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UCAS Code W230
Institution Code W50
Full-time - September 2020
Full-time - September 2019 Sandwich - September 2019 Sandwich - September 2020
UK/EU Fees £9,250 *
International Fees £14,000 *
Campus Harrow, North-West London
* Price per academic year
This course has an exceptional reputation for being aligned with the international fashion industry and enabling you to have outstanding opportunities to engage with the industry throughout your course.
We specialise in enabling you to become a highly original and individual creative designer, capable of working at the highest levels of the international fashion industry. The Fashion Design BA Honours course at Westminster is currently the only undergraduate course that shows a selection of its students on the official London Fashion Week schedule.
Throughout the course, the emphasis is on the development of your personal design philosophy. The course offers a comprehensive design education for dedicated and ambitious individuals looking for a specialist career in the international fashion industry. You will also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development. Internships on both the three-year and sandwich course are undertaken at leading international fashion companies, and have recently included Adidas, Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Balmain, Calvin Klein, Celine, Christian Dior, Christopher Kane, Craig Green, Givenchy, Haider Ackermann, Jeremy Scott, Kenzo, Lanvin, Loewe Vuitton, Martin Margiela, Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne and Tom Ford.
Course graduates include London Fashion Week designers Claire Barrow, Roberta Einer, Liam Hodges and Ashley Williams; as well as Christopher Bailey; Katie Hillier, Creative Director of Marc by Marc Jacobs; Jutta Kraus, Creative Director of Bernhard Willhelm; and Stuart Vevers, Creative Director of Coach.
Fashion Design graduates from the last three years are now working at Versus, Rick Owens, Celine, Loewe, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Carven, Tom Ford, Erdem, Gucci, Versace, Ferragamo, Kenzo, H&M, Preen, MaxMara, Anya Hindmarch, Burberry, J.W. Anderson, Norse Projects, Acne, Jacquemus, Paul Smith and Adidas.
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course.
To help you make an informed decision, you can have a look at how marks have been calculated and study time has been distributed on this course in the past.
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This level covers the core fundamentals of the fashion design discipline, including 2D and 3D design practice, CAD, construction, design, illustration, pattern cutting, print, research, and trend analysis.
The first year of the fashion degree course at Westminster concentrates on introducing the student to a variety of skills and techniques related to all areas of 2D and 3D fashion practice. Design, research, illustration, cut, construction, print, and CAD are all covered.
Research is fostered through a variety of methods including visits to London Fashion Week, fashion shows, exhibitions, sketchbooks, and industry visits.
There are lessons in life drawing and illustration so that students understand proportion in 2D as well as 3D. Students undertake a range of design work that includes menswear and womenswear, spanning both conceptual and commercial.
Subjects of study include:
Design Project 1: Skills
Design Project 2: Sportswear
Design Project 3: Outerwear
Design Project 4: Modernity
Credit Level 4
The second year of the Fashion Design BA Honours course focuses on understanding and addressing the demands and needs of the fashion design industry through design assignments.
Guest industry speakers and lecturers allow you to understand your personal design practice within the context of the wider international design industry. Recent guest lecturers and visitors to the course include Julian Ganio from Fantastic Man, Lou Stoppard from SHOWstudio, Cozette McCreery from Sibling, Natasha Booth from Fashion East, Meadham Kirchhoff, Liam Hodges, and Charlie Porter.
A sustained period of internship takes place over eight consecutive weeks, starting at the end of December until the end of Paris Fashion Week in March. The timing enables you to have the opportunity, if you wish, to work with a designer on their collection from its conception through to the runway show presentation.
Collection 1: Cutting
Collection 2: Surface
Collection 3: Internship
Collection 4: Portfolio
Collection 5: Historical
At this level, you are expected to develop a more strategic perspective and draw together your academic and work experience. You will study subjects that further develop your design skills, and you will also have the opportunity to specialise in areas of particular interest. You will develop a A/W runway collection, and following this a S/S pre-collection, alongside a portfolio of design work to enable you to apply for design positions on graduation.
Additionally, the Fashion Design BA Honours course at Westminster was the first undergraduate course to be invited to show a selection of its students on the official London Fashion Week schedule in 2018. The course will show again at London Fashion Week in February 2019.
Final Collection 1
Westminster Plus Electives
As part of your course you may be able to take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable.
Find out about Westminster Plus Electives.
Programme Recognition
This course is endorsed by ScreenSkills, the skills body of UK's screen-based creative industries. This accreditation, formerly known as Creative Skillset, is a mark of quality that extends also to courses in many creative disciplines that are not screen-based, such as Fashion Design.
Programme Specification
For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the programme specification.
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Professor Andrew Groves
Professor Groves is leading a radical rethink of how fashion education is delivered worldwide and has restructured the Fashion Design BA Honours course to align with the international fashion calendar. In February 2018 the course became the first undergraduate course in the world to be invited to show on the official London Fashion Week schedule.
In 2016 he developed the Menswear MA programme, the world's first and only two-year menswear course which showed their first graduating cohort at London Fashion Week Mens in June 2018.
In 2015 he launched the Westminster Menswear Archive, the world's first publicly accessible menswear archive, which has over 1500 examples of menswear from British designers and brands including Craig Green, Liam Hodges, Kim Jones, Aitor Throup, Vivienne Westwood, Mr Fish, Belstaff, Barbour, Burberry, Vexed Generation, and Aquascutum.
As well as driving the direction of fashion education at Westminster, Professor Groves has, for the last decade, sat on the steering committee of the Colleges Council, which advises the British Fashion Council (BFC) on education issues.
Before his academic career Groves worked as a designer in the fashion industry both under his eponymous label as well as for others, most notably Alexander McQueen. Until the mid-1990s Groves was Alexander McQueen's senior design assistant before then joining the MA Fashion course at Central Saint Martins, where Professor Louise Wilson taught him.
Groves exhibited his work as part of a series of runway presentations at London Fashion Week over a period of five years. His radical design practice from the mid-1990s onwards is now widely seen as being both ground-breaking and continues to be the subject of much critical analysis and has been disseminated within the public domain through exhibitions at the V&A Museum, Somerset House, ICA, Design Museum, and Moda Florence.
Several examples of Groves' work are held in the National Collection of Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and additionally the Fashion Museum in Bath.
I have long believed that fashion education needs to provide our students with the most realistic and industry-ready educational experience. By showing their collections in February rather than June, it enables our accomplished final year students to become truly part of the industry.
Course Team
Joyce Thornton - Senior Lecturer
Richard Gray - Senior Lecturer
Robert Leach - Senior Lecturer
Hilary Tipping - Senior Lecturer
A Levels – Not considered for entry
International Baccalaureate – 27 points including at least 6 in HL Visual Arts. We also welcome applications from students taking the IB Career related Programme
Art and Design Foundation – Pass to Distinction
BTEC Extended Diploma – DDM in Art & Design or arts related subject
BTEC Diploma – Not accepted on its own
Access – 128 UCAS Tariff points from an Access to HE in Art & Design or arts related subject
In addition to one of the above, you should have:
GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher Level, GCSE Maths grade 4/C – IB grade 4
If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall with 6.0 writing and speaking.
We also welcome applications from students who are taking a combinations of qualifications listed above. For further information, please contact Course Enquiries.
If you meet the entry requirements, you will be asked to submit example pages from your portfolio. If you are then invited to a portfolio review, you will be asked to present your full portfolio. We are looking for creative individuals who can show evidence of personal expression, creative ideas, related skills and a depth of subject knowledge.
