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Filer's Files
By George Filer
MUFON Eastern Region Director
December 19, 2007
George Filer: email@example.com
See all the photos at: www.nationalufocenter.com
and http://www.ufoweek.com
Dedicated to my grandsons Georgie Filer V, and Eddie Pedrick who drowned in the Pool of No Return. More than six thousand drown in the US each year.
Merry Christmas
This week's files cover: Angels God's Messengers from Heaven, Mars - Has Active Glacier and Humans Could Reach by 2021, and US Sees Britain as Joint Moon Partner and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary "Says UFOs Exist".
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena were spotted over: California, Florida, Kansas, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington
UFOs were also seen in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico Poland, Scotland, and the UK.
These Files assume that extraterrestrial intelligent life not only exists, but my hypothesis is that the over one hundred UFOs reported each week represent technologically advanced spacecraft conducting surveillance of Earth. I personally became interested in UFOs when I chased one over England when flying for the US Air Force. I've been investigating them ever since. The US Air Force under Project Blue Book investigated UFOs for more than twenty years, we continue this research.
The Bible states, "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14-2 It is my belief that God has spread intelligent civilizations throughout the universe.
Painting of the Madonna and St Giovannino, in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, attributed to the 15 Century school of Filippo Lippi. Note UFO like craft.
Angels God's Messengers from Heaven
The scriptures and thousands of books tell us the Earth is being visited by angels from the planet Heaven. They appeared over a hundred times in the Bible to men. We celebrate Christmas throughout much of the world based on the birth of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. The logical question is what has this to do with extraterrestrials and UFOs? I suggest there is a strong connection.
Carl Sagan in his book, "Intelligent Life in the Universe" indicated Earth had likely been visited by extraterrestrials. He states: "Sumer was an early--perhaps the first -civilization the contemporary sense on the planet Earth. It was founded in the forth millennium B.C. or earlier. We don't know where the Sumerians came from. I feel that if the Sumerian civilization is depicted by the descendents of the Sumerians themselves to be of non-human origin, the relevant legends should be examined carefully." (page 456). Photo of ancient Sumerian Disc
He goes on to ask, "What might an advanced extraterrestrial civilization want from us?"......He answers his own question by stating, "One of the primary motivations for the exploration of the New World was to convert the inhabitants to Christianity -- peacefully if possible -- forcefully if necessary. Can we exclude the possibility of an extraterrestrial evangelism?" (Page 463)
Few remember that Angels and their glowing craft had a key role in the Christmas story and history of diverse nations. Angels are celestial beings believed to be a messenger or mediator between God and humankind. In ancient Mesapotomia, ancient Greece, Judaism, Christianity and in Islam angels were sent as divine messengers to humans to instruct, inform, or command. Angels apparently helped in the creation, and God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." Angels also function as heavenly warriors and as guardians.
Many abductees claim healing, love and miracles from the angels or aliens. Many angels are assumed to have the form of human males, and as a consequence they were sometimes mistaken for men.
Billy Graham, the evangelical minister and the friend of US Presidents in his book, "Angels," makes the following surprising statements, "Some have speculated that UFOs could very well be a part of God's angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation. While we cannot assert such a view with certainty nothing can hide the fact that these unexplained events are occurring with greater frequency around the entire world. Some take the detailed descriptions of a highly credible airline crew and lay them alongside Ezekiel and put forth a strong case ---- such theories are now being given serious attention even by people who make no claim to believe in the God of the Bible. UFOs are astonishingly angel-like in some their reported appearances."
Most of the description of angels compares nicely with our available data of at least one group of the alien visitors. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible and Torah; angels are described as having bodies with parts such as hands, feet, eyes, head, voices, mouths, hair, faces and other human body parts.
A few years ago, I had dinner with Zecharia Sitchin the best selling author of books called the "Earth Chronicles." He told me that Genesis is true and ought to be read as a historic and scientific document rather than just a religious one. He felt ancient civilizations are older and much more technically advanced and scientifically oriented than we once believed. Ancient Sumerian texts as well as the Bible reveal the existence of angels or Anunnaki, 'Those who from Heaven to Earth Came.' He felt that only in recent years has modern science caught up with ancient scientific knowledge.
One interesting fact is that the Bible often mentions the angels in glowing metal craft. The Hebrew word 'hashmal' refers to glowing metal in the description of the divine glory and brightness and the appearance of fire from the craft. The descriptions of Ezekiel in the Bible (1:4, 8:2) clearly indicate brilliant highly polished glowing yellow like brass or electrum an alloy of silver and gold.
Throughout the Bible and Torah we are told that the angels were able to introduce life into old women and even virgins. For example, part of God's covenant with Abraham and Sarah his barren 90 year old wife was to give them a son Isaac. The covenant also established circumcision as a sign that the Jewish people were part of God's people and in turn they would be blessed with numerous descendants, material wealth and spiritual prosperity. Some of these births that appeared supernatural may have been accomplished by advanced technology.
John the Baptist was also born after the angel Gabriel appeared before Zechariah and his barren wife Elizabeth. Gabriel said," Do not be afraid Zechariah, your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord." (Luke 1:13-25) According to the testimony of modern-day abductees similar births are occurring today.
The immaculate conception of Mary almost certainly occurred just as the Bible states; "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35) The immaculate conception could be explained with the use of modern medical technology. The angel Gabriel could have artificially inseminated Mary so that she retained her virginity as the Bible indicates. Jesus would have been the result, and would in fact be the Son of God and the Son of Man (Mary).
The Living Bible states, these are the facts concerning the birth of Jesus Christ. "His mother Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But while she was still a virgin she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her fiancé decided to break the engagement, as he did not want to disgrace her. He fell asleep and an angel spoke to him, "Joseph don't hesitate to take Mary as your wife! For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit. And she will have a Son and you will name him Jesus (meaning 'Savior') for he will save his people from their sins. This will fulfill God's message through his prophets. Listen! The virgin shall conceive a child! She shall give birth to a Son, and he shall be called 'Emmanuel' (meaning God is with us)" When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel commanded, and brought Mary home to be his wife, but she remained a virgin until her Son was born, and Joseph named him 'Jesus'." (Matthew 1-18 to 25).
"That night some shepherds were in the fields guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly an angel appeared among them, and the landscape shone bright with the glory of the Lord. They were badly frightened, but the angel reassured them. "Don't be afraid! I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior-yes the Messiah, the Lord-has been born tonight in Bethlehem! How will you recognize him? You will find a baby wrapped in a blanket, lying in a manager! Suddenly the angel was joined by a vast host of others--armies of heaven-praising God: Glory to God in the highest heaven, they sang, "and peace on earth for all those pleasing him." When this great army of angels had returned again to heaven, the shepherds said to each other. "Come on! Let's go to Bethlehem! Let's see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. (Luke 2) The armies of heaven may describe UFOs that are often seen in large numbers.
The Bible states, "Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, in Judea, during the reign of King Herod." At about that time some astrologers (wise men) from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 'Where is the new born King of the Jews?' for we have seen his star in far-off eastern lands, and have come to worship him." (Mathew-2.) It would be difficult to follow a star for many nights to a small town of Bethlehem. One possible explanation is that the wise men followed the light of a UFO. If you care to make the assumption that angels and extraterrestrials exist, perhaps they are the same.
"We're on the inside racetrack and on Christmas Day we will lap Mars," Look near the full moon and a blazing reddish light in the night sky is the planet Mars. Flying through space at 18 miles per second, Earth is about to go between the sun and Mars. Its as bright as Sirius the brightest star. Photo was taken December 17, 2007 by Hubble telescope.
BBC reports, "The icy feature has been spotted in images from the European Space Agency's (Esa) Mars Express spacecraft. The young glacier appears in the Deuteronilus Mensae region between Mars' rugged southern highlands and the flat northern lowlands. "If it was an image of Earth, I would say 'glacier' right away," Dr Gerhard Neukum, chief scientist on the spacecraft's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) told BBC News.
