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"Common sense is just natural honesty. It is an intuitive grasp of realities and it is probably the most powerful educating force that there is and yet we don't dare to trust it because common sense may teach us to go in the opposite direction from which we are heading."
- Manly P. Hallsun
Please ensure you've read Part 1 first, and are clear with your own views upon it, or it's a complete waste of time reading on. Solid foundation is required. One scientist I spoke to about part 1 lost his centre completely, insulted me, and walked off in a type of huff a 4 year old western girl would be proud of, so I dread to think what this Part 2 will do to some people.
Again, if you seek to judge before taking in all the information, you are just witnessing your own dogma and/or mind control (not that people seem to mind that these days....in fact, it seems to be all the rage).
Obviously I'm well aware that it probably won't be until near the end of this article, or even hours later when some new curiosity may slowly begin to rise within you.
It's unfortunately a long-ish article as there are so many serpents to hack at, but it's still only 10% or so what I've researched - so it's really just a quick summary.
Here we go.....buckle up, and yes, I'm being serious.
A few pockets of humans in this reality construct believe we are not on a ball-earth, not on a spherical earth.
So let's look at this as sensibly as we can in nine sections.
1. Curvature
First, lets look into curvature, obviously quite important regarding relevance to a ball-earth.
The ball-earth is said by all to have a circumference of 40,0075 km and a radius of 6,371 km. So then, from any one point on the ball-earth to the opposite point (e.g England to Australia type gig), one would follow a constant arc for 20,0037 km that climbed 3,185 km up to its crest and then down 3,184km to the destination. Pretty simple stuff.
Using spherical trigonometry backed up by many mathematicians (and the famous space author Asimov), we can deduce that the ball-earth's supposed curvature is 8 inches to the mile. But this would vary inversely as to the square of the distance. So the first mile establishes line of sight (0 curvature), the second mile must then descend 8 inches, the third mile 32 inches, the fourth mile 6 feet, the fifth mile 10 feet 8 inches, and by the sixth mile should already be 16 feet 8 inches below the line of sight. (So 1 squared is 1 = 8 inches, 2 squared is 4 = 32 inches, 3 squared is 9 = 72 inches, 4 squared is 16 equals 128 inches etc).
Sidenote: Don't be tempted with any gatekeeper's bad maths regarding curvature.
Strangely, the book "The Lighthouses of the World" has the Dunkerque Lighthouse in France being visible from 28 miles away. This should be below the horizon on a ball-earth.
Among many experiments that all yielded that same results, the famous Bedford Level Experiment in 1870 took place over a 20 mile straight canal, with no locks or gates. The result was that the 20 miles was completely flat, all exactly line of sight. Water didn't curve with the planet, nor did the sides of the canal, or anything.
Expected above. Result below.
Many will around now bring up the disappearance of a ship as it sails 'over the horizon,' with the hull vanishing first. This is to with vanishing point angles,
From Zetetic Cosmogony by Thomas Winship we read:
You are on a sphere are you not? It is convex so it needs to act convex does it not? How could you believe in the hull disappearance gig but be ok with horizontal balloons on the horizon? Has an elephant just come into the living room, or started hovering in the garden?
So, if we live on a giant ball, when one rises in altitude, the horizon should naturally fall away and move nearer to the observer.
Why is it then, that non-NASA cameras have been launched up as high as 121,000 feet and all the way up the horizon is flat and rises to the eye of the camera. Rising in a balloon too, the horizon stays where it is. It shouldn't, it should move down. The Balloonist is at the highest part of the whole sphere from where he's observing, the sphere should behave so, it doesn't - it behaves as though it is flat. Why?
So what does a non ball-earth look like to those who go with what they see, and not what they are told by upstanding organisations like NASA, education bodies, governments, media, google, and mainstream funded science?
It has the North Pole in the middle, and Antarctica ALL around the outside, and a smaller similar sized sun and moon rotating above it. Don't worry, I know exactly all the things (and probably more) that you're logical mind is bringing up - it will all be dealt with.
Most will leave the site......now!
Most will leave the site......now!
Others will immediately think, "But what about all the boats and planes that have circumnavigated the globe you nutcase." Sidenote: When anyone circumnavigates the globe, whether on a pedalo, canoe, pea-pod, or jet, it always makes a big media story.
No vessel has ever circumnavigated the earth in a north south direction. The west east gig is easily done on a flat plane, and note: A nutcase is quite useful, I call them "almond shells" and they keep my store of magnesium for longer :-)
4. Antarctica
We should now look into Antarctica, for surely this cannot surround the whole edge of a flat earth? We would know!
Antarctica, the only Continent with no human natives, has a whole host of strangeness and conspiracy entwined into its history (I am not saying this short list is all necessarily true, I am saying that there's much information about each of these - and as they say, where there is smoke, there's usually some fire.
- Many boats and planes having gone missing.
- Boats getting lost in "strong currents" in the southern oceans near Antarctica.
- Operation High Jump.
- Stranded U-boats.
- The Thule Societies links to Antarctica, and ancient Tibetan and Indian text.
- A mass of military bases, including the Murdoch base. (bonus appetiser)
- Boats getting lost and stating their instruments didn't work, or didn't match with their locations. (Journals from Lieutenant Wilkes, Captain James Weddell, or Rev. Thomas Milner to get started )
- The Nazi's (who were very much into the occult) sending many expeditions there, and even setting up bases. New Schwabenland being one.
- The weather being massively different and more brutal than the Arctic - an unrivalled difference to any other "ball-earth" opposites.
- Massive amount of "science work" going on there.
There are only three places from land on earth that one can get to Antarctica, Oz, South Africa, or South America. Lets do this with balls, and with no balls.
If one strays from the designated arrival places in Antarctica, one tends to find hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands of miles of Ice-walls.
So then, those who are debunking a ball earth also confirm that commercial boats don't tend to travel much in the Southern Ocean, or are intercepted if too near to the ice (we will come to this). They also claim Measurements in the "Australian Handbook, Almanack, Shippers' and Importers' Directory" are wrong.
This is one quote from scores one could pluck from:
"From near Cape Horn, Chile to Port Philip in Melbourne, Australia the distance is 9,000 miles. These two places are 143 degrees of longitude from
each other. Therefore the whole extent of the Earth?s circumference is a mere arithmetical question. If 143 degrees make 9,000 miles, what will be the
distance made by the whole 360 degrees into which the surface is divided? The answer is, 22,657 miles; or, 8357 miles more than the theory of rotundity would
permit. It must be borne in mind, however, that the above distances are nautical measure, which, reduced to statute miles, gives the actual distance round the
Southern region at a given latitude as 26,433 statute miles; or nearly 1,500 miles more than the largest circumference ever assigned to the Earth at the equator."
-Dr. Samuel Rowbotham
Did you know commercial airlines don't fly over the antarcti? Surely these routes would be much quicker (if we were on a ball earth).
They say this is the routes for commercial planes.....
But do some plane searches between Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, and Oz, you will be astounded at what you will find! All with stop overs, and if you find a direct flight (very rare) the duration in the air doesn't add up!
From wiki Polar Route: "Although direct flights between South Africa and New Zealand would overfly Antarctica, there never have been direct flights between those countries."
In 1959, the Antarctica Treaty System was signed by twelve countries, and since then some other countries have been added.
Now take some deep breaths before you look at the the room they meet up in!
Note; in this video I don't agree with his rare theological comments, but the imagery is super relevant.
So then, if I had tons of money, a few boats, a crew of hearty shipmates, some dodgy knock off North Face gear, and wanted to just pop to Antarctica for mooch about, and make some penguin burgers? No chance!
All Tours are wrapped up by the "self regulated" IAATO, who have who have different levels of membership (for some reason). You can't just rock up in a boat and go penguin hunting on skies, in fact you can't even hardly fart or breath!
"They even tell us in their PDF guide that much is off limits.
Only recently was it reported that Russia and China blocked an EU-Australian plan to create a marine reserve covering at least one million square kilometres in the eastern Antarctic. Is this PR bullshit or real? Who knows, but the article also states there are over 70 research stations there?
Sidenote: Bit of a jump at this stage would be to link the IAATO to Masonry, but IAATO's Executive Director works from Edinburgh.
Recently Prince Harry was all over the mainstream media as he was in Antarctica. With all his money, he supposedly took his PR agents and Tarquin mates, and went for a little hike. It was too extreme and too cold, they all got frostbite, but luckily made it back safe. What do you think this staged media theatre puts into the subconscious? "Don't even try going there, it's too harsh for humans."
Natural photos or choreographed? You decide.
"Yes, the minions believe I'm there. See you in an hour at Windsor, bring the coke."
"Tarquin, no look here, that's with tax, and my family doesn't do tax."
"Follow me, the studio closes soon, and we'll go for lunch in Mayfair."
But many children have this on their walls......from surprise surprise, National Geographic - who repeat that men built the pyramids with ropes, and village farmers built the maya temples and pyramids.
Oh, and if you really think this is a satellite image like NASA, the ATS, and IAATO do, then you really need to go and speak to some painters.....on your way to the mental hospital.
5. Sun, Moon, Eclipse, and Stars.
Some would say that the sunrise and sunset prove we are on a big sphere. These videos (1 and 2) can help with this argument. Ever been to an air show? A low flying jet has a rising and setting on both horizons as it appears and goes - but in reality remains at the same altitude.
The theory here is that the moon and sun are around the same size, each around 30 miles wide, and somewhere within a few thousand kilometres altitude.
The moon is an enigma for sure. They tell us it is reflecting sunlight, but the moon acts different with plants and is silvery-blue. It 'feels' completely different to sunlight.
"According to the globular theory, a lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth, and moon are in a direct line; but it is on record that since about the fifteenth century over fifty eclipses have occurred while both sun and moon have been visible above the horizon." -F.H. Cook, The Terrestrial Plane.Many people laughing at this article would mention that the far south cannot see the North Star, Polaris, so we must be a sphere. The answer to this is that the celestial dome of stars is actually nearer to us than the billion zillion gillion light years away we are told they are. Do you know that people in the southern hemisphere near (but below) the equator can see the north star, this should not be possible if we were on a ball-earth. People at the equator can see both pole stars - again - shouldn't be possible.
Do you know that NASA nor anyone else has ever provided a really decent working example of how lunar eclipses work? A few cartoon images online? Google images' "how a lunar eclipse happens" - I dare you - see the crap you get. Why has a satellite not filmed it? Or Hubble?
Are there optical illusions at work?
Are there optical illusions at work?
Stars nearer? How can you claim something so crazy? Explain the disappearing stars at altitude away then?
Personally, I agree with Stellarium (free astronomy software) - there are two wheels in the sky, one nearer the north pole, and one nearer antarctica. The flat earthers claiming Sigma Octantis (southern star) is actually Polaris (northern pole star) from a different distance and location are wrong in my opinion. Polaris is one of the key flags ball-earth people wave - but it's easily explained.
6. NASA and Space
First, lets have some relevant information mixed with some comedy, as I can see many of you frowning, and can feel some of you sending me dodgy thought forms - careful - I know a way to mirror them back ;-)
Does anyone know about how the Hubble telescope sends emails millions of miles? Nope, nor does anyone on the whole internet. This sort of crap doesn't count.
What I want to know about Hubble is how much of the few billion was spent on tin foil?
What about the International Space Station? The official line say it's orbiting at 17,150 mph, 5 miles a second, and that it orbits the 1000 mph spinning earth once ever 92 minutes! I have massive questions over their "live webcam streams." Link1, Link2.
Anyway, so a space station travelling at 17,150mph is simple to dock with it is stated, and also when docked with by the Space Shuttle, someone can even take a photo of it all happening, with a "non spinning earth" in the background.
These pics are from the sites of Boeing, Wikipedia, or NASA....all claimed to be official.
Anyone else getting flashbacks to the Bond movie, Moonraker? Note: Movie technology:
I swear this is the old joystick one used to use on a commadore 64 for track and field? Some NASA dude probably picked it up at a garden sale.
Love this one, stars disappeared again, who was the photographer? Earth looks still? And someone forgot to close the cargo doors.
Look a the fish eye on this one, it even warped the hatch on the left....heheh.
Ask a scientist how the shuttle (going 64,000mph around the sun too they say) slowly releases / ejects a satellite from it's cargo hold - and how is it that the satellite doesn't fly away as the shuttle is moving so fast? I just got the answers "It's all relative." Well I know what happens when I throw an orange out of my moving car - it gets left behind.
Funny how one can only find a couple or so re-entry videos on the whole internet!
One is an animated simulator with graphics no better than my old Spectrum 48k!
The other makes some English Soap opera look like it has good actors - you just have to see this.
Ah, there is another, anyone see this re-entry NASA video from this very week (December 2014)? I've seen better effects in a movie from ten years ago.
Why have NASA never filmed a rocket or 'spaceship' leaving earth until in space? Ask yourself this.
Check out the acting in this one - this is another personal favourite. Pure comedy.
Funny how the shuttles all got decommissioned at the same time the internet video speeds came about in 2011....and replaced with........NOTHING....lol. Obviously the central bankers wanted the cash as the mind control was already done, and now there are cheaper ways to continue the hoax via Google Earth etc.
What did the shuttle missions ever do? What did they ever come back with? Is anyone's life better for their missions? "Oh, they repaired the telescope." It's all bollocks.
Even the Challenger Shuttle they blew up in 86, - who really believes that an O-ring seal on a solid rocket booster failed as it was cold? Do you know how cold it is in space? Why not make the rocket booster seal out of the same stuff they make the shuttle's seals out of?
We could go into the 2003 Shuttle Columbia disintegration upon reentry, but it's too easy, you get the picture.
This is all another 911, 77, Sandy Hook, Princess Diana, JFK, Boston Marathon, ISIS, you name it - false flag to mind control you, and people drink it up like stupid mind controlled robots.
Only last week they told you in all the world wide media (can't say global media anymore....heheh) that the EU Philae space ship landed 300 million miles away, on a Comet that was travelling at 34,000mph, and emailed some photos back.. (I am rolling on the floor now in absolute bits)......Imagine in England all those suited types on the train to London during rush hour looking at this news on their tablets and imacs....and all believing it. Now that is some serious comedy.
.Who took this photo? And who emailed it? Their answers are so funny.
Sidenote: Philae in Greek or Pilak in ancient Egyptian, meaning 'the end,' defined the southern most limit of Egypt. It was begun by Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman Emperors. The Temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
Look at a BBC article from only last week (was the third news story on the main site). They want to land a "robotic probe" on the moon in ten years, to be £500m funded by the public in donations.....heheh....to, err, survey it. Lots of "smart science type people" are already donating in their droves.
"I really hope that it has the same effect as Rosetta that so gripped the world" Prof Monica Grady, Open University.
You believe these other machines are real too?
NASA's wonderful flying machines part 1.
NASA's wonderful flying machines part 2.
I personally don't believe any human or anything has ever left earth and gone above 100km in the sky, I have not seen enough evidence to sway me. If someone can send me some real evidence then please do - but repeating NASA, National Geographic, or CNN footage just isn't going to work for me anymore. "Oh but I see satellites at night!" "What? The ones the size of a phone booth that you believe are really 150 to 250 miles away? Do you have those new eye implants already?"
The NASA logo some could say has a serpent tongue going through it, and flat earth symbol symbolism.
Don't forget, you are here, in the arse-end of nowhere, with a crappy tiny sun that just about makes 1 pixel, and when your kids are 7, we are going to sledgehammer this into their brains.
7. Sacred Texts.
Many ancient myth and text have spoken of the earth not being a ball millenia ago, from China, Central America, Bhutan, and the Iroquois to name but a few.
Of several Qur'an verses, Iraqi astronomer Fadhel Al-Sa'd declared that the earth is flat, and that the sun is much smaller than the Earth and revolves around it.
The Bible has many sections about a non ball-earth, including:
In Genesis God created the Earth before creating the Sun.
Jeremiah 16:19:
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Daniel 4:10-11. [The King] "saw a tree of great height at the centre of the earth...reaching with its top to the sky and visible to the earth's farthest bounds.
Revelation 7:1:
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Also read the quotes at the bottom of this 'concave theory' image.
The book of Genesis also describes this image one could say, and remember it states the earth was created before the sun.
Interesting too to see the word 'Dome' used nine times in Genesis 1 in the Jewish Version, strangely not mentioned in the butchered King James version. It gives a different read I would say.
The Book of Enoch and other Theology also support the flat earth.
The Book of Enoch and other Theology also support the flat earth.
8. Symbolism
So, what symbolism lends itself to this?
UN logo.
Movies The Truman Show and Dark City spring to mind.
Google's Earth Day Logo.
This alchemical image also takes on new meaning.
There's more bull than ball in global it seems.
When I've discussed some of the above with 'smart people of scientific persuassion,' they keep using talismanic words gravity, relativity, or refraction, but can't really explain each of them, or their shortcomings.
A couple of documentaries on this issue really stands out.
This one below contains some amazing information and puts some cherries on top (if one can overlook the overuse of scripture).
Another few that are entertaining as well informative are; The Earth is Flat, Top 10 Reasons, Reasons why they say the earth is a ball, and Proof, NASA lies.
Scientists all came through universities, so they are passive, they learnt by remembering what they were told to remember. Most Scientists work 40 hours a week and unknowingly feed an agenda due to the need for funding....to pay for their mortgages from banks, cars from showrooms, and food from supermarkets. Clever people? Someone to listen to?
Large respect to Eric Dubay from The Atlantean Conspiracy, who during my research kindly sent me a copy of his new book to preview - he covers a ton of information and amazing images in near 300 pages, collaborating years of intense research. He also made the amazing video just below the book cover.
" I would say, however, that what is currently deemed "science" like Einsteins theory of relativity and Newton's supposed "law of gravity," are what's truly dubious. Heliocentrists cannot show us a single object massive enough that by virtue of its mass alone, causes other smaller masses to stick to or orbit it as they claim happens with the Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars and Planets. If you cannot give me a single practical example of "gravity" smaller than the Earth or the Sun, then it is merely heresay, not science! Other than magnets, there are no objects they can point to to prove their supposed "gravity" that's strong enough to hold people, buildings and the oceans stuck to the underside of a spinning ball-Earth, but weak enough to allow little bugs, birds, and helium balloons to fly away with ease. If there was a magical magnetism that held our feet firm to the underside of a spinning ball, we would feel this magical force every time we lifted our leg, and the force would increase like a magnet the closer our foot was to the ground. " Eric Dubay
Many of the Illuminati Playing Cards have come true, and it's interesting to see these cards exist in the pack too.
You can all stay with NASA, Google, Hollywood, Governments, Masons, mainstream science, education think tanks, dogma, and Satanic Serpent Cults.......... I'm hanging back with the ancients........
........because Heliocentric-Ball-Earthers made in the random image of a monkey on a random rock flying through random space created by a big bang with some dodgy theory of gravity-magic is THE ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY THEORY, THE ULTIMATE CON ......and I, as ever, prefer to nudge myself quietly to the side of truth, even if I'm the only one.......again.
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I really really wanna leave here.
Especially since it's getting colder, and every morning could be the start of the snow season. Winter here means waking up in the cold dark and coming back home in the cold dark. Snow has turned into mud or formed into slippery ice. It leaves two possibilities:
1: your jeans soak up the icy water.
2: you fall on your face whilst trying your best not to fall on your ass.
Everyone in traffic is in a lousy mood. Hibernating, just eating and sleeping till winter passes, would be so great.
Working in a big renowned company, in a competitive field, with lots of possibilities, lots to see, lots to do yadda yadda yadda…especially for a young person starting out, in times of global recession, it looks enviable to most but my mind wanders to fantasizing about traveling here and there, meeting friends all over the world, making new friends…and Korea. It's a fascinating country. I know it tells a tale I wanna buy in to. With the beautiful people, the fun songs, seemingly everyone is so well-behaved and decent, the fashion, the food etc. but on the other hand there are crazy netizens, suicides left and right, incomprehensible government policies…so a lot of stuff is not what they seem to be, and obviously prejudice and immatureness are omnipresent. Basically Korea is a place where dreams can thrive or be crushed, and somehow it seems the latter is more the case. Still, it's intriguing and I wanna know if it's a dream or a nightmare for me.
Nothing here is intriguing. It is what it is. All the places I've already been, same old same old, just like the people here. It doesn't offer room for dreams. So I bitch and moan to my friends, parents, colleagues etc. how this and that sucks, why there is so much math when I wanted a job where I can use my creativity and not even have to touch math with a tadpole…
…and occasionally I see a picture like this
It's a picture on Tumblr (credit to original uploader) where this girl cries over her schoolbooks that have been destroyed due to flooding, I guess. It silences me. It puts me to shame.
I barely ever cared much about my schoolbooks. In fact, some of them looked brand new even after the year was over. I always wanted to see the world and learn about life through, well, life itself, or if not firsthand-experience than through movies or TV shows or books, but rarely ever school books. Seeing that kid so devastated over something that I cared so little for puts things into perspective. Makes me a little less selfish. Happy to have a home, enough food, family and friends, a job that pays rent, and possibilities in life. What right do I have to complain? So I stop. At least for now.

