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The Scottsdale 20-30 Club is hosting its 23rd annual NiteFlite fundraiser on Oct. 12-13 and is expected to draw more than 2,800 attendees.
The semi-formal event takes place in two parts. Friday at 6 p.m. is a nine-hole nighttime golf tournament at Continental Golf Course, which has more than 300 registered players; and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. is a gala at Talking Stick Resort showcasing live music, a silent auction, a raffle and signature food dishes from restaurants throughout the Scottsdale area.
A percentage of the evening's proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale (BGCGS), with the rest dispersed through an application process next May to local children's charities, says Chris Karas, chairman of this year's NiteFlite. Previous recipients have been Arizona Burns Foundation, Team Lifeline and Miracle League of Arizona.
In 2011, the NiteFlite golf tournament and gala raised nearly $340,000 for 16 charities, Karas says. The gala raised $60,602 for BGCGS, and 100 percent of the donations went to more than 100 youth development programs the club offers, says Andrea Omer, communications manager at the BGCGS.
NiteFlite offers attendees the chance to stroll down a red carpet mobbed with paparazzi, indulge in various beverages and cuisines, spend time in a cigar lounge, watch a vaudeville performance and listen to the local band, Elvis Before Noon.
A limited-entry after party keeps the night going with additional events and a performance by DJ Soleman from the Phunk Junkeez.
"It's a memorable evening people won't forget," Karas says.
One of NiteFlite's main attractions is various food dishes from restaurants around the Valley, including Sprinkles Cupcakes and Orange Sky at Talking Stick Resort.
"We're happy to help, and think it's a good thing to be participating with," says Sprinkles Cupcake Scottsdale General Manager Kristie Shy. Although she doesn't know what this year's design will be, "we'll try to have a fun little decoration," Shy says. Last year, Sprinkles Cupcakes made $1600 donation.
NiteFlite raises donations throughout the night in multiple ways, one of which is through silent auctions.
"There are a variety of [auctions] from small packages to exotic luxury vacations," Karas says. Items auctioned off last year included sports memorabilia, spa packages and local and international vacations.
Tickets for NiteFlite cost $150, and VIP packages, which give early access to the after party, are available for sponsorship purchases.
"NiteFlite has become somewhat of a household name throughout Scottsdale and Arizona," Karas says. "We are very thankful for all the participants that contributed, and because of their experience and the good cause we're raising for, they tend to come back year after year."


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Mexico Urged to Exploit Eagle Ford Riches
UTSA researchers told business leaders in northern Mexico that the Eagle Ford Shale formation doesn't stop at the Rio Grande, and it could be a game changer for Mexico's economy, and for its sagging oil industry, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Economist Thomas Tunstall at the UTSA Institute for Economic Development told the Chamber of the Transformation Industry of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey that the portion of the Eagle Ford in Mexico could contain as much as 10% of the world's recoverable shale oil reserves.
Mexico's Congress recently passed laws liberalizing that country's archaic laws which prevented private oil companies from helping exploit oil reserves in Mexico, and left Mexico's oil exploration, recovery, and sale to the government monopoly Pemex. Pemex had become increasingly corrupt over recent decades, and found itself unable to cope with new technologies like hydraulic fracking.
Tunstall pointed out that resource-rich Mexico actually had to import more than 600 billion cubic feet of natural gar from the United States last year, that is nearly double it's imports from 2010.
"Mexico has significant untapped shale oil and gas deposits within its own borders and has the potential to have significant economic impact," Tunstall said.
Tunstall says the impact of the Eagle Ford Shale in Mexico's economy could be similar to its impact on the Texas economy, including $61 billion in economic development, 116,000 new jobs, and more than $2 billion in government revenue.
"Unconventional shale oil and gas exploration is having a significant impact on global markets," Tunstall told the Mexican business leaders. "The U.S. now produces more oil than it imports for the first time since 1995. Texas has produced more crude oil recently than it has in thirty years. This is largely the result of increased production coming from South and West Texas in the Eagle Ford and Permian Basin."
Tunstall said energy reform in Mexico has the potential to transform that country's domestic oil and gas production by liberalizing rules for foreign investment and enabling the deployment of new technologies.
The exploitation of the southern portion of the Eagle Ford shale would also mean a major economic generator for historically poor northern Mexico, helping cripple the back of the criminal cartels and decrease illegal migration into the United States.

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The group offers a variety of services and benefits to members in an effort to fulfill its mission to advance Christian Fiction by inspiring writers to join with God in the creative process, training them in the craft, and educating them in the publishing industry. Members are invited to join an e-mail loop and participate on genre Facebook pages, both of which provide venues for discussions about writing and the business of publishing. Critique groups and monthly online workshops offer aspiring authors the training and interaction they need to develop their craft to a publishable level. Further, members can join regional and local groups and develop relationships with other writers in their area.
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In the past fifteen years, Costa Rica has witnessed the same kind of building boom that has affected many other parts of the world, often with depressing results. In Costa Rica, new construction has encroached upon the jungle at the beach and carved its way into the country's lush, green mountainsides. Some animals and birds have lost their homes, and air quality has suffered. But new construction might also have had another often-ignored effect on the emotional landscape of building occupants. Brand-new buildings have changed the relationship people once had to architecture in Costa Rica.
Throughout most of the last century, construction happened only gradually in Costa Rica. Building materials were expensive, and construction itself took a great deal of time. People built both houses and commercial buildings solidly and with little expectation of tearing them down to rebuild. When a new business or an organization needed a building for its headquarters, few ever considered the construction of a brand-new building. Instead, almost all moved into existing buildings–mostly houses–and adapted them to their particular needs. Schools, religious groups, cultural groups and small businesses almost always used old houses for their activities, and members and clients were accustomed to the idea of conducting business and activities in former residences.
This architectural repurposing was, of course, very economical, but it had an interesting emotional component as well. Users of the adapted buildings felt a connection to their former occupants and sensed the organic continuity of the architectural space. Schoolchildren often attended classes in former kitchens, reading and doing math problems with the reassuring awareness that someone once washed vegetables and cooked the rice and beans in that same room. Students in a repurposed school library or science lab could make out the former entrances to grand living rooms or graceful halls where former occupants once had parties or gazed out onto private gardens. Office workers grew accustomed to the awkwardness of bathrooms and closets in every room and enjoyed the unexpected interior patios that once illuminated the bedrooms of their houses-turned-offices.