"We have not yet been able to see the spectral signature of water. But we will fly over it in the coming months and take measurements. On the glacial ridges we can see white tips, which can only be freshly exposed ice.
Editor's Note: Ice infers water, and water indicates life.
Sophisticated, advanced mining technology is being developed by 4 Frontiers Corporation to play an essential role in the company's dream to settle the first humans on the red planet. The Massachusetts-based company 4Frontiers.com, is an emerging space commerce company focused on the settlement of Mars.
The company has plans to build the first manned headquarters for humans on Mars and the plan, and if everything falls into place, would see it happen within 15 years. Mars can support life, industry and agriculture and with proper science and technology. 4Frontiers believes it can build a habitat where a dozen people can live on Mars within two decades. The initial proposed "Hillside Settlement" on Mars would include the use of nuclear reactors, mining, manufacturing, and construction equipment, control systems, robots and automation systems and greenhouses to grow food, all which would allow human habitation in a safe environment, he said. Mars already has sufficient water supplies, he said. "We believe the science and technology is there to make our dream become reality."
For more information, visit www.4Frontiers.com.
By John Borland The BBC reports that NASA is eagerly backing the idea of a British mission to the moon, a plan which could come together as soon as 2012. The idea circulating in English science communities is somewhat different than the orbiters recently launched by Japan and China. A spacecraft would be set into orbit, but would then fire four devices called "penetrators" at the moon's surface at high speed.
These little love-darts would dig themselves nearly 7 feet below the surface and monitor conditions there, including registering the presence and intensity of "moonquakes," the Beeb reports.
The proposed mission is part of a broader move across Europe towards individual country missions, rather than working exclusively through the European Space Agency. Germany and Italy have also discussed proposals for their own independent missions. The ESA's SMART-1, the continent's first lunar mission, reached the moon for a two year mission in late 2004.
NASA administrator Michael Griffin is quoted by the BBC as pleased by the UK proposal. Griffin, from the article:
"The time is now to decide if the UK wants to join the next phase of human space flight, which will involve a return to the Moon sometime in the next decade. "I would very much like to bring our oldest and closest ally into that partnership."
NASA's next crewed lunar mission is on track for 2020. Meanwhile, China is planning a lander for 2012 and a crewed mission within 15 years. And Russia will begin a series of uncrewed landings in 2012.
A company called Odyssey Moon based on the Isle of Man became the first entrant in the Google Lunar X prize offering $20 million dollars to land on the moon before 2012."We are challenging small private teams to do what only two governments have done before - land on the surface of the moon," said Peter Diammandis, head of the XPrize Foundation, which is administering the purse that Google offered in September. Entrants must fly a craft to the moon, operate a robotic rover and transmit data to Earth to win the $20 million first place prize.
According to Odyssey Moon's website, the company's goal is to "lower the price of getting to the moon by an order of magnitude and in doing so help catalyze a 'moon rush' to Earth's sister world, which (Richards) describes as an eighth continent rich in energy and resources."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura was speaking to reporters in response to demands lodged by an opposition lawmaker for an inquiry into "frequent reports of UFO sightings."The government said in an official reply that it had "not confirmed sightings of unidentified flying objects believed to be from outer space." Still, "I definitely believe they exist," Machimura said.
PALM SPRINGS -- On Sunday, November 18, 2007, my partner and I observed three UFO's flying high about 4:30 p.m. from the downtown area. I was looking up towards the moon when I spotted an elongated boomerang, or triangular shaped craft flying in a southwest direction at around 30,000 feet. It similar in size to a smaller commercial aircraft.
I noticed it slowly came to a stop, suspended in midair like a helicopter. That's when I pointed it out to my partner, who saw the object as clearly as I had. The craft then moved around its location sluggishly and, in what appeared to be, a somewhat erratic fashion. All of the sudden, two other identical craft came into view in close relative proximity to the fist craft. The three objects began to slowly "wobble" towards a center point. For about four or five minutes they leisurely moved around and, on occasion, become completely stationary. Once the objects reached their center point destination, they vanished from sight.
Each craft was identical in size and shape to one another. Another unusual attribute of the crafts was that although they were shaped like a boomerang, they flew "sideways". Both witnesses hold advanced degrees and one is a FAA licensed pilot. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
LEWES -- On November 22, 2007, at 9 PM, I saw four white circular lights traveling in a circle and then all meeting in center. This has been continuing for the last hour over the skies of Lewes, DE. Lights continue to move in the same direction...meeting in center and then traveling back into a circular motion once again. I was walking outside and met others on the street. We continued to watch the lights for an hour. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
Drawing of Object Prepared by Peter Davenport
of National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC)
ORLANDO -- My two nephews called me from Jacksonville, on December 10, 2007, and told me to look straight up and slightly north. I went to the roof with binoculars and found what they were looking at. I thought at first it was Holmes Comet. It looked like a comet, fuzzy, with a pretty long tail. My nephews said they watched it for about 15 minutes before calling, stating it was much brighter when they first saw it, and that it was moving. In two minutes, I watched it move about 6 inches from the west to the east side of a constellation. It moved in the direction of its tail, fading as it went. A very small, very bright point of light flashed briefly about every 2 minutes. The flash was sort of reddish. The light stayed located near what would be the head.
Investigator's Notes: I don't think that this object was a comet because it was seen moving. The only comet visible in the northern hemisphere at this time is comet McNaught, but the magnitude of brightness is quite "faint." Apparently the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) received several reports from the east coast on December 10 starting at around 6 PM EST. Peter Davenport (Director of NUFORC) thinks that the object could have been a space vehicle venting fuel.
BOYNTON BEACH -- Bill Jones writes, "Several years ago we were fishing in the ocean off Boynton Beach in the late afternoon and spotted four very bright lights on the horizon. They stayed there for 30 minutes and took on different formations. They would align in a vertical formation and then realign in a horizontal position. The Air Force dismissed them as flares but, I know of no flare that can do what these lights did. We moved to Lake Placid, Florida and we saw a very bright light going very fast across the sky. It wasn't a plane because there was no noise. The sky was crystal clear not one cloud. This light traveled for at least five miles and then just kind of blinked out. It was like on Star Trek when a cloaking device is engaged. Thanks to Bill Jones.
ORLANDO -- My mother and I met up for lunch and said "what are those?" while looking up out the window. I looked out the window as well, which cast no reflection and the view was clear. We both could see five unidentified objects in the sky. They were all white in color cylinder shaped, and appeared to be very high in the sky and all traveling together at a consistent pace. They definitely did not have any wings, visible lights, or appear to cast any reflection. Had my cell phone had a camera. I am confident that I would have been able to capture them easily as they were clearly visible to the naked eye. Thanks to Brian Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research, http://www.hbccufo.org
NAMPA -- I was driving southeast on I-84 November 27, 2007 about 8 PM and I saw a vehicle approaching me in the opposite freeway lane (going west/north). This vehicle had many lights and I thought it was a large tractor/trailer, but then it crossed the traffic lane about 100 feet in front of my truck. It was about 20 feet in the air and moved very slowly and I could not hear noise or see any smoke or exhaust. It had no wings nor rotors. It looked like some kind of hover craft or desert assault vehicle with a "bumper" all the way around it and a canopy in the center with windows. It looked dull, maybe green or brownish. It was about 20-30 feet long and about 10 feet wide and maybe 10 feet high. I never saw anything like this in my life.
Investigator's Notes: Who knows what this low flying vehicle would be? Given the slow speed and lack of sound eliminates helicopters or low flying jets. Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) is nearby. (See above map.) Perhaps some exercises were being conducted from the base, but one wonders what craft that they would be testing. Thanks to Bill Puckett UFOS Northwest http://ufosnw.com
CEDAR RAPIDS -- We were driving on I-380 about a mile from the airport exit on November 23, 2007, at 11:03 PM on a clear night. I looked up to see a black craft with its landing lights on and a flashing red light. I could see two distinct beams of light similar to a car's headlights in a light fog.
