Friday, July 30, 2010
Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin
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Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist and author currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Cameron Diffley.
Griffin was one of the coaches on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest, airing on Spike TV.[2] The other coach was then-UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, whom he went on to defeat for the title at UFC 86. In June 2009, his book, Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat, was released to good reviews.[3]
Anderson Silva vs Demian Maia
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Demian Maia Baptista (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈdemiɐ̃ ˈmajɐ] born November 6, 1977) is a mixed martial arts fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and holds notable wins over Chael Sonnen, Nate Quarry and Dan Miller.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Maia trained in Judo as a child. When he became a teenager, he also began studying Kung Fu and Karate. By age nineteen, Maia was introduced to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by his cousin. After four years and seven months, Demian received his black belt under Fabio Gurgel.[1] Demian Maia finished college and graduated with a degree in Journalism.[2] He is currently a second degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has won several major tournaments under Team Brasa.
He won the 77–87 kg weight division at the 2007 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, defeating Yushin Okami, Rafael Lovato, and Tarsis Humphres before armbarring Flavio Almeida in the finals. He also won the 2007 Super Challenge under 83 kg belt, defeating Vitelmo Kubis Bandeira by rear naked choke and Gustavo Machado by a judges decision before going on to defeat Fabio Negao by guillotine choke in the finals. Maia appears in the instructional DVD The Science of Jiu Jitsu I & II.
Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson
Daniel Jeffery Henderson (born August 24, 1970) is an American former Olympic wrestler and current mixed martial artist fighting for Strikeforce and was the last Welterweight 183 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) and Middleweight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) champion of the Pride Fighting Championships. He was the only mixed martial artist to concurrently hold two titles in two different weight classes in a major MMA promotion. Henderson is the UFC 17 middleweight, Pride 2005 welterweight and 1999 RINGS King of Kings tournament champion. Henderson also owns the Clinch Gear MMA apparel brand. He holds notable victories over Carlos Newton, Renzo Gracie, Gilbert Yvel, Murilo Bustamante, Michael Bisping, Renato Sobral, Rich Franklin, Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva.[2] Henderson is ranked as the #5 middleweight in the world by Sherdog.com and as the #6 middleweight in the world by MMAweekly.
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Although speculation ran rampant about where Silva would sign next, the UFC announced in late April 2006 that they had signed him to a multi-fight contract. It was not long before the UFC started promoting Silva, releasing an interview segment almost immediately after announcing his arrival.[27]
Silva made his debut at Ultimate Fight Night 5 on June 28, 2006. His opponent was The Ultimate Fighter 1 contestant Chris Leben who had gone undefeated in the UFC with five consecutive victories. Leben, confident of victory, had predicted he would KO Silva in a pre-fight interview. A relatively unknown fighter in the United States, Silva made an emphatic debut when he knocked out Leben with a flurry of pinpoint strikes, followed by a final knee strike at 49 seconds into the first round. Silva's striking accuracy was 100%. In response to the victory, the UFC quickly tallied a poll on their main page, asking viewers to select Silva's next opponent; the majority of voters selected the UFC Middleweight Champion, Rich Franklin.
Silva fought Franklin at UFC 64 on October 14, 2006, and defeated him by TKO (strikes) at 2:59 in the first round. Silva hit Franklin with knees to the body from the Muay Thai-clinch, then badly broke Franklin's nose with a knee to the face.[28] Unable to strike back, Franklin dodged the last of Silva's strikes before falling to the ground, where referee "Big" John McCarthy ended the fight. Silva was then crowned the new UFC Middleweight Champion, becoming the second man to defeat Franklin, after Black House-teammate Lyoto Machida.
Anderson Silva vs Daiju Takase
Daiju Takase (born April 20, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. He is noted for being one of four fighters to defeat UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
Takase's mixed martial arts debut came at PRIDE 3, where he defeated the 600 lb Sumo wrestler Emmanuel Yarborough. He then fought in a variety of organizations, including Pancrase and the UFC, facing tough opposition, including losses to Jeremy Horn, Ikuhisa Minowa, and Nino Schembri.
On June 8, 2003, Takase faced Anderson Silva at PRIDE 26. At the time, Silva was on a 9-match winning streak, and given Takase's unimpressive record, he was a heavy underdog. However, Takase surprised spectators with a first round triangle choke submission victory. With this win, he becomes notable for being one of the four men to ever defeat Anderson Silva.
Takase then fought in PRIDE's Bushido promotion, and continued to face difficult opposition with mixed success, including a victory over Carlos Newton and losses to Rodrigo Gracie and Hayato Sakurai.
