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On July 19, Jaxon of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD will release its sixth studio album, "Hail To The King", on August 27. The long-awaited follow-up to 2010's "Nightmare" was once again produced by Mike Elizondo and is the first to be wholly written without drummer and key songwriter James "The Rev" Sullivan, who died in December 2009. Sullivan has since been replaced by Arin Ilejay, a former member of CONFIDE.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD has announced the "Hail To The King" tour — a massive headlining U.S. arena tour to take place this October and the band's first full scale American tour since 2011. The run of dates will kick off in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, October 3 and wrap up on October 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Supporting the band on all dates will be special guests DEFTONES and GHOST B.C.
Additionally, fans of AVENGED SEVENFOLD can pre-order a special, limited-edition box set of "Hail To The King". The antique gold colored embossed foil wrapped "treasure box" will feature exclusive "Hail To The King" artwork and include a deluxe version of the album on CD with a download card to an extra bonus track, an exclusive Canvas Print, a 20-page photo book featuring photos of the band through out the years, a Death Bat Challenge Coin, Death Bat Skeleton Key, an instant download of the new single, and a download of the album on street date. Fans that purchase the box set will also receive pre-sale access to the upcoming U.S. tour. The box is available for purchase here and once they sell out no more will be made.
"Hail To The King" track listing:
01. Shepherd Of Fire
02. Hail To The King
03. Doing Time
04. This Means War
05. Requiem
06. Crimson Day
07. Heretic
08. Coming Home
09. Planets
10. Acid Rain
AVENGED SEVENFOLD will celebrate the album release by playing a free show at the Hollywood Palladium on August 26.
Interview (audio):
"Hail To The King" (song) audio stream:
"Hail To The King" single cover art:
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So lately, in the book sphere, I've been very, very grateful. So I wanted to give a special thanks out to a few people who've been extremely kind and awesome!
Firstly, I want to thank Carol! From Carol's prints (http://carol-in-print.blogspot.com/)
- Thank you so much for my copy of "Speak" that I won! I can not wait to read it. Your blog is so well put together, it's great to read your updates all the time! You are such a kind soul for everything you do in the blogsphere! :)
Next, I want to thank Bree Despain! www.readbree.com
- Thank you so so much for the awesome TDD might be a movie someday giveaway! I am exstatic that I've won a signed copy of "The Lost Saint", just so stoked! Plus I get to wear beautiful blue nail polish to match! :) Thank you so much for writing awesome books and just being fantastic to your readers! :)
Finally, I want to thank Jennifer Laurens! http://jenniferlaurens.blogspot.com/
- Firstly, I want to thank you for the amazing blogmania giveaway you had, that I won! I was soooo excited I won and all the goodies are amazing!! :) I'm so happy I have two signed books from you now! (I just need to get Absolution signed... hmmm! haha). Your series is one of my favorites and I just love, love, looove the books! You write amazingly, and I just wanted to say Thank You for being you!
I've just been very grateful and happy lately due to amazing books, authors, and people. So I wanted to give a Thank You to all those awesome people who've made my past few weeks even better (because they haven't been the best)! So, Thank you so much! :)

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Senior Producer Terry Michaels explains the three available Founders' Packs: the Settler Pack, the Explorer Pack, and the Trailblazer Pack.
The Settler Pack is available for $19.99 and includes unlimited Closed Beta access, a Founder's Pickaxe, an exlusive title, and more! Settlers will receive these items on or before March 31, 2014.
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Are you a true Trailblazer? Visit www.eqnlandmark.com and buy your Founder's Pack today!


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An organization has regions within a province, but has no list of coordinates that define region boundaries. I would like to draw custom polygon areas on a map using a web-based and user-friendly interface (such as Google My Maps or Scribble Maps). The regions are for data aggregation.
Maptitude and OpenGeo are being considered for the final GIS application. The database will likely be PostgreSQL running PostGIS.
What open-source tool would you use to define the coordinates by drawing polygons on an interactive map? That is:
Browser -> Map -> Polygons (shared boundaries) -> Export
If the export step (to PostGIS) was performed automatically, so much the better.
A cross-browser solution (IE8, FF, Chrome, Safari) with a working demo would be most helpful.


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The headline of an article in a national newspaper today (30/12/2017) states "Cancer - free bacon is here...thanks to UK breakthrough." The article goes on to claim that British bacon could soon be free from cancer-causing chemicals thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Nitrite free bacon will soon appear on supermarket shelves under the brand name 'Naked Bacon' produced by Northern Irish food manufacturer Finnebrogue, who claim that their product will be completely free of nitrites, E-numbers and allergens. The Chairman of Finnebrogue, Denis Lynn, went on record to say, "Nitrites should not be in any food. This is the biggest revolution to the British breakfast for a generation."
The article goes into a considerable amount of detail about the breakthrough and also contains observations about the WHO conclusions in 2015 relating to processed meat and the carcinogenic compounds in the body caused by nitrites.
I personally look forward with interest to see the developments in this sphere, as although I wish to cure my own bacon, and have already been successful with my first attempt, am not entirely comfortable with the nitrite content of cures. I shall continue to follow future articles on the subject. Can I also take the opportunity to wish all forum readers and administrators, a "Happy New Year"


