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Filer's Files # 8 -2013 "Solving the UFO Enigma"
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In special reports, this week's files cover: Hubble Telescopes 125 Billion Galaxies, Letter of why Aliens Are Visiting Us, Bob Schroeder's "Solving the UFO Enigma", Russia's Exploding Meteor Hurts a Thousand +. And UFO Video from Space.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.
Sightings of UFOs were also reported in: Australia, Canada, Israel, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Scotland in the United Kingdom, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Dedicated to 5 year old Georgie Filer V whose motto was "Be Happy" and Eddie Pedrick my grandsons who drowned.
Hubble Telescope 125 Billion Galaxies
Beginning in the 1990s, the Hubble Space Telescope yielded improved observations. Among other things, it established that the missing dark matter in our galaxy cannot solely consist of inherently faint and small stars. The Hubble Deep Field, an extremely long exposure of a relatively empty part of the sky, provided evidence that there are (at least) 125 billion galaxies in the universe." It is likely each Galaxy has billions of stars with multiple planets around each star. Our Milky Way Galaxy is believed by astronomers to have 4.500,000,000 Earth like planets. A lot of space to waste. Mathematically it seems likely beings from a few of these planets have reached Earth/
Letter of Why Aliens Are Visiting Us
Eugene Ingram Jr. writes, "If only the world could know the truth about "them" — the real purpose — perhaps we would become better stewards of life forms subjugated to us, and we would protect endangered species with a passion. Just like they protect us with a passion that borderlines obsession, so we must protect life sentient life forms on Earth we consider less intelligent. I feel the reason for their obsession with us is that we are unique in the entire known universe, we are their "national treasure" — but we are never alone. I suspect they were once like us, but grew up as a species of intelligent life." Cheers and best wishes to you and your purpose here! Thanks to Eugene Ingram Jar
Bob Schroeder's "Solving the UFO Enigma"
Robert Schroeder sent me his very informative book, "Solving the UFO Enigma: How Modern Physics is Revealing the Technology of UFOs." In it, he explains how the technology behind the UFO phenomenon can now be explained by modern physics and by a close examination of the more credible UFO reports. The idea that a subset of all UFO reports represent advanced craft of extraterrestrial origin has been around for a long time. But only recently has the science of physics developed theories which, when correlated with selected UFO data, point directly toward a likely explanation of this alien technology.
Robert recently retired after 26 years with Hewlett Packard. He has a BA in mathematics, an MBA and an associate's degree in aerospace engineering. He has closely followed developments in modern physics and has researched the UFO phenomenon since the 1960's. Bob's sightings explain how UFOs create strong gravity fields, how UFOs minimize Earth's gravity, how UFOs minimize the effect of inertia, and how UFOs get to Earth. France may prove how the UFO propulsion system functions. The idea that many UFO reports represent advanced craft of extraterrestrial origin has been around for a long time. But only recently has the science of physics developed theories which, when correlated with selected UFO data, point directly toward a likely explanation of this alien technology.
Modern physics in its attempt to unify the fundamental forces of nature in a "Theory of Everything" has proposed theories that require the existence of up to eleven space-time dimensions and the possibility of entire universes existing side by side with our own. The author not only shows how physics has evolved to this point but he also looks at the unanswered questions of modern physics such as the origin of inertia, the mystery of quantum non-locality, the Higgs or "God" particle and the puzzle of the relative weakness of gravity.
Robert recently retired after 26 years with Hewlett Packard. He has a BA in mathematics, an MBA and an associate's degree in aerospace engineering. He has closely followed developments in modern physics and has researched the UFO phenomenon since the 1960's.
He feels the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and France may prove how the UFO propulsion system functions.
It is these unanswered questions, along with certain conjectures and pertinent UFO characteristics, that when incorporated with the latest cutting edge physics theories look to be the final keys to explaining UFO technology. The book does contain some of the math of the most important historical physics theories. Although the math isn't essential to understanding the basic theme of the book it is there for those who would like an even more in depth knowledge of modern physics.
Robert Schroeder wrote me saying, "One of my major goals with the book is to generate interest among specialists with expertise in spectrography to help UFO researchers obtain spectral data from actual UFO sightings.
In the book I discuss how modern physics, along with data from the more credible UFO reports, is pointing toward a likely explanation of UFO technology. The book shows how physics has evolved to modern ideas such as string theory and M-theory and also looks at the unanswered questions of modern physics such as the origin of inertia, the mystery of quantum non-locality and the puzzle of the weakness of gravity versus the other forces of Nature.
But the really interesting thing about this proposed explanation of UFO technology is that it can be tested. It is based on M-theory and Warped Geometry which are two related theories that have been developed over the last several decades. These theories are currently being tested at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator.
In addition to confirmation of M-theory and Warped Geometry if we can also obtain spectrographic data from actual UFO sightings and if we detect something called Hawking radiation then that would provide convincing proof of the technology used in these alien craft. In the vicinity of UFOs there is already evidence of gamma rays and X-rays which are a key part of the Hawking radiation spectrum (data gathered by NASA scientist Paul Hill back in the 1950's to 1970's). While we can't predict where UFOs will appear they often are observed in a given geographic area over a period of months such as the Phoenix Lights or the Hudson Valley sightings. My hope is that we can generate interest among specialists with access to and expertise in the use of spectrographic equipment to help us gather this spectrographic data. Toward this end I'm contacting people or groups with an interest in the UFO phenomenon."
Bob writes, "Most of the decay energy is predicted to disappear into 5-D bulk. The decay products that will appear in the 4-D Brane we live on will consist mainly of something called Hawking radiation, but no 4-D or other types of gravitons. This means 4-D gravitons near these Micro Black Holes will simply disappear from our 4 D world. And this is, I believe, the key to UFO technology. This then explains why most UFOs have some aspect of their shape that is circular such as a flying saucer, a sphere or cylinder. It is because these machines are particle accelerators. Even triangle shaped UFOs have large brightly lit circular areas in each corner.
So UFOs do not use anti-gravity as many researchers have thought over the years. Instead they simply eliminate all or most of the force of gravity in the vicinity of their craft making it nearly weightless as far as the earth's gravity field is concerned. Since most of the KK gravitons they create will have mass the powerful attractive gravity field near UFOs will be of relatively short range as a consequence of quantum theory related to forces."
Its development on our planet would open up whole new worlds, both literally and figuratively, to be discovered and explored.
Milo Wolff, Ph.D. a retired professor of physics and has worked for MIT, NASA and the United Nations reviews of the book states,
"I recommend this book to all readers who are; 1) Scientific adventurers, 2) Technical detectives and 3) Curious thinkers. This book is a classic on UFOs."
. For more about Bob Schroeder's his fine book, visit: http://www.amazon.com/Solving-The-UFO-Enigma-Technology/dp/1452836817
Russia Exploding Meteor Hurts a Thousand
CHELYABINSK (CNN) — A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left about 1,000 people hurt, state media said.
The number of injured has continued to rise through the day as new reports come in from across a swath of central Russia.
As of late afternoon, the Interior Ministry said about 1,000 people had been hurt, including more than 200 children,
. Extracted From Video Showing Russian Meteor.
The state-run RIA Novosti news agency said, a 40-ton meteor fireball from outer space travelling at 33, 000 mph exploded over the Urals. Most of those hurt more than a thousand hurt are in the Chelyabinsk region, the news agency said. The vast majority of injuries are not thought to be serious. A meteor streaks through the sky above Russia's Urals region on Friday, February 15, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left hundreds of people hurt.
The meteor left a white streak through the sky as the meteor's vapor trail passed over the city… The national space agency, Roscosmos said, "Scientists believed one meteoroid had entered the atmosphere, where it burned and disintegrated into fragments," according to RIA Novosti.
By noon Russia time more than 725 people had sought medical help and hundreds more had minor injuries. About 3,000 buildings have sustained damage — mostly broken glass — as a result of the shock waves caused by the blast, the news agency reported. Hospitals, kindergartens and schools were among those affected.
About 20,000 emergency response workers have been mobilized, RIA Novosti reported.
Amateur video footage showed a bright white streak moving rapidly across the sky, before exploding with an even brighter flash and a deafening bang. The explosion occurred about 9:20 a.m. local time, as many people were out and about.
CNN Reporter and Instagram user Max Chuykov saw the meteor trail "close to the ground." from the city of Yekaterinburg. "Upon Chelyabinsk a huge fireball has exploded. It wasn't an aircraft."
The national space agency, Roscosmos, said scientists believed one meteoroid had entered the atmosphere, where it burned and disintegrated into fragments. The resulting meteorites are believed to be scattered across three regions of Russia, one of them Chelyabinsk, as well as neighboring Kazakhstan, the news agency said. One large chunk was discovered in a lake in the Chelyabinsk region, RIA Novosti cited the Chelyabinsk governor as saying.
NASA estimates there are about 4,700 'potentially hazardous' asteroids near Earth. Friday's Chelyabinsk meteor came on the same day that a hefty asteroid passed by Earth at a pretty close range, in space terms. Known as 2012 DA14, the asteroid is 45 meters long, about half the length of a football field but passed no closer than 17,100 miles (27,700 kilometers) from our planet's surface. It was inside the ring of weather and communications satellites. The asteroid is about 180 feet (55 meters) in diameter.
Asteroids have hit Earth many times. Four different cataclysms inflicted heavy destruction and worldwide calamities on Earth. Numerous cultures remember four major floods followed by mass migrations that were apparently related to asteroids passing close to Earth.
NASA's Near-Earth Object Program is trying to track down all asteroids and comets that could threaten Earth. NASA says 9,672 near-Earth objects have been discovered. Every day, "Earth is pummeled by more than 100 tons of material that spewed off asteroids and comets." Fortunately, most of the asteroid trash is tiny and it burns up when it hits the atmosphere, creating meteors, or shooting stars. NASA says it's very rare for big chunks of space litter to hit Earth's surface. Those chunks are called meteorites.
NASA said on its website that the meteor was the largest reported since 1908, when the famous Tunguska event took place in remote Siberia entering the atmosphere and exploded leveling about 80 million trees but leaving no crater.
Note: The Earth is going through a dangerous portion of space with the possibility of heavy meteorite impact. Thousands are being tracked but many are missed. Thanks to NASA and