I realized that the plane was ascending with the beams of lights facing the opposite direction that it was traveling. It slowed down and began to hover for about 10 seconds and turned its two beams of lights towards the south and began to slowly accelerate to about 20 MPH. The craft flew almost directly overhead and I could see the crafts distinct flat perfectly triangular hull.
There seems to be no way that a fixed wing aircraft could travel that slow. My Grandpa and I, are both familiar with all types of aircraft. He exclaimed, "What the heck was that thing? If I didn't know any better . . . I would say it was a UFO!" Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
Driving east on I-10, my son and I saw very bright lights at 8:30 PM, just west of the interstate on November 14, 2007. The lights resembled bright white stadium lights. When we came closer, the triangular shape was very visible and we could see several light blue lights along one side. The object was just hovering about 100 yards above the interstate just off the west bound lanes. I slowed my vehicle to watch it as we passed by and within 30 seconds it was gone. Other vehicles on the interstate, surely saw it. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
As I was leaving my home, I walked towards my car and heard an aircraft and looked up to see four objects following the plane. At first I thought they were gray balloons. As the plane began to make a turn to the north five more objects came into view. Then the first four objects split into two pair and sped off and each pair went to opposite sides of the plane as though they were escorting it. The other five objects then formed a V Type formation behind the plane. All you could hear was the plane. Although I could make out the plane they were following by seeing the wings and body as well as the tail. There were no wings or tail section visible on the objects. Just gray spheres. Thanks to MUFON CMS
NORTHERN NEVADA -- I have had a few strange events that have happened to me during my life. I was on an airplane from Detroit to Las Vegas on September 8, 2007, about 8 PM, and looked out the window to see something next to the engine of the airplane, on the outside wing, like a secondary engine. I stared at it for ten minutes thinking, "This looks like it has a big pearl for an eye and the mouth of a clam full of pearls".
The rest of the body was red and a light blue. It had the same diameter of the engine of the plane. I thought it was a part of the airplane flying underneath the wing. I looked at it again and it slowly descended from beneath the wing of the airplane and disappeared. The best I have come up with is that it is a giant insect (ROD), it was no way an alien space craft, it was some sort of creature (Giant Insect). Have any of you heard about this? Thanks to Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research. http://www.hbccufo.org
WILDWOOD CREST -- Joseph Di Eduardo MUFON Investigator writes, "While on my lunch break I was sitting out back and looked up to see a bronze shaped disc in broad day light flying towards me at approximately 500 feet over head. The disc was about 30 to 35 feet across and made no sound and was moving from a north to south direction against the wind. The speed was best described as fluid. The December 17, 2007, sighting lasted about 40-50 seconds when it entered into a cloud and did not appear out the other side. The color was not shiny but more of a muted color. However, it should have come out of the other side of the cloud it went into. I have seen a lot of strange things in 22 years of law enforcement so I guess I was more observing than feeling anything. Thanks to Joseph Di Eduardo
SEAVILLE -- Tony Fusco writes, "I asked my wife and daughters to draw a picture of the object they saw on December 3, 2007, near Ocean City. My wife and two daughters ages 53, 30, and 26 years old all agreed this type of UFO comes closest to what they saw. Their UFO was a fatter version. As they reflect on what happened more details are coming to light. Stay tuned George, this thing is getting very interesting and very disturbing. I really believe they know a lot more than they are saying. Thanks to Tony Fusco
WILMINGTON -- A white streak of light shot across the sky so fast I couldn't catch it with the camera but I snapped a shot anyway and got this cigar shaped object moving south west in the same direction as the white streak around 10:15 AM, Wednesday morning December 12, 2007. Picture taken from my yard. Thanks to MUFON CMS
GROVE – It was a clear night at 3:00 AM, when I got up to let my dog out on November 23, 2007, and noticed a bright light in the east over my lake. My wife was awake and when I pointed out the light, she said it was probably a planet. My binoculars are always by the large window and thru them I could see not one light, but a row of five lights with the brightest in the middle.
She saw exactly what I saw with the binoculars. The lights were stationary and over the next two hours, moved very slowly up and to the south. This had to be a very large object, because we could see the space between the lights. The sides of the object had a cone of light going out on both sides, so I believe the lights went around the object. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
WESTMINSTER -- First I noticed red, bright round object making erratic movements on December 17, 2007, around 12 AM. Spiraling, zigzagging, dropping and picking back up quickly behind the trees. It pulsed red, orange, green, blue, gold and white randomly and dimmed and pulsed every once in a while. The video camera wouldn't pick it up, using my binoculars it had a spherical shape and a white light on top. After moving a lot for over thirty minutes, it stopped suddenly and dimmed to an ordinary star, but it picked back up about 25 minutes later and started moving again. We watched it until it went to the horizon. Thanks to MUFON CMS
HARRISBURG -- As I was driving home west bound on route 322, on December 12, 2007, at 5:15 PM., I was pulling up to the light at Homestead Road and saw these bright lights flashing the sky to my right. I was talking to my husband on the phone and quickly told him what I saw. It happened again, so I pulled over in Hershey High School parking lot where I watched the dance of lights for ten minutes.
I could see dim lights flying vertical, horizontal, diagonal, left and right. Then bright and larger lights appeared one after another until there were six of them. The lights formed a shape of a fish hook almost. I took out my camera phone and tried to capture this display, but it could only capture two of the lights at the same time because it went too fast. The lights look smeared in the picture because they were moving. Thanks to Brian Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research, http://www.hbccufo.org .
POTOMAC RIVER -- Brandon McCain writes, "The past weeks I have been having some very lucid dreams involving strange beings. I do not know how to describe them and my left hand is missing hair and and has a circular pattern pigment in the same spot. I went for a 20 minute walk last night and saw a very white light in the sky. Five minutes later, I looked up and it was in the SAME position. An airplane was inbound to Reagan Airport, and passed not too far under this bright light. I thought, "Wow, that was reckless on both pilots' parts." I stopped, and observed the light closely. There was no red light like most helicopters have and it moved slightly, and stopped again. A second flight came close to the light but it still did not budge.
I realized I may be having my second genuine sighting so I pulled my camera out to shoot. As I did that, the bright light just disappeared but I got this photo of at least six ORBs a little to the left of where the bright light was before it disappeared; some very colorful. What is that teardrop by the power line? Happy Holidays, Thanks to Brandon McCain UFO Researcher/photographer
FLINDERS RANGES MOUNTAINS -- I was taking a walk at around 9 PM, on December 14, 2007, when suddenly, my dog started to bark, and I could see some flickering lights in the distant Flinders Ranges Mountains. First I thought it was an aircraft but then I realized this object was huge. There were yellow lights on the three edges of the object, the black triangular craft. It was really big..I mean I could see it hovering near the base of the mountains some 10 kilometers away and the size was just enormous.
It was about the size of a 747, and it was hovering!! I could not believe my eyes. It stood motionless for about 5 minutes, then suddenly just lifted up and shot into the sky in a vertical motion. I still cannot believe it. I have been living here for 20 years and have NEVER once seen anything like it. It was not any conventional aircraft/helicopter. Thanks to Brian Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research, http://www.hbccufo.org .
HBCC UFO Research, has received 340 Canadian written (and audio) UFO reports from January 1, up until December 10, 2007. Not included in the total is 41 telephone interviews which HBCC UFO Research
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- My friend and I were sledding on a small hill in a soccer field on December 10, 2007, in Beddington when we took a break about 1:15 AM, and lay in the snow to look at the stars. I began looking at a very bright light making zigzag patterns at a very high altitude but moving closer. It got close enough that I could make out lights on the side forming a disc shape. I then began watching a plane heading towards the first object. When it got close to the UFO, the object discharged something then vanished into the upper atmosphere at an incredible speed.
