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For more than a century, the legend of Jose Gaspar, the "last of the buccaneers", has conjured up visions of adventure, treasure and furious sea battles. Jose Gaspar, a respected, Spanish naval officer who turned pirate, stills inspires that annual Gasparilla festival in Tampa, Florida.
But who was Gaspar, and how many of the activities attributed him are true?
Examining the legend of Gasparilla (as he called himself) is a convoluted exercise. There is no single, reliable source of information. Multiple, often conflicting, stories exist about the pirate, his victories, and even his death.
What follows is one of those stories…
Jose Gaspar was born in Spain near Seville in 1756. He was reported to be "small in body, perhaps, but imbued with the stamina of a Spanish fighting bull". Gaspar was from an upper-class family and possessed a cultured, gallant personality. However, despite is aristocratic upbringing, Gaspar was a bit of a rogue. At age 12, he kidnapped a young local girl and held her for ransom. He was captured and the judge gave him the choice of entering the Royal Spanish Naval Academy or going to jail. He chose a life at sea over a stint in the Graybar Hotel.
Once in the Navy, he demonstrated great skills in tactics and weaponry. He displayed bravery and cunning in battle. He rose through the ranks, becoming a lieutenant, a captain, and then an admiral of the Atlantic Fleet before becoming a naval attaché at the Court of Charles III in 1782. He was 27 years old.
While at the Court, he became romantically involved with several women (all at the same time). It was a perilous game, but one that matched Gaspar's love of danger and adventure. The game could not go on forever, of course. He publicly jilted the daughter-in-law of the King, in favor of another woman of the Court.
Outraged and spiteful, the daughter-in-law conspired with the prime minister to frame Gaspar for stealing the Spanish crown jewels. Upon hearing news of his imminent arrest, ordered by Charles III, Gaspar commandeered a ship, the Floridablanca, and escaped. Swearing an oath to revenge his treatment by Spanish officials, he resolved to plunder any ship flying the flag of Spain. The year was 1783.
Gaspar took the Floridablanca and escaped to the Gulf coast of Florida. He established his base in Charlotte Harbor (near modern-day Fort Myers). He adopted a new name and the career of Gasparilla, the Pirate began.
For the next 38 years, Gasparilla attacked merchant ships from all countries, not just Spain's. By some accounts, he plundered over 400 ships. His own diary boasts of 36 victories by 1795 alone.
Widely regarded as fearless and ferocious, Gasparilla showed no mercy in battle. He routinely, killed all passengers and crew, with the exception of beautiful women (whom he made concubines). Occasionally, women from wealthy families were held for ransom on Captiva Island (some claim that this is how the island got its name).
His ship roamed the west coast of Florida and down to Cuban waters in search of prey. There where times where he did not sail alone. To pursue a particular big prize, we would temporarily join forces with other pirates operating in the area, including the famous Jean Laffite.
After decades of pirating, Jose Gaspar decided to retire. He was sixty-five, an extraordinarily old age for an active pirate. The Florida peninsula was now in American hands, and there has been a determined and unrelenting effort by the Americans to destroy the pirates that preyed in their waters. The combination of age and the aggressive pursuit of the American Navy motivated Gasparilla into contemplating retirement.
In December 1891, he announced to his crew that he was going to quit the pirate's life. He said that he would divide up all of the spoils with his crew and retire to live a life of luxury.
On the day that the spoils of many years of pirating were to be distributed, a rich British merchant ship was seen passing near Gasparilla's hideout. Seeing a chance for one last score, Gasparilla took off in pursuit of the fat target. Just as the ship came within cannon range, the British ship dropped its colors and ran up the flag of the United States! Dozens of cannon were instantly uncovered from its deck and aimed at Gasparilla's ship. Jose Gaspar had fallen into a trap. The seemingly helpless British ship was actually the U.S. Navy's warship – the USS Enterprise.
A fierce battle ensued, but the end was inevitable. The American cannonballs, repeatedly punctured Floridablanca's hull, while still more shattered her masts. The Floridablanca was sinking as the USS Enterprise approached to finish the job.
Rather than be captured, Jose Gaspar climbed to the bow of his ship and yelled "Gasparilla dies by his own hand, not the enemy's". He wrapped the anchor's chain around his waist. Still holding his cutlass high in one hand he jumped into the dark waters and instantly disappeared below the waves. The life of Jose Gaspar - Gasparilla the Pirate - and his reign of terror on the seas was over. The remainder of his crew were either killed or captured. Those captured were later tried as pirates and executed in New Orleans.
When the British merchant ship (which later turned out to be the USS Enterprise) was spotted, Gasparilla and his crew were about to divide their spoils. The treasure of many years had been loaded into twenty large chests. Filled with gold and jewels, the chests were sitting on the beach when the merchant ship was spotted.
Gasparilla left 10 of his most trusted men with the treasure chests while he took the rest of the crew in pursuit of the merchant ship. The ten men witnessed the battle with the USS Enterprise from shore. Seeing the Floridablanca go down, then loaded the chests into a longboat and slipped, unnoticed, up the Peace River to a place called Spanish Homestead. Spanish Homestead was owned by Lady Boggess. The pirates bribed Lady Boggess with a small part of the treasure, ensuring that she would not divulge their location if the Americans pursued them to the area.
The ten pirates spent the next day burying the remainder of the chests in different spots along the streams and swamps of Peace River. They then burned their longboat and disappeared forever, apparently never to return.
Near Spanish Homestead, $300,000 in gold coins was found years later – this may have been part of Lady Boggess' hush-money. Regardless, the remainder of the $30 million dollars in gold and jewels still remains undiscovered in the Peace River area.
Shrouded in mystery, the very existence of Jose Gaspar is a controversial subject. For those wishing to review a carefully-documented examination of the history of Jose Gaspar, please examine The Legend of Gasparilla: Myth and History of Florida's West Coast by Andre-Marcel d'Ans.
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A hugely experienced Royal Marine who completed tours of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland during his military career is facing a life sentence for murder today.
Sergeant Alexander Wayne Blackman, whose name was made public for the first time yesterday following a ruling by leading judges at the High Court in London, will learn his fate for killing an injured insurgent in Afghanistan.
On November 8, a court martial board in Bulford, Wiltshire, found the 39-year-old guilty of murdering the man - who had been seriously injured in an attack by an Apache helicopter - in Helmand more than two years ago.
Blackman had 15 years' experience in the Royal Marine having joined in 1998, and was in charge of Command Post Omar in Helmand province during Operation Herrick 14 in 2011.
He was considered a safe pair of hands by his superiors and at 6ft 3in a physically imposing Marine who always led from the front.
An expert in heavy weapons, including machine guns, he was credited with building good relations with the local population and was friendly with a mullah who lived close to CP Omar.
His role in Afghanistan also included taking part in shuras - meetings with community leaders and elders.
Prior to a video of the murder coming to light, Blackman was being considered for promotion to Colour Sergeant.
He shot the insurgent in the chest but said he believed the victim was already dead and he was taking out his anger on a corpse. He said he felt ashamed at his actions, describing it as "a stupid lack of self-control and lapse in judgement".
Previously known as Marine A, his name was disclosed following a ruling by Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, Mr Justice Tugendhat and Mr Justice Holroyde, which lifted an anonymity order preventing him being identified.
They also announced that two acquitted servicemen should be named - but their identities will not be released pending a possible move by their lawyers to take the issue to the Supreme Court, the UK's highest court.
The question of the naming of two other Royal Marines, against whom charges were discontinued, will be the subject of a further hearing.
Lawyers for the five Royal Marines challenged an order which lifted anonymity following the conviction of Blackman. Judge Advocate General Jeff Blackett had ruled that the names of the three defendants and the two other servicemen should be revealed publicly.
The decision by the three judges followed a hearing last week during which argument was made on behalf of the servicemen that their lives would be at "real and immediate" risk if their names were released.
The murder happened five months into an arduous six-month tour of Helmand province in 2011, known as Operation Herrick 14.
As the unknown insurgent lies on the floor convulsing and struggling for breath, Sergeant Blackman tells him: "There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil...It's nothing you wouldn't do to us."
During his evidence at the court martial Blackman, who denied murder, confirmed that he was telling the truth about believing the insurgent to be dead and agreed that the shooting was a "spur of the moment decision because of pent-up emotions".
The killing was captured on a camera mounted on the helmet of another serviceman, known as Marine B.

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The long-suffering developer of what is to be America's first offshore wind farm has joined forces with the ferry service Hy-Line Cruises. They will offer to ferry residents and tourists out to the wind farm as part of an 'EcoTour'.
