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Voice of America senior manager gives a smug response to Iranian American raising concerns
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Matthew Baise, the Director of Digital Strategy for U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA), gave a smug response to an Iranian American, a former VOA Persian Service employee, who spoke up to challenge his assertions at Monday's Forum on Iran organized in Washington, D.C. as a joint project of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Public Diplomacy Council, and PDAA – an association of public diplomacy professionals.
The Iranian-American who spoke at the event noted that VOA Director Amanda Bennett, who was a scheduled speaker, failed to appear for the panel. He read from a number of U.S. newspaper articles and editorials, including The Wall Street Journal and The Hill, which have been highly critical of the management of the Voice of America broadcasts to Iran and the direction taken by VOA's managing agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). His reading of headlines about VOA's failures in Iran was not very long as these things go, but the Iranian American speaker was interrupted a few times with prompts whether he had a question. The speaker in fact did ask a question at the end of his list of headlines, which the Director of Digital Strategy for Voice of America did not answer.
The question was why VOA director Amanda Bennett and BBG CEO John Lansing dismissed and ignored numerous complaints about VOA broadcasts to Iran reported by widely read U.S. media or submitted to them by Iranian Americans.
QUESTION FROM AN IRANIAN AMERICAN, FORMER VOA PERSIAN SERVICE EMPLOYEE: "I'm sorry that Amanda [VOA Director Amanda Bennett] is not here [audience laughs], but why ignoring all such reports that were submitted, and to other[s], John Lansing [Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) CEO], and to others? And they all were ignored. Nothing has been done to the Persian Service and the Voice of America is the Voice of the Ayatollahs of Iran. Thank you.
There was indeed a question to which this Iranian American gentleman deserved an answer from the U.S. federal government employee holding a senior position at the Voice of America and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The question was why there have been no reforms at the VOA and the BBG and why public complaints have been ignored by the government officials in charge of these U.S. media outlets serving audiences abroad.
What the Iranian American gentleman received from the VOA manager was a smug, dismissive remark. It was a response unworthy of a public servant.
MATTHEW BAISE, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL STRATEGY FOR VOICE OF AMERICA: "I think that was a statement. I think what I would say to that is if what I've just showed you constitutes failure, I can't wait to see what success looks like."
It was disrespectful for a highly paid U.S. government employee to dismiss legitimate concerns being expressed by an American taxpayer, to respond with a smug remark, and to ignore his question by pretending that none was asked. The Iranian American gentleman who showed great dignity despite being interrupted and poorly treated by a U.S. government employee deserves an apology.
No wonder that the Voice of America and the Broadcasting Board of Governors under the current watch of Amanda Bennett and John Lansing, who allow such government managers to appear in public, are held now in such a low esteem by American media, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, and, as they were, even by the Obama administration. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a 2013 congressional testimony described the BBG as being "practically defunct." As the Iranian American speaker pointed out, the agency is still being managed by holdover officials from the previous administration.
The time for change at the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Voice of America is long overdue. If nothing else, what needs to change is how BBG and VOA officials view and treat Americans who pay their salaries.
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Despite the fact that many over the years, many articles, reviews and congressional reports have been published regarding the corrupt management in the Persian Service of VOA, nonetheless business is as usual !
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Christopher Columbus 1st voyage: Did Columbus use Electional Astrology ?
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Christopher Columbus' 1st voyage: Did Columbus use Astrology ?
We are aware today that Christopher Columbus had deep astrological knowledge, as his voyage logs make references to the curent astral configurations. Also it was a custom in those days that the ships would use the services of an on-board astrologer. In this article, I will explore this issue, looking for astrological evidence for Columbus use of astrology.
Christopher Columbus' 1st voyage started on August 3, 1492 JC (old style calendar) or August 12, 1492 GC (current calendar) from the port of Palos de la Frontera (6w53, 37n14), near Huelva, in southern Spain, in command of three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
He mentioned in his journal: "I set sail from the port, on Friday, the third of August, half an hour before sunrise". The Sun rose that day at 5:17 am LMT, therefore he must have set sail from the port at aprox. 4:47 am LMT (+00:27:32). Claudia von Schierstedt, a German astrologer affirms that the initial departure took place at 4:30 am LMT, which I cannot agree, since it contradicts Columbus' own journal.
But before entering the sea, he made a stop at a sand bank and waited for 3 hours. Why ? The only possible explanation is that Columbus, a skilled astrologer, awaited a good astrological moment on that day for his departure. He further mentioned in his journal: "Set sail from the bar of Saltes at 8 o'clock" and this is the real departure time in his overseas voyage.
Here is a map of the southern Spain, showing the position of the port of Palos de la Frontera and explaining how it was possible for Colombus to have a second departure for the voyage.
Let's have a look at the two astrological charts set for the two departure times, the intial one and the real one. The charts are represented in "electional astrology style", showing only applying aspects between planets.
The initial departure chart (August 3, 1492 JC, 4:47 am LM, Palos, Spain), is not favorable to long overseas voyages, although presents a strong first house (the ships and their crew) - Leo rising with its ruler, the Sun, strong in domicile and the first house, planetary hour of the Sun. The long voyages natural ruler Jupiter is also ruler of the 9th house but is improperly situated in the 12th house, although strong in its exaltatioj sign, Cancer. There is no relationship between the 9th and the 1st houses, as we would want to see in such voyage charts.
The Moon is located in Sagittarius (long voyages), in the 3rd house of travels, where she has her "joy" according to the ancient astrological rules, which is a very good position, favorably influencing the flow of events.
First applying aspect of the Moon is the sextile to retrograde Saturn. This is not a good aspect since Saturn signifies delays and obstacles, but the sextile is good aspect, and those problems could be overcame.
Indeed, only three days later, a storm damaged the Pinta�s rudder. The crew jerry-rigged a rudder and, with difficulty, sailed to Grand Canary Island. With limited facilities in the port, it was a month before the rudder was repaired. On September 6, the fleet finally weighed anchor and sailed into the unknown.
Next applying aspect of the Moon is the trine with the Sun, a most favorable aspect, indicating the good outcome of the voyage, reaching land on October 12 (JC) at about 2:00 am.
It is intersting to note two fixed stars conjunctions: the Midheaven is conjunct Polaris (instinctual sense of direction in life) and Betelguese (wealth, fame, honours).
The departure chart for Christopher Columbus' 1st voyage over the Atlantic has some very tight and meaningfull connection with the Sibly natal chart of the USA (12 deg. Sagittarius rising).
The voyage chart Sun conjunct with the Sibly 9th house cusp, Moon on Sibly chart Ascendant at 12 Sagittarius, Jupiter on Sibly chart Pars Fortunae - three astrological arguments which confirm the validity of the Sibly chart over the other proposed natal charts for the US. As the final argument, the progressed US Sun is tightly conjunct the Midheaven of the Sibly chart, a perfect description for the year when the American continent was revealed to the rest of the world.


