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Compiled Sighting Reports
Issue 35
June 2003
Compiled by Robert Frola
Australian UFO Research Network
PO Box 738 Beaudesert QLD 4285
ca.1973 MASLIN'S BEACH, SA (CE3)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2859)
Duration of sighting: 5 minutes
Lights colour:
Apparent size: small
Shape: Tube
Noise: No
Objects observed: 1
Activity when see:
Other witnesses: No
Alex is currently employed as a scrap metal dealer, and wanted to tell us about a very unusual piece of metal he saw 30 years ago. As a boy he saw a small tube of what seemed to be metal, floating on the water near Maslin's Beach, South Australia, south of Adelaide.
It seemed odd to him that what seemed to be a piece of metal should be "floating." So he retrieved it and placed it on a rock on the beach. He put another rock on top of it to keep it in place. However, when he returned to pick up the metal it had gone. There was no trace of it. He says that now, 30 years later, it is still a mystery in his mind as to what it was. He called to ask if anyone else had ever reported anything of this kind. Charmaine Ballam AUFORN SA
19.07.99 FERNVALE, QLD 2011hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 0238)
Shape: No clear shape
Apparent Size: stars like
Objects: 8
Light Colour: orange
Sound: None
Speed: Faster than a plane
Witnesses: 2 or more
Alan said he as never reported anything before but felt he had to report this sighting. He said he saw 8 orange stars and these stars where moving south east. "I have never seen orange stars fly by before." "Do you get many reports of orange flying stars at all?" He also said he reported it to the 1900 number and had to pay to talk. Ross told him they where garbage bags. Alan said they didn't look like garbage bags to him. Robert Frola AUFORN
02.11.99 ROWVILL, VIC 2115hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 0361)
Shape: No clear shape
Size: of 2 stars
Objects: 1
Colour: Bright white star like with red light
Sound: None
Speed: Faster than a plane
Direction: North
Witnesses: 2 or more
Darren said: "I had been watching the object with my girlfriend on the drive way of our house. It was a clear night so we thought we would sit outside and this was when I noticed a star like object but it was bigger than a star. It was doing zig zags in the sky, clockwise first then anti-clockwise. We looked at each other in amassment, I believe in UFOs but never thought I would see one."
Comment: Darren was observing the object while I was talking to him on the phone. I asked him if he had a video camera he said he thought he had but couldn't find it. I told him to tell his girlfriend to call the neighbours out to have a look and see if they could make out what the object could be.
(Q) Darren Could it be a star or the planet Venus
(A) No I'm a keen astronomer and I can tell a planet from a star and star from a plane and this was not a plane, planes don't act like that.
(Q) Do you have a camera I would like you to try and take some photos of it.
(A) I have taken around 6 photos I could see it the view finder I hope I held the camera firm enough to get a good shoot.
Darren said he would send a copy of the photos to us when gets them developed.
Still under investigation Diane Harrison AUFORN
23.11.99 CENTRAL COAST, NSW 2125-2139hrs (NL)
(Source: e-mail report)
At the time of between 9.25 & 9.30pm on the Central coast of NSW I was out my back yard & saw 3 lights in the sky in the colour of whitish red in colour travelling at the same distance apart. From what it looked, they were exactly the same distance apart as you could imagine. We only saw them for about 10 seconds and they were gone.
21.12.99 GOULBURN, NSW 1522hrs (CE1)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code)
Duration of sighting: 6 seconds
Lights colour: silver grey
Apparent size: l dinner plate
Shape: cylindrical
Noise: No
Objects: 1
Activity when seen: Outside feeding her dogs
Other witnesses: 1
Ken was gardening when he noticed a large round silver object appearing to be about the size of a dinner plate. It was moving very slowly and was too high for a blimp. Ken has always had a keen interest in aviation and is familiar with craft and flight paths. There was no noise and the object grew smaller as it moved away during the 6 or 7 minutes it was observed. Ken was able to raise the attention of someone else who was also able to observe. The object was heading West when lost from view. Doug Moffett AUFORN NSW
03.01.00 MELBOURNE (CROYDON), VIC 0217hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 00464)
Duration of sighting: 5 minutes
Lights colour: orange
Apparent size: very large
Shape: Star
Noise: No
Objects observed: 1
Activity when see: outside in his backyard
Other witnesses: No
Above Melbourne, Croydon, right on midnight, what looked to be a very large, bright at times, orange orbiting....something, until about half way across the sky it took off to the west(it was going south to north) This repeated several times in a slightly different heading each time. It was plainly visible to the naked eye. Any one else see this? Alice Mitchel AUFORN VIC
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2826)
Duration of sighting: 5 minutes
Lights colour: orange lights
Apparent size: large star
Shape: Star
Noise: No
Objects observed: 2
Activity when see: outside in his backyard
Other witnesses: No
Alec was outside in his backyard late one evening when he noticed two bright orange star like objects moving towards him from the north. He watched them pass over Port Pirie silently and slowly, moving south and away from the town. He thought they may have been aircraft, but had never seen aircraft with one orange light. What changed his mind was; they both suddenly turned right on an acute angle heading east. He said he had seen many planes bank left or right but that this was a very sharp turn. Very unlike an aircraft. He has thought about this incident often and finally decided to report it. Debbie Payne AUFORN SA
30.05.01 SYDNEY (COLLAROY), NSW bet.2000-0000hrs (NL/CE1)
(Source: UFO Society of Western Sydney)
On 30th May 2001 Phil, Laszlo and myself decided to go on a night survey trip to Long Reef at Collaroy. We arrived there at around 6:00pm (after assessing another sight at Collaroy beach) and set up near the very edge of a cliff. The view towards the north was brilliant, however the view of the east was slightly obstructed by bushy vegetation. The night was slightly hazy with a cold southeasterly breeze. There was quite a lot of air traffic up until 6:45pm when it seemed to ease off. That was when we first noticed something unusual between Bungan Head and Bangalley Head at Avalon.
A glowing bright orange globular appeared over a reserve from virtually nowhere. It seemed to hover for a few minutes before it slowly began to descend over a dark region (reserve). It seemed awfully close to the trees to be a conventional aircraft. Through the binoculars one could see the orange light reflection on the trees that was emitted by the object. We watched it for around three to four minutes before it disappeared. Now I had my suspicions that it could have been a helicopter of some kind. But it wasnít until the unprecedented event occurred at 8:15pm that would make me think otherwise. What happened next would strike at us with total awe.
Approximately north-northeast a bright halo appeared in the mist around 10 degrees above the ocean. This entity faded and reappeared three or four times before it gradually descended into view. Again we noticed a bright orange globular, more brilliant than before. As I grabbed the binoculars, I noticed something that astounded me beyond belief. The object first appeared in an elongated cylindrical shape. However as it began to turn I then saw the big picture; a large half moon shape object at an approximate 120 degree angle. The object slowly distanced itself heading north and loosing altitude at the same time. It appeared to have disappeared in a fashion I could not explain any other way but submerging into the ocean. We then lost sight of it for the rest of the night.
