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The Crystal Palace hosted the first display of life-size dinosaur replicas in 1854.
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On a series of three artificial islands and in the surrounding ponds, visitors to the 1854 World's Fair at the Crystal Palace in London saw the first life-size replicas of dinosaurs such as the Iguanodon, the Megalosaurus, and Pterodactyls, all created by sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins.
Waterhouse Hawkins' dinosaur replicas offer a great opportunity for an inquiry-based project. Some of Hawkins' models are known for their minor errors or incomplete detail. Consider the horn on the Iguanodon or the submerged Mosasaur (with body obscured since only fossils of the head had been discovered). The replicas are in fact more of a historical artifact than an accurate scientific model.
After learning about Hawkins' replicas, do a study of what we know about these same dinosaurs today-what did Hawkins get right and where did he draw the wrong conclusions? Students could work individually or in small groups to investigate a dinosaur of their choice, comparing Hawkins' versions to current knowledge about the prehistoric animals. The ReadWriteThink Venn Diagram is a nice tool to help students organize and present their findings.
- The Best Dinosaur Books for Kids
This page from Smithsonian.com lists some dinosaur books appropriate for kids, along with brief descriptions.
- The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Page
Nyder's site includes photos of all the remaining dinosaurs in their original location on artificial islands outside the site of the original Crystal Palace building at Sydenham.
- Dinosaur History: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
This Brooklyn College page details not only Hawkins' work on the Crystal Palace dinosaur replicas but also the ill-fated plans to build similar replicas in New York City.
- Build a Dino
Scientists out on a dig have found parts from six different dinosaurs. Put the parts together to create a dinosaur that really existed, OR create an imaginary dinosaur of your own!
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Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes!
This lesson encourages young students to see themselves as writers with a message to convey. Three types of reports are provided to show what kindergartners and emergent writers can do.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Picture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Students use picture books as framing texts for research, freeing them from the language of encyclopedia sources and allowing them to focus their attention on the content of their papers.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Our Community: Creating ABC Books as Assessment
Students create alphabet books, which are used as an integrated assessment with science, health, social studies, and any other content area. This lesson plans looks at the theme of community.


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Chad Murphy gave Greene Central the lead with a two-run single in the sixth inning and James Head added some insurance with a home run in the seventh as the Rams downed host Wilson Beddingfield, 10-8, in baseball on Friday night.
Chad Murphy gave Greene Central the lead with a two-run single in the sixth inning and James Head added some insurance with a home run in the seventh as the Rams downed host Wilson Beddingfield, 10-8, in baseball on Friday night.
Murphy�s base hit gave Greene Central an 8-7 lead, then Head�s two-run blast made it 10-7 before the Bruins� rally in the seventh fell short.
Beddingfield led 6-0 in the third inning, but the Rams took advantage of three Bruins errors in the fifth and the first of two two-run hits from Murphy in climb back in.
Greene Central trailed 7-4 heading into the sixth but rallied with four runs to take the lead for good.
Murphy went 3-for-4 and Head was 2-for-3. Mason Head went 2-for-4.
Austin Mooring earned the win. He gave up two runs on six hits, walked one and struck out six in five innings. Ben Brann came on in the seventh for the save.
The Rams (7-7, 5-2 Eastern Plains 2A) travel to Tarboro on Tuesday.
SOUTH LENOIR 7, RICHLANDS 3: At South Lenoir, the Blue Devils had only three hits but benefited from seven walks in the win on Thursday.
Grant Tyndall went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Garrett Holland drove in three runs and had the other Blue Devils hit. Will Graves reached base three times and score three runs for South Lenoir (7-7, 4-4 East Central 2A Conference), which won for the second straight game.
Richlands (10-5-1, 4-3) led 3-2 going into the bottom of the fifth until the Blue Devils broke it open by scoring three runs.
Wyatt Janning earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief. Garrett Holland pitched a scoreless seventh.
Ethan Horne was saddled with the loss for the Wildcats.
BETHEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 11, GOLDSBORO FAITH CHRISTIAN 0 5 INN.: At Goldsboro, the Trojans picked up a non-conference win.
Alex Hardison went 2-for-4 with a double and scored three runs and eight other Bethel players recorded a hit. Tyler Antwine earned the win with three scoreless innings and five strikeouts.
The Trojans (7-6) travel to Fayetteville Baptist Academy on Monday.
KINSTON, SL GAMES POSTPONED: Kinston�s home softball game scheduled with Farmville Central and South Lenoir�s home softball game against Richlands were postponed on Friday due to rain.
Make-up dates for the conference games have not yet been determined.
PARROTT ACADEMY 1, ROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY 0: At Parrott, the Patriots earned an EPIC win.
Campbell Huddle scored Parrott�s lone goal in the first half on an assist from Langley Mills, and the Patriots held on from there. Keeper Anna Sale had her second shutout in goal.
The Patriots (7-3-1, 6-1-1) host Raleigh St. David�s School on Tuesday.
SL BOYS FINISH THIRD: At Croatan, the Blue Devils finished third in a four-team East Central 2A Conference meet. Jacksonville Northside won with a 90 followed by Croatan (74.5), SL (54) and Topsail (36.5).
Top three finishers for South Lenoir were: Wayne Hall, second place, discus, 101-feet; Tanner Dixon, third place, discus, 97-feet, 2-inches; Gavin Hill, second place, 110-meter hurdles, 19.25 seconds; Mason Zeagler, first place, 1,600-meter run, 5:03, first place, 3,200-meter run, 10:57; Ivan Covarrubias, third place, 1,600-meter run, 5:28; Hunter Bryan, second place, 400-meter dash, 54.44; 3,200-meter relay team, second place, 9:16; 1,600-meter relay team, second place, 3:57.


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Launched in 1952, the Keats-Shelley Journal is published (in print form: ISSN 0453-4387) annually by the Keats-Shelley Association of America. It contains articles on John Keats, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, and their circles of mutual influence and context–as well as news and notes, book reviews, and a current bibliography. Read more
Frankenreads is an NEH-funded initiative of the Keats-Shelley Association of America and partners to hold a series of events and initiatives in honor of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, featuring especially an international series of readings of the full text of the novel on Halloween 2018.
The Keats-Shelley House (26 Piazza di Spagna) is most famous for being the final dwelling place of John Keats, who died here in 1821, aged just 25, and to this day Keats's bedroom is preserved as a shrine to his tragic story and extraordinary talent. Displayed through a chain of beautiful rooms, the museum's collection contains a great many treasures and curiosities associated with the lives and works of the Romantic poets, as well as one of the finest libraries of Romantic literature in the world. Visit their Web site
Keats House (Hampstead, UK) is where the poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting that inspired some of his most memorable poetry. Here, Keats wrote 'Ode to a Nightingale', and fell in love with Fanny Brawne, the girl next door. It was from this house that he travelled to Rome, where he died of tuberculosis aged just 25. Visit their Web site
The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association was formed in 1903, with the support of King Edward VII, King Vittorio Emmanuele III and President 'Teddy' Roosevelt. The Museum was opened in 1909. Apart from maintaining the Keats-Shelley Memorial House, the Association is responsible for the upkeep of the graves of Keats and Shelley in the non-Catholic Cemetery at Testaccio. It also awards an annual Keats-Shelley Prize for exemplary essays and poems on Romantic themes. Visit their Web site
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Frugal Friday~
Last week's Fan Favorite was this pretty BHG-inspired centerpiece shared by The Sweet Survival.
Now on to my Frugal Round-Up ...
First up, I loved this kitchen makevoer posted by 36th Avenue. Isn't it amazing what white paint can do??
