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Hi-di-Hi – Ho-di-Ho! Off to a holiday camp we go…
We Brits just love holiday camps by the sea – Sally Evans looks into how and why this type of jolly holiday has remained so popular for so long.
The great British holiday park really came into its own in the early 50s and 60s, after the war ended and families wanted to treat themselves to a much-needed break by the seaside. Holiday camps offered cheap family holidays with good food and plenty to do – if the good old British weather was inclement. It was the perfect combination of seaside holiday and stiff upper lip…
The first British holiday camps included the Caister Camp in Norfolk, which opened in 1906 as the fun-sounding "Caister Socialist Holiday Camp." The campers slept in tents and guests helped with tasks as required! After World War One, chalets replaced the tents and organised activities and sport was introduced, as well as a licensed bar. The camp is now owned by Haven Holidays.
Harry Warner started his holiday camp business in the 30s with the opening of the Northney Camp at Hayling Island. More camps opened during the next 20 years including the Civil Service Camp, also run by the Warners, and the Rogeston Hall Camp run by the Worker's Travel Association. Since the 80s, Warner holiday camps have been run by Haven.
In 1936, Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp in Skegness and offered "a week's holiday for a week's pay" for 2,000 guests. He built a funfair and amusements for his guests and employed the infamous Red Coats – and the fondly remembered Hi-di-Hi routine was born! See holidaymakers having fun there in the 60s here:
And rare colour footage of the Butlin's Red Coats in the late 50s here:
More camps sprung up after the war including the Middleton Tower Holiday Camp near Morecambe – the building could house 3,000 people and was designed to look like an ocean liner on land, with a Sun Ray Room, bars and a children's cinema.
Fred Pontin gained valuable knowledge of running accommodation during the war years when he established hostels for construction worksers. It was a small leap to opening his first camp at Brean Sands in Somerset in 1946. By 1949 he had six camps in Britain and another in Trabolgan, Ireland. To set his camps apart from all the others, he chose to keep them small and they held no more than 250 guests. He called them Small Unit Holiday Camps for the Connoisseur in his advertising and they were significantly different from the larger camps.
See a family holiday at Pontins in 1976 here:
Hoburne Holiday Parks date back to 1912 and there are currently seven parks across Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, the Cotswolds and Cornwall.
John Bury purchased Hoburne Farm and expertly converted the shepherd's huts and railway carriages into comfortable holiday escapes.


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Speaker: Diego Serrano, University of Alberta
Talk: Evolving APIs for Automatic Integration through Linked REST APIs
Over the last decade, an exponentially increasing number of REST services have been providing a simple and straightforward syntax for accessing rich data resources. To use these services, however, developers have to understand "information-use contracts" specified in natural language, and, to build applications that benefit from multiple existing services they have to map the underlying resource schemas in their code. This process is difficult and error-prone, especially as the number and overlap of the underlying services increases, and the mappings become opaque, difficult to maintain, and practically impossible to reuse. The more recent advent of the Linked Data formalisms can offer a solution to the challenge. In this presentation, we propose a conceptual framework for REST-service integration based on Linked Data models. In this framework, the data exposed by REST services is mapped to Linked Data schemas; based on these descriptions, we have developed a middleware that can automatically compose API calls to respond to data queries (in SPARQL). Furthermore, we have developed a RDF model for characterizing the access-control protocols of these APIs and the quality of the data they expose, so that our middleware can develop "legal" compositions with desired qualities. We report our experience with the implementation of a prototype that demonstrates the usefulness of our framework in the context of a research-data management application.
Diego Serrano received his M.Sc. from the Department of Computing Science in the University of Alberta, Canada, where he is now pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Eleni Stroulia at the Service Systems Research Group. His research interests include cloud computing, web service integration, social network analysis and data management systems.
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Saturday, 16 May 2009
Britain: the fairest nation in the world?
I hereby call upon Tim Montgomerie to expose the membership of the Tory Party to the same scrutiny and tell us all what sort of "scum" votes Tory. I'd also be pleased if that crusading hero of the left, who nods approvingly about how effective this BNP-bashing is, to expose the members of the Labour Party to the same scrutiny and tell us how many thugs, kiddy-fiddlers, fraudsters and crooks there are supporting Labour.
It's only fair.
(For the sake of avoidance of doubt: I share the general distaste for the BNP on every ground [bar their wish to leave the EU], but I despise the hypocrisy of those attacking them.)
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- ukipwebmaster said...
UKIP responds to the expenses row:
- 16 May 2009, 14:30:00
- Mitch said...
I would never want to see the BNP in power but we need people like this to show the limits.How else can you judge the middle then right and left without the extreme ends of the spectrum.
Anyway enough serious shit I came for amusement.
- 16 May 2009, 14:51:00
At least the bald knobhead party have the decency to announce what they'd do.