The final encounter lasted for around five minutes. Attila Kaldy UFOSWS
11.06.01 SYDNEY (NEWPORT BEACH), NSW 2100hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 1492)
Activity when seen: walking dog
Other witnesses: No
Apparently Steve contacted us due to the newspaper article in the Manly Daily. On Monday June 11th 2001 at around 9.00 p.m he was walking his dog on the beach at Newport. He noticed the same phenomena as that mentioned in the article. I spoke to his girlfriend about this and left a message for him to call, but he has not done so to date. Karen Burden AUFORN NSW
02.07.01 LOCATION UNSTATED 2330hrs (CE1)
(Source: Anthony James, UK e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
The witness reports, "We were sitting outside having a game in the back yard on July, 2, 2001, we all quickly glanced up as something reflected into our eyes almost stopping our vision for a bit." There was a triangular (flat equilateral triangle) craft moving across the sky at 11:30 PM. We live next to an airfield but we didn't know what to make of it. Therefore, we carried on playing our game. Fourteen minutes later it came back again, but going the other way. It would occasionally float across and then vanish again, but this time it was closer. We rung the airfield and they said that there was only something reflecting and they couldn't make out what it was. We started to get very nervous and scared so we went inside and observed outside while watching TV. Nothing happened until about 17 minutes later when the TV went off, the phone started ringing and the fax came through with all types of weird stuff. I have the fax to prove it. Our cell phones went dead and we saw it again but this time it was hovering right over our house, it slowly picked up speed flew over some trees and we never saw it again. We live in the country so there are a few valleys it could have gone down and hidden. We saw a group of jets fly over the valley just as the craft vanished.
22.01.03 TRANMERE, SA 2015hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2828)
Duration of sighting: 15-20 seconds
Lights colour: no lights
Apparent size: large star
Shape: Star
Noise: No
Objects observed: 1
Activity when see: outside in her backyard
Other witnesses: 1 Tony
Connie was outside in her backyard late afternoon early evening when she noticed two bright stars. A third one appeared but was moving towards the east. She watched the object for around 20 seconds until it disappeared over the horizon. She did not think it was an aircraft, because it was too high, but she also has her doubts it was a satellite Connie is familiar with satellites and thought this one was slightly larger and on a different heading. Trajectory: Heading easterly at 70o but on an angle heading downward towards horizon Conditions: Clear and still light. The 2 brightest stars were just becoming visible when this object was sighted. Reportee is familiar with satellites and thought this one was slightly larger and on a different heading. Connie felt it was too low to be in space and too high for an aircraft. I asked her to look again at the same time for a few days to see if she catches another glimpse of this object. Then I think we can put it down to a satellite (I think that is probably what she saw). Debbie Payne AUFORN SA
09.02.03 SYDNEY (KINGS CROSS), NSW 1630hrs (CE2)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2845)
Duration of sighting: 1-2 seconds
Lights colour: no lights
Apparent size: About the size of a car
Shape: Knob or helmet shaped object with one or two occupants
Noise: silent
Objects observed: 1
Activity when see: Painting Roof
Other witnesses: none
James is an artist who lives in Kings Cross. He was painting on the rooftop of his apartment block when he 'felt' something watching him. Looking up, he saw a metallic 'knob' or 'helmet' shaped object, about the size of a car, hovering directly above him. He could "see" one occupant, a "cloaked" figure, although the object had no windows; this "seeing" was more a feeling, and James was in fact sure there where two such figures in the object although he could only "see" one. The object vanished after about one or two seconds, James thinks in response to his looking up at it. There was no suggestion that it went anywhere, it just instantly disappeared.
James had no active interest in UFOs or the paranormal before the incident. Afterwards he consulted a book he had about UFOs where he found some photos that where similar to the object he saw, and from where he may have found the terms "knob-like" and "helmet-like". He was not disturbed by the incident, and reported it because he felt it should be reported.
He knows of no other witnesses but wonders if people in nearby apartments saw it too. Ralph Bergmann AUFORN NSW
18.02.03 PERTH (ASCOT), WA 1945hrs (NL)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2858)
Duration: 5-6 minutes
Lights/Colour: First - just like Venus, Second - 3 orange lights in 'a line' Second - 'At least' three times as large as first craft
Shape: First - like a large star - cigar shaped ( rectangular)
Noise: No discernible noise
Object: 3
Activity when seen: out jogging
Other witnesses: No
Curtis, a very articulate young man explained that he was jogging later than he usually does (he had a 'feeling' to go later rather than at his usual time around 5:30p.m) when he observed the lights in the sky. He noticed that other people had stopped what they were doing and were also watching the activity. He didn't speak with them, as he wanted to jog home faster and get his camera and film the activity. He said he became 'tingly' when he felt the craft were following him. He said that he 'had a feeling they were really watching me' and 'that they were really following me' He also got the impression that 'they really wanted him to see them'. He is unsure what made him change his jogging routine on that day, just that he 'had to'. There were planes flying that night in the same vicinity and Curtis assured me that they would have seen 'something', The planes were higher than the craft. As Curtis jogged downhill on his way home, the trees obscured his view and he lost sight of the craft. He did return later to film, but saw nothing.
This reportee told me that because he had seen this activity on at least several occasions (with other witnesses) that he was sure that he was meant to see 'them'. He had sighted something similar in Huntingdale (a suburb of Perth) 'heaps of times' and on one occasion witnessed the craft with three lights change from a rectangle into a right-angled vehicle making it triangular.
Curtis is keen on followup, and is very happy to hear from anyone who would like to hear 'straight from the horses mouth' about what he saw and how he felt . He feels that this is a spiritual experience and is super keen to learn more about the phenomena. Tracy Jackson AUFORN WA
21.02.03 MANDURAH, RAVENSWOOD, WA 1930hrs (NL)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2828)
Duration of sighting: 3-4 minutes
Lights colour: A 'dim ball of light' Second craft - colour indistinguishable - 'a light'
Apparent size: First like Venus size of a button' Second considerably smaller than the
Shape: First - circular, Second - ball of light
Noise: No discernible
Obects: 3
Activity when seen: Out filming Alcoa Smelter Tower
Other witnesses: Wife
It was a pleasure to speak with this reportee regarding his experience. He was amazed that at his age, there was 'still so much to see and learn'. On this Friday night, Mr W was watching a video with his wife Marion. He was very unsettled and restless that evening (for no apparent reason) and so he decided to take his Panasonic Video recorder outside, to shoot footage of the Alcoa Smelter Tower that he is able to see from his residence. He turned the video camera on and pointed it to the sky and saw a very clear night sky, but as soon as he tried to film East (where Alcoa is situated) the screen turned white. He moved the camera around, and it was ok, but again, as soon as he tried to film east the camera screen turned white. He was very concerned that his video cam was 'out of order' and put it down. As he tried to logically think why the cam-corder didn't work in that direction, the 'button craft' expelled the smaller craft and he cried for his wife Marion to 'come take a look at this'. Marion sighted the activity as well and they watched the smaller craft 'zoom around' for a couple of minutes and then join several other small craft which at this stage were just hovering. Mr & Mrs W the saw the larger craft start to move slowly, then speed off at a phenomenal rate, and they both decided to go back indoors. On speaking with Mr W today (23/2/03) he is unsure why he didn't watch what happened to the smaller craft - he just 'felt' he should now go inside.
He did share a story with me which he believes is related to the previous day's episode. Mr W was watching TV on the 22nd February the day after the sighting when he saw a picture of his wife Marion on the actual TV screen staring at him. He couldn't believe what he saw, as he said "she was on the telly'. He tried to work out logically how reflections work, but noticed that his wife wasn't even wearing the same clothes. He didn't mention to her about the clothes, until later when Mrs W was getting dressed to go to Mahjong that she put on exactly the same clothes that he had seen earlier in the day on the TV screen. He said it was like a pre recognitive thing ' de ja vu' almost, but to the bursting point!
He also said that he felt that he felt the sighting was too much for his brain to absorb and that's probable why he went inside. He then shared his sighting experience with a 'chap that's right into astronomy' and he told me to report the sighting. 'I didn't even know there were such things' he said. Tracy Jackson AUFORN WA
24.02.03 SUNSHINE COAST (MAROOCHYDORE), QLD 2035hrs (NL)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2863)
Duration of sighting: 4 seconds
Lights colour: V shape it had three white lights
Apparent size: 1klm wide
Shape: V Shape
Noise: No
Objects: 1
Activity when see: Walking back to resident.
