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In the mid-1990s, my older brother had a one-cab taxi business in Flagstaff, Ariz. A couple of times, he drove visiting astronomers up Mars Hill to Lowell Observatory at the edge of town. Being an inquisitive type, on one of these occasions he casually asked his passenger if he or any other astronomers had ever seen anything in the sky they couldn't identify as natural or man-made phenomena.
At the question, the astronomer in the back seat leaned forward with pricked interest and answered matter-of-factly but emphatically, "Oh yeah, we see lots of things."
When my brother remarked that he'd had his own close-up UFO sighting in Kansas in the '60s, the astronomer leaned farther forward, hands grasping the front passenger seat, intently asking for particulars. My brother proceeded to recap the late spring night when he and his wife were driving home through an area several miles northeast of their Hoisington home. They spotted a cigar-shaped vehicle with blinking colored lights maneuvering over a nearby field.
They pulled off on the shoulder of the road, whereupon the object came closer and hovered at about the height a helicopter might, as if observing them. They saw it was about the size of a commercial airliner, with what appeared to be a bank of windows along its edge. After a few minutes, lights still blinking, it shot away rapidly and disappeared.
At the top of Mars Hill, the astronomer disclosed in a semi-secretive tone that what my brother and sister-in-law saw that night on the Kansas plains was in keeping with what he and other astronomers, professional and amateur alike, had seen in close-earth orbit, as well as reports by many pilots and naked-eye witnesses on the ground. Then he paid his fare, got out of the cab and went to work.
I began here by recounting my brother's UFO sighting and 30-year later exchange with the astronomer because together they sum up in a most personal context both the reality of the UFO (and by extension, ET) experience and the uselessness of our government's continuing, systematic suppression of the evidence for the reality.
The ultimate purpose for the institutional cover-up of the UFO-ET phenomena (i.e., sightings of otherworldly aerial craft and associated encounters of various kinds with alien beings) can be roughly assigned to one of two basic schools of thought -- though not mutually exclusive in the broad picture.
The first can be referred to as the "soft" conspiracy view that sees a comprehensive program of public perception management by a cross-institutional coterie of top-placed officials in government agencies (i.e., military and civilian intelligence departments, NASA, etc,), academia and mass media outlets.
In the soft view, the involved elites are more or less sincere humanists who believe that the greater global populace cannot be presented with a full-scale revelation of the UFO-ET presence without mass psychological destabilization, resulting in the undermining of our staple (mainly religious and political) social institutions, thereby threatening us with fundamental cultural breakdown and chaos. Thus, for our own psychological and physical welfare, we must be ever so gradually and deeply habituated to the very concept of highly intelligent extraterrestrial beings, not to mention the possibility that such has visited, or is presently, visiting our planet.
The "hard" conspiracy theory is that the top-echelon manipulators have no intention of ever coming clean to the public about visiting UFOs and beings. In this perspective, they have little or no concern for the well-being of ordinary people other than as units of production for creating the wealth that they largely monopolize. Obviously, the ultra-wealthy elites, whose money and influence bankrolls the institutional manipulators, have the most to lose from social disintegration and conceivable reformation. They have the motivation, therefore, to discourage us from developing inquiring minds. The urge to keep one's mind open in any arena of life usually transfers to doing so in others, thus rendering the practice of real open-mindedness, combined with regular reality-checking, a truly subversive activity.
A number of independent UFO-ET investigators, some astute and tirelessly dedicated to uncovering the truth, are convinced that the top-elite information suppressors are privy to astounding evidence of extraterrestrial humanoids (e.g., the "greys") visiting earth and even contacting humans, including government officials. They maintain that the era of secrecy began with the now-fabled "flying saucer" crash near Roswell, N.M., in 1947, in which dead aliens allegedly were recovered from the wreckage, secreted away from public inquiry. The crash was at first confirmed by Air Force officials, then later denied; the reputed debris as explained (with an exhibitory photo) as the grounded remnants of a weather balloon.
Some investigators have concluded that at least one alien likely survived the Roswell crash but later died in captivity, after examination and interrogation. This information, they claim, has been disclosed by anonymous witnesses. They contend that other mostly, unnamed (with a few notable exceptions such as Sgt. Clifford Stone, who claims to have actually met one extraterrestrial) former insiders have knowledge that technology retrieved from the Roswell crash has been reverse-engineered by our scientists, and that most of our leading technical advances over the past decades are due to that clandestine program.