A visitor centre will offer information on the history of the Cape Wind project and energy use on Cape Cod, the US and around the world.
Hy-Line officials have said they are committed to developing a green vessel to be used for the tours and are exploring the use of a hybrid engine and are pursuing the possibility of the vessel being made in Massachusetts.
Hy-Line Cruises said it is working with the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority and others to transport visitors to its site using green shuttle buses.
Cape Wind president Jim Gordon said: "The Cape Wind Eco Tour and Visitor Centre at Hy-Line cruises will stand as testament to the spirit, ingenuity and progressiveness of Cape Cod and Massachusetts and how our community harnessed the wind to protect and preserve our environment, to revitalize our economy and to create a healthier more secure future."


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Today was no exception as I utilized the planing wedges to firmly secure the casework of an engagement chest to clean up the joinery between the front and end panels. A heavy fleece blanket protected the end panel resting on the shop floor.
The planing wedges slide along the upper edge of the bench on a T-track. They are leather lined and are locked in place with two ¼-20 T-bolts and star knobs. By securing the rear star knob first while the forward knob is loose, it is possible to gain an extra degree of clamping pressure by tightening the forward star knob against the work wedged against the leather face. The leather provides a firm grip while protecting the work.
I am considering a new bench in the near future, however at the top of my list of desirable features is the planing wedge and beam.


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Two new federal reports update the state of climate change in the United States, including the hotly-controversial subject of sea level rise.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is 90 percent confident that global sea levels will rise by 2100. But NOAA cites a vast range for that rise, from the 8-inch average since 1900 to as much as 6.6 feet -- twice the level a North Carolina science panel says the state should assume for planning purposes.
As the Observer reported in November, some experts say the quickening of sea-level rise documented by satellites since 1992 is too short a period to rely on for future estimates. NOAA also recounts the "hot-spot" of faster rise along the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Boston that a U.S. Geological Survey researcher and others have documented.
While accelerating sea-level rise is under debate, NOAA says, those reports are "sufficient to suggest" that the northeastern U.S. coast take heed.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Indicators update shows temperatures in the contiguous 48 states rising at a rate of 1.3 inches per century since 1901, with a quickening of that rate since the late 1970s. More high-temperature records have been set since the 1980s than cold-temperature records.
EPA also illustrates (above) how the Southeast, to this point, has largely escaped the rising temperatures seen in southern California and the Northeast.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Climate change reports update U.S. conditions
Two new federal reports update the state of climate change in the United States, including the hotly-controversial subject of sea level rise.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Enviro groups launch coal-ash website
Environmental advocates have created an interactive Web guide to coal ash, the power-plant residue that burst into national focus four years ago with a billion-gallon rupture at a Tennessee plant. The site, www.SoutheastCoalAsh.org, launched Tuesday.
North Carolina hasn't seen such catastrophe, but ash is rightly an issue in a state that still heavily depends on coal power. In high doses, metals found in ash can make people and the environment sick.
Groundwater is contaminated near ash ponds at 14 Duke Energy plants, including those formerly owned by merger partner Progress Energy. Much of the contamination, such as high levels of iron, likely came from natural sources. But other elements, such as selenium, seem to point toward leaking ponds.
North Carolina is one of nine states featured on the new site, a project of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center and the N.C. Conservation Network.
The Web site houses a database of 100 power plants in the Southeast, categorized by how much damage they would do if they broke. North Carolina has more "high-hazard" dams, meaning ruptures could kill people, than any other state in the Southeast.
A few clicks will take you to deeper detail, including what's known about contamination around each plant as well as local and state contacts.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Holman moves to Conservation Fund
Longtime North Carolina environmental leader Bill Holman will leave Duke University to become state director of the Conservation Fund next month.
Holman plied the halls of the state legislature for 18 years as an environmental lobbyist and served as secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources under former Gov. Jim Hunt. He later worked as executive director of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the state's largest source of conservation grants.
In 2007, Holman joined Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, where he's director of state policy and collaborated on protecting the Falls Lake watershed, the source of Raleigh's water.
The Conservation Fund, which formed in 1985 and is headquartered in Arlington, Va., also has a distinguished resume. It has helped protect 7 million acres nationwide and more than 200,000 acres in North Carolina, including Grandfather Mountain, Chimney Rock, DuPont State Forest and other landmarks. Senior associate Dick Ludington, who was behind much of that work, will stay with the Fund.
Its Chapel Hill office is the Fund's largest outside Arlington and home to many of its national programs.


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Alchemist recruits Nas, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Mobb Deep, and many more for his upcoming mixtape "The Cutting Room Floor 3".
It appears that Alchemist is gearing up to release the third installment of his mixtape series The Cutting Room Floor. Today, the dj/producer unveiled the official tracklist for the upcoming project, and it doesn't disappoint.
The project will host 20 tracks consisting of current and unreleased tracks, and will feature guest appearances from some of rap's biggest names including Rick Ross, 50 Cent, Nas, Raekwon, Meek Mill, Mobb Deep, Kool G. Rap, and many more. There's no official release date set yet, but fans now definitely have something to look forward to.
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ATLANTA PORTLAND BALTIMORE HASKINS & S E L LS BIRMINGHAM PROVIDENCE BOSTON SAINT LOUIS SALT LAKE CITY CBHUAFFRALLOOT TE SAN DIEGO CHICAGO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE CINCINNATI TULSA CLEVELAND WATERTOWN DALLAS DENVER BULLETIN DETROIT BERLIN JACKSONVILLE LONDON KANSAS CITY MANILA LOS ANGELES PARIS MINNEAPOLIS SHANGHAI NEWARK NEW ORLEANS EXECUTIVE OFFICES NEW YORK 30 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK HAVANA PHILADELPHIA MEXICO CITY PITTSBURGH MONTREAL VOL. XI NEW YORK, MARCH, 1928 No. 3 BUSINESS enterprise, if subjected, figuratively speaking, to microscopic examination, would be found to consist of a multitude of transactions, the characteristics of which often are forgotten in the complexities of operations, business accomplishments, expediency, and policymaking. The characteristics of a profitable transaction, taking place in a money-economy, are these: an enforceable right on the part of " A " to receive from " B " an amount of money in excess of cost; the establishment of a profit. Whether the enforceable right to receive, the cost, and the profit relate to one transaction or to a million; to a simple article of goods, or to properties or securities of vast proportions and complexities; to services, privileges, use of property, use of funds or what not, the fundamental principles do not change. Simple and elementary as these principles are, they assume great importance and inestimable value in settling accounting questions of involvement and moment which arise in the practice of accountancy. Application of the principles guide one quickly and surely to the conclusion, for example, that a corporation whose business is that of investing in securities may not declare dividends out of appreciation attributed to an increase in market values. Likewise, one is helped to a ready decision where an industrial has a mixed surplus resulting from revaluation of investments in affiliated companies, from appreciation of plant property, from an increase in the valuation of intangibles, and from operations. Again, the principles act as a compass when there arises a question as to whether a reserve for dividends payable may be created out of surplus arising from appreciation, or capital surplus, as it is called too frequently. Comforting though it is to have court decisions which support the view that dividends may not be declared out of capital, or out of capital surplus, or out of hope and expectancy, such decisions are not always readily available to the accountant for reference. Accountants who are faced with problems such as those cited, need no legal references for the moment when they see in their mind's eye fundamental principles steadfastly marching on through the smoke thrown off by modern business enterprise as it grinds and mills about. There are no guides and compasses more reliable than fundamental principles. Guides and Compasses
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DOUGIE Freedman says Scottish compatriot Alan Hutton will have a part to play for Wanderers before his loan spell from Aston Villa runs out at the end of the month.
Hutton, pictured, joined the Whites on February 28 after being frozen out at Villa Park but is yet to make his debut.
The Wanderers boss admits the 29-year-old defender is itching to figure but appreciates the competition for places after 4-0 and 5-1 wins since his arrival.
Freedman said: "Alan is itching to play and it's a difficult situation for him after coming here.
"But he's a fantastic professional and a great trainer and he understands it.
"Since he has come in we have conceded one goal.
"But he was brought in to play and there are a lot of games coming up and I have no doubt he will play very soon."
Freedman has no new injury concerns for tonight's Championship trip to Derby County but has revealed Chris Eagles is a doubt with an eye infection.
And he added that Matt Mills may be just a week away from his return from a knee problem.