Other witnesses: No
Tony was in Maroochydore and was walking on the beach with his partner. The time was around 8.30pm. They were looking up at the stars when all of a sudden they saw a V Shape UFO sort of like a Bow (as in Bow and Arrow )Tony said. There was no noise, it appeared from no where, like one second it was there and about four seconds it was gone. Its was very large Tony claims about 1klm Wide. He said it was about 150 ft in the air and it was over the ocean in the East. It was grey in colour and had three white lights one each side and one in the middle. The sighing only lasted about four second and it just vanished. As if clocked, Tony was staying at the caravan park for the week-end and on the walk back from the beach about 10 minutes away from the beach, all of a sudden he looked back and saw a V shape light coming straight at him but it was very small about 4ft wide. It just kept coming at him and as it got about 2ft in front of him it just vanished. I have asked Tony if he would be interested in coming to our UFO public meeting to share his experience with others, he is going to think about it. Jan Stone AUFORN QLD
05.03.03 O'SULLIVIAN BEACH, SA 2230-2330hrs (NL)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2875)
Duration of sighting: 15 seconds
Lights colour: bright strobing light, intermittent flashes
Apparent size: larger than a regular satellite
Shape: Star like
Noise: No
Objects: 1
Activity when see: outside to sit and have a coffee
Other witnesses: daughter
Ann had gone outside to sit and have a coffee on the western side of their beach front home when she noticed a bright flash of white light out to sea and above the water on the horizon. This was then followed a few seconds later by another flash and so on until the object disappeared after about 15 seconds. Ann called her 16-year-old daughter who also saw this. It was too fast for a plane and too close for a satellite. She also brought up an event 20 years earlier on the south coast of SA when she and a friend witnessed a large triangular shaped object, defined by a row of red lights down each "wing" at Cape Jervis. This un-nerved them enough to go straight home. Debbie Payne AUFORN SA
25.03.03 MELBOURNE (FERNTREE GULLY), VIC 1520hrs (Identified as Canopus)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2897)
This lady was watching an object....which is very low in the south western sky in the early hours of the morning. She saw it a couple of nights (mornings) in a row which just confirms that it's not any UFO. Canopus is large, bright, low (at present) and continually changes colour....as the lady reported. Any movement would have been natural....and scintillation accounts for most of it. George Simpson AUFORN VIC
28.03.03 FALCON, WA 2235hrs (NL)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2845)
Duration of sighting: 6 seconds Lights colour: Yes white/yellow glowing with halo Apparent size: large with tail Shape: same as if you held a 5c piece at arms length Noise: none Objects: 1 Activity when seen: Outside feeding her dogs Other witnesses: No
Object shot from east-west in approximately 6 seconds, tail still in east Weather conditions at time of sighting: very few clouds, lovely clear evening Additional Info: Sally advised that she was not on drugs, had no alcohol in her blood. I'm not a convicted lunatic and was certain that this object moved faster than anything she had ever seen before. It glowed with lights, and even though the speed was apparent, the tail of object was still in the east just showing how large the object was! She is aware of an earlier flare in the area, but wanted me to note that she is aware of what a flare looks like, and how slow they are, and it was in no way comparative to what she had seen. She was outside feeding her dogs at the time. No-one else in the house saw this, and none of her neighbours had either. She is very keen to find out exactly what it was so that she can tell all of her interested friends and family. Rachel Hawkes AUFORN WA
31.03.03 HOBART (SWANSEA), TAS 1650hrs (DO)
(Source: Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre)
Two witnesses were fishing on a beach south of Swansea on a fine clear afternoon with blue skies, one witness noticed something white and black out over the sea. The two witnesses took a closer look at a bright silver spherical object with a dark shadow on its trailing side. It had the appearance of a full moon size in the sky at an elevation of about 45 degrees. The object was moving steadily north out over the water without any apparent sound, no wings, tails etc could be seen. The object after 1 to 2 minutes seemed to just disappear in the northern sky, although one of the witnesses thought it went down and up again before stopping in the sky before just disappearing. Keith Roberts TUFOIC
31.03.03 TUNBRIDGE, TAS 2115hrs (NL)
(Source: Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre)
Motorist travelling north on the Midland Highway caught sigth of some lights just after passing the little town of Tunbridge. Two bright white flashing lights were visible to the right (north-east) of the highway, the lights were side by side and at a fair elevation. Traffic ahead disappeared into the distance as the witness slowed right down and opened the driver's window. As the witness watched the lights in one continous movement became one light and streaked downwards like a shooting star. The same or similar lights were now visible just above a paddock not far from the road. However, as the witness moved slowly on the lights wre obscured by a rise in the ground. The witness hurried on home to contact the Centre. Still under investigation but to date no aircraft or local explanation has been uncovered. Keith Roberts TUFOIC
21.05.03 BRISBANE (ASHGROVE), QLD 1945hrs (NL)
(source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number-Callin Code 2967)
Kim said that she saw a very bright light in the lower sky on Wednesday night (21.5.03) at about 7.45pm. She said it was a ball of red (looked like it was on fire at the front, with green and bright white light at the back. No sound. It was travelling in a South-westerly direction. The object was about tree height when she saw it travel along until her vision was obstructed by more trees. Jan Stone AUFORN QLD
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Tracy Jackson AUFORN WA
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We went to one of my favorite seafood restaurants back in the summer and for dessert, my husband ordered a piece of Key lime pie. It came to him plain and although it was decent, I was completely disappointed that there was no whipped cream on it and I was really, really happy that I had ordered the mile high peanut butter pie instead.
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-Key limes are much more tart to me than regular limes. If you need to substitute regular lime juice, you can decrease the powdered sugar by 2 tablespoons.
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-Yes, you could certainly buy the graham cracker crumbs, but I like crushing my own to get a variety of sizes within the crust.
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Key Lime Pie
1 2/3 cup finely crushed graham crackers
1/4 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons melted butter
3 egg yolks
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup key lime juice (Nellie and Joe's is the brand I use or substitute with regular lime juice)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons
The zest of one lime
1 cup heavy cream, well chilled
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. For the crust, stir together the graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Stir in the butter until well mixed.
3. Press the mixture on the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch foil pie plate or glass pie plate that has been placed on a baking sheet for easier removal from oven.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven.
5. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice, sour cream, powdered sugar, and the lime zest until smooth. Pour into pie shell. Pie shell will be full.
6. Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until set in the middle. Remove from oven and let cool at room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until well chilled.
7. Beat the heavy cream on high speed until frothy. Gradually add the powdered sugar and continue to beat until medium-soft peaks form. Spread evenly over pie, then garnish as desired. Keep refrigerated.


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24 Hours in Panama City
As part of a bigger trip that included, Bocas Del Toro, Panama and Boquete, Panama, (More to come on both of those) it only felt right to spend a little bit of time in Panama City to close out an amazing trip. 24 Hours isn't much time, but we were able to get a nice dose of this eclectic city. The Panama City Airport is … Continue reading 24 Hours in Panama City


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Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/30/2016 -- Companies are expanding their businesses worldwide, leading to intense competition in recruitment, training, and retaining talent. Advanced tools and technologies are available in the market to help organizations design and develop training programs for employees irrespective of the location of the delivery center.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global corporate training market to grow at a CAGR of 10.55% during the period 2016-2020.
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Interviewer: I've got to ask... how does it feel to be "The Kings of Metal"?
Eric: Well, the fans gave us that name. And whatever the fans say, that goes. But it's good to be king. We kick fuckin' ass all night long, every night. One night leads into another, and then another, and then another.
Interviewer: Well you guys really are The Kings of Metal. You came before METALLICA and all these other bands, and you're here after all of them too. You're here now.
Eric: I think I read someplace where METALLICA claimed they're not metal themselves anymore. They're not proud to carry the flag now. But we, on the other hand, are very proud to carry the flag of metal.
