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11/06/2014 7:41pm, #1
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Kung Fu and Workin Those Lats
Hung Gar newb here. I've been working on three main things: 1) an introductory set 2) dynamic stance training and 3) figuring out what the hell bridge hand is and what its for.
Anyway I have a background in personal training and other health stuff, so its hard for me to take the advice about "putting the energy in the right place" without trying to break it down into more concrete things. In that regard, I've noticed that as I get more detailed corrections to how I am doing bridge hands and other moves (subduing hand, separate, different punches and hand strikes) a lot of it seems to include using your bodyweight (duh, just like in any martial art) but also really engaging the lats and other big back muscles in what I think are some interesting ways that I handn't thought of.
For example, when doing a subduing hand which involves blocking or trapping downward, I keep getting advice to keep my arms "curved like a bow" and to "sink the energy." When I'm doing it right, it seems to be about more than just settling my bodyweight down, but I also really feel my lats flexing and adding some muscle power above and beyond what my arms could do.
Anyway, this may be obvious stuff but I welcome more enlightened thoughts on the body-mechanics of these "hard" kung-fu moves.
11/08/2014 10:10pm, #2
Which set?
A bridge has several meanings not the least of which is a good strong forearm. There is no Hung ga without a good strong forearm. Besides that the bridges are basically a set of tactics for engaging and advancing past someone's standing guard, entries to the clinch range. There is some pretty simple theory behind it based on different angles of attack and countering, and opening the opponents "gates", "doors", etc.
The key thing with the bridges is that alone they are useless. They have to be combined with the core and leg conditioning of Hung ga to be worth anything. Just having strong forearms is not enough to have a good kiu sau, as you said the back, core shoulders, and footwork all play critical parts in unison.
"putting the energy to the right place" largely means moving the appropriate weight through the right path, using good body structure and framing.
These are the 12 forms for training bridges in hung ga, but early on you should not really worry about this stuff. These bridges are spread throughout the curriculum even the first forms, and are learned in their application form first. Later on you'll see how these 12 positions recur over and over in Hung ga.
Sifu Sharif Bey has a good video version of these on Youtube.
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Yeah, here's Bey Sifu's video.
Note the body use and 'opening and closing' 'pressing and lifting' etc.
A good teacher should be able to help you get this gradually.
Try doing the movements with less speed and slightly less intensity to give yourself more of a chance at feeling what's going on.
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"when a hung ga fighter encounters a bridge, he crosses it." - hung ga saying
WR did a good job of explaining the basics, but i thought i should leave that little snippet in the thread as well."Face punches are an essential character building part of a martial art. You don't truly love your children unless you allow them to get punched in the face." - chi-conspiricy
"When I was a little boy, I had a sailor suit, but it didn't mean I was in the Navy." - Mtripp on the subject of a 5 year old karate black belt
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"Seriously, who gives a **** what you or Errant think? You're Asian males, everyone just ignores you, unless you're in a krotty movie." - new2bjj
11/11/2014 12:01am, #5
I almost forgot. One of the best movie versions of the Hung ga bridges, 0:00 - 0:49
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Gold star punches corner, Push the mountain, shoot the arrow.
Black dragon swings tail , Pinch the golden scissors, Separate, Clear the gate, bowl punch, Cover the head, Front snap toe kick, Return the hit, elbow, groin strike, backfist, Separate, paw the sand, Rake, jab, 1,000 character cutting hand, block and chop, Initiate the grab, wind up, double falling hammers
It's actually really fucking fun to learn.
11/11/2014 10:38pm, #7
If you start to learn the GGFF, you'll understand what I mean. Crossfit, Turbofire..these have nothing on the GGFF. It will kick the ass of well conditioned people, let alone the average person.
Taming the Tiger in I Pattern has somewhere between 120-130 movements. It took me a year to learn the whole sequence but many parts repeat and there are parts that are themselves mini-sets, like the "Chin ji sao" 1000 Character Hand that can become their own practice material.
