DRESSED TO KILL (THE MOOD)
Published on Wed 20 February 2008 by roryk
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Mine eyes! OK, if you thought that Paris Hilton rolling around in a champagne glass yesterday was the least sexy thing since Anne Widdecombe started penning racy novels, then get ready for the Gene Simmons sex tape.
Yes, The Kiss legend, who has reportedly slept with close to 5000 women, unfortunately didn't think to leak a tape in his hey day (or some sort of cinefilm or whatever they had back then) and is now pictured AGED 58 going at it with a girl half his age. And it's not his partner Shannon Tweed (pictured with him below).
OK, so there's nothing inherently wrong with a rock star going at it with a model half his age, but Gene doesn't even bother taking his T-Shirt and underwear off! We're not sure what counted for romancing in the Seventies, but surely a bit of nudity wouldn't go amiss, Gene?
A clip of the video is available at www.genessecret.com but it looks like you have to pay to see the whole thing at the moment.
Let's just hope that Lil' Chris doesn't follow in his mentor's footsteps - for the sake of the poor model who'd get done for shagging a child apart from anything.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Local Knowledge: The Gallery Club and the WGC - Accenture Match Play
By John Kim, Coordinating Producer- PGA.com
Feb. 19 -- The Gallery Club has the distinction of having two of the top-rated golf courses in the country at their Dove Mountain location. The South Course is the host of the World Golf Championships -- Accenture Match Play tournament, and it may not even be the best course at the facility! So how does PGA Head Professional of The Gallery Club Paul Nolen manage to maintain such incredible standards at this desert oasis? He shares some insight about the course and the WGC -- Accenture Match Play Championship with us at PGA.com.
PGA.com: Paul, what makes your course so great for this type of tournament?
Nolen: The South Course is a perfect venue for match play. It's not an overly difficult layout and there are a number of risk/reward opportunities. There are a couple of drivable par 4s and the par 5s offer most players a chance to reach in two -- but on any of those, if you miss, you might have a hard time saving par. For all the strategy and discipline that you need in match play, this course really shines in that type of format.
PGA.com: When you say the course is not overly difficult, it's not a cakewalk for these guys, is it? During the rest of the year, you guys provide a pretty good test for your membership?
Nolen: Oh, it's not an easy course by any means. Keep in mind, these are the top 64 players in the world. They are going to play well anywhere. For amateur players, for most professionals, it's a very good test of golf. In particular, when you get within 50 yards of the green, this course can really jump up and get you. The turtleback greens here, the undulations around the greens; yes, it's a strong test of golf.
PGA.com: Do your members get involved in the hosting of the tournament?
Nolen: The volunteer rolls are full of our members. They are very excited about the tournament and love being involved.
PGA.com: The course is so new, has it settled and grown in like you had thought and/or hoped?
Nolen: Absolutely. Certainly, the tournament has helped in establishing our course as a premier golf venue. But on its own, the course is in immaculate condition and we're excited about showing it off this week. We have two different courses here, and they are both excellent but very different courses, so our membership always has some variety offered to them. We're very pleased.
PGA.com: It's been quite the sports year for your area this year, with the Super Bowl last month and the season's first world golf championship this month. As a private facility, does this high profile exposure affect your bottom line?
Nolen: Well, it can only be a positive. And not just for our course, but for Tucson -- which is often overlooked as far as great golf courses compared to say Scottsdale -- and for even Arizona in general. It is a great sports market here in the state and it's a good thing that it's getting some national recognition. Here at the Gallery Club, in the short term, the effect is probably negligible, but down the line, people will know that this course hosted the world's best players in a premier PGA Tour event.
PGA.com: Last year, Tiger Woods ended his seven match winning streak with a dramatic playoff loss to Nick O'Hern. He later said it was a pitch mark in his putting line that cost him the win. Did you guys fix that mark yet? Just kidding. But what does it say about your course that Nick O'Hern could take on the mighty Tiger Woods at your course?
Nolen: I think that it says more about the format than the course, that's what match play can do. Keep in mind, even the lower seeds are some of the best players in the world. And as far as that pitch mark Tiger mentioned, it was there. We went out and looked!
