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Schools: Rural Areas
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his Department's policy is on the future of small rural schools; what discussions he has had with the National Association for Small Schools on closures of such schools; and if he will make a statement. [183808]
Jim Knight: There has been no change in Government policy towards small rural schools. The Department has taken, and will continue to take, measures to support both schools and communities in rural areas. The presumption against the closure of rural primary schools, which we introduced in 1998, is working well and local authorities must continue to make decisions on the future of rural schools in accordance with our statutory guidance.
Responsibility for the overall planning of school places rests with local authorities and we expect them to ensure that school places are where parents want them. The case for closure needs to be strong and clearly in the best interests of educational provision in the area. There are other actions that can be taken to reduce surplus places without closing schools.
The Secretary of State has not had discussions with the National Association for Small Schools but I have responded to correspondence from this organisation in December 2007 confirming the measures that are in place to protect small rural schools.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will undertake an assessment of the appropriateness of the value for money criteria in relation to the schools grant for providing education services in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. [184225]
Jim Knight: The distribution mechanism for DSG does not include value for money criteria in relation to education services in rural areas. The starting point for the calculation of 2008-09 DSG allocation is each authority's DSG guaranteed unit of funding per pupil, which in turn depends on the amount the authority budgeted to spend in 2005-06. This was closely related to the Schools Formula Spending Share (FSS) calculation, which took account (as one of a number of factors) of the needs of rural authorities through an
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addition for pupils in primary schools: this recognised the additional costs faced by rural authorities in keeping open more small primary schools than other authorities.
Secondary Education: Standards
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2008, Official Report, columns 174-75W, to the hon. Member for South Holland and the Deepings (Mr. Hayes), on secondary education: standards, what the figures are excluding pupils from selective schools. [184023]
Jim Knight [holding answer 1 February 2008]: The table shows the number and rate of permanent and fixed period exclusions from grammar and other secondary schools for the latest available reporting period.
Secondary schools( 1) : Number of exclusions—2005/06—England
Grammar schools Other secondary schools Total
Number of permanent exclusions(2)
Percentage of school population(3)
Number of fixed period exclusions
(1) Excludes city technology colleges and academies. Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Figures relating to permanent exclusions have been estimated.
(3) The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the school population.
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
School Census
Ms Dari Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons why (i) foster family units break down and (ii) family units with an adopted child or children breakdown. [183548]
Kevin Brennan: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to her on 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 565W. No further research has been commissioned since that reply was given.
The research study referred to in the earlier reply is now due to report to the Department in December 2008.
Special Educational Needs: Essex
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many appeals against a refusal on the part of Essex County Council to issue a statement of special needs there were in each of the last five years. [178821]
Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.
In the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007 (the last five calendar years) the special educational needs and disability tribunal (SENDIST) has registered 19 appeals against Essex LEA where the type of appeal was "against refusal to make a statement". This was out of a total of 674 appeals that SENDIST registered against Essex LEA.
Special Educational Needs: Somerset
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many tribunals were held in Somerset relating to children with special educational needs statements in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the outcome was of those tribunals. [183450]
The special educational needs and disability tribunal (SENDIST) publish statistical information in its annual reports by the school year. In the latest period, 1 September 2006 to 31 August 2007, SENDIST decided 12 appeals against Somerset local education authority. Of the 12 appeals decided, seven were upheld, either wholly or in part, and five dismissed.
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in Somerset had special educational needs statements at the latest date for which figures are available. [183451]
Kevin Brennan: In 2007 there were 1,266 pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) maintained by Somerset local authority.
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the special educational needs budget is for Somerset county council in 2007-08; how much of the budget is allocated to each category of special educational needs; and how much is allocated for (a) the employment of staff and (b) other expenditure. [183452]
Kevin Brennan: The information for Somerset local authority about what the budget is for special educational needs is as follows:
Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs( 1,)( )( 2) , 2007-08( 3,)( )( 4)
Somerset local authority
(1) Includes planned expenditure on the provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with SEN, support for inclusion, inter authority recoupment, fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad, educational psychology service, local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health related services, parent partnership, guidance and information, the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co-ordination. Also included is the funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" and the individual schools budget (ISB) for special schools.
(2) The ISB for special schools will include some general education costs for pupils with SEN in addition to those costs specifically for SEN while the figures recorded against "notional SEN" are only indicative of the amount that might by spent by schools on SEN. In addition to the planned expenditure in the table, Somerset LA also budgeted £3.3 million for SEN transport expenditure during 2007-08.
(3) 2007-08 data are subject to change by the local authority.
(4) Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds and may not sum due to rounding.
1. Cash terms figures as reported by Somerset local authority as at 29 January 2008.
2. The data are drawn from Somerset local authority's 2007-08 Section 52 Budget Statements (Tables 1 and 2) submitted to the DCSF (formally the DfES).
The Department does not collect separate figures on how much is allocated for the employment of staff and other expenditure.
Specialised Diplomas
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of teachers that will be required to undergo training to teach a syllabus for the new diplomas. [184052]
Jim Knight: The Department has estimated that up to 3,800 teachers (including those in the further education and post-compulsory education sectors) will be required to undergo training to prepare for the first teaching of diplomas in September 2008.
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average cost per head of the training which teachers will be required to undertake to teach a syllabus for the new diplomas. [184064]
Jim Knight: The Department directly funds a package of blended support that includes face to face training supplemented by a combination of materials, online resources and access to local teacher development networks. The current face to face training component is estimated to cost about £1,160 per head.
Sure Start
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2008, Official Report, column 666W, on Sure Start, what discussions his Department has had with Kent County Council on the allocation of its ring-fenced Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant since 9 January 2008; and if he will make a statement. [184090]
Beverley Hughes: There have been no further discussions between officials in the Department and Kent county council on the allocation of the ring-fenced Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant since my response to my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey's (Derek Wyatt) question on 9 January 2008. Together for Children, the consortium we have appointed to support local authorities during the development of Sure Start Children's Centres, are, however, in discussion with Kent county council's Early Years Officers about their future plans for children's centres. The memorandum
of grant for 2008-09, referred to in my earlier answer, will be issued to Kent county council shortly. This will set out the conditions attached to the Grant and make clear that the ring fenced grant can only be used for services in Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs), and centres based on SSLPs, and cannot be used for new children's centres.
Teachers: Pay
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what reviews of teachers' pay are scheduled to take place in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. [183461]
Jim Knight: In his parliamentary statement of 15 January 2008, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has indicated that he intends to set the School Teachers' Review Body a remit in the course of 2008 to enable them to ensure that the teachers' pay increases they have proposed for 2009 and 2010 continue to be appropriate.
Teachers: Yorkshire and Humber
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff there were in local education authority schools in (i) Yorkshire and Humber and (ii) City of York in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest period for which figures are available. [183489]
Jim Knight: The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff employed in local authority maintained schools in England, Yorkshire and the Humber government office region and the City of York local authority in England, January 1997 and 2007.
Full-time equivalent regular teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff in local authority maintained schools in England, Yorkshire and the Humber government office region and the City of York local authority, January 1997 and 2007
Regular teachers( 1) Teaching assistants( 2,)( )( 3) Support staff( 2,)( )( 4) (excluding teaching assistants)
City of York
(1) Source—DCSF annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (618 g)
(2) Source—DCSF School Census
(3) Teaching assistants include special needs support staff and minority ethnic support staff.
(4) Support staff include administrative staff, technicians and other support staff.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Truancy: Females
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many girls between the ages of 13 and 16 were removed from school rolls after failing to return from an authorised absence abroad during 2006. [183546]
Jim Knight: The requested information is not collected centrally.
Young People: Transport
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department has taken to encourage sharing good practice in the provision of transport for young people since his Department published, "Youth matters: next steps", in March 2006; and if he will make a statement. [183173]
Beverley Hughes: As a result of "Youth Matters: Next Steps", the Education and Inspections Act 2006 places a duty on local authorities to secure young people's access to positive activities. To do so local authorities will need to identify and address barriers to access, including, where applicable and practicable, issues associated with the provision of transport. There are a number of ways in which local authorities can tackle transport barriers, including using subsidy and involving young people in local transport planning.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families signalled its further commitment to improving transport for young people taking part in positive activities through "Aiming High for Young People: a ten year strategy for positive activities" published in July 2007. The strategy contains a commitment to improve existing guidance, support and challenge to children's trusts and transport planners to encourage joined up planning and commissioning of transport for the benefit of young people.
DCSF is working with Department for Transport colleagues to develop plans to implement this commitment.
In Bedfordshire, £50,000 of Youth Opportunity Fund money is supporting a transport scheme to help young people in rural areas access activities. In Nottingham, the DCSF is supporting the city council in a pilot which will give economically disadvantaged young people the equivalent of £20 a month free public transport to help them access positive activities.


