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Photo from Asheville, North Carolina on November 20, 2012, at 4:30 PM.
In special reports, this week's files cover: Billy Graham on Angels and UFOs, The Bible and Unidentified Flying Objects at Christmas, Unidentified Flying Bright Clouds, Japan's TEPCO unable to locate source of leak in Fukushima reactor, Alleged UFO Crash Okinawa, Japan, New Zealand letter, and Titan Moon Has a River.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
Sightings of UFOs were also reported in: Black Sea, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and England and Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world and in space. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over a thousand UFOs reported each month represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when London Control ordered me to intercept one over England while flying for the US Air Force and Prince Phillip told me of his personal interest in UFOs. The US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO's are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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Special ReportsMerry Christmas
I wish you all a most Merry Christmas and thanks for your many letters and friendship you have shared with me this past year.On Christmas, Jupiter the largest planet in our solar system is that brilliant silvery "star" hovering just above the moon. It is not Nibiru. Evangelist Billy Graham on Angels and UFOs
Evangelist Billy Graham has had a ministry for 50 years to almost every US. President since Truman and is close to the Clinton's. In his bestselling book, "Angels God's Secret Agents" Graham states, "Some reputable scientists deny and others assert that UFOs do appear to people from time to time. Some scientists have reached the place where they think they can prove that these are possibly visitors from outer space.
Some Christian writers have speculated that UFOs could very well be a part of God's angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation. While we cannot assert such a view with certainty, many people are now seeking some type of supernatural explanation for these phenomena. Nothing can hide the fact, however, that these unexplained events are occurring with greater frequency. (Page 21)
We must be aware that angels keep in close and vital contact with all that is happening on the earth. "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels." (Psalm 68) "His chariots of conveyance, which he sends for his friends, as he did for Elijah ...his chariots of state, in the midst of which he shows his glory and power." Psalm 91. "For he will give his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways."
Reverend Barry Downing in his book states,
The Bible is one of the best historical and technological books ever written about UFOs and their occupants.
Two thousand years ago Angels play a part in announcing Christmas for the first time. This time of year we celebrate the birth of Christ who was announced by angels, and his star was seen in the east. In the first chapter of the New Testament we're told the Holy Ghost visited the Virgin Mary and that an Angel of the Lord visited Joseph to announce the conception of Christ and later his birth.
The Bible states, "That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly an angel appeared among them, and the landscape shone bright with the glory of the Lord. They were badly frightened, but the angel reassured them."
"Don't be afraid! I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior-yes the Messiah, the Lord-has been born tonight in Bethlehem! How will you recognize him? You will find a baby wrapped in a blanket, lying in a manager! Suddenly the angel was joined by a vast host of others--armies of heaven-praising God: Glory to God in the highest heaven, they sang, "and peace on earth for all those pleasing him." When this great army of angels had returned again to heaven, the shepherds said to each other. "Come on! Let's go to Bethlehem! Let's see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. (Luke 2) The armies of heaven may describe UFOs that are often seen in large numbers.
When Jesus is born the Magi or Wise Men from the East follow a star and are able to find the baby Jesus. Johannes Kepler discovered the math for the movement of the stars and planets and was unable to find the Star of Bethlehem followed by the Wiseman. Technically a star is very difficult to follow because stars appear to move as the world turns on its axis. It is more likely that the star was an unidentified light hovering high in the sky that according to scripture changed direction to bring the Wise Men to the birth place.
Kenneth Larson writes, "In the Bible, the actual scriptures state that the "Star of Bethlehem" appeared in the eastern sky and led the wise men westward to Jerusalem. While at Jerusalem, the star hovered overhead and then when the wise men appeared from the building the star made a sharp 90-degree turn and led the wise men four miles to the birth of Jesus Christ in the manger at Bethlehem."
Most of the descriptions of Angels compares nicely with our available data of at least one group of the alien visitors. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible and Torah; Angels are described as having bodies with parts such as hands, feet, eyes, head, voices, mouths, hair, faces and other human body parts. Apparently millions have believed and each year we celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas that occurred some 2012 years ago. If we believe His message we are promised ever-lasting life. Of course, if the promise is untrue, we will all die. However, if it is true, I'll meet you in Heaven! Merry Christmas
The Bible and Unidentified Flying Objects at Christmas At Christmas time it would be interesting to review some of the teachings of the Bible because I feel it is one of the most important books that describe UFOs, and their occupants who give us information on why they are here. The Bible states, "In the beginning god created the heaven and Earth and made man in his image," that includes a mortal body and soul and spirit that is immortal. The term soul is used 754 times in the Bible and we're told the soul is the invisible spiritual part of man, a living organism.
The Bible claims each person has a soul, a life force that continues after death. At the time we take our last breath the soul or spirit leaves the body and is taken to Heaven by Angels perhaps using UFOs. My brother who was thought dead was taken to the hospital by ambulance and brought back to life in the emergency room. He claims to have observed his body from above and saw the ambulance ride and the Doctors working on him. Later he returned to his body to live again.
Many medical personnel claim to have seen the spirit leave the body at the time the physical body dies. My wife who was helping her brother walk at the time of his death, she felt his body become lighter as his spirit left, followed by his full weight.
The Bible claims that the angels are sent by the Father in Heaven who promises the greatest gift of all, 'eternal life.' We can speculate at this time of year that the religious stories of the past are related to the signs and wonders we see in our skies now. I've studied the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, the Book of Mormon and many other ancient writings that claim angels exist and are messengers of God bringing scriptures.
The scripture says there is a time to be born and a time to die. And when my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most critical hour, and usher me into the presence of God, and I will dwell with the Lord forever." (Angels Page 188.)
He gives a message of morality and peace that are needed by mankind before we venture into space. Much can be interpreted in relation to both angels and aliens and extraterrestrial travel. Psalms 91, 10-12 gives us a great promise that the angels watch over us.
"No evil will befall you nor will any plague come near your tent. For He will give His angels charge concerning you. To guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, Lest you strike your foot against a stone."
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. Isaiah 66:15
Think of these angel's ancient writings as not only religious but as technical and historical documents. The Bible describes over a hundred appearances of angels as well as many UFOs in surprising detail. Unidentified Flying Bright Clouds
When I was in Israel, I noticed that you seldom see a cloud from the beginning of May to the end of September. Clouds are so seldom seen that they are considered phenomenal. The Unger Bible Dictionary is often considered the finest dictionary for 'defining Bible and clarifying unfamiliar names, places and objects.
Merrell F. Unger Th.D., PH.D., plus several other scholars wrote the book. The Bible and Torah are filled with references to clouds, angels, pillars of clouds or pillars of fire. We are told angels and even God rides on chariots that appear as bright clouds. The word cloud or clouds are used 156 times in the Bible and describe anything that flies in the sky except birds or insects. Below are a few interesting scriptures.
As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze. [Ezek 1:4.16]--And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." [Mark 9:7.3]--As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. [Luke 9:34.19]--And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [Luke 21:27.13]--And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. [Acts 1:9.18]
Japan's TEPCO Unable to Locate Source of Leak in Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is unable to locate the source of a leak in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant reactor as of December 12, 2012The operator of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is grappling to locate the source of a leak of highly radioactive water in the crippled No. 2 reactor that is seeping into the Pacific Ocean..
TEPCO suspects the radioactive water is leaking from fractures near the pressure suppression chamber [lower part of containment vessel].
A huge volume of highly radioactive water, used to cool down the fuel, has since been leaking from the reactor, TEPCO said. If the fuel rods are covered with water they are relatively safe, while uncovered fuel rods send deadly radiation into the air causing possible destruction of life in the Northern Atmosphere.
The accident at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. An enormous tsunami crashed onto the land, resulting in the flash-flooding of four of the plant's six reactors, shattering the cooling system. This led to a series of oxygen blasts, and a partial meltdown of the reactor core. The incident may be the biggest nuclear disaster ever, and it still is a tremendous threat to life on our planet.
Radioactive cesium is a human-made radioactive isotope produced through nuclear fission of the element cesium. It has a half-life of 30 years, making it extremely toxic. A remote-controlled robot is now scouring the basement of the reactor building.
