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Students, Colleagues Pay Tribute to Dr. Daniel Swets
At a memorial service on Wednesday, Dr. Daniel Swets, associate professor and chair of computer science and mathematics, was remembered as a talented scientist and revered teacher who cared deeply about his students, his colleagues and, most of all, his family.
He was the kind of guy who judiciously brought orange juice, donut holes and bananas to every test he gave; a quiet guy who didn't seek recognition for the countless grants he secured; or, for the complex scientific endeavors and research he managed with students at his side.
Dan Swets, his colleagues and friends said, was a professor who was much more than a scholar – he was a teacher who took the time to listen and provide counsel to his students and was committed to helping young people discover the wonder of science.
As president of the South Dakota Robotics Association and a partner at the South Dakota FIRST LEGO League, Swets played a key role in developing the FIRST LEGO League competition in Sioux Falls, part of a larger program called For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST). The competition allows middle school students (ages 9-14) to design, build, and program an autonomous robot to earn points for accomplishing prescribed missions on a 4x8 playing field. They also give presentations on research projects where they have tackled a problem and proposed a novel solution.
Funeral Services
11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from Noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home.
Participants must work as a team and be able to articulate what they did and how they accomplished it. The national organization calls it "Sport for the mind."
Swets agreed with that description.
"The basic premise is that if what our culture values and emulates is movie stars and sports heroes, why can't we make science just as cool? That's our basic philosophy. We encourage kids to explore science and engineering through fun, hands-on learning that's driven by competition. It gives kids something to work for, and the tournaments make them feel like rock stars," he said earlier this year.
Swets was killed in a plane crash Friday, Dec. 9, near the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. He was 47. Kevin Anderson, Augustana class of 1987; Joshua Lambrecht; and Brian Blake were among the other victims.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with burial to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from Noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home.
Prior to yesterday's service at the Chapel of Reconciliation, students, friends and colleagues hung tributes near Swets' office inside GSC and shared memories of him via Augustana's Facebook page and by email:
Dr. Ivan Fuller, former chair of the Augustana Performing and Visual Arts Department:
Dan was one of the kindest and most gentle souls I knew at Augustana. When I served with him on the Curriculum Council he made the meetings a place we wanted to be and inspired me to model the same calm in the storm of life's challenges. I ...already missed you, Dan, by my own departure from Augie. I grieve the loss that everyone else now knows and can only hope that others will share the inspiration that was a life well-lived.
Ian Malloy:
I began working with Dr. Swets my last semester at Augie. The inspiration he gave me through his encouragement and praise led to funding from NASA to design AI. Without Dr. Swets, I wouldn't have had the courage to found my company, Malloy Labs Llc., or work in software development. I lost a great friend, mentor, and adviser and I will miss him incredibly.
Dr. Mike Nitz, associate professor of Communication Studies:
Dan was a great colleague and friend. He was a blast to teach Capstone with. He really had great ideas to share and we had I thought a good joking relationship. Science was important to him but so was the communication of it. He was immeasurable in his help as Fulbright advisor as well, going above and beyond to give student applicants extra help. More recently, we saw each other a lot at Brandon events.
Erin Mangen:
Although I did not know Dan very well, I did have the opportunity to interview him and Kevin for a story I was working on about a week ago during a LEGO league practice round. He was very enthusiastic and excited about the tournament in February. But, most of all, I remember how kind and genuine he was. Augustana, the community and his family lost a great guy.
Joe Murphy, class of 2013:
I'm currently in two classes taught by Dr. Swets, and I can say with utmost certainty that going to class on Tuesday and not having him there will be one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. Dr. Swets hired me for research this ...summer in the field of satellite imaging and I was in constant contact with him throughout the summer, and continued to talk to him about the research throughout this semester. Not only was he a truly outstanding professor, but after spending a lot of the last six months of my life with him, I can say he was a dear friend that I will miss for the rest of my life.
Kayla Vogelsang:
I had Dr. Swets for a geography class last year and I would not have wanted to take that class with anyone else. He never raised his voice when he got frustrated and he was truly interested in helping us learn. He was so passionate about ...what he taught and he gave everything that he had to those classes. Although I only had him for one class, from that one class I learned the importance of patience and what caring about your students really means. He will be very missed at Augustana.
Dr. Sherry Feinstein, professor of Education:
Dan was a sweet and gentle man, he was one of the nicest people I ever worked with. When I was trying to get a Fulbright, Dan spent a great deal of time revising my attempts and giving me direct, no non-sense suggestions for improvement - he made the difference. He was a wonderful friend to the education department, he never let anything throw him, always remained calm - what a loss. He will be greatly missed.
Tyler Schultz, class of 2013:
Dr. Swets was an incredible man, and an amazing professor. The courses that he taught were not easy, but he knew every bit of information like the back of his hand. If there was a concept or a certain piece of material that was challenging,... he would go above and beyond to make sure that each and every student understood it. Whether it was in class, or outside of class, you could ask a question anytime, and he would always be there to give an answer. I had the opportunity to help Dr. Swets by volunteering at the FIRST Lego League last year, and am planning on volunteering again. He was extremely passionate about this event, because it really helps to foster science and technology in younger children, and because he had a blast working with the kids as well. He was passionate about everything he did, and his passion and kindness will be missed by everyone who was lucky enough to have known him.
Catherine Meredyk:
Without Dr. Swets I would have never fallen into the field of Computer Science. He mentored me extensively through most of my time at Augie and got me interested in the field of statistical computing, pushing the boundaries of what a machin...e could "know" about very large data sets at the time. He became a dear friend during those years as well. His quiet passion for technology and his ability to push me exactly in the direction I never knew I always wanted to go while being supportive changed my life; I wouldn't be where I am today without his encouragement and friendship during that time. To say I will miss him is an understatement.
Renee Poirier, class of 2012:
I never realized how much I was capable of learning until I had a course with Dr. Swets. That man knew how to exercise our minds when it came to topics of computer science. If he was as physically fit as his brain was mentally fit, he would... put David Beckham to shame. I admired his love for the classes he taught and the people he was teaching it to. Who else would be kind enough to bring donut holes, bananas, and juice to EVERY SINGLE test he ever gave. It will be a challenge to be in his classroom without seeing that bearded smile as he would explain to us the pumping lemma for context-free languages. Dr. Swets, I promise to never reinvent the wheel.
Aaron Cusher (and family):
Dr. Swets advised me on my first research project during my senior year at Augie, 2002. I was a computer science major without a lot of direction, and Dr. Swets used his experience to broaden my perspective. He taught me that learning about computers was more than basic activities like programming, and showed me how the skills we learned could be applied on different technical areas. Our research project was invited to be displayed at an event in Washington DC, and Dr. Swets and I attended together. That experience exposed me to a wealth of options I never considered when sitting in the Gilbert Science Center. After college I finished a Ph.D. in engineering and currently work for a research based national laboratory. So much of my progress is because of his inspiration. Dr. Swets was passionate about teaching and developing students, and I'm only one example of many who owe him a great debt of gratitude. God Bless his family and friends who have suffered such a loss. He will be greatly missed.
FIRST® – the nonprofit organization that developed and manages the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) program globally:
On behalf of FIRST and FLL, we will truly miss Dan, who took the helm as the official Operational Partner this summer. He was a kind and thoughtful man who helped grow the FLL program in South Dakota since its inception there three years ago. We also know Kevin and Josh were instrumental to Dan's success, and there are now 62 teams in the state thanks largely to their dedication. Although the SD FLL community is reeling from the shock and depth of this loss, it is also determined to carry on the work of these three men to honor their memory.
As we mourn, we will also fondly remember Dan for his passion for sharing his knowledge about science, technology and programming, as well as his outstanding commitment to the children of South Dakota. Our hearts and sympathies go out to his wife and family, to the Anderson and Lambrecht families, and to the FLL community in South Dakota, as well as the family of the pilot who also lost his life in the crash
We greatly appreciate the support you provided to Dan and FLL, and now to his family, colleagues and students who will long remember this kind and giving man.
Paul Marshall, class of 2006:
I feel very fortunate that I got to know Dr. Swets over the years I spent at Augustana. One thing that I will always remember is the large collection of books and journals he lent to students as well as the massive amount of computers and devices he kept in his lab. Dr. Swets didn't just encourage students to pursue their own interests, he tried to make sure that he was able to help them with virtually any project, whether it was building robots or clusters, researching artificial intelligence techniques or writing software to process satellite images. His support and enthusiasm is a major reason why I am pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science. He was a remarkable teacher, mentor, and friend who always made time for me and went out of his way to help me achieve my goals; he will be greatly missed.
Jonathan Runyan, class of 2008:
Dan Swets and I actually met in the Augustana College Community Band. I played trombone and he was sitting right by me since he played tuba. There was never a rehearsal when we weren't joking back and forth and sharing a laugh. Robyn, Dan, Glenda (Robyn's mom) and I were members of the College Community Band Tour that went to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. As a group we had a great time performing and touring. I really appreciate getting to know Dan through music as well as through computer science. I was a student of Dan's my senior year at Augustana, and he was both personable and knowledgeable. I want to thank Dan for being a mentor to me, and more importantly, for being a great friend.
Matthew Stoker:
Dr. Swets was an incredible professor who always went above and beyond the call of duty for his students. The impact Dr. Swets has made on my life is what I can only assume he would do for any student in need. I was on the verge of leaving Augustana College but after going in and talking with Dr. Swets, my faculty advisor, he convinced me that he would make it worth my while to stay. In the summer of 2010 I participated in a summer research project with Dr. Swets.
The experience I gained with Dr. Swets and the recommendation he wrote for me are a direct credit to the successful career I am enjoying today. His strong recommendation and intriguing research project has caught the eye of every potential employer I've had. Dr. Swets helped me get my foot in the door anywhere I've wanted.
My life would be drastically different if I didn't stay at Augustana College. I credit Daniel Swets with being the solution to one of the biggest problems in my young life. My prayers go out to his family, to the Augustana community, and anyone who is suffering due to this loss.