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Anderson Silva vs Curtis Stout - Cage Rage
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Pride Fighting Championships and Cage Rage
In 2002, Silva began fighting in Pride. In his first fight with the promotion, he stopped Alex Stiebling with a cut resulting from a high kick. In his next match, he won via decision against the "Diet Butcher" Alexander Otsuka. At Pride 25, Silva faced former UFC welterweight champion Carlos Newton. Newton tried to shoot in on Silva, but was hit with a flying knee. Newton collapsed and Silva finished the fight with strikes, winning by technical knockout.[2]
At Pride 26, Silva faced Daiju Takase. Considering his record at the time – with only four wins to seven losses – Takase was a big underdog. Surprisingly, after dominating most of the fight with takedowns, top position, and effective ground and pound, Takase submitted Silva with a triangle choke late in the first round.[23]
After his loss to Takase, Silva fought in other promotions around the world. On June 27, 2004, Silva fought Jeremy Horn and earned a decision victory. Three months later, Silva made his debut in the Cage Rage promotion in England. At Cage Rage 8 Silva fought and defeated noted striker Lee Murray by decision.[2]
That year, Silva returned to Pride on December 31 to face Ryo Chonan. Silva was in control with a take down and body triangle in the first round. Chonan was able to counter Silva's knees from the clinch, with knees, and takedowns. Despite being the underdog, Chonan ended the fight in the third round with a flying scissor heel hook, forcing Silva to submit.[2]
After the loss to Chonan, Silva continued fighting in the Cage Rage promotion, as well as other promotions around the world. Silva defended his Cage Rage title against Curtis Stout before fighting in Hawaii's Rumble on the Rock promotion, where he fought Yushin Okami in the first round of the 175 lb tournament. Although he was labeled as the favorite to win the tournament, Silva lost his fight when he kicked Okami in the face from the guard position. Okami's knees were on the ground at the time, making the attack an illegal strike to the head of a downed opponent. Silva later said that the rule had not been properly explained to him before the bout. "When I fought Okami the rules really weren't explained to me properly in the event I was fighting in," said Silva. "You could kick a downed opponent to the groin or to the head when your back's on the ground. So the rules weren’t explained to me properly."[24] While Okami was given the opportunity to recover and continue fighting, Okami opted for the disqualification win. Silva responded by saying he "felt it was a cheap, cowardly way of winning," and that "people that were there saw that he was in the condition to come back and keep fighting, and he didn't."[25]
Although he was slated to fight Matt Lindland at Cage Rage 16, Lindland's decision to fight Mike Van Arsdale at Raze Fight Night put an end to the highly-anticipated match up. Instead, Silva defended his championship against Tony Fryklund, winning the fight with a reverse elbow, knocking out Fryklund early in the first round.[26]
Curtis Stout (born November 7, 1973) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Middleweight division. He lost his last fight at VFC 19 – Inferno against Ryan Jensen on May 18, 2007.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Anderson Silva vs Chris Leben
Although known primarily for his mastery of Muay Thai elbow and knee strikes, in addition to surgically precise punches and kicks, Silva is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt, a rank he earned in 2006 from Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira who follows Gracie Lineage through Carlson Gracie, ergo Murilo Bustamante and the Brazilian Top Team. He began martial arts training at the age of 14, training Tae kwon do and earning a black belt by the age of 18. He is also a black belt in Judo[16] and a yellow rope in Capoeira.
Once a member of the Chute Boxe Academy, Silva left to form the Muay Thai Dream Team. In late November 2006, he joined new team Black House with Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Assuerio Silva, and the Nogueira brothers. On May 16, 2008 Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira opened the Team Nogueira MMA Academy in Miami, Florida.[18][19][20]
Silva is Afro-Brazilian[21] and is married with four children.
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Chris Leben (born July 21, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA) best known for his appearance on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, a reality television series produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and broadcast on Spike TV. He is also well known for his wild brawling style with heavy hands and iron jaw. Leben has fought for the UFC 16 times since 2005, a feat surpassed only by fellow TUF 1 alumnus Josh Koscheck, who has 17 bouts since that time.
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Anderson Silva vs Carlos Newton
Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion as well as the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 12 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Silva holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. He currently trains with Nogueira and Lyoto Machida at Black House.
Silva is currently ranked as the number one Middleweight in the world by multiple MMA publications; Sherdog and Yahoo! rank Silva as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Since 2006 he has been the UFC Middleweight Champion,[15] and he is also the last Cage Rage Middleweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Besides the UFC and Cage Rage, Silva has fought for a number of other MMA promotions including the Pride Fighting Championships, Shooto and Rumble on the Rock.