The thing I like about Hung ga fist sets compared to say Shotokan kata is the modularity. There is never a need to learn the WHOLE THING...you will learn individual things or combinations of things that are good material on their own.
Without going into the whole history, small sets were common in Hung ga lineages until Wong Fei Hung, who combined MANY different things into his 4 core routines which became the pillars of the style...however those smaller sets are still common in many Hung ga lineages today. Even with the 19th century "synthesis", they have not vanished. It's almost random, the small sets a particular Hung ga school might teach, in addition to the major sets.
After BJJ class one night XXIV busted out a short Hung ga routine I had never seen before. It was short and simple but all the hallmarks were there. I've found it common to come across Hung ga folks who know these small sets and not the four pillar sets, even if they are pretty good with basic san da skills.
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11/16/2014 7:08pm, #8
Ng mun, or Five Gates:
"The five gates are separated into the upper, middle, lower, left, and right. The upper gate has seven openings, the middle has heart and chest, the lower has yin-yang, whereas the left gate has the left arm and leg, and the right gate, has the right arm and leg. One can asses the opponent's strength and weakness, by observing, his mun-wu [gate]; those who are unmindful of the gates are easily defeated"
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Gregor's family appears to be happy and prosperous, but that, too, is just how they appear on the outside. Gregor has made life easy for them, so none of them has had to do anything productive. Under his calm and peaceful exterior, Gregor's father is a cruel man. Though he does not work (because Gregor has been providing), he can work. Gregor's sister is described as ''a somewhat useless daughter," which is true before the transformation because she has never needed to be productive. After Gregor's death, she gets a job and becomes a more useful, productive young woman. His mother is much the same on the inside as she appears on the inside; she is rather a non-entity throughout the entire ordeal, though she does seem to be most affected by Gregor's death. Later in the story, Gregor's family is described "tired and overworked," which really just means they are now doing their share of maintaining a household--something Gregor had always paid others to do for them.
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Yet some special trusts have clearly been winners over recent years. That cannot be said of many of the general life assurance funds that provide the pensions or endowment savings of the average UK investor, because they stuck with old UK shares.
The investment funds that doubled and redoubled in a year or two were mainly those that concentrated on the new software, internet hardware and network communications providers whose ideas promised high returns, if not just yet. Henderson Technology, Finsbury Technology and the other specialists, along with one or two venture capital or smaller investment trust companies and unit funds, made hay with purchases of a relatively small number of stakes in hi-tech companies. JSB and London Bridge Software were the gold nuggets in a handful of funds. ARM, the chip-designer offshoot of Acorn, made fortunes for a rather larger number.
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She got herself out of bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower. A nice hot shower always woke her up. And it was always a long one, as Shay's honey blonde hair was long and thick and she always shampooed it a certain way, so it dried in it's natural waves. She continued her routine with dressing herself. She liked to feel comfortable and didn't feel the need to impress anyone. She did, however, keep herself healthy. She had a toned body from six years of quidditch. But she always had to do something she hated. Putting on her make up. Shay was the kind of girl that hated girls who wore too much make up. She really only did to hide the scars that were embedded on her face. The scars on her face brought bad memories and made her self conscious. She didn't want to seem vain but she liked parts of her face that she didn't want to cover up with make up. Like the freckles that were scattered so lightly under eyes and across her nose. And the natural rosy red in her cheeks. Or her favorite part, her eyes, which were two different colors. The right one was a green, not an emerald green like her friend Lily's, but more of a dark Christmas green. And the left was darker than ice and a lighter than sky blue. But to avoid being asked too many questions, she put the make-up on.
