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Pick of the day's news – Tuesday 23 July 2013
ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL's website each day to see what's of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of the content.
Analysis: 40-year-old US abortion fight heats
Steven R. Hurst - Medical Express
Abortion opponents have fought back vigorously in the 40 years since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision legalized the procedure. Now, their battle is gaining ground in some states where new laws are creating stringent barriers to a woman ending her pregnancy.
Charities & NFP
Coalition wants new NFP 'philosophy'
Pro Bono News
The Federal Coalition has told the Associations Forum Conference in Sydney that it will bring a 'new philosophy' to the Not for Profit sector if it is elected to office during a debate on the status of the new charity regulator, the ACNC.
UK: Net porn block on every home: Victory for the Mail as PM pledges 'opt in' rule for all web users
James Chapman - The Daily Mail
Every householder connected to the internet will have their access to online porn blocked unless they ask to receive it. In a victory for the Daily Mail, David Cameron will announce the move today among a series of measures cracking down on against the tide of web sleaze. The Prime Minister will warn that internet pornography – much of it easily accessible to youngsters – is 'corroding childhood'.
Donor Conception & Surrogacy
India : Wombs for hire
Rashmi Pratap - The Hindu Business Line
Surrogacy means many things to many people. For infertile couples it's a chance to have a child. For working women, it's a shot at parenthood without a mid-career break. For surrogate mothers, it's big money. And, of course, for the lawyers and doctors, it's big business. Rashmi Pratap takes a look at the flourishing business of surrogacy.
The painful pursuit of high-tech babies
Miriam Zoll - Mercator Net
Many women are deferring childbearing until they have the perfect partner and an established career. It's a big mistake.
Plain cigarette packaging works: study
Alexia Attwood - The Conversation
Plain packaging on tobacco products is associated with lower smoking appeal, greater support for the policy and a higher urgency to quit among adult smokers, a new study has found.
An important article on the health impacts of alcohol
Melinda Tankard Reist blog
In my talks in schools around the country, I am told distressing stories of alcohol-related harm. Violence, sexual assault, damage to physical and mental health. My friend and colleague Paul Dillon, a drug educator with 25 years experience and founder of Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia (DARTA) hears these stories too. He's written about this recently here.
Deconstructing autonomy: a euthanasia advocate in perplexity
Michael Cook - Bio Edge
It could be a novel or a movie, but it's real life: when her own husband suddenly becomes a quadriplegic, a bioethicist famous for her advocacy of legalised voluntary euthanasia keeps him alive even though he wants to die. Margaret Pabst Battin, a philosopher at the University of Utah, has spent nearly five years caring for her disabled husband, Brooke Hopkins, an English scholar.
New Zealand: Labour's euthanasia bill – A very real threat to the elderly
Ken Orr - Life News
The Labour caucus has a Private Members Bill in the ballet titled "End of Life Choice Bill" in the name of Maryan Street. If passed it would allow doctors to kill their patients or assist in their suicide.
Young men in crisis: mental health study
Clifford Fram - AAP
According to new research, nearly one in 10 young Australian men have had thoughts about suicide. Young Australian men are in crisis, with half feeling stressed and nearly one in 10 having thoughts about suicide, according to new research.
Child poverty and the Christian vision of society
John Milbank - ABC Religion and Ethics
There has been a great deal of public debate in the UK in the last few years about the Big Society and the Good Society, and what it is that we mean by this word "social." This is a fascinating political juncture that we shouldn't dismiss too quickly, because seeing the primacy of the social dimension to life is a deeply Christian insight.
Overseas Aid
O'Neill brags of closer grip on aid after refugee deal
Rory Callinan, Daniel Flitton - SMH
Greater control of Australia's multimillion-dollar aid program to Papua New Guinea appears to have been handed back to the developing country as part of a sweetener to accept asylum seekers. Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, boasted on Monday that he had achieved a ''realignment'' of the country's aid program from Australia as part of the recently negotiated agreement.
Senator complains over PNG plan ads
Dan Harrison - The Examiner
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has made a formal complaint to the Commonwealth Auditor-General over the Federal Government's massive advertising blitz on asylum seekers. The ads began at the weekend, running in major metropolican newspapers, on TV and radio, after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd annouced a deal with Papua New Guinea for asylum seekers who arrive by boat to be processed and resettled in that country or a third destination.
After the coup, the resurrection comes to a halt: Newspoll
Dennis Shanahan - The Australian
The surge of voter support for Kevin Rudd and Labor since Julia Gillard was removed last month appears to have stalled after a rise in the primary vote for the Coalition and a slowing personal support for the Prime Minister.
Prostitution & Sex Trafficking
Homicide police investigate prostitute's death in St Kilda
Mark Butler - Herald Sun
Police are investigating the suspected killing of a prostitute whose body was found in a van in St Kilda's red-light district yesterday. The 40-year-old sex worker suffered upper body and facial injuries and died inside the van, police believe.
What are friends for? Australia's precarious PNG Solution
Frank Brennan - ABC Religion and Ethics
I've just spent the week in Myanmar, oblivious of rapid developments for asylum seekers in Australia. On Saturday morning, I landed back into Sydney to see full page advertisements simply stating, "If you come by boat without a visa you won't be settled in Australia." This wasn't John Howard; this is Kevin Rudd.
Religious Freedom & Persecution
ABC's Papua charade on religion
Andrew Bolt - Herald Sun
The ABC has finally decided it's actually a worry to bring Muslim boat people into a largely Christian country. There's a catch, though. It's a worry as long as the Christian country is not Australia. The ABC's Papua New Guinea correspondent, Liam Cochrane, on Saturday reported unease over the Rudd Government's plan to send Muslim boat people to them instead. "The people I spoke to on the streets of Port Moresby were quite negative in their reaction," he said.
Without Morsi, Christian persecution surges
Beth Byrd - Baptist Press
At least six Egyptian Christians have been murdered in a persecution surge following former president Mohamed Morsi's removal from office July 3. Christian persecution has intensified, CBS News reported, because Christians supported the ousting of Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who was elected to office a year ago.
Erotica is not porn: novelist encourages new writers
Jenna Clarke - Canberra Times
Erotica may push the boundaries of traditional publishing but it also gets an unjust and bad wrap according to award winning erotic fiction writer Tracey O'Hara. "Erotica is not porn. It gives both men and women the opportunity to explore their own sexuality," she said.


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Q: HTML animate "ghost-img" when dragging element It's there any way to animate the "ghost image" when dragging the element?
Just like Google Drive, drag the files will trigger cool effect. I tried to add the CSS animation to the ghost-img, like this but it's not work.

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You miss the "drag" event. to move the ghost, make him follow the mouse cursor...
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OESH® Shoes 3D Prints 100% Recyclable Soles Using Huntsman TPU Elastomers
Download as PDF September 22, 2020 9:30am EDT
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – OESH® Shoes (OESH), the U.S. footwear brand that makes women's shoes that are "healthy by design," has been evaluating how Huntsman's thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials can be used to create a 100% recyclable shoe sole via 3D printing – with positive results.
Founded by Casey Kerrigan, a Harvard M.D., OESH Shoes has been providing women with innovative, healthy footwear since 2011. As an internationally known researcher, who studied the effects of footwear on health, Kerrigan discovered that many common features of shoes can adversely affect posture and joints. She subsequently created OESH Shoes to translate her research findings into the design of healthy shoes.
When OESH contacted Huntsman, seeking advice about the ideal material to use for 3D printing soles, Huntsman's footwear team recommended TPU materials that had the specific comfort and performance properties OESH desired. Keen to offer environmentally-conscious customers a fully recyclable shoe, Kerrigan and Huntsman worked together to evaluate the material and determine whether it could be shredded at the end of the shoe's life cycle and recycled for re-use.
OESH put Huntsman's TPU to the test – producing a series of soles using OESH's unique 3D printing technique, which creates parts directly from pellets. The soles were then recycled into pellets and put back into the 3D manufacturing process. The next step was to test the new recycled sole against those made from virgin materials. Results showed that the recycled sole had the same functionality as the original sole – with no drop-in performance properties.
Casey Kerrigan said: "At OESH Shoes we are committed to making shoes that are not only the healthiest shoes on the planet, but also the healthiest shoes for the planet. We are constantly innovating and developing new technologies and manufacturing processes that minimize carbon emissions, toxins and waste. We are excited about our latest discovery – that using Huntsman's TPU elastomers, OESH's signature soles are now not only 100% healthy, but 100% recyclable."
Jason Smith, Global Innovation Project Manager at Huntsman, said: "As a business, we are committed to helping our customers meet their sustainability ambitions – whether that's delivering products that require less energy to process or supplying materials that can be recycled back into new items at the end of their life. We are pleased to have worked with the team at OESH Shoes – giving them the means to create a fully recyclable shoe, which can have a positive impact on the environment, as well as on the wearer's health."
For more information about Huntsman's range of TPU elastomers and their use in the footwear industry, please contact: paola_palma_faoro@huntsman.com or visit: https://www.huntsman.com/markets/footwear
For more information about OESH Shoes, go to: https://oeshshoes.com/
OESH® is a registered trademark of JKM Technologies, LLC.
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eric_stebel@huntsman.com
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Q: How do combine formulas to be used for VLOOKUP to search for a part number in a text string? I have a list of part numbers that are combined with their old part numbers
so e.g. PN1234/XMS1234, the XMS part number is what I need and the strings are all different lengths and in different positions.
So I need VLOOKUP to find the XMS part number and bring me the price from a different spreadsheet that has the part number correctly.
I have solved this problem now by using text to columns, but in future i think this could be solved faster. I tried combining MID and SEARCH and LEN to bring me the correct length for the part numbers but none of them were foolproof.
I also tried
=vlookup(J2&"*",table array,index number,0)