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Carlos Newton (born August 17, 1976) is a Canadian mixed martial arts fighter and former UFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in UFC, Pride FC, IFL, K-1 and various MMA promotions of lower profile most recently, W-1, a Canadian mixed martial arts organization in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada under the supervision of his coach and mentor, Terry Riggs. Newton has dubbed his personal fighting style—an amalgam of traditional Jujutsu, Judo and Wrestling —"Dragon Ball Jujutsu" in tribute to Dragon Ball, a Japanese comic and anime series. His nickname, "The Ronin", is a reflection of both his training methods and his interest in the martial culture of feudal Japan.
Anderson Silva vs Alex Stiebling
Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion as well as the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 12 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Silva holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. He currently trains with Nogueira and Lyoto Machida at Black House.
Silva is currently ranked as the number one Middleweight in the world by multiple MMA publications; Sherdog and Yahoo! rank Silva as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Since 2006 he has been the UFC Middleweight Champion,[15] and he is also the last Cage Rage Middleweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Besides the UFC and Cage Rage, Silva has fought for a number of other MMA promotions including the Pride Fighting Championships, Shooto and Rumble on the Rock.
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Alex Stiebling (born December 26, 1976 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Known as the Brazilian Killa
Anderson Silva Vs Alexander Otsuka
Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion as well as the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 12 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Silva holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. He currently trains with Nogueira and Lyoto Machida at Black House.
Silva is currently ranked as the number one Middleweight in the world by multiple MMA publications; Sherdog and Yahoo! rank Silva as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Since 2006 he has been the UFC Middleweight Champion,[15] and he is also the last Cage Rage Middleweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Besides the UFC and Cage Rage, Silva has fought for a number of other MMA promotions including the Pride Fighting Championships, Shooto and Rumble on the Rock.
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Takashi Otsuka (born July 17, 1971) is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at VFX - Vale Tudo Fighters Mexico against Masada Masada on May 27, 2006.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fenomena Orbs Dan Makhluk Halus di Sekitar Kita
Lanjut, ORBS merupakan sebuah fenomena munculnya lingkaran putih pada sebuah frame foto yang di indikasikan sebagai hadirnya sosok dari dunia lain ( baca; sosok gaib), bulatan bulatan pada frame foto tersebut terkadang muncul dalam jumlah banyak dan meninggalkan jejak. Pada teknologi fotografi digital khususnya untuk penggunaan kamera ultra compact, orbs disebut juga sebagai orbs backscatter.
orbs backscatter biasanya terjadi karena konstruksi lensa dan built-in flash yang berdekatan pada kamera multi-compact tersebut sehingga mengecilkan sudut pencahayaan ke lensa dan otomatis menaikkan refleksi pencahayaan pada partikel-partikel yang hampir tak terlihat dengan mata telanjang di depan lensa. Oleh karenanya, orbs backscatter bisa dihasilkan dari partikel-partikel seperti debu, bubuk dan partikel cair yang jatuh seperti misalnya derai air hujan. terkadang kalau kita melihatnya kita berfikir kalau lensa kamera kita kotor sehingga menghasilkan efek bola putih tersebut.
Orbs adalah sebutan yang populer untuk bulatan anomali yang muncul pada foto.Dalam bahasa spanyol biasa disebut dengan canoplas.Dalam kamera dan video orbs muncul seperti bola, permata atau bulatan cahaya dengan ukuran gambar seperti bola golf sampai dengan bola basket.
Orbs dipercaya sebagai penampakan hantu oleh paranormal atau orang yang memiliki kemampuan melihat alam gaib. Beberapa orang mampu melihat orbs dengan mata telanjang, ini karena bakat atau dengan latihan. Karena orbs bergerak dengan cepat, maka tidak semua kamera dapat menangkapnya.Butuh kamera dengan resolusi tinggi. Kamera digital dengan resolusi 1.3 mega pixel sekarang sudah bisa menangkap orbs tersebut. Untuk menangkap orbs yang bagus, sangatlah mudah.
