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This first card is for the Blue and Silver color challenge. It features the beautiful Christmas Angel:
this next card I entered into the color challenge for the month which is blue/silver or green/red...I used the cute Emo - Cookie Baker:
this card using these adorable penguins in the Penguin Christmas Tree's Final Touch:
and finally this fun card using the Emo Regan Present Drop:
Don't you just love Jehanne's images! I just love her style and her girls are soooo cute!!!
Happy crafting....Lynda


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High School Diploma
New London High School
High School Graduate
I am a hard-working individual who is capable of great things. I study and work hard. I am a fast learner and a competitive team player. I have great people skills and come prepared. I show up early. I am reliable, honest, and trustworthy.
High School Graduate
~College Biology 151 & 152
~AP statistics
I followed various recipes to coffee drinks, smoothies, and a frozen drink known as a buckeye blast. I made the appropriate change for the drinks. We also served bagels, muffins, and biscotti cookies.
I was in charge of helping with fundraisers and creating the fundraisers to raise money for our class. I had to write and present a speech on behalf of the sophomore class. I helped run a fundraiser where students paid for flowers, I placed the order, and we were able to keep a profit of nearly 70%. A winterguard tournament was held at my high school and I managed a shout-out table. I also collected the ticket money for another fundraiser, our sophomore class 3-on-3 tournament.
I have cared for and attended to the young children of various families. I can cook for them, bathe them, soothe them, and make sure that they have a good time and hardly notice that their atmosphere slightly shifted. I am also CPR certified.
I am able to take charge and help out in any way possible. I am a perfectionist so anything left in my hands will be exactly as you would imagine it. My ideas can be slightly out there, but they pay off in the end. I have the capability to look at a situation from a different viewpoint and come out with the best solution.
I have assisted our class adviser in creating an apparel selling fundraiser. I have also been working with another teacher to recruit more students for our academic challenge team. I have started a "Spring Cleaning" initiative to help out the elderly of our community.
I helped out a friend paint her room and have done the same to my own. I have collected antique pieces of furniture and created beautiful pieces of canvas artwork.
Math is my best subject as I am taking pre-calculus and AP statistics as a sophomore. I have worked various concession stands for the music program.
I am a strong leader and am able to handle any task thrown at me. I am an organized individual who is able to plan and prioritize.
I get along with others well and am able to know my place among a group.
I am inciteful to the emotions of people and I can navigate a difficult situation.
~National Honors Society (2016-present)
~Tri-M Music Honors Society (2015-present) Vice President (2016-present)
~NLHS Band Secretary (2016-
~Class President (2015-present)
~Jazz, Concert, Pep, and Marching band (2013-present)
~Tenor Saxophone Section Leader (2013-present)
~Academic Challenge (2015-present)
~Solo and Ensemble (2011-present)
~Stage Crew for the play at my school (2016)
~Middle School Honors Band (Tiffin High School 2012-2013)
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I promise I didn't melt. And really, this summer is the least melting-ish summer I have felt in a long time. We have settled into a routine,
and then we crumple up the routine and throw it into the waste basket in favor of adventure and lots of great outdoors.
Summer life of a boy mom. I have decided that it is good. Very good.
We haven't magically ended all bickering and crazy, constancy, neediness, and All of The Things.
But we haven't melted.
We adventured for our traditional last day of school camping trip (and of course my "adventuring" comes complete with coffee bean grinder and blow dryer, but who's keeping track?).
Two weeks post camping trip Jay went to overnight camp for the first time. Be still my mama heart. All was well. And I will never forget his first words to me when I picked him up:
"Mom, the kids were loud and inappropriate."
-Yeah, I guess our kids are a little bit sheltered.
Three days after Jay returned from camp we left for Iowa. Spent a week with my fam and relished the moments.
Two weeks post Iowa trip we went to the beautiful west side of our state and camped at Muskegon. Amazing. Probably only Michiganders will "get" this one, but you know those "Pure Michigan" commercials? Make me a little misty eyed. I at least get a lump in my throat. Dave is so funny when he hears or sees one of those commercials. He has to get me if I am not around and watch my face. I just can't... I mean that voice and all the great stuff in Michigan?! It's too much.
"So go to the beaches of pure Michigan.... and remember the things that are really important in life..."
Oh, I can't do it right.
Please tell me I am not the only one tearing up.
Anyway..... We love our Michigan. :)
And we have been loving our summer. I don't come up for air much, so writing definitely takes a back seat. I have all these metaphors and life lessons that want to pour out and be written, but mostly - right now, I just smile at them and move on.
So, while writing yields to boy wrangling, All The Food making, and The Adventuring,
Know that I am not melting and this fall I may be able to put a couple of sentences together over here. :)


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Just a quick blog-ette update. I'm moving houses in a week, so have been a 'Bad Blogger' of late. Boo. Hiss. Basically, lots of packing, interspersed with lots of work on pitching book 5, plus a surprising amount of freelance graphic design work. Ahhhaahah!! Not enough hours in the day.
March has been incredibly complicated – I really want to write it up properly, so a full blog post soon.


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DETROIT (WWJ) – A new study shows that doctors are prescribing too many antibiotics. The research involved looking at Blue Cross-Blue Shield data.
Marianne Udow-Phillips is with the Center For Health Care Research and Transformation at the University of Michigan. She explains the problem with over-prescribing antibiotics.
"The problem with getting antibiotics when you don't need it is that you become resistant–and then when you really need it, you are in trouble."
Udow-Phillips says that when people use antibiotics when they are not needed, a body becomes resistant and antibiotics don't have the intented effect.
She says the problem is less pronounced in southeast Michigan than out-state.


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Ostland is a grand province which is dominated squarely by the forbidding and dark haven of Shadow Forest. It is a land that has its back pressed hard upon the mountains in the middle of the south and the west.
Hulking and quite ancient, the trees in this huge woodland realm are seen to shroud the whole land in a continuous mask of green dusk which is only broken by the momentous clearing for settlement which is hacked from these dense undergrowth.
Ostland is thus a realm full of damp and creeping fog as well as shifting shadows that conceal vast millennia remnants of its former civilization as well as conflict in such impenetrable foliage.
Ostland has loyal people who are devout Sigmar followers. In generations, these people have been able to shape out their lives well from this rugged land.
They are commonly known all through the Empire as being steadfast and stubborn in nature. Over centuries, their famous stubbornness has always been on the test. This has been proven many times especially after the invasion by the Chaos forces. The resilient people from Ostland have always stood up and bravely defended their land.
Along the years, Ostland has always seemed ripe for anyone to pick up to invade but it has proved to be a very bitter fruit by the defense that the people have put up.
Though sparsely defended well sometimes, the land now appears more vulnerable than ever as the ferocious people of Ostland swear to hold their own farmland and beast to last one of them. The Chaos invaders who are after Ostland face a very tough task of conquering the province, which is much an obstacle just like its inhabitants.
Therefore, the pace is set because they must conquer Ostland since within its domain lie four relics that have been forgotten and hold the right key the success of TcharÃzanekÃs plan.
To successful accomplish the destruction and conquest of Ostland, the Raven Champion King turns to his trusted tools of trade; from corruption of the strong to destruction of the weak, as well as sowing the Ostland fields with fierce terror until all the resistance has been reduced to nothing.
The future of the province looks bleak. The men of Ostland resist the invasion but are losing the war slowly. The people of Ostland are hopeless during this invasion but find encouragement in their resilience and faith.
Ostland is a grand province which is dominated squarely by the forbidding and dark haven of Shadow Forest. It is a land that has its back pressed hard upon the mountains in the middle of the south and the west.


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The Ultimate Intellectual Piracy
The United States may soon cease to be the world's greatest threat to global peace.
That statement may come as news to those who were not aware that the U.S. ever was a great threat to global peace. And surely, by many measures, it is not. How many countries have a Peace Corps? How many provide real estate for a United Nations?
Let us not quibble about the U.S.'s standing as the world's leading seller of weaponry. Let us not debate the invasion of Iraq, or the devastation and brutality of the Vietnam War (or, indeed, the murder rates in our own cities).
In fact, let us withdraw that statement about the United States altogether. Because soon, it may not matter anyway.
The U.S. has had its Ugly Americans abroad, as well as its piggish Yuppies cluelessly asking themselves, "Why do they hate us?" in the wake of 9/11. But at least some such Yuppies did ask, and some actually seemed to want to hear an answer. That, however, may not be the way of the future.
Surely there will always be a liberal, educated fringe of Chinese individuals who have not only visited the West but who have also come to appreciate the good things that the West's liberal, educated fringe try to achieve. Such individuals will undoubtedly be grossly outnumbered, though, by those Chinese people who, in good middle-class American style, neither know nor care, very much, what the rest of the world may think or believe.
