experience has glitches that will likely hamper the entire game.
Issues of the game can be avoided if you play with another player. There are also numerous ways in which you can have a great experience of the game with a friend. You can choose to play through split-screen when you are in a similar system or you can create an exclusive co-op game with your buddy or perhaps make it a public game for anybody to play with online. The voice acting is outstanding despite the occasional cursing and the big character models, specific environments and amazing explosions will add to the battlefield action. In terms of lasting appeal, co-op and multiplayer will certainly lengthen the fun factor.
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Chris Brown is setting a new release date for his long-delayed album X.
On Twitter, the singer announced plans to release the album on May 5th. He also called the album "by far [his] best."
Chris had originally scheduled the album to arrive last summer. Since then, the album has undergone several delays. The singer has also revealed that X will be a double disc album that has ten songs on each disc.
Meantime, TMZ reports that Chris Brown has wrapped up his court-ordered stint in anger management rehab. A Los Angeles judged forced him to spend 90-days in a residential rehab facility after he was charged with assault in Washington D.C. Brown's D.C. assault case will continue on April 17th.
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by sbark, Jan 21, 2013.
Sancitmonious jealousy.
what bad decision has he made that he should learn from???
same for vick bashers I guess. They are just jealous.
And don't dare criticize Rattlif and his dui.
like it or not, (I like it), society looks down on those people that sleep around and have children while not belonging to a committed relationship.
and you know for a fact that is what happened with Ray Lewis?? you know the details behind each of his kids?
if you can't figure that out by now, I'm not wasting time explaining the obvious.
for the others, society has certain views on what constitutes a good role model. Ray Lewis will never be one for the vast majority living in this country (yay!!!)
I was not talking about Ray Lewis with that question. I was talking about the other poster you directed the post at.
I would not use his personal relationships as a good role model for my children as well.
if he takes offense to that, tough
you don't know anything about his personal relationship. wow, the gall of some people blows my mind...
I know what he shared, which is enough to know it isn't a model of how I want my children's relationships to turn out.
and you claimed he made a bad decision. how about you go tell his son that he was a bad decision??? this crap is sickening
"all of society" makes no sense to me. I don't deal in absolutes (they are always wrong )
Ratliff also made a bad decision. Do I have to go tell him in person, or can I share my opinion on this forum.
Let's leave Vick and Ratliff out of the discussion as they are completely different situations and will only serve to cloud the issue.
Now then, since you "like it" that society looks down on "those people," do you support Mrs. Welker's actions?
no. they are a great example of how people judge people all the time around here.
The problem with her actions is they were motivated by competition, not a sense of right and wrong.
If she penned an op ed to the paper explaining how Ray Lewis is a poor role model and the league is hypocritical pumping him up as someone to look up to, I would of respected it more.
I'm not defending her, I'm defending WV Cowboy and his desire to share his personal views on what constitutes a good role model.
Someone who made mistakes when they were young and has gone on to become a more mature adult, help many many needy families and disadvantaged youth through founding his own charity and giving up much of his own time and wealth to help people is a bad role model now?
Mrs. Welker is as hypocritical as the rest of us.. she takes offense because she feels the man doesn't respect women, yet everything she has in life, she's gotten because she flaunts her body to flame men's sexual desires.
What constitutes a good role model is a personal thing.
A person that fathered 6 kids from 4 different women will never be a good role model to me.
If this offends someone that fathered 2 kids from two different women, tough. It's my opinion, and I am comfortable sharing it.
A person that got multiple DUI's, no longer how long ago, also will be a poor role model to me.
If that offends people on this site that got 1 DUI, tough.
Your opinion is noted.. and offered in a way that i respect it, even though i disagree with it.
Far different from someone coming on here saying, "This is right, and this is wrong, and this is a bad man, and this is a good man, etc.."
except WVCowboy's view of good role model is based on a 1950s model of the world where there are good boys/bad boys and good girls/bad girls. It is hard to listen to advice on women to someone who probably has only ever had one girlfriend and been only with one woman.
This is so much more of a personal attack then anything WV did to anyone on here.