Feb. 19 -- The Gallery Club has the distinction of having two of the top-rated golf courses in the country at their Dove Mountain location. The South Course is the host of the World Golf Championships -- Accenture Match Play tournament, and it may not even be the best course at the facility! So how does PGA Head Professional of The Gallery Club Paul Nolen manage to maintain such incredible standards at this desert oasis? He shares some insight about the course and the WGC -- Accenture Match Play Championship with us at PGA.com.
PGA.com: Paul, what makes your course so great for this type of tournament?
Nolen: The South Course is a perfect venue for match play. It's not an overly difficult layout and there are a number of risk/reward opportunities. There are a couple of drivable par 4s and the par 5s offer most players a chance to reach in two -- but on any of those, if you miss, you might have a hard time saving par. For all the strategy and discipline that you need in match play, this course really shines in that type of format.
PGA.com: When you say the course is not overly difficult, it's not a cakewalk for these guys, is it? During the rest of the year, you guys provide a pretty good test for your membership?
Nolen: Oh, it's not an easy course by any means. Keep in mind, these are the top 64 players in the world. They are going to play well anywhere. For amateur players, for most professionals, it's a very good test of golf. In particular, when you get within 50 yards of the green, this course can really jump up and get you. The turtleback greens here, the undulations around the greens; yes, it's a strong test of golf.
PGA.com: Do your members get involved in the hosting of the tournament?
Nolen: The volunteer rolls are full of our members. They are very excited about the tournament and love being involved.
PGA.com: The course is so new, has it settled and grown in like you had thought and/or hoped?
Nolen: Absolutely. Certainly, the tournament has helped in establishing our course as a premier golf venue. But on its own, the course is in immaculate condition and we're excited about showing it off this week. We have two different courses here, and they are both excellent but very different courses, so our membership always has some variety offered to them. We're very pleased.
PGA.com: It's been quite the sports year for your area this year, with the Super Bowl last month and the season's first world golf championship this month. As a private facility, does this high profile exposure affect your bottom line?
Nolen: Well, it can only be a positive. And not just for our course, but for Tucson -- which is often overlooked as far as great golf courses compared to say Scottsdale -- and for even Arizona in general. It is a great sports market here in the state and it's a good thing that it's getting some national recognition. Here at the Gallery Club, in the short term, the effect is probably negligible, but down the line, people will know that this course hosted the world's best players in a premier PGA Tour event.
PGA.com: Last year, Tiger Woods ended his seven match winning streak with a dramatic playoff loss to Nick O'Hern. He later said it was a pitch mark in his putting line that cost him the win. Did you guys fix that mark yet? Just kidding. But what does it say about your course that Nick O'Hern could take on the mighty Tiger Woods at your course?
Nolen: I think that it says more about the format than the course, that's what match play can do. Keep in mind, even the lower seeds are some of the best players in the world. And as far as that pitch mark Tiger mentioned, it was there. We went out and looked!
Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Posted 02.20.08
Garden Detective:A garden blog by Jessica Damiano that gets to the root of things
http://newsday.com
I can't remember the last time I saw a lunar eclipse. Maybe never. I don't know. But I do remember viewing a total eclipse of the sun when I was about 5 years old. I spied it outside my living room window through sheer curtains since my mother wouldn't let me go outside to look at it directly. Solar eclipses are usually big-time events, with people capitalizing on memorabilia and those little cardboard eyeglasses with pinholes poked through them for safe viewing.
Lunar eclipses aren't as noteworthy, probably because they aren't as rare. Plus, they're safe to look at. We had two last year. But the one enroute to us tonight will be the last until December 10, 2010, so I'm going to make a point of seeing it.
It's going to be extra special because Saturn and the bright star Regulus will line up to form a perfect triangle with the moon. Jack Horkheimer, of PBS' "Star Gazer," called it "the moon, the lord of the rings and heart of the lion eclipse," so I'm hoping the snow flurries in the forecast don't interfere with my view of the big event.
Though the moon will be blocked by the earth's shadow, don't think there'll be nothing to see. A total lunar eclipse can put on quite a show. Dramatic colors from bright orange to bright red and dark brown -- even shards of dark grey -- could peek out. The event will develop gradually, beginning at 8:43 p.m.
Usually, I'm all tucked into bed by 9:00. But I'll be out in the garden looking skyward at 10:01. The moon will be totally eclipsed from then until 10:51. Make some hot cocoa and let the kids stay up late. They'll always remember it.
