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Tanner Congdon is living a dream.
"There's no one who has more to be thankful than me this Thanksgiving," said Congdon, a 16-year-old hockey player who moved from Anchorage, Alaska, to Blue Springs to play for the Missouri Mavericks Elite AAA 16-under team.
As he walks into his new home away from home, he is greeted by the "welcoming committee," three dogs who range in size from 95 pounds to 5 pounds. By the lightning quick speed of their wagging tales, it's easy to see that they, too, are thankful Congdon is a part of their lives.
So are their owners, Merylene Thompson and Brian Irvine, who readily "adopted" Congdon when they were approached about becoming a billet family by Mavs Elite coach Simon Watson.
"Tanner's the son I never had," said Brian, the father of two daughters. "I've been a Mavericks fan since the team came here five years ago, and when they started the Elite program, Simon contacted me and Merylene about being a host family for one or two of the 16-year-old boys.
"We didn't think we could handle two boys, but we told Simon we'd be happy to help with one boy, and we got a great young man. I'm from Canada and I've played hockey all my life, so we have a lot of things in common."
As Brian talks about hockey and Merylene talks about the impact Congdon has made on their lives in a very short period of time, it's easy to see that this is one extremely happy hockey family.
"I know he's going to be leaving in March, and I can't even stand to think about that," she said, giving Congdon a motherly pat on the shoulder. "He's just wonderful, never a problem. And he's just so cute – and look at those teeth."
Congdon smiles, and says dramatically, "And they're all real."
Congdon has become somewhat of a world traveler because of hockey. He is a native of Calvary, who moved to Vancouver when he was 5. The past five years he lived in Anchorage, Alaska, which also happens to be the hometown of Mavericks forward Tyler Currier, who has spent all season on the injured reserve list with a broken foot.
"I don't know Tanner that well, but he's friends with my little sister Megan, who is a sophomore in high school back in Anchorage," Currier said. "When I was 17 I moved from Anchorage to Fort Collins, Colo., to live with a billet family and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
"We still exchange birthday, Christmas cards – things like that – and I will always consider them a part of my family."
Congdon feels the same way about Merylene and Brian.
"I couldn't have a better family," said Congdon, who is a junior at Blue Springs South High School. "They're the best. Brian is from Canada and he played hockey so he knows what I'm all about and Merylene is just the best. She does everything she can to spoil me."
When he's not petting the trio of family dogs, talking hockey with Brian or being spoiled by Merylene, Congdon is starring for his elite team.
"Tyler is the real deal, a great young hockey player," said Watson, a former Mavericks player who is now an elite coach and the Mavericks director of player personnel. "When we came to Independence five years ago, we had this dream of starting an elite hockey program for kids like Tyler so they could come to Eastern Jackson County from all over the country."
And now, that dream is a reality.
"I came here because we had some contacts with coaches who were familiar with the program, and it's been a great move for me," Congdon said. "I love it here. I didn't know anything about the Mavericks or Independence or Blue Springs, and it's all turned out great.
"And it's so ironic that Tyler would be a part of the Mavericks and I would be a part of the elite team. He's older than me, so I never knew him in Anchorage, but I know his sister pretty well. Since he's been hurt I haven't been able to see him play, but I've been to a Mavericks game and had a lot of fun."
Congdon and his teammates just returned from a showcase tournament in Detroit where the team finished with a 0-4 record, but he scored five points in the four games.
"Tanner can put the puck in the back of the net, that's for sure," Watson said, grinning. "He's the type of player, the type of young man, we want representing our program. He came here because he wants a Division I scholarship, and the way he's playing we all think it will happen."
Over the past few months, Congdon has played hockey in Denver, St. Louis, Springfield (Mass.), Chicago, Duluth (Minn.) and Detroit.
He rattles off the names of the cities with casual ease.
"I'm used to the travel," he said, as he talked with his host family about getting to the airport for a Thanksgiving trip to Fargo, N.D., with one of his new teammates.
"He's so organized, he's just like an adult," Merylene said. "I've never been around a more mature 16 year old."
Congdon says it comes with the territory.
"We have a picture of me back home in a diaper, holding a hockey stick," he said, grinning. "I was on skates when I was 2 and I was playing hockey when I was 3. This is just a part of my life – a great part of my life.
"I can't imagine ever doing anything else."


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Ever think about whom the 'middle class' are that all of the politicians talk about. Can the "middle class" be clearly defined? The early days of our country, before we gained our independence, there were all kinds of classes. There were the upper class, royalty, the ruling class, the high class, the low class, and as Rodney Dangerfield once said, "call me when you have no class."
The English taxed the settlers and the fruits of their labor without letting them have a say in how they were to be governed. Call me naïve, but I thought our founding fathers had had enough of the ruling class, and that was the reason that they risked their lives to get out from under the class system that controlled their lives.
If we are to believe the Declaration of Independence, they wanted to abolish the class system by declaring "That all men are created equal." Could it be that the class system is being put back into place? Our elected officials often talk about the "middle class." Give the "middle class" a tax break, health care to the "middle class," and tax deductions for the middle class," if they spend their money the way the government requests, all for the "middle class." If there is a "middle class" that would lead me to believe that there must be a high-class citizen, and a low-class citizen to balance out this recreated class system. This is very confusing. We all know some people that would be considered as high class, or upper class if you will, that have no class at all. We also know some people that would be considered low class that have more class than some of the people that are considered high class. It is a mystery to me where the line is to tell if someone is upper class, lower class, or middle class. There must be a clear definition because our president, and all those who want to be president, speaks of all of the things they want to do for the middle class. (I guess the biggest group of voters is the middle class.) I do not hear the elected officials, or those who want to be elected, promising anything to the upper class or to the low class.
"Average" is another word for in the middle. It is used in the business world and the field of academics, but did you ever think what the true meaning of the word is? There are many charts and graphs that try to explain percentages and percentiles, the highs and lows, thereby giving a vague explanation of what the average might be. My first boss explained it best; "average is either the best of the worst, or the worst of the best." Take your pick. If that is the correct definition of "average," none of us wants to be "average." By the same token, I do not want to be "middle class."
I had a little fun with this class stuff, but it is time to get serious about this. What our elected officials mean by middle class, are the many middle income families in this country. If our elected leaders tag a label to them as "middle class" it creates a situation that suggests one class is better, or worse than the other classes. This also suggests that one or more of the classes is not being treated fairly, thereby causing a riff between the people that our elected officials have created. Words mean something. They are not just guilty of a slip of the tongue or "I just misspoke." The creation of classes has been the major tool of the divide and conquer approach to power. The class system has been the downfall of every government down through history. We still maintain that one man, one vote, to the qualified citizens of this country. The middle income person's vote has just as much weight as the wealthiest person in our country. (There have been many occasions when that system has been violated however.)
There are a lot of things wrong with how our government actually functions and how it is supposes to function. An appeal goes out to all of the classless citizens to register to vote, and be sure to exercise that right every time the voting booths are open. Most of the office holders in this country are elected by less than sixty percent (60 percent) of the qualified voters in this country. Take the time to know the candidates and study the issues. It won't correct all that's wrong with our dysfunctional government, but it is a good start. Remember that your vote counts as much as Donald Trump's vote or Bill Gate's vote. We do not belong to a class in this country, we are citizens, entitled to every liberty and freedom our founding fathers guaranteed to us. The voting booth is the best way to preserves these rights. Don't let anyone refer to you as "middle class." Each one of us are unique and special. We are citizens of what was once the greatest country in the world, and we can be the greatest once again, if we just get involved.
Someone once said "that we will get the kind of government that we deserve." That has more truth to it than I want to believe. If we want better for our country, it will take a little effort if all of us citizens work together, and it takes a lot of effort if just a few citizens put fourth the effort.
