Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: [ˈmʲir]; lit. Peace or World) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the largest artificial satellite orbiting the Earth until its deorbit on 21 March 2001 (a record now surpassed by the International Space Station). Mir served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems in order to develop technologies required for the permanent occupation of space.
The station was the first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space and was operated by a series of long-duration crews. The Mir programme held the record for the longest uninterrupted human presence in space, at 3,644 days, until 23 October 2010 (when it was surpassed by the ISS), and it currently holds the record for the longest single human spaceflight, of Valeri Polyakov, at 437 days 18 hours. Mir was occupied for a total of twelve and a half years of its fifteen-year lifespan, having the capacity to support a resident crew of three, and larger crews for short-term visits.
Francisco Santos Miranda, III (born May 24, 1979), better known as Frank Mir, is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate.
Mir, one of the most accomplished heavyweights in MMA history, is a two time UFC Heavyweight Champion . He currently holds the record for most victories in the heavyweight division of the UFC with 14 and most wins by submission in UFC Heavyweight division history with 8. He is also the only man in UFC history to win a bout by toe hold. As of January 2012 he is ranked the #4 In the ESPN MMA Power Rankings.He holds the distinction of being the first and only man to both knock out and submit MMA legend Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. Mir is the only person to submit former UFC Heavyweight Champion and NCAA Division I wrestler Brock Lesnar and highly regarded striker Cheick Kongo. Frank Mir has had more fights in the UFC than anyone else currently competing in the heavyweight division.
His father convinced him to begin wrestling, on the basis that it could help him avoid submissions. Mir then began wrestling at Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, Nevada where during his junior year he lost his first nine matches. During his senior year (1998) he went 44–1 and won the state championship. He was also on the school's football team that reached the Southern Zone semifinals in 1997 and where he played as fullback and defensive end. He also took up track and field in 1998 where his discus throw of 177 feet, 10 inches is still a Sunset Regional record.
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Deadland Dreaming a metaphysical thriller that follows the lives of several inner-city castaways as they seek an escape from the dysfunctional worlds in which they live. After a failed suicide attempt Leyna confronts her darkest fears as she seeks to unravel the mystery of the dreams, which haunt her. Fearing for her safety she leaves her violent, cocaine addicted boyfriend Billy who embarks on his own karmic journey, which attracts the deadly attentions of a demented drug lord and forces fearful recluse and neighbor Marvin, out on the dangerous streets that he so desperately fears. Seeking sanctuary and shelter from a sudden rainstorm, Marvin soon finds himself at his own karmic crossroads with an opportunity to face his greatest fear and know his greatest truth. Interlaced with riveting excursions into surreal dreamscapes & moments of dark, psychological terror, the film is set against the backdrop of gritty, urban America where lives intersect in stark, sun-bleached back alleys and shadowy, noir-like atmospheres. Populated with a host of strange and tragic characters, 'Deadland Dreaming' takes us on an unforgettable trip through the inner and outer realities in which we live.
Are You Deadland Dreaming?
Taking the Hamptons By Farce!
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A middle-aged, down-and-out kickboxer, once contender for the heavyweight title, struggles to rebuild his shattered life as he makes his way back home to his lost love and his one last chance at redeeming his tortured soul.
