Rapid Assaults Tactics (R.A.T.) is a self-defense system developed by Paul Vunak and is the central aspect of his approach to the martial arts, known as Progressive Fighting Systems.
It was developed for the U.S. Navy Seals as a primary combative program based in Jeet Kune Do concepts. Rapid Assault Tactics focuses on identifying phase (or range) in which an attack situation is occurring and responding to it with appropriate tools, typically using the so-called HKE apporach (headbutts, knee strikes, and elbow strikes). Today the R.A.T. system is taught to Special Forces, military, U.S. Marines, U.S. Rangers, F.B.I, D.E.A, C.I.A, S.W.A.T. Teams, and over 50 police Departments in the U.S and other countries.
The R.A.T. system places an emphasis on self-preservation (hence the acronym) using a realistic fighting structure. The three basic concepts of the method are Entry to close range, Pressure on the opponent to keep him on the defensive, and Resolution/Termination of the conflict. Students learn to move between the various ranges, entering from long range to close range in order to control the opponent's head and apply the HKE paradigm. Drills to learn and improve these skills lead to live drills (using protective equipment) to "functionalize" the material.
Paul Vunak states that having and utilizing a plan (entry, pressure, termination) increases the chances of success in a violent confrontation.
It was developed for the U.S. Navy Seals as a primary combative program based in Jeet Kune Do concepts. Rapid Assault Tactics focuses on identifying phase (or range) in which an attack situation is occurring and responding to it with appropriate tools, typically using the so-called HKE apporach (headbutts, knee strikes, and elbow strikes). Today the R.A.T. system is taught to Special Forces, military, U.S. Marines, U.S. Rangers, F.B.I, D.E.A, C.I.A, S.W.A.T. Teams, and over 50 police Departments in the U.S and other countries.
The R.A.T. system places an emphasis on self-preservation (hence the acronym) using a realistic fighting structure. The three basic concepts of the method are Entry to close range, Pressure on the opponent to keep him on the defensive, and Resolution/Termination of the conflict. Students learn to move between the various ranges, entering from long range to close range in order to control the opponent's head and apply the HKE paradigm. Drills to learn and improve these skills lead to live drills (using protective equipment) to "functionalize" the material.
Paul Vunak states that having and utilizing a plan (entry, pressure, termination) increases the chances of success in a violent confrontation.
Lady Starlight (born Colleen Martin; December 23, 1975) is an American Rock DJ, performance artist, writer, go-go dancer and fashion stylist based in New York City's Lower East Side. Perhaps best known for being Grammy nominated pop star Lady Gaga's original creative partner and DJ. In 2008, Lady Starlight was voted "Best Female Hard Rock DJ 2008" by The L Magazine.
Biography
1975-2001: Early life and education
Colleen Martin was raised in upstate New York. She was a founding member of the art rock band Brown Cuts Neighbors. After gaining a degree in philosophy at college, she moved to New York City in 2001 where she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T) and worked as a MAC PRO make-up artist for MAC Cosmetics.
2002-present: Career
Martin, a rock history aficionada, adopted the stage name Lady Starlight as a reference to the song "Lady Starlight" by Sweet.
A downtown nightlife personality and scene queen, Lady Starlight has produced several long running parties in the Lower East Side club scene. From 2004-2006, Lady Starlight paid tribute to widely noted 1970s Los Angeles glam rock nightclub Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco with her own glitter rock inspired party, "Lady Starlight's English Disco" , where Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford made her performance debut, dancing under the stage name Hollywood Starr. Lady Starlight also appeared in NYC DJ/electronica musician Ursula 1000's 2006 music video for the glam rock inspired song, "Hello! Let's Go To a Disco" off his album, "Here Comes Tomorrow". In 2007, she started "Lady Starlight's Heavy Metal Soundhouse", a homage to rock DJ Neal Kay's "Heavy Metal Soundhouse", London’s first heavy rock disco.
In a 2005 interview, when asked where she sees herself in 10 years, Lady Starlight said "Making clothes for my friends who will be famous and
maybe a chapter in one of their biographies". She also became a contributing writer for Classic Rock Magazine.