Personally, I think we act too rashly in throwing out traditions myself. The 1950's model of personal responsibility is not something I look down upon.


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Super Typhoon Chaba's winds howled nearly three times faster than an interstate speed limit—a maximum wind speed was recorded at 178 mph. The winds ripped mature trees from the ground and blew entire rooftops from buildings. On the island of Rota, over 200 homes were heavily damaged and 1,000 people were homeless. Power went out across the island. Two people were killed, one of whom was attempting to photograph damage as it unfolded.


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In conversation with the synth pop pioneer and his current collaborator, Benge.
The Nashville artist has brought the aesthetics of noise to techno, and RA's Justin Farrar can't help but love the result.
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FOS11 Statement Regarding Attempted Car Bomb Attack in London
Families of September 11 acknowledges and expresses support for the excellent work of London's Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement and counter terrorism organizations in diffusing this morning's attempted car bomb attack. There is no room in civilized society for the slaughter of innocent civilians, and we are grateful for the hard work and continued vigilance of those who were able to spot and stop this attack. This incident demonstrates the continued threat we face from terrorists, and underscores the pressing need to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations and related reforms in our own nation.


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Natural gas or propane hot water heaters are generally less expensive to operate than electric heaters, but installing a standard vent in a house without an existing chimney is expensive.
It's easier to run the vent if you install a "power-vented" type of natural gas (or propane) water heater. This type of venting system is different from what you see on most gas water heaters. Most have a "natural-draft" type of vent, where the hot waste gases rise through an open draft diverter and into metal pipes,
which eventually lead to the outdoors. Running one of these vents is complicated and may be expensive. It's best left to a professional.
In contrast, a power-vented type relies on a fan to blow the exhaust gases out. Since this method doesn't rely on the natural buoyancy of hot air, the vent pipes don't have to go upward. They can go out horizontally, which usually makes them much easier to install. Further, the fan dilutes the exhaust with cooler air so you can run the vents with easy-to-assemble PVC pipe. Power venting is an especially good solution for more energy efficient, tightly built homes, where a good natural draft is difficult to establish.
However, you should be aware of several drawbacks:
- You may notice the sound of the fan. Ideally the water heater will be in a room away from the main living area so it doesn't become bothersome.
- You have to provide a standard electrical receptacle near the unit to supply power for the fan.
- You have to make sure you have adequate "make-up" air to replace the air being blown out.
- And finally, power-vented water heaters cost at least 50 percent more than a natural-draft water heater. You can find power-vented water heaters wherever water heaters are sold; almost every major water heater manufacturer makes them.
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Test Drive: Toyota Prius c a hybrid with personality
Let's start with Prius c hybrid's colors: Habanero, Absolutely Red, Moonglow. Finally, a sense of fun about the eco thing.
And it's from Toyota, usually so tame that boring would be more exciting.
Then consider real-world mileage. The test car, government-rated 53/46/50 mpg in the city/highway/combined tests, came close to 50 mpg in our suburban thrash-about. That was with no attempt to drive for mileage, nor any appreciable time spent in the "Eco" mode or the EV setting, which lets you run battery-only slower than 25 mph for most of a mile.
The trip computer, which can analyze each leg, showed 60 to 80 mpg for some 4-mile errands around the burbs.
The c, smallest and newest of the Prius hybrid family, also handled with grace, composure, little body lean and enough brio to make a driver grin.
And salute the drivetrain, which has axed the shudders that hybrids experience when the gasoline engine restarts. Though rated just 99 total horsepower, gas engine and electric motor combined, the c has enough pep and friskiness to make it fun instead of dreary. It has the kind of personality that were it a dog, you'd call it Sparky or Scamp.
Amenities next, which in the level-three test car include a luxury car touch: If the car's locked, the interior lights come on as you approach with the proximity key. Less exotic but still welcome: A touch on the door handle unlocks the car. The two-tone interior, and small trim items colored to match the exterior, elevate the Prius c from the dull presentation you might expect in an "economy car" or mileage-obsessed hybrid.