Next, Craftberry Bush shared her very clever eggshell flower vases. Love this idea.
And finally Dear Lillie shared her pretty french cabinet makeover. Such a lovely tranformation - love that chevron back!
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2. Please link back the Shabby Nest (you can use the pretty new button on my side bar to make it easy.) I only feature projects in my Frugal Round-up that link back to The Shabby Nest. I have passed up some great features because they didn't link back..so please use common courtesy and return the link! MWAH!!
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FARMINGTON — The Slime Dogs were happy puppies when they got the word that Peter Mucher had a rare weekend off from his University of Southern Maine's fall baseball schedule.
They were even happier puppies when it turned out that Mucher was freed up the weekend of the 23rd annual Courier Cup Wiffleball Classic. His participation was instrumental in the Slime Dogs winning this year's Courier Cup. Mucher had four hits and five RBIs, including a three-run homer, in their 8-6 championship win over the defending champion Heart Breakers on Sunday at the Farmington 500 Boys & Girls Club Park.
The Slime Dogs went 7-0 over the weekend in winning their first championship (in their first trip to the final) and Mucher was named tournament MVP.
In fact, the only reason Mucher had the weekend off was because USM coach Ed Flaherty's son, Ryan Flaherty, a third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, was in Boston this past weekend playing for the O's against the Red Sox and the USM coach was in Fenway watching his son play.
"We never have weekends off," Mucher said with a smile. "I'm here by luck."
Mucher's championship imprint was immediately felt when he launched an opposite-field three-run homer in the top of the first inning to put the Slime Dogs, who never trailed, up 3-0. He followed with an RBI double and single, coupled with Codie Healey's run-scoring double to put the Slime Dogs ahead 6-1 in the top of the third. He knocked in five of his team's first six runs. But the Heart Breakers (6-1) did not go quietly. They scored three times in the third to close the gap to 6-4. Two runs scored on a pop fly when Luke Roberts tagged and beat the wild throw to home that went out of play and allowed a second run to score. Josh Edgerly followed with an RBI base hit.
Mike Varney's RBI single widened the lead to 7-4 for the Slime Dogs in the top of the fourth, but back came the Heart Breakers.
They put runners on first and second with one out in their half of the fourth. Edgerly singled, but Matt Chick was thrown out at home, drawing immediate controversy when the bang-bang play involving a hurdling Chick and Slime Dogs' catcher Micale Vachon saw the ball kicked out of play. Both teams screamed bloody murder. Soon order was restored. Chick was ruled out and Roberts was allowed to score because the ball had gone out of play to make it 7-5.
Wes Perreault singled in Edgerly to slice the margin to 7-6. Chick walked, but the next batter popped to the pitcher, Varney, to end the inning.
Varney, the team's regular pitcher, missed the first day of the tournament because his college golf team at NHTI in Concord had a match at Loudon Country Club. Dana Goodrow filled in more than adequately, going 4-0 on Saturday.
Even with Varney on the mound on Sunday, "It got scary for a minute," Healey said. "But I've got a lot of faith in Mike. He's a great pitcher. I love having Mike on the team."
The Slime Dogs tacked on an insurance run in the top of the last inning when Healey doubled to right and moved to third on Mucher's one-out single. Healey scored from there on Dana Goodrow's ground out to make it 8-6.
The Heart Breakers tried to mount a rally in their last raps, but could not capitalize. Perreault beat out an infield hit with two outs and Chick was safe on an infield single as well. With the potential winning run at the plate, Varney got the next batter on strikes to sew up the win for the Slime Dogs.
"It started getting a little hairy again, but we pulled through," Healey added.
The all-tournament team included Healey and Vachon of the Slime Dogs (all young Farmington guys age 19 to 20), the Rochester-based Heart Breakers' Perreault and Edgerly, Jon Hamel of the Kraw Sox, and Jayson Whitehouse of the Wiffle Kings. The tournament is an annual benefit event for the 500 Boys & Girls Club. Championship Sunday, other than the championship game itself, was a study in one-sided games. In the first round, the Heart Breakers beat the Farmtown Indians, 10-5; the Kraw Sox blasted the Woodchucks, 22-8; the Wiffle Kings spanked the Wild Ones, 11-1, and the Slime Dogs humbled the Devils, 11-1.
In semifinal round action, the Heart Breakers blanked the Kraw Sox, 12-0, and the Slime Dogs eased past the Wiffle Kings, 11-3.
Mucher, 19, was born on Wiffle ball Saturday in 1993 when his dad, George, played in the event for the Woodchucks (four championships in the 1990s).
"Yeah, my dad didn't want to leave until the game was over and then he took my mom to the hospital," Mucher said. "Yes, I was a Wiffle ball kid."
Now he's a Wiffle ball hero.
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It was that kind of Wiffle ball weekend for the Slime Dogs. Along with winning the Courier Cup, Codie Healey also won the eighth annual home run derby on Saturday. He hit four dingers, including one bomb that completely cleared the clubhouse.
Codie's dad, Ted Healey, an original Slime Dog, won the inaugural home run derby in 2005.
Donny Joy and Tom Krawczyk, the heart and soul of the four-time champion Kraw Sox, were both injured last weekend and did not play. They were there for moral support, each coaching a base. It was not the same without the classic Wiffle ball duo playing. Nick Johnson Sr. had his scheduled surgery last Friday on his right wrist. As a result, the patriarch of the Wiffle Kings was under the weather and could not make it to the tournament on Saturday. He rallied to make an appearance for a couple hours Sunday to root on his team.
The 24th annual Courier Cup is set for Sept. 14-15, 2013.
Ms. Wake has covered the Courier Cup since 1990. She lives in West Alton with her cats, Fred and Lynn.
Slime Dogs soar: Go 7-0 to soak up first title tun
FARMINGTON — The Slime Dogs were happy puppies when they got the word that Peter Mucher had a rare weekend off from his University of Southern Maine's fall baseball schedule.


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The 11th annual ALIS conference returned to its Los Angeles roots late last month after a three-year hiatus in San Diego. The event's new home is the JW Marriott and Nokia Theatre at LA Live, a venue that provided a much grander stage, both literally and figuratively, for the year's first major industry gathering.
Naturally, there was plenty of discussion about what worked and what didn't and I think the consensus was, with the exception of a little overzealous security, the conference went smoothly. However, new location notwithstanding, one thing that clearly has not changed from previous ALIS conferences, and years, is the vitriol this industry has for President Barack Obama. On second thought it has changed. It has intensified.
As always, the conference invites a lot of debate about the current industry conditions as well as prospects for the future, and opinions are always varied depending on whom you ask. But when Obama's name comes up, there is an overwhelming consensus: He needs to go.
To be fair, this is a republican- dominated industry with a strong leaning to the right as a starting point. But this sentiment was clearly more than that. Forget about my many conversations with everyone from brand executives to owners who voiced their displeasure. On stage, alone, several high-profile speakers singled out Obama.
For example, Donald Trump— in the few moments when he wasn't touting the greatness of the Trump brand or pandering to developers about his ability to get zoning—told the audience that to promote travel and tourism, which was met with the following response: "I can't promote one industry." I have to take issue with this as being exactly the kind of scared, politically correct approach that this country needs to get away from.
We need a leader who will stand up and say what needs to be said. If the potential is there to boost an industry with a few carefully chosen words, and help at least one aspect of the struggling economy, why wouldn't he do that? Just who exactly would be the losers in such a scenario?
I guess other industries could accuse him of playing favorites. Couldn't he just chalk it up to evening the score after his comments about Las Vegas a few years back? But I guess that would mean acknowledging a mistake. I'm not suggesting that a few words from Obama would turn the industry around, but it's the shortsighted, self-serving approach that is bothersome. The AH&LA and others, including groups like AAHOA, have done much to try to give the industry a voice but clearly there is more work to be done.
