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CM Storm, of the Cooler Master Group, comes full circle by introducing its new line of sleek fully mechanical keyboards. A full complement of very durable and high quality CM Storm peripherals can now be had with the introduction of the QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Effortlessly melt into the smooth and clean aesthetic of the QuickFire Rapid via its laser-marked keycaps and its smooth, yet damage-resistant, rubber coating. This is complemented by a set of extra keycaps (includes a key puller) that give the keyboard an extra appeal that draws other gamers in. A response time of 1ms, in USB mode, offers gamers a necessary consistency to navigate the ever changing landscapes of their video game libraries. With the Windows Key being disabled in GAME mode, users will no longer worry about possibly losing a match from accidentally minimizing the game. Multimedia shortcuts are available to ensure that media can be controlled with ease. With N Key Rollover, users deploying the QuickFire Rapid in PS/2 mode can activate many keys on the keyboard at once with all of them registering. High-grade Cherry MX Switches CM Storm aims to offer the best available mechanical hardware by integrating Cherry MX switches. These provide the QuickFire Rapid with the ability to respond to, and recover from, furious button presses with almost zero lag. Vastly improve your possible gaming actions per minute by utilizing a QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard in FPS, MMO, RTS, and other games. Cherry MX Black, Brown, or Blue switches will be available based on region. Hassle-free Travel and Cable Management Travel without a care in the world by simply removing the included braided USB cable and storing it. While attached, the braided USB cable can be routed through cable management grooves in the back of the QuickFire Rapid. This prevents unsightly cable clutter and helps minimize risk due to a hanging cable catching a foot or leg from a loved one. Price and Availability The QuickFire Rapid carries a MSRP of $79.99. It will be available November 2011 at retailers and online locations that sell your favorite Cooler Master, CM Storm, and Choiix gear. For more information, visit the product page.
This one looks good. Normal key arrangement, choice of key mechanisms, laser engraved lettering for only $79. The font used is a bit funky but nothing too horrible I guess.
Apart from the "Quick Fire!" and overuse of their little flame symbol, it looks nice enough. Odd that they label cherry blues as having "low resistance" and cherry browns as having "medium resistance" when blues have the higher actuation force though...
Shame that Coolermaster have confirmed that the product is not coming to UK/Europe. Its being made for the Asian market only. And I know this because I work for overclockers and my CM contact cofnirmed this.
Me too For $79 I Cannot complain much though, its quite a good deal for people who doesn't need numpad.
OMG, looks dam good, switch keys is awesome, price really nice too. And a review from TPU will great.
agreed definitely a nice keyboard for $80. unfortunately, my right hand always reaches for the num keys or the enter key when using a tenkeyless keyboard
I will be getting the black switch version. I had a steelseries with black switches and I loved it. I was stupid enough to sell it, for some good profit though. This one has a good price and I wanted a ten key less mechanical keyboard since forever...
So if it's for Asia only, then why is it going on sale in the US from next month and why do they have a EU/UK layout coming? Why do I know this? Because a mate of mine works for CM Storm in Taiwan...
Nice price. But do not like the typeface of the keys, or the space-bar advertising. Really naff. And really, a gamer doesn't need red arrow keys for asdw! Next thing, a mouse with arrow directions on it! If they want to help the gamer, then perhaps 5 or 6 transparent keycaps where you could print your own text and stick it underneath. Like "TPU" (shortcut) or "the bomb!" etc. This would be esp. useful for f1-12 keys. The old BBC micro from 1983 had a plastic strip above the fn keys where you could slip a strip of paper underneath with your own (or pre-determined depending on software) function key definitions. like this Now how hard would it be to improve that concept that is already 30 years old? (Without spending a double fortune on those OLED programmable keys, which are great but just too expensive)
I had been looking around for a mechanical keyboard with no numpad and then I see this. The "Quick Fire" label is a bit strange, but I can overlook that since this keyboard meets my usability requirements.
yes and no. ugly design, well no design at all no macros not backlit quality keys and no numberpad=ok (i am not a damn accountant)
Same old... same old... People moaning about 1. No backlighting 2. Price 3. Tenkeyless 4. No macro keys AND THEY FORGET ITS A MECHANICAL KEYBOARD. You dont want tenkeyless go buy another board, some people prefer tenkeyless as its a space saver and lots of people do not use the num pad. What normal layout? this is ANSI layout. I like the look of this board, its plain and looks well built; whether or not it is well built depends on a lot of factors so id love to read a review. I also like the choice of switches. This board reminds me of the Filco keyboards in a lot of respects, even its design is similar. $80 means this will be about £80 in the UK, us UK'ers shafted as usual. EDIT: Oh look some Fn Function keys, media keys to be precise oh and every gamer targeted board should have the ability to turn off the windows keys THANK YOU.
No reason why they shouldn't offer the numpad, or at least an attachment for those who want one. There are enough mechanical keyboards out there which offer numpad, and I don't see why they shouldn't offer one unless its a cost cutting measure, in which case I would gladly pay an extra £20 to get a mechanical keyboard with numpad. I agree with the ability to turn off windows key
Hey guys, don't complain about the numpad. Tenkeyless is a feature. Filco will charge you more for that.
I'm happy to finally see keyboards coming without the num pad! I like to keep the mouse close to the keyboard so I'm not awkwardly reaching way off to the side to use the mouse and the absence of a num pad saves those precious extra inches. Tenkeyless FTW! It is too bad they had to ruin a clean layout with that lame "Quick Fire" on the space bar.
