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UBC Okanagan Royal Visit
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Hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser and renowned Vij restaurateurs among UBC Centennial honorary degree recipients
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We are not against American beef
I finished reading George Kerr’s “Formosa Betrayed” a few days ago. It took me about two months to finish it because I had to pause many times to process all the complex feelings of hurt and shame. How little had I known about the island Formosa that had born and raised me!
On this island, most people about my age grew up learning political propaganda as if it were real history. So convinced were we that even when “Formosa Betrayed” was no longer banned by the government, very few were interested in reading it. We are so used to thinking that “the government is always right,” just as we believe that “parents are always right.” Many shut their ears off or feel offended upon hearing criticism of the government. They might even say “It is not easy to run a government”, getting slightly cross.
I would accept the above statement only if the government worked truly for the well-being of the people and made decisions based on democratic values. However, it was clear that KMT, ever since it fled the Communist China and built an exile government in Taiwan in 1949, has never been at the side with the people.
Due to the prevailing fear of a Communist takeover in the international society at that time, KMT’s illegal occupation over Taiwan (Formosa) was tolerated, if not encouraged. The tragic outcome was that Taiwan became the “Free China”, and the Formosans have lived a life of confused identity till today.
In late 1980’s, Taiwan went through a series of liberalization, pressed by the powerful demand for political reform from the society and the international community. The notorious martial law which had lasted for 38 years was lifted. By 1996, Taiwanese people had successfully eliminated the parliamentary seats that represented the population in China, and voted directly for the first time their own president. However, the process of democratization was not complete because KMT, the second richest political party in the world, was simply too big to find any rivaling political party in Taiwan. Even when KMT, due to the schism within the party, reluctantly became the opposition party during 2000~2008, it still had its claws tightly on the judicial system, the legislation, and the media. It also enjoyed the unfathomed loyalty of most military leaders in the national force.
Now that KMT is back to holding the reins, and President Ma Ying-jiou in his second term, nothing seems to be able to stop this party machine any more. Milo Thornberry, an American missionary who personally experienced KMT’s atrocious ruling during Taiwan’s White Terror, raised the following question in his memoir “Fireproof Moth”: “Can a leopard change its spots?” referring to the improbability of KMT’s changing its despotic nature.
The recent controversy over the ractopamine residue in imported beef from the US is a very good example. Ma, using his dual roles as Taiwan’s president and KMT chairman, demanded that the party caucus pass an amendment to the Act Governing Food Sanitation (食品衛生管理法) to pave the way for the relaxation of the ban on beef with ractopamine residue. KMT legislators were warned of getting a fine if not being “disciplined”.
By making the US government a bully, Taiwanese citizens foolish, and the opposition parties irrational, Ma plays the only good guy in the game. In my opinion, setting its people against another country and evading its responsibility is really the dirtiest trick a government can ever play on its people.
Why does Europe have a different and more stringent standard vis-a-vis US beef than Taiwan? Has Ma put Taiwan in a situation where it can be blackmailed? It appears so.We, as the citizens of Taiwan, must reiterate that we never intend to ban American beef altogether. We are simply enraged by the fact that Ma has been blackmailing us into importing beef with ractopamine. We are against Ma’s government, which is manipulative and dishonest. We are against KMT, a political party that defiles democratic values on a daily basis.
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中國製的玻璃心
深度偽造對輿論的威脅
歐威爾式的政治承諾
現實版《冷戰諜夢》
統戰新語浸染的危險
他最討厭人家逼他誠實
臺灣人用法輪功學員器官？
歐威爾風格的胡謅在台灣流行
科學界的正面誘惑
2013-09-03 那一《夜》天地變色
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Auburn Community Band Auburn, Indiana "The value of the Auburn Community Band is that for two hours rehearsal, people forget all their problems." ~Richard J. Norris~
Director 1982-2004
Concert Holiday No Practice Practice
We are called the Auburn Community Band, however, we have members from not only Auburn but from Angola, Avilla, Butler, Churubusco, Columbia City, Fort Wayne, Fremont, Garrett, Huntertown, Pleasant Lake, St. Joe, and Speedway in Indiana. We also have members from Payne, OH
If you are interested in playing with the band, we rehearse every Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the DeKalb Middle School during the year and at the First United Methodist Church on E. 7th Street during the summer. There are no try-outs or dues. The only requirement is that you love to play music. So contact any member of the band or e-mail us at trumpetman1940@yahoo.com for any information or answers to your questions. We would love to have you as a part or our group!
The Auburn Community Band had its first rehearsal on May 20, 1982. At that time there were many musicians who had not played for a number of years. This was not a deterrent for any of them as they had a great love for music and were determined to play. The band did a total of three concerts that year. Now, thirty-one years later, the band does between fifteen and eighteen concerts a year and it is estimated that they have played approximately 425 concerts over its lifetime.
The concert locations have varied over the many years. The band has played at the beautiful Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, at various parks, nursing homes, senior citizen facilities, Foellinger Theatre in Fort Wayne, Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio, and various locations throughout Northeast Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. For the band’s twenty-fifth anniversary year, they took a tour of Indiana and played four concerts at various locations around the state, including the Paramount Theatre in Anderson.
In 2003, the Auburn Community Band performed in Washington, DC as the representative of the state of Indiana in the Festival of States. They performed three concerts in the DC area including two at retirement homes and one in front of the Lincoln Memorial. A highlight of the trip was when the band went to the Congressional Cemetery and found the gravesite of John Philip Sousa. In 2009, the Auburn Community band returned to DC to perform at the Sousa Festival.
The band takes great pride in interfacing with other community bands in the area. They have done joint concerts where they will perform as a combined band in Auburn and then go to the home location of the other band. They have done concerts with bands in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
A venture that is very rewarding for the band is the annual Community Band Extravaganza. This is held on a Sunday in August each year and as many as six community bands are put together in a mass band forum. There are typically 150 to 175 musicians in this mass band, which is held at the DeKalb Outdoor Theater in Auburn. In 2008 the band opened Auburn’s new outdoor stage and made it their permanent home. This facility is in a beautiful wooded area in Auburn and has a 40’x60’ stage for a variety of performance mediums.
One of the areas that the band advertises is the fact that they have many middle and high school musicians in the group. They have had some musicians who were as young as eleven or twelve in the band and they stay with the band throughout their high school days and come back in the summer from college to play with the band. It is amazing to see some of these young people performing to a level they never knew they could reach simply because they are sitting next to a player who has been playing for thirty or forty years and getting help from that player.
The achievement of still performing after thirty-one years is one that the band is very proud of. Especially since the average lifetime for a community band in the United States is five to seven years. The band credits its longevity to two factors. First, the people of Auburn and the surrounding area who provide excellent support to the band. Second, the musicians in the band are committed to providing excellent music and are dedicated to the band (There are still three original members from the first night and twelve members who were there the first year). With support and dedication like this, the band expects to be around playing music for many more years.
Donald A. Riley is the new Director for the Auburn Community Band. Don is a native of Waterford, Michigan where in High School he was the Drum Major for the "WTHS Skippers" which coincidentally is his nick name, "Skipper" or "Skip". Don has been Band Director for three small schools in his time, the last of which was Auburn's own "Lakewood Park Christian School". He has played clarinet in the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra and Elkhart Symphony and is presently a drummer for "Fairview Missionary Church" in Angola.
Before taking a sabbatical from ACB to coordinate the "Crossing" in Butler, Don played alto saxophone and other instruments as a utility musician in the band. "I'm back for good" he says as he takes the baton for the summer season and for what he hopes will be a long season ahead. "It is an honor to serve as Auburn's Director following the late honorable Dick Norris and Kim Randinelli who will be missed but was forced to retire from ACB to attend to her health."
Looking ahead, Don has some new ideas and new venue goals for the band. Don's former pastor labeled him "An Upgrade Monster!" a title Don will be careful to balance with the foundational goals and principles upon which the ACB was originally formulated. One of those foundational goals is to provide a strong Band for instrumentalists who have an instrument in their closet and a talent in their heart that is waiting to be re-ignited! With that in mind, come join us as we develop into a state and then a nationally known community band! There is life after High School and College for Wind and Percussion instrumentalists and the Auburn Community Band is your next great expression!
We rehearse in the DeKalb Middle School Band Room Thursday evenings from 7 till 9 and are excited with the new growth we have seen already and with the prospect of new members like you! Just give it a try, almost all of us have had to re-develop our talent after not playing for a time, this band enjoys being a part of your new musicianship, fear not!
The band is also blessed to have Angela Bassett as our Assistant Director.
Don Riley
Samantha Baumgardner
Andy Laverghetta
Theresa Overy
Madison Yoder
Jane Papsdorf
Susan Nash
Lois Sierer
Barb Hoff
Mary Anna Feitler
Janice Tilghman
Carol Hathaway
Tia Decker
Wes Ireland
Bob Mitman
Tom Laverghetta
Bob Clay
Betsy Tracy
Paul Rose
Jeff Pulawski
Alex Meade
Dale Wagner
Kay Finchum
Adam Strong
Kavin Ley
Bill Burk
Bill Goudy
Andy Overy
Sue McClure
Sean Meade
Lyle Ewing
Jerry Sigler
Daniel Emrich
Phil Bryan
Doug Nowels
Marge Norris
Nicholas Nordmann
Gary Nordmann
Steve Kummernuss
Tom Laverghetta - President
Betsy Tracy - Secretary
Mary Anna Feitler - Treasurer
Don Riley - Director
Angela Bassett - Asst. Director
Carol Hathaway - Board Member
Dale Wagner - Board Member
Barb Hoff - Board Member
Dan Emrich - Board Member
Samantha Baumgardner - Board Member
Mike Brown - Board Member
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Karen Gillan weighs in on Scorsese's Marvel comments
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 October 2019
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Marvel star Karen Gillan has defended James Gunn in response to Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel films, where he branded them as ''not cinema''.
Karen Gillan doesn't agree with Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel films.
The actress - who has starred as Nebula in a number of Marvel movies including 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Avengers: Endgame' - says 'Guardians' director James Gunn ''injects so much of his personality'' into his work and has branded it ''very cinematic''.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: ''I would absolutely say that Marvel movies are cinema. Cinema is story-telling with visuals. He injects so much of his personality, his sense of humour... that's a very big representation of who he is as a person and therefore it's very cinematic. He's an artist.''
The 31-year-old actress made her comments after legendary director Scorsese said that Marvel films are ''not cinema'' and compared them to ''theme parks''.
Martin said: ''I don't see them. I tried, you know? But that's not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn't the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.''
Samuel L Jackson also defended Marvel's films, suggesting that audiences can enjoy all types of cinema.
Samuel, who plays Nick Fury in the MCU, said: ''I mean that's like saying 'Bugs Bunny' ain't funny. Films are films. Everybody's got an opinion, so I mean it's OK. Ain't going to stop nobody making movies.''
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Philip Hartshorn's Dunedin School of Music
Main Questions
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Are you getting nowhere being self-taught?
Philip Hartshorn
You most probably would have had a few experiences as a self taught player. I was one once too so I know what you have been through. Unfortunately it can take a while for the realisation to take hold that you are getting nowhere. Because of my own experiences I have a fair amount of empathy with this. So I am going to give up some of my precious practise time to tell you a few truths by using some common scenarios. The first one is...
You would like to play your favourite songs
You would like to learn how to play Sweet Home Alabama and Ball & Biscuit right. They are both great songs.
These are the first few lines to Sweet Home Alabama and Ball & Biscuit:
To be able to play these you will need to know heaps of stuff. This is a list:
know the key signature;
know the most important chords in that key;
do you play in minor or major, what is that?
be able to read the notes;
be able to count them;
what does simile mean?
What are the crosses, the H and Ps?
Let's suppose you have learned one of these songs by using some other form other than reading the music. You don't need to do it the proper way, it's old fashioned, you think. We have the internet now. It's free so why pay for lessons?
Yes there are other ways to try and play the song. I know I've tried them. If you work hard you might get to play a resemblance of the song. However you will only become fractionally close to sounding like it, why? I'll tell you about that later....
Your mates want to play the songs in a band. You give it a go. You all have the gear but no one is taking lessons. You are all doing it yourself. You get some of the song going, great. You feel awesome. Now what?
"Lets play another song" someone says. It's easy for the drummer because the same basic beat can be used for just about anything (not true). The bass player will just do what the guitar player says.
But the guitar player has spent hours on learning that one song. Only bits and pieces are known of others. "Boy this is getting hard. Where am I supposed to find the time to learn another song"? What's the result? A total of 6 minutes of music. We can't even play the first one right through.
Band practise finishes with a sense of frustration. At home the dust on the guitar begins to thicken.
Introducing Philip Hartshorn's D.S.M.
The Big Picture: Learning Guitar, Bass or Drums
Phil is my first drumming teacher. “I couldn’t play before, but now I can, thanks to his great teaching! I have improved 100%. I really like the way Phil encourages me with my drumming. I love playing his electronic kits. I look forward to every lesson. I love playing and learning new songs. I like how kind and encouraging he is when I make a mistake.”
Hugh Rudd
Phil Hartshorn is a great guitar teacher. He's friendly, funny and encouraging!!!
He is also very good at making people understand the situation. So don't worry about thinking that your kid comes home and tells you "I don't know what Phil was talking about". Because that won't happen.
If you are considering taking lessons with Phil but are not sure yet, can I say give it a go, no matter which method you use. After starting with face to face lessons, I was surprised how efficient the internet based lessons are and the ability to log in from anywhere you have a connection and device is great. Phil is a patient and proficient teacher and his methods provide challenge and reward as you master your chosen instrument.
Matilda Sutton
Phil helps me learn how to practise and shows me how to measure my own skill. I would say to people who wish to learn that with Phil you will learn the proper way to play as opposed to endless strumming with little technique. I also really enjoy the jams.
Rachel and Scarlett Rose
The single thing in Phils lessons which has helped the most is his thoroughness and patience. I would say to someone who is considering taking lessons with Phil to just give it a go. If you need to use Skype for lessons don't worry they are great, and more fun than you would think!
AJ Keys
If you are considering taking lessons with Phil but are not sure yet, can I say just do it. Lessons with Phil will help incredibly with your playing. You will notice a huge improvement.
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Silver Range Resources - Stinson Property
Aurora Geosciences completed a mapping and prospecting program.
The Stinson Project consists of 14 claims located in White Pine County, approximately 35 kilometres north of Ely. The claims cover MRDS showings M031255 (Stinson Mine) and M233767 (Old West Group). The latter appears to be the location of the Ben Hur Mine based on the extensive workings at the site and historical descriptions of its location. Gold occurrences at the Stinson and Ben Hur Mines may be part of a much larger structurally-controlled hydrothermal system. The gold occurrences on the Stinson Property together with six other MRDS showings are associated with north-striking faults and contacts in a 7 kilometre long, north-trending corridor. This terminates in the Steptoe Ranch Pluton, 3 kilometres north of the Stinson Property. Video presentation available here.
At the Stinson Mine, gold occurs with quartz veins in a southwest striking, moderately east dipping shear zone in Ordovician to Silurian carbonates. Sampling at Stinson during 2016 returned best results of 6.94 g/t Au from a grab sample and 3.8 m @ 2.57 g/t Au including 1.6m @ 8.16 g/t Au in a chip sample across the shear zone. Three of 15 samples collected at Stinson returned more than 1 g/t Au.
At the Ben Hur Mine, work in 2016 and 2017 defined a north striking, gently east dipping shear zone with quartz veining and hematite alteration cutting Cambrian quartzite. The shear has been traced for approximately 100 metres on surface and was intersected in underground workings 40 m down dip from the surface exposure. Surface grab sampling returned up to 248 g/t Au with 7 of 27 samples collected at Ben Hur returning greater than 1 g/t Au. A chip sample across exposed surface mineralization near the highest grade grab sample returned 1.5 m @ 20.6 g/t Au. Grab samples from dump material at workings along the vein 50 metres southwest and northeast of this location returned 5.97 g/t Au and 5.15 g/t Aurespectively. The shear zone is exposed underground in a cross-cut 40 metres east and down-dip of the surface exposures. Chip sampling of the partially exposed vein here returned 0.4 m @ 3.58 g/t Au. The crew was unable to sample mineralization in the production stopes because of poor ground conditions. A plan map and cross section showing sample locations and results can be found here.
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1972 Whitbread Gold Label
Today is a very special day. Not because it's Christmas, but because I'm finally publishing a recipe for a beer that's fascinated and intoxicated me for years: Whitbread Gold Label.
Though that isn't the name it started out with. It was originally brewed by Tennant in Sheffield, who were later taken over by Whitbread. When introduced in the 1950's, it was something of a sensation. Why? Because of its colour. At a time when Barley Wines were a dark shade of brown, Gold Label was, er, golden. Or at least a pale amber. About the colour of Bitter.
The Mermaid, the pub on the caravan site in Mablethorpe where I spent most summer weekends as a child was a Tennant's pub. Come to think of it, probably the first pub I went in. They used to allow children in the lounge, something not exactly legal at the time. I can remember they had horizontal cylinder diaphragm electric pumps. Something that was pretty common in the Midlands in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Was it cask or bright beer they dispensed? No idea, I'm afraid.
The Mermaid must have sold Gold Label. Funnily enough I can remember drinking another Barley Wine in Mablethorpe: Bass No. 1. In a Bass pub whose name escapes me. It's now closed, so it doesn't really matter.
"Strong as a double scotch less than half the price." was a slogan I can remember seeing on posters as a teenager. They wouldn't get away with that now. It certainly got my attention as a 14 year old. Sounded like the perfect drink.
Sadly, the ABV has been dropped and Gold Label is only available in cans. Do you know what it reminds me of? A strong, early 19th-century Mild. Something like an XXX Ale or XXXX Ale.
You can't believe how excited I was when I first spotted it in the Chiswell Street brewing records. They must have been churning out a lot of it in the early 1970's because I believe that Whitbread made it in more than one brewery. They brewed it reasonably frequently at Chiswell Street and it decent-sized batches of around 350 barrels.
Let's have a look at the beer itself. By the early 1970's Whitbread had gone all proprietary in the their sugars. In Gold Label it was SLS, a sugar not used in any of their other beers. What was it? No idea, really. It could stand for "Special Liquid Syrup". Not that that really helps much in working out what it was like. Kristen has gone for a combination of No. 1 and No. 2 invert, which looks like a pretty good guess to me.
The hopping is interesting. All the examples I have contain Styrian hops and all but one Hallertau. Styrian hops turn in many of their beers, but only one other beer used Hallertau: Brewmaster. The thing that looks quite like a Lager. Taking into account the hop extract, I make the total weight a little more than Kristen, about 5.5 ozs in all.
I think it's actually pilsner malt that Whitbread used. A bit tricky to tell for sure as they mostly used funny abbreviations, in this case FPM. It's a malt that was only in two of their beers, Gold Label and Brewmaster. I've guessed that FPM is pilsner because on one of the logs for Brewmaster it's specified as pilsner.
That's me done, over to Kristen . . . . .
Notes: This beer really did change my life. Heading to my cousins wedding in ??? I took the boat from Calais to Dover. Sat in Dover harbor getting turned into a milkshake for 3 hours because it was to rough to dock. Feeling queasy I made it to the train and was out of sorts, which is unusual traveling for me. Then the old drunken git gave me a gob of something magical. I don’t mean magical in the sense that it was amazingly ‘good’. I mean that it was something I had never had before…something so different it made me question everything I ‘knew’ about beer. Plus, what looks cooler than luggin around a jar of Gold Label. “Hey ladies, yeah, Gold Label, that’s right, you know I’m classy.” It wasn’t until later I was told it was plonk for the drunkards…I still like it.
Malt: A single pale malt of your choice. I’d choose Optic or something meaty for this baby for sure. A decent amount of maize is used that would be missed if you left it out. The sugar is another blend of some sort so I used a combination of #1 and #2 invert to get the SRM listed in the log by using the percent sugar and their colors.
Hops: Lots of German and Austrian hops. Pretty sweet. Goldings work really well for bittering in that you’ve got to use a good amount of them and will get the greenery that’s required from low alpha hops IMO.
Yeast: Whitbread yeast. Two choices. Wyeast 1098 (more tart and dry) or Wyeast 1099/Safale S04 (more fruity and malty). Which ever you’ve done before, do the other.
Sundries: This beer is a Christmas beer if I’ve ever seen one. One you can get proper pissed with…Familial obligations be damned…you’re not running for Jesus anyway…
Cask: Standard procedure:
Labels: 1970's, Barley Wine, beer recipes, Gold Label, Let's Brew, London, Mablethorpe, Whitbread
"horizontal cylinder diaphragm electric pumps. Something that was pretty common in the Midlands in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Was it cask or bright beer they dispensed? No idea, I'm afraid."
These were still fairly common in Brum in the mid-70's, dispensing M+B tank bitter if memory serves. So bright beer.
FPM = Fine Pale (or Pilsner) Malt?
I love Gold Label.....
Paul Bailey said...
I believe that back in the late 1970's/early 80's, Whitbread were brewing Gold Label at their Wateringbury Brewery, just up the road from here. You will obviously be aware Ron, that this was the old Frederick Leney plant, which was one of the first breweries outside of London acquired by Whitbread; sometime during the 1920's.
I never got to go round it, but I do remember calling in there to collect some yeast on a number of occasions, back in my home-brewing days. On my first visit I was told that the light ale yeast would be much more suited for my brewing, than the one used to ferment Gold Label!
"horizontal cylinder diaphragm electric pumps. Something that was pretty common in the Midlands in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Was it cask or bright beer they dispensed?"
These were very common in Banks's and Hanson's pubs (Wolverhampton and Dudley respectively) in the late 70's and early 80's (and possibly many years either side), dispensing cask mild and bitter.
a lot of the Courage pubs in Newark used them, too, but for bright not cask beer. As the former Holes brewery made to cask beer, it had to be bright or keg.
Is there 2 pounds of English malt missing from the recipe? The numbers don't add for the gravity without them.
https://www.facebook.com/AnalectsEdicts-Writing-Wall-187555677998512/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel said...
Hi some friends are having an argument. One of them maintains he saw gold label on tap. Was this so. Just curious.
I never saw it served draught. Doesn't mean it never was. I doubt it was, but I have no evidence.
Yes it did go on draught!
I worked for Whitbreads.
In the early '80s a refurb of the Ladysbridge pub, under Exchange Brewery Sheffield put Gold Label
on draught.
The pump dispensed in thirds of a pint.
The pub had reopened as 'The Brewer on The Bridge'.
thanks for passing that on. I'd love to have tried the draught version.
My dad worked for Tenants and Whitbread
Yes and I have still got some old full bottles of gold Label
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As HP Board Meets After Palm Turmoil, What’s the Next Shoe to Drop?
September 21, 2011 at 5:05 am PT
As the board of Hewlett-Packard gathers for a planned meeting — to say the least — there’s a lot to talk about these days.
Several sources said that a series of recent discussions among its members have been intense ones, focused in part on how to spin the company out of its current cycle of bad news and what to do about the situation, which could mean even more dramatic change at the company in the months to come.
There is certainly plenty of trouble to go around, even if solutions to HP’s woes seem hard to reach.
The talks by HP directors — who include venture investor Marc Andreessen and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman — comes just a day after the tech giant announced the layoffs of hundreds of employees in its Palm division.
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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE - PLANNING MILESTONES and EARLY YEARS 1967 - 1977
This information has been compiled by Rita Sevcik who has served as administrative assistant to the president of TESC and recording secretary to the Board of Trustees since 1969. Background documents which led to the creation of Evergreen include:
1964 A report issued by the Council of Presidents in November concluded that another college was needed to balance the geographical distribution of the existing institutions.
1965 In response, the Washington Legislature created the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education to study, among other matters, the need for an additional four-year college and possible locations.
1966 "A Southwest Washington State College in or near the Capital City of Olympia" was prepared for the Southwest Washington State College Committee, June 1966.
1965-66 The Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education (assisted by Nelson Associates of New York) Study concluded that "At the earliest possible time a new college should be authorized," to be located at a suburban site in Thurston County within a radius of approximately 10 miles from Olympia). Consulting firm also concluded that the college should be prepared to enroll 10,000 students by 1975.
Enabling legislation stated that the college should be located on a site of at least 600 acres, making this college the largest campus in the state (and the first public four-year college created in Washington State in the 20th Century). [Evergreen's site of approximately 1,000 acres is located five miles northwest of Olympia on Cooper Point Peninsula and has 3,000 feet of water frontage on Puget Sound's Eld Inlet.]
DATE EVENT(S)
3/21/67 HB 596 (Chapter 47, Laws of 1967, legislation creating Evergreen) approved by Governor Evans
7/l/67 Chapter 47 became effective
8/6/67 Members of Board of Trustees appointed (Roger Camp - replaced by Herbert D. Hadley in 10/68 (after Camp's death), Halvor M. Halvorson , Al E. Saunders, Trueman L. (Bink) Schmidt, Mary Ellen McCaffree - recalled and replaced before the 2nd meeting by Janet L. Tourtellotte)
8/23/67 Organizational meeting of Board of Trustees: State Senator Gordon Sandison (co-sponsor of bill creating college) tells the Board that it was not the intent of the Legislature that the new school be just another four-year college, that it was a unique opportunity to meet the needs of the students of today and the future because the planning would not be bound by any rigid structure of tradition. At this meeting, Governor Evans reviewed the appropriations for the new college - $905,000 for the site and $500,000 for start-up expenses; and $I 5,000,000 for the first phase of construction (Bond Issue approved by the voters in November, 1967.
12/l/67 Site selected from 21 choices
12/15/67 Dean Clabaugh named as full-time executive assistant to trustees [interim executive direction]. Prior to this time, the Secretary of the Senate, Ward Bowden, served in the capacity on a temporary, part-time basis)
Assignments - study presidential search procedures, set up procedure appropriate to Evergreen; help engage consultants; purchasing, payroll procedures; begin budget work; collect information for Board.
1/10/68 Formal presidential search inaugurated
1/24/68 The Evergreen State College selected as name (from among 31 choices)
March, 1968 Master plan consultants chosen:
Joint venture architect-engineers (Durham-Quinton ) site planning consultants
Educational program consultants (Arthur D. Little, Inc .)
4/23/68 First parcel of property purchased
8/15/68 Charles J. McCann (Dean of Faculty at CWSU) selected President (began duties November 1, 1968)
10/16/68 Durham, Anderson & Freed appointed architects for Library
11/l/68 Charles J. McCann assumed presidency
11/20/68 First property condemnations authorized
11/20/68 Phase I site master plan completed
Fall, 1968 Academic advisory committee chosen; Final review of site development plan; Library planning (conferences)
Winter-Spring, 1969 National Advisory committee formed - goals; Study possible modes of faculty time uses, given assumed level of funding and possible approaches as considered by advisory committee; Analysis of computer needs begun; academic, administrative, business-finance; Student housing, food services conferences; Recruiting - (1) facilities (Jerry Schillinger), (2) library (James Holly), (3) vice president for business (Dean Clabaugh ), (4) vice president and provost (David Barry), (5) executive vice president (Joseph Shoben), (6) computer (Robert Barringer)
Summer-Fall, 1969 Above people arrive in order numbered;
6/9/69 - Governor Evans breaks ground with a bulldozer for the library building; Discussions: How goals bear specifically upon continuing development of operations systems and further recruiting.
Winter-Spring, 1970 Site clearing ends; Construction begins, Phase 1; Science facilities conference; Admissions planning; Facilities planning, Phase 11
Recruiting "deans" (Mervyn Cadwallader/Donald Humphrey/Charles Teske) - who, assist in recruiting faculty
Fall, 1970 18 Founding faculty hired (Bill Aldridge, Richard Alexander, Bob Barnard, Richard Brian, Beryl Crowe , Larry Eickstaedt, David Hitchens, Will Humphreys, Richard Jones, Rudy Martin, Bob Sluss, Fred Tabbutt, Willi Unsoeld, Jack Webb, Sid White, Al Wiedemann, Fred Young, Byron Youtz)
Summer, 1970 -
Summer, 1971 Recruit second half of operating faculty
Final operations systems
Detailed academic planning (subject options, student: instructor, laboratory, library contacts)
Opened September 27, 1971 prior to completion of buildings, w/ 59 faculty and 1,178 students (first day of class 10/4/71)
Library Building came on line November, 1971
12/6/71 Evergreen's student newspaper, The Paper (now the Cooper Point Journal ) publishes first issue
4/21/72 In a dual ceremony amidst anit-war protests, President McCann is inaugurated and TESC is dedicated to the citizens of Washington
6/2/72 The first 21 graduates of Evergreen receive their diplomas
I/l/73 Evergreen's community radio station, KAOS-FM, goes on the air at IO watts
6/21/74 According Evergreen a rare honor, the Northwest Association of Secondary & Higher Schools grants TESC full accreditation a year ahead of schedule
6/8/75 The 400 graduates participating in commencement exercises include 118 four-year "pioneers"
11/74 Eleanor Lee '73 becomes the first Evergreen graduate to be elected to the State Legislature
9/15/76 President McCann announces plans to retire from presidency in June, 1977
9/76 Evergreen begins an outreach program for upper-division students in Vancouver in cooperation with Clark Community College
From 1976 to 1977 Evening and Weekend Studies and an external credit program were added to the curriculum
6/16/77 Former Governor Daniel J. Evans becomes second president
Information recorded by Dean E. Clabaugh (Interim Executive Director and then Vice President for Business)
12/3/69 for report to Council on Higher Education
"A History" prepared by Malcolm Stilson in November, 1985
"20 Years of Making a Difference" 1967-87 published in 1987
A review of the original Board of Trustees minute files
Link to Evergreen's Board of Trustees
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS - obviously!
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Vol. 10, Issue 343 - Friday, December 9, 2005
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Ex-police recruit sentenced to prison
A week shy of graduating from the Ke Kula Makai Police Academy, Ernie Gomez threatened his wife with a loaded gun because he believed she was cheating on him.
Yesterday, a state judge ordered Gomez, 27, a former Army soldier and currently a Hawaii National Guardsman, to a mandatory minimum of five years in prison with no parole for using a semiautomatic gun during the May 2004 incident at the couple's Ewa Beach home.
Circuit Judge Michael Town acknowledged Gomez's military service but said he was bound by the law.
"In my view it's certainly an onerous sentence to impose on somebody who's served his country honorably," Town said. "You made a very bad illegal criminal mistake, but it is the law."
A jury found Gomez guilty in February of first-degree terroristic threatening and abuse of a household member. His then-wife, Sherly Gomez, had testified that he had punched, kicked and threatened her with the gun and also a knife in view of their 2-year-old daughter.
Gomez resigned from the academy shortly after the incident. The couple has since divorced.
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Teen pedestrian hit by car is in critical condition
A teenage pedestrian was critically injured last night after he was struck by a vehicle on Kamehameha Highway in front of Windward Mall.
The accident occurred before 7:12 p.m. in the Kailua-bound lanes between Haiku Road and Mehana Street, police said.
The boy was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition and was in "extremely critical" condition upon arrival, according to emergency personnel.
Police shut Kamehameha Highway while police traffic investigators examined the scene.
Police seek man who hit woman, took purse
Police are looking for a man in his 40s who robbed a 52-year-old woman Dec. 1 in Waikiki.
The woman was waiting at a bus stop on the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Ena Road at about 3:15 p.m. when a man grabbed her purse. When the woman hit the suspect with her cane, he punched her and threw her to the ground, police said.
The woman received a cut above her left eye and swelling to her left knee.
The suspect was last seen heading mauka on McCully Street. He is described as 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with brown shoulder-length hair, brown eyes, a ring on his left eyebrow, wearing black shorts and no shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
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Man arrested driving stolen motorcycle
Police arrested a 34-year-old man who was allegedly driving a stolen motorcycle on a sidewalk.
Officers witnessed a man operating a motorcycle on a sidewalk in a Wahiawa neighborhood at about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
They learned that the motorcycle had been reported stolen, and arrested the driver for investigation of auto theft.
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Hilo man riding in back of pickup dies in crash
A 37-year-old Hilo man died Tuesday after being thrown from a pickup truck that hit an embankment alongside the highway.
Police said the truck was heading west on Highway 19 about 29 miles outside of Hilo at about 4:30 a.m. when it hydroplaned on a wet roadway, crossed the center line and hit the embankment.
Alfredo Raquedan was thrown from the back of the pickup, along with an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, police said.
Raquedan and a front-seat passenger were taken to Hilo Medical Center, where Raquedan died several hours later. The front-seat passenger, a 53-year-old Hilo man, was treated for minor injuries.
The 17-year-old who was in the back of the truck was also treated for minor injuries. The 18-year-old was in serious condition at North Hawaii Community Hospital.
The driver, a 34-year-old Hilo man, was not injured.
Man who burglarized Kona home sought
Big Island police are looking for a man in his 20s who allegedly burglarized an elderly woman's home in Kona on Monday.
The woman arrived home to find a stranger sitting in a truck in her driveway, police said.
After a couple of minutes, the man drove off. When the woman entered her home, she found the bedrooms ransacked and items taken, police said.
Police said the break-in occurred Monday between 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. on Palani Road, near the junction of Highways 180 and 190 in Kailua-Kona.
The suspect is described as having a thin build, light eyes, medium-brown complexion and curly, reddish-brown, shoulder-length hair. The truck was described as a run-down black, mid- to full-size pickup with a hole in the driver's-side windshield.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Kristi Crivello at 326-4646, the non-emergency police number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 or 329-8181.
Hazardous fluid identified in Maui spill
WAILUKU » Maui fire officials investigating a potential hazardous material spill at the county landfill earlier this week said a test showed a sample of soaked soil contained a chemical used in lighter fluid.
Battalion Chief Alan Pascua said yesterday that instructions in the handling of the chemical oxybutanal warns it should not be ingested or inhaled.
Fire officials closed Pulehu Road near the county landfill for about five hours before reopening it at 8:45 p.m. Monday.
A county landfill worker went home Monday morning because of dizziness, and another was treated and later released from a hospital that afternoon.
Pascua said the substance was difficult to identify because it apparently was run over by a bulldozer and mixed with rubbish.
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Fight At The Bag O Chicken(Part 2)
I drove my parent's VW bug to school the day of the fight. When school let out, I met Rick in the parking lot and we drove over to the Bag O Chicken together. There was a sizeable group of kids already there. The high school was located right next to a major freeway and a steady stream of students was pouring over the walkway bridge that crossed the freeway from the edge of the school grounds. The Bag O Chicken restaurant was located across the street on the other side of the freeway. For years it had been a favorite lunch and after school hangout for students. The fried chicken and French fries were served in a brown paper bag that was instantly saturated with grease. As soon as I stopped the car, Rick hopped out and walked right into the middle of the crowd, disappearing from view. I noticed a number of hoods, supporters of Chadwick. The talking suddenly died down. Everyone began backing up, opening an area in their center which defined the battleground, a familiar high school ritual. I worked my way into the inner ring where I could clearly watch the fight. I noticed Paul on the other side of the circle with some of our friends. I caught his eye and he gave me a subtle wave. The others didn’t look my way. They all assumed my friend Rick was going to be slaughtered. From opposite ends of the circle as if choreographed, stepped Rick and Chadwick into the open space. I expected some kind of verbal exchange, like Rick saying "I don't like the way your thugs talked to my girlfriend," and Chadwick saying "Oh yeah tough guy, what are you going to do about it?" and then maybe a little pushing and shoving, but none of that happened. Chadwick gave Rick an acknowledging almost friendly nod and said, "Let's go." Rick nodded, put up his fists, and crouched down into a fighting posture. Chadwick didn't look ready. He raised his hands only slightly, not forming them into fists, but intensely watched Rick. They both began to circle around each other. My heart was beating fast and hard. I hadn't realized how big Chadwick was until now. Rick was six feet tall, strong and wiry, but Chadwick looked several inches taller. His rolled up shirt sleeves exposed thick forearms and bulging biceps. Rick closed the gap between them, approaching Chadwick in a sideways walk and then lunged in throwing a fast left jab. Chadwick effortlessly bobbed his head back and away. They circled each other a few more times and then Rick threw two more left jabs followed by a right punch toward Chadwick's head. Chadwick stepped out of the way and caught Rick on the side of the face with a bone jarring punch. It looked like Rick had thrown his head against Chadwick's fist. I felt sick to my stomach and light- headed, but forced myself to keep watching. Rick staggered back, but quickly regained his composure. He approached Chadwick again in the exact same manner. The crowd murmured and I thought, Oh God, don't try that again, but instead Rick faked the left and then squatted down low punching Chadwick right in the stomach, causing him to double over gasping for air. Rick punched him again, a glancing blow off the side of his head. "All right Rick", I blurted out. Rick backed off allowing Chadwick to straighten up. But now Chadwick began moving with a new level of intensity. He walked right over to Rick, allowing several of Rick's punches to bounce off, grabbed one of Rick's arms in mid-flight and pulled him into a headlock. He then proceeded to punch Rick's head over and over. Rick struggled to get free. This stirred the crowd up and my sick feeling, which had left momentarily, was back. With much effort, Rick managed to wiggle free. but the side of his face was dripping blood. He bobbed and circled and threw several more punches at Chadwick, but none of them landed with any force. Chadwick kept his composure, waiting for his opportunity and then landed another bone thumping punch to the same side of Rick's head. Rick staggered and fell, dazed and disoriented. Chadwick stood over him, with his fists poised ready to knock Rick back down if he tried to get up. No one would have blamed Rick for staying down. It was obvious to everyone that Chadwick out matched him. But Rick shook his head and struggled to get back on his feet. Several guys in the crowd encouraged Rick to stay down and we all braced ourselves for the final blow, but a police siren broke the suspense. The police car pulled into the Bag O Chicken parking lot and the crowd scattered. Chadwick and his guys began walking quickly toward the footbridge and back onto the safety of school property. The air was filled with the sound of crunching gravel, screeching tires and roaring engines. In a matter of seconds there was no one around except Rick and me. Rick was still on one knee, too stunned to get up from where Chadwick had left him. The cops remained sitting in the squad car and watched the crowd disperse. I walked over to Rick, helped him to his feet, and we slowly made our way to my VW. As I drove out of the parking lot and onto the street, in the rear view mirror I saw the cop car pull out and head back toward town. This was routine for them, but we all knew that the officers took notice of who was there and especially who was fighting. We went to Rick's house where we could assess the damage. He had a swollen eye and a bad cut on the side of his head by his ear. I found some iodine in the bathroom medicine chest and Rick began dabbing the cut behind his ear. I was embarrassed that Rick got beat up in front of our fellow students. "That Chadwick is one hell of a fighter." I said trying to ease Rick's emotional pain. "Yeah, he's tough all right." "What if his guys start to harass Cathy again?" "I guess I'd just have to fight him again." I thought, Are you totally nuts? but said, "Man, I hope that doesn't happen." I certainly didn't want to go through that again. Then Rick stopped dabbing his head, looked right at me and said, "Thanks, dude, for sticking by me." "No problem." I replied and with that the whole incident made sense. I remembered when I felt like quitting wrestling because I was losing every match and my dad telling me, "Sometimes it's not about winning or losing or what other people think". Rick threw the iodine soaked gauze into the trash can and said, "I think I'll go lie down for a while. Maybe after school tomorrow we can hang out and listen to music." "Sounds good, I'll see you tomorrow" and I left.
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Antislavery Usable Past
Remembering 1807
Slavery in Museums
Teaching Slavery
Yonas
2014 (Narrative date)
There are an estimated 518,000 people living in modern slavery in Egypt, 465,000 in Sudan and an estimated 451,000 in Eritrea (GSI 2018). Since 2006 tens of thousands of Eritreans fleeing widespread human rights abuses and destitution have ended up in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Until 2010, they passed through Sinai voluntarily and generally without any problems and crossed in to Israel. However, since then, Sudanese traffickers have kidnapped Eritreans in eastern Sudan and sold them to Egyptian traffickers in Sinai who have subjected at least hundreds to violence in order to extort large sums of money from their relatives.
Yonas* was kidnapped by traffickers traffickers near Sudan’s Shagarab refugee camp in March 2012. These traffickers handed him over to Egyptian traffickers in southern Egypt, who held him in Sinai with 24 other men and eight women for six weeks.
The first group of kidnappers said I had to pay $3,500. They blindfolded all of us and chained our hands and legs together. They threatened to remove our organs if we didn’t pay. Even though my family paid, they didn’t release me but instead sold me to a second group.
The second kidnappers said we had to pay them $33,000 because they had bought us from the first group, so we had to help them get their money back.
They beat me with a metal rod. They dripped molten plastic onto my back. They beat the soles of my feet and then they forced me to stand for long periods of time, sometimes for days. Sometimes they threatened to kill me and put a gun to my head. They hung me from the ceiling so my legs couldn’t reach the floor and they gave me electric shocks. One person died after they hung him from the ceiling for 24 hours. We watched him die.
Whenever I called my relatives to ask them to pay, they burnt me with a hot iron rod so I would scream on the phone. We could not protect the women in our room: they just took them out, raped them, and brought them back. They hardly let us sleep and I thought I was going to die but in the end a group of us managed to escape.
*name given
Narrative provided by Human Rights Watch in their report “I Wanted to Lie Down and Die”: Trafficking and Torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt
Eritrea (trafficked from),
Sudan (slavery location),
Egypt (slavery location)
2012 (Enslavement period), beating, murder, organ trafficking, ransom, rape
VOICES: Narratives by Survivors of Modern Slavery
This is the world's largest archive of modern slavery survivor narratives. Across more than a million words spoken or written by survivors of modern slavery, we can see why slavery persists in particular hotspots, analyse patterns in trafficking routes, identify vulnerabilities, understand more about the challenges survivors face in liberation, and discover new antislavery solutions. These narratives offer the chance to systematically design new antislavery strategies based on the experiences, ideas and solutions of enslaved people themselves.
The database is searchable by country, name, theme, and narrative date. Narratives can be viewed in list or map form. A short introduction provides context to each narrative. Narrative provenance appears after the main narrative text.
For ideas on how to use this database, please see our accompanying guide.
Project Lead: Zoe Trodd. Team Members: Andrea Nicholson, Lauren Eglen, Rosemary Pearce, Olivia Wright.
For any queries about the collection please contact: rightslab@nottingham.ac.uk. If you wish to cite a particular narrative, please acknowledge the survivor’s name, the provenance of the narrative and cite: Voices Database, the Rights Lab, University of Nottingham.
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Arabia Deserta: MENA Focus
Category Archives: Indonesia
Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, Muslims, Sharia, Wahhabi
A Wahhabi Coming of Age in Indonesia and Malaysia?……
February 27, 2016 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
“FOR decades, South-East Asia has had two lucky bulwarks against militant Islam: the peaceful, tolerant form of their faith practised by most South-East Asian Muslims; and the relative incompetence of local jihadists. But South-East Asia’s tradition of syncretic Islam has been threatened by stricter forms imported from the Middle East, seen as more modern and correct. Violent jihadism seems to be following the same pattern, if the bloody violence in central Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, on January 14th, is anything to go by………… In Malaysia, however, the government itself has thoroughly politicised Islam, leaving little room for dissent from its harshest rules. A study last year found more than 70% of Malaysia’s ethnic-Malay, Muslim, majority support hudud laws such as stoning for adultery…………….”
Southeast Asia has been largely under the radar as far as Wahhabism and Jihadi terrorism is concerned. Saudi madrassas (meaning schools but here ones that stress Wahhabi ideology, manned by Saudi clerics-teachers) have been around for a couple of decades, and a new crop of young terrorists are coming of age.
Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
IndonesiaMalaysiaShariaWahhabism
Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, Muslims, Sectarianism, Terrorism
The March of Violent Fundamentalism in Southeast Asia………..
“Islam in Malaysia, and Southeast Asia, is taking a more conservative turn. The Muslim faith, brought here by Arab traders hundreds of years ago, has coexisted for generations with Malay customs such as shamanism, other forms of traditional medicine and the country’s sizable Buddhist, Christian and Hindu communities. But more recently, conservative Wahhabi doctrines, often spread by Saudi-financed imams, are redefining the way Islam is practiced and, for some, eroding the tolerance for which the country has been known………. Politicians, meanwhile, are now competing with each other to show off their Islamist credentials. The opposition Pan-Islamic Party strict adherence to Shariah has helped build its support in rural areas. And a government investment fund—under the control of the Muslim-oriented ruling party…………”
In the West they/you talk of Islam and Muslims as if they/we are a monolithic thing. They/we are not. When they say Muslim and terrorism in the same sentence in the West they mean Wahhabi, a small but expanding puritan sect of Sunni Islam. These are the ones engaged in worldwide terrorism as represented by Al Qaeda, AQAP, and ISIS (DAESH).
But there is an even more violent campaign of terror among Muslims, a sectarian war, most of it committed by Al Qaeda and ISIS and their ilk against all Shi’a Muslims and against many Sunni Muslims as well. It now spans the globe.
For years Malaysia has banned the practices of Shi’ism, even as the regime and its clerics moved deeper into the realm of Wahhabi intolerance. Local Shi’as have to practice their rites in secret, otherwise they risk persecution and prosecution. As the article says, the Saudi Wahhabis have been spreading their intolerant sect for decades, by sending Imams and establishing and financing schools. Stoning of women and public flogging is more common now in Malaysia and a few other places than it ever was in the past.
The same applies to Indonesia, which also persecutes its non-Wahhabi Islamic minorities. But that has been the trend through all Sunni Islam: a Wahhabi-ization of the mainstream. Egypt is now quasi-Wahhabi, and that includes Al-Azhar. The trend toward Wahhabi-ization and intolerance among Muslims and toward other muslims, in both Arab and South Asian countries, has accelerated in the past decade. It is now sweeping North and West Africa. Even among European Muslims it is very common, much more common than you think.
MuslimsSectarianismShariaSoutheast AsiaTerrorism
Culture, Indonesia, Marriage, Misogyny, Sex, Wahhabi
Virginity Tests: from Indonesia to Ipanema………
May 15, 2015 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
“Indonesia urged to ban virginity tests for fiancées of officers, female recruits. Indonesian authorities have been urged to cease the “invasive” and “discriminatory” practice of “virginity tests” for female recruits and fiancées of military officers in the country’s armed forces. International military physicians are set to gather in Bali, Indonesia on May 17-22, 2015, to urge the country’s president, Joko Widodo, to stop the practice, according to Human Rights Watch…………….”
Virginity tests aren’t new: the Egyptian military famously used them extensively during the Tahrir Uprising in 2011. But they used them against female protesters whom the military and bureaucracy suspected of being promiscuous and engaged in sex with male protesters. In their minds it made sense: why else would young women come out to face the regime goons and risk life and limb unless it was for sex? That also fits in somehow with the Saudi clerical claims that allowing women to drive cars would end virginity overnight in that country. At least “no more virginity as they know it” ( you can use your imagination and figure it out).
Apparently Indonesian officers are allowed to marry virgins only and the state take the responsibility of ensuring that. No more surprises on the wedding night in Indonesia. There are no doubt other places where this practice is de rigueur, possibly Malaysia.
I tell ya Wahhabism and its, er, practices have spread all over the globe, possibly with the exception of Ipanema.
m.h.ghuloum@gmail.com
EgyptIndonesiamarriageVirginity tests
Indonesia, U.S. Politics
Bill Maher and the Insulted Orangutans? Was Donald Trump Born on Borneo?…………
Kissing cousins: wait till Orly Taitz gets hold of this
“A comedian, a millionaire and an orangutan. It may sound like the beginning of a screwball joke, but Donald Trump isn’t laughing. The famously outspoken real estate magnate has sued famously outspoken television host Bill Maher, demanding the $5 million Maher offered to give to charity if Trump could prove his father is not an orangutan. But legal experts say Trump is unlikely to get a dime from Maher, the host of the HBO series Real Time With Bill Maher, because his offer was clearly made in jest.”It’s parody,” said Bryan Sullivan, a Los Angeles entertainment lawyer. “You know Bill Maher is a comedian and a satirist. The offer is so ridiculous.” Trump, however, has taken the comic at his word. “Attached hereto is a copy of Mr. Trump’s birth certificate, demonstrating that he is the son of Fred Trump, not an orangutan,…………”
But how do we know that this Fred Trump was not a native of Indonesia? Given that Orangutans come from the area around Borneo and Sumatra, both part of Indonesia, is it not likely that Trump Sr. was also an Indonesian? Possibly not very far from where Barack Obama himself spent some time as a child. Which raises the question of the true birthplace of Donald Trump and the genesis of his evil haircut.
Multidisciplinary: Middle East, North Africa, Gulf, GCC, World, Cosmos…..
Oil Saga on the High Seas: Is Trump Seeking to Recruit Pirates?
Middle East Illusions: Gauleiter Kushner’s Futile Thrilla in Manama…..
Iran Disinformation, FDD Lobbyists, and Mars the God of Everlasting Muslim Wars……
Ilhan Omar vs AIPAC: a Democratic Glass Curtain becomes an Iron Curtain…..
Shinzo and Donald: the Riddle of a Nobel Farce……
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Carter, Howard, 2 resultados 2
Burton, Harry, 2 resultados 2
Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen, 2 resultados 2
Emery, Walter Bryan, 2 resultados 2
Lucas, Alfred, 2 resultados 2
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden, 2 resultados 2
Newberry, Percy Edward, 1 resultados 1
Imagem, 25 resultados 25
Hector Horeau Collection
Horeau MSS
Two portfolios with 45 loose sheets of mounted drawings and watercolours.
Horeau, Hector
John Williams Rubbings Collection
Wiliams MSS
Between 1830-1840
4 albums containing rubbings mainly of objects in the British Museum, and also other museums and private collections including those in the J. Lee collection.
Karl-Heinz Kuhn Collection
Kuhn MSS
Notes, negatives, transcripts, photographs and photostats of Coptic documents.
Kuhn, Karl-Heinz
The Percy Newberry Collection has been listed thanks to a cataloguing grant from the The National Archives in 2015. The collection comprises a wide range of material on topics including Predynastic Egypt, Theban tombs, Egyptian flora and fauna, early Egyptian travellers, ancient Egyptian religion and culture, as well as Newberry's genealogy. Formats include notebooks, research notes, photographs, tracings, rubbings and neswpaper clippings.
The collection has been divided into 5 series: Biographical Material; Correspondence; Research Notebooks; Subject Files and Research Material.
The following key subject terms collate material on the same subject which have been listed in different series:
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/nome-ensigns-percy-newberry-collection">Nome Ensigns</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/flora-and-fauna-percy-newberry-collection">Flora and Fauna</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/predynastic-egypt-percy-newberry-collection">Predynastic Egypt</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/scarabs-and-seals-percy-newberry-collection">Scarabs and Seals</a>
Newberry, Percy Edward
Douglas Newbold Collection
Newbold MSS
Two volumes on the history and archaeology of the Beja tribes of the Eastern Sudan (MSS 1) and small group of detached papers / personal file (MSS 2).
Newbold, (Sir) Douglas
Mond MSS
Prints and negatives of scenes in Theban tombs, notebook and notes (some by W. B. Emery and E. J. H. MacKay).
Mond, (Sir) Robert Ludwig
Griffith Institute Squeeze Collection
GI Squeezes
Paper squeezes from various sources.
Stobart, (Revd) Henry
Petrie MSS
Papers of William Matthew Flinders Petrie including journals covering 38 seasons (1880-1929) and photographs of excavations. The collection also includes secondary material associated with Petrie's journals, photographs of objects in museums, souvenir photographs and photocopies of material held at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London.
Petrie, (Sir) William Matthew Flinders
Reginald Engelbach Collection
Engelbach MSS
Site indexes to the Journal d'Entrée and Temporary registers of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Engelbach, Reginald
Gertrude Caton-Thompson Collection
Caton-Thompson MSS
Notes, papers, correspondence, etc., on prehistoric Faiyûm.
Caton-Thompson, Gertrude
John Gardner Wilkinson Collection
Wilkinson J. G. MSS
Journal 1841-1842 and some correspondence.
Wilkinson, (Sir) John Gardner
Peter Le Page Renouf Collection
Renouf MSS
Renouf, (Sir) Peter Le Page
Siegfried Hugo Erdmann Schott Collection
Schott MSS
(a) Approximately 3,500 negatives recording scenes from private tombs at Thebes, accompanied by a concordance in five notebooks .
(b) There are also several hundred photographs which were received in exchange with the Abteilung Ägyptologie, Trier.
(c) Microfilm roll with copies of the negatives.
Schott, Siegfried Hugo Erdmann
Robert Hay Collection
Hay MSS
Typescript copy of Hay's journal from 24th November 1824 to 27th October 1827, photographs of drawings made by Hay in the tomb of Neferhotp (TT49) (Griffith Institute photos. 3070-7), 13 mounted photographs made from Hay's drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada, and microfilm roll with copies of the Hay MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.
Hay, Robert
James Burton Photographs Collection
J. Burton MSS
9 mounted photographs made from drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada.
Microfilm roll with copies of the Burton MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.
Burton, James
Arthur Cruttenden Mace Collection
Mace MSS
(1) Excavation journals for 1899-1901 (working with W. M. F. Petrie) and 1901-2 (working with G. A. Reisner).
(2) Personal correspondence exchanged between Mace and his wife Winifred during the Winter season 1922-1923, Winifred Mace and her mother during the Winter season 1923-1924, and other correspondence related to the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
(3) Two typewritten articles by Mace on work in Tutankhamun's tomb: "DESPATCH No. 5" (3 pages), and "THE CLOSING OF THE TOMB" (incomplete, first page only + newspaper cutting of The Times article); both submitted to The Times and subsequently published on 31/01/1923 and 28/03/1923.
(4) 39 photographs, most are original Burton images, some of which have been annotated by Howard Carter; they may have been used during the preparation of H. Carter and A. C. Mace, The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen i (1923).
(5) Newspaper cuttings, most from The Times, published between 1922 and 1925.
(y) Mace's account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun - typewritten version (TAA iv.1). Diary for 1922-3 (TAA iv.2).
(z) Mace's account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun - original handwritten version (TAA iv.3).
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden
John Frederick Dewey Collection
Dewey MSS
c. 1980s - 2000s
C. 10,500 colour slides (35mm) mostly of Egypt (temples, tombs and other ancient monuments), but also of different countries in the Middle East (Syria, Persia, Turkey, etc.) as well as the Far East. They are cross-referenced with an extensive card index and cover a period from the early 1980s until the early 2000s. They consist of images from virtually every site in the Egyptian Delta region and Nile Valley.
Dewey, John Frederick
Pietro Bracci Manuscript
Bracci MSS
c. 1750s-1773
Bound manuscript on Egyptian hieroglyphs and related topics (Roman obelisks, Iseum in Rome, Isiac pomp described by Apuleius, Egyptian rites, mummies, etc.). Left unfinished.
Bracci, Pietro
Diana Magee Collection
Magee MSS
Complete papers, including notes (DPhil), some photographs, small group of correspondence, etc.
Magee, Diana Norma Elizabeth
Griffith Institute Stereoscopic Photographs Collection
GI Stereoscopic Photographs
1) 103 stereoscopic photographs published by Underwood & Underwood, consisting of views of Egypt (49), China (50), Europe (3), and India (1).
2) Sawyer's View-Master Model B, black bakelite (c. 1944-1947), and twelve View-Master reels with seven pictures of Egypt each (© 1950): 3301 'Cairo, Egypt'; 3302 'The Famous Mosques of Cairo, Egypt'; 3303 'The Great Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, Egypt'; 3304 'The Tombs of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt'; 3305 'Treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amen, Cairo, Egypt'; 3306 'The River Nile, Assuan to Cairo, Egypt'; 3307 'The Valley of the Nile, Egypt'; 3308 'People of the Nile Valley, Egypt'; 3309 'Sakkara and Memphis, Egypt'; 3310 'Luxor & El Karnak, Egypt'; 3311 'Ancient Thebes, Egypt'; and 3312 'Assuan on the Nile, Egypt'.
3) 50 stereoscopic glass positives accompanied by a handwritten numbered index of images and a Gaumont stereoscopic viewer. The positives were created in Egypt sometime between 1900 and 1914. Views include Alexandria, Cairo (street scenes and inside the Egyptian Museum), the pyramids at Giza, the Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, and Aswan.
Robert Elcum Horsfall Negatives Collection
Horsfall MSS
Negatives of Egyptian sites and monuments taken before 1914.
Horsfall, (Capt) Robert Elcum
Archibald Henry Sayce Collection
Sayce MSS
1872-early 1930s
Notes, photographs, squeezes, correspondence, and offprints. Contain, amongst others, references to Assyriological, Greek, Cypriot, and Egyptological material. Includes notes made by Petrie which were with Sayce at the time of his death.
Sayce, (Revd) Archibald Henry
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Collection
Edwards A.A.B. MSS
-Album of drawings and watercolours made during Amelia Edwards's visit to the Dolomites.
-Album of drawings and watercolours made during her visit to Egypt in 1873-4.
-Album with 26 pencil sketches and one watercolour entitled 'Small Egyptian Scraps, 1874', made during same visit to Egypt.
-Album, notebook, packet containing an assortment of drawings, letters, and notes, another packet contains copies of deeds and accounts issued following her death.
-Two watercolours of the temples on Philae island, assumed to have been painted by A. Edwards.
-First edition of Amelia B. Edwards, Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers (1891); Kate Griffith's (née Bradbury) copy, with handwritten dedication to ‘Katie’.
Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
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Nox Weird Color
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The adblue is what helps clean the exhaust gas and the nox sensors are monitors that read how clean the exhaust is Sure they might be bad and sure you might have a bad scr but follow the function chain here man. Creatine is the most popular of. If even one of the transistors is getting damaged, MSD80 is not able to measure the current, which is going thru all exact bank and switches off all injectors of exact bank. Of course these lists are flexible…names can often be used either way 🙂 Looking for more help with character development? Check out the Character Development Tips page!. To make the Invert Colors toggle functional, you need to turn it on in the Settings app. Oxygen and nitrogen, though generally unreactive toward each other, form NOx species when heated to excess, specifically nitrogen dioxide, which is largely responsible for the color. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. It is important you understand and know what each smell signifies and how you can fix them. Plants and other photosynthetic organisms are called producers because they can make carbohydrates for energy without consuming other organisms. They're different, but to our eyes, both are attractive. She has no trademark looks like the others, though her all-purple cowgirl look from when she was first introduced is often associated as her trademark look. com Lucy, Sophie and Leah. Get working Not On The High Street voucher codes and discounts: all of our NOTHS promo codes are checked and working for November 2019 – VoucherCodes. However, the special "Halloween Edition" of the game won't be released. These images are also used for Slack on non-Apple platforms including Windows, Linux, and Android. Over time, it went well, no problems, but later on this week, when I pritned out stuff, it came out green, and then it began to print out the content with lines crossed. 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Meanwhile, Darth Baras learned on Xerender's activities on Hoth and send his Enforcer to chase him, believing that Xerender was searching for a superweapon. They can be any number of colors, including red, brown, black, tan, pink, white, or purple. I changed to 125%, then signed out. 77 Daiquiri Drink Contains rum, citrus juice, sugar £5. In this tutorial I show you how to make the worlds weirdest pencil. Typical CA BS. -palacio de Kensington, Londres, 25 de octubre de 1760) fue rey de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, duque de Brunswick-Luneburgo y uno de los príncipes electores del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico desde 1727 hasta su fallecimiento en 1760. I expect the theme should look like this: (source:. Today, they are used for more specialized tasks than in years past. Coupon / Buy Now: Get 3 free snacks with the code GET3 at checkout HERE. Browse staff picks, author features, and more. This three panel landscaped format screen will be full color and includes the adventure Nox Germanica. I have had friends 6 ft tall sit in it and love it despite it's weird small size it is totally comfortable. Play in VR or in 2D: The choice is yours! Accessible to virtually anyone with an iOS or Android smartphone. Weird how our max allowances are different when we only live 40 miles from each other. 10 - Radiohead - Weird Fishes (Lucas Rossi From The Bottom Bootleg) / D-Nox - Black Table / Resident by Hernan Cattaneo is proudly powered by Podbean and. Please use another terminal emulator. Game-Over Man: Though she doesn't show up on screen, Hecubah is there when you die for the first time in a chapter to gloat about how there's nothing standing between her and complete domination of Nox. net provides Neopets users with game guides, helpful articles, solutions and goodies to guide your Neopets experience. Free shipping and returns on Naked & Famous Denim Weird Guy Slim Fit Selvedge Jeans (Indigo) at Nordstrom. Or, 'Nox' could be a princess that had a change of hearth and wants to do good. Excel 2010 For Dummies. Featuring dual lenses with dual Sony IMX Sensors and a wide lens with optical image stabilization. The hair dyes, glosses, and root touch-up kits that will have your hair looking as if you just stepped out of the salon. Pinned down by invisible attackers, the SG-1 team discovers that the Goa'uld have uncovered the secrets to the Nox invisibility technology. “Mox Nox” didn’t really work for me, and when I read this review I asked myself why. Great, because my computer looked like I didn't have a working graphics card. I generate a bar plot using ggplot2 and geom_bar. And no, I haven't picked a yellow Ferrari, or an orange Lamborghini, or something else boring and obvious. The theme is heavily inspired by Robert Aickman's fiction. Telephone modem is required and will be provided for the duration of phone service subscription. Darth Nox, formerly known as Kallig, also known by the call sign Rage, and their titles Heir of Tulak Hord and Kallig and Master of the Dead, and worshiped as the Great Dragon by the Cult of the Screaming Blade, was a powerful Dark Lord of the Sith that served the Sith Empire during the Cold War. I recently collected the Monolith Graphics package from the post office, containing 20 CDs of Nox Arcana music, The Gothic Tarot Compendium (with The Gothic Tarot deck) and the Madame Endora's Fortune Cards deck. I don't know why I thought this was so weird or why I didn't think of it before, but I just thought it was really strange. Yugo, Sadlygrove, Evangelyne and Amalia after they stepped into Ruel's shovel trap in episode. Here are 30 amazingly weird yet funny optical illusions that will make wonder what the hell you are looking at. Smilax bona-nox catbrier r, lo Features 80 color photographs of the most common tree and shrub pecies, plus over 100 line drawings. 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In atmospheric chemistry, NOx is a generic term for the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution, namely nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). Initially, I envisioned a book of stories where it is ambiguous as to whether the nature of the horror/weird element is supernatural or not. Here are 8 rules of capitalization to lay a fabulous foundation for all your future writings. Diagnostics of MS43.
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White House Watch
Dan Froomkin
White House Watch Columnist
Wednesday, June 4, 2008; 1:00 PM
What's going on inside the White House? Ask Dan Froomkin, who writes the White House Watch column for washingtonpost.com. He answered your questions, took your comments and links, and pointed you to coverage around the Web on Wednesday, June 4 at 1 p.m. ET.
The transcript follows.
Dan is also deputy editor of Niemanwatchdog.org.
Click here to read past White House Watch discussions.
Dan Froomkin: Hi everyone and welcome. Lots to talk about today. Scott McClellan's new book. New evidence in the Plame case. And Bush getting another nudge toward war in Iran. Just for starters.
And yes, before anyone says it: I know, last week was a lousy time to go on vacation.
San Diego: Does McClellan's book say anything about those missing e-mails? Has anyone asked him about them?
Dan Froomkin: No, and no at least nothing I've seen), which raises an interesting point: What should reporters be asking the new McClellan about? All those missing e-mails would indeed be one good topic.
I'm shocked at how little (i.e. nothing) he writes about torture. And as far as I know, he's not been asked about it in interviews. So Scott, let's start with this: How do you define torture?
I know it's not a big deal, but I'd like to ask him about his al-Jazeera dodge.
I've already heard from several readers who want to ask him about Jeff Gannon.
What would you like him to be asked about?
Oostburg, Wis.: Other than the legitimate question about not raising doubts when serving in the White House, I have seen nothing from Bush loyalists denying the charges and observations McClellan makes in his book. Am I missing something in their "puzzling responses"?
Dan Froomkin: No. And McClellan's failure to raise doubts in real time, while undeniably pathetic and tragic, is actually a testament to one of his key points: That inside the White House bubble, dissent is so unwelcome that it's virtually inconceivable.
Madison, Wis.: Hi Dan -- thanks for your faithful reporting! Regarding Iran, what actions can Bush take? Can he authorize strikes without Congress? Would the military go along with an attack? In practical terms, how worried should we be?
Dan Froomkin: Excellent questions. You certainly should be worried if you're counting on Congress or the military to stop him. Various members of Congress have threatened to respond angrily if Bush attacked Iran, but I don't think that alone will give him pause. There was one guy in the military rumored to be ready to countermand Bush's orders -- Admiral William J. "Fox" Fallon -- but Bush had him removed from his position as top commander in the Middle East in March. (And see today's column for Fallon's first, ambiguous public comments on CNN yesterday.)
That said, I think the most likely scenario is no longer a preemptive U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, but that some sort of provocation (provoked or otherwise) will give Bush "no choice" but to respond to militarily.
So imagine a face-off in Gulf waters suddenly escalating, or Israel launching its own attack, or U.S. planes attacking suspected training camps for Iraqi insurgents inside Iran. Any of those presumably would result in a protracted U.S. military campaign, without having to go to the trouble of asking Congress for anything.
Milwaukee, Wis.: In Monday's Post, Robert Novak wrote one of the only pieces on McClellan's book that attacks the substance of what McClellan is saying. Most conservative criticisms of McClellan have been personal, as opposed to substantive. So I want to understand Novak's point better: He seems to be claiming that Richard Armitage leaked Plame's undercover status, and Libby and Rove were innocent of any wrongdoing. Can you clarify what role Armitage played in the Plame affair, and why Novak thinks his role relieves Libby and Rove of any responsibility? It seems to fly in the face of other things I've read, including items in your column. Thanks as always for your hard work.
washingtonpost.com: Did Cheney Tell Libby to Do It? (washingtonpost.com, June 3)
Dan Froomkin: Here is the Novak column in question: Parroting the Democrats.
Novak and a few others (including Rove) are trying to make it seem like the only question of significance here is: Who was the very first administration official to mention Valerie Plame's identity to Robert Novak (or anyone else)? The answer to that is Richard Armitage.
But the real question of significance is: Did White House officials, as part of a coordinated White House campaign to discredit Plame's husband Joe Wilson, an administration critic, expose Plame's identity as a CIA agent and then (repeatedly) lie about it? The answer to that question, of course, is yes, starting (but not finishing) with Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.
And in fact, as I've noted many times before, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald made it pretty clear that he suspected the plot was hatched and put into motion by Vice President Cheney. So another key question is the one I asked yesterday: Did Cheney tell Libby to do it?
That Armitage was chronologically the first is a great big red herring espoused by the most die-hard Rove-and-Libby defenders -- including (again, see yesterday's column) Fox News host Bill O'Reilly. I find their arguments ludicrous and shrill.
Your point about all the McClellan attackers piling on him, rather than on the substance of his charges, is also a good one.
Stamford, Conn.: Hi Dan -- you sure pick your weeks to be away! As you rightly stated in an earlier column, McClellan's book is a clear vindication, but will the mainstream media also wake up and realize that the all the administration's press secretaries were/are just as bad as McClellan in terms of being part of the propaganda machine? Snow is getting an obvious (and undeserved in my view) pass because of his illness, but Perino should be challenged far more often, and vigorously at that. One last question: Do you think McClellan will be be asked to testify before Congress?
Dan Froomkin: Editor & Publisher's Joe Strupp asked Washington reporters -- including Washington Post White House correspondent Michael Abramowitz -- if they think the revelations in McClellan's book will affect future press-spokesperson relations.
"Abramowitz said he would not let McClellan's actions tarnish his view of future press secretaries, adding that each must be approached individually, but with clear skepticism.
" 'Every press secretary is different. Every press secretary starts off with a clean slate with me,' Abramowitz explained, offering positive views of former spokesman Tony Snow and current press secretary Dana Perino. 'They are both very aggressive defenders of their boss, but I don't think that they lied to us point blank the way McClellan did. One goes into this understanding that everything they tell you is filtered through being an aggressive defender of the president.' "
Me, I don't see that Snow or Perino were/are any more credible on a day-to-day basis than McClellan. McClellan obviously was flat-out wrong when waving reporters away from Rove and Libby, but other than that, I think it's mostly stylistic differences.
Brooklyn, N.Y.: If Olmert is so intent on stopping Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, why doesn't Israel attack its facilities themselves? Why do President Bush and the United States have to spearhead the offensive?
Dan Froomkin: He could -- but unlike the attack on Syria, which ostensibly was conducted without American preapproval, an Israeli attack on Iran immediately and viscerally would impact U.S. national security -- not to mention that Israeli jets presumably would have to cross Iraqi airspace. So the idea that they could do this without explicit or at least implicit U.S. approval is a farce.
Atlanta: Hi, Dan. I thought the O'Reilly interview with Scott McClellan was pretty funny. Scott kept talking about ending the partisan rancor in Washington, and here's O'Reilly in full right-wing partisanship mode. I guess he missed the point. Yes, he should be asked about torture. And though it's not your area, I have not heard the presidential candidates speak significantly on this subject either.
Dan Froomkin: I thought that interview was a hoot. A keeper.
Raleigh, N.C.: I have heard a number of press people (most notably David Gregory) defend the media against the McClellan's assertion that the press did not do its job in the run up to the war. Gregory and the others were more than happy to beat on the little guy, Scott McClellan, every day. However, when the opportunities came to question the "big fish," Bush or Cheney, I don't remember anybody really grilling either one. They blithely accepted the answers doled out. Gregory and the rest of "political press" who thought they did a good job should climb out of their bubble of denial as well. Speaking to power means just that.
Dan Froomkin: As I wrote last week over at NiemanWatchdog.org, there really is no debate on this issue. I'm dumbfounded by those who suggest otherwise.
As for Gregory, he does often ask tough questions, both of the press secretaries and of the presidents, and he isn't afraid to follow up. That's admirable. But just asking the questions isn't enough -- you have to report when the questions are ducked and dodged, you have to report when the answers either are unsupported by the facts or are obvious untruths, and you have to go to the people who do have the answers. On a scale of one to 10, meek to aggressive (say, Jeff Gannon to Helen Thomas), I give Gregory a seven for questions, but about a two or three for reportage.
Dan Froomkin: I'm being a bit facetious with my scale. But you get the point.
Northville, N.Y.: Doesn't the McClellan book make you think that an attack on Iran is more likely than not? If the sole counterweight to the pro-war forces is Condi Rice -- who repeatedly has failed to do anything but anticipate what Bush wants and give him support for it, no matter how misguided -- what hope is there?
Dan Froomkin: Thanks for tying our two themes of the day together. You make an important point. In fact, Talking Points Memo's Andrew Tilghman today pulls out the seminal -- and damning -- excerpts about Rice from McClellan's book. In a nutshell, she's an extraordinarily accomplished enabler.
Seattle: What is Congress prepared to do if Bush attacks Iran?
Dan Froomkin: Pout?
Baltimore: I'll concede I haven't read McClellan's book, but I did watch him on "The Daily Show." When questioned by Jon Stewart to call the lies from the administration outright deceptions, McClellan wouldn't bite. He continued to blame "the culture of Washington" and claimed he was trying to "change the culture." Sounds like more spin to me. I think the press has made this out to be a bigger deal than it really is because, until I hear him say "Bush lied while Americans died," or something to that effect, don't put me down as wanting to buy or read more schlock from this group of jerks.
washingtonpost.com: Scott McClellan on 'The Daily Show' (Comedy Central, June 3)
Dan Froomkin: I thought Stewart, whose interviews sometimes are disappointing, was dead-on with McClellan. As I wrote on Monday, McClellan's insistence that self-deception rather than a conscious disregard for the truth was behind what he now describes as the White House's consistent lack of candor is spectacularly self-serving.
I excerpted some of the Stewart interview in my column yesterday.
Anonymous: Bush said in his May 15 Knesset speech: "America stands with you in firmly opposing Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. Permitting the world's leading sponsor of terror to possess the world's deadliest weapons would be an unforgivable betrayal for future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. (Applause.)" How is this to be interpreted other than that -- in the event diplomacy and sanctions fail to bring a halt to what Bush decides is Iranian efforts to acquire nuclear weapons -- he will authorize the use of military force to destroy Iran's nuclear infrastructure?
Dan Froomkin: That's a good question -- especially knowing what we know about Bush's decision-making habits (i.e. more influenced by fervor than facts).
Reality-based Washington!: I loved Tent Duffy's op-ed! Perfectly explains Scott McClellan's actions. What insight. ... Here's my question to you and Mr. Duffy: Why on Earth would anyone express anything less than full and complete admiration for Bush while working at the White House? Holy moly -- they must think we all live in that bubble.
washingtonpost.com: Will the Real Scott Please Stand Up? (Post, June 2)
Dan Froomkin: I just would add that it didn't have to be this way. A White House can function just fine -- in fact, better -- if dissent is allowed, certainly in moderation. One thing I will be watching closely in the new administration, whomever's it is, is the state of the bubble.
Albuquerque, N.M.: I'm still wondering why we haven't seen mainstream media coverage of the Pentagon propaganda story, especially given that Scott McClellan is publicly making claims that the White House was behind the selling of the war. By the way, yours is one of the few columns I read in the mainstream media, given that most journalists now reside in the blogosphere.
Dan Froomkin: I pretty much have given up on the MSM pursuing this story. Pathetic, but true. There is, however, some hope that Congress will assert itself.
Chicago: I am curious about the role of the press. If they were threatened by the Bush administration with a loss of access, why didn't they counter that threat with the risk of a big (or multiple) investigative push? It seems to me that the press easily could gather its resources to tie up the Bush administration in constant battles about information and in placing every scandals on the front page or at the top of the nightly news. Shouldn't bullying by the government beget an aggressive press?
Dan Froomkin: I think history will show that it wasn't overt threats from the White House but internalized fears and pressures that skewed the press coverage in the Bush era. We're really good, generally speaking, at responding to external threats. It's from the inside that we're dying.
Seattle: One thing in your column about Abramowitz's response to McClellan's book was that he didn't seem to understand that he had been played on a fundamental level. The press largely has gone the way of passive "he said, she said" reporting; the Bush White House knew that, and then abused it. Is that a fair read?
Dan Froomkin: My analysis would be a bit more nuanced. My guru on this matter, however, is Jay Rosen.
Sun Prairie, Wis.: Dan, who wrote Scott McClellan's book? That, as you'll recall, was a question raised by Robert Novak in your paper earlier this week. I think it's worth addressing, because the media tend to treat with great credulity public figures hawking books under their names, even if much of the actual writing was done by ghostwriters. I well believe McClellan was involved in the production of "What Happened," but has he to your knowledge been quizzed on how someone who struggled to get through the recitation of talking points in a daily briefing managed to produce a book of more than 300 pages?
Dan Froomkin: It does seem awfully eloquent for a guy best known for his robotic adherence to talking points, but it appears he has his own voice after all. And there is a fair amount of repetition of the central points, which does remind me of the old Scott.
The State of American Journalism: I've read columns from old-school and/or now-deceased journalists where they remark with pride that they pissed off the president or government officials with persistent questioning. Now, I read about how journalists love being "tight" and "trusted" with those same officials and count them as friendly sources. What happened?
Dan Froomkin: I think you are oversimplifying. There always have been sycophants in the press, and there are still plenty of watchdogs out there. Furthermore, beat reporters always have had to walk a narrow line between developing sources and ticking them off. One thing that I think has changed is that White House "sources," once developed, typically have been more candid than the ones in this White House.
Lawrenceville, Ga.: It seems that Novak's position is that once the bank has been robbed, it's okay for anyone else to rob it, as the money is already gone.
Dan Froomkin: And keep in mind that even in your analogy, Rove drove the first getaway car.
Seattle: Not a question so much as an observation: George W. Bush actually may be regarded by historians as one of the most influential presidents in our history. No, it's not because he saw a problem and made the tough decisions in the face of terroristic threats -- it's because the radical increases in fuel prices, under free market principles, actually may limit the use of automobiles and ultimately reverse the trend of longer commutes to and from an ever-expanding exurbia.
The conversion of the landscape to impervious surfaces, mediated by an auto-centric economy, is one of the biggest and most proximal threats to water quantity and quality that we face in this country. George W. Bush's economically disastrous policies may be the serendipitous catastrophe that accomplishes what no legislature has even dared talk about -- genuine protection of the nation's freshwater resources.
Dan Froomkin: Thanks. I guess that will feature high in my "positive unintended consequences" retrospective.
McLean, Va.: With White House press briefings being nearly all show and nearly no substance, why do papers like The Washington Post waste valuable reporter time on these farces?
Dan Froomkin: They often don't. That's why you see questions from the briefing-room cranks popping up so early in the transcripts these days; they're sitting in the seats reserved for The Post and the Times and...
Chicago: Why hasn't there been any mention in the press about Richard Engel's book and the interview with Bush, where Bush says the war will go on for 40 years and that he doesn't care if the war on terror or the war in Iraq has created more enemies? This seems like a bigger, if not equal story to the McClellan book.
Dan Froomkin: Here are the excerpts in question. I haven't decided what I make of them yet. Check back tomorrow.
Annandale, Va.: Has Scott McClellan come out as a McCain supporter?
Dan Froomkin: No. In fact he's said he's intrigued with Obama.
Nixa, Mo.: If they attack Iran, gas prices would probably hit $6 or more a gallon. Wouldn't that destroy the Republican Party's chances of taking back Congress or the presidency in the future? Are they really that stupid?
Dan Froomkin: There are lots of ways an attack on Iran likely would backfire on Bush and all associated with him. That is one of them.
Cleveland: Hi Dan. If we were to attack Iran, what would be the best timing -- summer, to maximize coverage during the campaign and distract from other issues, or October, so as to maximize the "shock and awe" value at the polls? If not Iran, is there another October Surprise in your crystal ball?
Dan Froomkin: Actually, since I'm not at all sure attacking Iraq would be good for McCain, I think post-November is shaping up as the more likely possibility.
Silver Spring, Md.: I don't think that you are being fair when you say that the U.S. military leadership will not stand up fairly strongly against any direct attack on Iran. While there are certainly Air Force desk jockeys and others who want some of the glory that the Marines and Army have gotten in Iraq and Afghanistan, I think that you would find that most of the "combatant commanders" and their underlings are pretty sick of sending 20-year-olds out into the streets of Baghdad to have their legs blown off. Just about all we see of the military is the photogenic, pundit-type leadership such as Petraeus, but there are many responsible, decent and highly disillusioned colonels, majors and captains out there who know much better than you or I how many U.S. lives would be at stake if we attacked Iran.
Dan Froomkin: Thanks. I'd love to see some reporting on this. I'm sure that you're right, and that a lot of combatant commanders would be hugely against a direct attack -- but are they in any position to do anything about it, especially if it comes about somewhat backhandedly?
Hammond, Ore.: Hi Dan. Just curious about something -- for the longest time President Bush attributed all of this country's "successes" to his tax cuts for the wealthy, but now that reality has set in and everything he has touched is going to pot, where is he and all the administration mouthpieces trumpeting how great his tax cuts are? Shouldn't they be taking to the streets and announcing: "Fear not, our economy is strong and resilient. Let's here it for the economy! The housing market! Gas prices! Inflation! Two wars! National debt!" Hmmm, not a sound. Wonder why?
Dan Froomkin: Actually, you underestimate the man. Just this past Monday he held a meeting with like-minded economists and had this to say: "[T]he economy is not doing as well as we'd like to do -- like it to do today, but there's no question that the tax cuts provided economic vitality. And now the question is, what will the Congress do? Given the facts that tax cuts have worked, what will be the congressional response? Our response is, let's make those tax cuts permanent. Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy."
San Jose, Calif.: Hi Dan -- good to have you back. Let me get this straight: McClellan says the "media" did not do its job investigating the lead-up to the Iraq War. In the same way Fitzgerald could not get to the bottom of Cheney's involvement in the Plame leak because Scooter Libby was blocking him from getting evidence he needed, wasn't the media blocked from getting information from McClellan (and the media doesn't even have subpoena power)?
In other words, how can the most public figure involved in obstructing the media from getting information, the press secretary, blame them for not doing their job without first admitting that he was the primary reason they couldn't? It's like Scooter Libby blaming Fitzgerald for not indicting Cheney, isn't it?
Dan Froomkin: I have a problem with media criticism coming from a guy who, from behind the podium, made a mockery of the press and the public's right to know. But in this particular case, he's dead right. Watchdog reporting doesn't start and end with the White House press secretary. In fact, it has almost nothing to do with the White House secretary.
There were some journalists who got it exactly right, and they didn't do it from inside the briefing room.
Boynton Beach, Fla.: Dan, I'm a big fan, but I don't think you handled the McClellan issue (Monday's column) well. In his tour as press secretary, he had many embarrassing press conferences where he came across as a horse's ass, and while that was a role he willingly accepted, I believe it gave him the license to write the book he did. There will be others to follow, for a lot of people have a lot of blood on their hands.
I find it inexcusable that some in the corporate media are mashing McClellan when they were nowhere to be found at the moment of truth during the build-up to the Iraq war -- when the facts never added up as the Bushies laid them out. No reporter or columnist put himself out on a limb with the needed fearless reporting -- or did I miss the awarding of that Pulitzer? Media culpa, as Colbert called it the other night.
But all of this is important given the current rhetoric regarding Iran. Frankly, I think the president is waiting until after the election to launch his attack on Iran so as not to torpedo McCain's candidacy. If the media fails us on Iran because it is worried about offending Bush, then no one in the industry will have the first shred of credibility.
Dan Froomkin: You missed that Pulitzer because it wasn't awarded. And as for Iran, I agree that there are obvious lessons and it's not clear we've learned them.
Freehold, N.J.: Assume for a moment that you're going to be advising the next president. Choose three actions (or five, or whatever number you're comfortably coming up with in a fast chat like this) within the president's power, such as ordering the release of testimony/documents, declassifying material, pardoning someone to compel testimony. What would you advise the next president to do to expose some of the more dubious actions/plots/policies of the current administration? And what secrets most intrigue you that you doubt we'll ever get to the bottom of?
Dan Froomkin: That's a good question, and one that I'd like to mull. In the meantime, here's an interesting essay by Steven Aftergood suggesting a few questions for the presidential candidates about their willingness to disclose just what the current administration has done.
Wahpeton, N.D.: Hi Dan, Long time reader, first time with a question. Why do we not hear more from the White House press about the lack of desire from the people in Iraq to keep American troops there? If it is supposed to be a free and democratic country, how can we justify having troops there if the people there don't even want them?
Dan Froomkin: That question was worth the wait!
It's somewhat inevitable that the Iraqi voices who want us to stay will be over-represented in the news coverage. Most reporters congregate around the Green Zone and talk mostly to Iraqis in the Green Zone, and those people are dependent on American troops for their safety, if not their income, etc.
But the (very few) polls I've seen show that the Iraqi people are about as eager for our troops to leave as the American people are for them to come home -- i.e. by healthy majorities. I would like to see more reporting on this.
Dan Froomkin: Thanks very much everyone for your questions and comments. Sorry I couldn't get to more of them, but I have to run.
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Two dead, three injured in shooting at Southern California high school
The shooter was reportedly a classmate, described as an "Asian male wearing black clothing."
Two students are dead and at least three others were injured, two of them in critical condition, after a classmate reportedly opened fire on Thursday morning at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.
Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves multiple people injured, suspect dead
Officials said they had located the suspected shooter and that the person is "no longer a threat." The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the suspect is in custody and is reportedly in grave condition at a local hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shooting occurred in the school's quad area. Officials say video from the scene shows the suspect pulling a semi-automatic pistol out of his backpack, shooting five students, and then shooting himself in the head.
The shooter has been identified as a 16-year-old male student at the school whose birthday is today. Earlier reports described the suspect as an "Asian male wearing black clothing."
#LASD Shooting at Saugus High School , Please avoid the area. Male Asian suspect black clothing last seen at the location. Deputies on scene and still responding. Avoid the area Further information to follow.
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) November 14, 2019
If you live in neighborhood s anywhere near Saugus High, PLEASE LOCK DOORS and stay inside. If you see suspect, male dark clothing, in backyards, etc. CALL 911
— SCV Sheriff (@SCVSHERIFF) November 14, 2019
"This is an active shooter situation," said the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Office in tweet posted at 8:32 am. "If you live in neighborhoods anywhere near Saugus High, PLEASE LOCK DOORS and stay inside. If you see suspect, male dark clothing, in backyards, etc. CALL 911"
In a follow-up tweet, officials added that they believed there was only one suspect "but we are actively investigating and following all leads."
Authorities say video from the scene, recorded in the school's quad area, shows the suspect pulling a 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol out of his backpack, shooting five students, and then shooting himself in the head.
This is still a developing story...
More here: At Least Six Students Hospitalized in Shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita
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Cousin Wallace checks the shotgun stats.
Whilst awaiting my turn @ the barber shoppe I was perusin' a Field & Steam rag and read what I thought was an interesting article.
Tx PWD conducted a survey on which was more effective, lead or steel shot for dove hunters.
TPWD conducted this survey over 3 years ( I think that's what it said) with one observer going out w/one hunter to count the hits & misses and record the ranges.
Neither shooter or observer knew whether they were using steel or lead (shells were "color coded" & otherwise unmarked) 12 gauge.
Lead loads were 1 1/8oz #7 1/2 shot @ 1200fps
Steel loads were 1oz #7size steel @1300fps (dunno much about steel shot sizes...assuming #7 steel is deemed good for doves?)
Both loads had similar recoil so, shooter not supposed to be able to tell difference.
Article claims both loads killed about the same w/the steel load achieving 5% more hits ( I think due to shooters error in frequently not leading bird enuff w/slower lead load)
As a group, this bunch of shooters (forget how many there were but, quite a few) killed one bird for every 4.4 shells expended (22.7%)
National average was one bird killed for every 7.5 shells ( 13.3% ) according to this article.
As a group they missed shots over 30 yards 68% of the time.
As a group they missed shots under 30 yards 57% of the time.
Average "kill" distance was 29 yards.
Now, here's what I found pretty interesting.
Shooters used their own shotguns & had their choice as to what choke they used.
48.1% used "Modified" choke ......21% kill percentage
30.5% used "Imp Cyl" choke.........26% kill percentage
21.4% used "Full" choke ..............16% kill percentage
Note the 5% increase for each step down in choke constriction.
Kinda shows what I've been saying/thinking all these years...."Most guys would do better with a more open choke & also not shoot at birds out of range."
Many years ago I read something that's always stuck with me & I believe it to be pretty close to the truth.
"You can tell a greenhorn wingshooter 'cause he'll always shoot too long a barrel, too tight a choke, too big shot and high brass shotshells."
I've observed this very thing over the years!
Typical rookie will say "I want a 30" barrel and full choke! High brass #6's work best! Them little ole #8's won't even kill a hummingbird."
Well, somewhere in the middle probably lies a pretty good compromise.
Rarely have I ever felt the need for a Full choke and I'd only use #6's if that's all I had....I've had pretty good success killing ducks w/#6's!
Another old saying that I've always remembered is "Pattern fails before penetration" ....Checked mourning doves killed @ 40yds & a #8 will go all the way thru sometimes.
Yep, a #6 will shore-nuff kill a dove "IF" your pattern doesn't let him fly thru without a hit....see little need for #6 unless looong shots w/full choke & your are able to hit at distance.
As for me, I much prefer #7 1/2 as my "do all" shot size with #8's in the smaller gauges and earlier season, especially on the smaller mourning doves.
Whitewings are bigger & tuffer so it's # 7 1/2's for them too. ( This goes for the Eurasian Collared doves too).
Steel vrs Lead.....gimme the lead every time!!!! Surely hope the gubmint don't force us to use steel on doves like they did ducks....I'd be bad mad!
Everyone has their favorites I'm sure....and, there are always exceptions...shooter skill (or, lack thereof) can certainly change these stats...just found this article very interesting!
As always, I'd like to hear everyone's opinions!
Daily Deercam: Not much shaking.
It must be over.
One doe
Little buck.
The rest were rabbits, squirrels and raccoons.
Daily Deercam: Not very fancy.
Can't get the date set on the cam, nor get the feeder working, so there is only corn when the coons or I shake it out a bit. Still there is a little traffic.
Not legal but he is cute and reliable. Wonder where last years versions are?
Creatures of the Earth.
Whales still carrying flint harpoon points, 80 year old parrots, 64 year old Albatross.....and a 502 year old clam.
Flint and slate points in Bowhead Whale.
Daily Deercam: Bad Moultrie.
Mr. Coon.
Doe and twins.
Big Buck.
Cousin Wallace forwards an account of the Holy Lands.
Edited to delete the writer, but here is a contemporary account of what its like on the ground in Israel and Jordan:
We have now been in Israel / Jordan for 3 days. My biggest takeaway is the absolute belief that these countries want peace. They are tired of war and ever-present terrorism. We have spent hours with the Israeli National Police, Border Police, retired Mossad, military units, and even the GID of Jordan (the equivalent of our CIA), and all have expressed a desire to live in safe communities, raise their children, and coexist.
The holy sites are difficult to appreciate, in my humble opinion, because they are so commercialized and so well attended. We will hear from the Police Commander tomorrow about the difficulties of policing the Temple Mount, and we will visit it during the daytime.
Israel has less population than New York City, as does Jordan. They both lament that they live in bad neighborhoods. Except for Amman, you do not get the sense that these people fear for their safety. In fact, it is just the opposite. They go about their business, whether work or recreation, in small and large groups. I thought I would see police everywhere, but that is only true for the Old City, which is where the holy sites are. I seldom see officers elsewhere on the streets.
We spent a day in the West Bank (Occupied Territory) visiting a training site for the Israeli Border Police. The people were fantastic. We saw them accomplish riot control, bus assaults, and shooting demonstrations. I left with a BP green beret.
Amman, Jordan, was a different story. The city has 3.5 million people, and it is in the desert mountains. Traffic was horrible! I will never complain about Austin again. We had armed escorts the entire time, and they weaved us through and almost into traffic repeatedly. We were inches from colliding, and no one seemed to care. We met with the King's brother and spent an hour with him and the Director of Military Intelligence. Following this, we traveled to a Special Forces compound that was largely paid for by you and I. I'm betting Lt. Watson has trained at this site, which is home to the KASOTC. Afterwards, it was off to the 1,200 person SWAT unit that serves the city. They have two operations a week, mostly related to criminal offenses (armed robbery and homicide). They take tremendous casualties. They had an active shooter just last week, when one of the local police officers opened fire at a training site, killing several. This unit is committed to the fight! I left with their trademark black beret.
Both countries are very troubled by Da'esh...what we call ISIL. Russia's involvement, they fear, will cause even more foreign fighters to join, thus escalating the violence. The Jordanian GID (CIA) correctly pointed out that Syria does not have security forces to keep the country afloat should Da'esh be defeated, so they are worried about long-term plans, or the lack thereof. Everyone agrees that Russia's involvement changed things. The refugees are overwhelming everyone!
By the way, we have now run into two NYPD detectives. One is assigned to Jerusalem and the other to Amman. NYPD's chief is with me on this trip.
It is now 10 pm in Jerusalem. I have an early morning run awaiting me!
Daily Deercam....from last December and January.
Pulled the card on a cam I hadn't visited since the first of the season. These bucks lived through the first of the year....ought to be much better this season.
Nice 2 1/2 that was around in late December.
Certainly looks fat and healthy.
Bobcat blurring by.
Bigfoot!
Hope he looks a little better now at 1 1/2.
Healthy does.
Cousin Wallace talks Texas Open Carry
From Cousin Wallace:
Below is a piece I wrote a couple of years ago when I was inspired by a really tough but really good class we went through as part of our firearm instructor school. Now that "open carry" is just around the corner, we have an opportunity to somewhat "rethink" our carry options as opposed to "concealed carry only." By this I mean that most of us will continue to carry concealed but, we now have the welcomed option of being a little less concerned about accidentally exposing our sidearm. We can now, for example, carry a sidearm in a shoulder or belt holster under a shirt or jacket but, if say the wind blows our shirt up and exposes the weapon on your hip, it's no longer an offense. That's to our advantage as our comfort level as well as our "better armed" level options have increased!
Speaking for myself, I won't be nearly as hesitant to put on a belt holster and carry a larger and potentially more effective sidearm instead of trying to conceal my beloved Kahr 9x19mm single-stack pistols.... IF, it's where I can cover them up with a jacket or slouchy shirt. The Kahrs will still be used heavily as I still believe they are very good pistols firing a nasty 127gr +P+ Talon. Now however, I can certainly strap on a classic 1911, my tried and true Sig P220 or one of the three Glock .357's I carry daily @ work. I have immense confidence in any of them as they offer more "shootability," good sights and good punch with the Glocks offering the added advantage of higher capacity and the very good terminal performance of the .357 Sig cartridge.
My opinions expressed below haven't changed over the last couple of years. I encourage you to read through the text below and be thinking about what you will choose to carry come 01 Jan 2016. Almost everyone I know will continue to carry "concealed" as will I on most occasions. Please remember merely carrying a sidearm doesn't mean you are prepared. Your mindset requires constant attention and you should practice often with any/all sidearms you will carry....the "Murphy's Law" mentioned below is very real and something a lot of folks never think will happen to them. Evaluate your new options and "reply all" for some discussion on this matter for the benefit of all.
Yours in shooting and favor the "X-Ring"
( Previous article from about 2 years ago below)
Most of you receiving this have seen the recent back and forth over what's the most effective handgun calibre which will kind of go along with this little piece. I'll go ahead and say right now, this is just my opinion but, I will try to explain why I have these opinions. Hear me out and keep an open mind and see if you can grasp some of what I'm saying.
Last year our department hosted a course titled "Off-duty Violent Encounters." This day long school was taught by SWAT instructors from Austin, Passadena and Houston. It was geared for off-duty police officers but there was a lot that could be applied to civilians that I want to share. Myself and other adjunct firearms instructors initially took the class then we subsequently taught the rest of our officers during in-service training in the following weeks. It was tough going. These guys drained us of just about every ounce of energy and then required us to shoot under stress. All this to show us an encounter won't be a walk in the park and that our accuracy levels will be affected. We were constantly doing push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, punching bags, kicking bags, elbow strikes....whatever they could dream up to tax our energy & induce stress. Along with the mental stress, they required us to identify and shoot a particular face or facesamong many other faces. We were required to issue verbal warnings to attempt to gain compliance. Assessdifferent levels of threats....shoot/no shoot kind of stuff. It was intense, it was a heck of a class....
I want to address some firearm issues I observed. I came away with somewhat of a different outlook after dealing with the variety of scenarios they threw at us. Some of these are also from the in-service classes we taught during the following weeks. I think I got a pretty clear picture of what works and what doesn't as far as the types of firearms different officers carry for off-duty. Civilians carrying CHL also fit here. Many instances of "Murphy's Law" occurred! Dropped weapons & magazines, fumbling trying to draw from concealment, weapons falling out of waistband during running, etc. One officer's Kel-Tec P32 seized up and we were never able to get it going after that. He had to borrow my pistol to finish the course...fell in love with it too!!!
First and most glaring thing I noticed was that small, easily carried hide-out guns just don't cut it if much poop hits the fan. You better hope you're lucky and everything goes well or you will wish you had brought something bigger/better. Tiny guns are easy to hide and light weight but the are tough to shoot! I'm speaking of Kel-Tec P32's, P3AT's, Ruger LCP's, S&W Bodyguards and others of this size. They are better than a sharp stick but don't have a lot going for them with low capacity, poor sights, hard to manage triggers, etc. They are typically .32ACP or .380ACP which just don't generate much punch. They will certainly kill if shot placement is good....but shots are hard to place with these due to the aforementioned traits.
Very few officers carried revolvers. A couple had S&W snubbie .38's. Since they are only 5-shooters, you better make those 5 count because a reload will be a difficult thing to accomplish during a stressful fight...probably wont be able to get it done. The instructors made this point by having multiple assailants during scenarios. About the only thing going these days for a revolver is that it's probably more reliable and less ammunition sensitive than an auto. Pocket lint, limp-wristing, misfires, etc wont be as much of an problem for the wheelgun. Revolvers also don't conceal as easily as a flat-sided auto. I've still got a couple of .38 snubbies but rarely carry them anymore. The .38 Special ( or .357 Magnum for that matter) just doesn't get a whole lot of velocity out of a 2" barrel. Hollow-points are usually a waste of time & money. I've always thought wadcutters or semi-wadcutters were a person's best bet since they will do the cookie-cutter thing. Roundnosed bullets cause a pucker type hole in flesh and it doesn't bleed as much.
Now, for the opposite side. Big, service size handguns are obviously much easier to shoot and more effective due to their better sights, longer barrels, bigger calibres, etc. Remember, we are talking about "concealed carry"...the instructors made it a point to easily spot who was trying to conceal a weapon that was simply too large to hide without it "printing" under a shirt or being a dead giveaway in the waistline. This is a real problem in the summertime when you cant wear a coat or jacket to help with concealment.
Here's where you need to be honest with yourself which may go against what your initial thoughts were. Is my tiny .380 or 5-shot snubbie adequate if I find myself in a unavoidable confrontation with 2 or 3 thugs? Probably not. You will have to decide for yourself.
Am I willing to go to the trouble to try to conceal and put up with the weight of a full-size pistol like a Glock or 1911? They sure are nice if needed but I can assure you, Ole Murphy will see to it that the one time you don't have them is when trouble will occur.
Over the last 24 years, I've carried a variety of off-duty firearms. I've come to the conclusion one must compromise between small and light enough to be willing to carry in all types of weather/clothing and big enough to be able to shoot effectively with a cartridge/ammo combo that will give me decent terminal ballistics. I have a P3AT Kel-Tec and a P380 Kahr that are tiny & light...pure joy to carry. But, after seeing how poorly they perform in the school, I don't carry them much at all anymore. I realize their shortcomings. My Baby Glock .357 Sig is a powerhouse, but, it's bulky, heavy and just no fun at all to carry. Would be a great thing to have if I needed it though. My S&W 1911 is pure pleasure...but it's big and weighs a ton!
Somewhere between these two extremes should be a handgun that will make a good compromise for you. There are always trade offs. Bigger calibres usually mean bigger frames and less capacity. For me, I've been pleased considderble with my Kahr CW9 and almost as pleased with it's chopped version, the CM9. These are "intermediate size" pistols. Big enough to get a grip on and with good, usable sights...in other words "shootable." They are polymer frame and single-stack magazines. Triggers are DA only but easy to manage...simple for when the SHTF! They are also available in .40S&W and .45ACP but frame size gets bigger and mag capacity is one round less than the 9X19mm versions. With good ammo, the 9mm is better than it's ever been...still no slobber-knocker but no slouch either. With my preferred 127gr +P+ Talons, it cruises along @ 1150+ fps over my chrono...still enough velocity to open up that wicked bullet. The .40 & .45 are more iffy on the expansion due to their slower speed. The Talons usually open up pretty good though.
There are certainly other good choices out there. These just happen to be the ones I'm the happiest with. Maybe you are content carrying your full size service type pistol once a week when you have to go to the store. I have to carry a pistol every day. No biggie on duty in a belt holster. I have tucked my Glock 31 in my waist under a loose shirt or when I'm wearing a coat. Mostly for just a short time. For an extended time though, it's usually one of the 9mm Kahrs and a spare 7-rd magazine. I forgot to mention it was highly encouraged to carry a reload. It's amazing how fast you can go thru a magazine!
It's a good idea to evaluate your method of carry also. You got to be able to conceal but you also will need easy access to your weapon if needed. We were instructed to always carry our badges or police I.D. and how to use this to identify ourselves if involved in a shooting. Don't want some well-meaning CHL holder to think we are the bad guy!
Again, I encourage you to honestly assess your choice of firearm, holster, ammo, etc. It might make a difference if you ever find yourself in a bad situation.
As always, I encourage & welcome your comments and thoughts.
Daily Deercam: Nove 2, 2015.
Balky feeder that I can't keep running and the worst Moultrie ever. Middle of the summer I found it knocked over full of weevily corn turned white. Moultrie arely makes an image, in fact hasn't done anything until this last session. And it's April. Last week. Can't figure out how to get the date right. Coons, Armadillos, possums walking by and blurring. At least is got some kind of image.
Big wandering male piggy.
A little buck that must be finding out what the rut is all about.
Bucking again.
Also a doe and two fawns. Looking thinnish, though the range is in great shape.
More CSS Cannons out of Savanah Harbor.
Old ships from the Civil War.
USS Arizona and USS Missouri big gun barrels moved to Arizona WWII Memorial.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dFIZX_RXuU
Large gun from the USS Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and on from the USS Missouri where the Japanese signed their surrender in 1945 set up as war memorial in Phoenix Arizona.
Camp Perry 2015 TSRA Team wins both National Trophies.
2015 was a remarkable run for the TSRA Service Rifle Team. The Infantry Trophy group was confronted with flag-popping wind on the 600 yard line to start. The dope was 4 minutes of right windage -and that turned out to be on the money. Few of the other teams had the nerve to crank that much on. They fired an 1191, second place overall behind the AMU at 1270 to win the Leatherneck Trophy and the Civilian National title.
TSRA Infantry Trophy lineup. Buddy Reich, Randy S, Kyle Hoeschler, Clay Hefner in back. Keith Stephens, Dave Wilson, Justin Utley, Tony Miller in front.
The National Trophy Team Match was fired the next day and the TSRA led the Soldier of Marathon Trophy race whole way. Again they were second only to the Army Marksmanship Unit in overall score, firing a 2900 to the AMU 2938.
TSRA Bullseye Team. Back: Buddy Reich, Lee Eldridge, Randy S, Kyle Hoeschler. Front row: Keith Stephens, Coach Dave Wilson. Captain Tony Miller, Justin Utley.
Great coaching, teamwork, individual efforts and organization by everyone!
Cousin Wallace walks the Kennedy crime scene.
After spending most of the day last weekend @ Dallas Market Hall gunshow, Danny Henry took Richard Hall & myself down to Dealey Plaza to have a look-see.
I had seen it before from the freeway but, had never actually been there to explore.
Like everyone else, I had seen a bunch of the news reports & documentaries covering the assignation of Kennedy which had shown the area.
By standing there & looking around, in all directions and from all angles, I gained some perspective of the ranges involved, the angles, etc....very interesting to me!
First, I was kinda surprised how close Oswald's perch was to the motorcade.
Also, how small the "grassy knoll" was....not very large at all.
The newz media/documentaries led me to believe the area was much bigger.
( Of course, they also make folks think Oswald was a "crack shot" skilled rifleman....hmmmm, not so much...)
I've looked @ Oswald's qualification scores (two, using the M1 Garand)...he barely made Sharpshooter the 1st time and failed to make Sharpshooter the 2nd qual...very average and not even in the league of a "skilled rifleman" in my opinion.
With the short ranges involved, it didn't take super skill....some skill of course but, any ole country boy used to shooting rabbits or squirrels could have easily hit Kennedy (of course, that's just my opinion).
From Oswald's position, I'm thinking I could have done the deed with one of my handguns....a steep angled 15 to 20 yard shot could have been taken if he'd wanted.
Now, I don't exactly want to sound like a conspiracy guy but, while there, I asked myself "where would you have gotten if you were going to take the shot?"
While Oswald had a fairly good place (elevated & with a rifle rest on the window) I'm not sure that would have been my 1st choice.
The road was marked with a couple of "X's"...the 1st where Kennedy is hit in the back w/exit through the throat from 156gr FMJ RN 6.5x52mm Italian Carcano ( my opinion is this was Oswald's 2nd shot & only time he hit Kennedy)...looked about 30 - 35 yard shot from the bldg. Oswald was in.
The 2nd "X" was about 20 yards further down the street and closer to the "grassy knoll"...this is where the fatal headshot occurred. Distance & angle was much harder shot (though still doable) for Oswald.
I strolled over behind the wooden picket fence (other side of the concrete wall at the top of grassy knoll) & "discovered" this would have been "my choice" of an ambush position! Motorcade coming almost directly at me....very slight angle, almost lined up with me....easily could have tracked the target...no problem at all to hit someone at what I estimated to be between 30 & 35 yards. A few yards across a parking lot behind me & I'm in amongst rail cars & brush....very workable escape route (my opinion).
Zupruder film has always made me think Kennedy was hit from the front & with an expanding type bullet....
I used to work for a guy named Frank Sheffield.
Frank's sister was @ Dealey Plaza & a witness to the assignation.
Frank told me she would get extremely upset if anyone told her Oswald was the only shooter as she heard shots coming from 2 different directions and "one was a whole lot louder than the other!"
With everyone's attention on the motorcade, and the confusion after the shots, no telling what went on...might be fairly easy to slip out during the confusion....
We may never know for sure but, I remain unconvinced Oswald was the one who hit Kennedy in the head....the picket fence was a great spot for a second shooter & my personal favorite from a hunter's or shooter's perspective ... I know that sounds weird but, just passing on my opinion.
From those who have also been to Dealey Plaza, what do ya'll think?
Cousin Wallace runs the match.
Cousin Wallace and the Abilene Pistol Matches.
Shooters:
It's coming up on two years since we started the local pistol matches @ Abilene Gun Club. Here's a little history of how we got it started.
After reading about a "new" type match, developed by CMP called the "M&P" (Military & Police) match, I was inspired and wanted to try this here at home. Since their version restricted certain weapon features and ammo types, I felt like that would hinder local participation. Knowing there are lots of guys & gals who own sidearms, I felt we needed a match that would appeal to those who were not the "hard-core" competition shooters. I liked the course of fire and the generous time limits allowed. Not everyone is a "run and gun" type shooter so, I felt like our version of the M&P match would be geared toward folks who wanted to do some "advanced plinking" and increase their skills with a handgun of "their" choice....why not? Everyone has a favorite and a big percentage of "favorites" wouldn't have fit the criteria required by the CMP.
Before trying the first match, I ran this proposal past the service rifle shooters who were 100% in favor! Grady, with AGC was also in favor so, I set about and built target frames, bases and scrounged all the cardboard I could find to paste the B-8 targets to. We held our first few matches on the main firing line but, found the existing shooting benches less than ideal plus, we hindered normal operations of the main firing line. The club obtained several carports for the old cowboy action pits so, the pistol match(s) were moved to that location. This necessitated building dedicated shooting tables but, now that we've done that, things are much better!
Keeping the same 40-shot course of fire, we have incorporated rimfire only matches and, a "compact carry" match with the range reduced to 15 yards instead of the usual 25 yards. This puts the smaller pistols and revolvers on a more suitable course as it was hard for them to be competitive at the longer distance. Many shooters shoot both matches. I will continue to consider other types of matches, speak up if anyone has any ideas.
After two years of running these matches and, keeping up with scores, here are a few of my observations:
It's fun! Quite a few of you have personally told me how much they enjoy these matches. That "makes my day!" ...I enjoy seeing everyone having fun and at the same time increasing their skills with a handgun. My personal thanks to everyone who comes out to shoot!
25 yards is a long way to shoot with a handgun for most people. I'd be willing to say a large percentage of our shooters had rarely shot a handgun much at this distance. A big percentage of shooters can bounce a can at 10 yards, but, staying within the scoring rings (19.68 inches for the 5-ring) with all 10 shots is another matter. Nearly everyone came away saying "It's harder than I thought."
Close to 100% of the shooters expressed dread knowing they would be required to shoot one-handed with their weak hand. Now that they've tried it, they see it's not as bad as they thought. Some shooters frequently shooter better with their weak hands than they do with their strong hands! I've also noticed if you are right-handed, when you transition to your left (weak) hand, your shots will consistently group to the right of point of aim....see this over and over again. Most shooters have learned to "hold off" to the left to compensate. Obviously, one would have never learned this without trying it.
Model 1911 pistols are dominant. With a few exceptions, the old tried and true 1911 pistols frequently top the list. Most red-blooded Americans have been in love with the 1911 for over a century. It feels good in the hand and has a good single-action trigger. The .45ACP is a wonderful target cartridge that delivers top accuracy. Even 1911's in other calibres shoot well. Several folks prefer the 9x19mm versions and, we've even had a couple in .40S&W too.
Handloads better than factory loads? Are home-made cartridges, frequently using home-made cast bullets, superior to new factory loaded ammo or, is it the person using such ammo just can afford to shoot more and become more skilled? In my opinion, both....there's absolutely nothing wrong with properly handloaded ammo and, I've proven to myself that my home-cast bullets are superbly accurate! I do believe handloaders become better shooters since they can & do shoot more affordable ammo. Just because the factory made the ammo doesn't mean it will shoot better...I'll put my ammo up against the factory stuff all day long, any day. Those that believe otherwise can think what they want....
Optical sights help the old eyes. Since our primary objective is to have fun, optical type sights have allowed shooters that have focus difficulties to get back into the game. So far, I still get by and prefer good ole irons but, it's an option that may help some shooters.
Revolvers are still viable. It seems most shooters these days focus on the semi-autos but, the good old revolver still has a place! Several of our shooters shoot the course with their favorite wheelgun (so far, no single-actions though). Since the time limits are generous, reloading is usually a non-factor. Even the 70-second timed-fire stage isn't a problem if the shooter stays focused. I really like shooting my revolvers and recently shot my best overall score with any handgun using my S&W M19-3 Combat Magnum and home-cast wadcutters. I like em all but, admit my favorite is my 1911 in .45ACP!
Those that work at it, become very good shooters! Our most dedicated shooters challenge themselves to get better each and every match. It doesn't happen overnight. Old and frequently bad habits are hard to break. The better shooters work on their weaknesses between matches. A big part of this is mental...practice equals being prepared. Being prepared equals confidence. Confidence equals better scores.
Murphey's Law. I've seen quite a few "failures" with equipment. Sights getting loose and almost falling off. Batteries dead in optical sights. Magazines that won't feed. Ammo that won't chamber. Stove-pipe malfunctions. Failures to eject. Stuck bullet...no powder in cartridge. Dud primers. Double feeds. Brought wrong ammo. Forgot to bring ammo. Didn't bring enough ammo. Didn't bring magazines.....reminds me of an old SWAT saying: "He who fails to prepare should prepare to fail." or another: "One is none, two is one." Check your gear the night before...nuff said.
Don't give up! Attitude determines altitude! I'm very proud of one of our shooters who has come from one of the lowest scores ever fired on this course to very near the top. He didn't allow his poor initial performance to get in his way of becoming a better shooter. He accepted coaching, broke bad habits and above all worked at becoming better. This should be an example to all that everyone can get better if they work on their weaknesses and stay in practice.
Looking back through the match reports I see the wide range of handguns used in the matches. With 1911's being the most common, we've also seen the full spectrum ... all the way from a crude Hi-Point to the refined Hammerli 208. This is of great interest to me. Nice to see some of the oldies still shooting such as Tokerevs, Lugers and Browning Hi-Powers. Lots of brands represented too....H&K, Para-Ordnance, Springfield Armory, Colt, Beretta, Smith&Wesson, Browning, LesBaer, Rock Island Armory, Ruger, Walther, Glock, Hi-Standard, Sig-Sauer, EAA, Kimber, Taurus, Wilson, STI, ATI, CZ and maybe some I've forgot.
Ammunition: In addition to .22 rimfire, we've seen a wide array of calibres used. Everything from .32 S&W Long up through .45 Colt. In revolvers, the .38 Special is hands down the most widely used. The wonderful old .45ACP is the most common auto pistol calibre with the 9X19mm also popular. It's not uncommon to see 7.62X25mm, .357Sig or .40S&W. I tried to get a count on rounds expended in the matches and came up with 12,440 rounds expended since we had our first match in July of 2013. That oughta keep the ammo and component companies happy! I enjoyed every shot!
As always, I welcome everyone's comments, good or bad. If you don't mind sharing your thoughts/comments, use "reply all" ...Thanx!
Panola Regional Match Photos, May 2, 2015.
Lot of effort to throw a party this big from prepping the range on a work day, rebuilding all the targets to calling the line, Match Directing the paper, scorecards, handling the results line by line, handing out awards, sending in results and handling the money. Match Director Dave Wilson, (and Phylis), David Keys calling the line, Ken Gaby working results and many more helping hands made it look smooth and effortless. All the competitors had to do was show up and shoot. Big thanks owed for the efforts of the few on behalf of the many. Panola in Texas in May is the best place to shoot.....anywhere.
Because of the good early sunlight, we started at 600. Ben Brooks scoring.
Mike Larkin
Rusty Hogg.
Tom Ayers.
John Jebaby.
Big Brother is watching...and keeping score. Tony Miller at 600.
Wayne Nunn in his first visit to Panola on the end of the line.
Jim Booker and his hat shoot at 600.
Keith Stephens.
Dan Pate.
Katie Davis waiting on her relay.
John Zuback on his way to a Grand Master medal.
There's one in every crowd...or should be. Garand on the line at 600.
Seeking adult supervision. Mark Turner and Ron Leraas hanging out.
Mike Larkin with second breakfast.
Rol Coggins on target 1.
Izzy, Kyle, Jeff Lin.
Keith Stephens working offhand.
Greg Foster.
John Rhynard with the feather of an unlucky crow....for good luck.
The swashbucking Randy Scheibel plots a shot.
Lee Eldrige making his bones.
Utley being Utley.
John Ilzheofer.
Rol Goggins and his full-length rifle.
Firing offhand at 200.
Coggins running his bolt gun at 300 prone.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Scheibel, Ilzhoefer, Kyle, Clay, Lin, Stephens, Buddy. Schultz.
Buddy 3rd, Utley 2nd, Stephens 1st.
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Keeping Compliant: Managing Rising Risk in Physician Practices
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Recovery audits, breach notification regulations, and modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule are forcing rapid workflo....
Author: Shim, Steven
This is a unique and challenging time for the healthcare industry in terms of Health Information Technology (IT) adoption and satisfying regulatory requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and HITECH Act privacy and security com....
Managing Data Breaches: A View from the Trenches
Author: Edelstein, Scott A; Poulson, Mary
An insurer notifies 1.9 million individuals nationwide that their health care and personal information may have been breached as a result of nine server drives missing from a California data center.
A hospital employee was commuting on the subway and left documents....
Privacy and the EHR
Author: Nelson, Debra S
Determining how to implement privacy regulations and policies in an electronic record environment can not only be daunting but also thought of quite late in the EHR implementation process. Daily processes and tasks such as reviewing the medical record with patients to processing requests for a....
Little Breaches: OCR Releases First “Small Breach” Data
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
The Office for Civil Rights has been publicly reporting incidents of large-scale health data breaches since early 2010, but last month it reported to Congress numbers that the industry has only guessed at to date-the reports it has received of breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals.
Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Violations (2011 update)
Balancing the protection of individual privacy and the need to use data to provide quality healthcare is no easy task for healthcare workers – or for regulators. Not surprisingly, regulatory requirements for governing the use of health information are complex and have required revision.....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures under the HITECH Act
Access Report: OCR Tries Subtraction through Addition in Accounting of Disclosure Rule
The Office for Civil Rights proposed rule on the HITECH modifications to the HIPAA accounting of disclosure provision contains an interesting attempt to balance the mandates of the statute with the realities of today's accountings.
OCR was faced with the difficult task of expanding a....
Limiting the Use of the Social Security Number in Healthcare
With its unprecedented funding to support the effective implementation of health IT and health information exchange (HIE), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has given new urgency to the need for a national health identifier. Because no unique personal identifier has been establ....
Privacy Rights Never Die: And Sometimes Complications Linger On
The laws surrounding release of a deceased patient's records can lead to complex and frustrating situations in the HIM department. Just who has access rights depends on federal law, state law, and individual circumstances, illustrated by the two scenarios below.
Last summer the Office....
DIY ROI: Putting Release of Information in the Hands of Patients
Since 2007 Massachusetts General Hospital has been working toward a do-it-yourself model for records requests. Not only does the organization save time and money when patients fulfill their own requests, the model also aligns with the emerging philosophy of patient-centered care, wher....
Enabling Patient Access: Data Stewardship Involves More Than Data Use and Disclosure
Data stewardship is a hot topic. As this issue went to press, the Department of Health and Human Services was expected to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on accounting of disclosures, an expansion of the HIPAA requirements mandated by the HITECH Act.
Rulemaking was also expe....
Low-Tech Threats in a High-Tech World
Author: Rollins, Genna
Despite the rise of health IT, healthcare providers still face daily privacy and security risks of the mundane variety—paper records are misplaced, improperly disclosed, or released without confidential information redacted. No matter the opportunities and risks that technology bring....
Accessing Deceased Patient Records—FAQ
Note: this article has been updated to reflect changes implemented through the HITECH Act.
Swiped, Not Hacked: After a Year of Reporting, Theft Remains Main Cause of Breach
With one year of breach reporting on the books this month, theft remains the most common cause of data breach in healthcare. Of the 217 large-scale breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services by mid-January 2011, 121 (56 percent) involved theft. Of those, 89 involved a lapt....
Regulations Governing Research (2011 update) - Retired
Cybersecurity Insurance: Considering Coverage for Data Breaches
Author: Herrin, Barry S.; Jones, Frankie T
In 2009 the average cost per incident of a data breach in the United States was $6.75 million.1 Mark Bregman, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Symantec Corporation, cited this statistic during his testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product....
Homeland Security Act, Patriot Act, Freedom of Information Act, and HIM - Retired
Editor's note: This update replaces the June 2004 practice brief "Homeland Security Act and HIM."
After the terrorist attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, on September 11, 2001, the United States Congress enacted the Patriot Act in 2001 and the Homeland Security Act....
Release of Information: Costs Remain High in a Hybrid, Highly Regulated Environment
Release of information will get easier as health IT advances. But for now, it can be a labor-intensive effort requiring more expenses than many outside the process may realize.
Healthcare organizations may perform their release of information function internally with employed st....
Adding a Genomic Healthcare Component to a Health Information Management Curriculum
Author: Ludwig, Bailee; Zhou, Leming; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Abdelhak, Mervat N.
D.I.Y. R.O.I: Do It Yourself Release of Information
The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has seen a precipitous increase in the volume of release of information requests processed over the past five years. The Health Information Management department has struggled mightily with trying to handle this steady increas....
HITECH Security – A Practical Approach
Author: Rudloff, Rob
HITECH has introduced new security requirements around HIPAA including new breach requirements and associated penalties. This paper addresses the information security and privacy requirements and provides practical solutions to address them. Many organizations already....