TEPCO confirmed that the radioactive water used to cool the plant's reactors is leaking into the ocean and causing contamination of sea life. A wave of debris is coming ashore in the U.S. a year after the tsunami in Japan. Debris is covering the coastlines in this country, creating the world's dirtiest beach in the big island in Hawaii. The debris is impacting wildlife and perhaps next on our food supply
With the groundwater seeping in, the volume of decontaminated water collected and stored at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could triple within three years. rt.com/news/fukushima-leaking-radiation-sea-314, Source: AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Alleged UFO Crash Okinawa, Japan
Nippon Television allegedly reported on December 5, 2012, that a UFO went down off the coast of Okinawa, an island at the southern tip of Japan. Several news crews, along with police rushed to the scene just in time to see the UFO sink into the water.
"We saw something like a small vessel with a dome slowly submerges into the water as we arrived at the scene," said Okinawa Prefecture Police Chief Hideki Suzuki. "We clearly saw smoke rising from it as it went down. There was a tremendous amount of steam generated as it disappeared into the depths of the ocean. We anticipate investigating the vessel as soon as we get the equipment we need to raise it from the water."
According to Nippon Television, an elderly man fishing off the coast in a small boat said he, " Saw a giant fireball streaked across the sky, smash into the water and then came back up in one piece." unknown object started to smoke.A team of scientists was dispatched from Tokyo to investigate and the Japanese Navy is allegedly attempting to raise the craft. UFO as soon as the proper authorities lift the submerged vessel out of the water. "This could be one of mankind's greatest discoveries," said Dr. Daisuke Matsui, a professor of aeronautical engineering at Tokyo University. "If this is what we believe it to be then this will be talked about by our children's children. http://inothernewz.com/japanese-navy-releases-first-photo-of-downed-ufo-off-the-coast-of-okinawa/This entry was posted in General News Note: Several websites have reported that Japan's Nippon Television was covering a story of how a UFO crashed off the coast of Okinawa however there is no confirmation from the news media.
Letter from New Zealand
Richard L Pinfold writes, "Why the Chinese are winning."Your excellent Editorial, about how China is gaining control, by systematically stealing US technology, i.e., the production of their Chenghu J20 advanced fighter, by means of parasitizing and accessing materiel, through systems and components that are common and in some cases manufactured by contractors in China itself...The cure, surely is obvious. As a very small country, 4.5 million, take for instance, New Zealand, where we operate from necessity, have developed state of the art, highly advanced Dairy breeding and production techniques and systems. Yes, the largest in the world. We operate in China and we are systematically being spied upon and our Dairy farms are being bought up by the Chinese. The Chinese seek to manufacture milk products here, for the elite of China. Their environment has been trashed; their agents have been caught trying to steal specialized fruit tree cultivars.
The problem that the Chinese Communist Regime` faces, is trying to keep their ever-burgeoning middle class satisfied, by seeking good food worldwide...or the regime 'will fall. The Regime 'has massively inflated Embassy personnel, compared here with our local US Embassy. The name of the game is to infiltrate every aspect of our country`s infrastructure and resource information sources. We used to call it "Industrial Espionage"...It should be noted, that even tiny New Zealand, has military specialized technology development innovation...i.e., specialized microelectronic compo entry, specialized drone and aircraft development. Indeed, our special forces operate intimately with their US counterparts.
So the solution is obvious, absolutely no contractor outsourcing to China. All strategic defense components are to be supervised within the government perimeter. ..ABSOLUTELY no allowance of Chinese Telco utility companies...such as "HUWHIE" to surreptitiously install "Sleeper/activator component software within your country...REMEMBER...when you deal with a Chinese company, you are dealing really with the Chinese Communist Party and they want it all. See the excellent CIA country fact file for a BIO on New Zealand...Merry Christmas, Thanks to Richard L Pinfold, South Pacific Research (SPR), Otaki Beach, New Zealand
Titan Moon Has a River
This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a vast river system on Saturn's moon Titan. It is the first time images from space have revealed a river system so vast and in such high resolution anywhere other than Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASIStretching more than 200 miles from its headwaters toward a large and mysterious sea. It's an incredible image--it has Earth-like meanders, oxbows, and general curvature, indicating it follows the trace of a fault line. This doesn't necessarily mean Titan has plate tectonics like Earth does, but there are enough fractures in its bedrock to help form large basins. The Titan River is filled with liquid hydrocarbons, which scientists can tell because it appears dark throughout its length. This indicates it has a smooth surface.
Titan is the only other place in our solar system with a hydrologic cycle. Instead of water, it has liquid methane and ethane. It rains methane on Titan, and there are lakes made of ethane--the only other place where liquid exists in a stable form. www.popsci.com
Sightings of UFOs in the United States
Arizona Disc Lights
PHOENIX – I received a new camera, and thought it would be cool to take pictures of the planets on December 12, 2012, from my patio of some that have become visible, I was comparing the sky with my computer sky display, and I noticed "stars" in places that weren't indicated. So I zoomed in with my camera at these points of light, and took some pictures.
Once I took the picture, I loaded it on my computer and zoomed in some more, and the shapes of the object were obviously not natural. They were lit, jointed and obviously manufactured. I compared them with "known items that are in orbit of the earth, i.e. satellites etc, and there was nothing like it listed. I have a total of eight different objects, and I'm able to take pictures every night of craft that do not resemble anything man made. Very pleased with my Canon Cybershot 16 megapixel cameras. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Arkansas Light
FORT SMITH -- My son and his uncle was outside watching shooting stars on December 12, 2012. All if the sudden this object appeared with no tail and was quite brighter than anything they had seen. It flew northeast; stopped and hovered at this point my son began to take pictures with his iPhone. The object changed direction backwards. Then it hovered again for a minute and the shot off this time leaving a 'U' shaped cloud. My eleven year old son terrified called me at work and I told him to send me the pictures. After seeing the pictures I realized it may be something else. The cloud of smoke left clearly looks like it was flying back into space. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Lights
HUNTINGTON BEACH --While at work something caught my eye outside my window on December 12, 2012, that I thought was a police helicopter. There were absolutely no blinking navigation lights onboard. The left side had one very bright red light and the right side had one very bright white light. It appeared to be heading in a northerly path and then stopped, hovered momentarily, dropped altitude, changed direction and continued to drop in a diagonal path. It changed direction once more and descended and dropped so low I lost visual contact. I noticed it once more, nearly at the same altitude, and then descended once again, this time straight down. I have video of this event.
I am a Navy vet and have been around aircraft found no navigation lights of any sort. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Disc
MIAMI -- I was outside smoking and saw a triangle looking object to the east so I went inside to get my camera and started to take pictures.
That is when things got strange...I saw a disk like object and saw something strange coming out of it, like a mist or light smoke that moved on its own. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Indiana Lights
PRINCETON -- Kimlee Mccaw, a local UFO witness, told the Channel 14 TV reporter she saw triangle shaped UFO lights on November 30, 2012, and showed multiple photographs of the object taken by her camera. These four orb lights in formation moved across the sky as Mccraw noticed them, floating silently and changing colors. At some points two of the objects were visible, and at others all four. http://www.nonapritequelportale.com
Massachusetts Large Light ORANGE -- At 11:50 PM, the first witness spotted a bright large light in the sky while having a cigarette on August 28, 2011. The light moved upwards in the sky. I promptly checked the NASA Star Walk" website and nothing showed anything that would be that large and visible at night.
The object started flashing and would go dim, then come back bright. I was shaking and got my tripod and set the camera up and snapped a few pictures of it. With the naked eye it looked mostly white with the slightest color changes and the slightest sparkle of other colors. On the digital pictures with them zoomed in, I could see that it was emitting a greenish glow, sometimes also emitting purple and a bluish tone as well.
At about 1 AM, I went back outside to see where it was and found it had moved a bit higher in the sky and was flashing. It went completely dark instantly, then after a second it came right back. It did this three times. I went inside for a little while, returning at 2 AM. It was now slightly higher again and to the right. At 2:30 AM, it was high in the sky, back toward the center of where it was originally seen. I had an odd feeling that it wasn't anything human made. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
Michigan Bright Red Light
FLINT – I took the dog out and met a girlfriend in my yard and glanced up and noticed a bright red light on December 12, 2012! I did a double take and saw blinking lights of a very low plane in night sky. Its winter so at 6:55 PM its dark out as it came closer and ascended. It changed to fire orange then back to red as it started to pick up speed and eventually ascended out of sight. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Light
CALVERTON – I was just getting back to my shop after work on December 14, 2012. As I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed a light in the sky that was, to me, too big and bright to be a star especially at 5 PM twilight.