International Baccalaureate – 27 points including at least 6 in HL Visual Arts
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After graduation, most students go on to work in the international fashion industry while some go on to study fashion design at MA level either in the UK or New York. Graduates of the course are extremely successful in the job market with over 90 percent of all final year students going directly into fashion related work, predominantly as designers or assistant designers working within established companies, or starting up their own design businesses.
Graduates from 2017 are working as designers at North Sea Clothing, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, ASOS, Roksanda, Emma Wickstead, Burberry, Anya Hindmarch, Carven, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Alexander McQueen. While others have continued their study at Central Saint Martins on their Fashion MA programme.
Graduates from 2016 are working in the design teams at companies including Mulberry, Loewe, Alexander McQueen, Norse Projects, JW Anderson, John Richmond, Burberry, Acne, Temperley and Tom Ford.
Graduates from 2015 are working at companies including Alexander McQueen, Versace, MaxMara, Cherevichkiotvichki, SportsMax, Urban Outfitters, Preen, Versus, H&M, Paul Smith, Tommy Hilfiger, Marina Rinaldi, Harrods, Burberry, and Adidas. While both David Ferreira and Roberta Einer launched their eponymous fashion collections at New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week respectively.
The Fashion Design BA Honours course has exceptional industry connections and an excellent track record of successful internships that have benefited both the students and the fashion companies alike. Students gain an enormous amount of specific and transferable knowledge during this period of study. Our internship programme was previously voted the best in the world in the Business of Fashion Global Fashion School rankings.
Our Careers and Employability Service is here to support you to achieve your full potential.
With a growing network of over 3,000 employers around the world and a team of experienced careers consultants, we provide you with a variety of opportunities to work and develop new skills. As a University of Westminster student, you'll have access to our services throughout your studies and after you graduate.
• find work placements, graduate jobs or voluntary experience related to your course
• discover international opportunities to enhance your employability
• write effective CVs and application forms
• develop your interview and enterprise skills
• plan your career with our career consultants
• gain insights into your chosen industry through mentoring
• meet employers and explore your career options at our employer fairs, careers presentations and networking events
Find out more about the Careers and Employability Service.
Find out more about other employability initiatives at the University of Westminster.
University of Westminster BA A/W19 London Fashion Week Show
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Paris showroom
In May 2019 the Fashion Design BA graduates held their first Paris showroom presenting their A/W19 collections, S/S20 precollections and their final design portfolios.
Held over three days in Espace Commines, in the fashionable Marais district of Paris, the event enabled graduates and staff to meet designers and recruiters from the world's most prestigious fashion brands. While some of the collections had debuted earlier in the year at our on-schedule London Fashion Week show in February, this was a chance for all of the Fashion Design BA graduates to show their collections and portfolios to an invited VIP audience of buyers, designers and senior fashion recruiters.
Companies who came along to see the graduates' collections included: Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Balmain, Calvin Klein, Christian Louboutin, Citizen K, Courrèges, Desigual, Dior, Eyes on Talent, FENTY, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenzo, Koche, Lanvin, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, M.O Conseil, Maison Margiela, Marine Serre, Numero, Purple, PVH, Saint Laurent, Tommy Hilfiger, Vogue, Woolmark, and Y Project.
Creative director at Ashley Williams
Fashion Design BA
Creative Director, Coach
Director/ Designer at Claire Barrow
Creative Director, Menswear Designer at Liam Hodges
Katie Hillier
Creative Director, Hillier Bartley
Designer, London Fashion Week
Our fashion facilities at Westminster are acknowledged as being outstanding, with each cohort having their own dedicated studio to work in, equipped with individual design spaces for every student. Each of our design studios is equipped with industrial sewing machines, pattern cutting tables and mannequins.
Westminster Menswear Archive
The Westminster Menswear Archive has examples of some of the most important and exciting menswear garments covering the last 100 years. The archive includes garments from Alexander McQueen, Craig Green, Stone Island, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Nutter, Liam Hodges, Carol Christian Poell, C.P. Company, Jean Paul Gaultier, Calvin Klein, Meadham Kirchhoff, Kim Jones, Aitor Throup, Vivienne Westwood, Mr Fish, Irvine Sellars, Umbro, MA.Strum, adidas, Nanamica, Belstaff, Barbour, Burberry, Maison Margiela, Jeremy Scott, Vexed Generation, Aquascutum, Levis, Jeremy Scott, Berghaus, Penfield, Griffin, and Comme Des Garcons.
Additionally, the archive includes an extensive range of utilitarian and uniform garments from the Army, Police, US Marines, GPO, Coldstream Guards, the French fire service and others.
Students are encouraged to enter competitions while at Westminster, as part of their course work or as standalone projects. Recent competition winners are listed below.
Paolo Carzana wins the Fashion Makes Sense Award
Joshua Crabtree wins the BFC MA Scholarship Award
Paolo Carzana wins the BFC MA Scholarship Award
Melissa Eakins wins the BFC Final Year Scholarship Award
Ieva Melece-Hall selected for the CFDA+ Fashion Future Graduate Showcase
Manimekala Fuller selected for the CFDA+ Fashion Future Graduate Showcase
Lloyd Husband wins the British Fashion Council x Coach Design competition.
Fashion Design BA wins the British Fashion Council Outstanding Portfolio Award.
Fashion BA win the British Fashion Council Illustration Award.
Ian Richardson wins British Fashion Council Scholarship Award.
Lloyd Husband wins the British Fashion Council Scholarship Award.
Katie Ann McGuigan wins the Fashion Scout Merit Award and shows at London Fashion Week
Beth Hall wins LVMH Graduate Prize, which includes €10,000 and a job at Loewe
Wendy Leaong wins the Anne Tyrrell Student Design Award
Yasemin Cakli wins the British Fashion Council MA Scholarship Award
Pip Paz-Howlett wins British Fashion Council BA Scholarship Award
Roberta Einer wins the Saks Fifth Avenue Emerging designer award
Abiola Onabule wins the Diversity Now competition
David Ferreira wins Inaugural Les Etoiles Mercedes-Benz Prize, including €15,000
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International tuition fee: £14,000 (Price per academic year)
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Today we are celebrating the cover reveal for SLOW SHIFT by Nazarea Andrews. Slow Shift is an adult, paranormal m/m romantic standalone novel. Pre-order your copy now while it's only $1.99. Read an excerpt from the book below.
The book releases December 6th!
A Standalone Paranormal M/M Romance – Coming December 6!
He hears the sound of hammering before he reaches the house, and if it had been a slightly better day, he might have turned around at the sound of them, might have said nevermind, but his stomach aches and his face is throbbing from where a kid at school hit him, and he's so angry he almost wants to fight with the dark haired scowly man.
He trudges forward with dogged determination.
The guy in the wheelchair is parked in the shade near a radio and a folding chair, a blanket tossed over his legs to keep him warm in the cool October air. The younger man—and Chase has decided Scowly Grump is younger—is on the roof ripping shingles off, banging around with dogged determination. Chase doesn't think he's actually getting much done, but keeps his mouth shut.
Chase watches for a second, and then Scowly Grump flicks a glance at him. "You," he says, not surprised.