GRANISLE, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Brian Vike reports that UFO sightings and more are still taking place with people seeing unusual lights, and craft of strange shapes and sizes. He is just waiting for the highways to clear to go to Granisle.
One family is having paranormal activity that started with a 17 year old boy hearing low mumbling voices so he dragged his mattress into his Mother's room, but the strange noises continued. Both had breezes blowing on them and a very strange eerie sleep. The following night was the same only more intense noises in the basement. When he went to investigate he saw a very dark figure standing there. He ran. Not only is an entire family observing these unusual craft and beings, but others are watching the same kinds of UFOs over Granisle and Babine Lake.
FALKLAND -- CBC Radio News and they have provided the following cattle mutilation information. The area where this took place was between, Falkland and the Chase area in British Columbia. Some horseback riders had found the carcass of a cow and had contacted the farmer and the RCMP. There was only one set of tracks leading to the cow, and these tracks were left behind by the farmer. No other tracks were found and there was "no" blood remaining in the animal, and no blood found around the scene. The rectal core, udder, and sexual organs were missing.
Thanks to Brian Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research, http://www.hbccufo.org
Malvin Badilla, a Costa Rican construction worker, managed to record a very compelling video of a disc-shaped UFO at 3:49 in the afternoon on November 22, 2007. The video was recorded on a Motorola cellphone in 3GP format for 15:06 seconds. The object remains static and later changes position, tilting toward the left and the right in fractions of a second, showing other aspects such as: the upper, lateral and lower view, respectively. This copy of the video is from researcher Richard Sandi.
Ana Luisa Cid's states," After reviewing the video several times, I believe that this could be genuine material. It should be noted that the images are the property of Teletica - Canal -7 - Costa Rica. Source: www.analuisacid.com Thanks to Scott Corrales and The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
Don Burleson writes, "While we have to consider lens reflections as an alternative hypothesis for the Greenland "gold blade," my inclination upon reflecting (no pun intended) further on it is that I would have to call this "possible though not probable," since most of the lens reflections I've seen tend to be kind of "gossamer" or translucent or not terribly substantial-looking, whereas the "gold blade" is optically dense and of considerable hue saturation and image detail. This object is located in the middle of Greenland on Google Earth at 70 30 N. 40 05W, that is 79.83 Kilometers long, (49.61 miles long).
I've done close up work of the upper (NW) corner that appears to show some kind of damage to the regularity of the surface-- so if this were a reflection of something like a particles-collection panel on a satellite (similar to the protuberance I sent you a picture of on the TSX-5 satellite, which, however, as I mentioned is not an imaging satellite so far as I know), the "panel" or whatever would probably have to be in rather poor condition.
Altogether I'm inclined to think this is a real object of some kind only just now melting out of the Greenland ice-- the meltage in 2007 was a record annual amount after all-- but short of having someone airlifted in there on a chopper to look at the site, I'm not sure how we'll be able to know for sure.
The Greenland image appears to be still partly embedded in ice on the lower edge, and the color does match another under-the-ice swatch of color. These things tend to argue for its physical reality as an object probably newly emerged from the melting ice. I'm continuing to work on the problem and hoping to hear back from the people in Denmark. Thanks to Don Burleson
VENICE -- We got up to leave the cafe table outside in St. Mark's Square on September 11, 2007, when my cousin said, " There is an UFO up there" I thought she was kidding me but there it was stationary, almost over the square. It was oval in shape with curved sides, orange yellow in color, glowing and pulsating and silent. The nearest side pulsed bright, alternating with the far side. No features visible, it seemed to glow.
It was about the size of a large water melon maybe a little larger and was red at the top. We had to go as we had to catch the last ferry back. We walked away from it through the square, there were many people standing looking up at it. We turned to take another look and it had turned red. Our view was blocked for three minutes and when we got into an open area it was gone. This is the first time we have seen a craft of this type. Thanks to MUFON CMS
MEXICO CITY AIRPORT -- The Journal of Hispanic Ufology reports a UFO was photographed flying above a parked Mexican Airliner. I saw the object and it took several photos and video of the object." It was very bright with many colors.
See INEXPLICATA - UFOs in Latin America 2007
The annual review of the best UFO images from Latin America
POZNAN -- During an air show that took place on June 24, 2007 an unidentified aerial object in a shape of saucer can be seen. The photos were submitted to NPN organization by a witness who on that day took part in an air show held in Poznan city (Wielkopolska) district of Malta. It turns out that in the skies there were also out of ordinary objects.
The witness wrote, "I've returned from Malta where an air show was held. After viewing the photo material I saw two anomalous objects on photos (…). On the first one there is a small black dot by flying airplanes. On the second one there is a formation of some three lights. Then I began to watch the video and on one of them I saw the strange objects that fly along and disappear."
Piotr Cielebias is a Polish UFO investigator and writer. He is part of the NPN - http://www.npn.ehost.pl/ and the "NOL - the Eastern European UFO Journal" - [http://nol-polishufojournal.blogspot.com/].
PATONG BEACH, PHUKET - An orange, oval shaped, glowing object was traveling relatively slowly in an easterly direction over the Andaman Sea. It stopped, and then remained stationery about two times, then continued its journey at the same pace. Then, when almost overhead, it changed course and veered northward, and appeared to increase its speed and gain altitude. The object then became smaller and then accelerated upward, and disappeared.
I do not know whether the object emitted any sound, as it was difficult to hear, due to a lot of street noise at the time.
Thanks to Peter Davenport Director http://www.ufocenter.com/
GLASGOW - On Deecember 12, 2007, at 3.30 p.m. the witness observed a lime green neon light while walking down Sauchihall Street. I heard and saw a small ball of green light whiz from behind me round in-front of me at knee level, then go up across me gaining in height, and then up over the roofs of some of the shops and into the sky. It was definitely an object as I felt and heard the force of it go by me. It went quickly, but slowly enough for me to see it clearly. Thanks to Brian Vike - Director of HBCC UFO Research, http://www.hbccufo.org
NEWMARKET -- Driving through my home town on December 11, 2007, I happened to notice an object in the sky. I was less than 1/2 mile from my house and decided to continue home, but carried on glancing up at the object. Once home I observed it for a few minutes and took a picture with my camera phone. It looked like a sphere on fire as it seemed to have flames coming from the top of it, although the whole thing looked like it was on fire. For a second I wondered if it might be the burner from a hot air balloon, but it was far too still, too small, not travelling in any noticeable direction and it was pitch black at this time of year. After a few minutes it just faded away.
CHESTER -- My family and I were staying in a country hotel it was a lovely sunny day with a slight breeze and we were about to leave when I took 2 pictures of the grounds only to find some strange objects on the first picture. It was not until we arrived home and I downloaded them onto my computer did I notice the strange objects. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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Shenandoah County - Route 620 (Smith Creek Road) - Smith Creek Bridge
Area Maps
Project at a Glance
Advertise for Construction - Fall 2019
Estimated at $1.9 million
Lengths and Limits
0.1-mile From: 0.2-mile south of Route 732 To: 0.3-mile north of Route 737
Mr. James Johnston
Project Details
This project replaces a single-lane low-water bridge on Route 620 (Smith Creek Road) in Shenandoah County. The existing bridge was built in 1932 and has reached the end of its service life.
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The average daily traffic count for Route 620 in 2013 was 282 vehicles per day. This number is projected to be 324 in 2041.
The total estimated cost for this project is $1,928,362, including $391,000 for preliminary engineering, $57,908 for right of way and $1,479,454 for construction.