CNN.
UFO Video from Space
This is real video footage from space. It shows real UFO's leaving earth…
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Published on Jan 1, 2013 Thanks to Bruce Widaman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4bb4atRnm0&sns=em
Sightings of UFOs in the United States
Alabama Triangle
MADISON — I was laying in my bed, when I looked up at my window about10 PM, I saw a huge craft flying very fast and very low to the ground on January 10, 2013. It had three very huge lights on it, it was triangle shaped and it was going west about three hundred miles an hour and I saw it for only a few seconds.
But my roommates were on their way home earlier today about seven e o'clock and they called and told me they had seen a triangle shaped object in the sky. Not thinking only a few hours later, I would be seeing the strange object. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Arkansas Lights
ASHDOWN — On February 14, 2013 at 7:40 PM, I noticed two white lights close together to the south. While I watched one of the lights disappeared, then reappeared as a red and green light. I got my wife and we saw the other light go out and reappear again as two lights, red and green. We thought they were probably helicopters. My son then joined us as the lights moved west extremely fast. They then stopped and one set of lights moved southeast extremely fast. The lights were moving five times as fast as any aircraft. The other set of lights basically "streaked" east fast enough to catch up with the first set of lights. The lights continued southeast maintaining a uniform distance apart until they were out of sight to the southeast. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Triangle
MURRIETA — I saw a triangular object with three bright lights on February 14, 2013. There were five red blinking lights on the rear from outside to the inside.Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
SAN FRANCISCO — I had just arrived home from work about 7:40 PM, and noticed the first light in my bedroom window. It was basketball sized at this point. I assumed that it was a helicopter or perhaps it was a fireball from the recent meteor activity.
So I grabbed my iPhone and ran up to the roof of my apartment and began filming.
At the start, you can see the first light heading west. It's below the star seen at the center of the frame and was almost gone. Initially, this baby was huge. I was bummed that I didn't get video of its initial appearance.
The second light appeared from the north. You can clearly see that this thing doesn't zip through the sky like your typical space debris. It moves slowly, stops, changes direction and follows the first light west. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Connecticut Alien Encounter
FALLS VILLAGE — I was driving home from work around 9:45 PM, on February11, 2013, the roads were still slick from the heavy snow when a deer bolted in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes and skidded into the deer that ran off, but the car was now stuck in the snow bank. My driver's side headlight was smashed and I was stuck so I called for a tow truck.
I noticed lights coming toward me on the road that were large and very bright, so I figured that it was the tow truck. As the lights slowly proceeded towards me several more lights illuminated above and below the others. The vehicle, or whatever it was, stopped about 50 yards from me and remained there for several minutes. Then I witnessed a brightly lit 'being' floating through the woods across from me. It reminded me of those bright white aliens from the 'Cocoon' movie though I didn't see any facial features. This being quickly floated through the trees then out onto the road. It started to come towards me and I was petrified and could not move. It didn't have arms or legs but there was definitely a head and something on the end that resembled a fish tail. It stopped directly in front of me and hovered no more than ten feet away. There were no eyes or mouth, but I did feel warmth coming from it. It was very calming and comforting. Then it suddenly whisked towards the lights. After a few minutes the bright lights started to fade until it was completely gone.
The tow truck operator and a neighbor arrived and I asked them both if they had noticed any vehicle with intense bright lights, but they both looked at me like I was crazy. After they pulled me from the snow bank I drove home.
I decided to have my headlight fixed and approached the area where I had been stuck the night before, I noticed the area where the lights had been was completely barren of snow and the roadway was dry. Did I have an alien close encounter? Was it simply a spirit of some kind? NOTE: The above image is a rendering.
WESTPORT –" I looked up to see a large, orange-yellow glowing blimp-like craft flying under the cloud cover," the witness stated on January 13, 2013. "It was about 10 times brighter than a jet's navigation lights and did not flash strobes like jets do at night." "It was totally silent and traveled faster than corporate jets and flew fairly low passing behind trees and I lost sight of it in the northeast sky." "It looked about the size of a blimp, but made no noise, and traveled straight, but with a dancing type trajectory. NOTE: The above image is a rendering. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
Florida Orange Orb
PALM COAST –Driving south on the I-95 Highway on January 30, 2013, at 8:50 PM, there was a strong, orange orb-shaped light that both the driver and myself noticed. At first we thought it was a tower that the treeline was blocking, but it was glowing bright orange.
It then began ascending west toward the ocean three miles away. It hovered for moments high above the treeline, then it turned a blurry dark orange and a red short "tail" came off the right side of the object that made me think of the term "warp speed".
Almost instantly it became substantially smaller and blinks out of sight, reappears, then blinked out, reappears red again, and it was gone. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Georgia Cylinders
CALHOUN — It was about 4 AM; on January 13, 2013, I was driving north on I-75 and the road was empty except for a car in front of me. Then a very bright green object appeared in the sky ahead of me and dropped toward the ground and disappeared behind the tree-line. I was able to see a ship like those fighter types in Star Wars. This was no airplane and it had a very bright fluorescent green glow that lit up the sky for 15 seconds. As soon as it descended the car in front of me pulled into the Gordon Rest Stop and I followed and I parked next to him and as he got out, I said "Did you see that"? He said, "What was that?" I said: "That was a UFO, I'm not crazy right?" He said, "He didn't get a good look at it, but knew it wasn't normal and confirmed I wasn't crazy". I can draw it.
Second witness reports, "It was around 6:40 PM, when I glanced out my window facing the south and saw a bright white/green light in the east and that was moving in my direction and I had a feeling about it; it just didn't seem like a typical plane." I noticed it stop getting closer for a few seconds, appearing to just hang in the sky just over the trees. It then abruptly yet so smoothly turned south and then west towards me. It looked very strange, so I decided to take snap a picture of it and my jaw dropped when I saw the photos using my Nikon COOLPIX L22K. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
Illinois Orbs
LAKE ZURICH — At around 6:15 PM, on February 2, 2013, facing directly north I witnessed a mass of at least 12 orange/red orbs of lights moving east, one after the other in almost equal distances from each other into the overcast sky. There were a lot of these orbs up there and others must have seen them. I shot a poor brief video. They seemed to follow each other in equal distances, but they did not adhere to this formation strictly. One of the orbs/lights accelerated to catch an orb playfully, pass it, and then slow down to match its speed. None of the objects stopped completely, however.
I lost contact with them as they travelled east into the overcast sky. They were certainly above the clouds moving faster than any plane. Their light was quite beautiful, like flickering stars. They moved to fast for balloons, maneuvered and accelerated. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Indiana Lights
INDIANAPOLIS – I'm in the military, stationed at Camp Atterbury and work the third shift. During a break, I noticed the object a mile above me inside our airspace. It's part of my job to keep track of all aircraft in our area, and we weren't tracking anything. I could see pulsating lights, figuring it was just a commercial aircraft. Two minutes later, the object lost elevation and I grabbed my 20-60X Leopold spotting scope and took this picture with my iPhone. It had a round structure to it, and at least one main source of light underneath and possibly more smaller light sources around its bottom edge. I am a veteran observer/sniper and trained to be able to recall detailed information. I have no explanation for what I saw and the photo gave me goose bumps. I continued to watch this object for about 15 minutes until like a flame dying out it disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Michigan Orange Objects
LANSING – On February 15, 2013, while at work on Patrol Duty I went to the front guard shack and checked in. When I came out to sit in the truck I observed two large glowing reddish orange objects; first the one on the left and then the right one ascended. Once the first reached altitude it hovered waiting until the right one flew up to it. Both were hovering and then they left one after another flying southeast and disappearing. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Michigan or Ohio Flight Lights
DETROIT — I was flying from Nashville to. Detroit and looked out the window and observed a very bright light keeping pace with our airplane around 11 AM, on February 14, 2013. I shot a video of a bright light like the sun and this object. Throughout the flight the plane made an unusual amount of turns. Around 11 AM, It was cloudy and the sun was above. I figured that the sun was reflecting off something to generate the bright light. I took video of the bright light as we went through clouds and the object disappeared. Two minutes later the object reappeared, I tilted my phone camera up to shoot the sun and caught an object above our plane. My flight was scheduled to land at 11:30 AM, so we had started to make our descent into Detroit from 31,000 feet. I did not realize I had caught the image and I am not sure what the object is. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Missouri Colored Cylinder
KANSAS CITY –As described over the phone to ASD, I was outside early this morning and saw a bright object the size of a dime held at arm's length in a gap in the trees. The object had bright red, blue, and yellow lights in a cylinder shape, although I could not make out a structure. The lights were moving around as I watched for 20 minutes and went in to grab my Sony night shot camcorder.
I was able to take a five minute video of the object but it does no justice to how colorful it was. It was stationary for 20 minutes and then flew southwest silently. There were no wings, or lights. I gave chase to the object which was at the top of the radio towers and headed southwest. I work in Avitronics and am very familiar with aircraft and this object was not an aircraft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Nevada Lights
SANDY VALLEY — Driving home, I noticed the lights but didn't know what it was on February 17, 2013. I was amazed and got my phone out and took two pictures.
I texted my Mom to get outside and she looked south. It hovered a couple of minutes, and then disappeared.
I drove home to get my parents to see if they could see it, but they didn't see it.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Mexico Falling Lights
The video of what I recorded is on YouTube on September 10, 2009.
I recorded it on my cell phone while driving early in the morning. I still have the recording that needs help.
[YouTube Channel moved to FI section/cms/tg] please check it out.
Note: This is probably space debris or a meteorite.
South Carolina Triangles
SUMMERVILLE — I was exiting my car and looked up to view an airliner in the process of landing at the airport on February 15, 2013. The plane was just about to disappear behind the roof of a house when I gazed higher. I didn't see them approaching until they were almost in front of me.
