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It goes without saying that the behavior of the people we interact with rubs off on us: someone else's smile makes us happier, just as someone else's frown makes us more disgruntled. However, it may come as a surprise that surrounding yourself with positive people could very well be the best technique to succeed in life.
More specifically, extremely grounded individuals are likely the best influences of all—and nine of the characteristics they possess in particular help explain this general truth.
#1: They're unwavering.
People who are grounded realize that few things in the world are "life or death"; most of the time, remaining calm and cool is the best strategy to find solutions to problems. What's more, even in a true crisis this is usually the optimum technique, and it also tends to keep people who are not so grounded calmer and cooler (which, in turn, enables them to be a part of potential solutions as opposed to additional problems, as well).
#2: They're dependable.
You can count on grounded individuals to show up on time, to do what they say they will do, and to do virtually everything within their power to do what is asked of them. Rather than spending time making excuses or criticizing others, these people get the job done as efficiently and effectively as possible, and then they begin brainstorming in regards to future commitments and obligations.
#3: They possess a steadfast moral compass.
Because of this, well-grounded human beings have little to regret, so they spend more time thinking positively and compelling those around them to be more positive as well.
#4: They're humble.
Since people who are grounded do not go out of their way to impress others, the people around them are more likely to learn from them rather than resent them. Again, this enhances the positivity and productiveness of everyone involved.
#5: They possess appropriate self-esteem.
Grounded individuals are confident without being cocky, and this allows them to take the right kind of risks for the right reasons, which inevitably leads to both personal and group success.
#6: They don't worry needlessly or excessively.
As alluded to, if someone around you worries, you can't help but worry at least a little too. If you are confident that you can adapt to virtually any situation even if something goes wrong, you will worry less, and fewer things will go wrong (it's reciprocal).
#7: They stand up for what is right, and for what matters.
By picking their battles wisely, well-grounded people are listened to and taken seriously more often. As a result of this, they can genuinely affect change in significantly positive ways.
#8: They don't cave to peer pressure or peer approval.
This branches off of #7. What's right is right, and what matters… matters. There's no point in crying over spilled milk, but grounded individuals realize that appeasing people for shallow reasons is not a positive thing to do—and doing so can have detrimental effects on a group as a whole.
#9: They selflessly encourage and help other individuals.
Selfish individuals are rarely beneficial to anyone around them because many actions that benefit a group as a whole do not greatly benefit every single person within the group. Conversely, if an individual puts the benefit of a group before the benefit of themselves, it works out better for everyone in the long run.
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EU OMBUDSMAN EMILY O'Reilly has told the European Commission to make a decision on whether to investigate seven Spanish football teams including Barcelona and Real Madrid for being in breach of state aid rules.
O'Reilly's intervention comes after investors in other European football clubs have alleged that the Commission's inaction in this case might be linked to the fact that the Commissioner responsible supports one of the football teams in question and was a Minister in the Spanish government that decided on the tax advantages at the time.
The EU's Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia is a former Socialist candidate for Prime Minister and hails from Bilbao in the Basque region of northern Spain.
Almunia announced in April that the complaints concerned Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Osasuna, Valencia, Hercules and Elche.
Several billion Euro
The original allegation was made about four Spanish clubs in 2009 with the complainant saying that the unfair tax advantages amount to several billion Euro.
He also noted that Spain is granting these tax advantages even as it requests hundreds of billions of Euro from eurozone taxpayers.
In concrete terms, the complainant says that the Spanish clubs in question are able to exploit their state subsidised resources to compete unfairly in buying the best players. He complained that one of the Spanish clubs in question had been able to "lure" the main star of a club, in which his investors have an interest, into transferring to it.
In response to an official request from the Ombudsman yesterday, the European Commission have said that the decision on whether or not to initiate the investigation will be discussed at a meeting tomorrow.
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told a press briefing after talks with EU colleagues on Monday that the government in Madrid had been informed of a comprehensive inquiry.
Sanctions could be imposed if rules were in fact broken and Madrid appeared concerned about the consequences of the Brussels decision, Garcia-Margallo said the government would "defend the clubs to the end".
"As far as I know there was nothing illegal," said the minister. "But I am concerned about the prejudice that the clubs may suffer."
The focus of the investigation is on whether the tax rate imposed on Real Madrid, the FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna complies with European law.
Brussels is also looking into loans granted by the Valencian Community to Valencia, Hercules and Elche.
Read: Tomorrow is Emily O'Reilly's first day as European Ombudsman >
Read: Peter Tyndall to replace Emily O'Reilly as Ombudsman >
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Seven arrested as over €1m seized by Criminal Assets Bureau in searches in Dublin and Wicklow
Seven people have been arrested and funds of €1,035,093 have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau following searches across Dublin and Wicklow.
Vehicles and high-value goods were seized during the raids at 13 locations. Cash totalling €733,499 was seized and €301,594 has been frozen in bank accounts.
Eight homes and five businesses were targeted this morning.
Gardaí say the searches are part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation targeting foreign nationals involved in the laundering of the proceeds of crime.
"This operation marks a significant development in the Criminal Assets Bureau's ongoing investigation into a criminal network involved in the laundering of funds for a number of national and international organised crime groups," a garda spokesperson said.


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A Series of Lenten Reflections: The Fifth Sunday in Lent
... At the festival were some Greeks. These approached Philip... "Sir, we would like to see Jesus...." Jesus replied to them: "Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.... A wheat grain...if it dies, it will yield a rich harvest... — John 12
All preaching is a response to this request. We come to listen because we want to "see" Jesus, to know him and to believe. This is what people really ask of the Church. This is why we read our bible, meditate, serve the poor.
This request was made at a time of mounting tension; in fact, just before Jesus underwent his passion. The sequence of replies Jesus made to the request seems to be a series of strange disconnections or non-sequiturs. We do not read that Jesus answered: "Here I am" or "I am Jesus." We read instead a set of signs:
- now is the time for Jesus to achieve glory,
- like the grain of wheat, one must die to bear fruit, one must lose one's life to gain it,
- Jesus will be lifted up on the cross and will so bring people to believe,
- a voice from heaven, like thunder, says God is affirming Jesus as the Christ, revealing God.
This reply is a simple, short course in Christianity! It says Jesus is the revelation of God. It outlines the paschal mystery of death-resurrection. It guarantees suffering is not useless. It pits the cross of Christ against all evil, as the sign of salvation.