Appearance is agreeably funky, mainly because it's achieved with purity via shape and proportion, not through styling exaggerations or gratuitous bulges and creases.
You might balk at the subcompact size, which limits rear-seat and cargo space. Yet the c provides adult-size leg and knee clearance for two in back, even behind 6-footers. Getting into and out of the car can be a bit of a twist, though. And don't expect to carry all your college-bound youngster's goods in the cargo hold. The kid's laundry, maybe.
You might be put off by the lack of a backup camera at any price. Prius c's small size makes it easy to tell where you are in relation to big things you'd rather not hit, but there's still … plenty of smaller stuff — kids, pets, etc. — that you could see if only there were a backup camera.
There's no navigation system on the lower-end models, but that's almost a plus. Less-expensive aftermarket units, such as a $180 Garmin, work better than most built-ins.
You might find the engine's mildly coarse voice annoying. And the CVT (continuously variable-ratio automatic transmission) revs the engine hard under acceleration and keeps it so until the car's speed catches up. All CVTs do it, but that doesn't make it OK.
Here's an odd one. The test car got the best mileage in Normal driving mode. Switching into EV or Eco settings quickly began eroding the mpg tally. Satisfying, actually: Behave normally, get rewarded.
Leaving the car in EV very long, Toyota says, drains the battery and triggers the gas engine to run longer to recharge it. That quirk, combined with EV mode's refusal to work faster than 25 mph or for even 1 full mile, make it seem senseless.
Toyota introduced the original Prius in the U.S. in 2000, a few months after Honda pioneered the modern hybrid with its original egg-shaped, two-seat Insight.
But the Prius, now in its third generation, quickly became the dominant gas-electric hybrid. In February, Toyota began expanding Prius from a single model, now called the Liftback, to a family of hybrids with the U.S. launch of the larger Prius v. Then, in April, the smaller Prius c hit showrooms.
Toyota lumps them together for sales-tally purposes, and the trio was No. 14 on the U.S. sales in May. But the mainstay Liftback alone wouldn't have made the top 20. Regardless of whether you think Toyota is gaming the sales-counting system, you have to consider Prius a success.
So, too, the c: frisky, inviting, easy to park, classier than expected, comfortable (at least in front) and faithful to its mpg promise.
•What? Front-drive, four-door, subcompact, hybrid hatchback, new to the lineup. The "c" stands for "city" to indicate its intended place in the world, Toyota says.
•When? On sale since April.
•Where? Made in Japan.
•How much? Starting prices range from $19,710 including shipping for version 1 to $24,000 for version 4. Test car was a $23,519 version 3.
•What makes it go? 1.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine rated 73 horsepower at 4,800 rpm, 82 pounds-feet of torque at 4,000 rpm mated to electric motor via continuously variable-ratio automatic transmission. Total combined rating, 99 hp.
•How big? About 19 inches shorter, 2 in. narrower and 542 lbs. lighter than Prius Liftback sedan. Prius c is 157.3 in. long, 66.7 in. wide, 56.9 in. tall on a 100.4-in. wheelbase. Weight, 2,500 lbs.
Passenger space, 87.4 cu. ft.
•How thirsty? Rated 53 miles per gallon in the city, 46 mpg, 50 mpg combined. Test car registered 49.1 mpg (2.04 gallons per 100 miles) in suburban be-bop. Burns regular; holds 9.5 gallons.
•Overall: Fun way to save gas.
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If you didn't see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth!
I think its unfair to dig out the UK guys that have been in the UFC. The organisation is very different now with the amount of fighters on the roster and until the UK make positive strides in the sport (which we will as it is still a reletively new sport this side of the pond) I don't think we will see the amount of UK fighters that there has been in the last few years. Guys like Broughton, winner, mills etc are all fcking good fighters, but the UFC can pick and chose the best and most exciting fighters in the worrd and has inroads to many more countries and markets in the last couple of years. Lets not forget that up until recently the UFC was also full of 'average' Canadians and US fighters
lol i should F*** off too america....i am really disrespectful???? Part of being a fan/enthusiast is being honest and realistic....i stand by most my words. yh i like James good guy he will do his thing dont know where i've said hes going to beat anderson silva or gsp or go to ufc or is the next big thing though :d .....I've disrespected x amount of fighters????? By what ???? Telling the truth????