It's great to see another tenkeyless board on the market! I hope soon all the main mechanical manufacturers will offer both versions. This KB looks like it came from the same factory as Leopold, Ducky and Filco. The back cover is identical to my Ducky (except I don't have tenkeyless)
Not just you, I thing the font looks great too. Smooth and easy to read. Looks like we're split right down the middle on the num pad (I personally require it). This might indicate to CM that offering an alternative model with the num pad would would be a good idea. I also think a backlit version would be a good idea; finding a mechanical keyboard that is backlit is hard enough that there should be room for a new model. Props for the decent price. It's great to see more mechanical keyboards coming out and hopefully competition will bring their prices down a bit. I wouldn't ask for them to be under $75 but my $170 Deck is a bit much (though I wouldn't trade it for anything).


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Lawdog1521: We just need more discipline. Henry should hire a dominatrix for WAYDRN. Stou anyone?
Is it safe to assume that? In last week's announcement thread you implied the opposite:
If you've *told* us you're working on long-lead hints, then the very next hint post you give has about a dozen disparate band references... it would be safe to assume there is no long lead tease? It don't add up, Hank.
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Clues to Black Crowes ("so dark, so black"), Remedy (cure, treatment, Doc), She Talks To Angels ("I can hear her talking to them"), and Sometimes Salvation ("Doc will save me, he's always been my salvation") in bold above.
Lots of close calls with Counting Crowes or Them Crooked Vultures.
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The first quote was a joke. Or maybe I forgot about the first quote when I said the second. Or maybe all the references are hints. Or maybe none of them are. Or maybe some of them are and then some of them are just people reading too deeply. Or maybe none of them are hints but then we somehow license those songs and they become unintended hints.
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text: Alcohol Dependent Families The Effect on Children The family is a system, and like other systems each part is assigned a job to keep the system in balance. In a dysfunctional family such as families with alcohol-dependent members, the roles and rules often become detrimental. In alcoholic families, unspoken rules are developed that help keep the family in check. Children quickly learn "don't trust, don't talk, don't feel." Basic trust is not established because the parents are not able to meet the fundamental physical and emotional needs. The children's lives are filled with inconsistency and broken promises. Denial becomes a strong coping mechanism in the hopes that "if we ignore the problem it will go away." Those children who do try to rock the boat are often punished through neglect, humiliation or physical means. The feelings of these children are not validated because the parents either do not respond at all to the child's fear, anger, and sadness or the feelings are discounted (e.g., "Big boys/girls don't cry"). In the short run, the rules assure safety because they avoid upsetting the alcoholic parent. In the long run, they cause significant pain and perpetuate problems. Children often take on the following roles in families where alcohol has chronically caused crisis and chaos: The Hero, the responsible one or the family caretaker learns to ignore his/her own feelings and to care for others. These "superkids" are often high achievers and little adults who look very good on the outside. Inside they are often stuffing painful feelings and compulsivity. The Scapegoat is often the acting out child who takes center stage to take the heat off the alcohol-dependent adult. The parent's drinking problem is often blamed on this "problem child." The Lost Child may become invisible to the rest of the family. An overly compliant household chameleon, this child removes him/herself by becoming lost in day dreams. The Mascot or family clown brings comic relief to the tense family situation. This child's charming personality entertains others and gives off the impression that stress is not a problem while in reality the child feels frightened and alone. Common Traits of Adult Children of Alcoholics Isolated and afraid of authority figures. Seeks approval and loses own identity in the process Frightened by angry people and any personal criticism Becomes an alcoholic, marries them, or both (or finds another compulsive personality, e.g., workaholic, to fulfill the need for abandonment) Overdeveloped sense of responsibility; easier to be concerned with others than themselves. Feels guilt when they stand up for themselves; gives in to others Addicted to excitement Stuffs the feelings from traumatic childhood and loses the ability to feel or express feelings Judges self harshly and has low self-esteem Terrified of abandonment, will do anything to hold onto a relationship Reactors rather than actors Adapted from The 12 Steps for Adult Children by Friends in Recovery; San Diego, 1987. Steps to Recovery Increase your awareness. Read more about the effects of growing up in an alcoholic home. Draw a multigenerational family map or "genogram" to discover how family patterns were passed on. Get support from others. Learn to break the unspoken rules by talking to family members and others who can validate your experiences. Develop new families of affiliation. New friendships and healthy networks are invaluable to the healing process. You need to find a place where it is OK to make mistakes and to be honest. Learn how to feel the feelings and let go of the shame. Sadness, anger, and fear are all natural reactions to confronting the past and attempting to change. Grieving for a lost childhood can be a painful process. "You can only heal what you feel." Shame is an immobilizing state that keeps people repeating old patterns. Reconnect with yourself as a child. By finding the lost self you can start discovering the true self. Learn to embrace your uniqueness. Find pictures of yourself as a child and try to recapture what it was like to be you. Adapted from the writing of John Bradshaw. Additional Reading Beatties, M. (1989). Beyond Codependency. Center City, MN: Hazelden. Black, C. (1981). It Will Never Happen to Me. Bradshaw, J. (1988). Bradshaw on: The Family. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. Gravitz, H. L. & Bowden, J. D. (1985). Guide to Recovery: A Book for Adult Children of Alcoholics. Holmes Beach, FL: Learning Publications. Middelton-Moz, J. & Dwinell, L. (1986). After the Tears. Pompano Beach: FL: Health Communications, Inc. Woititz, J. G. (1983). Adult Children of Alcoholics. Hollywood, FL: Health Communications, Inc.


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A witch who went to jail for dragging a policeman 190m with her car has hijacked a wedding ceremony being performed by the reverend Father Bob Maguire.
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Father Maguire said he felt like the "devil took over me" when Eilish De Avalon conducted a Pagan Handfasting Ceremony at a Brighton Catholic church.
Father Maguire said he had warned the woman to tone back her scripts for the January 7 wedding but was "taken for a ride" on the day.
