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Nicole Richie was spotted out having some dinner with her family in Hollywood, California. She was wearing the new Drip 'n' Patch jeans by JET. These are from their new Holiday 2010 collection. I love how the knees on these are so blown out and the patch is a nice touch too. But my favorite part would have to be the frayed hem. For some reason I am just loving destroyed hems right now.
Did you readers catch Nicole on Chuck? I thought she did a great job. I wonder if they are going to bring her back again. The way it ended seems like her stint wasn't quite over just yet. Buy JET Jeans at Singer22.
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Nicole Richie was seen at Borders Bookstore in New York to promote her new book Priceless: A Novel. She was wearing a pair of jeans by her favorite brand, JET. She chose the Antique wash that we spotted her in a couple months back. Nicole has stated that this book is not a sequel to her first. I wonder what this will be about? Are any of you readers planning on picking up her book?
I don't really like Nicole's look here. I think it is too much with the velvet and the hat together. The materials kind of clash for me. But I still really like these jeans and of course the McQueen scarf (you can never go wrong with a McQueen scarf). I like that she blew out the knee some more, it gives it more character. They are also a lot lighter than I thought they were. I think Nicole might have given them a wash or two here and there. Buy JET Jeans at Boutique To You. Click inside the post to see more photos.
Nicole Richie in JET Jeans
Nicole Richie was spotted outside the Andy LeCompte salon in Los Angeles, California. Nicole must be getting touched up before shooting her scenes for Chuck. She was wearing what else, but her favorite pair of skinny jeans by JET. I can't blame her for wearing these jeans over and over. They are really comfortable and so soft.
Nicole seems to be a fan of the flat ankle boots lately. She has been spotted pairing them with her denim a few times before. What are your thoughts of the look? Vanessa Hudgens is also a huge fan of pairing her denim with the short boots. You can purchase JET Jeans at both Singer22 and BoutiqueToYou.
Nicole Richie in Paige Premium
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden spent the afternoon together doing some shopping in LA. The pair swung by celeb favorite, Fred Segal boutique in West Hollywood. The two were spotted holding hands and enjoying time without their two children, Harlow and Sparrow.
Joel wore an all black outfit and fedora, and completed the look with a denim jacket. Denim jackets are still a popular trend both for men and women! There have been a ton of celebrities wearing them recently. Nicole on the other hand, strayed from her usual uniform of skinny jeans and chose a pair of flares by Paige Premium. She's wearing Paige's Laurel Canyon jeans in Beachwood, which she's been seen in a few times before. You can buy Nicole's pair and other Paige jeans at Paige Premium.


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|Publication number
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|Oct 8, 1974
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|Dec 19, 1972
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|Dec 29, 1971
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|Adachi Y, Eguchi Y, Kuwabara K
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|Hochiki Co
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United States Patent 1 91 1111 3,840,871 Eguchi et al. v Oct. 8, 1974 [54] CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ALARM 3,585,620 6/1971 Durand 340 222 INSTALLATION HAVING A REMOTE 3,588,893 6/1971 McCloskey TRANSMITTER WITH A REMOTELY 3,643,244 2/1972 Levy 340/4l8 CONTROLLED EMERGENCY DEVICE [75] Inventors: Yoshihiro Eguchi; Yasaburo Adachi; 'f h Caldwell Katsutoshi Kuwabara an of Tokyo, Assistant Exammer-ihchard P. Lang Japan Attorney, Agent, or FzrmLane, Aitken, Dunner &
- Ziems [73] Assignee: Hochiki Corporation, Tokyo, Japan [22] Filed: Dec. 19, 1972 21 App]. No.: 316,460 [57] ABSTRACT A control system for use with emergency devices uti- [30] Foreign Application P i it D t lizes an alarm installation having a plurality of transoecr 29 1971 Japan 46-3239 miners and a Single common receive Each transmit ter is provided with a memory contact which re- [52] US 340/310 R 340/213 R 340/418 mains closed after the transmitter has generated an 340/289 alarm signal. An oscillating control voltage is fed from 511 Int. Cl. .Q ..-H04m 11/04 the receiver through the t actuate 5 Field of Search 340 310 2 3 R 41 227 gency device at any time after the alarm signal. The
340/228 222 169/2 R memory contact is reset by sending from the receiver a reset pulse voltage having an on period longer [56] References Cited than that of the control voltage.
UNITED PATENTS 12 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures 3,508,233 4/1970 sugiyama 340/222 1 l RESET m 1 SELF-HOLDlNG /"l CONTACT 411 I l LAY LALARM RE ENSING 1Q ELgigENT 1 4 1 .i- I I D l 1 R SET 15 J PAIENTEDBBI 81974 $840,871
l 6 v F G2 CONTROL EMERGECSVCY DEVICE SWITCH 7 RESET 4 KEY A I T RELAY ii E CONTACT P R6 24o SELF*HOLDING I I 2 CONTACT 4a /TRANSM ITTER 2O l SET CONTROLLED 3 com DEVICE 24 (RELAY) :/26T1 E' R Z 8 R ENSlNG ELEMENT g 2-- Rgz; R D4 I T 10 4 E IE R I J CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ALARM INSTALLATION HAVING A REMOTE TRANSMITTER WITH A REMOTELY CONTROLLED EMERGENCY DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a control system which utilizes an alarm installation for signal transmission. Typical fire alarm systems employ a plurality of transmitters stationed at different points in a building, for example, and a single common receiver at another location. Each transmitter is connected by wire to the receiver and sends an alarm signal when it has detected an abnormal enviromental state such as smoke or extreme heat. The receiver sounds an alarm upon receipt of the alarm signal. Alarm installations of this type, in general, are used exclusively for generating an alarm and are rarely used for any other purpose. More sophisticated fire alarm systems will be needed in the future to cope with the increasing size and complexity of modern buildings. Besides alarms, large buildings should be provided with emergency fire control and safety devices such as guide lamps, emergency exit lamps, fire shutters, smoke shutters, and smoke exhaust fans as well as fire extinguishers. If the existing fire alarm installation could be partly utilized to control these emergency devices, automatically controlled operation of the system could be achieved at relatively low cost.
Emergency equipment is usually designed to be activated at the first sign of fire. However, such equipment should not always be actuated immediately when a fire breaks out. For example, a fire shutter should not be closed with a person trapped in a room, and smoke exhaust fans need not always be started even though a room has been evacuated. These emergency devices should not be linked directly to fire detectors but should be actuated selectively upon proper judgement of the situation at a central receiving station.