Her mum was a snob by day and a lunatic by night. Her father was just a good for nothing drunk. Neither of them had to work because her family was loaded, not that they knew what an actual days work was anyway. Shay was from one of the most respected pureblood families. The Calhouns. She hated her last name. It associated her with dark and evil wizards. Her father's father was a part of Gellert Grindelwald's army before Albus Dumbledore defeated the dark uprising. Her grandfather still insisted that Grindelwald was the best thing that could have happened to the wizarding community and trashed the good name of Dumbledore anytime he could. Shay was nothing like the rest of her family. Except her brother. He was a decent person. Damien was like her. An outcast in their own house. He was three years older than Shay and moved from Ireland to the US. Shay thought he was the luckiest person in the world.
Once Shay got her hair and make up done, she headed downstairs. As she went down the hall, she passed her sister's room. Courtlyn's room was the opposite of Shay's. Her room was furnished with green and silver silks, a thick dark oak dresser and bed stand, and all the things Courtlyn's heart desired. Courtlyn was, according to Shay, the epitome of an evil witch. Shay had read some muggle books when she was younger. Some of the stories had green skinned, hooked nosed, wart faced witches as the villains. Shay was always sure that those authors had based their villains off of Courtlyn. Shay and Courtlyn got along fine until Shay started going to Hogwarts. A Gryffindor under one roof with a bunch of Slytherins. It wasn't fun. Shay thought that was why her parents hated her. Because of what house she was in at Hogwarts. Shay and Damien were in somewhat the same boat. He was in Ravenclaw, not as bad as Gryffindor but it wasn't Slytherin. Shay's parents excused Damien by saying he was too smart for his own good. They gave Shay no excuse for being in Gryffindor. To them, no one could get any lower than Gryffindor. They'd rather her be a squib.
Shay was finally kitchen where her mom was taking her regular potions and drinks.
"A little early for medicating, don't you think?" Shay asked while looking in the fridge.
Her mum, Elladora Prince Calhoun, had a bad fall off of her broom during her second season with the Puddlemere United. She was drafted right out of Hogwarts. Her mum was captain of the Slytherin team and had lead her team to the cup three times while she was in school. Her mum was a phenomenal player and it was the only pride Shay held for her mother. Shay always wondered what her mum was like before she had to retire. Maybe she wasn't as mean. After the accident, her parents got married and started having kids. As long as she could remember, her mum had always taken medication for the supposed pain. Shay was never sure if it was physical pain or the pain that her mum felt of having to give up her dream.
"Why don't you learn how to have a little respect? You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me, you ungrateful little wretch," her mom screeched, swallowing her last potion.
"Oh, a little touchy today, aren't we?" Shay said opening up a yogurt.
Her mom gave her a deadly glare, "We are going to the Blacks' today so you better behave. I cannot even count how many times you have embarrassed us in front of them."
"I think you have the wrong person. I would never dream of embarrassing you in front of anyone," Shay said, amusing herself.
"And if I catch you doing anything to disturb Courtlyn and Regulus, you'll be locked in your room for the rest of the summer," her mom said exiting the kitchen.
"Don't worry about it," Shay said under her breath.
Her mum must have been trying to latch the Blacks and Calhouns together permanently.
Shay went back up stairs to wait but bumped into her dad on the way. She had found out why her mom and her dad were fighting. He was drunk, again. She had smelt the fire whiskey easily. It was a smell she had grown accustomed to. Arcturus was the epitome of a spoiled brat. He never had any goals or ambitions. He was popular and good-looking, like most of the pure bloods he had befriended while he was in school. From what Shay had heard, he never did much while he was in Hogwarts. Never a prefect, didn't get outstanding grades, rubbish at quidditch. She never understood how her mum could be with somebody like him. His looks had faded quite dramatically after starting a family. Shay remembered him from years before. He was tall, slim, head full of dark brown hair and healthy sun kissed skin. Her brother looked a lot like her father back then. Now he was a sight for sore eyes. His hair was thinning, stomach bloated from alcohol and he just seemed as if he was half a man. It seemed as if having kids literally sucked the life out of him. Shay was sure that neither of her parents ever actually wanted to have kids. They were shit at it. Even with Courtlyn they never actually parented her. They more or so lived vicariously through her.