Interviewer: Yeah, I mean, what the hell? I mean, you've got "metal" in your fucking name. What do you mean you're not metal?
Eric: I don't know, those are their words and not mine. But we're proud to be metal, and to play metal. And we'll keep making some great albums and kick some butt on the way.
Interviewer: At what point in your career did you guys become as big as you are now? I mean, over in Europe you're just enormous. Over here, it's not quite as great, but at what point did it all come together? Second album? Third album?
Eric: Well, with the very first album, we played in Dallas in front of 20,000 people. The first show we did at the Hammersmith Odeon was a sold out show. So right from day one, it's been pretty big. It's been a cool ride.
Interviewer: I do remember hearing how you opened for Ted Nugent and then got kicked off that tour. Hell, where is he now?
Eric: He went and told us right to our face, "Hey listen boys, I'm going to be around ten years from now." But we went and did our thing and it worked out.
Interviewer: Why do you think you never caught on the same way in the States that you did over in Europe?
Eric: Over here, people are brought up on MTV or on radio, and that's all they know. Whatever's hip, that's what they're into. In Europe, they know all about the bands, they know all about us. It's like a religion to them. They know all about each individual in the band. They know every song, all the words, every riff. But here, you've got MTV that plays nothing but rap all day long and game shows. What the fuck is that? What's that all about? Radio today has no balls to play metal. They've got no fuckin' nuts. So they play this dance stuff or hip-hop bullshit. In America, it will switch back to metal. Metal's not going away. I predict that by next year metal will be big again in America. I saw in this one mag that there's like six or seven metalfests, not including the Milwaukee Metalfest. There's a trend going on here, and it's real obvious.
Interviewer: Yeah, the guy that does the Metalfest [Jack Koshick] is going to have one in each corner of the US now. Hopefully that will work out.
Eric: Well there's one in Jersey, and there's one in Texas that I know of.
Interviewer: Yeah, there'll be one in LA sometime in May too.
Eric: Yeah, I read that too. But I think it's a cool thing. I think it's kind of funny. It's been said for years that metal's dead. And we've been saying for years, "Fuck you. Metal's not dead. Fuck you." As long as MANOWAR's here, metal's not done. And fuck, we've kept this thing going, and now finally in America it's coming around.
Interviewer: I know you don't want to slag anybody, but but what do you think of these so-called "metal" bands like KORN or DEFTONES or LIMP BIZKIT and shit?
MN: Actually, those guys are all in town tomorrow down in Anaheim.
Eric: They've been following us.
Interviewer: So you have the real metal show one night, and then you've got the false metal!
Eric: [laughs] Yeah, but I don't want to slag anybody. It's not professional to do that. I've been doing this a long time, you know? I think those bands are good musicians in what they do. But I don't think they should call the vocalist a singer. They can scream, but they can't sing.
Interviewer: That's coming from the God of Singers.
Eric: [laughs]
Interviewer: So what are you doing touring with SIX FEET UNDER? I mean, on the European tour you're going to have DIO and MOTORHEAD, and here, I was like "fuck."
Eric: SIX FEET UNDER... they're actually a great bunch of guys. They're a good band. They're good musicians. Have you ever heard them? They're really good musicians. They've got their own thing going, their own group following them. And it's been a great tour with these guys. We're asking them to come back with us when we come back in January too. They're on the same label as us, and it makes sense to just go out and do it. They're the best opening act since I can remember. A really great bunch of guys.
Interviewer: Even better than... VIRGIN STEELE?
Eric: Yeah.... VIRGIN STEELE was cool, but they weren't too cool about opening after a while. Sometimes bands start taking advantage of their spot. They want more lights, more equipment, more money. That's just the bullshit that goes on in the industry. And it's just not necessary. Especially with MANOWAR. Just take whatever you want. The bottom line is, you're up on that stage performing for all those people out there, and you've got to prove to them that you've got the balls, and you've got the nuts, and you've got the power and the willpower. And if you haven't got it, then get the fuck off the stage. That's our attitude. Do what you want on that stage. Get up there and play. It's what you've got to do. We don't have any bombs going off, any smoke or fire. Fuck all of that shit. I don't think we need it.
Interviewer: You guys have always had the originality factor in your music. But you've also progressed. That sounds like a "big magazine" question, but....
Eric: You also need to take a look at our stage set. A lot of bands, they spend their money on cars. But we'd always put our money back into the backline. All the money that comes in, goes right back into the band and the equipment.
Interviewer: Yeah, that's the same thing VENOM does. Everything that comes in, goes back into the show.
Eric: Exactly! It's for the fans. At the end of the day, it's for them. And there ain't nobody, including VENOM, that cares more about the fans than us. Nobody. I mean, we're the ones who started bringing fans up on the stage. We're the ones who call the fans. When I'm home, I'll look through the fanmail, and I'll call people. I'll call people all over the world and say, "Hey, what's up? We're about to go in the studio and work on our next album. What did you like about the last one?" And people really appreciate that shit. I don't see any VENOM tattoos on this guy [pointing to Anthony].
Interviewer: [laughs] No way man....
Eric: There's tattoos of us from all over the world. Even on chicks. We've got a video coming out in January. It's over two fucking hours long. And it's all the backstage shit. And shit from on the road. Live performances, fuckin' shit's a blast, man. And it shows tons of people with tattoos of us. Really fucking cool.
Interviewer: I don't want to incriminate myself, but I have a bootleg of you guys in Germany at this big-ass fucking show.
Eric: Well you had to! I'm not pissed about that, you're not the Lone Ranger. There's a lot of people out there with bootlegs. There's never been a live fuckin' album. You wanted to see us live and couldn't get to Europe, it was all you could do. You had to get a bootleg of us. They're all shit quality, and we're pissed off about that, but the only thing we could do is come out with our own live album. And when you have eight albums of songs to pick from, you can't fit them all on two CDs. We had to do four CDs. And that's another first. We're the first fuckin' metal band... actually first band period... in history to come out with two back to back double CD live albums.
Interviewer: And I'm hoping for a third, to get the rest of the songs out there. Call it like Hell on Earth or something.
Eric: [laughs] Yeah, really. Who knows? Maybe. Who knows?
Interviewer: Yeah, it's like, "Oh, I'd like to hear that one. Or that one."
Eric: Well, you can't please everybody, you know. The first show on the last tour we did, we played four hours worth of songs. We got done, and the first interview I did, I was asked, "Why didn't you play this or that?" [laughs]
Interviewer: You can only do so much in four hours.
Eric: [laughs] No shit.
Interviewer: Is there any word on if Battle Hymns will ever see a US release?
Eric: You're the second person that's asked me that on this round of interviews. I don't want to say too much, but I did just hear that there is a deal to get it released.
Interviewer: He doesn't want to lie to us.
Eric: Right. I've heard there's a deal, but I can't confirm anything about it. It's just what I've heard.
Interviewer: Yeah, I've actually got a copy.... I had a friend pick up one for me while he was home in Germany. I'd really like to see it released here though. You see copies every once in a while, but it just doesn't seem right for an American band not to have their albums available in America.
Eric: Yeah, that's really a messed up and fucked thing.
Interviewer: I paid twenty bucks for Battle Hymns and thirty seven for Hell on Wheels before it came out here.
Eric: There you go.
Interviewer: When I saw Metal Blade put it out, I was like, "Aw, man...."
Interviewer: But it was worth it. Totally worth the money.
Interviewer: What's it also like being the loudest band in the world?
Eric: What's it like? It's funny, because people tell us they read that we're not the loudest, that some other band is. And that's just fuckin' bullshit. We broke the record three times. And the last time we broke it, the logistics of it were just ridiculous. Nobody could possibly break the record again, because it would be a question of how much gear you would have to have on stage in order to do it. Nobody could possibly have that much gear. We had a wall of Marshalls flown in on top of our other gear. It was just piled sixty feet high and forty feet wide. A huge wall of speakers. So come on... there's no way somebody can break that record.