Most Chinese may be like most Americans – concerned, that is, with what's on the barbecue or in the fridge, and not so concerned with what someone with a cause, somewhere else in the world, seems to be complaining about.
China has a reputation, these days, of copying what other people invent. There is no law of nature that limits such copying to the good things. Those who plunder goods from others' homes may inadvertently haul away some dust and cockroaches as well.
In particular, China may be copying some flaws from America of the 1960s. Chinese responses to Tibet certainly make it seem that way.
On Tibet, as in Vietnam, the world speaks out, in the name of fairness and humanity. The Dalai Lama, like a latter-day Ho Chi Minh, actually talks as if he believed that the leaders of the superpower were reasonable people. But those leaders have their eyes on domestic opinion, and domestic opinion is clear enough.
It took a long, long time for Americans to make up their minds, take action, and ultimately end the Vietnam War. Even in a fairly open democracy, with many fictions exposed by a relatively free press, it took years on end for society to get sick of its own anti-communist rhetoric.
Americans of that era knew what they believed. They knew it because it was what someone had told them, and it was also what their friends seemed to believe. We cannot expect anything different from the Chinese, and we are not getting anything different. The effort to talk sense to Chinese people – even educated, westernized ones – about Tibet, these days, seems much like the effort to talk sense to Americans in 1968 (or, actually, in 2003).
Tibet is not the point. Tibet is merely the illustration. If the Chinese people are presently able to support internal or localized nationalist hype á la the Alamo or Cuba, in the future they may also be able to support nationalist hype focused abroad, á la Saigon or Baghdad.
Things are changing very quickly, these days, in the U.S.-China balance. It is easy to notice the shifts in the balances of finance, military power, and influence. But other things are shifting as well.
Sooner than we expect, people of the whole world may begin to encounter the Ugly Chinese. If such a thing happens, it will not be because Chinese individuals are interpersonally ugly. Much to the contrary, they hail from a culture that seems to foster deference and agreeableness. It will happen, not because of who the Chinese people are, but despite that.
Power tends to corrupt, and the Chinese people are gaining power. There are things they want and, as shown in Tibet, there are things they will take – not because they are right, educated, or caring, but simply because they will be increasingly able to follow their beliefs and feed their desires.
It will be too bad if China copies us so diligently in that mistake. But the writing does appear to be on the wall. Chinese public opinion is harshly set against a fair deal for the people of Tibet. Leaders in China, like leaders in the United States, do not generally tell their constituents to set their nationalism aside in favor of respect or decency to others.
Ultimately, the problem is with the accumulation of power itself. When a nation becomes as big as China or the U.S., it tends to expect its leaders to achieve outsized things at the expense of other peoples. There had never before been a superpower like the United States. And in its own, different but conceivably far worse way – as we may soon begin to see – there may also never be a superpower like China.


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Tsunami in St. Anthony: Antonia Alvarez's holy war to save her mobile home park
It was early morning on August 9. Fifty residents gathered for a protest march outside their homes in Lowry Grove Mobile Home and RV Park in St. Anthony. Organizer Antonia Alvarez was making her way to the front of the line, stopping to hug neighbors and answer questions in Spanish and English.
Barely five feet tall, she carried a thick wooden cross that nearly matched her in height. She'd been organizing meetings since the previous April, when residents received notice that the park would be sold and converted into condos and apartments.
Antonia believed God had called her to motivate and serve others. She had done so her entire life, first in a suburb of Mexico City, and again after fleeing from cartel members to the United States, in her new home in suburban Minneapolis, where she co-founded Asamblea de Derechos Civíles, a faith-based nonprofit that mentors Latino leaders.
Since the first meeting, Antonia had rallied her neighbors to file a lawsuit to undo the sale to the new owners, a development company called The Village. Now residents were in a kind of purgatory, waiting to see if they would be evicted from their homes.
On this day, they hoped that purgatory would end. They walked six miles with crosses, cowbells, and megaphones, across the Mississippi River to Hennepin County Circuit Court in downtown Minneapolis. The elderly and disabled, of whom there were many, followed in a bus.
Brightly colored posters rendered their messages: "God Lives in Mobile Home Parks, too!" and "Lowry Grove is a Family. Don't Take that Away."
People honked, some pulling over to take pictures. Others ran from grocery stores to deliver water bottles while still others joined the march. At the front of the line walked Antonia, barefoot, head draped in a white shawl, a rosary around her neck.
Inside the courthouse, residents linked hands in prayer beside tall windows, where an American flag hung, its stars and stripes slightly translucent from the sunlight. Antonia offered them a reminder: "God is with us."
A shrinking way of life
The park is a 10-minute drive from downtown Minneapolis, across the Mississippi River, past chain stores and boutiques selling artisanal candles and jewelry. It's wedged between parkways lined with homes, their windows filled with flower baskets, yards neatly landscaped.
Inside the park, the streets spiral in figure eights across 15 acres behind a chain-link fence. Two smaller blocks in the innermost section house seasonal tenants who rent plots to park their RVs.
In the summer, before owners began to move or sell their homes to The Village, the park was crowded, nearly every plot filled, surrounded by trees along the park's edges. Many of those trees had been there since 1946, when the park opened in the aftermath of World War II, promising safety and community at a fair price.
Some Lowry Grove residents had lived here for half of the park's existence, watching it shift to include RV residents and eventually crumble under disrepair.
First it was the roads, cracked with potholes. Then the brownish water. Later, the sewage that spilled into the neighborhood and stayed for days. Though residents were disappointed in the infrastructure, the cheap rent, strong schools, and proximity to downtown made Lowry Grove worth it.
Rent is about $450 a month, but residents are responsible for providing their own homes. The average new single-wide costs $37,000. A double-wide, $76,000. Both are significantly below $224,100, the median home price in St. Anthony, and significantly below the projected rent for The Village's apartments — $895 for a studio and $1,250 for a one-bedroom.
Once owners finish making payments, the home is theirs. But the land beneath them belongs to the park. So when Lowry Grove owner Phil Johnson wanted to sell his park to the The Village, he could.
Yet under state statute he had to allow residents the opportunity to buy the land for the same price — $6 million — within 45 days of receiving notice of the park's closure. If the residents could match the terms and price of the offer, the land would be theirs.
The residents met the requirements on June 10 after partnering with Aeon, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, which offered to buy and manage the park on residents' behalf. Three days later, Johnson rejected their offer, finalizing his sale to The Village and sparking a lawsuit from residents.
The residents' fight played out against the backdrop of an affordable housing crisis. Aeon CEO Alan Arthur cites a study conducted by Harvard, which showed that the number of low-cost housing units rose only 11 percent in the last decade, less than half the rate of higher rent units, and much below what a growing low-income renter population needs.
"We are starting to panic a little bit about the loss of affordable housing at the hands of social and market changes," Arthur says. "We think it's bad now, but soon the rest of the iceberg will be revealed, and we are going to be in big trouble."
This is a tsunami
Antonia Alvarez lives near the park entrance, her front yard cupping her house in a green U. This is where residents gathered to plan, prepare, and, sometimes, celebrate with games and burgers. On these nights, there was no talk of eviction or debates about whether to sell their homes or to stay and fight.
The park houses the most diverse population in St. Anthony, about 70 percent of whom are Latino, compared to just 2.9 percent for the rest of the suburb. The white residents tend to be retired, elderly, and living alone, while many of the Hispanics are middle-aged and undocumented. Though resident meetings were translated between English and Spanish, members began to learn each other's language on their own, trying out new words with one another.
Inside Antonia's home sits a framed portrait of her mother as a teenager. "Everyone says it could be me," Antonia says. They have the same thick and curly hair, the same round face, the same dark brown eyes.
She lost her mother when she was young and living in Mexico, where she first answered God's calling. In 2014, she lost her father, for whom she had been advocating and organizing for more than a decade, hoping that immigration reform would give her the chance as an undocumented person to return to Mexico to see him.
A month after her father's death, President Obama issued an executive action on immigration reform. Antonia met Obama at a rally in Las Vegas. She has a photo from that day: the thick, curly hair and brown eyes, this time glossed over with tears as she wraps her arms around her president.
In June, when the park's offer was rejected, Antonia plotted at her kitchen table, establishing a weekly meeting with residents inside her home. When those meetings grew too large, they were moved outside to her patio. She tracked down titles of residents' homes, posted flyers, contacted school leaders, and supplied her neighbors with prayers, coffee, and food.
Sometimes she paused to consider it all, the overwhelming, wild force before her. In those moments she could not help but think, "This is a tsunami."
The law that doesn't work
Minnesota is one of a few states that grants the right of first refusal for mobile home tenants when their land is sold to developers who wish to change the park. By law, an owner must offer the park to residents, and if the residents' offer matches the purchaser's, the owner must sell to the residents.