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A Problem With Wind Power
In a recent post critical of Al Gore and his hyperbole about wind turbine generated electricity, I hinted at issue of these generators actually having a parasitic relationship with the rest of the power grid.
You may be interested in the following: A Problem With Wind Power by Eris Rosenbloom and the subsection: Energy consumption in wind facilities.
Among the wind turbine functions that use electricity are the following:†sThese articles are three years old, so there will be a lot of "yes, but" new technology, etc. Those same "yes, butters" will gladly point to 40-year old fossil fuel or nuclear plants and deride the technology employed therein.
It may be that each turbine consumes more than 50% of its rated capacity in its own operation. If so, the plant as a whole -- which may produce only 25% of its rated capacity annually -- would be using (for free!) twice as much electricity as it produces and sells. An unlikely situation perhaps, but the industry doesn't publicize any data that proves otherwise; incoming power is apparently not normally recorded.
- yaw mechanism (to keep the blade assembly perpendicular to the wind; also to untwist the electrical cables in the tower when necessary) -- the nacelle (turbine housing) and blades together weigh 92 tons on a GE 1.5-MW turbine
- blade-pitch control (to keep the rotors spinning at a regular rate)
- lights, controllers, communication, sensors, metering, data collection, etc.
- heating the blades -- this may require 10%-20% of the turbine's nominal (rated) power
- heating and dehumidifying the nacelle -- according to Danish manufacturer Vestas, "power consumption for heating and dehumidification of the nacelle must be expected during periods with increased humidity, low temperatures and low wind speeds"
- oil heater, pump, cooler, and filtering system in gearbox
- hydraulic brake (to lock the blades in very high wind)
- thyristors (to graduate the connection and disconnection between generator and grid) -- 1%-2% of the energy passing through is lost
- magnetizing the stator -- the induction generators used in most large grid-connected turbines require a "large" amount of continuous electricity from the grid to actively power the magnetic coils around the asynchronous "cage rotor" that encloses the generator shaft; at the rated wind speeds, it helps keep the rotor speed constant, and as the wind starts blowing it helps start the rotor turning (see next item); in the rated wind speeds, the stator may use power equal to 10% of the turbine's rated capacity, in slower winds possibly much more
- using the generator as a motor (to help the blades start to turn when the wind speed is low or, as many suspect, to maintain the illusion that the facility is producing electricity when it is not,‡ particularly during important site tours) -- it seems possible that the grid-magnetized stator must work to help keep the 40-ton blade assembly spinning, along with the gears that increase the blade rpm some 50 times for the generator, not just at cut-in (or for show in even less wind) but at least some of the way up towards the full rated wind speed; it may also be spinning the blades and rotor shaft to prevent warping when there is no wind§
The big difference is that new technologies have been deployed that fix 40-year old problems, but the problems of three years ago remain. It might be worthwhile having some real systemwide analysis for wind turbine electric power generation before following Al Gore's advice and installing the products in which he has investments and is hawking under the guise of the next energy answer.