Ms Avalon, who was jailed for two months last June after pleading guilty to recklessly causing serious injury, dangerous driving, driving while suspended and using a mobile phone while driving, yesterday confirmed to the Herald Sun it was the first time she had performed the ceremony in a church, but declined to speak further.
Handfasting ceremonies are performed for same-sex couples, opposite gender couples and for multiple partners.
The bride and groom's hands are tied during the ceremony and vows are usually taken for a year and a day.
At the end of some services, the couple jump over a broomstick.
Father Maguire said he was fuming about the ceremony conducted after his official religious ceremony at St James Church Brighton.
He was also further angered that Ms De Avalon, 40, posted on Facebook: "History in the making this morning in when I conduct a Pagan Handfasting Ceremony in a Catholic church with the support of Fr Bob."
Fr Maguire said: "She is using me as an endorsement to blow her own trumpet. She took an opportunistic advantage of the parish.
"I was taken for a ride and blindsided. Once in the saddle she took over the place. It was like the devil got a hold of me.
"I've never had an experience like that in my 50 years (with the church)."
Bishop Les Tomlinson, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, said the matter would be looked into and described the service as "peculiar" and regrettable.
"Such a person is not welcomed in the Catholic Church to interfere with liturgy," he said…
Which is why Fr Bob should have stopped it. I suppose his facial expression in the above photo with the witch at his side says it all. If it was me I would have taken the broomstick and swept her out the door. Alternatively, I would have simply refused to perform the ceremony. Let the witch do it, at a coven somewhere…
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A number of disturbing developments in recent days would appear to indicate the mission in Afghanistan is going to get a lot more violent before 2014, the projected pullout date for NATO forces.
The international community's current strategy is to train and equip the Afghan security forces to the status of self-sustainability prior to their withdrawal. In support of that objective, Canada has committed 900 military personnel to train Afghan recruits through 2014.
While on paper the notion of fielding a combined Afghan police and army force of 400,000 should easily counter the threat of an estimated 15,000 insurgents, the problem has always been one of motivation.
A great majority of Afghans who enlist in the security forces are not doing so in loyalty to President Hamid Karzai or for the concept of democratic freedoms. (The Karzai regime is widely despised by the population as being corrupt puppets.) Those Afghans donning the uniform are doing so to collect the relatively lucrative paycheque, which is entirely financed through foreign aid money.
Despite the fact that there has been an international presence in Afghanistan for more than a decade, the majority of the police and army volunteers are still illiterate teenagers.
More importantly, NATO forces still have no way to independently run even the most rudimentary background check on those who enlist.
In the West, such basics as criminal records, social insurance numbers, school records and even birth certificates can all be verified almost instantaneously. Not so in Afghanistan, where basic administration functions have been virtually non-existent since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991.
Not surprisingly then, we are now seeing a marked increase in what is being termed green-on-blue incidents, whereby Afghan security forces turn their weapons on NATO soldiers.
Last Tuesday, in Wardak province, an Afghan army solider opened fire at an ISAF base, wounding five American soldiers. The gunman was able to escape and has since defected to the local Taliban group where he is hailed as a hero.
Two days earlier, three British soldiers were gunned down and killed at a police checkpoint in Helmand province. The suspect in that case was a member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police, considered an elite unit among Afghan security forces.
The British deaths brought the total number of ISAF green-on-blue fatalities this year to 26, in 19 separate incidents. In 2011, there were 35 ISAF personnel killed in two such attacks.
While there was some dispute as to the actual number of defectors, ranging from 41 to 86, depending on whether you believe government or Taliban claims, it is without doubt that they, en-masse, discarded their uniforms and took their NATO-supplied weapons and ammunition over to the other side.
While it is true that only a fraction of the green-on-blue killings are committed by Taliban sympathizers, the fact the remainder are blamed on disgruntled Afghans settling scores is not reassuring.
There are huge cultural divides between what Western military instructors consider discipline and what Afghan recruits consider insulting, emasculating or abusive behaviour.
If those simmering resentments are already manifesting themselves into violent revenge while NATO maintains a full-scale occupation force, one can only wonder what will happen when the number of foreign troops is reduced to a handful prior to the 2014 pullout.
After decades of almost continual warfare, Afghans are, if nothing else, pragmatic survivors. They know the West is giving up on them and that foreign aid and military funding will soon be drastically reduced.
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The next challenge was to identify the postulated nerve-growth factor being released by the tumor. For this purpose we needed a system much less complex than the developing embryo. Tissue culture (which in the early 1950s had yet to become the universal biological tool it is today) seemed to offer a useful alternative. We reasoned that if sarcoma 180 was releasing a chemical factor with the ability to enhance nerve growth, the same effect should appear when an isolated sympathetic ganglion was incubated with the tumor in laboratory glassware. In 1953 one of us (Levi-Montalcini) and Hertha Meyer did this experiment at the Biophysics Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Sensory and sympathetic ganglia were dissected out of eight-day-old chick embryos and cultured in a semisolid medium in proximity to fragments of mouse sarcoma-180 tumors. Within 10 hours of incubation the isolated ganglion gave rise to a dense halo of nerve fibers, radiating out from the ex-plant like rays from the sun. Control ganglia cultured for the same length of time in the absence of the sarcoma-180 cells displayed only a sparse and irregular outgrowth of nerve fibers.
The discovery that the tumor could exert its growth-enhancing effects on an isolated ganglion in tissue culture was the turning point of the investigation. Whereas our earlier experiments in developing chick embryos had required weeks of painstaking work, we could now in a few hours screen a large number of tissues, organic fluids and chemicals to determine if they were sources of the growth-promoting activity. Furthermore, it now became possible to attempt to isolate the nerve-growth factor from our simplified tissue-culture system.