There are three kinds of people in this country:
1. Those who make things happen
2. Those who let thing happen
3. Those who don't know what's happening
Which one are you?

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Grapes may look identical, until you taste them crushed and processed for a glass of wine or cut up in a salad. Then the purple fleshed globe bursts forth with a spectacular melon flavor and a sweet fruity fragrance, while its visually identical twin has a distinctively different flavor, perhaps with a hint of musk.
In fact, today in California hundreds of varieties of grapes are grown in backyard gardens and production fields for wine, table eating and raisins.
Any wine connoisseur knows you can't use Muscat grapes to make wine labeled as Cabernet Sauvignon. In fact, hundreds of different unique varieties of grapes are used for making wine and different ones used for fresh eating and making raisins.
This uniqueness is due in part to differences in the genetic information in the grape, which determines among other traits, its color, aroma, and taste characteristics.
That information is made up of individual chemical units strung end-to-end. If each unit is represented by an alphabetic letter, it would require 52 books, each with 1000 pages, to hold all the information needed to code for the uniqueness of a particular grape variety.
What if you wanted a new grape variety? You could use a classical breeding approach, requiring you to cross male cells, or pollen, of one variety with the female cells or eggs of another variety. You could then plant the seeds born out of that cross and screen resulting plants for the characteristics you wanted in your new variety.
What happens to all the genetic information when you do that?
You just combine all the information from the two sets of books to make 104 books, right? No, genetic rules dictate that only 52 books remain — so only approximately 50 percent of the information from each parent is kept. The breeder has no control over what information is kept, and can only observe resulting plants and choose the ones with the desired characteristics. Those characteristics are dictated by its genes — half page packets of information in the books. But grape varieties have different sets of genes that give rise, for example, to their different tastes and sugar contents.
However, predicting which traits a particular grape plant will have after a cross is difficult.
Classical breeding was used to create some traditional grape varieties, like Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Most of these are, however, not from recent breeding efforts but from ancient Middle Eastern or European efforts and have been multiplied over the years by cuttings, not seeds. But classical breeding is being constantly used to develop new table grape varieties with added quality or extended ripe fruit seasons.
Also widely used to alter grape in wine making have been engineered to eliminate the factor(s) responsible for causing headaches in some consumers of red wine.
Whether you consider breeding and genetic engineering the same or different depends on your perspective.
Both use the same cellular machinery to move genes around and both cause heritable genetic changes. So in that sense they are the same. However, in the case of classical breeding the change occurs inside the cell, while with genetic engineering it occurs in the laboratory. Also during breeding keeping a particular gene is a random process, while with genetic engineering specific genes are introduced.
Perhaps the most fundamental difference is that gene exchange by breeding takes place most often between plants of the same species, although gene exchange at low frequencies occurs across some species barriers. With genetic engineering the gene source can be the same crop, another crop or even different organisms, like bacteria or animals.
Because genetic information in all living things is written in the same (chemical) language. In fact humans and plants share many (40-60 percent) of the same genes.
So, how many foods today are genetically modified (GM)? It depends on your definition of GM. If you mean in how many foods have genetic changes or modifications occurred, the answer would be all, including those grown under organic certification.
For example varieties is rootstock breeding, which involves grafting the grape producing portion of one variety onto the rootstock of another variety to provide resistance to soilborne pests and diseases. Some recent breeding efforts focused on developing grape varieties using Muscadinia rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's Disease, a problem causing costly damages to the California wine and grape industry.
In the past few decades new methods were developed to identify and move genes between grape varieties. For example, the specific grape gene(s) responsible for resistance to Pierce's Disease could be moved from M. rotundifolia to another grape variety, like Chardonnay, including other less desirable genes from M. rotundifolia. One way these new methods are being used is to provide a genetic table of contents for the genes, which speeds up breeding efforts dramatically. Such a table of contents is being developed for the varieties with resistance to Pierce's Disease so breeding efforts will be faster.
Another way to use the new genetic tools is to introduce specific genes to change plant characteristics, a process called genetic engineering, recombinant DNA or genetic modifications. A single half page in the 52-thousand-page set of books can direct the plant to make new traits or to remove them. For example, specific gene(s) for resistance to a particular virus, like the destructive fanleaf virus in Europe, were identified and used to engineer grape vines, which were field-tested in France in summer 2006 for virus resistance. Also yeast strains used ancient relatives of little like modern corn. They had small seeds that could not be opened with your teeth and seed numbers per plant were also hundreds of times lower.
If the question is how many different crops have been modified by genetic engineering (GE), the number would be very small.
While many processed foods, except those labeled 100 percent organic, may contain a GE ingredient, those ingredients come from a small number of large-acreage GE crops, like corn, soy, cotton and canola.
The only whole GE foods on the market are summer squash, papaya and sweet corn. There are no GE strawberries, asparagus or grapes in production in California, although small-scale field trials have been conducted under the oversight of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Then grapes are just grapes, right? No, major and minor gene alterations in grapes have occurred over time, both naturally and with human help. These changes are responsible for the wonderful diversity of cultivated grapes today from the mellow flavor of the Thompson Seedless grape to the robust taste of the Petite Sirah grape.
Such modifications occur through natural and induced mutation and gene through human intervention in gene exchange — historically through classical breeding but now and in the future through genetic engineering.
To learn more about biotechnology and its application in California agriculture you can visit the UC ANR Biotech website at: http://ucbiotech.org


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The Sin Fronteras Festival is running Friday and Saturday at Guild Cinema in Nob Hill. There, you can catch an incredible collection of seven feature films (documentaries, dramas, comedies, thrillers and more) from south of the border—all of them free and open to the public. In addition to the regular lineup, Alibi Midnight Movie Madness has teamed up with the organizers of Sin Fronteras to bring in a special Spanish-language selection this weekend. From Argentina, it's the supernatural shocker Memoria del Muerte (Memory of the Dead). The film screens Friday and Saturday night at 11pm, after the regular festival. Tickets are $8 general admission or $6 students. Check out the trailer. It's subtitled!
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Trustees of the Trust Fund Lisa Stewart, Marion Trafton and Karen Brown were present at the recent trustees� meeting as was Water District Treasurer Donna Elliott.
Elliott presented a check for $20,000 to be added to the Water District�s Trust Fund for future maintenance and equipment.
It was agree to disburse an amount of $1,000 from the Carl Siemon Scholarship Fund to Word of Life Bible Institute to be applied toward the Fall Semester tuition of Bobbi LaChance.
The five school board members, Ann Walsh, Mark Currier, Donna-Marie currier, Luella Snyder and Doug Shute were present at the recent meeting.
After discussion it was agreed that school building principals be allowed to dispose of unused school property within reason, as they see fit.
It was reported that 7 town students are participating in the Farmington Football Program. The town�s recreation department has donated a sum of $350 to the football program.
There was some discussion regarding students who have debt with the school district (not returning books, damaged property, etc.). students or parents will be allowed to work off the debt at the rate of minimum wage.
While in nonpublic session the board hired Katherine Lacasse Cahoon as fourth grade teacher, Caroline Roberge as assistant principal at Nute High School for salary of $64,000 and Lisa Burrows as middle school guidance counselor. Athletic Director will be Howie Drolet at $5,000. The board accepted the resignation of Elementary School Principal Polly Golden with regret.
Other nominations accepted by the school board include:
James Hill-paraprofessional at Nute
Senior Class Advisor-Katie Clegg $1,000
Junior Class Advisor-Jane Weymouth $1,000
Sophomore Class Advisor-Penny Baker- $1,000
Grades 7 & 8 Class Advisor-Sarah Normand $1,600
Saturday Detention Supervisor-Karen Johnson $20/hour
Fire Chief, Nick Marique is accepting applications to create an eligibility list for the position of full-time Firefighter/EMT-Intermediate. A complete job description and application is available on the town web site. Salary is $16.98 to $20.75 DOQ plus a competitive benefit package. Closing date is Nov 2.