And then he goes back to work, seemingly uninterested in Chase at all, certainly not in the bruise blooming on his cheek. After he watches Tyler for a few minutes, Chase drags his bookbag around and starts his homework. He hears Tyler make another hum of approval from the roof.
When he's finished his homework, he twitches, anxious and restless. He gets up and hesitates for a moment, expecting some dismissal from the roof, but when nothing comes, he grins to himself and sets about gathering the discarded shingles with real intent.
"You don't have to do that," Tyler calls from above him, sounding almost angry.
Tyler falls quiet and then goes back to work, careful to avoid where Chase is picking up shingles when he tosses them down.
Later, when he climbs down from the roof, Chase collapses near Lucas, panting, and he grins a thank you when Tyler hands him an orange and a bottle of water.
"Gonna be dark soon," Tyler says eventually.
Tyler nods and Chase blinks hard. He dusts his hands off and stands up.
Chase blinks at him again, then nods, a tiny pleased smile on his lips.
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Potato Guides
How to Fix Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potato problems and pitfalls, and how to avoid or fix them.
Sasha Marx
Senior Culinary Editor
Sasha is a senior culinary editor at Serious Eats. He has over a decade of professional cooking experience, having worked his way up through a number of highly regarded and award-winning restaurant kitchens, followed by years spent in test kitchens for food publications.
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With flannel and pumpkins popping up all over the place and the holidays fast approaching, it's officially mashed potato season. Mashed potatoes are classic comfort food, and the kind of simple side dish that everyone should know how to make. But that's not to say perfecting them is easy, and there are plenty of fine details that can spell the difference between mashed potato success and failure. If you do have concerns when making mashed potatoes, we hope that this little guide will help answer questions and help you out in your time of need.
What's the Best Potato for Mashed Potatoes?
The Best Potato For Fluffy Mashed Potatoes: Russets
For fluffy mashed potatoes, we recommend using high-starch, low-moisture potatoes like russets. Mashed taters are made by crushing cooked potatoes into fine particles, and then coating those particles in fat and water (usually in the form of butter and milk or cream). Fluffy, light mashed potatoes are achieved by minimizing the amount of starch that gets incorporated into this mixture, and the more you work to break down potatoes, the more starch they release.
Therefore, you want to use potatoes that readily break down with minimal effort. It may seem counterintuitive to use a high-starch potato for a preparation where starch is the enemy, but due to their mealy composition, russet potatoes fall apart easily, and the starch they do release can be easily rinsed off before mixing the potatoes with dairy.
Russets also absorb that dairy more readily than waxy potatoes, which again means less manipulation is required to form the finished product, for a lighter, fluffier mash.
The Best Potato For Rich and Creamy Mashed Potatoes: Yukon Golds
Fluffiness isn't the only acceptable texture for mashed potatoes, and when you're in the mood for a more rich and creamy product, like French-style pommes purées, then a different type of spud is required. This indulgent, silky smooth potato purée, popularized by French chef Joël Robuchon, famously has a 2:1 potato-to-butter ratio by weight. With such a high proportion of fat, this is a far less stable emulsion that requires the binding properties of potato starch to keep the butter from separating out.
Waxy potatoes, like Yukon golds, are the best option for this style, because they require more work to break down and release more gelated starch in the process. Once cooked, you can pass the potatoes through a food mill or ricer, and then whip them together with melted butter and heavy cream, either by hand or in a stand mixer. For a super-smooth final product, you can then pass the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer.
What's the Best Way to Mash Potatoes?
Both fluffy and creamy mashed potatoes require breaking down cooked potatoes without completely puréeing them in the process. Even for recipes that take advantage of the vegetable's natural starch content, blitzing potatoes in a blender or food processor is a bad idea, releasing way too much of it, turning the potatoes into an unpalatable gluey paste. You are better off using a ricer or food mill, both non-motorized tools that break down cooked potatoes quickly with minimal shearing action.
A potato ricer is one of the few unitasker kitchen tools that we actually recommend; it performs its job efficiently, and doesn't take up a ton of space when it's not in use. If you make mashed potatoes on a somewhat regular basis, it's worth having a potato ricer.
Food mills have a much larger footprint than potato ricers, but they're also more versatile. In the summer, I use my food mill for making large batches of tomato passata and fresh sauce. Being larger, they can process potatoes at a faster clip than a ricer, which can only hold a few large pieces of potato at a time in its hopper. That said, they're also more of a pain to clean and assemble. Choose the tool that fits best in the space that you have.
Unless you're a big fan of chunky smashed potatoes, we don't recommend manual potato mashers that require a lot of force to break down potatoes, and don't yield a consistent texture (though they can be handy for breaking up ground meat).
Mashed Potato Troubleshooting
How to Avoid Making Soupy, Runny, and Bland Mashed Potatoes
If you haven't ever made or been served a runny, watery batch of mashed potatoes, consider yourself lucky. They're not pretty or delicious, but they are extremely disappointing. Mashed potatoes need to have some structural integrity in order to properly construct the levee walls for a gravy reservoir on your holiday dinner plate.
The easiest way to ensure that you don't run into a soupy spud problem is to use proper technique during the mashed potato cooking process, and avoid some common pitfalls.
First and foremost, don't cut your potatoes too small or cook them too long. Cutting potatoes into a small dice for a batch of mashed potatoes may speed up their cooking time, but it also increases the surface area through which the potatoes surrender flavor compounds, starch, and pectin to the cooking water. This increased surface area also means that more water is absorbed by the potatoes, causing them to become water-logged. More absorbed water means that the potatoes can't absorb as much flavorful dairy later on in the process. So make sure to cut potatoes into large enough pieces—one to two inches—and cook them until they're just tender.
Once the potatoes are cooked and riced, you want them to be as dry as possible before incorporating the butter and milk (or cream) into them. As with recipes for potato gnocchi that call for letting the potatoes dry out slightly after processing, we don't want the potatoes to be wet before adding more wet ingredients to them. The goal is to have the potatoes absorb the flavorful milk and butter, and that's not going to happen readily if they're already water-logged. You can dry out potatoes by putting them in a pot over low heat on the stovetop, or even on a baking sheet in a low oven, before stirring in the butter and milk.
Once you get to the point of adding the dairy, don't add everything in with the potatoes all at once. Start by incorporating the butter into the potatoes (this is best done with melted butter, which will coat them evenly without having to be stirred vigorously); the fat coats the starch in the potatoes, preventing it from interacting with the water in the milk once that is added. This keeps the potatoes fluffy and creamy, rather than turning them gluey and heavy.
When adding milk, work it in a little at a time, adjusting the amount as needed to produce your desired mashed potato texture. There's no simple way to remove liquid once you've added it to the potatoes, so it's always a better idea to add in a bit at a time then to just dump in a the full amount that a recipe calls for.
How to Fix Soupy, Runny, and Bland Mashed Potatoes
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
If you do end up with a mess of mashed potato soup on your hands, don't despair. There are some ways to rescue your spuds by thickening them back up. If the potatoes are soupy but still taste good, the goal here is to thicken the potatoes without sacrificing or compromising their flavor. If they're runny and taste watery, then you'll need to fix both of those issues.
If you have extra potatoes and time on your hands, you can simply cook a couple more, rice them, and fold them into the loose batch you already have. This will thicken them up and also reinforce their flavor.
When you're short on time, a box of instant mashed potatoes is a life-saver. Adding a handful of these flakes of cooked, mashed, and dehydrated potato is an easy way to tighten up a runny batch of mashed potatoes.