Even when they weren't consciously aware of doing so, users of repurposed buildings shaped their movements and their activities to the spaces and architectural arrangements of the people who occupied these buildings before them. New uses and altered internal configurations could never obliterate the sense that the new occupants were standing at the same windows, walking through the same hallways and enjoying the same plays of interior light that the previous occupants once knew. Users of these old buildings could always feel the traces of movement and activity of the people who came before them. Architecture retained a sense of the recent past, of a history that had only recently slipped away, leaving behind built traces and hints of itself.
As in all modernizing countries, Costa Rica now needs a great deal of new construction. Old houses often get torn down to make way for sleek offices and other commercial spaces with highly specific architectural needs. But lovers of Costa Rica's past can still visit some of the old houses and feel the memories of those who passed through them.
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The Ultimate Comparison between Google Analytics & Yahoo Web Analytics
At Insightr Consulting we are big fans of free web analytics products for our clients. Free used to mean less capability, less reliability and less confidence that the product would be able to service the needs of business. But not anymore..
The last 12 months have seen the Google Analytics (GA) product evolve into a serious contender for a do-it-all product for most businesses, a period that has also seen Yahoo! get serious with analytics through the purchase of the not-so-well-know European product called Indextools - the decision by Yahoo! to make the Indextools product free with a rebrand into Yahoo Web Analytics (YWA) has turned the free market into a rich, dynamic, competitive space that's seeing incredible product innovation.
Insightr Consulting are certified in Google Analytics through the Individual Certification programme as well as being a pioneer member of the Yahoo Web Analytics Consultant Network (YWACN). Our clients use a mixture of Google Analytics, Omniture Site Catalyst and Yahoo Web Analytics, with the majority of new businesses adopting either GA or YWA. In Singapore where we are based (and indeed across Asia) budgets for analytics are not as formalised as they are in markets like the US and Europe, so free tools are very popular here.
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As our friends at Yahoo would say, this is perhaps an unfair comparison - as Indextools always liked to think of the old product as 80% of Omniture at 10% of the price. They weren't wrong. In fact as an Omniture Site Catalyst user for over 7 years (how many of you can recall SC7?) the Yahoo offering is in many ways more powerful than Site Catalyst; especially when it comes to 'advanced' features such as segmentation which for Site Catalyst are only available with an additional "Discover on Demand" license.
Some of you will disagree with our analysis, and particularly with our scoring system - we're hoping that the comparison is a thought starter and something that will lead to your consideration of the YWA product as a tool worth considering. We feel the scores are fair based on our usage of products and the way our clients will use them.
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These spring "IT" bags may be gorgeous, but their budget friendly style twins are just as lust worthy!
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The fashion gods have spoken. These bags, the hottest bags of spring 2011, have been released onto the world and you may be wondering how you're going to pay for both your kid's tuition and Prada's sexy new it bag. Before you pick up a third job (believe me I've done it- I was the only Saturday morning server with syrup on my shirt and Louis on my arm), take a look at this list. Sure, the most coveted are here at prices we'd rather leave behind, like Heidi Klum's yummy one, but you'll also see pretty affordable cousins of these bags, so you can send your kids to school and have your weekend mornings free.
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By Julie Muhlstein Herald Columnist
It's an annual thing, the third Sunday in June, but some local dads might say Father's Day is a full-time occupation.
David Phippard has been a teacher. Brian Umbaugh managed a plasma donation center. Curt Cheever studied music in college and was a carpenter. Vince Brown was in construction management. And Skeet Couper was in project management and has a master's degree in business.
Now, they all stay home with their children. Their wives earn the families' incomes. And as any parent who has stayed home with young children can attest, what these dads do is as demanding as any career that brings a paycheck.
"It's stressful, but it's also a blessing," said Brown, whose wife Heather works at Everett Community College. "Not a lot of dads have the opportunity to get to know their children like this. I know my kids so much better than most dads who work." Brown's daughter Madilynn is almost 1, and his son Hadden is 4.
He and the other fathers are part of a group called SnoCo Stay at Home Dads vs. Little Monsters. "You haven't met my kids," Umbaugh joked about the name he picked for the group he started through the website Meetup.com.
Now with 16 members, the group plans get-togethers taking dads and their children to parks, indoor play venues, the Imagine Children's Museum, even coffee shops.
"It is reassuring to know you're not the only one out there. It's definitely not the norm," said Cheever, who stays home with 2-year-old Eleanor and Elizabeth, 3 months old, while his wife Emily teaches music at Penny Creek Elementary School.
"I really enjoy staying at home," Cheever said. He gets out of the house regularly as a musician with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra and the Cascade Percussion Ensemble.
Phippard's wife Christine teaches science at Everett's North Middle School. He stays home with their 2-year-old son Hollis, and daughter Rayleigh, 5 months.
"Having a dads' group is nice," said Phippard, who has checked out other parent groups and found them to be mostly moms. When talk turns to breast feeding or "labor terrors," it's awkward to be the only father in a group.
Umbaugh likes the social interaction of joining dads and their children for an outing. With his 9-year-old son Christian in school, he said it can feel odd being the only dad when he takes daughter Cali, 3, to the park. He worries that mothers he encounters see any attempt at conversation as flirting.
In the fathers' group, Cheever said, "we talk about everything — our kids, or pointers about meals. Everybody is happy to be there. It's just terrific."
He first got involved with other dads after reading in a 2010 Herald article about Skeet Couper organizing a play group at the Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Marysville.
Couper, whose wife Rebekah Couper-Noles is an executive with the Providence Physicians Group, has been a stay-home dad for years.
The couple have five children, the eldest a 12-year-old daughter, the youngest 5-year-old twin boys.
"We value having a parent home to watch the kids grow up and supervise them," Couper said. With just one child, it was practical to pay for day care. As his wife's career progressed and their family grew, Couper said, it made sense for him to stay home.
"It's nice to have a group of people in the same boat, who understand the shared experiences," he said. Stay-home parents can feel isolated, and Couper believes moms have more opportunities for networking with each other.
Umbaugh, who organizes most outings, said the fathers are planning a day off from their kids in July. "We're going bowling, and the moms will have the kids that day," he said.
Couper said he has grown into his role as a full-time parent. He thinks the rest of the world is catching up.
"The first few years, I felt self-conscious about it. More and more, people say 'That's cool.' There's a lot more respect for it now," Couper said.