2007-present: Lady Gaga
In early 2007, Lady Starlight began collaborating with the similarly named and as yet undiscovered pop star Lady Gaga, and helped create her onstage fashions. The pair began playing gigs at downtown club venues like Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and Rockwood Music Hall, with their live performance art piece, "Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue". Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque RockShow", their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970s' variety acts.
Lady Gaga credits Lady Starlight for her interest in performance as art. "I actually never really thought of it until I started working with Lady Starlight" Lady Gaga said of her career beginnings. "One day she was like 'It’s not really a concert and it’s not really a show. It’s performance art. What you’re doing is not just singing…it’s art.' And once she pointed out to me what I was already doing I just started analyzing that more and researching to try to take it in a different direction. And that’s really what we did."
In August 2007, Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue were invited to play at American music festival Lollapalooza, where the Ladies shocked audiences with their wild performance. in a series of short films for her YouTube Channel, "Lady GaGa's Pop Culture Parking Lot" which is based on the cult 1986 documentary film "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", and the surreal "Lady Starlight Transmissions".
Biography
1975-2001: Early life and education
Colleen Martin was raised in upstate New York. She was a founding member of the art rock band Brown Cuts Neighbors. After gaining a degree in philosophy at college, she moved to New York City in 2001 where she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T) and worked as a MAC PRO make-up artist for MAC Cosmetics.
2002-present: Career
Martin, a rock history aficionada, adopted the stage name Lady Starlight as a reference to the song "Lady Starlight" by Sweet.
A downtown nightlife personality and scene queen, Lady Starlight has produced several long running parties in the Lower East Side club scene. From 2004-2006, Lady Starlight paid tribute to widely noted 1970s Los Angeles glam rock nightclub Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco with her own glitter rock inspired party, "Lady Starlight's English Disco" , where Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford made her performance debut, dancing under the stage name Hollywood Starr. Lady Starlight also appeared in NYC DJ/electronica musician Ursula 1000's 2006 music video for the glam rock inspired song, "Hello! Let's Go To a Disco" off his album, "Here Comes Tomorrow". In 2007, she started "Lady Starlight's Heavy Metal Soundhouse", a homage to rock DJ Neal Kay's "Heavy Metal Soundhouse", London’s first heavy rock disco.
In a 2005 interview, when asked where she sees herself in 10 years, Lady Starlight said "Making clothes for my friends who will be famous and
maybe a chapter in one of their biographies". She also became a contributing writer for Classic Rock Magazine.
2007-present: Lady Gaga
In early 2007, Lady Starlight began collaborating with the similarly named and as yet undiscovered pop star Lady Gaga, and helped create her onstage fashions. The pair began playing gigs at downtown club venues like Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and Rockwood Music Hall, with their live performance art piece, "Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue". Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque RockShow", their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970s' variety acts.
Lady Gaga credits Lady Starlight for her interest in performance as art. "I actually never really thought of it until I started working with Lady Starlight" Lady Gaga said of her career beginnings. "One day she was like 'It’s not really a concert and it’s not really a show. It’s performance art. What you’re doing is not just singing…it’s art.' And once she pointed out to me what I was already doing I just started analyzing that more and researching to try to take it in a different direction. And that’s really what we did."
In August 2007, Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue were invited to play at American music festival Lollapalooza, where the Ladies shocked audiences with their wild performance. in a series of short films for her YouTube Channel, "Lady GaGa's Pop Culture Parking Lot" which is based on the cult 1986 documentary film "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", and the surreal "Lady Starlight Transmissions".
"Fresh Coast" is an American colloquialism used to describe the freshwater coastal region of the United States surrounding the Great Lakes.
Distinct from the continental coastlines of the West Coast and the East Coast, "The Fresh Coast" is located in the upper regions of the Midwest, bordering the country of Canada and stretching from the western edge of Lake Superior to the eastern edge of Lake Ontario in New York state.