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Most likely, the largest expenditure your company will make is for its vehicles. Purchasing these trucks takes a whole lot of research, evaluation and careful consideration.
Your rolling stock requires a major investment, so you want to make sure that the vehicles you're buying, renting, or leasing fit your company's needs.
"You have to ask yourself, what's the best truck for my needs? What am I going to use it for? What kind of environment is it going to operate in?" explains Todd Bloom, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America. "How many miles a year am I going to put on it? What will it cost me to operate and maintain the truck? All of these are considerations that should be made when you're ready to buy a truck."
There are a variety of types of trucks, and a number of manufacturers to choose from. You need to determine whether you want a pickup or a cab-over-engine (COE). If you choose a COE, do you want a basic body or one that's tailored to the landscape market?
Your trucks can be major branding tools as well. Not only are your vehicles more than just portable ware houses, they're also rolling billboards.
According to Craig Prunty, owner and CEO of All Oregon Landscaping, Inc., "First impressions are critical in our marketplace and throughout all businesses. How is anyone going to recognize and remember your company's name, if you do not properly endorse your company, your crews' clothing, vehicles and equipment?" Your vehicles are your most visible advertising asset. Think about it— when they're on the street, your truck probably gets seen more times in an hour than your website might in a day. With the right logo, your vehicles are working every minute that they're in the field.
Another factor to consider is fuel economy. With the fluctuations in gas prices, have you thought about the possibility of using alternative fuels like diesel, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquid natural gas (LNG) or propane? More and more landscape contractors are purchasing or outfitting their fleet vehicles to handle alternative fuel sources.
"Over the winter, we're probably going to convert two of our four irrigation trucks to propane," says Bill McWilliams, chief operating officer of Columbia Landscape, LLC in Columbia, Missouri. "Our director of irrigation puts a lot of miles on his truck, so we're definitely going to do his. We'll gradually convert pickup trucks over to propane as the payback dictates." These alternative fuel options not only make your company ecologically compliant, they can save you some fuel dollars as well.
Saving consumers money has been a main focus for automobile manufacturers, and they are continuing to make changes to their vehicles to ensure better fuel economy. Especially notable for 2013 is the abundance of bi-fuel engines that run on compressed natural gas (CNG), as well as more propane engines and hybrid-electric drive powertrains.
Pickup trucks
Several modifications have been made to the 2013 models. For example, the popular Ford F-150, the same venerable model that's been around for a while, will now sport a new front-end design, along with a new grille, high-intensity discharge headlamps, power-telescoping and power-folding trailer-tow, and side-view mirrors.
While the Ford F-150 has been on the market for decades, it now comes in 10 models; you can choose from single cabs or double cabs, and the choice of engines ranges from a 3.7L V6 engine with 302hp, to a V8 engine with 411hp.
The F-650 (a medium-duty vehicle) will feature a powertrain specifically for the gasoline engine, although the F-650 is also available with a diesel engine. The 6.8L, 375hp V10 Triton engine has a 6-speed automatic transmission with double overdrive gears, and can run on gasoline, CNG, or propane.
Chrysler's Ram trucks division's big news for 2013 is the overhauled Ram 1500 pickup. It features the Torque- Flite 8, an 8-speed automatic transmission that replaces the 4-speed model. The replacement is said to significantly improve fuel economy without sacrificing any of the truck's power. The new 3.6L Pentastar V6 offers 42 percent more horsepower, and allows for at least 20 percent better fuel economy than the 3.7L powertrain.
The Chevrolet Avalanche will see its last year of production with a special edition dubbed the Black Diamond Avalanche. This commemorative model is equipped with a Vortec 5.3L V8 engine, capable of 320hp. It comes with a fuel-efficient Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed automatic transmission, and an active fuel management system.
During mandatory testing required by the federal government, the Hydra-Matic appeared to show approximately six percent better fuel economy. All Chevrolet vehicles that have 6-speed automatic transmissions will be equipped with powertrain grade braking.
GMC's 2013 Sierra can be purchased with a 4.3L V6 with 195hp, or a Vortec 302 hp 4.8L V8 FlexFuel, or a Vortex 5.3L V8 FlexFuel with 315hp. It will also be equipped with powertrain braking.
The Sierra Hybrid model will be available in new colors. It will continue to be equipped with a 6.0L V8 LZ1, with 332hp.
Cab-Over Engines (COE)
But maybe you aren't looking for a pickup. Maybe you, like many other landscape contracting companies, have decided to focus your spending on a COE rather than a conventional pickup for your crew.
"They have a longer life cycle because they're heavy-duty trucks, in terms of how they're built," says Bloom. "They have better maneuverability, and a smaller turning radius than a normal car. When you're sitting in the cab, your line of sight comes into focus much closer to the vehicle, which is important for safety purposes." If you're one of the many who are choosing a COE, you're in for a treat, Bloom says, especially with the greater visibility.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) has revamped its Canter COE lineup. All new Canters will come standard with dual batteries, as well as a factory-installed PTO wiring harness. The harness is designed to receive an optional, matched control switch that makes a connection to optional PTOs easy.
The Canter is equipped with a 4P10 Diesel Compact 3L design, a 2- stage turbocharger and piezo injectors for high torque and fuel economy. The engine can produce 161hp, and 295 lb.-ft. of torque.
Also featured is a DUONIC 6- speed automated manual transmission. Although this is the first automated transmission to be featured in a commercial vehicle, the technology has already proven itself time and time again in race cars.
The DUONIC combines the economy of a manual transmission with the convenience of an automatic, and eliminates any torque interruption between shifts. The automated transmission also offers the advantage of ECO mode, which upshifts ahead of time in heavy traffic, in order to consume less fuel. According to the manufacturer, the Canter series can attain 12.331 mpg.
Certain commercial Isuzu trucks will undergo changes. The NPR gas model, powered by a 6.0L Vortex V8 gasoline engine, delivers 297hp. The engine comes mated to a 6-speed automatic, with double overdrive. The NPR will also be available with a 5.2L Isuzu 4HK1-TC turbocharged intercooled diesel engine that produces 215hp. This model is mated to an Aisin A465 6-speed double overdrive automatic transmission system with lockup torque converter.
Their NQR series and NPR-HD series will be equipped with a 5.2L Isuzu 4HK1-TC turbocharged and intercooled diesel engine, offering 215hp. This model as well is mated to the Aisin A465 6-speed double overdrive automatic transmission system with lockup torque converter.
Also available is the NPR ECO-MAX, which has a turbocharged, intercooled diesel engine, and is mated to an Aisin A460 double overdrive automatic transmission system with lockup torque converter. The new ECO-MAX achieves up to 20 percent better fuel economy than the previous generation.
An alternative fuel model, the NPR-HD N-Series, comes equipped with the GMPT L96 V8 Vortec 6000, capable of 297hp. This model also features a 6L90 6-speed automatic transmission with a double overdrive converter.
A new model has been introduced by Hino Trucks USA. The Class 5 COE model 195 is equipped with a 5L J05E series diesel engine that has a selective catalytic reduction emission control system and generates 210hp with 440 lb.-ft. of torque.
A hybrid mode, the Class 5 COE 195H, is built with a parallel hybrid propulsion system that uses regenerative braking to charge a bank of nickel metal hydride batteries. Coupled with what Hino calls its "hybrid adaptive control system," it allows for improved fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent. The 195H comes equipped with a J05E- TP diesel-electric hybrid engine, with 210 hp and 440 lb.-ft. of torque.
Fuel Economy Whether it's rolling out a brand new model, or updating the traditional models, there are all sorts of enhancements that have been made with every manufacturer. The focus is on fuel efficiency, and lower maintenance costs, while being more productive for drivers to operate.
As gas prices slowly approach the terrifying price of $5 per gallon throughout the country, and options like hydrogen fuel and electric engines still in their embryonic stage, automobile manufacturers are focusing their efforts on fuel efficiency.
One of the 'trends' in truck manufacturing right now is equipping commercial trucks with engines that can run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
This bi-fuel strategy will comfortably extend the range between fillups by—in some cases—hundreds of miles. As the term bi-fuel implies, the system provides two sources of energy to rely on: the fuel system will always start and run on CNG as long as it is in the tank, but will transparently switch to gasoline when the CNG tank runs empty.
With the current average price of CNG roughly equivalent to $1.90 per gallon, manufacturers believe that customers could save up to $10,000 over a three-year period. Moreover, according to the EPA, CNG burns much cleaner than gasoline, reducing carbon-monoxide emissions by 90 to 97 percent and nitrogen-oxide emissions by 35 to 60 percent.
However, there are a few things to consider. First, CNG-powered vehicles generally cost more to purchase than vehicles powered by gasoline. Second, filling stations that offer CNG are still not available in some areas around the country. Despite these concerns, the cost of fuel is significantly less, and because manufacturers know that's what we want, companies are coming out with new models equipped with bi-fuel systems that are compatible with CNG.
Some GM and Ram vehicles offer bi-fuel CNG heavy-duty trucks. Ram is offering a factory-built bi-fuel configuration that is powered by a 5.7L Hemi V8 engine linked to a 6-speed automatic transmission. The CNG tank holds 260 litres of fuel (68.7 gallons); Ram claims it can travel up to 255 miles, and has a combined range for both tanks around 370 miles.
GM has a factory-built bi-fuel system for both Chevrolet and GMC extended cab and heavy-duty pickup trucks. Both the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 will feature a CNG-capable Vortec 6.0L V8 engine. GM says the trucks should attain a range of more than 650 miles.
Ford's F-250 and F-350 Super Duty models will have a bi-fuel CNG/gasoline option. Tests have demonstrated that Ford's use of bifuel technology allows trucks to travel more than 650 miles in range. Although Ford is expanding its range of alternative fuel and hybrid powertrain options for the F-250 and F-350 Super Duty models, it is not offered on the F-150.
What's the best vehicle for your needs? After answering all of the questions in this article, you should be able to come up with the right answer.


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Katie Silver
Class of 2011
Major/Minor: Business Management
Campus Involvement
- Major: Business Management
Johnson Scholarship Supports Business Internship
Katie Silver '11 knew she wanted a career in fashion, so she put on her best outfit, walked into the Box of Rain boutique near her home in Hunt Valley, MD, and asked the owner for a summer internship. A business management major, Katie wanted to learn what it would be like to run her own clothing store.
At the store, Katie got the leadership view of running a popular fashion boutique by shadowing the owner. She was responsible for such tasks as handling purchase orders, advertising, and e-mail marketing to customers. She also had the opportunity to meet "road reps" from places like New York and Philadelphia who introduce new lines to retailers. Katie and other members of store management selected which pieces to add to the boutique's line. She was particularly impressed with a representative who sold the brand Limon Piel, a line of quality designer handbags hand-crafted by Indian tribes in Colombia.
Katie's credit-bearing internship with Box of Rain provided her with valuable experience in the world of business and fashion, and she worked 25 hours per week for the store, but she didn't get a paycheck. Washington College's Johnson Business Internship scholarship fund was created for just such instances. The scholarship awarded the business student $2,500 to compensate her for the time she spent with the company. Katie was grateful for the opportunity because, she says, "the internship didn't leave me much time for another job."
Now that she has some experience in the fashion business, Katie has been able to better define her career plans. Working with the road reps inspired her to become a buyer for a large corporation like Nordstrom. She is excited with the knowledge she has gained while at Washington College, and hopes to translate this into a job in the fashion industry after graduation.


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Phils help Liberty USO bring holiday cheer overseas
Club caps Operation Stocking Stuffers Care Package program with gifts for troops
PHILADELPHIA -- Boxes upon boxes sat in the Phillies' clubhouse on Wednesday morning at Citizens Bank Park. Some were headed to Afghanistan, while others would be shipped to the Pacific and Europe.
Liberty USO had reached the conclusion of its annual Operation Stocking Stuffers Care Package program, with some final help from the Phillies. The three-month collection program culminated with about 2,500 care packages being shipped to military personnel overseas for the holidays. Capt. Howard W. "Bud" Evans and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ellen Smith -- both of whom have Philadelphia ties -- volunteered and got a nice surprise from the Phillie Phanatic: a trip to Clearwater, Fla., for Spring Training.
"This is over the top," Evans said.
"I just missed the entire season, so it'll be a really remarkable way to get back into the games," Smith said.
Liberty USO president and CEO Joe Brooks said the USO of Pennsylvania and South Jersey already has shipped 10,000 care packages this year to deployed military.
"I'm blessed because I get to receive real-time feedback via Facebook, Twitter and email," Brooks said. "In each of these care packages, we put cards inside and say, 'Let us know.' We'll get something at 4 o'clock in the morning. We got one recently from a Sergeant in Afghanistan. He said this care package arrived at the absolute right time. Morale was at a low, and it immediately made him smile."
Evans and Smith echoed that sentiment.
"The care packages are uplifting," Evans said. "It's kind of hard to describe. Mail call is special already, but then you see something coming from Liberty USO and it's your hometown? That's even better."
"It really is a taste of home," Smith said. "It just gives you a moment of respite from this crazy, austere environment. Just to have a cup of coffee or a Tastykake or something from home is great."
The stockings packaged at the ballpark include DVDs, food and Phillies items. The Phils-related stockings will be distributed to military with ties to the area.
"We sent a care package last year full of stockings," Brooks said. "We assign them to one person, and then he hands them out to everybody in his unit. Well, there was an L.A. Dodgers fan in one unit. He sent a photo back that said, 'Phillies fan for a day. Thank you, Liberty USO.' It was really cool."