Garden Detective:A garden blog by Jessica Damiano that gets to the root of things
http://newsday.com
I can't remember the last time I saw a lunar eclipse. Maybe never. I don't know. But I do remember viewing a total eclipse of the sun when I was about 5 years old. I spied it outside my living room window through sheer curtains since my mother wouldn't let me go outside to look at it directly. Solar eclipses are usually big-time events, with people capitalizing on memorabilia and those little cardboard eyeglasses with pinholes poked through them for safe viewing.
Lunar eclipses aren't as noteworthy, probably because they aren't as rare. Plus, they're safe to look at. We had two last year. But the one enroute to us tonight will be the last until December 10, 2010, so I'm going to make a point of seeing it.
It's going to be extra special because Saturn and the bright star Regulus will line up to form a perfect triangle with the moon. Jack Horkheimer, of PBS' "Star Gazer," called it "the moon, the lord of the rings and heart of the lion eclipse," so I'm hoping the snow flurries in the forecast don't interfere with my view of the big event.
Though the moon will be blocked by the earth's shadow, don't think there'll be nothing to see. A total lunar eclipse can put on quite a show. Dramatic colors from bright orange to bright red and dark brown -- even shards of dark grey -- could peek out. The event will develop gradually, beginning at 8:43 p.m.
Usually, I'm all tucked into bed by 9:00. But I'll be out in the garden looking skyward at 10:01. The moon will be totally eclipsed from then until 10:51. Make some hot cocoa and let the kids stay up late. They'll always remember it.
EFFORT TO SHOOT DOWN SATELLITE COULD INFORM MILITARY STRATEGY
Posted 022008 Stripersonline.com
EFFORT TO SHOOT DOWN SATELLITE COULD INFORM MILITARY STRATEGY: The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military and of high concern for many other nations. While U.S. officials have depicted the attempt solely as a precaution against the slim chance that the satellite's hazardous rocket fuel could harm people on Earth, the test will inherently have spillover military consequences, the experts said.
To accomplish this week's task, for example, the Navy has modified its Aegis anti-missile radar system for satellite tracking, making clear that a system designed for missile defense can be transformed into an anti-satellite system in a short time. The attempted shoot-down will also enable the Pentagon to practice using, in an urgent scenario, key elements of its space defense apparatus, including the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and its sophisticated space identification, tracking and targeting system.
The attempt will further provide an unscripted opportunity to see whether ship-based missiles can blow up the satellite just as it reenters Earth's atmosphere - a key moment in any attempt to intercept an intercontinental missile that might someday be launched against the United States. "Whatever their motivation for shooting down the satellite, it's clear that this will be quite useful to the military," said Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on military space issues and a department head of the Naval War College in Newport, RI. David Wright, a senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said "there's a real concern among people here and in other nations that the U.S. is trying to develop space weapons in the guise of other systems." The plan to shoot down the satellite, he says, "fuels the flames for those who think we want to build anti-satellite capabilities." Both China and Russia have criticized the planned satellite intercept.
The United States and Russia have intermittently pursued anti-satellite programs, and also have occasionally respected informal moratoriums on testing. Since the United States abrogated the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, both China and Russia have pushed for a new treaty that would ban weapons in space. The United States has opposed the proposal at the United Nations disarmament conference.
(Marc Kaufman and Walter Pincus, Washington Post – 2/20
EFFORT TO SHOOT DOWN SATELLITE COULD INFORM MILITARY STRATEGY: The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military and of high concern for many other nations. While U.S. officials have depicted the attempt solely as a precaution against the slim chance that the satellite's hazardous rocket fuel could harm people on Earth, the test will inherently have spillover military consequences, the experts said.
To accomplish this week's task, for example, the Navy has modified its Aegis anti-missile radar system for satellite tracking, making clear that a system designed for missile defense can be transformed into an anti-satellite system in a short time. The attempted shoot-down will also enable the Pentagon to practice using, in an urgent scenario, key elements of its space defense apparatus, including the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and its sophisticated space identification, tracking and targeting system.