Initially it looked like a shadow but as they flew overhead my view became clearer. I saw two triangular shaped objects, identical in size with rounded corners, flying in very close formation at a leisurely pace. They were about 1200 feet off the ground and moving faster than a small plane silently. They faded from my view within 500 feet heading east. NOTE: The image is a rendering. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
Texas Orbs
DALLAS – My family and I were outside looking at a meteor shower when I noticed a purple orb above the tree line on August 12, 2012. It was the size of a car flying west right in front of us. Five of us were watching it move 5 to 10 MPH at 30 feet high less than 100 feet from us. My wife took a picture of the orb she accidently took it with the flash. In the picture you can see a man like figure in the orb. I have never seen a picture of orbs with a man inside. Thanks to William Puckett, Director http://www.UFOsnw.com
PLANO — I was outside on the patio with friends when I saw three yellow lights in a perfect triangle emerging in the distance on February 16, 2013.
Lights were not blinking, and no sound was heard. Speed was fairly slow… the triangle shape remain steady throughout the observation until I lost visibility.
It was striking weird to all six people who witnessed. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Virginia Lights
ROCKVILLE — On February 10, 2013, at 7:30 PM, my Mother called me to look at a glowing red-orange object moving north. We were both sure this wasn't an airplane, and I started recording for six minutes with my Smartphone.
She went back in to get a friend of ours. The film is converted from the original HD to SD due to file size.
Washington Lights
BELLINGHAM — I went out on my apartment balcony on February 16, 2013, and saw six lights flying strangely close together. I yelled for my husband to come out with me to see. I am 60 years old and I had never seen them before. He came right out and saw the light formations too. I said "What are they?" He responded "Has to be UFOs." I said "No, no such thing as UFOs." Then I saw them going up and down and across close together. They were all moving both horizontally and vertically across the sky. I said, "Could they be some kind of a helicopter formation?" My husband said "No, look they are too close to each other." By then the lights were flying up above the cloud cover and disappeared Thanks to MUFON CMS
Australia a Large Black Triangle
CANBERRA – A daytime UFO was videotaped over Australia on February 8, 2013.
It was taken out the aircraft window and is next to the aircraft wing in the distance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8DOztw4KRU
CANBERRA — I witnessed this V shape craft flying silently from east to west at a height of 500 meters on January 14, 2013, at 9:30 PM, with many lights underneath. The lights had a dull golden glow and displayed the shape of the craft producing a V formation. It wasn't just outer lights. There were rows of them. This craft appeared to be rather large. The craft itself looked black.
I then saw the craft cruise towards a cloud and begin to become transparent. I was in awe of this craft and I could not believe what I was seeing. It was so quiet. Not even a sound of air rushing over it. This craft was flying over a suburban area next to the city center. This craft was something of very high technical ability. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
AGNES WATER, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND — Mary Rodwell writes, "This is a picture that has two anomalous objects at sunset from my house."
This sunset was taken on 10th February 2013, due west on the front porch of my house. I discovered what looks like two anomalous objects: One is a cylindrical object which was also in second subsequent picture it then disappeared.
The solid green object was in several subsequent pictures, enhanced below, to the right and higher than the cylindrical shape this was in many subsequent pictures.
I have also taken some interesting footage from this location and been told by a local that even 30 years ago Agnes Water was considered a UFO Hwy. Some family's people in the town have experienced Contacts. Thanks to Mary Rodwell www.acern.com.au
Canada Neon Green Light Oval Shape and Three Amazing Objects
LAVAL — I saw through my window a neon green oval shape that flew over the building into the sky and disappeared in a flash on January 23. 2013, at 6:05 PM. It was very fast, with unbelievable speed.
It started flashing across the three stories high building being renovated where no one lives and the lights were flashing one after the other… Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
VANCOUVER, B.C., — I was lying outside star gazing around 2:30 AM, on August 17, 2012, when I saw three shapes roof high.
They are moving towards my neighbor's house in a diagonal formation spinning on their axis. The one on top flew closest to the house four seconds before disappearing. I think I saw them at the moment of their appearance and they made a fluctuating sound like waowwaowwaow. NOTE: The above image is a rendering.
Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
Israel Orbs
NETANYA — Moti Gaber, a resident of Kfar Yonah, a suburb of Netanya, was coming home with his son Wednesday night around 8 PM, from the Lag Ba'Omer festivities, when he saw a UFO.
He told the Jewish Press early Thursday morning, I saw something very strange, when I arrived at the parking bay and look up and, along the top of the buildings, I see eight orange balls moving in formation."
Gaber, who served in the IDF in a combat unit, said he can tell the difference between aircraft, fireworks pencil, balloons, or flares, and what he saw last night. "It looked nothing like any of those things." he insisted. The objects were perfectly silent and flew too close together to be planes or drones and disappeared from view.
This entry was posted in 2012, Foreign Country, Formation of Lights, pictures.
Philippines Disk
CEBU CITY — Testing with my new Canon camera taking night photos of the city at low shutter speed I caught UFO's. It was at 12:35 AM on February 3, 2013, using my Canon Camera at ISO 80 F4.0 15, a very low shutter speed. I was testing my new camera and took night photos of the city and caught this mysterious UFO. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
Romania Disc
BUCHAREST — Daily Mail reports on 16 February 2013, in a shot eerily similar to a scene from the blockbuster film Independence Day, an unidentified flying object hovers over the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. The man who took the photograph of the flying saucer in Romania's capital has spoken of his shock at his brief encounter. Cosmin Garlesteanu described getting a strange feeling while taking a picture of the imposing government building, and was stunned when he looked back at his snap to see a strange blue light beaming down on it.
Inside the beam there appears to be two elliptical shapes hovering above the grand structure.
The image mirrors a famous scene from Hollywood's Independence Day, starring Will Smith, where a spaceship appears above the White House in Washington and blows it up.
The photograph, taken on February 4, has attracted global interest after Mr. Garlesteanu uploaded it onto a photo-sharing website. Viewers around the world have been coming up with a host of theories about what the unusual sight could be. Some are convinced it is an alien spacecraft, while others dismiss it as a simple trick of the light. The amateur photographer said: 'I was walking after work and decided to take some photos. It was a very cold and windy and there was a cloudy sky.
'It was the first time I've taken pictures of the Houses of Parliament at night and I was not disappointed by the result. 'I took five or six pictures but when I took the last one I got a strange feeling. I looked again and again and couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't know what the strange light was."
I showed the picture to my friend and he said it looked like a scene from Independence Day. It was very unexpected.
'It's a strange light with a form I can't really describe, it looks like a UFO. I always think miracles can happen.'
Mr. Garlesteanu's shot follows a series of UFO sightings over Bucharest. In January, a triangle UFO formation of three unexplained lights in the sky above the city was captured on video.
Also last month, another person reported sighting a large black disc, believed to have a four miles diameter, with multiple lights above Bucharest.
The spotter describes seeing the UFO at 2.30 AM with a group of friends, which 'sat still for four minutes with lights on'. Thanks to the Daily Mail
UK/Scotland Strange Sphere Lights
BIGGAR, South Lanarkshire — On Saturday night from around 9 PM until 4 AM Sunday, January 12 and 13th, 2013, I witnessed strange lights in the sky a few miles from the start of the Scottish Border.
I thought I was looking at an aeroplane but having watched it for 5-10 minutes I was intrigued enough to get my binoculars and on closer inspection it was clear that the light was not coming from an aeroplane. The object appeared to be a series of blue, reddish, purple and white lights almost like a kaleidoscope of colour and appearing in a state of flux and flirtatious movement. The intensity of the light appeared to vary over a period of time and the object moved across the sky as you would think a star or planet would.
I initially viewed the object whilst I was looking 135 degrees southeast from Biggar. Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center http://www.UFOcenter.com
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The North Korean Puzzle
North Korea's nuclear test raises new concerns about its nuclear capabilities, regime succession, and the limits of both international pressure and engagement. Four experts address the policy options…
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On Friday, President Donald J. Trump will start a two week trip that includes visits to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Recent resources from the Council on Foreign Relations…
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The Authorization for the Use of Military Force, passed by Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, has been cited by the Bush and Obama administrations as sanctioning …
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In a sneak peak for the next episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Khloé Kardashian and Caitlyn Jenner are talking out their problems with each other.
In the emotional sit-down, the pair put it all out there.
"I just really feel like over the last year and a half we certainly have grown apart," Jenner, 67, says.
"Day after day after month after month, nobody calls, nobody checks in. Just, 'Hey, how are you doing?' I haven't had that phone call from anybody. You can't help but sit there and think, 'OK, is it because I transitioned? They don't like me anymore?' I want to know what I did wrong, what I didn't do wrong, what I did right, and move forward," she continues.
Kardashian, 32, responds by pointing out that she doesn't want to say that the Olympic champion did anything wrong, "just because you didn't do something the way maybe I would have preferred that makes it wrong.
"This family we deal with things very quickly. We don't have time to really process a lot of things because we're always on to the next and for me at the time I just wasn't at a place in my life where I really could invest in new relationships or even something that's this heavy."
Khloé refers to Caitlyn's comments about Kris Jenner in her 2015 Vanity Fair interview.
"It was very hard for me to experience a lot of new things so quickly and still feeling like I have to protect my mom and certain things that were happening where I felt like they might not have been the most positive," she said. "But then I was also like, this isn't even my fight to fight anymore. I have my own s**t to deal with, so why don't you guys figure that stuff out. But I don't think Caitlyn is a bad person at all."
Caitlyn responds by pointing out that she was there for 23 years of her life. "Being there when you have good days and bad days and all the things you go through when you're growing up and sneaking out of the house and I found you and stuff like that."
"For me, you're all I remember. Bruce was," Khloé admits, "So not having you in my life, it's a huge blow because I'm like OK, my second dad, this guy that I've grown up with, that raised me, was taken away from me, but no one really let me have that."