Students, parents can work off school debt
Trustees of the Trust Fund Lisa Stewart, Marion Trafton and Karen Brown were present at the recent trustees� meeting as was Water District Treasurer Donna Elliott.


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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The Greenville College athletic program had an extremely successful fall season with four teams winning conference championships, one team placing second in their conference, and one team ranking third in its conference. As a benefit of this success, every fall sports coach gained a conference coach of the year trophy.
Brian Patton and his coaching staff were the first to receive this honor when he picked up the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's cross country coach of the year award. He led his men's cross country team to their 12th conference championship since 1996. Patton was also head coach of the women's cross country squad who placed third at their conference meet.
Brian McMahon, head men's soccer coach, was named SLIAC men's soccer coach of year after winning the regular season conference championship and tournament championship. The regular season title was their second consecutive, and their tournament championship was the second in three years. The Panthers ended their season with a 15-6-2 record after participating in the NCAA national tournament. McMahon also served as head women's soccer coach, and the women's team placed second in the conference during the regular season and tournament. He was recently selected as NCCAA north central region men's soccer coach of the year.
Tom Ackerman, head volleyball coach, directed the Lady Panther volleyball team to the regular season conference co-championship and tournament championship. He was announced as coach of the year after Greenville's tournament championship. The conference championships were Greenville's first, and the team ended their season with their first appearance in the NCAA national tournament with a record of 26-6.
Ordell Walker was the final coach to receive coach of the year honors as he directed the football team to the championship of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. The team won their second straight conference championship with a perfect 6-0 mark and was 7-3 in the regular season.
The four men coach all of Greenville's six fall sports.


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Nov. 3 � 9
25 years ago � 1988
Santa Rosa Golf and Beach Club opened its nine new holes for play.
Winter visitors to South Walton became so numerous they set up their own Snowbird Roost.
The state Department of Transportation agreed to install caution lights at the intersection of U.S. 331 and U.S. 98.
20 years ago � 1993
Freeport Elementary School and several homes sustained significant damage after two tornadoes ripped through Walton County.
A group of South Walton Fire District firefighters asked for the resignation of Fire Commissioner Laverne Camacho alleging statements she made at the last board meeting were sexist.
A 50-year lease for one acre of property on the corner of U.S. 331 and U.S. 98 was signed with the Department of Environmental Protection by the South Walton TDC to build a new information center and office.
Walton County�s dismissal of former Purchasing Agent Glory Ann Brown for allegedly ordering and purchasing $22,000 worth of street signs without permission was upheld by Walton County Grievance Committee.
10 years ago � 2003
What began as a sailboat trip to Key West for three Destin residents ended in a water rescue by the South Walton Fire District near Miramar Beach as six-foot seas drove the vessel on to the beach.
South Walton landowner Doodle Harris and his family presented Melinda Mayton with two lots in his Seacrest development for her to establish a permanent home for Lighthouse Family Retreat.
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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
I don't mean to be impersonal but I think bullet points will best help us stay on the same page while addressing all of your thoughts.
1. In what other ways would you expect my "natural mental break through" to affect my life moving forward?
2. It's important to understand that I'd only been meditating at that point for about two months. No master of anything here. Really just searching for truth the same way I have my entire life.
I no longer have the ability to meditate as yogis and zen "masters" do.
3. The issue with simply attributing it to the "myth" most prevalent in the culture is that all of my experiences since then have been tangible and causally related and congruent with the Bible.
4. While the feeling in my heart was the biggest reason it was and is far from the only. As I said in my testimony I called my mom and without any other discussion she described the same experience. An experience I was never aware of bc I spent my entire life telling my mom how crazy she was and how she needed a crutch.
5. While catholicism was in my background (I never thought of it after the age of 15 and before that I went through the motions as a kid, I'm 36 now) you have to understand that there was nothing I was more sure of on this planet then there not being a God.
I currently despise catholicism (not catholics, they're well intentioned deceived people), it's a cult no different the mormon and jehovah witness church.
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national cohousing conferenceFebruary 17, 2012
#Change11 #CCK12 Creatagogy – Creativity and Creative LearningFebruary 17, 2012
What is creative learning? How could it be applied in school, community and networks? Does creativity stifle or nurture?
Creativity and creative learning, how is it valued in community, and schools?
"Teachers say they want creativity, but that is not the behavior that is rewarded. In this study (as well as in many others), they found that there is a discrepancy between what teachers, and schools in general, say they value and desire, and what behaviors they actually reward and encourage. "
today @ you autocorrectsFebruary 5, 2012
Since light travels faster than sound …
One feature that has been around for a while is Auto Correct. It's a predictive text feature that tries to figure out what you're trying to type without you having typed it yet. In its attempt to make everyone's lives easier and more convenient, Auto Correct can in fact do the exact opposite and create funny texts! It can change words without you even realizing and before you know it, you've already sent the message!
what's up with pinterest?February 5, 2012
What is it that have web savvy women 'pimpin' the online pinboard Pinterest? Think contextualized bookmarking, collective creative brainstorming, and a highly visual tool to boost traffic and promote business interests.
everybody needs a community hang-out …February 5, 2012
… but from Old World markets to Western business districts and parks, zoning codes are assaulting the traditions of 'the commons' giving rise to the question "How does one find community nowadays?"
Jay Walljasper reports from On the Commons:
One trend helping improve our cities is that local shopping districts are springing back to life. What were once soda fountains and haberdasheries, and later vacant storefronts or makeshift apartments, are now restaurants and shops once again. Entrepreneurs, many of them recent immigrants or young people, are leading this charge to revitalize commercial streets in inner cities and inner suburbs coast-to-coast. But these entrepreneurs depend on the help of local citizens, as customers and as advocates. Often it's necessary for the neighbors to turn up at zoning hearings or for neighborhood leaders to lobby the city council to overturn regulations that stand in the way of community revitalization.
"Women Deliver 50" – Nominate a girl or a womanFebruary 5, 2012
Who – or what – inspires you most when it comes to addressing the lives and health of girls and women? What are they doing to helps to improve life for women and girls around the world? Nominations are now open for "Women Deliver 50″, produced by Women Deliver, an international health advocacy organization working to find solutions for inequalities faced by females of all ages.
planet's lawyer heading to rio+20 …February 4, 2012
Environmental lawyer, author and British Barrister Polly Higgins is already on the Road to Rio+20, June's 2012 UN Earth Summit , where she and her team of eco lawyers intend to win the case against corporate polluters. Higgins, who has long advocated legal status for the rights of the planet and its people, shares a powerful and convincing Eradicating Ecocide strategy with communities around the world
Watch the Mock Trial
Read the Bolivian proposal, drafted in Cochabamba in 2011: Proposal Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
human action = climate change = 100%February 4, 2012
How much is most? New reports show that in the final analysis, if man had not begun burning fossil fuels, the earth's orbit would naturally have propelled the planet into an ice age. How's that for shocking stats?
tedx talking innovation in BerkeleyFebruary 4, 2012
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass talks innovation @ #tedxberkeley livestream
The Next Transitions in TechnologyFebruary 4, 2012
Kevin Kelly writes:
What kinds of developmental thresholds would any planet of sentient beings pass through? The creation of writing would be a huge one. The unleashing of cheap non-biological energy is another. The invention of the scientific method is a giant leap. And the fine control of energy (as in electricity) for long-distant communications is significant as well, enabling all kinds of other achievements. Our civilization has passed through all these stages; what are some future transitions we can expect — no matter the fashions and fads of the day? What are the emergent thresholds of information and energy organization that our civilization can look forward to? Most of these thresholds are gradual, so we can't assign dates, but each of these structures seem to be a natural transition that any civilization must reach sooner or later.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says a record number of elk were harvested during the 2012 hunting seasons.