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I've Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
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Here is a photograph of an Unidentified Aerial Object.
This was taken from an aircraft's window at 30,000 ft.
Hello world. I feel it is my duty as a human being and fellow citizen to share my experience with "We The Sheeple". Hopefully mainstream scientists will also take this seriously as it would be helpful when all of humanity, on our little planet, become aware of another, profound reality.
I had a life altering experience over 30 years ago around the late 70's or early 80's. I witnessed some kind of enormous unidentified aerial phenomenon. I still remember it today as if it happened yesterday. Every time when I used to tell my story, I would literally relive the whole experience. What I mean by "used to tell" is because I no longer bother. Nobody listens, nobody cares and most don't believe it anyway. On that note, I'm going to tell it for the last time on this, my first website. I'm just Joe citizen with an above average interest in science and nature. I'm not an author or a writer, just a one finger typer.
Through The Looking Glass
Around the winter of around 1980, January perhaps, I just got off work at 9:30 P.M. from the auto dealership. I was a car salesman at the time. I started driving towards the city of Toronto, Canada, on the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way) eastbound to meet some friends at a bar on the Esplanad (a street lined with nightclubs). I was not under the influence of any drug or alcohol.
As I was driving, I noticed a string of lights slowly rotating counter-clockwise over the city of Toronto, at about the ten o'clock position from my point of view. This caught my eye because these formation of lights were very unusual. The lights were evidently in a circular pattern with about two thirds were visible as the other third rotated out of view. Imagine a pie plate with about 25 lights around the circumference of it. As this "pie plate" would revolve, a third of these lights would be hidden from view as if they were obstructed by a solid body. It was at night so all I could see was these rotating string of lights but they were definitely on a "fixed" platform as the lights were revolving in unison.
Although I've heard of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and was curious, at that time in my life, I didn't really give that much thought about them. I've always been interested in nature and especially about the universe. I've seen all kinds of aircraft and advertising blimps at night before. I drove taxi's off and on for fifteen years on the night shift and have seen countless meteors, lightening, satellites etc. On two occasions I've even seen extremely bright, slow falling, green fireball meteors lighting up the ground, for a couple of seconds, as if it was daylight . I've read, in later years, were other witnesses reported green fireballs as Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. I chuckled to myself thinking how easily "UFO believers" can be fooled by natural phenomenon.
Anyway, these circle of lights were slowly descending and approaching towards me (westbound), while I was driving about 115 kilometers per hour on the highway (eastbound). These lights were getting closer and closer as "we" approached each other. I recall thinking to myself that this must be some kind of advertising balloon and those lights were letters. As I kept driving, I was paying more and more attention to this object because the closer it was getting, the more unusual it looked. I kept glancing at it, while driving, waiting until it was close enough to read what these letters were saying, still thinking it was some kind of advertising blimp. The closer it got, the more I looked at it. Now at my nine o'clock position, the string of rotating lights appeared to bank left like an airplane would "turning right". Actually it wasn't banking at all. It was dipping forward pointing towards the ground. At this point, I realized that these lights were not letters at all. They were different shaped, yellowish white lights. The reason these lights were different in shape was because they appeared to be "inset" into some solid body. When the lights were seen head on, they were circular. But as they rotated out of "direct" view, they changed shape like the different crescents of the moon. That's why they appeared to be all different shapes.
During the time when this Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon started to bank left, or I thought from my point of view, I was struggling with myself trying to understand whether this was a plane, blimp, or a balloon. It was flying too slow for a plane, yet, too fast for a blimp. Also, it didn't appear to be flying or floating. The best way I can describe its motion is that it looked like it was "sailing" in the sky.
What's interesting here is that the human brain tries to associate what the eyes are seeing, to something already seen or experienced before. That's why I was at war with myself trying to decide whether this object was a plane, blimp or a balloon. Every time I resigned myself to what I must be witnessing, I jumped to another conclusion. This jumping from one conclusion to another occurred during the whole experience. I was imagining all kinds of things. For example, if it was a plane, the only way these lights could have been positioned was in a circle because this plane must have had some kind of supporting structure in a circle from wing tip to wing tip. This didn't make any sense at all. I've seen advertising planes before. This was nothing like this. Not even close. Than I was trying to imagine a "Goodyear blimp" with these letters going across its side. This was nothing like it either. So here I was, trying to drive and watch this object at the same time. As I was driving, I started to slow down because I kept looking at this circle of lights more than the road ahead of me. In retrospect, I don't even know how I kept my car on the road because I was so awed by this display in the sky. As the object kept dipping forward more and more, it eventually ended up totally perpendicular to the ground! The first thing that came to mind was a big Ferris wheel rotating in the sky. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. At this point I slowed down to about 50 KPH (30 miles an hour in a 60 MPH highway for my American friends) and put my four way, flashing hazard lights on my car fearing that another car would crash into the back of me for going so slow on a 100 KPH highway.
As I was mesmerized by this strange Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, a surge of adrenaline hit me like a ton of bricks. I didn't realize how BIG this thing was. At first I thought it was the size of an airplane fairly close. IT WAS GIGANTIC! Absolutely ENORMOUS in size. At least twice the size of a football field, bigger than an aircraft carrier! It must have been miles away. I don't know what gave away its size. Maybe the reflections of light on the ground. The best way I can relate this sudden realization is like one of those illusions most of us have seen. You know, when you look at a pixel drawing with an image you can't see until you stare at it for a while? After a period of time, you make out the face of a women or something like that? That's kind of the transformation I experienced. At first I thought the object was the size of a large plane than suddenly I REALLY saw it. IT WAS HUGE!!! I yelled out loud to my self, "Holey F**k, IT'S HUGE!!!". I don't F***ing believe it, it's F***ing HUGE!!!. I thought it was fairly close at first, than bang!, it was much farther away and larger than my brain first comprehended it. Speaking about this surge of adrenaline. Have you ever had a really close call having a car accident? When your heart rate skyrockets to about 180 beats per minute? That's what I felt when I realized how Gargantuan this object was! I could actually feel my heart pounding like crazy. To be frank, that's when it literally scared the hell out of me, when I realized how big it was. At this point, I rolled down my window and pointed to this giant "Ferris wheel" in the sky to the other motorists, but it appeared no one seemed to notice as they screamed by me at regular highway speeds. I remember how cold it was when I rolled down my window. It was something like minus 30 Celsius below zero.
After, I don't know how long, probably only a few seconds of rotating in this perpendicular position, this Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon started to climb and right itself and "sail" back to the direction it originally came from. I rolled up my window, turned off my hazard lights, and started to speed up to chase it. Still it seemed other motorists didn't notice this object. That still irks me to this day why nobody seemed to notice. As I was approaching the city limits, this object was in its flat position again climbing over the city. Then, all of a sudden, the rotating lights turned off except for a red "aircraft like" blinking light (which I never noticed before). After a few seconds, the rotating lights turned on again. It was like in the movie "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind". The lights just blasted on. Than after a few seconds they turned off again as it seemed to be right over the city. Strange behavior. Now I was exiting off of the highway on to Spadina Rd. I lost track of these lights because of the tall buildings. When I was on the street where I was going, I saw a cop parked on the other side of the road writing a parking ticked. I stopped in the middle of the road and ran over to him. He was quite taken aback by my seemingly aggressive approach. I asked him, "how long have you been here?" I forgot what he said, but I asked, "did you see that big circle of lights flying in the sky? He said "no". After parking my car, I met my friends at the bar, "Bailey's", and told them what happened but they didn't take me seriously as they've already had a few and were more interested in the ladies.
After sitting at the bar by myself for an hour or so I went home. I was living at my parent's house at the time, temporarily, so when I got home around 11 P.M., I called the police. I didn't know who else to phone at the time. They didn't take me seriously of course so after that, I phoned the Toronto International Airport and managed to get through to Air Traffic Control and asked them if they had anyone call in with a UFO report. Nothing. So I called the police again and convinced them to take me seriously as I wanted to make a report. They told me they can send a couple of officers to my house. As it was late and my parents were asleep, I told them I'd rather come to the station the next day to report. Next morning, when I contemplated going in I decided not to, fearing they would think I'm some kind of wacko UFO fanatic.
As the days went by, scanning the newspapers looking for a "UFO sighting" to no avail, I started doubting myself. I was trying to convince myself that perhaps I was somehow mistaken. Maybe it was something not out of the ordinary at all. Maybe it was a balloon or airplane of some kind. Maybe like thousands of others, I witnessed something that I misinterpreted for something else.
About a week or so later, on or about the tenth page of the Toronto Star or Toronto Sun, bottom right hand corner, there it was! A short article. "Dozens of Mississauga residents reported a UFO as big as a football field." I don't recall the whole article. "Finally" I said to myself. "I knew it was real", "I knew I didn't imagine this". I'll never, ever, doubt myself again no matter how much ridicule I'll be subjected to. I have some regrets however. One is It didn't occur to me at the time to contact the media instead of the police and the airport. My second regret is I wish I had others with me to have this one in a million experience. And most importantly, I wish I knew what I was witnessing right from the beginning so that I would have found a way to park my car and really pay attention to this strange, enormous "craft" in the cold night sky.
So there you have it folks. I won a lottery of sorts. Don't believe me? I don't care. Still interested? Keep reading. Get Educated. Unidentified aerial Phenomenon is REAL and WORLDWIDE. This phenomenon been here since recorded history, even before!
Check Out My Official Report Including My Drawings
Now before, you the readers, pass judgment on me, please take the time to read what I have to say. I'm NOT a "UFO believer" per say. In other words, I'm not a tin hat UFO fanatic who embraces this enigma as some kind of new age religion waiting for aliens from space to save mankind from himself. December 22, 2012 will just be another work day and life will keep going on. Yup, we still have to go to work and pay our bills, no need to stock up on water, weapons or Ensure. As I stated at the beginning, I'm just Joe citizen with above average interest in science and nature who had a truly unbelievable experience which is extremely difficult to explain let alone believe. Hell, if someone were to tell me the same story, I would have a hard time believing it also. I gave up "selling" my experience many years ago as it falls on deaf ears anyway. I've written to President Jimmy Carter (a witness), President Ronald Reagan (also a witness), George W. Bush and never received a response…as expected of course. Hell they're just politicians, figureheads who come and go. What do they really know? I've also sent my experience to my favorite, colorful, theoretical physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku. At least to my surprise he took the time and responded when I asked him why mainstream scientists shy away from this Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon business. He wrote back and said that it was because of "the giggle factor". I can understand that since hard-core scientists need to be able to study the data in a controlled laboratory environment. So from now on, I won't use "UFO" as an abbreviation for "Unidentified Flying Object" as this means anything flying in the sky which cannot be identified because of lack of data or the ignorance of the witness or witnesses. This accounts for about 90% of reports made. I will refer to this enigma as "UAPs", "Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon" meaning after strict scientific scrutiny, with verifiable data, qualified witnesses and the sighting still remains unidentified. This accounts for approximately 10% of the real, genuine reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon.
Since this incident over 30 years ago, I've collected hundreds of newspaper clippings, watched countless documentaries, and since the advent of the internet I've downloaded gigabytes of reports, videos, documentaries, information and data. I've watched countless video clips on YouTube and laughed at all the B.S. and ignorance from the submitters. To them, any light in the sky is an "alien invasion". Absurd. I've been receiving UAP reports, worldwide, everyday for the last 15 years. Even after all these decades of researching and reading, I still don't know what this giant object was or what this phenomenon represents. I cannot be objective when it comes to this phenomenon because I saw it with my own eyes. Absolutely no doubt about it. I'm 110% sure it was real. I know what I saw. I'm not stupid or that ignorant so there is no point debating my reports' authenticity or my integrity. Folks will have to take my story at face value, believe it or not, I simply don't care. I don't have an ego to bruise, a career to protect, or a reputation to lose. So what do I have to gain here by telling a tall tale, opening myself up to even more ridicule?
Over the years I've come up with many theories and yet the answer still eludes me. Perhaps there's someone out in the world who has some answers. I want to know. If only mainstream scientist's would pull their head out of the sand and seriously investigate my experience along with millions of other witnesses. Mainstream scientists reasoning is "it couldn't be, therefore it isn't". One theory of mine was I thought it might be some kind of secret American aircraft. But than after years of thinking and theorizing I asked myself, why would the U.S be testing top secret aircraft in the middle of winter, over a large Canadian city? Than I thought of the "UFO believer's" simplistic idea that Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon represent extraterrestrial space craft visiting our speck of a world in this vast, ancient cosmos. It was a plausible theory at first but after thinking about it a lot, I disregarded that idea also. If an advanced extraterrestrial race were observing us, they would do it from a distance and we humans would not be aware of it, unless these close encounter reports were deliberate in nature. It's what our scientists do now. Does a herd of Zebra know they're being observed by an aircraft kilometers away with high powered camera's manned by humans? Are a colony of ants aware that their anthill is only a hundred meters away from a runway of an international airport with Homo Sapiens onboard airplanes with laptops and smartphones? The reason I use this analogy is because of the age of the cosmos and our very short time in it. Science and logic dictates to me that the universe is full of water and teeming with life and most of it is beyond human comprehension. Advanced civilizations would be so far above us on the evolutionary scale as we are over a virus. In my opinion, the odds of direct communication with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization is highly unlikely. And even if we were confronted by an advanced civilization, would we even recognize it for what it was? But than, what the hell do I/we know anyway? We know more about our Moon and Solar System than the bottom of our own oceans!
Outside The Fishbowl
I'm absolutely convinced I had a glimpse of some kind of "craft" from another reality. One that is invisible to us naturally or by design. I also surmise that we are on the verge of a major, profound discovery. One that will change the world as we know it. I hope I'll still be above ground to see it so that I'll have some kind of closure. This enormous nuts and bolts craft didn't belong here in our everyday world. What's really disturbing to me here is that advanced nations around the globe are aware of this phenomenon also and are doing their best to play down reports and documents released under the Freedom Of Information Act. Their silence is deafening, especially when there are many reports of warplanes chasing Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, including this report from The Toronto Star in 1979!
"Our Jets Scramble After UFOs" (Front Page)
The objects are reported to be orbiting, flying circles around our fastest warplanes as if they are stationary. Deliberately evading the jets with unbelievable, instantaneous bursts of speed, outdistancing our fastest aircraft covering many miles literally in a second, in a blink of an eye! There is some intelligence at work here. Perhaps the "UFO Believers" have one thing right. There must be some kind of international cover-up regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon that have been reported for centuries around the globe. Reports of "airship" sightings were made even before man learned to fly!
Since this is my last effort to educate the public, I thought I'd add some facts, figures and quotes that I've come across.
After decades of researching, I've come up with some fascinating statistics. According to a report by the United Nations, since 1947 more than 150 million people have been witnesses to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon activities throughout the world. More than 20,000 of those has been documented landings. It is estimated that only one out of every ten witnesses actually report their experiences for various reasons. So in my case when "dozens" of Mississauga residents reported this huge UAP, then there must be a hundred or so who also saw it but didn't report it. Do the math. A Roper poll conducted in the United States reported that 70% of the U.S. population believes that the government is not telling the public everything it knows about Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon.
I'm totally convinced that things are not as they seem. I know it for a fact because I know what I saw. This object was totally out of place in our world. Unlike the "UFO Believers", I'm not going to blindly propose it was extraterrestrial in nature. After watching all kinds of science fiction movies with all of these alien spacecraft envisioned by the authors, this thing didn't look "advanced" enough. It looked like something that we humans would build 50 to 100 years from now. Humans from the future perhaps? I still don't have a clue. I've read many books about this phenomenon and found the best objective, scientific investigation from the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek's two books. "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry" and "The Hynek UFO Report".
From Wikipedia,
Dr. Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was a United States astronomer, professor, and Ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UAP research. Hynek acted as scientific adviser to UAP studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three consecutive names:
1.Project Sign (1947–1949),
2.Project Grudge (1949–1952), and
3.Project Blue Book (1952 to 1969).
For many years afterwards, he conducted his own independent UAP research, developing the Close Encounter classification system, and is widely considered the father of the concept of scientific analysis of both reports and, especially, trace evidence purportedly left by UAPs. Here are a couple of his quotes.
"When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science, but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum leap!"
"The phenomenon of "unidentified flying objects" (UFOs), though few would call it part of science, is also both shocking and paradoxical. UFO reports are often an outrage to common sense. The persistent flow of reports, from all parts of the world, of an object or a luminosity in the sky or on or near the earth defies rational explanation even when made by persons of acknowledged responsibility. Indeed, if these observations are even partially true, understanding them may require a breakthrough — at least in our thinking about the world around us".
J. Allen Hynek , Ph.D.
At first Allen Hynek was a skeptic, hired by the U. S. Air Force's Project Bluebook to "explain away" sightings people reported. Most reports were easily identified as meteors, airplanes, satellites, balloons etc. However, after a period of time, Hynek realized that 5 to 10% of the reports were of a "high strangeness" nature which couldn't be explained away even after strict scientific scrutiny. He realized that the small percent of the reports were of something real and unidentifiable, flying in our skies and air space apparently under intelligent control. I can attest to that!
Here is a small example of information I've uncovered over the decades. Something really big is going on and I'm convinced that there are certain, powerful entities around our globe who are keeping the true nature of UAPs secret from "We The Sheeple".
UAP And Pilot Sightings