I got out of my truck and used my phone to take a few pictures and was lucky enough to get them as well as a picture of the trail it left before it shot off and disappeared. Unfortunately no one was with me. Thanks to MUFON CMS
North Carolina Triangle
MARSTON – On November 30, 2012, I was driving just north of Rockingham Dragway looking at a group of stars that seemed to disappear as an object flew by. I could not quite make out an object so I pulled off the road into a gas station on US 1 and NC Highway 177. I got out of my truck and could see a black triangular shaped craft moving slowly to the northeast. It was nearly invisible. It was easier to track by watching the stars become invisible and then reappear as the craft passed by. It was tremendously large large enough that I felt it impossible that anything that large could fly.
I continued driving north and saw it again in the vicinity of Camp Mackall, a U.S. Army training facility and airfield associated with a Ft. Bragg. NOTE: The above image is a rendering. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
ASHEVILLE -- On November 20, 2012, about 4:30 PM, I looked up in the clear sky at the moon and saw a bright point-sized object moving near the moon. I thought it was odd that it was not leaving a contrail, so I took out my camera and took several pictures at maximum optical zoom (5 xs). I estimate the moon was at 70 degrees altitude. It took the object about two minutes to transit the sky silently. It was at jetliner height. The object was solid with three glowing sections: left, right, and a middle vertical section rising up like a dragonfly shape. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Disc
GROVE CITY – On December 18, 2012, I took a picture of the sunrise. A week later when I looked at the picture I noticed the disc when I zoomed in a little. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Pennsylvania Triangle
ERIE -- At about 6:30 PM, I went outside for some air and noticed that the night sky was very clear on December 13, 2012. Since it was early and knowing of the meteor shower I went back inside to round up my wife and two small boys to go outside and look at the stars. We were scanning the sky and when looking to the southeast I noticed three moving lights heading to the southwest in a triangle pattern. I asked my wife if she could see it and she did as well. The area between the three points of light looked to be filled with waves of black and dark gray light that mimicked the night sky. There was no sound. It didn't appear to be too high in the sky. It continued to the southwest quickly then did a strange turn to the southeast and was gone from sight. This happened within a minute or two. It was an exciting experience. I'm a graphic artist so I put together an example of that the object looked like with and without the sky background. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
MACUNGIE – On November 21, 2012, this description is written by the Field Investigator after conducting an on-site interview with the main witness (MW), another family member and a neighbor who were all witnesses to this event:
At 8:05 PM, on the evening of October 21st, 2012, the MWs son-in-law was outside packing up his car with his wife, the MWs daughter. He called his mother-in-law to come outside to see an object in the sky toward the southeast. They were joined on the porch by the MWs husband and daughter. The MW took a few photos on her camera, and he took a video on his cell phone. The MWs husband ran into the house and grabbed his binoculars to see LED like lights. They called their neighbor who also witnessed the object for a couple minutes before it disappeared.
All witnesses agree that there were lots of stars, but no moon visible. The MW described the object as being very large and very bright like the full moon with two sets of lights surrounding a central light that looked spherical. The lights were blue, green, and amber in color and did not blink or pulsate, but seemed to twinkle. None went out at any time. Two planes flew across in front of the object and were dwarfed by its size. She said they looked like specks against it. Suddenly, after ten minutes, there was no object to be seen. He estimates the object was about 200 yards from him. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Texas Lights
Midland -- I am a lease Pumper out in it dark to dark. This video was taken on December 3, 2012.
It has been going on for a solid two weeks and getting worse. I feel they are going to hurt me and my family. Thanks to MUFON CMS
HASLET -- My son and his uncle was outside watching shooting stars. This object suddenly lit up with no tail and was brighter than anything they had seen. It flew northeast, stopped and hovered at this point. My son began to take pictures with his iPhone. The object returned and then hovered again for a minute and the shot off this time leaving a 'U' shaped cloud. My eleven year old son was terrified and called me at work. I told him to send me the pictures. After seeing the pictures I realized there was no way he could have got so many pictures of a moving star. The cloud of smoke left clearly looks like it was flying back into space. I am (was) a non believer but these photos are sure strange. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Virginia Triangle
LIVELY -- Here are a couple of pictures that I took a while back that were taken in August of 2011 in my front yard. The info on the data may not be exactly correct because it is always adjusted whenever I put the image on the computer and crop or enhance. Anyway, this thing looks a lot like your Isle of Man object. The other (IMG_3153CR2) is a detail of a much larger picture that I took in September of 2012.
I don't send my pictures to any of the UFO organizations, but on an average day I will take 50 or 60 shots of the sky and I have accumulated a number of interesting objects.Regards, Tom Waters VA
Washington UFO Was 7 Feet Away From Me
SNOQUALMIE -- I was in my room on my iPod at 10 PM, on November 16, 2012, when out the window I saw a circular ship that was too high tech to be manmade. It had lights around it and had a small rocket beam thing under it. It went fast so I only got a glimpse of it. But I can remember it. It was very clear. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Worldwide UFO Sighings
Black Sea, Turkey UFO Crash
BLACK SEA, ORDU --An incredible burning object which slammed into the Black Sea, Ordu, Turkey, could possibly have been a meteorite, officials claim. Others claim it was a UFO, as sightings of unknown objects have been reported around that area for several weeks. A security camera recorded the impact and loud boom. Meteorite or UFO, as always you decide. beforeitsnews.com
Brazil Long Object
CONCÓRDIA/ SANTA CATARINA -- On December 17, 2012, I saw a long object with long white trail during six minutes. I don't have idea what was this. It looks like a shooting star (estrela cadente) or star falling, but really slow in daylight. The sun was still up and the sky was clean and bright blue. The object that looks that was falling and falling... disappeared behind a mountain. Before disappearing the object showed a really bright light, like a star. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada, Red Orb in Nova Scotia
COLE HARBOUR -- I am currently serving 23 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, Air Force. On the 12th December 2012, I went outside my house and was looking up at Orion and Jupiter at 19:30 hours and saw a very dark dim red orb moving at a high rate of speed. It came from the east and made an abrupt 90 degree turn wobbling left and right just after the turn and shot out straight north at an insane amount of speed and disappeared.
A couple minutes later a bright white light appeared where the red orb vanished. This whole event lasted for ten seconds. It was not a plane, jet, helicopter falling star, comet, meteor the ISS or satellite. Just after it made the abrupt 90 degree turn and started heading north, it wobbled left, right then left again. I noticed somewhat of a pattern on the bottom resembling a sand dollar that's the best I can describe it. I immediately called my closest friend as we both saw something 30 years ago while fishing and knew he would believe me. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Japan Light
HITACHINAKA -- I was exiting the language school for a smoke when I looked up to look at the stars shaped like an "M." At the lowest point there was an extra star. The light then moved straight down, then turned and moved slowly to the northeast. It moved slowly for a few seconds then shot off at high speeds then vanished.
This is the same thing that happened on three other occasions. On the 20th and 27th of November there were airliners with an object following. I have not seen the object since. I ruled out meteor because of the slight of the object moving down and then accelerating. The objects colors the first and second time where bright white. The 3rd times was tan. What did I just see I was in disbelief? I lost sight of the object because it flew very fast to the northeast and disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Mexico "UFO" Object Fell in Volcano Popocatepetl
The alleged presence of a UFO in the crater of the volcano Popocatepetl, taken in Mexico by Televisa TV news program, has caused bewilderment and confusion in the local population. On October 25, 2012, at 20:45 hours local time, one of the cameras used to monitor the activity of the volcano, about 65 km from Mexico City, shows a bright object going down into the crater. The images were then presented on the evening news channel Televisa: the object appeared cylindrical, probably metallic or otherwise bright, large, and seemed to be moving at a speed greater than that of a plane.