Jesus' response to those who desire to see him is to say that he will suffer and die, and that is the way he will achieve his glory and ours. He is in distress over it yet knows it is the way. By these same signs people will know his disciples.
Elsewhere Jesus says that those who do God's will will know God, that is will "see" God in his doctrine. Jesus did God's will and he learned obedience through suffering. What can be the connection between suffering and God's glory? Is it not true that humans can neither understand suffering nor would they choose it? That is exactly why it is capable of being the deepest act of adoration: it is not our will. It is an act of faith that God will make our suffering glorious. It is the greatest act of love, as anyone knows who has ever loved another. We do not see the immediate effect and that is why it requires faith. Indeed, we see God now by faith. St. Bernadette, when asked what faith is, replied: "Avoir la foi, c'est voir Dieu partout." To have faith means to see God everywhere even in suffering—perhaps especially in suffering because at the base of all sin is really the refusal to suffer (the refusal to put the other first). Instead, we grab, we kill, we hoard, we use other people. The list goes on and on. It is worth pondering this connection deeply, for Jesus' passion is related to his glory.
What is Jesus' glory? It is his perfect love, God's unconditionnal perfect love shown in this world and achieved in it by suffering the consequences of our hate. God's love in us must call us in some way to suffer rather than cause suffering, to lose our lives rather than destroy others. This is the root of non-violence. It is not a "martyr complex" but a willingness to suffer what love requires, that is, what God's glory requires.
If we would see Jesus, we must see him in the suffering brothers and sisters. If they would see Jesus they must see him in us. Who comes to me to see Jesus? How is he revealed in my life? What have I learned from suffering? Have I glorified God in it? or become self-centered?
We have scarcely begun, Jesus, to grasp the mystery of your life among us, the mystery of the grain of wheat. Give us your Holy Spirit by whom alone we can enter this way of love. Give courage, faith, patience to your followers. Help us to cast off that self-imposed suffering not of you and to suffer our share of your passion and let those who seek find you in us.


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No, this comes in primer, which is an unpainted surface that will require final sanding prior to paint. Due to the nature of the product we cannot offer paint matching services.
Does the hood require hood pins?
No. hood pins are not required, as the hood will withstand highspeeds. The L88 is installed the same way your OEM hood is installed. We re-use all the OEM mounting points and hardware.
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About Her
Overview... an unhappy housewife in a loveless marriage with an unsuccessful and neurotic puppeteer. Lotte puts most of her love and time into her pet chimpanzee, which she has sheltered and brought into the family as a kind of stand-in for a baby of her own. When her husband Craig finds a portal that puts them inside the head of actor John Malkovich for fifteen minutes, they become obsessed with the surreal, voyeuristic experience.
Personality… quirky, animal loving, and a little bit crazy. Lotte is incredibly dissatisfied with her life, and feels trapped in her marriage with Craig. She's desperate to find something to give her meaning, and relishes the chance to escape her life through the experience of being John Malkovich.
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2014 Depreciation and Capitalization Policies
February 9, 2014
Business owners and company management have been challenged for as long as I have been practicing with questions related to what can be treated as a repair expense vs. what should be classified as a fixed asset and depreciated over its useful life. At long last, the IRS has issued guidance to assist in developing these policies and providing a De Minimis Safe Harbor Election to support your chosen position, BUT it does require you to formalize your policy! Adopting an appropriate capitalization policy will provide clarity to your choices to expense or capitalize certain expenditures and provide a level of safe harbor to support those decisions for tax reporting purposes.
The safe harbor allowances and requirements are split into two categories – taxpayers with applicable financial statements (AFS) and taxpayers without applicable financial statements (AFS). The key differentiator is the AFS. AFS is defined as certified audited financial statements, SEC or regulatory filing. As such, many privately-held businesses will fall into the second classification unless they have their annual financial statements audited. Our discussion will focus on the second group without AFS.
The following requirements apply to this group of businesses:
- Accounting procedures (based on a specified amount or useful life of 12 months or less) should be in place at the beginning of the year.
- Must expense on books according to the accounting procedure.
- Amount paid must be $500 or less per invoice (or per item as substantiated by the invoice)
- Additional costs (e.g. delivery or installation) are included in determining cost only if included on the same invoice as the item in question
- Lump-sum fee allocable to multiple invoices
- File annual election statement with timely filed original return including extensions
- Anti-abuse rule (e.g. improper splitting of costs to multiple invoices prohibited)
- Applied to tangible property only; intangibles are not eligible (e.g. computer software)
- Does not apply to land, inventory or certain rotable, temporary or emergency spare parts that the taxpayer has elected to capitalize or use the optional method
- If elected, must apply to all items that qualify
The guidance from the IRS provides a number of definitions and further details on a number of related issues, but the first step in ensuring that your business has a Capitalization Policy in place and that you adhere to it in order to comply with the tangible property regulations.
As always, we welcome the opportunity to discuss any questions or concerns you have regarding this information or to provide assistance in the application of this guidance to your specific situation.


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Appendix G
Leader Checklist for Health Service Support and Preventive Medicine
G-1. The following are predeployment medical considerations:
- Provide vaccinations as required.
- Ensure standards of fitness (PULHES) prior to deployment. This will decrease issues once deployed and may reduce individual redeployments.
- Take malaria prophylaxis (if required), and other prophylaxis measures directed by military medical authority, before, during, and after deployment.
- Know your Soldiers. Be aware of their health issues, for example, prior heat injury.
- Continuously maintain Soldier dental and medical fitness of Soldiers.
G-2. The following are predeployment training and preparation considerations:
- Train and maintain high levels of physical fitness. High levels of fitness aid in mission accomplishment while reducing the potential of injury.
- Train all Soldiers in first aid, self-aid, and buddy-aid.
- Train all Soldiers in immediate treatment, use of tourniquet, casualty evacuation, and calling in MEDEVAC while maintaining focus on the primary mission.
- Select and train combat lifesavers; then, ensure their assignment into all teamssquads. Prepare to cross-level combat lifesavers once deployed, ensuring they are maintained in every team/squad.
- Make training using realistic scenarios and drills for assigned combat medics a top priority. Once deployed, use them in health and preventive medicine duties. They will be very busy maintaining the health of the unit and in preventing the unnecessary loss of duty time by unit personnel.
- Train all Soldiers in heat and cold injury prevention, identification, and treatment.