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Ray Chetti, former owner of popular Shockoe Bottom bar Chetti's, concocts one his famous moister-oyster shooters at the Halligan Bar & Grill in the West End.
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RVA Food News: Chetti's Comeback, Hatch peppers + more.
Posted By Colby Rogers on Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM
Chetti's Comeback
If you were a barhopper in the late '80s and '90s, you might recall the popular Shockoe Bottom hangout Chetti's Cow and Clam Tavern. It was famous for its unassuming, fun atmosphere and for a particular type of shooter — the moister oyster — created by owner Ray Chetti.
The drink was a simple affair: Take a freshly shucked oyster, douse it in a house-made sauce and chase it down with two ounces of beer. "People loved them," Chetti says. "If somebody was on a date, we used to make the guy do one to impress his lady."
Chetti's closed its tavern doors for good in late 2000, but its proprietor remained a fixture across Richmond if you knew where to look. Chetti could be found backing the bar at Joe's Inn and at Morton's the Steakhouse for about 10 years.
He'd fallen out of the bartending scene lately after losing his son to cancer. "It took me a while to deal with that," he says. "I didn't think anyone would hire a 67-year-old bartender, even with the reputation."
But hired he was, and by an old Chetti's regular to boot. Fans can see Chetti at the Halligan Bar & Grill in Short Pump, where he's resurrected the moister-oyster shooter at the restaurant's back bar. The formula is practically unchanged, which Chetti says should be a good thing for people who remember the glory days.
"The owner, Shawn Gregory, hung out at Chetti's and drank the moister oyster," Chetti says. "It's a fun thing and it's not expensive. We're selling it for $4. I believe it was just $3.50 back in the day." Look for Chetti to be shucking and pouring at the back bar Fridays through Sundays. 2451 Old Brick Road, Glen Allen. 364-2707. thehalliganbar.com.
Summer Shakeup: Cary Street's Little Mexico has announced a new summer menu. In addition to taco and margarita specials throughout the week, it's experimenting with a few items that may migrate over to the year-round menu. Some standouts include:
• Fresh mango guacamole with jalapeños.
• Tequila-braised short rib empanadas with sweet plantains, chipotle sauce and cilantro crema.
• Blackened mahi mahi tacos with pickled cabbage, roasted tomato and guajillo salsa.
• The hibiscus margarita featuring tequila, fresh lime juice and agua de Jamaica served on the rocks.
Little Mexico, 1328 W. Cary St. 525-4216. littlemexicova.com.
Hatching a plan: Astute watchers may recall food wayfarer Anthony Bourdain heaping praise on the Pepper Pot, a small, spicy restaurant in Hatch, N.M. The area is known for the Hatch Valley, which has the perfect combination of soil conditions to grow Hatch chili peppers, much sought out for their mellow heat and buttery flesh when roasted.
The peppers are somewhat rare at grocers in Virginia, though imitators pop up from time to time. You'll have your chance to snag some of genuine article at area Krogers starting in August, when the grocer plays host to outdoor Hatch chili roasting events.
Look for demonstrations on cooking, handling and storing peppers, alongside specialty prepared foods. The events kick off at the Carytown Kroger on Aug. 15, 16 and 17, move to Kroger Short Pump on Aug. 22, 23 and 24, and finish up at the Staples Mill Kroger on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. Pro tip from Hatch chili evangelists: Buy in bulk because they won't be back for awhile.
Flexing mussels: Roosevelt chef Lee Gregory will compete in the 2014 Great American Seafood Cookoff in New Orleans on Aug. 2. He'll be one of 19 chefs at the event, which promotes sustainable fishing practices. Judges include the James Beard Foundation's Kris Moon, the Culinary Institute of America's Brian West and Barbara Mathias, publisher of Food Arts magazine. Want a reminder of Gregory's seafood prowess? Two standouts at the Roosevelt are scallops with roasted cauliflower, apples and picked raisins in a curry sauce, and catfish in a shell bean and bacon succotash with hominy and a red pepper broth. The Roosevelt, 623 N. 25th St. 658-1935. rooseveltrva.com.
New brew lookout: Center of the Universe Brewing's RVAle is floating around town. It's a small batch Belgian-style that the brewer describes as a "light-bodied beer bursting with citrus and spice." It's the product of the Ashland brewery's Wort Share Competition, which began in February. If you'd like to snag a bottle, check your beer nerd buddy's refrigerator, or contact Center of the Universe. 11293 Air Park Road, Ashland. 368-0299. cotubrewing.com.
Now selling: Tickets for Fire, Flour and Fork, "Richmond's first four-day gathering for the food curious." Featuring 75 events, such as curated menus, an urban state fair and foodie lectures. Highlights include a bevy of famous national chefs: Charleston's Sean Brock, New York's Sarah Simmons and Milwaukee's Justin Carlisle. Hardywood also will play host to the Festival of Hungry Ghosts on Halloween featuring a dine around of Richmond food celebrities. Ticket prices vary by event. Oct. 30 through Nov. 2. fireflourandfork.com.
Early bird tickets also are available for the Richmond Folk Festival's Folk Feast. The lineup has nearly doubled from last year, including emissaries from the Roosevelt, Carena's Jamaican Grill, Lemaire and Metzger Bar and Butchery. Sixteen restaurants will be represented in all. Tickets cost $75 through Aug. 15. The feast is Oct. 7. richmondfolkfestival.org/folkfeast.