The possibility that it was really a UFO was greeted by doubts of the local scientific community, but now the analysis carried out by the Centro Nacional de CENAPRED Prevención de Desastres, and the local UFO center, do not seem to give more room for doubt. That mysterious cylindrical object has fallen into the volcanic cone of Popocatepetl and nobody has been able to identify it. The possibility of a space object to fall into the Popocatepetl volcano is 1 in 276 billion. CENAPRED
Morocco White Ball
ESSAOUIRA -- I never saw it live, I first saw it immediately when I uploaded my daily pictures that evening. I saw a streaking across the sky at a tremendous speed in Essaouira, Morocco on April 1, 2010 during the day.
My camera says it was taken at 3:29:08 but I didn't have the time zone set for Morocco, it was still set for my country so it was probably 11:30:08. I don't know what the photo is, but it was moving at a tremendous speed. It may be a meteorite or something else. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Zealand Activity
ROTORUA -- The Bay of Plenty has been a hotbed of unusual aerial activity with multiple sightings of strange phenomena in the region's skies. On Monday or Tuesday night on October 29 or 30, at least four people at the Challenge petrol station on Malfroy Road witnessed five glowing orbs move slowly across the road toward Sunset Road for about 30 seconds before they disappeared behind trees. A Challenge petrol station employee, who only wanted to be known as Michelle, said she and at least three others watched the orbs, which appeared about 8 PM just before dark. http://www.ufo-sightings.co.uk/
The Sri Lanka Air Force Vigil for UFOs
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF states that it is keeping a twenty four hour vigil regarding the unidentified lights that were witnessed in the skies over several parts of the country in the recent past.SLAF Media Spokesperson Wing Commander Shiras Jalaldeen said that, "No unidentified airborne craft had been picked up on radar as yet."Meanwhile, unidentified lights were witnessed in the skies over several parts of the country on Monday as well.An unidentified light was witnessed in the skies above Hambegamuwa in Thanamalwila at around 8.30 PM, on Monday night. http://www.newsfirst.lk/news1st/node/18988
Tanzania Dots
***image:24enter*** SERENGETI – The camera automatically takes three successive shots triggered by movement. In the first picture there is nothing, the second there is two small dots possibly UFOs above the horizon to the left. The third picture shows them gone.
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What do CNC programmers do? Chiefly, they make sure that the part program will be executed by the machine tool successfully to make a good part. They apply their knowledge and judgment, gained by experience, to the choices that must be made for CAM software to function properly. CNC programmers are gap-fillers.
These gaps exist because design systems have not yet matured to the point that they can supply all of the digital information needed to automatically program a machine tool. In short, CNC programmers know what nobody else does. That is, they know the best way to make this part on this machine at this place at this time.
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Programming of CNC machine tools will continue to rely on proprietary CAM software.
Because CNC programmers are very effective at applying this knowledge, their role in machining is likely to stick around for a while. It seems that companies would do well to invest in whatever hardware and software tools help maximize the productivity of their programmers.
CAM software developers are taking many strides to make the CNC programming function more streamlined and highly automated. Some of the most important of these developments include:
Knowledge-based systems—libraries, look-up tables and databases that capture the preferences and best practices of a shop's machining technology.
Specialized algorithms—applets and calculation formulas designed to meet specific programming requirements in certain applications. Various options to maximize roughing routines are some examples. Algorithms for generating specialized tool paths to produce a fine finish in high speed machining are others.
Feature recognition—the ability to identify machinable features based on sets of associated geometry elements. The most progress has been made with holes and pockets.
Verification—animated displays that preview the programmed tool moves for visual detection of potential collisions, excessive air cutting, synchronization of multiple axes and other results that determine the effectiveness of a part program.
Optimization—software features that seek to maximize feed rates based on values representing workpiece material characteristics, cutting tool performance and accuracy requirements, given the constraints imposed by workpiece geometry.
CAM developers will continue to make improvements along these and other software fronts, giving shops significant productivity gains in CNC programming output.
But how far can CAM go with automation? Can the CNC programming function be completely automated, bypassing the input of the programmer altogether? Is it wise to exclude the flexibility and unique expertise that the involvement of a CNC programmer brings?
For many machining operations, the programmer's contribution represents a key part of the shop's competitive advantage. On the other hand, CNC programming represents a bottleneck and a weak link. Losing a CNC programmer can seriously impact production flow. Likewise, human intervention works against the consistency, the exchangeability of data files and the transportability of machining operations.
Bypassing The Programmer
The most ambitious effort to completely automate CNC programming has been STEP NC, an extension to STEP, the STandard for the Exchange of Product model data. STEP NC is intended to enable product model data to serve as direct input to a CNC machine tool. It eliminates separate files of tool paths and the use of G and M codes as machine instructions. It also makes post processing unnecessary.
STEP is the international standard that specifies a neutral data format for digital information about a product. It allows this data to be shared and exchanged among different and otherwise incompatible computer platforms. STEP NC standardizes how information about CNC machining can be added to parts represented in the STEP product model. By using STEP NC to capture instructions about what steps to follow for machining the part, the "producability" of this part would not be affected by the availability a certain brand of control unit, programming system or post processor.
A full implementation of STEP NC would involve equipping machine tools with CNCs customized with special software. This software enables the CNC to interpret the STEP-NC data directly and use the information to machine the part without a conventional G-code program. With STEP NC, all the data required to make a part are included in one AP-238 file. (Under the ISO STEP standard, STEP NC is designated as AP-238. It is an "application protocol," one of the sets of definitions for data related to a particular industry or type of product such as, in this case, machined parts.)
This approach contrasts with the conventional approach, wherein the digital information about machining a part is locked up in traditional M- and G-code (RS 274D) data. This information may reside only with an external supplier, such as the job shop contracted to machine the parts.
Likewise, the data may be valid only as long as that shop has the original or compatible resources used to generate it. Changes to these resources—if the CAM software is no longer supported, or if the machine tool or its control unit is replaced, for example—are likely to occur before the product's life cycle expires, thereby jeopardizing the availability of machined parts critical to the product.
When fully implemented, STEP NC would make "art-to-part" machining a reality. Unfortunately, implementation by industry has been spotty. Not many CAD/CAM software developers or machine tool control builders have embraced the concept enthusiastically. As a result, there are not enough commercial products to give implementing STEP NC the required "critical mass."
Whether or not STEP NC is widely adopted, it seems inevitable that product model databases will eventually lend themselves to some form of direct CNC machine input and that this option will prove cost-effective for many companies operating in a globally collaborative manufacturing environment.
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Whereas STEP NC standardizes how information about CNC machining can be added to parts represented in the digital STEP product model, N-STEP is being developed so that machining and manufacturing information contained in non-digital sources can be captured in a STEP-compliant format. This initiative underscores both the urgency and the complexity of implementing data-exchangeability standards. It also indicates why marketplace resistance continues to impede the implementation of standards that would facilitate full automation of CNC programming.
N-STEP is short for National Automotive Center STandard Exchange of Product Data. NAC is part of the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). N-STEP was launched so that the military can more quickly manufacture repair and replacement parts to keep its equipment available for battlefield deployment. Because much of this equipment was originally designed and manufactured with design and engineering data saved only as blueprints or 2D CAD files, complete digital representations of this information are not available. That means the data can't be transmitted electronically or used as input for manufacturing operations such as programming for CNC machine tools.
N-STEP is a suite of software products that enables users to capture complete and unambiguous product data, with the manufacturing features, dimensions and tolerances, material callouts, properties (hardness, surface finish and so on), and other data in a single, cohesive associative file. This file complies with the formats specified in STEP AP 224 and 203, which define machinable features and machining operations. N-STEP is a defense program that implements STEP; N-STEP is not part of the ISO standard development effort.
The suite of N-STEP software was created by the South Carolina Research Authority. The software is currently available for use under licensing agreements. It has three main modules.
The N-STEP Translator puts data from a drawing or a CAD file into an electronic format that makes sure the information from the original source is properly interpreted. In this module, a series of menus queries the user about attributes and important features of the part. Unless all of the questions are answered and ambiguities or conflicts are resolved, the Translator will not allow the user to proceed. Thus, no information is missing or unreliable when applied downstream.
The N-STEP Validator is used to manually verify the correctness of the files generated by the N-STEP Translator. It displays the product model so that the user can examine each feature and check the information against the legacy data. Any errors or omissions are compiled in a report that is sent to appropriate personnel for changes or clarifications.