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package org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3;

import com.amazonaws.Protocol;
import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicSessionCredentials;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SecureString;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;

import java.util.Objects;

import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.ACCESS_KEY_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.ENDPOINT_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.MAX_RETRIES_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.PROTOCOL_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.PROXY_HOST_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.PROXY_PASSWORD_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.PROXY_PORT_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.PROXY_USERNAME_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.READ_TIMEOUT_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.SECRET_KEY_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.SESSION_TOKEN_SETTING;
import static org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3RepositorySettings.USE_THROTTLE_RETRIES_SETTING;

/**
 * A container for settings used to create an S3 client.
 */
final class S3ClientSettings {

    /** Credentials to authenticate with s3. */
    final AWSCredentials credentials;

    /** The s3 endpoint the client should talk to, or empty string to use the default. */
    final String endpoint;

    /** The protocol to use to talk to s3. Defaults to https. */
    final Protocol protocol;

    /** An optional proxy host that requests to s3 should be made through. */
    final String proxyHost;

    /** The port number the proxy host should be connected on. */
    final int proxyPort;

    // these should be "secure" yet the api for the s3 client only takes String, so storing them
    // as SecureString here won't really help with anything
    /** An optional username for the proxy host, for basic authentication. */
    final String proxyUsername;

    /** An optional password for the proxy host, for basic authentication. */
    final String proxyPassword;

    /** The read timeout for the s3 client. */
    final int readTimeoutMillis;

    /** The number of retries to use for the s3 client. */
    final int maxRetries;

    /** Whether the s3 client should use an exponential backoff retry policy. */
    final boolean throttleRetries;

    private S3ClientSettings(AWSCredentials credentials,
                             String endpoint,
                             Protocol protocol,
                             String proxyHost,
                             int proxyPort,
                             String proxyUsername,
                             String proxyPassword,
                             int readTimeoutMillis,
                             int maxRetries,
                             boolean throttleRetries) {
        this.credentials = credentials;
        this.endpoint = endpoint;
        this.protocol = protocol;
        this.proxyHost = proxyHost;
        this.proxyPort = proxyPort;
        this.proxyUsername = proxyUsername;
        this.proxyPassword = proxyPassword;
        this.readTimeoutMillis = readTimeoutMillis;
        this.maxRetries = maxRetries;
        this.throttleRetries = throttleRetries;
    }

    private static AWSCredentials loadCredentials(Settings settings) {
        try (SecureString accessKey = getConfigValue(settings, ACCESS_KEY_SETTING);
             SecureString secretKey = getConfigValue(settings, SECRET_KEY_SETTING);
             SecureString sessionToken = getConfigValue(settings, SESSION_TOKEN_SETTING)) {
            if (accessKey.length() != 0) {
                if (secretKey.length() != 0) {
                    if (sessionToken.length() != 0) {
                        return new BasicSessionCredentials(accessKey.toString(), secretKey.toString(), sessionToken.toString());
                    } else {
                        return new BasicAWSCredentials(accessKey.toString(), secretKey.toString());
                    }
                } else {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing secret key for s3 client");
                }
            } else {
                if (secretKey.length() != 0) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing access key for s3 client");
                }
                if (sessionToken.length() != 0) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing access key and secret key for s3 client");
                }
                return null;
            }
        }
    }