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For those patients who are not suitable for hair transplantation because they have already lost too much hair there is Scalp Reduction Surgery. Scalp Reduction Surgery involves the surgical removal of parts of the already bald scalp, followed by the stretching of the parts of the scalp, which still has new hair growing on it. After stretching, the scalp is then moved to a higher position on the head. Good candidates for this procedure are patients with excellent hair on the sides and back of the scalp that can be stretched upward to cover the bald scalp that is to be cut. Scalp reductions leave scars on the bald areas of the scalp, which can be camouflaged by hair styling or by hair grafts. Private prices for Scalp Reduction Surgery vary depending on the individual case, although you would normally be looking at paying well over £2,000 for a straightforward procedure.
The most common and successful treatment for male baldness is hair grafting or transplantation. However not all patients are suitable for this procedure because they have already lost too much hair. In such cases, scalp reduction surgery may be the answer. Quite simply, if you can't graft hair into new areas of the scalp, surgeons can reduce the size of the scalp to make you look less bald!
What is Scalp Reduction Surgery?
Scalp reduction surgery involves the surgical removal of parts of the already bald scalp, followed by the stretching of the parts of the scalp, which still has new hair growing on it. After stretching, the scalp is then moved to a higher position on the head. This procedure may be recommended at the same time as hair grafting in order to leave a smaller bald area, which then needs fewer hair grafts afterwards to cover it. Good candidates for this procedure are patients with excellent hair on the sides and back of the scalp that can be stretched upward to cover the bald scalp that is to be cut. In addition, the patient must have thick hair to be grafted as this hair will be stretched and so it needs to be strong too.
What happens during a Scalp Reduction Surgery operation?
This procedure is normally performed using a local anaesthetic in the scalp, along with a sedative to help to relax you and reduce anxiety. Usually, a portion of the scalp, two to five centimetres wide, can be removed in one session, and the remaining skin is then stitched back together. Newer methods of scalp reduction may also be used: these include scalp expansion and scalp extension and are explained below.
With a scalp expansion, balloon-like devices called tissue expanders are implanted under the sides and back of the scalp where the hair is still growing. These are gradually inflated over a four to twelve week period, resulting in an increase in the amount of loose hair bearing tissue as the skin stretches. The following scalp reduction surgery creates a greater amount of loose bald skin than would be possible if it hadn't been stretched before surgery.
Scalp extension involves the use of a surgical device, made of two rows of hooks connected by elastic bands. This device is placed on the under surface of the scalp during the first scalp reduction procedure. Over a one-month period, the tension in the bands gets tighter which constantly and gently pulls upwards on the hair-bearing tissues. This loosens and stretches the scalp. This allows for another, and usually greater, scalp reduction to be done.
With scalp extension, a faster series of scalp reductions can be done within a 30- to 90 - day period. In the past, some scalps could not be reduced at all and those that could be reduced often took a year or longer for the procedures to be completed. The treatment is much quicker now!
Scalp extension has some of the benefits of scalp expansion, but causes less discomfort and deformity. However, the amount of tissue stretch is generally less than can be achieved with scalp expansion devices.
What are the risks and potential complications from Scalp Reduction Surgery?
Side effects include some pain, swelling and numbness occur after the surgery.
Scalp reductions leave scars on the bald areas of the scalp, which can be camouflaged by hair styling or by hair grafts.
The stretching back of the skin can occur, and occasionally this treatment creates an unnatural appearance called a slot deformity.
Who can perform Scalp Reduction Surgery?
Only suitably qualified and experienced surgeons should perform this procedure.
Is Scalp Reduction Surgery available on the NHS?
It is highly unlikely that anyone considering scalp reduction surgery would be able to access this free of charge on the National Health Service.
What is the average cost of Scalp Reduction Surgery?
Private prices for Scalp Reduction Surgery vary depending on the individual case, although you would normally be looking at paying well over £2,000 for a straightforward procedure.
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Who does not love a side a fries with a good burger or sandwich. The salty, well seasoned crispy finger food that can be picked up and dipped into a mix a fun sauces. Well I am always looking for healthier alternatives. The idea of deep fried potatoes with no nutritional value is painful. My version is baked, and filled with all the good stuff. Plus the fun colors make it look great on your plate.
1/2 Cups Salt plus 2 teaspoons for seasoning.
The first step is to prep the eggplant. Start by cutting the eggplant into large rounds and laying on a baking sheet. Using the half cup of salt, cover each piece, then flip and do the same on the other side. Let the eggplant sit for 45min- 1 hour allowing the salt to pull a lot of the water away. Turning the eggplant slices over mid-way is helpful.
While the eggplant sits. Slice the zucchini in half and then each side into three long pieces. Cut each strip into thirds so that you have two inch sticks. Toss the zucchini sticks into bowl. Add the carrot sticks to the bowl.
Once eggplant is done rinse each piece very well with water and pat dry. Slice each round into half inch thick strips. Add eggplant to the bowl of carrots and zucchini. Lightly mix them up by hand and coat with some nonstick spray. Add olive oil, 2 teaspoons salt and cajan seasoning. Toss everything together and then lay it all out flat and a large, foiled, well sprayed baking sheet. Baking at 450 degrees for about 30 minutes, turning half way.