Attorney General Lori Swanson wrote a brief in support of the residents in August, arguing that their rights had been purposely circumvented.
The law also dictates that the majority of residents consent to purchase. But The Village claimed some of these signatures were forged or inaccurate. It also claimed that Aeon could not obtain the necessary funding, and that the law protected the sale of the park once the sale had been finalized.
The problem, it turned out, was that the law was so poorly written it offered few real protections, according to residents' attorney Jack Cann of the Minnesota Housing Justice Center. The right of first refusal has never successfully secured a park for homeowners. If Lowry Grove residents won, it would be a first.
Thunder across the park
On September 24, a month after the residents' march to the courthouse, Judge Joel Klein ruled against them. Even if there was a violation of the law, he wrote, residents were only entitled to monetary relief.
There would be a trial to determine if there was a violation with the park's sale, but it would not take place until the fall of the following year, and by then residents would have already been evicted.
Antonia called a meeting. Residents gathered beneath a canopy during a thunderstorm. Antonia stood on the steps before them as the rain hit the metal roof in waves.
"We are going to start with the news you already know," Antonia shouted in Spanish above the storm. "But I want to describe it in a way that everyone can understand."
She invoked a boxing metaphor: The developer won a round, she said, "but we are still in the middle of the match." Klein's decision would only result in them fighting even harder.
Ned Moore, a fellow organizer, spoke next. "So we have to thank God for sending the rain because the rain is a sign of God's presence." They would appeal the judge's ruling and file a discrimination complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
And they would, no matter what, keep fighting.
"Those that have the hearts and the commitment to fight," he said, "the rain doesn't matter to us."
They would fight for one another, fight for those who could not fight, and they would fight for Antonia, who had recently been threatened.
Before departing, Antonia rallied her wet disciples. "We need to shout to let the people know we are not leaving."
"Si se peude! Si se peude!" she said.
"Yes, we can! Yes, we can!"
First people yelled from their seats, and then they stood, their voices like thunder across the park.
Begging the city's hand
On October 11, Lowry Grove residents walked to St. Anthony City Hall, past three miles of sprawling ranch homes, to ask the City Council to postpone a public hearing required for closing the park. A delay in the hearing would mean a delay in closure, offering more time to mount an appeal.
The residents lost as soon as the meeting began. The hearing would take place.
Antonia's daughter Melina was among those who testified. "I am an 11-year-old girl and I have lived in Lowry Grove on lot 11 for 10 years and one month," she said.
She was scared — of the people who lived in the RVs and sold drugs and fought outside her house, and for the homes she saw disassembled across the park. Many residents had sold, and The Village was gutting the abandoned units.
"We are all a family, even our cats and dogs," Melina said. "My mom always taught me to care for everyone."
When Antonia spoke, she was loud and clear: "To respect my community, I am going to speak in Spanish. Mr. Mayor, city manager, and city members, I come here standing, to tell you to your faces, that I do not feel represented by you."
She pointed at them when she said this. The people of Lowry Grove were oppressed, she explained, and they needed the city of St. Anthony on their side.
Halfway through the speech, she addressed Traci Tomas, The Village's vice president. When Antonia met her in May, Tomas had cried with the community. "She told us that she had children," Antonia recalled. "She said she was Catholic, and many of us were Catholic. But really, the lady didn't show her faith, nor that she has kids. Because a mother that has kids has a conscience."
Tomas was seated in the front of the room, closest to the mic and podium. As Antonia spoke, she turned to look Tomas in the eye.
Threats outside her window
In late October, as both sides gathered evidence for the appeal, Antonia began parking her van on the other side of Lowry Grove so residents wouldn't know when she was home. When she parked outside her house, they lined up at her door into the night.
A woman with cancer had recently shown up in tears. Winter was coming, and her front door didn't work. She had no money to buy a new one and wondered if she should take the deal offered by The Village. Antonia offered to pay for it herself, though the woman's father eventually came through.
Beyond the pressure to care for those around her, Antonia was scared. A few weeks earlier, she arrived home late on a hot night while her daughter was asleep. Antonia stretched to open her bedroom windows so that an evening breeze might bring release. It was 10:45 p.m.
She heard voices building in her backyard. At first they were not clear, spoken softly and quickly, and her English is not strong. But then they were. "Get out of here, bitch."
She could not translate that word — bitch — but she knew that it was bad.
Antonia called 911. By the time police arrived, the white men with long hair had vanished. Officers circled Lowry Grove until 6 a.m. so that Antonia could sleep. But she didn't. As an undocumented immigrant, she was afraid of the police too.
In the last few months, several fights had broken out. One had occurred between a group of unfamiliar men on Antonia's front lawn the Saturday before she was threatened. Weeks later, her neighbor, a recovering addict, had seen her drug dealer driving through the neighborhood. After he stopped to say hello, she decided to move.
Antonia claimed that an uptick in drugs and violence was a part of The Village's plan. The new owners, she thought, allowed in RV renters with drug problems and histories of violence. And when that history was enacted on other tenants, she alleged, The Village looked the other way. The ensuing chaos would make broader St. Anthony back the park's closure.
Traci Tomas disagrees with the residents' interpretation. The rules hadn't changed since The Village acquired ownership, nor had Tomas heard that Antonia had been threatened, though the owners were usually notified when police came to property.
Sometimes Antonia felt like she was the last line of defense between residents and the park's collapse. Though most of the Latinos still followed her, many of her white neighbors had left. Of those who stayed, many had stopped listening.
There was gossip everywhere. Talk of new expensive lawyers, of old signatures on old documents that would protect the park in perpetuity, of secret lakes deep below the earth that would doom any development by The Village. People splintered into groups with talk of changed plans. The communal spirit splintered.
How much are you willing to lose?
By December, nearly half of the residents still held on. They met with neutral negotiator Dan Wilson, who was responsible for deciding how much money each owner received from the Minnesota Housing Trust Fund, a state agency established to mitigate the financial loss residents experience when a mobile home park is sold.
Including repairs, Antonia had spent nearly $30,000 on her home, yet the most she could receive was $8,000, the state cap for a single-wide. She, like most of her neighbors, owned a trailer built before 1976, models that can rarely be moved due to structural complications.
So residents were left with a decision: stay in their homes and risk receiving little money if the appeal was unsuccessful, or hedge their bets and sell now while there was still time to negotiate with The Village, still time to ask a new park to accept their old home and find an available lot in a shrinking market.
The question: Which kind of loss they could live with?
In early winter, The Village offered residents $1,000 each to vacate the park. It would also offer Antonia one of the new apartments for the same rent she paid for her trailer.
But she would never take a deal not offered to the others. Instead, residents agreed to a different pact, which allowed them to stay past the original eviction date of March 15 until the end of June. At least the park's children could finish school. But then — no matter what — they must go.
The appeal would be heard in March. Even if residents won, by then it would be too late. The best they could hope for was money to fill the enormous void — money for moving trucks, new apartments or homes, new park fees, rent increases, and security deposits.
Then came the voids money could not fill.
A crashing wave
Since 1991, 10 manufactured home parks in Minnesota have closed. In that same time, not a single new one has been built.
Last fall in Bloomington, residents of Southgate Mobile Home Park were given notice of closure. If trends continue, others will close as well.
Antonia's tsunami has finally struck shore. The sale of Lowry Grove wasn't the crash, but the wave's slow build. The loss of faith in the legal system, the emptying of lots, the slow dissipation of community. This was the wave breaking on earth.
Now it was sweeping away pieces of homes, friendships, entire lives contained on beloved plots of land that had been fought for. And it was spreading: to parks in other towns where other tenants tried to hold on.
In June, the residents would pack their boxes, hitch their faith to Antonia, and, if they could, their homes to moving trucks.
As cool waters circled, they'd pray to make it through.


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About a month ago I decided boooooooom it's time to get bikini ready. Do you know how hard that is? What with the sun rising way after 06h30 and the biting winter chill - I don't care what you've heard it hasn't been THAT easy a winter. After all I still have to wear a coat over some of my more delicate outfits. I haven't been to yoga in over 3 months and the one class I managed to attend last week had me contorting in pain from simply trying to buckle up in the motor vee-hee-cle. Anyway, today is another attempt to get into the swing of things. Sipping on some Ooleng tea (it's okay, it's not bad I guess. I do prefer peppermint though) and eating Future Life every morning (blugh but at least it's just a add hot water kind of deal so quick enough for hasty morning exits) trying to remember to drink that crapload of water one is meant to intake to lose weight.
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But we push forward. Today I feel centered. Possibly with the thought that I would be in Munchen a month from now but I think these passed three yoga classes are gearing me to the right frame of mind. Also my sides really hurt so that must mean I'm ridding these gawdawful love handle vibes before my body hits the pebbles of Croatia. Ohmgee I just supressed that scream of ultimate glee.