An indicator lamp is sometimes installed at the transmitter site to provide a convenient means for identifying the transmitter which has generated the alarm signal as well as for operational tests. The usefulness of the lamp may be enhanced if it is lighted only when it is really required or is cyclically flickered in order to be more conspicuous to the human eye. In conventional alarm systems, however, the lamp is turned on continuously when the transmitter is actuated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A control system which utilizes an alarm installation according to the invention is provided with a memory" contact which is adapted to be closed in response to the operation of a transmitter. The contact remains closed until a reset voltage is received. By supplying a control voltage from the receiver to the controlled device via the memory contact, the device can be actuated whenever required.
The control system according to the present invention can accomplish the reset operation by employing a reset voltage which is of the same polarity as that of the control voltage but has a longer on period than that of the control voltage.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic circuit diagram illustrating an example of a control system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram illustrating an example of a controlled device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to FIG. 1, a receiver 10 comprises a power supply 2, an alarm relay 4, an oscillator 6, a transistor switching circuit 12 responsive to the oscillator 6, and a relay 8 controlled by the circuit 12. One end of the power supply 2 is connected to a terminal I, of the receiver through a stationary contact 8b and a moving contact of the relay 8, and the other end thereof is connected to a terminal of the receiver through a reset key K2 and the alarm relay 4. The contacts 8b and 8c are normally closed. The relay 8 also has a stationary contact 8a which is connected to the other end of the power supply 2 through a resistor R1. A control switch K, operates the oscillator 6 which may be a multivibrator or other conventional type of oscillator. When the control switch K, is closed, the oscillator 6 is energized by the power supply 2 and generates a rectangular pulse voltage consisting of an on period and an off period. The generated voltage of rectangular wave shape is produced at output terminals t and of the oscillator 6. The switching circuit 12 includes transistors Tr, .and Tr The collector of the transistor Tr, is connected to the emitter of the transistor Tr through a register R and the emitter of the transistor Tr is connected to the terminal t which is connected to one end of the power supply 2. The terminal 2 is connected to the other end of the power supply 2 through a resistor R The base of the transistor Tr, is connected to the output terminal t of the oscillator 6 and also is connected to a capacitor C, through a resistor R and a diode D,. The junction of the, capacitor C, and diode D, is connected to one end of the power supply 2 through a reset key K and the other end of the capacitor C, is connected to the other end of the power supply 2. The base of the transistor Tr, is connected to the collector of the transistor Tr, through a resistor R and the collector of the transistor Tr, is connected to the other end of the power supply 2 through the coil 8d of the relay 8.
A pair of external lead wires 1, and 1 are connected to terminals t, and t of the receiver, and the lead wires l, and 1 run a transmitter 20 representative of a plurality of similar transmitters installed in monitored areas.
The transmitter 20 has a diode bridge 22, a controlled device 24, an operation memory contact 26a and a reset circuit 40 therefor, a thyristor switching element SCR,, and asensing element or detector 32.-The input terminals of the diode bridge 22 are connected to the lead wires 1, and I, through the transmitter terminals t and t.,, and the output terminals of the diode bridge 22 are connected to bus wire lines I and 1 in the transmitter 20. Due to the function of the diode bridge 22, the polarity of the voltage which appears at the bus wires 1 and l, is constant irrespective of connection polarities of the lead wires 1, and 1 to the transmitter 20, thereby preventing erroneous operation of the transmitter 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the controlled device 24, in this example, is a relay which has a contact 24a adapted to control an emergency device 30 which may be a guide lamp, a fire shutter, a smoke exhaust fan, or other device. Alternatively, an indicator lamp to indicate the operation of the transmitter 20 may be used instead of a relay for use in the controlled device 24.
' The operation memory contact 26a is preferably a contact of a latching relay 26 which has a set coil Rp and a reset coil Rs. Turning to the set circuit, the set coilRp is connected between the bus wires 1 and 1 in series with a diode D a capacitor C and a resistor R A resistor R is connected in parallel with the set coil Rp and the diode D In the reset circuit 40, the reset coil Rs is connected between the bus wires 1 and in series with the memory contact 260, a diode D and a thyristor SCR A capacitor C is connected in parallel to the thyristor SCR and the reset coil Rs. The trigger electrode of the thyristor SCR is connected to the bus wire 1 through a resistor R and also is connected to a triggering capacitor C through a zener diode Z The capacitor C is connected to the bus wire 1 through the parallel circuit consisting of a resistor R and a diode D and through the memory contact 26a.
A sensing element 32 is used to provide an output signal in response to change in the environmental condition. A conventional type of sensor may be used for the sensing element 32. One end of the thyristor SCR is connected to the bus wire 1 and the other end of the thyristor SCR, is connected to the bus wire 1., through a capacitor C The capacitor C is connected to the resistor R through a diode D Under the normal monitored environmental condition, the power supply 2 of the receiver supplies power through the lead wires 1, and 1 to the bus wires 1 and 1 When fire breaks out, the sensing element 32 produces an output signal with which the thyristor SCR is triggered and driven into the on state. The capacitor C which is connected in series with the thyristor SCR normally is discharged through the resistor R When the output signal is applied from the sensing element 32, the lead wires 1 and 1 are short-circuited with the thyristor SCR, and the capacitor C and, consequently, the alarm relay 4 in the receiver 10 is energized to generate an alarm signal and to close its selfholding contact 4a. In the transmitter, the capacitor C, is normally charged by the bus wires 1 and I, through resistors R and R When an output signal is applied from the sensing'element 32 and the thyristor SCR, is driven into the on state, the charge of the capacitor C is discharged through the circuit consisting of the diode D the set coil Rp, the thyristor SCR, and the diode D thereby energizing the set coil Rp of the latching relay. Consequently, the contact 26a is closed and the controlled device 24 alone is connected to the bus wires 1 and 1 However, because the self-holding contact 4a of the alarm relay 4 is closed, the lead wires 1, and 1 are short-circuited and provide no voltage and, therefore, the controlled device 24 is not energized.