JIG is delighted to offer its next Training Course for Members to help their personnel to inspect airport operations to JIG Standards. This course, 'Training to Inspect to JIG Standards', has been developed for experienced Aviation Fuels Supervisors and/or Inspectors who wish to enhance their skills in this vital area. The course has been developed JIG and its Operations Committee, and external consultants who have vast experience of inspecting operations globally.
The course will be held at the Abu Dhabi Airport, kindly organised by ADNOC Distribution.
Nominations should be submitted no later than 27th May 2016. Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date with additional information and requirements for the course (subject to VISA approval).


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VIDEO: Jacob Blake Shooting Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
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Three months following the George Floyd murder, an incident that kicked off a hornet's nest of social unrest, we have another highly questionable shooting. Again, a white law enforcement officer exhibits lethal force upon a Black man. And once again, the local community burns as the public cries for justice. For now, at least, Jacob Blake remains alive after his shooting in Kenosha, Wis., Sunday.
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Jacob Blake Shooting Video Leaves Unanswered Questions
A video of the shooting went viral, sparking outrage across the country. It shows an officer shooting Blake in the back at point blank range, as many as eight times. Blake's three children reportedly watched the shooting from inside the car; that alone has incited rage that seems to transcend the details of the incident. New reports also state that Blake may be paralyzed from the waist down.
But those details remain important, especially concerning the pending investigation. One part of that investigation will no doubt center on whether Blake had any weapons during the incident. Attorney General Josh Kaul refused to answer that question during a press conference, according to Fox6now.com. Meanwhile, several news outlets reported Blake actually tried to break up a fight prior to police arriving.
For now, the public's reaction is based on a viral video without all of the needed context. Were there weapons in the vicinity or in the car? What commands did police give prior to the shooting? What did the officers see in the vehicle? There are plenty of questions that need answering first before rushing to judgement; though it seems a little late for that last part.
"As always, the video currently circulating does not capture all the intricacies of a highly dynamic incident. We ask that you withhold from passing judgment until all the facts are known and released," Pete Deates, president of the Kenosha Professional Police Association, told CNN.


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Home » News » PS5 UK restock due at Argos could be as early as this Friday
PS5 UK restock due at Argos could be as early as this Friday
Argos has begun to get more stock of the PS5 in for before Christmas, with online orders expected to start either this week or next.
As everyone's advent calendar will clearly attest, Christmas is getting closer and the number of chances to get a PlayStation 5 before the big day are beginning to dwindle.
It's still likely that all the big retailers will get at least one more restock while there's still time to deliver everything, and one of the first this month looks like being Argos.
Stock checker PS5 Stock UK claims that Argos is already restocking both the regular and Digital Edition of the console at local stores, and these will be put up for sale either Friday, December 10 or somewhere between Monday, December 14 and Friday, December 17 next week.
At the moment, there's no clue as to which of these dates is the most likely but local Argos stores can operate fairly independently, so it may be that the consoles will be available at different times in different areas.
When they go live online though it's likely to be between 8am and 11am, as Argos has now largely abandoned the practice of putting them on sale in the early hours – which favoured scalpers more than normal customers.
The only options other than normal retailers like Argos are eBay and Sony's own PlayStation Direct service. The latter makes things a lot fairer but it's completely random as to whether you get picked to be given the chance to buy a PlayStation 5, so it's not something you can rely on.
Currently eBay prices add a premium of around £200 to the basic price, which is a lot but less than this time last year. Whether you want a PlayStation 5 that bad though, is something only you can say.
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General Election 2019: Scarborough and Whitby seat result
It was a comfortable night for the incumbent MP
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Conservative Robert Goodwill has held the Scarborough and Whitby seat.
Again, the issue of Brexit was probably the most crucial in this North Yorkshire seat.
More than 61% of people voted Leave in the 2016 referendum.
Conservative Robert Goodwill retained his seat with a majority of 3,435 over Labour in 2017, and was a DEFRA minister in the last government.
But he hugely increased his majority over Whitby local Hugo Fearnley, who lives in the village of Goathland, by more than 10,000 seats.
The Lib Dems and the Yorkshire Party didn't really come close to putting a dent in the majority.
And with no Brexit Party candidate standing, it was a comfortable night as the Tories won a big majority at the polls.
Robert Goodwill, Conservative - 27,593
Hugo Fearnley, Labour - 17,323
Robert Lockwood, Liberal Democrat - 3,038
Lee Derrick, Yorkshire Party - 1,770