All of which may seem fantastical to skeptical minds. Yet who is qualified to dismiss such scenarios as impossible across the board without thorough, honest examination of the facts? Truth is indeed often stranger than fiction. After a half-century of UFO sightings by sane, believable eye-witnesses, including civilians, military personnel (mainly pilots who have gone on record) and commercial airline pilots, the media debunkers and ridiculing UFO skeptics are shown to be the ones not dealing adequately or honestly with the reality.
The late astronomy popularizer, Carl Sagan, said when we first meet the extraterrestrials face-to-face, it will be an event of high strangeness. His prognostication has been depicted in countless versions of aliens by science fiction writers and filmmakers. Yet there is the possibility that a few of the other-worlders are, in appearance at least, not nearly so fearsomely hideous as we have been media-conditioned to believe.
In fact, one ET group has been described by "contactees" as attractively human-like. Perhaps they are masters of disguise (shapeshifters?) though, and really are bizarre-looking underneath, in which case, if the accounts are true, "they" really may be "walking among us." The possibilities for the reason of their presence are many if they're really here.
But let's have what verifiable reality is actually available about them given to us by those who know, soon. Surely most of us can now handle the truth, and the information suppressors must know that. So, what's the holdup?
A. Wayne Senzee, formerly of Hays, is a published author now residing in Salina.


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- 1 package(s) (16 ounces) chewy chocolate chip cookies
- 3 block(s) (8 ounces each) cream cheese
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup(s) sugar
- 8 ounce(s) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup(s) sour cream
- 4 teaspoon(s) sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) cocoa
- 1 bar(s) (4 ounces) semisweet chocolate
- For Crust: Line the bottom and side of a spring form pan with cookies. Place cookies so the tops of them are facing out.
- For Cheesecake: Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs and sugar; beat until smooth and fluffy. Add chocolate chips and beat until mixed in well.
- Pour mixture into chocolate-chip-cookie-lined spring form pan. Bake for 40 minutes (be careful not to overbake), cool, then refrigerate. The cheesecake will thicken in the fridge.
- For Topping: Mix sour cream, sugar, and cocoa in small bowl. Spread on cheese cake and refrigerate.
- For Garnish: Make chocolate shavings from chocolate bar. Cover cheese cake, with shavings just before serving.
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Girls Volleyball: Benet overcomes slow start, advances to state final
Libertyville's Cindy Zhou (7) celebrates makig the winning kill against Benet Academy in game one of their volleyball state championship semi-final game at Redbird Arena in Normal, IL Friday, November 9, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times MediaUp a game and leading 15-10 in the second, Libertyville appeared to have No. 1-ranked Benet on the ropes.
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The Redwings (39-2) will play New Trier (39-1), a surprising 16-25, 25-22, 25-19 winner over Mother McAuley in the first semifinal, for the Class 4A crown Saturday at 8:55 p.m.
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Mattaliano, the Redwings' leading attacker who had only two kills in Game 1, also started asserting herself more offensively. The 6-foot-1 senior had five kills and an ace in game 2 and four kills and a block in game 3.
"I think it took us awhile to get into our groove," she said. "When we were down 14-10, I told Hannah (Kaminsky) that we weren't going to let anything drop. We picked it up defensively."
A kill by Libertyville's Rhiannon Prentiss had the Wildcats within 8-6 in Game 3, but after a service error by the Wildcats, Benet went on its extended run including eight service points by 6-3 junior middle Brittany Pavich.
Mattaliano led Benet with 12 kills and Pavich added 11 kills and three aces. Sophomore Rachael Fara and Nicki Barnes each had six kills and Kaminsky dealt 32 assists.
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Prentiss and Cindy Zhou each had seven kills for Libertyville. Julia Smagacz added six kills and Zhou finished with 21 assists.
"Volleyball is a game of momentum," Libertyville libero Kristen Webb said. "We tried to build a little momentum at the end of Game 2, but it's hard. They're a great team."
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Work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep....
That's pretty much the routine, minus a few details of when and how long, but you get the idea. One of the pilots appropriately answered "It's March!" when asked what day it was. "Tomorrow will be April."
It's easy to loset track of what day of the week it is and the date, and most of us have. Long gone are the events that normally define a week at home, the Monday morning slog to work, the Friday afternoon lull just before a weekend of family events or a Black Hawk training flight.