- Train all personnel in proper field expedient personal hygiene.
- Ensure training is conducted in unit field sanitation and proper waste management. Form and train field sanitation teams. Every Soldier has a role in field sanitation. Field sanitation teams cannot function effectively without command emphasis and Soldier participation.
- Review FM 21-10 in areas such as field expedient waste management, field sanitation, water purification, control of vectors and mess sanitation prior to deploying into an area with minimal civilian or military infrastructure.
- Conduct briefings for all Soldiers regarding sexually transmitted diseases.
- Brief Soldiers on the effects and consequences of the abuse of drugs and alcohol.
- Train Soldiers in stress management techniques and how to identify stressed Soldiers.
- Conduct stress management training for leaders.
- Train leaders and Soldiers in the specific environmental considerations for the anticipated deployment area, such as high altitude considerations, desert terrain, tropical areas, and cold weather conditions. Ensure personnel are properly equipped and prepared.
- Use the DOD insect repellent system as a personal protective measure depending on the mission profile. Treat uniforms with the standard military clothing repellent (permethrin) prior to deployment.
- Brief deploying personnel on indigenous wild and domestic animals, plants, and specific local precautions for the deployment area. Maintain command focus and medical management of injury, poison, and illness avoidance.
- Ensure medical personnel are prepared to continually train the unit in appropriate medical, health, and first aid subjects at home station, during pre-deployment and while deployed.
- Ensure medical personnel continue training when not performing assigned duties. Continual refresher training of medical personnel is a priority for the medical unit. This is a priority at home station, during predeployment, and during deployment, when the mission profile allows.
G-3. The following are deployment medical considerations:
- Make frequent and timely field sanitation inspections by qualified personnel.
- Once deployed, Soldiers apply 33 percent time-release DEET (insect repellant) as appropriate, as ordered.
- Take precautions are taken reference climatic conditions, heat or cold injury prevention, high-altitude exposure, cold weather, and other environmental conditions, for example, intake of fluids, consumption of meals, application of sun screen, wearing of proper clothing, layering of clothing, utilizing eye protection, adequate rest, and other techniques as suitable.
- Ensure personal preventive medicine practices are properly employed. Leaders and authorized personnel should ensure the use of proper techniques regarding potable water (only from approved sources, both unit or field expedient), safe food, and personal hygiene.
- Maintain appropriate prophylaxis, for example, malaria prophylaxis and any other preventive measures directed by command and medical authority.
- Medical personnel conduct random health checks of personnel and keep leaders informed concerning the unit health status.
- Medical personnel and unit field sanitation teams perform frequent and timely inspections on a periodic basis of the unit's food-water acquisition, preparation, and distribution system, the unit and personnel waste and trash disposal methods, and any other areas deemed necessary and appropriate regarding field sanitation issues.
- Medical care and facilities are accessible and properly employed in the current and anticipated AOs.
- Coordinate, plan, and train for MEDEVAC and casualty evacuation. Reinforce throughout the unit that all personnel must know and understand MEDEVAC request procedures.
- Coordinate with the higher command to ensure the prompt availability of evacuation resources.
- Plan and coordinate for Class VIII resupply.
- Monitor stress management and use the buddy system.
G-4. For more information concerning preventive health measures, see the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine website at
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The sixth largest cider brand in the world, Savanna, originally from South Africa, has been growing in popularity across the UK. Initially known and loved by South Africans living abroad, who saw it as a link to home, the UK is now Savanna's third largest market, says Amy Burns, Marketing Manager at Distell.
Recently awarded the bronze medal for taste at the International Cider Challenge, Savanna Dry stands out in a market saturated with sweet cider. The double chilled, triple filtered drink provides consumers with a unique crisp taste.
Always innovating, Savanna has recently also launched Savanna Cross. A distinctively smooth cider with real hop flavour, Cross provides cider and beer drinkers with something a little bit different while still retaining the refreshing taste Savanna is known for.
Consumers are always looking to experiment and discover new products, with the line between different categories, such as beer and cider, becoming increasingly blurred. In line with current consumer trends around craft and the growth of the 330ml pack format (Kantar Worldpanel Data 2017*), Savanna recently launched a new expression: Savanna Cross. A distinctively smooth cider with a real hop flavour, Savanna Cross is aimed at cider and beer drinkers, looking for something a little bit different. A harmonious blend of the unique aroma and finish of hops, with the smooth and crisp undertones of refreshing cider, we think it's the perfect balance.
Amy Burns at Distell says retailers should look for brands with strong provenance and a unique offering, instead of selling purely mainstream products, for example, expanding their cider range to include international products such as Savanna.
Ensuring consumers achieve maximum satisfaction, retailers should stock a chilled range of ready to drink products. Chilled bottles and cans of cider are particularly popular in the warmer summer months as consumers look for a refreshing alternative, which Savanna addresses through its everpopular product Savanna Dry.
In a market saturated with sweet, and at times sickly, cider, Savanna Dry stands out. Doing exactly what it says on the tin, the double chilled, triple filtered cider provides consumers with a crisp taste instead of being overly sweet, offering consumers an alternative cider experience. At the end of a long hot day, nothing beats a cold, crisp Savanna to refresh the palette and unwind.
Retailers should also ensure they are catering for all consumer needs, particularly over the summer period when consumers might be looking for drinks to take to events/BBQs/festivals etc., by providing key products in a range of formats. Savanna Dry, for example, is available to purchase in 500ml bottle, 330ml bottle and 440ml can format, catering to all needs.
This year Distell have invested over £1m in marketing Savanna across the UK, increasing brand awareness through a variety of mediums including traditional PR; creating UK-focused social media channels; out of home advertising in key cities across the country; sponsorship of Saracens rugby team; as well as through branded taxi wraps in Edinburgh. They are looking to increase brand awareness with consumers and trade outlets across the country, before ramping up this activity even further next year.
*Source: Data from 52 w/e Kantar Worldpanel data 26/2/2017 showing increase in 330ml can penetration for the cider category overall rising from 40% in 2014 to 80% in 2017.
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Read All About It
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Season 1, Ep. 7
The first Read All About It Extra episode, offering you literary sustenance until the next full Read All About It podcast. It includes book reviews, book news and even a special feature with my son entitled, 'What Andrew's not reading this week'. And if that's not enough, you can also hear Block City, the full song from which the podcast theme tune is taken from, including lyrics from Robert Louis Stevenson!