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Q: When does pressing the Enter (Return) key matter when creating a regex matching expression? I want to search for multiple codes appearing in a cell. There are so many codes that I'd like to write parts of the code in succeeding lines. For example, let's say I am looking for "^a11","^b12", "^c67$" or "^d13[[:blank:]]". I am using:
^a11|^b12|^c67$|^d13[[:blank:]]

This seems to work. Now, I tried:
^a11|^b12|
^c67$|^d13[[:blank:]]

That also seemed to work. However when I tried:
^a11|^b12|^c67$|
^d13[[:blank:]]

It did not count the last one.
Note that my code is wrapped into a function. So the above is an argument that I feed the function. I'm thinking that's the problem, but I still don't know why one truncation works while the other does not.

A: I realized the answer today. The problem is that since I am feeding the regex argument, it will count the next line in the succeeding code.
Thus, the code below was only "working" because ^c67$ is empty.
^a11|^b12|
^c67$|^d13[[:blank:]]

And the code below was not working because ^d13 is not empty but also this setup looks for (next line)^d13[[:blank:]]  instead of just ^d13[[:blank:]]
^a11|^b12|^c67$|
^d13[[:blank:]]

So an inelegant fix is:
^a11|^b12|^c67$|
^nothinghere|^d13[[:blank:]]

This inserts a burner code that is empty which is affected by the line break.