You can also tighten up your mashers with starch (the very thing we were trying to avoid in the first place with fluffy potatoes). Cornstarch, tapioca starch, and potato starch will all work, but they have different gelatinization temperatures (tapioca starch has the lowest at around 140°F). Heat your soupy potatoes and whisk in a tiny bit of starch at a time until you achieve the right consistency. Regular flour can also be used to thicken your potatoes as well, but I don't love using it because its raw flavor needs to be cooked out, and it more noticeably dulls the flavor of the potatoes themselves.
How to Avoid Making Gluey Mashed Potatoes
On the other end of the problematic mashed potato spectrum, we have the dreaded stiff and gluey mashed potatoes. As already discussed, pastiness is caused by too much potato starch being worked into the mashed potatoes.
The main way we combat this problem is by rinsing away starch, both before and after cooking potatoes for fluffy mashed potatoes. Rinsing off starch means that there is less of it that can end up in the dish.
When breaking down the potatoes, it's important to take care not to "overwork" them. Violently breaking them down causes more starch to be released, which leads to stickier, pastier potatoes. This is why processing potatoes in a blender or food processor is never a good idea, and will result in an elastic, mozzarella-like texture. This is actually a popular way to make vegan nacho cheese sauce—definitely not the texture you want for mashed potatoes.
Using a potato ricer or food mill breaks down cooked potatoes without overworking them, and from there you can gently fold in butter and milk for light and airy mashed potatoes, or you can control the level of starch manipulation to produce creamy pommes purée.
How to Fix Gluey Mashed Potatoes
The bad news with gluey mashed potatoes is that there's no real way to fix them. Once you've incorporated that excess starch into the mix, you can't take it out. One of the chefs that I worked with had a favorite saying for moments like this: "You gotta dance with the girl you took to prom."
You can either start over and make a fresh batch of mashed potatoes, or make the best of the situation: Embrace the gluey potatoes, and turn them into stretchy, cheesy pommes aligot, which Daniel calls the lovechild of mashed potatoes and fondue. When life gives you pasty potatoes, this is a pretty delicious dish to make with them.
Can You Make Mashed Potatoes Ahead Of Time?
Once you've figured out how to make mashed potatoes without messing them up, you may be curious if they can hold up over time, or be made in advance. The answer is yes. Daniel has outlined a number of ways that you can make whipped potatoes ahead of time, and heat them up when it's time to eat.
Whether you turn them into a mashed potato casserole, hold off on the milk until re-heating them restaurant-style, or keep them warm in a sous vide water bath, serving hot potatoes shouldn't stress you out.
If All Else Fails...Go the Supermarket Route
If something goes terribly wrong and you can't make, fix, or reheat a batch of homemade mashed potatoes, there' always the supermarket option. Most supermarkets sell pretty decent mashed potatoes in their prepared food section, and can easily doctored up to taste surprisingly good. I had never purchased potatoes like this until my wife turned me onto them as a quick weeknight dinner cheat code. She is a master of improving them with a little milk, butter, Dijon mustard, salt, and a ton of freshly ground pepper—you'd never know that they weren't homemade. I'm not saying you shouldn't make mashed potatoes, but it's nice to know that when all else fails, you still have options.
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LOVE is the ultimate showcase of Weddings at The Mowbray, we're also celebrating the GREAT NEWS of our DOUBLE awards nomination that The Mowbray has been shortlisted for 'Best New Wedding Venue' and The Chimney House for Best City Wedding Venue' in the 2019 UK Wedding Awards.
We'll also be announcing the winners of our LOVE STORIES competition - to find out who has won a Wedding Ceremony at The Chimney House! Read more about how to enter and win HERE!
We're also hosting 'Mowbray Mealtimes' throughout the day. Join us for an indulgent brunch, decadent lunch or the ultimate afternoon tea and experience treats from The Mowbray kitchen first hand. Each menu has been carefully designed to give you a chance to sample menus or inspire you to consider the unexpected for your big day - or even the events leading up to it or even after! We host civilised hen parties, rehearsal dinners and even baby showers! It's the ideal time to experience The Mowbray - in all of its glory!
Each mealtime has a limited number of places - so don't leave it too late!
The Mowbray's antique bar will be also be open and we'll be sampling our hand picked wine selection as well as our House Cocktails to showcase some super special tipples and ingredients.
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Wilco curates and hosts this biannual event at MASS MoCA in the happy Pioneer Valley. WFUV recorded audio sets from the festival and captured some of the most entertaining moments on video for you, all below.
After Wilco played two albums beginning to end on Friday night, what was left for Saturday night? A ton! As Jeff Tweedy said from the stage, "Tonight we're going to play songs from ALL our albums... except Being There and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot!"
Kurt Vile made his Solid Sound debut this year, in an album-spanning set that showcased his range as both a rocker and a sensitive, thoughtful songwriter.
"We are all here to inspire one another."
Art leads the way at Solid Sound, with the case in point of one of the most unlikely rock bands ever.
Megan Mullally (yes, of Will & Grace fame) and Stephanie Hunt are birds of a feather.
Deep in the furthest corner of Building 6, it's empty and quiet, but for Jeff Tweedy with an acoustic guitar.
Wilco's opening night set at Solid Sound 2015 was the band's first-ever, all-acoustic performance. Listen here.
Recap and highlights from 2015's Wilco-curated Solid Sound festival in North Adams, MA.
The Tweedy duo of father and son Jeff and Spencer join us backstage at Solid Sound 2015 for a preview of the biennial gathering at MASS MoCA.
One of our fave local bands gets chosen by Wilco to play a big stage.


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The publication Henk Visch: Facts and Rumours appears on the occasion of the exhibition Facts and Rumours that took place at Witte de With (31 August – 13 October 1991), and was curated by Henk Visch.
In 1991 Witte de With had invited the Dutch artist Henk Visch to curate an exhibition. He in turn invited 12 fellow artists, selecting works of art other than what was usually exhibited at Witte de With at the time. In this respect, Henk Visch's choice challenged and commented on the other exhibitions that had taken place at Witte de With.
Significant questions were raised: How can a gathering of heterogeneous objects, like works of art in an exhibition, be coherent or lead to an expressive comprehension of the art world? Do works of art placed next to each other really have any power? And on what is that power based? Should an exhibition express something in the "correct" way or should it point out the inability of that expression? Are there hard facts to learn from the works of art in an exhibition or do they just spawn a torrent of rumours? Facts and rumours… The questions are always the same, just the answers sometimes differ. Which is how it should be.
…And here too, near these remains, among the many disjointed parts, thinking finds its contours. Something comes loose, frees itself, comes forward just like one does when setting foot on a dance floor – becomes image – standing in a self-defined clarity, full from emptiness, a short distance from behind himself, smiles at us – like one who enjoys being seen. Perfectly off balance. And who by means of his smile, in the newly opened space, where the reception of the spectator is being prepared, ignites thinking.


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SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday named a new finance minister and his top economic adviser, according to the presidential Blue House.
Hong Nam-ki, chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister's Office, was named to replace Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon who doubles as deputy prime minister for economic affairs.
The 58-year-old economic bureaucrat is subject to parliamentary confirmation hearing.
Kim Soo-hyun, senior presidential secretary for social affairs, was appointed as presidential chief of staff for policy to succeed Jang Ha-sung who is seen as an architect of Moon's income-driven growth policy.