Laura (Pfeifer) Vardoulakis, class of 2002:
I am extremely saddened to hear about the loss of Dr. Swets. Dan was my mentor at Augie and a huge influence on my life. I remember my first class that I had with him, Computer Organization (CS 235). It was a notoriously difficult course, but Dan still managed to make it a little fun. I'll never forget a particular assignment for which we needed to draw a complex circuit. Our assignments were done on pencil and paper (back in the day), and the assignment required around 50 logic gates crammed onto the paper, all connected with squiggly, criss-crossing lines. There was no possible way anyone could have made sense of that circuit! I chuckled when I handed it in, and I'm sure Dan chuckled trying to decipher it.
It was Dan's encouragement that led me to explore scientific research. He funded me to work on a research project, invited me out to EROS data center to meet other scientists, and even brought me and other students along to the scientists' monthly happy hours. These events seemed small to me at the time, but they weren't. He opened up the world of research to his students. His encouragement made me realize that a scientific career wasn't something out of my reach, on the contrary, he showed me that it was something I could enjoy and even be a career where I could thrive.
This summer, I will be completing my PhD in Computer Science. I was already thinking about the email that I would send to Dan and the other CS faculty, with my dissertation attached, thanking them for all of their support and expressing how it was really their encouragement during the early years that got me to where I am today. I'm so saddened that I'll never be able to send that email to Dan and express how much he influenced me. I only hope that I can provide the same level of encouragement to young students.
Dan, you will be missed.
PS: Dan, I installed a new graphics card in my computer today and it took me about 60 seconds - I knew what I was doing because of you.
Dr. Mark Hallenbeck, associate professor of education:
Dan Swets was a wonderful friend and dedicated colleague. What more could anyone ask to be said of him? He was the kind of guy who would roll up his sleeves and work on whatever needed to be done, with no need for fanfare. But I think I will most remember – and miss – Dan's quick, dry wit. His understated asides were always welcome during committee reports at faculty meetings. As a dedicated Michigan State Spartan football fan, he coined a phrase that continues to resonate during our annual Michigan State-Notre Dame game watch parties whenever an MSU defensive back is called for pass interference: "Aw, he was just trying to get better acquainted!" Many of our elementary education majors were fortunate to have Dan in class. Today I shared two tributes to Dan in all my classes because, for me, they articulate much more eloquently than I possibly could his dedication to his work and his humble commitment to his fellow man: Jackson Browne's "Alive in the World" ("I want to live in the world, not inside my head; I want to live in the world, I want to stand and be counted with the hopeful and the willing, with the open and the strong... I want to live in the world, not behind some wall; I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call...") and the poem "To Be of Use," by Marge Piercy ("The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight... I want to be with people who submerge in the task, who go into the fields to harvest and work in a row and pass the bags along, who stand in the line and haul in their places, who are not parlor generals and field deserters but move in a common rhythm when the food must come in or the fire be put out..."). From now on, when I think of the Core Values of Augustana College, I will think of my friend and colleague Dan Swets. It won't be the same without you, Dan.
Dr. Robert E. Wright, Nef Family chair of political economy:
Dan was my tenure mentor ... very generous with his time and advice. He will be missed for a very, very long time.
Laura Mullen:
Dan Swets and Kevin Anderson gave my 12 year old son the gift of self confidence and the opportunity to be a part of a team. I will always be grateful to them for their efforts with First Lego League. They truly made a difference in our lives and they will be greatly missed.
Jared Soundy, class of 2012, eulogized Swets at the Augustana memorial service. His message follows:
Before I begin, I have a short announcement. Dr. Swets brought orange juice, donut holes, and bananas to every test. So in honor of him, there will be orange juice, donut holes, bananas, and a mandatory theory of computation final in the foyer after the service.
I first heard of the accident while on a double date last Friday night at Grille 26. Since then the second to last line of George MacDonald's book, Phantastes, has been steadily repeating in my head. It has continually brought me comfort, and I'd like to share it with you:
"Yet I know that good is coming to me – that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it."
I find this line fitting, because as I look back on Dr. Swet's life, I see not only all of the good that he has done, but the countless seeds that he has planted and the good that will be coming from those seeds. This speech is not so much about the overwhelming impact that Dr. Swets made when he was alive, but rather it is about the much greater impact that he will continue to make through us: his students, both middle-schoolers and Vikings; his colleagues and his friends; and most importantly his family.
There is an article on Keloland about the South Dakota Lego robotics league continuing with events as planned last Saturday. I know that this is exactly what Dr. Swets would want. Dr. Swets strived to make us innovators, those who would use technology to change the world. Every class was filled with a life lesson and a fantastic story, such as how the software went buggy while the space shuttle was in orbit and they wrote a patch for it in 30 minutes. "And that's why you always clean up the cache after you're done using it," he would say.
Circuits and algorithms were only a fraction of what he imparted to his students. He was a genuinely loving and caring man, and he brought those qualities out in those around him as well. I made some of my closest friendships while in his Computer Organization class. Even though I had taken multiple classes with these individuals before, it was not until his class that we bonded over circuits and really bad-tasting coffee.
The Lego robotic league in many ways characterizes Dr. Swet's personal philosophy of not just using what we have been gifted with for our own success, but investing our gifts in something that will make a difference. I remember talking to him about career choices, and he said to me, "Jared you have a gift. Now you could use that gift to do what is comfortable, and you'd probably do well at it. Or you go down a path that nobody has walked down before, and then others could follow you."
When I think of what Dr. Swets has done I know that good is coming – that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it.
Fellow students, faculty, and staff, family and friends, I ask that in memory of Dr. Swets we make a difference, that's what he would want.
Dr. Daniel Lee Swets
Dr. Swets was born Sept. 1, 1964, in Chicago Ill., to Kenneth and Rosemary (Engbers) Swets. He grew up and attended school in Holland, Michigan, graduating from Holland Christian School in 1982.
He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1986. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., in 1991 and 1996, respectively.
Since 1983, he had been a computer consultant to the small business community. From 1986-1987, he was employed as a software engineer at Rockwell International, Downey, Calif., on the Space Shuttle Orbiter Backup Flight System. From 1987-1992, he was an aerospace software engineer at Smiths Industries, Grand Rapids, working on embedded software for flight systems and ground station software. From 1990-1991, he was an instructor at the Grand Rapids Community College and at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich. He was an Ameritech Fellow at Michigan State University, East Lansing, from 1994-1995, while pursuing his Ph.D. degree.
His graduate research encompassed facial recognition software, instigating a new approach to image processing, a project that eventually led to a real-time face recognition program in use after the attacks on 9/11. Throughout his career, Dan worked on a variety of projects. His most notable successes were his work with the defense department and NASA, working on the guidance system of Marine One as well as the braking system of the Space Shuttle Orbiter.
He served as the associate director for the NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium and was chair of the NASA EPSCoR Steering Committee in South Dakota.
At Augustana, where he was a computer science professor for 16 years, Swets taught the hardware sequence for computer science majors and was responsible for many of the upper-level electives in the department, such as Graphics, Networks, and Parallel Processing. His current research interests included algorithm development for remote sensing, computer vision, content-based image retrieval, computer graphics, virtual reality and robotics. His passion for education
A true renaissance man, Swets also loved music, playing in the Augustana College Community Band for six years.
He is survived by his wife Robyn; children Joseph, 20; Kira, 18; Megan, 14; and Benjamin, 1; his parents, Kenneth and Rosemary Swets; and siblings Keith, Paul, Lynn, Mark, and Beth.