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UFO:s over Halmstad
November 4, 2019 Henrik Uncategorized 0
Or more specifically, a bunch of sky lantern that caused much confusion.
In 2003, a friend got me and bunch of my other friends to buy several batches of sky lanterns or "UFO balloons" as they were sold as. They work like small hot air balloons that you assemble yourself and launch into the sky. The construction of a balloon was quite simple, made with one big light-weight plastic bag, two copper wires and a piece of paraffin. The assembly started with piercing the two wires through the paraffin perpendicular to form a cross. Then the ends of the wires were pierced through the plastic bag, near the opening, and bent and twisting to stay in place.
My sketch of an UFO-balloon
To launch them, one held the bag upside down and set the paraffin on fire. After a few seconds, the bag would fill up with hot air and be ready for release. Ideally this should be done after sunset and when there is no or very little wind.
A newly lit balloon.
They were cool to launch and neat to look at. It was not hard to understand why they were called "UFO balloons". Seeing them slowly drifting off into the distance was like looking at something from a Sci-fi movie or UFO documentary.
I don't remember how many times we released balloons or the exact dates. I just remember it was a bunch of times and that I did not participate in all of them.
The public's reaction
When we first launched them, I had no idea if anyone would see them or what they would think. I thought that maybe one or two people would get fooled and that we would never hear of it. But I was wrong. Many people not only saw them, but contacted the police, emergency service and/or the local newspaper as well.
After one launch, the following was printed in the local newspaper.
From Hallandsposten 2003-09-19
Paraphrased translation: Sometimes strange things can be observed in the sky. Marianne and many others observed in the evening a light phenomenon, that neither the emergency service center or the airport traffic control can explain.
– You could see bright points in the sky that looked like yellow white stars, flying very slowly. No sound was heard and the lights didn't blink as on a airplane. They moved east and disappeared, said Marianne.
The newspaper followed up the next day with another text.
Paraphrased translation: More people have come forward to tell us about the light phenomenon in the sky. Kristina saw, together with her boyfriend, something strange in the sky when they were in central Halmstad. It looked like the stars Marianne described.
– It was like a weird and unusual constellation, that move fairly quickly. My first thought was that it looked like an elongated Big dipper with six stars. They move completely synchronized. The real stars were out, but they look insignificant in comparison, said Kristina.
The lights move toward the city center and disappeared one by one. The last two lights disappeared in separate directions.
Around Saturday midnight, Diana also witnessed six lights that shined with a yellow light and moved slowly over the sky.
– We were at a wedding and everyone saw it. They didn't move with constant speed and were grouped three and three.
My photo from the night (I think) we released the "elongated big dipper".
These reports somehow got to the seller of the balloons, who then contacted the newspaper to explain the light phenomenon. The seller explains what they were and that they are not meant to cause confusion. The are were meant to be a beautiful light display and a soundless alternative to fireworks.
(Skipping translation as the article does not contain anything not already said)
This did not completely stop the confusion though. Three weeks later, after another launch of balloons, the newspaper once again had to publish the same explanation of the phenomenon.
Then, after yet another launch (one which I know I missed out on), the local TV news did a report.
From TV4 Halland (unknown date)
Below is my Paraphrased transcript of the clip. (Spoken Swedish can be weird if directly translated to English and I have taken some liberties in translation to make it less weird, but it is still a bit awkward.)
Newsreader: Once again mysterious light have been seen above the county. Both the police and the organization "UFO Sweden" have received reports about lights that a witness managed to capture on camera.
Witness (man): When I was standing on the balcony and smoked, I saw a couple of lights in the sky. I yelled at my love to come and look.
Witness (woman): The first thing I though of, was to run home and grab the video camera as fast as possible. Which I did and went out and filmed it. And I thought, what is this?
Voice over: Yes, the Sunday night light phenomenon is still a mystery. On the video the lights are clearly visible on the night sky.
*Dramatic music*
Voice over: And at the same time, two students at the university's observatory also got to see something out of the ordinary.
Student 1: There was about 15 to 20 fire balls the came in from the side, from right to left.
Student 2: At first I thought that this can't be something weird. But after a while, I got thinking that this is very peculiar. I were surprised by them to say the least.
Voice over: One that isn't surprised is the chairman for "UFO Sweden". He claims that the mysterious lights are so called "UFO balloons".
Chairman for "UFO Sweden": They are launched as an alternative to fireworks. They are sold in the thousands. We have contact with a retailer here in Sweden and he usually tell us when he has sold a large batch. He told us a while ago that he has sent a large batch to people in Halmstad.
Witness (woman): They didn't move as balloons, so I don't believe in that theory.
Reporter: But if we start talking about UFO here, what will people around you say?
Witness (woman): They will probably think I'm crazy and should be locked up, but I think there is something out there. I'm convinced of it.
*More music*
It was fun to see the reactions to our launches, but after we saw this TV report, we felt it was time to go public. Personally I felt that when we made people believe in aliens despite being shown evidence of the opposite, our shenanigan had gone far enough.
The local newspaper, Hallandsposten, was contacted and invited to join a launch. They came, interviewed us and took a bunch of pictures. We got a small blurb on the front page and an article on page 6 the following day.
From Hallandsposten 2003-10-15 (Front page)
Paraphrased translation: "Mysterious lights uncovered". For a month they have confused Halmstad and made people call the police and newspapers. It is a gang of 20 year old boys that is behind the mysterious lights in the sky. – It is exciting to see how people reacts. But it also looks cool when the balloons are in the sky, says Daniel. The UFO balloons that they launch originates from festivals in Thailand.
"Mysterious lights" in the sky
HP meets the boys that made the people of Halmstad curious
Six time have they launched their shining balloons and each time, have the police and newspapers received calls about "mysterious lights" in the sky.
Yesterday evening, HP tagged along with the UFO-boys that have confounded Halmstad the past month.
They launched, at nine in the evening, 16 balloons with burning paraffin as fuel. They sailed south for about 10 minutes, as long as the fuel lasted.
– It is a fun activity, says Rickard.
It is exiting to see how people reacts, Daniel adds. But is also a cool thing to see in the sky.
It is a gang of 6-7 boys that know each other since they started school about 15 years ago.
[Text continues with describing what the balloons are]
This was basically the end our launches of UFO balloons. I know we did at least one launch after this, but it was years later and didn't get any attention as far as I know. The launch was in memory of a dear friend that had passed away and I used my last balloons for that launch.
I can't help but to think of this experience whenever I hear of an UFO report. It has made me very skeptical of them (more than before). The whole thing has shown me that it takes very little to make people to think of UFO:s. I believe there is probably a lot of unexplained phenomenons out there, but I think it is very unlikely that they are caused by aliens or any other "higher beings".
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Here are a couple of factual items that may interest you. Also the topic of Natanyahu's recent UN speech and what came after.
These are four nations that have the most military under arms: China 2.99 million men and women; India with 2.7 million; the United States 1.4 million; and North Korea with 1.3 million.
China is the biggest global consumer of natural resources as follows: Iron Ore, 55%, Aluminum 52%, Nickel 48%, Copper 45%, Zinc 45%, Soybeans 30%, and oil 12%.
Later making the rounds of key interview shows, and visiting the IAPAC, Benjamin announced on his next trip to the U. S. he would confer with President Obama on a mutual enhancement efforts in defense of Israel. What does Bebe want now? Isn't America's total support enough for Israel? Sounds to me he wants to place a hand deeper into the American taxpayer's pocket.
Since the late 1950's the U. S. has provided Israel with generous support: Two-three billion dollars per year gratis, easily more when asked, and hefty credit guaranties. We paid 50% for the 'Iron Dome.' Uncle Stupid and the French handed them the knowledge and nuclear material to manufacture their present day stockpile of 200-300 nuclear warheads and delivery systems. The U. S. has backed Israel in every U. N. vote for decades and has firmly guaranteed to protect the prosperous Zionist nation should they be attacked.
What has Israel done for us since the Cold War? During the era they watched our back and provided another southern bombing route to the heart of Russia if all out war should break out. Since 1990 the answer is absolutely nothing. They have become our greatest liability in the Middle East, interested only in their own welfare and national interest; however, think about this, in every recent American war, Israel has been the only winner, providing meagerly and gaining financially, economically, and militarily as they sit on the sidelines.
Also it is hard for me to believe an intelligence agency like the Mossad, supposedly on a par with the CIA, did no know in advance of 9-11. I suspect they kept it to themselves on the side of their own national interest. Readers may remember the video clip of applauding Israeli students at a hotel parking lot across the Hudson River watching the destruction of the Twin Towers in real-time. With that said, think about it, as I leave you .