Game and Fish biologist Wes Wright says 44 elk were harvested during the hunting seasons in September and October. That includes 20 bull elk and 24 anterless elk.
The previous record was 38 elk.
The elk hunting territory is near the Buffalo River in north Arkansas.
Elk hunting began in Arkansas in 1998. Since then, 376 have been harvested during hunting seasons.
Wright says the number of elk on public and private land is increasing as well. A recent survey found at least 620 elk on public and private land, up from 453 elk in a previous survey.


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In special reports, this week's files cover: "Lightning to Provide Clues to Solar System Origins," NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Astrophysical Journal, Acropolis of Baalbek, Lebanon, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over: Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and Washington.
Sightings of UFOs were also reported in Australia, Canada, China, Czech, Eire, and England in the United Kingdom.
The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world and in space. These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over a thousand UFOs reported each month represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when London Control ordered me to intercept one over England while flying for the US Air Force. Under Project Blue Book, the US Air Force investigated UFOs for more than twenty years; and we continue this research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO's are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
NASA researchers have found a new technique --the electromagnetic signature, known as Schumann Resonance that can be detected using NASA's Vector Electric Field Instrument (VEFI) aboard the U.S. Air Force's satellite designated Communications/ Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS). Every second, lightning flashes some 50 times on Earth. Together these discharges coalesce and get stronger, creating electromagnetic waves circling around Earth, to create a beating pulse between the ground and the lower ionosphere, about 60 miles up in the atmosphere. The discovery could be used to study other planets in the solar system as well and even shed light on how the solar system formed.
More recently, discrete Schumann resonance excitations have been linked to transient luminous events – sprites, elves, jets, and various types of upper atmosphere lightning. Also a new field of interest is using Schumann resonances related to short-term earthquake prediction.
"The frequency of Schumann Resonance depends not only on the size of the planet but on what kinds of atoms and molecules exist in the atmosphere because they change the electrical conductivity," says Fernando Simoes, the first author on this paper and a space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "So we could use this technique remotely, say from about 600 miles above a planet's surface, to look at how much water, methane and ammonia is there."
Water, methane and ammonia are collectively referred to as "volatiles" and the fact that there are different amounts on different planets is a tantalizing clue to the way the planets formed. By looking at the Schumann Resonance, we can get information about the global density of water around the entire planet. Simoes and his colleagues believe that combining this technique with other instruments on a spacecraft's visit to a planet could provide a more accurate inventory of the planet's atmosphere.
"And if we can get a better sense of the abundance of these kinds of atoms in the outer planets," says Simoes, "We would know more about the abundance in the original nebula from which the solar system evolved."
Note: Hundreds of planets are being found outside our solar system making other civilizations a likely reality. Their spaceships are visiting Earth and evidence suggests they may use these electromagnetic waves of energy to help power their craft. They are often seen hovering above power lines and electrical storms.
A sonic boom heard in California last week had an out-of-this world origin as "a large meteoric event" according to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. Scientists now estimate the blast measured in near 5 kilotons or roughly 1/3 the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, estimates the object was about the size of a minivan, and weighed in at around 154,300 pounds.
"Most meteors you see in the night's sky are the size of tiny stones or even grains of sand and their trail lasts all of a second or two," said Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "Large meteors can be seen in the daytime and are many times that size – anywhere from a baseball-sized object to something as big as a minivan."
The meteor appears to be much more valuable than scientists first thought. Meteorite hunters found fragments of the rock, identified by the "fusion crust" that forms when it burns in the atmosphere. NASA and the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, also mobilized a search team of about 30 scientists to search for the small black rocks.
The meteorite turned out to be a very rare type of rock called CM chondrite, which makes up less than 1 per cent of the meteorites that fall to Earth. According to Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, it is not clear whether it is rare because it easily burns up in the atmosphere or there are just fewer of these rocks in space.
The Murchison meteorite, a large CM chondrite--one of the oldest types of rock in the universe-- that made landfall in Australia in 1969, is now one of the most studied rocks in the world. CM chondrites contain carbon and organic materials such as amino acids. Some believe this type of meteorite may have brought the first building blocks of life to Earth.
The Helmholtz German Research Center for Environmental Health in Munich used high-resolution mass spectrometry to look at the organic content of three Murchison samples. The group found more than 14,000 unique molecular compositions, or collections of atoms, and predicts there may be millions of distinct organic compounds in the meteorite. Collaboration between various US and European institutes has proven the presence of vital nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite. Nucleobases are the very binary bits of DNA, the base pairs that make up the vital genetic information. Uracil and Xanthine were the two of the most exciting components detected. Uracil is Thymines stand-in when RNA is created, and Xanthene is a mutated form of Guanine.
These bases are unquestionably alien - for one, the rock-chemicals are equally left and right "handed" (a property of the physical structure of the chemicals), while the Earth-borne biological equivalents are either one or the other (sugars are right-handed, amino acids are left-handed). Even more fundamentally, the carbon atoms that make these chemicals organic at all are a space born isotope, the not-so-unlucky Carbon-13, while life on Earth is based on Carbon-12. Strikes of such substances may have played a vital role in the development of Earth biology - and with these precious particles literally falling out of the sky, the odds of life off-planet seem better than ever.
Scientists have known for four decades that a supernova probably occurred approximately 4.5 billion years ago, possibly triggering the birth of the sun. The findings suggest that a supernova sprayed a mass of finely grained particles into the cloud of gas and dust that gave birth to the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Dynamical processes in the early solar system then sorted these grains by size. These size-sorting processes led the grains to become disproportionally incorporated into the meteorites and planets newly forming around the sun.
"It's remarkable that you can look at an isotope like chromium 54 and potentially find out a whole lot about what happened in the very first period of the solar system's formation," Meyer said. Thanks to http://www.dailygalaxy.com
Baalbek, Lebanon is one of the great mysteries of history and provides evidence of a past super civilization or, at least, a technically advanced civilization of "prehistory." The stone blocks of the platform are the world's biggest building blocks. The platform and big courtyard are retained by three walls containing twenty-seven limestone blocks, unequaled in size anywhere in the world, as they all weigh in excess of 300 metric tons. Three of the blocks, however, weigh more than 800 tons each. This block trio is world-renowned as the "Trilithon".
This photo taken in 1870s shows the tremendous size of the blocks with a man standing near the bottom left on the hill to compare the size of the stones. The smaller upper stones of Roman date are haphazardly placed on top to form a medieval fortress.
Scholar Zecharia Sitchen claims early Sumerian writings depict the vast platform at Baalbek was a marvel of technology and was built as landing place of the shuttlecraft of the ancient astronauts or Anunnaki. It had been built before the flood in pre-Duluvian times. The Anunnaki (those who from heaven came) came in groups of fifty with the mission to obtain gold apparently to save their planet.
Our own science and engineering today cannot explain them; let alone what their function was. It would seem some unknown culture could move these great stones, place them on top of others, in perfect fit and alignment, before the dawn of our most ancient cultures.
Their style is identical to the earliest cultures of monumental stone we know of like the Egyptian Giza Pyramid, Malta, and the Pre-Incan Peru cultures. Perfectly cut, though smaller, stones were found. The megaliths were not designed as the foundation of the original building, but were meant to be the top. Why? What for? The much later stones of the Roman temple can be seen built behind and on top of them.