With the increased governmental funding for implementation of electronic health records and increased prevalence of regional data exchange, comes increased provider obligation, strengthening of regulation and likely unprecedented enforcement activities. The emerging landscape....
Data Security Compliance in IT Asset Disposition
Author: Adam, Chris
Stories about the theft of confidential data have made headlines all too frequently over the past few years. This reality is forcing some businesses to face up to an inconvenient truth: Many organizations have no reliable procedures to ensure that the computers and rel....
Re-engineering ROI Using Your EHR
Author: Robertson, April D.; Rohs, Matt; Verity, Margaret; Broker, Jean
In the past, release of information (ROI) was an area within the health information management department stacked high with paper charts, rubber thumbs and an industrial-strength photocopy machine. With the advent of electronic document management systems and electroni....
Too Much Privacy? OCR Proposes Easing Protections on Decedent Records
The HIPAA privacy rule generally conveys to individuals the same rights in death that they held in life. Two current proposals would change that, reducing the protections that covered entities currently must afford a deceased patient's record and easing access to decedent records by family....
Understanding the HIE Landscape
The health information exchange (HIE) landscape has changed dramatically over the past five years. More HIEs are available to organizations and providers than ever before. Industry initiatives leveraging technological advances and the call for all Americans to have an electronic health record b....
Pacing the ARRA Changes: Tackling the ARRA Rules and Regulations as They Come
Author: Featheringham, Meg
Through the winter and spring healthcare waited for the next round of ARRA-related regulations. Now they are here, and organizations are tagged with implementing compliant programs.
How do you get started when it seems that everything needs doing at once?
Over the past year and....
No Harm Done? Assessing Risk of Harm under the Federal Breach Notification Rule
Provisions within the HITECH Act require that covered entities notify individuals if their protected health information is breached. However, the current regulation allows an exemption if the risk of harm is slight. Assessing risk can be subjective, and privacy officers have been working to cr....
ARRA's modifications to the HIPAA privacy and security rules are setting off a new round of training in facilities large and small. Trainers must fit the new training into existing schedules that already include organizational policies and procedures, HIPAA, and other regulations such as the R....
Putting It in Writing: Updating BA Agreements to Cover Breach Notification
Author: Hjort, Beth M.; Rhodes, Harry B.
When ARRA extended sections of the HIPAA privacy and security rules to cover business associates (BAs), it created a seismic shift in their contractual relationships with covered entities (CEs). Further, the changes became effective simultaneous with other ARRA amendments that require CEs and....
AHIMA's Response to the Office for Civil Rights’ Request for Information Regarding the HITECH Requirements for the Establishment of an Expanded Accounting of Disclosures
HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Request for Information
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Personal Medical Devices: Managing Personal Data, Personally Collected
New technologies are enabling patients to capture and transmit health data from their homes. Managing this new data stream takes some planning.
Managing health information that flows into the organization from outside sources has always posed challenges. How will the information be i....
Red Flags Rule In Limbo: Controversy Keeps Enforcement at Bay
Lawsuits, lobbying, and legislation are holding up enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s identity theft prevention law.
The Red Flags Rule has been all bark and no bite since the federal regulation was published in November 2007. More than two years and four postponements la....
Federal regulations that took effect in September 2009 require HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to notify individuals if their protected health information (PHI) was accessed or disclosed in an unauthorized manner or by unauthorized individuals. Certain exemptions apply, su....
Balancing Access, Privacy, and Security: Applying Core Values in an Era of Accelerating Digital Practice
Author: Dowling, Alan F.
In our rapidly changing world, it is heartening to recognize the immutability of AHIMA’s ethics. This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of AHIMA’s position statement on health information confidentiality. The statement addressed the ethical practices needed to safeguard t....
Guide to California’s Breaches: First Year of State reporting requirement Reveals Common Privacy Violations
Effective January 1, 2009, California healthcare providers were required to report every breach of patient information to the state. They have sent a flood of mishaps and a steady stream of malicious acts.
While some people go to great lengths to gain unauthorized access to medical r....
There is plenty of privacy and security training to be done, and many trainers struggle to get resources from their organizations and attention from their audiences. Sandy Bacik, CISSP, ISSMP, CISM, CGEIT, is a principal consultant at EnerNex and a former chief security officer. Here she o....
Snap Judgment
Author: AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee
Anyone who is a member of AHIMA or holds its credentials agrees to abide by its code of ethics.
The code sets forth professional values and ethical principles, and it offers guidelines to which professionals aspire. “Ethical behaviors result from a pe....
Consumer Consent Options for Electronic Health Information Exchange: Policy Considerations and Analysis
Author: Goldstein, Melissa M.; Rein, Alison L.
AHIMA Comments on the Standard for Accounting of Disclosures
Access, Use, and Disclosure: HITECH’s Impact on the HIPAA Touchstones
Author: Miaoulis, William M
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act significantly changes how organizations will address the access, use, and disclosure of protected health information (PHI). It also establishes a national breach notification requirement when information is accesse....
Managing Outside Information: Creating an Internal Plan for Externally Generated Information
Author: Kohn, Deborah
Most HIM departments have yet to master the management of patient health information exchanged across healthcare organizations. Typically the well-established processes and standards for managing internally generated information do not address health information that is generated outside the o....
Few Requests for Today’s Accountings
HIPAA’s Accounting of Disclosure Provisions Led to Few Patient Requests; Now ARRA Is Upping the Ante
Provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extend HIPAA’s accounting of disclosure regulations for providers who maintain electronic health records. The provisions a....
Elements of a Breach Notification Letter
This month covered entities are subject to penalties for noncompliance with new federal privacy and security breach notification laws issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS issued an interim final rule titled “Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Info....
Healthcare Breach Management: Business Associate Agreement Addendum
Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
State Security Breach Notification Laws
Author: National Conference of State Legislatures
[DRAFT] Template: Health Information Privacy and Security Breach Notification Letter
Source: AHIMA
Communicating Security Efforts: Informing Consumers of Data Protection Programs Helps Build Trust
Author: Parmigiani, John
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has both pushed and trumpeted the emergence and attendant benefits of a healthcare environment where patient safety and improved patient outcomes are directly linked to shared digitized patient information. However, with this has come media hype of th....
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement. Interim Final Rule; Request for Comments
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
HIM Can Help in the Battle Against Medical Identity Theft
The woman rushed into the emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in extreme pain. She presented her insurance card and name to registration and was quickly examined by medical staff. Doctors determined the woman needed an emergency appendectomy. But staff soon realized tha....
ROI on ROI: Speakers Describe a Release of Information Shared Services Model that Splits Work and Revenue
All facilities require a dedicated release of information (ROI) function, and they have traditionally either performed it in-house or wholly outsourced the function. Performing ROI in-house is often fraught with difficulties, such as slow turnaround times and service limitations with fulfillm....
Accounting of Disclosures: ARRA’s Impact
The accounting of disclosures requirement is one of the most difficult HIPAA privacy rule compliance issues to implement. Following the August 2002 modifications to the privacy rule requirements, the accounting for disclosures requirement has stood out as the HIPAA requirement demanding the big....
Medical Identity Theft: An Exploratory Foundational Study
Author: Mancilla, Desla; Moczygemba, Jackie
Introduction and Literature Review
Medical identity theft is a growing concern for everyone in healthcare. Medical identity theft is defined "when someone uses an individual's identifying information, such as their health insurance information or social security number, without th....
Legal Issues in Complying with the New Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
Author: Edelstein, Scott A
On November 9, 2007, six federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), published what have come to be known as the “Red Flags Rule.”1 This rule, promulgated pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003,2 requires financial institutio....
Leveraging EMRs for Revenue-positive Business Processes: Release-of-information Management at Lehigh Valley Health Network
Author: Greene, Zelda; Hynes, Stephen
Stephen Hynes
President and Chief Operating Officer
MRO Corporation
In a recessionary economic climate and with billions of federal dollars to be invested in the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems through the HITECH Act1, it’s important to....
Integrating ARRA: Leveraging Current Compliance Efforts to Meet the New Privacy Provisions
Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the section known as the HITECH Act provides a combination of incentives and penalties to reduce healthcare costs by automating healthcare records and streamlining health IT. It also broadens the definition of what healthcare information must....
Health Data Stewardship: What, Why, Who, How. An NCVHS Primer
Exploring Medical Identity Theft
Health Breach Notification Rule; Final Rule
Model Breach Notification Letter: Content and Format
High-level guidance outlining the content requirements for breach notification letters is provided in section 13402, "Notification in the Case of Breach," of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and state-level data breach notification and reporting laws in 44 states, the District of Colu....
Path to Security Breach Notification Regulation
Forty-four states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands enacted data breach notification and reporting laws well before the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) set the first f....
Developing Breach Notification Policies and Procedures: An Overview of Mitigation and Response Planning
A successful breach notification plan encompasses more than just a method for promptly notifying the victims of a security breach event. To be effective the breach notification process must be part of a comprehensive information security plan. Three components are critical to a security breac....
Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule
Who Has Rights to a Deceased Patient’s Records?
August 4, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
A son calls the HIM department and requests his deceased father’s medical records. Shortly afterward, the man’s wife requests the records, also. Then a man calls identifying himself as the executor of the estate. Who is authorized to access th....
Security Breach Notification Chart
Author: Perkins Coie
Protect your patients, protect your practice: What you need to know about the Red Flags Rule
AHIMA Comments to FTC on Healthcare Breach Notification Rulemaking
AHIMA Comments on Breach Guidance
Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Breaches (2009)
Sequestering EHR Data in IT Systems
There can be three situations under which healthcare organizations may need to sequester (or segregate) certain data within a medical record: placing a legal hold in connection with litigation, limiting disclosures of a record pursuant to a request by a patient, and restricting access to sensi....
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Two Alpha shifters join together to lead their pack and build a family.
Commitment, loyalty, and strength aren’t enough to make Wesley Stone’s birth pack accept an Alpha with a physical imperfection, even if it’s a meaningless mark. Putting the safety of his pack above his own wellbeing, Wesley trades himself for another Alpha and agrees to mate with a stranger in a mysterious, insular pack.
Alphas from Jobe Root’s family have led the Red River pack from the first day shifters walked the earth. Now the time has come for Jobe to fulfill his destiny, but to do that, he needs his mate by his side. Spiritual, easygoing Jobe reveres Mother Nature and trusts in fate, yet he can’t help being nervous about how his mate will react to his new life in Red River, his new life with Jobe.
Two Alphas with contrasting personalities, different upbringings, and divergent beliefs come together for the good of their packs. But to stay together, Wesley and Jobe must see beyond the surface and embrace every facet of themselves and their union.
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“You’re only twenty-three. Give it time.”
Wesley Stone reached for the volume dial on the cracked dashboard and turned it to the right. Maybe if he could make the music loud enough, it’d drown out the voice in his head.
Time for what? There weren’t any other Alpha wolves in the Purple Sky pack, so everyone knew Wesley would eventually be leading them. What exactly were they waiting for?
Unfortunately, the sound in his head was louder than any rock song. He turned the knob again. He could concede that twenty-three was young to be a pack Alpha, but it wasn’t too young. And his uncle Paul was already sixty, well past the age when Alphas normally handed over the reins. It was time for him to transition leadership to Wesley.
He raised the volume and wished, not for the first time, that his old Civic had a better sound system. Wesley had spent three hours a day in that car during the four years he had driven back and forth to the nearest college. Getting a degree had been his uncle’s idea. He had said it would give Wesley extra credibility, but very few people in their small pack went to college, so they weren’t impressed with Wesley’s hard work and newfound knowledge about environmental engineering.
Memories piled up of those long days: waking up early, driving away from his pack and the woods into a concrete jungle, attending classes in huge buildings, holing up by himself in the musty library, and then driving home and falling into bed exhausted, only to do it all again the next day. And for what? If anything, the time away had put even more distance between him and the shifters he should be leading.
Once Wesley was truly their Alpha, they were certain to see his strength, his devotion, his skill in leading them, and they’d know the mark on his skin didn’t matter. Maybe then the pack would respect him.
Of course, for Wesley to be Alpha, his uncle would first have to step down. At six feet, one inch in height with a muscular one hundred eighty-five pound frame, Wesley had the advantage of size and youth over his uncle. If the man kept clinging to the position, Wesley could challenge him for it and he was bound to win. But at what cost?
His uncle, though not as strong as he had been during his youth, was a good Alpha and he had always treated Wesley well. His mother would be horrified if he went against her beloved brother, and the pack was already wary of Wesley, so taking the position by force wasn’t likely to endear him to them. Winning in a challenge against his uncle might earn him the position of Alpha, but he’d lose the respect of everyone who mattered, himself included. He had no options, no solutions. He was stuck waiting.
The radio knob he had turned yet again, snapped off in his hand.
“Dammit!” Wesley yelled in the empty car.
The music was already on full blast so he couldn’t hear himself, but his throat felt the strain. For that matter, so did the rest of him. His heart raced, his lungs worked overtime, and his muscles stretched so tightly they could have snapped at any moment. He needed a way to release the tension and frustration, and when he glanced out the windshield at the streets he had been blindly driving past in his effort to put space between himself and the maddening conversation he’d had with his uncle, he found the perfect solution: a human bar.
Most shifters had fated mates, but Alpha wolves needed to focus on their pack, not a mate, so instead of settling down with one wolf, they gave their energy to their pack and sated their bodies with shifters who weren’t yet mated. Wesley had a mirror so he knew he was attractive and there had been no shortage of admiring glances and come-ons from the humans at his school, but he hadn’t been receptive to their advances because he dedicated all his remaining free time and energy into socializing with his pack. Unfortunately, the shifters who should have been falling all over themselves to get attention from an Alpha gave him a wide berth because of the scar he’d carried since birth. As he jerked the wheel and skidded into the parking lot, the last thing Wesley wanted was to focus on wolves who held him at arm’s length.
The scar, though large—the oddly textured skin bisected his stomach from just under his bellybutton to the top of his groin—didn’t keep him from shifting quicker than others, running faster, or being stronger. When he’d scuffled with other wolves as a youth, he had always come out on top, demonstrating his strength and proving that his skin anomaly should be irrelevant. But shifters were animals as well as people, and animals perceived an abnormality as a weakness, so to them, the scar mattered.
In a bar full of drunk humans, though, it wouldn’t matter. They’d notice his strength and appreciate his appearance. They’d want him even with his clothes off. And in that moment, Wesley desperately needed a reminder that, as an Alpha shifter, he was revered, not excluded. Even if it was from people who had no idea he was an Alpha or that shifters existed.
As it turned out, Wesley’s decision to focus on his pack and his education rather than engage with humans meant he didn’t have a full understanding of their drinking holes so he had missed whatever clues denoted the bar as one catering exclusively to men. Or, more specifically, men who enjoyed the company of other men. In fact, he had been there for half an hour already, downing one beer after another in an attempt to calm down, when he first became aware of the absence of women and, shortly after that, the way some of the men interacted with one another.
His gut reaction was to get up and leave before anyone noticed him and considered his presence at a gay bar yet another difference that made him unworthy of serving as Alpha. But then he remembered that he was far from the Purple Sky pack lands at a human bar where nobody would recognize him, so he sat back on his stool, ordered yet another drink, and considered his options.
Between his time away from his pack and the hesitancy shifters exhibited around him, Wesley didn’t have the level of sexual experience befitting his status as an Alpha wolf, and the experiences he had managed to acquire all involved women. In truth, he found the males in his pack as attractive as he did the females, but he had never approached men because he hadn’t sensed interest from any and, even if he had, he would have worried about exhibiting any trait that some people considered less than optimal.
But none of these humans knew him and, given where they chose to spend their evening, none of them would think lesser of him for being with another male. He was already willing to deviate from his usual rule about sleeping only with shifters, why not take the opportunity to sample something else he’d likely never try again—sex with a man. With that decision made, Wesley curled his fingers around his pint glass and raised it to his lips as he turned around and surveyed his surroundings.
The bar wasn’t big or crowded, so it didn’t take long to catalogue the available humans. Unfortunately, he was the only person alone so the obvious choice of who to approach wasn’t possible. Those people seated in pairs exchanging touches, he immediately dismissed. Although Alpha wolves rarely had mates, they realized the value in their pack members finding their other halves and therefore didn’t approach mated wolves for sex. Humans didn’t have that same bond, but Wesley saw no reason to seek out a man who was already with someone else, so he instead focused on the larger groups and tried to determine who among them was unmatched. The process wasn’t as easy as he would have expected because, unlike the humans in his university classes, the people in the bar were as touchy with one another as wolf pups, perhaps due to the alcohol they’d been consuming.
After a few scans of the room, he noticed a small blond watching him. When Wesley settled his gaze on him, the other man’s lips turned up in a shy smile. Wesley looked him over, his Alpha senses useful given the dim light and distance between them. The human was well-groomed, attractive, and based on the way he stared at Wesley, clearly interested. His search criteria met, Wesley rose from the stool, intending to make his way over to the man to implement his plan of setting his frustrations aside, at least for one night.
But before he could take a single step toward his target, something, or rather someone, in his peripheral vision caught his eye. Twisting his head to the side, Wesley squinted toward the large metal door at the front of the bar and assessed the new arrival. He looked to be about the same height as Wesley, his hair was dyed a brash green and it stuck up in odd angles, there was something shiny in his right eyebrow—a piercing—and his pants were bright red. Everything about the man’s appearance should have put Wesley off because he had always preferred smaller and milder sexual partners, likely stemming from his dominant Alpha nature. Maybe it was due to the alcohol flowing through Wesley’s body, but despite the new arrival’s height and colorful appearance, he captured Wesley’s attention so thoroughly that he couldn’t look away.
Within seconds, the man’s gaze met Wesley’s and his eyes widened, first in surprise and then in excitement. Without hesitation, he moved toward Wesley, ignoring everything and everyone in the room. The show of desire was exactly what Wesley needed to soothe his feelings of rejection from his pack and he easily forgot about the blond at the other end of the bar as his heart raced in anticipation of spending time with the intriguing new man.
“Hi,” he said as soon as he was within arm’s distance of Wesley.
Despite his unorthodox appearance, the man in front of him managed to push almost all of Wesley’s buttons. Almost because he didn’t have the wild, warm, comforting scent natural in shifters. But everything in the bar smelled unfamiliar—liquor, sweat, stale cigarettes, and musk—so Wesley had already resigned himself to ignoring his sense of smell for the night.
“Hello.” Accustomed to socializing only with shifters he’d known his whole life, Wesley considered what he could say to a prospective human conquest. He could try a pickup line, but the only ones that came to mind were from cheesy movies and there was no way he was asking the guy if he came there often.
“Wow,” the man said appreciatively as he flicked his kohl-lined eyes from Wesley’s face to his feet and back up again. “You’re more gorgeous than in my fantasies.”
Relieved they were both in the bar for the same reason and he wouldn’t have to play games or wait to get to the point of the evening, more tension bled from Wesley. He even managed to chuckle.
“My fantasies generally involve fewer clothes.” Wesley rested his palm over the human’s chest and moved his thumb back and forth over his T-shirt covered nipple. “Want to get out of here so I can show you what else they involve?”
“Sure.” A flicker of hesitation crossed the human’s face. “Do you want to…get some tea and talk?”
Oh, no. Conversation was a bad idea because the constant stresses regarding his role within his pack had exhausted Wesley and he didn’t trust himself not to accidentally say something that would strike a human as unusual. That aside, he hadn’t come to the bar to make friends. He had come to get laid without worrying the entire time that his bed partner was looking at his scarred stomach and judging him as unworthy to lead. He had seen the appreciation and interest in the green-haired man’s eyes from the moment he spotted Wesley and he wasn’t going to let them move backward.
“Actually, I don’t.” He slid his fingers up to the man’s neck, wrapped his hand around it, keeping his hold gentle, and walked them toward the door. “I want to take you home.”
Swallowing thickly, the man bobbed his head. “Okay. You live close by?”
As they stepped out into the cool night air, Wesley shook his head and then blinked away the sudden spinning in his head. “No.” He pointed at his car with the out-of-state license plate. “I meant we should go to your place.”
The man stayed silent for several long seconds, his brow furrowed and his eyes seemed to examine Wesley’s face. “I’m not from around here either,” he finally said. “But I can get a hotel room and—”
“That’s perfect.” Wesley grasped the man’s elbow and led him toward a hotel at the end of the street. “A night in a hotel is exactly what I had in mind.”
Unable to completely shake his concern over being seen and judged for getting involved with a male and a human, Wesley hung back while his new friend got a room. The silence continued as they walked up the stairs and down the dimly lit hallway and a frisson of unease trickled over Wesley’s spine, as if he was overlooking something.
Unable to identify any potential problem aside from his choice of bed partner for the evening, Wesley reminded himself that even an Alpha deserved a night when he could think about his own needs rather than those of his pack. And in that moment, Wesley wasn’t sure he could do right by his pack unless someone touched and looked at him with desire rather than apprehension.
“Hey, whatever it is, it’ll be okay.”
The softly spoken words snapped Wesley back to the present. He must have been lost in his thoughts longer than he realized because they were standing inside the hotel room, the door clicking shut behind them.
“I’m fine,” he said reflexively.
“You sure are,” the other man said as he pointedly dragged his gaze up and down Wesley’s body.
They hadn’t turned the light on so he doubted the human could actually see him, but the sentiment rekindled his earlier desire.
“Glad you think so.”
“I need to kiss you.” The comment was whispered just before careful hands cupped Wesley’s face and soft lips pressed against his own.
The action wasn’t aggressive per se, but Wesley was accustomed to leading all interactions so it caught him off guard. Instinct had him grabbing the man’s wrists even as desire caused him to part his lips and open himself to the kiss. The human’s flavor was richer than Wesley would have expected, more potent. It sharpened his arousal and fogged his brain.
Seemingly having the same reaction, his companion moaned. With their mouths pressed together and their tongues tangling, they stumbled deeper into the room, blindly found their way to the bed, and fell onto the mattress. All thoughts of asserting his power flew from Wesley’s brain as they rolled from one side of the bed to the other, their bodies writhing together. The replacement of soft curves with hard muscles pleased him soul deep, as did the hard ridge of arousal sliding against his thigh. Nothing had ever felt so right, so necessary, and Wesley wondered how he had gone his entire life without it.
As they moved together, the human skated his hands from Wesley’s cheeks to the sides of his head, tangling his fingers in Wesley’s curls and taking the kiss deeper. Wesley clutched at the sinewy body against him and thrust his hips, the friction necessary. Lightheaded from the lack of oxygen and the influx of hormones, he wasn’t aware of how he ended up on his back with an unexpectedly strong body on top of him, but his legs reflexively spread, making room for the human to get closer.
“So good,” he whispered as he grazed his lips across Wesley’s jaw. He flicked his tongue over Wesley’s earlobe and rolled his hips, causing his erection to slide against Wesley’s balls and shaft.
Needing more of that sensation, Wesley tilted his pelvis up and, before he knew it, a hard dick was rutting against his butt. Although the layers of clothing prevented them from making actual contact, Wesley could feel the friction in his sensitive channel and his hole flexed in reaction.
Taking the receptive role during that evening’s hookup hadn’t been on Wesley’s agenda. So despite his body’s seeming hunger for that very thing, he would have taken control of the situation and gotten onto more familiar footing—one in which he led the interaction—but then hot hands rolled his shirt up and reached for his stomach, his scarred, imperfect stomach, and the only thing Wesley could think to do was flip over and press his shame onto the mattress where it couldn’t be seen.
Interpreting the change in position as a request, the human rocked his hips against Wesley’s ass and asked, “You want me to fuck you?”
Although that position would allow him to keep his belly hidden, Wesley could have accomplished the same thing in other ways or he could have let the human see his scar. While he might not find the textured skin appealing, a human wouldn’t assume that a less than perfect body meant a less than perfect leader.
“Yes.” Wesley’s own response surprised him, but the truth was, hiding his scar was only a small part of why he’d rolled over. The main reason was because he was swamped with an urge to know how the hard ridge rubbing against him through clothes would feel skin to skin and, even more, how it would feel pressing into his body.
This night away from the pack was, if not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, at least a rare one, and Wesley didn’t know when, if ever, he’d have another chance to have sex with a man without repercussions. Even if he found out a male pack member was interested in him, Wesley could never take the submissive role during sex. But the pack wasn’t in their hotel room and the human he was with wouldn’t think him a weak Alpha for relinquishing control because he had no idea Alphas, or shifters in general, existed. So when firm hands grabbed Wesley’s butt and massaged the muscled globes, he told himself to relax and enjoy the sensation rather than flipping over and taking the lead.
“I need to get these pants off and feel your skin.” The human’s voice had gotten huskier, sexier. He pressed his chest to Wesley’s back and kissed his nape while he circled his arms around Wesley’s waist and fiddled with his button and zipper. All the while, he continued humping against Wesley’s butt, reminding him what they’d soon be doing.
By the time Wesley’s pants were unfastened and yanked down to mid-thigh along with his underwear, his body shook and all he could think about was having more friction, more touches, more everything with the man above him.
“Yes,” he hissed when a gentle hand made its first contact with the bare flesh of his ass. He kept his shoulders down and raised his backside up, the vulnerable position completely unfamiliar but in that moment, right. “I want you.” Those words didn’t convey the intensity of what he felt. He’d had no idea his sense of isolation within his own pack had gotten so acute, but it must have. There was no other explanation for why a simple touch from a stranger burned him from the inside out.
“I want you too. More than you know.” He rucked up Wesley’s shirt the rest of the way, exposing his entire back, and then kissed, nibbled, and licked his way across the suddenly sensitive skin. While his mouth worked, his hands kept busy, caressing Wesley’s thighs and hips, until he eventually cupped one of Wesley’s cheeks, pulled him open, and then dipped his fingers into Wesley’s crease and explored the never-before-touched channel.
“Oh.” Wesley gasped, surprised by how much he enjoyed that sensation. He spread his legs farther apart, opening himself as much as he could.
“It’s hard to make myself get up, but I need to go see if they have something slick in the bathroom.” He pressed his finger against the puckered skin of Wesley’s hole and moved it in circles, giving Wesley pressure but not penetration.
A completely foreign noise slipped from Wesley. It sounded like a whimper, but he didn’t whimper so it must have been something else.
“Hold that thought, okay?” He licked a swath from the bottom of Wesley’s butt cheek to the base of his spine. “I’ll be fast.” The mattress squeaked as the man jumped off the bed.
If he had been left in that position long enough for the lust to clear from his mind, Wesley likely would have called off the entire encounter, or at a minimum changed the rules of engagement. But within seconds, the mattress dipped and Wesley was gifted with the now-comforting sensation of a warm body blanketing him.
“I found a little bottle of lotion. It’s probably not as good as lube, but it’ll do.” The finger came back, this time slippery and wet. “You’re so hot here.” He pushed against Wesley’s pucker again, continuing the pressure until he slipped his fingertip inside. “So hot,” he said huskily, pressing deeper.
Moaning, Wesley relaxed his muscles, opening himself to the surprisingly erotic sensation of another person inside him. When the finger grazed his prostate, his soft moans turned into hoarse gasps. “Oh lord.”
“I hope those are happy sounds because I need to feel this tight heat on my dick.” The human gently pulled his finger out and then slid it back in, wiggling it from side to side. “So smooth and soft.”
The sensations set fire to his body, robbing him of words. “Uh-huh.” It was the closest Wesley could come to assuring him that he wanted to continue. “’S good.”
“The best,” the man said, sounding awed. A brush of lips against his back and then the finger disappeared.
Wesley looked over his shoulder and squinted in the dark. The human was kneeling behind him, drizzling lotion on his erection. “This should be enough,” he whispered as he tossed the bottle aside. He flattened one hand on the small of Wesley’s back, keeping him in place, and circled the other around the base of his own cock, holding himself steady as he approached his target.
Wesley had never had anal sex with the women he’d taken to bed so he didn’t know if the act was supposed to hurt, but as the heated shaft pierced his core, all he felt was relief and pleasure. He pressed his forehead to the mattress and closed his eyes, blocking out all distractions so he could revel in the sensation.
“More,” he mumbled, the word slipping out without his permission. “Want you to fill me.”
“Ungh.” The groan from behind him sounded equal parts pained and turned-on. “I will.” The steady slide into him continued until crinkly pubic hair brushed against his ass and then the human draped his chest over Wesley’s back, wrapped his arm around his waist, and caressed his stomach. “I’ll fill you completely.”
His malformed span of skin had never been an erogenous zone—how could it be when Wesley did everything he could to hide it—but when the warm, strong palm made contact with his scar, Wesley’s arousal spiked impossibly higher.
“Oh!” he shouted in surprise and then he groaned. “Yes.”
“You feel so good.” The human licked and mouthed Wesley’s nape as he pumped in and out of his hole and slid his hand from side to side over his scarred stomach. “So right.”
Though he didn’t touch Wesley’s dick directly, the back of his hand brushed across it when he moved it over Wesley’s stomach. That, added to the friction from the soft sheet, was enough to bring him to the precipice.
“I’m close,” Wesley rasped, jaw clenched and lungs working overtime.
“So am I.” Teeth scraped over his shoulders and neck as the thick cock continued stretching him, warming him from the inside. “Wish I could do this forever. Don’t want to stop.”
“Me too.” For the first time in his life, Wesley wasn’t thinking about his pack, about his role as Alpha, about the obligations he was born to fulfill; he thought only of the elation overwhelming him. He rocked back, meeting the man’s hips as he thrust forward. “Lord, me too.”
Time stood still, Wesley’s mind clear of anything except the strong body above him, inside him, and then he fell over the edge, his seed shooting onto the mattress as he shouted in joy.
“Yes!” The man moaned behind him and then his hot breath ghosted over Wesley’s cheek. “Yes.”
Wesley twisted his head to the side and their mouths met in a fierce kiss—lips, tongues, teeth, and passion. When their bodies were spent, their balls empty, and their hearts slowing, the kiss gentled, the touches softened, and Wesley found himself pulled into another man’s arms for the first time. Instead of pulling away now that the haze of lust had waned, he pushed closer, holding tight to the person who had given him a soul-deep sense of satisfaction he had never experienced and hadn’t thought possible when he had driven off the Purple Sky pack lands in a fit of anger only hours earlier.
Tangled in Wesley’s arms, the human fell into a deep sleep. Wesley held him, feeling unexpectedly protective of the stranger, but, he supposed, he likely was projecting his need to protect his pack onto the human. So far, his uncle had denied him the role of Alpha and the pack had held him at arm’s length. But if he wanted to be their leader, he’d need to be patient and give them time to see that a surface scar didn’t alter his strength or his ability to provide for them and keep them safe.
With the reminder of his obligations in the forefront of his mind, Wesley sighed and pulled away from the human. Neither of them had removed their clothes completely, so he doubted the man would be cold, but he tugged the edge of the blanket up and covered him as best as he could anyway. “Thank you,” he whispered and then he brushed aside the green hair, kissed the sleeping human’s forehead, and quietly left the room, forcing himself to keep the memory of the perfect night behind that closed door so he could focus on his responsibilities.
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The winegrape industry is well suited to mechanized production
A major expense in producing winegrapes is labor. Two UC Cooperative Extension experts appeared on the Jefferson Exchange radio program to explain how mechanization of pruning, leaf removal and shoot thinning, combined with mechanized harvesting widely implemented decades ago, will dramatically reduce the need for labor in California winegrape production.
"The minimum wage is going to increase to $15 per hour in 2022," said George Zhuang, viticulture advisor with UCCE Fresno County. Besides, it is getting more challenging for growers to find enough workers due to labor shortages and higher wages in other fields, such as construction.
The machinery for mechanized vineyards requires an investment of about $100,000, said Kaan Kurtural, UCCE viticulture specialist. At that cost, growers begin to break even after a year.
The biggest obstacle to mechanization is the way winegrape vineyards have traditionally been trellised. The cross arms get in the way of machines as they go through the vineyards. In a recent research project by Zhuang and Kurtural, the scientists converted a traditional system to single high wire and managed it with mechanical equipment.
"It was more profitable ... with the same, if not better, quality and value at the farm gate," Kurtural said. "The writing is on the wall for growers to adapt to this as quickly as possible."
Host Geoffrey Riley asked whether the labor savings will result in cheaper wine. Kurtural laughed.
"No," he said. "Wine prices are set by market demand. I don't think wine is an expensive beverage."
UCCE specialist Kaan Kurtural, pictured above, said labor costs about 7 cents per vine with mechanical management vs. $1 per vine using conventional labor.
Posted on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 2:24 PM
Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Tags: George Zhuang (2), Kaan Kurtural (7), labor (6), winegrapes (5)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture
ANR in the news March 13-28
New Series of Nitrogen Management Advice Available
(Cal Ag Today) March 28
California growers can download a new series of publications summarizing efficient nitrogen management practices from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. The publications are designed to assist growers in complying with state regulations for tracking and reporting nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops, in an effort to prevent nitrogen from leaching into groundwater.
https://californiaagtoday.com/new-series-of-nitrogen-management-advice-available
UC helps growers comply with new regulations
(Farm Press) Tim Hearden, March 27
A few months ago, while I was working with Todd Fitchette on a special package we were doing (or, he was doing and I was pitching in on) that focused on the 50th anniversary of the Citrus Research Board, I wrote a column about the benefits of land-grant universities such as the University of California (UC).
It's not an overstatement, I wrote, that the vast network of UC Cooperative Extension offices and research facilities has enabled agriculture in the Golden State to survive amid daunting challenges.
https://www.farmprogress.com/commentary/uc-helps-growers-comply-new-regulations
Communities come together to reforest Middletown Trailside Park
(Record Bee) Lucy Llewellyn Byard, March 27
Outdoorsman Greg Gusti, a University of California cooperative extension director emeritus who specializes in forests and wild lands ecology, addressed the crowd and gave them instructions on how to plant the trees 20 feet apart; showed them what 20 feet looked like on a tape measure, told them to plant the green side up and to keep the roots straight.
… Students dug in groups, sharing shovels and gloves. Sofie Hall and Elissa Holyoke worked with Michael Jones, a UC Cooperative Extension Forestry Advisor to plant their saplings.
https://www.record-bee.com/2019/03/27/communities-come-together-to-reforest-middletown-trailside-park
The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered
(The Conversation) Alison Van Eenennaam, March 27
A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetically engineered salmon in the U.S. Animal genomics expert Alison Van Eenennaam, who served on an advisory committee to the FDA to evaluate the AquAdvantage salmon, explains the significance of the FDA's move and why some have criticized its decision.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/The-science-and-politics-of-genetically-13719679.php
Students learn about insects at Farm Day in the City
(ABC 23) Amanda Mason, March 26
David Haviland, UCCE advisor in Kern County, taught students about good bugs and bad bugs at Farm Day in the City.
"Every single insect plays a role, even if it's only purpose is to get eaten by something. Everything is important," said Haviland.
David Haviland an entomologist at the University of California's Extension who studies insects and helps farmers manage agricultural pests, spent Tuesday at the Kern County Fairgrounds teaching students about good bugs and bad bugs at Farm Day in the City.
https://www.turnto23.com/homepage-showcase/students-learn-about-insects-at-farm-day-in-the-city
Expert: Speak up now about agriculture's carbon footprint
(Leader Telegram) Brooke Bechen, March 25
Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a professor and air quality extension specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California-Davis, isn't afraid to speak up, particularly on Twitter where he writes under the handle @GHGGuru. He sees 2.5 million people visiting his Twitter account each month, which provides accurate information on air emissions and busts myths distributed by those looking to attack animal agriculture.
“Being in California is like being at Ground Zero,” he said. “There are urban centers of people who think they're food experts, but most of these people have never set foot on a farm and don't know anything about agriculture.
https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/farm/expert-speak-up-now-about-agriculture-s-carbon-footprint/article_888717c3-9cae-58c1-b004-e245cc7e2dc4.html
Wildfire Speaker Series Tonight: Fire Resistant Homes & Defensible Space
(YubaNet) March 25
…Dr. Kate Wilkin is the new Forest and Fire Adviser with UC Cooperative Extension in Butte, Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba Counties. She recently moved here from Berkeley, CA where she was postdoctoral researcher focused on wildfire emissions and fire-forest-water relations. Her PhD, also at UC Berkeley, focused on the efficacy of fuel treatments in Northern California shrublands to reduce fire hazards and on mixed conifer forest-fire-water and fire-biodiversity relations. Before moving to California, Kate grew up in rural Appalachia and then explored other fire-prone regions of the US as a natural resource manager and prescribed fire burner on public and nonprofit lands. Based on these experiences and more, she knows that we need to use solutions responsibly, both old and new, to solve our forest health crisis. Kate will be focusing on incorporating fire safe concepts into residential landscaping.
https://yubanet.com/regional/wildfire-speaker-series-tonight-fire-resistant-homes-defensible-space
UC Cooperative offers water-measurement class
(David Enterprise) March 25
California water rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams. For people who wish to take the water measurements themselves, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering training to receive certification April 4 in Redding and Woodland.
https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/press-release/uc-cooperative-offers-water-measurement-class
Costa Mesa designates April as Coyote Awareness Month and approves further informational efforts to manage them
(Los Angeles Times) Luke Money, March 20
…In the past 30 days, about 20 coyote sightings or encounters in Costa Mesa were logged with Coyote Cacher, an online reporting system [created by Niamh Quinn, UCCE advisor, and IGIS].
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-cm-coyote-plan-20190320-story.html
UCCE Biologicals Conference Introduces New Crop Protection Tools for Growers
(Vegetables West) Matthew Malcolm, March 19, 2019
Biocontrol agents, beneficial microbes, entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria that can enhance crop production — these were all topics of discussion at the recent UC Cooperative Extension Ag Innovations Conference in Santa Maria, led by UCCE Entomology & Biologicals Advisor Surendra Dara. Watch this brief interview with Surendra as he shares more about what was discussed.
https://vegetableswest.com/2019/03/19/ucce-biologicals-conference-introduces-new-crop-protection-tools-for-growers
Landowners aim to fight fire with fire
(Benito Link) Blaire Strohn, March 19, 2019
The 2018 wildfire season in California was devastating, which left local landowners to consider how future blazes can be prevented. Their solution: more fire.
On March 14, The San Benito Working Landscapes Group and the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) hosted a meeting to discuss prescribed burning on San Benito County rangelands.
…UCCE livestock and natural resources advisor Devii Rao said the meeting also looked at Cal Fire funding and prescribed burn associations. She mentioned that last year former Gov. Jerry Brown signed two pieces of legislation related to prescribed burning:
Senate Bill 901 provides Cal Fire $1 billion for forest health, fuel load, and prescribed burns over five years, including $35 million a year for prescribed fire and other reduction projects.
Senate Bill 1260 requires Cal Fire to collaborate with public and private landowners on prescribed burns. They must also create a program for pre-certification for a “burn boss,” a private contractor that has experience in prescribed burning.
…In June, Rao will co-host a meeting with Lenya Quinn-Davidson and Jeff Stackhouse from UCCE Humboldt County. The meeting is expected to focus on how to develop a prescribed burn association, in addition to a small burn demonstration on a local private ranch.
https://benitolink.com/news/landowners-aim-fight-fire-fire
A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You By Crispr
(Wired) Gregory Barber, March 19
Hopes were running high for cow 401, and cow 401 serenely bore the weight of expectations. She entered the cattle chute obligingly, and as the vet searched her uterus, making full use of the plastic glove that covered his arm up to his shoulder, she uttered nary a moo. A week ago, Cow 401 and four other members of her experimental herd at UC Davis were in the early stages of pregnancy. But now, following a string of disappointing checkups, it was all down to her. Alison Van Eenennaam, the animal geneticist in charge of the proceedings, kept watch from off to one side, galoshes firmly planted in the damp manure, eyes fixed on a portable ultrasound monitor. After a few moments, the vet delivered his fifth and final diagnosis. “She's not pregnant,” he said. Van Eenennaam looked up. “Ah, shit,” she muttered.
https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-gene-editing-humane-livestock
Climate change is hurting migrating waterbirds across the West. It could get worse
(Sacramento Bee) Andrew Sheeler, March 18
…Some birds, like the black-necked stilt and the sandhill crane, which breed early in the season, have thrived in the warming climate, said Mohammad Safeeq, a hydrologist with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute and an adjunct professor at UC Merced.
But others suffer. That includes the killdeer, the Wilson's snipe, the black tern, and the western and Clark's grebe.
“We have looked at 14 species and among eight open-water and shoreline foraging species that have undergone significant population declines, five were negatively associated with temperature increases,” Safeeq said in an email interview.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article227983859.html
Group seeks healthy, resilient forests and communities
(Plumas News) March 18
…A public workshop was held at the Quincy Library on Jan. 15th. Presenter Jeff Stackhouse, the Livestock and Natural Resources advisor for the U.C. Cooperative Extension in Humboldt, presents case studies from the prescribed burn association.
http://www.plumasnews.com/group-seeks-healthy-resilient-forests-and-communities
US researchers moving abroad to avoid FDA's CRISPR-edited animal regulations
(Genetic Literacy Project) Cameron English, Alison Van Eenennaam, March 14
One day soon, farmers may be able to raise food animals immune to deadly diseases and spare them painful but necessary procedures like horn removal. These innovations, made possible by CRISPR and other gene-editing techniques, could cut the cost of food production, reduce antibiotic use in agriculture and dramatically improve animal welfare. But federal regulation may very well stifle these developments in the US.
In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a plan to regulate gene-edited animals as veterinary drugs under the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, because their DNA is “intentionally altered.” The proposal has drawn harsh criticism from animal scientists, some of whom are packing up their labs and leaving the US to avoid the FDA's rules. Food animals, these experts say, should be regulated based on the risk they pose to human health, not the breeding method that produced them.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/03/14/us-researchers-moving-abroad-to-avoid-fdas-crispr-edited-animal-regulations
Corky Anderson's energy, innovation helped save California's pistachio industry
(Bakersfield Californian) Steven E. Mayer, March 13
"Corky was an important player in the early pistachio industry," said a Kern County farm adviser with the UC Cooperative Extension who specializes in citrus and pistachios.
"And he was a great cooperator," Kallsen said. "He allowed lots of test trials on his properties."
… In 1980, Anderson and Puryear's first patented rootstock changed the industry, said Kevin Blackwell, general manager of Pioneer Nursery, the wholesale business founded by the two entrepreneurs.
"In our heyday, we were selling a million trees a year," said Blackwell, who said he has known Anderson for 47 years.
No one does it alone, Kallsen noted. Anderson built and refined his patented rootstock based on earlier research by the University of California.
https://www.bakersfield.com/news/corky-anderson-s-energy-innovation-helped-save-california-s-pistachio/article_51dff8d4-46a7-11e9-b960-b3bf5d47742f.html
Farmers protect crops in rain's aftermath
(Ag Alert) Ching Lee, March 13
Franz Niederholzer, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, said though cold weather does reduce the risk of most fungal diseases, other problems such as bacterial blast and jacket rot—also a fungal disease—are more prevalent during cool weather.
Cooler weather, however, does help to extend the bloom, he said. That allows farmers more time to apply fungicide, which is recommended at the beginning of bloom and again at full bloom, he said.
Brent Holtz, UCCE farm advisor in San Joaquin County, said he hasn't seen too many problems with fungal diseases at this point, because of how cool it's been, but there have been more incidents of bacterial blast, which can infect trees under stress. In orchards with high nematode populations, the bacteria can enter wounds on the surface of the plants created by frost, he noted.
"It blights the blossoms, and if the blossom is dead, they don't produce fruit," Holtz said.
http://agalert.com/story/?id=12801
Michael learns about 4-H in Fresno County
(KMPH) Stephen Hawkins, March 13, 2019
The 4-H Youth Development Program is preparing for events all over the Central Valley and you are invited.
Michael Ikahihifo spent the morning at Dry Creek Park in Clovis to see what the local 4-H has planned.
https://kmph.com/great-day/michael-in-the-mix/michael-learns-about-4-h-in-fresno-county
The City of Cypress calls for its residents to be “Coyote Aware”
(OC Breeze) March 13
The Cypress City Council recently adopted a coyote management plan to address community concerns about the presence of coyotes in Cypress. While coyotes are generally reclusive animals who avoid human contact, it is important to be aware of their presence and take appropriate action to ensure the safety of your property and pets.
…Residents are encouraged to reportcoyote activity on Coyote Cacher:
ucanr.edu/sites/CoyoteCacher/
Coyote Cacher allows the City to monitor all reported encounters.
Residents can also use Coyote Cacher to view a map of reported
encounters and sign up to receive email alerts.
http://www.oc-breeze.com/2019/03/13/136176_the-city-of-cypress-calls-for-its-residents-to-be-coyote-aware
California's super bloom attracts swarms of migrating butterflies
(CNN) David Williams, March 13
"I saw more butterflies in the last 10 minutes than I've seen my entire life," Jason Suppes of UC South Coast REC wrote on Twitter.
This year's wildflower super bloom is not only filling California deserts with eye-popping displays of color -- it's also providing a feast for swarms of painted lady butterflies making their way north from Mexico.
"This is the biggest outbreak since 2005," said Art Shapiro, a professor at the University of California, Davis, who's been studying the migration of butterflies in the state since 1972.
…"I saw more butterflies in the last 10 minutes than I've seen my entire life," Jason Suppes wrote Tuesday on Twitter. Suppes is an education specialist at an agricultural research facility in Irvine.
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/california-butterflies-trnd/index.html
Grape growers continue push to mechanize
(Western Farm Press) Lee Allen, March 13
…In Fresno, growers affiliated with the San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association met to discuss the latest UC research on incidents of disease and machine injury to trunks and rootstock.
… “Growers are having a hard time finding workers to maintain their vineyards and increasing labor costs are challenging grape-farming's economic sustainability,” says UC Cooperative Extension viticulture advisor George Zhuang. “We're studying the use of machines to reduce the number of people needed to perform tasks like pruning.
“Because canopy architecture and yield characteristics involving mechanically-pruned vines are much different from those that are hand-pruned, water and fertilizer requirements for the mechanically pruned vines can be quite different. Performance of different rootstocks in mechanical pruning systems is critical for both yield and fruit quality of grape production in the San Joaquin Valley.”
…Kaan Kurtural, UC Cooperative Extension viticulture specialist in the UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Department, whose research involves improving vineyard production efficiency through canopy and crop load management via mechanization, says the case for switching out hand labor with machines gets stronger with growers using such mechanization for pruning, suckering, and removing shoots and leaves.
“Mechanical pruning can produce more stable year-to-year fruit yields of better quality than traditional and more costly hand pruning spurs or canes.” His comments were based on a Kern County two-year research trial looking for ways for growers to reduce both cost and water use.
https://www.farmprogress.com/grapes/grape-growers-continue-push-mechanize
As Wildfires Devour Communities, Toxic Threats Emerge
(Reuters) Sharon Bernstein, March 13
At U.C. Davis, where researchers are studying eggs from backyard chickens that may have breathed smoke and pecked at ash in areas affected by wildfires, the work is complicated.
"In an urban fire you're dealing with contaminants that don't go away – arsenic, heavy metals, copper, lead, transformer fluid, brake fluid, fire retardant," said veterinarian Maurice Pitesky, who is leading the study.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-03-13/as-wildfires-devour-communities-toxic-threats-emerge
DR. GLENDA HUMISTON: Managing our Lands to Manage our Water
Maven's Notebook, March 13, 2019
Dr. Glenda Humiston is Vice President of Agriculture & Natural Resources for the University of California. At the 2019 California Irrigation Institute conference, Dr. Humiston was the opening keynote speaker, and in her speech, she talked about work being done to address drought vulnerability, the importance of managing watersheds, the goals of the California Economic Summit, and the promising future of biomass.
She began by saying that we have known for a long time that water insecurity is a huge issue, and not just due to climate change or droughts; it's also policy, regulations, allocations and technology – there are a lot of issues and managing the effects of it are very challenging.
https://mavensnotebook.com/2019/03/13/dr-glenda-humiston-managing-our-lands-to-manage-our-water/
Hearing planned to examine the future of development in California's most fire prone regions
(Lake County News) March 13
…The hearing, led by Senators Henry Stern and Mike McGuire, chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Senate Governance and Finance Committee, respectively, titled “Living Resiliently in the New Abnormal: The Future of Development in California's Most Fire Prone Regions” will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the State Capitol in Room 4203.
…Testifying at the hearing are:
· Mark Ghilarducci, director, California Office of Emergency Services;
· Bob Fenton, regional administrator, FEMA Region 9;
· Dr. Max Moritz, statewide wildfire specialist, University of California Cooperative Extension;
· Jeff Lambert, director of planning, city of Oxnard, past president, American Planning Association, California Chapter;
· Chief Kate Dargan, California State Fire Marshal (retired), Cal Fire;
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Walesa: Man of Hope on DVD in February
The Last Days on DVD in February
Le Week-End on Blu-ray and DVD in February
Wake in Fright on dual format in March
The Epic of Everest on dual format in January
The Stuart Hall Project on DVD in January
How to Use Guys with Secret Tips on DVD in January
Australian drama The Rocket comes to UK cinemas in March from Eureka
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg on DVD, Blu-ray and EST in February
This is Not a Dream on DVD in January
John Dies at the End on Blu-ray and DVD in February
Muscle Shoals on DVD in February
Wings on dual format in January from Masters of Cinema
Fellini's Roma on Blu-ray in February from Masters of Cinema
All Neat in Black Stockings on DVD in January
Kelly + Victor on Blu-ray and DVD in January
Unit One: Series Three on DVD in January
The Taste of Money on DVD in January
Serpico on Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook in February from Masters of Cinema
The Bounty on DVD in January
Korean horror The Cat creeps onto DVD in December
The Conjuring on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download in December
Goats on DVD in January
Kiss of the Damned on DVD in January
You're Next on Blu-ray and DVD in January
Any Day Now on DVD in January
Computer Chess on dual format in January from Masters of Cinema
Hercule Poirot triple on Blu-ray in January
Hideo Nakata's The Complex on DVD in January
Fellini's Il Bidone on dual format in December from Masters of Cinema
Tenebrae on Limited Edition Steelbook dual format in December
Lust in the Dust on DVD in December
The Piano on Blu-ray in January
Big Trouble in Little China on Blu-ray in December
Metallica Through the Never on DVD Blu-ray and VOD in January
Eureka announce the early 2014 Masters of Cinema Blu-ray and DVD releases
The Selfish Giant on Blu-ray and DVD in January
Betty Blue Deluxe 2 Disc Edition on Blu-ray and DVD in November
The Long Goodbye on Blu-ray in December
Child's Pose on DVD and VOD in December
Terry Gilliam, Walerian Borowczyk and Arrow Academy
Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film season at the BFI Southbank
The Great Beauty on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD in January
The Phantom of the Opera on 3-disc dual format in December
Nothing Left to Fear on Blu-ray and DVD in February
The Irish Pub on DVD in November
The Broken Circle Breakdown on DVD in November
Insidious: Chapter 2 on Blu-ray and DVD in January
Van Veeteren Season 2 on DVD in November
A Magnificent Haunting on DVD in November
Milius on DVD in November
The BFI announces its January and February DVD and Blu-ray releases
Shackled [Belenggu] on DVD in November
Bullet Ballet restored on Blu-ray and DVD in December
Silent Night on DVD in November
Tokyo Fist on Blu-ray and DVD in November
Di Di Hollywood and To Hell with the Ugly on DVD in November
Spyship and Threads on DVD in November
Gaslight on dual format in November
The People Under the Stairs on Blu-ray in November
The London Korean Film Festival announces its 2013 line up
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) on Blu-ray in November
Nobody's Daughter Haewon on DVD and EST in November
Looking for Hortense on DVD in December
Supernatural comes to DVD in November
Schalcken the Painter on dual format in November
Gothic Film Festival at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds this Halloween
Mystery and Gorbaciof from Artificial Eye in November
More Than Honey on DVD and Blu-ray in October
Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities in bookshops later this month
Nosferatu restored on Blu-ray, DVD and Dual Format SteelBook in November
Upstream Colour on DVD and, just maybe, Blu-ray in December
Dead of Night – The Surviving Episodes on DVD in October
Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler on Blu-ray in October from Masters of Cinema
The Gaunt Stranger & The Headless Ghost on DVD in October
World Cinema Foundation Volume One on dual format in November
Red River on Blu-ray in October
Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-1956 on Blu-ray in October
Classic Ghost Stories by M R James on DVD in October
Streets of Fire on Blu-ray in November
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 on 3-disc Blu-ray in October
Robin Redbreast on DVD in October
Fairy Tale Killer on DVD in October
Wonderfalls: The Complete Series on DVD in October
The Witches on Blu-ray/DVD double play in October
Anno 1790 – The Complete First Season on DVD in October
Deadfall on Blu-ray and DVD in October
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Collection on DVD and Blu-ray in October
The Wicker Man: The Final Cut on 3-disc Blu-ray and 4-disc DVD in October
Nordic thriller Call Girl on DVD in September
Night of the Hunter on Blu-ray in October
Behind the Candelabra on Blu-ray and DVD in October
The Protectors – The Complete Season 2 on DVD in October
See You Tomorrow, Everyone on DVD in October
Martial arts action comedy The Kick on DVD in October
Edinburgh Film Guild New Cinema Programme celebrates Finnish cinema
Borrowed Time on DVD in September
Riddles of the Sphinx on dual format in September
The Body in DVD and Blu-ray in September
Breathe In on DVD and Blu-ray in October
Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce on Blu-ray in September
The Kings of Summer on DVD and Blu-ray in September
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swann III on DVD in September
Days of Grace on DVD in October
Screen Icons: Trevor Howard DVD box set in September
The Autumn line-up from Peccadillo Pictures
Halloween 35th Anniversary Limited Edition on DVD and Blu-ray in October
Dandy Dick on DVD in September
Six film-only titles from Simply Media in September
Peckinpah's Convoy uncut on DVD and Blu-ray in September
Populaire on DVD and Blu-ray in September
Masters of Cinema announce their October and November releases
Sleepwalker on BFI Flipside dual format in September
Trio of movie-only DVDs from Metrodome in September
Maurice Pialat's Van Gogh on DVD and Blu-ray in September
The Children's Film Foundation Collection: Scary Stories on DVD in September
1998 Kiyoshi Kurosawa double on DVD in September
Creepshow comes to UK Blu-ray in October
Shun Li and the Poet on DVD in September
Stories We Tell on DVD and Blu-ray in September
Time Bandits remastered in cinemas and on DVD and Blu-ray in August
Eden on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD in September
The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill on DVD in October
Cherry on DVD in September
A Time to Love and a Time to Die on Blu-ray in September
Eureka to release restored print of Ted Kotcheff's cult 1971 Wake in Fright
Nicolas Winding Refn curates a favourite film season for Curzon Home Cinema
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Inseparable on Blu-ray and DVD in August
A new 4K restoration of Plein Soleil in cinemas in August
The Assassins [Tong que tai] on Blu-ray and DVD in September
The Four [Si da ming bu] on DVD in September
Simon Killer on Blu-ray and DVD in August from Masters of Cinema
Gothic horror and more from the BFI this Autumn
Artificial Paradises on DVD in August
The Courtneys of Curzon Street on DVD in September
A Hijacking [Kapringen] on Blu-ray and DVD in August
Four music films from Tony Palmer on DVD in July
The Adventures of Prince Achmed on dual format in August
The Tarnished Angels on Blu-ray in August from Masters of Cinema
A Field in England Film4 Digital Masterclass available free on-line
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British Transport Films Collection: Experiment Under London on DVD in August
Berlin '36 on DVD in August
Gregg Araki's Nowhere on DVD in August
Ten Westerns come to UK DVD in July
Fellini, Sirk, Antonioni, Pialat and Campos coming from Masters from Cinema
The Land of Hope on Blu-ray and DVD in August
In the House on Blu-ray and DVD in July
Satyajit Ray trio on Blu-ray in August
Hirokazu Kore-eda's Like Father, Like Son in cinemas in October
Untitled Jeff Nichols sci-fi film backed by a major studio, lands rising star
The Birth of a Nation on Blu-ray and DVD in July
Dragon (Wu xia) on DVD in August
Quest for Fire on Blu-ray and DVD in August
The ABCs of Death on DVD and Blu-ray in July
A London Trilogy: The Films of Saint Etienne 2003-2007 on DVD in July
Le Pont du Nord on DVD and Blu-ray in July
Emil and the Detectives on DVD in July
Werner Herzog season in June and July at the BFI Southbank
Beware of Mr. Baker on Blu-ray and DVD in July
Confine in cinemas, on DVD and on-demand in July
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie on dual format in July
The Returned (Les Revenants) on DVD in July
The Complete Humphrey Jennings Volume Three on dual format in July
Tropicália in cinemas and on DVD and Blu-ray in July
We Shall Overcome on DVD in July
Vinyl on DVD in July
Village at the End of the World on DVD in July
Side Effects on Blu-ray and DVD in July
Broken on DVD, Blu-ray and EST in July
Withnail & Me: The Finale photography exhibition launches this month
Flying Blind on DVD in July
The Fall on DVD and Blu-ray in June
Possession on Blu-ray in July
Entity on DVD in June
Java Heat on DVD in July
Kiki's Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies on double play in July
The Naked Island on Blu-ray in June
Kore-eda's I Wish on Blu-ray and DVD in May
Anthony Asquith's Underground on dual format in June
Classic Studio Ghibli double in UK cinemas in May
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas on DVD and Blu-ray in June
The Horror Show VoD service launches in June
The Liability on Blu-ray and DVD in May
Sacrifice (Zhao shi gu er) on DVD in May
David Cronenberg's The Brood on DVD and Blu-ray in July
The Children's Film Foundation Collection: Weird Adventures on DVD in June
Chasing Ice on Blu-ray and DVD in June
Terence Malick's To the Wonder on DVD, Blu-ray and EST in June
Ben Wheatley's A Field in England in cinemas, on DVD, TV and VoD in July
Masters of Cinema acquire Computer Chess for cinema and home video release
Two films from Atom Egoyan on Blu-ray and DVD in June
Static (2D) on DVD in July
For Love's Sake on Blu-ray and DVD in June
Chronicle of a Summer on dual format in May
Apartment 1303 on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD in June
The Parade (Parada) on DVD in June
Dead Mine on DVD in May
Dr. Who and the Daleks double on Blu-ray and DVD in May
Carlos Saura's Cría Cuervos on dual format in May
Kuroneko on Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema in June
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God on DVD in June
Frozen Silence in DVD in May
Shindō, Rivette, Murnau and Griffith from Masters of Cinema in June/July
John Cassavetes' Opening Night on dual format in May
The Complete (Existing) Films of Sadao Yamanaka on DVD in May
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mum on DVD in May
The Murderer Lives at 21 on Blu-ray and DVD in May
Pasolini's Theorem on dual format in May
Lars von Trier season at the BFI in May
Terracotta Far East Film Festival to include new venues, sections and dates
Edit your own trailer for The Facility, on UK DVD in May
Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem on DVD and download in April
King of Pigs on DVD in May
Beyond the Hills on Blu-ray and DVD in June
The Long Riders on Blu-ray in June
Tribeca Film in the UK in April
Nate & Margaret on DVD in April
Planet Ocean on Blu-ray and DVD in April
Lore on Blu-ray and DVD in May
Network launches The British Film Collection
Boys on Film: Youth in Trouble on DVD and VoD in April
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever cuts its way onto DVD in May
Billy Liar 50th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray and DVD in May
May I Kill U? on DVD in April
She Monkeys on DVD in April
Captured on BFI Flipside Blu-ray/DVD in April
Journeyman on DVD in April
Bakumatsu Taiyô-den on Blu-ray and DVD in April
The original Gone in 60 Seconds on Blu-ray and DVD in May
The COI Collection, Volume 8: Your Children and You on DVD in April
Joseph Losey, Harold Pinter and Joe Orton on DVD & Blu-ray in April
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection Volume 1 on DVD in April
Supernatural: The Anime Series on DVD in May
Ealing comedy-horror The House in Nightmare Park on DVD in April
Blood Simple: Director's Cut on DVD in April
Simon Killer hits UK cinemas in April
Masters of Cinema to release La Notte on Blu-ray in April
Army of Shadows restored on Blu-ray in April
3 films from Hal Hartley on Blu-ray and DVD in May/June
Broadchurch on DVD in May
Evil Dead II Special Edition on Blu-ray in April
Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing on dual format in March
The Bay on Blu-ray and DVD in March
End of Watch on Blu-ray, DVD and EST download in March
Zaytoun on Blu-ray and DVD in April
Boxing Day on DVD in March
Vulgaria on Blu-ray and DVD in April
Chabrol's Le Beau Serge and Les Cousins on Blu-ray and DVD in March
David Cronenberg's Scanners and its sequels come to Blu-ray in April
Sightseers on Blu-ray and DVD in March
Dead Head on DVD in April
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man on DVD in April
La città delle donne on Blu-ray and DVD in February from Masters of Cinema
La Poison on Blu-ray and DVD in February from Masters of Cinema
Vito on DVD in March
Turn Me On, Goddammit on DVD in March
Roundabout: 1963 – A Year in Colour on DVD in March
Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton live in October
Jack Taylor Collection One on DVD in March
The Amazing Mr. Blunden on DVD in March
Reign of Assassins on DVD in February
The Ozu Collection: The Gangster Films on DVD in March
Onibaba on Blu-ray from Masters of Cinema in February
What Richard Did on Blu-ray and DVD in April
You're Human Like the Rest of Them: The Films of B S Johnson on BFI Flipside dual format in April
I Didn't Come Here to Die lands on DVD in April
Polanski's Tess restored on dual format in March
Thale on DVD in March
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The Fallow Field on DVD in March
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McCullin on DVD and Blu-ray in February
The Kore-Eda Hirokazu Collection on DVD in February
Midnight Son on DVD in February
Steel: A Century of Steelmaking on Film on DVD in February
Death Game on DVD in March
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Michael Haneke's Amour on Blu-ray and DVD in March
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From Beyond on Blu-ray and DVD in February
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Claustrofobia on DVD in January
Babette's Feast on Blu-ray and DVD in February
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Inon Barnatan - another worthy substitute
Have you been to a concert somewhere in the world recently? Share your thoughts with us about the performance, the more details the better!