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The discovery that two unrelated sources—mouse sarcoma and snake venom—harbor NGF suggested the possibility that still other tissues might secrete the factor. The search focused on the submaxillary salivary gland of rodents, which is similar in certain respects to the venom gland of snakes. Indeed, Cohen isolated an NGF from mouse salivary glands that was about 10,000 times more active than that purified from mouse sarcoma 180 and about 10 times more active than that purified from snake venom. Over the next two decades smaller amounts of NGF were found to be secreted by a wide variety of normal and neoplastic (cancer) cells.
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THE county's police and crime commissioner says a £1,830 investigation into his expenses was a waste of time.
Anthony Stansfeld said officials had been right to investigate it – but said the probe had only been carried out because of false claims in a national newspaper.
An audit, which was carried out after a complaint, led to the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner (PCC) paying back £142.
The Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel received the complaint after Mr Stansfeld was accused of fiddling his expenses to the tune of more than £1,000.
Last night Mr Stansfeld said such audits were the price of "outside scrutiny".
But he said the process had been unnecessary.
"If somebody puts in a formal complaint to the police and crime panel, it has to be investigated," he said.
"I knew perfectly well I had not overclaimed. In fact, I had underclaimed."
Mr Stansfeld was accused of setting up a "sham" office after claiming mileage expenses from an office four miles from his West Berkshire home to the police headquarters in Kidlington.
Claiming at a 45p-a-mile rate, he claimed £1,064.15 for travelling 2,339 miles during the two months he worked from the Hungerford office.
In the two months before he set up the office on February 8, he had claimed just £30.50 for 50 miles of travelling.
Mr Stansfeld said complaints should always be investigated, but said this particular one was based on an unfair newspaper report.
He added: "It is the price you pay for outside scrutiny but I regard it as a waste of time because the complaint was based on a malicious report in a national newspaper."
He said he had stopped working from the Berkshire office well before the story was published.
But the audit, published in July, found the PCC had incorrectly claimed six out of 41 claims totalling £142.20.
Mr Stansfeld, who earns £85,000-a-year, put it down to a calculation error from staff who process his expenses for him and he agreed to pay the cash back.
The investigation also found he was entitled to £194 in mileage claims he has decided not to chase.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner paid Oxfordshire County Council to provide the audit.
County council member for St Margaret's John Howson, who ran for the police role as a Liberal Democrat, said the audit was justified as it had revealed Mr Stansfeld had overclaimed.
He said: "If you have overclaimed, you have broken the rules. The problem with audit and scrutiny is you never know what you are going to find until you look."
And he added: "When you are dealing with many millions of pounds and have a big salary, this sort of money might seem trivial, but to the people on the other end of the scale it is much less trivial."
The audit also looked into whether the PCC was entitled to use a car and support officer to drive Mr Stansfeld around the region.
But the panel wrote to the unnamed complainant and said staffing was a matter for the PCC, adding: "At the next PCC election, the electorate can take a view on how he staffed his office."
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Abingdon Neil says...
However what it did find was that more than 10% of his claims were wrong.
In these circumstance he should have apologised and promised to be more careful in the future, not whinge.
I don't think he's up to the job.
5:21pm Mon 23 Sep 13
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8:22pm Mon 23 Sep 13
JanetJ says...
Fruit_Bat wrote:I think he has stamped down on hare coursing!!!!!!!!!!!!
All Anthony Stansfeld has done since his appointment is hiked up the council tax, hired a bunch of mates by patronage and apparently claimed as much money as he can get away with. What has he actually achieved?
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Heavyweight (Per 10/13) | |
1. | Semmy Schilt (?) |
2. | Rico Verhoeven |
3. | Daniel Ghita |
4. | Gokhan Saki |
5. | Tyrone Spong |
6. | Peter Aerts |
7. | Mirko Cro Cop |
8. | Errol Zimmerman |
9. | Benjamin Adegbuyi |
10. | Ismael Londt |
Light HW (per 10/13) | |
1. | Tyrone Spong |
2. | Nathan Corbett |
3. | Danyo Ilunga |
4. | Steve McKinnon |
5. | Filip Verlinden |
Wayne Barrett | |
Middleweight (per 11/25) | |
1. | Wayne Barrett |
2. | Joe Schilling |
3. | Artem Levin |
4. | Steven Wakeling |
5. | Franci Grajs |
Welterweight (per 10/13) | |
1. | Simon Marcus |
2. | Marc DeBonte |
3. | Aussie Ouzgni |
4. | Nieky Holzken |
5. | Joseph Valellini |
Andy Ristie |
70kg (Per 11/25) | |
1. | Andy Ristie |
2. | Robin van Roosmalen |
3. | Giorgio Petrosyan |
4. | Davit Kiria |
5. | Abraham Roqueni |
6. | Murthel Groenhart |
7. | Buakaw Banchamek |
8. | Dzhabar Askerov |
9. | Artur Kyshenko |
10. | Andy Souwer |
65kg (per 10/6) | |
1. | Masaaki Noiri |
2. | Yuta Kubo |
3. | Mosab Amrani |
4. | Sagetdao |
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This weekend Jerome Le Banner continued his march of dominance over moderately decent competition as he fought against the promising up-and-comer that is Vitaly Akhramenko in France at Fight Night San Tropez. The fight was for the WKN Super Heavyweight Championship, which saw Le Banner stop Akhramenko in the second round in a fight that had a lot of fight fans interested. Akhramenko was a step up from some of the other competition that we've seen Le Banner against and this is a fantastic warm-up for his fight against Sergei Kharitonov at GLORY 10 Los Angeles.