For the controlled device 24 in this example, a relay coil of the slow releasing type is employed. For actuating the controlled device 24, the control switch K, of the receiver 10 is closed. When the switch K, is closed, the oscillator 6 generates a pulse signal whose on period is shorter than its off period. This pulse signal is applied to the transistor Tr from the terminal As the pulse signal is applied, the transistor Tr, energizes the relay 8 intermittently via the transistor Tr thereby switching its movable contact 8c between its stationary contacts 8a and 8b repeatedly. When the contact is thrown into contact with the contact 8a, a negative voltage is supplied to the lead wire 1 and a positive voltage is applied to the lead wire 1 energizing the controlled device 24 at the transmitter site. The contact 24a (FIG. 2) is closed thereby starting the actuating motor, for example, of the emergency device 30. Since a slow releasing relay is used for the controlled device 24 which is intermittently energized, its contact 24a is prevented from synchronous on-off operation. However, if an indicator lamp is used in place of the controlled device 24, the lamp is on-off controlled with the control voltage to indicate the operating state.
When the voltage is intermittently applied to the lead wires 1 and 1 the bus wires 1 and 1 are not shortcircuited by the thyristor SCR even ifv it is turned on by the output of the sensing element 32. This is because the capacitor C has already been charged or is instantaneously charged when the voltage is applied.- The capacitor C of the reset circuit 40 is energized when the voltage is intermittently fed to the lead wires 1, and 1 However, the terminal voltage of the capacitor C does not rise to a sufficiently high level to break down the zener diode 2 because the charge of the capacitor C is discharged through the diode D and the controlled device 24 during the off period of the pulse voltage.
The memory contact 26a can be reset by momentarily closing the reset key K, of the receiver 10. When the reset key K is closed the capacitor C is charged with the voltage of the power supply 2. The charge of the capacitor C is discharged through the circuit consisting of the diode D,, the resistor R the base and emitter of the transistor Tr plus the resistors R and R During the period for which the discharge current flows, the relay 8 is kept energized and its moving contact 80 is kept in contact with its stationary contact 8a for a longer period of time, thereby providing a pulse current of a wider pulse width or on period to the transmitter 20. The capacitor C of the transmitter 20 is charged for a longer period of time and the terminal voltage of the capacitor 20 ultimately reaches a level sufficiently high to drive the zener diode 2 into the reverse conducting state. As the zener diode Z becomes conductive, the thyristor SCR is triggered into the conducting state and consequently the reset coil Rs is energized. As a result, the memory contact 260 is reset or opened and the controlled device 24 is de-energized or turned off.
As described above, this invention provides means to selectively control emergency devices which are related to alarm-generating sensors, simply by adding to an already-installed fire alarm installation, the oscillator circuit 6, the controlled device 24, the memory contact 26a, and the reset circuits 28 and 40 for use with the memory contact 26a. It is possible to automati cally start the emergency device by driving the control switch K with the alarm relay 4, if desired. Simultaneous resetting of the alarm relay 4 and the controlled device 24 can be achieved by breaking the reset key K (HQ. 1). Since the contact 260 memorizes" that the sensing element 32 has generated an alarm, the memory contact 26a is not reset even when the lead wires 1, and I are de-energized and, therefore, the controlled device can be immediately operated when the control pulse is supplied.
Thus, the circuit described above can be easily adapted to perform different operations, for example: selective remote activation and deactivation of emergency equipment; automatic activation and selective remote deactivation of equipment; and automatic or selective remote activation and deactivation of a flickering indicator light or other signal means at the transmitter site. This versatility allows a variety of uses of the same alarm system. The system is shown in connection with fire detection apparatus only for illustration, and is similarly applicable where conditions other than fire, such as nuclear radiation, are being monitored at a central station with one or more detection sites.
The present invention is not limited to the above illustrated example but can be embodied in various ways within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.
We claim:
1. A control system for an alarm installation equipped with a receiver adapted to be connected to a power supply and having alarm relay means, and a remote transmitter connected through lead wires to said receiver, said transmitter having a sensing element for detecting an abnormal condition and a switching element to actuate said alarm relay means in said receiver by connecting said lead wires, wherein the improvement comprises: said receiver including a self-holding alarm relay contact responsive to actuation of said alarm relay means to connect said lead wires and means for selectively introducing a control voltage and a different reset voltage into said lead wires, and said transmitter including a controlled device and a memory switch serially connected between said lead wires, a latching relay responsive to detection by said sensing element for closing said memory switch to connect said controlled device between said lead wires to receive said control voltage when introduced, said latching relay holding said memory switch closed until said reset voltage is introduced by said receiver, said control voltage operating said controlled device without opening said memory switch.
2. The control system of claim 1, further comprising an indicator lamp which serves as said controlled device.
3. The control system of claim 1, further comprising a slow releasing relay having a contact to control an emergency device which serves as said controlled device.
4. A control system utilizing an alarm installation, comprising a receiver adapted to be connected to a power supply and having alarm relay means; a sensing element located remotely from said receiver for detecting an abnormal condition; two lead wires connecting said sensing element to said receiver; and a transmitter which has a thyristor responsive to said sensing element to connect said lead wires to drive said alarm relay means; said receiver having a self-holding alarm relay contact responsive to said alarm relay means for deenergizing said lead wires and said receiver having means to introduce-into said lead wiresa pulse control voltage consisting of alternately repeated on and off periods and also to introduce a reset voltage, the on period of which is longer than that of said pulse control voltage, said transmitter having a capacitor which is connected in series with said thyristor to cut off said thyristor after being charged, a discharge resistor which is connected in parallel with said capacitor, a slowreleasing relay which controls an emergency device,
and a memory contact which closes when said thyristor is driven into the conductive state bysaid sensing ele ment for connecting said slow releasing relay to said lead wires until said reset voltage is applied.
5. The control system of claim 4, wherein said transmitter has a latching relay with a setting coil, a resetting coil and a contact serving as said memory contact, said set coil closing said memory contact when said set coil is energized by the discharge current of said capacitor when said lead wires are connected by said thyristor, another thyristor interconnecting said memory contact and said resetting coil with said lead wires, said resetting coil being energized to open said memory contact when said other thyristor is driven into the on state, and a trigger capacitor for driving said other thyristor above a predetermined level by said reset voltage.
6. The control system of claim 4, wherein said means of introducing said pulsed control voltage and said reset voltage includes a control relay with a coil and a relay contact for cutting out a certain section of said lead wires and connecting the power supply to the cutout section, an oscillator for supplying control voltage to said control relay coil, a control switch for operating said oscillator, a reset capacitor for supplying reset voltage to said control relay coil, and reset switch means for charging said reset capacitor.