but this didn't really pick up anything.
Thank you for any help in advance.
EDIT: Additional information to clarify the problem.
So if you like at sheet 1 image, i have highlighted the list of part numbers that i am trying to have vlookup search against, sheet 2 is the table array i want vlookup to pull the retail cost.
I tried a formula along the lines of =VLOOKUP(MID(J3,SEARCH("X",J3),?),table,13,0)
But i couldn't figure out how to tell the MID formula how many characters it needed to return because if the xms part number is at the start of the text string it will bring too much of the text string back if I put too high a number. is there anyway to get MID to stop at the /?
Sheet 1:

Sheet 2:

A: What about this:
=IF(LEFT(A1,3)="XMS",LEFT(A1,SEARCH("/",A1)-1),RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("XMS",A1)+1))

If the string starts with XMS then get the characters from the start up to the /If the string doesn't start with XMS then get the characters after the /
So PN1234/XMS1234 produces XMS1234
And XMS1234/PN1234 produces XMS1234
Are there any other formats for your data?

A: This now works due to the answer given above with also combining it with formula ISNUMBER and SEARCH.
e.g. =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("/",J2)),IF(J2="*/",J2,IF(LEFT(J2,3)="XMS",LEFT(J2,SEARCH("/",J2)-1),RIGHT(J2,LEN(J2)-SEARCH("XMS",J2)+1))),J2)
Thank you to all who helped.


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Baby Boomer owners fret more than 'in-control' Millennials, Chase for Business survey reveals
Survey for the Ages: Millennials more plugged into technology, social media than GenX and Baby Boomers
Chase for Business Survey for the Ages: Differences among Millennial, GenX and Boomer small business owners (Graphic: Business Wire)
December 01, 2015 09:30 AM Eastern Standard Time
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Millennials are more likely to feel in control in running their small businesses while GenX and Boomer business owners feel more challenges, according to findings released today from Chase for Business.
Chase's "Survey for the Ages" quizzed Baby Boomer (ages 51-69), GenX (35-50) and Millennial (18-34) small business owners on topics from technology and job satisfaction to digital payments, loyalty programs and banking.
Here's what they said:
Staying in control: Millennials are more likely to describe being a small business owner as feeling in control (35%) compared to GenX (24%) and Boomer (29%) owners.
Facing challenges: GenXers (68%) and Boomers (62%) are more likely to describe being a small business owner as challenging compared to Millennials (53%).
Managing debt: GenXers (30%) and Boomers (33%) are also more likely to say managing debt and expenses is one of their biggest challenges compared to 23% of Millennials.
Steering growth: GenXers (69%) and Millennials (68%) see growing their business as a concern, compared to Boomers (53%).
Keeping up on payment technology, loyalty and social media:
Most small business owners (83%) feel the need to keep up with technology to remain competitive, of those one-quarter (73%) feel they're doing so however Millennials (87%) are the largest in this group to feel this way compared to only 66% of GenX and Boomers.
Staying loyal: Boomers (40%) don't find loyalty programs as essential as Millennials (62%) and GenXers (64%).
Many business owners realize the need to keep up with tech advancements (83 %) – among them, Millennials place much more importance on social media (60%) than GenXers (44%) and Boomers (46%)
"Small business owners of all ages know they need to keep up with technology, but they also need the tools to make the transition as simple and smooth as possible," said Laura Miller, President of Ink from Chase, the business credit card portfolio of Chase for Business.
Chase for Business integrates business banking, business cards and payment processing under a single brand. Chase serves 4 million American small businesses and has more than 10,000 specially trained bankers working with businesses across the country.
The survey was fielded by Braun Research from July 9 through July 14, 2015. The survey reached 900 small business owners (SBOs) nationally of companies with one to 99 employees. The survey has a margin of error is +/- 3.3 percent.
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves nearly half of America's households with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: 5,400 branches, nearly 18,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to Chase.com.
Edward Kozmor
Head of PR for Chase – Business
Edward.Kozmor@chase.com