The new chief economic adviser for President Moon is not subject to parliamentary hearing.
The president named Noh Hyeong-ouk, deputy chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, as the new head of the office.
Kim Yeon-myung, social welfare professor at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, was nominated to be the new senior presidential secretary for social affairs.


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Celestyal Cruises Invests in Education Via Program on Milos Island
Investing in young people and ensuring their "journey to knowledge" is the motto of Celestyal Cruises' corporate social responsibility program, which ran earlier this month on the Cycladic island of Milos in collaboration with the municipality and the Herakleidon Museum.
Louis plc Posts 9M Profits
Louis plc reported an 11.5 percent increase in turnover for the first nine months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, amounting to 192.6 million euros.
The Louis Cristal Embarks on Greece's First Transatlantic Cruise Since 2002
After 12 years, Greek cruise is once again in the international spotlight. On Friday, 28 November, the Louis Cristal set sail from the port of Piraeus for its first transatlantic cruise.
Louis Cruises Introduces New Subsidiary Brand 'Celestyal Cruises'
Cypriot firm Louis Cruises presented its new subsidiary brand and logo, Celestyal Cruises and announced that it will add a third ship to its fleet next year.
TBEX Athens Travel Bloggers Tour Aegean Courtesy of Louis Cruises
Travel bloggers attending this year's TBEX Europe event in Athens were treated to a four-day cruise of the Aegean as part of a fam trip organized by Cyprus-based cruise line Louis Cruises.
The Louis Olympia To Travel In Funk & Soul Rhythms
Greece's soul, jazz & funk queen Idra Kayne will give a live performance during a three-day cruise of the Louis Olympia to renowned destinations in the Aegean Sea and the coast of Asia Minor.
Louis Cruises To Launch New Brand: Celestyal Cruises
Louis Cruises recently announced plans to launch a new brand in September 2014: Celestyal Cruises.
Louis Cruises Hosts Virtuoso Greek Bouzouki Legend Thanasis Polykandriotis
Thanasis Polykandriotis, one of the best bouzouki players worldwide, will promote the history of Greek music to passengers onboard the Louis Olympia and Louis Cristal, cruiseships of Louis Cruises.
"The Voice of Greece" To Perform Onboard The Louis Cristal In August
Voices that were singled out during this year's talent show "The Voice of Greece" will accompany passengers traveling on upcoming voyages of Louis Cruises.
Greece Remains Third Most Popular Cruise Destination In Europe
Greece has maintained its ranking as the third most popular destination in Europe, with 4.6 million passenger visits in 2013, according to figures released on 16 June by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Europe.
Louis Cruises Passengers Dance Onboard With Greek Pop Star Kostas Martakis
Louis Cruises hosted a special concert starring Greek pop singer Kostas Martakis on one of the latest voyages of the Louis Olympia.
Louis Cruises: Nine New Cruise Destinations For Summer 2014
New Greek destinations and themed cruises are included on the summer 2014 schedule of Louis Cruises.
Louis Cruises On Executive Committee Of CLIA Europe
Louis Cruises has been invited to join the Executive Committee of CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) Europe, the body that represents leading cruise companies operating in Europe and has 43 members and 36 executive partners.
GTP at WTM 2013 – Photo Report
Through a revamped pavilion and with more Greek exhibitors, Greece showed its best to the international travel trade sector at the 34th World Travel Market (WTM), held 4-7 November 2013 on the fairgrounds of ExCeL–London.
Louis Cruises Cuts Business Ties With NEREUS Company Ltd
Louis Cruises has announced that it no longer has any business relationship with NEREUS Company Ltd or its agents of Piraeus, Greece.
Louis Cruises: Καμία επαγγελματική συνεργασία με την εταιρεία ταξιδίων «Νηρεύς Ε.Π.Ε»
Η Louis Cruises διευκρινίζει ότι δεν έχει καμία απολύτως σχέση ή επαγγελματική συνεργασία με την εταιρεία ταξιδίων Νηρεύς ΕΠΕ.
Major Cruise Companies "Eye" Heraklion For Home Porting
Four international cruise companies are currently in discussions with the Heraklion Port Authority to include the Cretan cruise destination as a homeport for their ships by 2015, according to the authority's president and CEO, Yiannis Bras.
Posidonia Forum And Exhibition Opens Today In Athens
The 2nd Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum opened its doors today, 28 May, at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center with a line up of senior officials and key decision makers from the global cruising and yachting sectors.
Athens To Host Global Cruise, Yachting Majors
Over 200 Greek and international delegates and exhibitors from 25 countries and a prestigious line up of senior officials and key decision makers from the global cruising and yachting sectors will anchor in Athens at the end of the month for a series of debates on the prospects...
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Adriana Ferfecka (* 1992 in Legnica) ist eine polnische Opernsängerin in der Stimmlage Sopran.

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Adriana Ferfecka studierte bis zum Abschluss im Jahr 2011 Klavier und Gesang am Musikgymnasium Legnica, anschließend Gesang in der Sologesangsklasse von Jolanta Janucik an der Fryderyk-Chopin-Universität für Musik in Warschau. Dort sang sie im Februar 2013 die Titelrolle in Puccinis Suor Angelica. 2015 nahm sie am Young Singers Project der Salzburger Festspiele teil und debütierte dabei als Rosina im Barbier von Sevilla für Kinder. An der Deutschen Oper Berlin war sie von 2015 bis 2017 als Stipendiatin engagiert und sang dort Rollen wie z. B. die Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Anna in Nabucco und Zerlina in Don Giovanni.

Entwicklung als Opernsängerin
Seit 2017 nahm Adriana Ferfecka internationale Engagements wahr, die sie vor allem an italienische und polnische Opernhäuser führten. 2018 stellte sie in einer Produktion von Die lustige Witwe am Teatro la Fenice in Venedig, die im Folgejahr vom Teatro dell'Opera di Roma übernommen wurde, die Valencienne dar. Weitere Rollendebüts gab sie in Rom 2019 als Ilia in Idomeneo  und 2022 als Liù in Turandot. Die Mimì in La Bohème stellte sie 2018 erstmals an der Schlesischen Oper, Bytom und zwei Jahre später an der Oper Breslau dar.

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Preise und Auszeichnungen
 1. Preis beim 7. Europäischen Operngesangswettbewerb DEBUT, Bad Mergentheim (2014)
 2. Preis bei der Ada Sari International Vocal Art Competition in Nowy Sącz (2015)
 3. Preis bei der 69. Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli (2018)

Weblinks

 Adriana Ferfecka Homepage
 Adriana Ferfecka. Agenturprofil bei Piper Artists Management

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It's a big night in NYC for shows: Stereolab, Massive Attack, Guided by Voices, Billy Bragg, Pinegrove, Arca, Madball, Heart/Joan Jett, Every Time I Die, The Hu, Cerebral Rot/Fetid, and lots more all playing.
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Filthy Friends (Corin Tucker, Peter Buck, etc) announce 'Emerald Valley,' tour
The indie rock supergroup featuring Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Buck's Minus 5 bandmate (and Young Fresh Fellows founder) Scott McCaughey, and Fastbacks member/Minus 5 contributor Kurt Bloch, have announced their second full-length album, Emerald Valley and a May tour.
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Touche Amore, Kate Tempest, Alvvays, Dead Meadow & more added to Treefort Fest 2017 lineup
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Among the most controversial figures in the field of ufology, is Phil Schneider (government Geologist/structural engineer).