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Cathy Rentzenbrink, writer
Season 1, Ep. 54
Cathy Rentzenbrink is the author of The Last Act of Love and A Manual for Heartache and most recently Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books, which is published by Picador and came out in September 2020.She speaks and writes regularly on life, death, love, literature, literacy and mental health, and is often to be found doing bookish events at festivals, in shops and libraries, and in prisons. In previous lives Cathy worked for The Bookseller, The Reading Agency, Quick Reads, Waterstones and The Bell & Crown Inn. Despite her books being shortlisted for various prizes, the only thing Cathy has ever won is the Snaith and District Ladies Darts Championship when she was 17. She is now sadly out of practice.
Alison Irvine, writer
Season 1, Ep. 53
Alison Irvine is a writer whose debut novel, This Road Is Red, was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award. Her latest novel, Cat Step, will be published in November 2020 by Dead Ink Books.She also works collaboratively as part of Recollective, with photographer, Chris Leslie, and artist, Mitch Miller, and their project, Nothing Is Lost, recorded the impact of the 2014 Commonwealth Games on residents in Glasgow's East End. Among other projects is Barrowlands Ballads - telling the untold stories on the iconic venue in Glasgow's Gallowgate.
Doug Johnstone, writer
Season 1, Ep. 52
Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His twelfth novel, The Big Chill, was published by Orenda Books in August 2020. His previous novel, A Dark Matter, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. His other books include Breakers and The Jump, Gone Again and Hit & Run.Doug has been Writer in Residence with William Purves Funeral Directors. He is also a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow, and was RLF Fellow at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh 2014-2016. Doug was also Writer in Residence at the University of Strathclyde 2010-2012 and before that worked as a lecturer in creative writing there. He's had short stories appear in various publications and anthologies, and since 1999 he has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and literature. Doug has a degree in physics, a PhD in nuclear physics and a diploma in journalism.Doug is one of the co-founders of the Scotland Writers Football Club, for whom he also puts in a shift in midfield as player-manager. He is also a singer, musician and songwriter, with three solo EPs and five albums in various bands to his name. He plays drums for the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, a crime writing supergroup featuring Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville and Luca Veste.


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Dorm resident runs from attempted armed robbery
Two male suspects pulled out a knife on another male who ran to call police
October 6, 2018
Two men attempted to rob a man at Sacramento State Friday at 9:47 p.m. across State University Drive from Sequoia Hall, according to the Sacramento State Police Department.
According to Sac State Police Chief Mark Iwasa, the victim is a Sac State student who was returning to the residence halls when he was stopped by the two suspects, who then pulled a knife on him.
"As soon as he saw the knife come out he dropped the scooter and ran," Iwasa said. "He heard them say something that sounded like they wanted him to give up his stuff but he didn't stick around long enough to have a conversation with them, he ran like crazy."
According to Iwasa, police were able to respond to the scene in two minutes and found the victim. However, the suspects were not found after a search of the area.
The first suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 150 pounds and wearing a dark hoodie and khaki pants. The second suspect is described as a black male also in his 20s, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, 200 pounds and wearing a dark hoodie and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about the attempted robbery or the suspects is asked to call the Sac State Police Department at (916) 278-6000.
This story was updated with information from Sac State Police Chief Mark Iwasa on Monday, Oct. 8.


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Coffee is a food item cooked in the Crock Pot. It is created by combining three Roasted Coffee Beans and filling the fourth slot with Dairy, Sweetener, or a fourth Roasted Coffee Bean.
Drinking the Coffee provides a movement speed increase of 5 for half a Day (4 minutes). For characters with no other speed buffs the base speed is 6, therefore this increment translates to the character moving about 83% faster. The speed buff also applies while on a Boat or while using a Walking Cane or a Sleek Hat.
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Announcing celebration event Outline of traffic regulations Announcement of traffic closure at Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, August 27, 4:12
In October, an outline of the large-scale traffic regulations accompanying the celebration event that was held to celebrate the imperial throne was announced. The Metropolitan Police Department calls for a refrain from entering the city center during the period.
On October 22nd, there will be a ceremony where the Emperor declares the throne inside and outside, the "Court of Throne Reform" and a parade. Is also planned.
In order to facilitate these celebrations, the Metropolitan Police Department has announced the outline of its policy to regulate traffic in Tokyo.
According to this, for the two days of October 22nd and 23rd, most of the metropolitan expressway running inside the central loop line and the roads around the hotel where guests stay are intermittently closed. In addition, the celebration parade scheduled on the 22nd is scheduled for a route from the Imperial Palace to Akasaka Imperial Palace, but vehicles are closed in a wide area around the roadside.
As the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department decides on the details of the celebration event, it will publish the details of the traffic regulations anew, and is calling to refrain from entering the city center during the celebration event.


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Every now and then The Big Bang Theory tells a story from Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) past to explain why he is the way he is (last year it explained why he always knocks three times), but the spin-off prequel Young Sheldon is in even better position to make sense of him, since it can show the origin of a particular peccadillo. Which is exactly what it did in Thursday night's episode by explaining how Sheldon came to be a full-grown Californian man who didn't drive.
Until recently, it was firmly established The Big Bang Theory canon that Sheldon Cooper couldn't drive. It was yet another source of tension between him and his friends that he was reliant on them for transportation. There was a whole episode in Season 2 devoted to him getting his learner's permit after he irritated them all so badly while they were chauffeuring him around that he was forced to try to learn. He failed miserably. It was one of his childlike quirks that he never learned to drive.
Thursday's episode of Young Sheldon, "Poker, Faith, and Eggs," took us back to the moment when Sheldon (Iain Armitage) decided driving wasn't for him. His father (Lance Barber) was in the hospital, and the kids wanted to go visit him against their mother's (Zoe Perry) wishes. So George Jr. (Montana Jordan) "borrowed" their Meemaw's (Annie Potts) car and drove them to the hospital. The thing is, George Jr. was a high school freshman whose only prior experience operating a motor vehicle was driving a tractor at 4-H. So the ride was slow and bumpy and fatal to many mailboxes and garbage cans.
"I've often been asked why I never learned to drive a car," grown-up Sheldon said in voiceover. "This night is your answer."