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'use strict';

var should = require('should'),
	request = require('supertest'),
	path = require('path'),
	mongoose = require('mongoose'),
	User = mongoose.model('User'),
	Map = mongoose.model('Map'),
	express = require(path.resolve('./config/lib/express'));

/**
 * Globals
 */
var app, agent, credentials, user, map;

/**
 * Map routes tests
 */
describe('Map CRUD tests', function() {
	before(function(done) {
		// Get application
		app = express.init(mongoose);
		agent = request.agent(app);

		done();
	});

	beforeEach(function(done) {
		// Create user credentials
		credentials = {
			username: 'username',
			password: 'password'
		};

		// Create a new user
		user = new User({
			firstName: 'Full',
			lastName: 'Name',
			displayName: 'Full Name',
			email: 'test@test.com',
			username: credentials.username,
			password: credentials.password,
			provider: 'local'
		});

		// Save a user to the test db and create new Map
		user.save(function() {
			map = {
				name: 'Map Name'
			};

			done();
		});
	});

	it('should be able to save Map instance if logged in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/api/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Map
				agent.post('/api/maps')
					.send(map)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(mapSaveErr, mapSaveRes) {
						// Handle Map save error
						if (mapSaveErr) done(mapSaveErr);

						// Get a list of Maps
						agent.get('/api/maps')
							.end(function(mapsGetErr, mapsGetRes) {
								// Handle Map save error
								if (mapsGetErr) done(mapsGetErr);

								// Get Maps list
								var maps = mapsGetRes.body;

								// Set assertions
								(maps[0].user._id).should.equal(userId);
								(maps[0].name).should.match('Map Name');

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to save Map instance if not logged in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/api/maps')
			.send(map)
			.expect(403)
			.end(function(mapSaveErr, mapSaveRes) {
				// Call the assertion callback
				done(mapSaveErr);
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to save Map instance if no name is provided', function(done) {
		// Invalidate name field
		map.name = '';

		agent.post('/api/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Map
				agent.post('/api/maps')
					.send(map)
					.expect(400)
					.end(function(mapSaveErr, mapSaveRes) {
						// Set message assertion
						(mapSaveRes.body.message).should.match('Please fill Map name');

						// Handle Map save error
						done(mapSaveErr);
					});
			});
	});

	it('should be able to update Map instance if signed in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/api/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Map
				agent.post('/api/maps')
					.send(map)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(mapSaveErr, mapSaveRes) {
						// Handle Map save error
						if (mapSaveErr) done(mapSaveErr);

						// Update Map name
						map.name = 'WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO MEAN?';

						// Update existing Map
						agent.put('/api/maps/' + mapSaveRes.body._id)
							.send(map)
							.expect(200)
							.end(function(mapUpdateErr, mapUpdateRes) {
								// Handle Map update error
								if (mapUpdateErr) done(mapUpdateErr);

								// Set assertions
								(mapUpdateRes.body._id).should.equal(mapSaveRes.body._id);
								(mapUpdateRes.body.name).should.match('WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO MEAN?');

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should be able to get a list of Maps if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Create new Map model instance
		var mapObj = new Map(map);

		// Save the Map
		mapObj.save(function() {
			// Request Maps
			request(app).get('/api/maps')
				.end(function(req, res) {
					// Set assertion
					res.body.should.be.an.Array.with.lengthOf(1);

					// Call the assertion callback
					done();
				});

		});
	});

	it('should be able to get a single Map if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Create new Map model instance
		var mapObj = new Map(map);

		// Save the Map
		mapObj.save(function() {
			request(app).get('/api/maps/' + mapObj._id)
				.end(function(req, res) {
					// Set assertion
					res.body.should.be.an.Object.with.property('name', map.name);

					// Call the assertion callback
					done();
				});
		});
	});

	it('should be able to delete Map instance if signed in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/api/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Map
				agent.post('/api/maps')
					.send(map)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(mapSaveErr, mapSaveRes) {
						// Handle Map save error
						if (mapSaveErr) done(mapSaveErr);

						// Delete existing Map
						agent.delete('/api/maps/' + mapSaveRes.body._id)
							.send(map)
							.expect(200)
							.end(function(mapDeleteErr, mapDeleteRes) {
								// Handle Map error error
								if (mapDeleteErr) done(mapDeleteErr);

								// Set assertions
								(mapDeleteRes.body._id).should.equal(mapSaveRes.body._id);

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to delete Map instance if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Set Map user
		map.user = user;

		// Create new Map model instance
		var mapObj = new Map(map);

		// Save the Map
		mapObj.save(function() {
			// Try deleting Map
			request(app).delete('/api/maps/' + mapObj._id)
			.expect(403)
			.end(function(mapDeleteErr, mapDeleteRes) {
				// Set message assertion
				(mapDeleteRes.body.message).should.match('User is not authorized');

				// Handle Map error error
				done(mapDeleteErr);
			});

		});
	});

	afterEach(function(done) {
		User.remove().exec(function(){
			Map.remove().exec(function(){
				done();
			});
		});
	});
});