He said: "At this stage of the season you expect a few muscular type injuries but we seem to be good and fit and string and that's credit to the medical staff.
"Jermaine is back in and Matt Mills is very close – probably about a week away.
"Chris Eagles has an eye infection so he might be 50-50 for tonight.
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CU's Boyle has practice priorities in order
BOULDER — If the walls of the antiquated Balch Fieldhouse could hear, there was an unfamiliar sound this week in the Colorado athletic facility that time forgot.
The Buffs are holding basketball practice in the building next to the stadium this week. CU football fans know the building — it's the old barn next to the stadium used to stay warm during halftime and buy concessions.
CU's men's and women's basketball are evicted from their Coors Events Center home by final exams and (for those who pass their exams) winter graduation.
Former coach Jeff Bzdelik would take his teams to the Pepsi Center or Broomfield Event Center to practice during the facilities conflict.
New coach Tad Boyle has a different outlook. "Part of education is learning history and the history of Colorado basketball starts in Balch Fieldhouse," he said Wednesday.
If for some strange reason CU ever had to play a game building used until 1978, Boyle joked about the classic scene from Hoosiers when Gene Hackman measured the height of the basket.
A few players looked astounded to think the team ever played there.
Unlike Bzdelik's field trips to better lit out-of-town facilities, Boyle had a different set of logistics in mind. He said he didn't want to take too much time out his players' day during final exam week.
Boyle was also celebrating the final time when the team will need Balch. Starting next season, the men's and women's basketball team along with the volleyball team will have their own practice courts in the new facility under construction adjacent to the Events Center.


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Book Reviews
Couchman, Charles B. The Balance
Sheet. (New York, The Journal of Accountancy,
Inc., 1924. 288 p.)
The essentials of a good book on accounting
are that it shall contain an adequate
discussion of the subject held out by
the title; that the exposition shall be clear,
the arguments and theories reasonably
sound, the type sufficiently large to make
reading easy; and that the book shall have
an index which facilitates the use of the information
which the book contains
The book under review herein meets all
of these requirements; hence it may be
adjudged a good book. But a general endorsement
of this character is scarcely
sufficient to put the reader in a position to
decide whether or not the book is worth
Many books on accounting have been
written during the past decade. All of them
have had pages and pages devoted to a discussion
of the balance sheet. None of
them contains a discussion at once as clear,
terse, and convincing as the book now being
considered. Anyone who knows the
author and has heard him talk cannot have
failed to be impressed with his clear, forceful
manner of expressing his thoughts.
In this book on the balance sheet the personality
of the author speaks through
every line. His clear expression is but the
evidence of his clear thinking. But withal
the book suggests more the setting down of
thoughts arising in the mind of a practical
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37-Inch Irok Radial Review
The Ultimate Tire Test
No matter what vehicle you wheel, sooner or later you're destined to come across an obstacle or situation that can, and often will, devour some seemingly bulletproof part without warning. While we spend countless hours (and dollars) attempting to build our rigs as tough as possible, the one component that is constantly under load (literally) is the tires.
Since we're always up for evaluating a fresh set of trail cleats, we thought what better way to test a tire's toughness than on the 1,000-plus-mile thrashfest that is the Ultimate Adventure? The tire we opted to torturer was Interco's 37x12.50 Irok Radial. Interco's Super Swamper Irok comes in variety of molds: radial, no-directional, bias, and competition. While each has its own defining characteristics and qualities, we chose the radial version because our rigs see a healthy mix of on- and off-road driving.
With the knobby and aggressive radial Iroks secured onto a set of 17-inch KMC beadlocks and bolted under our V-8–powered '97 Jeep Wrangler, we headed to the Midwest for some serious tire R&D. Over the course of two weeks we managed to rack up almost 2,000 miles of highway, mud, rocks, loose dirt, and long periods of single-digit air pressure. Given that we'd already run the tires for roughly 3,000 miles before we took off on the Adventure, we felt they were plenty broken in. So did that Iroks hold up or whimper under the abuse? Just read on to find out!
Given that the Midwest has plenty of mud, it didn't take long for us to see how well the Iroks cleared out the muck. With large tread voids and gracious spacing between the lugs, the directional Iroks cut through the slop with ease. Like most mud-terrain radials, the more wheel speed we had, the better they cleaned out.
We've had our Iroks over the massive boulders at the Hammer trails in SoCal, as well as the dirt-covered boulders we faced in the Midwest. Though the more jagged rocks took their toll on the leading edges of the tread, we were extremely impressed with how the Load Range E sidewalls flexed and helped the tires grip onto the rocks.
Versatility is one of the most important things we look for in both a vehicle and a tire. This was one of the Irok's strong suits. It simply worked everywhere we needed it to. Our only complaint was the heavy weight of the 81-pound, 37-inch-tall tire and its performance on wet pavement. Overall, the Irok Radial (which is available in sizes 33 to 41 inches) is a great all-around trail rig tire, especially for those who see a good mix of loose dirt, rocks, and mud. To secure the tires in place, we ran a set of 17x8 KMC XD Enduro beadlocks. KMC has some of the toughest aluminum beadlocks on the market, and with our exterior bead bolted securely in place we could run single-digit air pressure (generally 8 psi) without worry.
Part of what makes the Irok Radial work so well in the dirt is its wide tread voids. Combined with an aggressive sidewall and gracious sipping, the tires were able to dig and find grip well over almost any terra firma. And while the Irok Radial may look extremely aggressive, the tire's highway characteristics are much tamer than the knobby footprint would lead you to believe. In terms of noise, our Jeep is pretty loud in general so the extra tire hum didn't really add up to much.
Tire: Irok Radial
Size: 37x12.50 R17
Tread depth: 21/32
Load Range: E, 3,640 lb
Weight: 81 lb


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February 28th, 2013 || Chapter 5, pages 14-15
Clare, I'm pretty sure you shouldn't be doing that; I don't think stainless steel has been invented yet.
And now here's something extremely cool. For some time now, Tomoyo Ichijouji has been producing a video adaptation of the comic, using the original artwork with voice actors, sound effects, and music. (If you've seen the Watchmen "motion comics", it's something like that, except with a full voice cast, and also I am not Dave Gibbons.) Well, the first chapter is complete! I'm going to try to embed the video below. In case that doesn't work, watch it on youtube here and leave comments to tell Tomoyo and co. what an awesome job they did. I'm told that Chapter 2 will be coming very soon!
January 6th, 2013 || Chapter 5, page 13
Happy New Year! Resolutions for this comic include finishing chapter 5. That may sound like a very modest goal, but it's still more than one page a week, which will require me to speed up my current rate of production. I also hope to finish the script/thumbnails for chapter 6 and the next interlude, and to post in my art tumblr at least once a week, even if it's only sketches and junk.
December 17th, 2012 || Chapter 5, page 12
December 3rd, 2012 || Chapter 5, pages 10-11
I'm going to try doing a one-page update next week.
A few months ago, when the site got infected by some spambot script and I was desperately scrambling to scrub it clean, I ended up deleting the entire forum. Prior to that, the forum had long been overrun by spambot posters. I guess now what I'm wondering is if anyone would be interested in a new forum? I have very fond memories of the community that formed on old No Rest forums; but I'm not sure if webcomic forums is something that people still do (wow I sound old). Blog comments seem like less fuss. But maybe people would prefer something more conducive to discussions? I don't know.
September 16th, 2012 || Chapter 5, pages 8-9
Trivia: the trees in this chapter were loosely inspired by Kay Nielsen's illustrations.
If you haven't been following my art tumblr, I've posted more of those weird character dream comics: one for Perrault and one for Red. I still have a couple more of these in the works.


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U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County
U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County
This map displays the geographic distribution of immigrants in the United States by country of origin. Hover over a state to get the total foreign-born population and double click on a state to get top county estimates. Use the dropdown menu under the map to select a particular country or region of origin. To deselect, click outside the U.S. map. When a state is selected, counties within the state are ranked. (By default, the initial view shows a list of top counties for the entire United States). To return to original view, click the home icon on the left. And for Alaska, first zoom out the map view (click the minus sign).
1) * Data are from U.S. Census Bureau's pooled 2013-2017 American Community Survey.
2) The term "immigrant" (or "foreign born") refers to people residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. This population includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), certain legal nonimmigrants (e.g., persons on student or work visas), those admitted under refugee or asylee status, and persons illegally residing in the United States.
3) Population estimates for states and counties with an immigrant population under 2,000 are not provided due to insufficient sample size.