It's Father's Day, but every mom knows what these dads have on their hands — diapers and dishes, laundry and lunch time, and oh those kids.
"Funny, every parent thinks their kids are the sweetest kids on earth and the worst kids on earth, depending on the day," Umbaugh said.
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Overeem definitly gets another fight in the UFC. And I imagine it's a gimmy cause I think the UFC will be to stubborn to admit this Overeem thing isn't going to work like they hoped it would.
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I thought Reem looked better this time out. Was just caught and finished, dont think he was expecting Browne to fire down the middle. That kick didnt look like it had much behind it though.
One more fight for him to prove himself I think.
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1. Abstract. An Introduction to this Extraordinary Story
There is an eerie feeling about Lake Erie. The Great Lakes in America and Canada have always been a subject for 'supernatural' discussions. Ships have sunk with crew members and all, and strange lights have been seen over the lakes for at least over a hundred years. Sailors and people living by the lakes have a great respect for them.
But the Great Lake that has probably created the most controversy of all times is Lake Erie. Not only because of what I told in 'The Remarkable Michael Lee Hill Case'[1], in 'The First Level of Learning', but because this is not a new phenomenon: UFO activity has been going on there at least since the 1800s. Sometimes people get superstitious, and when they sit on the porch after dark, they imagine they see things. But everything is different with Lake Erie; the UFO activity there has actually been published in the Media since back in the 1800s! So something is definitely going on there.
Figure A-1. Michael Lee Hill on stage, Nov. 2011. Michael is also a gifted guitar player.
However, if it wasn't for Michael Lee Hill, perhaps the phenomena taking place there would only get a headline or two, and then withdraw from people's memories again. Some UFO enthusiasts would point it out, but after a while it would have been 'debunked' by some infiltrated UFO organization, the Military, the Government, or someone else.
When Michael came into the picture in 2006 and started spreading the message of what he was seeing, anyone who had the agenda to debunk such experiences was working overtime! The UFOs Hill saw and filmed were explained as airplanes, firework, China firework blown off by party people, atmospheric phenomena, illusions, delusions, and ... the reader gets it; it was the whole spectrum. And when Hill went on National TV with his experiences, the 'debunkers' were there, trying to talk him down.
But he also got support from unexpected places, by people who helped backing up his story, and the more Michael dug into this whole UFO phenomenon out on the lake, the deeper the rabbit whole went, it seemed. It eventually went so far that his projects were getting sabotaged from 'Higher Up', so to speak. Hill is quite a determined man (I've come to know him over the last 2 years or so), and he doesn't give up easily. Not so this time, either. When he noticed he'd run into a wall, and no one wanted to touch his story with a ten foot pole, afraid of 'something', he turned to me again.
I am not a big Media man or a news anchor; I am not holding lectures; I'm not having any books people can buy in the bookstores (albeit a lot of material on the Internet); and I'm not big on interviews, either. I'm more a person with a passion and a life mission to learn new things and educate people in what I learn, and as long as I can, I want to do it for free. I've never charged for any of my material. However, my point is that I don't have the same amount of visitors and listeners as David dIcke, David Wilcock, and definitely not as many as CNN, History Channel, and other cable stations which have previously highlighted Hill's material. Instead, I prefer to be in the background, avoiding the commotion around the information I'm putting out, letting the material speak for itself. Hill knows this, but we both thought that this was perhaps the way to go for now in order to get the whole story out. There are still Media willing to discuss his UFO films and how and where these films were taken, but the rest of the story is too 'hot' to touch; it may burn someone's fingers.
Therefore, Michael Hill and I decided that he'd give me his information and I could do whatever I wanted to do with it as long as I published the truth about his experiences. Additionally, we decided not to talk to anybody about this project, because Hill's attempts had been sabotaged before -- in fact, pretty recently, as we shall see!
I read through the material he gave me and saw a pretty amazing story unfolding from it! This had to do with so much more than just sightings over Lake Erie; something very ancient, and hidden deep in the shadows, was now coming to surface in this very material. And not only that; his whole story -- including the one that was never told in public -- coincides pretty well with what I have been researching and writing about in these papers over the past year. Suddenly I understood why no one wanted to touch this, and why there were certain powerful people who did not want this story to come out! The idea to keep a low profile with it until it's time to publish, Michael and I thought was a good idea, and we decided to do so.
But let's back up to get some coherency to this. I would strongly suggest the reader reads (or reviews, in case you have read it before) the paper I wrote on Michael Lee Hill on May 6, 2011: "PFC Paper #2: The Remarkable Michael Lee Hill Case" ( [
link to wespenre.com
] and then return here and continue with this next section. By doing this, the reader gets a much better picture of what this is really all about.
Read the rest here -
Updates on 'The Remarkable Michael Lee Hill Case', Part 1:
'Proof of UFOs over Lake Erie'
by Wes Penre, Thursday, November 9, 2012
link to wespenre.com
1. How Much Does the Government Know?
Let's start Part 2 with having Michael Lee Hill introduce his sightings to us. Here is a report, posted and broadcast in November 2010, and it was run by CNN '19 Action News', about the lights he had been filming much earlier. It's a three part video, but each section is only 2 minutes long or so, and it is a great introduction to what is to come: [
link to ireport.cnn.com
] This CNN site also lets you follow links to YouTube sites, where the reader can explore this phenomenon some more if they like. As we can see, there is an abundance of reports and information regarding this.
Also, here is a compellation of the best video clips and news reports of Michael's sightings, called 'Best Of Lake Erie UFO's! - Appearing all Over America! - Proof Is In The News! (HD)'.
Multimedia A-2. [
link to www.youtube.com (secure)
So far, we have concentrated our investigation on what is happening in the Lake Erie area, but wouldn't it be interesting to see if similar phenomena have happened somewhere else in the world? Or is Lake Erie unique with its dancing orbs, moving themselves into position, forming triangular structures and such?
To start with, wouldn't it be nice to know how much the government know about these UFOs that they often are so quick at explaining away as military experiments, illusions etc? In fact, we do know a few things about how much the government knows! First of all, we know that they are aware of that the Lake Erie UFO orb phenomenon is not local for the Great Lake, and secondly, we know that they have been hiding their knowledge about these kinds of UFOs from the public for quite a long time.