Our football national side CHOKE SUCK and SUCK and have done since i can remember !! You all want to defend them aswell....talk about blow jobs LOL.....their is a difference between supporting your home guys and sucking them off like a lollypop and screaming blue murder because someone doesnt deserve to be cut or they are amazing when they are not....
Also i don't recall stating and SINGLING out Brad Pickett actually if you read the context he was mentioned in the same breath as bisping and pearson....and possibly the only UK fighters really with a half chance in the UFC but I am still :S on whether he will take out the top guys yet that is all.
This thread was about colin being cut someone else brought up the fact of other fighters so i have just given my honest view.
And phil de fries gosh he aint amazing in 1 area let alone the other. His jiu jitsu is the best thing he has but it aint top level !
Now if anyone wants to give a valid reason why colin deserves to be in the ufc besides the crazy style i am all ears. As this is what the thread started out of so if im wrong about everythings thats fine just give me facts about why im wrong about everything.
And what qualifies your view then? You did attack every fighter on the list you put up of Colin's results by asking who they are, in fairness they are better known than you and have achieved more, but there we are.
I am frankly bored of you, so have fun I wont reply much more.
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"That was how i got my first soapy titwank!
Listening is cool and shit." BlackdogMMA
He calls himself dan hardy....says it all probably some spoty teen cunt.....
craig what qualifies your view???? Has a sports analyst or news columinist been world professional athletes...craig you are or was pro fighter i think not sure....but so because of that fact you have more right as a human being than me to have a view or be a critic ???
Don't reply no more you've made your view pretty obvious lad with this
" in fairness they are better known than you and have achieved more"
Where have i said i am a pro mma fighter or amazing or anything at all, where am i trying to say im better than colin or anyone on that list. I'm stating facts as a fan, simple as.
And to the guy underneath yeh im a spotty teenager because i was a fan of dans style.
My view is to be respective not a little shit with people, we all have our crosses I suppose
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"That was how i got my first soapy titwank!
Listening is cool and shit." BlackdogMMA
I disagree with much of what Danhardy84 has said but this is a forum where we are all entitled to a view which are all relevant. He's been asked to name names and now he is getting grief because of it?
I've not got an issue with the british fighters that have been in the UFC, but then I respect anyone who has the ability and bottle to compete in a combat sport, especially mma as it is a lot rougher and tougher than my boxing/kickboxing background. On a European level the guys that have fought have been some of the best. If we are going to match them against the best US and brazilian fighters then in some ways I tend to agree with Dan, some of these guys are way out of their depth, but they are fighing the top guys in the world in 2 countries where the sport is far more advanced than it is over here. Pearson, Bisping and especially Pickett deserve to be fighting the top guys and they are all top 10 or on the fringe. 5-10 years down the line I expect that number to be higher.
Also though some of our fighters may not have had much success in the UFC almostr all of them have aquitted themselves. As mentioned earlier, Warburton dropped a close/controversial decision to Spencer Fisher. He has been in the UFC for yeatrs and has been one of the top LWs in his time. No shame in that at all!
It's boring agreeing all the time with everyone but if you have an opinion then that needs to be based on something. So long as everyone does that then I cant see a problem with that.
I would say that if I had to pick the fighters to represent the UFC from the UK it would be something like this:
Ross Pearson
Rob Sinclair
Curt Warburton
Terry Etim
Norman Parke
Also, down the line Steven Ray but not at the moment
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By Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
I've finally become "the old man" my father was to me.
The reality struck recently during the eight-hour journey back to Spokane from the San Juan Islands.
I drove alone in the minivan that's hauled our family on countless expeditions, the nature of which was revealed by the bikes, skis, canoes, fishing rods, kayaks or backpacks fastened on the roof rack.
This time the van, minus its rear seats, was jampacked with the belongings of oldest daughter Brook, who's transitioning again between life adventures.
I found myself mentally detouring down the inevitable route of pride and anxiety that comes with being a father who's infected his offspring with a love for the great outdoors.