Migration Policy Institute tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's pooled 2013-2017 American Community Survey.


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My 30th birthday was memorable, but not for the usual reasons that most people might think of. My second niece had just been born 3 days before, so with my sister still in the hospital, there was no party, no bar-hopping downtown, no night out with friends. Instead we had dessert and a few presents with our parents and her in-laws, all crowded into her hospital room. The focus was kind of on the baby, though, which was okay. A new life is more important than my 30 years. But It didn't really feel like my birthday, and I definitely didn't feel 30.
The very next year I met Jamie, and lucky for me, he likes to celebrate birthdays as much as I do, and always comes up with weekend adventures to mark the occasion, like wine tasting in the vineyards in southwest Colorado. Since birthdays are usually a bigger deal for kids, it's nice to still get a special day every year as an adult.
This week, a friend turned 30, so to celebrate, a group of us all went to see Jon Lovitz at Comedy Works in Denver, followed by a party in the lounge next door. Her husband commissioned me to make her birthday cake, asking only if I could do something with Starbursts and Skittles – her favorite candy.
At first I had no idea what I was going to do, but then thought that a few square cakes, stacked and frosted different candy colors, would resemble giant Starbursts. To actually incorporate the flavor of the candy into the cake, I melted some of the candy with water, then boiled it down into a syrup. After cooling and straining the syrup (there is fat in the candy which will float to the top and solidify after boiling and cooling it), I added the syrup to the frosting for color and flavor.
For more color, I dyed the cake batter 6 different colors for a tie-dye effect; this technique is all over the internet, so I can't take credit for this idea. In retrospect, I would have used a darker color than yellow for the middle color, since when you cut it, the middle will be the most prevalent color, with all the other colors showing as stripes around the edges. The only photo I was able to get of the cake after it was cut was in the bar, and it wasn't a great photo, but you get the idea!
And other than a crazy lady in the bar who thought that that my offer of Would you like some cake? meant Go away because I think you're trying to steal my boyfriend, and a guy obsessed with my expandable/collapsible cake carrier (I eventually had to tell him it wasn't a toy and take it away from him after he opened and closed it at least 15 times), it was a really fun night.
Happy 30th Birthday, Tani!
Tie-Dye Starburst Skittle Birthday Cake
printable recipe
- Assorted Starbursts and Skittles
- 3 square cake pans for the cake as pictured here, one 9-inch pan, one 6-inch pan and one 4-inch pan – NOTE: You will probably not be able to use all the batter between these 3 pans, so have another extra pan handy to bake the rest of the cake batter for either a spare cake for yourself, or to crumble and make cake truffles. And if you don't have the right sized pans, just bake the cakes in the pans you have and cut the cakes to the right proportions, keeping in mind, though, that a cut edge is more difficult to frost since it's more crumbly.
- 2 white cake mixes, plus oil, eggs and water (I use whole milk, though, instead of water, or sour cream, and add vanilla extract) called for on the box
- Gel Food Coloring
- 6 cups Vanilla Buttercream
Starburst Frosting:
If you want to incorporate the candy into the frosting like I did, then you'll need to do this step a day in advance. Separate all the candy by color/flavor. You'll need to select 3 different colors (about 20 pieces of each color) to make your syrup. Unwrap the candy and place each color in a separate saucepan. Add water so the candy is covered by about an inch of water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then boil over medium low, stirring occasionally, until syrupy and reduced, about 30 minutes. Pour into heat-proof containers and cool on the kitchen counter overnight.
The next morning, you should see a layer of fat on top of the surface that separates from the syrup as it cools. Scrape the fat solids off, and pour the syrup through a fine mesh strainer to remove the rest of the solids. The syrups are now ready to use.
For this cake, I made about 6 cups of vanilla buttercream, and whipped in the syrup in place of the milk. I was able to add a lot of syrup, but just start with a little and keep adding it to achieve the flavor and color you want. If you like, you can enhance the color with some more food coloring as well, if it's not dark enough. Plan on making about 3 cups of 1 color for the bottom layer, 2 cups of a second color for the middle layer and 1 cup of the 3rd color for the top layer.
If you don't want to make the Starburst syrup, then you can make other flavors like Lemon, Lime and Raspberry, using the tips in my Buttercream post.
Tie-Dye Cake:
Making a tie-dye cake is really simple, and it's an idea that's been around for a while. First, mix up your cake batter according to the instructions on the box. I like to substitute milk or sour cream, and add vanilla, which greatly improves the flavor of boxed mixes. Divide the batter between 6 bowls.
Tint each bowl of batter with a different color of food coloring. Take one bowl of batter and spoon it into the center of the pans. Take the second color and spoon it directly on top of the first; the batter you add on top will spread out the batter underneath, so there's no need for you to try to spread it out. Continue with all the colors, noting that the last color you add in the middle will be the most prevalent.
Bake the cakes and cool completely.
Level the cakes with a sharp knife or leveler. Place the 9-inch cake on a 12-inch cake board. Frost all over with one color of buttercream. Place the 6-inch cake on top, at a diagonal. Frost with the 2nd color of buttercream, being careful not to mix with the color on the bottom layer. Repeat with the 4-inch cake on top.
Use any extra buttercream to pipe decorative edges on the cakes, then decorate with candy.
Yields 25-30 servings.
Recipe and Design from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Markets Might Be Misreading the Fed's Messages
Since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank expects to curb its big bond-buying program later this year, markets tumbled. But, a close look at his comments and Fed official's interest-rate projections show the Fed took several steps aimed at sending the opposite signal. Jon Hilsenrath reports.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the ... world's eyes glued on the markets just about to close in the Dow up about forty points ... as ANP's slightly AG down and the city of Sarian Nasdaq to just a little bit of is that some of the state yesterday ... Eni's remains a said of the markets around the world and Dennis Berman Wall Street Journal ... Welcome to the pm is how we are joined by our ... renowned Fed watcher Jon Hilsenrath in Washington DC ... John Abby's book yesterday lots to talk about today you wrote a story that is very well read online this afternoon ... that argues that Mr. beneath his comments which seemed to suggest that the Fed was ... was tightening its view on interest rates ... and a ... of liquidity in the system ... perhaps the market that is is buying this a little too hard tell us a high-tech ID view things ... well it that that that is sending a very complicated message in the market has had a hard time reading it that one of its China made ... in today's pieces that ... frankincense and very dovish things that interest rates to it in his testimony on Wednesday ... with Caden got overlooked ... he said the Fed doesn't think it ever seen it sell mortgage backed securities ... I've that have the potential to be a big D on another day ... I he said the Fed might lower its commercial for what it raises interest rates ... that it's it's a nap percent threshold he said it might lower that ... not which would suggest keeping rates lower for longer ... the market seems to look past that and he also said that the Fed ... but it does start raising interest rates again to do it in a very gradual pace ... this is all new information it's all done this and ... that instead the markets tell ... them the hawkers things that the Fed was saying which was ... laying out a framework for pulling back its bond buying ... and the market sold off on a sellout ... it's complicated times I was trying to explain some things people and the baton ... of you know how markets work markets where different perhaps than the information is given to them ... and if you're in the market and one again ahead of any significant change from a magistrate perspective the beast of for the surly long funds is only one way for the sole interest rates to move so ... if you think there's any sign ... any sign that the heading that way gotta get out of it which means move now well that's about it but it didn't this is the really important distinction yet existing research and long-term rates in sch and expected short-term rates of that ... you should expect long-term rates to go up ... in this environment if you believe that that the Fed is saying that the economy's getting stronger ... I think things next year is indeed better than this year ... the Fed is saying it's gonna pull back on its bond on its bond buying program ... launch a race to go up ... but if it is also trying to endure short-term rates that ... are trying to send a message the market that are not given the raising short-term rates ... until twenty fifteen AM ET when they do it's can be very gradual ... but we're seeing movements in short-term money markets in Eurodollar futures in Fed funds futures ... which suggests that investors are saying ... that that might raise short-term rates sooner than expected ... and that the part of a new life that I think is getting lost in this that the part that burn Anqi was pushing hard against yesterday or Wednesday and people walk right past ... okay now one other significant change that today is James Bullard ... use of long been a hawk seem to have a more dollars dovish view ... on down rates tells about that ... well you know the essence of Gore's message is ... no paraphrasing and we should just kept on mass job right so if he's saying it was premature ... for the Fed to articulate this plan when they're in a pullback of bond buying program ... this is a way station waiting to see more information before they have enough confidence to say this ... so no one has been gripes is that these but they blab too soon ... for I he was trying to clarify things for people and steady same-store freak them out of of such a complicated and so many actors so much at stake ... be sure to read John's the column on the law Street Journal dot com in tomorrow's ... Wall Street Journal The John McKinnon from the editors over coming out of the time the RNA has not


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Like listening to someone else tell you about their dream.