I'm not a fan by any means, but as CallMeDave won't tell me why I should vote for him (beyond him not being zanulaba), I am considering a protest vote.
Dave has 'done good' in the last few days, but did it have to come out before these cunts decided to do something?
Come Dave, me old mucker, what EXACTLY are you going to do about a referendum? Not looking for rocket science, just a legally binding commitment to a referendum.
How exactly are you going to repeal so many of the shite, incompetent laws are you going to repeal?
How are you going to cleanse the police, education, local government of the waste of fucking money jobsworths?
- 16 May 2009, 14:55:00
Note to self, less beer, more sleep, some attempt at proof reading
- 16 May 2009, 14:57:00
- JuliaM said...
By banging on and on and on and on about how dangerous the BNP are, how it's beyond the pale to vote for them, how they are Hitler reincarnated, they are just giving them the oxygen of publicity!
God, did none of these dumb lefties ever read 'Uncle Remus'?
Oh, what's the point? Go throw the BNP in that briar patch, Righteous. You know it makes sense...
- 16 May 2009, 15:49:00
- JuliaM said...
"Dave has 'done good' in the last few days, but did it have to come out before these cunts decided to do something?"
Well, no. As Stan points out, he could have shown true leadership by acting before the 'Telegraph' revelations, couldn't he?
- 16 May 2009, 15:51:00
I approached the cunts with an idea to "hold fire" & attack plod simultaniously. Once the filth were dealt with we would sort out differences. Of course the BNP are the political wing of the police thus the offer wasn't accepted.
- 16 May 2009, 17:19:00
Go look:
http://liarsbuggersandthieves.blogspot.com/search/label/Lib Dem
Something about motes and beams.
Someone would go to the trouble of setting up an anti BNP blog on account of 'criminality'? Fucking priceless.
Wv = bustin (too fucking right I is)
- 16 May 2009, 20:25:00
Selecting the most promising link from the anti BNP list i.e. mass murderer, I am directed to the Grauniad story of 2000 regarding one D. Copeland.
Now apart from the fact that he joined the National Socialists after the BNP and it could be argued that he was doing his deed from a Socialist pov (and yes I am aware that the BNP is rightly regarded as 'Socialist' i.e. left-wing today but it wasn't always thus), there is still the matter of this - Five psychiatrists concluded he had been a paranoid schizophrenic for several years. But this was challenged by prosecutors, who were under pressure not to concede to his pleas of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
I suggest that the two wank-stains who have initiated this 'blog' attend to their own cause rather than engage in such puerile, pathetic, impotent, mud-slinging.
I would like to credit them with an IQ higher than that of a dead slug but, I admit, would struggle to point out where this may be apparent.
Believe it or not I'm not a BNP supporter/voter, never have been but specious 'blogs' by total twats may yet provoke me.
- 16 May 2009, 20:56:00
- The Economic Voice said...
Let's just hope we don't end up with protest votes filling the local and EU seats with even more useless twats than fill them at present.
- 17 May 2009, 08:44:00


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I've been saying for a while that the Edinburgh Fringe has become too big, partly because of the explosion of free shows. And now someone seems to have have done something about it. I thought that would make me happy, but instead the circumstances have saddened me.
Free Fringe veteran Peter Buckley Hill's statement posted on Facebook on May 21 claimed – out of the blue at this very late stage – that Freestival had no rights to the Cowgatehead venue and that Buckley Hill's Free Fringe was running it. Those booked in could apply to play there as part of the Free Fringe, but they would have to agree to some strict conditions, most notable that "You should not be an applicant to any other provider of free-admission shows. This means that you should dissociate from Freestival forthwith."
This puts a lot of acts in a terrible position. Among those booked in are Simon Caine, Archie Maddocks, Leo Kearse, Tom Allen, Christian Talbot, Birthday Girls, Tom Ward, Karl Schultz, Milo McCabe, Jo Burke and Juliette Burton. How can they dissociate from the people who, at this moment in time, are promoting their gigs? Never mind the fact that they may have shelled out £360-plus to be in the official brochure.
They may also have shelled out for accommodation, travel etc. Oh, and, we hope, at some point they might have worked on writing a show. Someone – The Fringe Society? the venue owners? – needs to clarify exactly what is going on. There are way too many uncertainties at the moment.
The only thing we can be sure of is that a lot of comedians who thought they were playing Cowgatehead this summer as part of Freestival currently do not have much idea of what is going on. And that is really harsh. If Peter Buckley Hill is now in control of the venue surely the simplest, least stressful solution for everyone is that he takes over the entire programme as it is and does not impose new terms on the performers caught in the crossfire.