The event also saw Emmanuel Payet defeating Arnold Oborotov by decision for the WKN Light Heavyweight World Title, Vladimir Mineev defeated Thiago Beowulf for the WKN Heavyweight World title and Nicolas Wambas stopping former K-1 great Stefan Leko in the fourth round in a Super Fight. Another highlight for the event was that Sylvester Stallone was in attendance at the event, most likely checking out what Jerome Le Banner does best in his home of France.
Add a commentTake On Productions returned for a third time to Atlantic City, giving Muay Thai fighters and fans from all over a little taste of what it means to be "Jersey Strong" by bringing the fights back to Bally's Hotel & Casino. Highlights included several full-rules amateur bouts, particularly the first woman's fight of the night, Jess Ng of Sitan Gym versus Kit Fung of Queens MMA. After a full-rules, five round battle, Ng was the victor by Unanimous Decision, giving her her tenth consecutive win. Dubious judging marred an otherwise great showing in the main event which featured Omar Estevez of Sitan Gym versus a very cocky Christopher Williams of Pound 4 Pound MMA. After some flagrant showboating in the first round, Williams fought a close fight with Estevez, and took a controversial win by Unanimous Decision, which was met with loud booing from the crowd.
Take On Muay Thai XXII
Ricardo Mixco (Crazy 88 Maryland) def Chris Berrocal (Impact Muay Thai) via UD
Nick Grant (The Wat) def Christian O'Bannon (Sitan Gym PA) via Split Decision
Vinnie Landolfo (Impact Muay Thai) def Dan Walls (Choice Martial Arts NJ) via Split Decision
Carl Gaeta (5 Points Muay Thai) def Matt Bonaventure (Pinpoint Muay Thai) via UD
Gerson Ochoa (Daddis Fight Camp) def Joe Laterra (Impact Muay Thai) via TKO RD 3
Jess Ng (Sitan Gym NY) def Kit Fung (Queens MMA) via UD
Keeman Diop (Crazy 88 Maryland) def Boya Gao (Cool Hearts Muay Thai) via TKO RD 1
Pete Bouton (Impact Muay Thai) def Derrick Garlington (BC MMA) via UD
Nicole Scimeme (Pride Fitness & MMA NY) def Bridget Mceleice (Daddis Fight Camp) via UD
Paul Banasiak (Thornton Muay Thai CT) def Jose Araujo (The Wat) via Split Decision
Georgui Smaguin (Pride Fitness & MMA NY) def Brian Hansen (5 Points Muay Thai) via UD
Christopher Williams (Pound 4 Pound MMA Canada) def Omar Estevez (Sitan Gym NY) via UD
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Add a commentSo, I'm well aware that Lion Fight 10 went down last night, but where was the live coverage? Albuquerque has been in the middle of monsoon season, which means crazy storms, tons of lightning, flash flooding and everything else in the book outside of biblical plagues. For some reason my satellite never went down last night, but my internet was spotty at best, so here are the Lion Fight 10 results kind of late, but better than never.
The main event saw Yodsanklai batter and bruise Chike Lindsay, who had a good first round but then felt the full power of Yodsanklai and was unable to do much. The co-main event saw Matt Embree and Kevin Ross square off in a decision that is hotly-contested, but if you watch the fight closely, Embree was indeed the winner. Ross was applying a lot of pressure throughout the fight, but Embree was landing the cleaner strikes and counters. Ross rallied near the end, but it wasn't enough in the judges eyes to give him the W.
Tiffany Van Soest lived up to her hype in capturing the Lion Fight Women's Featherweight Championship against a tough Lucy Payne via a first round stoppage. A few well placed punches followed up by some brutal elbows was all that the ref needed to see before he stepped in to call the fight. Sean Kearney came in on late notice against a man he knows very well in Malaipet Sasiprapa and once again Malaipet was able to get the better of him, just working him over the whole fight with his kicks and clinchwork.
Ognjen Topic and Coke Chunhawat put on what was arguably the most entertaining fight of the night, as Ognjen was strong earlier on in the fight, but Coke was able to surge later in the fight thanks to the local fans cheering him on. It was a classic battle of Ognjen being stronger from the outside and Coke feeling more comfortable in close with the clinch. The opening fight saw two less experienced fighters in Jason Andrada and JP Cole square off in what was a good scrap and saw Andrada take the W.
Yodsanklai Fairtex (R5 - UD) Chike Lindsay
Matt Embree (R5 - UD) Kevin Ross
Tiffany Van Soest (R1 - TKO) Lucy Payne
Malaipet Sasiprapa (R5 - Dec.) Sean Kearney
Ognjen Topic (R5 - SD) Coke Chunhawat
Jason Andrada (R5 - UD) JP Cole
Add a commentMost of you know John Wayne Parr, lovingly known as JWP, as he has fought all over the world and fought some of the best in the world. He very briefly retired before becoming enamored with the idea of fighting inside of a cage with MMA gloves on. No, that doesn't mean that he's been fighting MMA, but he's come up with his own concept of "Caged Muay Thai," which he has fought in twice now. This was the third Boonchu Cup: Caged Muay Thai event, though, this time Parr fought the very tough Marco Pique. The two went all five rounds with Parr taking a tough decision victory.
Add a commentMan, I picked a pretty packed weekend to go on vacation, didn't I? Then again, most of the weekends are packed and I've been working 60 hour weeks for the past few months, so maybe any weekend would do in that case, right? I kind of agree, just because I needed to not do any work for an extended period of time or else I was fearing that I'd be seeing my walls made out of gold bricks because the Federal Reserve is a conspiracy and driving axes through doors while my girlfriend looks not-so-pleased.
So this weekend there were two bigger events, Thai Fight and MAX Muay Thai, both of the Muay Thai persuasion and both featuring some solid names and solid fights. Thai Fight was the standard Thai Fight fare of bigger name Thais against some okay competition which sees the Thais walk away with some cool looking wins and everyone goes home happy.