This evolution in stonework is remarkable. From the small Roman and Turkish blocks, we go further down to monumental blocks identical with our earliest cultures. Yet lower than this, we come not to primitive mud bricks or shanty-hut foundations, but to the greatest stones ever worked by man.
At the southern entrance of town is a quarry where the stones used in the temples were cut.
A huge block with 28 people shown is considered the largest hewn stone in the world, still sits where it was cut thousands of years ago. Called the "Stone of the Pregnant Woman", it is 21.5m x 4.8m x 4.2 meters in size and weighs an estimated 1,000 tons.
Greek historians wrote about Baalbek as early as 336 B.C. describing that Alexander the Great had moved his Army past Baalbek after defeating the Babylonians on his way to conquer Egypt. Interestingly UFOs were also reported in the sky with red lights in the shape of baskets moving extremely fast. They noted ruins dedicated to the Phoenician sun god Baal were found... The significance of Baalbek is its huge raised platform comprised of stone blocks of enormous weight and size. Historians were told at the time that the stone platform was the oldest on Earth. It's thought to have survived the great flood some 13,000 years ago. The original ruins may have been built by Akkadians some of the first civilizations on Earth.
The Akkadian Empire reached its peak during this time and King Naram-Suen (2291-2255 BC) aggrandized his kingly titles accordingly, calling himself King of the Universe. His name, both contemporary and subsequent to his reign, was prefixed with a star, denoting that he was a god. The Akkadian Empire stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to Iran
The Akkadian Empire fell around 2200 BC, the same time as the decline of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Indus Valley in Pakistan, and the Early Bronze civilizations of Palestine, Greece and Crete. It is estimated that a severe drought had been responsible for the decline of these civilizations, and new evidence from the Gulf of Oman has surfaced that it had the worst dry spell in 10,000 years and that it lasted for 300 years. Although there is still no proof that it was the direct cause of the empire's fall, there's a good chance it was a litigating factor.
King Naram-Suen's Victory over the Lullubi
The Egyptians are known to have conquered the Beka Valley city and fortress in the 9th Century B.C. in an area known as Heliopolis. The Egyptians built temples to their sun god Ra on the ancient platform. They are not clumsy artifacts, crude and compromised cuts like Stonehenge. They are perfectly fitted 1,000 ton stones forming a foundation not even a huge Roman temple could encompass.
Baalbek's location is in Lebanese mountains, about sixty kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea coast at 34º latitude and 36º longitude. It was the center burial region in the midst of thousands of rock cut tombs.
When Augustus, emperor of Rome had conquered the region in 27 BC, he ordered that the massive obelisk towering above others at the Karnak temple in Egypt be brought to Rome, but the effort was aborted, when the trophy proved too heavy. Sources give varying estimates of its weight, from 323 tons to 455 tons. Lavishing great architecture on Baalbek then seems totally out of character for the undeniably selfish Rome, which had at the very same time been stealing historic treasures from other countries, such as the obelisks from Egypt.
It makes more sense that Baalbek had something no other place could offer, not even the city of Rome, the heart of the empire. This something may also be the reason why so many people wished to be buried there. Rumors claimed this was where the Gods came to Earth.
It is apparent the huge stones in the retaining wall (platform of the Baalbek temple site clearly look a lot more eroded than the bona fide Roman ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, as well as those of the other two Roman temples also on the site. Therefore, the heavily eroded blocks should be much older. This fact naturally gives rise to a different scenari At Baalbek Rome had found a fabulous readymade foundation, a mighty platform to add a suitably majestic structure to, stamping the Roman eagle upon the whole for the perception of future generations. The acropolis of Baalbek comprises several temples built by Roman engineers at time of Christ over 2000 years ago.
One of the Trilithon foundation stones can be seen in bottom of this view of Jupiter's Temple.
The construction was built on top of earlier ruins which were formed into a raised plaza, formed of twenty-four monoliths, the largest weighing a 1000 tons. The Romans destroyed the previous structures using some of the stones to build their own temples to worship Jupiter. These are thought to be some of finest structures ever built in the Middle East.
The Temple of Jupiter, the principal temple of the Baalbek triad, was remarkable for its 20 meter high columns that surrounded the cella, and the gigantic stones of its terrace. The adjacent temple dedicated to Bacchus is exceptional; it is richly and abundantly decorated and of impressive dimensions with its monumental gate sculpted with Bacchic figures. The Round Temple or Temple of Venus differs in its originality of layout as well as its refinement and harmonious forms, in a city where other sanctuaries are marked by monumental structures.
Acropolis of Baalbek, Lebanon with its colossal structures is a unique artistic creation and an eminent example of a sanctuary of the imperial Roman period. It is located on two historic trade routes, between the Mediterranean coast and the Syrian interior and between northern Syria and northern Palestine. Today the city, 85 km from Beirut, is an important administrative and economic centre in the northern Beqaa valley.
The origin of the name Baalbek is not precisely known. The Phoenician term Baal means 'lord' or 'god' and was the title given to the fortress. The word Baalbek may therefore mean 'God of the Beqaa Valley'.
Historians attribute to Augustus the design of the imperial sanctuary where a significant religious transfer came about to the benefit of Rome. Whatever the case, the Romanized triad of Heliopolis (Jupiter, Venus and Mercury) came to replace the Phoenician triad. It is interesting to note the Roman Gods were names of Planets. The first building work, that of the Temple of Jupiter, began during the reign of Emperor Augustus in the late 1st century BC and completed soon after AD 60 under Nero. The immense sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus was lined by 104 massive granite columns imported from Aswan and held a temple surrounded by 50 additional columns.
The stone blocks of the Baalbek platform are the world's biggest building blocks and provide evidence we were visited by ancient astronauts. Thanks to http://vejprty.com/baalbek.htm
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons - and high yield explosives can pose deadly and destructive threats to the U.S. and its allies. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) works to stop the spread, counter the effects, and prepare for the use of weapons of mass destruction. By making WMD less effective or completely ineffective, we limit their appeal to our adversaries and their potential use as tools of war, provide U.S. forces freedom of action, and protect the homeland.
The Agency engages in the full range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation and consequence management activities identified as essential to combating WMD threats. As both a defense agency and a combat support agency, DTRA creates solutions and delivers the products, training and services to defeat WMD where they are needed – in the hands of the war fighter.
DTRA's works together with other federal agencies, the combatant commands, and international organizations, our allies and countries around the world to stop terrorist use of nuclear weapons. The Agency works with these partners towards the one goal we all share in attempting to make the World Safer. Rumors indicate the organization has been successful in stopping the detonation of weapons of mass destruction in many of the world's major cities.
DTRA is an agile, efficient and integrated organization composed of multitalented, innovative, diverse and principled people. DTRA is headquartered in the Defense Threat Reduction Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. From there, DTRA directs the activities of its 1,900 civilian and military employees, many of whom are stationed at locations throughout the world.
WMD in the hands of hostile states and terrorists as one of the greatest security challenges facing the United States.
Ukrainian workers use U.S. provided equipment to eliminate a portion of a SS-24 nuclear missile silo at w:Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. The Cooperative Threat Reduction program is providing equipment and services to dismantle 46 such silos in Ukraine."
The Chain of Command for operational purposes (as per the Goldwater–Nichols Act) goes from the President through the Secretary of Defense to the Combatant Commanders who are four star generals or admirals. These are the only men who have knowledge of UFOs and appoint a few designated people with a need to know clearances. The Combat Support program provides the Combatant Commanders with Technical Support Groups (TSGs) who can rapidly and globally deploy to provide the capability to counter the WMD threats.