Anda tinggal masuk ke rumah atau tempat yang dianggap angker oleh masyarakat, sendirian, gunakan kamera digital anda dan foto sembarang ke banyak tempat. Anda juga bisa memfoto orang yang diduga memiliki susuk atau Khodam (Jin). Biasanya setiap kali kita mengambil gambar tersebut dengan kamera digital, orbs selalu muncul disekitar orang tesebut. Orbs bisa membias menjadi seperti kumpulan awan atau asap, dengan istilah Ektoplasma. Ektoplasma ini diduga sebagai transformasi hantu yang kedua sesudah orbs.
untuk beberapa pengambilan foto ada yang mengaku kalau gambar mereka setelah cetak bila diperbesar pada lingkaran putih tersebut akan menampakkan sosok gaib (Ghostly phenomena). Selama ini memang dunia gaib menjadi sangat diminati beberapa orang hingga melakukan serangkaian penelitian, salah satunya dengan alat berkomunikasi dengan alam gaib EVP (Electronic voice phenomenon) yang mungkin pernah teman teman saksikan dalam film “White Noise” (beda halnya dengan Orbs yang menagkap energi lain dengan tampilan Visual pada Frame foto, EVP merupakan sebuah alat untuk menampilkan Voice atau suara suara dari alam ghaib). Insya Allah kalau ada waktu akan saya Posting tersendiri mengenai alat EVP ini
Lokasi lokasi yang biasanya cenderung menjadi favorit untuk Orbs menampakkan dirinya adalah seperti rumah kosong yang angker, pemakaman umum. bahkan ada sebuah riset yang menyatakan bahwa tempat ber aura atau energi positif pun bisa jadi tempat penampakan Orbs tersebut, contohnya tempat peribadatan (masjid,pura,gereja,kuil,synagog dll), rata rata mereka yang berhasil mendapatkan gambar Orbs tersebut menggunakan kamera pocket biasa (1.3 MP-keatas) bukanlah sebuah kamera digital yang beresolusi tinggi
Mereka mengirimkan signal ke otak manusia agar manusia melihat seperti kuntilanak, pocongk, genderuwo dan sebagainya . Sebagaimana yang kita ketahui , bahwa sesungguhnya yang melihat itu adalah visual cortex , yaitu bagian dari otak yang berfungsi menterjemahkan visual yang ditangkap oleh lensa mata , seperti camera , lensa menangkap sinyal lalu diterjemahkan oleh mesin yang ada di body camera sehingga menjadi visual yang fix .
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tips dan Trik Modem Smart Haier D1200P Super Komplit :)
Kayanya kalo gratisan emang begini nasibnya….nasiiiiiiiiiiib :(
eiiitsss ;) tapi ada beberapa cara untuk mengatasi koneksi internet yang bermasalah ini… :)
Oia sebelum mencoba tips2 dibawah ini saya sarankan anda me-restore point dulu system windows anda. Caranya klik start menu > all programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > trus pilih create a restore point. Ntar klo perubahan pada system windows anda mengalami masalah bisa dikembalikan ke system sebelum dirubah. Silahkan dicoba tipsnya …
1. Pertama bicara masalah OS Windows mesti diakalin dulu soale Windows memakai bandwith kita 20%. Supaya cara lebih cepat caranya seperti ini :
- Klik start menu > run lalu ketik gpedit.msc
- Pada bagian computer configuration > administrative template > pilih Network.
- Pada Qos packet scheduler > Double Klik pada Limit Reservable Bandwith.
- Klik Enabled reservable bandwith dan rubah settingannya ke 0 (nol)% lalu Apply dan OK.
- DefaultTTL isi value 00000040
- EnablePMTUBHDetect isi value 00000000
- EnablePMTUDiscovery isi value 00000001
- GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize isi value 0005ae4c
- SackOpts isi value 00000001
- Tcp1323Opts isi value 00000003
- TcpWindowSize isi value 0005ae4c
- Restart Komputer.
- Buka Firefox.
- Pilih address bar ketik about:config dan enter. Jika keluar peringatan klik ok.
- Klik kanan di Firefox (di bawah Preference Name) kemudian pilih new lalu integer.
- Pada kotak dialog New integer value – Enter the preference name isi dengan nglayout.initialpaint.delay. Lalu saat kotak dialog lain muncul isi nilai/value dengan 0 (nol).
- Pada Filter Bar (Filter:) letaknya ada di bawah tab yg dibuka ketik pipelining.
- Klik dua kali (double klik) pada tulisan network.http.pipelining agar settingannya dirubah menjadi true.
- Lalu klik dua kali (double klik) pada network.http.pipelining.maxrequests setelah keluar kotak dialognya isi dengan nomor antara 10 hingga 30. Isi 30 supaya lebih maksimal.
- Restart Firefox.
5. Ada juga pengguna modem smart yang mendekatkan HP Smart nya dengan Antena TV UHF dengan kondisi TV dinyalakan atau teflon yang dilapisi alumunium foil…hampir sama kaya wajan kilik bedanya yang ini dilapisi alumunium foil.