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Volume 39
The Skeptics UFO Newsletter
Philip J. Klass
May 1, 1996
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Once "SECRET" 1948 Papers Reveal Air Force Intelligence Official's Complaint About Lack Of Crashed Saucer To Help Identify UFOs
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE WOULD GIVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE [UFOs] CRASH IN AN AREA SO THAT WE COULD RECOVER WHATEVER THEY ARE." This statement, from Col. H.M. McCoy, chief of intelligence for the USAF's Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (in Dayton, Ohio), was made in his lengthy briefing of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board on March 17, 1948—less than nine months after it is claimed that the Air Force recovered a crashed saucer near Roswell, N.M. Minutes of the meeting, originally classified SECRET, have recently been declassified.
The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB), formed in mid-1946 to offer guidance on challenging scientific issues, consisted of 31 of the nation's top scientists and technologists. Initial and subsequent members would include such eminent scientists as Dr. Theodore von Karman, Dr. Edward Teller, Dr. Hans A. Bethe, Dr. Enrico Fermi, Dr. Irving Langmuir, Dr. Vladimir K. Zwarykin, Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, and Dr. James ("Capt. Jimmy") Doolittle. If the debris recovered from the "Mac" Brazel ranch in New Mexico had all the mysterious properties that some persons now claim, this should have been the highest-priority issue presented to the AFSAB when it met in the Pentagon on March 17, 1948.
But in fact it was not until late in Col. McCoy's presentation to the AFSAB that he got around to discussing UFOs: "We have a new project—Project SIGN—which may surprise you as a development from the so-called mass hysteria of the past summer when we had all the unidentified flying objects or discs. This can't be laughed off. We have over 300 reports which haven't been publicized in the papers from very competent personnel, in many instances—men as capable as Dr. K.D. Wood—and practically all Air Force, airline people with broad experience. We are running down every report. I can't even tell you how much we would give to have one of those crash in an area so that we could recover whatever they are."
Ufologist Maccabee Challenges McCoy's Statement
Long-time UFO researcher Dr. Bruce S. Maccabee questions the new evidence and offers two alternative explanations for McCoy's statement: (1) McCoy—the USAF's top technical intelligence official—was not aware of the debris recovered from the Brazel ranch, or (2) McCoy knew about the incident "but he lied about it."
Those who claim that debris from a flying saucer was recovered from the Brazel ranch also claim that the debris was sent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) for analysis. If so, Col. McCoy would have been responsible for directing the analysis. During McCoy's March 17 AFSAB briefing he reported: "We only have one recent item of captured equipment, which is a Russian IL-7 aircraft which crash-landed in Korea a few months ago....We have gone over that with a fine-toothed comb....It is a type (of) aircraft very similar to our P-47..."
If McCoy "lied" to the AFSAB, then he also lied to Maj. Gen. C.P. Cabell, the USAF's Director of Intelligence. In a TOP SECRET memorandum dated Oct. 11, 1948, Col. McCoy was informed that Gen. Cabell had requested an "exhaustive study of all information" available on UFOs to assess what they might be. In a letter dated Nov. 3, 1948, Gen. Cabell pressured AMC for a response. On Nov. 8, 1948, Col. McCoy responded, saying: "...the exact nature of these objects cannot be established until physical evidence, such as that which would result from a crash, has been obtained." [Emphasis added.] [SUN #29/Sept. 1994].
Mysterious Green Fireballs, UFOs, And The "Roswell Incident"
In Gen. Cabell's Nov. 3, 1948, letter to the Air Materiel Command's commanding general, he said: "It is imperative, therefore, that efforts to determine whether these objects [UFOs] are of domestic or foreign origin must be increased until conclusive evidence is obtained. The needs of national defense require such evidence in order that appropriate countermeasures may be taken [i.e., develop suitable defenses.]"
In late 1948, there was a rash of reported sightings of a new type of "UFO" in the skies of New Mexico, described as "green fireballs." Understandably, these attracted the attention of Pentagon intelligence officials because of the important military and nuclear research facilities in New Mexico. IF top Pentagon officials knew that an extraterrestrial craft had crashed near Roswell in mid-1947, there would be reason to fear that the green fireball/UFOs might be ET weapons and precursors of an ET attack. This should have prompted the Pentagon to try to develop surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, that hopefully could shoot down the ET intruders.
Quite the opposite occurred. As of March 1947—prior to the Roswell Incident—the USAF had a contract with General Electric—called Project Thumper—to develop a ground-based missile to intercept and destroy a small hypersonic ballistic missile warhead. By March 1948, nine months after the Roswell Incident, the USAF had canceled this project. As of July 1, 1947, the USAF had two companies under contract to develop supersonic air-to-air missiles: General Electric and Ryan Aeronautical. By March of 1948, both programs had been terminated.
USAF Suspected Green Fireballs Might Be Soviet Weapons
The numerous reports from New Mexico of green fireballs on horizontal trajectories prompted USAF fears that the objects might be Soviet rocket weapons. It was known that the USSR had developed short-range military rockets during World War II and that after the war they had captured a number of scientists involved in Germany's V-2 rocket-powered missile program. An investigation by Dr. Lincoln La Paz, director of the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics, prompted him to conclude that the green fireballs were "man-made" objects and not ordinary meteors because of their horizontal trajectory, the relatively slow velocity, and the absence of any sound or persistent ionization trail. This prompted the USAF to classify its green fireball investigation "SECRET."
The results of a further investigation conducted by Dr. Joseph Kaplan, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), were reported by him at the Nov. 3, 1949, meeting of AFSAB. According to recently declassified minutes of that AFSAB meeting, Kaplan reported that his investigation into 46 reported sightings of green fireballs suggested they were a rare type of meteor, which had been observed elsewhere in the U.S. and on more traditional vertical trajectories.
One possible explanation for why so many of the green fireballs had been sighted over New Mexico, suggested by Dr. Kaplan, was "the extrordinary fine visibility in that region and the fact that a greater number of people than ever before are looking at the skies in that area. Dr. Teller seems to agree..." Another possible explanation was offered by Dr. Norris E. Bradbury of the Los Alamos National Laboratories. He noted that there were many military and nuclear research facilities which employed numerous security guards: "Security guards see these things at night because it is their business to be out on guard duty at night, and the number of these people has increased greatly in New Mexico in the last couple of years."
The "Top Secret" 1948 "Estimate of the [UFO] Situation"
In an effort to dismiss Col. McCoy's statement at the March 17, 1948, meeting of AFSAB, Maccabee claims: "About five months later, according to Capt. E.J. Ruppelt [who headed Project Blue Book from early 1951 to September 1953] the legendary 'Estimate of the Situation' was written by Air Technical Intelligence, quite probably by Col. McCoy and others working with him. According to Ruppelt it proposed that flying saucers were ET craft. This claim was based on sighting reports, according to Ruppelt..." [Emphasis added.] IN OTHER WORDS, THE "ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION" REPORT MADE NO MENTION OF A CRASHED SAUCER HAVING BEEN RECOVERED BARELY ONE YEAR EARLIER AT ROSWELL.
This is confirmed by former Maj. Dewey Fournet, who was the Project Blue Book liaison officer in the Pentagon. In a letter dated May 23, 1992, to UFO-researcher Jim Meliscuic, Fournet said he had "inherited a copy when I became program monitor....It recapped all seemingly unexplainable UFO reports received by the Air Force to that time. It very explicitly mentioned that absolutely no artifacts had been recovered." [Emphasis added.]
It is therefore not surprising that USAF Chief-of-Staff Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg rejected the "Estimate of the Situation." According to Ruppelt, Gen. Vandenberg "wouldn't buy interplanetary vehicles. The report lacked proof."
IF debris from an ET craft had been recovered barely a year before, near Roswell, why did the author(s) of the "Estimate of the Situation" report fail to mention this important fact which could prove their claim that some UFOs are ET craft? SUN suggests several possibilities:
- Even though USAF Chief-of-Staff Gen. Vandenberg was cleared for "TOP SECRET," the author(s) questioned whether he had a "Need-to-Know."
- The author(s) of the report had very short memories and completely forgot that an ET craft with alien bodies had been recovered a year before near Roswell.
- The author(s) wanted to conserve paper and felt too much space was needed to describe the Roswell Incident and all the advanced technology knowledge that had been gained.
- The author(s) feared the "TOP SECRET" report would fall into the hands of the USSR and that the Soviets might reveal the "truth" to the American public.