Today, the only problem with her father's alcohol abuse was that they were visiting the Blacks. They were very old friends of her parents, but always trying to show each other up. Shay would always hang with Sirius during the visit. He was one of her best friends. She wouldn't know what to do without him. But the visit was going to be horrible because Sirius had run away from home the previous year and was living with the Potters. Sirius's mother went into a rage and she had blown him off the family tree. Shay was sure to face being tortured and terrorized by Courtlyn and Sirius's brother Regulus the whole time.
Shay was in deep thought about her friends, when she heard a loud bang.
"What the hell?"
She turned the corner and saw something that made her want to cry and laugh at the same time.
"If I wasn't so excited to see you, I'd think you were the biggest fool in the world."
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?Neannie Keys born VA? married William Qualls, daughter Jennie born in TN
Jennie Qualls' birthdate was 16 October 1846 in Tennessee on death certificate.She died 7 April 1915 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas.According to census records and family notes from 1960s, she may have been born in 1856 not 1846.Her father is given as William Qualls born in Miss and mother ?Neannie Keys born in Virginia.Information on death certificate may be wrong
Jennie was the third wife of William Daniel Lloyd (Loyd) born 20 November 1838 in Tennessee; died 20 May 1913 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas.Information on his death certificate was wrong.In family notes fron 1960s 1 st wife was a Waite, 2nd was Laura Qualls, sister of Jennie.Some family lore is that all three wives were Qualls sisters. The first wife was named Feriba.
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HE still has the springy steps of the day when he first stepped up the dais to receive his first gold medal for winning the 400 metres hurdles for Fiji.
The same glint in the eye resulting from a healthy lifestyle. So was the gleam showing his full set of dentures. He was still a schoolboy then. The day was as vivid yesterday as it was fifty years ago when he became the 1963 South Pacific Games champion.
He may have lost some of the vims and whims of youth but Osea Malamala of Voua, Nadroga is a fitness fanatic and has kept a perfect lifestyle that has never seen him sick in his teaching career from 1966 to 2010.
Here for a prolonged holiday from where he resides in Worcester in England Malamala, apart from his athletic prowess, played some part in rugby development in Fiji.
Spending a year at the University of Wales in Cardiff 1967 to 1968 then 1972 to 1974 with schoolmates such as former Wales and British Lions skipper Gareth Edwards and JPR Williams of the same repute, Malamala came back home with bagful of knowledge that perhaps helped to shape rugby in Fiji as what it is now. Their teacher was the great Lynn Davies, the Welshman who won a gold medal in the 1964 Olympic Games in the long jump.The university was the top Physical Education centre of learning in Wales and the region.
A Wales coaching manual he gave former national coach and teaching mate at Nasinu Teachers College Inoke Tabualevu. The South African coaching manual he gave his (brother-in-law), the late Meli Kurisaru.
He introduced touch rugby to his Gaunavou rugby club in Suva and advised Brian Wightman of how sevens rugby suited the Fijians "because it has a lot of running".
Watching our performance in the HSBC Sevens Series Malamala has a feeling of great pride because he has seen the fruition of his dream.
The Cardiff Sevens was and still is a great sporting event in Wales and he was part of it during his time there.
He brought touch rugby for his Gaunavou club as it was a good skill builder.
"It was used for warm-up sessions before training because it develops space-awareness, speed and passing and changing direction."
He also introduced mini rugby at Nabua.
However, Malamala first came into prominence at Ratu Kadavulevu School in 1956 as a Class Six student winning the national schools cross-country event in the open grade, beating competitors in all ages up to secondary school.
He spent his intermediate years from 1956 to 1958 at RKS and moved for his secondary education to Queen Victoria School.
"I was in my final year at QVS when I won my gold medal in 1963."
From 1957 he became a regular competitor in the Easter Athletics Championships.
He attended Nasinu Teachers College in 1964 and 1965 and broke the 2 minutes barrier in the 800 metres and the 50 seconds in the 400 metres.