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Choosing The Right Investment Property
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Choosing The Right Investment Property
Investing in real estate can be highly successful, or it can be a complete failure. As everybody knows, location, location, location is hugely important, but ensuring you deal with the right type of person is actually even more important. The sad truth is that you will find that there are some very unscrupulous people who deal in real estate. Consider those late night advertisements on television, where realtors promise to make you a millionaire, for instance.
You should never invest in real estate before having a few affairs in order. To get started, you will firstly need to have investment capital. Also, study the real estate market and get to know the neighborhood you are interested in.
Next, you must make sure your investment isn't too risky. Real estate is never risk-free, but some have much higher risks than others. You might want to stay away from fixer uppers, private real estate funds, tenant-in-common options and real estate development. Invest in these options and it is unlikely that you will ever see a return. Instead, choose to have titles that are totally yours, on properties that are interesting. Of course, this takes a lot of research, analysis and due diligence. Stay away from properties that have to managed intensively or are otherwise time-consuming. Stay away from student rentals, vacation properties and bad neighborhood homes, for instance. What you want is a long term rental opportunity with tenants with a good credit profile. You will only be able to achieve this, however, if you also commit to being a really good and respectful landlord. All properties will have some sort of issue at some point, but this should be manageable so long as you deal with them quickly.
You could also look for REITs (real estate investment rrusts). REITs are popular because they are cheaper to get involved in, but the returns you will see are not as high either. Working with REITs basically means you invest in other corporations. This can be anything from a construction company to a theme park. You can find the value of a REIT on the stock exchange and NASDAQ. A REIT, essentially, is like a mutual fund that only looks at real estate. Before investing in a REIT, there are a few things to learn about. The economic conditions of the key holdings is one. Also, you should look into how the REIT has performed historically. You should also investigate their future plans. Looking into the REIT's manager and what their experience is. Last but not least, consider what the real estate market looks like and how this could affect how your REIT will perform.