MAX Muay Thai gave a bit more by the way of competitive fights to fans, including a one night, four man tournament. There were some legitimately interesting bouts on the card such as Aikpracha against Warren Stevelmans as well as Sitthichai against Juri Jehl and already fans went home with a bit of a better feeling than they did from the Thai Fight card, or, well, at least we all did.
TakeOn Productions returned to the Resorts World Casino for its 21st show last night with another great event for the New York fans. Several of the fights, including two of the three professional bouts, ended by TKO.
Jason Van Oijen (Dogen Gym NY) vs Georgui Smaguin (Pride Fitness & MMA NY)
An anticipated rematch after their first fight ended in a draw, both men came out hard, with Van Oijen, who had the distinct height advantage, getting the best of most of the exchanges, particularly in the clinch. After setting a very aggressive pace in the first two rounds, both men slowed considerably going into the latter half of the fight. Smaguin rallied in the 3rd round and threw several punches that sent the sweat spraying, but Van Oijen began unloading with kicks and hard combinations to the body in rounds 4 and 5, giving Van Oijen the win by UD as well as the 175 lbs TakeOn title.
Jay Matias (Sitan Gym NY) vs John Vargas (Valor Muay Thai, San Diego, CA)
The comain event showcased a beautiful technical performance by fan favorite, Jay Matias. Matias started slowly and looked very relaxed, holding most of his arsenal in check and striking mostly with his left side in Round 1. He unloaded with more power shots from his right side and increasingly complex combinations as the fight continued.
While the use of elbows in full rules Muay Thai bouts was only very recently legalized in New York, you wouldn't know it from the way that Matias put them to work on Vargas, particularly a vicious lunging lead elbow that penetrated Vargas's defense at will. Those watching closely may have recognized Monlit Sitpodaing in Matias's corner, who is probably in no small part responsible for the evolution in Matias style. To give Vargas credit, he showed incredible heart and was in the fight pushing forward and hitting back up until the moment that Matias ended it with a spinning back elbow that opened Vargas' forehead and prompted the guy sitting next to me to say, "Jay Matias wins by destruction." The fight was stopped at 2:35 in Round 4, with Matias taking the victory by TKO.
Cyrus Washington (Sitan Gym NY) vs J. R. Hines (Unlimited MMA KY)
Many fans were looking forward to watching Washington fight again in New York after catching his last TakeOn fight at MSG against Chike Lindsay. Sadly, it was over very quickly, as someone forgot to warn Hines that Washington has a really nasty spinning back kick. It's only all over his highlight reels, and last night we saw it again, landing flush on Hines' liver, ending the fight by TKO in Round 1.
Full Card & Results
Enfusion Live held another event in London, England today, with some more of their English talent on the card. The maine vent saw an Enfusion title on the line between Rittijack Kaewsamrit and Amine Kacem.
The main event went the full five round distance, with Rittijack getting a unanimous decision win. Rittijack clearly controlled the whole fight and didn't seem to have any trouble at all. Kacem was warned multiple times for throwing elbows and had two points deducted over the course of the fight.
After a number of opponent changes, Michael Wakeling faced Yassine Metiri and won quickly with a stoppage in the first round. Wakeling overwhelmed Metiri with punches, forcing two standing eight counts and finally knocking the Frenchman down to end the fight.
A grudge match between Andrew Tate and Marlon Hunt took place on the card at 85kg, with Tate controlling the whole fight, including scoring a knockdown in the first round and forcing a standing eight count in the second round.
60kg: Rittijack Kaewsamrit def. Amine Kacem by unanimous decision.
75kg: Michael Wakeling def. Yassine Metiri by TKO in Round 1.
85kg: Andrew Tate def. Marlon Hunt by unanimous decision.
70kg: Charlie Peters def. Abdel Bechiri by unanimous decision.
Denise Kielholtz def. Christi Brereton by unanimous decision.
95kg: Adam Hart def. Remi Reblys by TKO in Round 1.
Add a commentThis was a pretty good weekend for Kickboxing fans across the world as there were events in all corners of the world for fans to get excited about. I feel as thought we've shown that GLORY 9 New York was the big event this weekend, but there were two other events of note this weekend, one being ShootBoxing in Japan and the other being K-1's World Qualifying Tour in Brazil event, which held a K-1 MAX Selection Brazil tournament to find a fighter to move on to the K-1 World MAX Final 16 later this year.
Shoot Boxing 2013 Act.3 - Tokyo, Japan - June 23, 2013
Andy Souwer (R1 - KO) Okazawa Hirota
Shisido Hiroki (R3 - Decision) Hayashi Genta
Suzuki Hiroaki (R3 - Decision) Simizu Shyunichi
Utagawa Akifumi (R2 - TKO) Kizaemon Saiga
Makino Tomoaki (R3 - Decision) Sakamoto Yuki
Hinata (R2 - KO) Kanai Kenji
Masaya (R1 - TKO) Syau Kraun
Lorena Klijn (R3 - Decision) V.V Mei
K-1 MAX Brazil results after the jump.
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Glory 9 New York is finally upon us! Tonight in New York City the best Light Heavyweights in GLORY will descend upon New York City for a one night, eight man tournament that is promising to deliver a lot of action. On top of that there are a lot of superb Super Fights for Glory's first outing in the United States, including Daniel Ghita vs. Brice Guidon, Errol Zimmerman vs. Rico Verhoeven and more!
The action starts at 6PM Eastern with the undercard and continues into the main card at 7:30PM Eastern. Join us here at LiverKick.com for all of the updates and don't forget to purchase your live stream from us, as the only place in the United States that you'll be able to see GLORY 9 live is online. We'll be live tweeting the event (@LiverKickdotcom / @RianScalia) and updating on Facebook as well (Facebook.com/LiverKick).