Post by Ricordanza » Sat May 13, 2017 6:20 am
In previous reviews, I’ve sung the praises of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Beginning with a handful of concerts in 1986, PCMS now presents a season of over 50 concerts by world-class soloists and ensembles, with all tickets priced at an incredible $25 (it goes up a mere one dollar next season).
Inevitably, with programs booked well in advance and musicians from around the globe, there are bound to be cancellations. But that’s another way in which this organization excels. Somehow, PCMS consults its magic Rolodex (or the modern equivalent thereof) and comes up with a wonderful substitute to fill the gap.
And so it was that when the eagerly awaited PCMS debut of Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter was cancelled (due to family reasons, we were told), Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan was booked to appear in her place, playing a very different but intriguing program.
When classical music fans hear the title Chaconne, they immediately think of Bach’s immortal creation, the last movement of the Partita No. 2 for solo violin, as well as the mighty piano transcription of this work by Busoni. But of course there are other works with this title and form (a set of variations), and Barnatan began his May 10th recital with Handel’s Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435. This was a first hearing for me, and Barnatan’s crisp and elegant playing provided a welcome introduction to this music.
Franz Schubert’s three final piano sonatas are widely acknowledged as the crowning achievements of this genre, and Barnatan presented a superb performance of the first of this group, the Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958. This four-movement sonata is certainly expansive, but never excessive. As fellow concertgoer Arepo (aka Cliftwood) aptly noted during intermission, there is not a single extraneous note in this lengthy work. We’ve heard some great Schubert players in past PCMS seasons, but on the basis of this performance, Barnatan can stand with any of them.
After intermission, Barnatan ventured into the unfamiliar (for me, and I suspect many audience members) with a work entitled Musica Ricercata by the 20th Century Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Ligeti. The program notes provided a succinct description of this very unusual work:
Musica Ricercata comprises 11 individual pieces, the first of which includes only two pitch values (and their octave equivalents); each subsequent piece adds another pitch so that, by the last in the set, all 12 pitches are brought into play. This….forces Ligeti to look to other elements, such as rhythm, register, and dynamics, for the development of musical interest.
I’ve heard and enjoyed some of Ligeti’s piano etudes as performed by Yuja Wang and Jeremy Denk. I’ve also heard (and been baffled) by Ligeti’s orchestral music in Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey. As I listened to Musica Ricercata, I realized that the second piece was featured in yet another Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut. Most of the piece is just two notes, a half step apart, but from this exceedingly spare material, Ligeti manages to convey a world of menace and anxiety. As more notes are added in subsequent pieces, an even wider variety of musical expression is revealed.
For the final work on the program, Barnatan returned to Handel and the variations form with a magnificent rendition of one of the grandest pieces in the piano repertoire (and one of my all-time favorites), Johannes Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24. Barnatan added some individual touches, bringing out surprising inner voices in some of the 25 variations, and then let loose with a bravura display in the closing fugue.
After a standing ovation and several “curtain” calls (there’s no curtain in the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center), Barnatan offered as an encore the well-known Bach melody, Sheep May Safely Graze, as arranged by Egon Petri.
lennygoran
Re: Inon Barnatan - another worthy substitute
Post by lennygoran » Sat May 13, 2017 7:45 am
Ricordanza wrote: ↑
Barnatan offered as an encore the well-known Bach melody, Sheep May Safely Graze, as arranged by Egon Petri.
Hank thanks-wasn't well known or known at all to me-fortunately there's youtube! Regards, Len
arepo
Post by arepo » Sat May 13, 2017 8:37 am
Thank you, Henry, for another brilliant review.
Barnatan was a revelatory discovery for me and his musicianship was evident in every work he played.
A fine ending to a wonderful season of recitals by the Philadelphia Chamber Music organization.
Have a safe and healthy summer.
cliftwood
Post by Ricordanza » Sun May 14, 2017 6:57 am
lennygoran wrote: ↑
Len, let me confess that when Barnatan began this encore (without announcing it), it sounded VERY familiar, but the memory cells couldn't come up with the composer or name of the piece. So I sent an email inquiry to PCMS staff and received a prompt reply.
Post by lennygoran » Sun May 14, 2017 8:46 am
but the memory cells couldn't come up with the composer or name of the piece. So I sent an email inquiry to PCMS staff and received a prompt reply.
Hank my memory cells are failing me more and more these days-pretty awful frustrating feeling. Regards, Len
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Comedian Todd Masterson (@GayFatFriend on Instagram): "I Never Thought I'd Be Big on Instagram"
Dennis visits the West Hollywood home of comedian and writer Todd Masterson, the mind and the body behind the red-hot Instagram account @gayfatfriend, in which he photoshops himself into pictures of gay Insta-hotties. He talks about how he first came up with the idea, his daily creative process, what it feels like to go...
Singer Jennifer Cihi (the singing voice of Sailor Moon): "The Joy of Trotting It Out"
Dennis welcomes to his Noho condo his long-lost friend, singer-performer Jennifer Cihi who is visiting L.A. from Nashville. She talks about the gig she did in the early 1990's--the Japanese anime series Sailor Moon--that has led her to have a whole new career as a guest at anime conventions, the emotional connection she...
Author Scottie Jeanette Madden: "The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow"
Dennis ventures to the edge of the Santa Monica wilderness to the home of author, speaker and TV showrunner Scottie Jeanette Madden to discuss her new cookbook/memoir Recklass In the Kitchen, a Year of Light, Laughter & Love…Oh, and Food! as well as the charity holiday dinner she's hosting on December 21st. She talks...
The Women of Bob's Holiday Office Party: "It's Like a Fever Dream"
Dennis visits the Silver Lake home of actress Andrea Hutchman to interview Andrea and two of her co-stars from the long-running L.A. stage comedy Bob's Holiday Office Party, which runs December 5th through the 22nd at the Atwater Village Theatre. They talk about the how they came to be in the show, how it's evolved...
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BEING A POLITICIAN’S WIFE
Life takes unexpected turns at times. When Alex came home from work one day in the fall of 1974, his opening statement surprised me. Several colleagues at work had been encouraging him to run for political office in the Town of Walden. Apparently he had been mulling it over in his mind before he broached the subject to me. We have always supported each other in our ventures and this time would be no different. However serious conversation as to how this would affect our lives and that of our family was necessary. After weighing all the pros and cons we decided that he would put his name forward and make the announcement.
That first campaign for the position of Councillor-at-Large in Walden was extremely busy and a learning experience for both of us. This position was also the Deputy Mayor of Walden as well as a seat as a regional councillor in Sudbury. Alex went door – to – door to as many homes as possible beginning in September with the vote being in December. He decided to act as his own campaign manager which made his life even busier. I soon found myself answering the phone, taxiing the girls to their activities, dragging baby Allison with me wherever I went. The candidate was too busy, you see. Meetings in our home with people who believed in Alex added to our activities. Then the first all candidates’ meeting was announced. Alex expounded to me what he felt the issues were and together we wrote the speech. I’ll never forget how nervous I was for that first meeting held at Walden Arena! The place was packed and Alex acquitted himself very well. He answered questions and gave studied opinions on the issues of concern to the ratepayers. I was very proud of my husband. I must admit though that there were times when I wondered what we had let ourselves in for. I was also teaching full-time at Our Lady of Fatima School, which brought its own obligations with it. The children would say to me in the playground, “Mrs. Fex your daddy was at my house last night.” They thought this was just great! Alex’s slogan was “Mark your X for Alex Fex”, and it caught on. When friends and acquaintances would meet either one of us they would repeat this slogan, as did the pupils at school to me and to our eldest daughter Jacquie. Often as Alex knocked on a door later in the campaign, people would smile and say, “We know where to put our X”. Alex’s opposition was the incumbent Mrs. Gertrude Falzetta. Gertie was well – liked and a long-time resident of the Whitefish area. Her husband Frank was a businessman and also well regarded. To make a long story shorter, she beat Alex on Election Day by just 57 votes. Of course we were very disappointed! However such a small plurality of votes meant that we had to try again.
What had we learned? Well, for one thing – Alex could not be his own campaign manager. It did not make sense for him to be placing his own signs. His principal job was to hit the doors – as many as possible. Who should we ask? As we discussed this with friends and supporters the answer was obvious. Since I had already been answering phone queries and doing a myriad of other tasks, it made sense that I take that on and I did so willingly. Our daughters, the two older ones, also got involved, as did their friends by folding two thousand leaflets for Alex to distribute as he went door-to-door. This made the whole enterprise fun for the entire family. Their parents approved of these kinds of activities and because the children were involved, some of them began to help in other ways. That was a bonus! It had become my job to organize meetings in all parts of the Town of Walden, at our home, to plan “E – Day”, to prepare with Alex’s input – ads in the local newspaper. People were dropping in at our house at all hours and we sensed that the support was growing. While campaigning in Lively one afternoon Alex met a group of 4 little boys carrying one of his signs which read, “Mark your X for Alex Fex” and they were singing it as a song adding, “he’s your guy!” He really got a charge out of that! The requests for signs in people’s yards were more numerous than they had been two years ago. So many encouraging indications buoyed up our hopes.
Election Day, December 6, 1976, finally dawned and oh no, we had a snowstorm! Some roads in Whitefish were actually closed due to the heavy snowfall. It was a policy of Alex’s to visit every polling station at least once on this important day. A friend drove him to Beaver Lake and on the return trip they noticed that a car was in the ditch. Alex and Matti Joussi stopped to give the man a hand getting back on the road. As they were leaving the man said to Alex that he certainly knew where he was going to place his X! Unfortunately people lost their vote that day, as it was impossible to leave their homes. Some of these were our supporters and some were Mrs. Falzetta’s. I had organized the day so that we had scrutineers at every polling station. They were present for part of the day or in some cases the whole day to watch the voting procedures and to stroke off the names of the voters after they voted. They would call our home at various arranged times during the day where volunteers were also crossing off the names. That way we knew who of our declared supporters had voted and who might need a phone call to ask whether they needed a ride to the polls – also provided by other volunteers. This is referred to as “pulling the vote” – and it works! Some just needed a reminder that this was Election Day. Our scrutineers were also present for the all important vote count after the polls had closed. After that had been completed they were asked to either call our home with the results or bring them personally to the house and stay to celebrate with us (we hoped). This was the tensest time of all!
As the phones began to ring at about 8:30 pm, volunteers recorded the results. Alex and I just stood and watched what they wrote too nervous to do this ourselves. Mrs. Ida Groulx personally brought us her results from Creighton with a big smile on her face. We knew that we had won that one. Next our good friend Lois Rauhala arrived from the 1-A Waters School but she wouldn’t tell us anything until we gave her a beer. Yes, we had won that one too! Hopes were rising incrementally as we received these tallies whether by phone or in person and a festive air was developing in our home. Even our young daughters were becoming excited. By 9:30 pm all numbers were in and Alex was the new Councillor-at-Large and Regional Councillor for Walden. It was a fantastic present for his 35th birthday that day. On TV the announcers were asking all winning candidates to come to the station. Our house was bursting at the seams with well - wishers and friends and we did not really want to leave but we were nearly pushed out the door by our friends. They insisted that since I had worked so hard for Alex that I accompany him. That was fun! Joe Cook at MCTV interviewed Alex and gave him the opportunity to thank our workers and supporters. I had indicated to Joe that it was Alex’s birthday and he congratulated him on the air to Alex’s surprise.
That first inauguration was a wonderful occasion for our family. Our energetic hard work had paid off!
Alex was reelected two years later with the same full-scale effort put into it as during the first campaign. Two years after that he was acclaimed as no one challenged him. That was a huge compliment. In 1980 using the same procedures as we had previously, Alex won his third term as Councillor-at-Large. In all he served six years on Regional Council in Sudbury.
In 1982, due to the untimely death of Regional Chairman Delki Dozzi, Walden Mayor Tom Davies was elected by the councillors to be the new Regional Chair. Subsequently Walden councillors elected Alex to be the next mayor of Walden. That fall elections were held again. The times were different economically with interest rates at 20 to 22 % and the mood of the electorate was very negative as they were hurting financially. As a result Alex and every mayoral incumbent in the province was defeated. The only ones who survived had been acclaimed. Alex’s opposition was Charles White who claimed that he would do the job for one half the salary and in those difficult economic times that resonated with the taxpayers who did not seem to regard any other qualifications as being important. So be it – the electorate had spoken. I have to admit feeling crushed because not only had Alex put everything he had in running for election, he had worked extremely hard for his constituents while in office.
As time went on, while our life became less harried, Alex felt he needed to try once more to become mayor. This time I was less enthusiastic than I had been when this whole political journey had begun. However as the campaign progressed in 1985, and support showed up in unexpected sources, I was once again swept up in this venture. One particular man must be mentioned as being outstanding in this campaign and that was Dave Scott from Lively. Without us knowing anything about his efforts, Dave had painted signs on the sides of his truck as well as erecting a huge billboard in his yard – “We need leadership! Nov. 12, VOTE ALEX FEX”. Dave was at our home – once again election headquarters - by 8 am every morning. “Well, Erna, what do you need me to do today?” Whether it was erecting signs, going to speak to someone, taking our daughters or me somewhere, Dave was available always with a smile on his handsome face. One day during this campaign, Alex questioned something I had said and Dave replied very quickly, “Alex, Erna is your greatest asset!” Of course I loved that! Alex apologized immediately and I was not hurt, as I knew it was just due to pressure. Unfortunately, we lost this election. Dave was as devastated as Alex and I were.
Since then whenever an election is called, inevitably Alex is asked and encouraged to run again. His reply is always that he has moved on in life to other pursuits. It was fun while it lasted and we made many friends whose efforts and support we will never forget but as “the politician’s wife”, I must admit that I am happy that this hectic stage in our lives is over.
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“No Sex Please, We’re British”
Spotlight Theatre Company: 6/25 – 813
L-R: Christian Mast and Rachel White
The current offering at the John Hand Theatre on Lowry is Alistair Foote’s and Anthony Marriott’s “No Sex Please, We’re British.”
A close relative to such shows as “Run For Your Wife,” “Caught in the Net” and “Move Over, Mrs. Markham,” it’s the kind of British farce with which the fledgling Spotlight Theatre Company began its journey.
Now that this troupe is maturing it returns from time to time to revisit this genre of theatre. For us as audience it’s a great pleasure to see the result of the honed skills both in direction and in acting.
Director Luke Allen Terry has done a superb job in his casting and pacing. The piece de resistance however, is the director’s casting of Christian Mast as Brian Runnicles. Why? Mr. Mast is a comic genius and his twitchy, fidgety hilarious performance will have you grinning from ear to ear all evening long.
The show begins with an unsolicited package of pornographic literature being delivered to the apartment of newlyweds Frances(Rachel White) and Peter Hunter(Tony Ryan.) Horrified at the contents of the package, they do everything possible to keep anyone from discovering this carton’s contents. The unexpected arrival of Peter’s nosy mother, Eleanor (Ann Myers) complicates the situation exponentially. When it seems that the newlyweds’ struggle to keep up appearances can’t get any worse it gets amped up even more when they enlist Mr. Runnicles, a jittery, high-strung friend from Peter’s workplace to help dispose of them.
, Kelly Dwyer, Dan Connell, package, wyer, Dan Connell, Randy Diamon and Rachel Whyte and Tony Ryan.es becomes exponentiali Even the supporting roles in this bright evening of farcical whimsy are filled with actors who relish the play’s silliness. They are: Wade Wood, Susan Rahmsdorff, Kelly Dwyer, Dan Connell and Randy Diamon.Marlowe's Musings
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Procyon Games
The best games in Second Life
Golden Frootcake Tournament
Come participate in the Golden Frootcake Tournament 2007!
As part of Second Life Winterfest 2007, the Frootcake Diner will
host the Golden Frootcake Tournament. How good are you at passing
those cakes around the table? Now's your chance to find out!
Here is how the contest will work. For one week starting Sunday Dec 30,
all Frootcake players will be ranked, similar to the World
Champion ranking in En Garde. You can play as many games as you want.
The ranking system awards points according to who plays the best.
In general, points are awarded for:
Winning games
Placing high in multi-player games
Beating people who are ranked high
At the end of the week, the top 5 players will compete for the
Golden Frootcake trophy.
Don't know how to play? I just released a new video teaching the
game. You can watch it at the Diner, or on YouTube here:
Labels: frootcake
En Garde scoring, yet again
We've been living with the new En Garde scoring for several weeks now, and I think that's enough time to evaluate it. I've gotten comments from several people, and everyone pretty much agrees.
It sucks.
I'm sorry, I really thought it would be better than this. But sometimes you can't tell how something will play out until you see it in action.
There's several problems with the new scoring system. First of all, the three games per day limit can sneak up on you. You can't tell if a game you play will count in the scoring or not. This was originally intended as a diversity control: playing lots of games over and over shouldn't add to your score as much as playing many different people. My number one goal in designing a scoring system is to get lots of people to play as many different people as possible, and get new people playing that way.
The biggest problem is with the point loss system. When you lose a game to someone who is ranked lower than you, you lose some of your points. This was intended to provide a little fluidity in the rankings. What has happened instead is, people are afraid to play new players. That's terrible. But I can understand it. There's just too huge a penalty if you lose to a newbie, and the risk is too great.
So, I have to rip all that out, and come up with yet another scoring system.
I am working on a new system that I hope will fix these problems, and provide an accurate ranking of players while encouraging new play. The system is based on Google's PageRank -- the same system Google uses to rank the results when you do a web search, I want to modify and use to rank fencing players. There are many advantages to this. I think it can solve the problems I've listed above. There are disadvantages too. One disadvantage is that it's really complicated, and hard to explain to people. But I have to do something, and so this will hopefully be another small step forward.
I hope to have the new scoring implemented sometime in the coming week. Like all scoring changes, it will be retroactive, and can possible make radical changes in the current rankings.
Labels: en garde
FAQ for Macros, Tracking Devices, etc
I've had to deal with a lot of issues recently regarding macros, tracking devices, etc. I hope this can clear things up.
What sort of things are not permitted when playing Procyon Games?
Anything that gives one player an advantage over another is considered cheating and is not allowed during play. This includes, for example, macros, HUDs that track information (public or not), materials outside the game such as pencil and paper, and alternate accounts.
Really? I can't use pencil and paper?
Here's a rule of thumb you can use to help determine what's acceptable. Imagine if you were playing the game real-life, face-to-face across a table from your opponent. If what you're considering would be unacceptable in that setting, then it's unacceptable in Second Life.
What about after the game?
After the game, you can do whatever you want. It's acceptable to use pencil and paper between games of Zingo. And you can use alt accounts to play games, as long as you don't use two accounts simultaneously in the same game, or use them to manipulate global scoring.
What if someone is cheating?
If you are playing someone, and they're using an unaccepted method to gain advantage, you should ask them to stop. You can direct them to this blog post.
What if they refuse to stop?
If they refuse to stop cheating, then you can tell me and send me a chat log.
What if someone is distributing a cheating device?
Tell me about it, and I will investigate.
I'm not going to stop cheating. What are you going to do about it?
Any player who refuses to stop cheating will be banned form Procyon Games. Banning means your name will not appear on any high score lists, and you won't be able to play any of the games. This applies to all Procyon Games, not just the one you were banned for.
How long does banning last?
Bans will be lifted when a player tells me they won't cheat any more, or when the item is removed from distribution (if they were distributing some item)
You can't tell if I'm cheating. What's to stop me from telling you I won't, but keep cheating anyway?
Are you really the kind of person who would lie like that? If I find out someone has lied to me about cheating, then I'll have to put a permanent ban on them.
Labels: rules
En Garde Statistics
I keep a log of every game of En Garde played. Mostly it's to calculate the rankings, but it also allows me to calculate statistics like this:
Week Ending Games Played
Oct 6 119
Oct 13 200
Dec 2 304
En Garde uses a game mechanic I call "obscured information." It's information that theoretically you could know, if you had a perfect memory, but in practice everyone just keeps only vague track of things, and ends up using guesses and hunches to base their moves on. It's the same mechanic used in Danger Zone (for gems) and Frootcake (for the coins). It allows a little bit of randomness into the game, and is a big part of what gives the game its playability.
Adapting these games to a computer medium leaves open the possibility of automated tracking devices. It's simple enough to write a script that tracks this information for you. It changes the tenor of the game, making it less fun. And of course, it gives an unfair advantage to one player if his opponent is not similarly equipped. So it's always been the policy at Procyon Games to make such devices illegal. Anyone caught using one will be banned from all Procyon Games, and their name will not appear on any high score board.
Also -- and this should go without saying, really, but I include it for completeness -- the use of alts to play against yourself, or to manipulate the score rankings in any way, is also considered cheating, and carries a similar penalty.
Labels: op/ed
Here's what I'm working on at the moment...
There's a couple little bugs in the new Team Scoring. The menu doesn't save the name of the team properly, so it glitches if the owner's not online. It's just a display bug, the signup still works. But there's no easy way to tell who is on a team. I'm not sure how I want to fix that. Eventually I'll want to put up my own Procyon web site with info like that.
Deck of Cards
I want to add Crazy Eights to the Deck of Cards. It'll be good to have a game that doesn't need four people to play.
Frootcake
Yes, I'm still working on getting Frootcake ready for sale. The Team Scoring took longer than I thought. I had hoped to have Frootcake ready by now, but that's not going to happen. I've fixed the cake-stacking bugs, I'm working on a new HUD for the game, and I still need to get the licensing and high-score mechanism working. So it's probably not going to be ready until next year.
Labels: en garde, frootcake, playing cards
En Garde Fashion
Want to show the world you're serious about your fencing? Bryndal Ellison has created a fencing outfit, complete with mask, gloves, and just about everything else you need to look the part of a real fencer. You can buy one for just L$100 at the En Garde Arena.
Do you want to show off your talent for design with your own fencing outfit? Or perhaps you've created a special weapon that shoots firebolts whenever you do a triple-strength attack. I'm giving away free vendor space to anyone who creates En Garde-themed merchandise. Show me what you've got!
Team Scoring is here
Team scoring is finally here!
The new release of En Garde, version 1.08, has everything you need to play with team scoring. Since so much has changed, I recommend that current owners replace everything by getting a whole new box:
Visit the En Garde Areana and click the vendor there. It will give you a whole new setup.
Derez your old game "/8 derez" and put the new one in its place
Delete your old remote, and take the new one
Delete your old scoreboards, and replace them with new ones
The game also requires new HUDs, which are included in the game itself. Delete your old HUDs and get new ones from the game.
How Team Scoring Works
Everyone who owns an En Garde game can make a team. To name your team, touch your own game and then click "Name Team." You can call your team whatever you want, but names that are offensive, deceptive, or antagonistic will be deleted. (Repeated violations are a license offense). By default your team name is "Team" and your first name.
If someone wants to join your team, they can touch your game, then click "Join Team." You can only be a member of one team; if you're already on a team you will leave that team to join the new one. I've also included in the box a signup prim you can use. You can also copy the script out of that prim. People can then click whatever object you drop it in to sign up on your team.
Team owners don't have to be on their own team, and by default they're on no team at all, just like everyone else (so you have to sign up for your own team).
The team score is just the sum of the scores of all its members. The new scoreboard has a "Team" mode which shows team rankings, and the "Cycle" mode will show it as well.
It's my hope that the new scoring will promote the game. It's been a big change, and I want to let things settle for a week or two. Then we'll see how it's working, and maybe make adjustments. If you have comments about the new scoring system, the best place as always is to comment here on my blog.
Bug Fixes in this version
Players can no longer play 4x attacks.
Selecting cards when it's not your turn is no longer possible (it could get confused and move you random amounts)
The 'touch' code has been reworked to try and prevent situations where the HUD would lock up
The center square was oddly colored purple. It's now just slightly darker than the rest of the board
Retexturing your board changed the center square to plywood. Fixed.
Sometimes games would not be recorded properly, and you wouldn't get Champion points for them. Fixed.
At the end of each game, it tells you your points and ranking, even if you're not on the leader board
The "Local Champions" header is now the same color as "World Champions"
The scoreboard is mod- and copy-ok, so you can retexture the background and then make copies of it.
Players have been moved up a bit, so taller avatars won't have their feet in the floor
Labels: en garde, update
New scoring, Phase 2
I now have Phase 2 of the scoring in place.
Under the old system, if you beat someone who had more points than you, you got all their points. This was nice in that if you beat the #1 ranked person, you became the new #1, which made a certain amount of sense. But it made the board too fluid, and a lucky win by a noob could catapult him to the top unfairly.
In the new system, when you beat someone who's ranked above you, you get one quarter of the point difference (so if they have 100 and you have 50, you would gain 50/4 = 12 points). Also, the person you beat loses those points. So there's a net-zero gain (both players still receive their touch points, though).
This should make the board more stable, and hopefully a better reflection of true skill. Also it will make team scoring easier (team scores will just be the sum of all member scores).
The rankings have been updated to retroactively reflect the new score system.
New En Garde Scoring, Part 1
I'd like to thank everyone for the comments posted to the "change the high scores" entry. Especially Richard, who pointed me to the Case's Ladder system. There's a lot that's good in there, and I'd like to emulate it, but not everything is applicable. They seem to do a lot of manual jiggering of their ladders, and I need everything to be as automated as possible.
I will be rolling out the new score system in phases. The first phase, just installed, is this: if you play someone more than 3 times in one day, you don't get any points for games after that. This is meant to encourage people to switch partners and meet other players of the game.
Also, I implemented the final optimization pass on my poor server, which was melting under the strain of all the games you people have been playing. If this doesn't relieve the strain, then I'll have to upgrade my server plan!
En Garde Scoring
I've been thinking about changing the way En Garde handles the tournament (ranking) scores, and I'd like some feedback from everyone.
To recap the current scoring: You get a point for every touch in every game. If you beat someone who has more points than you, you get also get their points. Points expire after two weeks.
What I like about this scoring is, it gives newbies a chance to get their name up on the board. They won't be frustrated with someone having 400 points and never having a chance of overtaking them. Also, I think if you beat the #1 player, then you should be the new #1 player. This system does that.
I've wanted to add Team scoring to En Garde. Here's how it would work:
Score boards would have a new "Team" mode that would display team scores, in addition to the World and Local modes they have now.
Anyone who has purchased En Garde would have the right to make a Team. Any player can join a team by clicking a team owner's scoreboard (or other prim). You can only join one team at a time; if you join a different team you leave your previous team.
The question is, how do we calculate team scores?
The obvious approach is to just add everyone up. The team score is simply the sum of the tournament score of all its members. The problem with that is, all team members will have roughly the same score. Since you get someone's score by beating them, if everyone on the team loses occasionally, their scores will be about the same. So the easiest way to improve your team score is to add lots of members to your team, and I don't want that. This is En Garde, not Tiny Empires.
So now my thought is, what if the losing player lost points. Everything else about the scoring would stay the same, except: If you beat someone with more points than you, you get half their score, and they lose half their points.
That way, a team with less members wouldn't be at a disadvantage. When team members played between themselves, they'd just be spreading points around (you do get a small increase, because you still score your touches). The way you increase your team score is by beating members of other teams. That takes points away from the other team and adds it to yours (as well as your individual score of course).
The disadvantage of this system is it makes it harder for new players to get on the board. And, beating another player doesn't guarantee that you'll rank above him on the ladder. But I don't think those are terrible disadvantages, and I'd like to try it
En Garde update v1.08
A new version 1.08 of En Garde is available.
I'm sorry to push out two updates in two days, but 1.07 introduced a new bug that needed to be fixed fast.
To update your En Garde, just use your remote to deliver it and replace your old unit:
Put on your En Garde Remote
Say "/8 derez"
Say "/8 deliver game"
Rez your new 1.08 En Garde
A new bug was introduced where the game could hang if a player did an advance-lunge as the last move of the round.
I've included the video tutorial in the package. You can get it by picking up a whole new box (just click any En Garde vendor), or get a new remote ("/8 deliver remote") and then use the new remote to get the video player ("/8 deliver video"). I may have to take the video down some time in the future, if bandwidth becomes too much.
This version has two minor bug fixes, and one new feature.
To update your En Garde, just use your remote to deliver it and replace your old unit: - Put on your En Garde Remote - Say "/8 derez" - Say "/8 deliver game" - Rez your new 1.07 En Garde
If a player clicked very quickly at the end of the game, they could sometimes get an extra attack in. Some players think that the "last-second attack" means you have to do it real fast when the cards run out. That's not true. En Garde is completely turn based and there's no "click fast" element. To do a last-second attack, you just need to have the right card(s) in your hand at the end of the round. Anyway, clicking fast will have no effect now.
The start player didn't change properly after an advance-lunge touch. The player who lost the previous point should always start the next round. In the case of a point scored off an advance-lunge, that wasn't happening. It is difficult, though not impossible, to score a touch directly off an advance-lunge (your opponent must have no cards that can be used to parry or retreat). Fixed.
You can now customize the appearance of your game. Create a texture and name it "tile". Click your game, select "Set Texture", and control- drag your custom tile texture onto the center square of the track. You can also change the appearance of the cards in the hud, by doing the same with a texture called "card". The card texture must have images for all 5 cards: two across, three down (the lower-right corner can be blank). I can give you a template to show you how it's done if you want.
New Follow Me Update v1.7
I've just released a new update to Follow Me (version 1.7).
Follow Me is now a HUD, instead of a big green ball that floats over your head. What was I thinking? I'll tell you what I was thinking. I was thinking it would be so cool to have 20 people all TP into a sim with green balls over their head. People would look at it and wonder, what is going on here? The problem is, of course, that nobody wants to be the first person to TP in to a sim with a green ball over their head. So, it's gone.
I have removed the last vestiges of XMLRPC. Oh, XMLRPC! What promise you had! And then, what poor implementation. XMLRPC is dead. Long live HTTP.
XMLRPC was responsible for those times when you lost contact with your followers. So that should happen less frequently. As in, never.
Also a pet peeve of mine: no-script areas. You would get all set and linked up, only to discover after you TP that you've TP'd into a no-script zone and none of your followers can follow you. Well, no more. Follow Me will work just fine in no-script areas. You can TP anywhere in the grid without worry.
Finally, there is the new Track button. It lets you follow someone even if they aren't using Follow Me. It's less accurate -- it only tells you the sim, not the exact location, and you will lose the trail if they TP again before you catch up with them. Still, it should be useful in situations where someone wants to show you something real quick and they don't want to be bothered with putting on another HUD.
Labels: follow me, update
Destroy all megaprims
The latest news that has the SL community in an uproar is Friday's blog post from Michael Linden about the possibility that Linden Lab will do something about the Megaprim problem.
Reaction has been somewhat mixed, but I'd say the most vocal opponents are all outraged over this, and popular sentiment seems to oppose a megaprim ban.
I say, tough. I want Linden Lab to delete all megaprims.
What most of the posters don't seem to realize is that prims are a resource utilization metric. They're the size they are (10x10 max) for a reason. They measure how much of the overall grid you are using. It's not just some arbitrary size. The more prims you have, and the more volume you cover with them, the more network bandwidth you use (to send geometry and texture information to everyone who sees them) and the more CPU cycles you use (to calculate occlusion, collisions, physics, etc). When you use megaprims, you're using more than your fair share of resources.
The arguments for keeping megaprims seem to fall into three or four broad categories:
"They're too useful to get rid of! Without megaprims I'd never be able to build my house/RPG sim/ amazing sculpture and keep it under the prim cap"
Well, duh. There's a reason for the prim cap. Just because megaprims let you cheat your way around it doesn't mean you deserve to keep them.
I see post after post of people saying "I used megaprims to build a floor that would have taken much more prims otherwise! So it actually saved prims and uses less resources." Maybe that would be true if all you built is a floor. But did you stop with that? No. You kept on building, using every last prim -- much more than you could have if you didn't have that megaprim floor.
"I used megaprims to build my amazing sim that everyone loves, and if megaprims went away I couldn't rebuild it."
Guess what? You have only yourself to blame.
Unlike WarpPos, or the llSetLinkPrimititveParams() move trick, megaprims are a hack. Not the "clever way of using LSL" kind of hack, but the "try to defeat planned safeguards" kind of hack. There was code in the viewer that explicitly tried to prevent you from making these giant resource hogs! The only reason they exist is because one person hacked around the safeguards.
Megaprims were always shaky. From the day Linden Lab patched the server to fix the megaprim exploit, users were warned, "these might go away at any time." If you constructed your build around a feature Linden Lab explicitly warned you was flaky, then it's your own fault if it comes tumbling down.
"I've never seen Megaprims cause any problems for anyone"
Excuse me, do you have the statistics on bandwidth utilization from Linden Lab? Can you tell me how megaprims affect the visibility culling algorithm from across sim boundaries? No? Then quit talking out of your ass. When the megaprim hack first appeared, the Lindens said they would study it to see if it impacted grid stability too much. Guess what -- they do!
"Don't ban the tools, ban the people"
This isn't about griefing, or good versus bad uses of megaprims. It's about keeping the grid stable for everyone. Megaprims hurt everyone, by destabilizing the resource metrics.
Perhaps someday, with increased bandwidth and CPU capabilities, we will be able to have megaprims for everyone. For now, though, I will be very happy to see them erased from the grid.
Magic Texture Fountain update
Continuing all my updates of the "other stuff"...
The Magic Texture Fountain is something of an odd beast. It's kind of hard to explain, and it's not like anything else in Second Life.
Basically, you drop a texture in it, and the Fountain breaks it up into little pieces and reassembles it in the air. Here it is displaying an ad for Zingo.
I think it's a really cool effect, but it's never really sold well.
Anyway, I got it working on both sides (something that's bothered me for a long time) and cleaned up some of the scripting code. You can see a demo of it outside my Malrif workshop.
Labels: texture fountain, update
Victim of my own success
En Garde is getting great play, I can see people playing it all day long.
And it's killing my web server.
Every time a game is play, it recalculates the rankings. I can see in my server logs it's taking upwards of ten seconds to do that calculation. That's ten seconds where all my vendors are frozen. And you'll notice it takes at least ten seconds for your new score to be reflected on the board.
Partly it's because I'm running the server on a cheap account, and partly it's because the code isn't as optimized as it could be. So I'll work on the latter.
UPDATE: I've got it down to about five and a half seconds now, which I'll have to live with. Optimizing it further will be quite a bit of work.
Labels: en garde, server
This version updates everything: It includes a new game, new HUD (inside the game), new remote and new scoreboard.
To update your En Garde:
Do "/8 deliver game"
"/8 deliver scoreboard"
"/8 deliver remote"
Do "/8 derez" to delete your existing game
Delete any score boards you have rezzed.
Take off your old remote and delete it. Also delete any old copies of the En Garde and HUD you have in your inventory.
Rez your new 1.06 game and new scoreboard.
That's all! Usually an update won't include all the pieces like
this, but this update covers a lot of territory.
The new HUD tries to fix a problem where sometimes attacks turned into advances, putting both players in the same space. If you try to use an old HUD with this game, it will warn you (but still allow you to play)
The new remote uses a new method to send deliveries which should be more reliable (I'm getting rid of XMLRPC in my network vendor system)
The scoreboard will now update its scores once an hour, even if no games have been played, so you'll see the current World Champion status.
Replacing all my vendors
I've started the long process of replacing all my vendors inworld.
The Procyon web server handles, among other things, my system of network vendors. And it does a pretty good job -- when I need to update a product, I only have to do it in one place. It's especially good for little things like the "Procyon Games Info" card that I only need to update in one place.
Lately though, it's been getting a little creaky. The problem is XML-RPC, which Linden Lab never implemented quite properly and has never fully supported. As Second Life grows, XML-RPC gets slower and slower, and the result is my vendors become slower and slower to respond. I see people clicking things 3 or 4 times because they don't get a free card, and then they get 4 of them dumped on them.
Occasionally, it will just fail completely. That's no good.
So I rewrote the backend, using all HTTP calls, and an email poke. It should be much more responsive, and initial tests are promising. The problem now is, of course, that I have to replace all my inworld vendors, which is something that having a network vendor system is supposed to make never happen.
It's even worse than that, because my games themselves use the vendor system to distribute things like the Procyon Info notecard (that way they always give the latest version). So I'll need to send out updates to all my games.
Labels: server
I'm finally moved out of La Musique.
The main Procyon store has been situated in Musique's sim for several months now, while I looked at my options after the Arcadia land went away. I finally decided to buy the mainland sim Malrif, and set up shop there. Danger Zone, Frootcake, and En Garde have all been there for some time, but I haven't moved the main store until now.
Now I just have to update all my vendors and landmarks.
I'm also doing a lot of back-end work that won't really be visible to most people. Having to do with replacing the XML-RPC code which never really worked very well. All part of the joy of SL scripting.
En Garde is back!
Well, they fixed it!
That's got to be a record for time-to-fix for Linden Lab. I was afraid this would be one of those bugs that lingered for months, but it seems enough people got pissed off by it that Soft Linden got enough motivation to actually fix it. And it broke some of his own furniture too. Nothing like having a bug hit you to make you want to fix it.
My own workaround involved using separate prims, and I got that about half completed. I'm keeping the code around "just in case." But I'm glad people can play (and buy!) En Garde again.
Labels: bugs, en garde
Bug fix coming soon
The way Linden Lab broke En Garde (and many other items by other creators) is getting some press... see here in SLNN, and Second Life Insider. There's a lot of angry comments in the JIRA tracker, too.
Soft Linden has claimed he's fixed the bug, and a fix will be rolled out before the end of the week. I'm still working on my workaround as a backup plan.
Ordinal Malaprop has chimed in on the debate. If you haven't picked up a copy of her Swordstick, it's still for sale in Malrif and her OnRez shop (but of course, not very functional without the game to play)
En Garde is broken
Well, that was fast.
I found out today that the update Linden Lab just pushed out broke En Garde.
The link for the issue in JIRA is here, if you could go vote on that I'd appreciate it.
I'm being proactive, though. I can't afford to wait for a bug fix that may or may not come, so I'm trying a workaround. Not sure how long it will take.
If you purchased En Garde and would like a refund, just IM me.
En Garde Grand Opening Tomorrow
I'm very excited -- the big day is almost here!
En Garde goes on sale tomorrow. It's been in open test for about a month, and I'm confident most of the bugs have been worked out. It's been seeing pretty heavy play recently -- the word of mouth has been excellent and spreading fast.
If you haven't played yet, come visit the En Garde Arena. There's a rules notecard you can get by clicking the game, or you can also watch my tutorial video:
En Garde is a more challenging game than my previous efforts, in terms of strategy and tactics available to the player. I'm pleased to see it getting such a warm reception.
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How many drafts?
December 10, 2016 by Carolyn McCrae
I began writing The Last Dance over 15 years ago, it was published in 2006. It was followed by Walking Alone in 2007 and Runaways in 2009. Together they made The Iniquities Trilogy.
When I began The Last Dance I knew only in the broadest terms how it was all going to end and I also tried to make each book stand alone as an independent story, so I left too few clues, too few teasers towards the final denouement, in those first two volumes.
In retrospect, I believe that was a mistake so, since mid-May 2015, I have been working them into one.
When I first put the three manuscripts together into a single volume there were 372,165 words in 914 pages. That first complete read through and few odd changes took to the end of July. Instead of reducing in size (which had been my intention) the document had grown to 376,508 words over 917 pages.
The second run through was more of an edit. I began to cut out words, sometimes quite ruthlessly. I cut out incidents and descriptions that really didn’t add to the story – but I began to add in the teasers. When that draft finished a year later (well – I had written another book, Second Strand, and moved house, and worked on the day-job in the meantime) the manuscript was reduced to 342,798 words over 840 pages.
I began the third re-draft in July 2016 and, with no other book, no house move and being almost retired, I completed it in two months. Now at 324,949 words over 792 pages it was still long, but a more reasonable length. It was also a better, tighter and more flowing read.
The fourth run through began in mid-September and there were still sections I wanted to improve and events I wanted to change. By the end of November this draft was completed. (306,352 words over 744 pages).
I am now 30% through the fifth run through with a further 7,088 words and 28 pages having been lost. And I am still changing things. So there will have to be a sixth… and then a seventh… and then…
I suspect this is my Sisyphean task. I will still be working through it, changing it, hopefully improving it for years to come.
Maybe, one day, someone else will read it.
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This Eloquently Written Book Reveals the Evil
Truth is a rare commodity in today’s media. It has fallen victim to spin, misrepresentation and outright lies. But I’m happy to report that there is truth-cold, hard truth-on the pages of The Hidden Axis of Evil by my friend and colleague Fred Martinez.
Some of what he writes is not pleasant. Take, for example, the following passage:
“Likewise, liberals replace the Constitution with sex and ethnic power struggles that lead to the breaking of the rule of law. If a president can sexually abuse women and possibly even rape them, then obstruct justice and lie under oath, are we under the rule of law?”
This is one of many points not covered in today’s media. Nor is there any serious discussion of the true sources of much of what is wrong with America, such as:
- “Freud…profoundly changed America from a Christian culture to a therapeutic or self-centered culture.”
-“Homosexuality is one of the causes the networks will cover up and defend at any cost.”
- “It is widely known by the American Catholic Church that the vast majority of sexual abusers are homosexuals. So, why are ‘Church officials’ and the media not explaining that the scandal is not about pedophilia, but about homosexuality?”
These are just a few of the horrors turning our culture and way of life to the dark side-horrors which we deal with on an ongoing basis in the pages of my headline news website, CultureShockTV.com.
Unfortunately, the “Soviet Republics of CBS, ABC and NBC” bring us all the news they feel is fit to broadcast. That the networks are forces against the truth cannot be denied.
After you read The Hidden Axis of Evil you will know the other forces, besides the networks, that for the past hundred years have driven America to a culture gravely unraveling because it is running away from truth.
Fred Martinez is one of those courageous and bold “few good men” who can handle the truth.
When I was asked to write the foreword for his book, frankly I felt like Moses at the Burning Bush. He wondered why God would choose him. In Exodus he said:
“Please Lord I have never been eloquent, neither recently, or in times past, nor since Thou has spoken to Thy servant for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. And the Lord said, Who has made man’s mouth.… I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to say.”
I have written to-the-point op-eds for CultureShockTV.com, but writing a foreword for The Hidden Axis of Evil makes me feel Moses-like tremors beneath my feet.
I take this responsibility very seriously, because this is a good work. I believe this eloquently written book reveals the evil that is turning our culture upside down.
The “axis of evil” is being fought not just halfway around the world but also from within. Hidden Axis puts a spotlight on the real horrors lurking among us-who they are, where they are-and encourages us, as Fred Martinez so aptly wrote, to ‘stand firm, like Lincoln, and limit the spread of a great evil.’”
Mr. Martinez has written many columns on the issues troubling this great nation. His thought-provoking work seeks to bring solutions to the problems we face. The very titles of his writing, such as his op-ed “How to End Planned Parenthood’s Anti-Catholic and Anti-Woman Agenda,” express answers for us to think about.
You need only look around you to see that something is terribly wrong with the road we’ve been traveling. Well, if you have been reading this up to now, you are that man or woman who can make a difference in the world.
Hidden Axis shows you how to help end the nightmare of abortion. It also shows you who and what caused the sex abuse scandal in the American Catholic Church as well as ways to end that scandal.
Then there’s Spider-Man. “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott tells us.
Speaking of webs, Spider-Man would never weave a web to deceive. The original artist and co-creator of Spider-Man, Steve Ditko, according to Hidden Axis of Evil, was an artist who “now seems prophetic for saying in the 1987 show that if we glorify the anti-hero in art, then anti-life and violence will come into our culture.”
Life imitating art? Imagine that. It has.
The Hidden Axis of Evil puts this comic book superhero in a light you might not have thought about. Fred’s book rings with truth, wisdom and great insight.
Tony DiGirolamo
Culture Shock executive producer
Tony DiGirolamo is the executive producer of the Culture Shock television show as well as the CultureShock headline news website. He began his television career at an independent station in Philadelphia by producing and directing news, public affairs and children’s programs. After this he worked with the media team for the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign and has worked with ABC, NBC and network affiliates nationwide.
How does Planned Parenthood explain this?
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Rate of sexually-transmitted diseases soars among young Californians
A study published last month in the Californian Journal of Health Promotion reports that in 2005 there were 1.1 million new cases of sexually-transmitted infections among young people in California.
The 1.1 million figure is ten times higher than previously believed, and it means that in the 15-24 age group, diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HPV and HIV now infect almost one out of every four young Californians.
Is this because of a lack of sex-ed in the public schools? Apparently not. According to Chris Weinkopf, editorial-page editor of the Los Angeles Daily News, the California Department of Education reports that "96 percent of California school districts provide comprehensive sexual health education" and all California schools have been required to teach HIV/AIDS prevention education since 1992.
Can we blame the abstinence-only programs promoted by the Bush administration?
Not in California. Weinkopf notes that state law prohibits 'abstinence-only' education in the public schools. In addition, California may be the only state in the country that has refused to accept millions of federal dollars for abstinence education.
"This [soaring rate of sexually-transmitted infections] is no surprise," said Linda Klepacki, sexual health analyst for Focus on the Family Action in an online press release. "California has insisted on teaching contraceptive-based sex education in their schools all along. They expect teens to be sexually active. They don’t raise the health standard to abstinence… It's clear California supports sexually active teens, and STI rates will naturally explode with these policies."
Another factor in the out-of-control disease rates among California children and young adults may be the introduction of the “morning-after” pill. According to testimony offered to the FDA in 2004, sexually-transmitted infections soared in the British Isles when “Plan B” (the morning-after pill) was made available without prescription in 2000. Ignoring the warning signals from the UK, California subsequently became one of the first states to permit the sale of Plan B over-the-counter without an age limit. (Compiled testimony of Wendy Wright, Carole Denner, and Jill Stanek, "The Morning-After Pill: An Ill Wind This Way Blows.")
The new study on sexually-transmitted infections among young people in California was completed by the Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development at the Public Health Institute in Oakland. Study author Dr. Petra Jerman told Medical News Today that the statistics revealed an epidemic of which, like an iceberg, only a small part is visible.
The authors acknowledged that their figures are underestimated because of incomplete screening of sexually active young people, and failure to confirm the effectiveness of treatment through follow-up testing.
Ed Thomas of OneNewsNow.com added another dimension to this distressing picture by reporting that a striking increase in suicide rates among people ages 10 to 24 has been confirmed by recently released statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control .
At the same time, says Thomas, UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman is convinced that promiscuity is the root cause of much depression. Dr. Grossman argues that the promiscuity-depression-suicide link is being ignored by doctors who fail to caution students against the documented self-destructive dangers rampant in the university’s sexual “hook-up” culture.
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Suicide, morality collide on college campuses
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
A substantial increase in suicide rates among people ages 10 to 24 has been confirmed by recently released statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). At the same time, a UCLA psychiatrist says promiscuity -- which she believes is the root cause of much depression -- is being ignored by doctors who choose to treat their patients with anti-depressants instead of psychiatric help.
Dr. Miriam Grossman says the problem with that option is that the CDC's report stated that young people taking depression medication are among the 8 percent jump in suicides -- evidence to Grossman that only symptoms are being addressed, and not causes. "There are approximately 1,100 successful suicides on our campuses every year -- a very, very startlingly high number," she says.
Causes before cures
To get to the root of the problem, Grossman says one has to backtrack to a related topic -- depression -- which she says is at epidemic levels on college campuses, and is usually closely related to suicide.
Furthermore, it is her assertion that there is a reason that is not discussed by the medical community for all the depression symptoms -- ranging from anxiety to insomnia, eating disorders and many other emotional problems. Grossman calls it "the anything goes sexual free-for-all" that exists among students, primarily on college campuses. "Parents need to know that dating is pretty much dead these days. College students hang out in groups, and then they pair off and 'hook up,'" she states.
A new age?
Grossman says a hook-up is defined as an unplanned sexual encounter between two people who do not have definite plans to speak again. "So you can understand that it's [a] no-strings-attached, no-emotions-attached, casual sort of set-up. And this is different than the way it was in past generations, because it's normalized ... and we have between 40 and 80 percent of college students participating in hooking up," she points out.
But with the rampant physical symptoms of depression, and the known biological changes that take place following sexual contact, can there really be no emotional, physical or spiritual after-effects of a morally neutral social lifestyle? Based on contacts with multitudes of students who regularly come to her office for treatment, Grossman definitely believes the answer is no.
Grossman authored the book Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student. "My book is filled with stories of students who have come to me. They've followed the guidelines for 'safer sex,' and done everything the health center has told them to do -- and they still have ended up in my office, casualties of the hook-up culture," she states.
"The REAL apology that is owed by Niederauer is for seeing nothing wrong with [homosexual] adoption! "
From Gary Morella
stlouisix@msn.com
[homosexual]
Does the Archbishop of San Francisco believe that we were all born yesterday in regard to his incredible statement of apology, which is laughable?
The REAL apology that is owed by Niederauer is for not being a good shepherd to his flock by saying nothing to them whatsoever in regard to the abomination that is Most Holy Redeemer Church's blatant public promotion of sodomitic lifestyles. The REAL apology that is owed by Niederauer is for seeing nothing wrong with sodomite adoption!
The REAL apology that is owed by Niederaruer is for not publicly condemning, in the strongest terms possible, the filth of the sodomitic Folsom and Castro street fairs, and the promotion of sodomitic lifestyles at the state, county, and city levels, to particularly include San Francisco, with an attitude that is "to heck with the children in his state in complete ignorance of Matthew 18:6!"
You make think that you are fooling people, Archbishop Niederauer, by your worthless apology. If you do, you are delusional. Long suffering Catholics have caught your act and those of your ilk in California too many times. You have done nothing to rein in Catholic frauds, in particular your Mayor, who is absolutely giddy at the prospect of putting as many of his constituents on the fast track to hell with him as possible in the matter of advocating for oxymoronic sodomite marriage!
The REAL apology that is owed by the Archbishop of San Francisco is for NOT BEING A CATHOLIC!
And finally, the ultimate REAL apology is owed by Rome to Catholics worldwide in giving us wolves in sheeps clothing masquerading as bishops who could not care less about the eternity of the souls entrusted to them! -
Gary L. Morella
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"I must apologize"
Statement released Oct. 11 by Archdiocese of San Francisco regarding
archbishop giving communion to two "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence"
Below is Archbishop George H. Niederauer's column for the Oct. 19 issue of
Catholic San Francisco, the archdiocesan newspaper that is mailed to 85,000
households. This statement was provided to California Catholic Daily by
Maurice E. Healy, director of archdiocesan communications.
A recent event that greatly concerns me needs some additional explanation --
and with it an apology.
On Sunday, October 7, 2007, I celebrated Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Parish
here in San Francisco, during my first visit there. The congregation was
devout and the liturgy was celebrated with reverence. I noticed no
demonstration, no protest, no disruption
of the Eucharist.
At Communion time, toward the end of the line, two strangely dressed persons
came to receive Communion. As I recall one of them wore a large flowered hat
or garland. I did not recognize either of them as wearing mock religious
garb.
Afterward it was made clear to me that these two people were members of the
organization "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," who have long made a
practice of mocking the Catholic Church in general and religious women in
particular. My predecessors,
Cardinal William Levada and Archbishop John Quinn, have both denounced this
group's abuse of sacred things many times in the past. Only last year, I
instructed the Administrator of Most Holy Redeemer Parish to cancel the
group's use of the hall on the parish grounds, once I became aware of it.
In the year and a half since I arrived in San Francisco, there have been
several instances of offensive attacks on Catholic faith and devotional
life. Only two weeks ago Catholic San Francisco carried my remarks
condemning the derisive use of the image of the Last Supper on a poster
printed by another local group.
Although I had often seen photographs of members of the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence, I had never encountered them in person until October 7th. I did
not recognize who these people were when they approached me.
After the event, I realized that they were members of this particular
organization and that giving them Holy Communion had been a mistake.
I apologize to the Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and to
Catholics at large for doing so.
The manner of dress and public comportment of the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence is deeply offensive to women religious and to the witness of
holiness and Christian service that women religious have offered to the
Church and to the world for centuries. The citizens of San Francisco have
ample reason to be grateful to women religious for their unfailing support
of those most in need, and to be deeply offended when that service is
belittled so outrageously and offensively.
Someone who dresses in a mock religious habit to attend Mass does so to make
a point. If people dress in a manner clearly intended to mock what we hold
sacred, they place themselves in an objective situation in which it is not
appropriate for them to receive Holy Communion, much less for a minister of
the Church to give the Sacrament to them.
Therefore I conclude that the presence of the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence at the Mass on October 7th was intended as a provocative gesture.
In that moment I failed to recognize it as such, and for that, as I have
said, I must apologize.
Tough Jesuit
Father William Stout says Mass every Sunday at Agnew (hospital for the handicap) Chapel. After Mass, he is surrounded him by people of many nationalities. Father chats and blessing with a natural joy in Spanish, Vietnamese and other tongues. If at any time of day or night you need him -he is there with that same joyfulness. He is a traditional Jesuit Priest whose day job was teaching at the toughest school in Eastside San Jose - Overfelt High.
“I wanted to go to the Eastside of San Jose to help the next immigrant people.” Father said, “My family was German and Irish. My brother and I were the first to graduate from college in the family. The Mexicans were the next group of immigrants we ought to help”
The Jesuits had hoped to have a Catholic High school in the Eastside of San Jose. But, in 1984 since no Catholic school was build, Father Stout proposed to the Jesuit provincial that he get hired at Overfelt in math- to help the kids from Mexico with problems in English. Teaching for over 16 years at the school, he knew many good students, but found that many kids saw the gangs as “heroes“.
“The Overfelt riots and bad reputation give a false representation of the kids at the school. If they like you, they like you-if they don’t like you, you are in trouble.” Father said, “I told the gangs I didn’t respect them. They carved their gang letters into my car window. I left it there so everyone could see what they were about. But, so long as kids lack parents with religion or lack parents who are home for them there will be problems.”
According to Stout the problem is students, now, come from broken homes with family problems and drugs. They don’t see direction or see the need to study. The gangs provide for the vacuum the family used to provide. They provide approval, direction, protection and a sense of belonging. These people become their family.
“The only solution is for the family to do their job - some do. They are home for their children and give them religion,“ Father said, “ My mom was paralyzed for 10 years and my dad went out to see her everyday for 10 years. He would talk to her-you could tell she understood by her eyes looking at him. Parents must live their message! A loving couple will do more than any book. They must sacrifice their pride for each other and offer it to God.”
Is Our Lady of Guadalupe a Jewish maiden or a Indian Princess?
The gentleman you worked with at AFC indicated that her [Our Lady of Guadalupe image] dress and appearance are more appropriate to the Jewish maiden. Wanted to see if there is further documentation on this. Most scholarly works these days do not take this point and so, agreeably, it is difficult to maintain the position without little support. Unless you take GK's text as maxim and law that the majority has rarely, if ever, been in the right.
Have you heard of Dr. Charles Wahlig, the nuclear physicist, who studied the image of OLG as well as the reflection of the images in her eyes of Juan Diego and others. In a 1980's Apostolate for Family Consecration (AFC) video, which I appeared on, Wahlig said that someone had painted OLG a darker complexion such as a Mexican Indian would have over the original image.
According to the physicist on examining the image closely OLG had a lighter complexion like a Jewish woman would have. Wahlig also said in the video that a famous Latino singer ( I believe his name was Jose Cenda) who became a monk went to Palestine in the 1950's and found out that the clothes OLG was wearing were those of a Jewish maiden. You can get the video from Apostolate for Family Consecration. It is called "Immaculate Conception-Patroness of the USA."
I checked the Internet and there is nothing for or against what Wahlig said. If any scholars have any new information on this please send it to me. Most people who write on these subjects just parrot what other have said.
Father Sweeny's Solution to the Crisis of our Time?
I found an insightful article on the dangers of the occult called Therapeutic Religion by Carrie Tomko. (Carrie’s article is posted below.) She showed, using an article that I wrote on how secular psychology lead to the sex abuse scandal, that the real battle of our epoch and every epoch is spiritual.
Tomko explains:
“Since Eden nothing has changed. The serpent still whispers; and like Eve, sometimes we listen. The conscience can be silenced so that the only voice we hear is the voice of our own sinfulness. This voice of sinfulness was let loose without brakes when psychology invaded religion.”
Secular psychology which is the new religion of America promotes a mindset that denies our need for a relationship with God. Sometimes Oprah or Dr. Phil gives a nod to God, but the message is always the same:
“ What is needed are not God and His Forgiveness, but for a self to reach the fullness of its self.”