Maccabee's "Quite Probably" Claim Is Almost Certainly Wrong
What about Maccabee's claim that the "Estimate of the Situation" report, sent to USAF headquarters in Washington for Gen. Vandenberg, "quite probably" was written by Col. McCoy? According to Ruppelt, the report was sent to the Pentagon in late September of 1948. Yet only a few weeks later, on Nov. 8, 1948, Col. McCoy wrote a letter dealing with UFOs, addressed to USAF Chief-of-Staff Vandenberg, classified "SECRET." Excerpts from McCoy's three-page letter include the following:"In attempting to arrive at conclusions as to the nature of unidentified flying object incidents in the United States, this Command has made a study of approximately 180 such incidents....The possibility that the reported objects are vehicles from another planet has not been ignored. However, tangible evidence to support conclusions about such a possibility are completely lacking....Although it is obvious that some types of flying objects have been sighted, the exact nature of those objects cannot be established until physical evidence, such as that which would result from a crash, has been obtained." [Emphasis added.]
NOVA Rebuts Hopkins, Mack Criticism Of Abduction Documentary
Ms. Denise Dilanni, producer of the recent NOVA "Kidnapped by UFOs?" TV documentary, has provided a very revealing response on the World Wide Web to sharp criticism by UFO-abduction gurus Budd Hopkins and Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack [SUN #38/Mar. 1996]. In Hopkins' widely publicized criticism, he characterized the NOVA show as "a polemic having absolutely nothing to do with scientific investigation." Hopkins also accused NOVA of "having declined to employ any scientifically valid testing."
Dilanni responded to these charges as follows: "In interviews and in writing, and specifically in a letter sent October 17, 1995, we offered several abduction proponents the opportunity to have NOVA hire independent scientists to examine any physical evidence from a current case. We went so far as to offer to perform an MRI or other radiological tests (with the approval of a physician) in cases of alleged nasal implants. We were not taken up on our offer, and it was further suggested that the aliens are too smart to let such evidence fall into our hands." [Emphasis added.] Recently, Ms. Dilanni told SUN that Hopkins now denies ever having received such an offer. But she added that the Oct. 17 letter was sent to Hopkins via certified mail and by fax, with a follow-up telephone call to be sure he had received the offer.
Dilanni's World Wide Web response added: "One MIT physicist, a fervent proponent in alien abductions and in the process of scientific inquiry, has confirmed that there is not one, single, independently confirmed piece of scientific evidence for an alien abduction. Not one." [SUN Note: The MIT physicist is Dr. David E. Pritchard, who has analyzed several alleged "alien implants."]
Not the First Time That Hopkins Declined Request For Evidence
At the 1992 MUFON conference in Albuquerque at which Hopkins spoke, Dr. Richard M. Neal—a California gynecologist and long-time pro-UFO researcher—presented a paper challenging the frequent claims made by Hopkins, and his principal deputy David Jacobs, that ETs implant women with alien sperm, and later return to remove the unborn fetus. Dr. Neal asked: "Why do some of our top researchers say they have numerous cases in their files related to Missing Embryo/Fetus Syndrome, yet they fail to produce anything that can be investigated or documented when questioned thoroughly?" [SUN #17/Sept. 1992]. When Hopkins and Jacobs failed to respond to Neal's challenge, he later offered to pay $500 for "any case that shows without a reasonable doubt that a female abductee has had a missing pregnancy." At the time of Dr. Neal's death last year, neither Hopkins nor Jacobs had responded to this offer—so far as is known.
On the World Wide Web, NOVA producer Dilanni explained: "In our film, we take on the challenge of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack who says that abduction stories must be true, for there are no alternative explanations for even a single abduction case. NOVA turns to a panel of experts from sciences and social sciences to learn what they have to say about the phenomenon. With expert testimony from Carl Sagan, from repressed memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus, Pulitzer prize winning cult investigator Richard Ofshe, and many others, our program spins an original answer to the question of what really might be behind the strange, sad stories told by alien abductees."
New A&E Cable TV Show Likely To Irritate Hopkins, Jacobs And Mack
Hopkins, Jacobs and Mack are not likely to be pleased with a two-hour TV show, "Where Are All The UFOs?," which is to debut on May 12 on the A&E cable network, because it also dares to offer a prosaic possible explanation for some UFO abduction tales. Dr. Michael Persinger, a Canadian neuro-scientist who appeared on the NOVA show to demonstrate how abduction fantasies can be generated by exciting the brain's temporal lobe, is given roughly equal time by A&E to that provided to Hopkins and Jacobs.
For coverage of other aspects of the UFO question, A&E opted to use five pro-UFO researchers, but only one UFO-skeptic—Curtis Peebles—author of the book "Watch The Skies." The pro-UFO researchers included: Mark Rodeghier (scientific director of the Hynek Center for UFO Studies [CUFOS]), Jerome Clark (editor of the CUFOS publication International UFO Reporter), Michael Swords (editor of the CUFOS Journal of UFO Studies) Bruce Maccabee (former head of the Fund for UFO Research [FUFOR]), and Kevin Randle (Roswell Incident researcher/author). (Randle, who is writing a new book on UFO abductions, briefly expressed serious doubts about their reality during his appearance on the show.)
Considering A&E's loaded panel of UFO "experts," the show is only moderately pro-UFO biased—except for its coverage of the Roswell Incident. Mark Rodeghier, in describing the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigation initiated at the request of Congressman Steven Schiff (R.-NM), said: "But essentially they (GAO) couldn't find any records on Roswell at all, period." SUN urges Rodeghier to read page 2 of the GAO report where he will find the following: "Our search for government records concerning the Roswell crash yielded two records originating in 1947....The 509th-RAAF report noted the recovery of a 'flying disc' that was later determined by military officials to be a radar-tracking balloon. The FBI message stated that the military had reported that an object resembling a high-altitude weather balloon with a radar reflector had been recovered near Roswell." Copies of both are shown on pages 12-14.
The A&E program narrator compounded Rodeghier's erroneous claim by adding: "In fact, the GAO revealed that all documents related to Roswell had been illegally destroyed. If there had been a Government cover-up surrounding Roswell and Area 51, we may never know what has been kept secret, or if it relates to UFOs." If A&E had bothered to read the GAO report they would have learned that while RAAF outgoing teletype messages for the period of Oct. 1946 through Dec. 1949 had been destroyed, this was not illegal according to the chief archivist at the Defense Department's record center in St. Louis, Mo.
There is not even a brief mention by the A&E narrator of the USAF's lengthy Roswell investigation, or the Project Mogul balloon launched on June 4, 1947, which is believed to explain the unusual debris discovered by rancher "Mac" Brazel [SUN #30/Nov. 1994].
CUFOS Officials Endorse Authenticity of 1958 Trindade UFO Photos
Of the many thousands of UFO photos that have been made public during the past 49 years, the four pictures made in early 1958 near Brazil's Trindade Island were characterized as among the most impressive of all time by the three CUFOS officials on the A&E show. Mich-ael Swords said: "Because this is a multiple-witness case done by scientists and a professional photographer and has many photographs, it probably has to be taken seriously as the number one photographic case in the UFO history." IUR editor Jerry Clark, who has authored several books on the history of UFOs, characterized the Trindade photos as "unusually evidential...for the reality of UFOs as somebody's technology." Mark Rodeghier said the photos were taken by a "Brazilian naval photographer....with literally dozens and dozens of witnesses."
Because the Trindade UFO photo case occurred nearly a decade before SUN's editor entered the UFO field, and the case is not even mentioned in David Jacobs' book "The History of the UFO Controversy in America," published in 1975, we turned to the book "The World of Flying Saucers," by the late Dr. Donald H. Menzel (world-famous Harvard astronomer and UFO debunker) and Lyle G. Boyd, published in 1963. The book devotes 10 pages to the case. According to Menzel, the UFO photographer—Almiro Barauna—was not a "naval photographer." Rather, he was a free-lance photographer who earlier had published a humorous article on UFOs that was illustrated with bogus UFO photos which Baruna said he had produced using trick photography. As for the claim that there were "dozens and dozens of witnesses" on board the ship, Menzel reports the Brazilian navy could find only two other persons on board the vessel at the time who claimed to have seen the UFO. Both were Barauna's close friends.
Menzel reported that the Brazilian navy's analysis of the Trindade negatives "revealed several dubious features. The details of the land in the foreground were very sharp but the UFO disk was hazy, showed little contrast, and was essentially without shadows."
APRO Leaders Not That Impressed With Trindade Photos 30 Years Ago
In the fall of 1966, when the University of Colorado began its UFO investigation, the leaders of the nation's two largest pro-UFO groups—NICAP and APRO—agreed to provide a list of the UFO cases and photos which they believed were the most credible. APRO submitted some UFO photos taken in Brazil—BUT NOT THOSE TAKEN NEAR TRINDADE ISLAND, which were in its possession. Instead, the Brazilian UFO-photos APRO submitted had been taken in 1952 at Barra da Tijuca. (The University of Colorado analysis spotted serious inconsistencies in the Barra da Tijuca photos, indicating they were a hoax.)
Now, 30 years later, three top CUFOS officials consider the Trindade photos among the most impressive ever taken. SUN wonders: How long before CUFOS also endorses the photos by Switzerland's BILLY MEIER, which most pro-UFO researchers now consider to be a hoax.