The attempt will further provide an unscripted opportunity to see whether ship-based missiles can blow up the satellite just as it reenters Earth's atmosphere - a key moment in any attempt to intercept an intercontinental missile that might someday be launched against the United States. "Whatever their motivation for shooting down the satellite, it's clear that this will be quite useful to the military," said Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on military space issues and a department head of the Naval War College in Newport, RI. David Wright, a senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said "there's a real concern among people here and in other nations that the U.S. is trying to develop space weapons in the guise of other systems." The plan to shoot down the satellite, he says, "fuels the flames for those who think we want to build anti-satellite capabilities." Both China and Russia have criticized the planned satellite intercept.
The United States and Russia have intermittently pursued anti-satellite programs, and also have occasionally respected informal moratoriums on testing. Since the United States abrogated the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, both China and Russia have pushed for a new treaty that would ban weapons in space. The United States has opposed the proposal at the United Nations disarmament conference.
(Marc Kaufman and Walter Pincus, Washington Post – 2/20
USS LAKE ERIE CREW WILL TAKE FIRST SHOT AT ERRANT SATELLITE
Posted 02.20.08 Stripersonline.com
USS LAKE ERIE CREW WILL TAKE FIRST SHOT AT ERRANT SATELLITE: The crew of the USS Lake Erie will have the responsibility of firing the missile the Pentagon hopes will demolish a wayward spy satellite and its fuel tank of hydrazine, a Navy official said yesterday. The attempt to knock out the National Reconnaissance Office satellite will likely occur this week. Joining the Lake Erie will be the guided missile destroyer the USS Decatur and the USS Russell.
The Lake Erie will take the first shot, the Navy official noted. In the coming days, the Lake Erie will fire a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) equipped with a Kinetic Kill Vehicle (KKV). Using its Infrared seeker, the KKV will home in on the satellite and hopefully hit the satellite's fuel tank which is filled with hydrazine.
But unlike traditional ballistic missile tests where ballistic missiles give off a heat signature, shooting down an out of control satellite required modifications to both Lockheed Martin's Aegis weapon system and Raytheon's SM-3, the Navy official said. "This event, I think, is pretty significant in terms of technical requirements. We are looking at a cold body in space, a body that has been shut down for some time and it doesn't have the traditional heating up that a traditional ballistic missile has," the official said. "It is moving at a speed that is a lot faster than previous engagements we have made. There are differences that will occur here that don't make this business as usual."
Additionally, the Navy had to come up with new methods to track the satellite, he added. In a six week timeframe, a government-industry team of scientists, engineers and program officials assessed the problem, developed solutions, employed those fixes, tested the fixes in computer simulation and came up with a plan, the Navy official said. "It is a phenomenal achievement in and of itself that in six weeks they could do that."
Although it will be the SM-3 that ultimately destroys the missile, the Navy official also praised the Aegis weapon system that will control the missile flight. "[i] don't know that we have found its limits yet. We continue to find new mission areas and new capabilities," he said of the Aegis system. "To do ballistic missile defense is the latest. We have taken that radar capability ... we always knew it could see deep into space ... and have tied it to an interceptor that is able to match the abilities of medium range and below ballistic missiles."
The Navy official reiterated that the software upgrades to enable the Aegis weapon system and the SM-3 to track and destroy the NRO satellite will not be incorporated into the Navy's ballistic missile defense program. In fact, should the first missile hit its target, the two extra missiles will be put back to their original BMD configuration, the official added.
(Geoff Fein, Defense Daily – 2/20)
USS LAKE ERIE CREW WILL TAKE FIRST SHOT AT ERRANT SATELLITE: The crew of the USS Lake Erie will have the responsibility of firing the missile the Pentagon hopes will demolish a wayward spy satellite and its fuel tank of hydrazine, a Navy official said yesterday. The attempt to knock out the National Reconnaissance Office satellite will likely occur this week. Joining the Lake Erie will be the guided missile destroyer the USS Decatur and the USS Russell.
The Lake Erie will take the first shot, the Navy official noted. In the coming days, the Lake Erie will fire a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) equipped with a Kinetic Kill Vehicle (KKV). Using its Infrared seeker, the KKV will home in on the satellite and hopefully hit the satellite's fuel tank which is filled with hydrazine.
But unlike traditional ballistic missile tests where ballistic missiles give off a heat signature, shooting down an out of control satellite required modifications to both Lockheed Martin's Aegis weapon system and Raytheon's SM-3, the Navy official said. "This event, I think, is pretty significant in terms of technical requirements. We are looking at a cold body in space, a body that has been shut down for some time and it doesn't have the traditional heating up that a traditional ballistic missile has," the official said. "It is moving at a speed that is a lot faster than previous engagements we have made. There are differences that will occur here that don't make this business as usual."