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A 41-foot raft, made of reeds and wooden planks and flying the flags of several countries, set out Wednesday on a planned two-month voyage to the Azores and Spain, a daring and perhaps foolhardy attempt to prove people as far back as the Stone Age could have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
The fragile-looking craft was towed down the harbor past the Statue of Liberty, to be cut loose once it passed into the open sea. At the helm was Dominique Gorlitz, 41, a German botanist and ex-school teacher who has spent years preparing for the expedition.
"We are trying to retrace the ancient waterways to prove that prehistoric people crossed the ocean both ways," Gorlitz said as the Abora III, named for a Canary Island sun god, cast off to the sounds of an electric guitar and an Australian aborginal didgeridoo.
He estimated the voyage would take five weeks to Pontevedra, Spain, where success would prove that mariners predating Columbus by 12,000 years could have navigated the ocean by sailing against - as well as with - prevailing winds. The Abora III will use leeboards to steer like a modern sailboat.
Gorlitz's crew of ten men and two women will live in near-Stone Age conditions - except for fresh water, food for 100 days and satellite phones, navigational gear and generator-powered laptops.
The group seemed unfazed at crossing the Atlantic during hurricane season in a tiny craft with two wooden huts and a toilet shack on deck. "If I was not confident that we could do this, I would not do it," Gorlitz said.
The crew includes Germans, a Cuban-born American, a Norwegian and a Bolivian who built the boat by tribal methods at Lake Titicaca.
Gorlitz's theory is based on traces of tobacco and coca - substances native to the New World - having been found in an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb and cave drawings in Spain suggesting people 14,000 years ago understood ocean currents.
Kenneth L. Feder, an anthropology professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., said Abora III's trip cannot prove any of that.
"I wish them well, but for a proper replicative experiment in archaeology, the culture has to be consistent," he said in a telephone interview. "How can they replicate the past accurately by using evidence from thousands of years ago in Egypt and a boat similar to those built 800 years ago in South America? These are completely different periods."
He said there were other possible ways for nicotine and coca to have turned up - possibly from now-unknown plants in Africa, or even from "mummy unwrapping parties" in 19th century England.
"This trip proves that if you are brave and foolhardy you can sail a primitive boat across the Atlantic, but that's all it proves," Feder said.
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Field Day from K0JZH's Barn
I've had the chance to operate Field Day from locations ranging from the air conditioned studios of W1AW to the rocky outcroppings of a New England mountain. Over the last dozen years I have enjoyed both the comradeship and fine operating skills of the Connecticut Wireless Association at a firehouse in the Berkshire Hills and the solitude of operating portable from a shallow well-field along the Skunk River bottomland in Iowa -- with a water table only 10 meters (about 33 feet) below ground. But the most unusual location was the Newton (Iowa) Amateur Radio Association's (NARA) early '60s setup in the hayloft of Carrol Hammer's, K0JZH, barn.
Was this location hot? Yes. Was it dusty? Yes. Did it smell? Yes. Was it fun? Of course!
All Critters Great and Small
Now, most Field Day operations provide the opportunity for encounters of the animal kind. Once, on a Murphy's Marauders Field Day on Rattlesnake Mountain in Connecticut, the operator found himself face-to-face with a large black snake and, while the snake continued to sun itself on a rock, Bob Hill, W1ARR, put a great run of stations aside and made a hasty run himself. It wasn't a rattler, but it was one big snake none the less. At a NARA FD, we thought we would help a farmer round up some loose cattle. Fortunately we minded the tone of the farmer's voice when he loudly warned: "Watch out and stay away from those cows." It seems that even though differently equipped, cows can be just as mean and dangerous as bulls. Perhaps my most serious encounter occurred when pulling an antenna wire through some tall grass. I felt something a bit furry crawling up the inside of my pants leg. There wasn't room for both of us in those pants and they were quickly removed. Out flew the biggest bumblebee ever in the state of Iowa!
The resident of K0JZHs barn was a huge sow -- we'll call her Sally. Sally was oblivious to what was going on in her attic. Perhaps she felt some sort of kinship with the other hams making all of the racket above her. We also invaded her outside pen, commonly called a pig sty. Raising a tower and tribander next to the side of the barn had to be done very carefully to avoid the "yard fudge." No one thought to bring boots, but our tennis shoes were easily hosed off.
Heavy Lifting
On the other side of the barn, we set up a V-beam, 420 feet on a leg, but only 30 feet high. We wanted to be loud in the US and Canada, not lay down a big signal into Europe or the Pacific that a higher antenna would generate. Anyway, those were the highest masts our club had!
The term "boat anchor" hadn't taken hold back then because today that describes the equipment that was near-state-of the art back in 1964. The easiest access to the hayloft was the ladder on the outside of the barn. Once you've lifted a pair of 80 pound. Hallicrafters SX-88 receivers (owned by W0NWX, later W0DX (SK)) and a Central Electronics 100-V transmitter off an operating table, then lugged them in and out of a car and then up a ladder, you can appreciate the mass of the gear used at that time. Here's a lineup of our stations as I remember them:
Station 1, CW: SX-88 receiver and Johnson Navigator transmitter
Station 2, CW: Another SX-88 and Navigator
Station 3, SSB: Collins 75S-1 receiver and the Central Electronics 100-V transmitter
Station 4, AM: Lysco 25 W transmitter, National NC-300 receiver, homebrew 6L6 modulator and, just to add more weight, a power supply using 866 Jrs. Yep, there were full-sized 866 mercury vapor rectifiers and the smaller "Juniors." It was possible to monitor your keying by the darkening of the blue glow in those tubes.
Station 5, 6 meters: 5 element beam on a 20 foot mast, National NC-173, converter, power supply, modulator and transmitter.
John Wickenkamp, W0BSY (now W0JA), provided a novel (at the time) homebrew transistorized electronic keyer! Each operator provided their own key -- mostly Vibroplex bugs, but Dean Revell, K0JYZ, brought his personal bug that he had machined himself. There were headphones at every station and of course, each station had a plug-in coil tuner. Almost every ham in Newton back then had a plug-in coil tuner and used open wire line or single wire antennas.
A Sticky, Gooey Mess
The piece de resistance was Hugh, W0AIX's (SK), 3 kW "new" surplus generator with a water-cooled engine. Some assembly required. Actually, lots of assembly required! Most of the engine parts appeared to be new and never previously installed. They were in boxes wrapped mummy-like in cloth, containing a rust preventative known as Cosmoline. Cosmoline is a substance obtained from the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as Vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency.
Well you get the picture. The parts were a sticky, gooey, mess and unwrapping them fell to the younger members of the club. We were covered in goo from head to toe, looking like mummies ourselves. Hugh Byal, W0AIX, didn't have the time to get the generator set up and running so that job was turned over to Dean, K0JYZ, who finished the job in a couple of months.
We didn't see the completed generator set until it arrived in the back of a pickup truck at the Field Day site. Then the older members of the NARA found another use for the club's teenaged members: generator porters. Two long steel rods were slipped into fittings along the sides of the generator set. This allowed for a person at each of the four corners of the generator to lift and carry King Generator wherever needed. A load was attached, the engine started and it was off and running like the fine-tuned machine that it was. Nothing was too good for the military and nothing was too good for our club!
They're Off!
Field Day started. We used W0NWX/0 since ARRL Midwest Director Bob Denniston's call was so well known. We were in the two transmitter 25 W category, each station was making hay and we younger operators were trying to emulate the older, experienced operators. There were no "radio hogs" (sorry Sally) and even though the experienced operators could run stations at four or five times most of the rates of the younger operators on CW, everyone had an equal shot at operating. As I said, it was fun! And it was dusty. And it was hot.
As the saying goes "How hot was it?" In the high 90s with the sun shining though a hayloft window in perfect alignment with the dial bezel of the SX-88, warping the dial inside. Luckily it was the main tuning display and not the bandspread. This was not good for what, even then, was becoming a classic receiver. Other than that, our operation was running smoothly when I left for home in the late evening.
Old Faithful Saves the Day
At sunrise, I drove to K0JZHs. When I arrived, the smooth sound of the big generator set had been replaced with the putt-putt of our club's little 800 W generator. This little trouper accompanied Bob Denniston, and other Iowa operators, to Clipperton Island on the FO8AJ DXpedition in 1954. It's still in use 54 years later! Anyway, I asked what was wrong with the big generator and was told that there had been a problem during the night. In the daylight it was easy to see which filler cap on the generator was for the gasoline and which was for the lubricating oil. In the middle of the night, however, when the generator ran out of gas an attempt was made to fill the gas tank by flashlight, but the crankcase was filled with gasoline by mistake! The mistake (with possible explosive consequences) was discovered almost immediately, but we couldn't use the big generator for the rest of the weekend. Yes, the color of the caps was changed from olive drab to red or white as needed and clearly marked the next time we used the generator.
The 400 QSOs we made all weekend may sound like a puny number today, but every one of those contacts was earned and we felt great when we figured the final totals.
Field Day has always been a fun and learning experience and I've attending 26 in a row. All aspects of Field Day offer the best and the worst learning experiences. It certainly has made me a better ham!
When John Nelson, K0IO, was six years old, a Zenith Shortwave Radio found its way into his "model train room." He recalls tuning across a ham station and his mother asking, "Who is Nancy Williams? She sure has a deep voice." By the time high school came along, John had his Technician class license with the call W0DRE. A General class license followed two years later. John's main interest was the 6 meter band. Before leaving for college he had worked 46 states with a homebrew 50 W crystal-controlled transmitter he built from plans in the 1960 ARRL Handbook. With a Business Administration degree, W0DRE joined the ARRL Headquarters staff in 1970 and became W1GNC. He operated in various contests from Curacao, Bermuda, Jamaica and St Paul Island. John left HQ in 1995 and has pursued a career in writing articles and books for the Rock Island Railroad Technical Society. John completed 6 meter WAS in 2006. That's 45 years. John says, "I'm really proud to have accomplished this during times of few or no sunspots. And for 2008 he says: "I'll be out again this year operating at the W0WML Field Day -- if my duties as ARRL Jasper County Emergency Coordinator don't interfere."
Bandspread: A dial arrangement, usually electrical but sometimes mechanical, that allows the tuning of a part of a band with more resolution than the regular tuning mechanism. This was used in some analog general coverage receivers to allow more precise tuning of amateur bands by spreading them across the entire dial instead of having them only occupy a small portion of the dial face.
Mercury Vapor Rectifier: A vacuum tube diode rectifier that used mercury vapor to maintain a constant voltage drop across the tube regardless of the amount of current flow. Mercury vapor rectifiers were generally used in power supplies that were required to deliver large currents.
John H. Nelson, K0IO