6. Settingan Connections Smart Bukan cuma menggunakan user dan password : smart dial up ke *777 tapi bisa juga menggunakan :
user dan password : wap – dial up : 222
user dan password : cdma – dial up : *777#
dial up juga bisa ke : *99# atau *31*11111#
coba-coba aja mana yang lebih cepat dikombinasiin antara user/password dengan dial up mana aja juga bisa ko
7. Bagi menggunakan prosesor AMD dan gagal melakukan koneksi. Anda bisa gunakan driver Haier yang versi 1.3.13 di websitenya smart langsung aja buka http://www.smart.co.id/ pasti ada.
8. Gunakan Internet Accelerator seperti Cfosspeed, SpeedConnect, untuk browser gunakan FirefoxOptimizer dan untuk download gunakan Internet Download Manager (IDM) supaya meningkatkan kecepatan internet pada saat browsing dan download.
9. Disarankan oleh Smart katanya kalau sudah disconect dan akan menggunakan modem smart untuk di RESTART hpnya dan cabut baterainya…lalu pasang kembali dan lakukan koneksi ke internet. Tapi saya coba dengan mengganti connection ke yang lainya ternyata bisa ko. Misalnya yang pake user dan password smart adalah connection 1 maka pindah saja ke connection 2 dengan user dan password yang lainnya..liat no 6. Jadi bikin aja 2 connection dengan user dan password berbeda.
10. Kalau ingin browsing dan download lancar gunakan modem smart malam hari >12 malam sampai pagi saat traffic smart tidak ramai.
11. Biasanya cuaca buruk berpengaruh besar terhadap koneksi internet smart…yang satu ini belum tahu cara mengatasinya…tunggu cuaca cerah atau baik saja ;) ato komplain aja ke cs smart hehehe :) biar puas
Kalau masalah belum selesai hubungi saja Galeri Smart di kota/kab masing2 atau hub customer service di http://www.smart.co.id/.
Semoga masalah-masalah dalam penggunaan Modem Smart Haier D1200P bisa terselesaikan. amin…
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12. Kalau bisa Automatic Updates Windows dan program2 lainnya di non-aktifkan saja. Karena akan mengganggu koneksi kita pada saat program tersebut menjalankan fitur update secara automatis. Tapi segala sesuatu ada resikonya. Mungkin pengguna antivirus yg ingin secara rutin antivirusnya di update akan terganggu.
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I got a pocket full of Euros and my homeboys do too
This is my queen in her castle.
Here's two views of the crag. The cliff is 30 meters tall and overhangs about 15 degrees. Very pumpy and very technical. Check out this hold. Does it get more perfect than that? I was able to onsight the classic 7c Paradigma and it really was one of the coolest climbing experiences of my life. I don't want to sound like some hippy stoner freak but it was pretty trancelike. Just floating up this face on tiny edges with no contact with the earth other than the tips of your toes and fingers. And no one else is around, with this crazy green forest and lake behind you. And in the background you can hear the cow bells creating this hypnotic, offbeat techno music. Totally trippy bro. After that I sampled Euphorie 14a and got spooked. It's super runout at the crux and working it made me a headcase. You take repeated 20 footers working the crux if you're brave. I took one and hauled up a log and log-clipped through. It wrecked my head though and so I tried an 8a, then a 8b, and then I had no skin left and could barely move my fingers and now we had to take a rest day instead of climbing two days in a row.
Elissa is faring much better than me. She is working Pardigma and has a 13a on deck as well called Lucy. I don't know what my tactics should be at this point. I could go all in and work the 14a and maybe come up empty or I could be conservative and do a couple 13a's and b's? Climbing.....what a mind meld.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Women are not just pretty faces anymore
While it was another relatively slow weekend of MMA, Strikeforce did have a Challenger's series card they put on in the State of Washington, which featured some of their rising young stars. One of those featured on the card was their 135lb. women's champion Sarah Kaufman (12-0, 9 KO's) (Pictured left). After a close back and forth match-up against tough Roxanne Modaferri (15-6, 1 KO 2 Subs), Kaufman maintained her perfect record by finishing Modaferri late in the third round with a Quinton 'Rampage' Jacksonesque type slam that KO'ed the challenger.
After witnessing this display of skill and power and seeing the total beatdown last month that Strikeforce's 145lb. champion Cristiane 'Cyborg' Santos put on game Jan Finney; it made me wonder, what possesses pretty women to want to engage in combat sports? Of course, there is the other debate which is, do women even belong or have a place in sports such as Mixed Martial Arts or Boxing?