Kelly Sprecher
Communications & Media Relations


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Office of Institutional Advancement. GTU Photograph Collection
Office of Institutional Advancement. GTU Photograph Collection
Collection number: GTU 97-9-1Graduate Theological Union Archives
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, California
- Processed by:
- Lucinda Glenn Rand
- Date Completed:
- June 2000
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
3.5 linear feet
Scope and Content of Collection
Container List
Oversize photographs 1973-1993
GTU Library. Interior and exterior (continues in Box 6) ca. 1983 1989 1991 1993
Winged Figure. DeStabler statue (continues in Box 4, ff 16-20) ca. 1993
Louis I. Kahn model of the GTU Library ca. 1973
GTU Library construction, "Topping Off" ceremony (from Ross Hidy, PLTS) ca. 1986
American Baptist Seminary of the West
Alumni/ae ca. 1989-1997
Diner 1989
Lunch/Reception ca. 1990s
Distinguished Alumni Award (first award), Margaret Miles 1991
AAR GTU Reception, Distinguished Alumni Award, Patrick Kalilombe (NB 1) (see also ff 23) 1994
Disting. Alum. Award, Yeow Choo Lak (see also ff 14) (NB 1) 1995
Alumni Tea 1996
AAR GTU Reception, Distinguished Alumni Award, Terry Dempsey (NB 1) (see also ff 15) 1997
Graduates Reception 1997
Adeney, Frances
Bowman, Charles
Brown, Marvin
Choo Lak, Yeow (see also ff 7)
Dempsey, Terrence (see also ff 9)
Driskoll, Joe
Fischer, Mark (negatives only, NB 3, ff 6)
Fonrobert, Charlotte (NB 1, ff 40)
Graboys, Angela
Grovijan, Jane
Heung Sure
Hunt, Mary
Kahn, Yoel
Kalilombe, Patrick (see also ff 6)
Kashtan, Inbal (NB 1, ff 11)
Kille, Andrew (NB 1, ff 40)
King, Chris
Koczela, Kevin
Mark, Barry (NB 1, ff 11)
Martin-Kershaw, Nancy (NB 1, ff 40)
O'Toole, Pat
Perez, Carlos (NB 1, ff 12)
Poetig, Kathryn (NB 1, ff 12)
Reissberg, Ron (NB 1, ff 11)
Rittersbach, Austin (first GTU Ph.D. 1967)
Rock, Jay
Siqueira, Judith
Smith, Thee
Stelmach, Harlan
Stokes, Chandler (NB 1, ff 40)
Tabler, Carol (NB 1, ff 40)
Tam, Jonathan
Tamir, Hammutal (NB 1, ff 11)
Traer, Robert (NB 1, ff 12)
Voisin, Carol
Jean-Bertraud Aristide Visit to Berkeley and the GTU, April 1994 (NB 1) 1994
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Art Exhibits 1975-1995
Courage in the Face of Aids, Carolyn Jones, Photographer 1994
The Visible Word (Ikons), Eugene Ludwig and Kevin Koczela, curators (NB 1) 1998
Identified and Unidentified:
Crucifixion and Resurrection Fall 2000
Perceptions of the Spirit 1979
Unidentified, possibly Stephen DeStabler exhibit, Negatives only, NB 2, ff 15
Unidentified, page of William Blake book, Negatives only, NB 1
Berkeley, street scenes (including Telegraph Ave.) and long shots of city and bay, various dates (NB 3, ff 9: includes GTU Bookstore)
GTU Catholic schools presidents with Claude Welch: Kenan Osborne, Richard Hill, Janko Zagar ca. 1975
Center for Ethics and Social Policy 1970-2006
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Center for Jewish Studies ca. 1988-95
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Center for Jewish Studies Advisory committee meeting (?) (NB 1) ca. 1992-93
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, unidentified meeting ca. mid 1990s
Mary Cross and Mary Ellen Gaylord ca. 1980s
Unidentified meeting ca. 1995
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CWR House n.d.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, (NB 2, ff 3, 40-42) ca. 1970-2005
Conferences and Events
Aboriginal Artists, Hilary Martin (NB 1) 1994
Baby Boomers Seminar, (NB 1) 1/1995
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Blessing of the Grapes, Sterling vineyards, (NB 1) 1992
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Buddha's Birthday, City of 10,000 Buddhas, Ukaiah, CA May 1994
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Celebration of GTU's Past, Present, and Future Jan 1991
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Christian-Confucian Conference (NB 1) July 1991
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Christo event April 1988
Dillenberger Lecture (NB 1) 1991
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Ecumenical Consultation 1978
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Publication of the book, The Good Society, Robert Bellah (NB 1) 1991
Tony Kushner, "The Power of the Millenium" Oct 1995
Religion: Source of Conflict, Source of Hope, Conference for the 30th Anniversary of GTU and the Inauguration of Glenn Bucher (NB 1) Sep 1993
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Thanksgiving service celebrating GTU 30th Anniversary Sep 1993
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Shalom Hartman event (NB 1) ca. 1995
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Surjit Singh Lecture (?) Huston Smith (NB 1) 1994
Reception for Huston Smith and Phillip Novak, publication of their new book (?) Nov 1994
Theological Perspectives on the Gulf War (NB 1) 1991
Theology of the Slave Narrative 1991
Visual Arts and Religious Communities. Doug Adams, Jane Dillenberger, Frederick Brown 1995
Voicing Values Project (NB 1) 1996
Unidentified events (NB 1) ca. 1987-1995
Bishop John Cummins. With Claude Welch ca. 1981
Dalai Lama visit, with Claude Welch ca. 1978
Dalai Lama visit (NB1) 1994
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Stephen DeStabler. (NB 2, ff 15) Statue: Winged Figure (NB 1) 1991-1993
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (NB 2, ff 40-42) 1970-2005
Distinguished Faculty Lecture. Ted Peters. With Judith Berling, Bob Russell 1991
Adams, Doug, PSR
Biale, David, CJS (NB 1, ff 40)
Brown, Robert McAfee, PSR
Coleman, John, JSTB
Coote, Robert, SFTS (NB 1, ff 40)
Countryman, William, CDSP
Cummings, George, ABSW
Defner, Andrew
Dillenberger, Jane, GTU
Donnelly, Dody (negative only)
Ernst, Eldon, ABSW (NB 1, ff 40)
Farwell, Lyn, JSTB
Fischer, Clare, SKSM (NB 1)
Foster, Durwood, PSR
Harumpaa, Toivo, PLTS
Juergensmeyer, Mark, GTU (NB 1)
Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl, CWR (NB 1)
LaBelle, Patrick
Lara-Braud, Jorge, SFTS
Lebacqz, Karen, PSR (NB 1, ff 40)
Martin, J. Hilary, DSPT
Matt, Daniel, CJS
McCoy, Charles, PSR
Mendiola, Michael, PSR
Neiman, Frank, SAT
Nakasone, Ron, IBS, PSR
Osborne, Kenan, FST
Peters, Ted, PLTS (NB 1, ff 40)
Powers, Joseph, JSTB
Reed, Stephen, PSR
Robb, Carol, SFTS (NB 1, ff 40)
Sano, Roy, PSR
Schneiders, Sandra, JSTB
Shepherd, Massey, CDSP
Singh, Surjit, SFTS
Tanaka, Ken, IBS
Taylor, Charles, CDSP
Winston, David, CJS
Wire, Ann, SFTS (NB 1, ff 40)
Meeting, unidentified. Glenn Bucher Sandra Schneiders, Daniel Matt (NB 2, ff 40) ca. 1993
Contact Sheets ca. 1988 1997
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Meeting of Hospital Chaplains ca. 1965
The First Twenty Years, contact sheets (NB 3, 1-3) 1982
GTU LeConte Building
GTU Library
Pat Dutcher-Walls
Georgiana Moe
American Baptist Seminary of the West
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
Franciscan School of Theology
Jesuit School of Theology
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley: Hills with Campanili
Starr King School for the Ministry
June Hunt
John Baker-Batsel
Elizabeth K. Over
Franciscan School of Theology
Graduate Theological Union
Aerial shots of GTU neighborhood ca. 1973-74
Annex building (NB 2, ff 3)
10th Anniversary Service, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Jan 1973
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GTU Annual Report, contact sheets (faculty and students)(NB 1) 1990-1991
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GTU Banner
GTU Bookstore ca. 1980-1999
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Classroom shots (NB 1; NB 2, ff 39-40) ca. 1960-1999
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SFTS Commencement: first GTU Ph.D., Austin Rittersbach 1967
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Graduates Dinner ca. 1986-1987
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David Biale, Durwood Foster (NB 1; NB 2, ff 49) ca. 1991-1992
Glenn Bucher, Judith Berling, Peter Hess, Maija Beatty, Timothy Lull, University Christian Church (NB 1) ca. 1993
Sharon-Gay Smith, Judith Berling, Joe Driscoll, Robert Riddell, Eldon Ernst, Glenn Bucher, Doug Adams (NB 1) 1996
Computer Networking?, Macintosh computers ca. 1987
GTU Honorary Degrees: David Daube, Louis Boyer, recipients. (NB 1) 1988
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Speaker: Richard Rodriquez 1994
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Speaker: Rebecca Chopp 1995
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Speaker: David Tracy 1996
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Speaker: Alice Walker 1997
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Clare Fischer 1998
Speaker: Harvey Cox 1999
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Deans (for John Dillenberger and Claude Welch, see Presidents)
Judith Berling
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Sherman Johnson (NB 3)
Margaret Miles, installation Feb 1997
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Development Officers Member Schools 1990, 1996
Friends of the Library: Sacred Texts
Ron Nakasone (NB 2) 1996
Barbara Oliver Undated
Honorary Degrees, Archbishop Lakovos (NB 2) (See also portrait, Box 8, ff 26) 1991
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LeConte Building (NB 2)(Angela Graboys included on contact sheet) ca. 1960s-1992
Renovation (NB 2) 1992-93
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Redication (NB 2) 1993
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After Renovation (NB 2) ca. 1993
Hedco Room (NB 2) ca. 1993
Graduate Theological Union Library
Library Agreement: Formal signing 1971
Scope and Content Note
Bibliographical Center ca. 1966-67
GTU Library when housed in CDSP basement ca. 1970s
Model of Library. Claude Welch, Daphne Greene ca. 1976
Scope and Content Note
Lot prepared for building. Corner, Ridge and Scenic ca. 1978
Groundbreaking ceremony, Claude Welch, Sylvia Hunter May 24, 1979
Library Dedication May 1981
Opening Day Feb 23, 1981
Scope and Content Note
Raise the Roof Celebration (beginning Phase II construction)(NB 2) ca. 1985
Scope and Content Note
Library Directors (for John Dillenberger, see GTU Presidents)
John Baker-Batsel, Retirement Party (NB 2) 1990
Scope and Content Note
Bonnie Hardwick 1999
Mary Williams ca. 1991
Library building. Interior and Exterior. (NB 2) Contact sheets include PSR, CDSP, SKSM, LeConte Building. 1981
Library construction, Phase II. Includes inspection tour by GTU Trustees. ca. 1985-86
Scope and Content Note
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library Naming Ceremony, GTU Banner May 1987
Library building. Interior and Exterior 1987
Library building. Interior and Exterior. With and without people in the shots. With and without Campanile. Includes IDG Architects (Peters, Claybert, Caulfield) brochure listing a design award for GTU Library. (NB 2, ff 14-19) ca. 1990-95