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Something strange happened the other day.
That is my boyfriend expressing interest in making a meal plan. This coming from a guy whose impulsive eating habits rival the Cookie Monster's. A guy who usually goes without breakfast, eats fast food or microwave meals for lunch and linner, then gets off work at 9:30 and eats a bagel smothered in cream cheese and cheddar, followed by PB&J toast, followed by half a bag of Airheads.
Needless to say, I was skeptical.
Hmmm…I can blog about it, you say? Sign me up!
Of course, I'm kidding. As I've become a lot healthier during the time we've been dating (1 year next week!), I have consistently tried to make healthy meals for both of us. This was before the blog, and I would still want to help him even if didn't have the blog to
put his diet on blast keep him accountable share his journey. 🙂
T-Man recently took a job working on a congressional campaign, and it came with a bit of a pay cut. As a result, he has been using fast food and microwave meals to sustain himself through his 11 hour days, since he thought that was the easiest and cheapest way to do it.
He hasn't gained much (if any) weight, but after nearly 3 months of the campaign lifestyle, it's not hard to imagine that his lack of nutritiousness has had him feeling yucky and pooped. Not to mention, his bank account hasn't been too happy with him. Here's where the meal plan comes in.
My main goal was to plan simple meals he could make in the morning to avoid having to eat out. I looked up a couple of Excel templates for meal plans online, but decided to make one myself because a) I
had now have mad Excel skills and b) I like color coordination.
A huge key to being healthy and well-fueled is breakfast. Which T-Man now eats. He usually only has one meal during the work day, so I called that lunch — then I included a dinner "snack", since I knew he doesn't always have time in the morning to prep 2 meals, but didn't think he should go hours without eating. He still eats dinner around 9:30 when he gets off, which I know is late, but I figure not everything about the campaign lifestyle is conducive to an ideal healthy diet.
Also, old habits die hard, and I don't see T-Man's PM fridge raids ending anytime soon 🙂
I started by putting in the meals that are a given each week. He always joins me at the dodgeball bar on Thursdays, and I actually have time to make us breakfast on the weekends, for example. I also experiment with different meaty recipes on Sundays that I usually end up giving to him to use in his lunches.
From there, I got creative and used what I know about his eating habits and what he knows how to cook. I tried to balance protein and carbs, and give him more than one option for most meals. I also looked at Safeway.com to see what they had on sale that week, and I made a column on the right to fill in groceries needed for the meals I planned for him.
I found a really cheap frozen pizza from Open Nature, which is a healthy Safeway brand that uses hardly any processed ingredients in their products. Then, we went to Napa for half the weekend and missed the sale.
And still haven't been to the grocery store yet. Oops.
This is the finished product:
Though he hasn't jumped on board 100% yet (Monday night instead of pasta, he had a burger, macaroni & cheese, and 2 beers…totaling $25), I was really excited to do this for him. It was a bit challenging at times (at first, I was planning Katie-sized meals, which wouldn't even fill him up halfway), but also fun.
Do any of you plan out your meals from week to week? If so, is it more to stay healthy, or save money? Any tips on how to stick to the plan?
P.S. Remember how I sang goodbye to my cast on Monday?
Yeah, false alarm. My bone hasn't healed and I have to wear a (removable) splint for 3 more weeks. That brings my total time in a cast/splint this summer up to about 9.5 weeks. I'm out of words to use to describe my frustration…


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by John Hawkins | May 10, 2010 9:02 am
Many of the pilgrims who fled to America in the first place did so because of religious persecution. With that in mind, the Founding Fathers protected our religious liberties with the First Amendment. It reads:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Yet, because of liberals who are hostile to Christianity, we've turned the plain meaning of the Constitution on its head. Instead of protecting religious liberties, the First Amendment has been used to oppress the freedom of religion. Here's a great example of how that works from Georgia[1]:
Preston Blackwelder proudly showed off a painting of his grandmother that had hung next to the front door of his Port Wentworth home.
She was the woman who led him to God, Blackwelder said Friday.
And with that firm religious footing, Blackwelder said it would be preposterous to stop praying before meals at Port Wentworth's Ed Young Senior Citizens Center near Savannah because of a federal guideline.
"She would say pray anyway," Blackwelder said of his grandmother. "She'd say don't listen."
But Senior Citizens Inc. officials said Friday the meals they are contracted by the city to provide to Ed Young visitors are mostly covered with federal money, which ushers in the burden of separating church and state.
On Thursday, the usual open prayer before meals at the center was traded in for a moment of silence.
The dilemma is being hashed out by the Port Wentworth city attorney, said Mayor Glenn "Pig" Jones.
Tim Rutherford, Senior Citizens Inc. vice president, said some of his staff recently visited the center and noticed people praying shortly before lunch was served. Rutherford said his company provides meals like baked chicken, steak tips and rice and salads at a cost of about $6 a plate. Seniors taking the meals pay 55 cents and federal money foots the rest of the bill, Rutherford said.
"We can't scoff at their rules," he said of federal authorities. "It's a part of the operational guidelines."
In other words, the interpretation here is that if some old folks say a prayer before a meal mostly paid for by the: federal: government, then it amounts to Congress making a law that establishes a religion. This is nonsensical. Moreover, it completely ignores the fact that prohibiting these people from saying a prayer is clearly "prohibiting the free exercise" of their religious beliefs.
By turning a blind eye to these ludicrous assaults on our beliefs, Christians are helping to destroy our faith. If we're so lukewarm about what we believe that we shrug our shoulders at outrages of this sort, then unbelievers are right to question whether we believe what we say.
Update #1: Game over. Good guys win[2].
Their prayers have been answered. The Georgia senior center that barred elderly citizens from saying a communal prayer before meals has changed its policy after inquiries from FoxNews.com and other news organizations.
Source URL: https://rightwingnews.com/religion/how-the-first-amendment-has-been-turned-on-its-head-christians-blocked-from-prayer/
Copyright ©2022 John Hawkins' Right Wing News unless otherwise noted.