He won bronze in the 800 in the Noumea SPG and a gold in the 4x400 metres relay with Amani Racule and Laisiasa Waqa the fourth member he could not recall.
He won a silver in the 800 in 1967 SPG in PNG with gold going to Saimoni Tamani and bronze to Peceli Tikomainakauvadra.
In 1971 in Tahiti he was injured in the final.
In 1972 he went with Samu Yavala and Usaia Sotutu to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Traditionally, Voua is a warrior tribe being the warriors for the Kalevu, Paramount chief of Nadroga and it was not surprising that two gold medals of 1963 came from that one small village. The other was by Merewai Turukawa in the shot putt.
One year later another Voua villager Aporosa Robe played for Fiji and went on to create fame in Wales in 1964.
At an early age Malamala got hold of a book by legendary Olympian gold medalist Peter Snell where he said he ran 100 miles a week to build his stamina.
Malamala did likewise and blames the poor performance of modern sport on the emphasis of other aspects of fitness like skills, speed and strength especially in the off-season.
"I trained 100 miles a week, running to Nausori and back to Nasinu daily," he said.
"During my peak, with that conditioning I break my own record in the morning with the 400 and break another personal record in the afternoon," he added.
Quick recovery from injury or during strenuous sessions of play depends on how much stamina you have. It also prevents injury.
For the past couple of years he has been helping out the Gloucester under-20 team of the Gloucester Rugby Club.
He is helping out with local rugby and offering advice to schools such as Adi Cakobau School in their preparation for the Coca-Cola Games.
Local sports have become professional but he hopes it does not take away that community spirit of offering free service to help fellow men.
It is a quickly vanishing commodity in modern sports and life generally, Malamala believes.
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I was beginning to think that Shepherd had given up on the series; but, alas a new book has finally come out.
Kris and Jack are now married and they have a new baby girl named Ruth. They have returned home and King Ray has a new assignment for Kris. As we know from prior books, the Peterwald Empire is in a civil war. Emperor Peterwald has asked for mediation between Vicky and himself. He has asked for Kris to be the mediator. Of course, the evil stepmother is still attempting to kill Vicky and take over the Empire. Someone attempts to assassinate Kris and family even before she leaves to the mediation site. Is it the Empress or someone from her own country?
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I saw on the moon palace website that she only allow a certain amount of people who do not stay at the resort to purchase guest passes. I have several relatives that want to come, but they simply cannot afford the moon palace price. I don't want them to travel all the way to Cancun and then not even be able to attend the wedding. Did anyone have an issue or have any advice on this?
Question about guets who do not stay at Moon Palace but wish to attend your wedding.
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Posted 15 October 2011 - 10:50 AM
Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Moon Palace is always funny about their policies. They also don't allow outside vendors, but they do. They just won't come out and say it. We often shoot weddings as either a guest or stay the night. Unfortunately, this is how they work and will often tell you one thing but do another.
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Posted 27 November 2011 - 02:54 PM
I am getting married at Cancun Palace and I agree with the previous post. On our contract it states that only 20% of total guests staying at the hotel can attend from outside the resort. Which means we would have to have a total of 10 guests to even have 2 from outside come for the $90 daily fee. As for the outside vendor policy, I was verbally told that even though they say none, the on site wedding coordinator is flexible. With the off site guests, it is not a risk I am willing to take but if push comes to shove, how can they deny that really? They still make money for the daily pass! Good luck and let me know if you get any further official/unofficial info!
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This is actually really hard, but i have given it a lot of thought and this is what I came up with. (Note Updated after the Series Finale and Two-Part episodes are treated as one episode)
(20) Safe (1.10)-- This episode really kick started a slow start to season 1. The past 9 episodes were uneven but kept things intriguing. Then 'Safe' came along and somehow put everything together from the past 9 episodes. Suddenly the show was starting to really take its form.