Phil Schneider's incredible ET claims
Posted by: Michael Schratt June 1, 2011	0
Among the most controversial figures in the field of ufology, is Phil Schneider (government Geologist/structural engineer). Phil appeared on the lecture circuit in May of 1995, and his talking points included: UFO's, Aliens, One World Government, The New World Order, Black Budgets, Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMB's), and stealth technology. Seven months later, he was found dead in his Portland apartment on January 17, 1996 after an apparent "suicide". The circumstances surrounding his death remain highly suspicious, and the incompetent efforts by both police and medical examiners cry out for justice. Did Phil Schneider really take his own life? Was foul play involved? Did "the powers that be" silence Phil out of fear that he was revealing too many "skeletons" in the government/defense contractor closet? Plans for a "tell-all" book revealing the "horrible truth" never materialized, and essentially all of Philip's evidence which consisted of lecture material, "alien" metals, higher math books, photos, and an original manuscript were stolen after his death. If the incredible claims made by Phil Schneider eventually turn out to be accurate, this devoted patriot should be honored for his dedicated service to mankind. This article will endeavor to present a skeptical but fair review of the life and background of Phil Schneider, as well as his more controversial lecture talking points.
Oscar Schneider
Philip Schneider was born on April 23, 1947 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. His father Oscar Otto Schneider was a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He eventually met his wife (Cynthia Drayer) in 1986, and was married in Carson City Nevada. They had one daughter (Marie), and were divorced in 1990. Regarding his career and background, Phil claimed that he was employed by the Lockheed "Skunk Works" in Burbank California, and that he worked on the SR-71. He also stated that he worked as a Government geologist (specifically for NATO), and that he had seventeen years of experience involved with black projects. He held a Level 3 (Rhyolite 38) security clearance. Having such a high level of clearance, Phil was authorized to report directly to one of three individuals: The President of the United States, Director of the CIA, and the associated base commander where he was employed. Between 1977 and 1981, he worked for Morrison-Knudsen (DOD construction contractor). Concurrently, between 1978 and 1981, Phil worked directly for the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence. He spent months at Area 51, and was known as an "interpreter" for a "guest" of the government, which turned out to be a reptilian alien. Phil's work on Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMB's) took him to Russia, Vietnam, New Guinea, and Saudi Arabia. His work involved the boring of deep shafts (from one to three miles) into the earth, and to analyze the rock structure for the purpose of building underground facilities. He had become an expert in his field. These cavernous spaces were created by exploding shape charges in porous rock, which would essentially "blow the room into existence". He had also done some photographic work for the military.
Throughout his lecture tours across America, Phil stated that his father Oscar was involved with both the Philadelphia Experiment, and Operations Crossroads. Oscar had been a Captain in the Navy, and served as a medical doctor. He also stated that his father made a death-bed confession indicating that he was a U-boat Captain in Germany during World War II. Extensive research by historians has been unable to link the name Oscar Schneider to any fleet associated with the Third Reich. The Philadelphia Experiment dealt with the feasibility of making U.S. Navy warships invisible to enemy radar. Documents saved by Phil's ex-wife indicate that Oscar Schneider had a "COSMIC" security clearance, and that he participated in the autopsy of the crew members of the U.S.S. Eldridge (DE-173). During his marriage to Cynthia Drayer, Phil claimed that the military industrial complex had succeeded in miniaturizing some of the technology associated with the Philadelphia Experiment which could make a soldier disappear. This led to a portable device that could be worn on a person's belt. Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapons tests conducted at Bikini Atoll during the summer of 1946. Claims by Phil Schneider that the Bikini Atoll tests were a cover for a much more sinister TOP SECRET program have never been independently verified. According to Schneider, Bikini Atoll was bombed due to the existence of a massive underwater alien saucer base. Apparently, up to 500,000 saucers were destroyed in the "test". Photos of alleged "UFO's" departing the area at tremendous speeds at the precise time of detonation mysteriously vanished after his death.
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It was after the murder of Phil's friend Ron Rummell, and death of his father (Oscar Schneider) in 1993 that he became galvanized to speak out on government black projects, the alien agenda, and the devious plans of the New World Order. By the end of 1995, he had numerous attempts on his life. One attempt included the partial sawing off of the lug-nuts on his Ford Taurus. This caused one of the wheels to fly off its axle, resulting in the vehicle flipping over and hitting the guard-rail. Undeterred, Phil routinely alerted audiences at his lectures that he was breaking the law by discussing classified information, and was in breach of his national security oath. Disgusted with the fraud, waste, and abuse associated with his employment in black projects, Phil cut up his ID badge, and mailed it back to his employer. He regularly opened his presentations with the words: "I love my country more than I love my life". On display at Phil's various lectures were alleged samples of "alien" metals, and photos taken by his father depicting UFO's departing the area of an atomic bomb test. Phil was a true "nuts-and-bolts" engineer type who was fascinated by stealth technology, and mineralogy. He also held a deep interest in with the work of Nikola Tesla with respect to time variance mathematical equations.
Essentially, Phil Schneider's material can be broken down into six distinct points:
1. The Black Budget
2. Deep underground Military Bases (DUMB's)
3. The "Dulce Wars"
4. Advanced aircraft and Stealth Technology
5. The "Alien Agenda"
6. The New World Order (Global conspiracy to create a One World Government)
The Black Budget
According to Phil Schneider, for every year that goes by in the "white world" (defined as the world the general public lives in), forty-four years of research and development progresses in the so called "black world". For example, if we take the date of 1947 (formation of the CIA, and alleged "alien" UFO crash at Roswell NM), this would mean that by 2011, defense contractors would have already made 2,816 years of progress with respect to cutting edge weapons research and advanced aerospace technology. Indeed, if this is the case, the general public is truly living in a "dream-world", still forced to utilize antiquated internal combustion engines, and liquid rockets. Phil also stated that the military's Black Budget is $508 Billion dollars per year, which is equivalent to eleven tons of one dollar bills.
Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMB's)
Underground tunnel train
During his lectures, Phil stated that there were at least 131 Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMB's) which have been built in the United States since 1947. In fact, according to Phil, the United States has been building underground bases day and night unceasingly since the 1940's. By late 1995, according to Phil, there were 1,477 (DUMB's) throughout the world. Phil also mentioned that there were approximately three DUMB's per state, and that the cost of each facility was between seventeen and twenty-six billion dollars. Many of these bases are over one mile deep, and have over four cubic miles of material removed. According to Phil, the bases are connected via a tunnel system that incorporates high speed mono-rail magneto "levaton" trains. In fact, according to a Los Angeles Times article dated June 11, 1972 the Rand Corporation has developed a tube-shuttle system that could take passengers and cars from New York to Los Angeles in a half an hour at speeds up to 10,000 mph. The tunnels are created using nuclear powered laser drilling machines that can make up to seven miles of progress per day (see U.S. Patent 3,881,777 above issued May 6, 1975). The reality of a massive underground tunnel system is further supported by the ground breaking research of author Richard Sauder in his book Underground Bases and Tunnels. As Phil points out, the total number of DUMB's does not match the total number of government officials that would need to be evacuated in case of a national emergency. This indicates that these underground facilities are being utilized for another purpose. According to Phil, sixty-two of these bases are used for housing short and tall "grays", along with extraterrestrial craft.