The N-STEP Process Planner is an application that imposes a systematic and consistent discipline for creating a written plan detailing the processes required to manufacture an individual part or assembly. Time estimates, costs and procedural intents are entered into the database. This data can be used for quoting. The process plan created by this module is designed to streamline the CNC programmer's input to a CAM package to generate CNC part programs. To the extent that it eliminates guesswork and redundant planning steps, it offers significant savings.
Because N-STEP is defense-related, large military contractors have a strong incentive to adopt it. However, N-STEP currently runs on a UNIX computer platform. This will be a serious obstacle to adoption in the wider base of U.S. job shops, where Windows-based PC platforms predominate. TACOM is seeking wider commercialization of N-STEP-related standards, but migrating to other computer platforms and establishing a more realistic pricing structure are clearly necessary for significant market penetration.
Cost-Effective CAM
As product model databases become more complete and standardized, the CNC programming function will become more automated. In some cases, CNC programming may go away altogether. Most manufacturers, however, will choose to retain some decision-making for experienced CNC programmers. Their intervention will give the manufacturer an advantage in flexibility and optimization. Because commercially available CAM software highly automates and streamlines this input, this approach will remain viable in the foreseeable future.
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Snowboarding, winter's latest feel-good sport, isn't just for the young and the restless. According to Leisure Trends Group's 1996/97 National Skier/Snowboarder Opinion Survey, 43 percent of adult snowboarders are 35 or older. As baby boomers take to the powder alongside their children and grandchildren, snowboarding's expanding demographics bode well for winter-minded entrepreneurs. After the sport's Olympic debut last spring, entrepreneurs began pumping up for a winter of hot sales--from shops hawking high-tech outerwear and step-in bindings to snowboard training camps, avalanche preparedness courses and wilderness safety clinics.
Richard Mobley, owner of Ski/Surf Shop in Manhattan Beach, California, sees the trend mushrooming on the manufacturing level. "Quality ski companies are [no longer hesitant] to put their names on a snowboard," says Mobley. Even Nike is entering the competition, set to launch its first snowboard design next fall.
"When snowboarding started becoming mainstream, it attracted a lot of surfers and skateboarders," says Ali Zacaroli of SnowSports Industries America, a McLean, Virginia, trade association, "[but] it's no longer the domain of teenage males. Today, the snowboarder coming down the slope could very well be somebody's dad--or mom."
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Rome wasn't built in a day--but if Elsie and Eli Marcus had overseen the project, perhaps it could have been. Helping people lead happier, healthier lives has turned into a healthy business for the New York City couple, who conceived and launched their seminar company in just three months.
The Marcuses' professional backgrounds (Eli's is in sales and marketing and Elsie's is in computer networking) have taken a back seat to pursuing their longtime avocation. "The Seminar Center arose from our tremendous interest in self-help," explains Eli, 40. "We started conceptualizing the business in October, and things spiraled very quickly." In January, the Seminar Center's spring catalog of seminar events was placed in some 2,000 locations throughout New York City.
The couple wisely hired a program director, enabling the Seminar Center to boast a wide variety of high-profile speakers, including Billy Baldwin and Ivana Trump. Courses on everything from "How to Run a Successful Business" to "The Near-Death Experience" brought in more than 1,000 participants in the Center's first six weeks.
With heart and soul firmly engaged, the Marcuses' business vision is matched only by their sense of purpose: "We're trying to make the world a better place," says Eli. "I know it sounds clichéd, but it's not about money for us."
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Check out the latest in relationship marketing: business greeting cards. Manners never go out of style, especially in the world of business--and now a bevy of companies offer this quick, easy way to stay in touch with your customers and contacts. You can find creative cards for every occasion, whether to follow up on a sales call, inform your clients of new products or gently prod for referrals.
Instead of saying it with flowers or time-consuming telephone conversations, business greeting cards do the talking in a memorable (and often humorous) way. Con-sider this genteel approach to collections, from Corporate Papers in Williamstown, Massachusetts: a delicately tinted photo of an antique shop, accompanied by the text: "Speaking of antiques, we found your `outstanding' invoice in our records." (For catalog information, call 413-458-2236.)
Other card companies worth a look: Introknocks Corp. (http://www.introknocks.com) and Conceptual Thinking Inc. (http://www.conceptualthinking.com), which let you order business greeting cards online.
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For city dwellers seeking refuge from smog, rush-hour traffic and long supermarket lines, it's a romantic fantasy: owning a quaint bed-and-breakfast inn or a charming general store in a sleepy town where everybody knows your name. If you're wondering where to sign up, read Lisa Shaw's Complete Country Business Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Rural Entrepreneur (Williams Hill Publishing, $24.95, 800-639-1099), a look at the nuts and bolts of small-business ownership, "village" style.
Complete Country Business Guide highlights real-life case histories of former city folk who tell what it took to dig into country soil. Running the gamut from specialty food manufacturers and furniture makers to entrepreneurs with more unusual ventures such as cat kennels and llama farming, each profile offers start-up cost estimates, special considerations and resources for additional information.
While the kinder, gentler side of country living is undeniable, Shaw holds out no illusions that it's easy. "The ideal rural entrepreneur," she writes, "is an optimistic cynic--someone with a positive attitude toward the world who's not surprised when things go wrong." If you still have the gumption to tackle country living after reading this book, the solid advice Shaw offers should help ensure things go right.
Food For Thought
World (Wide Web) Travelers: Surf's up! Join the wave of travel-related companies staking their claims on the Internet. With just a few mouse clicks, one in four travelers last year made travel plans and reservations online--up from one in 10 in 1996, according to the Travel Industry Association of America.
They're, Like, Spending: One of consumerism's best-kept secrets? The mega-buying power of teenagers. Whether from baby-sitting or flipping burgers, the cash adds up--and teens are spending it. Measuring a massive $108 billion in 1996, teenage spending has increased every year since 1953, according to research firm FIND/SVP.
Dog's Best Friend: Pet lovers are always on the prowl for new ways to cater to their pets. According to the American Animal Hospital Association's Pet Facts '97-'98 survey, 33 percent of pet owners leave the radio or television on to entertain pets left home alone. Forty-one percent take pets on vacation, and 61 percent say pets join in their holiday celebrations. Despite these efforts, says the survey, most pet owners feel they could be doing even more.
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Unsuspecting entrepreneurs are sometimes easy targets for bogus online business opportunities. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stepped up its efforts to protect what it calls "Internet innocents" by offering a free consumer alert pamphlet, Net-Based Opportunities: Are Some Flop-portunities?
Recent cases the FTC has brought before the courts illustrate that while Americans are becoming more Internet-savvy, a little knowledge may not be enough. Under the guise of next-century technology, age-old pyramid and get-rich-quick scams are luring those eager to cash in on the Web's global reach.
The tip-off to a rip-off? Quite often, says FTC attorney Tracy Thorleifson, it's extravagant earnings claims. "If it sounds too good to be true," says Thorleifson, "then it probably is." To request Net-Based Opportunities and other FTC publications, visit http://www.ftc.gov
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The most popular of all the dolls were Eugenia and Agnes but they were not part of the convention collection. I loved Elyse more than any doll from the entire event. I liked the Vanessa but not her awful gown. I agree that Eugenia was gorgeous but her gown was a terrible fit. In fact, most of the clothes that had that particular bodice style were manufactured very poorly.
For me, the best doll out of the convention collection was Dasha.
Once I took off her trashy blue dress with its crooked velvet bow, combed out her hair and redressed her, she took on a new personna.
Adele is a beauty. But, again, the sewing of the bodice insert is very bad.
It was the same on Kyori's top. They pucker and don't lay right.
I also think that Natalia is gorgeous. Her hair color, skin and makeup are a fabulous combination.
Let's just skip to the worst of the bunch - Veronique. Gone is the beautiful Veronique that enticed so many original Fashion Royalty fans to begin collecting these dolls.
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In an apparent attempt to set the record for the most words expended on a multi-part non-story, Politico's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan have supplemented their useless, 1,400-word August 19 item (noted at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) about how a one Republican congressman swam naked in Israel's Sea of Galilee with a 1,000-worder which asks a question no one cares about, and no one else is asking: "Who paid the GOP bar tab in Galilee?"