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Though we have been here less than a month, most of us have put in about 50 hours flight time. At this pace, some of us will be out of here with at least 500 hours and that is a conservative estimate. Hopefully, we can keep up this pace; the crew chiefs and Delta company maintenance, are busting their butts to keep aircraft operational. It's all part of the work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep routine.
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March 24, 2006; 9:15 AM ET
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Thanks for the succinct summary. Your summary helped me understand my son's time in Iraq with the 2/224th.
Posted by: Tata | March 24, 2006 09:49 AM
It's always like that. The problem is you get used to it and your guard/defenses drop, you stop paying attention.
That's when it bites you hard.
And that's why I said make a point of taking 15 minutes three times a day to relax mentally, or you get into that zone and you're at greater risk.
Put the helmet back on.
Posted by: Will in Seattle | March 24, 2006 03:06 PM
My son is also at Al Asad, just arrived there on 02/28.....he is a Mechanic on humvees and 7-tons, he says the same thing you do.....work/eat/sleep....they are working 10-12hr. days 7 days a week.....it does make the time go faster....at least for you guys, it drags back home!! Thank you for your updates on the site....I am keeping you in my prayers! Stay strong, stay close to God and He will stay close to you!! Find a way to stay alert!
Posted by: A Marine Mom | March 24, 2006 08:35 PM
I hope everyone reading this blog understands that Mr Stover, his fellow Warrant Officers and the Non-Commissioned Officers are the backbone of the Armed Forces.
They take the "vast plans based on half-vast ideas" that the Officer Corps and civilian military leadership come up with and turn them into some semblance of reality. They all "get er done!"
The saddest day of my cousin's military career was when he was promoted from CWO3
to Captain and became just another "staff puke" officer.
And don't let Mr Stover and his fellow "rotor heads" fool any of you- eat, sleep and "stick time" in the cockpit is what they live and breath for. They will look back upon these days as "the best of times, the worst of times" for the rest of their lives. For many, the rest of their lives will be a footnote on their time flying missions in Iraq.
Posted by: q8dhimmi | March 25, 2006 01:11 AM
I'm a 29-year old software engineer in Boston. By grace of circumstance, you are there, and I am here, and I am in awe of your service. I will continue reading.
I have a question for you. One thing I picked up from one of the bloggers for the NYTimes (they actually just submit post a week and still largely blog on their own), and from the "milbloggers" in general, is a high level of distrust towards the news media in covering the war. This comes from many levels of the chain of command, from the President on down to the enlistee.
I have my suspicions about this, that it is certainly easier to blame the media than decision-makers at the Pentagon.
But I'm wondering whether you've encountered any of that bias yourself in the service, and, as an employee of a important national media institution, you've ever needed to defend it.
Posted by: Jon Garfunkel | March 25, 2006 04:46 PM
The "sleeping" and "eating" part sounds OK but why "work" to conquer Iraq and install permanent military bases there? Oh yeah, I forgot. It holds the world's second largest petroleum reserves. But is securing oil for our bosses worth the lives of our children, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, or aunts? What a ridiculous idea.
How can people who want to sacrifice our troops' lives for the bosses' profit margins say that they are "supporting" our troops. That's nuts. Those who support our troops want them home safely asap.
Posted by: What for? | March 25, 2006 06:24 PM
"What for?" -- this is the wrong forum for your question; bring it up with your elected representatives.
In short, it's been U.S. policy since FDR to protect our energy interests in the Middle East, and that's been affirmed by every President since. I say that as a Democrat.
What's obviously different here is that the policy and the war has been mismanaged, else we would not be there at a cost of 2,000+ lives over there.
If I were in CWO Strover's place (which goes through my mind given our similarity in age and occupation), and I felt that there were grave policy and strategy mistakes which kept this conflict going, I would take note of what I observed and take solace that the American press does a better job at accounting for military mistakes than the Administration does.
Posted by: Jon Garfunkel | March 25, 2006 07:19 PM
Welcome to the movie "Groundhog Day" a la Iraq. I worked as a civilian firefighter in Iraq at two US Military bases and our days were much like yours. Get up, go to the gym, breakfast, training or fire inspections, lunch, training of fire inspections, dinner, chill out, sleep. And at times we had a few fires and EMS calls to break up the day.
At the first base I was at on Saturday nights we had a "Pizza and Movie Night" at the firehouse. We ordered a bunch of pizzas from the Pizza Hut, got a good DVD, sat back and enjoyed the show. If you can arrange it around your schedule, try to do something different at least one day out of the week. For us it was Pizza and Movie Night. Stay safe.