Scope and Content Note
Unidentified Library events. Ross Hidy, Diane Choquette, GTU Banner ca. 1981 ca. 1987
GTU Archives. Lucinda Glenn Rand, Archivist 2000
Students learning to use Library CD-Roms and Internet. (NB 2, ff 20). ca. 1996-97
Scope and Content Note
Students studying in Library ca. 1980s-2000
Scope and Content Note
Library Work Areas, (NB 2 2000
Scope and Content Note
Contact Sheets
Includes LeConte Bldg., Starr King School of the Ministry, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, UC Berkeley ca. 1981-1982
Includes LeConte Bldg., Starr King School of the Ministry, Church Divinity School of the Pacific Refectory, Franciscan School of Theology, Pacific School of Religion Mudd Building ca. 1990-91
Scope and Content Note
GTU Master Plan, Arthur Little, Inc. - Includes Master Plan for Jesuit School of Theology ca. 1966
GTU Presidents
Robert Barr. Portrait shots. Including: Durwood Foster, David Winston, Judith Berling (NB 2)
Good-Bye Party (NB 2) 1992
Scope and Content Note
Michael Blecker. (see also: GTU 89-9-3, Box 14 photos)
Portrait Shots
Installation. Negatives included, also NB 2) 1983
Scope and Content Note
Memorial at GTU. Contact sheets May 1988
Glenn Bucher
Portrait shots (NB 2)
Inauguration (NB 2) Includig Academic Procession, Service, Reception, Dinner 1993
Scope and Content Note
John Dillenberger. Portrait shots including: Paul Yinger, Samuel Herst ca. 1966-99
Sanford Elberg (Acting President). Photos taken at the 1988 GTU Convocation. 1988
Claude Welch. Portrait shots including Daphne Greene
President's Office, GTU Library building 1994
GTU Publications Fairs, (NB 2) 1990 1991
Scope and Content Note
GTU Executive Staff
Eugenia Bowman, Institutional Advancement 1997
Diana Cohen, Development ca. 1991
Robert Hamrudla ca. 1994
June Hunt, VP for Financial Affairs (NB 2) ca. 1994
Elizabeth K. Over, Asst. Dean for Student Services, (NB 2)
Lynwood Walker, Asst. Dean for Continuing Ed. ca. 1973-74
John Baker-Batsel, Library Director 1982
GTU Administrative Staff (NB 2) ca. 1977 1979 1990 1994
Scope and Content Note
GTU Administrative Staff - negatives only (NB 2, ff35) 1984
Scope and Content Note
GTU Library Staff ca. 1981 1990 1993 2000
Scope and Content Note
GTU Library Staff - negatives only (NB 2 ff 38) 1984
Scope and Content Note
GTU Staff, unidentified ca. 1990
GTU Workstudy Student Staff, Administration and Library ca. 1990-1999
Scope and Content Note
GTU Students
Registration ca. 1969
Student Orientation 1980
Scope and Content Note
Students, identified. (See also individual alumni alphbetically by name)
Scope and Content Note
Sudents, unidentified. Individuals and groups at unidentified events (NB 2; and in GTU Viewbook, NB 2, ff 40-42) 1970s-1990s
GTU View Book, contact sheets (ca. 1993, NB 2) ca. 1991-1993
Flora Lamson Hewlett, Separate Accession: GTU 99-10-01. B&W, Color 8x10 prints. Negatives ca. 1965 1975
Hewlett brothers visit. Walter Hewlett, James Hewlett, Glenn Bucher June 1997
Roger Heyns. With Phil Jelley ca. 1987
Archbishop Iakovoa. GTU Honorary Degrees recipient (See also Box 5, ff 39-40 1986
Institute of Buddhist Studies, joining the GTU ca. 1984
Scope and Content Note
Unidentified IBS event: Richard Payne, Heung Sure (NB 2)
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
John the Baptist statue, with artist(negatives only, NB 3, ff 7) 1978
Scope and Content Note
Joseph Lowery 1989
Martin Marty ca. 1995
Mickey Award - Susan Mousel, Judith Berling 1991
Head of Moses, wood carving. Gift of the Benjamin Friend Family to the GTU ca. 1966
Scope and Content Note
Newhall Awards, 1999 recipients (identified on back) 1999
Pacific Asian Center for Theology and Strategies. Julia Estrella 1994
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Chapel; group of faculty and students ca. 1968-70
Pacific School of Religion, buildings and students. Contact sheet includes UCB University Art Museum, ABSW, UCB Faculty Glade (NB 2 ff 3, 14, 40, 45-46) ca. 1990s
Racial/Ethnic Faculty Association ca. 1992
Scope and Content Note
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Alexander Schmermann ca. 1973
Seven Schools Theological Fund. Claude Welch (Others identified on back) ca. 1972
Starr King School for the Ministry (NB 2)
GTU Trustees. Presidents of member schools serve as GTU Trustees. Member school presidents will be identified by their school.
Bishop Floyd Begin
Robert McAfee Brown
Arnold B. Come, SFTS
Charles M. Cooper, PLTS
Harry Corcoran, S.J., JSTB
Richard S. Dinner, with Sylvia Hunter, Jane Newhall
J. Einerman
Richard Goldman
Daphne Greene
Samuel B. Herst, with John Dillenberger and Kevin Wall, O.P.
Richard Hill, S.J., SFTS
Sylvia Hunter
William Jaeger (NB 3, ff 8)
Phil Jelley, with Roger Heyens
Richard Lee
Felix Mansager
Jane Newhall, with Sylvia Hunter, Richard Dinner
William Orrick
Martin Paley
George Rainsford
Robert Riddell
Martin Skewes-Cox
Nancy Solari
Kevin Wall, O.P., DSPT, with John Dillenberger, Samuel Herst
Gordon Weber - Retirement dinner (NB 2) ca. 1982
Scope and Content Note
Martin Weiner
Paul Yinger, with John Dillenberger
Board of Trustees meetings
Contact Sheets ca. 1970-1971 1973
Contact sheet includes GTU staff and Trustees in the library building during construction (NB 2) 1980
Martin Skewes-Cox, Robert Barr, Robert Riddell. Contact sheet includes Commencement, Dinner, Library staff (NB 2) ca. 1991-1992
Robert Riddell, Robert Russell, Rebecca Parker, Eleanor Scott Meyers, Clara Stanton Jones, Mary Ellen Gaylord(?) (NB 2) 1994
Board of Trustees, unidentified event. Sylvia Hunter, Robert Barr, Nancy Solari ca. 1990-1991
University of California, Berkeley. Includes, Campanili, Sather Gate, Sproul Hall, University Art Museum, Tennis Court (south side of GTU Library)
University Christian Church, Berkeley, interior undated
Wilson House and property (2400 Ridge Road). Duplicate copies are in GTU 89-10-1, Claude Welch, President and Dean, Boxes 11 and 24 ca. 1975
GTU Slides
GTU Library, exterior. West front 1987
GTU Library, exterior, North front, no people. Kingmond Young, Photographer 1991
GTU Library, exterior, North front, with Jane Grovijan, Glenn Ambrose. Richard Wheeler, Photographer ca. 1992
GTU Library, exterior, West side, with unidentified people. Kingmond Young, Photographer 1991
GTU Library, exterior, West side, no people 1991
GTU Library, interior, with DeStabler statue, all three levels of atrium. Richard Wheeler, Photographer 1992
GTU Library, exterior, North and West fronts. With and without people. Marie Hempen, Lucinda Glenn Rand, Michael Markwell. Kathleen Kook, Photographer 1993
GTU Library, interior, students studying, using Grace, DeStabler Statue, Circulation (Noel Klavert, Marie Hempen, Oscar Burdick) ca. 1993-94
GTU Schools, with unidentified students. Kathleen Kook, Photographer. Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Franciscan School of Theology, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Starr King School for the Ministry (Faculty: Michael Morris, DSPT; Barry Stenger, FST) 1993
GTU Board of Trustees Meeting 1993
GTU Bookstore 1993
Center for Ethics and Social Policy, Jerome Baggett ca. 1993-94
Pacific School of Religion. Kathleen Kook, Photographer. With unidentified students. Heung Sure walking across PSR 1993
Academic procession, unidentified event ca. 1993
Book Exhibit, GTU Library. "The Faces of Mary" 1988

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At every stage of our life, we are making choice. Choice of to do something or not. Choice of investing our life.
Some of our relatives and friends support it and rests of them oppose our decision. Always ask yourself. "Do I choose my dream, my ambition and make choice accordingly? OR Do I do what is good/right/appropriate and later on I may regret for my choice?" At every stage of life, we have this dilemma. Our culture, parents, works, in-laws, spouse, society…the whole system defines a set of appropriate actions. Our choice demands determination. We have to make choice without negating that system and without surrendering our own identity. Only make sure to maintain the basic values.
We have to pay price for the choice that we make. Each choice we make is providing us a new world of opportunities and experiences. We take small steps towards goal. Many such small steps give a sense of direction. It is beginning of adventure. Everyday when we awake, our choice gives a different looks to life. It is a departure from yesterday.
We contribute to system for getting meaning of life….. further meaning of life…..and for having a sense of fulfillment. At the same time we are also part of system! Life is much more than our work/job/occupation. Life has wider aspects like yourself, family, children. Does respect for elders mean scarification of our own dreams/ambition/choice?
Whenever you face dilemma, just remember this story.
Story always begins with…?
Yes…."once upon a time"
Once upon a time……long long time back yet yesterday only….far far from here yet nearby only….there was a boy. At the stage of adulthood he started making decision about his life…..His parents provides guidance, sometimes agree, sometimes disagree with his decision….Once he left for roaming…to find out his own world…. There was a highway. Parents/friends advised him to follow the highway. As everyone were following it. One more option the boy discovered. It was a not highway. It was not even a way….It was a kind of way passing through forest…The boy choose that way. He made his own way from all the obstacles of forest. He became successful. His success only credited to his choice to choose a difficult way.
This content has been taken from speech by Ms. Indira Parikh at convocation of a Management Diploma course by AMA (Ahmedbad Management Association). Year 2000. The author has put great effort into writing this speech as accurately he could. However the author is not liable of any misinterpretation or incorrectness of the content. This speech is not for support or for publicity of any true or false believes, any school of thought and any particular group of people.
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Rodriguez Dodges Cole, Huston For SLS Win
Paul Rodriguez won his first Street League Skateboarding contest of the season at Portland's Rose Garden Arena on Sunday, narrowly beating X Games Munich champ Chris Cole and escaping Nyjah Huston, whose return to SLS ended after an early ousting in the Flow section of the finals.
In typical Street League fashion, the result of the contest came down to one trick.
In his final attempt of six in the Impact section and needing an 8.4 to secure first place, Rodriguez landed a frontside bigspin heelflip for a score of 8.8, his second-career SLS victory and sweet redemption after finishing second to Cole in Munich.
"Thank you, God," a victorious Rodriguez said. "It's an insane moment. … It was a fight to the death. It's all about the mindset."