The "Dulce Wars"
Archuleta Mesa – sight of the alleged Dulce underground base
During August of 1979, Phil Schneider (government geologist, Skunk Works engineer and black ops contractor) was commissioned to take part in a deep drilling operation at Dulce NM. During the sinking of the initial four shafts, it became clear that many of the lasers and mechanical components of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) were coming up broken. Mr. Schneider and a number of other geologists were elected to travel down the shaft via a basket to determine what the problem was. Upon arriving at the bottom of the shaft (which was 2-1/2 miles deep), a "horrible" discovery was made. It became immediately apparent that they had broken through into a large cavern that was infested with aliens. The creatures were described as a type 1 seven foot tall "grey". Mr. Schneider was able to kill two of the creatures but was hit by a light green Cobalt radiation beam that was fired by one of the aliens. Badly injured and burned, but still alive, Phil was placed in the elevator basket and began the long trip to the surface, while an intense fire-fight continued to rage in the cavern below. In the commotion, a total of 66 secret service agents along with members of the FBI and black berets were struck and killed by the aliens. Phil was one of only three survivors of the event. This alleged confrontation has come to be known as the as the "Dulce Wars".
Advanced Aircraft and Stealth Technology
F-117A Stealth Fighters in storage at Tonopah Test Range, courtesy USAF
Regarding TOP SECRET stealth aircraft, Phil Schneider made a number of absolutely incredible claims. Some of these claims appear to be inconsistent with the findings of established and well respected aerospace publications such as Janes Defense Weekly, and Aviation Week Technology. According to Phil, 157 F-117A Stealth Fighters were built which used LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and CEIR (Computer Enhanced Imaging Radar), that has a resolution of one inch to 30,000 miles. Phil also stated that the remaining ninety-eight Stealth Fighters were signed over to the United Nations. At least two of these statements are completely false. Internal Lockheed (Burbank) records indicate that a grand total of fifty-nine F-117A Stealth Fighters were built, with the last one being delivered in the summer of 1990.
After retirement on April 22, 2008 a few aircraft were donated to museums, one was scrapped, and the remaining airframes were put into permanent flyable storage at TTR (Tonopah Test Range) in Nevada (see above photo). There is absolutely no record of any secret squadron of Stealth Fighters which were handed over to the U.N. In addition, Phil stated that the F-117A included as its arsenal, rockets, four large bombs, cruise missiles, cannon fire, and provisions for a second crew member in the nose. Each one of these statements is categorically false. The Stealth Fighter never had provisions for "hard points" which would facilitate in the launching of rockets. These attachment points would increase the RCS (Radar Cross Section) of the aircraft, thereby defeating its original intended purpose of evading enemy radar. The bomb bay in the F-117A was specifically designed to carry only two bombs (GBU-10 Paveway II laser guided). There simply is not enough room to carry four, let alone a significantly larger cruise missile. Phil's statement that the F-117A incorporates provisions for a second crewmember is totally false. With all the room being taken up by the pilot, avionics, weapons, hydraulics, and the laser target designator, there is simply no space left for a second seat.
Stealth fighter pilot helmet (left) stealth fighter cockpit (right).
In addition, Schneider claimed that the F-117A was the first aircraft to utilize a special helmet worn by the pilot which incorporated "Psycho-energetic range finding technology". This technology Schneider states was copied from the Russians. Essentially, the pilot thinks in his own language, which automatically arms his weapons. This statement is false. The helmets worn by Stealth Fighter pilots are standard issue USAF equipment. Lockheed was quick to realize that "re-inventing the wheel" would significantly increase the overall cost of the F-117 program. Therefore, pre-existing off the shelf components were used throughout the aircraft. A Forward looking Infrared (FLIR) system built by Texas Instruments was used for low level navigation and weapons aiming. This was used in conjunction with a color Multi-Function Display (MFD) manufactured by Honeywell. No "wizz-bang" techno helmets here.
In a few of his lectures, Phil claimed that the coatings on the F-117A glow red hot after each mission, and that they drip off (referred to as "Aurora drops"). Phil also stated that there is a "secret periodic table of elements", and that the skins of the F-117 were made from Element 123 aka Unbitium (Ubt). However, it is known that the structure of the F-117A is primarily built out of aluminum with a few engine/exhaust components made from Titanium. The exterior skin the F-117A is comprised of RAM (Radar Absorbent Material). Originally, this material was applied to the structure of the Stealth Fighter by way of large flexible sheets. Later on, the process was fully automated, and computer controlled spray nozzles were used. The exact composition of this material remains classified. However, it is known that RAM partially consists of thousands of tiny iron ferrite balls which help to absorb radar. Therefore, since the exact composition of RAM remains a closely guarded secret, there may be a sliver of truth in Phil's statement regarding Element 123.
Another unsubstantiated claim made by Phil is that a material known as "Mirranite" is used in the construction of stealth aircraft. Phil also stated that both the F-117A and Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber incorporate "alien metals" beyond Element 109. A search of the known periodic table of Elements yielded no such "Mirranite". Also, it is well known that Carbon Fiber composites were used extensively in the building of the B-2. Phil states that the jet engines which power the Stealth Fighter use a nuclear reactor for high altitude flight. This seems totally absurd due to the fact that the F-117 is known to use two off-the-shelf General Electric F404-F1D2 turbo-fan engines. This is the same power-plant which is used on the F/A-18 Hornet. Down-sizing a nuclear reactor to fit inside the fuselage of such a small aircraft would be hard enough, not to mention radiation shielding issues, and contaminated radioactive nuclear fall-out material which would have exited the elongated exhaust ports.
According to Phil Schneider, the so called "guardians of stealth" are known as the MJTF (Military Joint Tactical Force). This consists of three groups of "Black Berets"/Delta Force teams. Since this cannot be independently verified, Phil's claim regarding the authenticity of the MJTF must remain open to further examination. Multiple times during his lectures, Phil dropped the following two bombshells: 1) There are twenty-nine prototypes of stealth aircraft under development by the United States. 2) There have been two space shuttle prototypes built which can exceed 40,000 mph. Keeping in mind the billions spent on the military's black budget, these two points seem feasible. Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglass (now Boeing) had multiple classified follow-on shuttle concepts which may have been funded in the early years of the Reagan administration. Schneider also claimed knowledge that "secret space shuttle missions" are flown once a week for the purpose of machining alien hybrid metals (scalenohedronel crystalline) into ingot and bar form. Once back on earth, the material is heated up (white hot), and rolled into very thin paper sheets which are used on the skins of various stealth aircraft. This seems unlikely unless a "secret space program" flew missions which were launched from Nevada's secretive Area 51, or a remote launch complex somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean.
The Alien Agenda
According to Phil Schneider, the "Alien Agenda" was known by the U.S. government as early as 1933. The purpose being was the complete take-over of the world by aliens by the year 2029. Original notes from Schneider indicate that between January of 1947 and December of 1952 sixteen UFO crash/retrievals took place. Four occurred in Nevada, ten in New Mexico, and two in Arizona. These crashed/downed saucer retrievals resulted in the recovery of 117 alien bodies, with four being captured alive. The government contractor known as EG&G served as a consulting firm on alien related projects. Security and recovery of extraterrestrial or alien spacecraft was handled by a special military detachment known as the "Blue Berets" which fell under the jurisdiction of "Project Pounce". It was said by Schneider that seven benevolent species of aliens are currently living on earth, as well as four evil species (partially confirmed by former CIA pilot John Lear, and retired Command Sergeant Major Robert Dean). A total of four treaties were signed between the aliens and the U.S. Government. The dates for these treaties were as follows: 1944, 1954, 1962, and 1979. In 1954, the "Greata" treaty was signed between the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. Navy, and a species of Grey aliens who originated from Zeta Reticuli. In essence, the Greata treaty was an agreement between the U.S. Government, and known malevolent aliens. The agreement allowed for the abduction, study, and genetic sampling of humans in exchange for alien technology.