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Q. There are two researchers ([Don] Schmitt and Randle) [parenthetical statement in the original] who are presently saying that the debris in General Ramey's office had been switched and that you men had a weather balloon there in its place.
A. [DuBose] Oh Bull! That material was never switched!
Q. So what you're saying is that the material in General Ramey's office was the actual debris brought from Roswell?
Q. Did you get a chance to read the material and look at the pictures?
A. Yes, and I studied the pictures very carefully.
Q. Do you recognize that material?
A. Oh yes. That's the material that Marcel brought into Fort Worth from Roswell.
Given the way the article is structured and the information provided, that would be the end of the trail. Korff provided no footnotes or references for the quoted material, only that DuBose denied the material had been switched. It leaves the impression that Korff might have conducted the interview, though that is not said anywhere in the article. We just have DuBose quoted as the source with no information on how those quotes were gathered.
In a revealing interview he granted to UFO researcher and television producer Jamie Shandera, DuBose put to rest the "mystery" of the so-called substituted wreckage and has exposed it for what it is – another Major Marcel myth! The initials "JHS" stand for Jaime Shandera and the initials "GTD" denote Gen. Thomas DuBose.
JHS. There are two researchers (Schmitt and Randle) [parenthetical statement in the original] who are presently saying that the debris in General Ramey's office had been switched and that you men had a weather balloon there in its place.
GTD. Oh Bull! That material was never switched!
JHS. So what you're saying is that the material in General Ramey's office was the actual debris brought from Roswell?
JHS: Could General Ramey or someone else have ordered a switch without you knowing it?
GTD: I have dame good eyesight – well, it was better back then than it is now – and I was there, and I had charge of the material, and it was never switched. [Emphasis added] [by Korff in the original].
You'll note that this is the same interview that appeared in The Skeptical Inquirer. The footnotes in the book take us to Focus, Volume 5, (New Series) dated June 30, 1990. It was also published in the MUFON UFO Journal, No. 273, in January 1991. The quotes are the same in all these various locations, so that we have traced the original back to interviews conducted by Shandera.
First, according to both General and Mrs. DuBose, Shandera neither recorded the conversation held at the DuBose home, nor did he take notes. We're left with only Shandera's claims of what was said, and the information in quotation marks is more likely a paraphrase than actual quotes. There is no way to verify the accuracy of the quotes.
Although Shandera has been asked, he apparently did not record the telephone conversation either. He has never suggested that he took any notes during that conversation, so, once again, we have no way to verify the veracity of his claims.
On the other hand, DuBose was interviewed in Florida by Don Schmitt and Stan Friedman on August 10, 1991. That interview was recorded on video tape so that a record of DuBose's exact words is available for review. In that interview, DuBose was asked pointedly if he had ever seen the Roswell debris and he responded, "NEVER!" That means, quite clearly, that the debris in Ramey's office was not what had been brought from Roswell.
After the Shandera interview was published, DuBose was again interviewed and asked if he had ever seen the real debris and again he answered, "NO!" And, again, that refutes the information that is traced back to a single source, which is Shandera.
This could be construed as just another debate between two factions with no way to resolve it. However, DuBose spoke to others when asked about this particular point. Billy Cox, at the time a writer for Florida Today interviewed DuBose for an article he wrote for the November 24, 1991, edition of the newspaper. Cox reported that DuBose told him essentially the same story that he told the others except Shandera. Here was a disinterested third-party reporting on the same set of circumstances, but he didn't get Shandera's version of the events.
I was aware of the recent controversy generated by an interview he (DuBose) had with Jaime Shandera, during which he stated that the display debris at Fort Worth was genuine UFO wreckage and not a weather balloon, as he had previously stated. But I chose not to complicate matters by asking him to illuminate what he had told Shandera; instead, I simply asked him, without pressure, to recall events as he remembered them...he seemed especially adamant about his role in the Roswell case. While he stated that he didn't think the debris was extraterrestrial in nature (though he had no facts to support his opinion), he was insistent that the material that Ramey displayed for the press was in fact a weather balloon, and that he had personally transferred the real stuff in a lead-lined mail pouch to a courier going to Washington ...I can only conclude that the Shandera interview was the end result of the confusion that might occur when someone attempts to press a narrow point of view upon a 90-year-old man. I had no ambiguity in my mind that Mr. DuBose was telling me the truth.
Cox isn't the only one to hear that version of events from DuBose. Kris Palmer, a former researcher with NBC's Unsolved Mysteries reported much the same thing in 1991. When she spoke with DuBose, he told her that the real debris had gone on to Washington in a sealed pouch and that a weather balloon had been on the floor in General Ramey's office.
But the most enlightening of the interviews comes from Don Ecker formerly of UFO magazine and now the host of Dark Matters Radio on KGRA digital radio. Shandera had called Ecker, telling him that he would arrange for Ecker to interview DuBose about this issue. Ecker, however, didn't wait and called DuBose on his own. DuBose then offered the weather balloon/switch version of events. When Ecker reported that to Shandera, Shandera said for him to wait. He'd talk to DuBose.
After Shandera talked to DuBose, he called Ecker and said, "Now call him." DuBose then said that the debris on the floor hadn't been switched and that it was the stuff that Marcel had brought from Roswell. It should be pointed out here that Palmer called DuBose after all this took place. Without Shandera there to prime the pump, DuBose told weather balloon/switch version of events. It was only after close questioning by Shandera could that version be heard. It is not unlike a skillful attorney badgering a witness in a volatile trial. Under the stress of the interview and the close questioning, the witness can be confused for a period of time. Left alone to sort out the details, the correct version of events bubbles to the surface.
The point here is that sometimes following the footnotes to their source isn't enough. You have to explore other avenues of information to ensure that the footnotes are accurate. In this case, because I'm immersed in the minutia of Roswell, I knew where to look for the additional information and that additional information paints a different picture than that found if you only followed the footnotes to Korff.
So when Marcel got the stuff to Ft. Worth.....Gen. Ramey told his staff: "Ok, go through that junk pile out back and get some balloon debris to show the media"?
I find that hard to believe. For one thing: why balloon wreckage? Why not something like a plane? And secondly why show them anything at all? Tell them it's in the landfill and to forget about it.
Based on this, I think it's a fair assumption (more than 50% likely) that we aren't seeing the "real material" in the photo's.
The thing that really demonstrates that the stuff in the photos is the actual recovered debris is that the description of it matches exactly what the FBI teletype says. FBI Dallas sent a teletype that day to its HQ and its contents describe virtually what is seen in the photos.
Of course the ET protagonists (Kevin among them) will claim the USAF lied to the press AND lied to the FBI, just to cover up what was discovered. Hence Ramey managed to dig up a wrecked balloon to show the press then created a totally false message to inform the FBI. Boy, what a General he was!
And, as a third phoney news item, Ramey also gave a radio interview that evening promoting the supposed balloon myth.
Marvellous chap this General Ramey. So clever at covering up the discovery of an alien spacecraft, even though he had never seen one before. But of course he knew almost at once what such a thing looked like, didn't he?
Incidentally the 'press' that day in Ft Worth in fact consisted of one person only - J.Bond Johnson, who took those pics. Was any other member of the press there, Kevin? If so, who? And why was Johnson ever allowed on the base anyway if it contained top secret material? There was absolutely no guarantee he would not have stumbled upon it during his visit. The whole balloon switch tale is preposterous.
Don't forget: Marcel ORIGINALLY told Moore & Friedman that one photo showed the actual debris. Later he contradicted himself. I wonder why.
The 'balloon switch' never happened. Period.