[As it turns out, Eric was wrong.... At the Gothenburg, Sweden gig on November 16th, 1999, during the "Monsters of the Millenium" tour with Dio and MOTORHEAD, Joey DeMaio hit 131.7 db during a soundcheck. The old record was at 129.5 db. While no one from Guiness was there to officiate (nor will they, as they no longer support this kind of record), the monitor level was witnessed by Dio's monitor man as well as the MANOWAR roadcrew.]
Interviewer: Is that record different than having the loudest concert ever? I know that when THE WHO held the record, it was during the concert, and yours was done before the show.
Eric: You know, I don't know. We didn't give a shit about that, we just wanted the world's record for the loudest fuckin' band in the world. And we got it, and that's all there is to it. You come to our show, and it's a fuckin' powerful show. Is this your first time seeing us?
Interviewer: I was supposed to see you back at the Milwaukee Fest, but shit happened at that one.
Eric: Well, that guy [Jack Koshick] tried to fuck us, so we said, "No, fuck you." And we didn't show up. But that wasn't our fault.
Interviewer: We were actually downstairs here during the whole soundcheck. We were singing along even then.
Eric: Well hold on to your balls, because they're going to be blown right off. It'll be a good show.
Interviewer: How's Scott [Columbus, drums of doom] doing? I heard about his accident on the motorcycle. I was like, "oh shit!"
Eric: Yeah, and right after he ate it, Karl [Logan, guitars] busted himself up motocross racing. He did the tour on crutches.
Interviewer: How long has it been since you guys did a full US tour?
Eric: This is the first. The very first supported United States tour. We played one show in Dallas, with Ted Nugent and got kicked off the tour. That was the very first show. And we went out ourselves and played a few dates in the States. And it cost us a fortune. This is the very first time an American label has had enough nuts to send us our on a tour and play. They know what it's all about. Our company is really into the band, and they know what's going on.
Interviewer: Yeah, I mean, I was at school and I pulled up your website just to see if there was any news. And then I saw the tour schedule and saw the LA date. Is this the first time you've been out here?
Eric: I've been around. This is like my sixth or seventh time in LA. But it's the first time playing.
Interviewer: See, I would have figured you'd have come out years ago. I mean, we've got the big tall blonde bitches with the big titties.
Eric: [laughs] Well, we play Sweden and there's a lot of tall blonde bitches out there. So we're going back there soon!
Interviewer: Hell, if you want flesh, play in Hawaii.
Eric: There you go, but nobody ever plays there.
Interviewer: Actually, last time I was at this club [The Whisky] for a show, there was this band from Sweden here. DARK FUNERAL... I don't know if you've ever heard of them. Anyway, I was up here hanging with them, and this chick with huge fake tits shows up. So the guys were checking her out. I mean, her breasts were as big as her head! And the next thing I know, she's in that bathroom over there giving everyone knobbers! I was like, "Fuuuuuck!!"
Eric: Nothing wrong with that, I wouldn't have a problem with that. [laughs]
Interviewer: [laughs] Yeah, well, me, I didn't really want to be the tenth guy in line or anything. "Can you spit a few times, please?" [we all laugh] Have you ever run into any bands that sound kind of like MANOWAR? I can't really think of any.
Eric: There's a lot of European bands. It's a form of flattery when somebody tries to copy you. It's funny, we came out with the ideas about the album covers, like with the swords, and then these bands came out with the same thing. You know the warrior we have on our album covers now? A lot of people have the same kind of thing now too. But it's cool. A lot of people are copying our songs now too.
Interviewer: OVERKILL actually just put out an album of cover songs, and they do "Death Tone" on it.
Eric: I'd like to hear it. I'd like to hear how they did it.
Interviewer: Do you run into a lot of bands or people in bands in New York? Like [Bobby] Blitz [vocalist] from OVERKILL?
Eric: We've played with OVERKILL. Played with them a few times. But yeah, you'll see bands. You go out, you'll run into some guys from bands. Some are assholes, some are great guys. Everyone's an individual. If they're a bowhunter, they can't be all that bad.
Interviewer: Ted.
Eric: [laughs] Well.... [more laughs all around]
Interviewer: Now you just mentioned the warrior on your album covers. Have you ever had a name for him?
Eric: No, and there's no face for him either.
Interviewer: I've always thought of him as representing us, the fans.
Eric: That's right, that's exactly right. He's the hero.
Interviewer: He's the whole faceless mass of us out there.
Eric: You got it. He could be anybody, and that's the whole idea. That's what's cool about the whole thing.
Interviewer: Yeah, and if you look at all the album covers, even back to Battle Hymns, there's bits and pieces of things, like the same sword.
Eric: Yeah, you'll see things from all the album covers that are somehow incorporated together.
Interviewer: I get asked a lot of questions about my tattoo, from people who don't know anything about MANOWAR. They'll ask, "Who the fuck is that? Is that you?" And I'll say, "No, not really."
Interviewer: Well, actually, it is. That tattoo is representing us there on your arm. That's all of us there.
At this point, we were told to wind things down, so I had to pick a couple of final questions from my long list of questions.....
Interviewer: Did you guys teach yourselves to sing or play your instruments? It's almost like each of you are gods at what you do.
Eric: Well, we're individual musicians that have worked hard, and I think this is the best fucking lineup there has ever been for MANOWAR. When you see us live, you're going to see us play songs exactly how we play them on our albums. There's no bullshit. If there's a place on the first album where I scream, I'm screaming in that spot. What Karl plays on the album, he's playing here. It's just a bunch of good fuckin' musicians who have been to the school of hard knocks and worked together, and rehearsed hard and long because this is what they believe in.
Interviewer: Uhm... what can you tell us about the upcoming album?
Eric: [with a secret, amused smile on his face] The upcoming album, all I can say is going to kick fucking ass. And I'll tell you why. Because it is a MANOWAR album. Because it's our ninth album. And because all of our other albums have done exactly that. And I can tell you that it'll be done when it's fucking done. And if it's not out yet, that means we're still working on it. We're not sittin' on our fuckin' asses, we're working on that fuckin' album, because that's what it's all about. Because then we can go out on tour again and meet you people. And that's what we want to do.


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Man and Wife Team in Bangladesh---Making a Living, Working Together
Something like 165 million people live in Bangladesh in about the land area of Wisconsin. People count their land holdings in terms of 21 foot X 21 foot little blocks called decimals. Shukumar and his wife, Kojalrani, impressed me with their resourcefulness as they strive to make a living. World Renew has a fancy name for this kind of development: "Livelihoods." We have special funding from the Canadian government (DFATD) to help us enlarge our livelihoods efforts. But, it really comes down to resourceful people, and people with the willingness to learn and apply what they are learning—like this man and his wife.
So what are Shukumar and Kojalrani up to? Well, through the World Renew program partnership with PARI development trust ( a self help organization) they have learned to multiply their potato harvest: before it was only 10 to 15 kg/Their 2 decimals, but this recent harvest was 80 kgs! Now…how did they do that? Well it's all about the compost pile and the interesting insecticide. First, the insecticide: instead of buying it at the agricultural store, they have learned to make it. What's the recipe? Mahagony seed and cow urine. I did not get to see this being done—but I did get a picture of the mahagony seed that they use. If I understood the story rightly, they actually use the pulp that's around the seed before it gets dry.
And, then it's all about the soil. In Bangladesh synthetic fertilizer, especially urea—has provided the nutrients that have enabled rice production to keep up with the hungry people. But, too much of this good thing can acidify the soil, and the double and triple cropping has diminished the amount of organic matter that keeps the soil soft and holds the nutrients. So, it's rewarding for me that a composting training we did a few years ago has proven appropriate in enabling people like Shukumar and Kojalrani to grow more potatoes! Here's a big compost pile in the starting stage:
Shukumar is part of the community organization, called "Peoples Institution" that World Renew's partner, PARI, has organized in their village. He is actually one of the peoples institution supervisors who ensures that people practice what they have been taught.