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Kanwal Shauzab posted a leak on Twitter and Reddit, a politician from Pakistan. She was born in 1982 in East Ahmedpur as the daughter of a Pakistan Army officer. 2015 graduate of Quaid-i-Azam University, she possesses a Master of Arts in English from the National University of Modern Languages and a Master of Philosophy from Quaid-i-Azam University. At the age of 15, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1997. She ran as a PTI candidate in the 2018 Senate election. Follow For More Updates at Rapiddnews.com
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The Oxfordshire village of Wheatley dates from Saxon times. It has a number of varied shops and cafes as well as several pubs.
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Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons (Hotel)
2.9 miles from the centre of Wheatley
With Raymond Blanc's passion permeating throughout, the hotel at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons delivers precisely the same attention to detail and pursuit of excellence in its individually-designed suites to that which goes into the exquisite menus of its two Michelin-starred restaurants. It is truly a house for every season.
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons (Restaurant)
A lavender-scented footpath paves the way for a spectacular culinary fairy tale. Described as "a twist of imaginative genius", Raymond Blanc's vision for Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons has always been one of world-class gastronomic flair and outstanding organic produce. Take your seat for a feast like no other.
The Mole Inn (Restaurant)
The Mole Inn is a beautiful 2 AA Rosette country Pub & Restaurant set in the stunning Oxfordshire countryside just 5 miles from the historic and cultural city o
The Oxford Belfry (Hotel)
Picturesque Oxford, with its stunning architecture, fantastic shopping and rich heritage, makes a perfect leisure break but space in this lovely old city is hard to find. The Oxford Belfry gives its guests the best of both worlds – it's on the doorstep of some of the most celebrated tourist spots in the country but, set within 17 acres of lovely Oxfordshire landscape, there is plenty of room to stretch out, go for a stroll or a swim and simply sit and absorb the lovely surroundings. T...
The Oxford Belfry (Spa)
Explore the city of dreaming spires and the beautiful surrounding countryside before returning to The Oxford Belfry spa to rest your weary limbs. The hotel, set within 17 acres, will tend to all your troubles – pep up lacklustre complexions, ease tight muscles, relax overworked minds and engerise sluggish souls. Spa connoisseurs will love that Espa is at the heart of the treatment menu, applying its renowned formulations and techniques to a host of terrific therapies. Or plump for QHotels' ve...
Oxford University (B&B)
Experience life in the heart of historical Oxford - 'the city of dreaming spires'. The Oxford colleges offer simple B&B rooms set in beautiful buildings, with the opportunity to relax on the neatly mown lawns and quads, or mingle with students in the bar or cafe. All the time you will be tracing the footsteps of Gandhi, Bill Clinton, Hugh Grant, or the 25 British Prime Ministers who have passed through Oxford's colleges. Choose from a variety of colleges; Keble and Wadham for example can b...
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The Tidmarsh is a unique, luxury self-catering apartment in Oxford's Castle Quarter. Set in a quiet location in the heart of the city, enabling guests to make the most of one of the UK's most famous cities for historic charm, architecture and culture.
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Cotswold House is a Highly Commended 4 Star Guest Accommodation situated in the leafy suburb of North Oxford providing an atmosphere both warm and country. Great attention is given to guest comfort.
Long Crendon Manor (Self Catering)
Our magnificent medieval family house, Long Crendon Manor, offers you a warm welcome. The luxurious bedrooms have TV/DVD and Wi-Fi. Breakfast is served in the beamed Dining Room off the C12th Hall or on the Terrace under the vine in Summer and includes eggs from the orchard hens and sausages from home-reared pigs. The oak-panelled Drawing Room is available for guests to relax, read, or just enjoy the log fire on a cold Winter's night. You are invited to enjoy the garden with its view over the...
Spread Eagle, Thame (Hotel)
The Spread Eagle has stood imposingly in the heart of historic Thame since the 16th century.
Bell at Hampton, Kidlington (Pub with Rooms)
Welcome to the Bell, a lovely Cotswold Boutique Hotel Inn in the historic village of Hampton Poyle. The Bell is a destination meeting place for friends, family and business people alike, where one can enjoy great food, catch up, relax and stay.
The Bear & Ragged Staff (Restaurant)
The Bear and Ragged Staff in Cumnor,just a few miles from Oxford.The heart of the pub with Ancient chimneys, flagstone floors and mullioned windows with cut lin
The Bear & Ragged Staff (Pub with Rooms)
The Bear and Ragged Staff in Cumnor is only 5 miles from Oxford. The heart of the pub with Ancient chimneys, flagstone floors and mullioned windows with cut lin
The Lion, Wendlebury (Hotel)
Located just 2 miles south-west of Bicester, The Lion offers great value accommodation close to Bicester Village, the Cotswolds and the City of Oxford.
The Lambert Hotel (Hotel)
The Lambert Hotel is an original coaching inn just 15 minutes from Oxford just off J6 of the M40. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Canaletto (Restaurant)
10.0 miles from the centre of Wheatley
A family-run restaurant with many awards under its belt, Canaletto offers fabulous Italian food in the tiny village of Kingswood, near Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. For authentic Italian cooking prepared by talented chefs, and served by an experienced and attentive front of house staff, Canaletto is the perfect place to go.
The Dashwood (Pub with Rooms)
Just 20 minutes from Oxford, in the village of Kirtlington, The Dashwood is conveniently located near many of the best attractions Oxfordshire has to offer including the magnificent Blenheim Palace and the city of Oxford with the worlds oldest English speaking university and it's 900 historic buildings and museums. Visit the famous Bicester Village brand outlet shopping centre for a designer bargain. Accommodation at the Dashwood comprises five guest rooms in the main house, an elegantly ...
Didcot Railway Centre (Place to visit)
DRC recreates the golden age of the Great Western Railway, with a fine collection of over 20 steam locomotives, many housed in the original 1932 engine shed, a collection of passenger coaches and freight wagons. With examples of GWR buildings and infrastructure, including the original 1857 Transfer Shed.
Waddesdon Manor (Garden)
Discover the Beautiful Waddesdon Manor and gardens Waddesdon Manor and gardens were bequeathed to the National Trust by the Rothschilds in 1957. The garden today is essentially the one laid out by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and his French landscape designer Elie Laine. It is one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain with a parterre, colourful shrubs, rose garden and specimen trees. A rococo-style aviary houses exotic birds and is known for breeding endangered species. The garden...
Waddesdon Manor (Historic House)
Discover the Beautiful Waddesdon Manor To visit the glorious faux French chateau that is Waddesdon Manor is a lesson in how the gilded rich used to live their lives. Built for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the late 19th century, its downstairs reception rooms are lavishly furnished to host glittering parties. Besides that there are smoking and billiard rooms to accommodate the male guests, rooms especially reserved for reading the papers and letter writing and a huge dining room wit...
Rousham House (Garden)
One of England's finest gardens, Rousham House garden was first designed in 1738 by William Kent and represents the initial phase of English landscape design. One of the few gardens to have escaped alteration over the years. Original features such as the ponds and cascades, statuary and eye-catchers which delighted the 18th century visitors, still attract numerous visitors today. The walled garden, herbaceous borders, pigeon house, parterre and espalier apple trees are not to be misse...
Claydon (Historic House)
Explore a splendid 18th-century English interiors in an idyllic country setting The architecture of Claydon House includes extravagant rococo and chinoiserie decoration, with a unique Chinese Room and parquetry Grand Staircase that is so precious no one is allowed to use it. The house was occupied by the Verney family for over 380 years and the family museum contains mementoes of Florence Nightingale, who was a regular visitor, along with military uniforms, weapons, costume and musical...


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Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born September 19, 1960) is an American convicted former drug lord and gangster from New York City.

Background
McGriff rose to prominence in early 1981 when he formed his own crack cocaine distributing and manufacturing organization which he called The Supreme Team based in the Baisley Park Houses in the South Jamaica section of the Queens borough of New York City, New York. Under McGriff's leadership, the gang's numbers swelled to the hundreds and came to control the crack cocaine trade in Baisley Park, the neighborhood where McGriff was raised. In 1987, McGriff was arrested following a joint state and federal investigation and in 1989 pleaded guilty to engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise. He was sentenced to 12 years incarceration. McGriff was released from prison on parole in early 1994 after serving approximately five years of his sentence. He was sent back to prison on parole violations by year's end, and served another 2½ years before being released in 1997.

Friendship with Murder Inc.
After being released from prison on parole in 1994, McGriff tried his hand at cinematography, seeking help from Irv Gotti to film a movie based on the Kenyatta series' novel Crime Partners. However, due to McGriff's reputation, the FBI soon questioned the intimacies of the affiliation with Murder Inc., culminating in a raid of the Murder Inc. offices in early 2003. McGriff faced accusations of drug trafficking while others with Murder Inc. were indicted on money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges.

Other criminal activities
McGriff is alleged to have had a hand in the 2002 murder of Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay, and was convicted of ordering the 2001 death of rapper Eric "E-Moneybags" Smith, in retaliation for the death of McGriff's friend Colbert "Black Just" Johnson. Federal authorities also accused him in connection with the attempted murder of 50 Cent.

On February 1, 2007, McGriff was convicted of murder-for-hire at a federal court in the Eastern District of New York on charges that he paid $50,000 to have two rivals (Eric "E-Moneybags" Smith and "Big Nose" Troy Singleton) killed in 2001. The jury deliberated for five days before finding McGriff guilty of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking. On February 9, 2007, McGriff was sentenced to life in prison. Throughout this case he was defended by a court-appointed attorney because nearly all of his assets had been seized.

McGriff began serving his life sentence at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison in Colorado. In 2011, he was transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Lee, a high-security federal prison in Pennington Gap, Virginia. , he is housed at USP McCreary in Pine Knot, Kentucky.

See also
List of crime bosses convicted in the 21st century

References

1960 births
Living people
Gang members
American crime bosses
African-American gangsters
American gangsters
Criminals from Queens, New York
American drug traffickers
Gangsters from New York City
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Inmates of ADX Florence
21st-century African-American people
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Home > News > WHY BOOK AN EXTERNAL MEETING ROOM?
A meeting room may not be deemed important for a business, but nothing could be further from the truth. For example, a business could be leasing an office that has meeting rooms included. These meeting rooms would be covered by the rent paid. But if those meeting rooms are only used two or three times throughout the year, the overall cost of the building is much more than if the business had rented space minus the meeting rooms. In this regard, an external meeting room would be a viable option.
There are many benefits to be gained from booking an external meeting room. One such example is that because the meeting rooms are only paid for as and when they're required, a business will only have to pay for the rooms on an ad-hoc basis, saving it money in the long run.
A further benefit of an external meeting room is the flexibility it offers. Of course, they are known as meeting rooms as generally they cater for meetings, but it's not unusual to see meeting rooms used for more diverse projects. If a company or brand wishes to film a commercial, they may well look into booking a bigger office space so they have more freedom when it comes to shooting the commercial. Another use would be to use the room to help raise staff moral, by engaging them in a series of activities.
If you unsure of where to find an external meeting room that fits your requirements, then why not speak to an expert. They will be able to help you find a meeting room that meets both your budget and requirements.