Second-place winner Cole acknowledged the neck-and-neck competition by pointing at Rodriguez before attempting an ultimately unsuccessful backside 360 kickflip for his final trick.
However, Cole notched two nine-point tricks to get to that moment, finishing only 1.5 points behind Rodriguez's 48 in the Munich role reversal. In the Control section, Cole landed both a frontside 270 to switch backside lipslide for a 9.4 and a 360 flip noseblunt for a 9.1.
In an unusual turn of events, famously unflappable defending 2012 SLS champion Huston was eliminated early in the finals after two shaky runs in the Flow section. A fall while attempting a nollie backside noseblunt in his second Flow run cost the 18-year-old dearly. After the stumble he was unable to advance further in the contest. It was the earliest in Huston's SLS career that he had been eliminated.
Huston, who says he has never broken a bone skateboarding, was unable to compete in X Games Munich due to a bruised rib sustained while street skating. Prior to bowing out of SLS's fourth competition of 2013, Huston had swept the international series, winning three SLS contests in a row.
Yet, aside from an early fall on a botched kickflip 50-50 in his first run of the day, there was little in his performance during preliminaries that foreshadowed defeat. In fact, true to form, Huston emerged from preliminaries in second place, trailing behind Luan Oliveira, who logged one of the best Flow runs in SLS history earlier in the round.
"What can you do?" Huston said after his loss. "It's skateboarding. We all mess up."
Though Rodriguez's and Cole's age and experience ultimately led to first- and second-place finishes, relative up-and-comer Ishod Wair put on his best SLS performance to date. Wair led both the Flow and Control sections with a 9.0 and a 9.1 respectively. Wair's frontside 180 to switchstance nosegrind to fronstide half cab out was particularly stylish.
Though several falls marred his performance in the Impact section, he finished in fourth place.
Oliveira, a Brazilian skater with proficiencies in technical ability and big impactful tricks, seemed poised to win the Portland event at several points in the evening. In the finals, while leading all competitors after prelims, he executed a nollie hardflip noseslide to big spin out for a 9.2 in the control section.
The highest scoring trick of the contest (as well as the season) award went to Shane O' Neill, who landed a switch double 360 flip for a near-perfect score of 9.9.
The final stop in the Street League regular season will be at X Games Los Angeles, with the 2013 campaign culminating with the Super Crown in Newark, New Jersey. Both contests are next month.
Street League Skateboarding ~ Portland Final
|Paul Rodriguez
|Chris Cole
|Luan Oliviera
|Ishod Wair
|Shane O'Neill
Paul Rodriguez wins SLS Portland
The Course
An overview of Street League Skateboarding's course in Portland, Ore.
The Course
Luan Oliveira
Nyjah Huston
Torey Pudwill
Sean Malto
Shane O'Neill
Chris Cole
Paul Rodriguez's 8.8
P-Rod Wins
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Landau Lifts Large How a HIT routine for several small, ignored, upper-arm muscles can increase the size of your biceps — quickly! by Ellington Darden, Ph.D.
David Landau has been a frequent contributor to this Web site for several years. He's an experienced bodybuilder with a pair of large, well-developed arms.
I met Landau in 1982. He was in charge of the Nautilus room at the YMCA in Warren, Ohio. He and his two workout partners often called me at the Nautilus Headquarters in Florida with questions.
In 1984 David moved to Miami, Florida, and opened a personal-training business. David also brought with him a serious interest in the history of exercise and fitness. Over the last two decades, he's assembled a nice collection of related books, articles, and materials.
More recently, Landau has accumulated copies of much of Arthur Jones's filmmaking library — which included early Nautilus videos — and transferred them to DVDs.
A month ago, I invited David to drop by my new home and private gym. He informed me that he would attend a fitness convention in Orlando in late November and he would drive over the next day.
Landau arrived at my front door about 1:00 PM on December 1, 2007. After an hour of catching up, I challenged him to try a new arm routine that I had designed especially for him. David accepted my challenge.
In case you'd like to try the same routine, here's how it looked on paper:
Front upper arms
Back upper arms
Before I describe the listed exercises, I want to explain my reasoning behind this routine.
First, I knew David liked working his biceps and I was sure he had not focused much on exercises involving the brachialis and coracobrachialis muscles. These muscles lie under the biceps and, when fully developed, can add mass to the biceps area. The deep muscles on the front of the upper arm are trained with the hammer curl, reverse curl, and parallel-grip chin.
Second, I knew David had never used a Bowflex machine, so I wanted him to give it a test drive.
Third, I figured he was not accustomed to using a thick bar and I had one available.
Fourth, after the biceps I decided to blast his triceps on the Bowflex machine with some nonstop triceps extensions followed by bench presses.
Bowflex lying curl, hammer grip, stage repetitions: I use a Bowflex Ultimate machine for this movement, but other Bowflex machines could be easily adapted. Place the seat in the flat position. Sit facing the Power Rods. Lean forward and grasp the left handle in your left hand, but instead of holding it in a supinated position, slide your hand in front of the handle and hold both straps securely with a thumbs-up or hammer grip. Your hand at the top should be firmly against the backside of the handle and it doesn't matter if the handle is straight or perpendicular to your forearms. Either style will work.
With your right hand, grasp the other handle and assume a similar hand position. Lie back with your torso and keep your arms straight. Stabilize your body by placing both feet on the Bowflex frame.
Thumbs-up curl the resistance to your shoulders. Pause and lower the handles halfway down and curl the handles smoothly to the highest level without moving your elbows. Pause, lower halfway, and repeat for 8 to 12 half repetitions. On the last rep, lower the handles until your arms are straight.
Thumbs-up curl the resistance halfway up. Pause, and then lower the resistance until your arms are straight. Again, do not move your elbows. Perform 8 to 12 bottom-half reps. Drop the handles, stand up quickly, and move to the reverse curl.
Reverse curl with a thick-handled barbell: With a pronated grip, pick up the thick bar with your hands slightly wider than your shoulders and stand. Keep your elbows stable. Lean forward slightly and reverse-curl the barbell smoothly. Near the top, extend your head and let the bar touch your forehead. Pause and lower the bar slowly. Repeat for 8 to 12 reps. On the last rep, place the thick bar on the floor, and move immediately to the chinning bar.
Negative-only chin with a parallel grip, for 1 very slow rep: The Nautilus Multi-Exercise machine is perfect for this exercise since the top parallel bars are 21-inches apart. If you don't have access to such a machine, or something similar, hold onto a standard chinning bar with a pronated grip.
Climb up the stairs, grasp the handles, and get ready to lower yourself for 30-60 seconds. You're going to really feel the effects in the lower part of your biceps and below, clear to the bone. It's best to have a buddy, with a watch with a second hand, call out your time in seconds (5, 10, 15, 20, and so on) as you descend.
Begin at the top and hold the highest position as long as possible — which won't be long. Continue to hold, or try to hold, each segmented level. Your goal is to be halfway down at 30 seconds. Try to keep your elbows in vertical alignment with your hands.
David made exactly 60 seconds on the lowering, which was indeed a yeoman's effort. Afterward, he commented that he felt a very tight, thorough pump in the front of his upper arms. Then, it was into his triceps exercises.
Bowflex seated triceps extension, stage repetitions: Adjust the seat to the 45-degree position and sit facing away from the Power Rods. Grasp the handles, bring to the shoulders, and then straighten your elbows. Keep your elbows stable and lower the handles so they are by your ears. This is your starting position.
Push the handles vertically, but come to a smooth stop at the halfway point. It's important to keep your elbows stable. Lower to the bottom and repeat for 8 to 12 reps. On the last rep, extend your elbows completely. You're now ready for the top-half stage.
With your thumbs on the handles nearly touching, lower the handles to your forehead. Press the handles smoothly in an arc until your elbows are straight. You should feel an intense contraction in your triceps. Crank out 8 to 12 reps. On the final repetition, with no adjustment of the Power Rods, move right into the bench press.
Bowflex bench press: The idea here is to use your pectoral muscles, which have not been significantly worked, to force your exhausted triceps to a deeper level of fatigue. With the handles shoulder-width apart, press the handles over your chest and lower smoothly until your thumbs are near your shoulders. Grind out as many reps as possible and then try 1 more. You should be able to get 8 or more reps.
After working his upper arms, David took a 5-minute rest. What a pump he had. By the time I retrieved my camera, 15 minutes had passed since he finished his brief, specialized routine. His guns were still loaded, as you'll see in the attached picture.
David Landau is 5' 8" tall and weighs a solid 170 pounds. His personal training business in Miami, Florida, is called Advanced Exercise. At 50 years of age, David has a history of lifting large to develop his upper arms. This routine may be just what he needs to get a little more mass on his biceps.
For the last year, Landau has been training no more than once a week. He realizes that muscles grow, not during the exercise, but during the REST in-between workouts.
Anyone who has been training for more than 10 years, as David has, can often benefit from three or four consecutive workouts that target smaller, often-neglected muscles — such as the brachialas and coracobrachialis. If you fall into this category, why don't you consider applying this specialized routine?
I'm aware that many of you don't have access to a Bowflex machine, a thick-handle barbell, nor a Nautilus Multi-Exercise machine. Here's what you can substitute for them and still get a unique workout for your upper arms. Review the previous exercise directions, as the basic instructions still apply.
Give this specialized routine a trial for three consecutive workouts and let me know your thoughts. David Landau will also be available on this thread to answer questions directed to him.
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Are you in a world of pain? You're not alone. Four in five people suffer from an achy, breaky back. Here are the surprising culprits and how to feel better fast.
Common Back Pain Causes
It began as a twinge. Then the pain started to radiate down my back when I biked. Bothersome became dangerous when it hurt to turn my head; do not try cycling with impaired neck mobility. Yet I saw no reason to modify my fitness routine. I pedaled. I kickboxed. I lifted weights. And after about three weeks, I paid the price. One sleepless night, pain that felt like a knife in my back pinned me to the couch.