Considering "Anonymous" doesn't believe in the ETH at all, I wonder why he hangs around websites like this? It's almost like he's trying to convince himself!
A man who hangs around gentlemen's toilets, but insists he's "straight"
"Why not something like a plane."
A balloon was a lot less trouble than a plane (parts not as big or heavy) and it would make things simpler as it had no pilot they might want to interview.
"And secondly why show them anything at all?"
Lol if the reporters could see the "real thing" it was more likely to end the affair--for the time being. Showing nothing would fuel rumors of a coverup.
Kevin, how big was this "lead lined mail pouch"? Surely if the wreckage at the site was as Marcel described "Three quarters of a mile long and several hundred feet wide"....that's one hell of a large "mail pouch" to put that into isn't it?
I recently watched an interview with Joe "here's one I made earlier" Nickell, and he was showing some material that he claimed was responsible for the accounts of memory metal. He said it was plastic that had been "metalised" and that it would be easy to be fooled by this stuff "because they wouldn't of seen that stuff when it came out in the early 50s".
Slip of the tongue? The interview was one he did for Vice on YouTube.
Also Kevin, may I ask your opinion of Ray Stanford and his never ending excuses for not showing his supposed incredible UFO footage. So clear that one can see inside the craft and see the pilot who "is about 3 feet tall and a bald head with pointed ears".
Although, I think Stanford certainly is.
I believe in the possibility of ET visitation.....but I think Roswell will never yield anything of value. 70 years later and all we have are a bunch of phony documents and questionable witnesses.
Ah, in covering up the story of the millennium.....they were worried about convenience of moving wreckage around? And they could have just tapped anyone at RAAF to say: "Yeah, I bailed out of this thing."
As opposed to showing them a balloon and a bunch of foil? Sheeesh.
My impression, from the information supplied by DuBose, is that the pouch was about the size of those money bags that are used with armored cars. It wouldn't have held much, but enough so that those at the receiving end would have a a good idea about what was picked up on the ranch. Maybe a few pounds of stuff.
J. Bond Johnson was probably the only reported to actually go out to Ramey's office. A reporter for the Dallas Morning News talked with the intelligence officer at the base about 45 minutes before the FBI telex went out. There is that one picture of Newton with the debris, but we don't know who took it. From all that I could learn about if, which wasn't much, it was probably taken by the PIO, but that's a guess. There are stories in several newspapers that suggest the reporters talked to Ramey or members of his staff, but it doesn't seem that they actually went to the FWAAF. He wouldn't have been allowed to roam freely and had he attempted to enter areas considered off limits, he would have been stopped by the military police. CDA, this is a preposterous idea, and demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the situation on military installations.
And, there would be no reason to keep Johnson off the base... There were many, many things that weren't classified, so there would be no reason to deny him access. Even today, you can get onto American military bases, but there are areas to which you would be denied access. Places like the flight line, and at Lowry AFB, one time in Denver, there were two buildings surrounded by high, double chain line fences and even the windows were covered by aluminum shutters.
On or about July 25, 2018, in the piece "Thomas DuBose and the Switched Roswell Debris" it was stated: "In this latest analysis ["An Extraterrestrial Flying Disk Crashed Near Roswell in 1947: Not a UFO"], it was said that the debris had not been switched, which, of course, means that a weather balloon had been brought from Roswell by Marcel." However, the recent "A Different Perspective" piece does not seem to mention that the actual words from the above specified latest analysis—"DuBose answered that the material was never switched"—may have been lifted and modified slightly from the published article as they appeared under the piece's heading: "US Government, Ufologists, Skeptics, and Others Contributed to Rare Mixture of Unreliable and Differing Information." In addition, the results of the latest analysis mentioned above do not seem to unquestionably point to any evidence indicating that a mere weather balloon was brought from Roswell. Please feel free to read or re-read the article "An Extraterrestrial Flying Disk Crashed Near Roswell in 1947: Not a UFO" and decide for yourselves. Regardless, the July 25, 2018 "A Different Perspective" piece was a pretty interesting article about the 1947 Roswell incident . . . Dr. Bob Wenzel Gross . . .
There was no record of a balloon crash either. Why would a "record" matter anyway? IIRC, no reporter went to the site anyway (in the immediate aftermath). Why would a pilot have to be heavily rehearsed on a crash? I would think it would be pretty simple: technical trouble/ran out of gas, bailed out, here I am, etc.
No MOGUL crash may have occurred at the relevant time and place but at least balloons were being launched and coming down in the general area at roughly the same time. In contrast there was no (conventional) plane crash, and it was more likely to attract attention had it occurred.
If Ramey had used a pilot, reporters might demand to ask him questions for which he had to have good, consistent answers. It was far easier and more practical just to use balloon trash.
How would the media know of a crash out at the Foster Ranch? By Marcel's own admission, without Brazel's help, they never would have found the site.
If Ramey had used a pilot, reporters might demand to ask him questions for which he had to have good, consistent answers.
I'm pretty sure a pilot could handle a single reporter.
It took me a while to puzzle this out. The only modification that I made was the bracketed comment to clarify the situation. Meaning, that DuBose was saying the material had not been switched from that brought to Ramey's office by Marcel. I don't believe that a weather balloon and rawin was taken to Ramey's office from Roswell, only that this seemed to be the conclusion that could be drawn from the information provided.
The overall point of the piece, however, was not to challenge your theory, or anyone else's for that matter, only to point out the unreliability of the information that was drawn from Korff's less than accurate book, and that there were no supports for this statements... meaning that we couldn't verify those statements. This was especially true, based on the information supplied by others named in the article, and by the video-taped information gathered in August 1991.
I was trying to ascertain where the information had been originated and since Korff was the reference in the footnote prior to that paragraph and right after it, it was clear where the information originated.
Sorry but can't resist this. Jason Kellahin claimed that he not only been out to the area and seen military officers standing around the balloon... but his partner, Robin Adair had taken pictures of it. Those pictures have never surfaced and I have found no newspaper accounts of Kellahin saying, in 1947, that he had been in the field with the balloon.
And, Paul Young's comments were a bit over the edge. But with the new format that Blogger is using, it is sometimes difficult to figure out just what is being said until the quote is published. I apologize, but since it is up, and you have commented on it, I leave it there for context.
I think you answered your own point. Kellahin's story simply isn't believable. The fact what he said he saw backs my pov doesn't mean I think he is accurate.
It was pretty revealing nonetheless.
"I believe in the possibility of ET visitation.....but I think Roswell will never yield anything of value. 70 years later and all we have are a bunch of phony documents and questionable witnesses."
Just to be clear - do you believe we "may have already been visited" or do you believe in the possibility that it "might happen in the future"?
If the pilot survived, he would've contacted his superiors, or they would've known his plane went down, due to a distress call, or radar. Local people would've notified the authorities, if a search hadn't already found him. The media would've found out.
As for a pilot handling a single reporters, it depends on the individual(s).
It's certainly possible it has happened in the past. But I'm about 100% sure Roswell is not an example of such a case.
The same "superiors" who were putting out this supposed cover story in the first place? And how would the media know about what radar showed or a distress call? And if it wasn't for Mac Brazel stumbling across this stuff....nobody would have ever "notified the authorities". His neighbors didn't have a clue this crash had happened. By Jesse Marcel's own admission: without Brazel's help....they never would have found the site.
Anonymous..."It was pretty revealing nonetheless."
It certainly says a lot about you. It also shows the caliber of person that believes and promotes these theories.