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An early visit on Sunday to find the Whoopers wasn't a great success, as I approached the hide I heard two Swans taking off from the scrape but saw nothing, a dog walker I met later said he had seen them fly over him while on Hougham Mill Lane but didn't look close enough to ID them.
Nor did I see the three Little Grebes or the Green Sandpiper, but there was a large flock, c200, of Lapwing flying around the whole time I was there. Also around 15 Redpoll in the main track hedge and the hedge to the South side of the field on the other side of Barkston Road which also sported a noisy flock of around 20 Fieldfare. Things are beginning to happen.
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Back to work today after a perfect bank holiday weekend.
It started off on Friday afternoon when Emily and I took the train from Durham to London King's Cross for a night in Covent Garden.
On Saturday after a little shopping around London and a trip to Harrods for our usually Strawberry milkshake we made our way to Twyford for a family catch up. We went out for a pub dinner at The Royal Oak.
Sunday we were collected by some more family members and made our way to Egham where we drank far to much champagne. Just the way Sunday's should be. We went to the Fox and Hounds where I got the shock of my life where horses outside then went back for a home made Sunday lunch before embarrassing ourselves in the local at pub quiz getting, 10 out of 40.
Monday morning we had our final meal all together when sadly Emily and I had to leave to make our way back up North.
We had a perfect weekend all together and I can't wait to do it all again.
Bank holiday fun.


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Family Friendly Highlands Quest Trail at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
Directions to trailhead
Take the New York State Thruway north to Exit 16. Follow Route 32 north for seven miles to Mountainville, turn right onto Angola Road. Turn left at the first stop sign to continue on Angola Road. The Museum's entrance on Muser Drive is just over 1 mile ahead on the right, directly across from 174 Angola Road.
Going north or south on Route 9W take the Angola Rd. exit and turn left. The entrance on Muser Drive is about a tenth of a mile ahead on the left, directly across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall.
Hike Description
The Highlands Quest is one of four Discovery Quests available at the HHNM. These self-guided hikes are complemented by an interactive guidebook, available for purchase at the Visitor's Center. Designed with elements for all age levels, the guides combine word games, hands-on experiences, and informative field notes. Well marked posts along the trail correspond to activities and information in the Quest guidebook covering topics such as native plants and animals, man-made evidence of the land's past, glacial erratics, and the history of maple sugaring in New York state.
To begin the Highlands loop, cross the field behind the Visitor's Center heading left towards the orange, yellow, and turquoise flags. From here the trail curves through a wild field into the tree line where a yellow flag a few feet in marks the Highlands Quest trailhead. The trail here follows an old carriage road that showcases various faunas from fern to some of the tallest deciduous trees in the area. When the trail splits, veer left and continue to follow the yellow trail markers.
The trail runs parallel to a stream bed, crossing over it three times before progressing away and to the right past a stand of Tulip trees. Lenape Native Americans used the Tulip tree to make the canoes that were their principal means of transportation. Here the trail curves again to the right, meeting up with another old carriage road that was used to transport mining ore and timber. Follow this to a stone fence made by early farmers of this property from rocks they unearthed while cultivating their fields.
Continue alongside the stone fence to the site of a collapsed iron ore mine on the left hand side that dates from the mid 1800s. You may find magnetite tailings, rust colored rocks containing small amounts of this magnetic mineral, on the ground in this area. The trail turns right after the mine. As you continue, look to your left to see a large boulder dropped here by the Lourentide Ice Sheet glacier some 18,000 years ago.
Stay on the trail as it winds through the forest until you reach post 7. Just off to the right the stone foundation of a house is visible amongst the trees. In the 1720s this property was owned by a prosperous farmer; the foundation here is likely the remnants of a house lived in by one of his tenants. Notice that part of the stone wall, used to keep livestock in and predators out, still stands here nearly 300 years later.
Beyond this point the trail curves right again. Continue through various woodland habitats until the trail turns out into an open field. A fenced-in area called an exclosure is straight ahead. Deer and other wildlife are prevented from foraging for food amongst the plant life growing inside the fence; the exclosure gives us an idea of what the area might look like if the deer's natural predators still hunted here.
Continue on the path until reaching Muskrat Pond off the trail on the left side. Look for Great Blue Herons and Wood Ducks; both species are often seen fishing this water. Water lilies and blue flag irises are abundant here during the late spring and summer. The building next to the pond is a sugar shack. In the late winter and early spring, museum educators make maple syrup in this evaporator. Double back and continue to the right until an intersection of three trails. This is the end of the Highlands Quest. Follow the red trail markers back to the Visitor's Center.


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Man charged with filing false statement
SHALIMAR - A 35-year-old Fort Walton Beach man is accused of providing a false statement to police three days after filing a statement that he had been a victim.
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When he gave his statement, Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies noted that he did not appear to be under the influence of any drugs or alcohol, the report said. He spoke "clearly and articulately," giving no indication that he was impaired in any way.
On Aug. 18, Bush provided a second statement, claiming his first statement was untrue, according to the report. He stated that he had been under the influence of "non-prescription medication and alcohol."
He said he was unaware of what he was saying on Aug. 15, the report said. He did not want the other person to get into trouble.
Bush is charged with providing a false official statement.
His next scheduled court date is Sept. 9.


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BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it would stop domestic sales of diesel with sulfur content higher than 10 parts per millions (ppm), typically used by tractors and ships, from Nov. 1, in its latest effort to clean up the nation's air.
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However, the official pointed out that refiners had been mostly expecting this move and were ready to produce diesel adhering to the so-called "national five" standard that allows a maximum sulfur content of 10 ppm.
The challenge will be in the execution of the ban, an oil analyst said, which follows a move earlier this year to stop sales of diesel with more than 50 ppm of sulfur and a 10-ppm cap on diesel used by automobiles.
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Reporting by Josephine Mason and BEIJING news monitoring desk; additional reporting by Chen Aizhu and Roslan Khasawneh; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell and Himani Sarkar
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Cambuhat Oyster Village Tour
Why you should go
In this tour, you get to explore a village with a rich culture and resourcefulness. You get to experience a river cruise using a paddle boat going to the village. You will then be led to the oyster farm where a local guide will tell you of the process of growing oysters and its significance to their community. Then they let you taste their fresh harvest through a lunch buffet of seafood like fish, crabs and of course, oysters!
After the feast, locals will present cultural dances and songs that show the history and culture of their village. And you get to try their dances too. Then you get to have a walking tour where locals show their traditional way of loom-weaving and broom-making using buri, a local palm abundant in the area.
On driving back from the village to the City, you get to see the churches of Loon and Maribojoc. These old churches were built in 1853 and 1886 but on 2013 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake caused damage. They are in the process of rebuilding and rehabilitation.
Tour highlights
The highlight of this tour is hearing about the village source of livelihood - oyster farming while cruising in their river in a paddle boat. Another highlight also is the village walk tour which gives you an interesting perspective of the simple and industrious life the locals is living.
What to expect
Expect a long and fun river cruise under the sun, a full day and a full stomach! Expect small surprises from the locals. The trip also does not stop at the village since several points of interests are passed by on the way.
- Private airconditioned vehicle & paddle boat
- DOT Accredited Professional Tour Guide
- All applicable entrance/environmental fees
- local Lunch in Cambuhat
- Gratuities
Please Note
- Pick-up/drop available at the hotel or resort
- TOUR STARTS at 0700H
- Paddled boat ride
- Loom-weaving & broom-making
- Harvesting Oyster
- Spanish Watch Tower (Punta Cruz)