"Salmanazar Light" is both a decorative lamp and a stand for 35 champagne flutes.
"Salmanazar Light" transforms the set of champagne flutes into a luminous and harmonious work of art.
This creation dynamically changes its appearance and gives an everchanging ambience with lighting effects coming through the champagne flutes. As each glass is removed from the creation, a new geometry evolves.
This structure was completely custom designed and its overall size and form necessarily depends on the specific size and shape of the chosen champagne flutes.
This work is completely 3D printed using approximately 5kg of wood-plastic composite. A microcomputer is programmed to dynamically control each of the 560 individual color LEDs for this effect. A custom industrial 3D printer was designed and built at Pangloss Labs by the artist in order to print this creation.
Guillaume Cabrié is an artist located near to Geneva. He is using 3D technologies and new materials to propose innovative creation.
LEMANTEK is a sales company dedicated to 3D technologies and consulting. LEMANTEK partners with YONEX to formulate new professional thermoplastic materials for additive manufacturing.
LEMANTEK & YONEX are unique in Europe to design customized materials to suit your needs. Equipped with industrial extruders, they are able to produce a wide variety of 3D filaments and pellets.
We propose solutions for custom colour, texture, and even odour of functional materials for 3d printed objects.


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Home - Brain Injuries - Traumatic brain injury a leading cause of death for the young
Traumatic brain injury a leading cause of death for the young
Reports on concussions in football and other sports have put a spotlight on the challenges of traumatic brain injuries. What sometimes gets lost in this discussion of athletes is that TBIs affect people from all walks of life.
In fact, according to some researchers, TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in young adults and children in the United States, many of whom are injured in car crashes or other accidents. TBI also affects a high number of elderly adults due to falls. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, TBIs factored into the deaths of more than 50,000 people in the United States in 2010. That year, more than 280,000 people with TBI were hospitalized. Many more sought help in an emergency room.
All this medical care adds up on a national level. By some estimates, TBI injuries cost the American economy $76 billion in medical expenses every year.
On a personal level, as well, the economic toll is massive. Not only do the injured and their families face medical bills, but also the loss of income while the injured person is unable to return to work. Since TBIs can leave people permanently altered, this loss of income can affect victims' income potential for the rest of their lives.
When a TBI is the result of an accident caused by another party's negligence, the injured may seek compensation for their damages through a personal injury lawsuit. The damages may be very high, and the legal issues, such as proving fault, can be difficult. It's important to seek out help from an experienced lawyer for these cases.


If you are tough, both mentally and physically, get stuck into this adrenalin packed role, boarding enemy vessels and providing security and maintenance for our ships.
Seamanship Combat Specialists are the experts in the control and conduct of all seamanship operations, gunnery tasks, boardings of other vessels and force protection (ships security). They conduct all aspects of ship's cleanliness and upper deck maintenance. As a Seamanship Combat Specialist your role is mentally and physically demanding, whether driving the Navy RHIBs (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats), undertaking fire fighting exercises, searching boats for illegal cargo, conducting refuellings at sea and all small arm weapon drills and training. Seamanship Combat Specialists are also responsible for all parade and ceremonial duties as well as seamanship training.
Shore positions for Seamanship Combat Specialists are available at the Sea Safety Training Squadron, the Small Arms Training Unit, the Naval Boat Yard and at the Ceremonial Parade Ground, assisting with ceremonial and parade duties.
Following the Seamanship Combat Specialist course, personnel are usually posted to sea to begin on-the-job training that consolidates the skills that you learnt on course, and provides the experience required for the first promotion to Able Seamanship Combat Specialist. Whilst at sea, you will drive the ship, conduct lookout duties and other specialist and general tasks. In special circumstances Seamanship Combat Specialists may be required to work up to 18 hours a day at sea, depending upon the ship's requirements. Service at sea is for a period determined by the requirements of the Navy, but Seamanship Combat Specialists should expect to spend the first few years of their career at sea.
Following your initial training, you will spend the majority of your career at sea to first consolidate and then develop your skills. Postings ashore and at sea will follow and professional training with further training assisting with your professional development and career progression. There are opportunities for Seamanship Combat Specialists on all Navy Ships, whether they are carrying out long range combat missions and patrolling New Zealand's territorial waters. Peacekeeping opportunities as part of a deployed force are also available. Seamanship Combat Specialists at sea are responsible for a specific part of ship, and become experts in the completion of specific tasks or naval 'evolutions'.
All sailors are provided opportunities through their chain of command to conduct further training both within and outside of their branches to further themselves within the RNZN.
Personnel are required to undertake additional specialist courses for further promotion. On these courses Seamanship Combat Specialists have the opportunity to undertake the Maritime Safety Authority approved Small Boat Coxswain Course and Inshore Launch-Master courses. These are recognised civilian qualifications for boat operations in New Zealand. You will also conduct crane courses and height safety courses. These courses will also give you more qualifications through NZQA. You will also have the opportunity to further develop your understanding of small arms and self defence courses.
While undertaking Basic Recruit Course you will be paid as a Recruit. On completion of your Recruit Course you will be paid as an Ordinary Rate and your pay will continue to increase as your career progresses.
You must be medically fit for service. Colour perception restrictions may apply.


An excellent variety of accommodation options can be found in the Jyväskylä Region. The city centre offers approximately 1 400 hotel rooms and 2 500 beds, and within a radius of roughly half an hour's drive from Jyväskylä there are plenty of hotel accommodation situated close to nature as well as other options. It also pays to consider traditional Finnish summer cottage -style accommodation. What is more, during special events and gatherings there is a wide selection of private accommodation on offer in the Jyväskylä Region, varying from studio apartments to detached houses.


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Q: how to check if the currrent date object lies between a startDate and endDate inside a nested Object in mongoose I have a nested object like this votingPeriod: {startDate: ISOdate(), endDate: ISOdate()}. I am using the following query but still I am receiving an empty object from mongo. const organizations = await this.organizationRepository.find({ votingPeriod: { "endDate": { $gte: new Date()}}});
I have even tried it with .toISOString() but it's not helping.

A: I finally found answer to my own question and it worked out well. I changed my query from this:
const organizations = await this.organizationRepository.find({ votingPeriod: { "endDate": { $gte: new Date()}}});
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const organizations = await this.organizationRepository.find({ 'votingPeriod.endDate': { $gte: new Date()}});


Citroën has revealed the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept, a contemporary vehicle with an uncompromising combination of off-road ability, versatility and comfort. The new concept is an up-to-date take on the SpaceTourer, uniquely inspired by Citroën's "Ë" collection of limited edition lifestyle products.
Enhancing the existing strengths of the production model, the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept offers elegant styling and a unique design, with class-leading technologies for all types of terrain – including an all-wheel-drive transmission developed by Automobiles Dangel.
Citroën SpaceTourer 4x4 Ë Concept is designed for well-being, with adventurous styling that evokes vitality, making it ideal for families or groups of friends looking to enjoy leisure activities in style.
Aesthetically, the Citroën SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept introduces a dynamic combination of colours and materials, both inside and out, with a striking graphic design for an energetic new look.
Boasting all the best features of large MPVs and SUVs, the design emphasises the concept car's all-terrain abilities. The SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept is equipped with special front and rear protective skid plates and roof bars with a satin aluminium finish. Recognisable with its "4X4" logo under the door mirrors and on the tailgate, the 4x4 concept also features tyres with snow chains.
To visually boost its personality, the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept is cloaked in a special white paint and a striking grey camouflage design with red decals. Touches of the same red colour can also be seen on the snow chains.
Available in several body sizes (XS, M and XL) to meet the needs of families and professionals alike, the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept is presented as a compact XS version, designed for top-level functionality and versatility. With its short wheelbase, the XS model is a first in its segment with a body length of just 4.60m and a height of 1.90m. Despite its raised body, the 4x4 version remains under 2m tall, ensuring access to most height-restricted car parks.
The "Ë" signature is inseparable from the name and history of the Citroën brand, and is positioned proudly on the dark-tinted rear quarter lights.
The SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept's sliding side doors open to reveal an impressively spacious interior, upholstered in soft and warm materials, with large windows providing plenty of natural light. The broad glass sunroof has two separate and coverable sections. The level of personalisation inside is most evident on the dashboard and upholstery. The red, white and blue colours are inspired by the "Ë" lifestyle product range and subtly celebrate the brands French heritage to forge a new interior aesthetic.
Inspired by the Citroën Advanced Comfort® programme, the seats in the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept are remarkably comfortable. The generous cabin can accommodate up to nine people, although in this five-seat configuration the concept has two individual front seats fitted with armrests.
With an uncompromising combination of comfort, practicality and aesthetics, this concept car has a unique interior look with a top-quality two-tone treatment. White leather graces the upper part of the seat backs and headrests. On the lower two-thirds of each seat, mottled grey Alcantara and leather combine to create a stunning visual contrast.
The headrests on the front seats feature an embossed "Ë" logo and there are white leather straps on the front doors for use as door handles. This type of design was first seen on the C4 Cactus and is inspired by the world of travel and leather goods. As with the seatbelts, these door straps feature the same red and blue detailing as the brand's "Ë" lifestyle product collection. Other references to the "Ë" collection can be seen on the dashboard, which is decorated in a mottled grey, soft-to-the-touch fabric. This is similar to the iPad cover in the "Ë" collection. The aluminium-coloured trim in the cabin is a reference to the "Ë" branded jackets within the collection.
The SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept's adventurous spirit and raised ground clearance (60mm higher than the production model), make it the ideal companion for outdoor pursuits.
Designed for most driving conditions, and powered by the BlueHDi 150 S&S diesel engine with a 6-speed manual gearbox, the SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept boasts top-level all-terrain abilities and ride comfort, whatever the weather. The concept is equipped with a selectable 4x4 transmission from Automobiles Dangel, a well-known French all-terrain specialist. Offering even greater motoring freedom, the drivetrain offers 4x4 traction, with Auto 4WD and R. Lock settings via a control wheel on the dashboard.
The Citroën SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept has a high-set driving position and boot access is enhanced by the opening rear window in the tailgate. Cabin access is via two foot operated hands-free sliding side doors. Occupants are treated to 74-litres of storage space located around the cabin, including the glove box and door bins. There is also sufficient space in the back to house a snowboard, leisure accessories or other items from the "Ë" collection. The concept car has a load volume of up to two cubic metres in this five-seat layout.