Waiting my whole life for zero gravity,
Mastering my time with microbes & dramamine
Fill me up inside now
I'm feeling overblown
I'm feeling psycho
I saw you tumbling away
this is all I want
Galactic memories
Saw you in my dreams,
Just the other day making love in stardust
X rated on the moon I'm feeling physcho I saw you tubling
away
Cosmonaut, Cosmonaut, I wanna be an astronaut, yeah oh
All the human race
We'll cruice the ship awhile
Burn up like the sun yeah
A supernova style
When I'm feeling Grounded
When i"m feeling Overblown
When I'm feeling Psycho
I saw you tubling away
There were words on the wall but you had to be tall
So you lifted me high and I opened my eyes
Then the words disappeared and I couldn't quite hear
through the crowd in the square
what you wanted to share
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried
No I didn't like it when you cried
So we moved to the back
cos we'd finished with that
And I looked at the scene
and I knew what you mean
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried
Don't get rid of the trees to avoid the fire
don't come at night to find the sun
can it be so hard to see is it you or maybe me
You say it eloquently but you're a liar
It's easy to see what's right or wrong
tell me do you disagree
or am I the only one
That's not the way you will repay
now that the damage has been done
That's not the way you devastate
now that the battle has begun
If it's the way it's much too late
Now the damage has been done
They fight and they fall but you are the hero
you profit on someone else's pain
well is this the state of play
what a surprise you win again
It's time that you took a look around you
through all the spin that you've spun
You can't hide so you'd better run
what has been done can't be undone
That's not the way you will repay
now that the damage has been done
That's not the way you devastate
now that the battle has begun
If it's the way it's much too late
Now the damage has been done
That's not the way you will repay
now that the damage has been done
That's not the way you devastate
now that the battle has begun
If it's the way it's much too late
You will only realise what you have when it's gone
When you lose the only thing you depended upon
Well I try so much still it's hard to go on
How could I take it all for granted, how could I be so
wrong
I appreciate now just what you meant to me and
I wish I'd shown you the things I could be
Sometimes it's so very hard to express but
I thank you for all the things I possess
When you left without warning how was I to know
that it would be the last, I would see you no more
You're so far away
though you shine like a star
You're the light in the dark
you let me see the shadow of me
the shadow of me
I would give up forever to see you once more
to relive precious moments that we had before
We don't talk because our understanding is strong
We don't need any words so I'll play you this song
(Ik spylje dit ferske foar dy)
When you left without warning how was I to know
that it would be the last, I would see you no more
You're so far away
though you shine like a star
You're the light in the dark
you let me see
You're so far away
though you shine like a star
You're the light in the dark
you let me see
I never realised until I closed my eyes
it was revealed to me, so I could plainly see
That even when I fall one day I will stand tall
The sun will shine again to make me warm and then
I will unfold my wings and fly from cold winters into
spring
And I will rise again, on me I can depend
Don't wanna wait because forever takes too long
now is the time even though they all say:
Time is a healer but forever takes too long
There's no tomorrow, no yesterday
It is so dark outside but there's no need to hide
from things that I can't see, they have no hooks in me
That’s what I will deny and throw away the lies
Til my reality becomes the strength in me
I will unfold my wings and fly from cold winters into
spring
And I will rise again, on me I can depend
Don't wanna wait because forever takes too long
now is the time even though they all say:
Time is a healer but forever takes too long
Many times i've told you, you've got to take a look
inside,
to find the truth that hides behind your eyes
But all that I can see, are your empty stares, and they
are avoiding me,
how can I pretend to understand..
Now is the time to face the face you see in your
reflection
do not turn around don't be afraid of what you might
see!
So now you've come face to face
right here and now is the place to look yourself in the
and learn to love what you'll find
And now you've come face to face, what are you waiting
for..
I am not your mother, but still you got listen
to the inner voice who'll tell you what to do
You know I don't make a point, of who's right and who
is not
It's important to know that this is not a game!
Now that you have faced the face you see in your
reflection
you must turn around don't be afraid of what you will
see!
So now you've come face to face
right here and now is the place to look yourself in the
and learn to love what you'll find
And now you've come face to face, what are you waiting
for..
Oehoeoe.....
So now you've come face to face
Last night I let a drink get the better of me
Last night my head already knew about today
You don't say, I have to pay the price for yesterday
all day,
and it's taking so long
Once again I'm in regret once again I stumble and fall
Ain't it just how it goes
We never do what's been told
We just have to find our own truth
And if it means I will fail
then at least I have tried
Well isn't it just how it goes
You say, that I should take advice and change my way
Well okay, but don't expect too much, not right away
Once again I'm in regret once again I stumble and fall
Ain't it just how it goes
We never do what's been told
We just have to find our own truth
And if it means I will fail
then at least I have tried
Well isn't it just how it goes
Once again I'm in regret
once again I stumble and fall
Ain't it just how it goes
We never do what's been told
We just have to find our own truth
And if it means I will fail
then at least I have tried
Well isn't it just how it goes
Once you've seen the sirens of the sea
then you know that beauty lies beneath
No one cares cause no one ever heard
the voice that sings a lonely melody
In the deep blue sea
safe and sound so free
in the deep blue sea
creatures gliding endlessly
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Ooooh
So much space but still no place to go
Always moving and hiding in the dark
It's cold
A siren swims alone
Being afraid of the hunters from above
No fairy tale but one fin in the grave
Last of her kind, they leave no one behind
In the deep blue sea
lies her destiny
In the deep blue sea
she cries out to me
It's the final round
of the wolf and the hound
No longer safe nor sound
soon there will be no one else around
But the devil in the deep blue sea
Ooooh
So much space but still no place to go
Always moving and hiding
Ooooh
The deadly sound of sonar down below