The twist, though, is that Sheldon actually did learn to drive. It was revealed last season that Sheldon got his driver's license two years ago while he was on a license-acquiring spree and never told anyone. He barely passed, but he did it. But he still would rather be chauffeured than drive, of course.
Is this discrepancy a mistake on the writers' part? Probably. But maybe it tells us something we didn't think we needed to know, like when is Sheldon's narration taking place? Maybe the narration of Young Sheldon is set before Sheldon got his license and he's looking back on his life sometime around 2013.
Young Sheldon airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.
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How To Curb Forests' CO2 Emissions
PlanetWatch Staff
Conventional wisdom, when re-confirmed, tends to generate plenty of admiration, especially of new converts to all things ecological. And to give common sense its dues; my better blog posts tend to cover issues that make me bond with other people. But not so this story. What follows is literally an off the beaten track article involving a climatologist´s idea to clear up some of the dead wood in forests and burying it in zero oxygen underground shelters to combat global warming.
The plan d'action sort of goes against all your instincts at first, but when executed right, it could be an insanely brilliant solution.Despite the aversity you might feel to treating wood as if it were nuclear material and interacting with the forest bio rhythm, hearing out climatologist Ning Zeng's argument is no waste of time. Zeng, who's attached to the University of Maryland, published his ideas in a paper which is now marked 'highly accessed' on the Carbon Balance and Management (CBM) website. Aside from attracting a lot of CBM readers, Zeng's paper was picked up by a number of authoritative international publications, including ScienceNews, and the New Scientist, triggering interesting online discussions.
In short, these are the reasons Ning Zeng cites for sweeping forests and properly burying limited amounts of dead wood; Every year, some 60 gigatons of carbon is soaked up by plants and trees. But when these lovely plants give the ghost at the end of the season, the temporary habitat slowly releases the carbon back into the atmosphere again. Zeng says that if you leave enough coarse woody debris lying around to nurture new cycles and keeping other bio systems intact you can remove the remainder (about one sixth of all dead wood) before it sets out to rot. This way, huge amounts of carbon can be sequestered.
Zeng calculated that the amount of carbon created by US dead woody debris is likely as big or bigger than all fossil fuels-caused greenhouse gas emissions. After cleaning up the forest and creating a one time big effect, taking one sixth of dead wood annually would potentially sequester 10 gigatons of carbon a year. That's more than all fossil fuels emit.
So what to do with the dead wood? Zeng's solution is reminiscent of nuclear waste disposal ideas. He believes that it's best to simply dig big holes in the soil and bury dead trees to create a kind of continuous carbon sink.The cost of burying the wood is around $14 per ton, according to Zeng´s calculations. Dead wood per square kilometer of forest would fill trenches the size of a small houseof an average 10x25 meters which would be 10 meters deep. In total around 10 million trenches would have to be dug in the US for 5 billion tons of carbon to be stored annually.
Zeng's been doing some risk analysis too and says that some types of soil will effect the creation of methane gases, which is the worst of the greenhouse gases, he told New Scientist. So it´s careful trodding, this business. Some of the people responding to an article in New Republic.com suggested that the dead wood´d best be dumped in empty oil wells and underground mines. These are currently being investigated as the solution of choice for the really nasty stuff; the carbon captured from fossil fuel plants.
A real problem with burying a biomass like trees and plants is that you´re dealing with nature and that all sorts of little insects could mess up the project by puncturing holes in the airtight burial chambers.Bradford Plumer, a New Republic.com reporter is wary of this and more dangerous risks. "Even worse, clearing dead wood away from forest floors on such a large scale could, if done clumsily, wreak havoc on a number of habitats. That's probably my biggest worry: This isn't mass deforestation, but a forest-management scheme of this sort could very easily be abused, and almost certainly would in practice", he comments.
That´s a sensical issue to raise. But there´s also a less than rational angle to this saga. From the reactions Zeng has triggered, it is clear that ideas that do not strike us immediately as 'natural' and which involve managing nature are putting us at a seemingly new type of crossroads. But fact of the matter is that nature's tremendously rich and makes for massive hidden dramas every day. Also, your average park ranger has likely been messing around with a lot of wood clearing issues for donkeys years.
The New Republic´s reporter Bradford Plumer confessed to a faulty type of scepticism of this kind rather conspicuously. "Usually, when anyone claims to have a simple, elegant solution to the problem of runaway greenhouse-gas emissions that doesn't require a massive restructuring of the world's energy policies, well, I narrow my eyes and keep a hand on my wallet." He then in equally glorious phrasiology describes the 'eyebrow raising' solution, concluding that this is not so bad an idea at all in spite of risks to the eco system.
In my opinion, Zeng makes tremendous sense. Living in the Netherlands, where every inch of forest is managed, I know first hand that not all human interference with forests is bad. Also, sequestration of dead wood -when carried out carefully and perfectly- is among the most efficient methods to reduce greenhouse gas. What makes humans loath burying wood though is that we´d be resorting to nature to combat a problem that we ourselves have yet to find matching technological solutions for.


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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "String Wizard" John McEuen with sons Jonathan and Nathan will be performing live at Studio 201 in New York City this March 30th. On the eve of the release of their first album together, "The McEuen Sessions" The Circle Remains Unbroken on this 40th Anniversary concert of the release of one of the greatest albums of Americana Music, Will The Circle Be Unbroken.
Will The Circle Be Unbroken was inducted into the Library of Congress in 2004 as one of America's most important recordings. This evening with John and family will include
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On one of these topics, (likely on one of the Mormon topics) there was a question asked about the relationship that Jesus had with the father before he was born?
The question raised the idea of Jesus being the 'Eternal Son'
Did Jesus have a "father-Son" relationship with God before he was born?
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In my personal top ten of the world's most disgusting companies this week's highest entry is Vodafone who almost managed to supersede Monsanto in their lead position. The reasons: greed and bad taste. What happened? (You can skip the now following rant to get to the mp3 part by clicking here.)
Like every two years I recently had the option to renew my mobile phone contract, for which the providers usually reward you by offering a new mobile phone for a reduced price (or some of the cheaper models for 1 Euro). As I wanted to own a phone that allows me to run Flash Lite 1.1 files I decided to go for the Sony Ericsson v800 - already knowing that the "v" stands for "Vandalized by Vodafone". It's unbelievable - on the case alone they managed to place their logo four times - and it's not a simple screen print that you could rub off with a little nitro - no, removing them would mean to ruin the case permanently.