Whether you're a weekend warrior, an elite athlete, or somewhere in between, there's a strong chance that eventually you'll deal with back pain, too. Here's why: Everyday activities that you do without thinking — sitting at the computer, slipping on a pair of shoes, crawling into bed at night — can make or break your spine health. Most aches are caused by strains (injured muscles or tendons) or sprains (damage to the tough fibrous tissue, or ligaments, located where your vertebrae connect to joints). These injuries are typically brought on by overuse, a new activity, excessive lifting, or an accident. Other times, a compressed (aka pinched) nerve, such as in a herniated disk, is to blame for the ache.
Given the prevalence of back pain, you would think we'd have treatment for it down pat. Not even close. "The challenge is that you can't see injuries to tendons, ligaments, and muscles the way you can bone fractures and herniated disks," says Jeffrey Katz, MD, a professor of medicine and orthopedic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the author of Heal Your Aching Back. Despite diagnostic advances, doctors can't pinpoint an exact cause for as many as 85 percent of back problems, which makes them tricky to treat. Spinal manipulation, for example, is controversial — some docs say it does more harm than good — but it's the only remedy that got me off the couch and back on my bike. "Chiropractic care is not without concerns; then again, neither is traditional medicine, particularly when you're dealing with a problem like back pain, which has no easy, one-size-fits-all fix," says Mark Moyad, MD, a FITNESS advisory board member and the director of preventive and alternative medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
Even exercise, which a majority of experts agree is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy back and chase away aches and pains, can be problematic. "When you're sedentary, the muscles supporting the spine get weaker, and you're more prone to injury," Dr. Katz says. But "exercising with improper form — rounding the back when doing dead lifts or arching it during ab work — can place unwanted stress on the spine," notes Robyn Stuhr, a spokeswoman for the American Council on Exercise.
If you fall into the 80 percent of the population that regularly suffers from back pain, take heart: One-third of aches due to a strain or a sprain improve in a week without medical intervention (the remainder may take up to eight weeks). But unless you do some spine tuning — strengthening your back through exercise and fostering healthier habits with our advice here — your odds of a recurrence within six months are about one in three, Dr. Moyad says. Keep your back in tip-top shape by avoiding these seven spinal sins.
Back breaker: You're a screen queen.
Nine hours — that's how long the average person spends hunched over or slouched in front of a screen each day. A Temple University study suggested that increased texting on our latest tech obsessions — smartphones and tablets — is creating more aches and pains in our shoulders, necks, and backs. "It's important to take breaks, do neck exercises, and occasionally hold your phone or tablet out in front of you," says Deborah Venesy, MD, a doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health. For a simple neck reliever, hold your head for 10 seconds in each of the following positions: forward, back, left, and right. Repeat this five times a day.
Sitting all day is hazardous, too. "It puts more pressure on disks and vertebrae than standing or walking," Dr. Katz says. Alleviate the tension with an office makeover. Start with a lumbar-support cushion, such as the Original McKenzie SlimLine ($19, isokineticsinc.com). Then adjust your seat so your computer monitor is at eye level, your arms and knees are bent at a 90-degree angle, and your feet rest on the floor. Finally, go to workrave.org to download a free program that flashes screen reminders to take computer breaks as often as you schedule them.
Back breaker: You ignore your core.
When you hear the word core, you picture six-pack abs. But your core is composed of much more: Back, side, pelvic, and buttock muscles all work together, along with your abs, to allow you to bend, twist, rotate, and stand upright. "Your core is like a crane that supports all of your movements," Dr. Moyad says. Unlike crunches, which focus solely on abdominal muscles, core exercises — lunges, squats, planks, and others — strengthen several spine-supporting muscle groups at once.
Incorporate these moves into your strength routine a few times a week
Back breaker: You sleep on your stomach.
The bedtime belly flop places pressure on joints and muscles, but sleeping on your side or back keeps your spine elongated and neutral. If you must snooze on your tummy, slide a thin pillow under your hips to alleviate pressure on disks, ligaments and muscles. Regardless of your slumber sweet spot, go with a medium mattress (check the manufacturer's scale of firmness and opt for one in the middle range) and a pillow that keeps your head in line with your spine. Research in the Lancet found that people with chronic low-back pain who snoozed on medium mattresses had fewer aches after three months than those who slept on firm beds. So take a tip from Goldilocks: Your bed should be not too hard (this wreaks havoc on hips and shoulders) and not too soft (this puts your back and joints out of whack).
Back breaker: You like to light up.
Cigarettes aren't just hell on your heart and lungs. "Smokers have a higher incidence of recurring back problems," Dr. Katz says. The cause and effects of this are many. Nicotine restricts blood flow to vertebrae and disks, so they may age and break down more quickly. It may also interfere with the body's ability to absorb and use calcium, leading to osteoporosis-related bone and back problems. You know what you have to do: Quit. Go to smokefree.gov to customize your own smoking cessation plan.
Back breaker: You're an emotional mess.
It's no secret that struggling with pain can take a toll on your mental health, and studies have shown that people with back pain are more likely to be depressed. But now doctors are discovering that the reverse may be true as well: In research from the University of Alberta in Canada, people with major depression were four times as likely to develop disabling low-back and neck pain. Some scientists believe that poor coping skills related to depression, such as withdrawing or avoiding problems, may trigger the release of the stress hormone cortisol, causing back and shoulder muscles to tense up and spasm. "The result can be a devastating cycle of chronic pain and depression," Dr. Moyad says. Antidepressants as well as mood enhancers like exercise, meditation, yoga, and deep breathing can help ease stress and make you feel better.
Back breaker: You're a slave to fashion.
Sure, sky-high stilettos are a no-no, but it turns out that flats can cause trouble, too. "Sandals and flip-flops often provide little, if any, arch support. Continuous wear can lead to back, knee, and foot problems down the line," says Megan Tabor, a chiropractor at the Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. But don't worry: You needn't settle for all function and no flair. Alternate styles throughout the week — from high to low, sneakers to sandals — and avoid wearing a particular pair every day. "Shoes should fit properly and offer good arch and heel support," Tabor says. If you walk to work or the bus stop, wear shock-absorbing sneakers, then slip on cuter kicks once you get to the office. Your purse could also be to blame, especially if it's huge and you're lugging it on one shoulder. Try a tote with a wide, padded strap; carry it messenger style; and lighten the load. According to the American Chiropractic Association, your bag should weigh less than 10 percent of your body weight.
Back breaker: You baby your back.
Lying down minimizes stress on the lumbar spine; however, staying sedentary for more than a day or two can actually prolong and worsen pain. In a new study from Sweden, back pain sufferers who remained active recovered more quickly and felt less depressed than those who took it easy. "Low-impact activities like walking and swimming boost blood flow to back muscles while relieving pain and stiffness," Dr. Venesy says. Yoga, with its emphasis on stretching and strengthening, may be one of the most effective spine soothers. After three months of weekly sessions, 60 percent of back-pain sufferers who participated in an Archives of Internal Medicinestudy reported less discomfort, and 40 percent were able to cut back on pain meds.
Treatments for Acute and Chronic Back Pain
Soothe Your Spine
When pain strikes, follow these rules for fast relief.
Get out of bed. If you must lie down, do so for a few hours and for no more than a couple of days. Light activity is best.
Pop an OTC pill. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen and naproxen, reduce inflammation better than acetaminophen. Don't wait for pain to flare up; take as directed on the label.
Alternate hot and cold. Apply a cold compress right after an injury to numb pain sensors and reduce swelling. Switch to heat after 48 hours to stimulate blood flow to the area and soothe aches.
Stay balanced. Bend at the knees to pick up (lightweight!) items; carry them close to your body to minimize pressure on your back. Don't sit down or stand up too quickly.
Pain, Pain Go Away
Acute back pain comes on suddenly but improves over time; chronic pain worsens and can last months. If you don't feel better after three to four days, see your primary care physician. She may refer you to a neurologist or a neurosurgeon if the pain is nerve related; an orthopedist, osteopath, or chiropractor for musculoskeletal problems; a rheumatologist for joint problems; or a physical therapist or physiatrist for rehabilitation exercises. Back specialists typically recommend one or more of the following strategies:
Treatment: Chiropractic care restores mobility by manipulating joints and the spine; it often incorporates massage.
Best for: Acute back pain; not for those with nerve impairment or herniated disks
Find a pro: The American Chiropractic Association (acatoday.org) and your state's Board of Chiropractic Examiners (nbce.org, where you can search for your state)
Treatment: Therapeutic, Swedish, or sports massage uses pressure to stretch and stimulate blood circulation to muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
Best for: Chronic low-back pain
Find a pro: National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (ncbtmb.org)
Treatment: Acupuncture may block pain signals and/or release endorphins.
Best for: Chronic low-back pain
Find a pro: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (nccaom.org)
Treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches mind-body techniques to help manage chronic pain.
Best for: Chronic back pain
Find a pro: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (abct.org)
Treatment: Muscle relaxants provide short-term pain relief from severe muscle spasms.
Best for: Acute low-back pain
Find a pro: Your primary care physician or a specialist can prescribe these drugs.
Treatment: Exercise, such as yoga, stretching, or strength training, improves mobility.
Best for: Acute and chronic low-back pain
Find a pro: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (aapmr.org), American Physical Therapy Association (apta.org) or Association of Academic Physiatrists (physiatry.org).


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Today is the one-year anniversary of my starting to run. It's hard for me to believe I've stuck with it for an entire year—not my usual M.O. I think this blog helped (even though I abandoned it for a while), keeping a log helped, but it also helped to have a running partners and friends who like to do the different races in town. Thank you all for your support. I'm going to celebrate today with my favorite long run by the river and then I'm going to register for a 5K coming up on May 1st. Run for the Zoo: that was my first 5K, a year ago, and I walked more than half of it. I'd started out on a walk/run plan of running a minute, walking a minute and I did that through the 5K (I think I was up to 3-minutes stints by then).