The first time I ever witnessed a professional women's fight was back in January 1994. On the undercard of the first Julio Cesar Chavez/Frankie Randall Pay-Per-View, they featured a bullish looking 140lb. fighter by the name of Christy Martin. Her nickname, 'The Coalminer's Daughter', along with her appearance summed up my "bullish looking" reference and bully is what she did as with over 20 fights under her belt, she proceeded to knockout a fighter with just two fights on her resume in the first round.
I remember the reaction my friends and I had when they first showed they were having women fight on the undercard; we were shocked, but pleasantly surprised. Not so much at their skill level, but at the heart they displayed as they put on more action in less than one minute than most of the guys did that night.
Of course, women's boxing went on to become an accepted normality and some women, besides Martin, went on to become household names and featured attractions within the sport and beyond. Fighters such as Mia 'The Knockout' St. John and Laila Ali even went on to become mainstream with St. John being featured in Playboy and Ali eventually participating in 'Dancing with the Stars'.
The same can now be said for females in MMA. Just a short two years ago, the flag for women's MMA was begrudgingly placed upon the shoulders of poster girl Gina Carano. With runway model looks and Muay Thai skills to match, Carano springboarded women's MMA as she was twice featured on CBS with the now defunct EliteXC promotion and then headlined a Strikeforce card last summer against the aforementioned 'Cyborg' Santos. While she lost against Santos and hasn't been heard from since, she's taken her good looks to the big screen for the moment; her contribution cannot go unnoticed and hasn't been in vain.
Since then women's MMA has exploded on the scene and more fighter's are becoming stars not just for their looks, but rather their skill. While Santos is currently the cream of the crop, there are other women to keep an eye out for. Megumi Fuji is a 120 lbs. Japanese grappling sensation that is currently (20-0, 16 Subs). Erin 'Steel' Toughill (10-2-1, 5KO's) @ 155 lbs. is as tough as her nickname implies and Zoila Frausto, another 120 lbs. fighter, @ (7-1, 1 KO 2 subs) is another "Warrior Princess", which is her nickname, to lookout for.
For a moment Strikeforce was the only major promotion carrying a women's division; However, Bellator followed suit and plans to have a women's tournament in their third season. The UFC currently does not feature women and although Dana White has emphatically said no to the idea and publicly denounces it, I think he realizes he may have let a golden opportunity pass him by.
As to the question, why do women fight? I think if we're going to ask that question of women, we need to start with the men first. Knowing what I know as a man who understands the thrill of competition and the love of this sport, the answer is no different for women. I mean let's face it, women are not just pretty faces anymore.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
US Open 2010 Schedule
Session | Day | Date | Time | Singles Schedule | |
Tuesday | 24-Aug | 11:00 AM | Qualifying Tournament | ||
Wednesday | 25-Aug | 11:00 AM | Qualifying Tournament | ||
Thursday | 26-Aug | 11:00 AM | Qualifying Tournament | ||
Friday | 27-Aug | 11:00 AM | Qualifying Tournament | ||
Saturday | 28-Aug | 9:30 AM | Arthur Ashe Kids' Day | ||
1 | Monday | 30-Aug | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's & Women's 1st Round |
2 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's & Women's 1st Round | ||
3 | Tuesday | 31-Aug | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's & Women's 1st Round |
4 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's & Women's 1st Round | ||
5 | Wednesday | 1-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 1st Round/Women's 2nd Round |
6 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 2nd Round/Women's 2nd Round | ||
7 | Thursday | 2-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 2nd Round/Women's 2nd Round |
8 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 2nd Round/Women's 2nd Round | ||
9 | Friday | 3-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 2nd Round/Women's 3rd Round |
10 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 2nd Round/Women's 3rd Round | ||
11 | Saturday | 4-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 3rd Round/Women's 3rd Round |
12 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 3rd Round/Women's 3rd Round | ||
13 | Sunday | 5-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 3rd Round/Women's 4th Round |
14 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 3rd Round/Women's 4th Round | ||
15 | Monday | 6-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 4th Round/Women's 4th Round |
16 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's 4th Round/Women's 4th Round | ||
17 | Tuesday | 7-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's 4th Round/Women's Quarterfinals |
18 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's Fourth Round/Women's Quarterfinals | ||
19 | Wednesday | 8-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's Quarterfinals/Women's Quarterfinals |
20 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's Quarterfinals/Women's Quarterfinals | ||
21 | Thursday | 9-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's Quarterfinals |
22 | Night | 7:00 PM | Men's Quarterfinals | ||
23 | Friday | 10-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Women's Semifinals |
24 | Saturday | 11-Sep | Day | 11:00 AM | Men's Semifinals |
25 | Night | 7:00 PM | Women's Singles Final | ||
26 | Sunday | 12-Sep | Day | 12:00 PM | Men's Singles Final |
Schedule subject to change. All Times Eastern. (as of January 19, 2010) |
Putus Asa Cari Suami, 8 Cewek Tari Erotis di Jalanan
5 Hotel Paling Menakutkan Di Dunia
1. Hotel Crescent
Dibangun pada tahun 1886, Hotel Cresent ini dipercaya sebagai hotel paling angker di Amerika karena konon dihuni oleh para hantu. Cerita berawal ketika hotel ini mengalami kebangkrutan dan untuk kali pertamanya di ‘tranformasikan’ sebagai sekolah.