It's hard to predict what the mood of the industry will be next week, much less at the next event. Nevertheless, I will go out on a limb and say I can already predict the mood at next year's ALIS if President Obama is re-elected—and it will be anything but positive.
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The 11th annual ALIS conference returned to its Los Angeles roots late last month after a three-year hiatus in San Diego. The event's new home is the JW Marriott and Nokia Theatre at LA Live, a venue that provided a much grander stage, both literally and figuratively, for the year's first major industry gathering.


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Logs in Apache are more configurable than most people realize. Not only can you organize the fields in your logs, but you can also create formats and layouts. Access logs can be split and divided up to make them easier to process by reporting specific items or ignoring those items that have no relevance.
Striking a balance between the amount of information needed and the effect on performance to achieve it is a quandary all IT departments face. We separate the critical from the optional and explain how to configure your Apache server to provide this data.
Logging in Apache
Logging in Apache
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When was the last time you seriously thought about the content of your Web logs Not processing the logs and producing statistics, but the actual raw content and information the logs store?
Many people will never choose a format beyond the standard common log format most systems use. They will generate logs containing all the requests, errors, and other information. This can be wasteful on resources both in terms of Apache reporting the information and the disk space required to store it. There are, however, ways in which you can simplify and customize the logging system to suit your needs.
Creating Custom Log Formats
Both versions of Apache allow you to create custom log formats with only the fields you want using the format and layout that you desire.
The custom log format system enables the clear definition of exactly which fields of information to include in the log and the surrounding format. This means you can use spaces, tabs, or other delimiters to specify the format of each line written to the file.
Individual fields within the log format are specified using a special format string. For example, %a is replaced in the actual log with the IP address of the remote host. For a full list of the fields available, see the Apache mod_log_config documentation.
To specify a format, use the LogFormat directive. For example, the Common Log Format would be set using the directive
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
The actual format of the information (i.e., the information surrounding the fields you include) is entirely up to you. For example, the following log format generates a log using an XML structure. It is formatted for clarity the actual definition would have to be within a single line, but the embedded \n character will generate a new line when the log is written.
<programlisting><![CDATA[LogFormat "<logitem><host>%h</host>\n <ident>%l</ident>\n <user>%u</user>\n <datetime>%t</datetime>\n <url>%r</url>\n <statuscode>%>s</statuscode>\n <bytes>%b</bytes>\n</logitem>" commonxml
Formats can be given a name (as they are in both of the examples above), and we can use it when specifying a log for a host or virtual host to request the desired log format:
CustomLog logs/access_log common
It's possible to create a variety of log formats and for the individual logs to contain different information, so we can spread access, errors, scripts, referrer, and other information across a range of different files. We can also be selective about what information appears in each file by using the conditional logging system.


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Dare: 3 Easy Night Looks
We challenged our sister site, BeautyRiot.com, to create 3 night looks with only 3 makeup palettes. How'd they do?
First, we challenged ourselves to create office-ready looks using one of three makeup palettes. (Click here to see the day looks we created.) Then we gave these same palettes to our little sister site BeautyRiot.com to see what sorts of night looks they could come up with.
Keep clicking to see all the night looks the Beauty Riot editors created.
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When a couple begins to plan their wedding in Callington, the first thing on their minds may be the wedding ceremony itself, but it doesn't take long to realize that planning for weddings means planning for a variety of social engagements as well. From bridal teas and stag parties to rehearsal dinners and receptions – it can become challenging to find wedding entertainment in Callington to ensure that guests enjoy themselves at every occasion. Fortunately, a bit of magic can solve any difficulty.
For a wedding entertainer in Callington that will delight guests at any wedding-related occasion, consider a professional magician. Close-up magicians, in particular, will keep guests enchanted at intimate parties and receptions. Rather than rely on stages, intricate props and lengthy set-ups, a close-up magician strolls from table to table and mixes with the crowd, displaying feats of illusions directly before a spectator's eyes.
As a wedding entertainer, a close-up magician uses his professional and personal charms to connect with guests in a manner that is relaxed and unobtrusive, never making guests feel uncomfortable, always engaging them in fun. The close-up magician will sometimes employ everyday objects borrowed from the guests themselves, astonishing them with sleight-of-hand illusions that leave them gasping with surprise. At other times, he will use mind-reading magical effects that will leave guests wondering, "How did he do that??"
To make sure that all the festive occasions in Callington related to a wedding prove to be enjoyable for the guests, as well as for the bridal couple, consider hiring a professional magician, one who is experienced in providing entertainment for wedding parties and receptions. Nothing can quite liven up a party like illusions of magic. Magic energizes a party, drawing smiles and laughter, and sparking conversations. Including plans for some magical entertainment for a wedding ensures that every party or reception is an occasion for pleasure and fun.


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49ers GM Trent Baalke won't commit to moving Alex Smith
- Niners starting quarterback last started Nov. 11 before being concussed%2C losing job to Colin Kaepernick
- Baalke says Niners will %27make the best decision%27
INDIANAPOLIS — San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke recently had dinner with Alex Smith, ostensibly to discuss the possibility of trading the backup quarterback.
With Colin Kaepernick entrenched as the team's starter, the sit-down could have been the 49ers' version of the last supper with Smith, who could be viewed as a viable trade option for quarterback-starved teams like the Kansas City Chiefs, Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets.
There is not a consensus No. 1 quarterback in the 2013 draft class.
Smith, who is heading into his ninth season, is due $8.5 million in 2013, including $6.5 million guaranteed if he remains on the San Francisco's roster after April 1. His compensation is palatable for an NFL starting quarterback but not for someone holding a clipboard.
"I was out to dinner with Liz (Smith's wife) and Alex when we got back from the Super Bowl,'' Baalke said inside the Lucas Oil Stadium media interview room at the scouting combine Thursday. "We had a great conversation, great dinner. Just a chance to sit down with him and go through what our thoughts were and listen to what their thoughts were as a family and really get an understanding of what direction we wanted to go.
"Are we going to trade him for sure? No, that hasn't been decided.''
The six-day combine is an ideal place for trade talks to heat up, however.
Chiefs general manager John Dorsey has said there "is no clear-cut quarterback'' on his team as the new regime of Dorsey and coach Andy Reid seek answers beyond Matt Cassel and Ricky Stanzi. Brady Quinn is a free agent.
However the Chiefs have not drafted a quarterback in the first round since picking Todd Blackledge seventh overall in 1983, the longest Round 1 QB drought in the league.
Smith suffered a concussion Nov. 11 against the St. Louis Rams. Kaepernick took over and played so well that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh never put Smith back into the starting lineup, even though Smith was among the league's leading passers at the time.
"He is a pro's pro," Baalke said of Smith. "We're certainly going to do everything in our power to make the best decision.''
The jury is out on Randy Moss, too.
When asked at the Super Bowl, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said that, if it were up to him, Moss would "definitely" return for another season in San Francisco. But Baalke said no decision has been made about the 36-year-old wide receiver.
"Randy's a pro, and I can't say enough good things about Randy," Baalke said. "And I think if you ask anyone within our organization, they would say the same thing. One of the first guys to work every day, one of the last to leave. I mean, a guy that takes great care of his body, is probably one of the smartest football players -- if not the smartest football players -- I've been around. He grasped the offense very quickly, and was a real leader in that group and that room.
"So, we're certainly happy that he was there. Is he going to return this year? I don't know that yet."