    // pkg private for tests
    /** Parse settings for a single client. */
    static S3ClientSettings getClientSettings(final Settings settings) {
        final AWSCredentials credentials = S3ClientSettings.loadCredentials(settings);
        return getClientSettings(settings, credentials);
    }

    private static S3ClientSettings getClientSettings(final Settings settings, final AWSCredentials credentials) {
        try (SecureString proxyUsername = getConfigValue(settings, PROXY_USERNAME_SETTING);
             SecureString proxyPassword = getConfigValue(settings, PROXY_PASSWORD_SETTING)) {
            return new S3ClientSettings(
                    credentials,
                    getConfigValue(settings, ENDPOINT_SETTING),
                    getConfigValue(settings, PROTOCOL_SETTING),
                    getConfigValue(settings, PROXY_HOST_SETTING),
                    getConfigValue(settings, PROXY_PORT_SETTING),
                    proxyUsername.toString(),
                    proxyPassword.toString(),
                    Math.toIntExact(getConfigValue(settings, READ_TIMEOUT_SETTING).millis()),
                    getConfigValue(settings, MAX_RETRIES_SETTING),
                    getConfigValue(settings, USE_THROTTLE_RETRIES_SETTING)
            );
        }
    }

    private static <T> T getConfigValue(Settings settings, Setting<T> clientSetting) {
        return clientSetting.get(settings);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        S3ClientSettings that = (S3ClientSettings) o;
        return proxyPort == that.proxyPort &&
               readTimeoutMillis == that.readTimeoutMillis &&
               maxRetries == that.maxRetries &&
               throttleRetries == that.throttleRetries &&
               compareCredentials(credentials, that.credentials) &&
               Objects.equals(endpoint, that.endpoint) &&
               protocol == that.protocol &&
               Objects.equals(proxyHost, that.proxyHost) &&
               Objects.equals(proxyUsername, that.proxyUsername) &&
               Objects.equals(proxyPassword, that.proxyPassword);
    }

    private boolean compareCredentials(@Nullable AWSCredentials first, @Nullable AWSCredentials second) {
        if (first != null && second != null) {
            return first.getAWSAccessKeyId().equals(second.getAWSAccessKeyId()) &&
                   first.getAWSSecretKey().equals(second.getAWSSecretKey());
        } else {
            return first == second;
        }
    }
}

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Monte Groba from Boneval
This particular ascent of Monte Groba from Boneval, can only be tackled vi Vilachán. Boneval is a small village on the Sierra de Groba, and it sits almost 300m from sea level.
The bridge that crosses the Tamuxe river marks the start of the climb, and straight into a short sharp 10% gradient through the village. The road then flattens, and dips slightly, down to the intersection with the EP-2202 at O Viso. This road is a typical mountain road in this section, but relatively traffic free. The gradient again bites to 10% for almost 2km through the village of Torroña. This section of the climb to Monte Groba was used in the 2014 Vuelta stage 19 won by Adam Hansen. From Torroña the road flattens across the Sierra across windswept open terrian, but nonetheless stunning. The final km has two hairpins, and the final drag to the summit, and the spectacular view up the coast.


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MESOP: TEL TAMR / TAMIR FREED TODAY WITH MASSIVE SUPPORT OF US AIRSTRIKES
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) – MESOP: TEL TAMR / TAMIR FREED TODAY WITH MASSIVE SUPPORT OF US AIRSTRIKES
Syria – The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria Thursday. The strikes hit near the town of Tel Tamr, in an area where Islamic State militants seized around 10 Assyrian villages and abducted hundreds of people this week. One monitoring group estimated 220 Assyrian Christians had been captured, while the Syriac Military Council reported 350 people had been abducted. Meanwhile, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that Syria's refugee crisis is approaching a "dangerous turning point." He noted that 3.8 million people had been registered in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey after being displaced by the Syrian conflict, and he called on European countries to accept more refugees.


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Stories from Saturday, November 12, 2016
FSHS signings (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Fort Scott High School senior Emily Hale (seated, center) signed her letter of intent Wednesday morning to play softball at Cleveland State University beginning in the 2017-18 season. Cleveland State is an NCAA Division I school and a mamber of the Horizon League. With Emily as she signed were (clockwise from upper left) FSHS assistant coach Allison Gorman, head coach Sean Krokroskia and assistant Brian Pommier, and her parents, Des and Amanda...
Knopp going Division I (Community Sports ~ 11/12/16)
CHANUTE -- Mason Knopp, a 2015 graduate of Fort Scott High School, has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Division I Southeastern Louisiana University beginning with the 2017-18 school year. Knopp is currently attending and play at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. ...
Uniontown sees four chosen in volleyball (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Uniontown had four players chosen to the All-Three Rivers League volleyball team, released earlier this week. Holly Shinn was one of four unanimous picks on the First Team. That particular honor also went to Crest's Miranda Golden, Marmaton Valley's Kyla Drake and Oswego's Breanna Vail...
Three picked by SEK soccer coaches (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Three Fort Scott High School players were placed on the Second Team as coaches voted on the All-Southeast Kansas League soccer team earlier this week. Fort Scott, 3-14 this season, saw Micah Self, Tanner Fox and goalkeeper Brett Pickert named to the Second Team...
Stanley, Dwyer nab volleyball honors (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Two Fort Scott High School players received sports on the All-Southeast Kansas League volleyball team, released earlier this week. Karlee Stanley, who signed a letter of intent Thursday to play a Fort Scott Community College next season, was voted to the First Team. Kharsyn Dwyer received a spot on the Second Team...
Four Eagles named All-TRL (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Four Uniontown players were chosen to spots on the All-Three Rivers League 11-Man football team, which was released earlier this week. Cale Coyan was named as a First Team player on both offense and defense. He was chosen as an offensive guard and a linebacker...
Trimble named KJCCC Co-MVP (College Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Four members of Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team have received post-season honors from Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference coaches. The Greyhounds finished the season with a 27-11 record after falling to No. 6-ranked Coffeyville in the Region VI District M championship match a week ago today. The Greyhounds finished tied for third place in KJCCC-Division II with Neosho County...
Nine receive All-SEK football honors (High School Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Nine members of Fort Scott High School's football team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors as the results were released earlier this week following the conclusion of every team's season. The Tigers, who finished in a tie for second place with Labette County, were 3-6 overall this season. ...
Cizauskas again earns national POTW (College Sports ~ 11/12/16)
Going into last Saturday's game against Hutchinson Community, Fort Scott Comunity College linebacker Dominic Cizauskas needed 30 tackles over the last two games of the season to break the FSCC single-season tackle record. Averaging just over 17 tackles a game over his last three games, it appeared this record was well within reach...
Commissioners accept overpass evaluation proposal (Local News ~ 11/12/16)
On Thursday, the Bourbon County Commissioners voted to proceed with an evaluation to determine the future of the railroad overpass on 215th Street near Fulton. Commissioners signed a contract not to exceed $9,400 with Schwab Eaton, a Manhattan civil engineering and architect firm which performs inspections on the county's bridges every other year...
Bourbon Countians salute the veterans (Local News ~ 11/12/16)
Veterans were honored through words and music Friday at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. The cemetery hosted a Veterans Day Memorial Service that included musical performances, reading of poetry and remarks on the sacrifice and service of all U.S. military veterans...


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Q: Many to Many query in MySQL, removing values from results using another query not working I'm making a MySQL image database with tags.
The goal is to be able to query the images using a string with the tags I want and don't want.
Some examples:
'boat' would yield all images that are boats.
'-bike' would yield all images that are not bikes.
'car japanese -mazda -black' would yield all images of japanese cars that are not mazda nor black.
Like a booru, if you know how those work.
I have the code to format this string, get the tag ids from the text and the '-'already.
Here's my database:
CREATE TABLE `image` (
  `image` int(11) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`image`)
);

CREATE TABLE `tag` (
  `tag` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`tag`)
);

CREATE TABLE `tagged` (
  `image` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `tag` int(11) NOT NULL
);

ALTER TABLE `tagged`
  ADD CONSTRAINT `image_tagged` FOREIGN KEY (`image`) REFERENCES `image` (`image`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
  ADD CONSTRAINT `tag_tagged` FOREIGN KEY (`tag`) REFERENCES `tag` (`tag`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;

Here's my current query which doesn't work as intended:
SELECT tagged.image
FROM tagged
WHERE (tagged.tag IN (1))
AND tagged.tag NOT IN (SELECT tagged.image FROM tagged WHERE tagged.tag IN(7))
GROUP BY image
HAVING COUNT(tagged.image)=1

In this case, I would like to search for images that have the tag 1 and do not have the tag 7, however images with the tag 7 still show up.
Here's an older code I was trying to use but didn't get to work either (same issue):
SELECT image.image
FROM image
LEFT JOIN tagged ON image.image = tagged.image
WHERE tagged.tag IN (2,1,5)
GROUP BY image.image
HAVING COUNT(*) = 3
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT image.image
                FROM image LEFT JOIN tagged ON image.image = tagged.image
                WHERE tagged.tag IN (3,6)
                GROUP BY image.image
                HAVING COUNT(*) = 1)

I'm not sure whether this is the approach I should be using or not.
I'm currently skipping the 'SELECT image FROM image WHERE' part as I'd like to get this to work first.
I've searched a bunch but I can't seem to find a question that fits these criteria, hence why I'm making this one.