The commander of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is the lead combatant commander for integrating and synchronizing global WMD efforts. USSTRATCOM is one of 10 unified commands under the Department of Defense. Its mission is to deter attacks on U.S. vital interests and to ensure U.S. freedom of action in space and cyberspace through a global integrated missile defense operations network. USSTRATCOM controls the US nuclear arsenal and is charged with the missions of space operations, integrated missile defense, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, global strike, and strategic deterrence. The USSTRATCOM Center for combating weapons of mass destruction is co-located with DTRA at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/
Centre -- At about 3 pm on May 4, 2012, I was sitting outside at an RV park enjoying the eastern view at Weiss Lake I noticed a white object high above the lake. For a brief second I thought it was an airplane. When I realized that it could be a UFO, I walked out on the deck to get a better look at it. The object was quite high up in the sky, yet it appeared to be very long. It occurred to me at that time that it was very large. It had columns or windows from one end to the other. There was no sound as it moved in a seemingly straight line. I stood there watching it for about three minutes. I know that UFO's are known to travel in groups, so I looked all around the object to see if there were any others. That was when I noticed another one about a half mile in front of the first one. It looked exactly like the first one. I then focused on the first one again because it was the closest one to me. All of a sudden it seemed to disappear right before my eyes. The sky at that location was clear and blue with no clouds nearby. I then looked quickly toward the other one just as it disappeared behind a small cloud. I waited a few minutes to see if it would reappear on the other side of the cloud, but it never did. A few minutes later my neighbor pulled up and I proceeded to tell him what I had seen. All of a sudden I saw another one. My neighbor also saw it from a distance and dismissed it as a probable airplane. I borrowed his binoculars and headed back over to the dock. As I was trying to focus in on the object, all of a sudden all I could see through the binoculars was a white haze, so I put them down and looked up again. This one had disappeared just as the other two had. It was in about the same location as the first one, so again, there were no clouds nearby. I am certain that the three objects were not airplanes, but UFO's.
Azusa -- Man discovers an unknown aerial object in a photo taken of his car on April 28, 2012. This is a lot more believable than some others. It would have been hard to hoax.
Keep your eyes to the skies! Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
Margate – On May 8, 2012, last night around 11 PM, my husband and I saw a huge triangle shaped craft. It made no sound and it also had five lights that were steady. I was on the phone with my Mom at the time when I first made eye contact. I screamed for my husband to come and see and I snapped three pictures. I called the non-emergency line and the local news. They said they had no other reports. Note: In an interview the witness said that the object was only visible for about 30 seconds and it was flying out towards the Atlantic Ocean. The photos were taken with an inexpensive cell phone camera of low resolution. The above photo has been enhanced by increasing brightness and adjusting the contrast. Photos of these "slow flying triangles" are a rarity. Readers should note that the above photo confirms the witness sighting. The witness sent two photos. One of the photos (see above) clearly showed the light formation (after the photo was brightened) the other photo (not shown) only showed one of the lights. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
NORTH MIAMI BEACH -- A couple were looking out to the northeast over the Atlantic Ocean from their beachfront balcony on May 12, 2012. They saw two large bright lights hovering over the ocean. One of the lights vanished and then suddenly reappeared and moved towards them. The light moved overhead towards the west. The light took on a triangular object appearance as it moved overhead. One of the witnesses took a video with her IPhone. The video "vaguely" shows a triangular pattern of lights, but it is difficult to see. A photo of one of the hovering lights was also taken with the IPhone. A few minutes later another similar object moved overhead from the south. No sound was heard. One of the witnesses called 911 and reported the strange lights. Later the witnesses sighted the objects again.
Note: The witnesses were both interviewed and seem to be quite credible. They were baffled by what they saw. The male witness said that the objects were about 5 times larger than the largest aircraft. The weather was mostly clear. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
GREENWOOD -- On the night of May 5, 2012, between 10 pm and 10:30 pm, I was looking southwest and saw a strange light again but I had my camcorder on me. I was watching when two bright reddish orange lights about treetop level started disappearing and reappearing.
I started recording the objects as they hovered and descended very slowly and disappeared. Then another appeared and I turned my camera back on and the object moved west and vanished. I saw similar objects on June 20, 2011 and June 16, 2008. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Essie -- On January 27, 2011, at 4 AM, I saw a light that might be an airplane. I went to my living room window but couldn't see it anywhere. I decided to go outside to film it as it flew straight up over my head at about 1,500 feet altitude. I could tell that the top of it was spinning around and the bottom was too. The top dome was spinning to the right and the bottom dome was spinning to the left. The entire craft was glowing except for the inner part, which was dark. You could see little lights rotating around from the middle of the craft. There were also lights flickering from the bottom of the craft that was 75 to 100 feet in length and about 40 feet in width. It was a huge wobbling craft. It took off in a split second and disappeared and shut off all the house lights for a second and turned off my camera. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Stockbridge --The photographer mailed the photos taken on May 5, 2012, at 5:47 PM. The photo and enlargement were scanned by me and are posted above.
The witness is a professional photographer. He did not see the object and only noticed it when later viewing his photos. He said that he heard no sound when taking the photo.
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Blue Springs -- We were driving on Highway 70/Highway 40 at 1:30 AM, on May 12, 2012. My friend took this picture with her cell phone. It was just hovering there. I have never experienced anything like this before. I don't know how else to explain it except for as a UFO.
Note: The photo looks somewhat compelling. The shape shown in the photo may be due to camera movement and/or movement of the vehicle from which the photo was taken.
Paterson -- On May 10, 2012, I took a video of UFO and will purchase a tripod, and get ready for more. On May 13th, I went out about 7:30 PM, when I spotted a craft. This craft was flying almost like it was flying sideways in a straight line. It was a few miles from Newark Liberty airport and it was not headed that way. I grabbed my iPhone and recorded from my sunroof. I have added screen grabs of the video as well to show you key spots so you know where to look following its path. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Taos -- During a community occupy event in the Three Peaks area I was filming randomly on May 5, 2012. A couple days later, while editing the video and after taking several stills from the video I noticed the object. I reviewed the video and saw that the object was only present in 2 or 3 frames. I used Photoshop to blow up and sharpen the image and found an odd pixilation around the object, and also a different shape suggesting a flash or trail in another version of the image. I made a short loop of the objects motion view on YouTube. Thanks to MUFON CMS
CINCINNATI -- I was outside on a break from work on May 6, 2012 and I was looking up to see an object unlike a bird which rides a wave of air, this thing was not wavering. I would notice a reflection about every 3 to 5 seconds coming from the side of it that faced the sun. I did not panic, as I have seen this before. No one was on the street. I looked up again and it was gone. I drove six miles west after work and saw it again at 3:30 PM. I used my binoculars and it was a flat object rotating end over end with small points and hovering under a cloud. It lasted 20 minutes and disappeared. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS
PHILADELPHIA -- I was walking my dog on Sunday, May 13th, 2012, at 9:35 pm, and I noticed something strange in the sky. The object was about 75-100 feet away and flying slightly above a house. This circular object was as wide as a normal row home, hovering around 10-15 feet above the rooftops. It had a green glow around it, with blinking red and blue lights around it. I was able to snap one picture, though it was poor quality, before the object disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Brownfield – On May 2, 2012, while flying south toward Seminole, Texas in a helicopter under night vision goggles, myself and another crewmember observed a small triangular shaped craft in front of another larger triangle. There were many lights observed on the bottom of the craft as it flew fairly fast north at around 20,000 feet msl or so. There was nothing particularly unusual about the flight characteristics however its odd shape caught our attention. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