7. A control system for selectively energizing a controlled device through an alarm installation, comprising a receiver having alarm relay means, a remote transmitter having a detector for producing an alarm signal indicative of an abnormal condition and switch means responsive to said alarm signal, an electrical circuit between said transmitter and receiver interconnecting said alarm relay means andsaid switch means, said switch means closing said circuit in response to said alarm signalto energize said alarm relay means, said transmitter having amemory switch for interconnecting the controlled device to said circuit in response to said alarm signal, said receiver having means responsive to said alarm signal for de-energizing said circuit without deactivating said alarm relay means to prevent said alarm signal from directly activating said controlled device, and said receiver having means for selectively energizing and de-energizing said controlled device via said circuit and said memory switch.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein said means for energizing and de-energizing said controlled device produces in said circuit a first pulse voltage having a regular on period to activate said controlled device.
9. The system of claim 8,'further comprising slow release relay means for interconnecting said memory switch means and the controlled device such that the controlled device is continuously activated by said first pulse voltage. 7
10. The system of claim 8, wherein said energizing and de-energizing means produces in said circuit a second pulse voltage having an on period longer than that of said first pulse voltage, said receiver having means nonresponsive to said first pulse voltage for reopening said memory switch in response to said second pulse voltage to turn off the controlled device.
11. A control system for an alarm installation, comprising a receiver with a self-holding alarm relay. a remote transmitter with a controlled device and means for generating an alarm signal, electrical lead wires interconnecting said receiver and transmitter, said transmitter having means responsive to said alarm signal for operatively connecting said lead wires to activate said alarm relay in said receiver, said transmitter having latching relay switch means responsive to said alarm signal for simultaneously connecting said controlled device in circuit with said lead wires, said latching relay switch means being resettable to disconnect said controlled device in response to a reset voltage pulse of predetermined minimum duration, means in said receiver responsive to said alarm relay for simultaneously tively connected to said slow-releasing relay such thatsaid pulsed control voltage is of sufficiently short period to keep said emergency device continuously energized via said slow-releasing relay without resetting said latching relay switch means.
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Oct 4, 1976
|Jul 18, 1978
|Hitachi, Ltd.
|Self-cut-off power switch for a remote controlled electronic equipment
|Apr 29, 1997
|Sep 29, 1998
|Pumilia; Thomas F.
|Fire alarm safety silencing system
|U.S. Classification
|340/504, 340/289, 340/533
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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Just it may or may not be true. It's not a dogmatic thing to me on either side whether someone who hasn't at this point entered into a relationship with God is or is not loved by God.
I understand the argument that the nature of god is unknowable. What I don't understand are the subsequent arguments that presume to know god's nature (i.e. that he is in omnibenevolent in one camp and not in another, etc). Again, it seems like people wanting to have it both ways and doing so at the expense of intellectual honesty.
Originally Posted by
Some theologians. And others not.
No doubt. Like any subject, there isn't likely to be consensus amongst the experts. I guess my question is: why is a petty god that plays favorites worthy of our worship? I can only assume that theologians and apologists have run into the same problem, hence why so many of them tend toward the omnibenevolence track that you have rightly cast aside.
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And hopefully they'll be better off for facing their doubts. That's really the only way a person can make their faith their own. And it's really not until you've come out the other end of doubt that you can be said to have faith at all. (I differentiate faith from belief in this. Faith is trust. Belief is intellectual assent. Intellectually believing that a chair will hold your mass is a different thing than trusting your weight to it).
I still don't understand the thinking that congratulates accepting conclusions without evidence or in the face of contradictory evidence. *shrugs*
If I were to say that my life has been enriched by my faith in invisible pink unicorns, I doubt anyone would take me seriously. However if change the subject of that sentence to god, then suddenly you can get a doctorate degree in the subject from some accredited colleges and universities.
Originally Posted by
That's why it's best to be extremely lenient what you advocate for other people's actions to be or how you judge them, and go with the stricter standard in regards to oneself. At least that's the way I try to see things.
I am afraid that doesn't answer my question. The statement was "I live my life as though [the bible] was the word of god". You seem to concede that the original content of the bible is unknown and raised the point yourself that the document we have today has been subject to numerous translations, scribal errors, politically-motivated revisions, etc. I'm not sure what happens inside the black box that allows one to put questionable material in one end and get "the word of god" out of the other.
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Often. Though there are certain near universals that most major groups agree on.
So what criteria are those major groups using to deterimine those universals? Both the bible and the quran tell us to kill people that from opposing faiths. Both the bible and the quran tell us to be accepting of people different than us. Somehow most of us manage to determine that one of these messages is "better" than the other, even though the source for both message is the same. Clearly then we aren't using that source as a criteria for making that decision. Do you see my point?
So why bother? If we are capable of making moral judgements independent of our holy texts, then why not just make moral judgements without our holy texts? You can't argue that you might miss something important because you've clearly already accepted that ignoring certain parts is okay. You're already taking the risk. Once again it comes back to intellectual honesty.
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Because my faith in God has and does bring increased meaning to my life.
You have already indicated that you conclusions about god are pretty much independently derived. You don't have the catholic version of god per se, nor do you have the baptist version or the mormon version, etc.
So what you have is some custom idea of god that you've developed yourself. So let's be honest here and acknowledge that the ideals you have set forth for yourself bring increased meaning to your life, not "god". In this respect my friend, you are absolutely no different than any athiest I have ever met, save the fact you still feel the need to believe in some external referee. The only difference between you, me, and a devout catholic is that the catholic has accepted a pre-packaged set of beliefs produced by someone else, you've created your own and decided to call it "god" and I've created my own without any such labels.
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Well the one thing I keep coming back to is grace. <snip>
While I do appreciate you sharing that with me, I have to point out that it's unrelated to the point that I was making.
Valid points about humility aside, I still argue that religion is a fundamentally "all or nothing" proposition.
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Perhaps in terms of doctrine. Not to me in terms of actions matching their beliefs.
I disagree. You might not agree with literalists, but you can't say that they aren't literal.
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I haven't tried to be dishonest.