Instead Buckley Hill appears to be using the situation to assert himself as free-admission top dog. It's as if he has taken the ball away but says he will still let people play if they follow his rules. I don't think PBH is in this for the money, to me he seems to be doing it regain some ground previously lost. There was a similar kerfuffle last year over venues (see below) with the result that PBH said he was taking more of a back seat role in the Free Fringe. This year he seems to want to be firmly in the driving seat again.
Whoever is to blame this is all a great shame. A lot of cynics have said that Edinburgh has become too much of a trade fair these days. The free gigs seemed to have recaptured the old idealistic spirit of the Fringe. Theye were also putting on great shows. Lest we forget in all this, John Kearns won the Edinburgh Comedy Award last year while playing free gigs at the Voodoo Rooms.
If Freestival has made some kind of error PBH could fly in and save the day. Instead, even if Freestival is in the wrong – and at the moment we don't know if they are – PBH seems to be capitalising on the chaos. Maybe he could take a leaf out of those other alternative promoters, Bob Slayer and Alex Petty, who have offered to help out without any strings attached. Petty, who runs Laughing Horse's free shows, posted this on his FB page yesterday: "The fact I now have an email response saved, to send out to performers emailing about Edinburgh venue spaces who have potentially lost their venues, is really a very, very sad sign of how many performers are currently feeling fucked over with the current events in Edinburgh."
It's a messy, sad situation all around. Even if he means well, Peter Buckley Hill's approach hardly makes him look like he is coming to the rescue. It feels more like he is trying to stage a comedy coup. I just noticed that the Edinburgh Fringe's slogan on their logo is "Defying the norm since 1947". The brochure isn't even out and this year's Fringe has excelled itself already. The only plus side is that at least because the gigs are free there are no fans who have paid money for tickets already.
This is what happened last year. And this is PBH's most recent response to questions from Michael Legge.


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May 11, 2005
Gman comments on the discussion between the Mono and Java camps. Just to clarify, I'm not in either camp. I'm in the "lets get gnome moving / language discussions are stupid" camp. If I was in any language camp, it'd probably be the "PyGTK is awesome and mature and has existed for a long time and is uncontroversial, lets use it" camp.
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Well said Seth, pygtk always seemed like the obvious choice for desktop applications in GNOME.


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At the end of the article, there was a phone number to contact the local chapter of MUFON, if anyone had anything to report, so I did. I told the woman who answered the phone what my family saw, and she asked me if I had ever seen anything before, and I stated that I had. She then asked if she could come to my home and interview me, and although I had never spoken to anyone about my experiences before, I obliged.
She asked me if it was okay for her to bring a medical doctor with her to examine me, which made me a little nervous, but I said it was okay. That doctor was Dr. Roger Leir. He asked if I had any strange marks on my body, or if I felt any strange "objects" under the surface of my skin, and I said that I did. There had always been this hard little piece of "something" right past the hairline on the left side of my forehead, what felt to me like a bone chip. It was really small, and I could kind of move it around a little when I touched it. It was in the shape of a triangle, and sometimes it was sore to the touch. I pointed it out to Dr. Leir. He asked me if I would like to have it removed, and I declined as I was deathly afraid of needles. I said I wasn't really that freaked out about it, as it had always been there as far back as I could remember. He made a note of it, and that was the end of that.
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It was not long after that, that I became very curious about this strange object under my skin, and when I reached up to touch it, it had mysteriously vanished.
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The small actinic trap attracted very few moths last night - 2 Hebrew Characters, a White Ermine and a Small Square-spot were the only ones to enter the trap, but resting outside it was a Lunar Thorn, a first for me here:
The porch light also attracted a few, including a small Pug (F/W 11mm) which I suspect is either Brindled or Oak-tree, probably the latter, but the markings aren't distinct enough to be sure.
Yesterday a mini-micro turned up in the woodshed, the first for a few weeks, a Mompha species I think, but not the usual M.divisella. From the images I've found it most resembles M.subbistrigella, if so it's another first for me.
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As we stand on the brink of hope in the U.S., according to both the New York Times and the Guardian, both Israel and Hamas have declared a cease-fire, at least for the moment, in the Gaza.
Is there a way for peace to take hold? Will there be investigations and accountability for the war crimes of both sides as Amnesty International has repeatedly asked for?
While I have been increasingly alarmed by the targeting of Palestinian civilians (which doesn't seem at all accidental) by Israel, I'm only less disturbed by the smaller degree of death by Hamas' firing of rockets into Israel. I agree with the need for Amnesty International to call for the end of human rights violations on all sides (as well as an embargo of arms sales to all sides and accountability by all sides).
That being said, Israel has bombed schools, hospitals and the U.N. headquarters in Gaza, destroying the U.N.'s food warehouse (which Amnesty has specifically called for an investigation of). According to Amnesty International "Over 1000 Palestinians have been killed (almost half women and children)", while 13 Israelis have died (10 soldiers and 3 civilians). I don't want to minimize those 13 lives, but the disproportionality is overwhelming.