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MYOB has pushed out the new version 2018.3 which includes a multi currency option. Will this effect the current import into MYOB.
We may also start using the multi currency in MYOB. We currently use it in our other software. Will we need to wait for those extra fields to be available in Transpost?
TransPost has always provided for currencies for the old Classic MYOB ODBC version. All the code is in place except that the API for AccountRight provides nowhere to put currency data so we cannot implement it.
Despite the recent changes, the API documentation as published by MYOB still does not provide for currency. When we can identify suitable fields in the API for passing currency data we will hook up the existing mapping fields and make them visible in the AccountRight Live context.
We are looking quite keenly at the available API structures for that opportunity.
Ok so we are safe to upgrade our MYOB to 2018.3 and shouldn't experience any issues with the current import then?
If you want to import data containing currency codes and exchange rates via TransPost you should stick with Classic MYOB and wait until MYOB have added them to the API as inputs. So far they have added the odd output field for currency but no details have been published for API fields enabling importing of transactions in foreign currencies.
When there are fields for importing currency details we will modify TransPost as quickly as possible to take advantage of them. They are all there for Classic MYOB so the update should not take us too long to develop. We will send out a newsletter and post here when that has occurred.


Thanks, Vince. Hope all is well with you. J.
All is good. I hope you and your family have a safe and enjoyable holiday season!
John – Very thoughtful blog. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I discussed this very topic over the holiday with my brother. I agree with your example of Donald Trump but he is just the latest and most bellicose of the offenders. The political spectrum is replete with examples of candidates who willfully or negligently disregard the truth. Hillary Clinton is as skilled at manipulating the truth of any candidate in recent memory. That said, the issue certainly isn't unique to politics and these examples are just symptoms of the real issue.
The real issue is "us". Our social discourse on dozens of topics has become so divided and caustic that logic and reason no longer prevail. Good people with intellectual disagreements and a desire for compromise are seen as weeds in the garden of perfection. Those weeds need to be pulled out from the base to guarantee that they are obliterated.
In this environment facts are inconvenient things. False facts, statistics, and misquoted information are the tools of the trade. Add to the mix a populous and media that will accept anything that aligns with their beliefs regardless of the truth and you see a problem that continues to multiply.
Additionally, everyone's bias makes their view of the facts skewed. Your blog suggests this by the examples you give even if you don't expressly state it. It took Donald Trump to move your pen despite having a perfectly good example of dishonesty in Hillary Clinton.
Social media has become electronic mob rule where justice and truth are secondary in priority to getting your point of view proliferated. I have also found that the very people who believe they are operating with righteousness on their side are the worst offenders. Prepackaged stories designed to elicit outrage from one side or the other are held up as proof of the highly evolved position one is taking. There is no tolerance for discourse and your only option is to accept their truth or quickly acquire whatever label is convenient to marginalize you.
I confess that I occasionally get pulled into a thread whose sole intention is to cram a political or social view down your throat (shame on me). To change this we have to change "us" and the standard we hold ourselves to. I am not as optimistic about the mobs ability to change. The mob loves anonymity and the ability to rarely be held accountable. As a result, I will just continue to use the online tools to hide the people who send the prepackaged insanity designed to divide us. Thankfully John you are not one of those….
Thanks for the feedback. I used Trump because he has developed somewhat of a cottage industry in misinformation that indicates a contempt for the American voter far beyond any other candidate, right or left. To have had one Democrat and one Trump as examples would have suggested a false equivalency.
But, as I tried to point out, I have no real expectation for candidate scruples…yet I do of the citizenry at large and that is where I, and all of us,need to clean up our act. I tried to point out that it is not a partisan problem though as I mentioned I personally see bias induced fact-avoidance far more frequently from the right than the left. This is not to say that there aren't plenty of examples from the left…just not as many in my little sampling. Not because liberals are particularly better, just different: I believe left-wing foibles tend toward another direction altogether, namely the enthusiasm for political correctness and safe speech that stifles real, genuine, dangerous debate. But more on that in a later blog.
The real question is…why aren't you working? I'm the old retired guy with too much time on his hands.
I don't disagree with you at all on Trump. I find his tactics dishonest and objectionable I believe he lacks the requisite substance to be a candidate for public office at any level. I also guess I shouldn't be stunned that the American people accept this since political contests have been beauty pageants for many elections at this point.
I also agree with your basic conclusion regarding the citizenry's role in all of this and our duty to behave more responsibly. I certainly have no quarrel with your reference to scripture.
One point I was trying to tease out was that all of us are more likely to have our sensibilities bruised by tweets, posts or stories that don't align with our basic world view. That fact tends to skew how we react and remember events. Said another way, the reference to categorizing a broad group as prime offenders removed some of the power from your point (for me at least).
Anyway your blog was thought provoking and right on target. One last point – your reference to me as a slacker is also misplaced. I may not be a millennial but I can multi task like one…. Perhaps that was a bit Trumpish of me to claim that.