How do we know that? We know, because in 2006, the British 'Ministry of Defence' (MOD) released some classified UFO files to the public, which can be viewed here: [
link to www.mod.uk
] When we open up the link, the best thing we are perhaps expecting to find is some general UFO document that doesn't say much, just like it usually is when the government releases information of this nature. However, when opening up the first pdf file, the image hits us right in the face; it's the exact same orbs that have been sighted, photographed and filmed over Lake Erie! ( [
link to www.mod.uk
] So the phenomenon is not isolated only to the Great Lakes! And moreover, we can see that there has been a big cover-up in the United States regarding the orbs over Lake Erie, where so-called 'experts' have expressed their 'informed' opinions about that this can be, when in fact, their knowledge on the subject was there all the time. Instead, they try to make reliable witnesses look like fools.
In the MOD report it says, amongst a lot of other things that are indeed noteworthy:
"That Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP or UFO) Exist is indisputable. Credited with the ability to hover, land, take off, accelerate to astonishing velocities and vanish. They can reportedly alter their direction of flight suddenly and clearly can exhibit aerodynamics characteristics well beyond those of any known aircraft or missile - either manned or unmanned.
The Conditions for the initial formation and sustaining of what are apparently buoyant charged masses (of Plasma), which can form, separate, merge, hover, climb, dive, and accelerate are not completely understood.
Dependent on a color's temperature and aerosol density, it may be seen visually, either by it self generated plasma color, by reflected light, or silhouette by light blockage and background contrast.
Occasionally and perhaps exceptionally, it seems a field with, undetermined characteristics can exist between certain charged buoyant objects in loose formation, the intervening space between them forms an area, viewed as a shape, often Triangular, from which the reflection of light does not occur. This is a key finding in the attribution of what have frequently been called black "Craft", often triangular and up to hundreds of feet in length. - The UK Ministry of Defence"
This report is interesting in many ways. Although these lights show up clearly in many videos now posted on YouTube, I wanted to ask Michael Lee Hill how he would describe them. He told me:
"They are beautiful! Imagine a house sized ball of Light/plasma that is pulsating with what seems like the brightest most intense multidimensional colors I have ever seen. They usually appear as a single Orb. Then sometimes that Orb will "divide", or another 2nd Orb will appear next to the first. Sometimes a third Orb will appear and then all three Orbs will join into a huge triangle formation and create what seems to be one solid Triangular craft.
Amazingly enough, Wes, the UK Ministry of Defense actually has detailed the behavior of these Orbs of Plasma/Light perfectly!"
That is indeed pretty interesting, and Michael is right. The following is what the Ministry of Defence has to say about these lights (and this is a quote from the above released information from MOD):
"That Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP or UFO) exist is indisputable. Credited with the ability to hover, land, take off, accelerate to astonishing velocities and vanish. They can reportedly alter their direction of flight suddenly and clearly can exhibit aerodynamics characteristics well beyond those of any known aircraft or missile - either manned or unmanned.
The Conditions for the initial formation and sustaining of what are apparently buoyant charged masses (of Plasma), which can form, separate, merge, hover, climb, dive, and accelerate are not completely understood.
Dependent on a color's temperature and aerosol density, it may be seen visually, either by it self generated plasma color, by reflected light, or silhouette by light blockage and background contrast.
Occasionally and perhaps exceptionally, it seems a field with, undetermined characteristics can exist between certain charged buoyant objects in loose formation, the intervening space between them forms an area, viewed as a shape, often Triangular, from which the reflection of light does not occur. This is a key finding in the attribution of what have frequently been called black "Craft", often triangular and up to hundreds of feet in length. - The UK Ministry of Defence"
So now we know that the exact same kind of UFOs have been seen by reliable witnesses (even the Coast Guard) over Lake Erie, Suffolk, Virginia (see 'The Terrell Copeland Case'[1]), and the Great Britain, recorded by the Ministry of Defense. Now, are there even more places in the world where these specific types of UFOs have been sighted? Yes, there is!
2. The Portal -- The Hessdalen Lights Phenomenon
Hessdalen is a central Norwegian small village located in a 9.3 miles (15km) long valley. We find it approximately 75 miles south of a larger Norweigian city, Trondheim. Normally, it would have been quite an insignificant little village, with only 120 people living there, and few people in the world would have known it even existed. However, Hessdalen has been quite well known internationally for occasional occurrences of a "sometimes ominous luminous phenomena called the 'Hessdalen Lights'. The phenomena is monitored by the 'Hessdalen AMS [Automatic Measurement Station, editor's note]'"[2].
These unusual lights have been reported in Hessdalen since at least back in the 1940s. However, there was a great increase in these sightings over the period of December 1981 until the summer of 1984, when people could apparently see the lights as often as 15-20 times a week. Then the amount of sightings decreased again to a relatively steady amount of 10-20 sightings a year, in average.
Figure A-8. The famous mysterious lights over Hessdalen, Norway
The light people see is often bright white or yellow (compare the Eastlake UFOs) and of unknown origin to the villagers and scientists. These lights are "standing or floating above the ground level."[3] And these are not just flashing lights; they can be seen, sometimes for hours at the time!
Due to the increased sightings in the early 1980s, a research team nick-named 'Project Hessdalen'[5] was initiated by Dr. Erling Strand in 1983. In 1988, the 'Hessdalen AMS', which basically is a research station, was built in the valley. It registers and records the appearance of these lights. Later, the EMBLA program was initiated. It brings together established scientists and students into researching these lights. Leading research institutions are Østfold University College (Norway) and the Italian National Research Council.[4] So it's obvious that these lights can't be easily explained. In fact, these research institutions, after almost 30 years of steady research, have no clear idea of what these lights are. In Wikipedia, it gives us a number of bullet points, showing us what some scientists are guessing that it is. However, none of these explanations includes that the lights has some kind of higher consciousness, which is quite apparent to anyone who has ever seen them. Nothing artificial can make loops and patterns like that. There are those who would object and say that nothing we know of could make patterns like that, but the thing is that anyone who is objective to start with will see that these lights are moving around by consciousness. I haven't watches them on site, but it's enough to watch them on videos to be able to tell.
But to make sure, let's see what local eye witnesses think about the lights in Hessdalen:
Multimedia A-3.