But what's worse is that they also run the phone on their own OS which means that also on the screens there is big-red Vodafone all over the place. You can replace most of those graphics with your own, but you cannot delete them from the phone's memory. They hijack one of the two main menu entries so you will always connect to their internet portal when you - maybe accidentally - click it. But well, it looks like that is the price that you have to pay for getting a discount on the phone.
Unfortunately that is not the end of the story. In their endless greed Vodafone has disabled one of the most common used functions - the ability to use mp3 files as ringtones. You can upload them into your phone, yes. You can also listen to them on the media player. But you are not allowed to use them as ringtone, alarm or as a contact identifier. Why not? Because Vodafone wants you to buy the ringtones from their portal. Buy ringtones? Do I look like a teenager or a brain-amputee? No way. But I'm not the first one to have that problem - Google reveals that probably every owner of this phone looks for a solution to this and until recently there has been a way to circumvent this:
In order for mp3s to be freely usable on the v800 they have to be packaged as DRM files. A DRM file is a wrapper that can be used to restrict or allow certain usage of its contents. Fortunately Sony Ericsson provides - or rather provided - developers with a DRM Packager Tool. This tool allows - no - allowed you to convert .mp3 files to .dm files. Of course something as useful as this was soon discovered and the link made its round through mobile forums all over the web with the result, that suddenly the tool officially is not available anymore on the Sony Ericsson site. In order to get it these days it seems like you have to visit dark backrooms of dubious sites or try to find someone who was lucky enough to download it whilst it was still available. Smells fishy and not like something I would want to recommend my readers.
Fortunately I discovered another way to make my mp3 files work as ringtones and as I haven't found this solution on any SE v800 related forum yet, here is how it works: Unlike Sony Ericsson Nokia has not yet surrendered to the Dark Side. And as developers for Nokia phones have to create DRM packages, too, this company also offers a tool to accomplish this task. The tool we need is part of the Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit 4.1 - in order to download it you will have to register as a developer at the Nokia Forum, but that registration is free and currently open to everyone. After downloading it you will have to register the application to receive a serial number - so make sure that you enter a valid email adress.
The actual method to convert .mp3s to .dm files works like this:
- launch the NMIT 4.1 application
- the start screen looks like this.
Click on the "Digital Rights" link that I have marked in red.
- this will bring you to the DRM packager.
- Click the radio button "Combined Delivery Lock (.dm) [1] - on the right side the "Specify Rights" screen will appar
- In this screen select the "Enable Play Rights" checkbox [2] in the "Play" tab. For our purposes it is not necessary to set any of the other options.
- Click the "Load Content" button [3] and select an mp3 from your collection.
- Select File - Save
from the top menu or press CTRL-S to save the DRM package as a .dm file.
- Upload the .dm file into the "Sounds" folder of your v800 memory stick via the method of your choice (Bluetooth, USB, Infrared) . After uploading via USB make sure to unplug the cable in order to avoid file locking.
- On your v800 go to to the "My Phone" menu, select "Sounds", search the title of the sound file you uploaded and select "More -> use as -> ringtone". I have a german menu, so maybe the menu items are called a bit different on your phone.
- Done.
I'm still thinking about completely weeding out the Vodafone OS from my mobile. This german company for example offers a debranding service for lots of models. But I will first do a little bit more research about the consequences this might have.Posted at March 12, 2005 06:46 PM | Further reading


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Action RPG Game Imperatum Becomes The First Title To Add A "Bitcoin" Mode
In case you haven't heard, the indie Role Playing Game (RPG) Imperatum has just introduced a new concept in the world of gaming. Following what it refers to as the "Crypto Update," the moderately popular sci-fi title now has an all-new difficulty level.
As the moniker itself suggests, the update adds a "crypto" element to the game; more specifically, it introduces a new and dynamic difficulty level that changes with the price of bitcoin in real-time.
As the highest-valued cryptocurrency in the world (by market cap) goes up in price, the game starts throwing tougher challenges at you. Of course, with a surging price, you will have better and more loot to go after, but your enemies will also become increasingly more resilient during this time. On the other hand, as the price drops, it becomes increasingly easier to deal with the bad guys (but the loot becomes less frequent too).
No doubt that synchronizing the game's difficulty level with fluctuating bitcoin price is a pretty neat idea. It's innovative and perhaps makes one of the rare occasions when an investor can be thrilled about the extreme volatility of the virtual coin.
The only downside you could probably think of is the (arguably) unlikely scenario when bitcoin finally crashes to a new low. Because then the "Crypto mode" will be just a big waste. (Which self-respecting gamer would want to indulge in a game in the ultra-easy mode with no loot drops?)
On the contrary, if bitcoin price starts hitting one high after another yet again like it did towards the fall of 2017, Imperatum fans are definitely in for some pretty intense challenges.
"We decided to add it in as a fun experimental difficulty level," explains an Imperatum team member, before adding, "We believe it's an outside of the box idea that fits the theme of the game."
The update also brings along an additional level to the Volantis City level, which adds a new indoor office area with nearly 15-25 minutes of content, quests, and previously unseen areas to explore.
Apart from the new additions, the Crypto Update includes several improvements over existing features and bug-fixes. For example, there are some new AI navigation tweaks, an improved main menu without the previously known glitches, as well as a brand spanking new audio transmission system.
For further details on the features of the Crypto Update, hop over to the game's official portal.
As for those of you yet to try your hands on Imperatum, it is a futuristic action RPG where you play the character of an agent on a mission to defeat a powerful and mysterious veil that's about to consume the galaxy.


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Regeneron is developing three bispecific antibodies for the treatment of different cancers: REGN1979 for relapsed or refractory (R/R) B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL), REGN4018 (MUC16×CD3 bispecific antibody) for ovarian cancer and REGN5458 (BCMA×CD3 bispecific antibody) for multiple myeloma.
REGN1979 is being investigated alone and in combination with Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc), Regeneron's checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of skin cancer. Based on encouraging results from a phase I proof-of-concept study involving 10 patients with R/R B-NHL, and particularly for patients with the two most common types of NHL ─ follicular lymphoma (FL) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the company is planning a potentially registrational phase II trial in 2019 investigating REGN1979 in R/R FL.
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Dose-dependent clinical activity was also observed for REGN1979 in heavily pretreated patients with R/R DLBCL, with the ORR increasing from 18% to 60% when the dose was raised from 5–12 mg to 18–40 mg.