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Todrick Hall Recalls Being an Openly Gay Male Cheerleader in High School, Reveals How Taylor Swift's 'You Need to Calm Down' Came Together: WATCH
June 19, 2019 by Andy Towle Leave a Comment
Todrick Hall sat down for a lengthy interview with Access Hollywood about how Taylor Swift's "You Need To Calm Down" video came together and how his career as a multi-talent dancer, choreographer, and singer happened..
"It felt like we were just two friends brainstorming who we were going to put on a skit with, which happens to me often," said Todrick of collaborating on the video, which calls out anti-LGBTQ haters.
WATCH THIS: Taylor Swift's 'You Need To Calm Down' Video Lights Up a Trailer Park with 21+ LGBTQ Icons: WATCH
Added Todrick: "I'm friends with everybody who was in this video so this was the most fun, and Taylor said this as well, 'this is the most fun I've ever had on any set in any video in my entire career.' In fact, the people from her team were like, 'Todrick, can you get Taylor to come back to our trailer for hair and makeup' because she didn't want to leave the drag queens. She was hanging out in the room with the drag queens all day."
Todrick also talked about Swift's recent LGBTQ activism: "I have never seen her so excited as she is when she's posting things and seeing her fans go and vote and retweet and sign these petitions…I do think there was a point years ago when this [political activism] would have been scary for her."
Of the "Happy Meal moment" when Swift and Katy Perry got together, Todrick added: "I thought it was a great idea … all of her albums it really represents what she's going through at that time. I'm so able they're able to bury the hatchet. I know it was very important for them for it to be real if they were going to do it on camera."
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Todrick also talked about his days as a contestant on American Idol, and his earlier days as a male cheerleader in high school: "I remember getting out of my mom's car and inhaling really big and being like, 'this is going to be a really scary thing for you because people are going to make fun of you, people are going to judge you' and having to be brave enough to walk into school and have people look at me and be the only male cheerleader. And I was an openly gay black man at 14 years old and it was not a cool thing to do at that time. I'm just so grateful that the world is progressing."
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El anglicismo full contact, también llamado kick boxing americano o full contact karate, hace referencia a un deporte de combate similar al boxeo y otras artes marciales, donde los participantes además de los golpes de puño emplean patadas del karate y del taekwondo. El objetivo es la puesta fuera de combate o nocaut del oponente. Es similar al kick boxing K-1 con la diferencia de que no se permite patear los muslos del oponente, de modo que todos los golpes y patadas solamente son permitidos por encima de la cintura o bien a los tobillos como barrido.

El full contact es un deporte derivado de las artes marciales tradicionales como el karate o el taekwondo y deportes de contacto como el boxeo; en el cual se busca el espectáculo puramente deportivo, y verificar la efectividad real de las técnicas contra un oponente entrenado. Las características de esta modalidad deportiva son la continuidad en la ejecutoria, la variedad, y la libertad en el desarrollo de las técnicas y sobre todo; el respeto a la integridad física del deportista. Desde el punto de vista del pateo, el full contact refleja las técnicas penetrantes del karate, y en menor medida, el pateo percutante del taekwondo. La diferencia radica en el uso de las distancias largas, mientras que en el full contact las técnicas y la táctica se desarrollan desde una posición más corta y más próxima al oponente. Por ejemplo, las patadas con giro circular y la patada de empuje, son propias del taekwondo, mientras que las patadas circulares y laterales provienen del karate; siendo muy utilizadas en el full contact. También algunas combinaciones de pasos tienen cierta similitud con los empleados en el taekwondo. Asimismo los barridos son derivados del karate.  Por otro lado, las técnicas de puño y de bloqueo, derivan en su mayoría del boxeo y de algunas técnicas del karate.

Aparición e inicio

Para entender cómo se produjo la aparición del full contact karate es necesario remontarse a los años sesenta y setenta del siglo XX.

El full contact tiene sus inicios a finales de los años 60 en Estados Unidos. Mike Anderson (cinturón negro 4.º dan de taekwondo ITF), quien además, era promotor de espectáculos deportivos, comienza a propulsar y a configurar un deporte que más vistoso y si se quiere, algo más real que el resto de las artes marciales en ese entonces. Todo ello en respuesta a la falta de contacto en las competiciones abiertas de karate, taekwondo, wushu o kung-fu, etc. Donde además, las reglas de competición seguían el estándar establecido por el karate japonés de aquella época, es decir, el famoso "punto y pare". La ironía de ver como una persona le ganaba a otra por puntos ganados por la ejecución rápida de un movimiento, no era un fiel reflejo de la contundencia, ni del potencial que esa persona podía tener. Por lo tanto dejaba un vacío de objetividad y generaba en algunos casos polémica, como por ejemplo, cuando un combatiente asiático de 45 kilos le ganó la final a un estadounidense de 90 kilos con un golpe de puño o un pie marcado. Mike Anderson junto con otros artistas marciales, deseosos de un mayor contacto en las técnicas y de un mayor espectáculo, comienzan a dar forma de lo que hoy es el full contact, que no es más que una entremezcla de las patadas típicas del taekwondo con determinadas técnicas del karate y los golpes de puño del boxeo inglés.

Hacia la primera mitad de los años sesenta el Karate japonés comenzó a difundirse en el continente americano, consolidándose y organizando competencias que en muchos casos eran abiertas y donde se daba cabida a muchos estilos, desde el Taekwondo (o Karate Coreano), hasta estilos de Kung-fu. Pero los grandes campeones de esas competiciones, en algunos casos no estaban satisfechos. Los combates se ganaban mediante reacciones y movimientos rápidos, seguidos de golpes estratégicos al punto, por lo que los combates no duraban muchos minutos, ni demostraban la efectividad real de los golpes. Y la gran mayoría de aquellos campeones tenían aptitudes físicas más que suficientes, no sólo para aguantar más tiempo combatiendo, sino para aplicar muchos más golpes de manera simultánea, combinando puños y piernas. En algunos casos, había competidores que provenían o tenían experiencia previa en disciplinas más exigentes con un mayor nivel de contacto, como el boxeo, la lucha olímpica, el yudo, e inclusive en el «boxeo francés» o savate.

Así fue como se formó un equipo estadounidense con figuras legendarias provenientes del karate y el taekwondo como Chuck Norris, Bill Wallace, Benny Urquidez y se invitó a un famoso francés, campeón mundial siete veces seguidas de Karate, Dominique Valera (hijo de españoles que emigraron a Francia). Con este equipo salieron a desafiar a todo practicante de las artes marciales que quisiera medirse dentro de un ring, con los nuevos reglamentos del full contact; a enfrentarse al nocaut con ellos. Así recorrieron todo Estados Unidos y Europa obteniendo resultados contundentes: todas las peleas realizadas por el grupo fueron ganadas por nocaut en los primeros asaltos, enfrentándose con practicantes de todas las artes marciales, incluso con boxeadores profesionales. Sin embargo, aparte de los personajes famosos de la historia del full contact, también es justo mencionar que en los orígenes de este deporte hubo muchos competidores que si bien no alcanzaron la fama, tenían unas capacidades técnicas dignas del espectáculo.