Apologies if I inadvertently offered an offense. I did not mean "dishonest" in the "liar liar pants on fire"/"deceitful slouch" sense. Rather, I sought to point out that one has to be honest with one's self to understand my points. Unfortunately, so long as one maintains "faith" such honesty isn't possible, as "faith" is the willfull act of lying to one's self.
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I largely entered this discussion because I didn't like the either or presented in the video and thought best to include enough of my own approach within Christianity to show that there is a vast segment to whom the guy in the video's thought process is largely irrelevant, though not wholely off the mark.
I still think you've missed the point of his video. And dispite your protests, I still argue that his points apply to you as well
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I disagree with the word "just." There is no mandate for a culture war.
I could spend the rest of the day quoting chapter and verse, however I'll just provide the one example for now:
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Deuteronomy 17:3-5
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Deuteronomy and Leviticus are a great resource for those wanting to learn more about god's ground rules for dealing with people with different beliefs.
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Specific examples you're refering to?
Same as above; there are too many to list here, but here's my favorite:
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Matthew 10:34-37
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Originally Posted by
Personally what do I think? <snip>
I'm afraid this doesn't answer the question. If the NT is the "ground rules" then what is the OT? I tried to anticipate your response by tacking on that 2nd question about the parts of NT that support the OT, however you seemed to ignore that part and argue that the NT was a break with the past anyway
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I haven't denied that anybody does a certain amount of that either consciously or unconsciously. But I do it to apply to my own life, or answer what I think when asked. Not all of them are willing to return the courtesy of leaving it at personal application. They betray a major principle to push a more minor one.
Unfortunately the only response I can think to craft is one that you quoted here. I think my previous argument still applies.
Originally Posted by
Orders from God to kill us? That doesnt' appear in the new testament any where, and I certainly don't recall seeing it as a general kill everyone thing in the old testament.
I quoted the applicable passage earlier. Yes, it is from the OT. No, that does not make a difference.
Originally Posted by
Actually, I look at if people use their faith primarily as personal application, or as a weapon or tool to control others as my main criteria. My main complaint against most fundamentalists and fundamentalist groups isnt' that they're fundamentalists. It's that they've thrown out the spirit of their interpretation of God's word for it's letter.
The point I raised, but unfortunately isn't acknowledged here, is that their choice to do so stems from their interpretation.
You interpret. They interpret. If you don't like their interpretation, that's fine, but you don't get to cry foul because they are guilty of interpretting
Originally Posted by
There's a twin danger. You point out that I get "murky" and cherry pick in that I don't look at as a letter of the law thing. There may be some justification to that. I'm more concerned with the opposite danger, and from my understanding a greater sin and does harm to more people.
And this, in turn, goes back to my point about criteria for selection. Clearly you're using some criteria other than the bible itself to determine which parts are good, which are bad, which should be accepted and which should be abandoned. If you know the source is unreliable, why do you continue to use it? The advances in moral philosophy that have taken place in the 2000 years since the NT was drafted don't meet some set of standards?
Originally Posted by
People get more legalistic when they look for loopholes to excuse their own behavior and justify not giving others a benefit of the doubt. It does happen that people get legalistic for good reasons, but that's not the norm. As a society, we've lost our ability to differentiate between what is good, and what is our role? Should an organization do something that is good, if in the process it compromises it's role or capability of fulfilling its purpose which is a greater good?
All great points. The argument that some people use the bible to behave like jerks probably has some merit, but so does the argument that some people act like jerks because they are trying to do what the bible tells them to do. My point was that it is easier for me to understand the thought process of these individuals than it is to make heads or tails of the thought process that goes into "moderate" or "liberal" theism.
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I have nothing wrong with people who live by a literal interpretation of the bible as far as personal application goes. I do, however, think that the whole cultural movement often do more harm than good by focusing on the political at the expense of the spiritual. <snip>
I agree with what you are saying, however I would like to suggest that there is an angle that you might be missing your analysis. Fundamentalists take a look at passages that discuss the penalties for wickedness and see cause for "legitimate" concern (I use quotations because it is genuinely legitimate to them, however others might not agree). So it may be that it's a play for power for power's sake, or it may also be that their motivations are more altruistic (from certain perspectives).
For example, I often think of these "clashes of ideology" like two groups of people trapped in a boat on the ocean. Unfortunately, one of these groups believe it is their moral duty to drill a hole through the bottom of the boat. Quite understandably, this is rather distressing to the other group.
To me, theists represent the group that likes to put holes in things however I can very easily understand that the opposite is true for theists (they see people like me as the ones doing the drilling). The difference is perspective. Of course, I will argue that reality is on my side, however that matters little so long as the "other group" believes that reality is on their side (nevermind that their reality has no evidence and is therefore a product of their imaginations).
The rest of your comments here don't address the point I raised for reasons I have explained elsewhere, so I snipped them for length.
Originally Posted by
I resist emotional manipulation from within Christian groups too. Don't get offended that I don't think highly of it.
*shrugs* I'm not sure how you're taking "emotional manipulation" out of what has been a series of arguments built almost entirely on reason. I'm really struggling with how to reconcile that.
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Whether a Christian is protestant or catholic, they believe they are called to faith, if they are serious about their religious beliefs at all.<snip>
I promise that I'm not intentionally being obtuse, but I really don't understand how this is related. Would you mind coming at it from another angle?
Originally Posted by
What is gained in undercutting the faith in the relationships that matter to you?
If you're in a boat and your neighbors are trying to drill a hole in the bottom, then I imagine there is quite a bit to be gained (or perhaps it would be more approriate to say "lost"). The point of the analogy is to point out that "personal" beliefs can (and do) have very real consequences for the population.
Originally Posted by
I just didn't find them compelling and I found them to be manipulative.
Yes, using the literal definition of the word, the video was manipulative. The author is intentionally attempting to manipulate people in to thinking critically about their beliefs. I don't think that's the message you were trying to convey though.
Originally Posted by
I think you advocate that religion and faith are dangerous, just like the video said the creator of the video believed as well. Was I wrong in this assumption or do you invest so much effort in disproving all faiths because it's a matter you're indifferent about?
Nope, you hit the nail on the head, but what this doesn't tell me what you assume that means in a broader sense. Your exact comment was: "I look at my life and beliefs, and conclude that life such as you advocate would be largely meaningless."
Without knowing what you assume I advocate as it relates specifically to "life" it's tough for me to know where to start. If it saves us time, I'll simply offer up that what I do advocate probably aligns the closest with Humanism. So if you think that living morally because it is right to do so and not because an invisible man is keeping score so that I can get a reward later (or avoid punishment) would make life "meaningless", I guess I'll need your help understanding why.