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The typical approach you'll find when reading an article encouraging a transition to renewable resources tends to be some variation of "the planet is dying, we're all going to kill each other, and the world is ending: the only solution is to go green!" Hyperbole aside, there is some merit to these arguments, but they've been so overused and sensationalized that many people simply tune out the entire discussion. With that in mind, this article examines the reasons for shifting to renewable energy in the United States from a completely different tact: that it is economically beneficial to do so.
Stable Energy PricesOver the past 20 years, oil prices have been anything but stable, with coal and natural gas being only slightly less volatile. As the lifeblood of the global economy, these fluctuations negatively impact every corner of the world. Stability is one of the key factors necessary for economic growth, and it certainly seems like we have built on a shaky foundation.Standing in stark contrast to the rising and volatile price of oil are the stable and consistently decreasing costs of renewable energy sources. For example, the average cost of installing solar panels decreased by more than 70% between 2010 and 2017; during the period from 2009 to 2016 the cost of harnessing wind power decreased by 66%.
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JobsEven though the cost of harnessing renewable energy resources has consistently decreased, the number of jobs created by the industry has steadily risen. In 2016, the wind and solar industries combined directly employed more than 360,000 full time equivalent jobs in the United States, with the hydroelectric industry (66,000) and geothermal industry (5,800) contributing more. To contrast that to other, established energy sources, the entire coal industry provides only 160,000 jobs across the US.
A 2015 report from NextGen Climate America estimated that investment in renewable energy would add a million jobs to the US economy by 2030, with that doubling to two million jobs by 2050. This would cause an increase in GDP of $290 billion and improve household income across the board, while providing environmental benefits of decreasing carbon emissions to 80% lower than 1990 levels.The construction industry would be one of the largest recipients of this boon, with NextGen Climate America estimating an increase of 1.2 million more jobs by 2050 as infrastructure is replaced across the board; a similar trend would be seen in the manufacturing and automotive industries. These estimates are not fanciful fiction; the solar industry, for example, has rapidly outpaced the rest of the American economy, growing 12 times faster than the rest of the economy in 2015 alone and at times increasing to as much as 20 times faster.
Improved Public HealthAlthough the issue of public health is often argued qualitatively, it is rarely quantified into dollars and cents. A 2011 Harvard University study demonstrated that the life cycle costs and public health effects of coal alone were $74.6 billion per year; when that is factored into the price of coal-sourced electricity it equals out to 4.36 cents per kilowatt of energy produced. That's approximately one-third of the electricity rate for the average US home. Renewable energy also impacts water sources drastically less than current energy production sources.
Electric power generation is responsible for nearly 40 percent of freshwater withdrawals in the United States – the tune of 100 billion gallons per day in 2008. The recent California drought, as well as increasing global water shortages, illustrates how important conserving this essential resource is. In addition to consuming a significant amount of water, current methods of energy production contribute substantial amounts of various types of pollution to water sources. This not only directly impacts human health, it does so indirectly by negatively influencing local aquatic ecosystems; these effects are felt at every level of the food chain. One example of pollution that is rarely discussed is thermal pollution; since the major reason for water in energy production is to cool generating equipment, the water released back into the environment is significantly hotter – up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. This is a drastic change for aquatic life, particularly during times of the year when heat tolerance is at its highest.
This temperature difference can create dead zones of water-based microbial life, which are the building blocks for any healthy ecosystem.Economic BenefitsThe primary argument against transitioning to renewable energy sources often revolves around its economic costs; opponents of clean energy often contend that it would not only not be beneficial, it would actually be harmful to the US economy.With that argument in mind, it is interesting to note that some of the largest and most profitable companies in America are heavily investing in renewable energy – and not just for altruistic reasons. Ash Sharma, a solar energy analyst at IHS Technology, states ""For these big corporations, electricity is one of their biggest costs.
Locking that in at a low price is really critical for them."Apple has publicly declared a goal of powering 100% of its operations from clean energy. Amazon recently began building a 253-megawatt wind farm in Texas.
Google is perhaps the most prolific user of clean energy, having not only invested in the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, but also partnering with SunPower to provide solar panels to homeowners. When Apple, Amazon, and Google are all heavily investing in an industry, the argument that it isn't economically beneficial to do so quickly falls apart. The price of solar energy, for example, has been falling so rapidly that in many instances it is now cheaper than it costs to produce the same amount of energy from coal and gas.
At an energy auction in Abu Dhabi in September of 2016, a Chinese and Japanese consortium bid to build a solar farm that would produce energy at 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour; while coal-based power costs 5.5 cents per kilowatt hour.SummaryCurrent methods of energy production are not sustainable, not environmentally friendly, and as this article has shown, are not in our best economic interests. There are much better, cheaper, and healthier alternatives to be found in the world of renewable energy, and these benefits will only increase the more we invest in them.


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Owners, Mike and Tenna Merchent, purchased the land to build Purgatory Golf Club in 1997. After the auction, Denzel Hufford, one of the previous owners, talked to the Merchents about the lovely sassafras trees that had been on the property. The Merchents originally named the course Sassafras Golf Club, and even had a logo designed and business cards printed. But informal market research indicated that Sassafras was not a name that serious golfers would embrace.
View our course tour to get a picture of the challenges and triumphs that await you. Or even better, book a tee time and visit us for an unforgettable, enjoyable golf experience.
In medieval poetry, Purgatory was referred to as "sweet misery." Golf often feels like that; acts of difficulty while obtaining something wonderful.
The golf course is named Purgatory because it's a beautiful place for you to test your limits. According to religious mythology, Purgatory is where souls pay for their earthly mistakes so they can gain entry to heaven. The name conjures images of overcoming obstacles to achieve eternal happiness. Once you play golf at Purgatory, you'll understand!
Purgatory was built on 218 acres while many golf courses are built on 90 – 150 acres. There are a minimum of six sets of tees at each hole. From the far forward tees, the course is a short 4,600 yards. But when you play from the Purgatory tees, the course is a brutal 7,700 yards long. This makes it the longest course in Indiana, and the longest, non-mountain par 72 in the world. But don't worry; there are at least 4 sets of tees between these two yardages to test your abilities.
You'll face over 125 bunkers at Purgatory. They're filled with white sand, made of crushed limestone, which is a rare bunker material in Indiana. Many of the bunkers are outside your most rewarding line to the cup, but of course you'll find some exceptions. At the 16th hole, large bunkers line the fairway and surround the green. On the 4th hole, you'll find bunkers protect the green because trees outline the fairway. But you'll see the most striking is "Hell's Half Acre" –the 17th hole–where a par three is surrounded by two acres of bunkers, making the green an island in a sea of sand.
At Purgatory, you'll quickly learn that it's easier to hit your ball out of a bunker than out of the tall grass. You'll find that most of the fairways are lined by roughs consisting of tall prairie grasses.
More Heaven than Hell
The course is more heaven than hell. Purgatory Golf Club offers a greater sense of privacy during your game. The distance between fairways are twice the distance of what you will find at most other courses. In addition, tee times are spaced farther apart and you will never be double-booked. At Purgatory, you'll often feel like you're not in the real world.
Bathrooms are not only in the club house but three are located out on the golf course. You will never go more than four holes without passing one.
You can work on your game by practicing on either our 7,000 square foot practice putting green or on a separate 10,000 square foot chipping and pitching practice green. You will always be able to hit your best driver on our practice range because it is over three football fields in length, with a bent grass teeing area that's 100 yards wide and 40 yards deep.
Let us fill a cooler with your favorite beverages, and you'll be ready to tee off to your most memorable round of golf in Indiana!


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Date of Award
Document Type
Open Access Master's Report
Degree Name
Master of Science in Computer Science (MS)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Computer Science
Advisor 1
Laura E. Brown
Committee Member 1
Steven Goldsmith
Committee Member 2
Jay Meldrum
The growth of solar energy resources in recent years has led to increased calls for accurate forecasts of solar irradiance for the reliable and sustainable integration of solar into the national grid. A growing body of academic research has developed models for forecasting solar irradiance, identified metrics for comparing solar forecasts, and described applications and end users of solar forecasts.
In recent years, many disciplines are developing ontologies to facilitate better communication, improve inter-operabiity and refine knowledge reuse by experts and users of the domain. Ontologies are explicit and formal vocabulary of terms and their relationships. This report describes a step towards using ontologies to describe the knowledge, concepts and relationships in the domain of solar irradiance forecasting to develop a shared understanding for diverse stakeholders that interact with the domain. A preliminary ontology on solar irradiance forecasting was created and validated on three use cases.
Recommended Citation
Kantamneni, Abhilash, "TOWARDS A GENERIC ONTOLOGY FOR SOLAR IRRADIANCE FORECASTING", Open Access Master's Report, Michigan Technological University, 2016.