Posted by: RetiredFirefighter | March 25, 2006 07:26 PM
"What for?" -- this is the wrong forum for your question; bring it up with your elected representatives.
The above is absolutely wrong. War is politics by other means and soldiers should think about what they are fighting for. The United States lost in Vietnam because they were fighting for precisely nothing while the Vietnamese were fighting a foreign invasion.
Instead of "supporting" the troops by encouraging them to serve without questioning, we should all support them by encouraging them to think and of course to reject this war launched under false pretenses that is a disaster for the world and of course for the United States.
Who cares if it's been US policy since FDR to protect "our" oil interests in the Middle East? That oil isn't "ours" and it certainly isn't yours or mine. We gain nothing by turning the region into a flaming hell of civil war and hatred, which is what our government has done, and NOT just through incompetence. The attempted US takeover of Iraq has been utterly illegal and unwarranted from the get-go. Our servicemembers should reject it.
Our armed forces should be used to defend the United States.
Posted by: | March 25, 2006 07:50 PM
Capt. Alfred Smith, escorts me to a briefing with the command. It is a slideshow projected on the wall, and I see a picture I saw at the heliport in Baghdad -- a newspaper photograph of Marine Sgt. Michael Burghardt, who was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Ramadi in September. Medics have removed his bloodied pants, but he is standing, surrounded by soldiers with Humvees and the blades of a waiting medical evacuation helicopter behind him.
The picture has become famous among troops here, because he is waving his middle finger in the air, ostensibly at insurgents somewhere in the distance. The photo caption explains Burghardt is ''signaling his defiance.''
Sgt. Burghardt should be giving the finger and "signaling his defiance" to Rumsfeld, the s.o.b. who put him in harm's way for no good reason.
Posted by: bring them home alive | March 25, 2006 08:13 PM
Jon Garfunkel says "In short, it's been U.S. policy since FDR to protect our energy interests in the Middle East, and that's been affirmed by every President since. I say that as a Democrat."
What a bunch of b.s. Democrat, Republican, or whatever, the energy interests of big business aren't "our" interests and they certainly aren't worth the lives of our brothers and sisters, husbands and wives: over 2,300 dead and counting at 1-3 per day every day; 15,000 injured... for "our energy interests"?
Don't make me vomit, Jon.
Posted by: Nauseated in Nantucket | March 25, 2006 09:04 PM
Moneybags Cheney can take "our energy interests" and shove them somewhere the sun don't shine. I say bring our guys and gals home alive. The damage has been done. Our continued presence in Iraq is worse than useless.
Posted by: a dark hole | March 25, 2006 09:23 PM
"Nauseated in Nantucket" -- Please don't vomit. Google me (if you already hadn't) and you can see that I campaigned my heart out for John Kerry in 2004, because he among many others would be more competent at managing the war and drawing it down properly. Also President Kerry would have been truly serious about getting the nation off of dependence on foreign oil and towards alternative energies.
But this forum is not about John Kerry or the war policy. It's Chief Warrant Officer Stover's. He has a duty to serve the United States Army. He is not the first to serve in a war that's been prosecuted questionably. If he has to wade through general complaints about the war, I don't think he'd respond as much.
I asked a question that I was looking forward to getting answered, but it gets lost in the mix. So I'll ask it again:
The President and Vice President have complained about the media coverage, and this has been echoed in the conservative media and among the military blogs. Has this come to you as a soldier? As an employee of an important national media institution, how would you answer them?
Posted by: Jon Garfunkel | March 26, 2006 12:01 AM
Still vomiting at the idea of President John Kerry - another pro-war millionaire.
Posted by: Nauseated in Nantucket | March 26, 2006 08:55 AM
March 26, 7pm EST
Security in Baghdad seems to be deteriorating by the hour, and it is increasingly unclear who is in control.
Posted by: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, Thank you for invading us. | March 26, 2006 09:37 PM
If you see a US patrol, you should brake sharply and keep away from it. The gunners on the vehicles kill people every day for getting too close to them. Every Iraqi has a horror story about a friend or relative who misunderstood an instruction, often in English, and was shot at.
Many Iraqis are still glad that Saddam Hussein was taken off their backs.
But there is a real, abiding anger that the richest nation on Earth should have taken over their country and made them even worse off in so many ways than they were before.