For example, they have learned that in order to combat malnutrition, families, especially young children, should eat vegetables and fruits of varying colors: red, yellow, orange. And, that animal-sourced nutrients are more absorbed by the body. So, it's wonderful to see red-leaf vegetable amaranth growing in the gardens. And, it's great to hear Shukumar that out of 24 members training in fish rearing, 6 are trying the rice-interfish method and the other 18 are trying small fish ponds. In both methods they are trying to maximize the protein production and extend their use of precious water as long as possible after the rains end. The interfish method only works in the interval before things get too dry.
I did not write down the name of the farmer who showed us his "interfish" rice. But, he told us that he spent $51 to buy the fingerlings and expected to earn $130 when he sold the fish. That's not a bad return, considering that there isn't much extra labor involved in letting the fish feed and grow amid the rice.
I remember my dad's lessons to me on the subject of teaching me how to work. These lessons started when I was 7 or 8. He said it was important for a man to know how to work so he could earn a living. I think he would have been pretty amazed at how the people of community where Shukumar and Kojalrani live are using their small plots of land, the water hyancinth weeds that grow in their ponds to make compost, the rice straw and bamboo to make baskets, the seeds of trees and cow urine to make insecticide—-learning to work with every space and every resource that God has given to them—to make a living.


text: As for the gameplay, it may come as a surprise to learn that it doesn't actually feature, as all the Final Fantasy games do, turn-based combat. Instead it's essentially a scrolling beat-'em-up-cum-platformer with exactly the kind of complicated Square-style knobs you'd expect. The game may be a little shallow, but it's an impressive artistic achievement and to be quite frank any title that allows you to magically summon Bambi out of thin air to attack evil demons of the underworld has got to be worth some sort of recommendation. --David Jenkins


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Players: 2
Ages: 14
Gametime: 1 hour
The Marvel Dice Masters: The Uncanny X-Men Collector's Box is a great space to store your Dice Masters collection! It has a limited edition Full Art promo card and everything one player needs to get started! Improve and complete your team to crush the competition by collecting more cards and dice in foil packs and other sets!
Box Contents:
- All 10 Basic Action Cards from Uncanny X-Men
- 4 Color Indicator Cards
- 12 Basic Action Dice
- 8 Sidekick Dice
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- 2 Storage Trays
- 1 Professor X: Recruiting Young Mutants Full Art Promo Card
- 1 Dice Bag
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"Mystery School" (westernmysticism.org) ran a full-page ad in the Reader: "Stars transform into great explosions of light, scattering particles across the universe. We are all made of stars. Imagine what we can become."
The line stretched along the sidewalk in front of the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. The internationally tinged crowd was mostly dressed and pressed, middle-aged and younger — though there were exceptions: an older Indian woman in a sari, a big man with a white ponytail curling back from his balding head. A youngster in a fedora complained to his companion about Catherine Zeta-Jones: "I can't stand her accent. It seems fake." I paid my five dollars and headed inside.
A laminated sign hung on the door: "The Mystery School teachings are being provided solely for the purpose of shining light and wisdom. There is no intention to suggest...membership in any group. Everyone must be responsible for his or her own choices, and we advise each person to approach self-discovery with some caution."
Bach's Cello Suites filled the auditorium. The stage was empty, save for an upholstered, chocolate-brown chair, a round table draped in cloth of the same color, and a golden-brown Japanese screen behind. A vase stood on the table, filled with white lilies and callas. When Kundalini came on stage, her clothes matched the upholstery — chocolate-brown tunic and flowing brown pants. Her lipstick offered only a hint of red against her dusky complexion and curtain of dark hair.
We began by meditating. People shifted in their seats, sat up straighter. "Meditate on your heart chakra. Find it by pointing to yourself and saying, 'me.' Clear the day." She took her seat, donned sunglasses, and moved her hands as she meditated — now hands raised, middle finger to thumb; now palms out and sideways; now palms up. A slight smile on her face. A man in the audience mimicked her motions.
Before she meditated, she had picked up her iPod and started the music: intense, loud, pulsing, beat-driven, building and building, full of chants both Eastern and Western. I thought of scenes from supernatural dramas. When the music ended, she placed her hands in her lap, held for a moment, then put her hands together in front of her and bowed to the crowd. The crowd bowed back — a sign of humility and respect. The session was one of several, each varying slightly in focus and music.
"How did that go?" she asked after one session. "I noticed my hands started clenching," said a woman. "That will stop — hopefully, before you get arthritis," replied Kundalini. "Don't get frustrated. This is why nobody attains enlightenment: it's really fucking hard. The energy wants to dissipate. You'll feel all kinds of strange things." One man's sensation of his eyes floating was "probably an energetic obstruction from, like, ten lifetimes ago."
At the intermission, there was water and there were cookies. The Mystery School offered books and CDs as well as T-shirts and hats that read "Meditation Rocks!"
Kundalini praised meditation as a way to stop the churning of life — starting with the cessation of thought. Music was an aid, she said, because it helped us to screen out chatter and vibrations from other people, "so that you're just dealing with your own mind." Chant, too, was helpful — "The vibration of the words acts as a purification. Try 'Om mani padme hum.' You can use English, but it's not as vibrationally pure as Sanskrit." Sitting on the ground helped in the grounding of the root chakra, but it was important that it not be a heavily trafficked piece of ground. "It's a sacred space; it needs to be vibrationally clean. It's where you connect with eternity."
"Meditation is the most beautiful thing there is," she attested. "I don't care how in love you've ever been. I don't know why everybody isn't tearing home at the end of the day to sit on a mat. Waves of light, tears streaming down your face — it's so beautiful. Everything's okay, always was, always will be. In love with all eternity, forever. Why wouldn't you give everything up to have that? Nothing else fills that hole — no matter how rich you are, how much sex you've had with how many hot people. We'll get you meditating — and if we don't, there's always porno videos." The crowd tittered.
Kundalini advocated detachment — the kind that allowed you to see the world and your own thoughts without becoming overly invested in them and so losing your peace. This was opposed to simple withdrawal — in fact, she all but insisted that practitioners of her brand of meditation eat meat because "it's the animal food that will ground you in the world, so that you're not totally spaced out. You need that if you're dealing with this kind of energy. It's really powerful — like rocket fuel up the ass. The pressure on the body is so intense that you may have to do things you don't want to do. I regard meat as medicinal."
An attendee said he had begun wondering if there was "something out there" and was looking for a "Hollywood moment." She told him, "The thing about the world of light is it's Hollywood all the time. You just can't see it. You have to attune yourself. The world is so much more magical than everyone thinks it is. Anything's possible. People get caught up with these gory details, and there's a rainbow of experience out there."
Other concerns were earthier. A woman was seeking relief from chronic pain. "It's karmic. It's something you're working out. The part that really hurts is the resistance. If you meditate, maybe you can get to the point where you understand the pain. Make it part of the practice instead of an obstacle. When you work out the karma, it will stop, [though], maybe not in this incarnation." She also recommended treating the pain with Western medicine.