As noted in a January 15 article in the Washington Post:
Martha Myers, CARE's country director for the Palestinian territories, said Israel knows that deaths are inevitable when it unleashes massive amounts of firepower in a place as packed as Gaza, where about half the population is 16 or younger. "Gaza is a room crowded with children," she said.
Among the children killed, three daughters and a niece of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, according to the New York Times, "a doctor who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians."
Dr. Abuelaish said he wanted the Israeli Army to tell him why his home, which he said harbored no militants, had been fired upon. He said if a mistake had been made and an errant tank shell had hit his home, he expected an apology, not excuses.
Sad to say, excused, not an apology, were what Israeli authorities offered:
"The Israeli Defense Forces does not target innocents or civilians, and during the operation the army has been fighting an enemy that does not hesitate to fire from within civilian targets," said the spokesman, speaking anonymously on behalf of the army.
Ironically, it was Dr. Abuelaish's oldest daughter, Bisan, one of those killed, who "urged him to continue his work in Israel, saying she would look after the younger children."
As Al Jazeera reports, the news of this tragedy broke live on Israeli tv, and it did touch ordinary Israel viewers as well as Dr Abulaish's Israeli friends.
As noted, these were not the only children killed, though, most of them faceless to the average Israeli (and maybe many Americans, who only get mainstream reporting).
White phosphorus was used, not only in the bombing of the U.N. headquarters mentioned above, and at least one hospital, but also directly against civilians. In a Jan. 17 Guardian article, Palestinian doctors "also speak of the extensive burns of white phosphorus. These injuries are, as they put it, 'incompatible with life'. They are also receiving large numbers of amputees. This is because the damage done to the bone by explosive bullets is so extensive that the only way the doctors in Gaza can save lives is by amputating."
According to the Guardian reporter:
In the silence that followed someone put a mobile in my hand.
"Look!" On a rubble-strewn street lay the body of a roasted and charred child. Two bones were sticking out where her thighs had been. "The dogs ate her legs," he explains. For a moment I put a hand over my eyes. The phone goes round the table, each man gravely contemplating the burned child on the screen. Then someone asks: "What will it take to make the Israelis stop?"
The trouble with peace in the Middle East is the violence hardens positions on both sides.
The Guardian reports the Israeli debate "should we have pressed on?":
Overwhelmingly, the Israeli Jewish public supports the country's assault on Gaza. But while the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, described the three-week war as a "brilliant" achievement of Israel's objectives, the public does not seem as certain. "I hope we will succeed in halting the rockets, but I think the ceasefire was a little premature," said Avot Yitzhak, 48, from Tel Aviv. "They should have continued, to show [Hamas] that they really have lost."
Meanwhile, in The Nation, Fawaz A. Gerges reports in Gaza Notebook on opinions in the Arab world:
Many professionals, both Christian and Muslim Arabs, previously critical of Hamas, are bitter about what they call Israel's "barbaric conduct" against Palestinian noncombatants, particularly women and children. No one I have encountered believes Israel's narrative that this is a war against Hamas, not the Palestinian people. A near consensus exists among Arabs and Muslims that Israel is battering the Palestinian population in an effort to force it to revolt against Hamas, just as it tried to force the Lebanese people to revolt against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. But Hezbollah weathered that Israeli storm, acquired a sturdier immune system and became the most powerful institution in Lebanon. In so doing it shattered Israeli deterrence, delivered a blow to US Mideast policy and expanded the influence of Iran, Hezbollah's main supporter in the region.
In my recent travels I was struck by the widespread popular support for Hamas–from college students and street vendors to workers and intellectuals. Very few ventured criticism of Hamas, and many said they felt awed by the fierce resistance put forward by its fighters. Israel's onslaught on Gaza has effectively silenced critics of Hamas and politically legitimized the militant resistance movement in the eyes of many previously skeptical Palestinians and Muslims. Regardless of how this war ends, Hamas will likely emerge as a more powerful political force than before and will likely top Fatah, the ruling apparatus of President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority.
The trouble with violence, is that it only inspires violence, which inspires violence. . .
I don't think Dr. Abuelaish was wrong to believe in peace, but how do they get there? Meanwhile, civilians on both sides are paying too high a price, especially in the Gaza, where they didn't even have the option of fleeing from the bombs.


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|November 20, 1952.
|Early contactee George Adamski's "Venusian" friend, allegedly met 11/20/52. Orthon was described a smooth-skinned, beardless, and well dressed. He had shoulder-length blond hair, was about five feet six inches tall, and wore what looked like a ski suit with a broad belt around the waist.