The bottom line on the first story was that the FBI investigated the trip by a Republican congressional delegation to see "whether any inappropriate behavior occurred" but has made no "formal allegations of wrongdoing." In other words, there was no reason to publish the story. Excerpts from the second story, for those who can stay awake (I'm having trouble with that), follow the jump (bolds are mine):
A late night in Israel that had members of Congress diving into the Sea of Galilee — one naked, others partially clothed — began with confusion about who would cover the bar tab for House Republicans, spouses and aides.
And it ended back in the United States, where the FBI questioned staff on the trip about the dinner, exactly who jumped into the water and whether anything inappropriate had happened as Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) removed his clothes, according to sources with direct knowledge of agents' line of questioning.
The trip has gotten national attention since a POLITICO story unveiled the FBI's involvement [1], Yoder's nudity and Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) rebuke of lawmakers who had lost "focus" of the trip.
... After several hours of drinking, Rob Bassin, AIPAC's national political director, paid the tab for the entire evening, which included several hundred dollars for drinks, in addition to the earlier meal. The GOP group racked up a tab of $340 to $500 [2] on booze, ranging from vodka to wine, sources familiar with the trip said.
Steve Stombres, Cantor's chief of staff, objected, concerned about ethics rules that prohibited the organization from paying for anything more than dinner. Stombres's concern was so sharp that he spent the next few days collecting money from lawmakers to pay back AIEF.
Neither Bassin nor Stombres would comment for the record.
House ethics rules allow "reasonable expenses" for food and lodging but do not cover "entertainment or recreational activities," such as late-night drinks.
"Necessary expenses include reasonable expenses for transportation, food, and lodging, but do not include expenditures for entertainment or recreational activities," the House Ethics Manual states.
The political fallout following the revelation of a lawmaker going skinny-dipping has been sharp [3], turning what was a routine Israel trip into fodder for tabloid headlines and comedians.
[1] and [3] -- A Google News search on "Yoder Israel" (not in quotes, sorted by date, without duplicates) return 273 items -- barely a blip on the radar.
[2] - The first Politico report says that "More than 60 people took part" in the trip to Israel, that "More than 20 people took part in the late-night dip in the sea," that "30 lawmakers" were rebuked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor the next morning," and that several are on record saying they didn't go swimming.
Assuming perhaps 40 people were there that night, the bar tab amounts to $8.50 - $12.50 per person -- maybe two drinks each. This year's anticipated federal deficit of $1.2 trillion means that the deficit is increasing throughout the year by an average of $2.3 million per minute, or about $38,000 per second. The bar tab, if the taxpayers even paid it (it appears that they didn't), represents about one one-hundreth of a second of the fiscal 2012 deficit (and about .004 seconds the $3.6 trillion in annual spending).
As to the House rules on food and drink ... zzzz ... zzzz ... zzzz ......
... Oh, I'm sorry. I've found it impossible to stay interested this colossal, disgraceful waste of journalistic time and resources. So I'm going to stop giving it attention, as it really deserves none.
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I managed to pry this one from his clenched jaw before it embarked on its intended journey through his digestive tract. He did, however, manage to ingest the most delectable part of the reed: the ever-so-carefully crafted blades.
Luckily for the dog, this was my "embouchure maintenance" reed. An "embouchure maintenance" reed is a reed with undesirable playing characteristics which, instead of throwing in the trash, I keep in my mouth when I'm not playing the bassoon, with an embouchure formed tightly around it. ( For anyone unfamiliar with the term, embouchure is defined as the application of the lips and surrounding facial muscles to the reed and/or mouthpiece of a wind instrument. The position of the jaw is also involved in the formation of an embouchure.) Sometimes I blow into the "embouchure maintenance" reed, but that doesn't really seem to make a difference. The point is to build up the embouchure muscles without actually playing the bassoon.
Why not just practice the bassoon to build up the embouchure? you might ask. Well, I am practicing the bassoon, but after a certain point (when the player becomes too tired) continuing to practice does more harm than good, and I need an embouchure of Herculean strength this week. I need an embouchure which is stronger than that which can be attained through mere practicing.
Why? Well, my music stand is overloaded this week:
This is the list of pieces I am preparing to rehearse and perform this week, beginning tomorrow:
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Britten Soirees Musicales
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture on Russian Themes
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Stravinsky Petrouchka
Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
Tower Made in America
You can see why I think I need a strong embouchure (among other things). I am daunted!
Yet, as always, I remind myself that anyone who is employed as a classical musician is fortunate. I'm not sure how I'm going to manage to perform each of these pieces at a professional level all within the same week, but I'm ready to give it my best shot.
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Alan Beaven. [Source: Family photo / AP]Of the 33 passengers (excluding the four hijackers) who are on board Flight 93 on September 11, at least 16 are not originally booked on this flight, but arrange to be on it very shortly before 9/11, or—in some cases—on the morning of 9/11 itself: Environmental lawyer Alan Beaven arranges to take Flight 93 to San Francisco the day before 9/11, as he is duty-bound to go there to help settle a case after talks have just broken down. [San Francisco Chronicle, 9/17/2001; Sacramento Bee, 9/30/2001] Todd Beamer would normally have flown the night of September 10, as he has a business meeting scheduled for later in the day of 9/11. But he delays his flight, as he wants some time with his children after returning from a trip to Italy. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/28/2001; MSNBC, 9/11/2006] He usually flies Continental Airlines, but chooses United to save his company money. [Longman, 2002, pp. 18] Edward Felt also usually flies Continental Airlines, but books himself onto Flight 93 at the last minute after his company gives him short notice of a meeting he needs to attend in San Francisco. [New Jersey Star-Ledger, 9/15/2001; Longman, 2002, pp. 194] Mark Bingham should be flying on September 10, but delays his flight as he has a hangover after a friend's birthday party. [San Francisco Chronicle, 9/17/2001; Newsweek, 9/26/2001] Deora Bodley is originally scheduled to fly from Newark to San Francisco on September 11 on United Airlines Flight 91. [Sacramento Bee, 9/14/2001] She decides on the night of September 10 to switch to Flight 93, as its departure time is more than an hour earlier. [San Francisco Chronicle, 9/17/2001; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/28/2001] Lauren Grandcolas is booked on Flight 91, but on September 11 arrives early at the airport and switches to Flight 93. [Longman, 2002, pp. 12; MSNBC, 9/11/2006] Husband and wife Donald and Jean Peterson are booked on Flight 91, but also arrive early and switch to Flight 93. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/28/2001; Longman, 2002, pp. 13 and 16] Christine Snyder calls the airport early in the morning of September 11 and transfers from Flight 91 to Flight 93 for an earlier start. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/28/2001] Tom Burnett is scheduled for a later flight, but switches to Flight 93 to get home earlier. [Knight Ridder, 9/14/2001] According to journalist and author Jere Longman, he too is originally booked on Flight 91. [Longman, 2002, pp. 8] But the San Francisco Chronicle says he is originally booked on a Delta Airlines flight in the afternoon of 9/11. [San Francisco Chronicle, 9/17/2001] Georgine Corrigan switches flights when she checks in at the airport early in the morning of 9/11, so as to get home sooner; her original plane would make two stops on the way to San Francisco, but Flight 93 is non-stop. [Longman, 2002, pp. 12; Associated Press, 9/9/2006] Jeremy Glick should be on a flight the night of September 10. According to some accounts there are problems due to a fire at Newark Airport. [Dallas Morning News, 9/17/2001] The flight is rerouted to JFK Airport in New York and is due to arrive in California at 3:00 a.m., which does not suit Glick. [MSNBC, 9/11/2006] But according to Newsweek, Glick is originally due to take Flight 93 on September 10, but misses it after getting stuck in traffic on the way to the airport. [Newsweek, 9/22/2001] Nicole Miller's original flight the night of September 10 is canceled due to a thunderstorm. [Saratoga News, 9/26/2001; Longman, 2002, pp. 55] She is then unable to get a seat on the same flight as her close friend Ryan Brown, as this is full, so takes Flight 93 instead. [Topeka Capital-Journal, 10/20/2002; MSNBC, 9/11/2006] Toy-company executive Lou Nacke is called by his boss the evening of September 10 and told to take the first plane to San Francisco, in order to help a customer. [Newsweek, 9/26/2001; Longman, 2002, pp. 124] In the few days prior to September 11, sisters-in-law Patricia Cushing and Jane Folger move forward the time of their flight. [Longman, 2002, pp. 33 and 35] Flight 93's pilot is not originally meant to be flying on September 11 (see Shortly Before September 11, 2001), and at least three of the flight attendants are also assigned to Flight 93 at a late date (see Shortly Before September 11, 2001). The 37 passengers (including the four hijackers) that are on board constitute just 20 percent of the plane's passenger capacity of 182. [9/11 Commission, 8/26/2004, pp. 36]
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From the Introduction to A. C. Anderson's Autobiography:
This might have been written on his deathbed, and writing this might have kept Anderson from thinking of his impending death.