Reserve Fight - Randy Blake (R3 - Decision) Koichi Wanatabe
Reserve Fight - Artem Vakhitov (R1 - KO) Luis Tavares
Super Fight - Anderson Silva (Re - Decision) Daniel Sam
Tournament - Danyo Ilunga (R3 - Decision) Mourad Bouzidi
Tournament - Dustin Jacoby (R3 - Decision) Brian Collette
Tournament - Filip Verlinden (R3 - Decision) Steve McKinnon
Tournament - Tyrone Spong (R1 - KO) Michael Duut
Super Fight - Joseph Valtellini (R3 - KO - Leg Kicks) Francois Ambang
Super Fight - Daniel Ghita (R1 - KO) Brice Guidon
Semi-Finals - Danyo Ilunga (R3 - Decision) Dustin Jacoby
Semi-Finals - Tyrone Spong (R3 - Decision) Filip Verlinden
Super Fight - Wayne Barrett (R2 - TKO) Mike LeMaire
Super Fight - Rico Verhoeven (R3 - Decision) Errol Zimmerman
Finals - Tyrone Spong (R1 - KO) Danyo Ilunga
Add a commentThe Hoost Cup went down this weekend, featuring a few interesting fights, namely Saenchai's first "Kickboxing" fight, which has sparked all sorts of speculation as to what his future might be and if he might be headed to K-1 as his sponsor Yokkao has insinuated at on Twitter. It doesn't hurt that K-1 head Mr. Kim has been seen visiting with Stefania, the mastermind behind Yokkao Extreme, either.
The results are as follows;
Yoshihiro Sato (R3 - Dec.) Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima
Saenchai (R3 - Dec.) Yosuke Mizuochi
Souta Ichinohe (R1 - TKO) Ryuya Kusakabe
Shu Ogawa (R3 - Dec.) Hiroki
Hukashi (R3 - Dec.) Yuto Tsujide
Satoko Sasaki (R3 - Dec.) Maria Pantazi
Now, as for Saenchai and K-1, it is no secret that K-1 is looking to re-establish itself with a new set of stars, and who better than one of the most famous Thai fighters alive today in Saenchai? Saenchai's flashy style has won him tons of fans all over the world and it would make for a perfect and entertaining fit for K-1. Seeing as though Saenchai's natural weight class is around 60kg and his tendency to fight up in weight it wouldn't shock me to see him at 65kgs.
As for Saenchai's relationship with K-1 right now it is still too early to predict what will happen, but LiverKick has been able to confirm that there have been preliminary talks between the two parties, although it is not clear how far these talks have gone.
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When we finally tracked down the right person to talk to he asked bex what she thought she would get in her GCSE's. She told him that she had already taken her Science GSCE's and had got A's and A*'s for the four units she had taken. When she then told him that her predicted grades for Maths and English were all A*/A/B's his little eyes lit up!
He called her a genius and told her the best course for her would be the advanced diploma in engineering which is a two year course and counts as between 3.5 and 4.5 A levels. He outlined what they would cover in the course and as he did it was the turn of Becky's eyes to light up!
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by Bobby Acosta on Aug. 10, 2011, under Comic Books, Glenn Beck, Marvel, Opinion, Reviews"Because all he knows now is that it's okay to act this way, to treat people like this…he's going to grow up to be a full-grown…greedy, mean, selfish liar. The world is filled with them. The world is being run by them…"
It's surprising, amidst the backlash of negativity towards a new movie being announced or a new book being published or anything else related even remotely to the worlds of comics, it's hard to remember that what comic books are supposed to teach us is that it's important to be a good person and to help people out.
Spider-Man taught me that.
I'm not talking about the Spider-Man that you might be thinking about.
About eleven years ago, Marvel launched a separate imprint of comics to tell more contemporary and modern takes on many of their classic properties, in the hopes that it could attract and bring in readers interested in the characters without them needing to understand fifty plus years of super hero history. This imprint was called "Ultimate Marvel" and featured three main ongoing series with different mini-series in-between, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and, the pinnacle of super-hero storytelling in this form, Ultimate Spider-Man.
Many of you would have seen lately that there is a new Spider-Man who is half-Mexican, half-African named Miles Morales. This new Spider-Man is the new "Ultimate" Spider-Man, since that Peter Parker fell, tragically, against overwhelming odds saving innocents. You know, like a hero should do.
What does this translate to in the world of "Comic Matters"? Certainly we could spend many a paragraph talking about the ramifications of this decision; instead, there is a much simpler connection to be made. What this version of Peter Parker, Ultimate Peter Parker, has to teach us about the people in the world that tried to make a political spectacle of this moment in one of the longest ongoing series that lasted past 2000.
Or maybe this is just a chance for me to bash Glenn Beck.
Ultimate Spider-Man began as the flagship series in 2000 for the entire Ultimate Marvel imprint, serving as the original source of re-imagining of all their classic characters. The series was handled by soon-to-be Marvel Architect, Brian Michael Bendis (author of previous "Comic Matters" focus, Takio). Joining him is artistic collaborators Mark Bagley (issues #1-111), then with artist Stuart Immonen (#112-133). Following that, Bendis had multiple artists draw the exploits of one of the greatest heroes in the world. With the death of Peter Parker, the series stopped at issue #160.
What we have here is a complete run, from beginning to end, of a young hero's enthused, albeit, misguided career and his attempt to make his way in a world filled with those that don't always make the right decisions for the greater populace.
We all know the tale: nerdy Peter Parker, gaining powers from a genetically altered spider, tries to make something of him as a performer, misusing his powers, and unfortunately, accidentally causing the death of his Uncle Ben. Thus, he learns the greatest lesson of all: With Great Power, comes Great Responsibility.