Oprah and Dr. Phil have many good things to say, but if those things put God in second place then they are as St Paul would say “dung.”
What is the solution to the crisis of our time of which the occult and secular psychology are only symptoms? I will share words that I mediate on at least once a week. Here are the words of Sister Lucia dos Santos know better as Lucia of Fatima:
-“The only important thing for us is to do the will of God; to be where He wants us to be, and to do all that He wants of us, but always with humility.”
-“Let times be lacking for everything else, but never for prayer, and you will experience the fact that, after prayer, you can accomplish a lot in a short period of time”
-“We can receive our strength from God alone”
- “I am convinced that the principal cause of evil in the world, and the falling away of so many consecrated souls, is lack of union with God in pray.”
Prayer is the only answer for our age. If you pray humbly, you will be part of the solution.
A great priest whom I was blessed to know died last year. He accomplished many things. He made a monument that may last centuries, he created networks that helped the poor, he helped bring numerous souls to prayer and much more. How did he accomplish so much? What is the most important thing?
In page 21 of my book Hidden Axis, pro-life leader Ginny Hitchcock answered those questions:
“The most important thing is what [the retired pastor of Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara, California] Fr. [John] Sweeny drilled into me. He said if you don't pray, don't do it at all."
THERAPEUTIC RELIGION
Can the source of the sexual abuse scandal be traced to a shift in our spirituality? One writer, at least, believes it can.
Fred Martinez reports in "Nietzsche and the Church Scandals" at the Catholic Educator's Resource Center website that
Therapeutic approaches have a basic assumption that is not Christian. Their starting point is not the Christian worldview...The denial of original sin and personal sin is, in large part, behind the headlines of the Boston catastrophe and other dioceses. ...
One must remember that whenever someone talks about values in modern America--family values or religious values or place-the-blank-in-front-of values--they are saying there is no real or objective right or wrong--only opinions of the self and its will to power.
That "will to power" is the heart and soul of occultism. There is a reason why so many of the women religious talk about "empowerment" and seek ordination. Once you throw out God, all that is left is you. Answering to no one puts you totally in control. What does a person want when they are totally in control but that their own will be done. The person becomes a sort of mini god in their own mini universe. The occult magician's mindset was coined by Aleister Crowley: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." It's a short hop from the desire to the deed, and the deed is accomplished, or at least attempted, in magic rituals which intend to procure the will of the magician. The pinnacle magic ritual experience is evocation. The accomplished magician brings a spirit into materialization where the sensory response validates that the will has been accomplished. If a spirit is at your beck and call, you are a success.
This thinking is contrary to the way God made us. It is not unusual for the magician to be driven into insanity through this process. Spirits tend to have a mind of their own and power over the magician, as many have learned a little too late. The spirit the magician intended to own ends up owning him.
As chaos magician Peter J. Carroll puts it:
Works on the level of trance, vision, imagination and dream. It opens the magician's subconscious by negating the psychic censor with various techniques. The magician faces considerable danger on this level and may have frequent recourse to sorcery techniques or banishing ritual if it threatens to obsess or overwhelm him.
In spite of the danger, Catholics are being taught at retreats to attempt a sort of trance state by seeking to silence their mind in meditation. Guided meditation can be found in Catholic courses on spirituality. Can Catholics be sure that the benefits outweigh the risks?
The Martinez article continues, quoting philosopher Allan Bloom's summation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy as it appears in Bloom's book THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND:
Commitment values the values and makes them valuable. Not love of truth but intellectual honesty characterizes the proper state of mind. Since there is no truth in the values, and what truth there is about life is not lovable, the hallmark of the authentic will is consulting one's oracle while facing up to what one is and what one experiences. Decisions, not deliberations, are the movers of deeds. One cannot know or plan the future. One must will it.
This is the occult mindset--the thinking behind the occultism of Carl Jung and Roberto Assagioli--the thinking that is derived from a source other than the Trinitarian God. Martinez continues:
Unlike the Christian worldview, the therapeutic starting point is that the individual must overcome personal unconscious forces, in Freud, and in Carl Jung the person must unite to the collective unconscious, which is shared by all humans.
In both cases, the therapist assists his client to change himself to 'become his real self.' Forgiveness and returning to God are not needed. What is needed are not God and His Forgiveness, but a therapist assisting a self to reach the fullness of its self.
Freud, under the influence of Nietzsche, moved psychiatry away from the mechanistic and biological to the previously "unscientific" model of the "symbolic language of the unconscious."
Freud's pupil Carl Jung took the symbolic language of the unconscious a step further.
Whether you call it the "collective unconscious" or the "Akashic Record," and even if you seek knowledge by channeling a spirit, ultimately the ability to remake yourself (or renew yourself) is contained within you.
Martinez says that
Christian therapist Leanne Payne considers Jung "not a scientist, but a post-modernist subjectivist. Jung's active imagination therapy is hostile not only to the Judeo-Christian worldview, but to all systems containing objective moral and spiritual value. Within this world the unconscious urge becomes god. What the unconscious urge wants is what is finally right or moral. These psychic personae [complexes] are literally called 'gods' (archtypes); and so an overt idolatry of self follows quickly."
Within the modern French Nietzschean schools of thought, a type of Jungian unconscious urge is replacing the old existential conscious self who chooses. The post-modernist is moving from the idolatry of self to the idolatry of autonomous inner "beings" that, according to Payne, are similar to pagan "gods."
Since Eden nothing has changed. The serpent still whispers; and like Eve, sometimes we listen. The conscience can be silenced so that the only voice we hear is the voice of our own sinfulness. This voice of sinfulness was let loose without brakes when psychology invaded religion. Martinez writes:
By using Christian symbols and terminology, Jungian spirituality has infiltrated to a large extent Christian publishers, seminaries, even convents and monasteries.
There is little doubt that it has infiltrated the parish renewal programs. Martines continues:
Many Christians are using Jung's active imagination as a method of prayer. Psychiatrist Jeffrey Satinover, D.D., thinks this is dangerous "because this fantasy life has no moral underpinnings, because it helps to reinforce an experience of autonomous inner 'beings' accessible via the imagination, and because it is a defense against redemptive suffering, it easily allies with and quickly becomes a Gnostic form of spirituality with powerfully occult overtones.
The concept of self-actualization or "will to power" that has become commonplace in the retreats and renewal programs offered throughout Catholicdom are precisely the opposite in concept from Christ's prayers in Gethsemene: "Lord not my will but thine be done."
We all must choose whether we will be in control or whether we will surrender to the One who made us. This is the nature of free will which our Maker gave us. If we choose to reject Him, there are other powers to seek; and those powers are eager for our business. There is a reason why we are repeatedly warned in Scripture to leave occult powers alone. God knew the temptation to self-will would be hard to resist. His experience with His first creation, the angels, demonstrated it. Today as the Christian worldview fades into memory in many places, we are seeing it demonstrated in our day to day encounters, and we have seen it demonstrated in the Catholic priesthood with devastating results.
"Do not go to mediums or consult fortune-tellers, for you will be defiled by them. I, the Lord, am your God." Lev. 19:31
"Let there not be found among you anyone who immolates his son or daughter in the fire, nor a fortune-teller, soothsayer, charmer, diviner, or caster of spells, nor one who consults ghosts and spirits or seeks oracles from the dead. Anyone who does such things is an abomination to the Lord, and because of such abominations the Lord, your God, is driving these nations out of your way." Deut. 18:10-12
"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream. For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them.' declares the Lord." Jer. 29:8-9 [Incidentally, this passage has been eliminated from the NAB. I checked three different Bibles and it was not there. I had to turn to a Protestant New American Standard Bible to find it even though it is referenced in the CCC.]
"Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions through the hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences." 1 Tim. 4:1
"Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can know the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God, and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus does not belong to God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world." 1 John 4:1-3
"I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet. These were demonic spirits who performed signs. They went out to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God the almighty." Rev. 16:13-14
If those passages do not convince, read Ezekiel 13.
We have been warned.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
How Do We End the Bloody Tuesday Nightmare?
Operation Rescue rightly called election 2006 Bloody Tuesday. Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said:
“America has voted and the bloody results have placed the most vulnerable among us, the pre-born, in the cross-hair for continued extermination.”
There is only one way to end the Bloody Tuesday Nightmare. It is not by pointing fingers, but by understanding what happened and praying to God to help us do His will.
Dr. Theresa Burke's book on post-abortion therapy, Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion, shows us that America has become a nightmare culture caused by trauma.
Burke applies psychology to cure this trauma, but says that the abortion trauma can only be completely healed if one asks for and receives God's mercy. If the grief of abortion is not healed, then the world becomes a Freddy Krueger-like nightmare. Burke maintains that the horror icons of the United States such as Freddy Krueger and the "evil child movies" are symbols of a culture running away from its guilt.
"I think that evil child movies are all around us. The child is the victimizer, the one who torments. Other movies, like Freddy Krueger, illustrate the horror of being tracked down by an 'abortionist' figure who is out to kill her baby," Burke said. "I've watched MTV where baby dolls are thrown off cliffs, discarded, abused and unwanted — revealing the unconscious conflict shared by all who have rejected children or been abused themselves after having been used for sexual pleasure."
E. Michael Jones, editor of Culture Wars, in a review of Forbidden Grief agrees with its thesis that when one represses guilt one creates even greater monsters in the unconscious. He said, "... depression, suicide attempts, compulsive political activism, reveals itself upon closer inspection to be neurotic compensation for the guilt from abortion, which the culture of death instructs women to repress."
"Feminists could hardly suppress their glee when Lorena Bobbitt castrated her husband," Jones said. "What they did suppress was the connection between this bizarre and otherwise inexplicable act and the fact that her husband had forced her to abort their child."
This is only one example of what happens to a culture when millions of men and women have the memory of an aborted baby haunting their unconscious. Forbidden Grief tells us in story after story of "bizarre" behaviors. In one account we find a dorm party in which the students, many post-abortive, played "baby soccer."
The "baby soccer" story reminds one of a Stephen King novel with its broken heads of dolls being kicked around, their eyes gouged out, doll cheeks burned with cigarette butts and a boyfriend burning cigarette holes between the doll's legs as well as ripping off their legs. This account and others convinced Burke that abortion is connected to the horror games that our culture plays.
"The college students I witnessed playing 'baby soccer' were actually trying to master their trauma by belittling it through a game with decapitated baby doll parts," Burke said. "This amusement and mesmerizing allure to engage in the traumatic play is a symptom of our culture's need to overcome the horror — like the baby in the blender jokes, which all surfaced coincidentally after Roe v. Wade passed."
The baby soccer game and other horror genres are symptoms showing that millions of Americans need to overcome the "collective guilt" associated with abortion. Burke says, "As the group's enthusiasm for this game demonstrated, the acting out of post-abortion trauma can be contagious ... collective guilt and trauma have the capacity to disguise massive injustice."
According to Life Dynamic's Mark Crutcher, this massive injustice — in which millions have been killed — can be stopped by ending access to abortion-bound women. His booklet Access states that between 40 percent and 60 percent of American women of childbearing age have had at least one abortion. There is also a similar percentage of males who are post-abortive as well.
The booklet claims that the reason for our increasingly pro-abortion elective government is these percentages of persons who are in internal conflict. After violating the moral commandment of "Thou shall not kill," they vote pro-abortion, seeing the stance of the pro-life politicians as a personal attack on themselves.
"What I'm saying is that since the vast majority of elections are decided by slim margins, anything which influences even a small percentage of voters can be a powerful force," Crutcher said. "The point is that the potential impact is staggering. Moreover, this force grows considerably more powerful every day as another 4,000 abortions are racked up."
His booklet says studies have found that these women do not have abortions unless there is easy and local access to them. The vast majority of these women, according to these studies, will not travel long distances or pay large amounts of money for an abortion.
The way to defeat the abortion nightmare on the political front, according to Crutcher, is to sue doctors. And Steve Mosher, head of the Population Research Institute (PRI), says there are many legitimate reasons to sue. Says Mosher, "The failure to stop an abortion procedure on request, or even depriving women of their right to full information, can be construed as a denial of a woman's freedom of access to reproductive health."
Access says, "... our opponents' ability to continue fighting comes from a high abortion rate. That is what fuels their political machine. As long as they have $64,000 an hour to draw on, and the potential for at least 4,000 new pro-abortion voters every day, the legal status of abortion will not change."
According to Access, very few new doctors want to be abortionists, so malpractice suits make the abortion business even more unattractive. As fewer young doctors enter the field, access to abortions becomes costly and inaccessible.
The abortionists and the pro-abortion media seem to agree. In 1992, abortionist David Gritmes said, "Distance clearly matters in women's reproductive choices ... abortion rates were found to be inversely related to the distance to a provider."
In 1998, the New York Times Magazine said, "... abortion is retreating into a half-lighted ghetto of pseudonyms, suspicion and fear ... today 59% of all abortion doctors are 65 years old ... nearly two-thirds are beyond legal retirement age."
Access presents 81 such quotes from abortionist and pro-abortion publications to show, as it says, "access doesn't just influence abortion politics; it is the determining factor in which side wins and which side loses."
Along these lines, another way to end the abortion government is to reach out to the millions of post-abortion trauma voters with God's mercy, as Dr. Burke is doing. If even a small percentage changes sides, as Crutcher said, these slim margins in elections may start going to pro-life politicians. And it is never too late to start reaching out to persons in post-abortion trauma.
"We had one woman come on our retreat who was 87 years old. She suffered over half a century with this secret that she had never revealed to anyone until she came to Rachel's Vineyard. She was so relieved to be with others and to finally receive God's forgiveness," Burke said. "We can offer the Lord's mercy by not seeking to judge or condemn them, but by inviting them to thoughtfully reflect on their experience — by being the one ear that will listen, or the one heart that cries with them for the loss."
That 87-year-old woman's conversion represents millions of voters who could convert to voting for pro-life Republicans because the Democrats have steadfastly "positioned" themselves as the abortion party. The problem for the Republicans is that those women swing voters must be reached with psychological and religious help such as the 87-year-old experienced.
The way this can be done is for pro-life activists to pressure the Republican leadership and President Bush to attempt to pass legislation that offers psychological assistance to women with abortion trauma. The Democrats and media would go crazy, but if this legislation were positioned as a woman's right to reproductive health, then the Republicans would have the moral high ground.
Even if the legislation didn't pass, the mere publicity would get it into the consciousness of millions of woman in abortion trauma. The pro-life movement and conservative churches could then get into action and start offering those women the help they need.
After this is done, we need to put pressure on Bush to get the Justice Department to prosecute all abortionists who, as PRI president Steve Mosher said, fail "to stop an abortion procedure on request, or even depriving women of their right to full information." PRI's recent pro-life conference introduced new legal campaigns to sue abortionist doctors who fail to provide complete information about the risks of abortion to their patients.
"We're working with these attorneys to inform more and more Americans of their rights," Mosher said. "It's time America does an 'about face' on the abortion industry. Women deserve genuine health and human rights, not violations so routinely committed by the abortion industry."
According to Pennsylvania's Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, 28 out of 37 studies worldwide show that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. Thirteen of 15 studies done in the United States reported an increased risk. (See: abortionbreastcancer.com).
The increased risk of having breast cancer after an abortion is 50 percent if it's your first baby. If you're under 18 it goes to 150 percent. If you're under 18 and your baby is more than nine weeks old, your increased risk is 800 percent!
"As soon as there comes a woman who has breast cancer who has had an abortion and takes it to court, she's got a very strong case," Kahlenborn said. "The problem is a lot of young women when they do get breast cancer die from it so quickly — because it's so aggressive when you're young — they might not make it to court."
As Kahlenborn showed, this is not just about winning elections; it's about doing the right thing. Unfortunately or fortunately, for the Republicans this is also about politics. Any increase in abortions — as Crutcher graphically shows — leads to the demise of the Republican Party.
But the Republicans are running out of time. Their base is the conservative religious voter so they cannot allow the abortionists to have the "$64,000 an hour to draw on, and the potential for at least 4,000 new pro-abortion voters every day." As Crutcher said, this is "the determining factor in which side wins and which side loses."
The party of Lincoln must make a choice. They can become like the Whigs, who kept compromising on the issue of slavery until they were replaced before the Civil War by the Republicans. Or they can stand firm, like Lincoln, and limit the spread of a great evil.
Lincoln never attempted to abolish slavery directly, because he knew that if he limited its spread to only the South, then, like a disease, it would die a natural death. The Democrats — the slavery party — knew this, too. That is why they started the Civil War.
(The South was correct in its claim that it had the constitutional right to secede, and it had the Founding Fathers' idea of federalism to back its states' rights claims. This is what gave the South the moral courage to fight a great war.)
The Democrats — the abortion party — know also that the abortion industry will die a natural death if limited in its ability to exploit women. But they will not start a civil war on this issue, because they are cowards and have no moral high ground.
Can anybody imagine Teddy Kennedy and company having the courage to fight for anything more than six more years of luxury at the taxpayers' expense?
So Bush can go down in history as another Lincoln. (Lincoln was considered dumber by the media of his day than our present media consider President Bush.) All that Bush has to do is not attempt to abolish abortion, but rather limit its spread by protecting women's health and human rights as well as letting women in abortion trauma know that he and others are there offering help to free them from their nightmare of abortion.
Catholic Schools and Homosexuality
On September 6th, 2001, the Wanderer reported Zogby International in a survey of 1,003 high school students found that 80% of Catholic seniors believe homosexuals should have the right to marry while only two-thirds of the total of all demographic high school senior groups in the survey claimed gay marriages should be legal. In recent polls only "about one-third of adults" said gay marriages should be legal.
Dennis Gilbert of Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., who did the survey, said that “large majorities of seniors take pro-gay positions on relevant gay issues. And virtually every definable demographic group took these positions,“ apart from evangelical or “born-again” Christians, said the Wanderer.
Father X, a priest in the San Jose Diocese who must remain anonymous, the diocese document "Pastoral Guidelines for Ministry to Homosexuals in the Diocese of San Jose "contributes to the ethical confusion on homosexuality among Catholic high school students because it has no "moral component." This diocese document claims the "premise that individuals do not choose and cannot change their sexual orientation but must understand it and integrate it into their life of faith and conscience."
"There is a presumption in the diocese that homosexuality has a biological basis. This, in part, originally came from the Kinsey report, which lead to gay safe zones in the public schools and were eventually followed by the Catholic schools." Father X said, "The problem is that a lot of Catholic teachers and theologians feel that they need to filter the churches teachings according to their philosophical agenda or they won't teach it."
James Likoudis, a nationally known writer on Catechetic and Sex Education, the reason Catholic high school students are pro-homosexual is that the church documents are filtered out. He said
"The Vatican documents "The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality" intended to remove corrupting sex education programs in Catholic schools is a dead letter in this country- as can be seen in the continued proliferation of Catholic sex education programs in practically every diocese."
In the Diocese of San Jose, there are some problems with the sex education programs. Frank A. Scanlon, a student at Bellermine Catholic high school said, "There's no gay slant at Bellermine, even though at a retreat, one kid came out that he was gay. But, they taught us about condoms, and if you have sex use them."
" A lot of the kids consider their religion class a joke." Frank D. Scanlon, the father of Frank A., said," They had one priest who didn't want to impose the Catholic faith because of the non-Catholics in the class. He didn’t want to make them feel uptight."
Father X said," A parent came to me, in 1994, saying that one book of a seventh grade class was pornographic in a Santa Clara Catholic school. The book had stuff on how to put on condoms, and if you urinate on a partner make sure you don't do it on the eyes or ears."
Father organized a group of parents who meet with the principal and pastor. The principal and pastor defended the teacher's right to use the book. But, when they went to the diocese superintendent of schools it was found to be against the diocese's policy. The book was taken out despite the teacher's complaints.
Parents in the Oakland Diocese had a different experience with a sex ed program called New Creation. Catholics United for the Faith, a Catholic information apostolate in Steubenville, Ohio, has faulted New Creation for its "graphic illustrations that offend against modesty and chastity;" for "emphasizing information over formation;" and for "violating the latency period."
In 1998, the principal of St. Bede's of the Oakland Diocese told parents that their children either had to attend the New Creation classes or they would have to quit the school. When the SF Faith asked the superintendent of schools for the Oakland Diocese, Anne Manchester if mandatory attendance at these classes contradicted the guidelines in Educational Guidance in Human Love, she responded the site (St. Bede's) could make the decision.
The state of affairs in San Jose public schools is a few steps more developed with homosexuality being considered just another ethnic group or normal human condition. A heterosexual recent graduate of Gunderson high school, Robert Davila said," The school is diverse- they have Hispanic clubs and Gay clubs. They demonstrate how to use condoms so you won't get aids."
The troubles in Catholic schools,as shown above, are only part of the problem since the vast majority of Catholic high school students go to public schools. In public schools parents have no chance of getting offensive sex ed books removed. Since in the fall of 2000, Governor Davis signed legislation that went into effect on January 1,that mandated California public schools expose homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism, transexuality, and other lifestyles to all grade levels, including kindergarten.
The only place the Catholic public school students are going to get the sexual moral teachings of the church on a continuous basis is at the pulpit said Father.
Father X remembers former San Jose Diocese Bishop Pierre DuMaine saying, "For the vast majority of Catholics the only religious talk they will hear is the homily and the only literature they are going to read is the bulletin. So, what does that tell you about their importance?"
Before Vatican II, it was the practice in the United States for Bishops to have a syllibi or schedules for the year's parish homilies where the specific moral and faith teachings were to be systematically presented. Father X said that in the Homiletic and Pastoral Review many priests have made a case that the church in America needs to return to the syllibi. Likoudis, on the other hand, believes the problem is in the "silence from the pulpits on Catholic sexual ethics by cowardly priests and bishops- or who are sympathetic to the dissenters.
A decadent media morality has replaced Christian and Catholic morality in our culture. The Sex Educators active in public and parochial schools represent that media morality "
Most Catholics get their morality from the media. Father X said, for example, that the U.S. Bishops statement on stem cell research was good, but he knew practicing Catholics who never heard of it. All they heard was what the media presented. Until the church has an organized effort to educate the mass of Catholics, there is only one way to educate. The orthodox Catholic priest must give homilies on the specific moral issues. Also, they need to do a write up in the bulletin that is mentioned during the homily.
According to Father X, the Catholic clergy from the Vatican to the local parish priest need to be more "users friendly" in writing and speech. Because of the media culture, the high school students find it hard to listen when language is too philosophical or technical. Another problem in the teaching of sexual morality is homosexuals who have got into the priesthood. Likoudis said," There has been a strong homosexual network operating in the Church by those who have infiltrated our seminaries to find refuge there."
"There are some homosexuals in the priesthood, but it's not an official network. It's not in the open, but you can pick it up." Father X said, "They don't contradict the moral teachings of the church instead their method is to question the foundations of the moral teachings-scriptures and tradition. Then they bring in psychology and biology to support their agenda."
Fr. X was asked if he knew of any priest or teacher pedophile cases in the San Jose Diocese. He said, "No, not that I know of." The Diocese of San Jose has a policy that if someone is reported then a committee is set up to review the complaint. The committee makes a judgment, which can lead, to getting the police involved and the ending of pastoral duties."
This diocesan policy is in line with the Catechism of the Catholic Church which in section 2357 states that " "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered"...under no circumstances can they be approved." In the next section, the Catechism says "they do not choose their homosexual condition", but no where is there the diocesan "philosophical agenda" that presumes an "unchangeable" natural biological or genetic basis for acts it calls "intrinsically disordered."
"The argument over genetics is a curious one. If homosexuality is genetically inherited, then homosexuality must be chosen by some who do not have a genetic trait. Identical twins must be either both heterosexual or both homosexual and we know this is not the case. It has been documented in cases of identical twins where only one was homosexual. "Director of Family Life for the Diocese of Duluth, MN, Dick Frost said, "Biologically two men do not fit together to procreate, nor do two women. Biologically it is impossible."
A New Rosary Evangelization
J has been involved in a threefold ministry of reaching out to help, bringing God into everyday conversation and introducing "persons to the gospel rosary."
His real name is James Wallace, but everyone in the streets and veterans hospital call him J.
Veteran Marcia Nagles,outpatient at Menlo Park Veterans Hospital, says ”J make you feel like part of the family.” She was sitting in a hospital corner in 1990 when he said 'You don’t look like your doing well, do you want to talk?'”
Marcia said, “He shopped, picked things up, walked me home, got me to daily mass and rosary. He made me a better Catholic and I’m a convert."
J says "Marcia and many like her are my family, now.
Nagles connected with me because when she converted to Catholicism in 1964 her family kicked her out. J own family booted him out in 1985 “because of military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] and an antsy personality.”
The lay ministry began with family in 1982 when his grandmother lay dying in Alaska. He said “No other family member was willing to take the dying woman home to Iowa. It was not easy to go because Grandma didn’t like me because of my Hippie appearance.”
She said “I knew you would be the one to come for me. But, after that I saw only the love in her eyes for me. She had always wanted a priest in the family, so I promised her to enter the seminary.”
In 1984, after two years of study at the Mt. St. Claire Seminary and University in Diwitt, Iowa, J was told he wouldn’t make it. He recalls “They told me I wouldn”t make it because I was too much of an adventurer. I would go out racing cars and horseback riding. I was just too antsy.”
They suggested he get involved in a rosary ministry.
“The ministry is waiting for the God given moment when I realize I have to talk to this person. Starting a conversation about anything for about half an hour -then bringing in God. Finally, giving them a rosary with explanation and instructions,” J says,
“But most of all my heart goes out to the women on buses with children and their hopeless looks. When I politely approach they're scared to death, but once I take off the sunglasses they look in my eyes and see hope.”
Many times these women are broke, so J gives them ten dollars to buy pampers along with the rosary. The most rewarding part of his work is the bus ministry. Since 1984 starting in Iowa the bus ministry has followed him wherever he goes.
His bus ministry on the Santa Clara County Transit takes him all over the California Silicon Valley usually stopping at his center of gravity the Menlo Park Veterans Hospital.
He was a Coast Guard sailor from 1977 to 1980 stationed in Morro Bay, California on a 95-Foot Coast Guard Rescue Cutter. From 1980 to 1982 he was at Westport, Washington on the Search and Rescue Station where he retired. His July 1982, DD 214 discharge papers say he was “ permanently retired by reason of physical disability.”
James remembered ”I returned fire with an M-16 at narcotics boats when under attack. But, my most nervous moment in the West Coast waters was when I and a petty officer boarded a drug boat. The petty officer was attacked and mauled by a black Labrador Retriever. I had to kill the dog.”
During his term of duty, he says “34 lives were saved from ship fires and sinkings.” J said ” Three times I was thought to be dead, once with a broken back and hip which forced me to retire. I’m like the trout that’s too small; God keeps throwing me back. That’s why I have the ponytail so He can pull me back.”
In 1982,the broken back and hip ended his Coast Guard career. James recalled ”The transition to civilian life was hard because of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and my antsy personality. There were flashbacks from past rescue and law enforcement episodes. Nor did it help that I refused to take pain medication for the constant back pain.”
In 1985, on Thanksgiving Day J was booted out by his family. J said, “There was the alcohol and my problems, but I just don’t know the answer to why they did it. I asked them. They just said they didn’t want to see me anymore.“ That’s when he started saying the hour and half gospel meditation rosary, praying especially for his family.
He knew he needed help, but had never known where to turn. After, he started the gospel rosary everything fell into place. He found the Bay Area veterans hospitals, which from 1986 to 1994 helped him overcome PTSD and a drinking problem. In his times of despair the rosary helped show him Gods love.
He prays two complete rosaries everyday.In the morning, he focus is on the gospel words of the Our Father and Hail Mary in the manner of the Jesus prayer.
For the second rosary, he uses an old method - the scriptural and gospel meditation rosary book. Sometimes staying as long as five minutes- in meditation-on one bead. He, also, prays for specific persons on the beads.
There are 20 to 30 persons who receive prayer everyday starting with his family. About 20 people are continuously included while he adds and drops others every nine days.
Today, James considers his gospel rosary ministry and prayers a small way of helping in the new evangelization. J said, “Pope John Paul II believed the rosary is one of the most powerful instruments for developing faith. It is the instrument that could spread the faith to all people.“
“J” tries to give specialized rosaries to fit each person so if anyone wants to help him in his ministry sends unique rosaries to:J. Wallace1260 W. Washington Ave #5Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086
McCain says US "established...as a Christian Nation."
I don't trust McCain, but he is at least pro-life unlike pro-abort Giuliani, maybe ex-abort Romney and Planned Parenthood Thompson.
Christian Coalition Blogger Says Senator McCain May Win Presidency with 'America is a Christian Nation' Comments
WASHINGTON, October 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christian Coalition of America blogger, Jim Backlin, comments about Senator John McCain's "America is a Christian nation" remarks:
In a Christian Coalition of America blog entry entitled: "McCain's 'America is a Christian Nation' Comments Might Make Him President," Jim Backlin said: "Comments like 'America was founded on Christian principles' by Senator John McCain just might make him president. In an interview last Saturday with a Christian-oriented website called Beliefnet, Senator McCain stated that "I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I would prefer someone who has a grounding in my faith." The fact that the left-wing Muslim groups vociferously reacted against McCain's remarks, just added validity to his comments, and indeed value for his presidential nomination hopes.
Senator McCain, who at this time last year led in most of the national polls for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, needs something to break out of his current funk, that is, 4th place in most polls behind Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and Mitt Romney and just above Mike Huckabee. Social conservatives who have been flailing around for a candidate who agrees with them on abortion and homosexual marriage -- even after Fred Thompson's entry into the race last month -- seem not to trust any of the frontrunners, most especially pro-abortion and liberal-on-most-social issues, Rudy Giuliani.
In the Beliefnet interview, Senator McCain went on to say that he agreed with a recent poll saying that a whopping 55% of Americans believe that the United States Constitution established America as a Christian Nation. McCain said: I would probably have to say yes, that the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation." On Sunday, he clarified his statement by saying that the United States of America was founded on the values of Judeo-Christian values. The Muslim groups fired another fusillade of comments following the McCain clarification. Who knows? The McCain Straight Talk Express just might begin appealing to a divided conservative community with courageous comments such as these."
Contact: Michele Combs, Christian Coalition of America, 202-549-6257, michele@cc.org
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Gay Smear Campaign to Google
http://americansfortruth.com/news/homo-fascism-in-brazil-pro-family-advocate-julio-severo-targeted.html
Brazilian family advocate Julio Severo had his website taken down by Google for three days after a smear campaign by homosexual militants.
The following article is reprinted with permission from Lifesitenews (http://www.lifesite.net/), which has become one of the world’s leading pro-family sources for news. (To sign up for Lifesite e-updates, click HERE.)
Call it homo-fascism, homo-totalitarianism, homo-supremacy or whatever you will, but the “gay” activist movement’s drive to silence opponents is intensifying worldwide. Yet American liberals and homosexual activists alike –with rare exceptions such as lesbian Georgetown University professor Chai Feldblum – play dumb, as if they cannot comprehend how homosexuality-based “rights” (in the guise of sexual orientation “equality”) will erode the freedoms of those who regard homosexual behavior as wrong.
We welcome homosexual (and liberal) activists who are not afraid of freedom and the battle of ideas to denounce the growing pro-”gay” trend of silencing opposing speech — whether it’s GLAAD threatening to sue a news producer to squelch a report on lesbian bullying; Britain trotting out the “anti-homophobia” police to crush that grave threat to democracy of a Christian passing out tracts at a “gay” event; or pro-homosexual militants claiming that decent religious people who agree with God about sexual sin are causing the murders of homosexuals like Matthew Shepard.
Where else but in the Orwellian world of pro-GLBT “multiculturalism” would you see politically correct bureaucrats squelching faith-based dissent in the name of “diversity” and “tolerance”? The time to speak out against the coming tyranny is now. We would do well to read Feldblum’s paper (delivered last year at a Becket Fund for Religious Liberty symposium): at least she acknowledges that the struggle between “gay rights” and religious freedom of conscience is a “zero-sum game.”
P.S. Take a guess which side Feldblum says deserves to win.– Peter LaBarbera
Here is the LifeSiteNews report on Brazil; for Part One, “Brazilian Homosexual Activist Luiz Mott Confesses to Pederastic Love for Boys,” click HERE:
Brazil Attacks Against Family Defenders Backed by Pro-Homosexual Regime of Nation’s President
Part 2 of Lifesite’s report on Brazil’s aggressive homosexual movement
See Part 1 - Leader of Brazil Homosexual Movement Under Investigation for Pedophilia
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07073011.html
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
BRAZIL, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In recent months other Brazilians have been subject to the wrath of Brazil’s pro-homosexual regime.
In June of this year a coalition of protestant church groups, the National Vision for a Christian Conscience (VINACC), was ordered to halt their campaign “In Defense of the Family”, which displayed billboards that said “Homosexuality: God made them man and woman, and saw that it was good!” A court order decreed the removal of the billboards and the cancellation of a public event scheduled by VINACC to further the defense of family values, claiming that it was “homophobic”.
On May 29th of this year, a Lutheran pastor in the Brazilian town of Rancho Queimado; the Rev. Ademir Kreutzfeld, was subject to a criminal investigation when he was accused of calling local businesses in an effort to inform them that a newspaper they were sponsoring was promoting the homosexual agenda. The homosexual activist who owns the paper filed charges against the pastor for “defamation.”
Although no further steps have been taken against the minister as yet, homosexuals are agitating for his prosecution. “What have I done?” asks Kreutzfeld. “I just made some phone calls to shops, alerting that they were, without perceiving, sponsoring a newspaper of homosexual ideology. As a Christian committed to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, I could not fail to inform them. Of course, I am not ‘homophobic.’ As a Christian, I love sinners. I am also one of them. But I cannot remain silent before sinful practices”.
Julio Severo (see his English-language blog HERE), who is seen as the principal opponent of Brazil’s militant homosexuals, and who has written a book called “The Homosexual Movement” warning against the political goals of the movement in Brazil and worldwide, states that, since he began his efforts against the homosexual movement in Brazil, he has suffered persecution and has been forced to flee his hometown. According to Severo, a homosexual government official used his refusal to involve his children with vaccines against him and had a court order to remove his children from their home (Severo and his family believe that vaccines are dangerous and often ineffective).
Severo states that others in the town also do not vaccinate their children, but he believes they were ignored in favor of him because of his stance against homosexual behavior. He now lives in hiding in another part of Brazil.
The attacks on Julio Severo, Jael Savelli, and others by the homosexual movement in Brazil are taking place within the political context of the strongly pro-homosexual regime of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has led Brazil’s executive branch since 2003.
During its second year in office, the Lula regime initiated a program, “Brazil Without Homophobia” which teaches that homosexual orientation is unchangeable, and seeks to construct “a culture of peace and values for promoting human diversity.” According to the program’s charter document, this would include “the production of cultural goods and support for events with massive visibility for affirming sexual orientation and the culture of peace”, “artistic productions that promote a culture of non-discrimination for sexual orientation”, and preserving “the cultural, social, and economic values congruent with the participation of the Brazilian homosexual population in the process of development, based on its history and culture”.
Since the initiation of Brazil Without Homophobia, the government has spent millions of dollars funding “Gay Pride” parades and TV programming, and is promoting pro-homosexual “education” programs in the public schools. Homosexual leader Luiz Mott is one of those who participated in the creation of the document, according to the credits listed at the beginning.
In addition, the Lula administration is promoting a new “anti-homophobia” law that would prohibit any expression contrary to the homosexual agenda, forbidding Brazilians “To practice, induce or incite discrimination or prejudice of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity…What is determined in this article involves the practice of any kind of violent, constraining, threatening or humiliating action, of moral, ethical, philosophical or psychological order.”
Although the legislation has stalled in the Brazilian Senate, the issue will be taken up again this fall. The Brazilian legal system has also begun to allow homosexual adoptions (see http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071202.html).
“Brazil Without Homophobia” also promises to promote the homosexual agenda at the international level, a commitment that the Lula regime has fulfilled with a rare enthusiasm. In 2003, 2004, and 2005 it introduced resolutions in the United Nations to declare homosexual orientation as a protected “right,” but failed in every case. In 2006, the Lula administration began pushing the resolution within the Organization of American States (OAS), although to date it has not passed in that venue either.
Those who wish to contact Julio Severo may do so through his email address which is found at http://www.blogger.com/profile/03079977728841299575. He speaks English. His English blog can be found at http://lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com/, and his Portuguese blog’s address is http://juliosevero.blogspot.com/.
For more information about what is being referred to as the rise of homosexual “fascism” in Brazil, readers may contact the Brazilian philosopher Dr. Olavo de Carvahlo at olavo@olavodecarvalho.com.
Source: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07073108.html
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The Manufacturing ISM index came in at 52.9 for the month of August, that is an increase from 48.9 the month prior, the headlines will shout that’s a 9% growth in manufacturing! LOL, NO, not even close.
Look, Manufacturing fell off a cliff after being in decline for years and years in this country. An index value of 50 indicates that the fall stopped, at least for now, and anything over 50 means that some growth is occurring over the last reporting period, and that’s what this report says. But it’s misleading for what it doesn’t say, and that’s that manufacturing is at such a low level that even cash for clunkers is enough to bump it up for a short time period. But cash for clunkers is now over. Is our manufacturing economy really now growing, and is a 50%+ market rally really pricing in reality?
Here’s Econoday:
The ISM's manufacturing index burst over the dead-even 50 level for the first time since the beginning of the recession, at 52.9 in August vs. 48.9 in July. New orders led the advance, at 64.9 vs. August's 55.3 and pointing to rising business activity in the months ahead. Production was also very strong in August, at 61.9 for a 4 point gain and pointing to gains in durable goods shipments and total manufacturing sales. Backlogs also increased, at 52.5 vs. 50.0 in July. But manufacturers are not stocking up, instead they continue to draw down inventories where the index is a very weak 34.4 vs. 33.5 in July. Note that future gains in the inventories index, a seeming necessity given rising production needs, will help give the overall index a big boost. Respondents in fact think inventories at their customers' firms are too low, with the customer inventories down 3.5 points to 39.0. Deliveries slowed substantially, up more than 5 points to indicate that current production needs are stressing what has become a pared down supply chain. Production activity and the gain in orders has yet to boost employment where the index only inched forward to a still sub-50 level of 46.4.
All the strength here is flowing through to prices where the prices paid index jumped 10 points to 65.0, an indication that buyers are bidding up prices for raw materials. No doubt boosted by cash-for-clunkers and gains in transportation, the manufacturing recovery is on the way and together with the gain in the pending home sales index indicate that two key sectors are on the acceleration. Stocks jumped in immediate reaction to today's 10 o'clock data.
Wow, look at that chart! Heck, we’re right back where we were, right??? This is how misleading these indexes are… they do not reflect reality as they do not show you what is happening to the base.
Compare the chart above to this chart of manufacturing sector output which is also an index value, but one that’s tied to the manufacturing level in the year 1992:
Or to this chart showing manufacturing sector output expressed in yoy percent change:
You see, the charts above are indexed to a base year, but the ISM index number is based to nothing but the period preceding it. Now, which charts more closely show reality???
There is no doubt that the above charts of manufacturing output paint a far truer picture of what’s occurring because the index value has no connection to the base, it’s just plus or minus over time! So, for real meaningful growth to occur, the ISM must be above 50 and stay there for an extended time.
To confirm that hypothesis, one need only look at the shipping indexes which are simply still scary.
We can also look at the number of people employed in manufacturing durable goods, for example, and when we do we find that the United States currently employs about the same number of people for manufacturing as we did back in 1947! Now, you say that’s because we are way more efficient and productive? But remember that it requires people to earn money to buy things. It takes INCOME to service DEBT. The service sector has been growing while the manufacturing sector has been shrinking. Service sector jobs do not pay, on average, as much as manufacturing sector jobs. Yet DEBT had been skyrocketing until just recently. It takes INCOME to service DEBT.
We can also look at durable goods ORDERS and this is expressed in millions of dollars. Here you can see the cliff dive and the recent turn upwards:
So, you must ask yourself if the market is actually pricing in the future, 50%+ priced in already, or is it actually just disconnected from reality?
You know what they say about statistics…
Inner Circle – Games People Play:
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A Year is a Small Thing
Everything in the world has a spirit released by its sound.
Time passes quickly. Danielle and I started Dovecote one year ago with the intent to bring some attention to young or unpublished poets. We are both members of several online poetry groups, and the amount of undiscovered talent being limited to chatrooms and blogs is astounding. And though there has been talk recently online regarding the value of being published in small "bleep blorp" literary magazines such as ours, what cannot be belittled is the value of finding a supportive home for your work, and the way in which movements are built from the ground up. We here at Dovecote do not believe in the genius artist nor the grand canon of true poetry. To limit ourselves to the prescribed notions of popular poetry is to close off against potentially great work. As Danielle often says, "Poetry isn't a single big church but a lot of small churches." That is the goal: to raise the small churches, to build not a cathedral but a birdhouse. Speaking of small, we are making some changes to our submission process. We will now be releasing issues monthly, and accept submissions continually. Each month we will feature just four poets. This means a quicker response time for your submissions and more focused issues. Please do feed the birds, Gerardo Gonzalez Editor in Chief
The human soul weighs twenty-six grams. A cathedral can become a dovecote.
-- Carolyn Forché, "Blue Hour"
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Eligible Hospital and Critical Access Hospital
Meaningful Use Core Measures
Measure 1 of 16
Date updated:December, 2014
CPOE for Medication, Laboratory and Radiology Orders
Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication, laboratory, and radiology orders directly entered by any licensed healthcare professional who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local, and professional guidelines.
More than 60 percent of medication, 30 percent of laboratory, and 30 percent of radiology orders created by authorized providers of the eligible hospital's or CAH's inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period are recorded using CPOE.
Attestation Requirements
Certification and Standards Criteria
Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) – A provider's use of computer assistance to directly enter medical orders (for example, medications, consultations with other providers, laboratory services, imaging studies, and other auxiliary services) from a computer or mobile device.
Admitted to the Emergency Department – There are two methods for calculating ED admissions for the denominators for measures associated with Stage 2 of Meaningful Use objectives. Find out more in this FAQ.
Laboratory and radiology orders are included as part of Stage 2 for CPOE:
Laboratory order – order for any service provided by a laboratory that could not be provided by a non-laboratory.
Laboratory – A facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens (or both) or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered laboratories.
Radiology order – order for any imaging services that uses electronic product radiation. The EP can include orders for other types of imaging services that do not rely on electronic product radiation in this definition as long the policy is consistent across all patient and for the entire EHR reporting period.
Electronic Product Radiation – Any ionizing or nonionizing electromagnetic or particulate radiation, or [a]ny sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic wave that is emitted from an electronic product as the result of the operation of an electronic circuit in such product.
Unique Patient – If a patient admitted to the hospital inpatient or emergency department more than once during the EHR reporting period, then for purposes of measurement that patient is only counted once in the denominator for the measure.
DENOMINATOR/NUMERATOR/ THRESHOLD
MEASURE 1: MEDICATION
DENOMINATOR: Number of medication orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital's or CAH's inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
NUMERATOR: The number of medication orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
THRESHOLD: The resulting percentage must be more than 60 percent in order for an EP, eligible hospital or CAH to meet this measure.
MEASURE 2: RADIOLOGY
DENOMINATOR: Number of radiology orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital's or CAH's inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
NUMERATOR: The number of radiology orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
MEASURE 3: LABORATORY
DENOMINATOR: Number of laboratory orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital's or CAH's inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
NUMERATOR: The number of laboratory orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
A hospital must meet the thresholds for all three measures.
The provider is permitted, but not required, to limit the measure of this objective to those patients whose records are maintained using certified EHR technology.
The CPOE function must be used to create the first record of the order that becomes part of the patient's medical record and before any action can be taken on the order to count in the numerator.
However, in some situations it may be impossible or inadvisable to wait to initiate an intervention until a record of the order has been created. For example, situations where an intervention is identified and immediately initiated by the provider, or initiated immediately after a verbal order by the ordering provider to a licensed healthcare professional under his/her direct supervision. Therefore in these situations, so long as the order is entered using CPOE by a licensed healthcare professional or certified medical assistant to create the first record of that order as it becomes part of the patient’s medical record, these orders would count in the numerator of the CPOE measure.
Any licensed healthcare professionals and credentialed medical assistants, can enter orders into the medical record for purposes of including the order in the numerator for the objective of CPOE if they can originate the order per state, local and professional guidelines. Credentialing for a medical assistant must come from an organization other than the organization employing the medical assistant.
Electronic transmittal of the medication order is not a requirement for meeting the measure of this objective.
CPOE is the entry of the order into the patient's EHR that uses a specific function of CEHRT. It is not how that order is filled or otherwise carried out.
In order to meet this objective and measure, an eligible hospital or CAH must use the capabilities and standards of CEHRT at 45 CFR 170.314(a)(1).
Below is the corresponding certification and standards criteria for electronic health record technology that supports achieving the meaningful use of this objective.
§ 170.314(a)(1) CPOE
Enable a user to electronically record, change, and access the following order types, at a minimum:
(i) Medications;
(ii) Laboratory; and
(iii) Radiology/imaging.
*Depending on the type of certification issued to the EHR technology, it will also have been certified to the certification criterion adopted at 45 CFR 170.314 (g)(1), (g)(2), or both, in order to assist in the calculation of this meaningful use measure.
STANDARDS CRITERIA - N/A
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You have likely noticed a sudden change to your 1-100 ENERGY STAR score. But don't panic – scores changed across the board. That's because the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its performance metrics based on the most recent data available.
Why Scores Changed
On average, ENERGY STAR scores used to benchmark buildings' energy performance dropped. The change depends on a building's energy use, fuel mix, business activity, property type and other factors. But the shift is partly due to the fact that previous scores were based on data from 2003.
This data is derived from the Department of Energy's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, conducted every four years. The most recent data made available in 2016, which the EPA is now using for scores, is based on a 2012 survey.
"In between those two time periods, the Department of Energy had to take back its [2007] survey," says Leslie Cook, national program manager with ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings at the EPA. "There were some issues with methodology. There's been a bigger gap in our updates than we've previously experienced. That's partly why they're seeing a more pronounced change in the scores. It's been quite a while since we've been able to update it."
The average decrease in scores signifies an improvement in the energy performance of U.S. buildings. "Since our score is a comparison to the market, and the market's more efficient, it's leading to a shift," Cook says.
Property types with affected scores include:
n Bank branches
n Courthouses
n Financial offices
n Hotels
n Houses of worship
n K- 12 schools
n Offices
n Retail, including retail stores and whole-
sale clubs/supercenters
n Supermarkets
Why Your ENERGY STAR Score Changed
UPDATED PERFORMANCE METRICS LOWERED MOST ENERGY STAR SCORES,
FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
n Warehouses, including refrigerated, non-
refrigerated and distribution centers
In the graph below, average score changes
are broken down by building type. Schools,
offices and retail will experience the largest
drop in score, while hotels may experience a
slight increase. "People are going to experi-
ence something in that range, but it's not
exactly that for every building," Cook says.
If you're working on a building certification, you may want to submit your previous score. However, if you didn't download your previous score before the change took effect, you will not be able to retrieve it in the future.
"We update the metrics," Cook explains. "So all periods of time that you have in your account – if the benchmark is, say, 2010 – all of those metrics and scores are going to be updated going back in time."
ENERGY STAR plans to switch gears not
only to help you understand the changed
scores – but to help you raise them. "We
don't want to just update the metrics and
leave folks hanging," Cook adds. A new slate
of materials will be released to help you find
savings and identify low-hanging fruit.
"The idea is that it will help identify those buildings to revisit that maybe you thought were top performers but actually, now that we've updated the comparisons, there's an understanding that there are opportunities [for adjustments]."
One new tool to help find savings is what ENERGY STAR is calling "treasure hunts," an audit process that can be done in a day. "We think that people will take another look at those buildings and realize that there are a lot more savings to be found," Cook says.
Sustainability at the
In the 15 years since the ENERGY STAR performance metrics have been updated, the focus on sustainability has grown. Cook says that to be a Class A office building in an urban setting, for example, it's imperative to show some commitment to sustainability.
"There's been a growing focus on efficiency overall, both for energy cost savings and to reduce carbon footprint, compared to what was going on back in 2003," she adds. "There's still a lot of work to be done, but it's a different world in terms of who's paying attention to their energy bills." B
Sarah Kloepple sarah.kloepple@buildings. com is a staff writer for BUILDINGS.
WHAT'S YOUR NEW ENERGY STAR SCORE? Most Portfolio Manager users likely noticed a drop the first time they logged in after Aug. 26. U.S. buildings are generally improving energy efficiency, according to the most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, so buildings that are benchmarked against the average must now find new efficiency strategies to stand out from the crowd.
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Validated age and growth estimates for the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Age and growth estimates for the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, derived from vertebral centra of 258 specimens (118 males, 140 females), ranging in size from 64 to 340 cm fork length (FL) were compared with data from 22 tag-recaptured individuals (74-193 cm FL) and length-frequency data from 1822 individuals (1035 males, 787 females; 65-215 cm FL). Annual band-pair deposition, confirmed by a concurrent bomb radiocarbon validation study, was used as the basis for band interpretation. Validation was further confirmed with a tetracycline-injected male shortfin mako recaptured after being at liberty off South Africa for 1 year and aged at 18 years. Growth rates from tag-recapture analysis (GROTAG) were higher than those derived from vertebral annuli and were only available from sharks up to 193 cm FL at recapture. Modal length-frequency data were used to verify the first four age classes. Growth curves were fit using both von Bertalanffy and Gompertz models. The 3-parameter version of the von Bertalanffy growth function produced the most biologically reasonable values for males, based on observed data (L∞ = 253 cm FL, K = 0.125 year-1 (estimated longevity = 21 year), and L 0 = 72 cm). The 3-parameter version of the Gompertz growth function produced the most biologically reasonable estimates, for females (L ∞ = 366 cm FL, K = 0.087 year-1 (estimated longevity = 38 year) and L0 = 88 cm. Males and females were aged to 29 (260 cm FL) and 32 years (335 cm FL), respectively. Both sexes grew similarly to age 11 (207 cm FL, 212 cm FL for males and females, respectively) when the curve leveled in males and continued to rise in females. Age at 50% maturity was estimated at 8 years for males (185 cm FL) and 18 years for females (275 cm FL). The species grows slower, matures later and has a longer life span than previously reported in North Atlantic waters. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Cited By (since 1996):30, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: EBFID, ,
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a year when the field of eligible submissions is determined to be of sufficient
quantity and quality to justify award competition.
6. The entire active and life Academy membership shall vote for final
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1. A Reminder List of all eligible pictures shall be sent with a nominations
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of their preference for not more than five productions.
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credits of executive producer, co-producer, associate producer, line producer,
produced in association with or any other credit shall not receive nominations or
Academy statuettes. The nominees will be those three or fewer producers who
have performed the major portion of the producing functions. The Producers
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for each of the nominated pictures.
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SEBASTIEN RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'AFTERLIGHT' ON THE BEARDED MAN
Having enjoyed his biggest successes to date with releases on The Bearded Man, it's no wonder Sebastien makes his return to the label. His new single, 'Afterlight', features Zac Poor and saw its release last Friday 19th of May.
Listen to Sebastien feat. Zac Poor – Afterlight
Built around sweet summer vibes and a striking guitar sound, 'Afterlight' packs Sebastien's highly-addictive signature sound as well as Zac Poor's sensuous vocals, all nestled into a blanket of heart-felt emotion. It oozes the kind of feel that has fans reaching for the repeat button time and time again and is so easy on the ear it's impossible to resist.
Sebastien's debut release on The Bearded Man, 'High On You', already scored well over 2.5 million streams to date on Spotify alone, but was quickly overrun by the success of its follow-up. 'Music In You' earned him no less than 14 million streams to date and remains his biggest hit to date. It's up to 'Afterlight' to set the bar even higher.
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Eastern England > Places to Visit > Historic Houses
Elton Hall
Elton Hall stands in the midst of unspoilt landscaped parkland, on a site where there has been a house since the Norman Conquest.
Hemingford Grey Manor
Built in the 1130s The Manor is reputedly the oldest continuously inhabited house in Britain and much of the original house remains virtually intact in spite of various changes over nine hundred years.
Ickworth House, Park & Garden
The eccentric Earl of Bristol created this equally eccentric house, with its central rotunda and curved corridors, in 1795 to display his collections.
Kentwell Hall
Kentwell - a romantic, moated, mellow redbrick Tudor mansion in a tranquil parkland setting.
Layer Marney Tower & Home Farm
Layer Marney Tower - A Great British Building.
Sandringham House, Museum & Gardens
The country retreat of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh is set in sixty acres (twenty four hectares) of glorious informal gardens with two beautiful lakes. Built by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and passed down as a private home.
Somerleyton Hall & Gardens
Somerleyton Hall and Gardens is one of the most popular stately homes in East Anglia.Situated in the beautiful Suffolk countryside the Hall and Gardens boasts a famous maze, much visited by holidaymakers,school children, as well as film and TV crews.
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
This delightful early 16th century, timber framed, thatched building, once three cottages, is the oldest domestic building in East Dereham.
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Carrie Underwood to Premiere New Single at the 53rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards – Broadway World
Broadway WorldThe Academy of Country Music® revealed today that thirteen-time ACM Award® winner Carrie Underwood will perform the world television premiere of her soon-to-be-released single live on the 53RD ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, joining a star-studded …Carrie Underwood Teases Big Announcement With Cryptic PhotoAccess Online all 45 news articles …read more Source:: Academy Awards […]
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John Williams to Receive Namesake Honor at BMI’s Annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards – Billboard
BillboardBMI will honor Academy Award-winning composer John Williams at the performing rights organization’s 34 Annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards by unveiling a special award bearing his name. The John Williams Award will be presented for the first time at … and more …read more Source:: Academy Awards News By Google News
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Sep 7, 2016 11:21 AMPublication: The Southampton Press
Dump Truck Hits Horse In Water Mill Wednesday Morning
Sep 7, 2016 1:52 PM
By Kelly Zegers
A horse had to be euthanized after it was struck by a dump truck on Millstone Road, just north of Scuttle Hole Road, in Water Mill Wednesday morning, according to Southampton Town Police
Police were called to the scene at 7:54 a.m. A veterinarian responded shortly after and determined that the horse had to be put down, police said.
Police could not immediately provide additional details or say where the horse came from.
*euthanized* jeez
By kiddio (16), SOUTHAMPTON on Sep 7, 16 11:57 AM
How do you hit a horse? Was the driver blind?
SlimeAlive
Uhhhh... Maybe the horse ran out into the road? You never know with animals. Hopefully more details to follow.
By Nukiepoo (123), Southampton on Sep 9, 16 1:17 AM
By deelove (152), Bridgehampton on Sep 15, 16 9:26 PM
I'm sure the horse stopped and looked both ways before crossing the road.
Update? Anyone missing a horse?
By bird (829), Sag Harbor on Sep 8, 16 8:09 PM
The truck didn't hit the horse, the horse hit the truck! It got out of its pen and the farm hand was trying to chase it back in when it darted across the road and into the side of the moving truck. It had to be put down because of a mangled front leg.
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I am running for my mom Julie Fallon, passed away from ALS in January after battling the disease for nearly four years.
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Since 2010 the Strike Out ALS 5K, has attracted thousands of Chicago area runners and has raised nearly $500,000 for the Foundation. In 2015, the 5K had more than 700 participants that came together and raised over $60,000! The money we raise together goes toward helping people currently living with ALS (PALS) and their families through the Foundation’s Home and Community Service and grant programs. It also supports the Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine where PALS are seen by a multi-disciplinary clinical staff at the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic, ensuring no part of their disease goes unseen and untreated. The Center also supports three full functioning research laboratories, each on providing hope of a future without ALS.
I’m participating in the 2019 Strike Out ALS 5K this year because I believe in the work of the Les Turner ALS Foundation, I believe in providing the best possible care to Chicagoland area ALS patients and their families and I believe that the money we raise together will lead to finding the cure for ALS. Join me as we run towards more than a finish line, we run towards a CURE!
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FKNE Mentoring Prize 2020
2018, Mentoring and PhD Prizes
& Awards Winners
2018, PhD Prize Finalists
at the Fens Forum 2018
FENS-Kavli
Network of Excellence
Mentoring Prize 2018
PhD Thesis Prize
2016, Mentoring and PhD Thesis Prizes
The FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) Mentoring Prize is awarded every second year and honors a scientist who has demonstrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists.
Personal prize money: 2.000 €
The Call for the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2020 opens on 1st December 2019
the nominee must be a neuroscientist with a PhD, MD or equivalent;
the nominee must currently be a head of a research laboratory in a FENS member country with responsibility for mentoring (for example supervising students, postdoctoral researchers or technicians);
the nominee has to be available to attend the FENS Forum 2020 (Glasgow, 11-15 July).
The nomination must include:
contact information of the proposer and the nominee;
a letter of recommendation from mentee(s) highlighting the mentoring activities of the nominee. More than one letter of recommendation is welcome. These can be combined into a single pdf and uploaded together;
contact details of two referees that the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Office could contact for further references.
Nominations Deadline: 1st March 2020 (midnight, Brussels time).
Note: The results of the submitted nominations will be communicated to the proposers and nominees on 23rd April. The recipient of the Mentoring Prize will be publicly announced at the FENS Forum 2020.
For enquiries, please contact: excellence_network@fens.org
The 2020 Mentoring Prize Selection Committee*
Pirta Hotulainen (chair)
David Dupret
Inbal Goshen
Simona Lodato
Marc Spehr
* The Selection Committee members are ineligible for nomination for the Mentoring Prize in the year(s) they sit on the Committee.
Awardees of the Mentoring and PhD Prizes 2018
Congratulations to the awardees!
> download the press release
Professor Fotini Stylianopoulou (University of Athens) has been awarded the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize for her outstanding contributions in facilitating the careers of neuroscientists in Europe. FENS-Kavli Scholars recognise the essential of role mentoring in facilitating both careers of neuroscientists and also in scientific progress and founded this prize to recognise and promote outstanding mentoring. 30 nominations came in from across Europe, all demonstrating an inspiring commitment to mentoring. Prof. Stylianopoulou was nominated by current and former colleagues for going above and beyond in her efforts to teach and champion researchers, showing them that “the sky is the limit” and that “a true scientist never stops inquiring, combining information, seeing beyond the obvious and the dogma, but most importantly listening to what others have to say no matter if they are colleagues or undergraduate students.” Along with the stellar support of direct trainees, Prof Stylianopoulou has made an enormous difference to the European Neuroscience community. She was a pioneer of neuroscience research and teaching in Greece being one of the first people to teach neuroscience to graduate students in Greece and a founding member and former president of the Hellenic Society for Neurosicence. Prof. Stylianopoulou has also served as Secretary General of FENS, demonstrating her commitment to fostering neuroscience careers both in her own laboratory and throughout the world community.