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Mutants completely lacking PG and CL but with elevated levels of PA (Y. Shiba, 2004) still initiate DNA replication (DnaA), divide properly (MinD), and export proteins (SecA). These proteins can be activated in in vitro reconstituted systems with a wide range of anionic lipids including those not found in E. coli. It appears that these proteins recognize, via positively charged amphipathic helices, clusters or domains of negative charge rather than specific lipids on the membrane surface. CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase is responsible for the synthesis of CDP–choline, a precursor of PC synthesis in mammalian cells (Chapter 8).
The specific interaction of these two lipids might provide the unique allosteric switch that regulates protein kinase C activity. Phospholipase C activity is not directly influenced by the formation of non-bilayer structures. , PE) with a tendency to form such structures stimulates the enzyme even under conditions at which purely bilayer phases exist. Conversely, sphingomyelin, a stabilizer of the bilayer phase, inhibits the enzyme. B. Ruiz-Arguello, 1998) supporting the hypothesis that the collective physical properties of the lipid bilayer can modulate the activities of membrane-associated proteins.
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have you wondering about why does electric power transmission use high voltage in distributing electrical energy to consumers. Why they doesn't use low voltage
Or maybe you ever pay attention to the electric meter or KWH meter on your home and you saw the writing written 220VAC on the power meter
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And the question arises in your mind
Why electric power transmission does not use 220V voltage only and then distributed to consumers considering most consumers use 220VAC voltage?
Why does electric power transmission uses hundreds of thousands of volts? And so on
In this article admin will discuss it
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- Why does electric power transmission use AC power and why doesn't use DC power?
- What is the AC and DC power supply?
- What is the current and voltage of the power supply?
the reason why electric power transmission uses high voltage
To answer the above questions you can see the following formula
- P = electric power in watts (W)
- V = voltage of electricity in units of volt (V)
- I = electric current in units of amperes (A)
The above formula is the formula of electric power. Electrical power is the result of multiplication between the magnitude of the voltage and the electric current
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An example of a battery outputs a voltage of 12V and an electric current of 5A. Then the battery is 12 x 5 = 60 watts
In accordance with the above electric power formula for the same power if the voltage is magnified then the electric current will be smaller
Similarly, if the electric current is magnified then the voltage must be smaller for the same power
The power plant can transmit electricity with large currents and by using low voltage
But it can be a problem because the greater the electric current, the greater the heat generated
What happens if it is left unchecked?
Nothing else can result in the conducting cable evaporating because of the heat that it generates
In addition, the electrical energy lost is also quite large because of barrier wire barrier
Also required cross-section wire carrier that is used means the more expensive also costs incurred
The longer the wire conductor will be the greater the electrical resistance
If associated with the above formula then my friend can conclude that the lost electrical energy is large enough
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- definition of conductor and insulator
- simple transformerless power supply circuit
- what is the function of diode in electricity?
the reasons why electric power transmission use high voltage
As described above, if the power transmission is done using large currents and the small voltage of energy lost is quite large
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Therefore, to prevent the above happening, the power plant transmits its power by raising the maximum electricity tension by using the smallest electric current
Thus, the energy lost during the transmission process can be reduced as well as the size of the cross-section of the wire can be minimized


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Playlist 17.03.13 (9:05 pm)
What a line-up we have tonight! Benoît Pioulard retrospective, Graveyard Tapes (Matthew Collings and Euan McMeeken), amazing new Chris Abrahams, Textile Audio's opera-meets-electronica, another small retrospective with cellist Julia Kent, and the experimental cello & electronics of Nick Storring.
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Canadian artist Benoît Pioulard aka Thomas Meluch has featured on this show for the last half a decade or so, mostly via his albums for the much-revered Kranky label. While he's an accomplished songwriter, he's always been interested in lo-fi drones, field recordings and processed sound, and jumps between these genres on most of his albums. The new one is slightly less on the lo-fi tip, but still features some gorgeous drones as well as his most catchy and perfectly-formed songwriting yet - other, perhaps, than his extraordinary work last year as Orcas, a duo with sound artist Rafael Anton Irissari whose self-titled album was one of last year's highlights.
On the same label as Vieo Abiungo comes an album from new duo Graveyard Tapes, featuring recent favourite Matthew Collings and Euan McMeeken of The Kays Lavelle, who runs the excellent mini50records out of Edinburgh. We've heard some of Colling's songwriting on his extraordinary album Splintered Instruments, from which we heard another cut tonight, but Graveyard Tapes centres on McMeeken's vocals and lyrics, with music, instruments and production from both. There's piano, clarinet and many other instruments, along with crackling drones and even crunchy beats on some tracks. It's a lush album and the deluxe CD packaging looks pretty great too.
The Necks' pianist Chris Abrahams is releasing his third album on Room40 this week, and it continues the experimental nature of the last two. It's probably his best yet, challenging though it is. His beloved Yamaha DX-7 features (I believe), along with piano of course, field recordings, insane metallic crashing sounds, glitchy cut-ups... yep, a bit of everything.
Sydney-based opera singer Eve Klein has long had a passion for combining opera, contemporary classical and electronic music, which she does under the name Textile Audio. After some compilation appearances and the earlier Pomegranate EP, the full album The Pomegranate Cycle has finally been released on Stuart Buchanan's Wood & Wire label. These beautiful sounds have also been given life as part of a stage work, first for laptop, opera singer and dancer, and now involving a "networked midi orchestra".
As you may know, I collect cellists. As a cellist myself, I'm interested in people using the instrument in every way imaginable. I've been folliowing Julia Kent's work for a few years; I was never familiar with Rasputina, the band that both she and Zoë Keating were in (although not at the same time) (and as an aside, I was lucky enough to support Zoë at the Basement in Sydney on Friday night), but as well as having a couple of previous albums and some EPs, Julia Kent can be found playing cello with such luminaries as Antony & the Johnsons, and Michael Gira's Angels of Light. Not a bad résumé. Her lush music is usually made from many multi-tracked celli (plural of cello, don't you know), but she's not shy of adding in some subtle beats, found sounds and occasionally other instruments. I was very pleased to see her selected among the remixers (albeit doing a cover) in Amon Tobin's massive box set last year too.