I think, though, Ultimate Spider-Man teaches us a greater lesson. One more relevant, and since the name of this column is called "Comic Matters", I believe it ties in perfectly. What this younger, 16 year old Peter Parker (in the comics, he was never actually called Ultimate Peter Parker) has to show us is this: There are bad people in this world, and even at a young age, they are going to try to ruin it.
Amidst the anti-mutant agenda where the metaphorical hatred of other races is on portrayal in "Ultimate X-Men", to the secrecy of the government run super-team dealing with overseas affairs in the form of "The Ultimates", "Ultimate Spider-Man" just showed us a young man trying to do the right thing against the backdrop of powerful men and women making the wrong, selfish choices they think can run the world, but only seem to make it go down. This sounds eerily familiar, doesn't it?
Every single time this younger, "Ultimate" Peter Parker tried to go out, dressed in red and blue tights, to save innocent people, it seemed there was always a government agent or official or some "adult" type person there to tell him that if he keeps this up, he is going to get killed. That if he keeps trying to do this, he will never meet 18. Sure enough, he never did.
In a bold move, Bendis wrote Peter Parker up against a wall and he perished, stopping those who most wanted him dead, in front of hundreds, unmasked, and in
front of his family. That was it. He was done.
What Ultimate Peter Parker always tried to teach us, with all these people standing in his way, was that primarily bad people are running the world, but he can't stop because they're telling him no.
And now we're reaching Glenn Beck.
Inspired by the fallen, young hero, young half-Mexican-African New Yorker, aptly named, Miles Morales (named for the classic formula of naming Marvel characters with a first and last name with the same letter), decides to put on the costume and does his best to follow in the footsteps of his hero. As far as I'm concerned, it is all about the character. Bendis has always written Ultimate Peter Parker with a voice all his own: snippy, neurotic, brave, heroic, cowardly, sarcastic and funny, all at the same time. So I trust that Bendis can take this character and demonstrate another new level of heroism.
What Glenn Beck tries to turn it into is another one of his anti-blah-blah-blah rants where he deems the moral fiber of American culture has fallen because everyone isn't listening to him and following the Ways of the Beck. In a small clip, located on website "Bleeding Cool", Glenn Beck makes his true feelings about this new Spider-Man known.
So, right off the back, suddenly Glenn Beck has an issue that this new Spider-Man supposedly "looks like President Obama". So, apparently, Glenn Beck now believes that all African-American people look alike? What kind of statement is that to make for a supposed radio/political expert? Following that, Beck continues to show his ignorance by stating his uncaring nature towards the comic overall, but still feels the need to continue to badger it, not only calling it stupid, but saying that it does not matter and that it's stupid.
Sure, okay, Beck is allowed to have his opinion on comics. They aren't for everyone. Even though out there, there are comics for everyone, but that's beside the point.
What bothers me that, instead of just making his opinion about comics known, he decides that now is the best time to use this as a spring board to further the supposed importance of Ways of the Beck.
He goes on to say that this all came about because of the influence of First Lady, Michelle Obama, who stated in a speech that things need to change, our traditions, conventions, etc. So, hey, thought Marvel Comics Editors, let's obey the first lady and make Spider-Man African-American. Not gay, though, Beck failed to look that up.
So, what is the point of all this? I mean Beck's speech. What is he trying accomplish by supposedly proving this? During political debates, maybe that can all be justified, but all Beck is trying to do here is prove that things are wrong for no reason whatsoever except that Marvel is trying to sell comics because they feel the need to suck up to the first lady. What does that prove? The man has power, but all Beck is trying to use it for is, as figured, to put something down.
This is exactly the kind of man that Ultimate Peter Parker would have been fighting against.
So, rest in peace, young Peter. You did teach me more than any other fictional character could have. I can only hope that your replacement, young Miles
Morales, teaches a new generation of readers what it truly means to fight against bad people.
Like Beck.
- In addition to writing for the column "Comic Matters" for the Tucson Citizen website, Rob Acosta is also a 5th Grade Elementary school teacher, frequenter of local comic book shop Heroes & Villains, and explorer of the importance of comics. Contact him at email@example.com


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The simulator is expected to reach the prototype stage (prior to commercialization) by September 2008. By using CGI instead of videotaping performances by actors, the system can incorporate an array of features regarding character ethnicity, voice, gender, mood, and compliance, in addition to weather and time of day. These selections can either be generated at random or selected by an instructor, and an individual trainee's voice and actions can greatly influence the ultimate outcome. Also, because the trainer's visual system is built in a three-dimensional virtual space, the after-action review of an individual's training can be more in-depth, allowing the instructor to use the mouse to pan and scroll around and replay the scenario in three dimensions rather than be limited by the fixed field of view shot by the camera during filming.
Even more influential than the variability introduced by using CGI is the speech recognition capability built into the system.
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Affordability also played a key role in the system's design, because NIJ wanted to produce a system that smaller law enforcement agencies could afford. The agency allocated development dollars and NAWCTSD provided development expertise. When the prototype becomes available as a commercialization opportunity in September 2008, the ultimate cost to law enforcement agencies should comprise only the cost of the materials needed to build the system, a reasonable profit by the chosen vendor, and the cost to develop any new scenarios, Griffin says.
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Griffin and Simmonds caution that only the largest agencies may be able to invest the time in training personnel to create scenarios, as some programming knowledge will be needed. NAWCTSD staff, however, hope to incorporate a basic artificial intelligence capability (a list of actions and responses) into the CGI characters to assist agencies in the creation of their own exercises. Also, NAWCTSD and NIJ are discussing the establishment of a central repository for all scenarios created by training system users that would be freely accessible to all law enforcement agencies that have the system.
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