Like listening to someone else tell you about their dream.
Promising Young Woman is as confident as its protagonist, a film that's willing to be a little messy and inconsistent in a way that reflects…
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Chaz Ebert reveals her Top Ten (PLUS) Films of 2019.
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Chaz Ebert reveals her Top Ten (PLUS) Films of 2019.
Scout Tafoya's series on underrated films heads into the 2020s with a Tony Scott classic.
Theo Angelopoulos' Landscape in the Mist is a work of art that comes from the feelings, the dreams, the sorrows, and the flashes of life…
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho pens a letter to Roger about Michael Apted's 63 Up.
An interview with Kantemir Balagov, director/co-writer of "Beanpole."
A review of three docuseries that premiered at Sundance - they're all great.
I've rarely been more aware than during Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" that Abraham Lincoln was a plain-spoken, practical, down-to-earth man from the farmlands of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. He had less than a year of formal education and taught himself through his hungry reading of great books. I still recall from a childhood book the image of him taking a piece of charcoal and working out mathematics by writing on the back of a shovel.
Lincoln lacked social polish but he had great intelligence and knowledge of human nature. The hallmark of the man, performed so powerfully by Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln," is calm self-confidence, patience and a willingness to play politics in a realistic way. The film focuses on the final months of Lincoln's life, including the passage of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, the surrender of the Confederacy and his assassination. Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics.
Lincoln believed slavery was immoral, but he also considered the 13th Amendment a masterstroke in cutting away the financial foundations of the Confederacy. In the film, the passage of the amendment is guided by William Seward (David Strathairn), his secretary of state, and by Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), the most powerful abolitionist in the House. Neither these nor any other performances in the film depend on self-conscious histrionics; Jones in particular portrays a crafty codger with some secret hiding places in his heart.
The capital city of Washington is portrayed here as roughshod gathering of politicians on the make. The images by Janusz Kaminski, Spielberg's frequent cinematographer, use earth tones and muted indoor lighting. The White House is less a temple of state than a gathering place for wheelers and dealers. This ambience reflects the descriptions in Gore Vidal's historical novel "Lincoln," although the political and personal details in Tony Kushner's concise, revealing dialogue is based on "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The book is well-titled. This is a film not about an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his political opponents as just a hayseed from the backwoods.
Lincoln is not above political vote buying. He offers jobs, promotions, titles and pork barrel spending. He isn't even slightly reluctant to employ the low-handed tactics of his chief negotiators (Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, John Hawkes). That's how the game is played, and indeed we may be reminded of the arm-bending used to pass the civil rights legislation by Lyndon B. Johnson, the subject of another biography by Goodwin.
Daniel Day-Lewis, who has a lock on an Oscar nomination, modulates Lincoln. He is soft-spoken, a little hunched, exhausted after the years of war, concerned that no more troops die. He communicates through stories and parables. At his side is his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field, typically sturdy and spunky), who is sometimes seen as a social climber but here is focused as wife and mother. She has already lost one son in the war and fears to lose the other. This boy, Robert Todd Lincoln (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), refuses the privileges of family.
There are some battlefields in "Lincoln" but the only battle scene is at the opening, when the words of the Gettysburg Address are spoken with the greatest possible impact, and not by Lincoln. Kushner also smoothly weaves the wording of the 13th Amendment into the film without making it sound like an obligatory history lesson.
The film ends soon after Lincoln's assassination. I suppose audiences will expect that to be included. There is an earlier shot, when it could have ended, of President Lincoln walking away from the camera after his amendment has been passed. The rest belongs to history.
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James Carlson wrote:Please keep in mind that references in that posting to "this forum", or similar wording does not, of course, apply specifically to the Reality Uncovered forum, but to those forums that were the first recipients to that post.
James Carlson wrote:His [Hastings'] responses generally climax with multiple page postings from his book "UFOs and Nukes" that rarely have any relevance to whatever discussion has been initiated, and everybody involved wanted desperately to avoid this.
James Carlson wrote:This is something that Salas and Hastings have both repeatedly refused to even contemplate, preferring instead to attack the problems that I've noted in their fictional tales with little more than personal attacks directed at me, not my argument, which I've put down in some detail in my narrative.
James Carlson wrote:I think most people are bright enough to reach appropriate conclusions once they've been given all of the facts, which is pretty much all that I'm doing. Although I do admit to a weakness for making apparent the idiocy of others when they in turn make it so obvious to me.
James Carlson wrote:These records were ignored by Salas and Hastings, and were purposely left out of the list of documents they have published on the CUFON website, even though they published other pages from the very same quarterly history in support of their version of these events.
James Carlson wrote:What I don't know about the process, and what nobody else has mentioned to me, is whether or not the crews that were camping out at the launch facility needed to be authenticated to get access to LER-1, the upper level of the launch equipment room. When they were camping out, were they inside or outside the fence of the LF? As I understand it, if they were camping outside the fence, they need to be authenticated in order to be allowed access to the LER. Now if they need to be authenticated, this adds more time to the process, although in this case it could probably have been done almost immediately -- but I'm not certain, and that's why I mention it.
James Carlson wrote:If the maintenance crew doesn't need to be authenticated, we're still looking at about 20-30 minutes average just to get down into LER-1 to check on the status of the missile, unless the access hatch was opened the night before and left open throughout the night. That doesn't seem very likely to me for security and weathering reasons, but if I'm wrong, someone please tell me -- I don't think I am wrong, because I know how the military usually works, and that's by checklist (which Figel also refers to), and I don't believe anybody would put "open the access hatch, and leave it open all night while you're sleeping" on a checklist.
James Carlson wrote:I was particularly amused to find out that on March 15, 1967, the day before the Echo Flight Incident, Green Acres aired an episode called "The Saucer Season" about a UFO hoax investigated by an Air Force Lt. played by Robert Hastings, who was also a regular at that time on McHale's Navy. Deja Vu? Coincidence? Synchronicity? Irony? Or just stupid-weird? You decide...
Regarding the Malmstrom AFB Echo Flight UFO incident of March 16, 1967--involving the full-flight, 10-missile shutdown that occurred just prior to UFOs being reported to the deputy missile commander on duty, now-retired Col. Walter Figel, by a maintenance team member and a security police team member--some highly relevant facts have been omitted by James Carlson in his recent posts on various websites.
To illustrate the problem, on another blog, ... Carlson wrote: Walt Figel and my father were the only people in the room, and Figel has repeatedly stated that he had the impression the guys who said "This UFO must have brought the missiles down" were joking around. In every single interview with him, he has said the same thing: "I thought it was a joke, that these guys were yanking my chain"...
What Col. Walt Figel (USAF Ret.) *actually* told me in an audiotaped interview was quite different, something James already knew when he wrote the passage above, because I had earlier posted large excerpts from the interview on the same blog. James' selective editing of Figel's words—regarding the report he got from the Security Alert Team member of a UFO hovering directly over one of Echo's missile silos—was intended to alter their meaning, to create the spin he requires to make his factually-inaccurate debunking of the Echo Flight UFO incident hold together.
RH: What was the demeanor of the guard you were talking to?
WF: Um, you know, I wouldn't say panicked, or anything [like that]. I was thinking he was yanking my chain more than anything else.
RH: But he seemed to be serious to you?
WF: He seemed to be serious and I wasn't taking him seriously.
RH: Alright. If it was a large object, did he describe the shape of the object?
WF: He just said a large round object.
RH: Directly over the LF (Launch Facility)?
WF: Directly over the site.
After speaking with Figel, in October 2008, I urged James Carlson to call him, to hear all of this from the colonel's own mouth. James has steadfastly refused to do so, nearly a year-and-a-half later, something one may verify by going to the link above and reviewing his posts on that thread. Carlson says he doesn't need to speak with the other person in the capsule that day because he knows that his "father would never lie to" him.
In short, anyone who reads James Carlson's take on things, including what he says former Minuteman missile launch officer Bob Salas (or Col. Figel or I) supposedly said, and then checks his comments against the original source material, will quickly learn how reckless and selective James is with the facts.