I'm not sure how I feel about this anniversary. A bit emotional, actually. Very proud, but a little embarrassed or disappointed that I haven't become a marathon runner yet. I suppose I thought I would be farther along now than I am. I had a few down months, slogging along, running maybe two or three times a week—a couple of times only once—terrible weeks. February was awful with below freezing weather. I did run some—never missed an entire week, in pretty cold temps mind you, but it did slow me down. A terrible cold, the death of my cat (I actually ran more that week—running is good for grief I found), moving, chaos at work…lots of reasons not to run. And then, to my dismay, I gained weight; six or seven pounds, seemingly overnight. So now, I'm back to watching my weight and pushing myself to run more. It has not been easy. My legs have been weak, flabby in the thighs, muscles have gotten mushy; running has taken a lot more effort this past few weeks than I remember it being in the beginning. But for two weeks I've pushed myself to run longer and more often and it's finally feeling like fun. I'm stronger; seeing some muscle tone in my thighs. I've dropped the weight and I can really tell the difference in the way my body moves, in the energy I have.
It's amazing how quickly one can lose momentum, frightening really. A cupcake here and there; skip this run or that yoga class. It's like I started thinking I was immune to calories. I was eating more but maintaining because, I told myself, I'm running now. Denial is not a river….The fact that I lost the weight by cutting out the junk and exercising wasn't registering at all. I'm not cured of calories; good lesson there and it applies in other areas of my life as well.
My goals for year number two: keep watching what I eat and improve my stamina and consistency. Sure, I want to do a few 5Ks but I'm not concerned with racing. What I really want is to lengthen my runs (4o minutes instead of 25-30) and instead of running three times a week (sometimes 4), get up to running five times a week. I also want to do more trail running. That's what I really love; running on dirt, under trees, and away from cars and buildings is inspiring and makes me love to run.
Here I go, into my second year running…


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"Open solutions like ManageNow® for Data Center Monitoring give us the financial freedom we need to pave the way for new topics and specifications without excessive strain on the IT budget"
Oliver Borcherding, IT Project Manager, LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse
LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse provides its financial products to customers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is the largest regional building society in Germany. Its headquarters are located in the city of Münster. Including its site in Düsseldorf, LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse employs around 800 people. Alongside its office personnel, LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse also employs 1,700 field staff. This specific structure, coupled with the complex network of building society branches, means that the IT system in particular is highly dynamic and the company's Münster-based data center must be able to maintain high levels of reliability and availability.
As IT resources for all business processes for both the office and field-based operations of LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse are provided via the data center, the performance requirements are accordingly high. The IT managers therefore wanted to focus on system management for the data center and all field sites. IT Project Manager Oliver Borcherding and his team were concerned by the increasing operating costs and lack of visibility and expandability for the system management systems that had been installed over the years. LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse wanted to free itself from the ever-increasing complexity of adapting the IT system to suit the changing situations. Instead, it wanted to integrate a streamlined, open and effective management solution into the data center. The building society wanted to see dramatic improvements in the monitoring of the entire IT infrastructure. The team wanted to consolidate and standardize its monitoring applications. LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse needed the enterprise IT management system of the future:
LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse's IT team chose ManageNow® for Data Center Monitoring by Fujitsu. The building society's decision-makers were ultimately won over by ManageNow® after comparing the investment, customization and administration costs. One of the deciding factors was that Fujitsu's ManageNow® solution portfolio is built on over a decade of practical experience. Another vital factor was the promise that the implementation of ManageNow® could quickly establish a new, tailored standard for the creation of a structured IT infrastructure, which could easily be adapted to suit the constantly changing requirements of the future. Thanks to Fujitsu's open solution, LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse was able to consolidate its various system management and reporting tools and now uses a single, open management product at the Münster data center for completely automated monitoring of the client-server infrastructure. André Brinkmann, IT Service System Engineer at LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse, summarizes the benefits of the new monitoring solution: "The visual representation of the new interface is very compelling and covers both the technical and management views."
The open approach of ManageNow® affects many areas of the building society. Without a doubt, one of the best results of the improvements is the streamlining and simplification of the administration processes. Christian Hils, IT Service System Engineer at LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse, agrees: "The combination of the technical flexibility and the opportunities this offers, plus simple configuration management with comprehensive displays via a web-based GUI is very compelling." The new Data Center Monitoring system increases productivity in LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse's IT operations and reduces its workload, particularly when it comes to time-consuming tasks such as documentation and reporting.
Another benefit of ManageNow® is the fact that the company can scale down resource consumption in system administration. An expert team from Fujitsu introduced the building society's administrators to the ManageNow® application very quickly. Other excellent features included the high quality of service and a significant increase in adaptability to new business requirements. With ManageNow®, customization costs are now almost negligible.
The pressure on the IT budget meant that the building society needed to optimize and standardize its existing monitoring systems. A high degree of flexibility and scalability was required to ensure that costs were reduced quickly and consistently. By converting to the new ManageNow® for DCM system, LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse's IT department was able to reduce day-to-day operating costs by a third, and to maintain this despite increasing demands. Two employees manage system management operation and development for LBS Westdeutsche Landesbausparkasse's office and field services.
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Is Humanity Poised at the Edge of A Galactic UFO Paradigm Shift?
The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman
We are moving into a fantastically schizophrenic consciousness on this planet.
As global political, religious and military actors carry on with old, worn ideologies through geopolitical wars, power struggles and one-upmanship, they seem oblivious to (or are ignoring to protect private vested interests) the fact that unidentified aerial phenomena (UFOs) with technology light years ahead of our own, are zipping around over our heads. They are also increasingly waking up the world population.
Whether we are dealing with visitors from another planet or constellation, timeline, and/or parallel reality or with some unknown earth-based advanced "breakaway civilization", a pattern is unfolding. Particularly since 1980, events have occurred that, taken separately, don't make any real sense. However, over the past 36 years of recording and reflecting on these events, threads lead to patterns that point to an upcoming paradigm shift of epic proportions.
- December 1980: Rendlesham Forest/Bentwaters "incident" – England
Image: Artist version of glyphs Sgt. Penniston copied from the craft
This event marks the first of two now publicly known incidents involving a "download" of binary code (see below for 2nd "download" in 2015) into the mind of then Sgt. James Penniston, who allegedly received the information telepathically while touching glyphs on the unidentified landed craft. Here is a translation as posited by Dr. Horace Drew, et. al.
[I had my own UFO experience in August of 1980 in CA, as detailed HERE.]
This event also uncovered the fact that (unauthorized) nuclear weapons were stored there [emphasis mine]:
In case Lord Gilbert missed the point about Rendlesham's defence implications, Lord Hill-Norton raised once again a number of 'Parliamentary Questions' which are covered in the House's 'Written Answers' of 28 October 1997. Besides raising the issue of allegations 'that nuclear weapons were stored at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in violation of UK/US treaty obligations,' a highly sticky point considering the strong anti-nuclear climate in Western European countries, 'Lord Hill-Norton asked Her Majesty's Government':
'Whether they are aware of reports from the United States Air Force personnel that nuclear weapons stored in the Weapons Storage Area at RAF Woodbridge were struck by light beams fired from an unidentified craft seen over the base in the period 25-30 December 1980, and if so, what action was subsequently taken.'
Nick Pope, former head of the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) UFO division, undertook a "cold case" investigation in the 1990s [emphasis mine]:
Specifically, the MoD case file reveals that shortly after the incident, General Gabriel visited the twin bases of Bentwaters and Woodbridge, was briefed on the incident, and took various items relating to the investigation back to his headquarters in Ramstein, Germany. At the time, General Gabriel held the post of Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe. The MoD document concerned – though carefully worded – leaves little doubt that the UK authorities were less than pleased with evidence being removed in this way, with the MoD not being informed at the time and not – so far as I am aware – being briefed subsequently on the conclusions of whatever USAF and/or DoD investigation followed General Gabriel's visit.
– Nick Pope on Rendlesham Forest
- 1989-90: Belgium UFO wave lasts almost 18 months
- March 13 1997: The Phoenix Lights
Two days after the ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry were launched into space, a massive triangular UAP/UFO glided ever so elegantly over Phoenix, AZ for well over an hour, seen by thousands. This is currently referred to as The Phoenix Lights. Comet Haile-Bopp was then then traversing space, guaranteeing a very large audience for the event. (Two weeks later, a cult calling itself Heaven's Gate would commit collective suicide, believing they would be greeted on board a spaceship).
From the National UFO Center on The Phoenix Lights [emphasis mine]
F-16s Blast Out of Luke AFB:
A truck driver had been observing two amber colored UFOs moving ahead of him southward for two whole hours. The two UFOs hovered nearby. While his truck was being loaded, the driver walked upon a pile of materials to get a better look at the two UFOs. He could make out two identical "toy, top-like amber orbs" with a white glow to them. A band of red lights pulsated on the craft as it hovered near the Luke AFB runway. Suddenly, two F-16s "blasted out of Luke with their afterburners on full."
Witness Disappears:
An Air Force airman telephoned the National UFO Reporting Center at 3:20 a.m. on Friday [Click HERE to hear the call–at the 24:11 min mark], some eight hours after the sightings on the previous night, and reported that two USAF F-15c fighters had been scrambled from Luke AFB, and had intercepted one of the objects. Two days after his first telephone call, the airman called to report that he had just been informed by his commander that he was being transferred to an assignment in Greenland. He has never been heard from again.
And with a craft that slow, low and huge, why no destructive footprint? Not one hair or blade of grass was in the slightest bit disturbed on the ground.
Interestingly, there is a possibility that a Department of Defense (DOD) satellite was allegedly "melted by a UFO" on that very night, as related by Emmy Award recipient Linda Moulton Howe during the Panel Discussion Sunday Secret Space Program Conference, 2015 Bastrop, TX ( at 1 hour mark) .