(19) The Day We Died (3.22) -- I really enjoyed the future time jump and to see what the future would have been had Peter not acted the way he did. Big answer revealed that Walter created the machine and sent it back through time for the FRINGE team to find it, making them the first people. Gave us probably the biggest WTF moment in FRINGE history with Peter disappearing with September saying 'he never existed'
(18) Bad Dreams (1.17) -- This episode was great because it introduces us to the first cortexiphan kid, other than Olivia, Mr. Nick Lane. We got our first glimpse into other kid's lives who were treated with the drug and the side-effects it had. And any time Anna Torv gets to make out with another girl, im on board.
(17) Jacksonville -- This was our first real look at Olivia's past and made us feel what she went through. The emotional and psychological abuse she went through. We really get to feel for her as a character, and that was wonderful. Her drug induced trip through her mind to meet her child-self was scary and well-executed.
(16) Enemy of My Enemy (4.09) -- This was a fantastic kick start to season 4 which i think really needed it at this point. We got to see a more smart and diabolical David Robert Jones, and the utter confusion of the FRINGE team on how to deal with the situation. It had a little of everything that really launched us into the meat of season 4.
(15) Brave New World Pt.1/2 (4.21 and 4.22) -- Great episodes (for the most part) throughout. Seeing super-powered Olivia is something I love on this show. And the interrogation of Jessica was probably the creepiest thing I've ever seen on this show. Painful and intense to watch after Walter shoots Olivia and tries to get the bullet out.
(14) Momentum Deferred (2.04) -- We get to finally see Olivia's time on the other side with William Bell. Olivia killing shape-shifter Charlie and introducing season 2's baddie Newton was a great way to set the tone for season 2.
(13) Liberty/An Enemy of Fate (5.12 and 5.13) -- Yes, I put the finale on here after some thought. It was just an excellent two part episode. Part 1 - Liberty focused on kick-ass Olivia (who I missed a lot in season 5), but she got to shine in this one. Bringing back the universe window was a nice touch, and it was painful to see the 4 cortexiphan doses she had to endure. We also get to finally see Fauxlivia and Lincoln again, which was great. Part 2 - An Enemy of Fate was great too. it gave us 3 great Walter interactions that were very emotionally strong with Peter, Astrid and September. The intensity and action came with a great sequence with Olivia and Peter storming the Observer filled building and tormenting the Observers/Loyalists with all the cases they've had -- a true homage to all the fans that stuck with this show from the start. Another great moment was Olivia blacking out the entire city behind her and ramming a car into Windmark. it ends with Walter makes one last sacrifice to become the hero that absolved his past sins, saved his family and the world. Perfect.
(12) Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep (3.04) -- the action in this was just awesome. Fauxlivia constantly having to look over her shoulder and fear she'd be discovered, all while trying to keep her emotions from interfering with the mission. We also get some crucial info. on the shapeshifters
(11) Olivia (3.01) -- My favorite season premiere. Olivia kicking ass, the awesome Andre Royo and a great ending. Enough said.
(10) The Bullet That Saved The World (5.04) -- A real kick start for season 5. The tragic character death of Etta (which needed to happen) and helped get us into the meat of season 5.
(9) Over There Pt.1/2 (2.21 and 2.22) -- just a fantastic finale in almost every way. Seeing Fauxlivia, Alt-Charlie, Lincoln and Walternate for the first time was great; as was Peter meeting his real mom. Olivia v. Fauxlivia fighting? awesome. The ending led us perfectly into season 3.
(8) A Short Story About Love (4.15) -- A satisfying conclusion to the Olivia memory arc and Peter's disappearance.
(7) Ability (1.14) -- our first look at how insane Jones really is, and Olivia's mind bending awesomeness (even though she doesn't know why she can do these things, which was great)
(6) The End of All Things (4.14) -- an awesome mind-trip for Peter in September's mind, the truth about who the Observers are, we learn about which Nina is which, and of course, Olivia's superpowers. My Favorite season 4 episode.
(5) White Tulip (2.17) -- the single best stand-alone ep. that was emotional and fantastic.