Tras esta etapa se comenzaron a realizar campeonatos por títulos mundiales, consagrándose allí Bill Wallace, Dominique Valera, Fabio Martella, Benny Urquídez, Rodríguez, Jackson, Theriault, etc.

Como modalidad deportiva, el full contact cobra un auge mundial cuando practicantes de otras artes marciales pasan a entrenarse y a competir basándose la metodología entrenamiento para el Boxeo. Estos métodos, al principio eran bastante mal vistos por los maestros orientales (a más de un practicante lo expulsaron de su estilo o escuela), pero luego se fueron superando estas dificultades. Consolidándose el full contact como un deporte de contacto especialmente desde los años sesenta, hasta los años noventa.

Este deporte se ha propagado principalmente a través de Europa, Norteamérica, África del norte y Australia. Algunas de las estrellas más populares en las década de 1970 y 1980 son Bill Superfoot Wallace, Benny The Jet Urquídez, Kathy Long, Don The Dragon Wilson y Dennis Alexis.

Se reglamenta y re diseñan una serie de protecciones para pies y manos, labor que fue realizada por el que es considerado el padre del taekwondo ITF en Estados Unidos, el maestro coreano John Ree. Y que se ponen a prueba en Los Ángeles, el 14 de septiembre de 1974, en una velada organizada por Mike Anderson con una gran afluencia de público y retransmitido por televisión.

Conceptos generales

El full contact nace como punto de encuentro entre el Karate y el boxeo. Consiste esencialmente en derrotar en un ring a un adversario a base de puñetazos y patadas, si bien existen otras modalidades derivadas, como el semicontacto, donde el objetivo no es el nocaut sino una mayor puntuación, y donde se compite generalmente en una superficie especial o tatami en lugar de en un cuadrilátero o ring.

Los golpes permitidos son a pleno contacto, siendo estos todos los puñetazos y patadas que impacten de la cintura para arriba y los barridos, también el puñetazo con volteo del cuerpo, o en giro, y las patadas descendentes, laterales, de frente, y en giro. Además del uso de barridos en giro ejecutados con el talón. Varias federaciones adoptaron un número mínimo de 8 patadas altas por round, para evitar que el combate de full contact se convirtiera en uno de boxeo, al cerrarse la distancia y debido a la fatiga de los competidores.

En la modalidad del semicontacto, aún de moda en los torneos de Karate-Do, valen los mismos golpes y barridos, pero solo deben marcarse a manera de puntos y el competidor debe retirarse, y no aplicarse a plena potencia.

En el full contact se busca concentrar toda la fuerza del cuerpo sobre la zona en la que se va a dar el impacto, lo que resulta en golpes muy efectivos y dolorosos.

Los golpes puntúan del siguiente modo:

3 puntos:
 Patada en la cara en salto
 Barrido que derriba

2 puntos:
 Patada en la cara desde el suelo
 Barrido que desequilibra con técnica

1 punto:
 Técnica de mano al cuerpo
 Técnica de mano a la cara
 Técnica de pie al cuerpo
 Técnica de pie a la cara

−1 punto:
 Técnica innecesariamente dura
 Salir del tatami
 Técnica de mano bajo la cintura
 Técnica de pie bajo la cintura (excepto barridos).

La principal diferencia entre el full contact y el kick boxing es este último se permite realizar golpes de tibia contra los muslos de las piernas del adversario (mas no directamente a las rodillas), lo que generalmente se llama patadas bajas. y que en el kickboxing, no se permiten los barridos a los pies.

Cabe destacar también, que en cada asalto de full contact, cada luchador debe dar al contrincante un número determinado de patadas, de lo contrario, es penalizado con puntos y podría perder incluso el combate.

Modalidades

A su vez del full contact han salido, o bien se realizan competencias dentro de las diferentes asociaciones y federaciones otras modalidades incluidas en la práctica de diversas artes marciales y deportes de combate, que son:

 Formas: gimnasia olímpica marcial. Los atletas coreografían movimientos tradicionales de las artes marciales con la música y podrán utilizar armas tradicionales o no. Se desarrolla en el uniforme de karategi. La coreografía tiene una duración establecida en minutos.
 Semicotacto: en esta modalidad se puede marcar los golpes con las piernas y puños tanto en la cabeza como en el tronco, y golpear las piernas a manera de barrido. Un ejemplo de esta son los combates de competencia de karate al punto, regidos por la WKF World karate Federation, la cual engloba a los 4 estilos de karate tradicional moderno japonés, shotokan, goju ryu, wado ryu, y shito ryu, en todo el mundo.
 Contacto ligero: esta modalidad se da en el karate coreano o taekwondo estilo WTF. Se puede golpear por encima del cinturón con piernas, pero solo al tronco con los puños.
 Contacto pleno: esta modalidad incluye la gran mayoría de técnicas del boxeo, el karate, y el taekwondo, pero no los golpes a mano abierta; y se incluyen otras técnicas como el puño en giro, y barridos a las piernas. y además se busca la puesta fuera de combate o nocaut del oponente. Siendo válidas también las puntuaciones obtenidas por golpes y combinaciones anotadas. Sin embargo están prohibidas: las patadas bajas a los muslos, los golpes de rodilla o codo, y los agarres o lanzamientos.
 Kickboxing: posee las mismas definiciones de técnicas del full contact, permitiendo además las patadas externas e internas a las piernas desde la rodilla para arriba. El atleta aficionado utiliza protectores de tibia, cabeza, ingle y torso desnudo. Están prohibidos los golpes de rodilla, codo, los barridos a las piernas, los agarres y lanzamientos.
 K1: modalidad de contacto pleno que permite todas las técnicas del full contact tradicional y de patadas bajas, agregando el uso de las rodillas. El atleta amateur utiliza protectores de tibia, bucal, inguinal, cabezal, short y torso desnudo. Están prohibidos los agarres y los lanzamientos.

Arbitraje

De forma muy similar al boxeo, existe un comité arbitral mínimo compuesto por tres árbitros de mesa, o jueces, y un árbitro principal, el árbitro que se sube al cuadrilátero.

Existen diversas formas de puntuar, aunque la más extendida es la puntuación basada en factores de 10. 10-10 es empate, 10-9 gana la esquina con 10 puntos, y 10-8 para grandes diferencias de nivel, y cuando existe una cuenta de protección. Generalmente se usan "cuenta patadas" para asegurar que se hace un mínimo de patadas por asalto. Existen diversas reglas al respecto, según la organización, pero generalmente se permite "recuperar" patadas en asaltos posteriores.

El árbitro del cuadrilátero es quien tiene siempre la última palabra, y se debe apoyar en los jueces en caso de duda. Generalmente existe un par de figuras adicionales, como el juez central, que lleva la suma de puntuaciones. Un cronometrador es imprescindible para parar la cuenta en casos de tiempo muerto y tocar la campana cuando comienza y termina el asalto.

Las normas de competición para categorías de aficionados de full contact dictan un máximo de tres asaltos de dos minutos, aunque puede variar según la organización. Generalmente para finales de campeonatos son tres asaltos de dos minutos, y para combates de exhibición se pueden hacer de dos asaltos. Para contacto ligero amateur se suelen hacer combates pactados de un asalto para combates de exhibición y de dos asaltos para finales de eventos deportivos.

Existen una serie de técnicas prohibidas en el full contact, como golpear con partes diferentes a los puños y pies, golpear en parte diferente del cuerpo o de la cabeza, golpear en la nuca, el cuello o en la columna vertebral, agarrar al adversario y proyectarlo, realizar golpes a mano abierta etc.

Nocaut

En el full contact, el nocaut se produce cuando un luchador fracasa al intentar levantarse de la lona; tras un golpe o combinación de golpes. Cuando un contendiente cae a la lona, recibe una cuenta de protección de ocho segundos; el árbitro pide al combatiente que levante las manos a la altura de la cara; si el contendiente no puede mantenerlas, se declara un nocaut técnico. En ciertas variedades del full contact como lo son el semicontacto o el contacto ligero, el objetivo final no es derrotar al otro competidor a base de puñetazos y patadas al oponente, sino lograr una puntuación mayor, marcando únicamente los golpes sin aplicarlos con impulso pleno, y en algunos casos el nocaut se encuentra penalizado.