Posted by: wHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE OCCUPIED? | March 26, 2006 09:43 PM
Keep the needles in the green. Find someone who has been there for some time and ask them about how they fly. That is how I learned how to really fly in combat. Good Luck. As for flight time, get as much as you can. You will not get as many hours when you return. I logged 850hrs in six months overseas, and only 125hrs in the following three years.
Posted by: D/3/5Scout | March 28, 2006 12:15 PM
I am a mother of a son serving his country in Iraq. I read all of the entries above and am dissapointed by the lack of encouragement shown to Mr. Stover. I feel alot of servicemen and women today are not serving our President, but our country, and not the present day beliefs our people hold, but an ideaoligy of what this country once was, and what it should be. I am proud of my son, and his military brothers and sisters. They are sacrificing their very lives to make our country stronger, and I beleive they should be given every ounce of respect they desrve.
Posted by: C. Jackson | April 1, 2006 02:02 AM
lets not forget that rutine can kill you.
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- Date:15 Sep 2012
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Gayfield Park
- Attendance:624
Live Commentary
- 88:01
The official flags Steven Doris offside. Direct free kick taken by Jordon Forster.
- 87:02
Inswinging corner taken by Paul Sheerin, save by Michael Brown.
- 85:58
Connor Birse is brought on as a substitute for Daniel Rennie.
- 85:23
Short corner taken by Paul Sheerin from the right by-line.
- 84:26
Free kick awarded for a foul by Colin Hamilton on Scott Durie. The referee cautions Colin Hamilton for unsporting behaviour. Scott McBride restarts play with the free kick.
- 82:59
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Scott McBride from the right by-line, Colin Hamilton manages to make a clearance.
- 81:09
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Colin Hamilton by David Muir. Mark Baxter restarts play with the free kick.
- 73:39
Darren Gribben replaces Derek Holmes.
- 67:58
Scott Smith gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Steven Doris. Free kick taken by Paul Sheerin.
- 66:56
Unfair challenge on Scott Smith by Steven Doris results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by David White.
- 64:57
Shot by Steven Doris from just outside the area goes over the net. Corner taken by Paul Sheerin, save by Michael Brown.
- 62:38
(Arbroath) makes a substitution, with Paul Currie coming on for Scott Robertson.
- 61:28
Inswinging corner taken by Paul Sheerin. Caution for Michael Brown.
- 59:48
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on David Muir by Stuart Malcolm. Stuart Malcolm shown a yellow card. Scott Smith takes the direct free kick.
- 58:01
Corner taken left-footed by Paul Sheerin.
- 57:14
Effort from the edge of the box by Steven Doris goes wide of the left-hand post.
- 55:56
(East Fife) makes a substitution, with Robert Sloan coming on for Jamie Pollock. Gareth Wardlaw goes off and Scott McBride comes on.
- 47:00
David Muir takes a shot. Save by Scott Morrison.
- 45:13 +0.13
Inswinging corner taken by Paul Willis from the left by-line.
- 39:56
Unfair challenge on Mark Baxter by Jamie Pollock results in a free kick. Jamie Pollock shown a yellow card. Stuart Malcolm takes the indirect free kick.
- 32:33
Inswinging corner taken by Paul Willis from the left by-line. Gareth Wardlaw takes a shot. Scott Morrison makes a save.
- 31:49
Foul by Stuart Malcolm on Paul McManus, free kick awarded. Paul Willis takes the free kick.
- 30:31
Inswinging corner taken by Jamie Pollock from the right by-line.
- 30:00
Corner taken left-footed by Jamie Pollock from the right by-line, Steven Doris makes a clearance.
- 27:05
Derek Holmes finds the net with a headed goal from close in. Arbroath 2-0 East Fife.Assist by Steven Doris.
- 25:20
Steven Doris finds the back of the net with a goal from inside the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Arbroath 1-0 East Fife.The assist for the goal came from Derek Holmes.
- 18:56
Foul by Derek Holmes on David White, free kick awarded. Michael Brown restarts play with the free kick.
- 17:55
Gareth Wardlaw produces a header from deep inside the six-yard box which goes wide of the right-hand post.
- 13:29
Paul Willis produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the target.
- 9:29
Corner taken by Paul Sheerin from the left by-line, Jordon Forster manages to make a clearance.
- 5:02
Gareth Wardlaw challenges Stuart Malcolm unfairly and gives away a free kick. Scott Morrison takes the free kick.