(4) There's More Than One of Everything (1.20) -- the best season finale in my opinion. We get a resolution to main villain, great moments for Walter and Peter's relationship; and a fantastic cliffhanger with Olivia meeting William Bell in the freggen World Trade Center in another universe.
(3) Grey Matters (2.10) -- A fantastic episode with great new revelations about Walter and what happened to him, and why he is the way he is (kept me guessing the entire time and the payoff was great); we also get great action (badass Olivia again gets to shine. love it)
(2) Entrada (3.08) -- fantastic way to close out the Olivia story-arc; had everything one could want. The constant switching between universes was great, with something truly interesting happening on both sides. My favorite episode in season 3.
(1) Peter (2.15) -- This was THE episode that brought it ALL together. it gave us answers that we NEEDED to know in a brilliant way. John Noble was absolutely fantastic. To me, this is the quintessential episode that defined the entire series. It all started with 'Peter'


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Frieza was once feared throughout the entire universe as both the strongest life form and a cruel, merciless tyrant known for destroying many planets, most notably Planet Vegeta, home of the Saiyan race. The only being Frieza fears is the legendary Super Saiyan, a fear he was faced with during his fight with Goku, who became a Super Saiyan when he killed Krillin, Goku's best friend.
In M.U.G.E.N, there are many versions of Frieza in his Final Form, but hardly any in his other forms.
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Video Feature: Russian Winters are Cold Towards Brown Bears
FACTS about Russian Brown Bears.
As winter creeps up on us and the snow begins to paint a surreal image over evergreen landscapes in Russia, not everyone is sitting cozy inside their mountain homes. This year, once again Russian native brown bears, the last remaining population in all of Europe, will face an imminent fight for survival during what is should be a peacefully, rejuvenating, hibernation period.
Mom, with her newly born blind, deaf and toothless cubs (an inherent characteristic) can do little to protect her family from American and European sport hunters. Hunting dogs can easily locate a hibernating family, making it no longer safe to hibernate in the depths of Russian forests.
This video was shot during the winter season and illustrates an all too familiar scene witnessed by Valentin Pazhetnov (founder of the IFAW funded Orphan Bear Project). Adults are hunted for several reasons: sport, skin, gall bladders, and meat. The cubs that are left orphaned are often sold to circuses. However, the lucky ones end up Pazhetnov's rehab center where they are cared for and released back into the wild.
Share this video with as many people as you can. I have yet to see a similar video that illustrates the true story behind bear hunting in Russia.
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Cute!..I love the photo shown up...Really Cool...
I know a person ( from the USA ) who just returned from russia on a hunt for a brown bear, he did shot one.
As I was looking at his pictures I came across one that I thought was a den. When I ask him if in fact this picture was of a den he said yes.
I am not a hunter but my stomach turned when he say yes. I looked up your web sight to see if in fact these people really do wake these bears to lure them out of their sleep to shot them.
When I saw the picture of the bear he shot I thought the bear looked under weight.
I am sadden that this cowardly act call hunting is allowed to take place.
Your video is of the truth about these cowardly so called hunters who are slaughtering these beauiful aniamals.
Some of these men are Russian hunters, but many of them are "tourist" hunters from the US and Western Europe.
You can also do some ecovolunteering at the project in winter, feeding orphan cubs from the bottle, using the very special Pazetnov's method. An unfogetable experience!
Now you know the horror Charlie Russell was up against! What kind of men are these??! YUCK!
Fantastic work by the IFAW staff there.
Man is capable of so much barbarism, as can be seen from the film of the bears being shot from just a few feet.


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The Oregon State College Dames Club was founded in 1927 and became a chapter of the National Association of University Dames in 1928 with the purpose of bringing social unity and advancing the interests of wives and mothers of Oregon State College students. In addition to social events for members, the Club provided scholarships, made contributions to the student loan fund, assisted students in need with food and clothing for attending campus social events, and participated in community activities.