Conteo de protección

En el transcurso de un asalto, acontecido un golpe que derribe al oponente, este último tiene derecho a un conteo de protección, lo cual significa que durante varios segundos ―indicados abiertamente por el personal de arbitraje― no habrá ni golpes ni acechos hasta que el atleta indique que está listo para continuar. Pero el conteo tiene un límite, por ejemplo diez segundos contados e ilustrados con los dedos por el árbitro, así es que si se completa la cuenta, y el atleta no se ha recuperado, entonces la victoria del combate será adjudicada al peleador que impuso el golpe devastador.

Sin embargo el atleta derribado debe levantarse antes de que el periodo de conteo acabe, no garantiza que el evento continúe, esto es, no es suficiente que el deportista se incorpore físicamente, sino que su estado mental, el que su vista no esté perdida, o que haya sufrido graves heridas, son factores que el arbitraje sopesa al decidir la continuación de la riña. Si es necesario, los médicos evalúan la condición actual del atleta, opinión aceptada ya sea para detener o continuar el evento

Categorías y pesos

 Mosca hasta 54 kg.
 Pluma hasta 58 kg.
 Ligero hasta 62 kg.
 Superligero hasta 66 kg.
 Wélter hasta 69 kg.
 Superwélter hasta 72 kg.
 Medio hasta 76 kg.
 Súper medio hasta 79 kg.
 Semipesado hasta 82 kg.
 Crucero hasta 85 kg.
 Pesado hasta 88 kg.
 Superpesado más de 91 kg.

Tirar la toalla

Desde la esquina, el equipo de apoyo puede tirar la toalla si lo cree prudente para el cuidado del atleta; esto significa que el entrenador puede detener la pelea por completo en el momento que arroja su toalla (la cual por lo general es blanca) o esponja, para señalar al arbitraje de esta decisión. Por lo que la frase "tirar la toalla" es equivalente a darse por vencido.

La decisión de arrojar la toalla hacia el centro de la lona, y por consiguiente detener de inmediato la pelea aceptando la derrota, recae en la prudencia del equipo de apoyo del atleta, y es una decisión que se respeta y se mantiene como resultado final a pesar de que el atleta participante no esté de acuerdo con ello el detener la pelea puede evitar daño irreparable al atleta.

Técnica, táctica y preparación física

La técnica del full contact se compone de la herencia del karate, el taekwondo y el boxeo occidental, puesto que proviene de ellos. Se pueden utilizar cuatro guardias (posiciones iniciales):

 Guardia de izquierda (diestros).
 Guardia de derecha (zurdos).
 Guardia frontal (cuerpo a cuerpo).
 Guardia inglesa (cubriéndose con un hombro pegado al mentón).

Además hay múltiples desplazamientos (adelante, detrás, oblicuos, laterales, girando), distancias (corta, media y larga), protecciones, bloqueos (guantes, antebrazos), esquivas, etc.

Dentro del sistema ofensivo, es decir, de las técnicas de puño y pierna, existen:

 Técnicas de puño: directo, jab, croché, gancho, uppercut, cruzado
 Técnicas de pierna: patadas frontal, lateral, circular, en gancho, descendente, abanico, giro, coz, y de barrido en giro con el talón.

Tanto las técnicas de puño como las de piernas se aplican a la cabeza y al tronco.

La práctica de este deporte requiere una gran destreza física, puesto que su aprendizaje es duro y costoso de dominar. Se necesitan una serie de aptitudes físicas y psicológicas que solo se consiguen con constancia, tenacidad y entrenamientos. El fondo o resistencia, la fuerza, la rapidez, el factor sorpresa, la velocidad de reacción, la inteligencia, la constancia, el esfuerzo físico y mental, la disciplina, la motivación o la voluntad son solo algunas de las mínimas características que debe de tener un practicante de full contact.

Como ya se ha dicho, este deporte necesita una gran preparación física, que se consigue con la constancia de los entrenamientos. Se empieza con un buen calentamiento, que varía de unos entrenadores a otros, que suele durar entre 15 y 20 minutos, con una progresión ascendente del ritmo.

El entrenamiento, como es obvio, varía según edades, categorías, etc. Al principio del aprendizaje se realizan sobre todo ejercicios de elasticidad y preparación muscular para adecuar el cuerpo del practicante a la técnica. A medida que se va subiendo de categoría, los entrenamientos se van endureciendo, hasta conseguir un dominio lo más perfecto posible de la técnica.

Si para la práctica de cualquier deporte se requiere una preparación, en el full contact el cuidado del atleta reviste más importancia debido a la dureza del deporte. La persona que quiera practicar el full contact ha de tener en cuenta una serie de cuidados para su cuerpo, tanto físicos como mentales. Como el deporte requiere, debe evitarse toda actividad perjudicial a la salud: el hábito del tabaco y el alcohol, puesto que estos disminuyen la condición al momento de realizar los entrenamientos o bien cuando se lleva a cabo un combate.

Dieta: la seriedad de atender al deporte por parte del atleta lo llevará a vigilar su dieta y sus hábitos en su alimentación, pues el ingerir comida y líquidos y el tiempo de digestión son factores a tomarse en cuenta para antes de las peleas, pues afectará el peso, la energía. El consumo de carbohidratos, de potasio y la hidratación del cuerpo son de notarse al balancear la dieta planeada del atleta, la que debe procurar los resultados más convenientes para cada atleta.

Entrenamiento: para iniciarse en el entrenamiento del full contact, se requiere un largo período de preparación física, aprendiendo a respirar. Se comienza corriendo procurando que sea a una hora temprana y por lugares con árboles y terreno accidentado. Las primeras semanas se pueden correr entre 2 y 5 km, de forma acompasada y respirando por la nariz.
Se pueden realizar ejercicios complementarios con los brazos y efectuar pequeños esprints, que se irán alargando progresivamente. En sucesivas semanas, se irá incrementando la distancia total a recorrer. Se procurará que no sea agotadora, ajustándose a la forma física del atleta.

Una vez terminada la carrera se pasará al gimnasio, donde se practicarán ejercicios con los diversos aparatos, como la pera, la pera loca, el costal, la cuerda, las pesas libres y los estiramientos.

Espejo: Otro utensilio muy útil es el espejo. En él, el atleta puede observarse y estudiarse su guardia, corrigiendo las aperturas/ huecos que se forman al lanzar un golpe cualquiera.

Grados y cinturones de full contact en la DEAMYDC española

La disciplina full contact del Departamento Español de Artes Marciales y Deportes de Contacto DEAMYDC es una disciplina que ha reunido los distintos estilos europeos, americanos y orientales, uniéndolos y realizando unos grados por los cuales pasan sus practicantes.

El DEAMYDC es una entidad de ámbito nacional estando registrada en el Ministerio del Interior con el número de registro nacional 607 327.

En este full contact los cinturones, ordenados de más inexperto a más experto, son:

 Cinturón blanco
 Cinturón amarillo
 Cinturón naranja
 Cinturón verde
 Cinturón lila
 Cinturón azul
 Cinturón marrón
 Cinturón Rojo
 Cinturón rojo con negro
 1º GRADO - Negro
 2º GRADO - Negro
 3º GRADO - Negro
 4º GRADO - Negro
 5º GRADO - Negro
 6º GRADO - Negro (grado honorífico)
 7º GRADO - Negro (grado honorífico)
 8º GRADO - Negro (grado honorífico)
 9º GRADO - Negro (grado honorífico maestro)

El boxeo y el full contact

El boxeo y el full contact tienen un grado de similitud total. Ambos son deportes de contacto con una reputación que durante muchos años ha estado en vigencia, puesto que las opiniones sobre ellos son muy variadas.

La dureza de su práctica es muy similar, quizás la del full contact más porque cuenta también con técnicas de pierna, pero son deportes que necesitan una plena dedicación y entrega por parte del practicante para obtener resultados satisfactorios.

En el plano técnico todas las técnicas de puño son iguales, solo cambian sus nombres, excepto por no llevar la mano a la cadera al golpear, sino como protección de la cabeza, se toma la terminología del boxeo: ganchos, contras, directos, uppercut, croché.

En competiciones ambos dividen los combates en asaltos, sus reglamentos son muy parecidos en el sentido de las prohibiciones durante combate, arbitraje, etc.

En los entrenamientos ambos trabajan en gran medida aptitudes como la resistencia, la velocidad, la fuerza, la movilidad del tronco, etc.

Además utilizan "herramientas" para practicar como: los sacos, pesos o manoplas y otros utensilios para ganar potencia, velocidad y reflejos.