Di tahun 1937 hotel tersebut dibeli oleh Norman Baker, seorang dokter. Ia pun mendirikan yayasan untuk penyembuhan penyakit kanker. Baker akhirnya merubah hotel tersebut menjadi rumah sehat. Meskipun begitu, para pasien yang datang untuk berobat tak kunjung sembuh dan akhirnya meninggal di hotel tersebut. Sejak itulah, para arwah pasien bergentayangan dan sering menampakkan diri dihadapan para tamu hotel.
2. Queen Mary Hotel
Dahulunya Queen Mary adalah kapal pesiar mewah. Melakukan pelayaran untuk kali pertamanya di tahun 1936. Queen Mary sanggup berlayar jauh hingga menyeberangi Samudera Atlantik. Karena kecepatan dan ‘performancenya’ yang tangguh tak ayal jika Queen Mary menjadi terkenal dan merupakan kapal pesiar paling mahal di dunia pada zamannya.
Sebut saja nama-nama pesohor yang terkenal karena kekejamannya seperti Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo bahkan Winston Churchill, sempat berlayar dengan kapal mewah ini. Tapi sayangnya, saat perang terjadi di Inggris kapal ini diambil alih oleh pasukan militer “The Grey Ghost” untuk menyeberangi Atlantik demi menjalankan misi perang.
Saat itu pula Queen Mary bertabrakan dengan kapal HMS Curacao sehingga mengakibatkan kapal terbelah menjadi dua dan 300 kru kapal meninggal dunia. Queen Mary dipercaya sebagai salah satu hotel yang paling banyak hantunya.
3. Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast
Hotel ini diyakini angker sejak tanggal 4 Agustus 1892, ketika seorang anak bernama Lizzie Borden membunuh secara brutal ayah dan ibu tirinya menggunakan kapak. Abby Borden, sang ibu tiri ditemukan tewas diantara tempat tidur dan lemari pakaian dekat ruang tamu sedangkan sang ayah yang juga tewas dihajar kapak tergeletak di bawah sofa. karena perbuatannya Lizzie dihukum di Fall River dan akhirnya meninggal dunia tahun 1927. Arwah mereka bertiga diakui paranormal kerap bergentayangan ditempat tersebut. Hiiii…..
4. The Old Spot Hotel
“The Old Spot Hotel” merupakan bangunan pertama yang dibangun oleh kota Gawler, Australia bagian selatan pada tahun 1980. Bangunan itu lalu dijadikan tempat perkantoran dengan berbagai aktifitas bisnis.
Setelah beberapa tahun kemudian tempat ini direnovasi dan berubah fungsi menjadi hotel. Sejak transformasi menjadi hotel, di bangunan sering terjadi kejadian-kejadian ganjil seperti penampakan hantu, bahkan tamu yang datang ke hotel ini sering kali di beri wejangan hantu-hantu yang berkeliaran, salah satunya penampakan hantu anak kecil. Pada pertengahan 1990 saja seorang tamu hotel menangkap 3 gambar aneh di kameranya yang tak lain adalah gambar hantu.
5. Hotel Del Coronado
Hotel mewah bergaya Victoria ini terletak di seberang Pelabuhan San Diego, California. Hotel ini kerap disambangi tamu-tamu terkenal seperti Thomas Edison, L. Frank Baum, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Lindbergh, presiden-presiden Amerika, dan seorang tamu yang tak dikenal bernama Kate Morgan yang bermalam di kamar 302 [sekarang 3327].
Wanita ini tewas di kamar itu. Kematian Morgan di hotel tersebut di sebabkan sakit kanker yang dideritanya. Namun banyak yang mengatakan bahwa Morgan tewas bunuh diri. Hantu Morgan pun sering muncul dan berusaha berkomunikasi dengan para tamu Hotel Del Coronado.global
Friday, July 23, 2010
VIA FERRATA EXTREME!