"Okay," she concluded at session's end. "So, um, there it is. So many questions, so little time. So much enlightenment — and you have forever." As we left, Bob Marley sang: "Don't worry...'bout a thing/'Cause every little thing...is gonna be all right." — Matthew Lickona
More from SDReader
- More stories by Matthew Lickona
- All That Isn't Singing — Jan. 16, 2008
- On hunt for Amanda Gaeke from Landis Street to canyon near 32nd and Redwood — March 2, 1995
- Tales from the San Diego Zen Center — March 22, 1984
- Elizabeth Cotten, adopted by the Seeger family, then discovered — July 2, 1981
- Marianne Makeda Cheatom - reggae matriarch of San Diego vegetarians — May 21, 1981


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During the day camps, the girls take part in fun activities and challenges that mirror real world careers in STEM, and that encourages them to creatively solve problems using everyday objects. They build aqueducts to transport water, construct the bodies of aliens, 'hacked' into a system by solving codes, and more. Many of the students came away from the day camps excited to learn more about opportunities in STEM.
Following the day camps, students are invited to take part in field trips to STEM organisations, so that they may meet Women in STEM and see how they work. Girls2Pioneers has conducted field trips to exciting places such as the Mechanobiology Institute, the Cancer Science Institute, and Infineon. Through the field trips, the girls get to learn things such as how cancer cells grow, how microchips are created by engineers, and how printers are designed by built!
The Mentors of Girls2Pioneers are exceptional Women in STEM who are instrumental in engaging student interest, cultivating a passion for their respective fields and nurturing the next generation of innovators and researchers. Through face-to-face meetings or online platforms, our Mentors inspire and encourage youth, in particular young girls and women, to pursue alternative careers within these largely male dominated fields.


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|Qiagen workers making the secret recipe WITHOUT GLOVES! - Jeffrey/MacMillan for: Capital Business
No self-respecting referee or journal would accept a research paper in which the authors relied on processes, substances or sequences that they had created themselves but did not describe in detail. Yet this is acceptable if those tools are purchased from a company. For the sake of science, everyone has to become more transparent.Says David Piston:
Researchers, particularly those in training, use commercial or even lab-built automated tools inappropriately because they have never been taught the details about how they work. [...] As a result, they waste time by using a technique improperly or, equally tragically, miss something exciting when they assume that a strange result means that they did something wrong and they never follow it up.
So, here I am back cooking some Tricine buffer, the best one for luciferase. (At least, I wear gloves). Should a company develop and sell open-access kits, I'll probably buy them. I love kits as a concept. They are practical and save time. Making and storing buffers takes time (and space), I prefer having more time to read and think. Because I prefer making better science than spending my day around powders that do not dissolve and unstable pH-meters, or maybe because I'm a little lazy, which is good in science as far as your relentless curiosity dominates.


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The Nimmie Caira was bought for $180M and now coming back on the market seeking to blend water dependent ecosystem needs with agribusiness commercialisation.
Alluvium was commissioned to conduct a strategic review and analysis of urban water quality management infrastructure in Canberra.
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I'm not going to lie to you, blogging is DIFFICULT!
Fortunately there is an alternative that is not only easier to implement but is less time consuming and presents many of the same benefits as traditional blogging. It's called Content Curation.
What's Content Curation
Simply put, content curation involves taking content from other reputable websites and using it to create a piece of information that is useful to your target audience. Typical examples of content curation would include top 10 lists that discuss the best blog posts or marketing campaigns of the year. Curation can also mean the act of using sentences or paragraphs from other writers.
Why should you curate content
There are many facets of content marketing and it appears as if content curation is one of the least discussed despite its importance. This is curious since content curation deserves to be sat at the top table of any content or social media marketing strategy since it is:
- Easy to implement
- Inexpensive
- An excellent way to build your audience
- A great way to add credibility to any content marketing campaign
- A timesaver
- An effective method of keeping you up to date with information related to your niche
Here is a great infographic that depicts the many advantages of content curation:
Adding Curation to the Content Marketing Mix
Obviously, you should strive to create original content as often as possible but curation can be used to supplement existing content.
Experienced marketers know that endlessly discussing their products reduces their target audience and potential profit. If you completely ignore all other sources when discussing your merchandise, it is likely that prospects will not take your brand seriously since there is a more than a hint of bias.
When you include content curation, this problem is handily dealt with since you are now including outside sources.
With careful research, you can curate content which only proves the veracity of your claims and this provides your brand with a sheen of authenticity. The more sources you can use to back your content up, the better your reputation will become.
Here are some examples of the curated information you can use:
- Latest news in your industry
- Blogs, events and important reports in your niche
- Content created by customers
- Content created by sources outside your niche if the information relates to your industry. For instance, a marketer could write about psychological triggers that compels customers to buy and include data from a marketing blog and a reputable psychologist's site.
How much is enough?
As effective as content curation is, there can be a danger of using too much of it at the expense of your own original content.
There are organizations that use up to 80% curated content but this can be difficult to pull off and a good rule of thumb is to aim for around 30% curated content.
It is probably more important for a large corporation to produce a higher level of original content.
Smaller businesses can get away with a higher rate of content curation and it is common to see successful smaller enterprises take complicated data and transform it into easily digested information that consumers can understand.
This process takes a considerable level of skill but if you get it right, your company could attain unrivalled success in the content marketing sphere.
Exercising Caution
There is a fine line between content curation and simply ripping off other people's work. In order to avoid charges of plagiarism, it is necessary to include citations or other methods of acknowledging the efforts of the original writer. For example, be sure to mention where you got the data of a survey.
In the event that you're using the exact words of another author, include a link. Please remember that outbound links are no longer the devil since they can actually enhance your SEO ranking as long as the links are to reputable websites. If you don't give credit for the work you use, you are openly stealing another person's ideas and this may be a violation of copyright law.
Tools to help you with your content curation
I've been experimenting with XYDO and Trap.it. Two content curation platforms that helps you find trending content relevant to your audience.
There are other interesting looking solutions like Pearltrees, Curata and Content Gems, as well as Storify, Scoop.it and Paper.li for finding and publishing content on great looking shareable pages.
Do you know of any other tool? If you do please share them in the comment of this blog. post. And Good luck with your content curation strategy!


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Virginia Messes With Yoga Instructors' Chi
Not to be too much of a megaphone for the Institute for Justice, but the "merry band of litigators" has struck again, this time going after the rigid rules stopping Virginians from finding inner peace. It seems that in the fair commonwealth, you need a permit to teach yoga, which process entails paying $2500 and getting your "curriculum" approved by state bureaucrats, as well as other barriers to entry. For more details, see IJ's case page and read this editorial in the Richmond Times‐Dispatch.
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Frangos Portuguese Chicken: Bella VistaThe demand for their Portuguese flavours generates the never ending queue out the door, especially during lunch and dinner times.
The Foodie Viet Fusion – Stanhope Gardens
Fresh Asian Fusion to Takeaway or Eat In
Western Sydney has always had a wealth of take away options from a variety of cultures, so it's good to see that there is still room for fresh new options opening up in our local suburbs.
The Foodie offers new Asian fusion flavours to the Stanhope Gardens area, […]
El Jannah – Lebanese Cuisine
Charcoal Chicken with a Middle Eastern twist
The most recent of the El Jannah restaurants opened in Blacktown in November 2013, adding to their Granville and Punchbowl franchise, and spans three shop fronts on Flushcombe Road.
The highly identifiable bright green signage and umbrellas attracts people from across the city due to the restaurants' flavoursome charcoal […]
Lalor Thai – local secret unearthed
Authentic tasting Thai food awaits discovery
The suburbs of Western Sydney hold a quarry of hidden gems waiting to be unearthed. Lalor Thai is one such recent discovery that makes you want to keep going back for more. Located on the main thoroughfare of Johnson Road, in a small strip of Lalor Park shops, their […]
The Tuckshop – hipster hits The Hills
Takeaway that makes you want to stay all day
Glenhaven's latest 'must visit' eatery is a far cry from the stereotype of its classic Aussie namesake – The Tuckshop. Opening on the first Saturday in February 2014, by the guys
responsible for 'The Baron' at Castle Hill, the queues lasted all weekend as anticipating locals clamored […]
TwentyTwo Cafe Bar & Grill – open early till late
Great food any time of the day or night
Can a restaurant be open early till late, provide catering and room service, and still have great service, delicious food and a welcoming atmosphere? TwentyTwo Cafe Bar & Grill proves they can! As one of very few places in Western Sydney offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, catering AND […]
Soul Origin – a healthy take on take away
Finding wholesome food just got a lot easier
After the feasting of Christmas, it's common to want to aim to get back on track with healthy eating, but that's not always easy during the holiday season.