"It's certainly possible it has happened in the past."
Using a fictitious plane crash as a cover story just wasn't as simple and practical as using a balloon. Why bother to produce a pilot, who would've gone to the nearest dwelling and asked for help, if he couldn't get it himself? Reporters--or later investigators--would've wanted to see the site with wreckage and interview him and those who supposedly saw him.
So "it's certainly possible it has happened in the past"? Reminds me of what Sagan, who rejected UFOs, once wrote. He considered the ancient story of Oannes possible evidence of an ET visit. Oannes was a half fish creature who supposedly instructed ancient people. A half fish creature of the remote PAST is considered possible evidence for ET; Sagan also thought we may contact ET via radio in the FUTURE. But if anybody says ET is HERE....right NOW........YIKES!!! Lol, I think the crux of the problem is, a lot of people just don't have the stomach for ET, even if they profess to be fascinated by the possibility.
"Using a fictitious plane crash as a cover story just wasn't as simple and practical as using a balloon."
They could have said they spotted him by recon (from the air)....no going to any dwelling required. The only people who would have seen him would have been military personnel who picked him up on the ground. (And found the wreckage.) End of story.
The possibility doesn't bother me one bit. Statistically, it's probably just about impossible we are alone in the universe. Whether or not that life has come here.....and whether these supposed "crashes" are real are (all) separate questions.
In the past covers all sorts of time frames.....needless to say: the United States government was not in business (say) 2000 years ago. What I am simply saying is: I don't think the United States government is capable of concealing hard evidence of such a event for a long period of time.
During WWII (and into the late 1940's) the US experimented with classified chemical and biological weapons (CBW). Many of these projects were conducted out of Los Alamos and other locations in NM. In the post-war era this included plans for balloons and remotely controlled drones to be used as potential delivery vehicles. Some believed the upper air stream could carry these over the Soviets to deliver a toxic payload in a slow release particle mist.
In the 1990's the Clinton administration uncovered the US government had been keeping classified CBW tests from the public for more than 40 years. These involved military men and civilians as unwitting subjects for unethical experiments. The documentation is indisputable.
Aircraft, particularly of the lighter-than-air variety, could potentially resolve the quandary of getting CBWs over Soviet targets. Officials obviously needed to test these delivery systems covertly to see if they worked.
The classified documents from the 1990's repeatedly emphasized the secrecy which surrounded these experiments, especially those involving unwitting subjects. Caution was taken to hide unethical experiments. Orders were written to deny anything if they were uncovered.
We can comprehend planners wanting to target a location under military control — like a base or missile range. At the same time doing so would disclose these projects to a wider number of personnel. Why not use the open lands in New Mexico without anyone's awareness?
Given this scenario, let's hypothesize what crashed into Brazel's field was a classified CBW drone. A high-altitude drone would be constructed of durable lightweight wood, plastics, and metal not previously known to USAAF personnel developed from wartime Allied and Axis materials.
— Marcel WAS used as a patsy by Ramey to cover the real story.
— Marcel's confusion over the materials in Ramey's office becomes explainable.
— Brazel WAS detained and examined by RAAF MDs because of greater suspected CBW exposure.
— DuBose WAS telling the truth. The real material was switched because place toxic junk has no place in Ramey's office. And in a lead lined bag too.
— The junk WAS carefully collected and flown to Wright because that's the HQ for Materials Command.
— Troops from other bases WERE brought in for clean-up, but few from RAAF because it would reveal the truth to unauthorized and now curious personnel.
— Blanchard WAS never told the truth because he didn't need to know. The USAF ensured years later that he wouldn't be questioned either.
— Higher ups weren't OK with RAAF publishing their story. It brought unnecessary attention to what they were secretly doing on public lands.
— They DID publish the "balloon" cover story as a misdirect to hide unethical and illegal tests.
— Cavitt may have come to know the truth so in later years denied everything.
— There WAS a second crash site of the main drone and the debris field WAS bigger as claimed.
— Decades later McGovern WAS told to keep out of it because he might decide revealing the truth was in the best interest of the public.
Why the coverup? Why so long? Why are documents still hidden or even destroyed? Why haven't they been disclosed?
Because the biggest risk is NOT disclosure of alien bodies, but decades of illegal and unethical covert testing on US citizens and military personnel. Embarrassment and the risk of billions of dollars in law suits against the government is plenty of reason for a 70 year cover up. Wait long enough and the people involved are dead and no longer a legal risk.
Even now there's no reason for the US government to disclose this. Maybe the truth is Roswell is the tip of a gigantic iceberg for many more illegal tests on unwitting people.
If you believe they can hide ET for 70 years, then you must accept they can hide this just as easily. In fact they have MORE motivation to hide this — National and global embarrassment, billions lost in decades of law suits, and loss of faith in public government.
I'd be more concerned over the calibre of a person who haunts a blog simply in order to, relentlessly, attempt to belittle the content of the subject matter.
"Total agree, however I bet someone will still ague you the point with you..."
Lol, you win. I don't believe a group of military men could come onto private ranch land and pick up airplane debris, besides rescue a pilot, without SOME civilians knowing about it.
There are been other instances of unethical testing, for example, studying syphilis by injecting the pathogen into black men. IIRC there were also unethical studies of the effects of nuclear bomb radiation. And other events like Watergate, which could've led to "loss of faith in public government."
"In the 1990's the Clinton administration uncovered the US government had been keeping classified CBW tests from the public for more than 40 years. These involved military men and civilians as unwitting subjects for unethical experiments. The documentation is indisputable.
Brian, what is your source for these allegations? You often allege "historical facts" but rarely cite your sources. As Kevin has adroitly pointed out, we need to "chase the footnotes" in our evaluation of this subject. If the sources you cite turn out to be faulty, I certainly wouldn't accuse you of being deceitful or incompetent. We all get duped from time to time by what we read on the internet and in books and what people tell us.
First, are you saying that some component of the U.S. Government might have placed into civilian U.S. airspace a craft made of materials not "known to USAAF personnel" which of course, could and did crash on American soil? If true, I believe that story would almost be as sensational as the flying saucer one. Also, if such a thing happened, why didn't the Air Force reveal that in 1994 instead of the Project Mogul nonsense? On one hand, you claim that what crashed may have been one of these CBW drones and then you say the government would not want the public to know about the drones because said drones were part of some illegal and unethical testing. But wait a minute, if they wanted to and (still want to) keep the program secret for this reason, how did YOU find out about it? Since the cat is out of the bag, why won't the government just admit this is what crashed?
The second problem with your hypothesis is that there is absolutely no evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, to support it. There are no whistle-blowers of any ilk, credible or not, who have come forward to say that a CBW drone crashed. Nor is there any documentation indicating same. Conversely, In support of the ET crash theory, there are many people (some credible, some not) who have supported the notion to some extent that it was an ET event. This of course is not scientific proof that it was ET, but at least some evidence pointing in that direction.
"Why the coverup? Why so long? Why are documents still hidden or even destroyed? Why haven't they been disclosed?
1) 1932-1972 – The Tuskegee Experiment – The U.S Public Health Service, falsely treated 339 African Americans for syphilis by not telling them they had the disease and not treating them. Instead they merely observed their progress while the disease spread.
2) 1950 – Operation Sea Spray - the U.S. Navy sprayed large quantities of the bacteria Serratia marcescens over the city of San Francisco. Numerous citizens contracted pneumonia-like illnesses, and at least one person died as a result.