Dr. Arseny Finkelstein has been awarded the inaugural FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence PhD Thesis Prize. Dr. Finkelstein conducted his PhD project in the lab of Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel. With meticulous work, he discovered and quantitatively characterized 3D head direction cells in the freely moving bats using his own custom developed tracking device. This system can be considered a 3D compass in the brain. Dr. Finkelstein and colleagues published these results in Nature in 2015. Then, he went on to show that certain neurons of the bat hippocampus encode the directions and the proximity of spatial goals, potentially forming the basis of goal-directed navigation, which work resulted in a shared first author publication in Science. These results are groundbreaking, because navigation is traditionally studied only in two dimensions and extending it to the full space required the development of novel technology applied to an uncommon model organism. This convinced the jury to select Dr. Finkelstein as the winner of 54 entries, which were often also of outstanding quality. Dr. Finkelstein continues his work at Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, USA with Dr. Karel Svoboda.
The prizes, which consist of a special plaque and €2,000 Euros each, have been awarded at the FENS Forum 2018 on the 9th July.
Mentoring Prize 2018 Selection Committee*:
Tara Spires Jones (Chair)
Matthew Grubb
Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir
Lars Schwabe
PhD Prize 2018 Selection Committee*:
Balazs Hangya (Chair)
David Belin
Filippo Del Bene
Johannes Graff
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz
10 Candidates selected:
Alessandro Furlan
Current affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor, USA
Place where the PhD was conducted: Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Ana González-Rueda
Current affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Place where the PhD was conducted: University of Cambridge, UK
Anna Stöckl
Current affiliation: Universität Würzburg, Germany
Place where the PhD was conducted: Lund University, Sweden
Constanze Lenschow
Current affiliation: Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal
Place where the PhD was conducted: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Current affiliation: University College London, UK
Place where the PhD was conducted: University Bonn/German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Bonn, Germany
Marco Wittmann
Current affiliation: University of Oxford, UK
Place where the PhD was conducted: University of Oxford, UK
Marta Carus-Cadavieco
Current affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP)/NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Germany
Place where the PhD was conducted: Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP)/NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence Berlin, Germany
Riccardo Bocchi
Current affiliation: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Münich, Germany
Place where the PhD was conducted: Université de Genève, Switzerland
Roeland Vanhauwaert
Current affiliation: Stanford University, USA
Place where the PhD was conducted: KU Leuven, Belgium
Samuel Walker
Current affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
Place where the PhD was conducted: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Lisbon, Portugal
Following the call for applications for childcare grants at FENS Forum 2018, support fo 29 young parent scientists from 15 countries was made possible by generous funding from:
The FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize is awarded every second year and honors a scientist who has demonstrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists.
Nomination closed on 1 March
The FENS-Kavli Scholars aim to promote neuroscience and support early-career neuroscientists in Europe. We recognize that mentoring plays an essential role in fostering scientists, but mentoring efforts are often not recognized or rewarded in a scientific career. This award will honor an individual who has demonstrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists.
Commitment to mentoring may be demonstrated for example by:
recommendations from current and former students and postdocs;
evidence of support and encouragement of trainees experiencing personal or professional difficulties;
trainees career path and successes (both academic and non-academic);
evidence of assistance to junior colleagues outside of the immediate supervision (e.g. comments on grant proposals and manuscripts, experimental assistance, career advice).
the nominee must be a neuroscientist with a Ph.D., MD or equivalent;
the nominee has to be available to attend the FENS Forum 2018 (Berlin, 7-11 July).
Nominations Deadline: 1 March 2018 (midnight, Brussels time).
Note: The results of the submitted nominations will be communicated to the proposers and nominees on 23 April. The recipient of the Mentoring Prize will be publicly announced at the FENS Forum 2018.
Mentoring Prize Selection Committee *:
Tara Spires-Jones (chair)
Ragnhildur Thora Káradóttir
The FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence PhD Thesis Prize is awarded every second year and honors a young neuroscientist for his/her outstanding PhD thesis in any domain of neuroscience.
PhD Thesis PrizePrize 2018
Application closed on 1 March.
The results will be communicated to the applicants by the end of April 2018.
the PhD must have been conducted in a FENS member country;
the candidate must have successfully defended his/her Ph.D. thesis at the home institution;
at the time of the submission, no more than two years may have elapsed since the Ph.D. was awarded;
the candidate must have at least one first-author manuscript published or accepted for publication. In case of a co-first authorship, the contribution of the applicant must be clearly stated on the publication, and can be further outlined in an accompanying document;
the candidate has to be available to attend the FENS Forum 2018 (Berlin, 7-11 July).
Nomination Procedure:
Applicants may either be nominated by their Ph.D. supervisor, or may self-nominate.
a letter of recommendation from the PhD supervisor, which should be sent directly to the Selection Committee (please check the application form);
the CV of the applicant, including:
full citation of a first-author manuscript (published or accepted for publication);
full list of publications;
list of academic and professional awards, if applicable;
relevant professional experience, including teaching duties, if applicable;
an electronic copy of the PhD diploma;
an electronic copy of the PhD thesis document;
an electronic copy of the first-author manuscript.
Call Deadline: 1 March 2018 (midnight, Brussels time).
Note: The results of the submitted nominations will be communicated to the candidates on 23 April. The winner of the PhD Thesis Prize will be publicly announced at the FENS Forum 2018.
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Awardees of the Mentoring and Ph.D. Prizes 2016
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Prof. David Attwell, Fellow of the Royal Society (University College London) has been awarded the inaugural FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize in 2016 for his outstanding contributions to mentoring the careers of neuroscientists. This prize was funded because FENS-Kavli Scholars recognize that mentoring plays an essential role in fostering the career development, but mentoring efforts are often not recognized or rewarded in a scientific career. Close to 30 nominations were submitted from across Europe. Professor Attwell, Jodrell Professor of Physiology at University College London (UCL), was nominated by current and former mentees who praised his strong support throughout their careers. His students and postdocs are personally trained in all aspects of scientific rigour and thought, they are encouraged to present their work at excellent conferences, and are guided in writing papers, theses, and grant applications. Prof. Attwell aids trainees in planning their career progression and provides personal, as well as professional, support. The many letters of support for the nomination also cited Prof. Attwell’s strong mentoring of scientists through the difficult transition into juggling parenthood and a scientific career. Along with supporting his direct trainees, Prof. Attwell has started a world class PhD programme in neuroscience at UCL, which improves the choice of PhD project and mentor for students by integrating lab rotations. This is the most competitive neuroscience PhD programme in the UK with high level of success for students. Prof. Attwell also participates in public engagements and hosts school children in his lab.
Dr. Linda Katona (University of Oxford) has been awarded the inaugural FENS Kavli Network of Excellence PhD Thesis Prize. The thesis published by Dr. Katona – originally from Romania, who graduated from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford – is a masterpiece for its depth, the originality of the experimental approach employed, as well as for the new insights obtained by her results. During her thesis conducted under the joint supervision of Professors Peter Somogyi (University of Oxford) and Thomas Klausberger (University of Vienna), Dr. Katona physiologically and molecularly characterized in depth the role of different types of GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus of freely moving rats during distinct oscillatory states. Her results have not only been obtained with state-of-the-art techniques, but will also help to better understand rhythmic network functions during memory processing. Her work led to several publications in top neuroscientific journals and culminated with a first author paper in Neuron. On top of that, Dr. Katona’s thesis is excellently structured, flawlessly written and well illustrated, and convinced the jury to select her as the winner of over 45 other entries, which were often also of outstanding quality. Dr. Katona is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and continuous to delve into the mysteries of brain rhythmicity underlying different memory systems.
The prizes, which consist of a special plaque and €2,000 Euros each, were awarded at the FENS Forum 2016 on the 4th July.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Rachael Henley as the adult Lucy Pevensie, who has grown up as a queen in Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fantasy adventure of four siblings who enter the magical world of Narnia through a wardrobe owned by a mysterious professor. Might seem easy for the X-Men to stop. Moseley and Popplewell came from the very start of casting, whilst Henley and Keynes were cast relatively late. For Spoiler please use tag [spoiler] The soundtrack was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams.
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion. Peter is knighted by Aslan.
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Lewis, and additional production featurettes. Adamson did this in order to naturally create a sense of mature development from his young actors, which mirrored their real life development.
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Georgie Henley, in her performance as Lucy Pevensie earned critical acclaim for her performance.
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Hydroinformatics in multi-colours – part red: urban flood and disaster management.
Mynett & Vojinovic
Hydroinformatics found its origin in the advancement of computational hydraulics in the early 1990s but has expanded considerably, both in scope and in application areas. It is now not only being applied in the fields of hydraulics and hydrology (often indicated by the colour blue), but also in environmental science and technology (green) as well.. Read More
Regional Vulnerability of Climate Change Impacts on Asian Rice Production and Scope for Adaptation
Wassmann, et al.
Rice is the principle staple crop of Asia and any deterioration of rice production systems through climate change would seriously impair food security in this continent. This review assesses spatial and temporal vulnerabilities of different rice production systems to climate change impacts in Asia. Initially, the review discusses the risks of increasing heat stress and.. Read More
Rainfall and temperature scenario for Bangladesh using 20 km mesh AGCM
Rahman, et al.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) global 20-km mesh Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM), called MRI-AGCM, to simulate rainfall and mean surface air temperature. Through calibration and validation the MRI-AGCM was adapted for Bangladesh for generating rainfall and temperature scenarios. Design/methodology/approach – The.. Read More
Floating gardening in Bangladesh: Already affected by climate variability?
Irfanullah
This study questions whether floating cultivation – an age-old agricultural system in Bangladesh and a potential answer to adaptation has already started to be affected by climate variability or not. Floating gardening is a very common practice in the Barisal and Gopalganj areas of Bangladesh to raise crop seedlings and grow vegetables in monsoon.. Read More
Climate Change and Flow of Environmental Displacement in Bangladesh
Akter
This study depicts environmental displacement with the premise of increased frequency of natural disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change. Bangladesh is already experiencing recurrent floods, severe cyclones, water logging, salinity intrusions, droughts and river bank erosion which induce mass population displacement. There is no generally agreed definition and scientifically developed methodology to estimate.. Read More
The effect of temperature on mortality in rural Bangladesh—a population-based time-series study
Hashizume, et al.
Studies in urban cities have consistently shown evidence of increased mortality in association with hot and cold weather. However, few studies have examined temperature-mortality relationship in the rural areas of developing countries. In this study we therefore aimed to characterize the daily temperature-mortality relationships in rural Bangladesh. A generalized linear Poisson regression model was used.. Read More
Assessing the livelihood of slum dwellers in Dhaka city
Alamgir, et al.
The present study was an attempt to determine the factors affecting the livelihood of the socioeconomic improvement of migrants and to analyze the causes of rural-urban migration in slum areas. Slum areas have no available formal education facilities and slum people were found to be engaged in rickshaw pulling, day labourer, petty business, small job.. Read More
Reducing Risk through Environment in Recovery Operations
Increasing attention is being paid to the importance attached to environmental issues in recovery operations and the new challenges climate change will pose to communities already vulnerable to natural hazards. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introductory review of the current status of recovery operations in terms of integrating environment and long-term.. Read More
An Evaluation of Increasing Building Height in Respect of Thermal Climate in a High Density City in South Asia Using Numerical Modeling
Kakon & Mishima
In this paper, the influence of building height on the thermal climate in urban canyons is discussed. The investigation was carried out using a three-dimensional numerical model with high spatial and temporal resolution that simulated the microclimatic changes in urban environments. Model calculations were performed for a typical summer day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city.. Read More
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Assistant Nurses in the Swedish Healthcare Sector during the 1990s: A Hard-hit Occupational Group with a Tough Job
Hertting, Anna
Natl. Inst. for Phychosocial Med., Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nilsson, Kerstin
University of Skövde, School of Life Sciences.
Theorell, Töres
Sätterlund Larsson, Ullabeth
Institute of Health Care Pedagogics, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2005 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1403-4948, E-ISSN 1651-1905, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 107-113Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Aims: The aim of the study was to explore hospital-based assistant nurses' experiences of psychosocial “stressors”, following a period of substantial layoffs (43%) and ongoing healthcare reorganizations. Methods: An interview study was carried out with 11 assistant nurses working in the same hospital. The interviews took place in 1997, in connection with the last round of redundancies, and were followed up in 1998 and then in 2001. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed; the content was then analysed. Results: Two main themes were identified from the women's perceived stressors: (a) a hard-hit occupational group experiencing “energy-consuming adjustments”, and a “weak position” at the continuing workplace. Job insecurity meant fear of losing valued work tasks in nursing care (de-skilling). The common feature was the duality in the women's descriptions of feeling qualified in nursing care but being treated like a maid, or having intimate practical knowledge but no formal competence; (b) a tougher but underpaid job including “heavy workload” concurrent with “organizational shortcomings”, and “frozen salary trends” with a simultaneous feeling of lacking the power to improve their situation. Conclusions: Our results underscore the importance of the employer's attention to the remaining workers in connection with downsizing, particularly when the reduction of the workforce has been as dramatic as in this case. It is also important to understand the ongoing dilemma (strain) for the assistant nurses, who are faced with increasing demands for further formal qualifications in hospital care, while maintaining a strong occupational desire to keep their highly valued job working close to the patient.
Sage Publications, 2005. Vol. 33, no 2, p. 107-113
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-1567DOI: 10.1080/14034940410019154ISI: 000228196000005PubMedID: 15823971Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-17244382017OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-1567DiVA, id: diva2:31843
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LARRY KING SUFFERS 2nd HEART ATTACK IN ONE WEEK
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Larry’s publicist says the talk show host suffered an angina attack and did not suffer a heart attack or go into cardiac arrest, after which he underwent a successful angioplasty.
Our sources are clear – doctors told Larry’s wife, Shawn, that he DID suffer a mild heart attack and there were proteins in his blood – a clear sign of a heart attack.
Larry King suffered a heart attack last Thursday after going into cardiac arrest … TMZ has learned.
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Elizabeth Taylor Pictures to Be Auctioned for AIDS Charity
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Jon and Tanya Korta at their farewell potluck.
By JUSTIN STEPHANOFF and MIKE WASKA, staff writers
Former Galena mayor Jon Korta and former teacher and behavioral health counselor Tanya Korta were honored by the community at the Larson Charlie Community Hall to celebrate them in an honorarium on a Thursday, Oct. 18.
The Kortas have been here for more than 20 years. Many of the elders in the community attended. Everyone had smiles on their face and were full of happiness. On the food table, there was spaghetti, apple pie, cake, dry fish, akutaq, jello, turkey, and many more.
“I am really honored to be a part of this community and I would like to thank you all for being here,” said Mr. Korta.
“Probably one of the most special moments of my life is when i would walk into school and I’d hear, “Hey coach!” I just liked that simple phrase. “Hey, coach.” I’m going to miss that.”
Jon said that one of his favorite memories of being a coach in Galena was when the boys took fourth place at state, a team in which his son Kaleb Korta and fellow runners Jacob Moos and Trenton Ambrose were a part of.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Korta gave speeches after everybody else had spoken.
Former and current cross-country runners and skiers gathered for a photo during the event, and the staff at the Galena health clinic gave Mrs. Korta some gifts.
Mr. Korta was able to do was run for mayor and got elected on April 10, 2014.
According to a resolution passed by the Galena city council and read out loud by current Mayor Nolan Aloysius, Mr. Korta had a healthy relationship with every member of Galena and respected everyone as an individual. Mr. Korta helped with everything that the community needed and how they needed pointers if it was a good or a bad thing. He also helped with the community when the 2013 flood happened, and he was careful with what he had to offer help with.
Mr. Korta supported and was committed to big projects such as the Galena Biomass Wood Heat Project, Campion Land Site, Public Safety, ILA water/heat distribution system, HB47(REPS), Utility Rate Study, and the USDA High Energy Cost Grant, according to the resolution.
“Korta has had a deep commitment to the residents of Galena, he is welcoming, engaging, passionate, diverse, committed, and caring, he was always determined to do what’s right for the children and residents of Galena,” according to the resolution.
During his speech to the community, Mr. Korta said, “The students made it fun for every school trip i went on and was a part of. The flood was a drawback in 2013, but it gave us an inspiration on how to help others when they are in need of help. The city of Galena has made me and my whole family who we are today. You guys embraced us for the future, supported us when no one else was, and got us involved with everything the community offered. The people who know us has helped raised our kids. You guys have made them who they are today.”
The Kortas are now moving to their new home in Talkeetna.
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The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival closed out in grand style at the cotton field concert adjacent to the boyhood home of the legendary singer and songwriter. This year’s closing concert on Saturday, Oct. 20, featured a tribute to the 1968 Johnny Cash Show tours. This banner year for Johnny Cash led the following year to a television show that brought him into millions of households. Hosted by producer/performer John Carter Cash, the performance featured award-winning singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson and Grammy record-holder Alison Krauss, along with Ana Cristina Cash, Suzanne Cox, Heather Berry Mabe, Ira Dean, and others.
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Invasive Species Ireland > Species Accounts > Established > Terrestrial > New Zealand flatworm
New Zealand flatworm
Arthurdendyus triangulatus
Habitat: Undisturbed soils near the surface. Under cover such as rocks and stones.
Description: Unlike the well known native earthworm, the invasive New Zealand flatworm does not have the segmented body that is easily recognised. The flatworm does, as the name suggests, have a flattened body that is pointed at both ends and covered in sticky mucus. Colour can vary making it difficult for members of the public to identify but in general specimens are grey, or brown, with a pale yellow margin and underside covered by specks.
Origin and Distribution: A. triangulatus originates from New Zealand however other species of predatory flatworms originate from Australia and elsewhere.
Impacts: Earthworms form a pivotal function in terrestrial ecosystems in Ireland. They are responsible for aerating the soil and decomposing plant material while also regulating drainage to some extent by creating burrows. The New Zealand flatworm has been shown to significantly reduce earthworm numbers from both agricultural lands and gardens in Ireland.
How did it get here? It is believed that this species arrived in Ireland by contamination of plant potting soil from New Zealand.
Where is it found in Ireland? The New Zealand Flatworm was introduced to Northern Ireland in the early 60’s. It is currently known from all 6 counties in Northern Ireland where it is generally concentrated around built up urban areas such as Belfast. The species is present in the Republic of Ireland but may be under recorded.
Prevent Spread
• Inspect incoming consignments of plants
• Maintain good hygiene
• Inspect your site for flatworms
• Check plant products for flatworms
• Report sightings
Further guidance and ID downloads;
NBDC Waterford's ID Guide
ISI Horticulture Guidance
Current Legislative Position (Listed on 14 August 2019) This species must not intentionally be brought into the Union; kept; bred; transported to, from or within the United Kingdom, unless for the transportation to facilities in the context of eradication; placed on the market; used or exchanged; permitted to reproduce, grown or cultivated; or released into the environment. For further queries, you can contact the Non Native Invasive Species Team in the Northern Ireland Environment Agency on 028 9056 9558.
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Retina | February 2013
Macular Bruch's Membrane Defects and Axial Length: Association with Gamma Zone and Delta Zone in Peripapillary Region
Jost B. Jonas; Kyoko Ohno-Matsui; Richard F. Spaide; Leonard Holbach; Songhomitra Panda-Jonas
Jost B. Jonas
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany;
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan;
Richard F. Spaide
Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; and
Leonard Holbach
Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Songhomitra Panda-Jonas
Corresponding author: Jost B. Jonas, Universitäts-Augenklinik, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; Jost.Jonas@umm.de.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science February 2013, Vol.54, 1295-1302. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-11352
Jost B. Jonas, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Richard F. Spaide, Leonard Holbach, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas; Macular Bruch's Membrane Defects and Axial Length: Association with Gamma Zone and Delta Zone in Peripapillary Region. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(2):1295-1302. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-11352.
Purpose.: To examine histomorphometrically the macular region of highly myopic eyes.
Methods.: On horizontal anterior-posterior histological sections, we examined the posterior pole of 138 human globes (axial length: 20–35 mm). In the parapapillary region, we differentiated between the beta zone (Bruch's membrane without RPE), gamma zone (parapapillary region without Bruch's membrane), and delta zone (elongated and thinned gamma zone).
Results.: In 12 (8.7%) eyes, a macular Bruch's membrane defect (MBMD) was detected. The MBMD showed a complete lack of RPE and choriocapillaris, and an almost complete lack of photoreceptors. Presence of MBMD was associated with longer axial length (P < 0.001), longer gamma zone (P = 0.04) and delta zone (P < 0.001), thinner peripapillary scleral flange, and thinner sclera just outside of the optic nerve meninges (P < 0.001) and at the posterior pole (P < 0.001). An MBMD was found only in eyes with an axial length of 27 mm or longer. MBMD prevalence in highly myopic eyes was 12/39 or 30.8%. MBMD presence was not significantly related to length of beta zone (P = 0.09). In multivariate binary regression analysis, MBMD presence was significantly (P < 0.001) associated only with axial length.
Conclusions.: Highly myopic eyes (axial length ≥27mm) can show an MBMD associated with complete loss of RPE and choriocapillaris, and marked reduction of photoreceptors and large choroidal vessels. MBMD presence was strongly associated with axial length and indirectly with parapapillary gamma zone and delta zone. The myopia-associated secondary MBMDs may occur parallel to the myopia-associated widening of Bruch's membrane opening around the optic nerve head.
Due to a profound increase in the prevalence of myopia, particularly in the young generation in East Asian metropolitan regions, 1,2 myopia has markedly gained in importance. Because high myopia is associated with an increased risk for vision-threatening diseases, such as rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, glaucomatous optic neuropathy, and myopic retinopathy, research has focused on factors associated with the development of myopia. 3,4 Recent investigations revealed that the prevalence of myopia in children was associated with older age, female sex, urban region of habitation, type of attended school, and time spent outdoors versus indoors. 5–7 Histologic studies on highly myopic eyes were focused on the optic nerve head and showed a marked thinning of the lamina cribrosa, resulting in a steepening of the translamina cribrosa pressure gradient due to the reduction of the distance between the intraocular space and the orbital cerebrospinal fluid space. These studies also revealed a stretching and thinning of the peripapillary scleral flange, which as biomechanical anchor of the lamina cribrosa is of potential importance for the increased susceptibility for glaucomatous optic neuropathy in highly myopic eyes. 8,9 Because histological studies on the macular region in highly myopic eyes have been scarce, little has been known about histological changes in the macular region of myopic eyes, in particular of highly myopic eyes. In a previous study by Grossniklaus and Green in 1992, 10 the frequency of abnormal findings in eyes with pathologic myopia was examined, with a myopic configuration of the optic nerve head, posterior staphylomata, and degenerative changes of the vitreous being the most common abnormalities. Because almost no information has been available on the pathomorphology of the macula in highly myopic eyes, we conducted this study to assess the macular region in enucleated highly myopic globes and to compare them with non–highly myopic eyes.
The study included human globes that had been enucleated either due to painful absolute glaucoma or because of a malignant choroidal melanoma. The study was approved by the ethics commission II of the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany. In the glaucomatous group, vision was completely or almost completely lost, and enucleation became necessary usually due to intractable pain that could not be treated by medication. In the tumor group, the malignant choroidal melanomas did not infiltrate the trabecular meshwork, either directly or indirectly by migrating cells. The parapapillary region and the macular region were free of tumor cells. At the time when the eyes were enucleated, no other treatment modalities, such as radiologic brachytherapy, were available or were thought not to be suitable for tumor removal with respect to its location and size. The globes had already been included in previous histomorphometric studies. 8,9 Immediately after enucleation, the globes were fixed in a solution of 4% formaldehyde and 1% glutaraldehyde and processed for histological sectioning. The globes were prepared in a routine manner for light microscopy. A horizontally orientated, anterior-posterior segment going through the pupil and the optic nerve was cut out of the fixed globes. These segments were dehydrated in alcohol, imbedded in paraffin, sectioned for light microscopy, and stained by the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) method or by hematoxylin-eosin. For all eyes, one section running through the central part of the optic disc was selected for further evaluation. The thickness of the sections was 8 μm.
We examined the macular region and searched for regions without Bruch's membrane and adjacent abnormalities in the layer of the retinal photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, choriocapillaris, and middle and large choroidal vessels. We defined a macular Bruch's membrane defect (MBMD) as a dehiscence in Bruch's membrane in the macular region. As already described in detail recently, 8,9 we additionally measured the following:
distance between the end of Bruch's membrane and the border of the optic nerve scleral canal (defined as the intraocular projection of the inner side of the pia mater) (“Gamma zone”) (Fig. 1);
distance between the end of Bruch's membrane and the beginning of retinal pigment epithelium (“Beta zone”) (Fig. 2);
length and thickness of the peripapillary scleral flange that formed the anterior border of the orbital cerebrospinal fluid space and that continued into the lamina cribrosa (Fig. 1).
Histophotograph of a normal optic nerve head; between yellow arrows: lamina cribrosa; between red dots: peripapillary scleral flange; between green dots: orbital cerebrospinal fluid space; arrow A: end of Bruch's membrane; arrow B: border of the optic nerve head (as defined by inner margin of pia mater [small red arrows] and end of lamina cribrosa); between arrow A and arrow B: gamma zone of parapapillary region (PAS stain).
Histophotograph of the parapapillary region in a glaucomatous non–highly myopic eye. Arrow A: end of Bruch's membrane at the optic disc border; arrow B: end of irregular retinal pigment epithelium on Bruch's membrane; arrow C: end of normal RPE on Bruch's membrane; between arrow A and arrow B: beta zone of parapapillary region; between arrow B and arrow C: alpha zone of parapapillary region; red dot: end of retinal photoreceptor layer within beta zone of parapapillary region (PAS stain).
We had measured the thickness of the sclera at the limbus, ora serrata, equator, midpoint between the posterior pole and the equator, posterior pole, and outside of the optic nerve head after merging of the optic nerve sheaths with the sclera. We defined “gamma zone” as the region between the border of the optic nerve scleral canal (defined as the intraocular projection of the inner side of the pia mater) and the end of Bruch's membrane, if the end of Bruch's membrane did not reach the optic nerve margin or even overhang into the region of the optic nerve head (Fig. 1). “Delta zone” was a central part of the gamma zone in which blood vessels of at least 50-μm diameter were not detected and that had a minimal length of 300 μm. The choriocapillaris was considered not to be occluded if fine open capillaries of a diameter of approximately 10 to 20 μm were detectable just beneath Bruch's membrane.
The statistical analysis was performed using a commercially available statistical software package (SPSS for Windows, version 20.0; SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL). Means and SDs, as well as medians and ranges were presented. The prevalence was presented as mean ± SE. In binary regression analysis, the associations between the prevalence of a macular abnormality and other parameters, such as axial length, were assessed. Odds ratios were presented and their 95% confidence intervals were described. All P values were two sided and considered statistically significant when less than 0.05.
The study included 138 human globes (138 patients) with horizontal sections running through the optic disc and macular region. Among the 138 globes, 65 eyes had been enucleated due to a malignant melanoma of the choroid, and 55 globes showed an end-stage glaucomatous optic neuropathy; 39 (28.2%) were highly myopic, defined as an axial length of 26.5 mm or longer. Mean age was 63.8 ± 12.7 years (median: 65 years; range: 33–89 years). Mean axial length was 25.3 ± 2.9 mm (median: 24.25 mm; range: 20–35 mm).
In 12 (8.7%) eyes, we detected a defect in Bruch's membrane in the macular region, associated with a complete lack of RPE cells and choriocapillaris, and an almost complete lack of photoreceptors (Figs. 3–5). In some of the eyes, the ends of Bruch's membrane at the edge of the MBMD were rolled up or folded and the RPE heaped up in some of the eyes. In univariate analysis, the presence of such an MBMD was significantly associated with longer axial length (P < 0.001) (Fig. 6), longer gamma zone (P = 0.04) and delta zone of parapapillary atrophy (P < 0.001) (Fig. 7), a thinner peripapillary scleral flange (P < 0.001), and lower thickness of the sclera just outside of the optic nerve meninges (P < 0.001), the posterior pole (P < 0.001), and in the midperiphery between the posterior pole and equator (P < 0.001) (Table 1). Similar results were obtained if hyperopic eyes (defined as axial length ≤23.5 mm) were excluded from the control group (Table 2). An MBMD was found only in eyes with an axial length of 27 mm or longer. The prevalence of MBMDs in highly myopic eyes, defined as an axial length of longer than 26.5 mm, was 12/39 or 30.8%. Presence of an MBMD was not significantly related to the length of beta zone of parapapillary atrophy (P = 0.09), with the scleral thickness at the equator (P = 0.51), the ora serrata (P = 0.51), and at the limbus (P = 0.59), and with the presence of glaucomatous optic nerve damage (P = 0.56).
Histophotograph of macular Bruch's membrane defect in a highly myopic eye. Black arrows A and D: end of RPE; red arrows B and C: end of Bruch's membrane; between B and C: macular defect in Bruch's membrane without RPE and choroid (PAS stain).
Histophotograph of macular Bruch's membrane defect in a highly myopic eye. Black arrows A and D: end of RPE; red arrows B and C: end of Bruch's membrane; between B and C: macular defect in Bruch's membrane without retinal pigment epithelium and with some remaining choroidal structures, including melanocytes on inner scleral surface (lamina fusca sclerae) (PAS stain).
Histophotograph of macular Bruch's membrane defect in a highly myopic eye (detail of Fig. 4). White arrow A: end of RPE; red arrow B: end of Bruch's membrane; From B to the right: macular defect in Bruch's membrane (PAS stain).
Boxplots showing the distribution of axial length in eyes with a macular Bruch's membrane defect and a control group.
Boxplots showing the distribution of gamma zone plus delta zone of parapapillary region in eyes with a macular Bruch's membrane defect and a control group.
Ocular Measurements (Mean ± SD) in Eyes with an MBMD and a Control Group
Parameter Macular Bruch's Membrane Defect Control Group P Value
n 12 126
Age, y 75.2 ± 9.7 63.2 ± 12.7 0.11
Axial length, mm 30.0 ± 2.8 24.8 ± 2.51 <0.001
Parapapillary region
Beta zone, mm 0.59 ± 1.02 0.20 ± 0.20 0.09
Gamma zone, mm 1.98 ± 2.16 0.46 ± 1.03 0.04
Delta zone, mm 1.07 ± 1.06 0.06 ± 0.27 <0.001
Scleral thickness, mm
Peripapillary flange 0.22 ± 0.13 0.37 ± 0.10 <0.001
Optic nerve outside of dura mater 0.40 ± 0.20 0.81 ± 0.23 <0.001
Posterior pole 0.43 ± 0.20 0.89 ± 0.22 <0.001
Midpoint posterior pole/equator 0.35 ± 0.14 0.61 ± 0.17 <0.001
Equator 0.35 ± 0.13 0.38 ± 0.14 0.51
Ora serrata 0.41 ± 0.12 0.39 ± 0.11 0.51
Limbus 0.48 ± 0.08 0.51 ± 0.10 0.59
Ocular Measurements (Mean ± SD) in Eyes with an MBMD and a Control Group with Hyperopic Eyes (Defined as Axial Length ≤23.5 mm) Excluded
Parameter Macular Bruch's Membrane Defect Non-Hyperopic Control Group P Value
Axial length, mm 30.0 ± 2.8 25.9 ± 2.2 <0.001
Delta zone, mm 1.07 ± 1.06 0.09 ± 0.32 0.04
Peripapillary flange 0.22 ± 0.13 0.37 ± 0.11 0.008
As the second step of the statistical analysis, a binary regression analysis was performed with the presence of an MBMD as the dependent parameter and all parameters as independent parameters, which were significantly associated with the presence of an MBMD in univariate analysis. It showed that the presence of an MBMD remained to be significantly (P < 0.001) associated with axial length
In our histological study on the macular region of highly myopic eyes, we detected macular regions without Bruch's membrane and (consequently) without adjacent RPE and without choriocapillaris. The photoreceptor layer was markedly diminished or rudimentary, as was the remaining choroid, with only a few large choroidal vessels present. In these regions with this secondary macular opening of Bruch's membrane, the globe wall consisted of a markedly thinned sclera, some melanin-bearing cells on the inner surface of the sclera (lamina fusca sclerae), and remnants of the middle layer and inner layer of the retina, including the inner limiting membrane.
These findings have not been described in previous studies. The last major study and review on the histology of myopic maculopathy was performed in 1992 by Grossniklaus and Green, 10 in which 308 eyes with pathologic myopia (23 surgical eyes; 285 postmortem eyes) were examined. These eyes had been collected over a 67-year period. Grossniklaus and Green 10 assessed the frequency of histopathologic findings and described a myopic optic nerve head configuration found in 38% of the eyes to be the most common findings, followed by posterior staphylomata (35%); degenerative changes of the vitreous (35%); cobblestone degeneration (14%); myopic degeneration of the retina (11%); retinal detachment (11%); retinal pits, holes, or tears (8%); subretinal neovascularization (5%); lattice degeneration (5%); Fuchs spot (3%); and finally and lacquer cracks (1%). In Grossniklaus and Green's report, 10 a staphyloma was described as a scleral thickness reduction to approximately 0.1 mm, thin but present choroid, and intact RPE and intact photoreceptor layer. Myopic retinal degeneration was characterized by an atrophy of the RPE, atrophy of the outer layers of the overlying neurosensory retina, and loss of choroid, without described changes or lack of Bruch's membrane. These histologic descriptions of a staphyloma and myopic retinal degeneration are different from our observation, which included an absence of Bruch's membrane and thus an absence of RPE and choriocapillaris and an additional loss of the middle layer of the choroidal vessels, with some photoreceptors and a few large choroidal vessels remaining in patchy areas of the region without Bruch's membrane.
Because we did not have a direct clinical histological correlation, we cannot allocate the areolar defect in Bruch's membrane to an ophthalmoscopical finding. One may assume that the macular defect in Bruch's membrane may be the clinical equivalent of some patchy so-called chorioretinal atrophic regions at the posterior pole of highly myopic eyes. If that holds true, the term chorioretinal atrophy in these situations may be a misnomer, as atrophy means a whithering or shrinkage but still present tissue. Without doubt, there are other chorioretinal atrophic regions in highly myopic eyes in which Bruch's membrane is present. Future clinical studies applying optical coherence tomographic imaging of the deep retinal structures may be warranted to clinically better differentiate between these types of lesions.
Presence of an MBMD was strongly associated with axial length and indirectly with the length of the gamma zone and delta zone of the parapapillary region, whereas the beta zone was not significantly associated. Additionally, the presence of an MBMD was not significantly associated with the presence of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. These findings agree with a recent histomorphometric study in which gamma zone and delta zone of the parapapillary region were significantly associated with axial length but not with glaucoma, whereas beta zone of the parapapillary region was significantly associated with glaucoma but not with axial length. 11
The macular Bruch's membrane defect in highly myopic eyes would be second to the primary hole in Bruch's membrane as the inner layer of the optic nerve head, as the optic nerve head can be considered to be a two-layered structure: an inner hole in Bruch's membrane and an outer hole in the sclera (i.e., the optic nerve scleral canal). The primary Bruch's membrane hole present in all eyes allows the passage of the retinal ganglion cell axons out of the eye, and the passage of the large retinal vessels in and out of the eye. It is usually of the same size as the scleral hole. If the primary Bruch's membrane hole is larger than the scleral optic nerve head hole, or if the primary Bruch's membrane hole in its spatial relationship to the scleral hole is slightly shifted to the temporal region, gamma zone of parapapillary region develops, leaving the temporal parapapillary region devoid of Bruch's membrane. In the eyes with a shift of the primary Bruch's membrane hole to the temporal side, the nasal edge of Bruch's membrane optic nerve head opening may extend or overhang into the region of the optic disc, as shown recently. 12
One can thus differentiate between the primary Bruch's membrane hole forming the inner layer of the optic nerve head, and a secondary defect in Bruch's membrane, which develops due to the myopic stretching of the posterior segment of the eye in high (pathologic) myopia. The presence of a macular Bruch's membrane defect was significantly associated with presence and length of the delta zone of parapapillary atrophy. The delta zone is present only in highly myopic eyes, which explains the association. All eyes with a secondary macular Bruch's membrane defect showed a delta zone, whereas some eyes with a delta zone did not show an MBMD. Future studies may address the question of which of the two lesions may develop first.
Interestingly, the histology of the MBMDs in highly myopic eyes as described in our study may have a correlate in a recent study in which optical spectral-domain coherence tomography revealed defects in Bruch's membrane in the macular region of highly myopic eyes (Spaide RF, unpublished observation, 2012). Although we did not have sufficient clinical information on the visual function of the patients included in our study, one may infer that the region of the secondary macular Bruch's membrane defect represented psychophysically an absolute scotoma due to the complete lack of RPE cells and almost complete lack of photoreceptors. Future clinical studies may examine the posterior pole of highly myopic eyes by optical coherence tomography, and may apply retinal microperimetry to directly measure the visual functions in these areas.
A macular Bruch's membrane defect as described in our study may be added to the panoply of the features of myopic retinopathy, which includes myopic Fuchs's spot, scleral staphylomata and lacquer cracks in the macular region, gamma zone and delta zone of the parapapillary region, and a secondary macrodisc and a marked stretching and thinning of the lamina cribrosa in association with an increased susceptibility for glaucomatous optic neuropathy. 3,8,11,13,14 The question arises as to which reasons led to the development of an MBMD in highly myopic eyes. One may assume that the myopic enlargement of the globe mainly occurring posterior to the equator is associated with a stretching of Bruch's membrane parallel to the thinning of the sclera. 15 This is suggested by the finding that the choroidal thickness decreases with increasing axial length of the eye. 16–18 If Bruch's membrane changed its form and size by a smaller amount than the myopic change in the size and form of the sclera, the distance between the sclera and Bruch's membrane would enlarge. Future studies may thus address myopic changes in Bruch's membrane, and whether perhaps Bruch's membrane shows a thinning parallel to the scleral thinning in highly myopic eyes. Theoretically, one may then even raise the question of whether the myopic enlargement of the posterior segment of the globe is primarily due to scleral changes, or due to changes in Bruch's membrane leading secondarily to a scleral stretching and thinning. Bruch's membrane appears to be stretched in highly myopic eyes and a significant tear or dehiscence may allow for retraction of the edges of the defect. Correspondingly, the ends of Bruch's membrane at the edge of the MBMD were rolled up or folded and the RPE heaped up in some of the eyes. This feature may be due to the elastic properties of Bruch's membrane. One may also wonder whether the MBMDs may be related to the clinical condition of macular intrachoroidal cavitation, which was recently described. 19
Limitations of our study should be mentioned. First, serial sections of the globes were not available and we had at maximum three slides per eye. It was therefore not possible to measure the defect in Bruch's membrane in all directions. It would have been markedly more precise if serial sections had been available. It may, however, be very difficult to find enough highly myopic enucleated eyes for which histological serial sections can be prepared. Although our study can therefore be regarded only as a qualitative investigation, it provides the proof of principle that highly myopic eyes can develop a defect in the macular Bruch's membrane. Additionally, our study showed some semiquantitative associations between myopia-associated changes in the parapapillary region and the presence of a macular Bruch's membrane defect. Second, we did not have fundus photographs, so that a direct clinical-histological correlation was not possible. Third, in a similar manner, it would have been advisable to take photographs of the inside of the eye cup after removal of the anterior segment during the preparation of the globes. It would have made possible a macroscopic-histologic correlation. Fourth, the study included sections of a horizontally orientated, anterior-posterior segment going through the pupil and the optic nerve. Consequently, the sections went through the macular region but not necessarily exactly through the fovea. This disadvantage of the study may, however, been outweighed by the location of the macular lesions in eyes with myopic retinopathy. Because highly myopic lesions can be found in the foveal region as well as in the perifoveal area, the chance to miss such a highly myopic lesion may not profoundly depend on the exact orientation of the histologic slide through the foveola. Fifth, it can be difficult to make out the end of Bruch's membrane by using a light microscopic examination, even if a staining method such as PAS was used to visualize basal membranes like Bruch's membrane. An alternative would have been to examine the slides using transmission electron microscopy. Unfortunately, however, the available study material was not sufficient for such a procedure. Sixth, this was a laboratory-based retrospective study with a high chance of a marked bias due to the selection of patients and eyes. It was, however, not the purpose of our study to assess the prevalence of the MBMDs in the general population but to qualitatively describe their occurrence.
In conclusion, myopic maculopathy in highly myopic eyes with an axial length of 27 mm or longer shows regions with an MBMD associated with a complete loss of RPE and choriocapillaris, and a marked reduction in outer retinal layers and large choroidal vessels. MBMD presence was strongly associated with higher axial length and indirectly with a larger gamma zone and larger delta zone of parapapillary region. Regions with MBMDs will present an absolute scotoma due to the loss RPE cells and photoreceptors. The marked stretching in high myopia may lead to the MBMDs. These secondary defects in Bruch's membrane may develop parallel to the myopia-induced widening of the primary opening in Bruch's membrane around the optic nerve head. The latter process leads to the development and enlargement of gamma zone and delta zone in the parapapillary region.
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Non-violent resistance in Palestine
It is one of the tragedies of the Occupation that Palestinian resistance has always been portrayed as being the work of terrorists. The truth is that most acts of Palestinian resistance have been non-violent. Even the first and second Intifada started as non-violent protests until they were met with great violence from the occupying power.
The following article is from Jeff Cohen compares the Palestinian struggle to the American Civil Rights struggle of the 60’s, and the parallels are significant. The article was published on the Tikkun Daily – one of the sites associated with progressive Rabbi, Michael Lerner.
source: www.tikkun.org…
Non-Violent Palestinian Resistance: Echoes of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
by Jeff Cohen
As I prepared for a grueling fact-finding trip to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank (occupied for 46 years), Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and the Palestinian Authority had agreed to resume peace talks without preconditions.
On the day my delegationflew to the region, Israel announced that it had approved still more housing for Israeli settlers: “Israel has issued tenders for the construction of nearly 1,200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank,” reported London’sFinancial Times, “defying U.S. and Palestinian opposition to expansion of Jewish settlements three days before the scheduled start of peace talks.”
It’s the same old depressing story, with Israel showing little interest in making peace.
So before I turn to what’s surprising and inspiring in the West Bank, let’s acknowledge the bad news: Palestinians are slowly being squeezed out of their homes, deprived of their water and centuries-old olive groves, humiliated on a daily basis by Israeli settlers and the Israeli state in a relentless violation of their human rights that gets worse as much of the world looks away.
But here’s the good news: Across the West Bank, Israel’s occupation has given rise in recent years to a nonviolent “popular resistance” movement that should be an inspiration to people across the globe. This unarmed resistance has persisted in the face of Israeli state violence (aided by U.S.-supplied weapons and tear gas), lengthy jail sentences for nonviolent protesters and widespread detention and abuse of children.
It was fitting to return to the U.S. on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington because Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of militant nonviolence were invoked by Palestinian activists in virtually every village and town I visited as part of the fact-finding delegation.
Like King, leaders of the Palestinian popular resistance – from intellectuals to grassroots villagers who’d been repeatedly jailed – spoke to us about universal human rights, about a human family in which all deserve equal rights regardless of religion or nationality. “We are against the occupation, not against the Jews,” was the refrain among Palestinian activists. “We have many Jews and Israelis who support us.”
It was indeed inspiring to meet several of the brave Israelis who’ve supported the nonviolent resistance, often putting themselves in the frontline of marches (their jail sentences are tiny compared to what’s dished out to Palestinians). They are admittedly a small minority, thoroughly ostracized within Israel – a society that seems as paranoid and militaristic today as our country during the McCarthyite Fifties.
NABI SALEH: In this village near Ramallah that’s being squeezed by settlers, a leader of the local popular resistance waxed poetic about Israelis who’ve supported their struggle: “After we started the popular resistance in 2009, we saw a different kind of Israeli, our partner. We see them as our cousin – a different view than the Israeli as soldier shooting at us, or the settler stealing, or the jailer shutting the cell on us.” The story of Nabi Saleh was compellingly told in an atypical New York Times Magazine article by Ben Ehrenreich, “Is This Where the Third Intifada Will Start?”
“It’s not easy to be nonviolent, but no soldier has been killed by a stone,” said activist leader Manal Tamimi. “We want to show the world we are not terrorists. On CNN, Fox News, we’re just terrorists, suicide bombers. I was in the states; you never hear of settlers attacking Palestinians.”
As we were leaving her house, Manal added: “You need to be our messengers because your tax money is killing us. You are our brothers in humanity, but you are part of the killing.”
Like our 1964 civil rights martyrs in Mississippi – Schwerner, Cheney and Goodman – Nabi Saleh reveres its martyrs:Mustafa Tamimi and Rushdi Tamimi.
BIL’IN: If you saw the Oscar-nominated documentary “5 Broken Cameras,” then you know of the seven-year-long, partly-successful battle by the villagers of Bil’in to drive back Israel’s “separation wall” (aka the Apartheid Wall) – which was positioned to confiscate nearly 60 percent of their land, separating farmers from their fields and olive trees. It’s aninspiring story of courageous nonviolence, with international activists (and Israelis) flocking to Bil’in to support the villagers’ resistance.
“Internationals” who live in the West Bank and put their bodies on the line in support of nonviolent Palestinian struggles remind me of the U.S. students and others who “headed south” in the 1960s to support the civil rights movement.
We stayed overnight in the homes of Bil’in residents. Iyad Burnat, the brother of “5 Broken Cameras” director Emad Burnat, talked with us past midnight about the importance of media coverage, international support, and creative, surprise tactics in a successful nonviolent movement (like using their bodies to close an Israeli “settlers-only” road). “In Bil’in we don’t use stones. The Israeli soldiers use that – kids throwing stones – to attack our people.”
Iyad was one of a dozen Palestinians we met who bristled at their lack of mobility now that their communities are ringed by the wall, settlements, checkpoints and Israeli-only highways. “It’s easier for me to get to the U.S. or the U.K. than to Jerusalem, 25 kilometers away.”
Like our Selma martyrs – Jimmy Lee Jackson, Rev. James Reeb and Viola Liuzzo – Bil’in has its nonviolent martyrs:Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahmah and Jawaher Abu Rahmah.
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Filed under israel and palestine conflict by Father Dave on Sep 5th, 2013. Comment.
Israel with be targeted if the US attacks Syria
Sharmine Narwani is no fool and if she says that Israel will be the target of a Syrian retaliatory strike, I believe her.
It makes me sick to the stomach. That’s not because I consider Israel an innocent party in the Syrian crisis. On the contrary, the ‘rock solid evidence’ that the US claims to have of Assad’s culpability in the chemical weapons attack probably comes from Israel, and the Israeli government has provoked Syria repeatedly this year with acts of aggression. It sickens me simply because this will inevitably lead to massive escalation of the conflict – to a third world war and untold human suffering.
As someone who is considering going to Damascus as a human shield, I appreciate that my chances of surviving the American assault are not great, but my chances of surviving an Israeli assault are close to zero.
Father Dave
with local peace activists in Damascus
source: english.al-akhbar.com…
Yes, Syria and Hezbollah Will Hit Israel if US Strikes
By Sharmine Narwani
Informed insiders have confirmed that Syria and Hezbollah plan to retaliate against Israel in the event of an American-led military attack on Syria. Says one: “if even one US missile hits Syria, we will take this battle to Israel.”
An official who spoke to me on the condition that neither his name or affiliation is published, says the decision to retaliate against Israel “has been taken at the highest levels within the Syrian state and Hezbollah.”
Why attack Israel after a US strike?
“Israel has been itching for a fight since their 2006 defeat by Hezbollah,” explains an observer close to the Lebanese resistance group. “They have led this campaign to draw the US into a confrontation with Syria because they are worried about being left alone in the region to face Iran. This has become an existential issue for them and they are now ‘leading’ from behind America’s skirts.”
The “Resistance Axis” which consists of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and a smattering of other groups, has long viewed attacks on one of their members as an effort to target them all.
And Israeli aggression against this axis reached a new high in 2013, with missile strikes and airstrikes unseen for many years in the Levant.
Israel has reportedly conducted at least three separate, high profile missile strikes against Syria this year, effectively ending a 40-year ceasefire between the neighboring states. The last overt violation of this uneasy truce was in 2007 when the Jewish state destroyed an alleged nuclear site inside Syria.
Then two weeks ago, Israel launched its first airstrike in Lebanon since the 2006 war, bombing a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command (PFLP-GC) target in an entirely unprovoked attack. Earlier, four rockets had been launched into Israel from Lebanese territory, but an unrelated Al Qaeda-linked group took credit for that incident.
When asked whether Syrian allies Russia and Iran would participate in retaliatory strikes against Israel or other targets, the official indicated that both countries would back these efforts, but provided no information on whether this support would include direct military engagement.
The Russians have stated on several occasions that they will not participate in a military confrontation over Syrian strikes. Iran has not offered up any specifics, but various statements from key officials appear to confirm that strikes against Syria will result in a larger regional battle.
On Tuesday during an official visit to Lebanon, Iranian parliamentarian and Chairman of the (Majlis) Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi told reporters: “The first party that will be most affected by an aggression on Syria is the Zionist entity.”
His comments follow a steady stream of warnings by senior Iranian officials, which have escalated in tenor as western threats to attack Syria have intensified.
“The US imagination about limited military intervention in Syria is merely an illusion, as reactions will be coming from beyond Syria’s borders,” said the Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari last Saturday.
Even Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped into the fray, warning the US and its allies: “starting this fire will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and unspecified outcomes and consequences”.
Concurrent with these warnings, both Iran and Russia have been urging the West to avoid further confrontation and return to the negotiating table to resolve Syria’s 29-month conflict. But instead, western officials and diplomats in the Mideast have spent the past few weeks hitting up their regional sources for information on how Syria’s allies will react to a strike.
An unusual visit to Tehran by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman (a former senior US State Department official) was one such “feeler.”
According to several media outlets, the Iranians had a singular response to Feltman’s efforts to gauge their reaction to a US strike: if you are serious about resolving the Syrian crisis, you must first go to Damascus, and follow that by launching negotiations in Geneva.
Gunning for a fight
While Israel plays heavily in the background, by turns provoking and encouraging western military intervention in Syria, it publically denies any role in this business.
Just this week, Israeli President Shimon Peres attempted to distance the Jewish state from events in Syria by insisting: “It is not for Israel to decide on Syria, we are in a unique position, for varying reasons there is a consensus against Israeli involvement. We did not create the Syrian situation.”
He’s right about one thing. Any visible Israeli military intervention in Syria will likely raise the collective ire of Arabs throughout the region. But Peres is being disingenuous in suggesting that Israel hasn’t played a pivotal role in dragging the region to the brink of a dangerous confrontation.
In fact, since its establishment as a state, Israel has possibly never been more motivated to force a military confrontation in the Mideast:
The Arab uprisings, a shift in the global balance of power, increased isolation and the waning influence of Israel’s superpower US ally have all served to remind Israel that it stands increasingly alone in the Mideast in confronting its longtime adversaries – Iran, Hezbollah, Syria and various Palestinian resistance groups.
Before a US exit from the region becomes patently clear to one and all, Israel needs to disarm its foes – and it needs the Americans to do that. For years, the Israeli establishment has regularly threatened military strikes against Iran, in most part attempting to inextricably embroil Washington in this military venture.
Forcing ‘red line’ narratives into western political discourse – whether it be the use of chemical weapons in Syria or a civilian nuclear program in Iran – has become a clever way to commit allies to an Israeli military agenda.
When US President Barack Obama last week appeared to suddenly revise his plans to launch a strike on Syria by deferring the decision to Congress, Israel went into overdrive:
Two Israeli missiles were launched off the Syrian coast in the Mediterranean Sea to raise temperatures again. Whether this was meant to be veiled threat, a provocation, or an attempt to pin the deed on Syrians is unclear. What is certain is this: Russian early radar systems caught the activity and publicized it quickly to ward off misunderstandings that might trigger counter-strikes.
This quick reaction forced Israel – under US cover – to acknowledge it had participated in unannounced ballistic missile tests. The Iranians reacted very skeptically. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi, said the missiles were “a provocative incident” conveniently executed as western nations withdrew from plans to attack Syria, and called Israel “the region’s warmonger.” He further charged: “If the Russians had not traced the missiles and their origin, a Zionist liar would have alleged that they belonged to Syria in a bid to pave the way for breaking out a war in the region.
On an entirely different front, Israel has been amassing its considerable army of US supporters and lobbyists to ensure a compliant Congressional vote on strikes against Syria.
All its heavy hitters have now stepped up to push US lawmakers into backing military intervention, even though polls continue to show the majority of Americans rejecting strikes.
The Israeli lobbying effort has been particularly critical to ensure there is bipartisan consensus and that Obama’s Republican opponents join the bandwagon. To ensure this, the scope of the “surgical strikes” had to be expanded for GOP members opposed to a cursory punitive strike against Syrian government interests.
Key Republicans have since piled on, and already there are soundings of ‘mission creep.’ Obama told lawmakers on Tuesday that his plan “also fits into a broader strategy that can bring about over time the kind of strengthening of the opposition and the diplomatic, economic and political pressure required – so that ultimately we have a transition that can bring peace and stability, not only to Syria but to the region.”
This suddenly sounds remarkably like President George W. Bush’s plans to remake the Middle East. And it is everything Syria and its allies have both feared and suspected from the start.
Existential for you, existential for me
If ever there was a real ‘red line’ in the region, this is it. Any “limited” or “broad” military intervention in Syria is simply unacceptable to Syria, Iran, Russia, Hezbollah, China and a whole host of other nations that want to turn the page on US hegemonic aspirations in the region and beyond.
Washington has miscalculated in thinking that an attack in any shape or form would be palatable to its quite incredulous adversaries. They are all intimately familiar with the slippery slope of American interventionism and its myriad unintended consequences.
Israel, in particular, appears to be victim to a false sense of security. Analysts and commentators there seem to think that the lack of a Syrian military response to recent Israeli missile strikes is a trend likely to continue. Or that Hezbollah and Iran would have no ‘grounds’ to climb aboard a counterattack if Syria were attacked.
But the fact is that, to date, no member of the Resistance Axis has faced a collective western-Israeli-GCC effort to strike a blow at their core. This promised US-plus-allies strike against Syria makes their calculation aneasy one: there is nowhere to go but headfirst into the fracas.
As Israel warplanes pounded Lebanon during the 2006 war, then-US Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice got one thing right. Refusing to call for a ceasefire, Rice explained that battle was sometimes necessary to break free of the status quo and emerge with a new regional order. The carnage, in short, was simply “the birth pangs of a New Middle East” – something to endure in order to reach a desired outcome.
But in 2006, conditions were not yet ripe for an all-out confrontation on multiple fronts. Today’s confrontation, however, has all the ingredients to fundamentally shift the region in a clear new direction, depending on which side emerges victorious.
What Rice did not anticipate seven years ago was that a few thousand Hezbollah fighters could shake the region beyond Lebanon’s small borders in a mere 33 days – simply by emerging from battle with Israel, leadership and capabilities intact.
The US has never predicted outcomes successfully in the Middle East and is unlikely to do so this time given that its strategic and military objectives seem even more muddled than usual. What we do know is that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has promised that the “next battle” will take place inside Israel’s borders and that he will fight proportionately this time – striking Israeli cities when Israel hits Lebanese ones.
On the Syrian front, Israel imagines a war-weary adversary. But the Syrian armed forces have the kinds of conventional weapons and ballistic missiles that can level a town in short shrift – that is not an outcome Israel has the capacity to endure.
In yet another corner is Iran, boasting a rare combination of military manpower, hardware, technology and tactical skills that Israel has never faced in any adversary on the battlefield. Russia looms large too – it may provide military intelligence to its allies or it may just use its clout in the UN Security Council to intervene at opportune moments in the fight. Either way, Moscow is a huge asset for the Resistance Axis – and will be joined by China to coach and calibrate responses to the fighting from the ‘international community.’
Meanwhile, as if unable to stop a ‘war trajectory’ once it starts, the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee has just voted to widen and deepen the scope of a US attack on Syria. The new goal? To “reverse the momentum on the battlefield” against the Syrian army and “hasten Assad’s departure.”
This is no different than Libya, Afghanistan or Iraq. Israelis and Americans need to understand that language and behavior threatening ‘regime-change’ gives their adversaries only one choice: to retaliate withall their capabilities and assets on all fronts. Washington just made this existential. No more games, no more rhetoric. Any strike on Syria will be ‘war on.’ In US military parlance: a ‘full-spectrum operation’ will be heading your way. And you can call it Operation “Tip of the Iceberg” out of sheer accuracy, for a change.
Sharmine Narwani is a commentary writer and political analyst covering the Middle East. You can follow Sharmine on twitter@snarwani
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Filed under Israel and Palestine by Father Dave on Sep 7th, 2013. Comment.
As the peace process crashes and burns, so Israel isolates itself even further from the international community!
As the ‘peace process’ crashes and burns (see here), so Israel simultaneously isolates itself even further from the international community through further acts of aggression towards a seemingly insignificant group of shepherds!
What follows is a press release from Gush Shalom – the Israeli ‘Peace Bloc’.
source: zope.gush-shalom.org…
The passion for destroying small villages ended up causing a diplomatic incident
Israeli soldiers resorted to violence against diplomats from France and other European countries on their way to give humanitarian aid to inhabitants of a village destroyed by the IDF. Quite embarassing, just a few days after the government made a desperate plea to the European Union to relax its new guidelines , excluding Israeli organizations active in the Occupied Territories from getting European grants.
Already for many years, the occupation authorities implement the most brutal policy precisely against the smallest and weakest of the Palestinian communities. Poor shepherds who live in miserable huts or in caves, at the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills. They want nothing but to be left alone to live their life of poverty, but the State of Israel is sending soldiers and police and bulldozers to demolish their homes and leave them without a roof over their heads. .
Those who implement this cruel policy have the illusion that no one notices and no one cares what happens in remote, out of the way spots. When the tiny village called Khirbet Makhoul was destroyed and its residents left destitute and homeless , the world did hear about it. Immediately there arrived a Red Cross delegation and after them, representatives of the European Union – from France , the UK , Spain , Ireland and also from Australia – to support the residents and bring them tents and emergency supplies. This was a clear humanitarian duty , understandable to all . Understandable to all except those who run the occupation policy, people who seem to have long since lost any vestige of moral sensitivity .
Contact: Adam Keller adam@gush-shalom.org…
Tags: European Union, israel, israel and palestine conflict, occupation, peace, peace process, process.
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PA Ed Policy Roundup for February 28, 2014: Pennsylvania official hears calls for tougher charter school scrutiny
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Watch this weekend’s Network for Public Education Conference Livestreamed
The Network for Public Education national conference will meet in Austin, Texas, on Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2.
http://dianeravitch.net/2014/02/27/watch-the-network-for-public-education-conference-livestreamed/
Pennsylvania Education Policy Roundup for February 28, 2014:
Pennsylvania official hears calls for tougher charter school scrutiny
“After the first two hearings, DePasquale said his takeaway is a need for more consistent accountability for charter schools. They go through a rigorous charter authorization and then operate with little transparency until their renewal in five years, he said.”
At Easton hearing, Pennsylvania official hears calls for tougher charter school scrutiny
By Sara K. Satullo | The Express-Times on February 27, 2014 at 5:26 PM
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is done waiting for Harrisburg to tackle charter school reform. DePasquale was in Easton today, holding his second of five hearings across the state. He is seeking input to find ways to improve charter school accountability, transparency and effectiveness. All of the testimony will be packaged into a report filled with recommendations that DePasquale expects to release in mid-April.