While lauded by teammates and coaches for his leadership, Moss had only 28 catches for 434 yards and three touchdowns. His status probably will be affected by the return of wide receiver Mario Manningham from a knee injury and the maturation of A.J. Jenkins, who didn't catch a pass as a rookie after being chosen in the first round.
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Searchers in the Gulf of Mexico say they've found the body of one of the two people who went missing after an oil platform explosion on Friday. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
Updated at 5:40 a.m. ET: Divers found a body Saturday evening below the oil platform that caught fire after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard and an official of the company that owns the rig said.
Black Elk Energy President and CEO John Hoffman told reporters in Houston that a body was spotted on the sea floor by a dive team hired by the company to supplement the Coast Guard search for two workers missing after an explosion and fire wracked the rig on Friday.
"Divers will continue to search for the second missing worker," Hoffman wrote in an email. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families."
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In this aerial photograph, a supply vessel moves near an oil rig damaged by an explosion and fire on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico about 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
Hoffman said the body was found close to the leg of the platform, near where the explosion occurred, in about 30 feet of water. He said the missing men were employees of oilfield contractor Grand Isle Shipyard.
Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega told The Associated Press that the Coast Guard was turning over the remains to local authorities.
Earlier Saturday, the Coast Guard called off the search for the two workers. Three helicopter crews, a Coast Guard cutter and a fixed-wing aircraft crew had searched a 1,400-square-mile area around the platform, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
Coast Guard searches for 2 missing after Gulf oil rig blast
Coast Guard Capt. Peter Gautier said initial reports suggested that the explosion occurred when maintenance workers using a torch cut into a pipe with oil inside. Twenty-two people were on board the rig when the fire broke out and unleashed a black plume of smoke. Eleven workers were evacuated and nine others were taken by helicopter to hospitals.
Four workers airlifted to Louisiana's West Jefferson Medical Center suffered second- and third-degree burns to large parts of their bodies, said Taslin Alfonzo, a hospital spokeswoman.
The incident occurred a day after oil giant BP agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf oil spill that killed 11 workers and spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil.
Since the Black Elk-operated rig was offline at the time of the fire, there was little risk of a major oil spill, officials said.
Eleven people were injured in the production platform blast and oil spillage was minimal, according to the Coast Guard. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
The platform sits in 56 feet of water some 17 miles south of Grand Isle, La., and production had been shut down since mid-August, Black Elk said.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which enforces offshore drilling regulations, is investigating the fire.
The fire was extinguished a few hours after the blast and Coast Guard Capt. Ed Cubanski told reporters that the platform appeared to be structurally sound. Twenty-two people had been aboard the rig at the time of the accident.
The platform is a shallow-water production platform, unlike BP's Macondo well, which blew out in 2010 in mile-deep water. The Macondo explosion killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
The owner of the platform is Houston-based Black Elk Energy. On its website, the company stated that this month it was starting to drill the first of 23 new wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
Last Sunday, The Houston Chronicle named Black Elk Energy one of the top small businesses to work for in Houston based on employee surveys.
In August, the oil and gas company was named one of the fastest-growing privately held companies by Inc. Magazine.
NBC News' Justin Kirschner contributed to this report, which contains information from Reuters.
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NYNE to Ship Home Audio Products
New CE brand NYNE, which debuted at International CES in January, will ship its first products in June. The NYNE brand includes an alarm series, a Bluetooth series and a home audio series.
The alarm series includes the N-19 universal charging/docking station, while the Bluetooth series includes both the NB-200 and NB-250 speakers.
"I'm proud to say that our brand is not just another line of gadgets and gear," Arman Arami, president of NYNE, said as part of the announcement. "With each and every product we bring to market, you'll find superb acoustics and unparalleled technology integration that frees discerning consumers from the clutter of racks, stacks and wires."
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The Steamship "Orduna", from Liverpool to Ellis Island
Bertha Roberts at about the time of her immigration
I previously have blogged about the Roberts family coming from England in 1915. They came from Leeds, through Liverpool and Ellis Island, to ultimately arrive in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1915. My great grandfather, John P. B. Roberts, brought his family to America, and wrote a journal about his experience. As part of this "Other Mayflowers" series, I thought I would let my grandmother speak. She was recorded by my uncle in the 1970's, telling her immigration story on tape!
Bertha Louise Roberts was born on 30 September 1897 in Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She emigrated with her parents, and brother, Horace, when she was only nineteen years old. They came to live with her sister, Hilda, who had come to Beverly, Massachusetts several years earlier. John Roberts had a brother living in Beverly, too. Later, Bertha met my grandfather, Donald Munroe Wilkinson, at church, and they were married on 26 November 1926 at the family home on 7 Dearborn Avenue, in Beverly. This is the house where my father grew up with his two brothers, and where I lived until I was seven years old!
Bertha's story, in her own words:
"…. At that particular time my father was a Stationary Engineer in a brewery in Leeds. He had learned his trade from his Dad. He loved his work and he was very good at it. But at that time they had changed managements and he wasn't too happy with the new manager. So he told my sister that if she really liked it over here and if she wrote and told us all about it, he might consider the family coming out. So my sister thought it was very nice in Beverly, Massachusetts, that's where they lived and she sent postal cards and told us that she thought that we would like it over here. So my father decided that perhaps it would be good for my brother and myself and so they started selling the things gradually.
"My mother was very proud of her brass fender and the shovel and poker and those things. And I remember every week she would shine them and work with them. Well, of course we had to leave these things behind and sell all of the furniture. But people were very good to us. They told us we could keep them until it was time to come away. I remember the last night we slept with different people. And the people at the church couldn't understand why we would want to come to this country. They felt quite sorry that we were coming…
"Then when we came to this country we were treated very good. Of course, we had to come third class. The captain was very nice. My mother and I shared a room and my father and brother shared another room. But we ate at the table together and I enjoyed the voyage very much, although it was really risky because it was during the war. In fact when we were booked to go on this Orduna Cunard liner and the voyage before the Germans had almost torpedoed it. The torpedo had just missed the boat. So they were yelling out the news that this had happened. So when we went to Liverpool to go on this boat, everybody was looking at me saying they didn't think it would make it. They thought that it would be torpedoed . Well, they had a life belt drill. Oh, we waited until the middle of the night. We went down the river Mersey and it stopped there and then in the middle of the night it started up. And the only ones who know which way we were going was the pilot and the Captain. And they had a life belt drill to tell us what to do if the siren sounded. We had a life belt. Each one of us had a life belt and they were looking out all the time for submarines.
"My father wrote a diary and I gave it to my granddaughter. He had very little schooling but he was a wonderful writer and he was a smart man. Well, we enjoyed the voyage and we got there safely. And when we got here my sister had decided to meet us with a cousin of hers and the baby. But she missed us, so the guide put us on the train to Beverly, Mass. from Boston and we got off at Montserrat station. Now Beverly at that time was a beautiful city. It was called a garden city, and I thought it was just beautiful. We didn't know exactly where 60 Colon Street was, but we took a taxi and my mother was quite sick. Well, we got to the house and a neighbor came out and she had the key to the house and she said that my sister would be back again. And my sister had everything ready for us to have a nice dinner. And my uncle, the one who came when he was 18 lived in Beverly, Mass. And, of course, he and his wife and children came up to see us. Well, that night the older people talked all night, they had a lot to catch up with…"
Donald Wilkinson died at Long Beach, California in 1977 and Bertha died at Long Beach in 1990.
Please see my blog posting on July 30, 2009 for the journal John Peter Bowden Roberts (Bertha's father) kept on his voyage to America.