SEATTLE -- I was on my nightly walk on May 15, 2012, as I was headed south towards downtown and saw 20 to 25 orbs of lights in a line stretching from the north to south in groups of threes. As each group of UFOs flew over the city the lights would dim and you could see the circular form of the objects. There was a single object that was at the end of the fleet and it turned and went northwest as the rest continued south. Seeing a fleet of 20 to 25 UFO's is unreal. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Townsville, Queensland -- At 6:15 pm, on May 4, 2012, a red colored body was seen moving from NW to SE high in the sky. The object was so high that there was no sound; however, the object remained in view for about 10 minutes once noticed. It was traveling past the moon when we first noticed it. It did not have an exhaust trail and it appeared to be oblong with red and gold coloring. We checked to make sure the sun, which was behind us and setting, wasn't the cause of the coloring, but it was not high enough to be noticeable. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Steinbach, MB -- Driving home from my daughter's house I saw something very strange flying very fast in the distance in front of me on May 8, 2012. It was a cloudless sky just outside of New Bothwell, Manitoba about 2100 hours. In the distance I saw a pulsating bright white light, flying fast and as high as a small aircraft would be. I saw no shape to this lighted object. It was blinking; it blinked three times very quickly then moved forward. It was not flying in a straight line, nor was its speed consistent. After its three pulsating blinks, it looked as if it took a new position, then three blinks before. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Tianjin -- On May 2nd, 2012, at about 10 pm, Beijing time, my youngest son came out of his bedroom and asked about a "weird light in the sky that was changing colors". Without getting up, I dismissed him back to bed by telling him it was likely a planet. I wish I had listened to him sooner. A few minutes later I retrieved a pair of binoculars, then my 40x Sony Handy cam camcorder. As you can see from my YouTube posts, the lights go through a long pattern of transition rotating through about seven different lighting sequences. The object moved very slowly to the northwest, toward Beijing. Our home is about 100 kilometers from Beijing. I have no idea what this flying object was. Two airliners flew over but this object had no sound and no silhouette. With the naked eye, the bottom light looked like it was quickly changing colors from red, to green to blue, back to red, but the video doesn't really pick up on this. I am guessing it was 3,000-5,000 feet up in the air. Both my sons, ages 12 and 18, along with my wife observed this craft. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Prague -- Two aircraft flying in trail about four kilometers separation were observed on May 1, 2012. There was a light emitting from them unlike lights on regular aircraft. They were orange balls which shined in different hues, but it was strange and unlike anything I've seen. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Dublin -- I stopped near the Liffey River noticed what I thought it was a Sea Flare Rocket fired from the sea. In a few seconds the bright light expanded, and was heading to my location. I grab my telephone and was seeing a Disc UFO with the orange light at one edge and a fuzzy base like fog rotating in brown color on August 15, 2010. This was a really physical disc, except the base was like a moving cloud. It flew slowly above my head silently and I took this photo, but the cell phone only shows a bright light. It changed direction and crossed the river and stopped no more than 10 meters away from me. I spotted a blue beam on the main monument in the center of Dublin.
Then beam rotated to the opposite side of the river above the buildings and started moving again like slow motion. Then it ascended out of sight to the west. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Spennymoor CO, Durham -- The witness has not volunteered any information regarding this photo. Only the date, April 2, 2011 and location were provided and this was only after this information was requested. We don't know what the witness saw, if the photo was edited or enhanced and what type of camera was used. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
LIVERPOOL -- My partner and I went outside after seeing a very bright object in the sky. We have seen this same object on three other occasions. We took photos on May 11, 2012 , at approx 10.00 pm. It appears in the camera shot but not visible to the naked eye. The objects seem to be moving all over the place; the camera was on 2048 by 1536 resolution. An internet search shows others have seen objects in the Liverpool skies. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Harare -- On May 2, 2012, I saw a UFO at 2:29 pm, I was looking at an Ethiopian Airlines plane that had just turned after taking off and I saw an object behind it! It was really high in the sky and changed shape a few times from being circular to being elongated, when it was circular it was white, pretty easy to see, when it was elongated it was a grayish color. It was about the size of a star as it stayed as a circular shape for about five minutes. It seemed to move but it was so high that I couldn't see if it was moving, then it came a bit lower and grew in size and just zoomed off so fast and disappeared! My coordinates for where I live are Latitude = -17.8265, Longitude = 31.0632 I do not have pictures or video as it was too high, conditions were clear blue skies.
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Unlike lesser systems, the Encore products use the latest 433 MHz radio frequency technology to provide better range. Additionally, through the implementation of amplitude-shift keying technology (ASK), the Encore remotes are much less susceptible to interference and can handle greater amounts of data than traditional transmission methods. The result is longer range – as much as 60% greater than conventional remotes – and significantly faster data transfer rates.
Another benefit to the ASK technology is reduced power consumption for longer transmitter battery life. The remote transmitter is a thin design key ring style device made of durable chrome plated metal and equipped with a new 50% larger LCD screen with new ultra bright white LED back lighting. Features of the LCD transmitter include two-way paging, 24 hour clock with meter minder, a temperature readout, voltage indicator and a countdown and run timer.
The second included transmitter is a 433 MHz ASK-enabled, thin design four-button one-way transmitter, also in a rugged metal housing.
For greater security, a miniature sized dual-stage shock sensor is also included in the system as well as on-board temperature and voltage sensors, which provide this information to the user via the LCD remote control. The system can be programmed for two-car operation and there are multiple audible confirmation tones as well as a vibrator mode for paging the user.
The main "brain" is equipped with no less than five on-board relays, which provide the output capability for the programmable outputs to drive parking lights, starter, accessories and/or pretty much whatever else your creative mind can dream up. The E9 system can be configured for use with most gasoline, diesel or hybrid vehicles, including turbocharged vehicles and either manual or automatic transmissions.
Because the Encore E9 system is fully compatible with most CAN bus-equipped vehicles, no additional interface modules are needed to integrate the E9 with the OEM security system.
If you are looking for a no-compromise, very long range security and remote start system, the Encore E9 should definitely be on your list. The system has a suggested retail price of $599.99.


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CHE 1045-1046 (Lecture & Lab)
PHY 1051 (Mechanics), 1052 (E&M), 2041(Waves & Optics and Thermo), 2042 (Modern Physics), 1061L (Mechanics Lab), 2061L (E&M Lab).
Additional electives, such as PHY 1221B, 1222B, 1321, 1510, and 1724, are recommended for specific fields in engineering.
Combined Programs
The University has combined plans with Columbia University.
Under the BA/BS plan, a student who attends Yeshiva University for three years, maintains a 3.3 average and receives the recommendation of the pre-engineering adviser is admitted to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science as a junior. The student attends Columbia University for two years; upon successful completion of the program, Yeshiva University confers the Bachelor of Arts degree and Columbia University confers the Bachelor of Science degree.
Under the BA/MS plan, for which a minimum 3.3 average is required, the student earns an appropriate bachelor's degree at Yeshiva University in any of the other majors approved in Yeshiva College and, after two additional years of study at Columbia University, receives the master's degree, bypassing the bachelor's degree in engineering.
Students in the combined plan must maintain registration at Yeshiva University by filing a Leave of Absence form until they receive the BA degree. They must meet the same requirements for graduation as all students who spend three years in residence at the University.
Students interested in the pre-engineering options are urged to discuss their specific course of study with the pre-engineering adviser, Professor Ed Berliner, each semester prior to registration. Professor Berliner can be reached at email@example.com or ext. 333.


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|How to obtain copies of Nebraska vital records, such as Nebraska birth certificates, Nebraska death records, Nebraska marriage licenses & Nebraska divorce decrees. See the guidelines for general information on how to order vital records. Check the related links for additional vital records and genealogical information on Nebraska.
Nebraska State Vital Records Office Information
Make check or money order payable to Vital Statistics.
Index to Nebraska County Vital Records Offices
All birth and death records are maintained by the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Follow this link to Rootsweb to determine what county a city or town is in.