Additionally, the Navy had to come up with new methods to track the satellite, he added. In a six week timeframe, a government-industry team of scientists, engineers and program officials assessed the problem, developed solutions, employed those fixes, tested the fixes in computer simulation and came up with a plan, the Navy official said. "It is a phenomenal achievement in and of itself that in six weeks they could do that."
Although it will be the SM-3 that ultimately destroys the missile, the Navy official also praised the Aegis weapon system that will control the missile flight. "[i] don't know that we have found its limits yet. We continue to find new mission areas and new capabilities," he said of the Aegis system. "To do ballistic missile defense is the latest. We have taken that radar capability ... we always knew it could see deep into space ... and have tied it to an interceptor that is able to match the abilities of medium range and below ballistic missiles."
The Navy official reiterated that the software upgrades to enable the Aegis weapon system and the SM-3 to track and destroy the NRO satellite will not be incorporated into the Navy's ballistic missile defense program. In fact, should the first missile hit its target, the two extra missiles will be put back to their original BMD configuration, the official added.
(Geoff Fein, Defense Daily – 2/20)
Gyrotonics
Posted January 24th, 2008
http://formosaneijia.com/
So here you have gyrotonics — silk reeling as a workout. This is also known as “yoga for dancers” although that seems a little redundant. If you look at the moves in this system and in the gyrokinesis system, you’ll see that they are basically doing silk reeling. They even have specialized machines to add to the range of movements that you can do.
What I find amazing about stuff like this is that they are doing movements with IMA body mechanics. These guys have stumbled across this stuff, and are taking the training into areas that we as martial artists should be pursuing.
http://formosaneijia.com/
So here you have gyrotonics — silk reeling as a workout. This is also known as “yoga for dancers” although that seems a little redundant. If you look at the moves in this system and in the gyrokinesis system, you’ll see that they are basically doing silk reeling. They even have specialized machines to add to the range of movements that you can do.
What I find amazing about stuff like this is that they are doing movements with IMA body mechanics. These guys have stumbled across this stuff, and are taking the training into areas that we as martial artists should be pursuing.
Alleged Gene Simmons Sex Tape Surfaces
Posted Feb 20th 2008 11:00AM by Spinner Staff
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A sex video allegedly featuring KISS bassist Gene Simmons has surfaced on www.GenesSecret.com. The footage appears to be Simmons in several different positions with an Australian model named Elsa, who is a spokesperson for Frank's Energy Drink, a product which Simmons also reportedly endorses.
If the man in the video is indeed Simmons, it wouldn't be too far-fetched. The rocker has boasted that he has slept with more than 4,600 women, which he claims does not bother his live-in girlfriend and mother of his two children, Shannon Tweed. He was also a presenter at the 2007 AVN Adult Movie Awards, where he won the 'Golden Tongue Award.' And he told Spinner in an exclusive interview last year, "Life is like being a stripper: Eventually you've got to take it all off." He also joked with us that fellow sex-tape star Paris Hilton is "a bigger rockstar than anybody."
GenesSecret.com is run out of Panama by an unidentified owner. The site is charging $9.95 for a one-day viewing of the racy video.
spinner.com
A sex video allegedly featuring KISS bassist Gene Simmons has surfaced on www.GenesSecret.com. The footage appears to be Simmons in several different positions with an Australian model named Elsa, who is a spokesperson for Frank's Energy Drink, a product which Simmons also reportedly endorses.
If the man in the video is indeed Simmons, it wouldn't be too far-fetched. The rocker has boasted that he has slept with more than 4,600 women, which he claims does not bother his live-in girlfriend and mother of his two children, Shannon Tweed. He was also a presenter at the 2007 AVN Adult Movie Awards, where he won the 'Golden Tongue Award.' And he told Spinner in an exclusive interview last year, "Life is like being a stripper: Eventually you've got to take it all off." He also joked with us that fellow sex-tape star Paris Hilton is "a bigger rockstar than anybody."
GenesSecret.com is run out of Panama by an unidentified owner. The site is charging $9.95 for a one-day viewing of the racy video.
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