A larger excerpt of my telephone conversation with Col. Walter Figel follows here:
WF: [At the time of the Echo Flight shutdown] what was unusual was that several of the missiles were open...for some routine maintenance. I don't remember why. But, uh, at least two of them were running on diesel power so they were not connected to the power grid. I don't remember if it was three open or four open [but] it was just routine maintenance. Nothing had happened [to the missiles]. It was just the time of the year for routine maintenance. Um, and the day before, there were maintenance teams out there. They had stayed overnight—
RH: Do you know how many maintenance teams were out overnight?
WF: You know, I think it was four. It was the two sites that had diesels running and two others. And when maintenance stays overnight they...stay in a camper...When you have maintenance on the site and they're going to stay overnight, you have a security team on the site.
RH: Right.
(Break. Figel goes into detail about security procedures.)
WF: [When] the missiles dropped off alert, I started calling the maintenance people out there on the radio to talk to them. I had the security guard authenticate so I know I'm talking to a security guard and, you know, [I asked] "What's going on? Is maintenance trying to get into the silo?" [The guard said,] "No, they're still in the camper." [So, I said,] "Get 'em up, I want to talk to them." Then I tried to tell them what I had was a Channel 9 No-Go.
RH: Uh huh.
WF: Uh, we did that with the sites that were there, that [had maintenance teams and their guards on site] and I sent Strike Teams to two other sites. There's no sense sending them where I [already] have a guard and a gun and an authenticate.
RH: Right.
WF: Uh—
RH: So far in this narrative, you haven't mentioned UFOs.
WF: [Laughs] That's correct. Um, somewhere along the way, um, one of the maintenance people—cause he didn't know what was going on any place else either, they have no capability of talking to each other [at different launch sites], in other words, they can talk to the [launch] capsule but they can't talk to each other—
RH: Right
WF: —unless they were on the radio and no one was using the radio except the security police. And the guy says, "We got a Channel 9 No-Go. It must be a UFO hovering over the site. I think I see one here." [I said,] "Yeah, right, whatever. What were you drinking?" And he tried to convince me of something and I said, well, I basically, you know, didn't believe him. [Laughs] I said, you know, we have to get somebody to look at this [No-Go]. [A short time later] one of the Strike Teams that went out, one of the two, claimed that they saw something over the site.
RH: How did they describe that?
WF: Oh, on radio, [they said,] "There's this large object hovering over the site!" I've always been a non-believer [in UFOs] so I said, "Right, sure you do." [They responded,] "Yeah! Yeah, we do!" So, [I said,] "There's two of you there, saying so, so write it down in your report." [The Strike Team leader] said, "What do you want us to do?" [I said,] "Follow your checklist. Go to the site, open it up, and call me."
RH: What was the demeanor of the guard you were talking to?
WF: Um, you know, I wouldn't say panicked, or anything [like that]. I was thinking he was yanking my chain more than anything else.
RH: But he seemed to be serious to you?
WF: He seemed to be serious and I wasn't taking him seriously.
RH: Alright. If it was a large object, did he describe the shape of the object?
WF: He just said a large round object.
RH: Directly over the LF?
WF: Directly over the site.
(BREAK. Figel describes hearing from the maintenance man about his opening up the silo, going down into it, and reporting that even though the missile was offline, nothing was visually damaged or otherwise amiss at the site.)
RH: Did he describe the object leaving the scene?
WF: No. He never said anything about it again.
(BREAK. Figel describes telling all the maintenance teams to stay at their sites until relieved, and not to attempt repairs until told to do so, since the missile silos were in effect "crime scenes".)
RH: When you got the first call, well, when the missiles went down, you didn't have an inkling of an alleged UFO-involvement until you got the report back from the first Strike Team member?
WF: That's correct. (RH: Actually, upon reviewing the taped conversation with Figel, I realized that the missile maintenance man had apparently mentioned seeing the UFO first.)
RH: Okay, uh, and only one of the two teams reported seeing an object?
WF: Right.
RH: Uh, did you discuss the report with Mr. Carlson—that you were being told that there was a UFO at one of the sites?
WF: Um, he could hear it, uh, I mean he was sitting right there, two feet away from me—
RH: So—
WF: Whatever I said, he would have heard.
(Break. Figel describes going back to Malmstrom with Carlson and being debriefed by "everybody and his brother.")
RH: Did any of the conversations back at squadron headquarters, uh, was there any mention of UFOs?
WF: I told them everything everyone told me. No one made any comments or inquiries—
RH: So you did mention the report that you got from the Strike Team?
WF: Yes.
RH: And no one asked any questions about UFOs per se?
WF: No.
RH: Did they act skeptically or negatively when you mentioned [the Strike Team's UFO report]?
WF: They just wrote things down.
RH: [Laughs] That sounds right. Poker-faced and—
WF: [Laughs] Poker-faced and wrote things down. They just said, "Thank you very much. Don't talk about it." I didn't sign anything, I can tell you that.
(Break. Hastings describes similar testimony from other missileers who were debriefed at Malmstrom and other Strategic Air Command bases, following UFO-related incidents in the missile fields.)
WF: What did Eric [Carlson] have to say [about the shutdown incident]? (RH had interviewed Carlson two weeks earlier, on 10/6/08)
RH: Uh, he said that he couldn't recall any UFO-involvement in the incident. He couldn't remember if you had mentioned UFOs, one way or another. His son [James] has now [posted] on a blog, a web log, a couple of lengthy statements in which he defamed Salas, said Salas was a liar, [and said] there was nothing involving UFOs at Echo...
WF: Did Eric say anything else that was a discontinuity [relative to what I've said]?
RH: ...Well, I [told Eric] that you had [heard from] a guard or a maintenance person that there was an object above the site, which you've confirmed today—
WF: Yes.
RH: —And I asked Eric if he remembered any of that, and he said that he did not. And, um, I asked him why his son would have written this scathing, very negative summary, which I will send [to] you, about the event—
WF: That will be interesting.
RH: —calling Salas a liar, and so on and so forth.
WF: Well, I didn't do that.
RH: Well, I know, but his son, you know, for whatever reason, his son, James Carlson, has got a bug up his nose and said that nothing happened, there were no reports of UFOs, which you told me is incorrect because you got one.
WF: I did!
RH: Well, according to James, it was all bull and Salas was basically pulling it out of the air. [Eric] Carlson just, he didn't really want to talk about it, frankly, but he did answer my questions. He just was kind of circumspect. I can't say that he's not being truthful when he says he doesn't remember talking to you about UFOs, but that's what he told me.
WF: I'm sure we had a long conversation [right after it happened]. I mean, I reported everything to him that I heard or was told. I mean, we were together, you know? [Laughs]
RH: Well, it has been 40 years, so we have to take that into account. [That is, the possibility of faded memories.]
So, folks, James Carlson has it all wrong, according to his father's deputy missile commander that day at Echo Flight, now retired Col.
Walter Figel. Actually, James, the presence of a UFO at one of Echo's missiles was *seriously* reported to Figel, by both a missile maintenance technician and a Security Alert Team member. It was described as a "large, round object", hovering directly over the launch facility. Moreover, James, Figel insists that your father was fully aware of the situation, given that he was sitting "two feet away" from Figel during his phone calls with the on-site maintenance man and the responding missile security policeman. As to why your father can not, or will not, confirm Figel's story, I won't speculate.
Now, there is independent confirmation of airmen at Echo Flight reporting UFOs at the time of the shutdowns. Robert Kaminski, the Boeing Corporation engineer responsible for investigating the Minuteman missile shutdowns at Echo Flight, wrote to researcher James Klotz on February 1, 1997, and told Klotz what actually happened after his team began their inquiry.
"Hi James,
I received your package of information on Tuesday January 28, 1997. After reviewing the information it sure revived memories concerning the Malmstrom AFB E-Flight investigation of which I was the Boeing in-house project engineer for the field team investigation. Per your request I have documented my direct involvement as I recall the event and give names and other information not previously covered in my book, "Lying Wonders."
As I previously mentioned to Bob Salas and others, I never submitted a final report from Boeing to the Air Force. A final report was generated but not submitted. This will become clear as you will see in my recollection noted below...
At the time of the incident, I was an engineer in the MIP/CNP (Material Improvement Project/Controlled Numbered Problem) group. This was a Logistics Engineering group. The group was contracted by the Air Force so that Boeing could respond to specific Air Force Minuteman Missiles problems that occurred in the field. The assignments came from the OOAMA Air Material Command. Our group was made up of a small unit of engineers that were knowledgeable of, and had worked on the Minuteman Missile program...