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|A reported landing of a silvery disc from which a tall human like occupant resembling the "Adamski" type beings, with long blond hair and wearing a sky blue coverall emerged. He reportedly walked to a nearby stream and obtained some water; he then went back into the object and took off. No other information.
|Michael D Swords, IUR Vol. 18 # 5, quoting Hunt-Williamson Files
|December 9, 1954.
|Linha Bela Vista, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
|Witness: Olmira da Costa e Rosa. He was able to study these men at close range and in great detail. They were of medium height, broad-shouldered, with long blond hair blowing in the wind. With their extremely pale skin and slanted eyes, they were not normal looking by Earth standards. Their clothing consisted of light brown coverall garments fastened to their shoes, which were heelless. He concluded that they must be aviators from some foreign country.
|Hanlon, The Humanoids
Witness: Howard Menger. Extraterristial in front of Adamski type Bellshaped Flying Saucer photographed by Howard Menger 1956.
|January 1968.
|Viamao Rio Grande Do Sul Brazil
|Two 6-foot tall men appeared beside it, dressed in white coveralls with broad sashes, they had shoulder length hair and ware barefoot. These beings walked stiffly, without bending their legs. Then appeared 3 more beings less then 4.5 feet tall, wearing chestnut brown coveralls, likewise with long hair, these 3 walked rapidly but remained near UFO.
|Violent Humanoid Encounter In Bolivia by Oscar A Galindez. (Caso OVNI 1967, Bolivia.pdf)
|June, 1968.
|Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Witness: Maria Elodia Pretzel. "...a large figure, standing in excess of 2 meters, blonde, hair combed backward with a friendly facial expression, stood a short distance away. He was clad in some sort of jumpsuit, light blue, covering his body from his neck down to his feet. Small luminous rays poured from his fingertips. In his left hand he carried a crystal orb that emitted bright beams of light. In his right hand he bore a ring, almost a gauntlet. According to the young woman, every time the being raised the gauntlet, "it was as though he himself rose into the air and remained suspended..."
The being advanced toward her with a kindly, calm manner, moving his lips slowly, speaking a strange, melodic language that reminded her of Japanese. He said something like "cling-gling-crish."
|January 1970
|Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
|Paolo Fernandes was meditating alone on a small mountain plateau outside of the city. Suddenly he sees a bright flash of light behind a nearby hill. He trembles with excitement and his heart starts beating fast, he also feels afraid. He then hears a voice in his head, "Don't fear, we are your friends". He relaxed as tears of joy streamed down over his cheeks. With trembling legs Paolo runs over to the hill, as he climbs over a dune he sees an enormous "spaceship" floating just above the ground. He hears the voice in his head again, "Do not approach the ship, you must remain where you are, otherwise the magnetic field around the ship will hurt you". The object is metallic and disc shaped, surrounded with an aura of light, is as large as three airplanes put together. There appears to be a strong smell of ozone in the air. Then a bluish beam of light shoots out from the object and strikes Paolo. An eerie calmness overwhelms him at this time. A kind of loading ramp comes out of the object. A powerful white light shines out from the opening on the craft. Two men step out of the opening, and stop one on each side of the ramp. The men are described as tall, slim, with long blond hair and dressed in a kind of fluorescent overalls. The light becomes even brighter and a third person appears, the "guards" stand with crossed arms. The third figure appears to be the commander and has a majestic attitude; with each step he takes silver "rain" seems to cover the ramp. His face is extremely handsome, with shiny eyes and light radiating from his head. On his chest he carries an insignia resembling several sparkling multi-colored stars. When he arrives at the end of the ramp, he puts his right hand flat on the forehead and the left on the chest. Stunned, Paolo falls to his knees. The alien commander then says, "My name is Ashtar and I greet you, child of the stars". He adds, "Convey this message to the humans, 'awake from your inertia and make the world shine in its brightest light'. He finishes the message conveying a message of love and hope, and then walks back inside the hovering disc along with his two "guards". The object then shoots up and disappears into the sky.
|UFO Geheimnisse Germany
|October 28, 1973.
|Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Witness: Dionisio Yanca. Two men and a woman abducted Dionisio Yanca, a truck driver, all about 5-foot tall with tight fitting gray coveralls and long yellow gloves and boots. They had high foreheads and slanted eyes. They spoke among themselves in a buzzing sound, but to the witness when he was aboard with a radio. The UFO was shaped like a yellow plate and had a yellow light inside. Reportedly he observed a line from the UFO touching power lines and a lake. The witness suffered from amnesia, nightmares, and extreme anxiety for weeks afterwards. He claims to have a message from the beings, which he can't divulge. He was onboard 40-50 minutes.
|Webb in 1973 Year of The Humanoids
|October 29, 1973.