Alleged Roswell Crashed Saucer Fragment "Smells" Like A Hoax
A small, thin metal fragment, submitted to the Roswell International UFO Museum on March 24 by a visitor from Utah who reported that it allegedly came from a soldier who had recovered it 49 years ago from the crashed-saucer site, is a hoax—in SUN's opinion. The thin triangular-shaped fragment, measuring approximately 65 mm. by 62 mm. by 36 mm. with an elliptical hole in its center and mounted in a glass-covered picture frame, was turned over to Max Littell, the museum's secretary/treasurer.
The visitor, who provided his name to Littell but asked that it not be made public because he had come to Roswell to apply for a position as a teacher at the local college, will be referred to as "X." According to "X," he had obtained the fragment from another Utah resident ("Y"), who had mounted and framed the fragment that he (allegedly) had received from a former soldier ("Z"), who had been based at Roswell in 1947 and found it at the UFO crash site. Littell told SUN that "X" will not provide the names of the other two men, although he has provided a clue to "Z's" name by saying "it's something like..." and then uttering a complex uncommon name. Littell told SUN that he has not been allowed to talk with "Y" (the framer), except via "X" serving as the intermediary.
Analysis of the front side of the fragment, using an X-ray fluorescence technique at a Bureau of Mines facility at Socorro, N.M., revealed its content to be roughly 50% copper and 50% silver. Analysis of the back side showed it was 87% silver, 12% copper and 1% trace elements. Dr. Charlie Moore, who now lives in Socorro and who launched the Project Mogul balloon train on June 4, 1947, which is believed responsible for the Brazel ranch debris, was an interested observer of the fragment analysis. The appearance of the fragment and the results of its analysis prompted Moore to comment: "The fragment was not related to one of the radar targets or any of the other equipment used" by his group. Littell told SUN that he hopes that arrangements can be made to have the fragment undergo isotopic analysis at Los Alamos National Laboratories to determine if the ratio of copper isotopes is the same as that of terrestrial copper, or if the ratio is "out-of-this-world." This type of analysis was proposed by David Thomas, based on an idea suggested by Dr. Carl Sagan.
A few days after the Museum's receipt of the fragment was reported in the news media, Littell told SUN that he received a call from Las Vegas talk-show host Art Bell, who reported that he also had received a metal fragment in the mail with an accompanying letter. Littell said that a portion of the letter resembled the story he had been told by "X." But other portions were "too wild to be credible."Any Claimed Crashed-Saucer Fragment From Brazel Ranch Is Suspect
While a number of persons have claimed to have been members of a "recovery team" sent to the Brazel ranch—and some claim to have covertly pocketed pieces of debris (which they have since lost)—such tales are necessarily spurious, based on the known facts. According to rancher Brazel's account, given in the offices of the Roswell Daily Record on Tuesday night, July 8, 1947, and published in the July 9 edition, Brazel first discovered the unusual debris on June 14—which was 10 days before pilot Kenneth Arnold reported his now-famous UFO sighting. Because Brazel did not have a radio in his small ranch house, he did not learn about "flying discs" until Saturday, July 5, when he visited nearby Corona. This prompted him to suspect that the unusual debris might be from a "flying disc," so the next day, Brazel—together with his wife and two children (who did not live on the ranch)—returned to the "debris field" and recovered much of the debris, which they brought back to the ranch house. (Brazel said the debris included "considerable Scotch tape and some tape with flowers printed upon it...")
The next day, Monday, July 7, Brazel drove to Roswell and reported his finding to the sheriff, who in turn contacted intelligence officer Maj. Jesse Marcel. Later that afternoon, Marcel and Capt. Sheridan Cavitt drove back with Brazel to his ranch. Because they arrived late, they spent the night (according to Marcel's 1978/79 recollections), and the next morning went out to collect any debris that Brazel had overlooked.
If there had been a lot more debris than the three men were able to collect on the morning of July 8, Marcel or Cavitt could have driven to nearby Corona to call RAAF and ask that the base send up a "recovery team." But if that had occurred, Marcel, Cavitt or Brazel would have remained at the ranch to direct the "recovery team" to the debris field in the desolate desert area with few landmarks. BUT WE KNOW THAT ALL THREE MEN DROVE BACK TO ROSWELL ON TUESDAY, with Marcel and Cavitt arriving shortly before noon.
IF a decision to send a "recovery team" was made only AFTER Marcel and Cavitt returned to RAAF, who would help it find the "debris field?" We know that Marcel departed for 8th Air Force headquarters in Ft. Worth around noon to bring the already recovered debris. (In Marcel's later-year recollections, he never mentioned any "recovery team" visit to the ranch.) It could not be Brazel, because he drove to Roswell on Tuesday, and later that evening would be brought to the newspaper offices by Walt Whitmore, owner of radio station KGFL. Brazel was an overnight guest in Whitmore's home. And Capt. Cavitt, the only other person who might help the recovery team find the "debris field," who is alive today, has no recollection of having made a second trip to the Brazel ranch.
All Quiet On The SCAM (Santilli Controversial Autopsy Movie) Front
Bob Shell's long-promised, repeatedly delayed interview with the alleged autopsy cameraman (AAC)—originally scheduled for last summer—has not yet occurred, as of late April [SUN #38/Mar. 1996]. "Alien Autopsy" movie producer Robert Kiviat's promised interview is also "on hold," according to Shell. Not surprisingly, "AAC imposters" are moving in to fill the void. Shell reports that a British publisher, Orion Press, was about to sign a contract with a person claiming to be AAC, but decided to back out. Shell told SUN that he hopes to meet with Santilli soon in London but that Santilli has twice delayed the meeting. IF the AAC really exists, SUN predicts that Santilli will soon report that the Grim Reaper has "called," and that this was one appointment the AAC was unable to defer.
Short Shrift:
- High-speed blue flashing UFO reported near Roswell: The Feb. 5 edition of the Roswell Daily Record reported a number of sightings of a flashing blue UFO around 5 a.m., south of the city. One observer reported: "All of a sudden it was right beside me....I had to turn from it because it was so bright. When I looked back it was gone." Another observer reported: "It was traveling too fast for a jet and it was flying too low." The Feb 11 edition of the newspaper showed a picture of the "UFO"—a mobile irrigation rig with a flashing blue light that was being operated in a field near the highway. Some of the witnesses remained unconvinced by this prosaic explanation.
- Roswell researcher Don Schmitt seemingly has short memory: Don Schmitt, co-author of two books on the Roswell Incident and publisher of the Roswell Report newsletter, who last year admitted spinning tall tales about his education and occupation, either has a very short memory span or has resumed his spinning of tall tales [SUN #33/May 1995]. A statement by Schmitt in the March/April 1995 issue of International UFO Reporter, published by CUFOS, apologized for "any false or misleading statements," and said he had "resigned, effective April 13, 1995, as Director of Special Investigations" of CUFOS. [However, Schmitt remained a member of the CUFOS Board of Directors.] In the Spring 1996 issue of Roswell Report, Schmitt refers to himself as "Director of Special Investigations for the J. Alien [sic] Hynek Center for UFO Studies." [Emphasis added.]
- Are UFO Abductees "fantasy-prone" persons? An excellent analysis by skeptic Joe Nickell of 13 "abductees" featured in Dr. John Mack's book "Abduction," reveals that all of them have many fantasy-prone characteristics, such as "psychic experiences," "out-of-body experiences," receiving "special messages," and being readily susceptible to hypnosis. Nickell's analysis appears in the May/June 1996 issue of Skeptical Inquirer. The magazine is available from CSICOP, Box 703, Amherst, N.Y. 14226-2743. Price: $4.95.
- Why don't ETs abduct Japanese? Although there is widespread interest by the Japanese public and TV networks in UFOs, very few of that country's citizens claim to have been abducted by UFOs and their stories differ from the popular accounts in the West, according to Jun-Ichi Takanashi, chairman of the Japan UFO Science Society (JUFOSS). SUN met with Takanashi in mid-April in Osaka during a trip to give UFO lectures to the Japan Skeptics Society in Tokyo and Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. JUFOSS, the largest UFO group in Japan, has about 600 members, according to Takanashi. SUN cannot understand why ETs do not seem to abduct Japanese women, whom we found to be beautiful, intelligent and charming. More seriously, the fact that the abduction fad has not "caught on" in Japan is worthy of sociological study. Perhaps it is the result of Japanese traditions and/or their Buddhist religion. Possibly there are fewer fantasy-prone persons in Japan.
- "If the government possessed a crashed UFO, our technological capabilities would have taken some great leaps, not only over our competitors but over our previous technology as well....The knowledge gained could possibly alter the fabric of scientific thought as we know it, changing our views of the nature of matter and the universe. There is not a shred of evidence to suggest that this has happened." Dr. David M. Jacobs, International UFO Reporter, July/August 1985.