3) 1950s-Operation Big Itch, Operation Big Buzz, Operation Drop Kick and Operation May Day during which mosquitoes were dropped over U.S. Cities to see if they would survive to take meals from humans.
Brian, you are a very intelligent man. I respect your skepticism and I believe you have made a number of valid skeptical points on the UFO topic in this blog. But I think you are somewhat off-base on these specific points.
Coming from a guy who cracks bathroom/toilet jokes? Ok. And I am not attempting to "belittle" anyone. But when it comes to Roswell, at this point, I strongly disagree that it involved anything ET.
Good point. That's one of the things they were covering up out at Area 51.....not aliens....but the fact they were disposing of waste in open pit burning.
You realise that you, and I, are losing this debate fast. Those guys who have such high IQs are too clever for us. I won't name them of course, but it is clear we cannot hope to win against them. We must, regrettably, concede defeat.
Yes, part of the problem with the debunkers - if you don't accept the project mogul explanation you must be a "conspiracy theorist" or a "raving saucer nut".
1. The US government has carried out secret programs that only by chance or direct investigation have become public knowledge showing they're capable of hiding things for long periods when motivated by exposure or embarrassment.
2. That Roswell need not be exclusively an ET crash, and by nature of the legitimate testimony that ETH'ers consider worthy, can fit nicely into other plausible explanations that yield the same data points as the ETH.
So Roswell MIGHT fit the story of a plausible mishap of a covert CBW test that remains classified or has since been buried merely because of legal risk.
Don't underestimate the power of thousands of people claiming their fathers or grandfathers were exposed to unethical tests and the impact that would have on present day politics.
1940 — 400 prisoners in Chicago are infected with malaria to study the effects of experimental drugs to combat the disease. Nazi doctors on trial at Nuremberg cite this American study to defend their own actions during the Holocaust.
1942 — Chemical Warfare Services begins mustard gas experiments on approximately 4,000 servicemen. The experiments continue until 1945 and made use of Seventh Day Adventists who chose to become human guinea pigs rather than serve on active duty.
1943 — In response to Japan's full-scale germ warfare program, the U.S. begins research on biological weapons at Fort Detrick, MD.
1944 — USN uses human subjects to test gas masks and clothing. Individuals were locked in a gas chamber and exposed to mustard gas and lewisite.
(B) Project Paperclip is initiated. The U.S. State Department, Army intelligence, and the CIA recruit Nazi scientists and offer them immunity and secret identities in exchange for work on secret government projects.
(C) "Program F" is implemented by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). This is the most extensive U.S. study of the health effects of fluoride, which was the key chemical component in atomic bombs. The information is squelched in the name of "national security" because of fear that lawsuits would undermine full-scale production of atomic bombs.
1946 — Patients in VA hospitals are used as guinea pigs for medical experiments. In order to allay suspicions, the order is given to change the word "experiments" to "investigations" or "observations" whenever reporting a medical study.
1947 — Colonel E.E. Kirkpatrick of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission issues a secret document (Document 07075001, January 8, 1947) stating that the agency will begin administering intravenous doses of radioactive substances to human subjects.
Bear in mind all of these only became known as a result of official inquiries and investigations, not random or scheduled declassification of documents.
Quite a lot of well read people don't believe everything their government tells them.
And neither do I. But it takes an experienced person to know what they are typically up to.
So you're experienced enough to know when...and when not...the government are lying to you? Chuckle...what a pompous twerp you are.
"What I am simply saying is: I don't think the United States government is capable of concealing hard evidence of such a event for a long period of time."
What is your definition of a "long period of time". We know you probably mean somewhere between 2 weeks and 70 years but can you define it with greater precision please?
They are always lying.....it's just a question of what it's about. That's where experience comes in.
So your "experience" is proof enough to you that the ETH is a non-starter? One has to wonder what life experiences you've had that makes you come to such a concrete conclusion.
Let me put it to you like this: when Jesse Marcel thought he had recovered alien debris.....how long was it before the RAAF was blabbing it to the media? That's about how long.
But even if a more cautious group of officers made such a find....I'd give it a year or two (tops) before foreign Intel was all over it.....then the international media. Speaking of the international media....who was the first outlet that broke the Iran-Contra affair? A Lebanese magazine. That's the kind of "secrecy" that we live in.
Anonymous...but I asked what is your experience that means the ETH is a non-starter?
Nothing. This is about Roswell and the government concealing solid proof of ET visitation. This is not about have they ever visited here. I cannot prove they have/haven't......but as far as Roswell goes: I'm 100% sure that didn't involve anything ET.
But you kept going on about "experience" tells you when the government is lying to us...but now you're saying you don't have any real experience on the matter?
You are misunderstanding what I am saying. You asked "what is your experience that means the ETH is a non-starter?". And the answer to that is: nothing. What you don't seem to realize here is: the fact that Roswell is (most likely) a hoax.....does not automatically exclude the possibility that we have been visited by ETs at some point.
So nothing in my experience excludes the possibility of ET visitation.....however my years of observing and reading on our government (as well as other governments) and its Intel agencies convinces me that a Roswell event could never have been concealed.
Does it not (for example) give you pause that not a single double agent/defector to the USSR breathed a word of this to them? (People like Kim Philby and Aldrich Ames.) Or vice versa? Of course not.
I'm not mis-understanding anything that you were saying.
You said that your "experience" tells you when the government is lying...and that you know "what it's about"
Anonymous..."But it takes an experienced person to know what they are typically up to."
Anonymous..."They are always lying.....it's just a question of what it's about. That's where experience comes in."
I'm merely picking you up on your own comments...and then, finally, you admit that you haven't really got any kind of "experience" which allows you to know what the government is lying about, at all.
Chuckle. It's so amusing watching you fall over your own statements.
What kind of experience did you think I was talking about? That I'm 007? Of course not. I am talking about doing the homework you people never do. How many books for example have you read on Intel (that didn't involve UFOs)? I'm willing to bet (if you are honest) next to none.
Doing things like that would help you understand what is abnormal or normal in the Intel game. And it would keep you from making such ridiculous claims (as you did in the other thread) such as the Manhattan Project was successfully concealed (when it was crawling with Soviet agents).
I will concede that you have probably read more books on Intel than I have. However, I spent 10 years in both the active Air Force and Air Force Reserve and several years as an Army intelligence officer including a combat tour in Iraq. I realize that you were responding to Paul Young, but I just thought I would point this out for what it's worth.
I am (of course) aware of that. But if this is indeed the truth (i.e. that Roswell involved a ET) we are talking something that is completely unprecedented in Intel. Something that might well be studied for thousands of years (within Intel alone): a ET craft crashed on Earth.....and a 70+ year reverse engineering project (that likely has employed hundreds of thousands, if not millions by this point) has completely eluded the foreign Intel services (as well as the media) of every first world nation. (After all, I trust you are aware that friends spy on friends.) This is the part that is so hard for me to believe. It's not just the secret.....it's how well it has supposedly been concealed. It simply doesn't fit a single thing I am aware of in Intel. Not a one.
anonymous...."and a 70+ year reverse engineering project (that likely has employed hundreds of thousands, if not millions by this point) has completely eluded the foreign Intel services..."
"millions"? Where did you pluck that number up from?
Why would millions of people be involved in reverse engineering a piece of hardware, where the incentive to keep it quiet would be huge?