It was later discovered that the Greys were abducting far more human subjects than originally planned, and that the entire alien situation had "gone off the rails", and was beyond the capability of the U.S. Government to contain. This constituted the "terrible truth", and provided further justification for the now 64 year old cover-up. The pre-determined meeting allegedly took place at Edwards Air Force Base. Persistent attempts by ufologists and historians alike have failed to conclusively prove the authenticity of this elusive story. As an interesting side note, just one year later on October 8, 1955 General Douglas MacArthur made the following cryptic remark before a young group of graduating cadets at West Point: "You now face a new world, a world of change. We speak in strange terms, of harnessing the cosmic energy, of ultimate conflict between a united human race and the sinister forces of some other planetary galaxy. The nations of the world will have to unite, for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of the earth must someday make a common front against attack by people from other planets."
Schneider also claimed that the ultimate goal of the SDI "Star Wars" program was to protect the earth from an alien threat. Apparently, according to Schneider, Offut AFB (Nebraska) is home to recovered alien bodies and craft along with the long rumored underground WPAFB facility at Dayton Ohio. Phil claimed firsthand knowledge that the United States Government had "piles of wrecked UFO's", and that these craft were being shot down at the rate of seven per month. In Russia, there were "football fields" full of junked UFO's which were being shot down at the rate of one per day. Schneider also claimed knowledge that entrance into the Roswell craft and other extra-terrestrial vehicles was accomplished by dipping the craft into a super-cooled vat of liquid nitrogen, thereby making the hull of the craft brittle. In its weakened state, a pneumatic hammer was used to break open the outer hull. In very small collection of original notes by Phil Schneider, provided by his ex-wife Cynthia Drayer, it has been revealed that "Hittite like" cuneiform inscriptions were found on portions of the Roswell debris. In addition, lunar artifacts from the Aristarchus crater as well as artifacts on Mars were apparently shipped to Area S4 and 29 Palms Marine base in California. These artifacts are believed to have been procured during secret space missions that were outside the scope of the Apollo and Viking programs.
In private conversations with alleged Philadelphia experiment survivor Al Bielek, Phil stated that he was present at one particular meeting which included high level United Nations officials. The meeting was held in an undetermined underground location, and NOT the U.N headquarters in New York. According to Phil, this facility included large expansive meeting rooms (identical to the U.N.), and a specific "raised seating area". In this elevated section sat multiple seven foot tall Grey aliens who were "dictating policy" to U.N. officials. Apparently the "Alien Agenda" had gotten so far out of hand, that the U.S. Constitution no longer held any legal standing, and international leaders were at the mercy of the Greys.
Among his most conspiratorial subjects, Phil Schneider constantly warned of a "global take-over" by the power elites, which would enslave humanity into a totalitarian dictatorship "police state". In this "New World Order", citizens would willfully hand over their civil liberties and freedoms in exchange for Government protection against "manufactured" terrorists threats. To facilitate this diabolical plan, and to "neutralize" any "patriots", Schneider claimed that 64,000 black helicopters were built. However, he never revealed which defense contractor manufactured these helicopters, or where they were based. It's believed that these black helicopters were built to monitor "domestic terrorists". In addition, Phil stated that 107,200 prison boxcars have been built. These boxcars were said to incorporate 143 pairs of shackles each (enough for 15 million U.S. "dissidents" who refused to go along with the plan). These citizens would be shipped to one of the 600 pre-existing "FEMA detention camps" which were funded under the Reagan Authorized Rex 84 Project "Garden Plot", and Operation "Cable Splicer". The validity of such claims regarding "prison boxcars" remains a hotly debated subject on multiple conspiratorial websites.
The death of Phil Schneider
On January 17, 1996 an officer from the local Clackamas County Sheriff's Department broke into Phil Schneider's apartment. The officer was accompanied by Al Pratt who was leading regular bible study groups with Phil. Al had seen Phil's car parked in the driveway, but there had been no answer at the door. Upon entry into the room, Phil's body was discovered arched under an adjustable high-rise bed. His head was resting on a nearby wheelchair. It had been in the apartment for a week before it was discovered. Initially, the cause of death was determined by detective Randy Harris to be a stroke. However, this explanation is suspect for a number of reasons. In an unprecedented move which is against Oregon State Law, detective Harris released the body to Mount Scott Funeral Home without it first being examined by a coroner. Two days after Phil's body was found, a startling discovery was made by the mortician at the funeral parlor. When Phil's body was being prepared for cremation, a rubber surgical tube was discovered embedded in the folds of his neck.
The tube was wrapped three times around his neck, and was doubled knotted. Funeral director Rob Gasgill was furious at the discovery of an apparent murder weapon on his property. This is a gross oversight on the part of the Sheriff's Department, and would have been discovered much earlier if a coroner had been called to the scene. This clearly should have triggered a full scale murder investigation. Eventually Cynthia Drayer (Phil's ex-wife) ordered an autopsy which was performed by Medical Examiner Karen Gunson. However, according to Cynthia, the autopsy report contained "so many discrepancies, that it almost felt like it was not the body of Philip." The report was inconsistent with what Cynthia knew regarding Phil's physical body. Gunson made no mention of the metal plate in his head, or that his right lung had been removed. Dr. Gunson declared the cause of death to be "strangulation by ligature asphyxiation". In other words, Phil Schneider's death was labeled a "suicide".
Although divorced at the time of his death, Phil's ex-wife knew him well enough to determine that he would never commit suicide. He had strong religious convictions which forbade suicide. Cynthia is convinced that Phil was committed to living his life, and wanted to see his Daughter Marie grow up. In addition, Phil had future plans with his friend Mark Rufener to collaborate on a "tell all" book project which would reveal the truth about UFO's, aliens, the black budget, and the New World Order. This explosive bomb-shell book was also to include a list of DUMB's with their associated latitude and longitude coordinates. Unfortunately, Phil Schneider was murdered before this book could be published. Cynthia recalls that during one particular Thanksgiving meal, a sinister remark was made by George Schneider (Phil's brother). The subject of Groom Lake came up, and Phil was discussing how George was a test pilot who flew TOP SECRET aircraft out of Area 51. George became noticeably anxious, and told Phil to stop talking about such things or "he might just end up dead".
Phil Schneider's legacy
Ultimately, Phil Schneider left behind many more questions than answers. A significant amount of material that he presented remains impossible to independently verify. His conspiratorial views of an imminent government take-over, with its associated "alien agenda" are now established pop-culture themes explored throughout countless blogs in cyberspace. Was he involved in the building of deep underground military bases? Financial records and documents saved by his ex-wife Cynthia Drayer indicate that he indeed was. Did he participate in the so called "Dulce Wars" of 1979? Until further supporting evidence is revealed, this question must remain in the so-called "gray basket". However, Phil's relentless crusade for additional government accountability is something that all Americans should take to heart.
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