"Two hundred years ago, some ten years after the Restoration of the Second Charles, when England enjoyed a somewhat troubled repose after the agonies of the Civil War; when the nations of the New World were in their non-age; when Commerce was pausing for the gigantic strides which it has since taken; that "merrie monarch" (may we never be afflicted with another of similar stamp!) took at least one useful step. He granted a charter to certain magnates of the land and others, worthy citizens of the good city of London, endowing them with exclusive privileges to prosecute a new branch of traffic in the remote regions of the north, under the style and title of the "Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" (in more familiar parlance the Hudson's Bay Company).
"Fortified by their charter, and with abundant capital at command, this Company for many years carried on unobtrusively a very lucrative commerce. It of of comparatively late years only, under the combination of many outer influences, that its affairs have attracted much public attention; attaining at length to what has become to many a question of absorbing interest in a national point of view. Reft of its almost princely domination, with its territory purchased for a price and thrown open for the spread of a civilized community, the Company, if it still continues its business as a body, will do so only on the footing of any other co-partnership. Its glory, as the last representative of the great chartered bodies of England, will have departed. Such is the order of things, and such -- while admitted all praise and honor for the past -- is the desirable culmination.
"To the departing shade of the Company, with whose interest the events of my own life have been so intimately bound up, I desire to pay a valedictory tribute. I purpose to recount some of my own experiences during a long and uninterrupted sojourn in the wildness of the North West and its immediate frontiers, to show some of the causes that have conduced to the uninterrupted success of the Company in its dealing with the native tribes; perhaps, by implication, to correct many of the misconceptions that may have arisen in regard to the policy pursued, and some of the slanders to which that policy has, at times, been mischievously subjected.
"With this general purpose in view I write without premeditation. Incidentally, I may introduce remarks necessary to the due apprehension of the relations existing between the Company and the Acting partners in the Fur Trade of the Country. Many of my past colleagues may be spoken of, and in a personal narrative such as I contemplate my own individuality will appear; but whether in speaking of myself or others, I trust to do so with proper judgement, in the one case without egotism, and the other with candour and good fellowship."
Sadly, he never lived long enough to complete his Autobiography.
Nancy Marguerite Anderson, author of The Pathfinder: A. C. Anderson's Journeys in the West [Victoria: Heritage House Pub., 2011]
Author Page at: https://www.amazon.com/author/nancymargueriteanderson or Amazon Author Page
Twitter handle: @Marguerite_HBC
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Apple doesn't provide an official list of the current EFI firmware versions which should be installed on each model of Mac. Until 30 October 2018, it provided usable version numbers in System Information, and macOS installers and updaters also gave details of any EFI firmware updates which they contained and installed.
These changed in the Mojave and Security Updates released on 30 October 2018: the version number given in System Information is now completely different to that offered by the definitive system tool
eficheck, and those installers contain many EFI firmware updates which don't reveal their version numbers (in either numbering system).
The following lists give the EFI firmware versions supported in the Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2020-003 amd High Sierra Security Update 2020-003 released on 26 May 2020. If you are running an earlier version of macOS, such as El Capitan, then you should refer to the previous version of this list instead. If your Mac is a running Catalina and is a more recent model, then it should be using new EFI firmware as detailed here.
That displayed in System Information uses five decimal numbers separated by dots, e.g
126.96.36.199.0, and is given below.
The numbering system used by the
eficheck tool still uses the older system with two hexadecimal numbers, e.g.
F000.B00. What is more, some models which share the same 'new' version number have different versions according to
eficheck. I therefore provide those numbers, where known, in parentheses after the 'new' version number.
The full
eficheck version number is likely to resemble
This is made up from the model designator
IM144 = iMac14,4, the code
88Z or sometimes
AAPLEFI4 or
AAPLEFI5, the version number
0190 B00, and the datestamp of that version
1809171521 = [20]18/09/17 15:21. See below for further details of how to obtain this.
- iMac10,1 18.104.22.168.0
- iMac11,1 126.96.36.199.0
- iMac11,2, iMac11,3 22.214.171.124.0
- iMac12,1, iMac12,2 184.108.40.206.0
- iMac13,1, iMac13,2 2126.96.36.199.0
- iMac14,1, iMac14,2 126.96.36.199.0
- iMac14,3 18.104.22.168.0
- iMac14,4 220.127.116.11.0
- iMac15,1 22.214.171.124.0
- iMac16,1 220.127.116.11.0
- iMac16,2 18.104.22.168.0
- iMac17,1 220.127.116.11.0
- iMac18,1 126.96.36.199.0
- iMac18,3 126.96.36.199.0
- iMac19,1, iMac19,2 1037.120.79.0.0
iMac Pro:
- iMacPro1,1 1037.120.87.0.0 (iBridge 17.16.15290.0.0,0)
- MacBook6,1 188.8.131.52.0
- MacBook7,1 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBook8,1 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBook9,1 192.0.0.0.0
- MacBook10,1 220.127.116.11.0
MacBook Air:
- MacBookAir3,1 184.108.40.206.0
- MacBookAir4,1, MacBookAir4,2 18.104.22.168.0
- MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2 2188.8.131.52.0
- MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2 22.214.171.124.0
- MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2 22.214.171.124.0
- MacBookAir8,1 1037.120.87.0.0 (iBridge 17.16.15290.0.0,0)
MacBook Pro:
- MacBookPro6,1 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBookPro7,1 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,3 22.214.171.124.0
- MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2 188.8.131.52
- MacBookPro10,1 2188.8.131.52.0
- MacBookPro10,2 2188.8.131.52.0
- MacBookPro11,1 188.8.131.52.0
- MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3 126.96.36.199.0
- MacBookPro11,4 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBookPro12,1 126.96.36.199.0
- MacBookPro13,1 245.0.0.0.0
- MacBookPro13,2 2126.96.36.199.0
- MacBookPro13,3 218.104.22.168.0
- MacBookPro14,1 126.96.36.199.0
- MacBookPro14,2 18.104.22.168.0
- MacBookPro14,3 220.127.116.11.0
- MacBookPro15,1, MacBookPro15,2 1037.120.87.0.0 (iBridge 17.16.15290.0.0,0)
Mac mini:
- Macmini4,1 18.104.22.168.0
- Macmini5,1, Macmini5,2 220.127.116.11.0
- Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2 218.104.22.168.0
- Macmini7,1 248.0.0.0.0
- Macmini8,1 1037.120.87.0.0 (iBridge 17.16.15290.0.0,0))
Mac Pro:
- MacPro6,1 188.8.131.52.0
⚠ Apple doesn't list the MacPro5,1. See below for further information about this model.
I am extremely grateful to Pico, who provided a complete listing, to all those Mac users who have confirmed version numbers as well, and to Pico who kindly gave me a script to unscramble numbers from updates.
T2 chip models:
The iMac Pro, 2018 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (MacBookPro15,1 and 15,2), 2018 Mac mini and 2018 MacBook Air all use a different mechanism for firmware updates, managed by their T2 chips. They also appear unable to run
How to check your Mac's EFI firmware version
The simplest way now is to run my free tool LockRattler 4.13 or later, from Downloads above. This now gives both the 'new' version number and, on Macs running High Sierra and later, that returned by
eficheck too.
Alternatively, use the About This Mac command at the top of the Apple menu, and click on the System Report… button. In the Hardware Overview listing, this is given as the Boot ROM Version, and typically now looks like
184.108.40.206.0. In that,
123 is a new model identifier. The firmware version is then given in the following four numbers. For all models at present, this appears to be 0.0.0.0.