Charter schools were created to innovate outside of the constraints of the traditional public school system. The schools are funded by taxes and authorized by local school districts under current state law, which aims to encourage competition and collaboration between public and charter schools. "That's clearly not happening," DePasquale said about collaboration in particular, following today's hearing that lasted a little more than two hours.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2014/02/pennsylvania_auditor_general_c.html#incart_river
“Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state's Office of Open Records, testified that charter schools are the state's top violator of the Right to Know law, which grants residents access to public documents. Of appeals that have come before her office involving charter schools, the charter school completely ignored the request in 88 percent of the cases, Mutchler said. "I don't believe I can stand here … and say that they in good faith are attempting to comply with the Right to Know law," Mutchler said.”
School officials discuss charter problems with auditor general
At Easton forum, officials discuss ways to improve schools' effectiveness.
By Adam Clark, Of The Morning Call 10:12 p.m. EST, February 27, 2014
By the letter and spirit of the law, Pennsylvania charter schools are intended to work in collaboration with school districts, experimenting with new ideas and sharing innovative concepts that are proven to produce positive results. But as Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale was told Thursday at Easton City Hall, the law and reality are not one and the same.
In a meeting hosted by DePasquale to discuss how to improve the accountability, effectiveness and transparency of charter schools, local school officials described charter schools as competitors aggressively recruiting students while spending taxpayer money with little to no oversight.
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-pa-auditor-general-charter-schools-20140227,0,2812336.story#ixzz2ucDhYvrt
Possible Roadmap for Fixing Pa.'s Public Education Funding
Rhonda Brownstein, The Legal Intelligencer February 24, 2014
Earlier this month, 15 parents from throughout New York state, along with a coalition of statewide education groups, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's public school students, charging that the state is neglecting its constitutional obligation to ensure that every school has sufficient funding to provide all students a meaningful educational opportunity.
The suit, titled New Yorkers for Students' Educational Rights v. the State of New York, No. 14 (Feb. 10, 2014), is being led by Michael A. Rebell, who successfully litigated the Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. the State of New York, 2003 NY Int. 84 (June 26, 2003), case. Last month, the Washington Supreme Court ordered the state to submit, no later than April 30, "a complete plan for fully implementing its program of basic education for each school year between now and the 2017-2018 school year." The recent ruling was based on the court's 2012 decision inMcCleary v. State, No. 84362-7, which held that Washington was in violation of the state constitution because it had not provided "ample" funding for the basic education to which all students are entitled.
And in December 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the state's attempt to dismiss a longstanding education funding adequacy case, Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell, 295 Conn. 240 (March 10, 2010). The court ruled that the constitutionality of the state's education system must be determined at trial.
These recent rulings may provide a roadmap for where Pennsylvania is headed in its quest for education funding equity and adequacy.
Read more: http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com/id=1202644146911/Possible-Roadmap-for-Fixing-Pa.%27s-Public-Education-Funding#ixzz2uYtIPMxD
From the rural 'T', a public school funding SOS: Priya Abraham
PennLive Opinion by Priya Abraham on February 27, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Priya Abraham is a senior policy analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg.
The message—really an SOS—about public school funding came from rural Tioga County, but it’s one most Pennsylvanians have grown used to hearing. “We are in a much, much more difficult situation than we were five or six years ago,” a teacher wrote to the Commonwealth Foundation where I work. “We have had to cut staff, programs and even close schools in our district just to stay afloat. We have never been able to offer many extras in our curriculum due to the size of our school and minimal tax base, but now we are down to the bare essentials,” the teacher wrote.
http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/from_the_rural_t_a_public_scho.html
“The representatives re-litigated the most popular arguments of the last four years: If Corbett did or did not cut $1 billion from education, if the state should have a severance tax for natural gas drilling, if the state could afford to cut corporate taxes, if the state could afford to not cut corporate taxes, if pension payments should count as education funding, if the state should or should not expand Medicaid.”
Reps from both sides of the aisle try out campaign lines during Zogby's House budget hearing
By Jeff Frantz | jfrantz@pennlive.com on February 27, 2014 at 4:54 PM
State Rep. Steven Santarsiero had left his line of inquiry behind long ago, and Bill Adolph was growing weary. Budget Secretary Charles Zogby had been at the table before Adolph's House Appropriation's Committee for nearly an hour, and the representatives had almost all gone on like this. Finally Santarsiero, a Bucks County Democrat, wound down with a comment on governors signing budgets, "To your point earlier, I'd rather be late with Ed than on time with Tom."
Adolph, a Delaware County Republican, is a patient chairman. Unlike his Senate counterpart Jake Corman, Adolph doesn't keep a set of lights on the dais to tell members they are out of time. In three weeks of budget hearings, Adolph has rarely jumped in. But Thursday, he had enough.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/tom_corbett_pennsylvania_budge_1.html
Allentown School Board rejects two proposed charters
Allentown School Board: Applicants' plans fall short.
The Allentown School Board rejected two proposed charter schools Thursday, saying neither application had a strong enough curriculum to pass muster under charter school law.
The board voted 8-1 to deny the Executive Academy Charter School and 8-0 with one abstention to reject the LVenture Charter School. Supporters of both schools said they will continue to pursue their plans. "Completely shocked," said Bob Lysek, who would have been the chief executive officer of the Executive Academy Charter School. "Curriculum was the last thing I was really worried about."
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-charter-schools-vote-20140227,0,1632810.story#ixzz2ucEjR26X
LTE: Taxpayers used as ATMs for schools
Lancaster Online Letter by Brian Smith Friday, February 28, 2014 4:30 am
It appears the School District of Lancaster is going to petition the state for a tax increase above the maximum allowable amount. After reading Stacey Marten’s article Sunday, I realized the school district’s solution to budget shortfalls is to ask homeowners and taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets again this year. While I’m sure everyone wants the best education available for their children and the hardworking educators to be well paid, there reaches a limit to the financial pressures put on SDL residents.
http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/taxpayers-used-as-atms-for-schools/article_6d702e4e-9ff8-11e3-831c-0017a43b2370.html
LTE: Excessive testing
Post-Gazette Letter by JON PARKER February 27, 2014 7:10 PM
The writer is a Pittsburgh Public Schools teacher and member of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers.
This year as we debate whether Pittsburgh Public Schools’ “failures” are the fault of parents, teachers, administrators, board members, community groups or the bogeyman, our students from K-12 will sit for a sum total of 281 standardized tests. Can we at least agree that it would be best for all of us if we taught more and tested less? As much as I long for the summer, checking the temperature 281 times tomorrow won’t do anything to hasten its arrival.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2014/02/28/Excessive-testing/stories/201402280031#ixzz2ucBuZLc6
Sanchez bill seeks new school Philly funding formula
Philly.com PhillyClout blog by Jenny DeHuff THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014, 1:25 PM
In another effort to pull the beleaguered School District of Philadelphia out of its fiscal slump, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez introduced a bill today that funnels a greater percentage of property taxes from the city to the school district. As it stands, about 45 percent of property tax revenues go to city coffers, while the remaining 55 percent are dedicated to the school district. Sanchez’s bill would tip the scales so that 40 percent goes to the city and 60 percent to the school district. The councilwoman claims that the shift could mean at least $50 million more in school funding without affecting tax rates.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/Sanchez-bill-seeks-new-school-funding-formula.html#1VkdaDUC3xVdwiik.99
Delco arts group hopes to influence politicians
Philly.com LAST UPDATED: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 1:08 AM
Arts group hopes to influence politicians
UPPER DARBY A group that fought to maintain funding for arts programs at Upper Darby High School in 2012 is looking to broaden its influence. Save Upper Darby Arts launched a PAC on Monday, and plans to support candidates for state office who will fight for equitable funding of public schools. Save Upper Darby Arts founder Colleen Kennedy said the group wanted to direct its focus beyond a single school budget and the "token response" that Upper Darby education advocates received from lawmakers in 2012. Kennedy said the PAC has supporters who are parents, former teachers and students. She hopes to raise more than $20,000 for the primary election in May, and more for the general election in November.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20140225_Delco_arts_group_hopes_to_influence_politicians.html#iaCRGrAckdOYHXuq.99
“How'd he do it? A wise Philadelphia politician named Ozzie Myers said it best: "Money talks, bulll(bleep) walks." Wolf's wall-to-wall TV advertising has been funded with $10 million of his own money and more than $3 million he's raised from others.”
Pa.'s TV-addled voters cry, 'Wolf!'
Philly Daily News Attytood Blog by Will Bunch THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014, 7:31 PM
If the election for Pennsylvania governor were held today...that would be really weird, as it's a Thursday in late February. But if that did happen, a guy that many of you never heard of a few weeks ago -- Central Pennsylvania businessman and former state revenue commissioner Tom Wolf -- would certainly be elected the state's 47th governor. Look at the polls that came out this week. The once little-known Wolf is obliterating his seven (at least it was seven the last time I checked five minutes ago, it's probably changed once or twice since then) Democratic primary rivals, and then in a head-to-head match up with Unpopular Republican Governor (his official title, apparently) Tom Corbett, he's winning by nearly 20 points.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Wolf-at-the-door.html#D2PKjWXyy41x7qRJ.99
Pennsylvania Department of Education’s School Performance Profile (SPP), in December 2013, reported that all 14 cyber charter schools scored among the lowest schools in the state.
Boyertown School District Flyer
None of the cyber charter schools met or exceeded the average performance of Pennsylvania’s public and charter schools.
http://www.boyertownasd.org/cms/lib07/PA01916192/Centricity/Domain/1110/PA_PerformanceFlyer_010214_Boyertown.pdf
Pennsylvania districts grapple with loss of federal funding for special education services
NSBA Legal Clips February 27, 2014
According to The Times Leader, school districts throughout Pennsylvania are experiencing drastic reductions in the amount of federal money they receive for special education funding. It’s a case of a federal money being cut while the federal mandate the money helps fund remains.
In a recent webinar hosted by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, state Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq blamed two federal changes in how Medicaid money can be used in schools, calling it “a perfect storm.” The changes are choking off money from Medical Assistance at two points, hitting districts with reductions that have run close to 90 percent in some cases.
- See more at: http://legalclips.nsba.org/2014/02/27/pennsylvania-districts-grapple-with-loss-of-federal-funding-for-special-education-services/?utm_source=NSBA+e-Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fb7a19b571-Legal+Clips+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_498fb22860-fb7a19b571-309569333#sthash.veCvErwJ.dpuf
“The school district and the state are obligated to ensure that kids with disabilities receive appropriate services, and there's nothing in the federal law — in the federal IDEA — that says, 'P.S. Except we don't have money this year.' It's not in there," she said. If the Philadelphia School District doesn't have enough money to provide services, Kerr says, then it "needs to step up to the plate and say that to the governor, and say that publicly."
Special-education caseloads at Philly high school exceed legal limits, pushing teachers to quit
WHYY Newsworks BY KEVIN MCCORRY FEBRUARY 27, 2014
This is a story about how the system crushes your soul.
Emotional-support teacher Danyell Dahn came to the Philadelphia school district four years ago from Bloomington, Indiana, eager to devote herself to the city's most vulnerable students.
She arrived at Center City's Ben Franklin High School with a mix of idealism and determination — certain that she could help kids overcome big problems by taking time to get to know them, talking honestly and building rapport.
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/65349-special-education-caseloads-at-philly-high-school-exceed-legal-limits-pushing-teachers-to-quit?linktype=hp_topstory
AFT, Advocacy Group Want More Accountability for Charters
The American Federation of Teachers and In the Public Interest claim some for-profit charter school operators aren't held to the same accountability standards as public schools.
US News and World Report By Allie Bidwell Feb. 26, 20144 Comments SHARE
Charter schools were created to serve as incubators of good practice, and have the freedom to operate independently with public funds, assuming they meet certain accountability standards. But the rapid expansion of charter schools throughout the country has some worried that they lack critical elements of transparency, accountability and quality, according to a new collaboration between the American Federation of Teachers and advocacy group In the Public Interest.
Cashing in on Kids, as the venture is called, looks into concerns that have been raised with five different for-profit charter school operators: K12 Inc., Academics, Imagine Schools, Charter Schools USA and White Hat Management. The group claims the operators do a poor job of serving students and taxpayers, and that private interests have trumped the public good.
"This is a simple exercise of following the money," says Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, one of the nation's two largest teachers unions. "How many times do people simply get up on a pedestal and say we care about kids, and then you realize that they care about profits, they care about tax deductions, they care about privatizing the public system?"
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/02/26/teachers-union-advocacy-group-call-for-more-charter-school-accountability
Twitter handle is @CashingInOnKids
Cashing in on Kids
The Facts About For-Profit Education in America
http://cashinginonkids.com/
Why preschool critics are wrong
Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog BY VALERIE STRAUSS February 28 at 5:00 am
W. Steven Barnett is the director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University and he is annoyed. At what? People who keep arguing that preschool has not lasting benefits — despite evidence to the contrary. In this post he takes on the critics and their interpretation of the research.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/28/why-preschool-critics-are-wrong/
Major NY Charter School Chain To Lose Space Under New De Blasio Plan
By Joy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 02/27/2014 1:38 pm EST
NEW YORK -- Mayor Bill de Blasio is pulling back the space-sharing arrangements for nine schools, including three charter schools that are part of Success Academy, a high-profile school chain whose leader has been a frequent de Blasio target, the administration announced Tuesday.
De Blasio made the announcement official through a Department of Education memo after The Huffington Post first reported the news. According to the memo, de Blasio green-lighted most of the 49 space-sharing proposals for the new school year, including those for four Success Academy schools. The administration said it would provide alternative locations for those schools whose plans were withdrawn, and it plans to hold community meetings in the neighborhoods where space-sharing arrangements will proceed. The administration deferred on deciding of the fates of four schools that are supposed to open in fall 2015.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/27/bill-de-blasio-charter_n_4867779.html?&ir=Education&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000023
NSBA’s President discusses school board advocacy on Education Talk Radio
NSBA School Board News Today by Alexis Rice February 26th, 2014
David A. Pickler, President of the National School Boards Association and member of Tennessee’s Shelby County Board of Education, was a guest on Education Talk Radio earlier this week. Pickler discussed school board advocacy and his experiences from traveling across the country meeting school board leaders.
Listen to the interview (runtime 40:44):
http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2014/02/nsbas-president-discusses-school-board-advocacy-on-education-talk-radio/
High Quality Pre-K: Families Need it, Voters Want it – County Meetings
PCCY February 21, 2014
Only 16% of children in southeastern Pennsylvania have access to publicly funded high quality early learning programs. Statewide analysis from Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children echoes the findings of PCCY’s Bottom Line Report on Early Care and Education that shows access to high quality early learning programs remains out of reach for many children and working families. A recent poll of likely voters finds 63% of Pennsylvania voters support investing more public funds in high quality pre-k, even 58% say they are willing to pay higher taxes to pay for it. With proven research and strong voter support, the Pre-K for PA campaign is working to make sure that every candidate running for office in Pennsylvania sees the political wisdom and social benefits of making access to high quality preschool a top priority in their campaign. YOU can help build momentum for making Pre-K a defining issue in the 2014 elections, join the Pre-K for PA campaign.
Help This Campaign Succeed. Join the County Organizing Meetings:
Montgomery County Weds. March 5 at Montgomery County Community College
http://prekforpa.org/montco.html
Workshop: For the Love of Schools: Be a Public Education Advocate
Join us in Philly at Arch St. United Methodist Thursday, Feb 27, 6-8 pm OR Saturday March 1, 10 am - 2 pm in the chapel of the church.
Public Citizens for Children and Youth and Education Voters PA is offering two duplicate workshops designed to support parents, community members, and advocates in their efforts to improve public education. The workshop will provide leaders with information on the state of public education funding in our region and what they can do to get involved. Participants will learn advocacy best practices and develop individualized action plans.
Participants should enter through the door on Broad St.
This event is free and open to the public.. Childcare and light refreshments will be provided.
Register Now! EPLC’s 2014 Education Issues Workshops for Legislative Candidates, Campaign Staff, and Interested Voters
EPLC’s Education Issue Workshops Register Now! – Space is Limited!
A Non-Partisan One-Day Program for Pennsylvania Legislative Candidates, Campaign Staff and Interested Voters
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Monroeville, PA
Thursday, March 27, 2014 in Philadelphia,PA
http://www.eplc.org/2014/01/register-now-eplcs-education-issues-workshop-for-legislative-candidates-campaign-staff-and-interested-voters/
Auditor General DePasquale to Hold Public Meetings on Ways to Improve Charter Schools
Seeks to find ways to improve accountability, effectiveness, transparency
The public meetings will be held:
Cambria County: 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 6, Commissioners Meeting Room, Cambria County Court House, 200 South Center St., Ebensburg
Bucks County: 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, March 7, Township of Falls Administrative Building, Suite 100, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills
NEW: Philadelphia: 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, March 14, City Council Chambers, Room 400, City Hall
Time is limited to two hours for each meeting. Comments can be submitted in writing by Wednesday, Feb. 19, via email to Susan Woods at: swoods@auditorgen.state.pa.us.
http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Department/Press/PRPublicMeetings01152014.html
2014 PA Gubernatorial Candidate Plans for Education and Arts/Culture in PA
Education Policy and Leadership Center
Below is an alphabetical list of the 2014 Gubernatorial Candidates and links to information about their plans, if elected, for education and arts/culture in Pennsylvania. This list will be updated, as more information becomes available.
http://www.eplc.org/2014-gubernatorial-candidate-plans-for-education-and-artsculture-in-pa/
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Labels: Advocacy, Charter Schools, Cyber Schools, Early Education, PA Politics, School Funding/Budgets, Special Education
PA Ed Policy Roundup for February 27, 2014: The most disappointing thing about the Common Core nationwide is that it has never walked itself down to a basic public school in D.C., Detroit, New York or Philadelphia.
The most disappointing thing about the Common Core nationwide is that it has never walked itself down to a basic public school in D.C., Detroit, New York or Philadelphia.
“There’s a massive disconnect between what people at the national level want to tout and the reality on the ground,” Gym said. “The most disappointing thing about the Common Core nationwide is that it has never walked itself down to a basic public school in D.C., Detroit, New York or Philadelphia.”
In Philadelphia schools, national standards clash with local realities
Recently adopted education standards are a nonstarter for Philadelphia schools
Daily Pennsylvanian By LIANNA SERKO · February 25, 2014, 5:44 pm
This past fall, Sayre High School students in a program called “Leaders of Change” examined how Philadelphia and state schools function and came to a stark conclusion: Their school system is failing them. The theme that emerged, College sophomore and program volunteer Filippo Bulgarelli said, was that the students - all more involved and high-achieving than the average Sayre student - knew that something was wrong with their school, but didn’t know how it was being addressed. Bulgarelli said the students saw the problems first-hand: lack of academic opportunities and overworked teachers - not to mention the poor conditions that permeate the city’s schools. These issues plague public schools in cities and rural areas throughout much of the nation, and Philadelphia is no exception. Nationally, a movement has developed to impose uniform educational standards on public schools. In summer 2010, Pennsylvania adopted the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which seeks to set national academic benchmarks. The Philadelphia School District is implementing the standards for the first time this school year.
But with the reality of a funding crisis in the school district, some experts decry the assertion that the Common Core is of any true consequence in the city’s public schools.
http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/02/national-standards-not-enough-for-phila-schools
“The question is plain: Do a majority of our government officials want to be part of the problem or do they want to be part of the solution?”
Corbett's budget plan would repeat past pension mistakes: Don Bell
PennLive Op-Ed By Don Bell on February 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM
Don Bell is the Superintendent of Schools in the Northern Lebanon School District.
I have had many conversations about the Commonwealth’s pension system and all those conversations seem to end in...“How did we get here and who is at fault?" We all know, or can easily find out, the governor, legislators, and cabinet personnel who were in place when the perfect pension storm happened and who is at fault. However, blaming others has never and will never solve our financial challenges. We also know how we got here.
In fact, there is a mathematical equation for the pension debacle we have been facing: Increased salaries + increased benefits - decreased investment income = the perfect pension storm.
Therefore, the most constructive conversation we can have and more importantly the action that must be taken at this point is to understand what went wrong, fix the problem and never repeat it again. Unfortunately, Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2014-15 budget is looking to repeat the past again by underfunding the program and kicking the funding can down the road.
http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/corbetts_budget_plan_would_rep.html
“A Quinnipiac University poll, also released today, bolstered that claim, with Wolf posting the greatest margin of victory over Corbett from the Democratic field.
Wolf would defeat Corbett 52-33 percent, according to the poll.”
Wolf posts double-digit leads over Corbett and Democratic gubernatorial field
By Robert J. Vickers | rvickers@pennlive.com on February 26, 2014 at 7:37 AM
Two new polls place York County businessman Tom Wolf firmly at the head of the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial pack and besting incumbent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in a head-to-head faceoff. Wolf, a former state revenue secretary, now leads a field of seven Democratic hopefuls, according a poll released Wednesday by Franklin & Marshall College. The F&M poll, which did not include underdog Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz and recently entered former state Auditor General Jack Wagner, found Wolf drawing 36 percent support.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/wolf_posts_double-digit_lead_o.html
“The suburban seats in play include the 6th District seat held by long-serving Sen. Robert M. “Tommy” Tomlinson of Bucks County and the Delaware County-based 26th District seat being vacated by Republican Edwin “Ted” Erickson.”
Always a battleground, Senate Dems eye the Philly 'burbs in 2014: Politics as Usual
By John L. Micek | jmicek@pennlive.com on February 25, 2014 at 1:22 PM
As they look to further narrow a 26-23 (with one vacancy) in the 50-member Senate, Pennsylvania Democrats are training their eyes on the purple to blue Philadelphia suburbs this campaign season. "We feel that we have an excellent chance this year of picking up more seats. We picked up three seats in 2012 -- including mine," state Sen. Rob Teplitz, D-Dauphin, a co-chair of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, said during a live broadcast of "Politics as Usual" on Tuesday. "We have opportunities this year to pick up more seats and also pick up enough seats to get into the majority."
http://blog.pennlive.com/capitol-notebook/2014/02/always_a_battleground_senate_d.html#incart_river
Appeals court reverses decision to shut down Pocono Mountain Charter School
Panel finds charter school appeal board erred in considering auditor general's report, orders new decision
By Peter Hall, Of The Morning Call 5:26 p.m. EST, February 26, 2014
An embattled Monroe County charter school has successfully challenged a decision by state officials that would have forced it to close its doors by the end of the school year. But officials in the Pocono Mountain School District say they're confident the school board's 2010 decision to revoke the charter of Pocono Mountain Charter School will again be upheld when the state revisits the case later this year. In a 39-page decision Wednesday, a Commonwealth Court panel found the state Charter School Appeal Board made a procedural error when it reopened Pocono Mountain School District's case against Pocono Mountain Charter School to hear additional evidence.
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pocono-mountain-charter-school-restored-20140226,0,7452596.story#ixzz2uTMCTXJ6
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Plum School Board member attends education conference
Plum Advance Leader By Karen Zapf Published: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, 9:00 p.m.
Joe Tommarello has more than a passing interest in how government works.
Tommarello, 21, is vice president of the Plum School Board. He also is studying political science at the University of Pittsburgh and aspires to be a lawyer. The youngest member of the Plum School Board earlier this month got to interact with government leaders in Washington, D.C., when he participated in the National School Boards Advisory Institute.
Tommarello, who last year was appointed to the National School Boards Association Federal Relations Network joined more than 700 members of school boards across the country from Feb. 2 to 4 to advocate on behalf of public education at the federal level.
Read more: http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourplum/yourplummore/5598145-74/tommarello-board-plum#ixzz2uTFKHkun
Letters: Hite's Action Plan: Here's the reality
Philly.com LTE by Karel Kilimnik POSTED: Thursday, February 27, 2014, 3:01 AM
ALL THIS hoopla around Dr. Hite's latest plan for our school district needs some perspective.
Talk to any educator and ask what is needed, for instance, to achieve "all 8 year olds reading on grade level." As a retired kindergarten teacher, let me describe working conditions so you have an idea of what our children have to contend with when they enter kindergarten.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20140227_Letters__Hite_s_Action_Plan__Here_s_the_reality.html#JsGsIHMtLJWJ4Yrr.99
Letters: Why don't teachers have role in Action Plan 2.0?
Philly.com LTE by Kristin R. Luebbert POSTED: Thursday, February 27, 2014, 3:01 AM
THE NEW Action Plan 2.0, presented by Superintendent William Hite at last week's School Reform Commission meeting, contains some worthy goals. As the Daily News points out in its Feb. 18 editorial, no one can argue with the goal of having a great school for each and every child in Philadelphia to attend. The teachers and professional school staff in Philadelphia work to make this a reality every day. However, there are some profound disconnects in the plan about how teachers and other school staff can work with the administration to reach that goal. The Action Plan states that its major goals are to "strengthen neighborhood schools" and "create and launch new, evidence-based school models." It is disappointing that Dr. Hite's plan was formulated without any meaningful contribution from the people who know best what has worked in Philadelphia's classrooms, and what has not.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20140227_Why_don_t_teachers_have_role_in_Action_Plan_2_0_.html#xHHqfyPtDPg4CTEU.99
States Found to Lag in Linking Data on Early-Childhood Programs
Key information often siloed, report finds
Education Week By Julie Blair Published Online: February 25, 2014
Only one state—Pennsylvania—collects and then cross-references data from five major early-childhood-education programs and makes the information available to authorized users through its own K-12 data system, a new survey finds. But many other states are working to put similar plans in place or are aiming to connect early-childhood education, health, or social-service records to K-12 school databases. Moreover, states should make coordinating all education, health, and social service program data a top priority, according to the report issued by the Bethesda, Md.-based Early Childhood Data Collaborative, an umbrella group advocating for the better...
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/02/26/22data.h33.html
Maine Considers Ban on Virtual Schools, in Favor of Statewide Program
Education Week Digital education Blog By Lucija Millonig on February 26, 2014 3:00 PM
By guest blogger Lucjia Millonig
A proposal moving through Maine's statehouse would put a moratorium on virtual charter schools, while also laying the groundwork for the creation of a new cyber program open to students across the state. Republican state Senator Brian Langley of Ellsworth is spearheading the measure, saying that it will promote the efficient use of state funding in supporting online learning. The proposal was approved by the state's House of Representatives this week, though it has yet to pass the state Senate.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/02/maine_to_vote_on_cyber_academy_bill_can_lead_to_virtual_charter_school_moratorium.html
Partisan Split on Common Core Evident in Congress
Education Week By Alyson Klein Published Online: February 25, 2014
A spate of Republican-sponsored legislation on Capitol Hill makes clear that the partisan edge to criticism of the common-core academic standards isn't restricted to state legislatures.
Some GOP lawmakers—including members who are up for re-election or seeking higher office—have introduced bills that would admonish the Obama administration for its role in bolstering the Common Core State Standards and, in some cases, bar federal use of competitive grants or regulatory flexibility to encourage their adoption.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/02/26/22backlash_ep.h33.html?tkn=RRZFxOSIY%2B1TgmVHZYb61ZRgx5wuswtuUI2%2F&cmp=clp-edweek
Educator Sal Khan receives prestigious Heinz Award
NSBA School Board News Today by Lawrence Hardy February 26th, 2014
Sal Khan, founder of the not-for-profit Khan Academy and the first celebrity advocate for NSBA’s national “Stand Up 4 Public Schools”campaign, has been named one of five recipients of the 19th annual Heinz Awards. The awards, administered by the Heinz Family Foundation, were established in 1993 by Teresa Heinz to honor the work of her late husband U. S. Sen. John Heinz. Khan is one of three celebrity spokesmen in NSBA’s national public advocacy campaign, Stand Up 4 Public Schools, where he will be joined by basketball legend and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson and talk show host and celebrity spokesperson Montel Williams.
http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2014/02/educator-sal-khan-receives-prestigious-heinz-award/
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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it
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Red Rag column: Holocaust-denial, settler style
By: Gideon Spiro
18 February 2015 (English translation 28 February 2015)
Holocaust-denial, settler-style
An outcry in Israel. A group calling itself the “Samaria Settlers’ Committee”,
based in the Occupied Territories, has produced a video comparing the Left and
human rights organizations in Israel to a bunch of Nazis, allies of the Nazi
organ Der St�rmer, who receive their budgets from the worst of the
antisemites with the objective of slandering Israel. [1]
The gatekeepers immediately raised a hue and cry that the video is incitement
to murder, that the lessons of the Rabin assassination have not been learned
and that it is forbidden to compare anything to the Holocaust. Sorry, I do not
share this view. The Holocaust was not a cosmic event in outer space but a
political event here on our own planet Earth and we must learn from it and
draw from it political conclusions, and the conclusions will never be
homogenous. Comparisons should be made where the writer feels they are
relevant, and we must hope that they will be based on reliable and provable
The words of retired Supreme Court Judge Edna Arbel, who has had some moments
of enlightenment, are apt in this context: “It would not be appropriate to
promulgate a general rule according to which certain oral or written
statements have no place in the public discourse and the use of which is
effectively forbidden. Such a rule in a democratic state cannot live alongside
the value of freedom of expression.”
She added that “a blanket ban on making any comparison or allusion to the Nazi
regime and the Nazi ideology raises another difficulty, which the respondents
mention in their submissions. The rise to power of the National-Socialist
movement in Germany, the Nazi regime and the its ideology, the Jewish
Holocaust and other events related to the period of the Second World War and
the period that preceded it are all subjects that have highly significant
historical social, political and other aspects. It is a phenomenon that has
been – and we must hope that it will remain – unique.” (Civil Appeal 2572/04).
Once and for all we must do away with the myth that Rabin was assassinated
because an image of him in an SS uniform was displayed at right-wing
demonstrations. That myth has taken root in Israel, but the truth is that
Rabin was assassinated because influential rabbis issued a din rodef
against him, which is a death-sentence. [2] The assassin translated their
ruling into action. He pulled the trigger but it was not he who decided on the
murder. The Israeli government, not of the Likud but of the Labour Party,
decided to excuse the rabbinical murderers from standing trial, unlike the
standard procedure where Palestinians are concerned. There, the whole cell is
held responsible: the one who pulled the trigger, those who sent him, those
who planned it, the driver and the imam who gave the authorization in
religious law – all of them are charged with murder, convicted and sent to
prison for life. The rabbis of the Occupied Territories received exemption
from responsibility even though they were the predominant component in the
murder cell. [3]
Back to the video: the settlers are worried. They hear and read experts and
academics, including experts on the history of Germany, pointing to lines of
similarity and overlap between the Nazi ideology and that of the settlers. The
uprooting of thousands of olive trees and the burning of mosques and holy
books is essentially no different the Krystallnacht pogroms that were
accompanied by burning synagogues, books and the plunder of Jewish property.
In their distress the settlers decided that the human rights organizations and
all their members and activists in Israel are “Nazi organizations”, allies of
the Nazi German media flagship Der St�rmer. Nazi Germany thereby gets a
whitewashing, for if human rights organizations like Physicians for Human
Rights, which struggles for the right of all people everywhere to equal
medical care, B’Tselem, which exposes human rights violations and war crimes,
the Yesh Gvul movement, whose members refuse to serve in the army that rules
over another people, the women of Machsom Watch, whose members act to protect
the human dignity of the occupied population and prevent abuse of by the
occupier – if those organizations and many others enjoy the support of Der
St�rmer as the settlers claim, then they are presenting Nazi Germany in a
new light: as a liberal and humane state that respects human rights activists.
From there the path to Holocaust-denial is a short one, for it does not stand
to reason that a tolerant state like Nazi Germany would commit genocide.
That same twisted, some would say pathological, settler logic also applies to
the issue of donations and grants from the European Union to human-rights
organizations. The settler video calls the leaders of the European Union the
biggest antisemites. The leaders of the European Union, which constitutes the
main market for Israeli exports, which channels billions in economic aid to
Israel, which supplies Israel with super-modern arms and bestows generous
research grants on Israeli institutions of higher education, are condemned as
the worst of the antisemites because a small trickle from those billions that
flow to Israel filters down to human-rights organizations. This confirms what
was already known: that the settlements are a hothouse for institutional
madness. In the deranged reality that the settlers have created for
themselves, the casino magnates and pimps who send vast sums to the settlers
are the righteous of the world.
The settler video is a stage in the terror campaign that is being conducted
against human-rights activists with the support of the Netanyahu government.
Our response should be to adopt the motto from Rabbi Nachman’s famous poem:
not to be afraid at all, to continue to expose the dangers inherent in the
settler movement and the government that supports it and to make the
appropriate comparisons in the relevant contexts. In the medium or long run
they will be overthrown, just as Nazi Germany was defeated, just as Franco’s
Spain was brought down, just as the dictator Salazar’s fascist Portugal was
laid low, as Apartheid in South Africa was defeated and the military dictators
in South America fell one by one. Sooner or later – in any case before the
coming of the Messiah – that will also be fate of the state of the settlers.
It will be defeated and eliminated in any future solution, whether one state
or two states. The reserves in the Holocaust Bank are depleting, and when the
balance-sheet shows zero Israel will begin to receive the treatment it
deserves as a recalcitrant state. Just have patience, my friends, hopefully
accompanied by mobilization for the struggle, which will hasten the arrival of
the turning-point.
Medal inflation
Operation “Solid Cliff” (called “Protective Edge” in English) was a conflict
between the Israeli Goliath, armed with the most modern weapons, who invaded
the territory of his neighbour and pounded it cruelly great from land, sea and
air. Israel used everything except nuclear weapons. Facing Israel stood the
Palestinian David, part army, part militia, armed by with primitive weapons.
To its rear, two million hungry, unemployed and humiliated people.
After fifty days in Gaza, with heavy bombardment of a civilian population that
generated hundreds of thousands of refugees whose homes were blown up, and
thousands of killed and wounded, mostly civilians, the Palestinian David was
wounded but not subjugated or defeated. The operation was pointless because it
did not solve the problems at the base of the conflict, above all the
protracted siege of the Gaza Strip and its separation from the West Bank. So
we must assume that it only is a matter of time until the shooting starts
That operation will not be recorded as a brilliant success, and it will be
stored in Israel’s cellar of shame. The army felt it was necessary to upgrade
Solid Cliff from an operation to destroy Gaza to a war of heroism and so they
handed out 53 medals. Medal-inflation. Fewer Chief-of-Staff medals were
distributed in the 18 years of the First Lebanon War than in the fifty days of
the operation. Pictures of medal-recipients were published in the press, as if
they were national heroes. It was really pathetic.
What would we say about giving a citation for distinguished service to a
German soldier who participated in the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising? I am not speaking of the degree of justice on the respective sides –
the Warsaw Ghetto and the Gaza Ghetto; but of the imbalance in armament that
made the outcome clear at the outset. A regular army does not distribute
medals in such situations, certainly not in such quantities. The real heroes
are those who refused to participate in the operation. The refusers are a true
solid cliff in the face of the moral flaccidity of the Israeli army of
Translator’s notes
1. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.643011
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodef
3. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/rabin-s-murderers-are-still-
free-and-happy-1.394703
Translated from Hebrew for Occupation Magazine by George Malent
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The New York Institute of Technology: Historical Resources
The de Seversky Center
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This exquisite estate mansion has quite a history and is rather famous in its own right.
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History of the de Seversky Conference Center
Transcribed here in its entirety: an undated four-page booklet distributed several years ago by the de Seversky Conference Center, itself.
This pamphlet is presented graphically as a GIF file further down on this page.
For MORE de Seversky history CLICK HERE
The de Seversky Conference Center is situated on 100 acres of pristine land in Old Westbury, NY. The de Seversky Conference Center emerged from a long famed history and can be heralded for its Neo-Classic Georgian Architecture. Presently the Center is an integral part of Education at the New York Institute of Technology.
In 1915, Alfred I. DuPont, grandson of Eleuthe Irenee DuPont, founder of the monolithic DuPont Powder and Chemical Corporation, moved to New York. Alfred I. DuPont organized the Nemours Trading Corporation in 1918. Two years later, DuPont had Architect Thomas hastings, of the firm of Carrere & Hastings, design his new Long Island residence, "White Eagle", which he shared with his wife Alicia Bradford Maddox. In 1920, Alicia Bradford Maddox died. Upon remarrying, DuPont sold White Eagle to Mrs. Frederick E. Guest in 1926.
Mrs. Guest, the former Amy Phipps, was the daughter of Henry Phipps, who was Andrew Carnegie's partner in the Carnegie Steel Company. Mrs. Guest's husband, Frederick E. Guest, was the grandson of the Seventh Duke of Marlborough and a first cousin of Winston Churchill. After her husband's death in 1937, Mrs. Guest maintained the estate, which she renamed "Templeton".
Upon Mrs. Guest's death in 1959, the estate was handed down to her son, Winston Guest, an internationally known polo player. In 1972, Winston Guest sold Templeton to the New York Institute of Technology. Templeton was renamed the "de Seversky Conference Center" after Alexander P. de Seversky, a famous Russian aviator. Alexander P. de Seversky was a member of The Board of Directors for the New York Institute of Technology.
When entering the gates of the de Seversky Conference Center, just to the right of the driveway lies a tranquil lake in which wild Canadian geese reside. Approaching the mansion, a sweeping drive reveals a spectacular view of the curved and columned loggia off the ballroom. Along the west, north, and east sides, the mansion is lined with luxurious verandas and distinguished marble urns.
The main entrance of the de Seversky Conference Center is supported by towering limestone pillars. The oval drive is centered around a magnificent urn, framed at the perimeter by Linden trees. Above the main entrance, embedded into the brick wall, is an urn of beautiful grandeur.
Once inside the hallway, you sight the elaborate marble stairway. This leads to the mansion's 13 guest rooms and parlors designed in the classic European country style, originally decorated by Charles of London. Off the main hallway are oak paneled rooms with refined marble fireplaces. One may recognize the Entrance Hall, Reception Room and the exterior portion of the Ballroom from the movie "Arthur", starring Dudly Moore, which was filmed on this estate.
At the north end of the foyer is the Library, filled with volumes, some of which date back to the 19th century. On the left wall, bookshelves conceal a hidden door that opens into a Mirrored Hallway revealing the West Wing. Located here are the Terrace Room, Lounge and Dining Room.
The Main Dining room, which was formerly the Guest's original kitchen, is complemented by an attached atrium called the "Garden Room".
In July of 1918, the final bill was presented totalling $1,102,000. A staff of 29 was needed to maintain the estate.
When N.Y.I.T. purchased the estate in 1972, an exceptional combination of culinary arts and education transpired.
The de Seversky Conference Center is available for Conferences, Private Affairs and Weddings.
The de Seversky Conference Center is open to the public all year round for buffet lunch an dinner:
Lunch: Tuesday - Friday 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Dinner: Wednesday evenings 6L00 to 8:30 pm
Reservations for both are necessary and suggested one week in advance to avoid disappointment
The food is eloquently prepared by the Students of the New York Institute of Technology Culinary Arts Center under the direct supervision of Chef Instructors.
NYIT
de Seversky Conference Center
Old Westbury, New York 11568
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Strip of the Week
About L’il Abner
Li'l Abner
oh, happy day!
New Y’ar Strip from Al Capp, 1963 and 1976
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7January2020
Do y’all remember Li’l Abner New Year strips?
Always featuring a little baby new year, they weren’t usually reassuring… but always amoosin’!
HAPPY NEW Y’AR 2020 ! And Li’l Abner Theatre Performance Round-up for 2019!
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Happy New Y’ar everyone! Here we present to you a round-up of all the amazing performances of Li’l Abner, the musical, in 2019! If you have more for us to post on our site, email us at : cappenterprises@lil-abner.com.
Li’l Abner at the Orlando Rep!
“A fun-filled, foot-stompin’ musical taken directly from the comics, LI’L ABNER is laced with gentle and knowing satire, rib-tickling gags, and a host of brash, catchy tunes. World-famous characters populate this upbeat show in a delightful mixture of hillbilly nonsense and sharp, critical humor. A Broadway hit in 1956, the show won two Tony Awards and celebrates the denizens of Dogpatch USA and their customs, such as the not-to-be-missed Sadie Hawkins Day Race.”
Li’l Abner by the Kinkaid Regional Theatre at the Pendleton County Fairgrounds, Kentucky!
“New to KRT’s production, each actor will play a musical instrument at some point during the performance; all while accompanied by a four piece on-stage band. The actors take this new performance element a step further, pretending to fish and hunt with guitars and other instruments while singing the day away. Set in the fictional rural Appalachian town of Dogpatch U.S.A., the characters begin the show just as they would any other day. They go about their business washing clothes, fishing, and strumming their guitars when their peace is interrupted with the news that the United States government has deemed Dogpatch an “unnecessary town” that will soon be used to test the military’s new bomb. This news quickly has the town reeling as the residents don’t want to leave their homes and see their town destroyed. It’s then up to local hero, the young and handsome Abner Yokum, and friends to find something “necessary” about Dogpatch and save their town. Little does he know that answer might lay in the Yokumberry tree planted in his own backyard, the same berry that gave him great strength and height. This tree might be Dogpatch’s only chance to be saved. Find out if these underdogs can get this berry to Washington D.C. and save their town!
KRT identified with the challenge faced by the residents of Dogpatch. Just as the characters work to deem Dogpatch a “necessary” town, KRT works to give their rural Falmouth the very best theatre it can provide and make attending a show here “worth the drive.” KRT invites all to attend a performance this summer.”
Li’l Abner by Moorhead’s Horizon Middle School Theatre!
“Moorhead’s Horizon Middle School Theatre brings the rip-roaring, foot-stomping classic musical Li’l Abner to life at the new Horizon Middle School Performing Arts Center.”
Delighted in Dogpatch: Auburn Players to stage ‘Li’l Abner
Bob Frame has wanted to be part of another production of “Li’l Abner” for almost 50 years.
Frame, who heads the theater department at Cayuga Community College, is directing the Auburn Players Community Theatre’s production of the musical based on Al Capp’s long-running comic strip this weekend at the college. One reason Frame has waited so long to do the show again after performing it in middle school, he said, is the difficulty of finding suitable actors for the title role.
But in Shane Heidecker, a performer in the Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre program, Frame found the “strong, good lookin’ guy who can sing” to be his Abner.
With book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, the musical takes place in the strip’s hillbilly-spoofing setting of Dogpatch. Daisy Mae (Jessica Alexander) tries to catch Abner’s eye, but he’d rather catch fish — until Dogpatch is selected to become a nuclear test site. The town’s quest to prove it’s worth saving leads Abner, and the tonic that gives him strength, to Washington. But General Bullmoose (Kristina Abbott) plots to steal the formula, while wrestler Earthquake McGoon (McCuin Gould) plots to steal Daisy Mae’s hand in marriage.
Though based on a humble comic strip, the musical is big, Frame said. He directs more than 40 performers on stage, who sing and dance in front of scenery made by Syracuse designer Navroz Dabu, and under lighting designed by Michael Broughton, formerly of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. Their colorful costumes, meanwhile, come with plenty of patches, to be sure.
“The world they’ve created for the actors to live in has been so wonderful,” Frame said.
Though the show’s secondary plots involve Republicans and Democrats who hate each other, as well as capitalists trying to seize control of a product, “Li’l Abner” doesn’t point its finger in any particular directions, Frame said. And its characters are broad sketches, he continued, so not knowing anything about the comic strip won’t stop audiences from having a good time.
“It’s the old-style musical where you walk in, you sit down, you toe-tap and you enjoy the story happening in front of you,” he said. “And you come out feeling good.”
Li’l Abner featured in Throwback Thursday – Comics Edition in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
26August2016
Al Capp (right) cradles a shmoo doll as he shows his brothers Elliot (left) and Jerry “Bence” some of the mountain of merchandise from his comic strip “Li’l Abner” in 1950. Credit: Journal Sentinel files
Article by Chris Foran of the Journal Sentinel:
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal in pop culture “Li’l Abner” was in its day.
At its peak, the comic strip by Al Capp was published in more than 900 newspapers in North America, with more than 70 million readers. The strip sparked merchandising juggernauts, TV shows, movies, a Tony-winning Broadway musical and even a theme park.
It also made Capp a cultural figure in his own right — at least until his personal behavior led to a downfall.
As Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen relate in their terrific biography “Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary,” Capp was working as an assistant on the comic strip “Joe Palooka” in 1933 when he introduced a backwoods brawler named Big Leviticus — a character who became the basis for some of his creations in “Li’l Abner.”
Set in the rural enclave of Dogpatch, Ky., “Li’l Abner” centered on the world swirling around the title character, an oafish, clueless soul with big ideas and a bigger physique.
Capp used Dogpatch as a cornpone canvas, first as broad satire but eventually as creative commentary on the American scene, lampooning everything from rival comic strips to pop stars.
In addition to Li’l Abner, there was his persistent suitor, Daisy Mae (think Daisy Duke before there was a Daisy Duke); Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Abner’s parents; and a slew of supporting characters, including Joe Btfsplk, a jinxed guy with a black cloud over his head, and Sadie Hawkins, a girl so homely her father staged a footrace in which the unmarried women of Dogpatch pursued the hamlet’s bachelors. (The high school dance in which girls ask the guys was inspired by Capp’s creation.)
The strip began in six newspapers on Aug. 13, 1934. The Journal jumped in early, adding it to the Green Sheet in Sept. 10 of that year.
“Li’l Abner” quickly became a cultural obsession. One character — the “shmoo,” a white blob with a cuddly disposition that could provide all sorts of foodstuffs with ease — was so popular that merchandise in its first year generated more than $25 million in sales (about $245 million in 2016 dollars).
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Andover, Hebron and Marlborough (AHM) Presents “Li’l Abner”
Coverage from Melanie Savage at the Hartford Courant:
Li’l Abner, this year’s AHM Summer Youth Theater production, may not be one of the better-known musicals, but it is certainly pertinent to today’s political climate.
“I can think of no play more appropriate than this show for this year,” said Director Mary Rose Meade.
The show is a political farce, based upon the Al Capp comic strip that ran in newspapers from 1934 until 1977. Written in 1956, Li’l Abner “offers a chance to laugh at human nature, both in and out of the government realm,” according to an AHM press release.
“It seems like our political situation is a runaway train,” said Meade.
Hearing what is said in the show about 1950s politics, reminds one that not much has changed in more than 60 years.
“It’s both scary and reassuring,” joked Meade.
For more, click HERE!
Strip of the Week: “Beware of Scraggs Bearing Photographs!”
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Subic with its array of restaurants and food palaces, has become a destination for both gourmands and those just hungry for a good meal. There's a wide selection of dining places to satisfy your palate and suit your budget. A lot of restaurants are now open by the bay side, so open-air dining has become an attractive option, Some of these include the Seafood-by-the-bay, Gerry's Grill and Pier One. The Harbor Point Mall also houses a wide array of choices for the food connoisseurs. From fast-food to the more elaborate international meals offered by many of the restaurants within. . There are restaurants specializing in different cuisines such as chinese (Feng Huang, Golden Dragon), italian (A Tavola), japanese (Sakura), American (meat Plus) and many others.
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MarGin Family Tree
This is the family history of Mark & Gina Goede
The Skinner Family
Frederick Marion Skinner: Frederick joined the army and fought in WWI. He grew up in Pulaski County where he married Ida Jane. He was a farmer raising grain. They had one child, Clyde, and eventually moved to St. Louis where Fred was a Utility worker for a private home.
We found Fred's draft registration card for WW1, Ser # 129 Order # 789. It says that he has gray eyes, brown hair, medium height, and medium build.
In Fred's funeral book, it show that his marriage date with Ida Jane was Sep 9, 1903 in Crocker, MO and performed by Rev Henry Roam.
Picture at Right is of Fred Skinner with his sister Luella Russell 1898.
Charles Marion Skinner: Charles has been a hard person to piece together. Here it is; he was born in IA where he grew up and joined the Union army at the age of about 17 on Sep 1861. He was discharged on Aug of 1865 after being shot in action. He then went back home where he married a young lady named Luzetta. She is a part of a very well known family dating all the way back to the founders of Maryland. They were married in possibly Putnam Co, MO just south of the IA boarder. They had two children then moved to Kansas, possibly for a job. There they had at least three more children, then moved to Bonville, MO, in Pulaski County. He purchased some land from the United States which I have a copy of the document signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. We found both Charles and Luzetta in a 1910 census still in Pulaski County. They were 67 and 64 years old.
Charles also had a disease similar to Chrones, which is a disease of the intestine. His father wrote to the government in hopes to get more or even continued disability for Charles. I have a copy of that letter.
Charles also got some property from the government as part of the "Register of Land as Public Domain" This deed was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Census Chart
Because of logistics, I will only put direct relatives in this chart, maybe later I will add more and more census info. You will need to be able to read PDF formats so if you can't do that, download the program for free using the button provided at the bottom of the chart.
This side of the family starts with Barbara Lea Skinner married to Curtis Eugene Hammond
Name Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
Skinner, Barbara L - Curtis Hammond
B:1929 in MO D:2009 1930
MO - 1 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Skinner, Clyde M - Marie Gammons
B:1905 in MO D:1989 in MO 1910
MO - 5 1920
MO - 14 1930
MO - 25 1940 1950 1960 1970
Skinner, Frederick M - Ida J Robertson
B:1880 in KS D:1967 in MO 1880
KS - 3m 1900 1910
MO - 50 1940 1950
Skinner, Charles M - Luzetta Wells
B:1842 in IA D:1914 in MO 1850
IA - 8 1856
IA - 12 1860
KS - 38 1900
MO - 67
Skinner, Elisha D - Abigail Peckham
B:1814 in NY D:aft.1900
NY - 6 1830
OH - 16 1840
Gold Rush 1856
Skinner, Dr. Elisha - Sarah Loomis
B:1791 in NY D:1839 1790 1800 1810
NY 20 - 30 1820
NY 30-39
age 31 1830
OH 40 -50
age 41 - -
Sarah is with her Son Hugh (Rush) Skinner in 1850 living next to a Loomis family.
Letter wrote for Charles by his father Elisha
Charles and Luzetta record of Marriage
Putnam County vital marriage records:
State of Missouri, County of Putnam
I George W Ferrel, a justice of the peace within and for said county, certify that I did on the 12th day of November 1865 perform the ceremony of marriage between Charles Skinner and Luzetta Wells. Done at my office in the county of Putnam aforesaid. Given under my hand this the 19th day of November 1865.
George W Ferrel a justice of the peace filed Dec 18th, 1865. Wm A Shelton, Recorder
Charles Skinner Land Deed signed by President Roosevelt
Letter Elisha D Skinner wrote to family after hearing of Rush's death
Hugh R Skinners Will
Death Certificate for Sarah (Skinner) Bowman
1948 Fred and Ida Jane's Marriage Certificate
Henry Eugene Skinner's Death Certificate
2009 - Barbara L Skinner Hammond Murray's Memorial Card
Biography of Elisha H Skinner
After searching for about five years we finally found the resting place of Luzetta (Wells) Skinner in St. Louis, MO. The strange thing about that is, we live right outside St. Louis.... Go figure.
She is buried along side her Grandson William R Goodman.
Lots of Pictures
Skinner Online Cemetery
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Descendants of Doctor Elisha Skinner
1. Elisha Skinner, M. Born abt 1791 in CT. Elisha died in Van Buren, Iowa, in 1839; he was 48.
On 23 Sep 1813 when Elisha was 22, he married Sarah Loomis, F, daughter of Israel Loomis, M (1756-1826) & Hannah Leavens, F (1764-1847), in Pomfret, Chatauqua, NY. Born on 4 Jul 1792 in Pomfret, Chatauqua, NY. Sarah died in Van Buren, Iowa, on 23 Mar 1852; she was 59.
They had the following children:
2 i. Elisha D, M (1814-~1906)
3 ii. Charles D, M (1816-1890)
4 iii. Hugh Rudolphus, M (1818-1901)
iv. George, M. Born bef 1823.
5 v. Benjamin Rush, M (1824-1893)
6 vi. Elias, M (1827-1913)
vii. Fanny E, F. Born bef 1830.
7 viii. William Cullen, M (~1834-1896)
2. Elisha D Skinner, M. Born on 24 Jun 1814 in Norwich, Chenango Co, N.Y. Elisha D died abt 1906; he was 91.
On 19 Sep 1835 when Elisha D was 21, he married Abigail Peckham, F, daughter of William Weaver Peckham, M (1783-) & Cynthia Ann Cook, F (~1784-1822), in Holmes Co., Ohio. Born in Mar 1817 in Holmes Co., OH.
i. Fanny E, F. Born on 13 Aug 1837 in Ohio. Fanny E died in Kenton, Cimarron, OK, in 1930; she was 92.
On 2 May 1869 when Fanny E was 31, she married Francis H Myers, M. Born on 10 Aug 1833 in Mount Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky. Francis H died in Kenton, Cimarron Co., Oklahoma, on 3 May 1922; he was 88.
8 ii. Lucinda A, F (1838-)
9 iii. Sarah, F (1840-1927)
10 iv. Charles Marion, M (1842-1914)
11 v. Henry Eugene, M (~1845-1926)
12 vi. William, M (~1846-)
13 vii. Easton Cooke, M (1848-1924)
3. Charles D Skinner, M. Born on 21 May 1816 in Chatauqua Co, NY. Charles D died in Iowa on 24 Feb 1890; he was 73.
On 12 Nov 1840 when Charles D was 24, he married Nancy Barnes, F in Van Buren, IA. Born on 26 Jul 1821 in Holmes Co., OH.
14 i. Alvira, F (1841-)
ii. Martha, F. Born in 1843. Alias/AKA: /Heather/.
iii. John B, M. Born in 1845.
On 28 Aug 1869 when John B was 24, he married Sarah Anderson, F in Van Buren, IA.
15 iv. Elisha H, M (1846-)
v. William, M. Born in 1848.
vi. Hiram C, M. Born in 1856.
vii. Edward C, M. Born in 1861.
viii. Erastus Pitt, M. Born in 1863.
ix. Mary A, F. Born in 1864.
4. Hugh Rudolphus Skinner, M. Born in 1818 in Chatauqua Co, NY. Hugh Rudolphus died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA, on 7 Jul 1901; he was 83.
On 20 Mar 1844 when Hugh Rudolphus was 26, he first married Isabella R Baird, F in Jefferson Co., Iowa. Born in 1825 in PA.
16 i. Lucretia, F (1847-)
ii. George, M. Born abt 1849.
On 4 Apr 1879 when George was 30, he married Tillie Randall, F in Van Buren, IA.
17 iii. Fidelia, F (1850-1934)
18 iv. Milton, M (1853-)
v. Julia, F. Born abt 1856.
On 25 Dec 1861 when Hugh Rudolphus was 43, he second married Maria Townsend, F in Van Buren, IA.
bef 1870 when Hugh Rudolphus was 52, he third married Emily, F. Born abt 1819.
aft 1870 when Hugh Rudolphus was 52, he fourth married Rebecca T Aft, F.
5. Benjamin Rush Skinner, M. Born on 1 Apr 1824 in Chatauqua Co, NY. Benjamin Rush died in Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA, on 8 Mar 1893; he was 68.
On 24 Dec 1862 when Benjamin Rush was 38, he married Sarah Adeline Mallory, F, daughter of Torrance Mallory, M, in Sonoma Co, CA. Born on 27 Oct 1844 in MO. Sarah Adeline died in San Francisco, CA, on 14 Jan 1910; she was 65.
19 i. Dolores Geneva, F (1866-1897)
20 ii. Mary Etta, F (1867-1937)
iii. Hugh Rush, M. Born in 1872 in Salt Point Twp., Sonoma Co, CA. Hugh Rush died in Auburn, Placer Co, CA, on 16 Feb 1915; he was 43.
On 3 Jul 1894 when Hugh Rush was 22, he married Clara Whitcher, F in Monterey Co, CA.
21 iv. Theresa Maud, F (1876-)
v. Virginia Lee, F. Born abt 1880. Virginia Lee died in 1880; she was <1.
6. Elias Skinner, M. Born on 3 Sep 1827 in Holmes Co., OH. Elias died in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa, on 1 May 1913; he was 85.
On 4 Apr 1850 when Elias was 22, he married Maria Barnes, F in Van Buren, IA. Born on 28 Mar 1832 in Ohio. Maria died in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa, on 6 Aug 1898; she was 66.
22 i. Cara Abi, F (1851-1944)
ii. Hannah Louisa, F. Born on 22 Aug 1855 in Iowa.
23 iii. Edward Ames, M (1860-)
24 iv. Sarah Collin, F (1862-)
v. Ada Maria, F. Born on 25 Jan 1870 in Iowa. Alias/AKA: /Lola/.
Ada Maria married H. W. Brown, M. Born in Aug 1844 in PA.
7. William Cullen Skinner, M. Born abt 1834 in Holmes Co., OH. William Cullen died in Humboldt Co, CA, on 25 Sep 1896; he was 62.
William Cullen married Lemira E Stanley, F. Born abt 1843 in Iowa. Lemira E died in Patterson, Stanislaus Co, CA, on 15 Apr 1923; she was 80.
They had one child:
i. Minnie, F. Born on 7 Mar 1887.
Minnie married ? Hibbard, M.
Third Generation
8. Lucinda A Skinner, F. Born in Dec 1838 in Ohio. Alias/AKA: Loula /Lucy/.
On 25 Jul 1855 when Lucinda A was 16, she first married John R Britton, M in Appanoose Co., Iowa. Born abt 1833 in Ohio.
i. Nellie, F. Born in Oct 1872 in MO.
ii. Laura Rena, F. Born in Jan 1876 in MO.
25 iii. Izora, F (~1856-)
bet 1880 and 1890 when Lucinda A was 41, she second married James Williams, M.
9. Sarah Skinner, F. Born on 10 Dec 1840 in Ohio. Sarah died in Cassville, MO, on 16 Apr 1927; she was 86.
On 13 Aug 1856 when Sarah was 15, she first married Jesse Elon Murray, M in Appanoose Co., Iowa. Born on 9 Aug 1820 in Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio. Jesse Elon died in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, in 1877; he was 56.
i. Emma, F. Born in 1857 in Appanoose County, IA. Emma died in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on 30 Mar 1894; she was 37.
ii. Rosetta, F. Born on 2 Sep 1858 in Appanoose County, IA. Rosetta died on 11 Dec 1863; she was 5. Alias/AKA: /Rosilla/.
26 iii. Fanny Elizabeth, F (1861-1954)
iv. Charles Seldon, M. Born on 10 Dec 1863 in Appanoose County, IA. Charles Seldon died in Galena, Kansas, on 17 Mar 1948; he was 84.
v. Elisha, M. Born on 11 Aug 1865 in Appanoose County, IA. Elisha died in Appanoose County, IA, on 11 Sep 1866; he was 1.
27 vi. Frank J., M (1867-1945)
On 19 Mar 1878 when Sarah was 37, she second married Isaac P Bowman, M in Cherokee Co., KS. Born on 13 Oct 1850 in Illinois. Isaac P died on 18 Sep 1935; he was 84.
10. Charles Marion Skinner, M. Born on 31 Jul 1842 in Jefferson Co., IA. Charles Marion died in Cassville, Barry Co., MO, on 15 Sep 1914; he was 72.