- July 1999: The COMETA Report is published in France:
This report was the result of several years of UFO study by an independent group of former officials from the French armed forces, aerospace industry, astronomical science, a high-level military think-tank, and others. Below is an excerpt from that report:
"Concrete problems are raised that call for a response in terms of action"
by General Bernard Norlain
Former director of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale
[Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies (IHEDN)]
When General Letty visited me in March 1995 at my office at IHEDN to explain to me his project for creating a new fact-finding committee on UFOs, I assured him of my interest and referred him to the management of the IHEDN Auditors Association (AA), which gave him its support. Knowing that some twenty years earlier the AA had produced and published a preliminary report on the subject in its bulletin, it was but time to update it.
Denis Letty seemed to me to be the perfect one to spearhead this task; one month earlier, in February, he had organized, within the framework of the Ecole de PAir [Air Force Academy] Alumni Association, a conference on unidentified aerospace phenomena. Before a large public, some of our comrades, former pilots, spontaneously related their encounters with UFOs.
The person in charge of studying these phenomena at the CNES then presented his papers, and a well-known astronomer described a scientifically acceptable version of the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
The fields of knowledge affected by the UFO phenomenon are very diverse, and General Letty was able to find within the AA, but on the outside as well, numerous experts whose efforts he coordinated. This list of high-level civilian and military degrees of the members of his committee is very impressive: officers, engineers, and specialists in the physical scientists, life sciences, and social sciences were able to deal with all aspects of the study.
This is not a purely academic study. Concrete problems are raised, and not just for civilian and military pilots, that call for a response in terms of action. The makeup of COMETA [Committee for In-Depth Studies], which is the name of the committee, took these into account. Almost all of its members have, or had during the course of their careers, important responsibilities in defense, industry, teaching, research or various central administrations.
I express the wish that the recommendations of COMETA, which are inspired by good sense, will be examined and implemented by the authorities of our country. The first report of the AA favored the creation within CNES of the only civilian government agency known in the world dedicated to the study of UFOs. May this new report, which is much more in-depth, give new impetus to our national efforts and to indispensable international cooperation.
IHEDN will then have well served the nation and, perhaps, humanity.
The full transcription of the COMETA Report can be read HERE
In 1974, Dr. Frank Drake along with Carl Sagan put together an encoded message to be blasted into space. From Wikipedia:
The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth sent to globular star cluster M13 in the hope that extraterrestrial intelligence might receive and decipher it. The message was broadcast into space a single time via frequency modulated radio waves at a ceremony to mark the remodeling of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico on 16 November 1974.[1]
27 years later, an "extraterrestrial intelligence" reply indeed may have been laid in crops directly facing the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire, England.
Photo courtesy of crop circle database
Details/analysis of the Arecibo Reply HERE
Video summations of the Arecibo Reply HERE
- Aug 15 2002: Crabwood crop circle alien figure holding disc
Eleven months after 9/11 occurred in America and the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq were in the works, yet another apparent binary code appeared in crops in England, presenting on a disc being held out by an alien figure.
The disc-shaped part of the Crabwood formation in England contains ASCII data which was translated to read:
"Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but still time.
BELIEVE. There is GOOD out there. We oPpose DECEPTION. Conduit CLOSING\"
Details/analysis HERE
Video summation HERE
[ADDED 02/27/17: From the YouTube Science Channel: Did Someone Hack Voyager 2? – Another binary code tap: "As Voyager 2 prepared to cross over into deep space, the probe began outputting a language that scientists could not read. Further analysis suggested some sort of hack, but who — or what — was doing the hacking??"]
- Nov 11 2006 UFO over Chicago O'Hare Airport
Excerpt from National UFO Center:
Saucer-shaped Object:
The employees became upset that the airlines would not take their reports seriously. They reported that a saucer-shaped UFO had hovered above the airport for several minutes before shooting away at great speed through the clouds. The energy expelled from the burst of energy had made a strange, eerie hole in the cloud bank. The question had to be asked, Could this have been something as simple as a weather balloon, or some trick of the eye?
- Jan 08 2008: Stephenville Lights: From MUFON: Special Research Report – Stephenville, Texas
- June 29 2015: Another "binary download"
Another military person allegedly experienced a binary code "download" after he and his family witnessed a UAP/UFO. Linda Moulton Howe has the full report at Earthfiles. (Report requires subscription) .
For those who cannot afford a subscription, a summarized version can be read HERE.
Excerpt –
"C.J. resets the GPS for Colorado Springs, CO and then drives just north of Atlanta to Kennesaw, GA. At 7:30 AM they check into the Magnuson Hotel. They rest there during daylight hours and then drive on through the following night (now June 30) to Padukah, KY, where they stopped to check into a Motel 6 at 5:34 AM. C.J. then finds himself in the bathroom of their Motel 6 room, awakened from an apparent trance state, during which he was unconsciously compelled to write down symbols consisting of lines and squares from left to right, on the back of the Motel 6 full page receipt. The symbols on the page as written by C.J. are shown in the photo below."
This coding has been translated as –
"Continuous protection of humanity 49.27n, 11.5e. Expose Hidden Knowledge to ALL ` citizens. Advancement imperative for planetary survival. Beware of Orion 1350.3 and Z Ruticuli 39.170. Avoid [signal] messages sent."
Ms. Howe's full taped presentation on the "Sgt. C.J." experience can be viewed HERE [starting at 23:50 min mark].
Note that the triangular glyph he drew for her is almost identical to the one Sgt. Penniston (Rendlesham) drew in his notebook 35 years earlier.
By 2010, we begin to see more and more credible people stepping up to give testimony to the UAP/UFO phenomena, as well as experiences in the world of black-ops projects and hidden, unaccountable finance systems .
Sep 2010 – Disclosure Conference, National Press Club – ex military, pilots, civilians around the world testify to presence of UFO/UAP activity, many around military nuclear weapons facilities. Moderated by Fife Symington, former Governor of Arizona, who served during the March 13 1997 Phoenix Lights event.
Apr 29 – May 3 2013: Citizens Hearing on Disclosure
The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure was an unprecedented event. Researchers, activists, and military witnesses representing ten countries gave testimony in Washington, DC to six former members of the United States Congress about events and evidence indicating an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race. With over thirty hours of testimony from forty witnesses over five days, the event was the most concentrated body of evidence regarding the extraterrestrial subject ever presented to the press and the general public at one time.
Below is an excerpt from historian and author Richard Dolan, speaking at the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure:
I have often felt that Disclosure on the matter of UFOs and ETs—possible extraterrestrials—is a paradox: It's impossible but it's inevitable. It's impossible because there is no political motivation for them. It's inevitable, however, because our leaders are not the only factor in this equation. There are other beings, after all. But mainly, I would say there's us—the people—who are going through the greatest, social, cultural, and especially technological transformation in the history of humanity.
In fact, I would say that we are the game changers.
Someday—and it won't be too long in the future—something is going to force someone's hand. It could be a major sighting; it could be a major leak; something. Something that can no longer be denied.
[You can view his full speech HERE]
Videos of sessions the citizen's hearing can be viewed HERE.
2015 Secret space program conference presentations:
Catherine Austin Fitts, former HUD Commissioner under George Bush Senior, gives a presentation at the 2015 Secret Space Program Conference in Bastrop TX about off-the-record deep black budget transactions siphoning billions out of the "white" economy into a deeply hidden black hole for secret technology and off-world projects.
Dr. Joseph P Farrell's lecture "Bullion, Brains and Bonds" discusses hidden finance in the breakaway civilization.
These are but a few examples of high strangeness that help to weave a pattern with threads including the global sightings themselves, binary-code messaging, and hidden finance systems that may well be supporting that breakaway civilization, as coined by historian and author Richard Dolan.
Is our world truly being visited by non-terrestrials trying to communicate with us?
Is there an earth-based breakaway civilization embedding codes in the minds of people (and in crops) and flying reverse engineered antigravity craft all over the world in some sort of collective psy-ops?
Is it both?
Skepticism is healthy in a vibrant democracy, but the evidence in these cases alone is overwhelming and deserves much greater scientific involvement.Mainstream media has been shamefully silent (and even ridiculing) about this issue. That needs to change.
Personally, I have a strong feeling that we may have some incontrovertible truths come out in 2017, finally. We owe it to ourselves and the world to educate and prepare ourselves for a galactic future.
As former WH chief John Podesta stated quite rightly,
It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there. We ought to do it, really, because it's right. We ought to do it because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth. And we ought to do it because it's the law.
[Sidenote 2018: We live on a spaceship. We travel circuitously, along with the other planets around our sun, through the universe. We are entering an area of our universe uncharted for many thousands of years. Of course we are going to witness a massive change in climate and space "oddities" completely foreign to us, such as the first known interstellar object dubbed Oumuamua].
NEW 12/06/18: I just ran across this video titled "Our Solar System Is Moving into a potentially Dangerous Interstellar Energy Cloud", which illustrates this nicely.
NEW 05/11/17 YouTube: The Physical Evidence in Genuine Crop Circles
NEW 04/26/17 The Guardian: The discovery of alien life may be close. How will religion survive it?
NEW – 07/17/17 Related Blog: The Ongoing Investigation of the Nazca "Mummies" Deserves a Fair Hearing
Some excellent documentary films/conferences:
UFOs OUT OF THE BLUE
Astronauts and Pilots about UFO encounters Alien documentary
UFO sightings and Official FAA cockpit recordings of pilot
Secret Access: UFOs on the Record
Canadian National Inq1uiry/Hearing into UFO and ET Disclosure (2016)
Written by Galactic Maya
January 18, 2017 at 8:40 pm
Posted in Crop circles, Earth, high strangeness, Law, Life, Military, nuclear weapons, Science, Space, Stories, Transformation, Truth, UAP, UFO, Uncategorized, World, Writing
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Today's Aquarius Horoscope:
Jul 27, 2009
Financial issues may interfere with your self-expression today, dear Aquarius. Perhaps you need a little more money before proceeding with a project that means a great deal to you. You generally aren't one to let this kind of consideration stop you, though. Just a little bit of thought and advance planning could make whatever it is you want to do more feasible than it appears to be. Write down some ideas, then go to it!
So....all I need to do is make a list and money will be available? Am I reading this right? Going to go get a legal pad....


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