So it's a pleasant surprise to find a new food outlet in Western Sydney shopping centres, promising healthy and wholesome […]


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The fanzine Cerebus The Newsletter was originally published by Fred Patten and then by Aardvark-Vanaheim from January 1981 to October 1985 and ran for 13 issues. After asking Fred Patten and Dave Sim if I could use the name of the previous fanzine, Jeff Tundis and I started anew in 2009 with issue #14. I published issues #14 through 21, which was released in November 2011. Below is an article that I wrote for the Cerebus The Newsletter - albeit the article below has additional information and pictures. If you would like to purchase back issues, some of them are still in print and can be found at the Friends of Cerebus website.
Believe it or not, but at one point in his existence, Cerebus was a doll. Well, not in the actual series, but as a stuffed doll made by a woman from Canada. The first ad for a stuffed aardvark doll appeared in issue #7 of Cerebus. The dolls are $20 a piece and are ordered directly from the woman that makes them: Sarah "Sally" Hitchens. Sarah was a good friend of Deni Loubert's sister Karen. Sarah was close to both Dave and Deni, having been part of their wedding party. She even made Deni's wedding dress.
Dave has stated that he considered Sally his mistress before he was married to Deni, but while he was going out with Deni. After Dave and Deni were wed, the relationship between Dave and Sally ended. However, to still be part of the world of Cerebus, Sally started making the dolls.
She took a stuffed kangaroo pattern and turned it into an aardvark. For the first one she made she used the fur she had handy, which was white. "Albino Aardvark." Dave Sim would go over her house and find the place "awash(ed) in aardvark bodies and ears and arms and legs, little black vests."
A full sized Cerebus doll was also done by Sally. Only one three foot tall doll was made and it sits in the library of the Off White House in need of "stuffed toy surgery" according to Dave, who drew a sketch of its lopsided head and sitting position:
When Sally was making the dolls, they were sold for $20, but then later the price dropped. In the ad in Cerebus #7 (the same ad was replayed in Cerebus #80) the doll was listed at $20 and then in Deni's Note from the Publisher in Cerebus #11 Deni stated the price changed to $10. According to a letter from the future maker of the stuffed aardvark, Sheila Watson, when the price changed, the stuffed aardvarks shrunk in size to one foot.
The stuffed aardvarks disappeared from the pages of Cerebus for a while, and then in Cerebus #20 Deni's Note from the Publisher states "The stuffed toys, as you see, are being produced again. Please note that the address differs from ours and we are not producing them ourselves." The ad in the back of the issue has the toys listed for $15, which includes postage and handling, and being made by Sheila Watson. These stuffed aardvarks made by Sheila not only increased in price, but increased in size. You can see the difference:
The stuffed aardvark on the left is the pattern used by Sally that was a foot tall. The two on the right were made by Sheila at various points. The one in the center, with the nostrils that are marker has a tag on the back that states "CUDDLY CREATIONS by S. M. Watson." The legs on any of the dolls don't move, but the arms do move up and down.
A side portrait reveals the difference in the snouts:
|Cerebus Stuffed Doll: Newer model (left) and original model (right)
The smaller doll also has the longer snout: in that regards the smaller doll has the snout of the early Cerebus while the larger doll has the snout of the later Cerebus. It is difficult to see but the smaller doll has a curled tail, while the larger doll does not.
Sheila was another resident of Kitchener, and the girlfriend of one of the Now & Then Books employees (Now & Then Books was the comic book store where Dave worked for a while, and whose owner, Harry Kremer, brought 500 issues of Cerebus #1 helping to give Dave a start in the comics field).
A receipt from Sheila to Aardvark-Vanaheim in February of 1981 shows that the doll costs $11.80 to make, which included shipping & handling, labor, materials, etc. The profit for each doll was $3.20 and from that Aardvark-Vanaheim got $0.48. With each 20 stuffed aardvarks she sold, Sheila would send a royalty check of $9.60 to Aardvark-Vanaheim. In the period from August 1980 to June 1986 Sheila continued to send checks of $9.60 to Aardvark-Vanaheim. When she first started the stationary was just a piece of paper with her name and address in the upper right hand corner. By the time Feb 1983 rolled around, she was using stationary for "Cuddly Creations by Sheila Watson".


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So....the wife and I went shopping in London today and of course we pulled in at 'Navajo Joe's' for dinner. I got into a natter with the barman over tequila and he said I had to try this stuff! The bottle is a bit tacky but I put that aside and took the barman's word for it. To prove his point he poured me a third of a shot and told me to drink it. I did...loved it and he filled the glass again...told me to take and sip and then topped it up!
Tequila Details
Brand: Porfidio Anejo Single Barrel
Distillery: Inmobiliaria Mast, S.A. de C.V.
Region: Lowlands - Central
Web Site: http://www.tequilaporfidio.com
Review Notes
It's a deep golden brown colour that's sweet smelling, it just oozes caramel at ya! It begins with an oak flavour, strong and proud, caused by being aged for five years in American white oak barrels. Then the sweetness comes through and is followed by that peppery feel that we all know and love! I think you have to get past the tacky bottle and give it a try to be honest. I wasn't disappointed....I'm sure you won't be either!
¡Salud y'all!


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The Department of Business & Computer Science offers students professional education in business that will facilitate their personal development for careers as a Certified Public Accountant, as well as in business, government, non-profit organizations, teaching or graduate level study in business. The primary strength of the school's programs is excellence in teaching and individual attention given to students.
The department's programs are designed to reflect the environment of the many small and medium-sized businesses found in the region. At the same time, large organizations and the significance of today's international trade environment are recognized.
What Can I Do with This Degree?
You can learn general business concepts to aid you in starting and running your own business. Additional career options include: careers in management, business consulting, sales, research and development, non-profit fundraising, teaching, recruiting and business reporting.


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Philip Reeve's 'Mortal Engines' Being Written For Screen By Peter Jackson!!!by Red Zeppelbon on Oct 25th, 2016
Hey guys, Jana here,
Universal Pictures is teaming with MRC and Peter Jackson to adapt the Young Adult, Sci-Fi fantasy 'Mortal Engines' written by Philip Reeve's book series. Despite what that first sentence lead you to believe, Jackson is not directing this time, but his protege will take the reins on this one.
Jackson co-wrote the script with two collaborating partners, his wife Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, both who were essential in the penning of 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' trilogies. Jackson is also taking on producing duties while Christian Rivers heads up the production as director for his debut project which has been scheduled to begin filming in New Zealand in early 2017. Which makes it about time considering Jackson began working on the adaptation in 2009.
The books are a wonderful combination of steampunk, teen sci-fi, and an absolutely brilliant story that spans the course of four books. The book focuses on a futuristic, steampunk version of London, now a giant machine striving to survive on a world running out of resources. We follow a teen named Tom Natsworthy and a young woman from an area known only as the Outlands who try to come to the bottom of a mystery that has the capacity to change the world order.
Regardless of how long the project has been gestating, one thing remains very clear, this will be a remarkable project!


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FOCAS Ministries has almost a 30 year record of proven success with more than 20 years in Cincinnati's community of Over the Rhine. Lives have been transformed! Our program works on a very Spartan budget, limited processes, a no-frills environment, and high financial accountability standards. We have been a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability since 2002.
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GO to people in need in Greater Cincinnati neighborhoods.
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