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Ningyo
A ningyo from Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi.
Ningyo (人魚, "human fish"), often translated as "mermaid," is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore.
Anciently, Ningyo were described with a mouth like a monkey's, small teeth like a fish's, shining golden scales, and a quiet voice like a skylark or a flute.
Like the kappa, they have an intricate society under the water and are also experienced in the ways of healing and magic. To consume the flesh of a ningyo in any quantity is to become immortal and the blood of a ningyo is said to heal any wound. However, to take the flesh or blood of a ningyo without his or her willingness to give it would undoubtedly also grant consequences such as the enmity of the ningyo as a people. Catching a ningyo was believed to bring storms and misfortune, so fishermen who caught these creatures were said to throw them back into the sea. A ningyo washed onto the beach was an omen of war or calamity.
One of the most famous folk stories concerning ningyo is called Happyaku Bikuni, "eight-hundred year Buddhist priestess". The story tells how a fisherman who lived in Wakasa Province once caught an unusual fish. In all his years fishing, he had never seen anything like it, so he invited his friends over to sample its meat.
One of the guests, however, peeked into the kitchen, noticed that the head of this fish had a human face, and warned the others not to eat it. So when the fisherman finished cooking and offered his guests the ningyo's grilled flesh, they secretly wrapped it in paper and hid it on their persons so that it could be discarded on the way home.
But one man, drunk on sake, forgot to throw the strange fish away. This man had a little daughter, who demanded a present when her father arrived home, and he carelessly gave her the fish. Coming to his senses, the father tried to stop her from eating it, fearing she would be poisoned, but he was too late and she finished it all. But as nothing particularly bad seemed to happen to the girl afterwards, the man did not worry about it for long.
Years passed, and the girl grew up and was married. But after that she did not age any more; she kept the same youthful appearance while her husband grew old and died. After many years of perpetual youth and being widowed again and again, the woman became a nun and wandered through various countries. Finally she returned to her hometown in Wakasa, where she ended her life at an age of 800 years. Today she is called the Happyaku Bikuni or Yao Bikuni, the "Eight Hundred Nun", because that is the age she lived to.
Fishmen (魚人), often incorrectly referred to as Mermen, are a race who appear throughout the entire anime/manga series of One Piece on a regular basis. They look like humans with fish features and are obviously inspired by the ningyo. Fishman is written like ningyo but with the characters switched. (人魚, Ningyo -> 魚人, Gyojin) Merfolk (人魚) appear in the series too. These are more peaceful of nature than the Fishmen and, like the mermaids and mermen of folklore, their upper half is that of a human while the lower half is that of a fish.
The manga/anime series, Mermaid's Scar and Mermaid Forest by Rumiko Takahashi is based on the Happyaku Bikuni myth, in which the main characters become immortal by consuming the flesh of a mermaid.
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HTC 10 Release Date scheduled for April 12: Top 3 Features to look for!
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After the rumor mill receiving literally dozens of leaks about the various aspects of the HTC 10, the device is finally set to become official next month. The Taiwanese smartphone company has used its Twitter account to unveil that the big announcement will take place on April 12, which is one day later than what was initially expected.
It is quite clear that you'll be able to watch a video stream of the introduction online on the HTC website. What isn't very clear is whether the event will be online-only, or if HTC has planned something offline, as well in the three cities mentioned in the image they had posted; that is New York, London and Taipei.
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Moreover, the second standout feature is the 3,000 mAh battery on the device. HTC devices are not particularly known for good battery lives, however, this time, with the massive battery and the Super LCD 5 panel, the company is looking to get rid of the particular image. Fast charging is also something that we are should be greeted with this year, amongst the other tricks, as it is further cemented by the speculated presence of the Snapdragon 820 chipset and the USB Type-C port.
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Camera bag ownership has put me under a spell. I have about 10 at home, and they all have a different, useful purpose.
In terms of the best camera bag for street photography, this is kind of a trick question. I doubt that one bag is going to cover all your needs, your style and your camera equipment.
The street can be a tough place to photograph. Your gear will range from a body and two lenses to flashes, reflectors and even snacks for the subject if doing portraits.
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The stabilising cord is hidden away in its own pocket, as is the rain cover. This is the second camera bag I take with me on city trips.
With this, I can't take all my equipment, just the stuff I know I will need. Plus a 10″ tablet for editing and showing my work.
There is a reason why the Peak Design Everyday messenger bag shows up in every camera bag post, and that is because it is awesome.
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The geometric padding on the back is also welcome. This camera bag is also perfect for cycling in, as it has a dedicated extra strap, hidden with its own pocket to stop the bag from roaming.
You can place one DSLR with lens, and two other lenses in it. The rigged yet flexible dividers keep them separate. Two pockets in the back are great for a laptop and iPad, or can be used to store your cable bag.
Two smart pockets on the inside will hold your batteries and cards, the front pouch will hold your flash and other items. It even has a ribbon for your keys.
This camera backpack is a great addition to your growing collection of camera bags. It is slim, allowing you to navigate through crowds.
The best thing about this camera bag is that it can be accessed from three different ways. From the back is one I would really like, as it provides extra security, and your bag can act like a mini table.
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The Union Street is a sleek alternative to traditional camera and laptop bags. Made with premium Waxwear, a cotton canvas that's been infused with wax to enhance its strength and durability-the Union Street is designed to hold a DSLR, most 15″ laptops, and up to 3 lenses or small accessories.
And the interior is lined with soft protective padding and 5 customizable dividers, including a removable divider for your laptop.
I like this camera backpack a lot, due to the separation of two worlds. At the bottom, you have the dedicated camera area, fitting one body and six lenses, or two bodies and four lenses.
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Opinion | Biff America: A fowl encounter
Opinion | December 1, 2019
Jeffrey Bergeron
Biff America
Thanksgiving, 1987: It was a perfect storm of the volatility of youth, alcohol-fueled poor choices and geographical bigotry.
When you mixed them all together you got, what we called thereafter, 'A Manson Family Thanksgiving' which was a play on words of the then-popular TV special, 'Walton Family Thanksgiving'.
It began with Bonnie, kicking 'Scotty-Favors' out of her house and telling him to take with him his skis, clothing and the frozen turkey (that Rock, Mean-Joe and I paid for).
Rock and I were recently single. Not sure what precipitated Rock's break-up, but mine was caused by my lack of character. Mean-Joe was also single for reasons that will become more obvious.
It is interesting to note that though we all met in the mountains, Scotty, Rock, Joe and I grew up within 30 miles of each other on Boston's South Shore.
As recent as the day before, we all had plans to go to Scotty-Favor's and Bonnie's house for the feast. We called him Favors because he was constantly doing us favors like borrowing our cars, getting them stuck, coming over to our homes, eating our food and using our bathrooms and the last of our toilet paper. That's not to say that Favors wasn't a good man and nice guy; back then we all were a little sketchy.
I answered my door on Thanksgiving Day and found Rock standing on my steps, and the first thing he said was, ' I haven't eaten since yesterday, I'm starving.' Mean-Joe showed up a few minutes later and echoed Rock's sentiment. We were about to carpool to Scott and Bonnie's place when Scotty drove up in a borrowed car with a still frozen turkey in the trunk.
His expression told the story; we were hungry, single and had no place to go.
There were several restaurants within walking distance serving turkey and all the fixings. I can't speak for all, but I was embarrassed to have to go out to eat at a café around strangers, while the rest of the country was with friends and family.
At the time I was living next to two young guys from Alabama. They were in their early 20s, new to the mountains and I had somewhat taken them under my wing. I called them Mason and Dixon.
I knew the Bama-boys had nowhere to go and I also assumed they had no money to eat out, so after getting my friends approval I asked them to join us—our treat.
The six of us sat down and ordered. Joe opined that a perfect pairing for the holiday fowl was Wild Turkey bourbon; Mason and Dixon concurred and Rock and I went along for the ride.
I had to work in Denver very early the next morning, so after dessert of pumpkin pie and peppermint schnapps, I paid my share and headed home to bed. In a spirit of North-South reconciliation my friends headed to the bar.
I should have locked my door.
I can't remember if it was Mason or Dixon who was standing over my bed at 1 a.m. holding a bloody rag in one hand, and a cavalry sword in the other (I'm not kidding about the sword).
Seems Mean-Joe had broken a beer bottle over his (either Mason's or Dixon's) head and he demanded I drive him to Joe's house so he could get even.
Instead I took him to the emergency room.
Over the next couple days, after speaking to the bartender, I learned that sometime after dinner an argument ensued where words like 'Damn Yankee' and 'Dumb Red Neck' were bandied about. Supposedly the tipping point was when either Mason or Dixon offered an endorsement of Lee Harvey Oswald, who is blamed for killing Boston's favorite son JFK. Mean-Joe answered with a Budweiser bottle retort.
I don't mean to portray myself as the voice of reason of that era or this story. Though I didn't do anything stupid that night there were many nights I did. And though I have lost touch with the Bama-Boys, the rest of the cast went on to do great things. Scotty-Favors is settled, very successful and now does real favors; Rock is happy, buffed and sober and Mean-Joe plays golf and tennis at country clubs.
Thanksgivings going forward, for us all, have been much more healthy and sedate. But just be safe, no beer is served in bottles…
Jeffrey Bergeron's column "Biff America" publishes Mondays in the Summit Daily News. Bergeron has worked in TV and radio for more than 30 years, and his column can be read in several newspapers and magazines. He is the author of "Mind, Body, Soul." Bergeron arrived in Breckenridge when there was plenty of parking and no stop lights. Contact him at biffbreck@yahoo.com.