I took a snapshot of the video, only 40 seconds into it. Where have we seen this exact formation before? That's right, over Lake Erie! No doubt about it. I snapped this one in the precise moment when the lights created the famous triangular formation:
UFOs over Hessdalen (from "The Portal")
Figure A-9. UFOs over Hessdalen (snapshot from the video presentation, 'The Portal'')
One of the remarks a professor does is "where is the power cord; where is the fuel?" And he is nailing it down right to the point; these lights are not moving around with assistance from any known energy source, at least not to mainstream science.
Figure A-10. Researcher Dr. Erling Strand, University of Østfold, outside the 'Hessdalen Interactive Observatory'
The video presentation, 'The Portal' (Multimedia A-3 above) is a 47 minutes long video, filled with very reliable eye witnesses that have all seen similar things. The light phenomena are changing speed, indicating no mass by physical means, and "seems to be able to take on pieces of plasma or energy from the ground while passing by".[6] The same thing has been reported regarding the Eastlake UFOs. 'The Portal' continues the presentation by saying, "The phenomenon seems to radiate energy, due to the light and frequent change of color".[7] But also, some eye witnesses have, in connection with the sightings, felt the foul smell of sulphur. Apparently, in 2004 the scientists detected the light phenomenon several times, directly above a specific sulphur mine outside the village. "So this mine must be very special", says one of the interviewed locals of Hessdalen.[8] Although these lights have been seen hovering above the sulphur mine, it's just another theory, they add. The lights do not follow any fixed pattern, and certainly don't always hover over sulphur mines.
A spectral study has been done as well of the phenomenon, and it's been shown to contain oxygen, nitrogen, and silica, which in reality means air and dust. But there were also traces of the rare element of scandium, which can only be found in Scandinavia! Scandium is an extremely hard substance which can be found in the production of Soviet hydroplanes. This material is strong enough to cut through ice caps![9] The same material was used in Soviet fighters (and perhaps still is?) The Soviets had developed high-strength weldable aluminum alloys using Scandium. Now, that is interesting, because it's exactly what has been reported in the Eastlake UFO sightings! Eye witnesses have sometimes heard, sometimes seen (or both), how the UFOs have cut through the ice cap, making a massive sound. The Norwegian research team has now, as mentioned above, expanded their staff to include college students and others, because they need much more manpower to go to the bottom with this interesting phenomenon. It should be mentioned for research purposes that this phenomenon has also been observed in combination with the aurora borealis, starting out around 9:30 in the evening (fig. A-11).[10]
Figure A-11. The Light Phenomenon over Hessdalen in 2007, around the time of the aurora borealis (snapshot from 'The Portal'). The
exposure time in this photo was 30 sec, and according to the Hessdalen researchers, the best photo ever taken of this phenomenon.
What we're seeing in the picture is the light starting out with the glowing orb to the left, moving all the way to the right, and back all the way to the left, past the start point. The distance between the far left and far right is estimated to be 10-15km, which is about 5-7 miles. The exposure time from the camera was 30 seconds. What surprises the scientists is when they look at the spectrum at the bottom (made on purpose by the camera lens) it's continuous over the spectra, from red to violet. The way the spectrum shows up indicates there is no gas or fuel that's running the 'engine' (if any), but it certainly looks like it could be a solid object, they say, or from plasma with high density, or molecular chemical compositions.
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On Friday, February 15th at 7pm at Dolby Labs in Burbank, the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) will hold it's Winter Summit on game audio with two guest speakers. Audio director/sound designer, Chuck Russom will present a talk on the audio pipeline for the AAA James Bond title, Quantum of Solace (Treyarch/Activision). A small team put together a lot of audio for a big game, and Russom will discuss the strategies the team took in meeting their milestones. Then we'll be joined by composer, Austin Wintory discussing his work on the GRAMMY® nominated score for Journey (thatgamecompany/SCEA). There will be light snacks, and beverages available at the reception after the presentations. Admission for GANG members is free, and for non-GANG members, admission is $10. There is very limited space, so each order will have a limit of 2 tickets.
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ell woke up excited as today is boarding day for the cruise. Left Hornsby and was driven by a kindly chauffeur to the cruise terminal where we unloaded the luggage (lots of luggage as also stuff for the conference). Will share that photo at a later stage as download lead is in my luggage which has not been delivered as yet.
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What an awesome day!!!
This morning I told my wife I was going to get ready and head off to the club for our last indoor tournament before going outdoors. I asked if she wanted to come with and since it was raining and she could'nt ride her horse she said ok. I was getting warmed up and there was a genesis hanging in the range and I told her she should try shooting it. Another club member thats a friend of mine went and grabbed one of the genesis that we have for our youth league. She started shooting and was doing pretty good for not having a sight. Her fingers were getting sore so she tried a release. She was having a good time and I was having fun watching her shoot. Then I told her that I was going to the basement to shoot my score I told her she could come with and shoot at the cub targets if she wanted and she said that would be fun so I grabbed her a quiver from the youth league box and we headed down. She was doing well and even twelved a turkey . She missed a couple of targets when she got daring and was going for the targets farther away. I cannot tell you how happy I was to be shooting with my wife . we were talking on the way home and she said that if she ever got a bow she would want it custom painted with pink camo!!! . Well all I have to say is that even if she does'nt want to take up archery or hunting I will be happy just to have had the chance to shoot and share the experiance with her I will always remember this day!!!Target: Hoyt ProElite XT3000 C2, 60# 30", CBE Quad Lite, CBE 3x .019, Trophy Taker, Easton Fatboy 400's(indoor) lightspeed 400 (outdoor)
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That's great! I just bought my wife her first bow, a Browning Micro Midas 3. I set her up last night and we shot in the backyard today. She loves it, and I enjoy shooting with her. Now I'm trying to talk her into a 3-D.
Congrats, nice to see more people getting into archery. Next time your at the shop, just have her look at my wifes new Bowtech Equalizer in chrome with the pink and purple strings.Chris Christenson - Admin
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Ya Chris yesterday on the way home I was telling her about it. Your wife sure doies have a cool looking bow. The day of the league banquet I had see it. The silver sure-loc on there really sets it off too! Last night I showed her the 2006 Hoyt brochure and she was looking through it. I could'nt find the bowtech booklet I might have to stop in and get another one!Target: Hoyt ProElite XT3000 C2, 60# 30", CBE Quad Lite, CBE 3x .019, Trophy Taker, Easton Fatboy 400's(indoor) lightspeed 400 (outdoor)
Hunting: 2009 Alphamax35 (Blacked out) 70#, 29", HHA Slider, Bisquit, Easton ACC 3-60, Rage 100 gr. 2 blade
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California businesses subjected to the nation's only cap-and-trade policy were able to buy emissions credits at pennies above the minimum price when the state held its inaugural auction for emissions allowances last week.