Recently, Elissa and I were fortunate enough to experience the ancient European tradition of Via Ferrata. For those of you that may not know, Via Ferrata directly translates to "Way of the Warrior" or alternately "Path of the Elders" or "Path of Enlightenment". In the middle ages Viking style Euros wold use these series of ladders and cables to climb to the summit of rocky precipices. It was believed that, as Indiana Jones says in part 3, "only the penitent will pass". This is why the Via Ferrata is so extreme. If the Euro gods do let you pass the 'summit' is attained and true spiritual enlightenment is awarded.
We set out to climb this 500 foot big wall around 6:00 pm in the hopes that we could be back before Euro dinner time around 10:00 pm. The path was arduous and the obstacles were many. Note in the first picture that Elissa's carabiner is left open to add to the Extremeness of the situation. Once established on the rock face we climbed without hesitation. Elissa was forced to use a desperate leg maneuver to reach the next handlebar. We hung from the cliff by nothing but steel cables and ladder rungs drilled into the sheer wall.
About 2/3rds of the way up the wall we crossed the trail that we use to get to the climbing cliff. I was tempted to abort our mission as I felt the conditions were a bit too Extreme. Elissa urged me forward and in the upper section I was faced with a horrifying moment where I had to do a one arm pull up on a rung in order to clip the next cable. A moment of electric terror flashed through my head as I realized that nothing was holding me to the cliff except a locking carabiner and a steel cable!
After overcoming the many difficulties and obstacles that the Via Ferrata dished out we were allowed passage and the summit was ours. The sense of accomplishment was poignant as was the feeling that we were now truly a part of this majestic mountain environment.
In climbing news: Elissa sent her rig. A really nice 13a called Directe du Couer. I must say though that if the means is more important than the end....well she failed. Firstly, after a mere 5 tries she fell at the crux and threw the second largest wobbler I have ever seen in my life. The first being her failed onsight attempt of Cool Cat at Indian Creek. This wobbler was completely unneccesary. As we all know 13a is hard and it should be expected that you will fall at least 5 times. But the true failure lurked just ahead.
The route climbs through a difficult 13a section for about 60 feet to a ledge. A ledge where you can just stand there. A no hands rest. Then you finish up a 2 bolt section that is maybe 5.11d to the anchor. Elissa sent the route to the ledge rested for a shockingly short amount of time and then blew it going for the anchor. This is by far the greatest redpoint blunder I have ever seen in my life. The second greatest redpoint blunder I have seen was Elissa's attempt at sending Espresso at Rifle last year. She had been skipping a clip on every attempt to save energy but on redpoint she 'felt so good' that she stopped to clip and then fell. This blunder far exceeded that one and will go down in history as possibly the greatest brain fart that has ever occurred in recorded mountaineering history. I have submitted my report to the American Alpine Journal and they are reviewing the material to see if this is actually the greatest blunder of all time. Elissa did manage to polish off the rig the next day though. Nice job Colley.
I was able to accomplish very little. I did flash Elissa's project which was satisfying and a suitable consequence for her blunder. I've been working on an 8a+ which is mad difficult. My hope was that I would send yesterday and we could move on but it was a toss up who would send first and Elissa beat me to it. So now I'm the anchor keeping us from moving on. My last effort was valiant though. Last go of the day yesterday I jumped on a little prematurely due to an impending rainstorm. I wasn't as well rested as I should have been but I had little hope of sending and the thunder was picking up so I went for it. I climbed quickly to the first shake and stopped but with little hope of sending I left the rest earlier than usual and sprinted to the next one. I was shocked to be less pumped when I entered the final shake than usual. I shook out a bit but a final clap from Thor's hammer urged me into the crux sequence. I dodged a lightning bolt and lunged for a 1/4 pad edge. My body sagged away from the rock but a huge gust of wind blew me back against the rock face for one more move. I pasted a high right foot and dynoed for a small finger bucket that marks the end of the crux section. I grabbed it but fatigue was setting in and, tragically, the next clip was a right hand clip. I was totally in the zone but Candace (my left arm, and the weaker of the two) refused to pull her own weight as Giuseppe (my right arm) clipped the second to last bolt. My hand slowly opened and I was off. I hit the end of the rope and realized that in a split second my hopes of dispatching Loups Hurlants would have to wait for another two days. Climbing is often heartbreaking.
What I did realize is that Loups Hurlants is better climbed as a sprint rather than a slow pump management route. It's interesting how much pacing affects performance on a route. I think really accomplished climbers have a good handle on this aspect.
I think we'll be leaving tomorrow for Switzerland. We're getting psyched to got this crag called Voralpsee. It's a gently overhanging wall of scrimps. The one seen in the movie Autoroute where Dave Graham crushes some 14c called Speed. Always wanted to climb on that wall and Elissa is salivating for some scrimpin'.