What Is Next
Project plan approval Summer 2017
Right of Way Fall 2017
Construction advertisement Fall 2019
Media and Public Events
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Comment deadline is May 18, 2017
Mr. James Johnston
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811 Commerce Road
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This project improves safety for travelers on Route 620 by replacing a structure that is past its service life. Safety will also be improved with the realignment of the new structure to the existing roadway. The bridge height will be increased by about 3 feet, which will result in fewer days that the road is closed due to flooding on the bridge. The new bridge will include railing, which the old bridge did not have.
During Construction
The old bridge will need to be demolished prior to construction of the new bridge. Motorists will take an eight-mile detour using Route 732, Route 11 and Route 211. Motorists should be alert for lane closures and flagging operations.
Traffic Alerts
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Gold Prices hit a two-weeks high on Thursday as the dollar declined from its highest level in more than a decade. U.S. gold futures for February delivery rose 1.36 percent to $1,156 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. While spot gold was recently up 1.16 percent to $1,154.92 an ounce, the highest level since December 14.
Weaker dollar boosted gold price. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which weighs the dollar against a basket of other currencies, declined 0.5 percent on Thursday, the first time in four days. It hit the highest level in a decade on Wednesday.
"Gold is not out of the woods yet but yields are a bit lower and the dollar is weaker, especially against the yen and yen-gold has showed a phenomenal correlation since the U.S. election," SaxoBank head of commodity research Ole Hansen said.
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|Subject: Lokicious' Useless Bond FAQ
|Date: 5/11/2013 2:27 PM
|Author: globalist2013
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But I don't know how to tell you how I got here," said Alice to the White Rabbit.
Well, why don't you begin at the beginning?
Perhaps I am misreading the bond FAQ, and perhaps I am asking more of it than should be done. Thus, the following comments might be based on multiple misunderstandings. If so, my apologies to all in advance.
The bond FAQ implies that cash-management --e.g., buying CD's, TIPS, etc. -- is equivalent to "investing". But the two are very distinct processes. Furthermore, nothing is said in the FAQ about how to write a basic, five-factor investment plan (i.e., Selection, Direction, Timing, Weighting, and Protection). The net effect is that those who confuse cash-management with investing also tend to focus almost exclusively on Selection. And by slighting the other four factors --if they are even aware of them-- they become the dumb money at the table.
It's no one's job to protect would-be investors against themselves. But having once been one of those dumb and preyed upon investors myself, as we all once had to have been, I'd like to shelter beginners from such grief by providing them with the best starting points possible, hence my criticisms of the Bond FAQ, which can be done piecemeal or by a frontal assault. I think the FAQ is unfixable, because its implicit paradigm is demonstrably wrong-headed, which is not to say that there is only a single viable replacement. There are a multiplicity of viable investment paradigms, which is the crux of the teaching problem: Where to begin?
It is my belief that beginners need to be taught much more than a specific investment paradigm. Instead, they need the broader skill how to evaluate paradigms generally, which creates a Catch-22 situation. A meta-level approach won't make sense to them until they have gain sufficient experience within specific paradigms to begin to be able to make the comparisons by which they can bootstrap themselves to wherever they want to go with their own specific paradigm, which they --of necessity-- have to create for themselves, because each person is unique in their personality and financial situation. Thus, the would-be instructor has to have already traveled the territory of not just the paradigm he himself successfully uses, but the territory of all territories such that he can go freely in the investment world where ever his ideas and energies might take him.
Concerning the lead writer of the present bond FAQ, two points seem obvious to me:
(1) The person is not an active investor who is able to support himself on his investing alone.
(2) The person does not have a mastery of the published investment literature, nor has he engaged even a fraction of it in any meaningful way.
But as I said at the beginning, I could be wrong about this. If so, my apologies. If not, then decide what you as readers in this forum want to do about it. I know who I am as an investor and who I am as an investment theorist. I've done my time in the trenches, and I've done my time in the libraries. So my choice is simple: I have a moral obligation to help others in the same way that others have helped me. But I have no obligation to help the preversely uneducatable, which is anyone who lets that Bond FAQ stand as it is or sends a beginner to read it. That's a piece of intellectual trash that needs to be deleted. Meanwhile, markets will extract their own revenge on those who were deluded by it, and markets will reward those who do who know better. Each will receive what he deserves in proportion to his understanding of how to manage risk, which is yet another basic topic the bond FAQ fails to address.
The Bond FAQ is not fixable, and it isn't worth reading. So I say this to whomever the current monitor/censor on this board might be Do your job, and kill that FAQ before it causes further harm.
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In-tray overflowing for new UN leader
The first United Nations secretary-general described the role as "the hardest job in the world". With ongoing conflicts from Syria to South Sudan, with refugee crisis and terrorism, rising inequality and human rights violations, Norwegian Trygve Lie's description still rings true today.
The beginning of 2017 sees a new leader installed at the world's largest intergovernmental organisation, replacing Ban Ki-moon. That man will be Antonio Guterres, former Portuguese Prime Minister, unanimously elected by the 15 members of the Security Council.
Having led the Portuguese government between 1995 and 2002, he is credited for introducing a guaranteed basic income for the most vulnerable in society, whilst he also strongly supported the independence of East Timor, a former colony, against Indonesian occupation.
Afterwards he became the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHRC), a role he served for a decade and which has led him to promise to prioritise human rights in his new job as UN secretary-general.
He has, furthermore, stated his ambition in achieving gender equality. One of his strong concerns, which is evident in his choice of three women forming his top team, one from each continent: South Korean Kyung-Wha Kang, Brazilian Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti and Nigerian Amina J. Mohammed.
"Wars have no winners, only losers." declares Guterres, adding that overcoming "political disagreements must require solidarity". Now, as head of the UN, his strong communication and negotiation skills will be crucial in making real progress. However, injecting fresh impetus into the organisation, heavily criticised for its lack of intervention and inability in solving world crises, won't be an easy task.
Hello folks, welcome to 2017, blood relative of 2016, and young, frantic and ambitious, it's looking to make its mark on the world.
This year however, things have to be different. Last year, people in industrialised nations succumbed to a cheap, flimsy narrative of the year being the worst ever. The main problem with this idea is that it snatches agency away from people, and turns them into victims of blind, ruthless fate. Well, I don't know about you, but I had to spend hours reading Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and all those other old boys back in school, so it's been clear to me and many other people throughout the ages, that this was the case anyway. However, being defenceless against fate doesn't mean that:
a) Life is pointless.
b) You can't do anything.
2016 was bad, for sure. It saw the rise of reactionary nationalism and the failure of left-leaning liberalism - however, to moan on and on about the relentlessness of the year, and to lament that this year will be no different is a form of passive defeatism that neither I nor you should indulge.
In other words, 2017 doesn't have to be like last year - you can do something about it.
Here's what I will be doing more of this year:
- Engaging more in my local community: Politics begins at home, and taking more steps towards local political action can have small but meaningful impacts for the area.
- Recycling more, using less, eating less meat: Yup, the environment, look after that sucker.
- Challenging hate more: Listen up people, I'm not scared of hate, right-wing anything or the radicalisation of youth, whether Nazi or Islamist or whatever, and neither should you be. You have nothing to fear but fear itself - so stand up to hate with more love, more kindness, and more bravery.
- Talk about victims more: ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in Istanbul which left dozens dead. But we've heard enough about ISIS and who they are and what they want. What about the people who suffered? An international, multicultural suffering, with victims from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia, India, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Canada, Israel, Syria and Russia. See, when you just talk about the perpetrators, this becomes an East vs West thing - this is a World vs Hate thing.
- Reflect more: 2016 was the year of the bubble, apparently. So I will spend more time thinking about what I actually believe and why, incorporating other views in as much as possible.
- Pay more: Pay for journalism, pay for news, pay for information, donate to charity, aid and political parties - writing and talking doesn't get you everywhere.