I find this fascinating. Dr. Richard F. Haines, is the Chief Scientist for the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP). His research focuses on airline sightings, airline safety, and these strange aerial mysteries. Dr. Haines goes into quite comprehensive detail about military/civilian pilot sightings, electromagnetic interference effects and the 3400 actual unknown reports collated from aviation professionals, civilian and military. In 1976, an Iranian fighter pilot in an American made F 4 warplane was ordered to intercept an unknown object caught on radar. As he got close to the UAP, about 35 miles out, the plane began having problems communicating with the ground. It was also having other electronic problems. The pilot abandoned the chase, and flew back to Shahrokhi, Iran. As soon as the plane dropped its original course, all of the plane anomalies disappeared. This implies that the UAP was affecting the plane's functions as it neared the object. Speaking of electromagnetic effects. For some reason, these unknown objects have an interest, not just in our aircraft, but also in automobiles. For example, on November 2, 1957, one of the best documented cases of UAP landings took place in Levelland, Texas. No less than 15 independent reports were made of a 200 Foot Long Object sitting on a road and as a car would approach, the lights and engine would die. When the UAP left the area, all electronics started working again. This happened 15 times in one night around Levelland. Each incident were almost identical. A driver notices something on the road ahead and as he approaches the car's engine and electronics are disabled. When the object raises from the ground, with no sound, then shoots off, their vehicle starts up again. Again we must remember. Only about one in ten UAP encounters are reported! How many millions, both civilian and professional, had experienced an encounter with a an unknown enigma and kept it to themselves, mostly in fear of ridicule? Now I know what the gay community had to deal with. At least I have the courage to "come out" and tell my story to the world. Here are some conclusions from Dr. Haines regarding airplane encounters.
– Radio interference or total failure,
– Radar contact with and without simultaneous visual contact,
– Magnetic and/or gyro-compass deviations,
– Automatic direction finder failure or interference,
– Engine stopping or interruption, dimming cabin lights,
– Transponder failure, and military aircraft weapon system failure!
Dr. Richard Haines, "Fifty-Six Aircraft Pilot Sightings Involving Electromagnetic Effects," MUFON 1992 International UFO Symposium Proceedings.
Famous Quotes From The Famous.
Even though I don't necessarily agree with all of them, the extraterrestrial hypothesis that is, it is still fascinating in itself.
"I know that neither Russia nor this country has anything even approaching such high speeds and maneuvers. Behind the scenes high ranking officers are soberly concerned about UFOs, but through official secrecy and ridicule many citizens are led to believe that the unknown flying objects are nonsense. . .To hide the facts, the Air Force has silenced its personnel." -Admiral Roscoe Hillencoter, former director of the CIA, at a 1962 NICAP press conference in Washington D.C
"Sightings of unexplained objects at great altitude and traveling at high speeds in the vicinity of major US defense installations are of such nature that they are not attributable to natural phenomena or known types of aerial vehicles." -Dr. H. Marshall Chadwell, former assistant director of the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence, in a December, 1952 memo to then-director of the CIA, General Walter B. Smith.
"The evidence that there are objects which have been seen in our atmosphere, and even on terra firma, that cannot be accounted for either as man-made objects or as any physical force or effect known to our scientists, seems to me to be overwhelming… A very large number of sightings have been vouched for by persons whose credentials seem to me unimpeachable. It is striking that so many have been trained observers, such as police officers and airline or military pilots. Their observations have in many instances… been supported either by technical means such as radar or, even more convincingly, by… interference with electrical apparatus of one sort or another…." -Admiral Lord Hill-Norton, Chief of Defense Staff, Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, 1973; Chairman, Military Committee of NATO, 1974-77
"I've been convinced for a long time that the flying saucers are real and interplanetary. In other words we are being watched by beings from outer space." -Albert M. Chop, deputy public relations director at NASA, and former US Air Force spokesman for Project Blue Book.
"Scientifically we eliminate the simple hypotheses: It's not a plane. It's not a helicopter. It's not a natural phenomenon because the descriptions don't match Therefor this global phenomenon resists any other explanation. The only remaining hypothesis is the hypothesis of extraterrestrial origin." -L. Clerebaut, Secretary General, SOBEPS
"The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously." -Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Youth, May 4, 1990)
"Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control… It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is…" -Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, First Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Statement for National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1960
"Because of the development of science, all countries on Earth will have to unite to survive and to make a common front against attack by people from other planets. The politics of the future will be cosmic, or interplanetary." -General Douglas MacArthur, New York Times, October 8, 1955
"I can assure you that flying saucers, given they exist, are not constructed by any power on earth." -President Harry S. Truman, White House Press Conference, April 4, 1950
"…I made an effort to find out what was in the building at Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the information is stored that has been collected by the Air Force, and I was understandably denied this request. It is still classified above Top Secret." -Senator Barry Goldwater, In a letter dated March 28, 1975
"The evidence points to the fact that Roswell was a real incident and that indeed an alien craft did crash, and that material was recovered from that crash site. They haven't kept it a secret… It has been leaking out to the public for 50 years or more…" -Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell
I was flying a P-51 Mustang at about 12,000 feet over Minneapolis in 1951. I thought it was a simple kite. As I flew closer to it I looked at it and thought it was a weather balloon. But as I got behind it I could tell it wasn't a balloon. It looked like a disc." -NASA astronaut, Donald "Deke" Slayton
"I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets… Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs." "I did have occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe." -Major Gordon Cooper, astronaut, to the United Nations
"While flying with several other USAF pilots over Germany in 1957, we sighted numerous radiant flying discs above us. We couldn't tell how high they were. We couldn't get anywhere near their altitude." "While working with a camera crew supervising flight testing of advanced aircraft at Edward's Air Force Base, California, the camera crew filmed the landing of a strange disc object that flew in over their heads and landed on a dry lake nearby. A camera crewman approached the saucer, it rose up above the area and flew off at a speed faster than any known aircraft". -NASA astronaut, L. Gordon Cooper.
"We cannot say that today's government is really covering it up – I think that most of them don't know what is going on anymore than the public…" -Dr. Ed Mitchell Apollo 14 Astronaut, MSN Interview 10/98.
"Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up" -Stephen Hawking on C Span Television.
"When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science, but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum leap." -Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Scientific consultant for Air Force Project Blue Book.
"I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about–and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them." -U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, retired Air Force Reserve Brigadier General and pilot.
"UFO's are real" -United States Air Force
"I am convinced that UFOs exist because I have seen one." "It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about the size of the moon.. We watched it for ten minutes, but none of us could figure out what it was. One thing's for sure, I'll never make fun of people who say they've seen unidentified objects in the sky. If I become President, I'll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists." -describing an alleged UFO sighting he had in October of 1969 to reporters while campaigning in 1976. -Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, five-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
"In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs, and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment of the subject." -Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, while in congress, 1966
"I feel that the Air Force has not been giving out all the available information on the Unidentified Flying Objects. You cannot disregard so many unimpeachable sources." -John W. McCormack, Former Speaker of the House, January 1965
"I would do it [aid the Army Air Force in its investigations] but before agreeing to it we must insist upon full access to the discs recovered. For instance in the LA* case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination." –From a handwritten notation at the bottom of a now declassified memo. (asterisk added, see below) "[UFOs are] considered top secret by intelligence officers of both the Army and the Air Forces." -From a declassified 1949 FBI document from the San Antonio FBI office, to J. Edgar Hoover.
"I think it's time to open the books on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of UFOs. It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there. "We ought to do it because it is right. We ought to do it because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth, and we ought to do it because it is the law." -John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton
"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it". -Max Planck
And my favorite guy,
Ronald Reagan, then Governor of California describing his sighting of a UAP in 1974 to veteran newsman Norman C. Miller, then Washington bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. "I was in a plane last week when I looked out the window and saw this white light. It was zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot and said, 'Have you ever seen anything like that?' He was shocked and he said, 'Nope.' And I said to him: 'Let's follow it!' We followed it for several minutes. It was a bright white light. We followed it to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our utter amazement it shot straight up into the heavens."
"I was the pilot of the plane when we saw the UFO. Also on board were Governor Reagan and a couple of his security people. We were flying a Cessna Citation. It was maybe 9 or 10 o'clock at night. We were near Bakersfield, California when Governor Reagan and the others called my attention to a big light flying a bit behind my plane. It appeared to be several hundred yards away. It was a fairly steady light until it began to accelerate, then it appeared to elongate. Then the light took off. It went up at a 45-degree angle-at a high rate of speed. Everyone on the plane was surprised. Governor Reagan expressed amazement. I told the others I didn't know what it was…The UFO went from a normal cruise speed to a fantastic speed instantly…If you give an airplane power it will accelerate-but not like a hot rod, and that's what this was like" -Bull Paynter, a pilot with thousands of logged hours, in Sacramento California.
Ronald Reagan's remarks made to the 42nd General Assembly of the United Nations on Sept. 21, 1987 "In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us realize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us?"
Check Out His Speech At The United Nations
Are we being watched and warned? If so, by what or whom?
WASHINGTON DC — On May 9, at the National Press Club some twenty former government employees claiming encounters with unidentified flying objects while performing military or government duties went public to demand open congressional hearings on this mostly highly classified phenomenon. Air Force Academy graduate Captain Robert Salas, who spent seven years on active duty, reported that in March of 1967, UAPs flying above Minuteman Missile silos at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) in Montana had knocked off line a dozen nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. The witnesses gave a picture of UAPs frequently hovering over key military and nuclear sites nationwide. UAPs also penetrated airspace around nuclear weapons systems in the autumn of 1975. Security forces at Loring AFB, Maine, Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, and others along the Northern Border including Malmstrom AFB again were scrambled. At least one fighter was lost chasing the UAPs. Lt. Colonel Dwynne Arneson was in charge of the Communication Center at the Twentieth Air Division at Malestrom and dispatching nuclear launch authentication's to SAC missile crews. He saw messages stating UAPs were near the missile silos. Crew coming to work and going off duty saw the metallic circular objects shinning lights down on the missile silos and shutting them down. Professor Robert Jacobs, who was an Air Force Lieutenant reports he was in charge of the 1369th team filming a ballistic missile launch from Vandenberg AFB. After the second and third stage of the Atlas missile burned out and departed a dummy warhead was left streaking for the target. A UAP could be seen coming into the view tracking the warhead. Beams of light were shot at the warhead repeatedly from the UAP and the warhead started tumbling uncontrollably as the UAP flew away.
The combined testimony of Disclosure witnesses indicates the Earth is being visited by intelligently flown UAPs showing a capability to locate our missile systems, to cause failure of their guidance and control systems, and if necessary to destroy them in flight. These combined activities indicate a sophisticated intelligence providing a clear warning against nuclear weapons. Numerous witnesses and documents back the testimony. It is my opinion there must be a perception by the leaders of these countries that a potential threat exists. President Ronald Reagan went on national television and told the world he was going to build a defensive shield called the Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI), generally called Star Wars. Its mission was to protect us, to protect us all. We are going to share with everybody including our enemy the Soviet Union. A few years later, we became allies with the Russians and now we fly together aboard the International Space Station. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Perhaps the real meaning of Reagan's remarks made to the 42nd General Assembly of the United Nations on Sept. 21, 1987, during the height of the Cold War, becomes more meaningful.
Nick Pope, headed up the "UFO desk" at Air Secretariat 2-A, British Ministry of Defense from 1991-1994, and has served in other departments of the Ministry of Defense since 1985. (You can visit their website and download thousands of documents that have been released to the public under "The Freedom Of Information Act"). "I concentrate on the science. I'm interested in the UFOs seen by the police and military witnesses. I'm interested in the near misses that pilots report, where their aircraft nearly collide with these things. I'm interested in the visual sightings backed up by radar. I'm interested in the military bases that are overflown by these things. I'm interested in the cases where you have radiation readings on the ground. These are no lights in the sky. These are not misidentifications of fantasy prone individuals. This is a cutting-edge technology being reported by reliable, trained observers, and it is something that goes beyond what we can do. That to me suggests that if it is not ours, it belongs to someone else. If that technology is better than ours, then the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems to me the best explanation." "Certainly when I socialized with my RAF colleagues, I would find that they were a little bit more receptive to the idea of UFOs–and by that I mean perhaps even an extraterrestrial explanation for this — than you might have supposed. One of the reasons for that was that so many RAF pilots had actually seen things themselves. Many of them have never made an official report. I had one chap tell me that he had seen something over the North Sea. I asked him why he hadn't reported it, and he said, 'I don't want to be known as Flying Saucer Fred for the rest of my career.'" "We were asking the Americans, 'Are you operating a prototype aircraft in our airspace?' That, of course, was nonsense. You simply would not do that from a diplomatic and political point of view. It would undermine the entire structure of NATO if you were putting things through someone else's airspace, particularly a close ally, without seeking the proper diplomatic clearance. But we had to ask. And the Americans, having had similar reports, I guess, since the Hudson Valley wave [New York state, mid-1980s], had been quietly asking us if we had some large, triangular shaped object that could go from 0 to Mach 5 in a second. Our response was that we wished we did. This was the bizarre situation: that we were chasing the Americans, and the Americans were chasing us." "The official line from the Ministry of Defense is, 'Yes, this happened. No, we don't know what it is, but we say that it is of no defense significance.' How can it possibly be of no defense significance when your best jet is left for standing by a UFO? And, again, how can it be of no defense significance when your air defense region is routinely penetrated by structured craft?" -above excerpts are from a taped interview
Here are more fascinating statistics, courtesy of PRUFOS -´Police Report UFO Sightings´Organization.
The best evidence for UAPs is based on the high caliber witness categories. The Batelle Institute Report from the 1950s confirmed the correlation that the better trained the observer is the better and more accurate the reporting of UFO reports.
There have been over 3000 commercial pilot UAP reports. Many are corroborated by airborne radar, ground radar and multiple aircraft.
There have been over 2000 military pilot UAP reports. Many are corroborated by airborne radar, ground radar and multiple aircraft.
Many of these are truly spectacular encounters.
Many astronauts and cosmonauts have gone on the record outlining sightings during space missions.
NASA fails to comment on any of these sightings.
Hundreds of experienced radar operators have gone on record telling of the extraordinary movements and speeds recorded on radar.
Hundreds of trained observers trained in aircraft recognition have gone on record with confirmed unknown aerial objects moving with unknown flight characteristics.
Many noted scientists who have examined the best UAP cases become convinced that some UAP sightings are extraterrestrial in origin.
Many Admirals, Colonels, Generals etc. have confirmed that UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin.
There are thousands of military witnesses -Army, Navy and Air Force – to UAP sightings.
There are thousands of police officer sighting reports from all around the world.
There are hundreds of confirmed well documented UAP landing trace cases from around the world.
There are hundreds of confirmed radar confirmed data records.
There are literally thousands and thousands of historical UAP related documents now in the public domain.
As you can see from these testimonials, the assumption from these professionals is that UAPs are extraterrestrial in nature. I think we have to think outside the box here. Aliens from space is a simplistic, human hypothesis written by some great science fiction writers. I surmise that the true nature of UAPs is currently beyond our science and even beyond human comprehension. There are so many aspects to this mystery that the extraterrestrial hypothesis probably represents only a small percentage of the big picture of this enigma. The larger part, in my opinion, is beyond our imagination. If only I had the resources to purchase the latest high technology tools and be able to travel at will, I would dedicate the rest of my life to gather more evidence and solve the true nature of this mystery.
The Giggle Factor
I'm infuriated by this "giggle factor" (Dr. Michio Kaku's quote). Every time I watch a UAP report on TV's mainstream news media, what do I see and hear? The commentators are giggling while speaking, as if it is the big joke of the day, and they have this stupid, silly, annoying "X Files" song playing in the background with flying saucers images splashed all over our TV screens. This pisses me off big time. Mainstream media is making a mockery if us folks who have witnessed this enigma and in some cases ruined the witnesses lives and careers. What a slap in the face! As one takes the time to research this mystery, it becomes quite obvious that this is a worldwide phenomenon which has been here since the dawn of mankind. The evidence is all around us, from early man's cave drawings to religious paintings that are centuries old. Perhaps the "UFO Believers" assertion of a "cosmic cover-up" might have some truth to it. Are the powers to be flooding mainstream media with misinformation, disinformation and outright denial to keep us "sheeple" in control? Is it because the phenomenon represents some kind of "free energy" that would make oil, the engine of the world" obsolete? If so than these conspiracy theorists belief in the end of the world scenario does not necessarily mean a destructive, biblical apocalypse, but rather the end of the world as we know it. In other words, when the UAP mystery cannot be covered up anymore and a whole new reality is unveiled to the general public, then the world will end as we know it. Think of the ramifications on the world's religious beliefs, energy companies especially big oil, the indirect negative effect such a presence would have on our institutions, especially the bottom-line, whether that line refers to wealth or power.. Transportation, medicine, new unimaginable technologies and so on. Our whole structured civilization will cease to exist as we know it. I hope I live long enough to witness this next step in human evolution.
Well there you have it folks. I've only touched the tip of the iceberg of the information and evidence I've learned over the decades. I have plenty more stored on my hard drives. As I've said before, I'm not a "UFO believer" trying to sell the UFO/alien idea. I'm just Joe Citizen, among millions of others, who witnessed something unbelievable, like something out of a science fiction movie, which changed my thinking about myself and our place in this reality forever.
My Official UAP Report Including My Drawings
I've seen through the looking glass, outside the fishbowl
Thanks for reading and listening.