The term was coined by Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett and is most often used to spur commerce in contrast to the colloquialism Rust belt. Regional media outlets have adopted the phrase "Fresh Coast" and continue to use it in efforts to rebrand overall Great Lakes development. The term connotes both the area's large of resource fresh water and exception educational resources (e.g. University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Marquette University) The term continues to be embraces by the area and Milwaukee in particular as Southeastern Wisconsin is America's leading freshwater hub for both industry and academia.
“In 1959, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, and the city said, ‘We will become a tourism Mecca,’” Meeusen said. “But for 12 years, it didn’t do anything, and Disney moved on to Orlando. It opened Disney World there in 1972, and Orlando said, ‘We will be the tourism Mecca.’ They got their act together - changed zoning, created tax incentives and worked with their universities to create hospitality education programs.
“The city attracted other destinations, and Orlando is the tourism capital today, and Anaheim is not. Milwaukee right now is Anaheim in 1959 or Orlando in 1972. We could do nothing. Or we could get our act together and coordinate our corporate, academic and government to become the freshwater capital of the U.S. and possibly the world,” Meeusen said. (Rich Meeson is the current CEO of Badger Meter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)
Distinct from the continental coastlines of the West Coast and the East Coast, "The Fresh Coast" is located in the upper regions of the Midwest, bordering the country of Canada and stretching from the western edge of Lake Superior to the eastern edge of Lake Ontario in New York state.
The term was coined by Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett and is most often used to spur commerce in contrast to the colloquialism Rust belt. Regional media outlets have adopted the phrase "Fresh Coast" and continue to use it in efforts to rebrand overall Great Lakes development. The term connotes both the area's large of resource fresh water and exception educational resources (e.g. University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Marquette University) The term continues to be embraces by the area and Milwaukee in particular as Southeastern Wisconsin is America's leading freshwater hub for both industry and academia.
“In 1959, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, and the city said, ‘We will become a tourism Mecca,’” Meeusen said. “But for 12 years, it didn’t do anything, and Disney moved on to Orlando. It opened Disney World there in 1972, and Orlando said, ‘We will be the tourism Mecca.’ They got their act together - changed zoning, created tax incentives and worked with their universities to create hospitality education programs.
“The city attracted other destinations, and Orlando is the tourism capital today, and Anaheim is not. Milwaukee right now is Anaheim in 1959 or Orlando in 1972. We could do nothing. Or we could get our act together and coordinate our corporate, academic and government to become the freshwater capital of the U.S. and possibly the world,” Meeusen said. (Rich Meeson is the current CEO of Badger Meter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)
Remobo is a zero-configuration Instant Private Network (IPN) or virtual private network (VPN) freeware application that directly connects users' computers as if they were on the same local area network. It also works behind NAT firewalls. It is currently in beta and there are versions for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, as well as Linux (beta).
How it works
All the registered Remobo users have their own "Instant Private Network" (IPN). For example, when a Remobo user Alice logs in from any computer that has the Remobo program installed, that computer becomes a member of Alice's IPN. Alice can log in from multiple computers at the same time, and all logged-in computers are members of Alice's IPN, which means all Alice's computers are connected to each other as if all these computers are on the same Local Area Network (LAN).
A computer is a member of a Remobo user's IPN only for the duration of this Remobo login session. For example, when Alice logs off Remobo from any of her computers, that logged-off computer is taken off Alice's IPN network. No data about Alice is left behind on that logged-off computer.
Remobo users can also share their IPNs with their friends. For example, when a Remobo user Alice invites her friend Bob (who must also be a Remobo user) as a "buddy" in Alice's Remobo network, all computers that Alice & Bob are currently logged-in on become members of the IPN, which means all Alice's and Bob's computers are connected to each other, as if all these computers are on the same LAN.
The "buddies" of a Remobo user do not see each other through this specific Remobo user. For example, if Alice has both Bob and Carl as her Remobo buddies, then all of Alice's and Bob's computers are connected to each other, and all of Alice's and Carl's computers are connected to each other, but none of Bob's computers are connected to any of Carl's computers, unless they are Remobo buddies of each other, too.