really beautiful in the park. have not cuddled with them yet but yes they think they are really good. pretty soft but not as soft as many say.
- Really nice skis, simple but stylish design.
- Fairly light and soft skis that fit to jump in.
K2 Fujative is really nice skiing and jumping in, but a little clumsy offpiste, which gives a little minus.
But otherwise the most beautiful I have gone!
After trying both the 169cm and 179cm variant on the ski, during a snowboat week in the Alps (with pads, park and piste) I have a lot to say about the ski. Everything is for the better.
+ First impression; incredibly beautiful design, each ski is unique with its beautiful wooden core, the black lines floating over the ski in the long run. The graphics are also a fun element, very nice and detailed. Prickly bonds designed as flames (Mark Free 12.0 WB). In principle, I'm never tired of watching the skis under the elevator.
+ Comfortable ride soft and very gentle, swings quickly and gives a good bet. Broad and still, and gives me good speed control.
+ Off-piste features: A splendidly beautiful off-piste skiing, which, with its softness, can handle unevenities like a dance. This makes it easy to float through uneven snow, and also manage stones and bumps well.
+ Loose nose properties: Floats wonderfully in the snow because of of softness, swinging well and coping with terrain and drop well. The skid is carrying the skier well simply.
+ Park Features: Designed for parking, incredibly comfortable in landings, especially switch. Once again, because the ski is not rigid. It provides good support and is easy to pop as well, you can easily do less tricks without hope. I have not railed it yet, and can not comment on its features in that area.
+ Pist Properties: Really go to carve, probably because of. the outline is not quite straight, but a little curved. Swiftly said, easy and stable. Despite the fatness of the skies, it is really sharp in the piste. Also takes a good grip on ice.
+ Bindings: In the other reviews, it has been complained of "Mark Free 11.0", in my case included "Mark Free 12.0 WB" that really does not work for hacks. I have tested both binding models, and chose the 12.0, which is very good and strong, and was also highly recommended by Goitschel (Val Thorens best ski shop). I took a look at the town today and realized that my grimming bends were apparently not included in the packages in Sweden's shops. Clearly, Marker Free 12.0 WB is a real elevator.
+ The price: A real monster price for a real quality ski! 4200 SKR at the time of purchase in Val Thorens, including Marking Free 12.0 WB bindings. I had not really been surprised if this ski had been on the dawn more than it was.
+ Quality: Hard tough coat, and generally strong skis, which can handle damage to many stent hits. During my rubbish, I felt a stone's throw in the ski, but they did not leave a trail. This probably also has to do with scars the skis are soft and bounce off the stones easily!
- No, I think there are no weaknesses on K2 Fujative.
When you choose the length of these, it should be said that longer is better. If you are a good skier, a long skid only offers advantages, especially in snow and snow. A longer ski run is better to develop on, too, if you are good you will still get better. I tested the two longest models, and the longest suited my level and ride best, although a shorter ski (169cm) might have benefited me in the park.
I am an advanced rider who runs mostly freeride, everywhere where the powder can be, I love all kinds of off-piste terrain. I work on the park yard where I have not come as far, but some tricks are very sure. The shooting is also advanced. I have a lot of skiing days every year, and they will be more. An average of two weeks in any case.
So I can recommend K2 Fujative to advanced skiers, and skilled skiers, who can really take advantage of its full potential. Freeriders as well as jibbers. More beautiful planks can you look for!
Would you like to know more, please send me an email!
Hang loose and good luck with the skiing!
belag able to withstand "abuse"
A good ski, but I thought it felt a bit clumsy sometime.
Riding style: Park, piste, off-piste.
works well in the park, piste, and in pillows.
Really nice to drive in the park with.
Also works really well in the usual piste.
Great to drive the switch with.
Weighs almost nothing, you can basically stand still and make a 360.
I was lucky enough to get a couple of other bindings until the "usual" ended. got a pair of much better salmon bindings instead that made the ski even goer!
Honestly, I do not really think there are any major weaknesses, not as I can get on now.
Very go park skiing. works perfectly perfectly in regular pist too. Very very affordable !!
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Orginal tension, tends to bother to trigger sometimes but another cannonbreak.
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The Preserve also has the benefit of close proximity to Austin Country Club on Westlake Drive. Texas' first golf club, the Austin Country Club is a social and recreational hub for many of the area's residents and offers an 18-hole Pete Dye design golf course on 180 acres; lighted tennis courts; a heated 50-meter swimming pool; a fitness facility; food and beverage venues; and 57 boat slips.
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My niece Katie is like a daughter to me, well a daughter who I didn't raise, send thru school, or discipline! But a niece/daughter I spoil, go shopping with, take vacations with and share stories with. She pretty much knows what I like. So when she text me a few months back and told me I needed to check out this designer, I knew she would be right! Meet Rustic Cuff!! Not only do I love her style and cuffs, she is from my hometown of Tulsa, and by way of Pensacola. My Grandmother lived there for many years and we use to visit Pensacola in the summers! It was an instant conection for me!
What I love about Rustic Cuff Designs is such a long list I will summarize it with you in visual beauty !
See what I mean? Absolutely wonderful! I love them all! Her designs have been seen on the arms of Miranda Lambert, (several times), Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Kathie Lee Gifford on the Today Show, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the View just to name a few! I asked Jill to share a little bit about herself.
My own personal style is simple with flashes of color. I like to be able to blend in while at the same time, if I choose, to stand out in a crowd. Generally, I am drawn to what I call my "uniform"...which is my favorite pair of cowboy boots or flip flops (depending on the weather), shorts, and a black t-shirt. I accessorize with color on my wrist depending on how I am feeling when I wake up!
Where do you draw inspiration from when designing a new piece?
I draw inspiration from things that are not necessarily trendy but from things that catch my eye and stand out. Things that are outside of the box sometimes. My daughters also help by giving me the thumbs up or thumbs down on my initial drawings!
Layers. Layers. and more layers.
Which piece would you say is a best seller?
The monogram Stingray Cuff and any wrap with a logo magnet clasp.
If you had to chose, which piece is your favorite?
The custom pieces that someone created as a gift for a loved one always means more than anything else.
Here is what Jill had to say about how it all began for her, and her love of cuffs!
"After falling in love with all things "Cuffs" sometime in the late 90′s, I began the search for the perfect one. I loved leather. I loved metal. However, what I came to realize was the juxtaposition of joining the two mediums would bring me more satisfaction than either of those alone. Rustic Cuff was created late one night when I grew weary of searching for that perfect cuff and decided to create my own. What started off as a midnight hobby, making for friends and family, has now turned into a creative outlet with endless ideas and possibilities.
This particular journey has brought extra joy into my life because it is the first time both of my girls are old enough to share in the process with me…designing, hammering, cutting, measuring, painting, dyeing, snapping, riveting, and simply just creating together!"
Thanks Jill for sharing your story and your love of cuffs! Here are a few of the poolside collections that the winner will get to choose from. And YES, the set is for all three, or four together!!
So now for the fun! Enter to win a Rustic Cuff for yourself from any of the poolside collections designs. Just follow the steps in the rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
Thanks for introducing me to another great designer, I'm torn between the candy apple red and orange poolside collection.
I bought 2 of the Rustic Cuff bracelets when they were the featured Deals & Steals on Good Morning America. I absolutely love them - one was for me & one for my daughter. It was so hard to decide which one to give & which one to keep. I wanted both of them, but was a good mo & gave my daughter one. These are fantastic bracelets.
It's difficult to choose just 1 favorite from my collection, but I adore my custom stingray cuff with monogram!
Great interview with Jill! She's such a delightful person in addition to being a fabulous designer!!
These are gorgeous! Especially love the stingray monogram!
I love the monogram stingray cuff!
I love the pink python cuff.
Hi Lisa, I just found your awesome blog thru Rustic Cuff's fb page. Love the turquoise & silver cuff!!
--------------------- Love the Red Poolside Double Wrap Red Buckle Cuff With a 1 Inch Genuine Lizard Cuff and a 1/2 inch single Hammered Bangle.
I like the red poolside collection. Love these!