These don't seem like massive changes - for sure, a single person making them won't change the world. But at least it shows that the 2016-narrative was a flimsy one which we can do away with. This is a new year, and we can renew our engagements and commitments with some fresh perspective. Now, get out there, be fearless and thrive.
vernment in Pakistan inaugurated the country's fourth nuclear power plant Chashma III this month as the desperate quest for electricity in the energy-starved nation continues.
The government has plans for at least three more nuclear power plants namely Chashma IV nuclear power plant, which will be completed by 2017, and Karachi Nuclear Power Projects K-2 and K-3 that would add a total of 8,800 megawatts by 2030 as envisaged by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (AEE). The power projects are joint collaboration between the Pakistan and China.
The push for nuclear energy at a time when rest of the world is striving for the renewable energy has naturally caused concerns. Civil society groups in Pakistan have been opposing the government's ambitious plans for nuclear energy, particularly expansion of nuclear reactors along the coast in the country's biggest Karachi city.
Critics argue the government is enticed to proceed with construction of two additional 1,100 MW nuclear power plants of untested design, which are China's first export of reactors to another country, because of the $ 6.8 billion soft loan offered by Beijing.
No doubt the country's electricity crisis is of acute nature, but nuclear energy can never be a viable option in the longer run. Considering the poor standards of safety in Pakistan, and the fact that fuel for the nuclear power plants would be imported all the way from China means lives of millions of people is at risk, particularly the poor fishermen living near these plants.
Pervez Hoodbhoy, a leading nuclear physicist in the country, has been among the leading campaigners against the nuclear plants. He has time and again argued that instead of chasing outmoded and dangerous 20th-century technology, it is time for Pakistan to follow the world into a cleaner, safer
21st century, but the Pakistani government remains reluctant.
This is ironic considering the fact that Pakistan can generate more than 500, 000 megawatts of electricity from solar, wind and hydropower, which is many times more than the country can consume.
The United Nations Security Council may have managed to push through a historic resolution on Israel/Palestine before the Christmas break, but they failed to approve a resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and placed a travel ban and asset freeze on three senior South Sudanese leaders.
The measure failed to gain the nine votes needed to pass, with seven in favor and eight abstentions.
"South Sudanese civilians had a reasonable expectation that the Security Council would make good on its long-standing threat to impose an arms embargo and extend sanctions to some of the senior leaders who have been responsible for grave human rights abuses" said John Prendergast, founding director at the Enough Project. "I can only imagine their frustration with today's vote."
Amnesty International, Control Arms, Enough Project, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Humanity United, Human Rights Watch, and PAX issued the statement jointly.
African Union and UN investigators have documented war crimes, including killings and rape of civilians, and forced recruitment of children by the warring parties in South Sudan since the conflict began on December 15, 2013. In the last few months there has been an increase in incitement to violence, hate speech by senior leaders, and targeting of civilians, sometimes based on ethnicity, in parts of the country that were previously untouched by the civil war.
"The Security Council had an opportunity to show that it stands with the civilian victims of this conflict," said Akshaya Kumar, deputy United Nations director at Human Rights Watch. "Instead, this failure gives the warring parties in South Sudan a green light to buy more weapons and materiel that will end up being used against civilians."
The coalition is especially concerned that the Security Council was unable to come together and take action recommended by the UN's senior leadership, including the secretary-general and his adviser on genocide prevention. "Once again, we are seeing civilians in dire need of protection being abandoned by the Security Council," said Dr. Simon Adams, executive director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. "We hope this effort can be revived in January when we have a new Security Council, with five new members."
The coalition noted that some Security Council members cited President Salva Kiir's December 2016 announcement of an inclusive national dialogue as a reason for not supporting the resolution. However, given the very limited role that nongovernmental groups, faith leaders, and women had in the process leading up to the August 2015 peace agreement, and the severe restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly in South Sudan, these assurances need to be tested.
Angola was already a tough country for journalists, ranking 123rd out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, but it is just about to become even more difficult and precarious for press professionals.
A recently passed new media law restricts the right to freedom of speech and gives the government and the ruling political party the power to interfere with the work of journalists and thereby preventing reports on corruption or human rights abuses. "Angola's new media law is the latest threat to free expression and access to information in the country" said Daniel Bekele, senior Africa advocacy director at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
An extensive definition of defamation opens the door for the authorities to arbitrarily prosecute reporters who write about illegal or incorrect activity by the public administration. The law has been strongly criticised by media activists for violating international obligations to free media and for lacking transparency.
After almost 40 years of independence from its former Portuguese colonisers, the press in Angola is still largely controlled by the MPLA. The second longest-serving president in Africa, José Eduardo dos Santos has been ruling for 37 years. Despite being one of the richest countries in Africa in terms of natural resources, it is still one of the territories with the highest number of its population living below the poverty line. Furthermore, it is measured among the African countries with the greatest level of wealth inequality.
Shockingly, a number of reporters that have investigated corruption among local authorities have been sentenced to jail: Graça Campos was prosecuted in 2008 for publishing articles accusing three former ministers, while Armando Cichoca was sentenced in 2011 for criticising a judge.
Another local journalist and activist, Rafael Marques, has been sent to jail on numerous occasions. Most recently was after revealing torture practices and killings in the country's diamond mining operations. Forbidden in Angola, his book Blood Diamonds was only published in Portugal.
Don't say anything about Trump. Don't say what you think about Orban. Not a word about Duterte. This is the time of the soft-ego. Caress them with laudatory poems, praise them with likes and hearts and smiles, challenge their detractors online - but if you dare say anything negative. Watch out. Those guys, they need love and attention, nothing else.
This isn't an exaggeration - President Erdogan of Turkey has long-been known to threaten and challenge those who stand against him, even if they merely insult or satirise him, but over the course of the weekend, a cafeteria manager was arrested and his home raided, after he said he would refuse to serve tea to the President.
Saying he would refuse to serve tea. Şenol Buran, who runs the cafeteria at the opposition paper, Cumhuriyet. The Guardian Reported:
According to court documents obtained by Reuters, Buran has denied using an insulting term, while confirming that he had said he would refuse to serve Erdoğan tea. He also said he had a dispute with the police officer two years ago.
I almost can't believe I'm writing these words - we understood that we were already in a difficult and strange time when it became impossible to freely write something against the State - but to face imprisonment for saying something - that is a real, honest to God challenge to free speech. We often hear about political correctness or inclusive language has destroyed free speech - but these things are being done away with now, with the recent upheavals in the western political spectrum. No, Erdogan's sensitive ego is a vision of the future for all of us, if we don't protect our laws: The death of free speech to save the egos of our rulers.
Spread of hatred towards immigrants in Europe following the string of blatant terrorist attacks is quite natural. Words and actions in this regard however, need to be carefully used in a bid to ensure we all move towards making this closely linked world even better place than making it worst.
Events unfolding in the heart of Europe following the latest in three such brazen terrorist attacks this year so far are destined to shape the face of the world. In March this year the Belgian capital was rocked with brutal coordinated attacks that claimed more than 30 lives, this was followed by another horrific attack in Nice involving a cargo truck that killed another 86 civilians. And, now this ruthless attack on a peaceful Christmas market in Berlin that took the lives of at least 12 people.
Kudos to the European people in general and to the German nation in particular for their enlightened and tolerate demeanour so far.
Hours after the attack in Berlin, police nabbed a man of Pakistani origin on suspicion but was later released. The young man has been identified as Naveeb Baluch who came to Germany 17 months ago. Naveed is a classic example of a desperate man facing in search for a safe place on the face of earth to escape persecution in his home country. He hails from Pakistan's poorest Baluchistan province where the law enforcement agencies are waging a strong campaign against separatists and their sympathizers.
He strongly believed in European and German values that is why he risked his life to reach here.
For those backing the rhetoric that why should Germany or Europe for that matter take 'burden' of the world, well, because this is the time to substantiate that amid all the hatred and stereotypes there are still people in
the world who would stand by humanity against violence and extremism.