Over the past few months, I've been rereading some of the Bart Ehrman books on my shelf, as well as reading some new ones. Ehrman is a religious studies professor at the Chapel Hill well known for writing popular books that make scholarly understandings of the New Testament and early Christianity available to a lay audience. While reading his Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, I came upon two points that struck me as particularly interesting, and I thought I'd take a moment to share them.
The first comes in a discussion of early Christians who believed individuals must become Jewish (observing the Jewish law and being circumcised) to be Christian. This was possibly the majority view at one time, and Acts records a council that was called in Jerusalem to address this matter. In the book of Galatians, Peter writes of disagreement over this issue with Peter and James. All of this I knew. Ehrman goes a step further, though, suggesting that Matthew may have been written by a proponent of this view.
…whereas only Paul's account of his confrontation with Peter and the Judaizing missionaries of Galatia survives, at one time numerous positions were represented. Even though most of the others have been lost, it is possible that not all of them have been. A close reading of our surviving sources shows that one of our Gospels, at least, appears to represent an alternative point of view.
Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 5:17-20).
For Matthew, the entire Jewish Law needs to be kept, down to the smallest letter. The Pharisees, in fact, are blamed not for keeping the law but for not keeping it well enough. It is worth noting that in this Gospel, when a rich man comes to Jesus and asks him how to have eternal life, Jesus tells him that if he wants to live eternally he must keep the commandments (19:17).
I knew that Matthew was considered the most Jewish of the gospels. I learned in church and Bible club, growing up in an evangelical family, that Matthew wrote his gospel as part of outreach to the Jews. Paul was a missionary to the gentiles; Matthew, in contrast, laced his account with quotes from the Jewish scriptures because he was writing to other Jews. I was also aware that the passage from Matthew 5 quoted above read a bit oddly, and I found it slightly odd that Jesus told the young rich man to keep the commandments; I was taught, by way of making sense of these passages, that these were Jesus' way of emphasizing humans' inability to reach this standard on their own, without his sacrifice.
When I was an evangelical, I understood that the authors of different books of the New Testament had their own particular perspectives and things they wanted to emphasize. We drew the line, however, on the authors of these various books actually disagreeing with each other. I read the New Testament straight through probably twenty times, but each time I read it through I did so on the assumption that each book was inspired by God, and that they thus could not be in conflict. Any perceived contradictions or oddities were simply explained away.
Ehrman offers a different perspective. He suggests that we should not assume that the authors of these various books agreed with each other, or that their accounts can be harmonized. And here, he suggests that the book of Matthew may not merely have been intended for the Jews; instead, it may be intended for a community of Christians who believed that one must become Jewish in order to be a Christian (and we know that such communities existed). Jesus' statements no longer need to be explained away. They suddenly make perfect sense.
Of course, Ehrman is not the first to make this suggestion. Instead, this understanding of Matthew is well known in scholarly circles.
The Ebionites did not subscribe to the notion of Jesus preexistence or his virgin birth. These ideas were originally distinct from each other. The two New Testament Gospels that speak of Jesus being conceived of a virgin (Matthew and Luke) do not indicate that he existed prior to his birth, just as the New Testament books that appear to presuppose his preexistence (cf. John 1:1-3, 18; Phil. 2:5-11) never mention his virgin birth. But when all these books came to be included in the New Testament, both notions came to be affirmed simultaneously, so that Jesus was widely thought of has having been with God in eternity past (John, Paul) who became flesh (John) by being born of the Virgin Mary (Matthew and Luke).
I already knew from reading another of Ehrman's books that the two accounts of the virgin birth—those in Matthew and Luke—are not compatible. I hadn't stopped to think about the fact that the doctrine of the virgin birth and the doctrine of Jesus' preexistence were separate and not naturally compatible. The pagan world, after all, had plenty of stories of mortal women who were impregnated by the gods; their children were never considered to have preexisted before their conception.
That the early Christians were very divided on who Jesus was, and ultimately on the nature of his divinity, is evident in the fact that the question of whether Jesus was the same in substance with the Father, or a lesser being, was not settled until the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. Ehrman's point that the Virgin Birth and Jesus preternatural existence do not naturally go hand in hand was something I had not considered.
One of the most striking features of several of the speeches in Acts is that they present a view of Jesus that scholars have long thought was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Christian understanding of what it meant to call Jesus the Son of God. Eventually, of course, Christians came to think that Jesus had always been the Son of God, from eternity past, and that he came into the world only to conduct his miraculous ministry and deliver his supernatural teachings for a short while before returning to heaven whence he came. this is the view that can be found in the last of our Gospels, the Gospel of John. But this was not the earliest view of Jesus. Before anyone thought Jesus preexisted as the divine being who created the world (see John 1:1-18, for example), there were Christians who thought Jesus came into existence when he was born of a virgin and that it was because she was a virgin—and the "father" was God himself—that he was the Son of God.
This view seems to be embodied in the Gospel of Luke itself. Not a single word in Luke mentions Jesus preexisting his life on earth. Instead, his mother conceives of the Holy Spirit, and that is ho the comes into being. As the angel Gabriel tells Mary at the Annunciation, informing her of how she will bear a child: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason the one who is born of you will be called holy, the Son of God." (Luke 1:35). Here Jesus is the Son of God because God made his mother pregnant.