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(note: the "today" below is actually yesterday for you, the reader)
Desert Bighorn Sheep in El Dorado Canyon
The 2010 Census showed that Nelson, Nevada had 37 residents. It's no more of a ghost town than Hackberry or Oatman, Arizona are, but it is a town with a historic reputation. In fact, there was a time when residents of Hackberry or Oatman, Arizona had to cross the Colorado River at Nelson's Ferry, to get ore to California and the railroad thus, linking them then – but not today.
It's 120 degrees (F) in the shade today in Nelson, but the big horn sheep are out in force in El Dorado Canyon. (photo above right) There are a lot of Desert Bighorn in the greater Mojave Desert, primarily because there is a lot of water in the Mojave if you know where to look for it. In this case, they're close to the Colorado River.
Nelson Ghost Town
The City of Nelson was originally called El Dorado in 1775, by the Spaniards who made the original discoveries of gold in the area that is now Eldorado Canyon (read the story). The town was the site of one of the first major gold strikes in Nevada and one of the biggest mining booms in state history.
In its heyday, the area established a reputation for being rough and lawless. During the War of Northern Aggression, deserters from both Union and Confederate armies made their way to El Dorado in search of a bonanza.
Desert Bighorn Ram
Among the early mines established was the notorious Techatticup Mine (read the story) in the middle of the canyon. Disagreements over ownership, management and labor disputes resulted in wanton killings so frequent as to be routine and ordinary. Despite the sinister reputation of the mine, it along with others in the town produced several million dollars in gold, silver, copper and lead. The mines in the canyon were active from about 1858 until 1945.
The City of Nelson was named for Charles Nelson, a popular prospector, who was slain in his home, along with four other people, in 1897 by the renegade Indian, Avote. There is a lesson here for the present day…don't let renegade savages into your home (or in your country). And if they arrive with hostile intent, there is always space in Boot Hill. But there is no need for a draw Mohammed contest in Nelson to winnow out the savages. Jihadist Mohammedans avoid the place instinctively even though they do like the desert.
Between, 1901 and 1905 the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was built across southern Nevada, through Las Vegas to Daggett, California where it connected to the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and the complete Salt Lake–Los Angeles line was opened on May 1, 1905.
This nearby railhead ended the need for steamboats at El Dorado Canyon. The landing and the stamping mill there was abandoned. It was cheaper to hire drayage to haul raw ore to the railhead and have the precious metal extracted elsewhere.
Today in the heat, the Desert Bighorn herd, sited at dawn (first bighorn photo) made its way down to the shore of the Colorado River, for another deep pull on the water.
Who can deny them a drink? You'll note the family across the little bay, escaping the heat in a similar way with the help of an E-Z Up. It's not Desert Bighorn hunting season, so they're not the least bit afraid. The nervy elk at the White Wolf Mine behave the same way, taking what they feel is due them.
Nelson is a short detour from the Road Less Traveled that leads up and up into Mogollon Rim Country and the White Wolf Mine.
Can Desert Bighorn Sheep be part of art philosophy? I don't know, but why not?
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Ed Bonderenka June 21, 2017 At 11:42 am
Well, that was a good read.
LSP June 21, 2017 At 2:35 pm
Thanks for the art history lesson, but I'll leave the philosophy to the experts.
Careful in the heat!
Coffeypot June 21, 2017 At 2:51 pm
At 120* F, that rive sure looks inviting. I enjoyed, as usual, the history lesson and the photos. Again, I marvel at how men could WORK in heat like that… though it was cooler down in the mines. Looking forward to you next dip into the past.
LL June 21, 2017 At 3:40 pm
Thanks Ed.
Travel in the Old West is a journey though time. It may take a bit of philosophy to put all of the pieces in place so that it all makes sense.
You will need to load up Blue Avenger and travel west of the Pecos at some point.
I have no idea how they did it, John. The conditions were primitive and life was exceptionally difficult.
Jules June 21, 2017 At 4:08 pm
A great art philosopher once wrote, "It never troubles the wolf how many sheep there may be."
Very interesting place and prime material to be add to the Malocchio series.
LL June 21, 2017 At 10:27 pm
There are a lot of places like this on the Road to the White Wolf Mine. AND I've heard that wild sheep tastes good – but may be a bit tough – but wolf fangs can tear right into it.
Well Seasoned Fool June 21, 2017 At 10:59 pm
Both sheep and pronghorn meat does well in a pressure cooker with a bit of sour cream. Season to taste. I like some thyme and black pepper.
Old NFO June 22, 2017 At 12:15 am
I really need to make a trip up that route… sigh
Woodsterman (Odie) June 22, 2017 At 12:46 am
Stay cool my wandering friend.
LL June 22, 2017 At 1:45 am
Good to know. Sheep/mutton isn't as strong as venison can be.
You ARE retired. Though the peak season has passed, it will be a nice trip in the autumn.
I'm not doing it on a horse with a pack mule. Ford Raptor is a much more friendly conveyance.
LL,
what is you water source at White Wolf Mine?
Brig June 23, 2017 At 1:51 am
Thanks for the bits of history on Nelson.
My great grandpa was shot and killed by an Indian, on the doorstep of his cabin. An Indian who was reportedly a friend of his and had spent the day with him…
My grandfather traded with the Piutes when he was a boy. By the time that happened (circa 1910), they'd pretty much been wrung out in the area where he lived.
However through my life I have always held (as with General Mattis) that you need to be polite and respectful to everyone you meet, but have a plan to kill them. That may be chilling to some, but it's the only way life can work. It would have gone double for Indians in the Old West. Today it clearly applies to the Mohammedans in the neighborhood.
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