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Kyle Parker's decision to come soon
SUNSET, S.C. -- The wait for Clemson to learn Kyle Parker's "Decision" is almost over.
Coach Dabo Swinney says the family of two-sport standout Kyle Parker has pledged to let him know by midnight Tuesday if he'll return as quarterback or give up the sport to play for the Colorado Rockies.
"I did get a message that said they signed him and they traded him to the Reds," Swinney joked Tuesday evening after his golf outing. "No, nothing yet."
Parker's choice has been the biggest guessing game on campus since last football season ended with the freshman quarterback passing for 20 touchdowns and 2,556 yards as Clemson reached the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
Parker also found success in baseball, hitting 20 home runs as the Tigers advanced to the College World Series. The Rockies selected Parker No. 26 overall, higher than most experts projected.
Parker took a break after Clemson's elimination in Omaha. But knowing his football teammates needed closure, he set a July 20th deadline to decide.
"I'll probably be out watering my front lawn at midnight when he calls," Swinney said.
If Parker returns, it's an instant boost to an offense that is already without three of last season's record-setters in tailback C.J. Spiller, receiver Jacoby Ford and tight end Michael Palmer.
Parker "gives us the chance to be really explosive early," Swinney said.
Should Parker jump into pro baseball, Swinney would be left choosing between two backups who have never completed a college pass in senior Michael Wade and freshman Tajh Boyd.
Boyd is a highly regarded prospect who turned down Ohio State and Oregon to join the Tigers. Swinney and offensive coordinator Billy Napier would rather Boyd get another year learning the attack with Parker in control. However, they may not get that luxury. "Boy, I'd love to have those 14 games of experience" from 2009 back, Napier said.
Wade played quarterback in high school, but has been twice shifted to defense the last four to find a spot for him to play. He was a regular on special teams last fall, something he'd likely become again if Parker came back, Napier said.
Swinney, Napier and the staff were anxious to have the drama over, one way or another. "I'd be lying if I said we weren't waiting to know," Tiger offensive line coach Brad Scott said.
Parker was an untested football commodity last summer, fighting off local favorite Willy Korn to earn the starting job. Korn, a popular state championship-winning quarterback at nearby Byrnes High before signing with Clemson, transferred to Marshall this offseason.
Swinney has said that Parker's potential could be just as solid in the NFL. Parker and the Rockies might not be willing to take the chance he'd make it through another football season uninjured.
Either way, Parker's decision will give Swinney and the Tigers peace of mind about what's ahead. Swinney said the players have been patient about Parker's absence from summertime skills and drills and would welcome him back.
"If not, hey, it doesn't affect anything that's gone on this summer," Swinney said. "People can move on and we can have some closure on it."


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Session: Virtual Learning / Molecular Science
2020 Educators in VR International Summit brings together educators, learners, researchers, and experts in VR, AR, and XR to share their their passion for integrating immersive technology in education.
First Presentation
Track: General Topics
Virtual Learning Journeys with Georgia Public Broadcasting
Bethanie Boswell, Education Outreach Specialist
Virtual Learning Initiative, Georgia Public Broadcasting
Building on a reputation as a trusted source for educational content, GPB Education has created three virtual journeys to engage students in rich, immersive content. This session will briefly introduce participants to the features of each learning journey. Following this session, educators will better understand how to implement their own virtual exploration in the classroom (even without VR headsets!).
Bethanie Bosell serves as an education outreach specialist at GPB. Through the GPB Education Mobile VR Lab Initiative, she brings virtual reality (VR) instruction to classrooms across Georgia, allowing students to engage with events, places, ideas, and people in an immersive format that brings the content to life. In her most recent role teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in Forsyth County, Georgia, Bethanie co-taught middle grades English/Language Arts and supported differentiated instruction in all subject content areas.
Second Presentation
Track: Medical and Science
Making Molecular Science Immediately Obvious
Keita Funakawa, COO, Nanome
Understanding the complexities of the molecular world is often bottle-necked by hard to understand formulas, outdated lewis dot structures, and 2D screens. Virtual reality allows instantaneous understanding of the molecular world. The talk will cover how educators and students can collaboratively explore the molecular structures using virtual reality and what the future of molecular education will look like.
Keita Funakawa won two state championships at VEX robotics competitions as the leader programmer for his high school robotics team. An award-winning filmmaker, his films won the 2014 Hawaii International Film Festival student showcase and was named San Diego Surf Festival's Emerging Filmmaker. He holds a B.S. in Management Science (Quantitative Economics) from US San Diego. He started Nanome with Steve McCloskey in 2016 and continues to challenge the film industry in this new immersive technology industry.
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China's Military Could Leave U.S. Navy Dead in the Water With New Sea Drones
China is looking to guard its territorial claims in the Asia-Pacific from what it considers U.S. aggression, and Beijing's latest maritime tool could catch the Pentagon's submarines faster than ever.
China claims it released 12 unmanned drones, known as gliders, into the depths of the South China Sea to collect environmental data, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday. The outlet described the high-tech glider, known as Haiyi (meaning "sea wings" in Mandarin Chinese"), as an underwater robot that was more efficient, more durable and used less energy than its predecessors, all while instantly relaying data underwater, a feat not even the U.S. has mastered. The scientific devices were not weaponized but could be used to instantly detect U.S. submarines traveling in waters China claims as its own.
Related: China's deadliest drone compares to U.S. rival, but it's cheaper and easier to use
"The data is being transmitted back to a land-based laboratory in real time," the expedition's chief scientist, Yu Jiancheng, told the Xinhua News Agency, according to an article published Wednesday by the South China Morning Post. The piece quoted Yin Jingwei, dean of the college of underwater acoustic engineering at Harbin Engineering University, as saying the project's success, if true, "is definitely a breakthrough."
The glider was developed by the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences, which previously tested it in March, during which it reportedly broke a previous deep-diving record set by the U.S. The academy said Haiyi was able to swim to a depth of over 20,764 feet, or nearly 4 miles down, beating the U.S.-held world record of over 16,964 feet, or about 3.7 miles. Using a unique battery and a special coat to protect it from over 60 tons of underwater pressure, it also broke records in 2014 by swimming over 635 miles nonstop in 30 days, China Daily reported. Chinese military media have already speculated the country's armed forces could put Haiyi to military use.
"Since there is no power propulsion, the acoustic signature is extremely low. That characteristic suggests that [this platform] can have great significance for the military domain," Chinese defense magazine Ordnance Industry Science and Technology wrote last year, according to The National Interest.
Haiyi would give China extensive eyes under the South China Sea, where the U.S. is challenging Beijing's extensive territorial claims, and the ability to anticipate enemy vessels in real time. The marginal sea, which is considered the largest in the Western Pacific region, covers an area of about 1,423,000 square miles and has an average depth of 3,478 feet, with a maximum depth of 16,457 feet at the China Sea Basin. It's also where the U.S. and its allies accuse China of constructing artificial, militarized islands, complete with an extensive communications array and potential missile launchers.
President Donald Trump has already approved a plan submitted by Defense Secretary James Mattis that would expand the Navy's presence in the contested waters, something China's ruling Communist Party said would "aggravate the regional military situation," according to its nationalistic mouthpiece, Global Times. The newspaper urged China's military "to strike back firmly and take necessary measures to safeguard China's territory and maritime rights and interests."
The U.S. and China, the world's leading economies, have long differed over policy and often compete to surpass the other in military achievements. Earlier this year, Popular Mechanics detailed another Chinese sea drone, which was capable of skimming the ocean's surface, flying just 18 inches above water to keep it undetectable by ships due to the delicate curvature of the Earth. Avoiding less wind resistance due to its low height, the anti-ship drone can reportedly fly 600 miles per hour for 1.5 hours, giving it a range of 900 miles in the vast sea. It was also believed to be able to deliver a 2,000-pound explosive payload.
China's efforts to top the U.S. in drone technology have manifested in the air as well, with the Asian power beginning mass production of its Rainbow or Caihong-5 (CH-5) weaponized drone for foreign buyers. Its developers have boasted that the unmanned aerial vehicle can fly longer and is easier to use than its primary U.S. competitor, the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. CH-5, however, is believed to have a lower flight ceiling, making it vulnerable to surface-to-air fire.


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Thursday night we loaded kids into the car and drove to Morris, MN where the University of MN campus was holding a horticulture event in their demonstration gardens. This was primarily a 'me' excursion, but for the most part the kids were good and abiding, bribed with cheeseburgers at the 4H booth and the promise of Kiwanis cotton candy on the way out.
The gardens did have some kid-themed displays, fortunately.
At first I thought this teepee was covered in pole beans, but closer inspection showed a variety of random vines. I told the hubby that he needs to build one of these for me in the garden. His response, 'why?' I looked at him crossly. There does not need to be a 'why' to my requests. Ha!
A tunnel like this would be fun, too.
The boys really liked the checker board painted on a large hunk of tree stump, with game pieces of painted rock.
This is part of their main vegetable garden. Not a weed to be seen. Either they are liberal in their herbicide use, or they use college students as slave labor. I wish I had some college students as slave labor in my garden. Maybe if I called them 'interns' and fed them occasionally I could get away with it.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
An evening in Morris, part one
Posted by Jo at 11:17 AM
2 comments:
- Ladytats said...
I've been there lots of pretty flowers.
is the teepee covered in Hop vines? it was when I went through it 3 yrs ago.
- July 30, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- Jo said...
I'm not sure, since I don't know what Hop vines look like! There were at least two different kinds of vine, and I think one of them was Virginia creeper. I'll have to take a closer look next time I go.
- August 1, 2012 at 6:36 PM
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