Match Preview
Goalkeeper dilemma for Sheerin Arbroath player-boss Paul Sheerin must choose between goalkeepers Tony Bullock and Scott Morrison for the home game with East Fife. Morrison kept a clean sheet against Stenhousemuir on his debut last week, while Bullock is available again following suspension. Darren Hill is still out with a broken arm. Sheerin, who has no other new injury or suspension problems, is looking to get back to winning ways in the league following last weekend's success in the Ramsdens Cup. Sheerin said: "Our last league game was the 6-0 defeat by Queen of the South so it was great to have the cup game last weekend rather than having to think about that for a fortnight. "While the defeat at Dumfries was disappointing our home form has been good and we want to keep that going." East Fife have added former Motherwell midfielder Jamie Pollok to their squad ahead of the trip. Assistant boss Gordon Chisholm will take charge of the Fifers due to manager Gordon Durie's illness. Chisholm has a full-strength squad to pick from and is hopeful that will lead to his side's first league success of the season. "Injuries have affected us, but things have settled down this week," said Chisholm. "We'll need everyone fit and on the top of their game as Arbroath is a difficult venue. Their squad is full of experienced players. "We're disappointed that Gordon will not be with us for the next few weeks, but hopefully when he comes back we'll have some wins under our belt."
East Fife
- Scott Morrison
- Mark Baxter
- Colin Hamilton
- Stuart Malcolm
- Alex Keddie
- Daniel Rennie
- Brian Kerr
- Scott Robertson
- Paul Sheerin
- Derek Holmes
- Steven Doris
- Tony Bullock
- Lee Sibanda
- Darren Gribben
- Paul Currie
- Connor Birse
- Michael Brown
- Scott Durie
- Scott Smith
- David White
- Jordon Forster
- Paul Willis
- Darren Smith
- David Muir
- Jamie Pollock
- Paul McManus
- Gareth Wardlaw
- Connor Shaw
- Scott McBride
- Robert Sloan
- Andrew Cook
- Darren McCormack
Match Report
Form Guide
- Arbroath
- East Fife DDLL
Last Meetings
- East Fife
- 1 - 3
- Arbroath
- 05/05/2012
- Arbroath
- 2 - 2
- East Fife
- 03/03/2012
- East Fife
- 2 - 2
- Arbroath
- 14/01/2012
- Arbroath
- 3 - 0
- East Fife
- 20/08/2011
- Arbroath
- 2 - 2
- East Fife
- 01/05/2010
- East Fife
- 3 - 1
- Arbroath
- 16/03/2010
Top Scorers
- D Holmes 2
- D Gribben 2
- P Currie 1
- B Kerr 1
- M Travis 1
- D Rennie 1
East Fife
- G Wardlaw 1
- S McBride 1
- D McCormack 1
- Total goals 19
- Goals per game 8
- (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- (For) 2 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 4 (For) Period 41-50 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 1 (For) Period 71-80 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
East Fife
- Total goals 14
- Goals per game 3
- 1 (For) Period 0-10 mins
- (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 1 (For) Period 21-30 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 71-80 mins


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O`Donovan stakes his claim
Forgotten man Roy O'Donovan served manager Steve Bruce with a timely reminder as he plundered a hat-trick on reserve team duty. The 24-year-old Irishman claimed a treble in his side's 6-1 win over Bolton's second string at Hetton following his return from a loan spell at Southend. With first-team manager Steve Bruce among the crowd, O'Donovan cancelled out Danny Ward's opener for the visitors and after Nathan Luscombe had put the Black Cats 2-1 ahead, then struck twice in the second half before David Healy's penalty and a second for Luscombe completed the rout. Both O'Donovan and Healy will hope to have caught Bruce's eye with Kenwyne Jones facing a three-match ban following his sending-off against West Ham at the weekend and Fraizer Campbell missing that game through injury.
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Mukhadram and Noble Mission have both been issued with invitations to run in the Sportingbet Cox Plate in Australia later in the year.
The pair, trained by William Haggas and Lady Cecil respectively, feature on a list of 10 runners targeted by Racing Victoria's international recruitment officer Leigh Jordon.
Noble Mission was last seen when winning the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh last month while Mukhadram is set to bid for Group One glory in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.
Corine Barande-Barbe's stable star Cirrus Des Aigles has been invited along with the Godolphin-owned pair of Dubai World Cup winner African Story and last year's Irish Derby hero Trading Leather.
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The news is all over that TechCrunch Founder and Editor Michael Arrington may step down from running the blog not just to operate a new venture capital fund, but because the rumor is he was fired from AOL.