Mobility
In Remobo, the network connections are created at a user level rather than a machine level, so users can be mobile and create instant network connections anywhere they are logged in. This is different from traditional VPN that authenticate nodes in the network based on machine ID.
The network does not statically assign unused blocks of private IP addresses, so your IP address will change each time you login. There is a dynamic DNS service provided by Remobo to query a user's Virtual IP address at a specific machine the user is currently logged-in, via <MachineID>.<UserID>.remobo.com. Also, since a single Remobo user may log in concurrently at multiple machines, the DNS query of <UserID>.remobo.com gives a list of Virtual IP addresses for all the machines that a user is currently logged in on.
Security
Remobo claims to use strong industry-standard algorithms, including RSA private/public key exchanges and 256-Bit AES encryption, to secure and authenticate the data & traffic.
All the Remobo users create their own Private-/Public-Keys at registration time, and any data they generate, including profile and presence info, are encrypted using their Private Keys. All network connections are established through Diffie-Hellman key negotiation, and encrypted using IPSec-based standard protocols. So all data that travels over the Instant Private Network is secured from third party snooping.
Compatibility
The current builds of Remobo (v0.20.1) are available for the following operating systems:
*Microsoft Windows, including both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista/2008/2003/XP/2000
*Mac OS X
A beta version is available for Linux x86, yet requiring root privileges.
How it works
All the registered Remobo users have their own "Instant Private Network" (IPN). For example, when a Remobo user Alice logs in from any computer that has the Remobo program installed, that computer becomes a member of Alice's IPN. Alice can log in from multiple computers at the same time, and all logged-in computers are members of Alice's IPN, which means all Alice's computers are connected to each other as if all these computers are on the same Local Area Network (LAN).
A computer is a member of a Remobo user's IPN only for the duration of this Remobo login session. For example, when Alice logs off Remobo from any of her computers, that logged-off computer is taken off Alice's IPN network. No data about Alice is left behind on that logged-off computer.
Remobo users can also share their IPNs with their friends. For example, when a Remobo user Alice invites her friend Bob (who must also be a Remobo user) as a "buddy" in Alice's Remobo network, all computers that Alice & Bob are currently logged-in on become members of the IPN, which means all Alice's and Bob's computers are connected to each other, as if all these computers are on the same LAN.
The "buddies" of a Remobo user do not see each other through this specific Remobo user. For example, if Alice has both Bob and Carl as her Remobo buddies, then all of Alice's and Bob's computers are connected to each other, and all of Alice's and Carl's computers are connected to each other, but none of Bob's computers are connected to any of Carl's computers, unless they are Remobo buddies of each other, too.
Mobility
In Remobo, the network connections are created at a user level rather than a machine level, so users can be mobile and create instant network connections anywhere they are logged in. This is different from traditional VPN that authenticate nodes in the network based on machine ID.
The network does not statically assign unused blocks of private IP addresses, so your IP address will change each time you login. There is a dynamic DNS service provided by Remobo to query a user's Virtual IP address at a specific machine the user is currently logged-in, via <MachineID>.<UserID>.remobo.com. Also, since a single Remobo user may log in concurrently at multiple machines, the DNS query of <UserID>.remobo.com gives a list of Virtual IP addresses for all the machines that a user is currently logged in on.
Security
Remobo claims to use strong industry-standard algorithms, including RSA private/public key exchanges and 256-Bit AES encryption, to secure and authenticate the data & traffic.
All the Remobo users create their own Private-/Public-Keys at registration time, and any data they generate, including profile and presence info, are encrypted using their Private Keys. All network connections are established through Diffie-Hellman key negotiation, and encrypted using IPSec-based standard protocols. So all data that travels over the Instant Private Network is secured from third party snooping.
Compatibility
The current builds of Remobo (v0.20.1) are available for the following operating systems:
*Microsoft Windows, including both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista/2008/2003/XP/2000
*Mac OS X
A beta version is available for Linux x86, yet requiring root privileges.