And we finish with Canadian cellist, composer and experimental musician Nick Storring, whose work I've been meaning to check out for some time. I ordered a pile of stuff from the experimental label Entr'acte (whose packaging I've admired for years), and among them was Nick's 2011 album Rife, which almost ridiculously perfect matches my interests - cello, granular electronics, warped sounds, almost-beats, and finishing with a twisted but beautifully melodic piece, it's a bit of a hidden classic. Nick's also a collaborator, who's worked with Aidan Baker/Nadja among many others, and is a member of indie band Picastro.
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Preface: Wednesday, September 14, 1994, was an exciting night for Southern Africa. Round about 8:50 p.m. to 9:05 p.m., a pyrotechnic display of some magnificence appeared in the almost clear night skies of this part of the continent. Astronomers across the region soon reported that the pyrotechnic display, seen as far away as Zambia and Botswana, had been a meteor shower. However though, dozens of reports of a capsule like fireball, trailing fire and flanked by two smaller capsules. A young boy and his mother reported a daylight sighting, a trucker who had seen strange beings on the road at night.
The multitude of witnesses that reported seeing strange and wonderfully eerie fireballs burning across the night sky included scientists, astronomers, amateur astronomers, and the dozens of scattered residents that happened to be looking up into the night sky. The accounts varied of what flew across the sky that night. From a zeppelin on fire to a low flying jumbo jet with visible cabin lights and sparks blazing out its tail. Many witnesses submitted drawings of what they saw in the sky that night and remarkably, almost all of the the drawings resembled the same shaped craft in distress.
Two days later during morning, a group of children attending Ariel Primary School in Ruwa watched in fascination as 3 silver balls hovered in the sky over the school, before disappearing and reappearing several times. One of the UFOs slowly landed, or hovered, on an area of rough ground next to the school. The children are not allowed in this area although it is adjacent to their playing field and is not fenced off, because of snakes, spiders and perhaps other harmful creatures. One can soon disappear from view while walking here, and there is only one very rough track used by tractors in an attempt to clear this area. While some children ran off in terror, a number of curious ones ran over to the school boundary fence to investigate from a safe distance.
There is a line of electricity pylons and according to one boy, the object followed along this line prior to landing.
62 of the children, most of which were 10 & 11, later gave a variety of descriptions to investigators, but the common report was of a large, glowing, saucer shaped craft with 3 legs.
To the childrens amazement, 3 beings had emerged from the craft, all dressed in one piece suits. The children described them as moving in slow motion and as having large black eyes. According to the children, when they looked into the creatures eyes, they received telepathic messages from them. The message they received was one expressing the need for humanity to take action to stop further environmental damage from occurring to the planet, as if we didn't, we would be doomed as a species.
One eyewitness, Barry D., said he had seen three objects flying over, with flashing red lights. They disappeared, and reappeared almost immediately, but somewhere else. This happened about three times. Then they came and landed near some gum trees, the main one (object), was about the size of his thumb nail held at arm's length. The reports were similar although some children were more observant than others. The consensus of opinion was that an object came down in the area where they indicated, about 100 yards from where they were at the edge of the school playing field. Then a small man, about 3' tall, appeared on top of the object. He walked a little way across the rough ground, became aware of the children and disappeared. He, or someone very like him, then reappeared at the back of the object. The object took off very rapidly and disappeared. The little man was dressed in a tight fitting black suit which was shiny, according to one observant girl, 11 years of age. He had a long scrawny neck and huge eyes like rugby balls. He had a pale face with long black hair coming below his shoulders.
The children vary in cultures: there are black, white, & Asian children. One little girl said: I swear by every hair on my head and the whole Bible that I am telling the truth. The smaller children from 5-7 years were very frightened at the time and ran shouting: Help me, help me. When the older children asked why they were saying this, the reply was: He is coming to eat us. This mainly applied more to the black African children who have legends of TOKOLOSHIES eating children.
Their teachers were in a meeting and did not come out. When the headmaster was queried about this, he said the children always shouted and yelled during their playtime and no one thought there was anything unusual going on, and although he had never been involved with UFOs or a believer in them, said that he believed the children had seen what they said they saw. The only other adult available at the time was one of the mothers who was running the tuckshop, lunchroom. When the children came to call her, she did not believe them and would not come out: she was not prepared to leave the tuckshop with all the food and money.
Gunter Hofer, a young man who builds his own electrical equipment, a Geiger counter, a metal detector and a magnetometer, to try and see if the object left any traces behind. Gunter and the men thoroughly examined the ground around where the children had seen the object, but could get no reaction on the geiger counter or any other equipment. If the object was hovering perhaps nothing would show.
The whole encounter lasted less than 5 minutes, and by the time the teaching staff had been alerted, the UFO had disappeared. At first the teachers believed that the children had simply imagined the event, but soon began to realize that something out of the ordinary had happened that recess, some of the children were hysterical with fear, while others were overcome with excitement at what they had witnessed.
Although there were discrepancies, researchers point to the fact that under the circumstances this was understandable. What stood out weren't the differences, but the obvious similarities between the accounts and honesty of the children concerned.


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Don't go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?
News that some zoos have stopped feeding monkeys fruit has led people to suggest humans avoid it too. But that ignores a few crucial details, says James Wong
IF YOU have ever delved into the world of online diet advice, you might have heard the claim that modern fruit is so filled with sugar that it is unsafe for zoo animals. It might have come with links to media reports with headlines like "Zoo bans monkeys from eating bananas".
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Over and over again the White House has reiterated its position that the Syrian people are forbidden from choosing Assad as their president after ISIS and al-Qaeda are defeated. The latest example of Washington's anti-democratic "democracy promotion" came today, after Assad signaled his flexibility in forming a transitional government that might include the opposition, independents, and loyalists.


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Sunday, March 18, 2012
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OH Mad Woodchuck the guy standing on his head?! How cool this came full circle for you so fast. Her and I have many similar thoughts goin on! :)ReplyDelete
I betcha Doug would like this man as well.
AND Los Gatos too! well, well?! It is a small freakin world. Maybe they are our doppelgangers?
It really is a small world. And, it's always good to find something to make you smile or laugh.ReplyDelete
Hahaha! I just noticed that you wrote about her blog and thought "Isn't that so funny?" You and your art peeps ought to take a field trip to Los Gatos and meet up with Becky sometime. She is an extremely talented, creative artist herself.ReplyDelete
@Kris -I do think that Doug would like Kevin and I know that you would love Becky :-)
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