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Then my beliefs would be wrong. I've already said that I am not that worried.<snip>
I don't get that though. One of the many possible consequenses is ETERNITY ROASTING IN A LAKE OF FIRE!! With this in mind, please do not begrudge me if I find your cavalier attitute more than a little alarming. Have you really thought this through? Like, all the way? It doesn't seem as though you have.
Originally Posted by
There have been a lot of people that have gone that direction with it. That is true. I try to never take a defeatist direction in that in that our effort has to have been planned for as well. And both crappy and good things happen all the time.
Sir, this response entirely dodges my point. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't have predestination AND free will. You can't have a god that loves and protects *some* people and one that allows good and bad things to happen to bad and good people randomly. At some point, you have to come down on one side of the fence or the other. Or not, but we don't get to call the third option the product of critical thinking.
I'm going to end here with an apology for the length and my sincere thanks for the conversation. Take care.
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In this lecture, Dr. Aram Goudsouzian of The University of Memphis, will tell the story of the last great march of the civil rights era, and the first great showdown of the turbulent years that followed. On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote black voter registration and defy racism. The next day, he was shot by a mysterious white man. What followed was one of the key dramas of the civil rights era. When the leading figures of the civil rights movement flew to Mississippi to carry on Meredith's effort, they found themselves confronting southern law enforcement officials, local activists, and each other. In the subsequent three weeks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. narrowly escaped a mob attack, protesters were tear-gassed by state police, Lyndon Johnson refused federal intervention, and the charismatic activist Stokely Carmichael first led the chant that would define the next phase of the civil rights era: Black Power!
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Rhett Davis has logged more than 45 years at the "University of Musical Life" and still has not graduated! The learning process is ongoing. As a lounge and nightclub performer he has taken classes from Tel Aviv to New York, from Vancouver to Nashville. His music is drawn directly from his experiences as a world traveled songwriter and performer.
Rhett was born in England, immigrated to Canada and grew up in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. He was lead singer and front man for a local group "THE WINMEN". They recorded a regional hit "A Nickel Piece of Candy" and played major venues in British Columbia and Washington State. After long time school buddies went their separate ways, Rhett joined a well-established Toronto nightclub act, "THE HILITES" that performed in major venues, conventions, lounges and television in US, Europe, The Mid- East and Canada.
When the HILITES disbanded, Rhett returned to Nashville where he had recorded "(A Nickel Piece of Candy") and renewed a relationship with his long time friend and mentor, the late Floyd Cramer. Together they formed Ivory Productions and he wrote songs for country music artists, Eddy Arnold (Making Memories), Brian Collins (I Wish You'd Stayed) and David Rogers (Somewhere There's A World Called You). It was here that he wrote and produced his Top Twenty hit, "I Am The Eagle".
Some of Rhett's performance credits are:
Floyd Cramer Celebrity Golf Tournament, Nashville
Barbara Mandrell at the International Freedom Festival
Rich Little on CBC TV
Gallager at the L.A. Playboy Club
Royal Command Performance for the Duke of Edinburgh, Toronto
United Jewish Appeal in Madison Square Garden
Ronnie Prophet TV Show, Toronto
The Playboy Club, Los Angeles
Alan King in the Catskill, NY circuit
Rhett and his family now live in Orlando, Florida where he performs in local lounges and nightclubs.
His latest release "SPIRITS" (all original material) is a collection of some previous favorites and several great new songs.


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Raising Hell for Justice; Daschle vs. Thune
David R. Obey; Jon K. Lauck
Raising Hell for Justice
The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive
David R. Obey
University of Wisconsin Press, $35, 496 pp.
Daschle vs. Thune
Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race
Jon K. Lauck
University of Oklahoma Press, $24.95, 326 pp.
In seventh grade, the year he decided to be a congressman, young David Obey punched a nun-in the jaw, no less-after she slapped him for being inattentive in class. In his autobiography, Raising Hell for Justice, longtime Congressman Obey (D-Wis.) outlines the character of a man who-his name not withstanding-has spent his life aiming righteous indignation at established authority. By contrast, the former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle, another liberal Catholic Democrat, consistently promoted his respect for tradition and church leadership. In 1978, he distributed a letter from his Catholic-school nuns, vouching for his opposition to abortion; and TV ads for his 2004 reelection campaign highlighted the senator's youthful service as an altar boy. In Daschle vs. Thune, however, Jon Lauck...
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Trapline returns to the Stonehouse Inn on Friday from 9-12 for a long overdue acoustic covers and originals night! It is always a blast, lots a goodies on tap, heck Mike might even let ya play the congas! C U THERE
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Trapline makes its return to whjere it all started>>>> Mahoneys in Uniontown on 2/18/12! We will be playing our originals and special covers from 10-2. Merch and Cd's will be on hand as well as sign up sheets for our upcoming video shoot. $3.00 cover is dirt cheap, drink specials and major good times....
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The hole was finished being cut and graded this morning and we started to set up the footing about 1 this afternoon.
It took us a couple of hours to get the exterior set up.
First thing this morning we set up the PLS90e to check square. I get really timid when it comes to footings because I really do not want to find out its out of square after the concrete is cured. Check, check again, an then check again.
Footing is raised to grade, and steel is in.
We failed inspection because I forgot to expand the footings in certain spots. So we spent a couple of hours expanding the footings in spots and digging them down for a 12" depth. You can zoom in and see the 36"x36" expanded footing on the right side there.
Got a late start placing concrete this morning because the 3" line pump was jammed while the patios next door were poured.
Another expanded footing.
Poured (placed) the footings, snapped lines, set clips, scattered panels and tied bar before we quit. It was a very good day.
Walls set up in about 4 hours. We dodged rain all day. It rained first thing this morning, but we were at the store getting supplies. Then set up walls, it rained during lunch. Then we shot grade and set grade nails and quit, then it just dumped rain. We poured some of the piers when we poured the footings. There are 40 total and we'll get the rest when we pour the walls.
Line pump and the first concrete truck ready to go, 8 am
Foundation walls just before we place the concrete. I ordered 13 1/2 yds
Morning started out raining, so we had to use a dryline to place all the mudsill. This slowed us down.