|25 km NE of General Pinto Buenos Aires Argentina
|Carlos Argue Balvidares, 43, the manager of a country estate, was drinking tea when his son Manuel, 13, called his attention to the presence of 3 persons floating in the air over the surface of a pond 100 yards away. Balvidares went to the pond and called out to them; they "disappeared immediately, only to return to show themselves at the opposite shore of the pond, 300 yards away." There were two men and a woman. The woman was about 5'3" tall and had long black hair, black clothing, and white boots; the men (both of the same height) were somewhat shorter, and appeared naked and of a "sunburned" color; they may have been wearing tight fitting one-piece suits. They were blond, and their hair appeared "glued on." All three had white complexions, wide foreheads, and small noses. They floated about with their arms held close to their bodies. On the far side of the pond rested a rectangular object approx. 35 ft in diameter and 7-10 ft high, which was luminous, and emitted a beam of light 15" in diameter which struck Balvidares; it dazzled him and he could feel heat from it. Balvidares took his horse and rode out to the pond, but when he had got halfway to the entities, he encountered an "invisible barrier" and cold not proceed. Meanwhile the beings continued to maneuver over the surface of the pond, communicating by "a kind of shriek, like the sound made by a radio which is poorly tuned." After an hour and a half, Balvidares mounted his horse to ride around the pond, but at that time the beings returned to the UFO, the men "changing in color to dark green and orange" as they approached it. Then the witness smelt "an odor of sulfur" and became drowsy for a few moments; when he recovered from this, the object and its entities had disappeared. On later investigation, many triangular footprints 4" to 5" long, showing 4 claw marks at the front of the triangle, were found in the vicinity of the UFOs resting place; the object itself left 4 triangular impressions 15" on a side, arranged in a square 13 ft on a side. The horse "exhibited nervousness" after the event, and its hair began to fall out.
|Omar R Demattei, ONIFE
|November 5, 1975
|Snowflake, Arizona.
Witness: Travis Walton. Two men and a woman were standing around the table. They were all wearing velvety blue uniforms like the first man's, except that they had no helmets. The two men had the same muscularity and the same masculine good looks as the first man. The woman also had a face and figure that was the epitome of her gender. They were smooth-skinned and blemishless. No moles, freckles, wrinkles, or scars marked their skin. The striking good looks of the man I had first met became more obvious on seeing them all together. They shared a family-like resemblance, although they were not identical.
|January 1, 1976.
|Llanos De Mojos, Bolivia
|The witness was exploring a remote area of the Amazon jungle when after getting up one morning he observed a silent disc shaped object pass overhead and descend out of sight behind some trees. The witness prepared a backpack, grabbed his machete, and walked towards the direction where the object had descended. He eventually came upon a large disc shaped craft that hovered over some nearby bushes. As he stood watching he felt somebody touch his arm, as he turned around two tall blond men wearing silvery one-piece coveralls confronted him. The men had several strange instruments hanging from pockets on the coveralls. They spoke to the witness in a soft melodic unknown language. While they spoke, one of the men took out a small apparatus from his pocket and seemed to adjust it. Suddenly their language became clear and understood by the witness, who spoke German. They spoke to the witness, telling him that they originated from the star cluster known as Proxima Centauri.
|Zitha Rodriguez Montiel, Prof R N Hernandez and Lt Colonel Wendelle C Stevens, UFO Contact from Andromeda
|March 1982.
|Springfield, Missouri
The witness was traveling in her car when she suddenly lost control of the steering. She felt her vehicle being pulled by an unknown force towards a light that was hovering at tree top level straight ahead. She felt as if the car was floating. Soon she found herself in a clearing in a wooded area. Nearby sat a silvery metallic disc resting on three legs. A light shone on her and she sees folding steps descend from the object. She is drawn into the craft and through several rooms until she reaches a platform, made out of padded white silver chrome and lays down on it. Half a dozen men then appear; these are described as six-foot one inch tall, well built, long blond hair, high cheekbones, and blue eyes. They wore tight-fitting brown jumpsuits with matching shoes and belt, with a pale yellow stole draped over one shoulder. They also displayed a winged emblem on the chest area resembling a "hawk-eagle" head in center and wings on each side. She is then led out to the door and suddenly finds herself in her car. She then sees a craft taking off emitting a loud whistling sound.
|Linda Moulton Howe Glimpses of Other Realities, Volume I
|Worsley, Manchester, England
|The main witness and a friend were standing in the backyard when all of the sudden a large round glowing red object descended overhead. His friend ran into the house frightened. The object hovered about 100 ft above the house emitting a slight humming sound. Through some large lighted portholes the main witness saw several tall thin man like figures looking out. These were described as having blond hair and wearing some kind of blue uniforms.
|UFO Sightings in the UK
|Landing Trace
|February 4, 1988.