At an even earlier stage of the tradition, before Christians had begun to talk about either Jesus's persistence or his virginal conception, they (or some of them) believed that he had become the Son of God by being "adopted" by God to be his son. In this view Jesus was not metaphysically or physically the son of God. He was the son of God in a metaphorical sense, through adoption. At one point Christians thought this happened right before he entered into his public ministry. And so they told stories about what happened at the very outset, when he was baptized by John: the heavens opened up, the Spirit of God descended upon him (meaning he didn't have the Spirit before this), and the voice from heaven declared, "You are my son. Today I have begotten you." One should not underplay the significance of the word today in this quotation from Psalm 2. It was on the day of his baptism that Jesus became God's son.
There were yet earlier traditions about Jesus that did not speak of him as the Son of God from eternity past or from his miraculous birth or from the time he began his ministry. In these, probably the oldest, Christian traditions, Jesus became the Son of God when God raised him from the dead. It was then that God showered special favor on the man Jesus, exalting him to heaven, and calling him his son, the messiah, the Lord. Even though this view is not precisely that of Paul, it is found in an ancient creed (that is, a pre literary tradition) that Paul quotes at the beginning of his letter to the Romans, where he speaks of Christa s God's "son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness at his resurrection from the dead" (1:3-4). One reason for thinking that this is an ancient creed—not the formulation of Paul himself—is that Paul holds other ideas about Jesus as the Son of God and expresses them in his own words elsewhere. But he quotes this crude here, probably because he is writing this letter to get on the good side of a group of Christians, the church in Rome, who do not know Paul or what he stands for, and the creed provides a standard formulation found throughout the churches of his day. It is, in other words, a very ancient tradition that predates Paul's writings.
More striking still, a similar tradition can be found in some of the speeches in Acts, showing that these speeches incorporate materials from the traditions about Jesus that existed long before Luke put pen to papyrus. So, For example, in a speech attributed to Paul in Acts 13 (but not really by Paul; Luke wrote the speech, incorporating easier materials), Paul is reputed to have said to a group of Jews he was evangelizing, "We proclaim to you that the good news that came to the fathers, this he has brought ot fulfillment for us their children by raising Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm, 'You are my son, today I have begotten you'" (Acts 13:32-33).
Note once again the word today. it was on the day of the resurrection, according to this primitive tradition that long predated Luke, that Jesus was made the Son of God. A comparable view is found in an earlier speech delivered by the apostle Peter: "Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty, that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this one whom you crucified" (Acts 2:36).
In other words, the very earliest Christians believed that Jesus was adopted by God at his resurrection; later Christians believed that he was adopted by God at the beginning of his public ministry; and still later Christians believed that Jesus was the Son of God because God made his mother, Mary, pregnant. It was only after this that early Christians came to believe that Jesus preexisted his time on this earth, and, ultimately, that Jesus was of the same substance with God, an equal member of the Trinity (another belief that did not exist until later).
I know this is starting to sound like an infomercial for Ehrman, but I promise I'm not getting any kickbacks. I suppose it's just that I'm excited to see the New Testament make sense. Everything that I ever found odd or confusing, or that I had to work to harmonize, is explained when the New Testament is approached not as an inerrant, divinely inspired collection of books but rather a collection of books written by various individuals who often disagreed, during thehard-fought early years of a new and developing religion whose theology was still in flux.
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Outdoor movies return to Falls Park
Updated: 5:44 AM EDT May 4, 2016
Moviegoers can enjoy watching a variety of classic film favorites under the stars at Greenville's Fidelity Investments Moonlight Movies.The free series returns to Falls Park Wednesday evenings in May for a four-week run. "In conjunction with the City of Greenville, we are very excited to once again sponsor the Moonlight Movies outdoor classic film series," said Mike Doucette, Vice President and Branch Manager, Fidelity Investments. "We've some great movies lined up for May, so please join us for some family fun under the moonlight!" The films begin at sundown (approximately 8:30 p.m.), but moviegoers are invited to come early for prime viewing spots and to participate in movie-themed trivia.In addition, a costume contest is planned on May 25 for the showing of the feature film, "Labyrinth."The schedule for this year is:May 4: "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb" (1964) Directed by Stanley KubrickMay 11: "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) Directed by Frank CapraMay 18: "The Searchers" (1956) Directed by John FordMay 25: "Labyrinth" (1986) Directed by Jim Henson
GREENVILLE, S.C. —
Moviegoers can enjoy watching a variety of classic film favorites under the stars at Greenville's Fidelity Investments Moonlight Movies.
The free series returns to Falls Park Wednesday evenings in May for a four-week run.
"In conjunction with the City of Greenville, we are very excited to once again sponsor the Moonlight Movies outdoor classic film series," said Mike Doucette, Vice President and Branch Manager, Fidelity Investments. "We've some great movies lined up for May, so please join us for some family fun under the moonlight!"
The films begin at sundown (approximately 8:30 p.m.), but moviegoers are invited to come early for prime viewing spots and to participate in movie-themed trivia.
In addition, a costume contest is planned on May 25 for the showing of the feature film, "Labyrinth."
The schedule for this year is:
May 4: "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb" (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
May 11: "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) Directed by Frank Capra
May 18: "The Searchers" (1956) Directed by John Ford
May 25: "Labyrinth" (1986) Directed by Jim Henson


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Mathieu Blanchette (born October 20, 1976, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T54 long-distance events.

Although Blanchette is a long distance racer and competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the 5000m and 10000m, his only medal, a bronze, came as part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay in the same games.

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Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
French Quebecers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
Paralympic track and field athletes of Canada
Sportspeople from Quebec City
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Canadian male wheelchair racers

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