We were usually notified by our OOAMA Boeing contact (located at Hill AFB) when a request was coming in from the Air Force. Don Peterson, was our Boeing OOAMA contact...
I was handed the E-Flight CNP assignment when it arrived by the group supervisor. As the internal Boeing project engineer I arranged meetings necessary with management and technical personnel required to determine a course of action to be taken, in exploring why 10 missiles had suddenly fallen from alert status, green to red, with no explanation for it. This was an unusual request and we had no prior similar incident or experience to this kind of anomaly. At the time of the request, no mention was made of an UFO involvement...
Since this was a field site peculiar incident, a determination was made to send out an investigation team to survey the LCF and the LFs to determine what failures or related incidents could be found to explain the cause...there were about 5 persons in all that were sent out. After a week in the field the team returned and pooled their data.
At the outset the team quickly noticed a lack of anything that would come close to explain why the event occurred. There were no significant failures, engineering data or findings that would explain how ten missiles were knocked off alert. This indeed turned out to be a rare event and not encountered before. The use of backup power systems and other technical system circuit operational redundancy strongly suggests that this kind of event is virtually impossible once the system was up and running and on line with other LCF's and LF's interconnectivity.
The only thing that even came close to a failure was that a transformer on a commercial power pole down the road from one of the sites was in the process of failing. It exhibited a intermittent transient type of failure that could have generated noise spikes on the power line. This in itself could not have caused the problem at E-Flight. The problem was reported to the local power company who took action to replace the transformer.
The team met with me to report their findings and it was decided that the final report would have nothing significant in it to explain what happened at E-Flight. In other words there was no technical explanation that could explain the event. The team went off to do the report. Meanwhile I was contacted by our representative at OOAMA (Don Peterson) and told by him that the incident was reported as being a UFO event--That a UFO was seen by some Airmen over the LCF at the time E-Flight went down. Subsequently, we were notified a few days later that a stop work order was on the way from OOAMA to stop any further effort on this project. We stopped. We were also told that we were not to submit the final engineering report. This was most unusual since all of our work required review by the customer and the submittal of a final Engineering report to OOAMA.
Days later, I asked our Boeing OOAMA rep what was going on. His reply to me--off the record---was that the LCF capsule jockeys were suspected of causing the problem somehow by something they did to one of the digital racks in the LCF. The Air Force capsule officers apparently were quietly removed from their job as LCF officers. This part of the story can not be verified by me, as it was hearsay...
Sincerely Yours,
[Robert Kaminski]
In summary, the Air Force eventually lied about the reasons for the Echo Flight shutdown by telling Boeing rep Don Peterson that the launch officers (James' father and Walt Figel) had screwed up and had been relieved of their positions. We now know that was a cover story. Kaminski had earlier learned the truth—about airmen reporting UFOs at E Flight—from Peterson. In short, while James Carlson's ongoing misrepresentations about the shutdown incident Echo Flight may fool a few uninformed persons, the facts are available for anyone who wishes to pursue them.
At the outset the team quickly noticed a lack of anything that would come close to explain why the event occurred.
There were no significant failures, engineering data or findings that would explain how ten missiles were knocked off alert. This indeed turned out to be a rare event and not encountered before.
The use of backup power systems and other technical system circuit operational redundancy strongly suggests that this kind of event is virtually impossible once the system was up and running and on line with other LCF's and LF's interconnectivity.
The only thing that even came close to a failure was that a transformer on a commercial power pole down the road from one of the sites was in the process of failing. It exhibited a intermittent transient type of failure that could have generated noise spikes on the power line. This in itself could not have caused the problem at E-Flight. The problem was reported to the local power company who took action to replace the transformer.
The team met with me to report their findings and it was decided that the final report would have nothing significant in it to explain what happened at E-Flight. In other words there was no technical explanation that could explain the event.
The team went off to do the report. Meanwhile I was contacted by our representative at OOAMA (Don Peterson) and told by him that the incident was reported as being a UFO event--That a UFO was seen by some Airmen over the LCF at the time E-Flight went down. Subsequently, we were notified a few days later that a stop work order was on the way from OOAMA to stop any further effort on this project. We stopped. We were also told that we were not to submit the final engineering report. This was most unusual since all of our work required review by the customer and the submittal of a final Engineering report to OOAMA.
Days later, I asked our Boeing OOAMA rep what was going on. His reply to me--off the record---was that the LCF capsule jockeys were suspected of causing the problem somehow by something they did to one of the digital racks in the LCF. The Air Force capsule officers apparently were quietly removed from their job as LCF officers. This part of the story can not be verified by me, as it was hearsay...
I am not a fan of Salas, Hastings, or the whole UFO crowd.
I have never seen one and flatly don't believe they exist at all.
I just want you to be clear of my position on UFOs.
They make good science fiction -- nothing more.
I have read both of their books.
There are many inaccurate statements and events in the books.
I have told them both that.
For instance, Oscar flight NEVER had any problems and Salas was NEVER involved in any of them at all just for starters.
I guess you must have posted something somewhere that got Hastings attention.
He did call and we did speak for a bit, so did Salas.
You should know that both calls were very cordial as was ours. ...
I have no vested or financial interests in UFOs and actually not even a passing interest in them. Guess I am different from most people. But, I could really care less about the subject.
I reasserted that I personally never did see a UFO at any time.
I do not personally "believe" that UFOs had anything to do with Echo flight shutting down that year.
I repeated that I never heard about an incident at November or Oscar flight and have no knowledge that they ever happened and that I doubted they did.
That is obviously a personal opinion as I can not prove the negative.
I repeated that Colonel Dick Evans was at the alternate command post at Kilo which is in the same squadron as November and Oscar and he never mentioned anything about a shutdown at either of these two flights.
If it did happen, I personally don't know anything about it.
One of their books said I had a personal log -- I did not.
The only log I ever filled out was the official log that all flights kept and that I do not and never did have a copy of that log. Obviously I can not remember what I wrote that morning.
One of the books says that the flight shut down in "seconds" -- that is not an exactly accurate statement.
It obviously took some time for your dad and I to run the appropriate checklists and make all the calls that we had to make to the command post and maintenance. We were near the end of the checklist when the second missile shut down and shortly threafter the rest of them followed suit.
That sequence of events took several minutes not seconds, but that is all a very minor point in fact and doesn't change the facts of the overall sequence of events that morning.
I told him [Hastings or Salas] that when someone mentioned UFOs, I just laughed it off as a joke and assumed someone was just kidding around. I never took it seriously.
I also told them [Hastings and Salas] that no one from any UFO office in the Air Force ever interviewed/debriefed your dad and/or me and that I do not remember ever signing any papers about anything.
In fact, I told them that until he mentioned it, I did not even know there was an office that monitored sightings of "UFOs" in the Air Force.
When your dad and I came topside the next day -- no one ever said anything about UFOs and there was no "large gathering" of people on site that morning.
There may have been later that afternoon, but I would have no knowledge of that as we were long gone back to the base as usual.
I did not know the targeting office's name or even know that he was there.
I did say there was a VRSA recording reporting a "Channel 9 - NO GO" reported.
They [Hastings and Salas] said that the maintenance crews had no such report at the LF.
I told him that I did not know how the system worked at the missile site so that I do not know if that is possible or not.
I have always maintained that I do not personally believe in UFOs.
I am not convinced that November or Oscar ever happened.
But these are obviously personal opinions and I can not state them as facts or prove them -- they are my personal beliefs.
I also believe these statements are accurate.
I also believe that is what I said 2 years ago, but I don't have recordings.
So my knowledge is very slim and I have no records about anything at all.
In addition, that was 43 years ago and memories fail - especially about things that were not especially important to me at the time. ...
So if this is a help, so be it.
Posted 04 March 2010 - 10:05 PM
In response to James Carlson's claims of no UFO involvement in the shutdown of nuclear missiles at Malmstrom AFB in March 1967, I offer the following verbatim excerpt from the testimony of retired USAF Lt. Col. Dwynne Arneson. The full statement may be found at: ... (please see http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com)
My name is Dwynne Arneson. I was born in Rochester, Minnesota back in 1937, and went to Rochester High School. From there I graduated and went on to St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where I got my degree in physics and math. Upon graduation, I competed for Officer's Training School in the Air Force and then was selected to get a commission, went to Officer's Training School, and was commissioned back in 1962. I went on to spend twenty-six years in the U.S. Air Force as a communication-electronics officer and retired in 1986.