ISIS "inspiring" a refugee to carry out a terrorist attack would be the ultimate way to polarise German society.
This is what German academic Peter Neumann warned in an interview with Monocle magazine last week, explaining that ISIS leaders "want to help extreme right-wing forces to come to power".
He argued that doing so would fuel division between Germans proud of the Wilkommenskultur displayed as 1 million refugees arrived in Germany last year and those who wish to close borders and turn away migrants.
Although we are yet to find out who was responsible for Monday night's horrific attack on the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market in Berlin, some German politicians are already giving ISIS exactly what it wants.
The Bavarian CSU party has used the tragic events to reignite support for its proposed tightening of immigration policy. Meanwhile the far-right Alternative für Deutschland has blamed Angela Merkel personally for the attack.
Today I write to you not only as an editor at fairplanet, but as a team member at Give Something Back to Berlin (GSBTB), a volunteer organisation working with migrants of all kinds in the German capital.
At GSBTB we run projects that aim to welcome and include our city's newcomers. One of our weekly projects supports women and children living at the refugee shelter in the disused Tempelhof airport.
On Tuesday morning you may have woken up to the news that police had detained a Pakistani man, a possible refugee, suspected of carrying out the Christmas market attack.
But at GSBTB we woke up to the news that the vulnerable people who we work to support had had their home stormed by 250 armed police in the middle of the night, searching for evidence, accomplices, anything relating to the attack.
At Tempelhof airport hundreds of people sleep in each hangar. Or, more accurately, they try to sleep: the noise of so many people is often unbearable and some have taken to sleeping during the day when there are fewer comings and goings.
Having escaped trauma in their home countries, these people now face new kinds of distressing circumstances: the challenges of being housed en masse, with no timeframe for relocation and poor – some have said inhumane – living conditions.
On Monday night these residents had a violent storming of their new home added to the trauma of violence experienced in their home countries.
The next morning one of my teammates received a Whatasapp message from a child living at the camp. "Komm bitte heute. Ich bin nicht terrorist. Wir sind gut." ("Please come today. I'm not a terrorist. We are good").
No child should have to feel the need to justify themselves this way.
The suspect said to have been living at the Tempelhof refugee shelter has since been released, and the authorities should be applauded for releasing him without delay. It would have been easy to hold him in an attempt to show a job well done when they have clearly failed, at least so far, to apprehend the perpetrators.
Unfortunately, though, in this post-truth era it's often the news you read first that casts the longest shadow. This is especially true when the information fits an existing narrative, like the one anti-immigrant politicians have long been crafting against refugees.
The refugees living at Tempelhof airport – in fact refugees all over Germany and Europe – live with the tag of terrorist, whether they fit the description or not.
Refugees like the darling women and children who my teammates play with, do knitting with, cook delicious intercultural feasts with, and work to support. These people are so worthy of our compassion and trust.
While we wait to see who might be responsible for Monday's attack, it's easy to feel helpless knowing there's someone out there who wants to see us hurting.
#prayforBerlin hashtags feel inadequate – and Berlin's hipsters are much too cool for them, anyhow – but I know of something tangible you can do to show your support for Berlin and its most vulnerable residents in this time of uncertainty.
My request is an unorthodox one, but I hope you will see how this action can bring hope to people who struggle to find it in their current circumstances.
Weeks ago – long before this horrific attack became a tragic reality – Give Something Back to Berlin launched a Christmas crowdfunding campaign for the work we do with women and children at the Tempelhof shelter.
We're currently halfway to our goal which would see us continue to bring hope, purposeful activity and trauma healing to the 100-150 women and children we support at Tempelhof every week.
You can read more about our project and donate on our Betterplace page.
As long as we choose not to give in to fear, there is still plenty to be hopeful for this Christmas.
As the debate rages about immigration control and national identity across Europe, a recently published study by Ipsos Mori has shown that people in Europe overestimate the Muslim population living in their countries.
France is the state with the largest gap between the real and the perceived Muslim population: whilst 7.5% of the residents are Islam followers, French people believe it is 31%. The British treble in their estimations: only 5% of people living in the UK are Muslims, but on average they think it is 15%.
In part a consequence of endless and often sensationalist press coverage, such a distortion in the perception of immigration levels can help understanding the growth in immigration control demands within European countries. At the same time, this misconception is a result of the racist and islamophobic rhetoric that far right wing parties have been spreading across the continent with increasing success.
Connecting all Muslim people with radical fundamentalism, these parties have been instigating fear and hate towards a whole community. In times of economic crisis, they efficiently blamed the weakest link for the lack of employment, ending up demonising all immigrants.
Extremist right wing movements have already won elections (US) and referendums (UK), but they keep threatening to extend their power across Europe, where crucial elections are coming up next year. The risk is not only that these parties are increasingly considered as reliable government alternatives. When their opponents assume some of their radical positions —conservative French candidate François Fillon has accepted Marine Le Pen's position of controlling immigration and Islam — they are also winning the ideological battle.
The other day, a friend and I were talking about the year, and about how the dominant media narrative of this year is how miserable it has been. We decided that this narrative is a little flimsy, and more to the point, somewhat self-indulgent, in the same way that the 'first-world-problems' meme was: While purporting to show something negative, it actually displays the overwhelming positives to the object at-hand. When we say 2016 was a total shitter, what we're saying is, upsetting election results and unusual political developments are not what we're used to. We're used to certainty; All this batshit-crazy stuff with Trump and Brexit and Le Pen and all that, man, that doesn't belong in our culture - that belongs over there (wherever that may be).
Quite. Being accustomed to a mainstream centrist political agenda, that aims to speak a neutral language (if not an inclusive one) and eschews conflict in favour of stability, is not in itself a bad thing. For sure, those centrist governments look 1000x more appealing than Donald Trump's or whatever the hell is happening in the UK right now. But there is only so much moaning one can stomach - let's be clear, we've had a good thing, and now that good thing is changing. The rest of the world doesn't always have a good thing, indeed, the rest of the world often has a bad thing. So let's stop pretending that the world is ending, and do something about the bad thing.
However, even if the world isn't about to come to an end, and even if there is an opportunity to renew our commitments to political action, the shift in our situation from good to bad thing sets off a series of shifts in our situation - everything that was trivial and silly before looks downright ridiculous now.
My friend brought up the 100 top footballers list. These lists rate the performance of the world's top footballers, from 1-100. Before 2016, he said, this list might have looked pretty normal, a bit silly, but pretty normal. Now it looks like a kind of crazy overindulgence - fiddling while Rome burns.
I'm not so sure. I think a total shift from good thing to bad thing doesn't mean that we have to abandon everything enjoyable and trivial in our lives; indeed, these might be the very things which indicate that the good thing is possible. Even if it is predictable enough that Ronaldo and Messi will be at 1 and 2, or 2 and 1, and one of Neymar, Suarez, Griezmann or Bale will be number 3, this may very well indicate that there are good things possible for our cultures. It's becoming too trendy to despair, too easy to say how awful everything is, how corrupt and evil - well, I say try to keep things in proportion: Fight the bad thing, but don't lose the good thing.
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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra does not rule out forward Josh McRoberts returning this season
MIAMI – Josh McRoberts may be one the Heat's forgotten men when it comes to the fans and those who have taken notice of the team's stunning turnaround the last two months. But the organization is fully engaged in getting the veteran power forward healthy.
And coach Erik Spoelstra did not rule out the 6-foot-10 McRoberts returning at some point this season.
"We'll see," Spoelstra said today following shoot-around. "He's making progress. He's doing a little bit more. He's on the court a little bit now. We'll just have to see how he progresses."
McRoberts, 30, was declared out indefinitely the final week of December with a stress fracture to his left foot. He missed the first seven games of the season because of a stress reaction to the same foot that stemmed from breaking the foot during last year's playoffs.