During the investigation I carried out on these events, I met Mrs. Amelia G., a neighbor of the Lichowskys and owner of the residence where the first incident occurred. That same morning, on 4 February, she had a bizarre dream: she was wakened in the early morning hours only to see two blond humanoid figures standing near her living room window. These two entities, wearing form-fitting, glowing outfits were then in her backyard, walking around as if conducting an investigation.
|Hayes, Va.
|Norwich, eastern England
|The woman said she had been approached by a man with a "Scandinavian-type accent" dressed in a flying suit-style outfit while out walking on a sports field near Norwich, eastern England, in 1989. She claimed to have been "completely terrified" during the 10-minute encounter. Running home, she said she had then seen a large glowing object rising vertically from behind some nearby trees.
|(CNN.com/europe) Dog walker 'met man from another planet'
|Ministry of Defence National Archives releases details of recorded UFO sightings from 1987 to 1993.
ET: Chin
|July 23, 1992.
|Sydney, Australia
Peter Khoury. One appeared Nordic and the other Asian. Aspects of their appearance were quite odd. The Nordic female had a very elongated face and a sharply point chin. Her eyes appeared to be blue and 2 to 3 times larger than normal. She had very fine wispy blonde hair that seemed to be oddly blown up. Her skin colour was quite light. The dark brown skinned Asian looking woman seemed to have almost completely black eyes. Her hair was black and set in a firm page-boy style.
|"HAIR of the ALIEN - DNA and other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abduction" by Bill Chalker


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Dubai's Al-Futtaim inks deal to build, sell Renault cars in Pakistan.
Dubai-based Al-Futtaim on Tuesday announced an agreement with car giant Groupe Renault for the exclusive assembly and distribution of Renault vehicles in Pakistan. The agreements will see Groupe Renault bring its latest products, while Al-Futtaim, through its new subsidiary Al-Futtaim Automotive Pakistan (Private) Limited, will establish a new manufacturing and assembly plant, and exclusively distribute Renault cars through its extensive knowledge of the market.
The parties expect that construction of the plant will start in the first quarter of 2018 in Karachi with car sales planned to start in 2019, ramping up in 2020.Al-Futtaim's global automotive operations extend to 11 markets across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, and Pakistan represents one of the most dynamic opportunities in these regions, in particular, due to the new Automotive Development Policy, it said in a statement.
Len Hunt, president of Al-Futtaim Automotive, said: "With a population of over 200 million, a fast-growing economy and a vibrant middle-class, Pakistan is undoubtedly a very important strategic growth market for us. "We are very excited to represent Group Renault which is among the top automotive brands worldwide, and a leading European car manufacturer entering this market. We will endeavor to add real value to the Pakistani auto sector and consumer, and to create a world-class organization in Pakistan."
Fabrice Cambolive, senior vice president, chairman of the Africa Middle-East India Region of the Group. Renault, added: "Group Renault is delighted to extend its international footprint by entering Pakistan, a fast-growing market with a 10% annual growth rate. By partnering with Al-Futtaim, a professional and renowned automotive partner, Group Renault aims to become a major player in Pakistan.
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I apologise for being missing in action for the past few weeks. I have had a few personal exchanges with people, discussing what is happening with me on this "journey of walking in pastures green" but thought I should post an update here, for any who frequent this spot, regularly or not so regularly, so that I can be accountable to my "co-journeyers".
A series of events has led me to start a Beth Moore bible study on Freedom in Christ with a group of ladies from church. Since then I have also hooked up with 3 other ladies/gals as well that I will be walking through this study with. So the heart of my devotional time is spent on this study at this time.
I have also been feeling the need for "something more". A moving to the next level in my study of God's word. Not just scratching the surface but really digging in to the context and applications of any given book, chapter or verse. I explored John Pipes Arcing method of study, but it didn't click with me. I am currently reading Kay Arthur's book "How to Study the Bible". In the intro to her book she says;
"If you long to know God, if you yearn for a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus Christ, if you want to live the Christian life faithfully and know what God requires of you, you must do more than merely read the Bible and study what someone else has said about it. You must interact with God's Word personally, absorbing its message and letting God engrave His truth on your heart and mind and life. That is the very heart of inductive study: seeing truth for yourself, discerning what it means, and applying that truth to your life."
This has always been my motive when reading the scriptures, but the inductive approach is a METHOD for deeper application. It is based on three tiers of focus; observation: what does the passage SAY, interpretation: what does the passage MEAN and application: what truths can I put into practice and what changes can I make in MY life."
So considering the pace of life for me right now, I am going to be "pausing" with the Prairie Passages schedule to devote myself to the Beth Moore study over the summer, and also to learning the Kay Arthur inductive approach to study. If this is something you would be interested in, let me know, and maybe in the fall I can redirect the course of this blog to introduce the inductive approach and we can pick a small book or maybe a series of Psalms to work through together.
Happy May Long and may you be strengthened by grace as you walk with Him!