On this job we built the shearwalls instead of using concrete footings and stemwalls. It added to the framing much more than I anticipated.
Got our "underfloor" inspection, took lunch and the sheathing hath begun!!
Same basic shot, just played with the color a bit.
Raining again on us, but not too bad. It stopped later in the day.
This morning while the guys brought all the lumber down from the other job I built a table for the mitersaw. I basically ripped of Brian McCarthy's design completely.
We'll come up with a better stop system, but a scap 4x and two clamps worked well and made short work of cutting trimmers.
Matt showing how big his ego is to Betto, who thinks he is drastically underestimating it.
One more picture.
Roof Load
Matt and Jeff setting up to gang cut the great room rafters.
Jeff cutting the ridge (plumb) cuts.
If you zoom in you'll see that the cut was about 1/16" off the line at the last rafter. Good enough for govm't work.
Since only 6 rafters have tails, Matt just free hands the cut.
Jeff cutting the plumbcut at the plate. Most of these rafters sit on interior walls.
It is easier to cut with the bottom of the bar in this case. So the dust isn't thrown to the ground, and its filling up Jeffs pants.
In this case, we felt it was easier to use the chainsaw. The rafters were somewhat uneven and its easier to cut this with the Headcutter than the Big Foot w/swingtable.
Our birdblocks held together in 3' long units and just run down the middle with the saw. As we nail them between rafters, we just knock out the middle for venting.
Since the rafters for the main part of the roof were just about 30' to the tail, we used I-joists.
Set the Chainsaw angle to a line drawn on a 6x12.
Line up the saw with the cut line, mark the end of the table and tack the guide.
Chainsaw just flies through the I-joists.
We are not cutting a birdsmouth on these rafters. So the length to the tail is being marked out. There is almost no waste on these rafters. They are 30' stock and the measurement is 29' 6 1/4".
Cutting the plumb portion of the tail.
Cutting the seat (level) portion of the tail.
Web stiffeners are required at the ridge cut where the joist will be nailed into a hanger.
Jeff is doing the same thing at the tail. Then we'll nail a 2x block at the plumb cut for the subfascia to nail to. A little labor intensive, but the roof will be flat, the I-joists are $50/stick cheaper than 2x12 and they are much much lighter.
Matt is nailing the hangers to the glulam ridge.
Lifting the great room ridge.
Getting to be lunch time.
Right after lunch and its sunny now!
First thing this morning we are starting to set the main ridge. It is about 42' including overhangs.
First try, and realize that it'd be better to back in and up the hill.
The taller post was about 15' 3" and the shorter one will sit on the floor.
Beveled plate nailed to the top of the porch beam. This elimintates the need to cut a birdsmouth in the I-joist rafters.
Using both forklifts for staging to set the rafters. They are just shy of 30'
Getting ready to set the LVL rafters that will sit under the dormer walls.
Rained on us all day and I just didn't feel like getting a good picture. This is from the next lot over.
Ugly again this morning. Feels like February. It is cold and raining.
We decided to nail the rafters into the ridge and then lift it.
Master bedroom below the small gable, bathroom to the left. We just didn't feel like finishing the overframing over the great room. It is just a miserable day.
Two gables to the left will get framed over the den and a bigger one that will extend over the entry. We'll overframe those probably last. There is a dormer on the right that will center over that dining room window.
Here is a link to the plan. http://www.mascord.com/plan_details.asp?PlanID=22158
Here Jeff is laying out to frame the gable using the Stabila laser.
We have to frame this wall before the other roof and sheathe it because its is a shearwall. We'll have to A35 the I-joist rafter to the wall also, every 2' oc
Another rainy windy day. But right as we are ready to roll up, the wind blows a hole in the clouds for some brief sunshine.
You can see the trees bowing.
I-joist rafters have no birdsmouth and sit on a beveled plate. The smaller span has 2x12 rafters landing on a double 2x4 plate. This gives us almost a perfect 3 1/2" seatcut and still 2 1/2" for the 2x8 ceiling joists to bear on inside. This eliminates the need to notch them to sit on taller plates.
Blocking at the sheathing breaks. Also this gable rafters is lowered 1 1/2" so the lookouts can run over the top. It is a goofy detail to use lookouts on I-joist rafters because you cannot cut the top flange. I wonder if it matters when the entire wall is supported and sheathed. I doubt it.
It seemed easier to lower the gable rafter so the lookouts could run over the top. So we installed lookouts ever 4' with 2x4 "spacers".
The gable rafter needed to be "A35'd" (it is a verb) to the shearwall below ever 2' oc.
We layed enough sheathing to start the gable overframing. We snapped a line representing the bottom of the gable. Then a line square to that at the dead center, then snapped out the valleys.
I've never done it this way, but it worked out really well.
2x4 nailed that represents the gable.
Calculated the rafters and ridge and precut it all.
Photo stitched. The valleys are straight, really!
Decided to build the dormer in the garage.
Snapped it out to scale to get the lengths.
I had pictures of the dormer all finished but they didn't download. Oh well.
Just about ready to set the dormer.
Kyle is back!!
Set up to cut the barrel vault aches out of 3/4" OSB that was old. Just using a site cut trammel.
Arcus blade works really well. But you have to cut counter clockwise.
Set up a few 27 1/2 square OSB blanks to cut the cove curve for the dining room ceiling.
Jeff (foreground) and Matt nailing the "purlins" for the barrel section.
Next section. We frame them with about a 16" gap between sections so the electrician can put his cans it without anything in the way.
Taking numbers to cut sheathing. Matt first measures down the curve on the purlins, then he'll measure from the end of the curve to the valley.
Connect the dots.
Not to bad a gap for framers. The drywall and mud will make use look almost professional :-)
Kyle and Matt
We've been building our own vents ever since Joe Bartok figured out the formulas for the compound miters and posted it on his website. http://ca.geocities.com/xpf51/index.html
Little dentils that will go under the vent. Just 4x6, cut 45 degrees and rounded over.
Not bad for a framer . . . . .of course I only did the toe kicks and some base ;-)
My brother, Bryan has been doing trim with our finish carp while Betto is gone. Here he is coping crown with the Collins coping foot. It is so simple even a caveman with earwax can do it!! http://www.collinstool.com/base.php?page=collins_coping_foot.htm
This morning Bryan and I finished the crown in the dining room. First time I've ever done it, but I've watched it done at JLC LIVE quite a few times.