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The Stills – Snakecharm the Masses in Australia (2009)
Having pulled up a chair with the The Stills in London to have a drink and talk about their most recent album Oceans Will Rise late last year, we continue to follow their adventures as The Stills join the Kings of Leon on tour in Australia, where Chris Berkley of Static catches up with both Dave Hamelin and Tim Fletcher who seem to be liberally indulging (and imbibing) in the best of what Australia has to offer. Proud Australians that we are, we'd be insulted otherwise, so The Stills, we salute you!
Have you been doing a good job of drinking Sydney dry, gentlemen?
Tim : Oh yeah…
Dave: I might mess up because I'm still pretty drunk from last night. So please excuse my behaviour and sentence structure.
I'm actually surprised that you guys are still awake. I read the recipe on the net that you wrote about fighting jetlag. Which of the band wrote that one?
Tim: I wrote that. That's my personal recipe and I don't think that every member of the band would necessarily go about it the same way, but I take two xanax, two Airborne Nighttimes, and then two melatonin pills, wrap a scarf around your eyes and your ears and pass out.
There was a glass of wine in the equation, I read…
Tim: If you stay up on the flight from LA to Sydney, stay up for a few hours, watch a movie, drink a glass of wine, take a pee before you take your medication and then wait half an hour for it to kick in and then see you in 12 hours.
So you guys are over here by the grace of Kings Of Leon. You've actually toured together before?
Dave: This is the fourth time we've gone on tour with them. They're buddies of ours and it's so weird. I'm just kinda blown away at how popular they are right now, and it kinda hit me last night. Maybe it's because I'm still drunk or was drunk last night, but I'm just overwhelmed by how popular they are. It's so crazy.
Tim: It's like both our bands put out our debut records around the same time and were nobodies prior to that and they've steadily climb to world fame, while a band like Coldplay had one single off their debut that made them instantly huge, but with Kings Of Leon, they've worked from the indies and up into the…
….into the stratosphere.
Dave: It's just so crazy but I'm really happy for them.
I was going to say, you are happy for them, there's no sour grapes?
Tim: No, of course. They're the best guys and they work really hard, and they write great tunes and they really deserve it.
There's a strange synchronicity going on between you two bands. You've got a song on the latest album called "Hands on Fire" and Kings of Leon have a track called "Sex on Fire".
Dave: Yeah yeah, I know. We've stopped playing it live on this tour because it's too weird, but we didn't discuss it and I definitely wrote it before I heard "Sex on Fire".
So maybe they copied you then, I reckon…
Tim: No, because our albums came out within a month of each other, so neither of us would've heard the other's fiery version.
Dave: We sent them our record, and I remember we sent it to them before it came out but I can't remember when… Maybe they heard it and said 'oh, that's it' but no…
But are there some similarities between yourselves and Kings of Leon in terms of making those kind of market leaps between each albums? There seems to be a definite progression with The Stills where you try on different styles for every record that you make so far.
Tim: I think that maybe we've hopped around from genre island to genre island, slightly more drastically than they have.
Dave: The records do sound pretty different.
Tim: They are different. There's clear progressions from each of their albums, but I guess we are bands that like to try different things from album to album and not rely on old tricks.
But at the end of the day you still sound like The Stills, if there is that sound.
Dave: I think so, yeah. I think our songs sound like our songs, no matter what record, style or genre. If we did a heavy metal song, it would still sound pretty much like us.
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In 1935 Joan Weston and Roller Derby were both born. When they finally met, it was a match made in heaven.
Weston's parents divorced when she was a baby, and she was raised by her maternal grandparents. They worked six days a week at the restaurant and gas station they owned in Southern California. Despite their preoccupation with earning a living, they created a strict but loving environment.
Weston idolized her father who had movie star good looks, and she fondly remembers a summer spent with him before he was killed in a car accident. Not knowing how to channel her grief, she blamed her mother for her parents' divorce. This compounded the emotional distance between them.
Even though they weren't Catholics, her grandfather insisted on a Mount St. Mary's College education. Her grandmother was amenable to that until Weston decided she wanted to become a nun. Weston then appeased her by directing all her energy into sports. A natural athlete, Weston excelled in every sport she tried, but that didn't mean her grandmother would let her try anything. She balked when Weston wanted to take up trick horseback riding as being too dangerous. Softball seemed like a good compromise, and Weston played school and league ball. This proved to be a good match, and in one college game Weston hit eight home runs.
Upon graduation, there weren't many options for female athletes. When Weston watched the Roller Derby she saw her future, and she couldn't wait to take her skating from the sidewalk to the indoor banked track. Her five feet ten inch, 150 pound frame and bleached blonde hair were the perfect body and image. She moved to northern California to learn the sport and join a team.
It wasn't the Roller Derby people or the lifestyle that attracted Weston. She simply loved to skate, and skating at 30 miles an hour gave her a sense of freedom. At the beginning she had to overcome some clumsiness, however. In her first outing she tripped and fell in front of nine skaters, all of whom fell over her.
After playing on various teams for several years, Weston gained her Roller Derby Queen reputation on the San Francisco Bay Bombers. She started wearing the orange and black in 1963 when she was 28 years old. Her fans called her the Blonde Bomber, Blonde Amazon and Golden Girl.
Skating was so much her life that she skated full time (over 250 games each year) for 18 years and part time for another 24 years. She played the Pivot position which gave her an opportunity to play defense and offense as necessary. Even though the Roller Derby was not a mainstream sport, Weston was the highest paid female athlete in the 1960s. She earned less than her male counterparts, however, by nearly $20,000.
Derby teams toured the country to compete at local arenas, traveling by Greyhound bus or car. One year Weston put 60,000 miles on her car. The players stayed in Holiday Inns that dotted the trail. Each night her best friend was waiting in the room for Weston to return. Malia, a spotted mutt who was born in a box on a Greyhound bus, knew when Weston should be arriving and was peering out the window when her car pulled into the parking lot.
It wasn't easy to maintain romantic relationships while on the road. When she was 20 she got engaged to another skater who was drop dead handsome. The Roller Derby publicity department milked the relationship for all it was worth, but after 18 months it ended. There were two other engagements that ended badly. One suitor insisted Weston stop skating, but she sacrificed the relationship instead of her career. With so much heart break, when she was 37 years old, Weston declared she would never marry.
In 1965 the Roller Derby management promoted her to captain of the acclaimed Bay Bombers supplanting Annis (Big Red) Jensen. On tour, Weston wore the white shirt of the home team.
About that time a rivalry blossomed between Weston and Ann Calvello, another super star skater who wrote the red shirt of the rival teams. Weston vs. Calvello became the biggest rivalry in the history of the sport, and it was personal. Games turned into good vs. evil slug fests, and Calvello never missed an opportunity to provoke and punish Weston's teammates with illegal kicks and punches. This fueled Weston to seek revenge. Calvello's cheap shots incensed audiences who would throw things at her and occasionally even damage her car. Each skater played her part to perfection, but in the end, the audience demanded that good triumph over evil. Even though Weston was the predictable victor, audiences packed the arenas the next night to see what would happen.
Injuries are a fact of life in Roller Derby, and Weston, like all players, suffered her share of debilitating ones. In an interview she recounted knee cartilage surgery and a dislocated collar bone. Trips to the dentist were frequent as dentures replaced missing teeth. In one game she got into such a heated argument with the referee that two of her teeth flew out of her mouth right past the ref's ear.
Because of the violence, Weston's mom could never accept her daughter's career choice, or even watch a Roller Derby game. Her grandmother had the courage to watch only one. The star athlete found her support within the ranks of the sport. Eventually she married skater Nick Scopas, and their relationship lasted until death parted them.
If they weren't proud of her job, Weston's family could be proud of what she accomplished. The Blond Bomber was voted Roller Derby Queen four times, received the Most Valuable Player award in 1968 and was inducted into the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame.
In the 1970s a skaters' strike, the gas crisis and increasing costs made managing the Roller Derby too expensive for Jerry Seltzer, son of founder Leo Seltzer. The original Roller Derby league skated their last game on December 3, 1973. Seltzer sold everything Roller Derby to other promoters.
Weston and Roller Derby started life and ended together. She was 38 years old and her body didn't bounce back from injuries as quickly, so this was the perfect time to retire. It was not the end of skating for Weston, however. She channeled her experience and expertise into training young skaters and staging exhibition games.
Weston's life wasn't all skating all the time. She loved Hawaii and won the 1962 outrigger championship on a canoe called Malia, the name sake for her dog. Her love of softball exceeded her tenure skating and she played in leagues in northern California.
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I grew up watching Roller Derby, my mom and dad were huge followers of the Bay Area Bombers. If they were anywhere near our hometown of Modesto, CA we were at the track. Charlie O and Joannie were in a class all by themselves. I spent many hours at Merry Gardens, our local roller rink, pretending to be A BOMBER!!
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If Republicans maintain control of Congress, the plan is to try yet again to sabotage the American health care system.
Health care costs are already higher than they should be thanks to Trump and Republicans' sabotage of the popular Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.
And a new report from Axios shows that if Republicans maintain control of Congress, their goal is to go even further and completely destroy the ACA.
But Republicans don't want to talk about that too much.
"Repeal is like fight club," one GOP operative told Axios, referring to the 1999 movie starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. "First rule is not to talk about it."
According to interviews with lawmakers and aides, Republicans plan to hold yet another vote to repeal Obamacare next year — assuming their party can maintain control of the House of Representatives and possibly pick up some seats in the Senate.
The Axios report mirrors the statements of other Republicans who have admitted their goal is to completely undermine the ACA.
By and large, however, Republicans are avoiding the topic on the campaign trail — while Democrats are talking about health care almost constantly.
In one very close special congressional election in Ohio, Democratic candidate Danny O'Connor has made health care a top issue — and he's been gaining in the polls.
His Republican opponent, Troy Balderson, once voted to kick half a million Ohioans off of their health insurance, and has embraced his recent endorsement from Trump.
Polling also shows Republicans have good reason to be afraid of campaigning on health care.
Voters overwhelmingly trust Democrats over Republicans and Trump on health care, by a 13-point margin (55 to 42). That trust gap widens further to 26 points among women voters (60 to 34), and 22 points (57 to 35) among independent voters.
Republicans' relative silence about destroying Obamacare is a sharp departure from previous campaigns.
Ever since President Obama signed the ACA into law, Republicans have been adamant about destroying his signature piece of health care policy — and have actively campaigned on it.
In 2017, with Republicans controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, the GOP finally had the chance to make good on their threats.
In the end, however, voters adamantly opposed the plan Republicans put forward — and Obamacare was spared because that plan never became law.
A central component of the destructive Republican bill was removing protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions.
Under the bill Speaker Paul Ryan and Republicans pushed through the House of Representatives, "Insurers would be able to charge people significantly more if they had a pre-existing condition like heart disease, cancer, diabetes or arthritis – possibly requiring people to pay thousands of dollars extra every year to remain insured," according to Politifact.
The House bill, which no Democrats supported, would have caused 23 million people to lose access to health insurance.
In contrast, nearly 20 million people signed up for health insurance from the time Obamacare was signed into law through 2017.
Further, Republicans wanted to impose an "age tax" on residents aged 50-64 — which would have drastically driven up health care costs for older Americans, according to the AARP.
Even if Republicans don't want to talk about it, voters will remember how Republicans tried to sabotage health care in the past — and how they're still trying to sabotage it to this day.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
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The Hyderabad High Court had on April 30 declined to admit appeals filed by Raju and others against their conviction, observing it was not maintainable before it and asked them to move sessions court. Raju, the scam kingpin, and nine other convicts, currently lodged in Cherlapally Central Prison, yesterday filed the appeals in the Metropolitan Sessions Judge (MSJ) court, which is likely to take up the matter on Wednesday. They had earlier moved the high court, praying to set aside a trial court order convicting them in the over Rs 7,000-crore scandal that came to light in 2009.
However, the high court had said the "appeals lie only before a court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge (MSJ)" and directed the petitioners to approach it as the same are not maintainable before the high court. The sessions court had on April 20 refused to accept appeal petitions filed by Raju and nine others (challenging the trial court verdict) and returned them as not maintainable before it on the grounds that it has no jurisdiction to hear them and asked the 10 convicts to move the high court.
The appeals were earlier filed by Raju and others in the MSJ court, requesting it to quash the trial court's verdict and also for seeking bail. On April 9, the trial court, which tried the corporate fraud case probed by CBI, sentenced Raju and others, including his brother Rama Raju, to seven years rigorous imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and cheating, among other offences. It had also imposed a Rs 5.5-crore fine on Raju and his brother Rama Raju.


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