Copyright 2009, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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Bats bounce Bisons 5-2
The Louisville Bats are virtually running away with the International League West Division. The Bats stretched their division lead even further on Tuesday night with a 5-2 victory over the Bisons at Louisville Slugger Field. The Bats have now won nine of their last 11 games, including two straight from the Bisons to start this four-game series.
The Bisons got a home run from Nick Evans, his fourth of the season. The loss for Buffalo went to Tobi Stoner (2-4). The Triple-A rookie allowed four runs in six inning of work.


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Staying Sharp With MS
Cognitive impairment doesn't have to slow you down. Here's how to deal with those MS symptoms that take a toll on your mental fitness.
More than 400,000 people in the United States are currently living with multiple sclerosis, according to the National MS Society. Of these people, about 50 percent of them will experience some sort of cognitive impairment. That's because just as MS impairs the body, it can also affect the mind.
But for most, cognitive impairment in MS is rarely severe or debilitating. "Only 5 to 10 percent of people with MS suffer cognitive impairment that is bad enough to significantly interfere with daily activities or their ability to take care of themselves in their home," says William Sheremata, MD, professor emeritus of neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida.
Nonetheless, it is important to understand the MS symptoms that could affect you mentally.
Types of Cognitive Impairment Problems
MS symptoms involving cognitive impairment may include:
- Short-term memory loss. This is the most common form of cognitive impairment. You draw a blank on a familiar phone number, forget whether you took your medication, or can't recall why you left the living room to go into the kitchen.
- Mental fatigue. Cognitive impairment can cause "brain fog" or slow thinking. "In psychological tests, MS patients have been found to tire more quickly," says Dr. Sheremata, leading them to perform less well on tests of cognitive performance.
- Distractibility. You may have a hard time focusing on what you're doing. Some MS patients with cognitive impairment issues are easily distracted by noise, such as the television or music. It's also difficult for them to multi-task.
- Verbal fluency problems. You may have difficulty finding the right words in conversations or get lost in a middle of a sentence. However, people with MS are able to understand words they hear and read just as well as people without MS, says Sheremata.
- Impaired planning. People with this MS symptom can have trouble planning and organizing their day. Some research shows that up 40 percent of people with MS are less able to plan than people without MS.
- Complex problems. Mental MS symptoms can impact a patient's ability to figure out a difficult problem. "You may feel overwhelmed if a problem is too complex and may not be able to come up with alternate solutions," explains Sheremata. This can lead to poor judgment.
Diagnosing and Treating MS Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive impairment doesn't have to interfere with your quality of life or prevent you from continuing to work. Recognizing any difficulties and taking steps to compensate can make a big difference. If you suspect some cognitive impairment, discuss these MS symptoms with your doctor. Since cognitive impairment in MS is usually fairly subtle, your doctor will want to make sure that MS is causing the cognitive impairment rather than aging, medication side effects, or depression. You may be referred to a neuropsychologist or speech pathologist for testing. Based on these findings, a variety of exercises and techniques may be recommended to help compensate for cognitive MS symptoms. Certain disease-modifying MS medications may also be helpful.
7 Tips to Boost Your Mental Fitness
Cognitive impairment in MS may slow you down a little, but there are ways to improve your mental fitness and keep your mind sharp. Try these mental fitness tips:
- Keep a calendar. Record appointments and important dates as soon as you make them. Write them in big red letters on a wall calendar or set the digital calendar in your mobile device to remind you with a beep or text message.
- Make to-do lists. Write down what you need to get done and prioritize the tasks by assigning each one a number. That way, you'll be more likely to accomplish the most important tasks before fatigue sets in.
- Have a place for everything. Always put writing tools, keys, and your reading glasses back where they belong. Encourage family members to do the same.
- Write down names and numbers. Carry a small notebook with this information. Just the act of writing something down improves mental fitness because it anchors the information in your mind, says Sheremata. Plus, having written notes can help jog your memory when making phone calls or meeting with people.
- Take your time. Work slowly rather than rushing through mental chores at home and at the office. Use a calculator and dictionary to help you accomplish your tasks.
- Use a pill organizer. The labeled compartments will remind you when to take your medication and how much to take at specific times, reducing the risk of making mistakes due to memory lapses.
- Give yourself visual reminders. Use sticky notes posted around your home and desk at work. If two containers look similar, mark them with different colored tape and bold print. Place small drops of acrylic paint on the correct knobs to turn on appliances and buttons on the remote control.
There are also exercises that MS patients can do to downsize memory problems and upsize mental fitness. Talk to your psychologist or therapist about the best exercises for your specific cognitive impairment issues. Most MS patients can keep their minds sharp despite cognitive changes, but maintianing your mental fitness will be easier if you address cognitive impairment issues sooner rather than later.


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Political Junkie Goes West The Political Junkie is turning his analytical gaze west. Ken Rudin, known to NPR listeners from his many years talking all things politics with Neal Conan on "Talk of the Nation," joins Insight for a signature segment that puts California politics in the context of the national scene. Rudin joins us from Washington D.C. in effort to put it all in perspective.
- Story on Obama's visit to the Central Valley and his full speech
Drought Effects on Health It sounds almost beyond obvious to say a drought is not good for us. But the truth is, most of us probably don't really know all the ways it can be "not good," including some direct effects on our health. Dr. Linda Rudolph is the co-director of the Center for Climate Change and Health at the Public Health Institute and she's been warning about some of those unexpected problems that could be coming. We'll talk with her about her research and what some of those ill effects might be.
"50 Years Of Hemingway Criticism" Peter Hays, an emeritus professor still teaching at UC Davis (and Sacramento resident) has a new book out, collecting essays about Ernest Hemingway that Hays has written over the past 50 years. We'll talk with Hays about "Fifty Years of Hemingway Criticism."
News Network Sochi Insight host Beth Ruyak got a pretty good surprise birthday present from her family last week -- they sent her to Sochi, Russia to witness this year's Winter Olympics. Beth has covered five Olympics during her career and is what you might call an Olympics enthusiast, so it's been difficult for her to just enjoy these games as a spectator. She'll join us this morning for News Network to talk about what she's seen so far and how area athletes are faring in the 2014 competition.


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Painted Stockings2:29 PM Thursday, December 16, 2010
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The 7 Month Old Tank5:20 PM Tuesday, December 14, 2010
This little guy is one of our favorite people ever. He's growing up much faster than we'd like. He can sit up, put his sucker in his mouth and take it out all by himself and now has two bottom teeth. He lost his full head of baby hair and now it's starting to come back in. Pretty much the kid is a stud muffin. I know I'm his dad and I'm really, really, really biased, but come on... look at him?
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Family Christmas Party7:31 PM Sunday, December 12, 2010
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Elf on the Shelf has become a popular pastime in the Knotwell household this season. Each night, Larry (the kids fondly gave him his name) goes home to the North Pole to report on the happenings in our home. When he returns sometime during the night, he's in a different place in the house. The kids (especially William and Charlotte) love to find Larry first thing in the morning.
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Emily's Cookie Party2:12 PM Thursday, December 09, 2010
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Family Christmas Party1:59 PM Wednesday, December 08, 2010
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FM 100 Concert1:53 PM Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Today we went to South Towne Mall to see Peter Breinholt and David Tolk. We had some lunch at the yummiest Hotdog on a Stick and listened to the beautiful music. Its so fun to do things like this with my kids during the month because doing this with just William and Hewston wouldn't have been the same.
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Christmas Books9:29 AM Monday, December 06, 2010
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Gingerbread Houses7:01 PM Sunday, December 05, 2010
Tonight the kids wanted to get our Gingerbread House decorated for the season. We had so much fun doing this as a family. We have been wanting to do something fun each day the kids are out of school for the month. Today is the first day of the "official" Christmas break. I have been inspired by my SIL to post the happenings in the Knotwell house during the season. Lets hope and pray that I can keep up and take pics of each thing we do.