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One of the first reports of this flying creature was made by Duane Hodgkinson who was stationed northwest of Lae, near Finschaven, PNG as part of the Army cavalry in 1944. About noon one day in August he was walking down a trail through a clearing in the forest when he was startled by a crashing in the brush. As he watched a large bird-like creature ponderously rose from the ground, circled and flew away. A forensic videographer interviewed Hodgkinson in 2004 and found his testimony to be credible.
Several people have traveled to Papua New Guinea in search of this creature. Their mission to prove whether or not the Ropen exists or to discredit mainstream views on the age of the Earth. The only evidence Gates left with was video footage of what looked like two glowing orbs (well it more like pulsated than just glowed). No explanation could be found as to what it was. In 2009, MonsterQuest investigated the creature but walked away with no evidence.
Is it possible Ropen exists? Or is it plausible this is simply a case of misidentification? Or perhaps it is all a hoax.
Smithsonian Magazine - Don't Get Strung Along by the "Ropen" Myth
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Maine's Alfond college grant program enrolls 15,000th baby
LISBON, Maine (AP) � A baby from Lisbon has become the 15,000th Maine newborn to receive a $500 Harold Alfond College Challenge Grant.
Officials say Irie Mastrella received a head start on college costs when her parents recently enrolled her in the program, which was formed through the estate of the late Harold Alfond, founder of Dexter Shoe Co.
Irie is the daughter of Nick and Angela Mastrella and was born in April at Mercy Hospital in Portland.
Since going into effect in 2008, the program has contributed more than $7.5 million to NextGen college savings accounts to help families prepare early for the costs of higher education. Any baby born in Maine can receive a grant if they are signed up before their first birthday.