Initially, club members were the mothers of resident students. In 1945, with the enrollment of many married students at Oregon State College, wives were invited to join the organization. The wives and mothers groups met separately, but were considered one organization as the National Association of University Dames allowed only one club at each campus. The Oregon State College Dames Club became the Oregon State University Dames Club in 1961 at the time of the name change of the university. The mothers managed the administration and organization of the Oregon State University chapter until 1963, when the wives accepted those responsibilities. The mothers continued to meet until 1972, when they retired. The student wives continued the organization through at least 1974.
The Oregon State Dames Club Records document the membership and activites of this organization of the wives and mothers of Oregon State students. The Records include constitutions, correspondence, a history of the club prepared by Fern Roche, National Association of University Dames yearbooks, meeting minutes, financial records, and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks include information about scholarships awarded by the organization, lists of members and officers, publicity and ephemera, and yearly summaries of activities. The National Association yearbooks include a list of officers and summary of yearly actvities for each chapter.
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Definition: a multiunit transmembrane protein that possesses specific binding sites of a particular molecule and transports that substance across the cell membrane. It does so by reversibly altering its conformation after binding occurs and after resuming its original molecular conformation after transporting and releasing the substance on the other side of the membrane.
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How do we distinguish the back stage from the front stage of our lives? What does the space between the public and private areas of our consciousness look like? Gillian Wearing's first major survey at the Whitechapel Gallery in East London answers this very question in a manner which is at once haunting and entirely captivating.
Curated by Daniel Hermann, the exhibition is laid out on two of the gallery floors, providing a lucid progression through this Turner Prize-winning artist's works. Wearing works mainly in the medium of film and photography, and also experiments with the third dimension in her small scale sculptures, three of which are displayed in this show. Her video pieces garnered much critical attention in the 1990s, and her recent production has, according to Hermann, "drawn a new following of young critics and art historians".
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The first floor of the show focuses on five of Wearing's video pieces, including her latest work Bully (2010), as well as her award winning Sacha and Mum (1996). Each of the films uses elements of documentary, in that the material shown is derived from real-life accounts and volunteered admissions. Wearing, however, stages a retelling of these stories using trained actors to deliver the lines that make them up. She also makes use of devices such as distortion of sound, dubbing, and video speed discrepancies to emphasize the idea that she is staging reality. An adult speaks with a child's voice in 10-16 (1997), so that the viewer understands the speech, but is simultaneously jolted by the physical artifice of the speaker's appearance.
The first room on the second floor displays Wearing's well-known series entitled Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992-93). These are photographs of individuals holding up a sign that displays a handwritten transcript of their innermost thoughts. Once again, Wearing challenges the notion of the differing realms of reality. A photograph of a suited young male holding up a sign which reads "I'm desperate" illustrates the distinction between the outer shell of perception, and the inner cushion of thought.
The penultimate portion of the show concerns itself with the notion of identity and disguise. Wearing's photographic portraits are divided into two main sets. The first is a contemporary take on the art historical canon of family portraiture, whilst the second puts on display Wearing's spiritual heroes such as Andy Warhol and Claude Cahun. The portrait subjects are masterfully crafted silicon body-masks, shaped to fit onto a cast of Wearing's own face. Each of these human masks is then inhabited by the artist herself, so that she can entirely assume their identity. In entering them, she once again blurs the boundaries between perception and reality.
The final room hosts three confessional-type cubicles showing videos of people revealing their most personal secrets. Produced over a number of years -- the most recent is only two years old -- these series feature secret-tellers wearing masks, distorting gear, and disguising masks to conceal the physical aspects of their identity.
The show is bookended by two self-portraits of Gillian Wearing herself, in which she is adorning a silicon costume of herself. As the first and final images one encounters throughout the show, these portraits firmly sum up the intelligent questions the artist poses throughout her work. Hers is a search to uncover the flux between what is hidden and what is shown. It would seem that Wearing locates her own truth within these spaces, and in doing so, provokes a similar quest for the viewer.