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Nov 5th: Global Bank Transfer Day
I was pleasantly surprised to come across this today and felt I needed to share it immediately! According to this highly popular facebook page, November 5th is the date set where people will be extracting their money from their bank accounts and into local credit unions. This is taken directly from the group:
Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will always remember the 5th of November. If we shift our funds from the for-profit banking institutions in favor of not-for-profit credit unions before this date, we will send a clear message that conscious consumers won't support companies with unethical business practices. It's time to invest in local community growth!
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You can find details about how the day started and what motives were behind it HERE.
This is the type of action that can assist in creating change on this planet. It is non-violent and puts the control in the hands of the masses. Much of the problem at this time is we are faced with the want and need for change, but we are still asking our governments to create the change. This unfortunately will not happen given who is in power at the top of all governments. What the people need to do is simple: stop playing the game. We are sitting at the game board and someone has decided to manipulate it, create new rules and take over. Here we are playing along with them. But there is another board only a few steps away, so instead of waiting or asking for the manipulator to stop rigging the game, just take your friends and go play with the next board. Then who will the manipulator have left to rule?
It truly is that simple. Stop playing the game. We don't need anger. We don't need to yell or fight. We don't need judgement. We don't need justice. We don't need to state what is right and what is wrong. Just stop playing the game! All of these that I just mentioned simply play into their game! To get an idea of how much they fear actions like this, Bank of America has began charging fees and making it more difficult for people to close their accounts. I can't stress enough how taking an approach of simply not playing the game is much more powerful than simply being angry and yelling at cops who break up protests. We have the power to not feed into this system, let's use it.
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COVID-19 Survival Rates Have Many Scientists/Doctors Questioning Masks & Lockdown
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- The Facts:
All restrictions on restaurants and other business in Florida have been lifted, and so have local fines against people who refuse to wear masks after the CDC released new survival rates.
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Why are opinions and narratives that oppose the WHO being censored, ridiculed, and largely ignored? Why aren't they discussed openly and transparently?
What Happened: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other business in Florida and banned local fines against people who refuse to wear masks. He did so after showing new statistics just released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showing very high survival rates, as you can see from the picture picture above. The CDC has a page on their website titled "Covid-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios." According to them, "Each scenario is based on a set of numerical values for biological and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 illness, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These values—called parameter values—can be used in models to estimate the possible effects of COVID-19 in U.S. states and localities. That's where the numbers come from.
Questioning Lockdown & Masks, A Theme From The Very Beginning: The world's leading scientists in the field and from other fields have been questioning lockdown measures from the very beginning of this pandemic, due to the fact that many of them believe and have believed that we are dealing with a virus similar, and even less severe than viruses that have been circling the globe for decades, infecting hundreds of millions and killings tens of millions of people every single year.
For example, did you know that metapneumovirus has been shown to have worldwide circulation with nearly universal infection by age 5? Did you know that outbreaks of metapneumovirus have been well documented every single year, especially in long term care facilities with mortality rates of up to 50%? () Did you know that human metapneumovirus infection results in a large number of hospitalizations of children every single year? Did you know it has a substantial morbidity rate, again in the elderly, but also among children as well? Did you know nearly 1-2 million children every single year die of these types of respiratory illnesses because they lead to acute respiratory illness? (source)
At the beginning of the pandemic, multiple professors from Stanford criticized the World Health Organization for creating unnecessary fear and hysteria.
They make it quite clear that if the projections being given by the World Health Organization are correct, then "the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified." But they also make the point that "there's little evidence to confirm that premise – and projections of the death toll could plausibly be orders of magnitude too high." It turns out that they were right.
John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology, recently published an article entitled "A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data." In the article, he also argues that there is simply not enough data to make claims about reported case fatality rate.
He stated that rates, "like the official 3.4% rate from the World Health Organization, cause horror — and are meaningless. He was right. Prior to the recent CDC update, he emphasized that the infection fatality rate is close to 0 percent for people under the age of 45 years old.
Michael Levitt, a Biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, criticized the WHO as well as Facebook for censoring different information and informed perspectives regarding the Coronavirus. This is another strong point, why are/were social media outlets censoring information and opinions that did not match that which was given by the WHO? These actions have only raised more eyebrows, as we now have a digital authoritarian Orwellian "fact-checker"
patrolling the internet.
Almost all of the science we were hearing, for example like organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) was wrong…This has been a disgraceful situation for science..Reports were released openly, shared by email, and all I got back was abuse. And you got to see that everything I said in that first six weeks was actually true and for political reasons, we as scientists let our views be corrupted. The data had very clear things to say. Nobody said to be "let me check your numbers" they all just said "stop talking like that." – Levitt
When Dr. Ron Paul shared his opinion a few months ago that "People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus "pandemic" could be a big hoax, with the actual danger of the disease massively exaggerated by those who seek to profit – financially or politically – from the ensuing panic" he was censored and marked as false news, having his social media distribution limited.
More than 500 German doctors & scientists have signed on as representatives of an organization called the "Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee" to investigate what's happening on our planet with regards to COVID-19, expressing the same sentiment. They came together to investigate the severity of the virus, and whether or not the actions taken by governments around the world, and in this case the German government, are justified and not causing more harm than good.
You can access the full english transcripts on the organizations website if interested.
This group has been giving multiple conferences in Germany, in one of the most recent, Dr. Heiko Schöning, one of the organizations leaders, stated that "We have a lot of evidence that it (the new coronavirus) is a fake story all over the world." To put it in context, he wasn't referring to the virus being fake, but simply that it's no more dangerous than the seasonal flu (or just as dangerous) and that there is no justification for the measures being taken to combat it. You can read more about the story here.
Another example would be a recent report published in the British Medical Journal has suggested that quarantine measures in the United Kingdom as a result of the new coronavirus may have already killed more UK seniors than the coronavirus has during the peak of the virus.
Are masks even effective? Many studies claim yes, but many also claim no.
Many scientists and doctors in North America are also expressing the same sentiments. For example, The Physicians For Informed Consent (PIC) recently published a report titled "Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) Compares COVID-19 to Previous Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Periods." According to them, the infection/fatality rate of COVID-19 is 0.26%. You can read more about that and access their resources and reasoning here.
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, a specialist in microbiology and one of the most cited research scientists in German history is also part of Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee mentioned above and has also expressed the same thing, multiple times early on in the pandemic all the way up to today.
Implementation of the current draconian measures that are so extremely restrict fundamental rights can only be justified if there is reason to fear that a truly, exceptionally dangerous virus is threatening us. Do any scientifically sound data exist to support this contention for COVID-19? I assert that the answer is simply, no. – Bhakdi. You can read more about him here.
And there is the issue of exaggerated death counts. For example, Toronto Public Health tweeted in late June that "Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19, are included in the case counts for COVID-19 deaths in Toronto." There are multiple examples from different countries. You can read more about that here.
Vittorio Sgarbi, Italian politician Mayor of Sutri, gave an emotional speech at a hearing on the 24th of April where he emphasized that the number of deaths in Italy due to COVID-19 are completely false and that the people are being lied to. You can watch that and read more about it here.
A chemistry professor at the University of Waterloo has distributed a course outline to students, saying his in-class exams aren't mandatory "because of the COVID fake emergency." Ronald B. Brown, Ph.D., from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo recently stated that the COVID-19 fatality rate is the "worst miscalculation in the history of humanity." Brown is currently completing his second doctorate degree, this time in epidemiology at the University of Waterloo. Not long ago, Brown published a paper in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, titled "Public health lessons learned from biases in coronavirus mortality overestimation."