El karate y el full contact

En el caso del karate y el full contact la comparación es prácticamente innecesaria, puesto que el segundo proviene directamente del primero. Como ya se ha citado anteriormente, el full contact surgió a causa de que los campeones norteamericanos y europeos de artes marciales, en los años setenta se dieron cuenta de que en el ámbito de los torneos tradicionales del Karate-Do, no se aprovechaba al máximo sus cualidades, puesto que sus altas capacidades físicas (fuerza, resistencia, flexibilidad) no eran del todo aprovechadas en los combates al punto. Por esta razón decidieron " inventar "un deporte en el que aptitudes físicas como la fuerza, la resistencia o la velocidad tomaran un papel imprescindible. Así surgió una forma de lucha donde los golpes podían ser continuos, los combates fueron divididos en asaltos como en boxeo, y donde el contacto fuera completo. Este nuevo deporte no fue bien acogido al principio por los maestros tradicionales de artes marciales, sin embargo muchos deportistas lo empezaron a practicar y difundir.

La similitud del full contact con el karate en cuanto a técnica es enorme, puesto que tanto las técnicas como de pierna son iguales, y algunas técnicas de puño se adaptaron, solamente cambiaron los nombres y la guardia. La guardia en el karate es mucho más larga que la del full contact, es decir que está formulada para enfatizar el combate a larga distancia, mientas que en el boxeo y el full contact se incluye la media distancia.

Otra parte técnica que tienen es común son los objetivos, la necesidad de alerta constante, y otras cualidades físicas y psicológicas.

En muchas de las academias y federaciones de full contact se adaptó el sistema de grados por cinturones de color siendo similar o igual en orden al del karate, es decir, blanco, amarillo, naranja, verde, azul o violeta, marrón y negro. Así como el código de conducta o "dojo kun" con el fin de dar una formación ética complementaria a sus practicantes.

El taekwondo y el full contact

El parecido entre el taekwondo y el full contact es muy grande, sobre todo en lo que concierne a las técnicas de pateo con giro. Sin embargo, la principal diferencia, aparte de la distancia de combate, es que el full contact hace un manejo más fluido de los puños, mientras que en el taekwondo se limita el empleo de estos según la zona del cuerpo o la contundencia de la técnica. Por ejemplo, en el taekwondo WTF se puede golpear a pleno contacto con el puño solamente en la región del tronco mas no a la cara, en cambio en el taekwondo ITF se permite golpear al tronco y a la cara, pero en esta última, marcando, y no a plena potencia. Aun así ambos estilos de taekwondo hacen un menor uso de los puños en comparación con el full contact, que usa técnicas de puño tanto del boxeo como del karate.

Otro parecido que tiene el full contact con el taekwondo (sobre todo con el taekwondo olímpico o WTF) es la contundencia de las patadas. En ambos deportes el pateo es a contacto pleno, aunque no es así en el estilo de taekwondo ITF. Tanto en el full contact como en el taekwondo olímpico se puede noquear. Aunque en el taekwondo WTF el K.O solo se permite con técnicas de patadas mientras que en el full contact se puede realizar tanto con patadas como con puños. En general, el taekwondo hace un mayor énfasis en las patadas, tiene una mayor diversidad de este tipo de técnicas y las combina con mayor fluidez y potencia. El full contact, aunque con una menor efectividad en lo que concierne al uso de las piernas, trabaja de forma más potente los puños y esto hace que en situaciones reales de pelea pueda resultar más eficiente o efectivo que el taekwondo. Sin embargo, hay que recordar que el arte marcial no lo hace solamente el estilo, sino también, quien lo practica.

Otra característica que comparte el full contact con el taekwondo, es que los combates en ambos deportes son por round y seguidas, es decir, no existe el punto y pare; como en Karate-Do. El taekwondo indiferentemente del estilo, tiende a tener un máximo de 3 round, mientras que en el full contact puede haber (según la categoría) más de 3 asaltos y hasta 10 o 12 asaltos, como en boxeo. Algunos aspectos del entrenamiento del full contact son muy parecidos al del taekwondo, como por ejemplo, el uso de paos y manoplas los cuales son muy típicos en el taekwondo para la práctica de patadas.

Aunque al taekwondo se le ha acusado (sobre todo al estilo olímpico WTF) de hacer un uso escaso o pobre de los puños, hay que reconocer que grandes competidores del full contact han nacido o han tenido como arte marcial madre al taekwondo, mejorando su uso debido a la influencia del boxeo y el karate. Desde Chuck Norris hasta muchos otros. Ha habido varios practicantes de taekwondo y de full contact que han competido en campeonatos oficiales de ambos deportes (Isaías Dueñas y Ramiro Guzmán de México, por ejemplo, en los años setenta). De hecho, no es extraño, de vez en cuando, encontrar en los gimnasios de full contact o de taekwondo a personas que entrenan ambos deportes de combate, y que reconocen lo beneficioso que resulta combinar su práctica.

Juramento y reglas del practicante

Debido a que el full contact es un derivado directo del arte marcial tradicional japonés del Karate-Do, y este a su vez está influenciado por el budismo zen, y el confucionismo chino; se busca incluir una formación moral a sus practicantes, a diferencia de otros deportes de contacto puros como el kickboxing y las artes marciales mixtas (AMM o MMA). Esto se hace por medio de normas o códigos morales a tener en cuenta dentro y fuera de la práctica deportiva.

El código incluye:

 Observar las reglas del full contact
 Respetar a los profesores, superiores, semejantes e inferiores
 No dar mal uso al full contact
 Ser un campeón de la libertad y la justicia
 Construir un mundo más pacífico

Véase también

Kickboxing
 Karate
 Boxeo
 Taekwondo
 Artes marciales mixtas

Enlaces externos
 Asociación Mundial de Kick Boxing
 International Sport Karate Association
 Kick Boxing Argentina
 Federación Argentina de Kick Boxing
 Asociación Internacional de artes marciales amateur

Artes marciales originarias de Norteamérica
Kickboxing
Palabras y frases en inglés


Attestation – The correct confirmation of the Will. The Will includes an Attestation clause that is signed by its owner.
Attorney / Attorneys – The person or people appointed in a Lasting Power of Attorney document to manage someone's financial (LPA Property and Affairs) or welfare (LPA Welfare) issues, when they are still alive but unable to manage by themselves.
Beneficiary – The person or people who will receive money or other benefits from a Will.
Business Trustee(s) – The person(s) controlling a trust containing business assets.
Capital – The value of any assets, rather than any income from them.
Charge – A liability, registered against property, which must be paid off when it is sold or transferred.
Codicil – A legal document altering or adding to an existing will. It must be witnessed in its own right and kept with your will.
Contractual Rights – Rights that can be enforced by law under a contract.
Conveyance – A document or process transferring ownership of land or buildings.
Grant of Probate – Court authority for the Executors to deal with the deceased's financial affairs and Issued by the Probate Registry or Sub-Registry.
Intestacy (Partial) – Where the deceased leaves a will that fails to distribute the whole estate, or where there is no Executors appointed and able to act.
Intestacy Rules – The rules governing how the estate of an Intestate must to be divided. The rules are fairly complicated – for more information, take a look at the top 5 myths and misconceptions.
Irrevocable – meaning a legal document cannot be revoked or cancelled.
Joint Tenants – One of the two different ways two or more people can own a single property. When one of the joint owners dies the property will automatically be owned by the surviving joint tenant owner irrespective of what that person's Will might state. Each owner owns 100% of the property.
Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) (Property and Affairs) – A document, separate from a Will, which allows a person to appoint people to manage their financial affairs (called Attorneys) while they are still alive but unable to manage.
LPA (Health & Welfare) – It is also possible to have an LPA (Health & Welfare) document drafted, whereby Attorneys are appointed to help manage health and welfare issues when the customer is unable to manage.
Literary Estate – All published and unpublished work written by you, and any associated royalties.
Occupant – The person(s) permitted to live in a property under a trust arrangement.
Personal Chattels – Things that are defined as personal belongings in law. The Administration of Estates Act 1925 lists these in section 55(1)(x).
Settlement – Another word for a trust.
Severance of Tenancy (SOT) - The procedure that enables Joint Tenant owners to convert to Tenants in Common.
STEP Provisions – Standard wordings to help executors and trustees do their job.
Tenants in Common – Persons who own a defined (often equal) share of a property.
Trust Period – How long the trust can exist before it is wound up and distributed. The maximum is 125 years.
Trustees – The person/people or organisation that looks after anything in the Trust before passing the assets to the beneficiaries at the appropriate time.
Will Trust or Trust – A clause written into the Will that acts like a safety deposit box or safe. When the person dies certain assets are passed into the Trust by the Executors.