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I don't much care for main events. They're often overhyped and anticlimactic, which essentially defeats the purpose of a main event.
UFC 119 has been batted around a bit because a headliner between Frank Mir and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic isn't all that relevant in the current heavyweight division, and there is no argument to be made against that stance.
Then again, the main card has five fights any fan worth his or her salt wants to see whether it be for nostalgic thrill or stylistic gold. Here to cut through all the nonsense and deliver the goods is the same guy coming off a disastrous night of picks for UFC Fight Night 22.
Of course, that means only one thing I'm due for a good performance, right?
Frank Mir versus Mirko Filipovic
Considering that both Mir and Filipovic are notorious front-runners, there are only two realistic outcomes for this fight. Either one of them puts together some big offense early and ends the fight right there or it turns into an ugly game of survival between two men who are fighting a fair bit heavier than they should be.
Although the publicized dynamic of this fight is one of striker versus grappler, it actually goes much deeper than that given the intellectual bent in Mir's fighting style. Against Cheick Kongo he had the foresight to know he could get off some offense on the feet if Kongo came out too concerned with defending his takedowns. That's a level of strategy that Filipovic has never embraced, and with time he has only become more prone to fighting to his own detriment.
After all, it took some desperate pleading from his corner for Filipovic to throw his vaunted left high kick at Pat Barry. Sure enough, the fight turned around as soon as he did. Of course, that was preceded by five minutes of unvarnished beatdown. Mir may occasionally overthink his approach and fall flat on his face, but if Filipovic comes out flat, he's not going to last long enough to put together a rally.
Way back in the day, Filipovic's sprawl was enough to stuff most any takedown. The level of wrestling even in the thin heavyweight division has increased dramatically since then, though, and his athleticism hasn't held up over time. That pancake sprawl was a function of his now faded athleticism, and he doesn't have the technique to make up for it. Further complicating matters is that he doesn't use his boxing as well as he used to.
When Filipovic is putting his hands together it becomes very clear very fast that he still has the timing and technique to beat someone of Mir's caliber. However, much like his kicks, his boxing is a weapon he doesn't use anywhere near enough. If Filipovic does come out committed to throwing strikes, there is a great chance he will land one cleanly and Mir will fall apart as he so often does when he gets hit hard.
Then again, should Mir get his hands on Filipovic and drag him down, the fight basically would turn even more one-sided than it is on the feet. Because of the striker-heavy nature of the heavyweight division, Filipovic has had to work on the floor only a few times. Against anyone with real skill he has struggled mightily. Given Mir's penchant for locking up submissions early, a single first-round takedown is likely all that separates him from a no-fuss win.
However, just as Filipovic so often fails to let his limbs do what they do best, Mir often fails to realize he is and always will be a grappler first. That wouldn't be such a problem if Mir had the ability to absorb punishment, but that's just not the case. Granted, most anyone would fall apart if Shane Carwin hit him clean even once, but Mir also got tagged up by Marcio Cruz. Even imagining what would happen if Filipovic hit him has the feel of a Clive Barker novel.
For all the attempts at technical insight out there on this bout, there is simply no way anyone can have a real feel for how this fight will go. Both fighters are too prone to either fighting to their own detriment or simply fighting with some terrible excuse for strategy. Keeping that in mind, I think Mir will test his luck on the feet for a bit and end up splayed out on the canvas. Just by thinking that, I think I may have guaranteed Mir a first-round submission win, but I'm sticking by the Croatian Jack Bauer for once.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira versus Ryan Bader
This fight is being billed as a sort of title eliminator match in the absurdly competitive light heavyweight division, but more than anything it's a chance for both the UFC and fans to figure out exactly how good Bader and Nogueira really are. Both are coming off so-so performances that raised real questions about just how long either man can be expected to last in the grueling marathon that is earning a title shot.
For Nogueira, the most obvious concern is his tendency to sleepwalk through long stretches of fights. It nearly cost him his fight with Jason Brilz, and Bader poses many of the same issues with the added dimension of being more athletic and a heavier hitter. For all the talk of Nogueira's amateur wrestling background, his actual boxing skill is overrated and it's his knee to the midsection that Bader needs to watch out for.
Although Nogueira isn't going to effortlessly one-two punch Bader out of the cage, it was troubling to see Bader struggle at times against Keith Jardine's shopworn boxing game. The deciding factor in how he fares this time around basically comes down to who controls the distance. As long as Nogueira can work from afar and back Bader off with knees when he comes inside, the fight is a pretty straightforward proposition for him.
It's if and when "Darth" closes the pocket that all of Nogueira's flaws come into play. His timing in close quarters is mediocre, which results in lots of arm punches with no pop behind them. Even though Bader's defense isn't the best, as long as he doesn't eat any clean counters on the way inside, he'll win the exchanges based on power alone. This also leads to the other obvious advantage he holds over Nogueira -- his wrestling.
Brilz was hardly the first man to show some of the limitations inherent in Nogueira's grappling. This is after all the light heavyweight division, which is known for its capable wrestlers as much as anything else. Bader has a stout base and has shown flashes of ground-and-pound savvy that belie his youth in the sport.
Playing a deep half guard and working front headlock chokes has worked for Nogueira in the past because he's mostly been spared taking on the very best the division has to offer. Despite being a behemoth of a light heavyweight, Bader is shockingly fluid on the mat and holds position with ease. When Nogueira does try to work a sweep or scramble for a submission, he's going to find Bader difficult to move and far more willing to drop a fist in his face.
While the Nogueira brothers are revered for their toughness, Bader isn't a guy you want taking clean shots at your chin. With the exception of sub-UFC competition and the notoriously southpaw vulnerable Luis Arthur Cane, it's been a long while since Nogueira actually outclassed a world-class caliber fighter. The other factor to keep in mind is that Bader is still improving, and that's something Nogueira can't account for in training camp.
Beyond any expectations for improvement, the fact remains that Bader can easily take control of this fight as long as he fights with the slightest bit of strategy. I don't expect him to come out throwing counter left hooks or hitting side control passes -- both techniques Nogueira leaves himself open to -- but he can use his power and top control in equal measure far easier than Nogueira can get any real offense going. There will be plenty of difficult moments on the way and some hearty post-fight debate is undoubtedly looming, but Bader will do just enough to take a decision win.
Tomas Rios is a contributor to Sherdog.com.


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