Below is a statement Brown recently gave to John C. A. Manley, a journalist who was the first to cover the story:
The subject of this article is disruptive, to say the least, although it is not as obvious from the title. The manuscript cites the smoking-gun, documented evidence showing that the public's overreaction to the coronavirus pandemic was based on the worst miscalculation in the history of humanity, in my opinion. My manuscript underwent an intensive peer-review process. You are the first media guy who has responded to my invitation.
The examples above aren't even the tip of the ice-berg, but they are ones I've used many times in previous articles. I am posting them above just to hammer home the point.
Why This Is Important: This information is important because it highlights that the measures we are being mandated & forced to take are being done using flawed data to justify it. What also has more people concerned is that the opinions and research of many doctors and scientists around the world, some of them quite renowned, are being banned and censored from social media platforms for simply contradicting the information given to us by the World Health Organization (WHO). Why are people like Julian Assange really in jail? Why are people exposing war crimes and other misdoings within the WHO, as Assange has, punished, and the ones committing the actual crimes are the ones we identify with? Should we not have the right to examine information openly and freely, and determine for ourselves what is and what isn't? A common theme with regards to this pandemic seems to be using fear and hysteria to make the threat seem much greater than it actually is, and then to propose the solution. Perhaps Edward Snowden was right when he said that governments are using the coronavirus to take away more of our rights and freedoms, and they won't come back, just as they didn't come back after 9/11. Is there anybody politically and financially gaining from this pandemic? What's going on here?
The Takeaway:
At the end of the day, we have to keep asking ourselves if our designated government and global health authorities actually have our best interests at hand. If not, why do we continue to support it?
There are many examples that show these institutions do not work to make humanity thrive, but instead oppress humanity. When it comes to the World Health Organization (WHO) for example, Wikileaks exposed how much they are influenced by pharmaceutical companies. Vimeo also recently completely banned a documentary that exposed the same thing. That particular documentary featured many scientists, doctors and even officials from within the WHO.
It's quite clear to many that government doesn't really put the citizens it claims to represent first, but instead corporations and big money. So why do we constantly listen to their advice? Why do we constantly rely on them for truth and information? Why do we rely on them for guidance? Would we not be better off determining for ourselves what is appropriate, especially in the face of such controversial times when so much is being exposed?
Is it time humanity becomes self-governed? Is it time we steep away from the need for such parental figures like government? It seems like we are currently in the process of doing this, with many of us beginning to awaken. Collectively, we will be creating a new world, that matches a consciousness of self-governance, and the key is to operate from a place of oneness and peace within, which is a journey of awakening to who we truly are, as opposed to what we have been taught to think. We are in a time of a consciousness renaissance.
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Extraordinary Children Who Can Do "Impossible" Things: A Documented Reality
In Brief
- The Facts:
A document archived in the CIA's electronic reading room written by a University Professor details the reality of children, and adults, who have gifted abilities in the area of parapsychology.
- Reflect On:
Why has this kind of phenomena been ridiculed in the mainstream, yet vigorously and secretively studied at the highest levels of government?
Cassandra Vieten, PhD and current President/CEO at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), which was founded by astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, could not have put it any better. She said, "There seems to be a deep concern that the whole field (science) will be tarnished by studying phenomenon that is tainted by its association with superstition, spiritualism and magic. Protecting against this possibility sometimes seems more important than encouraging scientific exploration or protecting academic freedom. But this may be changing."
The statement above is true, for years discoveries have been rejected simply because they are big time paradigm busters. No matter how much truth, validity and scientific backing they have, the simple fact that they conflict with long held belief systems is enough to brush them off. It's great to see this changing, because it's important to expand human consciousness, which is done so by pushing the boundaries of what we think we know and discovering new concepts of our reality that we once thought held no validity, but actually do.
How much scientific validity do topics like psychokinesis, clairvoyance, telepathy and remote viewing (all fit under the umbrella of parapsychology) have? Here is a great quote from Dr. Jessica Utts, the Chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine and a professor there since 2008.
"What convinced me was just the evidence, the accumulating evidence as I worked in this field and I got to see more and more of the evidence. I visited the laboratories, even beyond where I was working to see what they were doing and I could see that they had really tight controls…And so I got convinced by the good science that I saw being done. And in fact I will say as a statistician I've consulted in a lot of different areas of science; the methodology and the controls on these experiments are tighter than any other area of science where I've worked." (source)
China's Psychic Children
Are there psychic children in China? It's hard to believe that there are not after one dives into the documentation that's been made available through the long process of declassification, or by Freedom of Information Act (FIOA) requests. One can simply examine the science of parapsychology alone and come to the conclusion that yes, something significant is going on here when it comes to the phenomena within the realm of parapsychology.
Not only is this type of phenomenon being reported today, but it's been throughout history and across many cultures, this is evident in ancient literature, from the Vedic texts and the yoga sutras, to Jesus, Moses, Milarepa, Mohammed and more. Again, modern day evidence is suggesting that these abilities are much more than folklore.
One interesting article/document I cam across is titled "China's Psychic Savants." I accessed it from the CIA's electronic reading room. It's a document that was written by Marcel Truzzi, a former professor at Eastern Michigan University and founding co-chairman of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), and a founder of the Society for Scientific Exploration.
The introduction provides a good background of the lore from China regarding this phenomenon,
Eleven-year-old Tang Yu and his friend Chen Xioming were on their way home from school in the remote mountain village of Dazhu County when they began to wrestle. Tang brushed against Chen's coat pocket, the story goes, and had the sudden vision of two Chinese symbols. He described the vivid symbols to Chen, who pulled a package of Flying Wild Goose cigarettes from his pocket. The label on the side of the package, the boys reported, consisted of the two symbols Tan Yu had "seen."
Tang Yu was reluctant to share his discovery with Tang Keming, his fifty-year-old peasant father. He knew his claim would sound like a lie. Instead, he began to play guessing games with the villagers. He asked them to write random characters on pieces of paper, crumple the paper into balls, and let him hold each ball in turn next to his ear. Tang then guessed the message within, his guesses, it was said, always proved right. Word of the boy spread beyond his small town to all the Sichuan province in central China.
Soon the region's science commission and its bureau of education and culture had asked to examine Tang, and researchers there confirmed his ability to identify words and colours on small wads of paper held to his ear. News reporters and awe-struck officials of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee quickly backed those results, and on March 11, 1979, this remarkable tale was published in Sichuan Daily.
Truzzi goes on,
Reports began coming in about children with powers of telepathy, clairvoyance, X-ray vision, and psychokinesis. The typical child was between the ages of nine and fourteen, but a few were as young as four or as old as twenty-five; and it was estimated by Feng Hua, a traditional Chinese physician, that there were about 2,000 such gifted children within the Chinese population of 1 billion.
By early 1980 these remarkable children had made their way to the pages of China's prestigious Nature Journal. And that February the surge of interest prompted Nature Journal to sponsor a huge conference – the First Science Symposium on the Extraordinary Function of the Human Body – for participants from more than 20 colleges and medical schools. The proceedings were filmed by the Shanghai Science and Education Studio, and the film, called Do You Believe It? was shown over national television to millions of Chinese.
He then goes on to describe a number of cases and examples, it's quite interesting, but there are many to choose from beyond this specific document that provide great examples. The facts Truzzi write about here were were also outlined in a declassified US Air Force report on teleportation, which was made available through the Federation of American Scientists. That document also touches upon China's psychic children, mentioning, in this case, the ones that were able to teleport full objects from one location to another without touching them.