The auction, held Wednesday, ended with affected industries purchasing greenhouse gas emissions allowances at a price of $10.09.
That amount is nine cents above the minimum price set before the California Air Resources Board held the auction. The board sold more than 23.1 million emissions allowances - worth more than $252 million in sum - via the auction.
California is the only state in the Union with a cap-and-trade program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting a "cap" of maximum allowable greenhouse gas emissions. It is part of Sacramento's attempt to put the state in the front to reduce the impact of climate change and air pollution.
Affected industries can buy, or "trade," emissions allowances if they cannot otherwise reduce their emissions below the government-set maximums. Companies that need allowances but did not obtain them at auction, can purchase them on commodities exchanges.
The price Wednesday may minimize cap-and-trade's immediate impact on businesses and consumers, a representative of the state's Air Resources Board said.
"We're OK with that too, because the cost of compliance won't be too high," agency spokesman Dave Clegern said.
Cap-and-trade affects refiners, utilities and large manufacturers. A $10 price per-allowance is estimated to add 10 cents to the price of gasoline when it goes into effect next year.
In the program's first year, the state is requiring companies to reduce emissions to 90 percent of current levels.
Cap-and-trade major part of A.B. 32, the law then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in 2006 to reduce global warming. The policy is at the center of yet another chapter in the long-running debate over whether California's environmental laws are innovative or a burden to commerce.
In the views of regulators, cap-and-trade will raise revenue for anti-pollution efforts while requiring some businesses to include greenhouse gas emissions as part of the cost of doing business.
Clegern said cap-and-trade can be expected to not only reduce emissions, but also encourage venture capitalists to invest in firms producing anti-pollution technology, such as fuel cell vehicles or autos running on an electrical charge.
Influential industry groups, however, point out that cap-and-trade still raises the cost of doing business in California and continue to oppose the program.
"California employers paid hundreds of millions of dollars for carbon credits during the first cap and trade auction last week. Instead of hiring workers, expanding production, or investing in new carbon-reducing equipment, these auction dollars will be distributed by government for other purposes," Dorothy Rothrock, vice president of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association said in a statement.
Another influential industry group, the California Chamber of Commerce, is trying to block cap-and-trade with a lawsuit.
Utilities also fall under cap-and-trade, but state officials are attempting to manage the program so that residential utility bills do not spike next year.
The state Public Utilities Commission is proposing a rule that would return cap-and-trade revenues to utility customers in the form of rebates and rate reductions. The rule could be approved at the Commission's Dec. 20 meeting.
Gary Stern, Southern California Edison's director of market strategy and resource planning, said residential customers should not expect higher electricity bills because of cap-and-trade.
The Rosemead-based utility and other companies will have to deal with higher costs because of cap-and-trade, Stern said. He also expects the program to lead to investments in more efficient forms of electricity generation.
Edison's position on cap-and-trade is that the program would likely be more successful if the regulations were imposed evenly nationwide. That said, the company prefers regulations with market-based components to narrow targets set by government officials.
"Generally speaking, we support market mechanisms like cap-and-trade than choosing a bunch of specific rules," Stern said. "If you choose a bunch of specific rules, it might be more costly than market mechanisms."
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In His Words: Father John Misty
Former Fleetfoxes drummer and current Father John Misty frontman, Josh Tillman, is perhaps one of the quirkiest characters creating indie rock/folk music as of late - and that says a lot. The debut album, Fear Fun, dropped back in May and has already garnered critical acclaim.
After performing an intimate acoustic set in the lobby of Ace Hotel New York recently, Tillman let iHeartRadio get up close and personal with him, giving a peak into his hotel room, posing for a few polaroids, and illustrating his biggest fear.
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Jason Wu Pre-Fall 2013
Three photo books sit stacked front and center in the foyer of Jason Wu's midtown studio, where he's been previewing his pre-fall collection: Helmut Newton: Work, Lillian Bassman: Women, and Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex and Disco. The two former, of course, depict the influences Wu united in his when-worlds-collide spring collection. The latter, his latest inspiration.
"It's all about sexy seduction," the designer says, gesturing toward a mood board of images of Jerry Hall, Jane Forth, and Donna Jordan. Add in Grace Jones and Bianca Jagger. "That group of girls always looked like they were having so much fun," he says. "I loved the freedom and liberty of the seventies." For him, right now "feels like a moment to be a little naughty and fun." But certainly beautiful. This is, after all, Jason Wu, who's become known for his tulle evening dresses, florals, and feminine day looks. So even though this collection is slinky, fluid, and even a bit revealing (see the long gold-bead dress with chiffon cutouts in just the right places), it's never gratuitous or in-your-face.
That tulle has been replaced—for now—with draped jersey. And there's a lot of leather, but mixed with, for example, chiffon, like on a cowl-necked cocktail dress, to soften it up. Wu has also explored geometry this season with a chevron motif found on a pointelle knit top and a jacket of black-and-white mink spliced together (exhibiting Wu's constant interest in technique, each thin strip of fur is sewn together to make the pattern). Eel skin has a big presence, too, in deep jewel tones of green, purple, yellow, and white stripes found on bags (such as a chic box clutch), a tee, and a halter dress. And chains feature heavily on belts and shoes. This is hard-edged glamour, Jason Wu–style.


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Milbank mischaracterized GOP amendment as effort to "soften" House immigration bill
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank described a Republican-sponsored amendment to reduce the charge for unlawful presence in the United States from a felony to a misdemeanor as "an effort to soften" the enforcement-only House immigration reform bill. In fact, Republicans sought to downgrade the criminal penalty in order to facilitate prosecution.
In his April 24 "This Week [1]" column, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank described a Republican-sponsored amendment to reduce the charge for unlawful presence in the United States from a felony to a misdemeanor as "an effort to soften" the enforcement-only House immigration reform bill. In fact, Republicans sought to downgrade the criminal penalty in order to facilitate prosecution, as Media Matters for America noted [2].