We hiked and kayaked on this trip. In the Landers family, holidays and other special occasions usually have some connection to being outside.
Youngest daughter, Hillary, checked out a potential eighth-grade boyfriend a decade ago by leading him on a 25-mile bike ride. He didn't pass the test.
Brook's first six birthdays were celebrated with trout fishing and a campfire meticulously poked and tended by her grandfather.
Potty training didn't come naturally to Brook, but she caught on quickly when we put her potty chair under a beautiful cedar and told her it was the throne for the fairy queen.
Hillary was just 7 when she assumed the bow position in my boat for a five-day voyage on the Green River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
She'd been a lily-dipper most of the trip until a thunderstorm came from nowhere over the canyon rim and smacked us with thunder and 40 mph gusts.
"Paddle hard, Hillary," I yelled over the roar of wind. "Daddy needs your help."
Not only did she hold her own in the bow, she also buoyed our spirits as we weathered the storm, clinging to roots along a slick rock cliff.
With a stream of water pouring off her rain jacket, she sang songs while our family hunkered in partially swamped canoes between a cliff and whitecaps a half-mile from anyplace to pull out and miles from any help.
I wasn't surprised that Hillary worked in college as a sea-kayaking leader in the San Juan Islands. But does she know enough about tide charts, hypothermia and rescue? I've shivered thinking about it.
She tells me of taking her groups foraging to make meals of seaweed and other wild edibles, and I wonder if I fully explained the consequences of eating poisonous plants.
Should I remind her the ancient Greeks used water hemlock for executions; that the plant killed Socrates?
Should I be sleepless or proud that my daughter knows how to prepare, eat and enjoy stinging nettles?
Hillary, a daydreamer, once drifted off a bike trail and tumbled over the ledge of the cliff.
She was hanging from the brush when I got to her, holding the bike with her feet to keep it from going farther downhill.
She'll never let me forget that I was more concerned at first with rescuing the bike.
Now Hillary has a plan to bicycle across the United States this fall. As I tuned her bike's brakes, I hinted that job experience might be beneficial at this stage of her life.
"Weren't you just out of college when you rode your bike across the country?" she said.
I wasn't surprised that during a year of Spanish study in Spain, Brook hiked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees and toured the country on a bike.
Brook is leaving to lead a school group to Peru and I'm wondering if I emphasized the importance of hydration and acclimatization and the consequences of high-altitude sickness and drinking unpurified water.
We've celebrated New Year's for 18 years by skiing 6 miles into an unplumbed, wood-heated backcountry cabin in the Methow Valley.
But I trembled when Hillary bought a used Randonee ski package, especially when she announced she was headed to the top of Mount Baker.
Have I emphasized the dangers of avalanches and glacier travel over snow-veiled crevasses? Should I tell her that I backed away from my overexposure to those hazards after she was born?
"It's dangerous to open the doors on my Subaru," Brook said on the phone as she left the San Juans after three years of teaching high school Spanish.
Her next stop is teaching Spanish in the United Arab Emirates. I don't know much about living in a desert, so how could she?
"Just don't break any laws," I said, mustering the only advice I could think of. "The police might chop off your hand."
She rolled her eyes, searching for an escape in the depths of her cranium as I began planning a way to share the burden of worrying.
Next year I'm letting my wife drive home eight hours alone after spending a weekend outing with her daughters.


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Using multiple audio interfaces in Live
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Live does not support combining multiple sound cards/audio interfaces.
On Mac, it is still possible to choose an interface for Input and another for Output.
Furthermore, on OS X there's a way to combine several audio cards to one virtual device on system level.
Note that none of these setups are recommended in critical situations such as live performance or audio recording, since under certain circumstances drop-outs and glitches in the audio stream might occur due to synchronization issues.
In order to increase the number of audio Inputs and Outputs certain devices support cascading multiple units.
This will work smoothly instead, since the devices will now appear to Live as a single entity and the communication between the units will be handled by the hardware and its driver.
Please refer to your audio interface manual to find out if cascading multiple devices is supported.


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