McRoberts has played just 22 games this season averaging 4.9 points and 3.4 rebounds. His game started coming together before the last injury, having started the previous 14 games and averaging 6.4 points on 41.9 percent shooting, including 50 percent on 3-pointers.
McRoberts is making $5.8 million this season and has a player option for $6 million next season. He has played in just 81 games in three years since signing with the Heat.
Reports were the Heat were trying to trade McRoberts at the deadline last month solely to free up $6 million more of salary cap space.
"We're going to continue to invest our time in him and try to get him right, get him ready, get him feeling good about his body and then we'll take the next step," Spoelstra said. "So far everything has looked good in this part of his rehab."
[Miami Heat make it official: Goran Dragic will return tonight against Pelicans]
[Heat's 27-game win streak in 2013 was historic — how does this current winning stretch compare?]
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What are your rates?
Our up-to-date Mortgage rates are available on our web site, at any DCU branch, or by calling the Information Center at 508.263.6700 or 800.328.8797.
What is a point?
A point is 1% of your total loan amount. For example: one point for $100,000 mortgage is $1,000.
What will my closing costs be?
Closing costs are approximately $1,900 – $2,100 (not including points) per $100,000 depending on the state you are purchasing your home in. Your actual rate, payment, and costs could be higher. Get an official Loan Estimate before choosing a loan.
Where can I apply for a DCU Mortgage?
You can apply online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can apply or get pre-qualified by phone. Call 508.263.6700 or 800.328.8797 (select 3) anytime Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 9:00 pm or Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Eastern Time. A representative will guide you through the entire application process. Finally, you can visit any DCU Branch to apply.
Does DCU offer fixed and adjustable rate mortgages?
Can closing costs be rolled into my loan amount?
For refinances, closing costs can be rolled into your loan amount not to exceed maximum program guidelines for loan to value. Closing costs on Purchases cannot be rolled into the loan amount.
What is DCU's application fee?
DCU's application fee is $300.
How can I lock in my interest rate?
After reviewing your application with a Mortgage Representative you are able to lock in your rate.
Is there a fee to lock my rate?
No, there is no fee to lock your interest rate.
Does DCU provide service on my DCU mortgage?
Yes. For as long as you have it.
What does it mean when I get an informational letter from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or the Federal Home Loan Bank?
A new law requires Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae or the Federal Home Loan Bank to send informational letters when they buy or sell your mortgage. If you get (receive) one regarding your DCU mortgage, it's no cause for concern.
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are short names for two government sponsored enterprises that buy home mortgages from financial institutions. The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) also buys mortgages. They provide financial institutions a steady stream of funds they can use to fund consumers' mortgages. This allows more people to buy homes.
We often sell mortgages we write to one or more of these institutions so we can meet our members' needs. Whether we hold or sell the loan, we always retain responsibility for accepting your loan payments, giving you convenient access to your account, and providing service - known as loan servicing. If you get a mortgage from DCU, you'll have DCU service for the life of your loan. On Friday, June 19, 2009, Freddie Mac will begin notifying borrowers by letter when their mortgage loan is assigned, sold or transferred to Freddie Mac or to a trust for which Freddie Mac serves as trustee. This notification is for informational purposes only and is consistent with Section 404 of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, which was enacted on May 20, 2009. It also applies to Fannie Mae and the FHLB.
What does the term "Loan to Value" mean?
It is the total loan amount divided by the value of your property. The value of the property is the lesser of either the purchase price or appraised value.
Will DCU escrow my taxes?
DCU will escrow your taxes if your loan to value is greater than 80% or if the property is an investment.
Does DCU require Private Mortgage Insurance?
Private Mortgage Insurance is required with a loan to value over 80%.
What is the maximum amount I can borrow if I want to consolidate bills?
On a 1-2 unit primary residence or second home you may borrow up to 80% of the property value in a first mortgage. DCU also offers many second mortgage products for debt consolidation.
Will DCU finance my second home or investment property?
Yes. With DCU you can finance a second home or an investment property up to a 4 family unit.
What if I have an investment property with more than 4 family units?
You can contact our Commercial Loan department for a commercial mortgage.
What is a Jumbo Mortgage?
A Jumbo Mortgage is a mortgage amount in excess of $453,100 for a one family unit property.
If I apply through phone, who is my mortgage with?
Your mortgage is with DCU. We'll service your mortgage (accept payments and handle escrow) for as long as you have it.
If you have any other questions regarding the mortgage products and services offered by DCU, please call our Information Center.
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The August Bank Holiday is upon us, and it sure is a busy one!
One thing is for sure it it won't be a boring one. We're spoiled for choice when it comes to music festivals this weekend, with three of Ireland's biggest happening across the country.
The next three days play host to Castlepalooza, Beatyard and Indiependence.
If you're heading along to any of them, we've done a little round up of each, including acts that you can't miss.
Taking place in Charleville Castle in Tullamore, Offaly, Castlepalooza really does prove that the best things come in small packages.
The lineup this year boasts both homegrown and international talent, and it does not disappoint. We've three acts you don't wanna miss over the weekend.
Le Galaxie
These are an electronic band based in Dublin. Each show they do is incredible and gets you up on your feet, no bother.
This lad is one of the coolest in the business. He's an Irish music and producer, best known for making music using recorded sounds from the West of Ireland.
Waze and Odyssey
Looking for a good dance this weekend? Serge and Firas are the lads to help you do just that.
Beatyard is back for another year and is happening in Dun Laoghaire. You can get both weekend or day passes for this one. It's on Saturday and Sunday.
Be sure to check out:
Mark Ronson
He's back on the scene and gracing the main stage.
Rusangano Family
This musical trio from Limerick are making waves both in Ireland and abroad.
Dublin raised UK based Soulé is such a performer. You need to see this woman do her thing live.
There will also be delicious grub on offer from their Eatyard.
#Regram from @britishstreetfood - #IRELAND: Are you ready to choose your champion? For the Irish Street Food Awards at @beatyard? Expect the likes of this little number – the @pow_bao_ Chow – to win you over this weekend. Vote with your heart, mind, or stomach. Or better still, all three... @irishstfoodawards #IrishSFA #streetfood #streetfood #euroSFA #foodie #beatyard @eatyard #irish #BritSFA #dublin - #regrann
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Consisting of Dara Quilty and Ronan Nolan, these lads are dominating the festival scene in Ireland this year. We can totally understand why.
Tom Odell
This English singer songwriter is full of talent and emotion and always puts on one hell of a show.
Beoga collaborated with Ed Sheeran on his massive hit Galway Girl so we don't need to convince you that they're absolutely DEADLY.
Now - go forth and ENJOY THE WEEKEND!


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Front View of Home Before Renovation
Titus Built, LLC is currently working on a home renovation located in New Canaan, CT. Our clients were interested in exterior enhancements as well as improving the curb appeal of their home. The exterior facelift project includes demolition, dormers, windows, front door relocation, insulation, gutters, a cedar shingle wood roof and exterior trim/siding replacement as well as many smaller projects.
In addition to the exterior facelift, the remodel includes renovations to the living room and dining room including double French doors, ½ wall in living room, columns, panels, crown molding, and new wood floors.
Below are progress photos taken between March 15th and the 17th:
Interior Renovation Photos:
Exterior Renovation Photos:
The installation of French doors in the living room as well as above in the master bedroom can be seen from the back of the house.
Front view of the house shows the existing front portico and asphalt shingles have been demolished and the insulation, domers and cedar shingles on the roof have been installed.
Copper chimney flashing, copper drip edge, open copper valleys, side wall and step flashing, copper roof boots and rake returns are installed to prevent water from contacting and damaging the roof decking, prevent the roof shingles from drooping over the roof edge, and improve the appearance of the roof line.
The Architectural Rendering of the above project may be viewed on our New Spring Project! Post: http://bit.ly/gAmA5f.
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