What to do if your Mac's EFI firmware is different from that shown
There are two reasons for the major version being higher than that shown:
- Your Mac has installed an updater which has in turn installed a newer version of the EFI firmware. This may happen if you install a beta release of macOS, or could happen after service to your Mac. It may rarely occur if you download the latest Combo updater for macOS.
- Your Mac has installed a spurious version of the EFI firmware, such as malware. You should be able to check that in High Sierra and above: see below for instructions.
If the installed version of EFI firmware has a version which is lower than that shown, you can try installing the 10.14.1 or Security Update a second time. You may find this more effective if you download the respective standalone installer, or even download the full Mojave installer from the App Store. Then check the firmware version again. Consider upgrading to Mojave as appropriate.
EFI firmware updaters are now only distributed as part of macOS / OS X updates and upgrades: Apple does not provide them separately.
How can you check the integrity of your EFI firmware?
If you are concerned that something bad may have happened to your EFI firmware, and your Mac is running High Sierra or Mojave, you can run the
eficheck tool to test this. Normally, this is run automatically every week, and you should be informed of any issues which it raises. But there's no harm in running it if that gives you peace of mind.
Open Terminal, and in its command line type
/usr/libexec/firmwarecheckers/eficheck/eficheck --integrity-check
Once it completes, you should see a response like
EFI Version: IM171.88Z.F000.B00.1809251200
Primary allowlist version match found. No changes detected in primary hashes.
In the first line of the response, this gives the Mac model (MBP141 = MacBook Pro 14,1), the major version (F000), the minor version (B00), and the build datestamp of that version (= [20]18/09/25 12:00). This should match the version given above.
If it doesn't, save the result immediately and contact Apple support soonest, ready to quote to them the results of that check.
Note that
eficheck returns a version number which is different in format from those given by System Information, and is different in its content too. Fuller details about
eficheck are given in this article.
Should you check your EFI firmware against the Allow List?
eficheck's Allow List is intended to ensure that your Mac's EFI firmware is recent, it does not require that it is the current version, as listed above – it's an Allow List. What it is primarily intended to do is check that nothing has tampered with your firmware. So its Allow List is content with older and newer firmware versions – it currently has more than 2,000 entries – but most importantly checks that the version installed is intact, as Apple expects it to be, and hasn't been corrupted or altered.
eficheck as detailed above is the best way to perform that check. Looking through its Allow List won't normally tell you the current version of the EFI firmware for your particular Mac, and can confuse.
What about SMC versions?
Isn't EFI firmware complex enough for you? There is currently no way to check the integrity of other firmware, etc., and no one has even started to focus on SMC versions.
However, if you're that curious, High Sierra and Mojave offer another firmware checker, which examines BCM5701 ethernet devices. In Terminal, type
/usr/libexec/firmwarecheckers/ethcheck/ethcheck --h
to see its usage information. The command
sudo /usr/libexec/firmwarecheckers/ethcheck/ethcheck --integrity-check
performs a check on your ethernet firmware, provided that your Mac has a real ethernet port. You can find the current version of the ethernet firmware listed in the Ethernet Cards section of System Information.
'Cheesegrater' Mac Pro models which are compatible with High Sierra and later, but prior to the 'new' Late 2013 model, with the designator MacPro5,1, are different when it comes to EFI firmware updates. As explained by Apple, you must upgrade these to High Sierra 10.13.6 before upgrading to Mojave, otherwise they will be unable to take further EFI firmware updates. However, doing that should enable them to update using the regular Software Update system in future.
Latest reports from James Elam (thank you, below) show a new-style number of 220.127.116.11.0 after the 10.14.6 update.
(Updated on 27 May 2020 with Security Update 2020-003 updates.)


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Public Comment
LIBRARIES: Re: "What Has Become of the Public Library?"
Dear Berkeleyites,
As a long-time supporter and enthusiastic lover of public libraries, I read Sheila Goldmacher's What Has Become of the Public Library? with sadness, frustration and empathy.
I live in Emeryville, and the library closest to me is the Golden Gate branch of the Oakland library system, where I typically visit twice a month. Golden Gate is the diametric opposite of your main branch: our library is small, often crowded with kids and parents, and we have real live – and very friendly – librarians who check out our books.
I have been frequenting Golden Gate for more than 10 years, and I still get a warm feeling when I am about to go there for my twice-monthly visit. Even the building looks like the school and library buildings I remember from my Back-East childhood in the forties.
So Berkeley, if you're tired and depressed about the tomb-like atmosphere of your public libraries (even your South branch has lost much of its charm since the renovation), come on down to Golden Gate! We're happy to show you a real public library – just like in the old days.


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Banks are planning to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to break the impasse with the fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB), which is declining to pay them the dues till investigations into the ₹11,500-crore LoU scam are completed, according to an official who attended a meeting of major lenders on the issue.
"All the banks first tried to convince PNB to honour the commitments.
"But they are saying let the investigations be over…. so, ultimately, we decided to refer the matter to the RBI for a final decision," said the official who attended a meeting of lenders on Saturday. The banks have decided to approach the central bank through the Indian Banks' Association (IBA). Last week, the state-run lender informed the stock exchanges about the detection of $1.77 billion (₹11,500 crore)-worth unauthorised transactions where fraudulent letters of undertaking (LoUs) were issued from a branch in Mumbai to secure overseas credit.
'Liable to pay'
Bankers, at the meeting, pointed out that LoUs were issued by PNB for buyers' credit.
Since the other banks had extended loans to PNB (the amount was credited to PNB's NOSTRO account) which, in turn, gave the funds to firms involved in the fraud, the state-run lender was liable to pay the other lenders.
Allahabad Bank, for example, had an exposure of $366.87 million and State Bank of India $212 million to PNB. If PNB did not pay them, these lenders would have to classify the loans (given to PNB) as NPAs. In that case, the total loan impairment arising out of this particular case could rise to ₹20,000 crore, banking industry sources said. "Bank is fully secured by LoU documents and fully confident of receiving the payments," Allahabad Bank had informed the exchanges.
Public sector banks, already reeling under huge non-performing assets (NPAs), do not want to their books to be impaired further by this issue which, they said they believed, is not of their making. As a result, they now want the regulator to break the deadlock as soon as possible.
2015 guidelines
"They (RBI) have already issued a guideline in 2015 for similar kinds of cases. They have to just reiterate the guideline which covers all these kinds of scenarios," said another banker.
RBI had pointed out to the failure of internal control of PNB as being the main reason for the fraud taking place. It said it was assessing the situation and would take appropriate supervisory action. It may be reaclled that the banking regulator had already undertaken a supervisory assessment of control systems in PNB.
'Backed by assets'
Some of the banks that had exposure to the companies of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi — the main accused in this fraud — said their loans were backed by the assets of companies such as Gitanjali Gems.
The Enforcement Directorate had conducted searches at several properties belonging to Mr. Modi and reportedly seized diamond and gold jewellery worth more than ₹5,000 crore.


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February 9, 2016
Robert Jordheim
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jenny Highlander, APR, CPRC
Director, Corporate Communications
ALACHUA, Fla. (February 9, 2016) – RTI Surgical Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, announced today that it plans to release financial results from the fourth quarter and year end 2015 on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, prior to the market open.
RTI will host a conference call and simultaneous audio webcast to discuss fourth quarter and year end results at 8:30 a.m. ET the same day. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (877) 383-7419 (U.S.) or (760) 666-3754 (International). The webcast can be accessed through the investor section of RTI's website at www.rtix.com. A replay of the conference call will be available on RTI's website for one month following the call.
RTI Surgical is a leading global surgical implant company providing surgeons with safe biologic, metal and synthetic implants. Committed to delivering a higher standard, RTI's implants are used in sports medicine, general surgery, spine, orthopedic, trauma and cardiothoracic procedures and are distributed in nearly 50 countries. RTI is headquartered in Alachua, Fla., and has four manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Europe. RTI is accredited in the U.S. by the American Association of Tissue Banks and is a member of AdvaMed. For more information, please visit www.rtix.com.
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, our management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by our management. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, except for historical information, any statements made in this communication about anticipated financial results, growth rates, new product introductions, future operational improvements and results or regulatory actions or approvals or changes to agreements with distributors also are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risks described in public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results reflected in these forward-looking statements. Copies of the company's SEC filings may be obtained by contacting the company or the SEC or by visiting RTI's website at www.rtix.com or the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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