Another one, titled "Research into Paranormal Ability To Break Through Spatial Barriers" touches upon the same thing, and also provides multiple examples of children and people being video tapped and documented, under double blind conditions, being able to do the same thing. This particular document, which was declassified through a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), outlines specific people with very special abilities and how they've been studied by thousands of scientists and governments around the world for a very long time.
Pretty intriguing, isn't it?
The Takeaway
It's very interesting that studies regarding parapsychological phenomenon have been conducted at the highest levels of government, particularly within the defense department of multiple countries, with successful results. A great example from the United States was the remote viewing program, remote viewing refers to the ability to perceive a remote location other that the one the individual is located in, regardless of distance.
The success of this program is outlined in a statement made by Dr. Hal Puthoff from a paper published after the program's declassification in 1995:
"To summarize, over the years, the back-and-forth criticism of protocols, refinement of methods, and successful replication of this type of remote viewing in independent laboratories has yielded considerable scientific evidence for the reality of the [remote viewing] phenomenon. Adding to the strength of these results was the discovery that a growing number of individuals could be found to demonstrate high-quality remote viewing, often to their own surprise. . . . The development of this capability at SRI has evolved to the point where visiting CIA personnel with no previous exposure to such concepts have performed well under controlled laboratory conditions." (source)(source)
Parapsychology is truly a consciousness expanding field that can really open up our minds to aspects of our reality that have, and continue to go largely ignored. There is much more to us as human beings than we've been made to believe, and if we stop, think, and do some research, it's not hard to see how something significant has been overlooked.
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Hunter Biden Allegedly Linked To An Eastern European Human Trafficking Ring
In Brief
- The Facts:
Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden Family have been tied to an Eastern European human trafficking ring, according to a report recently released by Senate Republicans
- Reflect On:
How rampant is elite level human/child trafficking? Why was this once considered a "conspiracy theory" despite all of the evidence that has existed for many years that this activity is costing a lot of people/children their lives?
What Happened: Hunter Biden, the son of presidential candidate Joe Biden, apparently sent thousands of dollars to individuals allegedly involved in sex trafficking, according to a report recently released by Senate Republicans. According the report, Biden "has sent funds to non-resident alien women in the United States who are citizens of Russia and Ukraine and who have subsequently wired funds they have received from Hunter Biden to individuals located in Russia and Ukraine…The records also note that some of these transactions are linked to what "appears to be an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring."
According to the New York Post, "The allegations are contained in a footnote to a section of the report that details potential "criminal concerns and extortion threats" involving Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family"
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday demanded answers from FBI Director Christopher Wray on what investigative steps the bureau has taken related to Hunter Biden's business dealings in the wake of the new report.
Why This Is Important: The trafficking of women and children has received a lot more attention in light of Jeffrey Epstein's activities receiving more transparency. Multiple high ranking politicians have been implicated even well before the world was aware of Jeffrey Epstein, and information is constantly surfacing.
For example, Not long ago, I wrote about how Congress is now looking at a bipartisan bill to stop employees from sharing child porn on Department of Defense computers. More than one hundred high ranking Department of Defense and Pentagon employees were implicated. You can read more about that here.
When it comes to politicians, the Royal Family, The Vatican and more, Collective Evolution has also covered that in great detail. If you'd like to read about more examples and go more in-depth, you can refer to this article, and this article, among many others on our website.
Our Interview With A Survivor of Elite Level Child Sex Trafficking/Ritual Abuse:
One of the main reasons we keep covering the this topic is to draw attention to our interview with a survivor of child sex trafficking. The phenomenon is much deeper than what we are getting from the mainstream, and goes into mind control, brainwashing, ritual abuse, pedophilia, blackmail, murder, torture, organ harvesting and more.
The interview is with Anneke Lucas, who is is an author, speaker, advocate for child sex trafficking victims, founder of the non-profit organization Liberation Prison Yoga, and creator of the Unconditional Model. Her work is based on personal experience of a 30-year healing journey after surviving being sold by her family as a very young child sex slave to an elite level pedophile network.
The interview is deep, and goes into the consciousness aspect of her experience and why that aspect is so important.
You can access the full interview and start your free trial HERE on CETV, a platform we created to help combat internet censorship and allow us to continue to do our work and get the word out about various issues and topics.
The Takeaway: At the end of the day we have to ask ourselves, how many of our 'leaders' and people who have been made out to be idols, in places like the Vatican and more are involved in this type of thing. For this type of abuse to take place, especially with children, shows a great lack of empathy and morality, so I ask you, are those who are making major decisions for our planet lacking the same? Is the activity they engage simply a glimpse into the overall feelings these people have for human life? Do they really care about us, or do they simply want to use us, control us, and continue manipulating our perception of major global events so we obey their orders? Does voting really make a difference, or does it simply perpetuate a system that's extremely corrupt that chance of meaningful change can come from it? Are we giving our power away as a citizenry when we continue to rely on 'elected leaders' instead of taking matters into our own hands? Do these people truly care about the well being of humanity and planet Earth, or are we simply allowing ourselves to be 'had' every four years?
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"We Have A Lot of Evidence That It's A Fake Story All Over The World" – German Doctors on COVID-19
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As 2010 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the past 12 months and the fashion moments that have defined a year in style. (via style.com)
From Tom Ford's return to womenswear and Lanvin's collection for H&M to Giles Deacon's appointment at Ungaro, this has been a year of newsworthy highs and tragic lows - Alexander McQueen died in February and Corinne Day passed away in August.
The Lowdown On Valentino's Incredible Roman Extravaganza"Make it beautiful." That was all Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti told Patrick Kinmonth and Antonio Monfreda when they hired them to design an exhibition marking 45 years of the designer's work. Everyone connected with the anniversary celebrations in
"Nothing looks old," a bedazzled Elizabeth Saltzman Walker declared, speaking for everyone at the Ara Pacis. To prove the point, Dr. Lisa Airan was wearing a dress from the archive that was designed 40 years ago but could have been from Saturday's show. "Valentino made one of my wedding dresses," Astrid Muñoz said cryptically. "It was red."
Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana's 25th anniversary celebrates silhouette,
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Domenico Dolce and
Their 50th Dolce & Gabbana collection was a romantic and poetic salute to their heritage of clothes for the sensual woman, both dressed and undressed.
The show was staged in the old Metropole Theatre, where Maria Callas once sang, which is now a Dolce & Gabbana headquarters.
A total of 75 models, wearing variations on tailored black jackets over black satin and lace corsetry, formed a dramatic visual encapsulation of the brand's tradition, walking against a backdrop of black-and-white footage of the work done in the studio to bring the collection to fruition.
The collection was as much a romantic homage to the duo's strong feminine ideal, as it was about a shared, enduring passion for designing beautiful clothes.
Called 'Sartorialita, Sicilianita, Sensualita', the collection, for next autumn/winter, revisited the brand's signatures of tailoring, corsetry, leopard and rose-print, and the age-old black garb of the Sicilian woman, updated in knits, lightweight silks and stretch fabrics.
The following month, a select group of editors gathered at the PPR headquarters to see a moving tribute to McQueen's great talent. To the backdrop of classical music and gilt-edged mirrors, 15 exquisite looks, inspired by religious iconography, were shown in a moment of profound poignancy.
From exclusive product launches and one-off designer collaborations to competitions and live fashion advice, it was one big online fashion party. And all for a good cause too – a portion of the night's sales was donated to the children's charity KidsCo.
"What's amazing with his couture is that he manages to make it modern while infusing it with all the gravitas and impact of couture and you really get to see the detail of it," said Vogue's fashion director Kate Phelan.