What's so weird is to read blog posts and articles that are dancing all over his grave, but forgetting that, as much as Michael may rub a lot of people the wrong way - journalists, venture capitalists, self-proclaimed former girlfriends, friends, bartenders, bloggers, politicians, and so on - had Arrington not been so successful, there would be no TechCrunch to talk about. Moreover, tech startups may have remained largely ignored by the media.
For AOL to even allow talk of firing Michael to surface is down right stupid. Any one could have seen the day coming that Michael, who's already a VC, would not only formalize his role, but want to remain as an commenter anyway.
Michael Arrington's not the only quasi-VC with a blog - Fred Wilson, the "the Managing Partner of two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures," has a widely read blog, and no one jumps on him about it. Well, OK, Fred doesn't spend a lot of time blogging about startups, but manages to sneak in a mention of a start up from time to time.
The point is, some writers took the chance to jump on Michael Arrington as if he were the Barry Bonds of Silicon Valley. And if you consider his legendary spats, occasionally boorish behavior, and moody way, that's a fair description.
But legendary spats, occasionally boorish behavior, and moody way, are what we've come to expect from Michael. Truth be told, the secret is this: Michael Arrington is really a nice guy who fakes at being mean because it's his shtick.
There. I said it.
If you take Arrington's approach too seriously, as I once did, you'll suffer from a massive misconception about him, that really isn't his fault at all. I'll say this: the more secure you are with yourself, the less Michael bothers you. If you read that as me saying I've become more secure with myself, you're right to think so.
If, by that, I mean to say people who are bothered by Michael are insecure, that's exactly what I'm saying, too. It's a bitter pill, but one you have to take in order to effectively deal with Michael.
Its this insecurity that has governed a lot of these posts of late. Take this CNN Money example by Chadwick Matlin. Mr. Matlin writes...
Startups needed a champion, and they found one in the blunt Arrington. Traffic soon jumped, which brought the magazine profiles wondering whether someone as unpredictably temperamental as Michael Arrington could be a force for good. Arrington willed TechCrunch into a thriving site and business, sucking up so much oxygen that few other independent sites were able to challenge him.
"Sucking up so much oxygen." Where the hell did that come from? I've been in Michael's orbit and never found breathing to be a problem at all.
If by that Matlin means Arrington's energy brings a of attention to himself and his blog, so what? It's not Michael's fault others don't have the security of self required to promote what they do.
And show me a person who criticizes others for promoting what they do by using a perjorative term like "self-promoter" and I'll show you a sad-sack of a person who's never ran anything of note in their life.
Fortunately there are secure folks like Mr. Wilson, who blogs..
I do not feel badly for Mike. He's a bigtime player in silicon valley and he will be fine. Contrary to what many in the media say, he does not need TechCrunch as a platform to be influential. He is influential becuase of who he is, not where he writes. His reputation is made and as long as he finds his next platform, be it a venture fund, a blog, or both (how can anyone have both a blog and a venture fund????), he will remain a hugely influential force in silicon valley and tech.
Here. Here.
Whatever happens, like other types of energy, Michael will just transform - find a way to do what he's done with TechCrunch, but in a different way. The question is, can AOL operate TechCrunch well without Michael.
The answer is a flat-out no. TechCrunch is Michael and Michael is TechCrunch, and that's no slap to Erick, Sarah, or anyone else. But facts are facts, and stupidity is stupidity. You don't chase away the force behind a successful operation just because he or she does things in away you don't like - you find a way to make it work and move forward.
If what I'm hearing and reading is true, AOL's not long for this World if it keeps up this kind of "my way or the highway" decision-making for long. Even if Michael elected to "take the highway" AOL should do all it can to make him stay at home.


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And all i have to say is, i will never be spending a single dime. period. I seriously loved this game, before the reset i had well over 400 games played. But anyone who spends money on this game is a ****ing ****** wasting their money. the prices on EVERYTHING on completely unacceptable. SKINS should have been the main moneymaker for riot, not the champs. Just.plain.****ing.retarded. I cant believe people are actually spending money on this game with the store in its current state. I cant believe people have that kind of money to waste. I honestly hope so few people use the store riot has to change it.
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Umm, things cost like. 5-10 bucks. They also can all be gotten for free except for skins...
I bought four champions that I don't even use that much just because they looked interesting and I had IP to spare after filling up rune book (with tier 1 stuff, as I'm too low level for tier 3) *shrug*
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You know if you buy the 45$ pack, you get all the champions. Almost like buying a normal game.