- The United States UFO Information and Research Center is not a U.S. government agency. Rather it is the name of a new pro-UFO organization located in Johnson City, Tenn. Its motto is: "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE."
NOTE: Opinions expressed in SUN are those of its Editor—unless otherwise noted—and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization with which he is affiliated—or his spouse. We thank Dr. Gary Posner for help in proofreading.


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Needless to say, my alignment is off.I still feel physically awesome. I was a little more achy than recent weeks on Saturday, probably because of the slight sickness I've had and all the travel I've done in the last three weeks, but a little achy shouldn't mean 54m. Last year, I threw at Drake Relays and had two meets at Tucson Elite before USAs. Those three competitions were low-key and fun, and I got a chance to really trust the technique I had developed. I wasn't trying to win on every throw, I was just trying to solidify the things I had done in practice. This year, I threw at Drake Relays, flew to Rome a month later, went to Eugene the next weekend, and competed in New York the weekend after that. Rome, Eugene and New York were much more high-pressure than my competitions last year, and dealing with external pressures from having prior success has been something I thought I was prepared for, but perhaps wasn't.
I think it's important to talk about the mental side of track and field. I started working with Dr. Ross Flowers here at the training center last year, and his help has been invaluable. I get to talk to him this afternoon, and I'm craving a good, tough conversation. After I threw 61.56m in 2008 at Big Tens, I suddenly felt like I needed to throw that far every single time I competed, and (in my head) it seemed like people following my career would be disappointed if I didn't. Not true. I realized eventually that people were watching me because they were excited to see me succeed. Sure, they'd be a little bummed if I didn't throw far, but if I did, they'd be happy. I wanted to make them (and myself) happy! It took me a while to learn how to use other people's energy as a positive thing, and I think I'm dealing with the same kind of stress now. Every athlete takes a different path to where they want to be, and I'm doing my best to learn and grow from everything I experience!
It's pretty cool to receive congratulatory text messages/facebook messages/voice mails/tweets when you do well, but something that I took a lot of comfort in this weekend was that people didn't hesitate to contact me to tell me how much they are still supporting me after a poor performance. I feel blessed to have people in my life who cheer for me and lift me up when I'm feeling a little bit down. I try to be that person for them when they need it, too! Part of athletics, though, is always moving forward. So, on to practice today and away from a meet I'm happy to leave behind.


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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Swimming with the Dolphins
Fussy and fancy sketch
stampin 4 the weekend anything goes
Aud sentiments anything goes
Charisma Cardz die cuts
ABC B is Blue
Paper Pretties Summer
Sentimental Sunday Ribbon
Stamptacular Sunday bows and buttons
11 comments:
- coldwaters2 said...
Hi Tami swimming with the Dolphins sounds wonderful and what a beautiful card I love the images and the new Nestie shape fabulous work.
Lorraine x
- August 21, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Audrey said...
What a beautiful card! I love the scene you created. Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments and don't forget to join in our monthly drawing going on right now.
- August 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Julie said...
Cute card! Thanks for joining us at Aud sentiments
- August 21, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- jimlynn said...
Oh wow!!! That sound like a fantastic trip yall had......Fabulous card.
- August 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Sprytebyrd said...
Oooh... you've got those new nesties! I'm envious! Beautiful card!
Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stamptacular Sunday ♥ Good luck on our Buttons & Bows challenge!
Don't forget to check out our Design Team Call!!
Dee (Spryte)
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- August 21, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Kimberly S said...
Such a pretty mermaid card! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Sentimental Sundays! :)
- August 21, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Shelly Schmidt said...
Wow- this is very cool card- love the mermaid's hair! Great Nesti too. TFS
- August 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Laura said...
Beautiful card and love the paper! Oh I had a chance to swim with dophins.And I changed my mind at the last minute.I bet it was not a good choice I made,Ha.
- August 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Allison said...
lovely card
Thanks for playing along at Charisma this week
- August 23, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Kate's Makes said...
What a fab card! Love the images and sentiment! Thanks for playing along with the SFTW challenge and good luck :o) Kate x
- August 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Ruthie said...
Fab - love the card - and the story behind it!
Thanks for joining in the fun at Aud Sentiments
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3T supports charity at Christmas
Every Christmas 3T donate the money they would have spent on traditional Christmas cards to a worthy cause via an e-card to their customers and suppliers. For every person that responds via a link to their website, £1 is donated to the nominated charity. Staff also donate what they would have spent on cards to each other too.
This year 3T donated £262.73 to the Aaron Lewis Foundation, which has very personal connections to the company.
On December 15 2008, Lt Aaron Lewis of 29 Commando Unit was killed in action in Afghanistan. He was aged just 26 – it was his first deployment. The Aaron Lewis Foundation has been created by family and friends and, based around "unity" and "teamwork", they can now combine their charitable efforts in order to make a far more significant contribution to some of the causes close to Aaron's heart, and to continue his legacy.
Sue Burnip, 3T's Marketing Executive, said "Whilst conventional Christmas cards are received with appreciation, they do end up being thrown away or, at best, recycled a week after Christmas! We've toyed with the idea of buying charity cards, but really want to do something a bit different. With digital marketing and online communication becoming the norm, this is an ideal solution and is always well received by our customers and suppliers."
More information on the Aaron Lewis Foundation can be found on their website http://www.aaronlewisfoundation.org.uk/


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The primary reason it sucks is that whereas the first was a game of skill, the second is a mostly game of chance with some minimal skill required. In levels like "Launchers," "Arthropod," and "Air Hockey," success depends almost entirely on luck.
These levels would never have made it into the original -- recall that it was possible, given enough practice, to finish Expert and Expert Extra on one three-life continue, to unlock the Master levels. In Super Monkey Ball 2, they were able to allow this only by giving the player the ability to upgrade the value of a continue, up to 99 lives per. I didn't bother.
The dumbest level of all that I played (all of story mode, beginner, advanced, expert, beginner extra, advanced extra) was "Switch Inferno." It's really in a class of its own. "Switch Inferno" presents the player with a matrix of perhaps a hundred switches, one of which opens the goal, the rest of which kill you. This level... was designed with the sole purpose of irritating the player.
I am truly astonished that this was the work of the same design team that made the original. I want to know how all this shit got through beta testing, because it must have come up. These problems must have come up, and someone must have made the decision to ignore them. On what basis? Did said decision-maker believe that "Switch Inferno" had artistic merit, perhaps? Did Amusement Vision decide that player frustration was a good thing? This is not just a rhetorical question. I really would like to know.
The party games are still cool, though. The original six are back, each improved to some degree, along with six new ones which include "Monkey Dogfight," a flight combat "sim," and "Monkey Shot," a rail shooter. Pretty fun.
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Wedding Disposable Cameras
A nice touch to any reception is to make sure you have plenty of wedding disposable cameras on hand. This gives your guests the chance to capture important and memorable snapshots throughout your special day.
Most couples like to experience the good time that their friends and family are having around them as well as seeing the different photos taken from different angles of guests or of the bridal party. Most disposable cameras that are used in weddings come in a variety of different patterns, colors and themes in order to compliment the theme or décor used at the Reception venue.
Depending on the size of each guest table one or two Wedding Cameras may be placed on each and sometimes the bridal table may have a couple to take photos of their guests or special moments.
At the end of the Reception, make sure you have a designated person collect all the cameras and organize them to be developed at a local photo shop.
These disposable type cameras designed with weddings in mind traditionally come in a special pack of ten, 35mm cameras. Each camera allows up to 27 exposures and comes with a built in flash for taking photos indoors. The film is ASP400 speed and batteries are already inside each camera for click and go readiness. The expiration date is very generous giving you ample time to use and develop them after the event.


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Here's introducing this rising designer that débuted at NYFW 2015!
Taking inspiration from the 1950's and 1970s, the line featured voluminous midi skirts, slimming jumpsuits, rompers and high-waisted shorts. What I loved most about this collection is that each piece can be worn very casually or dressed up for a very sophisticated look…just my style!
Tiffany stated that "In Atlanta, we like more of a diva look," and "It's a look that all women can wear." I think this described her collection perfectly. Because her line is both modern and classic, it can be worn by anyone. In the future, Tiffany Brown is planning to add handbags, shoes and maybe even home accessories to her line.
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"Suicide Squadron: "Tunnel of Terror"": The Suicide Squad's PT Allan takes out the Professor into the Pacific to investigate ancient writings that describe of a gigantic white gorilla that clashed with Dinosaurs millions of years ago and protected ancient cavemen.