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2008: Set a Lady Bisons record in the NCAA era for shutouts with five. ...Finished 9-0 in Atlantic Sun regular season games, second in the conference. ...Posted a 9-1 record overall in A-Sun games, including postseason. ...Finished with an 11-6 record overall. ...Second in A-Sun games only in earned run average (1.16). ...Allowed only 11 runs in A-Sun games, tops in the conference. ...Allowed 10 earned runs in 10 conference games. ...Closed out the regular season with a 6-0 record. ...Tied for fourth overall in the A-Sun in saves (three). ...Tied for the team high in strikeouts in a game with eight against ETSU (April 5). ...Tied for team lead in appearances with 29. ...Pitched 119.1 innings. ...Finished with a 2.92 earned run average overall. ...Beat No. 17 Georgia Tech feb. 9 for her first Lady Bisons win, coming on in relief and pitching the last four innings of an 11-9 decision. ...Member of Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2007: Played her freshman season for the University of Missouri. ...Made 22 appearances on the mound. ...Started nine games. ...Three complete games. ...Recorded a 3-5 worksheet with a 5.44 earned run average.. ...Pitched 56.2 innings, allowing 87 hits, 59 runs (44 earned) and 27 strikeouts.
High School: Named All-District, All-Conference and All-Regional all four years in high school. ...Most Valuable Player on All-Region team in 2005 as a junior and 2006 as a senior. ...All-Conference Most Valuable Player as a senior. ...First Team All-State in 2006 and Second Team All-State in 2004 as a sophomore. ...Also ran cross county and played basketball in high school. ...Earned eight letters overall. ...Played for the St. Louis Saints in club softball. ...Valedictorian of class. ...National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Lynn and Doug Jacobson. ...Has one sister, Marlee. ...Majoring in Biology.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio birthplace of John Glenn celebrated its place in history on Thursday with a new historic marker commemorating the late astronaut and U.S. senator.
The unveiling in Cambridge, where Glenn was born July 18, 1921, is among efforts to honor the famous aviator's legacy since his death in December at age 95.
The mayor, officials at the local convention and visitors' bureau and a graduate student researching Glenn collaborated on the project.
Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth and served 24 years as a Democrat in the Senate.
An effort had failed to have his Cambridge home listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Officials said the National Park Service considered his home in nearby New Concord, beginning at age 2, "most suitable" because it's where Glenn lived during a historically significant period in this life.
The John & Annie Glenn Museum is located in New Concord and also collaborated on the Cambridge marker project.
The museum encompasses Glenn's childhood home in New Concord, which was placed on a list of state historic sites in August 2016. Pending state legislation calls for a marker to be placed there as well.
The childhood home of Glenn's wife of 73 years, Annie Castor Glenn, also is in New Concord. It was for private sale last month after having gone into foreclosure.