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Massachusetts has stolen the spotlight in American history. From the birth of a nation to the American Revolution, it seems all you ever hear about is Pilgrims and Paul Revere. It's easy to forget, especially around Thanksgiving, that everything Massachusetts claims, Virginia had already done. Plymouth Rock and the founding of the Plymouth Colony was 13 years AFTER the founding of Jamestown, and the American Revolution has already been started 100 years (almost to the day) in what was then the Colony of Virginia. Let's focus on this one for now. But first, a quick cast of characters.
Name: Sir William Berkeley
Occupation: Governor of Virginia from 1641 – 1652 and again from 1660 – 1677
Hobbies: Writing plays for His Majesty Charles I, experimenting with new plants and crops to get away from just tobacco in the colony
Likes: Native American's and fur trading ($$! Er… I mean ££!), raising taxes to build forts, His Majesty Charles I (he's so awesome!)
Name: Nathaniel Bacon
Occupation: Planter, Member of Governor's Council
Hobbies: I just like hanging out with my wife, even though her father disowned us and I sold some land fraudulently and had to move to Virginia
Likes: Shooting Indians, defying authority
As you might have guessed, there was a little bit of animosity between bacon and Berkeley, despite the fact that they were probably cousins. In 1674 Bacon defied Governor Berkeley by attacking a Susquehannock village and killing its chiefs, supposedly in retaliation for attacks by the tribe which in turn may have been caused by the colonists refusing to pay for goods… I think the only safe thing to say is that there was tension between the colonists and the natives.
Bacon and Berkeley had different ideas on how to defend against the Native Americans. Berkeley recommended, and was poised to pass a ruling, that all outlying colonial holdings should build fortifications and defend against possible raids. Bacon thought that this was just another excuse to raise already high taxes, and wanted instead to kill all the natives. Bacon sought a military commission to do so, and Berkeley refused. Bacon again defied Berkeley and gathered up a force of 400-500 men to attack the nearby Doeg and Pamunkey tribes who had committed the horrible crime of being Native American and having nothing at all to do with any of this. Berkeley expelled Bacon from the council, held re-elections for the House of Burgesses to exclude the lot of rabble-rousers, and that's where the fun begins.
Bacon takes his posse of 400 – 500 armed men to the capitol of Jamestown in June of 1676, is promptly arrested and gets on bended knee and apologizes for his misdeeds in writing. Berkeley forgives him and welcomes him back into the council, until someone suggests that he appoint Bacon General and allow him to finish off the remaining natives. Berkeley is less than impressed and expels Bacon from the council… again.
Later that month Bacon returns to Jamestown with his posse, orders them to take aim at Berkeley, and demands he be commissioned so that he can go out and resume his attacks. In a fit of drama, Berkeley bears his chest to Bacon and tells him to shoot; 'cause ain't no way he's getting that commission. Bacon thinks for a moment and has his men switch aim to the House of Burgesses members. Bacon gets his commission, and heads out to find some Indians to kill.
A month later, with no guns pointed at anyone, Berkeley reverses his decision and declares Bacon a rebel again. We're now into July of 1676, and Bacon issues a Declaration of the People of Virginia enumerating 8 grievances against the Governor and British rule, including excessive taxation… all of this almost 100 years to the day before the signing of another famous declaration. A couple months later Bacon returns to Jamestown and burns the city to the ground. This all could have continued, and the course of American history drastically changed, except that in October of 1676 Bacon pulled the old "Oregon Trail Maneuver" and died of dysentery. Without his leadership the Bacon's Rebellion fell apart.
Somewhere between his burning of Jamestown and his not-so-pleasant departure from this world, Bacon's men happened upon the oldest brick building in Virginia, the home of House of Burgesses member Major Arthur Allen II. The men quickly seized the property and used it as HQ for their raids in Surry County.
The occupants also availed themselves of several bottles of wine of local vintage that are still displayed in the basement of the site today. In December of 1676 the crew of the vessel Young Prince seized an unknown fort that is thought to be what is now known as Bacon's Castle.
Contrary to popular belief, and the name, Bacon never lived in Bacon's Castle. As a matter of fact, there's nothing to suggest that he ever even set foot on the property, as he was away fighting in Gloucester County. It was not until sometime much later (possibly 1769) that the site was referred to as Bacon's Castle, but the name has stuck.
Preservation Virginia obtained and restored the property in the 1970s and currently run tours. The house is one of only three surviving "high-style" houses in the Western Hemisphere, and the only one in the United States.
Of particular note are the triple-stacked chimneys, the Flemish gables, and the historic graffiti from the 1800s that can still be seen inside.
Special thanks to Preservation Virginia for allowing me access to this history site! You can find them (and more information) at http://preservationvirginia.org/. Donations help fund the preservation of historic sites likes Bacon's Castle, and by texting the word "PLACES" to 25383 on your mobile phone you can quickly and easily donate $10 to this awesome group!


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