I held a top-secret SCI-TK clearance. That means Special Compartmented Tango Kilo information, which is above top secret, if you will. It takes a special investigation to get that sort of a clearance. Upon getting out of the Air Force, and retiring as a colonel in 1986, I applied for work at Boeing, and I came to work for Boeing as a computer systems analyst, and I've been working since 1987 in that capacity with Boeing. I retired in 1986 as Director of Logistics at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
...The next thing that comes to mind is one that took place in 1967. I was in charge of the Communication Center, the Twentieth Air Division at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. I was again the top-secret control officer there. I dispatched all the nuclear launch authentications to the SAC missile crews, so I had a very good top-secret background. One day, I happened to see a message that came through my communications center. There again, I cannot quote the date, where it came from, where it was going to, but I do recall reading it and seeing it. It said, basically, that "A UFO was seen near missile silos" and it was hovering. It said that the crew going on duty and the crew coming off duty all saw the UFO just hovering in mid-air. It was a metallic circular object and from what I understand, the missiles were all shut down...What I mean by "missiles going down," is that they went dead. And something turned those missiles off, and so they could not be put in a mode for launching.
James Carlson always claims that those who disagree with his take on things are lying. He will no doubt do the same with Lt. Col. Arneson.
Robert Hastings
James Carlson wrote:Recent communications from Robert Hastings seem to indicate that my statements regarding Col.(Ret.) Walt Figel's discussion of the Echo Flight Incident has resulted in some back and forth between Hastings and Robert Salas (who has been relatively quiet, at least in public, regarding the assertions I have made). Both authors have recently contacted Col. Figel in their attempts to recreate a new bottom line, and Col. Figel was very open and congenial about the entire matter, and the whole thing is almost amusing in light of what I've learned from him and discussed on this forum.
UFO researcher Robert Hastings and former U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Salas are currently organizing a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to address the vital issue of UFO incursions at U.S. nuclear weapons sites over the past six decades. The purpose of the event is to focus worldwide media attention on the reality and importance of the situation.
To finance this event, Mr. Hastings and Mr. Salas are soliciting funds to cover the participants' travel expenses, hotel accommodations and meals, as well as costs associated with the preparation of press kits. It is estimated that $15,000 will be required to fund the occasion.
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This week, Shell finally put its 2012 Arctic drilling season out of its misery. After a summer of snafus and false starts, the window for drilling closed on the global oil giant–until next year when it plans to try once again to exploit Arctic ice melt for profit.The company has been up there rolling the dice with our global future, betting against the odds that it won't fail as miserably at Arctic execution as it has at Arctic preparation–that it won't, for example, accidentally break the equipment it plans to use in case of a spill during a trial run. While this may seem like a remote, snowy problem for polar bears, native Alaskans, and environmental hand-wringers, Hurricane Sandy has shown us this week that what happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.
PHOTO: Fires burn in Lavallette in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the New Jersey coast.While corporate interests invested in burning fossil fuels have tried to keep Arctic destruction out of sight and out of mind for years in the lower 48, extreme weather like this week's frankenstorm shows us in a visceral and immediate way that Arctic consequences are coming for us.And it isn't going to be pretty.This summer, while Shell practiced drilling for oil, scientists in the Arctic recorded less sea ice than they ever had before. This seemed like bad news for the narwhal, but just two months later, we see that it's also bad news for us.We're seeing the consequences of Arctic destruction right here on the East Coast, right now.As everyone knows by now, even if some still choose to deny it, the global warming pollution caused by burning oil, coal, and natural gas trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, warming the planet and melting Arctic ice in bulk. If we don't start using the alternative sources for energy we have now, the Arctic will melt away sooner rather than later, and ice melt at the top of the earth will continue to be part of the global feedback loop contributing to the chaos down below.The tracks of a roller coaster lie in the surf off the destroyed Casino Pier in Seaside Heights on the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.amusement park overtaken by flood waters on new jerseyRising coastal waters in places like New Jersey create higher baselines for storm surges, which means storm protections built 160 years ago for places like Atlantic City are, as we can see, becoming tragically obsolete. It's darkly comic to hear Jon Stewart say on the Daily Show: "Do you ever have one of those days when everywhere you ever loved as a child is under water?" Soon, it could to be reality for everyone within sight of a coast. The sea is coming closer to property and people in coastal areas, and the damage from these storms are only going to get worse.How is this connected to the Arctic?The increasingly ice-less Arctic is giving us new jet stream patterns. The jet stream that blocked Hurricane Sandy from moving back out to sea is, according to Jennifer Francis, a a research professor at Rutgers, likely a direct consequence of this summer's Arctic melt. It's the exact pattern she says she would "expect to see more of in response to sea ice and enhanced Arctic melting."Burning more fossil fuels means less sea ice. Less sea ice means more blocking jet streams.And while a blocking jet stream in and of itself isn't a huge deal, when it is paired with a late season Atlantic hurricane made possible by higher sea temperatures caused by climate change, you have something new and nasty destroying the Eastern Seaboard.This is the future, brought to you by Shell, Duke Energy, Exxon and other companies betting against reality. Worse, this is a gamble implicitly endorsed by both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, who continue to remain (mostly) silent about what's happening all around them.Hurricane Sandy is a tragedy, plain and simple. But as we work to support those in immediate peril today, we must remember that disasters like Sandy are not simply acts of nature. A reckless and increasingly desperate industry turns natural disasters into unnatural catastrophes. And if we're to have a coastal future in America, this industry must be stopped.


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Ruairi McSorley has just launched 'The Girl for Me.'
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The ABA Journal gives us the lowdown on the latest news from April Gallop's 9/11 lawsuit against Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. in 'Fantastical' 9/11 Lawsuit Could Lead to Sanctions for Lawyer, 2nd Circuit Says.
The three person appellate court panel, which includes George Bush cousin John M. Walker, continues the criminal cover up in their decision of April 27 not only affirming the dismissal of the suit {pdf} as frivolous but also "Gallop and her counsel are hereby ordered to show cause in writing within thirty days from the date of entry of this order why they should not pay double costs and damages in the amount of $15,000, for which they would be jointly and severally liable."
In the written ruling the judges made sure to include various terms such as "cynical delusion and fantasy," "fantastical," "factually frivolous," "fanciful," "delusional," as well as reinforcing the official myth of "agents of the al Qaeda terrorist organization hijacked commercial airplanes and attacked the World Trade Center in New York City and the national headquarters of the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia."
The monetary sanction that the 'court' is trying to impose against Gallop and her lawyer is an attempt to set a precedent and scare away any future lawsuits and the lawyers that may bring them. This is only a few steps away from actually sending someone to prison for questioning the 'official' tale. It reminds me of Ernst Zundel's lawyer, Sylvia Stolz, who was just released from a German prison for the crime of 'defending her client.' Think this sort of thing couldn't happen here? "The big lie" must be protected at all costs.
What is really fantastical about 9/11 is that almost 10 years later we still hear the same old lies from the government and media and there has been no justice. The real perps are still free and counting their money.
h/t Facts Not Fairies
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Shellfish such as scallops.
Similar to a beam trawl, a dredge consists of a rugged triangular steel frame and tooth-bearing bar, behind which a mat of linked steel rings is secured. A heavy netting cover joins the sides and back of this mat to form a bag in which the catch is retained. Shellfish are raked out of sand or gravel and swept into the bag. Several dredges are towed together from a tow bar and larger vessels generally tow two bars, one from each side of the vessel. In suction dredges and hydraulic dredges, water is shot into sediments and displaced shellfish are collected in a mesh bag (hydraulic) or sucked to the surface through a pipe (suction).
Bottom trawling and dredging are destructive and wasteful - seabed ecosystems are ploughed up and a wide range of organisms are crushed in the path of the trawl or scooped up in the nets. While the magnitude of these impacts are not the same for all bottom trawl fisheries, and depend on certain factors (e.g. the type of trawl gear used, habitat composition, life history of component species, the natural disturbance regime), even for those bottom trawls operating in the least sensitive benthic environments, these areas are often regularly trawled so have little chance to recover, and there are significant levels of bycatch. Fish that are too small or of the wrong species are thrown overboard, dead or dying. Demersal otter trawls commonly throw away over 30% of their catches (by weight) while beam trawls throw away up to 70% of their catches (by weight).
Considering, firstly, that management bodies have tended to put very few limits on where bottom trawls can operate, and secondly, that there is a serious lack of marine reserves to allow for both recovery and for scientific comparison of unfished and fished areas, Greenpeace does not currently support the use of bottom trawling.


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