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Their Only Harvest by Colin Hunter (1879)
I wrote a guide to sea vegetables over at my blog. As a companion piece here at the Amoeblog, I thought I'd compile a guide to modern day sea shanties by vegetarian (or former vegetarian, in some cases) songwriters or bands with vegetarian members.
Seaweed Gatherers (1926) by Harold Harvey
Blur - "This is a Low"
Bob Marley And The Wailers - "High Tide Or Low Tide"
The Church - "An Interlude"


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Katy Perry Denies Dissing Beyonce + Shakira
Katy Perry has responded (and rather quickly, we might add) to the rumors that she dissed fellow pop divas Beyonce and Shakira.
Here's the backstory. It's well-known that Katy and her bestie Rihanna are planning a duet sometime down the road. It's a hot topic that's obviously coming up in conversation. During an interview, Perry said that she wants her collabo with RiRi to be one for the ages and she inadvertently took a swipe and Bey and Shakira by doing so.
"We've collaborated on a lot of things, but just not songs yet," Perry said about her friendship with RiRi. "It's one of those things that's got so much build up that we have to deliver. I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves,' not 'Beautiful Liar.'"
When taken out of context, that sure sounds like a diss. However, if you think about it, Perry could have just been clarifying what sonic template she wanted to use for a collabo with her girl Ri.
As we predicted, Perry attempted to clarify (or backpedal, depending on your perspective) her comments. She took Twitter to address the story, which began to multiply like a virus on the web. She blamed the media and a slow news day. Put simply, she didn't go there. We believe her.
Perry tweeted the following message:
"F--- all y'all (press) dat thinks I dissed anyone, puhlez, u havin a slow news day or what?! Get a life, cuz it's not mine!
There ya have it. No harm, no foul on Perry's part when it comes to Beyonce's duet with Shakira.


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Monday, January 23, 2012
Swag Bucks: An Easy Way to Earn Books for School
I have an intimate love of Amazon.com. I find so many resources there for homeschooling my kids, that whenever I have the opportunity to get a gift card, I take it. And one of my favorite ways to get a gift card is by simply using Swag Bucks.
Swag Bucks is an online search engine, similar to Google. I earn points or "Swag Bucks" just by using it to look up information online. Once I've accrued a large number of swag bucks, I can turn around and redeem them in the Swag Store and get any number of prizes. I, of course, prefer to save up and redeem my bucks for a gift certificate to Amazon, but there are many other stores including Barnes & Noble, Bass Pro, Old Navy, STARBUCKS, JCPenny...the list goes on and on.
So what are you waiting for? Get over there and sign up! (And while you're at it, tell them I sent you so I can get some extra swag bucks!)
Con mucho cariño...
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I've never heard of Swag Bucks but that sounds like a neat service! I have been using MyPoints since 1998 and have gotten countless gift certificates through that service. They send me emails and sites to visit and I earn points by reading and clicking through to websites or going through MyPoints to shop online. It's wonderful!ReplyDelete
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The Miniature Pinscher, GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare, has become the fourth dog this year to reach the milestone of 100 career BIS. The winningest MinPin in AKC history hit the mark at Friday's Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club Of Georgia show in Atlanta GA, under judge Kent Delaney, who had given Classie her first breed & group one at the tender age of six month & four days.
On hand to witness the historic occasion were the German Shorthaired Pointer, GCH CH Ehrenvogel Say Cheese, judge Delaney's RBIS, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded, the Boxer, GCH CH Hi-Tech The King of Sherry Shoot Jp, the West Highland White Terrier, GCH CH Deerhaven Hez Justin Kredible at Orion, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH CH Jade East Do You Know The Way To San Jose, and the Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker Topsy Turvey.
GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded
Classie has been AKC's Number One Miniature Pinscher for four straight years and is a two time winner of the Miniature Pinscher Club of America national specialty. 2013 is Classie's best year yet. Here two thirds through the season, Classie is the nation's Number One Toy Dog and Number Three Dog All Breeds with 47 BIS and 78 Toy Groups to her credit. We congratulate breeder Carole Mohr-Rio, owner Leah Monte, and owner/handler Armando Angelbello on this monumental achievement and thank them all for sharing this wonderful little dog with all of us.


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High ending stocks and a record corn crop this year likely will cap the upside price potential for wheat next season, experts say.
In 2014, experts say, expect a good year for U.S. wheat. While prices will be somewhat bearish thanks to a large corn supply for feed and strong wheat production globally, planting conditions have been ideal and the crop appears healthy.
"Looking forward to next summer's prices, July 2014 wheat futures are currently trading for $6.78/bu. and have been declining since the last week of October," says Brian Williams, economist for Mississippi State University Extension Service. USDA has not published its 2014 acreage estimates, but private estimates indicate the crop will be larger than in 2013.
Past Season Yields Clues for Year Ahead
Consider how far the crop came this past year, when U.S. wheat had a rough go. At planting, stands looked poor as effects of the 2012 drought persisted. At harvest, field work happened slower than normal.
"A lot of corn just got backed up probably two to four weeks later than normal, and that backed up wheat planting, too," says David Reinbott, University of Missouri Extension, who serves an eight-county region in southeast Missouri.
But with help from plenty of precipitation and a cool spring, national yields turned out to be surprisingly high at 47.2 bu. per acre, eased fears that supplies would drop beneath the 90-day threshold. Reinbott says southeast Missouri farmers saw per-acre yields ranging from 60 to 80 bushels.
In Minnesota, farmers generally saw a decent spring wheat crop, though it was not as high in protein as in 2012, says Ed Usset, University of Minnesota Extension.
Internationally, wheat production increased roughly 50 million metric tons compared to the previous year.
Opportunities Remain for Good Prices
That international market will be an important factor for U.S. wheat prices heading into 2014 and the 2014-15 marketing year, experts say. Australia and Argentina are harvesting their wheat crops right now, and the quality of those crops will be key.
For example, Australia is expected to have a large crop of hard red winter wheat, though the crop will have below-average protein, says Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University Extension.
Meanwhile, the U.S. crop saw excellent protein levels this year.
"Will our price come back up? I suspect it will as we get out in the January/February time period unless Australia's protein is really good and they have really good milling characteristics," he says.
Prices in Oklahoma have averaged about $7/bu. this year for hard red winter wheat, and while they're likely to be slightly lower for the 2014-15 marketing year, strong protein and milling characteristics coupled with tight ending stocks should keep prices favorable.
"I think it's safe to say that right now, if you were projecting to June of 2014, that we will have a 1 billion bushel hard red winter wheat crop," Anderson says. "If that's the case, then in the 2014-15 marketing yea, it looks like we will rebuild the hard red winter wheat stocks."
There are several other significant international stories playing out, Usset adds. On a positive note, China is importing large amounts of wheat. On a less positive note, Canada is experiencing all kinds of logistics problems in hauling off its blockbuster wheat crop. Basis levels also are reportedly very wide.
That reality, coupled with the fact that 15% of wheat production worldwide goes to feed, makes it difficult to imagine a scenario in which wheat could mount a great upward price surge.
"On the one hand, I like the demand story," Usset says. "We like to hear about good exports and all of that, and demand can drive a market higher. But then you've got Canada and other places where we've got ample stocks and ample supplies."
Usset recommends that farmers get together a marketing plan that includes the price terms they want for next year. The September 2014 contract is trading at roughly a breakeven level, he says, so farmers might want to sell a little crop if they can and then hope prices go up in the months ahead.
Reinbott advises farmers that wheat generally experiences about three major market highs: once at planting in the fall, once early in the year and once in May right before harvest.
"If you missed that October sale, I'd probably hold off till January or February," he says. "Once you get past the first of March, it really starts to go down pretty hard."
Assessing Wheat Types for 2014
Across the five types of wheat for which USDA provides regular updates, acreage is generally expected to grow or remain consistent, Williams says.
Hard red winter wheat will likely steal some corn acres in the Plains, where a majority of the crop is grown. That's because wheat is in the high $6/bu. range while corn is hovering in the low to mid-$4/bu. range.
Hard red spring wheat acreage is expected to hold steady or grow slightly in 2014, Williams says. The crop is largely grown in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana.
Soft red winter wheat is expected to lose significant acreage because of competition with soybeans. Some states such as Mississippi might see an increase in acreage because soft red winter wheat can be double-cropped with soybeans in the South. The crop is grown in the Mississippi Delta and the eastern Corn Belt.
White wheat, grown mainly in the northwestern U.S., is expected to maintain consistent acreage. Durum wheat acreage is expected to jump significantly because it usually trades at a premium to hard red and soft red wheat, Williams says.
A more complete analysis of the wheat outlook will be available in January, when USDA publishes its wheat planting intentions report, Reinbott explains.
Overall, the picture for wheat in 2014 is one of a transition away from the austerity of the drought to a more comfortable position.
"With an increase in expected acreage next year, along with favorable planting conditions this fall, I expect the supply outlook to be much better for the 2014 crop," Williams says.