On December 16, 2005, the GOP-led House passed [3] a stringent immigration reform bill [4] sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI). Among the legislation's components was a controversial provision subjecting illegal immigrants to possible felony charges (unlawful presence is currently a civil violation). But prior to the final vote on the bill, Sensenbrenner proposed an amendment [5] to reduce the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor. Citing their across-the-board opposition [6] to criminal penalties, 191 Democrats opposed the measure, which subsequently failed by a vote of 257-164 [7].
As the Senate took up the issue of immigration reform in March and April, pro-immigrant groups held massive protests [8] in cities nationwide, largely provoked by the House-approved felony provision. In an effort to distance themselves from this element of the legislation, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) attempted [9] to shift the blame on to the Democrats, highlighting the Democrats' opposition to Sensenbrenner's amendment and assailing them for their purported "lack of compassion." The Republican National Committee (RNC) even produced [10] ads claiming that Democrats "voted to treat millions of hardworking immigrants as felons ... while President Bush and Republican leaders work for legislation that will protect our borders and honor our immigrants." In response to Hastert and Frist's accusation, Los Angeles Times columnist Ron Brownstein asserted that the Republicans had "misrepresent[ed] the evidence" in this case. From his April 16 column [11]:
Hastert and Frist charged that House Democrats voted to oppose "efforts to reduce the crime of unlawful presence ... from a felony to a misdemeanor." In fact, House Democrats opposed an effort to increase the penalty for unlawful presence from a civil violation to a criminal misdemeanor.
Indeed, as Media Matters noted [2] in response to media figures' repetition of this argument, the stated motive behind the GOP effort to downgrade the criminal penalty was not to make the bill less punitive, but rather to enhance the government's ability to prosecute illegal immigrants. When Sensenbrenner introduced the amendment, he made clear that the White House had lobbied for the change because it feared the due process requirements associated with felony charges would limit the number of actual prosecutions.
From Sensenbrenner's December 16, 2005, floor statement [6]:
SENSENBRENNER: The administration subsequently requested the penalty for these crimes be lowered to 6 months. Making the first offense a felony, as the base bill would do, would require a grand jury indictment, a trial before a district court judge and a jury trial.
Also because it is a felony, the defendant would be able to get a lawyer at public expense if the defendant could not afford the lawyer. These requirements would mean that the government would seldom if ever actually use the new penalties. By leaving these offenses as misdemeanors, more prosecutions are likely to be brought against those aliens whose cases merit criminal prosecution.
For this reason, the amendment returns the sentence for illegal entry to its current 6 months and sets the penalty for unlawful presence at the same level.
Nonetheless, Milbank -- echoing an April 12 article [12] by Post staff writer Jonathan Weisman -- described it as "an effort to soften the bill by making immigration violations misdemeanors rather than felonies."
Further, Milbank baselessly claimed that Bush's position on immigration reform has shifted "toward what foes brand as 'amnesty' for illegal immigrants." From Milbank's April 24 column:
President Bush today tries to revive prospects for immigration legislation in Congress, which has failed to come up with an agreement amid complaints that the White House has been absent from the debate.
In Irvine, Calif., Bush gives a speech on "Comprehensive Immigration Reform," a package that goes beyond the solely punitive bill passed by the House and toward what foes brand as "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.
The "amnesty" proposals in question are those that include a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. The most prominent is the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 [13]," approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 27, which provides such an opportunity to most of the 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States. A subsequent compromise proposal [14] offered the possibility of citizenship to those immigrants who have been in the country illegally for more than 2 years.
While the White House commended both pieces of legislation, Bush has not expressed his full support for either proposal and has given no indication that he has shifted away from his opposition to so-called "amnesty," as Milbank suggested. Indeed, a March 27 fact-sheet [15] laying out the president's "Vision for Comprehensive Immigration Reform" clearly stated that, while he supports a temporary worker program, he "firmly opposes amnesty." In an April 5 statement [16], he expressed his support for "a guest worker provision that is not amnesty, one that provides for automatic citizenship." And in his April 8 radio address [17], Bush reiterated that "comprehensive immigration reform must include a temporary worker program that relieves pressure on our borders, while rejecting amnesty." He further stated, "We must ensure that those who break our laws are not granted an automatic path to citizenship."
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For the first time in more than a month, there will soon be no blue whale remains on the shores of Rocky Harbour. In fact, the crew from Research Casting International was expected to have the second massive sea creature dismantled and completely ready for transport to Ontario by Sunday. After the anticipated cleanup finishes, the spectacle on the shore of the Northern Peninsula community will be there no more.
The area has been engulfed with increased tourism and an awful odour since two of four dead blue whales caught in ice floated ashore in the area weeks ago — the first one ending up across the shore of Bonne Bay. As local residents continued to observe the piece-by-piece removal, the guests were considered an asset, but the smell will not be missed.
The crew led by Brett Crawford was continuing to cut away and clean the giant carcass Saturday — getting toward the latter stages after more than a week's work. The Royal Ontario Museum will be the first destination for the skeleton, but this one will be returned to Memorial University.
The university said it could take up to five years before the skeleton is ready for display. Mark Abrahams, dean of science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, previously said the university will engage and consult the public about how and where the blue whale will be displayed.
However, there is already speculation the skeleton will end up in St. John's.
That does not sit well with David Smallwood, a local historian and well-known community volunteer who visited the site in Rocky Harbour Saturday. He believes the skeleton would be a tourist attraction and should be situated somewhere on the west coast.
"With the Bonne Bay Marine Station right up the road and Grenfell in Corner Brook, there is no reason why it should not be displayed out here somewhere," he said on the wharf in Rocky Harbour.


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By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
OLYMPIA — Food labeling activists, who lost a ballot brawl in California last year, are counting on a high-powered consulting team and the deep pockets of donors nationwide to pass their initiative in Washington this fall.
Supporters of Initiative 522 on the November ballot have already stockpiled $1.1 million, with more than half of it coming from major contributors to the failed attempt to require food labeling in the Golden State.
And they've hired strategist Zach Silk and the Seattle consulting firm Moxie Media to direct the Yes on I-522 campaign, the same duo that ran the successful effort to approve Referendum 74 and preserve Washington's gay marriage law in 2012.
Their job will be to convince voters to change state law to require labels on all food products that are genetically engineered or contain genetically engineered ingredients. No label would be needed on products grown or produced without genetically modified organisms.
What this means is, for example, that certain varieties of corn and wheat grown from scientifically created seed stock will need labels. And snack foods such as chips and soft drinks that contain artificial ingredients would need labels starting in July 2015.