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You Should Discover the Nebraska Vital Records
Do you know what the Nebraska vital records are? They are important historical documents, including birth certificates and death records, that give evidence of people who lived in the state. If you are staring at blanks in your family tree, then you must visit these documents. If you are writing a research paper about the Cornhusker State, then you should peruse these papers. This information is available for different reasons. State and national recording-keeping data relies on the accuracy of the Nebraska vital records. Population tracking is made possible, thanks to this evidence.
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November 22, 2012 18:00 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 22, 2012) - North Sea Energy Inc. ("NSE" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NUK) announces its unaudited financial results for the period ended September 30, 2012. The summary of the selected financial information should be read in conjunction with the Company's Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) and the related Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 dated November 22, 2012, which have been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Highlights & Recent Events
Significant developments
Independent Economic Evaluation Complete on 3 Prospects
On September 5, 2012, the Company announced the results of an Independent Economic Evaluation ("IEE") for three of its UK North Sea blocks. These include its 50% owned Badger prospect (block 12/30), its 50% owned Bobcat prospect (block 13/28b) and its 20% owned Norfolk prospect (blocks 12/16b and 12/17b), all located in the UK North Sea. The IEE has been completed by Acquidis Limited ("Acquidis"), a UK based consulting firm utilizing the resource and geologic information developed by Sproule International Limited ("Sproule") and Senergy (GB) Ltd. ("Senergy"). For more information, refer to NSE's press release dated September 5, 2012.
Subsequent events
Badger Prospect
October 5, 2012, the Company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Echo Exploration Limited, was awarded UK Licence P1920, as part of the 26th licensing round. This licence covers UKCS Block 12/30 and contains the Badger Prospect.
In addition, Premier Oil has exercised its option right to require transfer of a 50% interest in UKCS Block 12/30 pursuant to an April 28, 2010 Agreement between Encore Oil and Echo Exploration Limited. This transfer is subject to the consent of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Premier completed the acquisition of Encore on January 16, 2012.
27th Seaward Licensing Round
On October 26, 2012, the Company announced that the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published the initial tranche of offers for licences in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in the UK North Sea. NSE, together with its partner, EnCounter Oil Limited ("EnCounter Oil"), has been offered two new promote licences in the UK North Sea in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round, namely - blocks 13/24c and 13/25 (NSE - 40% interest), and block 14/29b (NSE - 40% interest). NSE holds its interest in these prospects through its wholly-owned subsidiary, North Sea Energy (UK No2) Limited.
EnCounter Oil is a new exploration company set up by the former senior exploration team of EnCore Oil plc. This team was involved in discovering the Buzzard Oil field and Catcher Oil discovery.
2D High Resolution Seismic on Norfolk
On November 19, 2012, the Company announced that a 2D hi-resolution seismic program on the Norfolk Prospect (block 12/16b) (20% NSE interest) has been completed after receiving approval from DECC (UK Department of Energy and Climate Change).
The weather during November has been kind and allowed the Company to acquire more data than the base plan. This will allow the Company to test 3D migrating the data and/or creating a Geocube product.
The processing of the additional seismic will enhance the Company's understanding of the prospect in terms of the 'up dip' extent of the Norfolk prospect and assist in the determination of the drilling target. The acquiring of the seismic data during 2012 allows the Company to progress its evaluation of the prospect and to make a drilling decision sooner and without delay to the project.
Private Placement
On November 22, 2012, the Company announced that it has closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of unsecured convertible debentures (the "Debentures") for gross proceeds of $3,800,000. If there is additional interest, a second and final tranche of the private placement will close on or before December 17, 2012 (or there about) for gross proceeds up to $10,000,000.
The subscription price per Debenture is $1,000. Interest on the Debentures is 7.75%, payable semi-annually, for a term of five years from the issue date. The Debentures are convertible into common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at the holder's option at any time after four months from the date of issuance at a price of $0.45 per Common Share (the "Conversion Price") and upon 20 business days' notice to the Company. The Company may elect to convert the Debentures on each anniversary date of the date of issuance of the Debentures at the Conversion Price. The Company shall have the right at any time after December 1, 2015 to repay all or a portion of the Debentures without the consent of the holders, subject to the right of the holders to convert prior to such prepayment. The Debentures will be subject to a hold period expiring on March 23, 2013.
The Company will pay a finder's fee equal to 5% of the gross proceeds of the Private Placement.
The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to fund the Company's exploration and development program in the North Sea and for general working capital purposes.
The Private Placement is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange and any other applicable securities legislation.
About North Sea Energy Inc.
NSE (TSX VENTURE:NUK) is a UK-focused oil and gas exploration and production ("E&P") company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. NSE is producing light oil from the Jacky field, located in the Inner Moray Firth off the Scottish coast and has acquired an interest in twelve blocks in the North Sea.
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ralfcis » Tue Nov 07, 2017 9:45 am wrote:Crap I just got laid off. Don't know how I'm going to squeeze in physics anymore.
As soon as the objects are separated, there is a delay of information between them.
Through post processing we would be able to determine that the sun had actually disappeared 8 minutes ago and that was the actual reality that we could not determine in the present moment. So what is reality, what happened 8 minutes ago and 8 minutes later
The time between Alice's speed change and the delay of that info reaching Bob is a breach of reality just like in the sun disappearing example. There must be a conservation of relative velocity and this is manifested by a permanent age difference between Bob and Alice that unfolds during the information delay time.
Now that I understand how to convert between the two STD's, I find the Epstein version too difficult to keep straight in my mind. It's of no real use in my opinion since the Minkowski is much easier to understand.
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faith is borrowed from Old French feid, feit, which was pronounced with a final fricative, explaining the fricative in English. The French word is from Latin fidem from *bhidh-, the zero-grade from of *bheidh- "to trust" (the IEW has "advise, force").
*bheidh- also probably became Old English bīdan "bide, wait for" (from earlier "await trustingly, expect, trust" which combined with the preposition on to form English abide.
The OED says fidēs has an etymological cognate in πίστις, which struck me as weird, but it's true, at least according to Pokorny's IEW 117, where he places πίστις in the entry for *bheidh-, from an earlier form with *φ.


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2011-10-26 / Events & Calendar
Holiday fair Dec. 3
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2025 Washington Ave., Seaford, will hold its holiday fair, Sat., Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include homemade crafts, holiday gift baskets, Christmas greens, Grandmother's Attic, Cookie Walk and International Cheese Board. You can eat at Café Noel. For information, call 781-6374.
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In groovier than mere groovy news, a new report suggests Army of Darkness 2 is definitely in the works, and Bruce 'Ash Williams' Campbell will star in it.
According to Comicbook.com, the Evil Dead and Army of Darkness star was asked at Wizard World Nashville Comic Con if a sequel to Raimi's third Evil Dead movie was going ahead. Here was Mr. Campbell's reply:
""The last one was twenty-two years ago. I just haven't been racing to do it. Sam Raimi is just a little bit busy making the biggest movies in Hollywood. I used to be busy. Now I'm not. That's why I'm here."
"Ash would have to stop occasionally from chasing some deadite to catch his breath. Maybe we could do that, I guess. That would be exciting. Fight in a walker. That would be alright. Hit them with my cane. Fake them out, have a fake heart attack, distract a zombie. I like it."
Campbell then apparently got serious.
"Alright sir, the answer is yes."
While rumours of a sequel have been circulating since March, this is the closest we've come to absolute confirmation...although the story itself is yet to be confirmed or denied by Campbell. But hey, a little daydream every now and then never hurt anybody, right? We'll update this story with any further news as we get it.
Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN AU. Follow her ramblings on IGN at Luce_IGN_AU,or @Luceobrien on Twitter.