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Saren8 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 280 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
We represent a joint venture entering the craft wine market with a slant...a labeling concept that is unique but adaptable (such as changing the design color to highlight a particular type of wine produced).
"Paramour" is medieval French for "the sake of love, willingly". We are looking for a a stylish approach to create a BRAND logo that incorporates the name "Paramour Wines" with an instantly recognizable design label. Be different! Be bold-- anything goes for us, we untook a unique venture and encourage you to also. 3-D, traditional, futuristic, literal and conceptual-- its up to you.
We envision creating more uses for the BRAND name to enchance its desireability and would like to continue working with the winning designer on other uses for the logo, as well as creating future labels that will be "limited edition" versions.
Have fun!!!! We'll be checking in and help out by noting what we particular enjoy seeing and give more direction or explanation as you need us to!
Late 20's to late 60's. To those wine drinkers who may not be experts, but like what they taste and want more. We are designing a concept craft wine to build a brand of unique wines tied to a unique wine experience. We want to continue to create different types of wine all labeled under title "Paramour Wines".
We're not offering specifics because we found something different by looking at through a "different lens". Please do the same and bring your unique viewpoint front and center. Be imaginative, creative, focused on the image that you see when you look at this label amongst many. What would you do to stand out?
The label logo must be approved by licensing boards, so the only restriction we'd offer is to keep it PG rated.
Our first offering is a red wine using only Virginia grapes.
We will be extending the contest, NOT because we haven't found what we like, but because we are traveling and want to provide designers an opportunity to re-submit design changes we would like to see as well as have designers read our comments and submit new designs after reading comments of what we like about each of the submitted designs....we are loving the results!!
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Statement Dangles - Dust Daze
Statement dangles made from start to finish using polymer clay. Measuring approximately 5cm.
We make our jewellery using hypoallergenic earring backs that are free from nickel. While pieces are strong, please avoid bending or dropping as breakages can still occur.
Please be aware that each pair is one of a kind and the pair you receive may not be exactly the same as the one pictured.
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Lime Sugar Cookies (Adapted from Kellogg's)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons fresh grated lime zest
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 to 2 1/2 cups crispy rice cereal
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar and lime zest until creamy and combined. Beat in egg, scraping down the sides as needed. Mix in milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
Place cereal in a wide, shallow dish.
Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, portion out the dough into balls and roll each in the crispy rice cereal. Place cookies onto baking sheets, roughly 2" apart - flatten slightly.
Place into the oven and bake until the edges are lightly browned, about 13 to 15 minutes. Remove and let cookies cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes about 30 cookies.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Lime Sugar Cookies
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I can't wait to try these. FYI... These are obviously lime cookies, and the ingredients use lime zest, but your directions say to put in the lemon zest.ReplyDelete
Ian - thanks for catching that! Fixed!ReplyDelete
I brought these into the office today. Word is getting around they are disappearing! Thanks again for sharing all your recipes! TeriReplyDelete
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Re: Favorite Star Wars Line
Valthonin wrote:
Yea i always considered that line when paired with yoda's Do or do not, there is no try. It doesnt make sense
I actually think that is a really funky line and it makes sense to me (maybe that is because I am a little odd http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ … cratch.gif )
I like it too and it always made sense to me, but it is an absolute, and Obi Wan said only Sith deal in absolutes....also that line itself is an absolute.
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TripAdvisor announces America's Top 10 hotel spas
TripAdvisor today announced the results of its wellness travel survey of more than 1,100 U.S. travelers, together with the top 10 hotel spas in the U.S. Thirty percent of travelers surveyed plan to take a trip dedicated to rejuvenating their body, mind or spirit at the beginning of 2013. Of those traveling, 49 percent will stay in a hotel, 17 percent will stay in a vacation rental, and 16 percent plan to stay in the home of family or friends.
"Our survey shows that for nearly a third of travelers, the beginning of a new year is a chance to recharge their batteries with a rejuvenation trip," said Brooke Ferencsik, director of communications at TripAdvisor. "With a hotel being the most popular destination for these trips, we're delighted to announce the most highly rated hotel spas in the U.S., according to TripAdvisor traveler reviews and opinions."
Top 10 Hotel Spas in the U.S.1:
1. Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains, this Spanish-style hotel offers a variety of treatments including the signature Four Seasons in One spa package which incorporates seasonal elements into an 80-minute session. Other spa treatments available include botanical facials, manicures, body scrubs, and organic aromatherapy massages. "The spa treatments are a must," commented one TripAdvisor traveler.
2. Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida
Resembling an Italian palazzo, the 40,000 square-foot spa at this Floridian hotel pampers travelers with unparalleled services and amenities. After unwinding in one of 40 treatment rooms, guests can take a dip in the heated outdoor pool or put their feet up on a plush chaise lounge in the sanctuary room. A TripAdvisor traveler said, "I adore their level of service, love the grounds, the pool is beautiful; the spa is relaxing and soothing."
3. Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
Located on the pristine shores of Miami Beach, this spectacular seaside hotel boasts the largest wellness spa in Florida. Guests can relax in the thermal suite, enjoy spa treatments including a muscle melt, Thai massage, or sole reflexology, or take a fitness class. "The hotel and spa are beautifully decorated, super clean and the spa facility provided many amenities to make us comfortable," commented a TripAdvisor traveler.
4. Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Westlake Village, California
With views of the Santa Monica Mountains, guests at this Conejo Valley hotel can enjoy relaxing spa services, attend a cooking class, or even perfect their smile with cosmetic dental services. Travelers are also invited to cool off in a poolside cabana where dedicated staff will cater to their needs. A TripAdvisor traveler commented, "The spa is tremendous and allows you to relax and unwind."
5. Four Seasons Hotel Denver, Denver, Colorado
This 45-story landmark tower offers travelers a luxurious escape from downtown Denver. Business travelers can take a quick break with "executive" treatments, while those ready to fully recline can indulge in a wine therapy spa service which includes a complimentary glass of Chardonnay. A TripAdvisor traveler commented, "This property is especially beautiful; from the fireplace in the lobby to the amazing spa."
6. Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Travelers in need of a reprieve from Sin City can kick back in the two-story spa at this luxury hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Services range from an exquisite Chinese foot spa to the High-Roller Treatment for those who spent too much time at the casino. One TripAdvisor traveler noted, "The spa was so good we went back the following day for the signature series massage."
7. Travaasa Austin, Austin, Texas
Surrounded by the hills of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, this posh hotel offers a selection of guided activities geared toward adventure, nutrition, fitness and wellness. Travelers can find balance in hatha yoga sessions, tune in to harmonica lessons, or discover the spirit of the Lone Star state in a two-step Texan dance class. "The grounds were beautiful and serene, the food was delicious and the spa treatments were wonderful," commented a TripAdvisor traveler.
8. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
At the spa at this Big Island resort, guests can relax in the quiescent "hales", or treatment rooms, surrounded by lush tropical gardens. With options like crushed macadamia nuts and Hawaiian sea salt, travelers can customize remedies choosing from over 20 native ingredients influenced by the healing traditions of indigenous islanders. "The massages are in tents outside and they have a 'zen'-type garden where guests can relax after a treatment," noted a TripAdvisor traveler.
9. Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, Ojai, California
Located amid the idyllic backdrop of the Topa Topa Mountains, guests will marvel at the 31,000 square-foot Spa Ojai at this resort village. Travelers can indulge their senses with first-class spa treatments and create their own custom aromatherapy blends in the Apothecary center. A TripAdvisor traveler commented, "Clean, comfortable rooms and awesome spa services. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to unwind and relax."
10. Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Travelers visiting this Windy City hotel will feel as though the world is standing still when they enter this tranquil spa. With over 50 spa guestrooms offering direct access to calming services, guests can relax with treatments including gemstone infused oil treatments, detoxifying masks, and beyond. A TripAdvisor traveler commented, "The rooms are beautifully decorated and spacious, the staff are very friendly and helpful and the spa, pool and gym facilities are top notch."


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