Meanwhile, foes of the measure trail badly in fundraising and lag in organizing but are expected to wage a vigorous and well-funded fight.
The No on 522 campaign committee had raised a miniscule $1,144 as of Friday, according to reports filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission. Almost all of it was spent for a March confab where representatives of food, retail and agriculture organizations met for a strategy session.
Opponents have not hired a campaign manager or begun aggressively fundraising, though they say a prominent consulting firm capable of handling both chores could be on board this month.
"There will be an organized campaign, but I don't know where it is formally at this point," said Tom Davis, director of government relations for the Washington State Farm Bureau. "We take them serious."
Backers say the measure will give consumers more information on how the food they eat is grown or processed.
"What we know about our customers is they're telling us they want to know what's in their food," said Susan Livingston, marketing director for the Pacific Northwest region of Whole Foods Market, one of the most prominent supporters.
Opponents say the measure will drive up food prices, spur lawsuits and put Washington farmers and businesses at a competitive disadvantage with those operating in states without labeling requirements.
Putting labels on foods that are as safe as any made without genetically engineered ingredients will mislead consumers about a product's safety, Davis said.
"You're creating fear in the minds people over scientific findings that show the food is safe," he said.
The battle cries in Washington echo those heard in California during the debate on Proposition 37, which proposed nearly identical food labeling rules.
Voters rejected that measure by a margin of 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent in a campaign that saw opponents outspend supporters $45.6 million to $8.7 million.
Those pushing Initiative 522 said they anticipate big checks will come in against them from companies like Monsanto, which gave more than $8 million to defeat the California proposition.
That's why they've made raising money early a key goal. Thus far they've landed sizable donations from several of those who gave generously in the California battle.
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, a Southern California-based company, contributed $350,000 to initiative supporters last month, according to PDC records. That's the single largest contribution thus far.
Joseph Mercola, the owner of an Illinois health supplements company, contributed $200,000, and the Organic Consumers Fund, a national network of individuals and groups opposed to genetically engineered foods, has given $180,000.
Collectively, those three pumped $3 million into the pro-Proposition 37 effort, according to a tally of campaign finance reports posted on Ballotpedia.
Backers of Initiative 522 said they expect to be outspent by the fall. But, they said, Washington offers them a more politically advantageous landscape than California.
It's smaller in size and population, which makes it easier and less expensive to spread a political message.
Voters, of late, are willing to set social policy, as evidenced by passing measures to privatize sales of hard liquor, limit tax increases and legalize marijuana and same-sex marriage.
Also, there are farmers, ranchers and retailers endorsing the measure even though many of them belong to statewide organizations fighting it, such as the Farm Bureau and Washington Retail Association.
Elizabeth Larter, communications director for the campaign, said a lesson they learned from California was the importance of organizing earlier in the election cycle.
She said they've been more cohesive and proactive than at this stage in California.
Also different is that the measure is getting strong support from two natural food store chains — Whole Foods Market and PCC Natural Markets — much earlier in the campaign than in California.
And Whole Foods is conducting its own education campaign in its stores and online, something it did not do in California.
"A lot of the industry was not involved as early as we would have liked to have been," Livingston said.
Davis of the state farm bureau is well aware of the ramp-up of food labeling activists but isn't nervous. He said it's only May.
"We're not feeling any sense of panic," he said. "We have truth on our side."
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Everyone who's going to the Vermont rally, raise your hands!
Everyone who's going to the Vermont rally, raise your hands!
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Jeff Dean − BMW MOA Co-founder (1972)
I'm going to Vermont in '06......................
I'm going to Wisconsin in '07....................
Yes ......I'm going to both ......Vermont and Wisconsin
'99 K1200LT, '03 Ducati M800Si.e.-SOLD, '02 F650GSD, '03 DRZ400S
In for both.
Dave Swider
Marin County, CA
Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
In for Vt. also the rest of the Peaks of America tour.The RA has a forum in their rally area.
Vespa ET4
I'm in and totally psyched. This will be my second national. Really looking forward to it. ALL HANDS UP!!!!
Julie and I will be there. This will be the first National Rally our son Ryan will be able to attend because the Army National Guard had him occupied for the past seven Nationals. Boy is he pumped! It's gonna be great because VERMONT - It's Not Flat!
Riding Like the Wind...
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Black '02 K12RS (Chuck & Julie)
Black '96 R1100R (Ryan)
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From California here! Not sure which bike to ride as yet; R100/7 of my much newer KLT. My R is Vermont veteran in '78 at Rutland. You remember? Be kind of cool to ride same bike after 28 years! I've got about an 8000 loop, at least planned. Jeff D., I have a daughter "Beemerphile in the making"and she is in the US Navy as one of their future pilots. At 23 now, she will be moving to Tucson soon, as a student at University of AZ., in their Aerospace Engineering program. Smart kid! She has a ton of BMW passenger miles and soon a BMW of her own, I hope. Maybe you can meet her someday, Living in the same local.... Give her some friendly Beemer advice. She's heard it all from me, but another wouldn't hurt, Yes? Jessica is attending the school this fall and a really swell young adult. Full time Navy student in their officer program. She has been promoted from enlisted ranks. Happy Trails...Randy 13233 Thanx
My wife and I would be happy to meet her when she comes Tucson and get her connected to the local BMW motorcycle crowd. Have her contact me in late October.Originally Posted by Polarbear
Jeff Dean − BMW MOA Co-founder (1972)
I'm pretty damn sure I'm IN, I have (want) to take four-weeks off from work to do this right (Peaks of America Tour - TransCanada = home). It's all a matter of timing.
I have an alternate plan for the Mrs's too if she doesn't want to ride the whole thing. She can get on the Train (Eastbound) and I'll pick her up along the way. She can fly home at the end. (But I don't know why she'd want to miss all the scenic stuff in between).
I think I'll be in Vermont
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Report: *NSync's Joey Fatone & wife split
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*NSync's Joey Fatone may be out of sync with his high school sweetheart and wife of eight years.
"Star" magazine says the 36-year-old singer has split from Kelly Baldwin. The magazine says Joey and Kelly have been living apart since February. A source says the two have been trying to keep their separation quiet for the sake of their daughters, ages 12 and 3.
Joey reunited with his old boy band at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. He and the other members of *NSync performed briefly as part of a special tribute to group member Justin Timberlake who received MTV's Michael Jackson Vanguard Award.
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