Appearing in Suicide Squadron: "Tunnel of Terror"
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Synopsis for Suicide Squadron: "Tunnel of Terror"
The Suicide Squad's PT Allan takes out the Professor into the Pacific to investigate ancient writings that describe of a gigantic white gorilla that clashed with Dinosaurs millions of years ago and protected ancient cavemen.
After a raging storm, they follow another PT Boat to an island where they witness it being attacked by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. When the prehistoric beast goes after them first PT Boat, it next turns it's attention on the crew of Allan's boat. They fare better by firing a torpedo at the beat, killing it. Resuming their course, they end up battling a flock of Pterodactyls, blasting them out of the sky by launching their depth charges.
They pull to shore near a giant cave and go exploring and inside the Professor finds similar cave paintings depicting a gigantic white ape protecting cavemen from Dinosaurs. Just then they are attacked by a Brontosaurus and in blowing the creature up they accidentally cause a cave in, trapping them inside the cavern. They are not trapped for long, as through an opening in the roof, the giant white ape pulls up the Professor and vanishes. With Professor then throws down a rope ladder so that the rest of the men can escape.
Back at sail, the group is told about the Professor's encounter with the giant white gorilla when they are suddenly attacked by a swarm of Dinosaurs. When it seems they are about to be smashed to bits, they are saved by the white gorilla who lifts them to safety and fights off the Dinosaurs single handed. When it appears that the white gorilla is out numbered and doomed to fail, the PT Boat is forced to fire a torpedo at the mass of ancient beasts, killing them all including the white gorilla. As the PT Boat sails on, the gorilla, dying, waves good bye to the people it's saved.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is due to hear oral arguments in a case in which a divorced couple are in a dispute over the husband's retirement pay. The two divorced in 1991, but the issue over the man's military benefits just became relevant after his retirement. Military service members from all states, including Florida, have service member rights and benefits that could end up in a similar court case.
When the two divorced in 1991, a part of their agreement was that the wife would receive half of the husband's retirement pay from the military. Those payments began the next year, and there were no apparent issues. In 2005, however, the husband chose to waive a part of his retirement pay and receive disability benefits instead. This is often done because disability pay is not taxable, while retirement pay is.
Unfortunately, this choice had the effect of lowering the wife's monthly check that she had been receiving since the divorce. She lost $125 each month after her husband began receiving the disability benefits. The husband was able to not only save money on taxes but also received that extra $125 a month. The wife decided to go to court and ask that the amount of her monthly payment be raised back up to the amount she was getting before her husband filed that waiver. She also asked for reimbursement of the money that she had lost after her payments were lowered.
Because of the Uniformed Services Former Spouse' Protection Act, the state is authorized to divide any military member's retirement pay during a divorce. In Florida, as in other states, the division of military benefits can become a major part of divorce proceedings. Anyone who is in the military, or has been married to a military service member, can seek the advice of an experienced divorce attorney to help ensure that all applicable rights are upheld and to fight for the recovery of the compensation they are entitled to according to the law.
Source: scotusblog.com, "Argument preview: Justices to consider family law and military benefits", Amy Howe, March 13, 2017


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His books include the Wall Street Journal best seller, The Road to Character (2015); the New York Times best seller, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (2011); On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense (2004); and Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There (2000).
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Trinity College Dublin Centre for Early Modern History
Research Seminar Series 2016-17
Seminars take place at 5.00pm on Mondays in the Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre in the Long Room Hub building, Trinity College. All are welcome.
Hilary Term
|23rd January
|Brian Brewer (TCD), Quixotic Economics: Early Modern Economic Theory and Political Economy in Cervantes's Don Quixote.
|30th January
|Robert Appelbaum (Uppsala University), Early Modern Terrorism: an Introduction.
|6th February
|William O'Reilly (University of Cambridge), The emperor who wanted to be king. HRE Charles VI in Spain and Germany, 1685-1740.
|13th February
|Joel Halcomb (University of East Anglia), The Dublin Convention of 1658 and the Fall of the Protectorate.
|20th February
|Aileen Douglas (TCD), Round Hand Character: script, commerce, and nation, 1690-1750.
|27th February
|Reading Week (no seminar)
|6th March
|Alexander Wilkinson (University College Dublin), Book History and the Digital Humanities.
|13th March
|Malcolm Gaskill (University of East Anglia), Witchcraft, Emotion and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century New England.
|20th March
|Michael Braddick (Sheffield University), The sufferings of John Lilburne (1615-1657): martyrology and the freeborn Englishman.
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|Sophie Hingst, (TCD), One phenomenon. Three perspectives. English colonial strategies in Ireland revisited, ca. 1607- 1680.
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Just so you can feel like you're finally doing some good in this world, we are only using beef patties approved by 'Dyrenes Beskyttelse' and loads of organic ingredients, including vegetables from Aarstiderne and ice cream from Hansen's Is.
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New restaurant, new ideas. We've tailored the opening hours of our new spot, Cock's & Cows Kødbyen, to fit the creatures of night, inhabiting the weird and wonderful district: Welcome to NATMAD, where the kitchen is open till 01:30 Friday and Saturday and the cocktail menu is longer than a hungover solitary Sunday.
Love at first sight! Get your stomach ready for the upcoming burger feast – order one (or more!) of our starters to kickstart your Cock's & Cows experience.
Our burgers are 180g of 100% Danish free-range beef, with organic lettuce, thick slices of tomatoes, pickles, red onions and selected sauces.
Being called different is like being limited edition. Meaning you're something people don't see that often. Remember that! And try our season burgers or the veggie/vegan options.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Kansas Dug-Out Waits for Border
11 comments:
- Mayleen said...
No border ideas but love the Kansas Dugout with the black background!
- March 19, 2012 at 12:31 AM
- Angelikas quilts and knits said...
Your little quilt is lovely :-) I would choose a simple black border and a multicoloured binding.
happy quilting
- March 19, 2012 at 1:54 AM
- marina said...
Lovely little quilt. The brights look great against the black.
- March 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM
- Sue-Anne said...
Your quilt looks fantastic Karen. I love all the bright colours!
- March 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- Paula said...
What a beautiful little quilt, and your houses look good up there. I'm with Angelika, black border and multi colour binding.
- March 19, 2012 at 4:59 AM
- Karen said...
I like the idea of the black with multi-color binding. You could do another row of the zig zags with a variety of black prints.
I was noticing the houses at the top. They could make a border around too.
- March 19, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- Becky G said...
Love the colors. I like the idea of a black border. Although extra work, i could see a black inner border, a bit wide; a relatively narrow multicolored border, then another black border with black binding. Ratio of width of borders would matter. Those colrs are really lovely & the black sets them off so well! Lovely work, & love the houses too. B
- March 19, 2012 at 1:49 PM
- Funoldhag said...
From a gal who lived in Kansas for almost 30 years, that is a beautiful Kansas Dugout. You could try a "piano keys" border - strips of the multicolors all around separated from the body of the quilt by a black sashing and bound in black. Might work and might not--but worth a try. The plain black would be wonderful, too. Carol
- March 20, 2012 at 9:32 AM
- Cybele's patch said...
It is a gorgeous quilt. I would go for a very simple border. I like the idea of black border and coloured binding.
- March 21, 2012 at 6:31 AM
- Quilting Chemist (Danette) said...
Love the bright colors! The black background really brings out the colors. Your teddy bear is so cute!
- March 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- Jen said...
Lovely quilt. I love the black. All the quilts I made with black I put Black borders. or a small 1/1/2"inch border of the coloured fabric then the black border say 3"inch The coloured fabric is lovely.
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In Sydney Morris & Co's work may be seen at All Saints' Anglican church at Hunters Hill, which is the proud owner of two stained glass windows made to designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–98). The window Sydneysiders love most is the portrayal of Christ at the Transfiguration. The Sydney version of the The Transfiguration is very similar to the 1910 Transfiguration that William Morris & Co made for the Egremont Prebyterian Church in Wallasey. Only more pastel and gentle.
Federation window, Morris & Co., owned by the South Australian Art Gallery, 301 x 210 cm
The Federation window was designed in 1900 by John Henry Dearle, a man who trained with William Morris and became the company's chief designer. The three lower panels depict the British Empire, with life-sized figures representing Australia, India Africa and Canada on either side. The three upper panels represent morning, sun and evening, based on designs of the British painter, Edward Burne-Jones; note the central figure representing Britannia holds a wreath framing the word Federation.
By 1902 the window was installed in the Adelaide building, lighting the main staircase. Insured for a million dollars, the Federation window has now been donated to the South Australian Art Gallery by a Spanish businessman who sold the building to the State Government in 2007.
In total there were 10 Morris & Co stained glass windows created for, and shipped to Adelaide, but this is the only one that related to a contemporary and important event in Australia's history. It will remain where it is at the top of the main staircase of the old Stock Exchange, unless the building is sold.
Today the building houses the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution of Australia, so the window can best be viewed during the Royal Institute's business hours.