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As birds wing their way north from their wintering grounds, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is recruiting volunteers for its annual NestWatch citizen science project.
Participants map any nest or birdhouse location on the NestWatch website. Then they report the species of nesting bird, when eggs are laid, how many hatch, and how many fledglings leave the nest.
Sometimes NestWatchers see something that surprises scientists. Last year, participant Gerald Clark reported twin bluebirds hatching from one egg. NestWatch leaders say it was so unusual it was written up in a scientific journal.
This spring, researchers are asking NestWatchers to be on the look-out for nesting Eurasian collared doves. The non-native species has rapidly colonized most of North America but little is known about its breeding habits.
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ABU DHABI — In an unprecedented step, each of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council will conduct its own census in 2010 using a common data form. This resolution was reached by GCC leaders at the 22nd GCC Summit in Muscat, Oman in 2001. Each GCC state is to conduct its own census.
UAE officials note that carrying out the census is in itself a remarkable step, but ensuring that the results are accurate will be a huge undertaking. In the UAE alone, more than 10,000 people will be deployed across the country to count and collect information on residents.
The first census in the UAE was conducted in 1975, just four years after the country was founded. At that time, the population was 557,887, of which only 170,156 or just 30.5 percent were UAE nationals. Thirty-five years later, UAE's population is expected to surpass five million.
Among the 10,000 being trained to conduct the UAE's sixth census will be a team of 100 leaders responsible for coordinating the effort, who are already in training at the University of Sharjah and the Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre.
The UAE census is chaired by Minister of the Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al-Mansouri, and will give officials a clear indication of the demographics of each emirate.
Experts anticipate that the census of each emirate will indicate an increase in population since the last census, but the relative size and population density of each emirate will probably remain the same. At the end of 2008, Dubai was the most densely populated emirate, with a population of 1.6 million residents. This total is expected to increase by eight percent to 1.7 million residents by the end of this year.


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Delving into the Imaginarium that is... Life of Pi
For those of you who have read this novel you have probably already conjured up your own vibrant images from deep within your own imagination - for those who haven't I would recommend reading it. However by the sound of things in a review I found, it sounds as though the legendary Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain) has taken the hard work out of it - painting an incredible living, breathing picture.
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A colleague sent me this fascinating and informative article earlier today, after a discussion about architecture. Upon opening it, I realised there was a whole branch of the discipline I had overlooked: Zombie Proof Architecture.


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A video of the lighting workshop webinar presentation Photoshelter founder Allen Murabayashi and I recently took part in is now available. The video features our live webinar from March 31st in which we discussed my lighting demo shoot with Michael Scott Creature from the SXSW festival in Austin last month. Taylor Jones, the owner of Texas Grip, provided us with a fabulous grip truck stocked with Profoto gear for our demo shoot.
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With the risk of sounding like I'm ranting, I'd like to talk about wasting your time as a freelance writer. There has been a lot of discussion here at FWJ about where to focus your priorities. We've talked about building skills, about establishing a well-balanced portfolio, and about making an awesome first impression. A lot of you are taking that advice to heart, and I can only assume you're seeing the success because of it. If not, keep pushing – good things take time to build. But a lot of writers, in my opinion, are wasting their time – and [Read more…]
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Without further ado, here's an overall look at what folks around here had to say about getting things done more efficiently.
Thanks again to everyone who commented. My apologies if I somehow forgot to reference your particular remarks in this post. Every shred of advice provided had real value.
How You Made My Life Easier, Free Nachos and Other Delights (Part 1)
Anyway, I wanted to do two things before walking away from that post and implementing those good ideas. First, I wanted to write a "wrap" post about the recommendations, noting the prevailing themes, providing my reactions to them, etc. Second, I wanted to give away the free nacho prize.
You'll note that this post is labeled "Part One". You'll see "Part Two" next week. I'm going to use "Part Two" to break down all of the advice, to provide kind words of thanks to the geniuses who provided it and to come up with what I hope to be a few Marvelous Insights of my own.
Freelance Writing Marketing & Promotion: How Much Is Too Much?
I've been working on redesigning my workflow lately in an effort to improve my efficiency, boost my bottom line, maintain something approximating sanity and to provide ample opportunity to catch a number of weekday afternoon Royals games this summer. Following some good advice, I've been more conscious of what I do every day and I've made a discovery: I spend too much time on the marketing and promotion side of things.
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