On 12 Nov 1865 when Charles Marion was 23, he married Luzetta L Wells, F, daughter of William Kerr Wells, M (1820-1856) & Mahala Cooksey, F (1817-1861), in Putnam Co., MO.1 Born on 14 Mar 1847 in IA. Luzetta L died in St. Louis, MO, on 19 Jul 1911; she was 64.
i. Don C, M. Born in Sep 1866 in Wells Township, Appanoose Co, IA. Don C died in Wells Township, Appanoose Co, IA, on 12 Dec 1866; he was <1.
ii. Joseph S, M. Born in Oct 1867 in Wells Township, Appanoose Co, IA. Joseph S died in Wells Township, Appanoose Co, IA, on 22 Dec 1867; he was <1. Buried in Hilltown Cemetery in Wells Township.
iii. Laura, F. Born in 1869 in Appanoose Co., IA.
28 iv. Elisha D, M (1871-)
v. Nellie, F. Born on 22 Feb 1874 in Kansas.
29 vi. Louella M, F (1876-1961)
30 vii. Frederick Marion, M (1880-1967)
11. Henry Eugene Skinner, M. Born abt 1845. Henry Eugene died in St. Joseph, Butler Co., MO, on 3 Jun 1926; he was 81.
On 9 Apr 1882 when Henry Eugene was 37, he married Winifred Farley, F, daughter of Jackson Farley, M & Elizabeth Swaney, F, in Buffalo Co., NE.2 Born in Sep 1853 in Ohio. Winifred died in St. Joseph, Butler Co., MO, on 10 Mar 1930; she was 76.
i. Walter, M. Born in Jan 1885 in Kansas.
ii. Effie, F. Born in Oct 1887.
iii. John, M. Born in 1889.
iv. Chester William, M. Born on 24 Sep 1891 in Lindley, MO.
12. William Skinner, M. Born abt 1846.
On 27 Jan 1869 when William was 23, he married Elizabeth Albertson, F in Appanoose Co., Iowa.
i. Joseph, M. Born abt 1873 in Iowa.
ii. Elisha, M. Born abt 1875 in Iowa.
iii. Nannie, F. Born abt 1877 in Iowa.
13. Easton Cooke Skinner, M. Born on 2 Dec 1848 in Appanoose County, IA. Easton Cooke died in Griggsville, IL, on 21 May 1924; he was 75.
On 29 Nov 1876 when Easton Cooke was 27, he married Alice Lucretia Pryor, F in Griggsville, Pike, IL. Born abt 1852 in IL.
i. Harry M, M. Born abt 1878.
ii. Ross Kyle, M. Born in Dec 1879.
14. Alvira Skinner, F. Born on 30 Aug 1841 in Birmingham, Van Buren Co, IA. Alias/AKA: /Alta/.
On 14 Dec 1859 when Alvira was 18, she married Samuel B Shott, M in Birmingham, Van Buren, IA.
i. William Robert, M. Born on 30 Jul 1870.
15. Elisha H Skinner, M. Born on 24 Oct 1846 in Birmingham, Van Buren Co, IA.
bef 1867 when Elisha H was 20, he first married Tabitha, F.
On 2 Nov 1867 when Elisha H was 21, he second married Alice Gibbs, F in Birmingham, IA. Born in Tippacanoe Co., IN.
i. Walter G, M.
ii. Effie M, F.
iii. Bert, M.
iv. Nellie, F.
Nellie married Frank Maynard Corry, M. Born on 23 Sep 1881.
16. Lucretia Skinner, F. Born in Jan 1847 in Iowa.
Lucretia married David Brown, M. Born in Feb 1838 in PA.
i. Nora Isabel, F.
ii. Charles C, M. Born in Mar 1871.
iii. Megan, F. Born in Nov 1881. Alias/AKA: /meg/.
17. Fidelia Skinner, F. Born in Aug 1850. Fidelia died in Green, Wappello Co, IA, in 1934; she was 83.
Fidelia married Neri O Ogdon, M. Born in Aug 1849 in Indiana.
i. Son, M. Born in Nov 1875.
ii. Faye, F. Born in Aug 1884.
31 iii. Gene, M (1887-)
iv. Martha, F. Born in Oct 1888. Alias/AKA: /Mattie/.
18. Milton Skinner, M. Born in Jun 1853 in Iowa.
Milton married Chloe, F. Born in Apr 1855 in PA.
32 i. Blanche H, F (1880-)
19. Dolores Geneva Skinner, F. Born in 1866 in Salt Point Twp., Sonoma Co, CA. Dolores Geneva died in San Francisco, CA, on 9 Apr 1897; she was 31.
bef 1882 when Dolores Geneva was 16, she first married John W Fleming, M.
On 26 Sep 1882 when Dolores Geneva was 16, she second married Norton Fussell, M in Monterey Co, CA.
i. Benjamin Rush, M. Born in Sep 1883. Benjamin Rush died aft 20 Nov 1911; he was 28.
20. Mary Etta Skinner, F. Born in 1867 in Salt Point Twp., Sonoma Co, CA. Mary Etta died in Oakland, Alameda Co, CA, on 21 Nov 1937; she was 70.
On 17 Sep 1883 when Mary Etta was 16, she married Charles Eldridge Smiley, M in Monterey Co, CA. Born on 2 Aug 1856 in Chatauqua Co, NY. Charles Eldridge died in Spreckels, Monterey Co, CA, on 8 Feb 1923; he was 66.
i. Elsie May, F. Born on 16 Jun 1887.
Elsie May married George Norris, M.
33 ii. Maud Rae, F (1892-1966)
21. Theresa Maud Skinner, F. Born in Mar 1876.
On 27 May 1894 when Theresa Maud was 18, she first married Roy D Tuttle, M in Salinas, CA. Born abt 1873.
abt 1896 when Theresa Maud was 19, she second married Orin W Eaton, M in Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.
i. Gladys E, F. Born in Mar 1897.
Gladys E married Hubert J Little, M.
bet 1910 and 1914 when Theresa Maud was 33, she third married Samuel Hayes McClary, M.
i. Samuel, M. Born abt 1914.
ii. Hugh William, M. Born abt 1918. Alias/AKA: /Billy/.
22. Cara Abi Skinner, F. Born on 27 Jul 1851 in Iowa. Cara Abi died in Salt Lake Co, Utah, on 27 Oct 1944; she was 93. Alias/AKA: /Carrie/.
Cara Abi married Albert K Sercomb, M. Born in Nov 1848 in Wisconsin.
i. Albert K, M. Born in 1881 in Iowa. Albert K died in Salt Lake Co, Utah, on 29 Sep 1950; he was 69.
Albert K married Luella, F. Born in Utah.
ii. William, M. Born in Jun 1886.
23. Edward Ames Skinner, M. Born on 11 Jun 1860 in Mt. Vernon, Linn Co, IA.
In Jul 1899 when Edward Ames was 39, he married Eva Mercer, F, daughter of William Mercer, M (-1899) & Lydia Layson, F (-1913). Born in Elliott, IA.
i. Harry Edward, M. Born on 13 Sep 1904.
24. Sarah Collin Skinner, F. Born on 20 May 1862 in Iowa.
Sarah Collin married William Nichols, M. Born in May 1856 in Ohio.
i. Harold, M. Born in Feb 1886.
ii. Collin Nichols, M. Born in Nov 1887.
Fourth Generation
25. Izora Britton, F. Born abt 1856.
On 5 Jun 1877 when Izora was 21, she married James B Colt, M in Clinton, MO.
34 i. Zoe Emaline, M (1888-)
26. Fanny Elizabeth Murray, F. Born on 9 Oct 1861 in Appanoose County, IA. Fanny Elizabeth died in Lamar, MO, on 21 Nov 1954; she was 93.
On 31 Oct 1880 when Fanny Elizabeth was 19, she married Samuel D Coats, M, son of Perry Coats, M & Louisa Rash, F. Born on 17 Mar 1860. Samuel D died in Bernice, OK, on 6 Nov 1935; he was 75.
i. Arvella May, F. Born on 29 Jul 1881.
Arvella May married Nril Miller, M.
ii. Mary Myrtle, F. Born on 15 Jul 1885.
Mary Myrtle married Charles Dye, M.
iii. Charles Harrison, M. Born on 5 Feb 1889.
iv. Fanny Gertrude, F. Born on 26 Dec 1892.
Fanny Gertrude married George Long, M.
v. Ernest Emmett, M. Born on 19 Aug 1904.
27. Frank J. Murray, M. Born on 13 Aug 1867 in Appanoose County, IA. Frank J. died in Aurora, Missouri, on 28 Feb 1945; he was 77.
On 5 Jul 1891 when Frank J. was 23, he married Alice Shaw, F, daughter of Joseph Shaw, M & Josephine Coats, F, in Barry Co, MO. Born on 21 Nov 1877 in Newton Co, MO. Alice died in Aurora, MO, in 1954; she was 76.
i. Elmer J, M. Born on 23 Oct 1892 in Aurora, MO. Elmer J died in Barry Co, MO, on 24 May 1912; he was 19.
ii. Oscar E, M. Born on 4 Nov 1894. Oscar E died in Aurora, MO, on 23 Nov 1895; he was 1.
iii. Bertha A, F. Born on 9 Aug 1896. Bertha A died in Bixby, OK, in Aug 1982; she was 85.
Bertha A married Claud Herman Todd, M. Born on 25 Mar 1895 in Purdy, MO. Claud Herman died in Tulsa City, Tulsa OK, in Apr 1969; he was 74.
iv. Ada J, F. Born on 21 Feb 1899. Ada J died in Aug 1985; she was 86.
Ada J married Charles Holder, M.
v. Earl Ernest, M. Born on 30 Apr 1901. Earl Ernest died in Aurora, MO, on 28 Mar 1945; he was 43.
abt 1921 when Earl Ernest was 19, he married Lois Sullivan, F in Aurora, MO. Born in 1901. Lois died in Springfield, MO, in Apr 1954; she was 53.
vi. Opal F, F. Born in Mar 1902.
vii. Kenneth Kyle, M. Born on 13 Dec 1904. Kenneth Kyle died in Aurora, MO, on 23 Jan 1933; he was 28.
On 7 Apr 1927 when Kenneth Kyle was 22, he married Louise Crowell, F in Aurora, MO. Born on 10 Sep 1908 in Aurora, MO.
viii. Clarence T, M. Born on 10 Feb 1907 in Aurora, MO. Clarence T died in Aurora, MO, on 14 Dec 1916; he was 9.
ix. John LaVerne, M. Born on 27 Jan 1909 in Cassville, MO. John LaVerne died in Monett, MO, on 9 Jan 1969; he was 59.
On 7 Feb 1931 when John LaVerne was 22, he married Ruth Ann Brewer, F. Born on 23 Dec 1912 in Helena, Arkansas. Ruth Ann died in Monett, MO, on 9 Nov 2004; she was 91.
x. Lorraine Frances, F. Born on 14 Dec 1910.
On 7 Jun 1930 when Lorraine Frances was 19, she married Fred Elliott, M. Born abt 1909 in Aurora, MO. Fred died in Aurora, MO.
xi. Wayne Raymond, M. Born on 20 Nov 1912.
On 26 Jan 1935 when Wayne Raymond was 22, he married Pauline Newcombe, F in Aurora, MO. Born on 25 Oct 1912 in Aurora, MO.
xii. Jewell, F. Born on 5 Feb 1915 in Aurora, MO. Jewell died in Aurora, MO, on 13 Apr 1915; she was <1.
xiii. Cleta Faye, F. Born on 14 Aug 1916 in Aurora, MO.
In 1937 when Cleta Faye was 20, she married Monroe E Cox, M.
xiv. Frank Lucene, M. Born on 17 Mar 1919.
28. Elisha D Skinner, M. Born on 26 Mar 1871 in Iowa.
Elisha D married Minnie F ?, F. Born abt 1873 in MO.
i. Helen L, F. Born abt 1907.
ii. Frances C, F. Born abt 1898 in Kansas.
Frances C married Robert L Christmas, M. Born abt 1891 in Arkansas.
29. Louella M Skinner, F. Born on 25 Mar 1876 in Kansas. Louella M died on 29 Sep 1961; she was 85. Buried in Calvary Cemetary, St. Louis, MO.
Louella M first married William Thomas Goodman, M.
35 i. William Ralph, M (1894-1955)
abt 1905 when Louella M was 28, she second married Robert F Russell, M, son of Patrick Russell, M & Elizabeth Campbell, F, in MO. Born on 13 Apr 1858 in Ohio. Robert F died in St. Louis, MO, on 1 Jul 1928; he was 70.
30. Frederick Marion Skinner, M. Born on 15 Mar 1880 in Winfield, KS. Frederick Marion died in Waynesville, Pulaski Co, MO, on 10 Dec 1967; he was 87. Buried on 13 Dec 1967 in Antioch Cemetery, Crocker, PC, MO. Alias/AKA: Grappy Fred.
On 9 Sep 1903 when Frederick Marion was 23, he married Ida Jane Robertson, F, daughter of William C Robertson, M (1847-1907) & Eliza Ellen Robertson, F (1848-1925), in Crocker, Pulaski Co, MO. Born on 31 Dec 1883 in Pulaski Co, MO. Ida Jane died in Jackson, MO, on 21 Sep 1972; she was 88.
36 i. Clyde Marion, M (1905-1989)
31. Gene Ogdon, M. Born in Mar 1887.
Gene married Nell McAuley, F.
i. Jane, F. Born abt 1918.
ii. Mary, F. Born abt 1921.
iii. Annette, F. Born abt 1929.
32. Blanche H Skinner, F. Born in Feb 1880 in Iowa.
Blanche H married Hiram Macon, M. Born abt 1876 in Alabama.
i. Welcome E, F. Born abt 1910.
ii. Hellen G, F. Born abt 1919.
33. Maud Rae Smiley, F. Born on 24 Jul 1892 in Salinas, Monterey Co, CA. Maud Rae died in Oakland, Alameda Co, CA, on 6 Sep 1966; she was 74.
In 1910 when Maud Rae was 17, she first married Chester Prouty, M.
abt 1919 when Maud Rae was 26, she second married John Edgar McCollum, M. Born on 22 Jan 1891 in Salinas, Monterey Co, CA. John Edgar died in Oakland, Alameda Co, CA, on 24 Sep 1968; he was 77.
i. Mary Patricia, F. Living
Fifth Generation
34. Zoe Emaline Colt, M. Born in 1888 in Medicine Lodge, KS.
On 2 Jun 1909 when Zoe Emaline was 21, he married Denver Dion Sappenfield, F in St. Louis, MO. Born on 31 Oct 1887 in Kansas City, KS.
i. Kate, F.
ii. Alice, F.
iii. Gertrude, F.
iv. Gladys, F.
v. Riena, F.
35. William Ralph Goodman, M. Born on 4 Jun 1894 in Crocker, MO. William Ralph died in St. Louis, MO, on 17 Sep 1955; he was 61. Buried on 20 Sep 1955 in Calvary Cemetary, St. Louis, MO.
On 4 Apr 1918 when William Ralph was 23, he married Leone Marie Blalock, F in St. Louis, MO. Born in 1891 in MO. Leone Marie died in MO in Jan 1963; she was 72.
37 i. Eileen Elizabeth, F (1919-)
ii. Lauraine B, F. Born on 25 Sep 1921 in MO. Lauraine B died in St. Louis, MO, in Dec 1993; she was 72. Buried on 10 Dec 1993 in Calvary Cemetary, St. Louis, MO.
Lauraine B married Hull, M.
36. Clyde Marion Skinner, M. Born on 19 Feb 1905 in Crocker, PC, MO. Clyde Marion died in Phelps County Hospital in Rolla, Mo., on 26 Oct 1989; he was 84. Buried in Antioch Cemetery, Crocker, PC, MO.
On 3 Jan 1924 when Clyde Marion was 18, he married Marie Eleanor Gammons, F, daughter of Robert Peter Gammons, M (1866-1942) & Amy C. Bliss, F (1871-1943). Born on 25 Oct 1906 in Richland, MO. Marie Eleanor died in Pulaski Co, MO, on 27 Oct 1995; she was 89.
i. Clyde, M. Born on 25 Oct 1925 in Missouri. Clyde died in Webster Groves, St. Louis Co., MO, on 17 Mar 1926; he was <1. Buried on 19 Mar 1926 in Oak Hill Cemetery.
38 ii. Barbara Lea, F (1929-)
iii. Robert F, M. Born on 8 Sep 1930 in Wellston, MO. Robert F died in Maplewood, St. Louis Co., MO, on 11 Jan 1931; he was <1. Buried on 13 Jan 1931 in Oak Hill Cemetery, St. Louis Co., MO.
39 iv. Donna J, F (1933-)
40 v. Charlie, M (1937-)
41 vi. Freda, F (1938-)
vii. Rosemary, F. Born on 5 May 1942.
Sixth Generation
37. Eileen Elizabeth Goodman, F. Born in Aug 1919 in MO.
Eileen Elizabeth married Hershall Atkins, M.
i. Sandy, F (~1941-)
38. Barbara Lea Skinner, F. Born on 28 Jan 1929 in St. Louis, SLC, MO.
In 1945 when Barbara Lea was 15, she first married Curtis Eugene Hammond, M, son of John Simeon Hammond, M (1869-1956) & Leona Barton, F (1892-1928). Born on 20 Sep 1918 in Albany, DC, GA. Born in 1918. Curtis Eugene died in Excelsior Springs, MO, on 10 Dec 2001; he was 83.
i. Rickland Eugene, M (1945-)
ii. Rita Marie, F (1946-)
iii. Richard Lee, M (1948-)
iv. Ronald Dean, M (1957-)
v. Randall Curtis, M (1959-2007)
On 23 Jun 1971 when Barbara Lea was 42, she second married Jessee Murray, M.
39. Donna J Skinner, F. Living
On 12 Jun 1950 when Donna J was 16, she married Jim Doyle, M. Born on 26 Aug 1931. Jim died in Pulaski Co, MO, on 23 Aug 2000; he was 68.
i. Joyce Ann, F (1951-)
ii. Mary Lou, F (1955-)
iii. Jimmy Lee, M (1960-)
iv. Sandra Jean, F (1964-)
40. Charlie Skinner, M. Born on 11 Jan 1937.
Charlie married Erma, F.
i. Mitch, M (~1956-)
41. Freda Skinner, F. Living
On 20 Feb 1954 when Freda was 16, she married Robert Burnett, M in Pulaski Co, MO. Born on 11 Dec 1934. Robert died in Pulaski Co, MO, on 26 Mar 2002; he was 67.
i. Dale Linn, M (1955-1999)
ii. Darlene Rose, F (1956-)
iii. David Lee, M (~1957-)
iv. Diana Kay, F (1958-)
v. Denise Ann, F (1959-)
vi. Darrell Wayne, M (1961-)
vii. Douglas William, M (1963-)
viii. Dennis Elbert, M (1966-)
1. “Putnam County Recorded Marriage Certificate.”
2. Buffalo County Marriages
VOL 2 1882.
9 Apr 1882 Skinner, Henry E 37 Iowa
Farley, Winifred 28 Illinois
Groom's Parents Elisha D Skinner & Abigail Peckham
Bride's parents Jackson Farley & Elizabeth Swaney 264
From the Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties – 1890
ELISHA H. SKINNER
Elisha H. Skinner, banker and general merchant of Birmingham, is a native of that town, his birth having occurred on October 24, 1846. His father, Charles D. Skinner, was born in Chautauqua County New York, May 21, 1816, and when thirteen years of age removed with his parents to Holmes County Ohio. In 1839, he came to this county a single man and took a claim near Birmingham. Soon afterwards however, he met a lady whose hand he sought in marriage—Miss Nancy Barnes, and on November 12, 1840, they were united in marriage. Mrs. Skinner was a native of Holmes County, Ohio, and with her parents came to Iowa in 1839. Mr. Skinner made farming his life work. He took a lively interest in politics, though not for selfish ends; adhering to the doctrines of the old Whig Party until the rise of the Republican Party, when he joined its ranks. In 1850, he made a trip to California, where he was engaged in mining for some three years. Returning once more to Iowa, he resumed his former calling, which continued to be his occupation until laying aside the duties of life, he was called to his final home. He died on February 24, 1890, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he had been a member for forty-seven years. His wife and seven children survive him, while five of the family has passed on before.
Our subject was the fourth in order of birth. On the farm he learned the useful lessons of industry and energy and in the public schools and McArthur’s Academy of Birmingham, he acquired a good English education. Although seventeen years of age, in June 1863, he enlisted in Company C., of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry, and from Davenport went to Nashville, Tennessee, and then on to the Atlanta Campaign, participating in nearly all the engagements from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He was in the famous Kilpatrick raid, where a good part of his regiment was captured though he was more fortunate. Having returned to Nashville, reorganized and received fresh horses, the command marched to the Tennessee River to harass Gen. Hood in his movements. Having taken part in the battle of Spring Hill and Franklin, they went into Kentucky and were remounted, after which, returning, they participated in the battle of Nashville, driving Hood beyond the Tennessee River. In a cavalry charge near Tuscaloosa Alabama, Mr. Skinner received an almost fatal wound, a ball striking him at the lower part of the left ear and passing through his neck. Falling from his horse he was left for dead, not however without some kind-hearted rebel appropriating his hat, coat and shoes. He was found by a Negro and taken to a house near by. When Gen. Forrest and his staff came up, the surgeon said it was not worthwhile to parole him, as he would die before morning. But no so, after remaining there some three weeks, the rebels took him from his bed and made him walk thirty-two miles the first day under a summer’s sun. Faint and exhausted, he lay down on the ground and told his captors that he would rather die that go farther. He was then put on a horse and taken to Columbus Mississippi, but four days later was removed to Jackson Mississippi. One morning a rebel officer ordered him to be ready to travel by one o’clock and at that hour he was put into an ambulance to be driven away, whether he was to be made a victim or retaliation or not was impossible to tell. After driving nearly all day, he was informed that he was being taken to Natchez to exchange him for a Confederate prisoner they wanted, but as there was no one there having authority to make such an change, it only remained to him to be driven back again. As soon as it was sufficiently dark he sprang from the ambulance and took to the woods. His pursuers were unable to catch him and by one o’clock that night he was within the Union lines. He presented himself to Gen. Davidson who gave him a pass to Cairo Illinois where the Christian Commission furnished him with clean clothes, an inestimable gift. On the first boat he went to Nashville, where he met some of his comrades from Andersonville prison. Together they joined their command in Macon Georgia, where he remained until mustered out at the close of the service in August 1865.
After receiving his discharge in Clinton Iowa, Mr. Skinner returned to Birmingham and once more resumed peaceful pursuits. For a time he was employed as clerk by the firm of Moss and Pitkin, and later was a salesman for the latter gentleman, Mr. Moss having retired. After clerking for ten years, he was admitted to partnership with Mr. Pitkin, which connection he has since continued with the exception of one year. They do an extensive mercantile and banking business and are ranked among the enterprising citizens of the place. At Birmingham on November 4, 1866, Mr. Skinner was united in marriage with Miss Alice Gibbs, a native of Tippecanoe County Indiana and unto them was born five children, but one died in infancy. Those living are Walter G., Effie M., Bert and Nellie. Mrs. Skinner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Skinner is a Republican. During the second term of Gov. Larabee’s administration, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel on his staff. He is a member of the G.A.R. Post, of Birmingham, of which he has served as Quartermaster since its organization and has also been Treasurer of the city and school fund for a number of years.
He takes a prominent part in the political affairs of his county, but without desire on his part of official recognition. He is accounted one of the foremost businessmen of Southeastern Iowa, and the reputation, which he has gained as a man of enterprise and sterling worth, is certainly well merited.
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Dorian Benkoil / Business, Media, Media Creation /
Media News Roundup:
Here’s a collection of media business and tech news that caught our eye, with a touch of explanation and commentary:
The Long Story Behind Gigaom’s Sudden Demise
Gigaom, a tech news publisher which laid off all of its employees last week, highlights the critical role that the organized, responsible management of a business plays — including, especially, its finances.
Overspending and over borrowing was ultimately what led to the steady decline of the site.
Dorian plans a longer story about this one. It looks like the issue that brought the company down was more one of financial structure than its validity as a business or business model.
Why Starbucks Is Trying to Launch a Media Company
The new media company under works between Starbucks and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, formerly senior correspondent for the Washington Post, shows Starbucks’ intention to create and manage a community in a way a conventional ad campaign cannot.
Spotify, a Music Streaming Service Going for Broke
Spotify faces quite a few challenges if it is to grow further, as detailed here.
Ultimately, growth for Spotify is worth forsaking a profit in the short term.
10 Social Media Rules to Follow if You Don’t Want to Get Sued
Dorian wrote this one for Contently. It tells how content written by non-journalistic commercial brands comes under different laws and regulations than journalism.
Tips for managing commercial content include understanding advertising speech and knowing what must be disclosed.
Lessons From Social Media Week: Organic Reach Hasn’t Died, It’s Just Evolved
Dorian contributed to this one. Social media have changed, and businesses need to mix paid marketing on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest into their organic efforts in order to be effective.
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Subordinators which are infinitely divisible w.r.t. time: Construction, properties, and simulation of max-stable sequences and infinitely divisible laws
The concept of a Lévy subordinator (non-decreasing paths, infinitely divisible (ID) law at any point in time) is generalized to a family of non-decreasing stochastic processes which are parameterized in terms of two Bernstein functions. Whereas the independent increments property is only maintained in the Lévy subordinator special case, the considered family is always strongly infinitely divisible with respect to time (IDT), meaning that a path can be represented in distribution as a finite sum with arbitrarily many summands of independent and identically distributed paths of another process. Besides distributional properties of the process, we present two applications to the design of accurate and efficient simulation algorithms, emphasizing our interest in the investigated processes. First, each member of the considered family corresponds uniquely to an exchangeable max-stable sequence of random variables, and we demonstrate how the associated extreme-value copula can be simulated exactly and effciently from its Pickands dependence measure. Second, we show how one obtains different series and integral representations for infinitely divisible probability laws by varying the parameterizing pair of Bernstein functions, without changing the one-dimensional law of the process. As a particular example, we present an exact simulation algorithm for compound Poisson distributions from the Bondesson class, for which the generalized inverse of the distribution function of the associated Stieltjes measure can be evaluated accurately. «
The concept of a Lévy subordinator (non-decreasing paths, infinitely divisible (ID) law at any point in time) is generalized to a family of non-decreasing stochastic processes which are parameterized in terms of two Bernstein functions. Whereas the independent increments property is only maintained in the Lévy subordinator special case, the considered family is always strongly infinitely divisible with respect to time (IDT), meaning that a path can be represented in distribution as a f... »
strong IDT subordinator; ID law; Pickands dependence function; Bondesson class; Bernstein function.
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Location of Maughanaclea NE Stone Circle in County Cork
Ireland Stone Circle Cork
'Maughanaclea NE' : Stone Circle
Townland Maughanaclea
Grid Ref W 104 564
Latitude 51° 45' 10.5" N
Nearest Town Drimoleague (10.7 Km)
This multiple stone circle is fairly ruined, but it is still worth a visit. One of its attractions is its ease of access, which is through a farm yard and 30m across a field.
You approach from the southwest and so come to the long, low axial stone first. Just beyond that, in the centre of the circle, are two boulder burials - but these are not all that spectacular.
Just six of the stones remain upright, but most of the others are in position. It would appear that all the stones were the same height except for the entrance stones (one of which still stands) which were slightly taller than the rest at around 1m tall.
The views to the north are fairly broad and very good. The road, just 150m away, is well hidden by the slope of the hill. Trees block the east and west views and the hill rises up to the south providing a pleasant backdrop to the site.
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With Second Cy Young, Jacob deGrom Looking Like a Hall of Famer
The entire list of pitchers in Major League history who have won a Rookie of the Year award and two Cy Young Awards are Tom Seaver, Jacob deGrom, and Justin Verlander. That’s the entire list, and of the three deGrom is the only pitcher in Major League history to win a Rookie of the Year and consecutive Cy Young Awards.
On the topic of consecutive Cy Young Awards, that is a feat which has been accomplished by just 11 pitchers. Of those 10, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Steve Carlton, Pedro Martinez, and Jim Palmer are in the Hall of Fame. Roger Clemens likely would’ve been but for the steroids implications, and we reasonably expect Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer to be inducted when they are eligible.
Ultimately, that means seven of the 11 pitchers who have accomplished this feat are in the Hall of Fame. Looking forward, the question is whether deGrom can be the eighth.
When looking at deGrom’s Hall of Fame chances, the biggest obstacle at the moment is his not having made his Major League debut until his age 26 season. As noted by Beyond the Box Score, Old Hoss Radbourn, Mordecai Brown, Joe McGinnity, and Hoyt Wilhelm are the only four pitchers who debuted in or after their age 26 season inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Of those four three of them were starting pitchers.
Looking at the aforementioned three older starting pitchers, they averaged a 54.4 JAWS and a 58.9 WAR7. Even if deGrom were to repeat his 10.1 WAR from 2018, his subsequent 45.0 JAWS/WAR7 would fall short of the mean. However, it would put him in line with Brown.
But that is an important point. The one thing to take a look at is deGrom has only pitched six years in the majors. Even with his hitting the 200 inning mark in each of the past three years, he doesn’t have much mileage on his arm. This has him in the prime of his career with an opportunity to build off of these past two years.
Essentially, what deGrom needs to do is repeat the success Max Scherzer has had.
Entering his age 32 season Scherzer had accumulated a 37.0 WAR in 10 years. Over that time frame, he had two Cy Young awards with two other top five finishes. In the ensuing three years, Scherzer had accumulated a 21.7 WAR with another Cy Young and two more top three Cy Young finishes. At this moment in time, Scherzer is rightfully seen as a future Hall of Famer.
Assuming for a moment, deGrom has similar success over the next three years, he would have a 56.6 career WAR. That number would definitively put him in the conversation with the aforementioned starters, and it would start putting him in the larger conversation as well with his approaching his opt out year in his contract.
If deGrom does pitch that way, he is going to earn another Cy Young award. Winning that award would be of vital importance. While Denny McLain and Tim Lincecum have not and will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Clemens remains the only pitcher with more than three Cy Youngs not in the Hall of Fame, and again, we know there are extenuating circumstances there.
Now, we know the Hall of Fame is not just a WAR exercise. When looking at any position, especially pitcher, we need to dig a little deeper. When doing that, right now, deGrom’s case looks great.
So far, deGrom has the fifth best ERA+ in baseball history putting him ahead of pitchers like Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson. His K/9 is 15th best ahead of hurlers like Pedro Martinez and Nolan Ryan. It’s not his strikeout rate, but his control which stands out. His 4.72 K/BB is eighth best in Major League history putting him ahead of pitchers like Greg Maddux and Roy Halladay.
His 1.053 WHIP ranks ninth bettering the career marks of pitchers like Sandy Koufax and Tom Glavine. His 2.78 FIP is better than the career marks of Cy Young and Bob Gibson.
As you break it down, deGrom stands right there among all the greats, and he has the awards to prove it. He also has the postseason success. When looking at deGrom, we are seeing a Hall of Fame career. All deGrom has to do from this point forward is stay healthy and maintain his greatness.
Whether he can do it is anyone’s guess. Whether he gets there or not, it is going to be fun watching him prove his greatness every fifth day in a New York Mets uniform.
Jacob deGrom , Nolan Ryan , Pedro Martinez , Tom Glavine , Tom Seaver
Mets Now Have Longest World Series Drought In National League East
With the Washington Nationals defeating the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series, the National League East has joined the American League Central as the only divisions in baseball to have had each of their teams win a World Series.
In terms of the AL Central, while all of their teams have won a World Series, not all of them have done it recently. For example, the Cleveland Indians last won in 1948, which was before the Mets or Nationals even came into existence. The Nationals first became a franchise in 1969, and they played their first game against Tom Seaver and the New York Mets. Little did anyone know it at the time, but that 1969 Mets team would win the World Series.
The Mets next World Series title came in 1986. As noted by Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions, Jesse Orosco would become the last relief pitcher to have an RBI in a World Series game. This would also mark the last time the New York Mets have won a World Series.
Since that time, each of the Mets division rivals have won at least one World Series.
In the strike shortened 1995 season, the Atlanta Braves finally got over the hump when World Series MVP Tom Glavine pitched eight shut out innings allowing just one hit against an absolutely stacked Cleveland Indians lineup. Two years later, Glavine would lose Game 6 of the NLCS to MVP Livan Hernandez and the Florida Marlins.
When Edgar Renteria singled home Craig Counsell in the 11th inning of Game 7, that Marlins team would win their first World Series. Six years later, the Marlins would win their second World Series when Josh Beckett pitched a complete game shutout on three days rest to beat the 2003 New York Yankees in six games.
In 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies would break through and win the second World Series title in team history. Their clincher came when they and the Tampa Bay Rays resumed a rain shortened game the following day. The Phillies returned to the World Series the following year, but they lost in six to the New York Yankees.
That leaves the Mets with the longest drought, which stands at 33 years, as the longest in the division. It is not like the Mets haven’t had their chances.
Everything changed in 1988 with Mike Scioscia‘s grand slam. The 1999 Mets couldn’t pull off the miracle with Armando Benitez and John Franco blowing a save before Kenny Rogers walked in the series winning run. The following year, both Todd Zeile and Mike Piazza would come just short of hitting homers.
The 2006 Mets saw Guillermo Mota shake off Paul Lo Duca, and Carlos Beltran take a wicked Adam Wainwright curveball. There were the ensuing collapses the following years with Glavine getting shellacked by the Marlins in 2007, and Scott Schoeneweis allowing a homer to Wes Helms the ensuing year.
The Mets wouldn’t return to the postseason until 2015. Their World Series hopes were dashed when Daniel Murphy overran a ball, and Lucas Duda thew one away. The following year, Madison Bumgarner proved why he is an all-time great postseason pitcher with his throwing a complete game shutout in the 2016 Wild Card Game.
With Zack Wheeler being a free agent, the Mets offseason was already going to be an interesting one. It is now all the more interesting as you consider all the moves this team will need to make to bring home the team’s first World Series since 1986.
Armando Benitez , Carlos Beltran , Daniel Murphy , Guillermo Mota , Jesse Orosco , John Franco , Kenny Rogers , Livan Hernandez , Lucas Duda , MIke Piazza , Paul Lo Duca , Scott Schoeneweis , Todd Zeile , Tom Glavine , Tom Seaver , Zack Wheeler
Mets Fan Ideal 2019 World Series Winners
First and foremost, we all know the ideal 2019 World Series would involve the Mets beating whichever American League team won the pennant. As it stands, the 2019 World Series winner is not going to be an ideal situation for Mets fans. To that end, here’s a ranking on what Mets fans would probably like to see happen.
The Mets and Astros broke into the Majors together in 1962. Through that time, the only time these two franchises ever really clashed was the 1986 NLCS. In the NLCS, there were (proven) allegations Mike Scott was scuffing the ball. Fortunately, thanks to a miracle rally in Game 6 and Keith Hernandez threatening Jesse Orosco if he threw another fastball, the Mets prevailed in that series.
Really, if you want to be sour grapes about the Astros, you could pinpoint how an Astros World Series would cement their status as a better expansion franchise than the Mets. Still, when you see the other options, that is the least of Mets fans concerns.
The Washington Nationals franchise began in 1969 when they were the Montreal Expos. Before the time the Expos moved to Washington, the only real issue you’d have is the Expos taking out the Mets in 1998 ending their Wild Card dreams. Of course, with the Expos sending the Mets Gary Carter in 1985, you could overlook it.
Really, if you look deeper, there isn’t much to the Mets/Nationals rivalry. The two teams have only been good together in three seasons. In 2015, the Mets embarrassed a Nationals team who choked figuratively, and thanks to Jonathon Papelbon attacking Bryce Harper, they literally choked too.
In 2016, Daniel Murphy tipped the power balance between the two teams, but that still didn’t keep the Mets out of the postseason. After that season, the Nationals would remain a competitive team while the Mets fell by the wayside.
This year, the two teams were good again with some memorable games. The August 10th game was a real highlight for the Mets with Luis Guillorme‘s pinch hit homer followed by J.D. Davis‘ sacrifice fly to give the Mets an exciting victory. Of course, the less said the better about Paul Sewald, Luis Avilan, Edwin Diaz, Ryan Zimmerman, and Kurt Suzuki, the better.
Putting aside Yankee fans crowing about all the rings won back in the days of the reserve clause and the game being integrated, there is enough history between these teams to despite the Yankees. There’s Derek Jeter being named the MVP of the 2000 World Series. As bad as the blown game against the Nationals was, Luis Castillo dropping Alex Rodriguez leading to Mark Teixeira scoring the winning run arguably felt all the worse.
Since Interleague Play started, this has been an intense rivalry with the Mets having a number of low moments. Aside from these, there was Mariano Rivera being walked to force in a run, Johan Santana having a career worst start, and everything Roger Clemens. Really, Clemens throwing a ball and bat at Mike Piazza with the Yankees who once accused Clemens of head hunting rushing to his defense is sufficient enough to hate them.
Of course, we then have Joe Torre, who has been the one who not only delivers the message but also defends Major League Baseball not allowing the Mets to wear the First Responders’ caps on 9/11.
The so-called “Best Fans in Baseball” called the New York Mets teams of the 1980s pond scum. That’s how intense this rivalry was, and really, continues to be.
Going back to the 1980s, this was as intense a rivalry as there was in baseball. You can pinpoint to any number of plays and player like Terry Pendleton, John Tudor, and so much more. Even with realignment, this rivalry never truly subdued. The Mets got the better of the Cardinals with Timo Perez, Edgardo Alfonzo, and NLCS MVP Mike Hampton running roughshod over the Cardinals.
In 2006, Adam Wainwright freezing Carlos Beltran is forever crystalized into everyone’s minds. Beyond that was Scott Spiezio‘s game tying RBI triple off Guillermo Mota (why did he shake off Paul Lo Duca) and So Taguchi‘s homer off Billy Wagner. There was much more including Albert Pujols trash talking Tom Glavine (back when that was a bad thing).
Overall, the absolute worst case scenario is a Cardinals-Yankees World Series. Really, Yankees against anyone is the worst case scenario. Of course, that is the worst case for this World Series. The real worst case is seeing what Brodie Van Wagenen has in store as he tries to top trading away Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn to get Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz.
Billy Wagner , Carlos Beltran , Daniel Murphy , Edgardo Alfonzo , Edwin Diaz , Gary Carter , Guillermo Mota , J.D. Davis , Jarred Kelenic , Jesse Orosco , Joe Torre , Johan Santana , Justin Dunn , Luis Avilan , Luis Castillo , Luis Guillorme , Mike Hampton , MIke Piazza , Mike Scott , Paul Lo Duca , Paul Sewald , Robinson Cano , Timo Perez , Tom Glavine
Mets Season Will Have No Miracle
The Mets had a shot at pulling off the impossible because the schedules presented the opportunity. For the Mets, they just needed to beat up on the Marlins.
Instead, we got a game full of Tom Glavine, Dontrelle Willis, Scott Schoeneweis, Wes Helms, and well, you get the idea.
The Mets moved Steven Matz to tonight because he was better at home than the road. That was true until tonight.
Jorge Alfaro homered in the second. Jon Berti doubled in the third, and he scored on a Miguel Rojas RBI single. That was an inning after Berti robbed Michael Conforto of a homer (or an extra base hit).
Matz put up some zeros as Caleb Smith shut down the Mets offense. Part of that was getting Todd Frazier out in big spots. He got Frazier out with the bases loaded and two outs in the first, and he then got him with runners at first and second with two outs in the third.
Then a crazy sixth inning happened. You could see it was nearing the end of the line for Matz, and then he loaded the bases. Rather than go to the bullpen, Mickey Callaway stuck with Matz for one batter too many.
When Alfaro hit his grand slam, it looked like the Mets were dead in the water.
That’s when this Mets team once again showed us the character they have. The Mets loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, and Amed Rosario would hit his second career grand slam to make it a game again:
When you know it's gone. 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/k4IOk3s3f5
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 24, 2019
At 6-4, it was a brand new game. That’s what made the seventh inning so crushing.
For some reason, it was Walker Lockett to start the seventh. Perhaps, the reason was the other options were equally as uninspiring or being saved for a little later, but the overriding point is, Lockett was actually an option, and he was used.
Curtis Granderson walked to lead off the inning, and Berti got another hit. That prompted Callaway to go to Brad Brach. What makes this game all the more infuriating was Brach should’ve gotten out of the inning.
Brach got two outs before intentionally walking Alfaro to face Harold Ramirez. Ramirez grounded it to first, and he was initially ruled out. He wasn’t.
Brach started late and got there late. As a result, not only was Ramirez ruled safe, but two runs would score.
Yes, two. Apparently, because Berti was running hard, he was allowed to score on a play Brach could’ve thrown home but didn’t because of the wrong call by the first base umpire.
The Mets were down 8-4. They had a chance to score in the bottom of the seventh, but Conforto struck out against the tough LOOGY Brian Moran to end the inning.
The Mets did little to nothing in the eighth and ninth. There was not another miracle run. Not in this game, and apparently not in this season. Once again it was the Marlins the final week of the season, and it came not too long after Christian Colon delivered his own death blow.
In the end, it’s all just salt being rubbed in the wound.
Amed Rosario , Brad Brach , Curtis Granderson , Mickey Callaway , Scott Schoeneweis , Tom Glavine , Walker Lockett
Mets Two Back Not Seven Ahead With 17 To Play
In 2007, the Mets were seven games ahead with 17 games to play. We all know that season ended with Tom Glavine melting down against the Florida Marlins. That humiliating collapse is not a good memory for Mets fans, but it should serve as a reminder that anything can happen.
There are better and more positive stories in Mets history on this point.
The 1969 Mets entered September five games back of the Cubs, and they’d go 24-8 to finish the season and win the division going away en route to winning one of the more unlikely championships in professional sports history.
In 1973, the Mets entered September 4.5 games of the Cardinals and Pirates. The “Ya Gotta Believe” Mets pulled it off with a 82-79 record. They’d then push off one dynasty another year by beating the Big Red Machine in the NLCS, and they’d come within one game of knocking off another.
As we know, recent history hasn’t been as kind. The 1998 Mets entered September just one game out of the Wild Card. On September 21, they were one game up in the race only to lose their final five games including getting swept by the Braves. What made that all the more difficult was they only needed to win just one game to tie the Cubs and Giants for what was then the only Wild Card spot.
In 1999, it did seem like there was going to be another collapse with the Mets losing seven straight in October, and they’d lose five of six to the Braves with Chipper Jones telling Mets fans to get their Yankees jerseys out of the closet. They’d get some help sweeping the Pirates to over come the two game deficit with three games remaining in the season before Al Leiter‘s one hitter propelled them to the NLDS.
Heading to the future, the Mets collapsed in 2007, and they did it again in 2008 with Jerry Manuel going to Scott Schoeneweis to end the season. There were bleak times ahead before the 2015 and 2016 season. In terms of 2016, it was a somewhat similar situation to this year where a down National League allowed the Mets to linger in the race.
It should be noted that 2016 team was just 1.5 games back of he St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card. It was not the five game deficit this Mets team faced. In any event, that whole run left a bitter taste as Jeurys Familia allowed a three run homer to Conor Gillaspie to end that season.
Overall, it has been quite a mixed bag for the Mets in these late September Wild Card races. We’ve seen them collapse in 1998 and 2007. We have seen them force a one game playoff in 1999 and go on a magical run. Under a different system in 2016, they got to that game, but they couldn’t win it.
No matter how you break it down, there is one theme for all of those years – the Mets had a chance. As we have seen you have a chance even if you are down seven games with 17 remaining. You can look at that all as a negative all you want. That’s your prerogative.
However, this Mets team has Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, and Steven Matz pitching great. Seth Lugo is the best reliever in baseball. Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, and Michael Conforto have played great all year, and Todd Frazier seems to be getting hot at the right time. There are so many more positives behind these players.
At the end of the day, there is legitimate reason for hope. As long as there is hope, there is every reason to believe the Mets can pull this off. We should all be excited at the opportunity before this team.
LETS GO METS!
Al Leiter , Jeff McNeil , Jerry Manuel , Jeurys Famikia , Jeurys Familia , Michael Conforto , Peter Alonso , Scott Schoeneweis , Seth Lugo , Steven Matz , Todd Frazier , Tom Glavine , Zack Wheeler
Reexamining David Cone’s Hall of Fame Case
Hall of Fame voting can be very inconsistent at times. For example, we have seen Lou Whitaker (75.1 WAR) and Willie Randolph (65.9 WAR) both get five percented from the ballot on their first appearance while we have seen Ryne Sandberg (68.0 WAR) inducted on his third ballot, and Roberto Alomar (67.1 WAR) inducted on his second ballot. Those same inconsistencies apply to other positions as well as we saw with this most recent Hall of Fame induction.
This past weekend, Roy Halladay was inducted on his first year on the ballot. In 16 Major League seasons, Halladay was 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA, 1.178 WHIP, 1.9 BB/9, and a 6.9 K/9. He would have a stretch of his career where he was as dominant as any pitcher in the game wining two Cy Young Awards and finishing in the top five seven times. From an advanced statistics perspective, he had a 64.3 WAR, 131 ERA+, and a 3.39 FIP.
Behind the numbers, there are a number of great starts and stories with him. Perhaps there is no bigger start than his first ever postseason start where he threw a no-hitter for the Phillies in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds. You could also argue for his perfect game against the Marlins. Between the moments, the numbers, and the awards, it was determined Halladay was a first ballot Hall of Famer.
When you look at David Cone‘s career, he was not far off from Halladay.
Cone would pitch 17 seasons with the 17th season being a five game stint with the 2003 Mets. In his career, he was 194-126 with a 3.46 ERA, 1.256 WHIP, 3.5 BB/9, and an 8.3 K/9. While never seen as quite the dominating starter Halladay was over his career, Cone would win the 1994 American League Cy Young, and he would have five top five finishes in his career. From an advanced statistics perspective, Cone had a 62.3 WAR, 121 ERA+, and a 3.57 FIP.
Looking at Halladay and Cone, the numbers would indicate Halladay was the better pitcher. However, the separation is not as great as the Hall of Fame voting indicates. Whereas Halladay was a first ballot Hall of Famer, Cone would only receive 3.9 percent of the vote in his first and only year on the ballot. This would certainly suggest a lack of appreciation for what Cone accomplished in his career.
Cone is only one of 21 pitchers to throw a perfect game. He was as big a big game pitcher as there ever was. In the World Series, Cone has a 2-1 record with a 2.12 ERA. When his teams faced elimination, Cone made two starts. The first was a complete game gem against the Dodgers in Game 6 of the 1988 NLCS. The second was against the Mariners where he departed the game with the teams tied in the eighth. In those elimination games, he was 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA.
In his postseason career, Cone would make five starts with his team behind in the series. In those five starts, Cone was 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA. This includes his aforementioned complete game gem in the 1988 NLCS as well as his out-dueling Hall of Famer Tom Glavine in the 1996 World Series to get the Yankees back into that series and eventually win it. On that front, Cone has five World Series rings in his career. That’s one for each All Star appearance.
Considering the Hall of Fame is about honoring the best of the best, you can make the argument there is room for a pitcher like Cone who as at his best on the biggest stages. Looking at his numbers when the chips were down, there is maybe a handful of pitchers you would want over him. If Cone faced any of them, he would give them all he had.
With the understanding it’s not just postseason moments and World Series rings, going back into the numbers, Cone fares well against Hall of Famers. His 62.3 WAR ranks ahead of Hall of Famers like Juan Marichal, Early Wynn, Jim Bunning, and Whitey Ford. Looking at his peak, his 43.4 WAR7 ranks him ahead of Hall of Famers like Mordecai Brown, Don Sutton, and Jack Morris, and his 52.8 JAWS rates him ahead of Hall of Famers like Sandy Koufax, Dizzy Dean, and Bob Lemon.
His 121 ERA+ ties him with Don Drysdale, and it has him ahead of Warren Spahn, Bert Blyleven, Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan and Glavine. His 2,773 strike outs is 24th best all-time, and it has him ahead of Hall of Famers like Christy Mathewson, Koufax, Halladay, and Catfish Hunter.
He has more complete games than more recent Hall of Famers like John Smoltz and Pedro Martinez. He has more shutouts than Halladay, Pedro, and Smoltz. In terms of WPA (wins probability added), Cone is 52nd all-time among pitchers. His 25.42 mark rates him ahead of Hall of Famers like Lefty Gomez, Dean, and Phil Niekro.
Looking back, it is very likely Cone’s failure to reach 200 wins hurt him. After all, the average Hall of Fame pitcher has 246 wins, and there are just 11 Hall of Fame starters with fewer than 200 wins. It should also be noted a decade later there is fundamentally different emphasis put on the importance of the win, and with that newer perspective it may be time to reevaluate David Cone’s career.
Upon further review, it may be reasonable to determine Cone still falls short. In all honesty, his career may be the ultimate borderline case. However, it is also a much stronger case than a player who had received just five percent of the vote. Certainly, his all-time rankings in the aforementioned categories, his postseason performances, and his perfect game does deserve a fresher look. Hopefully, sometime in the ensuing years we see the Veteran’s Committee (or whatever it is called now) take another look at Cone, and upon a further examination, we may see him get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
David Cone , Roberto Alomar , Tom Glavine , Willie Randolph
Lagares And Alonso Blasts Beat Marlins
No matter how good things are for the Mets, it appears like the Marlins are always there to ruin things. There are awful memories stemming from Tom Glavine, Scott Schoeneweis, and even Duaner Sanchez‘s cab ride. No matter how good things are, it seems like Miami is there to screw things up for the Mets.
To matters worse yesterday, the Marlins were starting Caleb Smith, who has pitched very well against the Mets.
Things did not start out well yesterday with Smith striking out Amed Rosario, Pete Alonso, and Robinson Cano to start the game. Then, in the bottom of the first, Wilson Ramos botched catching a third strike allowing Miguel Rojas to reach. One bad pitch from Steven Matz later in the inning, and Starlin Castro would make it 2-0.
The Mets would respond partially because Michael Conforto continues to hit left-handed pitching. After a Ramos single, Jeff McNeil would drive him home with an RBI double.
What was interesting about McNeil hitting the double was he got the hit off the left-handed pitcher Smith a day after being benched against Patrick Corbin. There were a few reasons for this including his historic performance against left-handed pitching and the Mets apparently wanting to get J.D. Davis into the lineup. You really have to wonder why that is.
It’s true Davis did hit his second double of the season, and that lead-off double in the fourth led to the Mets tying the game against the Marlins (scored off a wild pitch). However, when you look at his performance thus far, he is very much the same player who struggled in his limited Major League appearances with the Astros.
While he had the double, Davis again continued to struggle in the field. He would lollypop two throws to second with one of those throws putting Cano in position to get blown up. He cost Juan Lagares an assist when he failed to catch a ball and tag out Rosell Herrera. He also couldn’t field a ball off Castro’s bat leading to a run being scored.
With the Mets trading Luis Santana, Ross Adolph, and Scott Manea, they gave up a lot for Davis, so apparently they are going to force this work, at least until Todd Frazier or Jed Lowrie return. It’s at the point where he is playing more than Keon Broxton and Lagares, and as we have seen, he has hit clean-up twice with him hitting ahead of hitters like Conforto and Ramos.
Davis playing third nearly cost the Mets this game too. His weak throw to Cano on a Herrera grounder prevented the team from turning a double play. As noted, he couldn’t field Lagares’ throw when Herrera froze on a Brian Anderson liner. He then didn’t have the range to get a Castro hit.
This gave the Marlins a 3-2 lead, and it put Steven Matz in a position to take the loss.
With respect to Matz, he shook off the first inning, and he would pitch pretty well. Over 5.2 innings, he allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts. If not for shoddy defense, he may have shut out the Marlins, and he might have been able to get through the sixth. Overall, he was not great, but he was certainly good enough to beat the Marlins (or even a Major League team).
While Lagares was not able to make a difference in the field (thanks to Davis), he would actually make a difference at the plate. The Marlins brought in the right-handed Tyler Kinley to face him, and Lagares would launch his first home run of the season:
Another day, another clutch hit from @juanlagares2! pic.twitter.com/2kzSBI6MNO
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 2, 2019
Tim Peterson stepped up pitching 1.2 scoreless. His performance not only allowed the Mets to tie the score, but it would save a bullpen which had started to accumulate some innings. This and the scoreless inning from Jeurys Familia was exactly what this bullpen needed, and it was what the team needed to try to win the game. They would thanks to a big ninth inning rally against Drew Steckenrider.
The rally started with Dominic Smith pinch hit single. In not too surprising fashion, the Mets opted to have Lagares even though there’s more than enough evidence to suggest it’s the wrong play. Fortunately, the Mets were bailed out as Steckenrider would hit Lagares with the pitch (x-rays on the finger were negative), and the umpires would completely miss Lagares failing to pull back the bunt in time.
After Brandon Nimmo struck out (he’s really struggling), Rosario would come up huge with the go-ahead RBI single giving the Mets a 4-3 lead. Speaking of huge, Alonso would follow with his first career homer:
The first career home run for @Pete_Alonso20 was a BIG one. 😳💪 pic.twitter.com/dmErodDoLq
Alonso absolutely destroyed that pitch. The 444 homer had a 112.8 exit velocity. The homer gave the Mets a 7-3 lead meaning the warmed up Edwin Diaz was entering the game in a non-save situation.
Perhaps it was just yesterday, but we saw Diaz is like most closers where his focus is not quite what it is in a save situation. He’d load the bases to start the ninth before unleashing some filthy sliders to strike out Jorge Alfaro, the evil Peter O’Brien, and JT Riddle to end the game.
If you want to harp, there was a lot not to like. Davis was poor, and the Mets defense failed Matz. This was a battle against a clearly inferior team. However, at the end of the day, the Mets got the win, which is what matters most.
Game Notes: Smith has been off to a terrific start in his own right hitting .500/.600/.500 earning him the start in today’s series finale against Jose Urena.
Amed Rosario , Brandon Nimmo , Dominic Smith , Duaner Sanchez , Edwin Diaz , J.D. Davis , Jed Lowrie , Jeff McNeil , Jeurys Familia , Juan Lagares , Keon Broxton , Luis Santana , Michael Conforto , Peter Alonso , Robinson Cano , Ross Adolph , Scott Manea , Scott Schoeneweis , Steven Matz , Tim Peterson , Todd Frazier , Tom Glavine
Braves May Not Have Pitching Or Bats To Win Division
Last year, the Braves were the surprise team in baseball winning the NL East by an eight game margin over the Nationals. This is a young talented group who has the talent to not only win the division again next year but also go on a run like the Greg Maddux–Tom Glavine–John Smoltz Braves teams.
Freddie Freeman has become an MVP caliber player. Josh Donaldson has won an MVP and has the sixth highest fWAR in all of baseball since 2015. What’s scary to think is they’re not even the Braves best player. That honor probably goes to Ronald Acuna, who is the reigning Rookie of the Year and a real MVP candidate.
What is scary for the Braves is their roster beyond these three is quite questionable.
One of the reasons the Braves were successful last season was Nick Markakis having his first All-Star campaign. It was a turn back the clock season for him as he had been a below league average hitter over the previous five seasons. His 2.6 bWAR was higher than what he posted over his prior two seasons. Expecting him to repeat his 2018 season seems dubious in his age 35 season.
Markakis is not the only 35 year old expected to be a big part of the team. The Braves brought back Brian McCann, who is coming off a season where he hit .212/.301/.339. That’s a drop off from the .271/.332/.444 Kurt Suzuki provided the team last year.
This is nothing to say of Donaldson who had an injury plagued season last year. When he was on the field, he produced. However, it should be noted he did take a step back. From 2015 – 2017, he had a 154 wRC+ at the plate. Last year, he had a 117 wRC+. Defensively, he’s gone from an 11 DRS in 2015 to a 1 DRS last year.
That’s actually a step back from what Johan Camargo provided. Last year, Camargo was a 115 wRC+ at the plate with a 7 DRS at third. With Donaldson, you have the name value, but you lose the upside the 25 year old could provide.
On the topic of the Braves young players, by and large, they have not yet panned out the way many people have expected.
Ozzie Albies did have a 3.8 WAR last season, but he had some issues. For starters, the switch-hitter hit .231/.283/.412 against left-handed pitching (84 wRC+). With the right-handed pitching in the division, he is completely over-matched making him not much more than a good defensive second baseman for the majority of the time.
Ender Inciarte is also a defensive first player, albeit a very inconsistent one. Whatever the reason, Inciarte has been good in odd numbered seasons and Gold Glove caliber in even numbered seasons. For Inciarte to have value, he needs to be a Gold Glover as he already below league average offense has dropped from a 100 wRC+ in 2015 t0 90 last season.
The biggest enigma has been Dansby Swanson. The Braves had purportedly stole him from the Diamondbacks for Shelby Miller. The problem was Swanson has not quite panned out as expected. Last year was a career best year for him, which makes his prospects all the more dubious as he only had an 80 wRC+. He was very good defensively meaning the Braves up-the-middle defense is quite good but very, very questionable at the plate.
In some ways, in what promises to be a very tough National League East, the Braves are going to be reliant on their young pitching to make the difference in the division. Now, there are times this does work like 2003 with the Florida Marlins and 2015 with the New York Mets.
Mike Foltynewicz was the teams’ best pitcher last year, and it’s questionable if he can be that next year. His .251 BABIP was much lower than the .303 he has yielded in his career. If he reverts back to career norms, he may look more like the below average league pitcher (93 ERA+) he had been over the prior two seasons.
The Braves second starter, Sean Newcomb, has also roughly been a league average pitcher (103 ERA+) in his career. Same goes for Kevin Gausman (102 ERA+). That is also what Julio Teheran has been since 2016. That puts a lot of pressure on Touki Toussaint, a pitcher who Baseball America projects to be a middle of the rotation starter partially due to his control problems.
Ultimately, when you break the Braves down, this is a very pedestrian starting rotation, albeit one with plenty of upside. Their top two relievers, Arodys Vizcaino and A.J. Minter, have durability concerns. They’re relying on older veterans to be what they once were, and they’re hoping defensive minded players can unlock offensive potential they have not yet unlocked in over two years in the majors.
If the Braves figure it out, they’re a scary team. However, it’s also possible last year was as good as it gets. That should put them well in the mix for the division and the Wild Cards, but it also likely leaves them one or two pieces short from the postseason.
Mets Blogger Roundtable: Most Bizarre Mets Injuries
With reports Brandon Nimmo getting sick from cooking his own chicken dinner, it does inspire many to say, “Same old Mets!” Certainly, the Mets have had their fair share of bizarre injuries and illnesses over their 57 year history. There are plenty of stories, and the Mets bloggers share some of the more infamous in Mets history:
Michael Baron
I love Noah Syndergaard, but the hand, foot and mouth disease is easily the standout injury in recent memory for me.
Michael Ganci (Daily Stache)
Valley Fever…and it’s not close. Single-handedly ended Ike Davis‘ career.
Metstradamus (Metstradamus Blog)
I’ll bring up Ryan Church here. Not that a concussion is bizarre, but putting him on an airplane to Denver and then Snoop Manuel surreptitiously chastising him for not being tough enough to handle it will always be the benchmark for bizarre in Flushing.
Greg Prince (Faith and Fear in Flushing)
Gotta go with what happened to reliever Ken Sanders between innings one Sunday afternoon in 1975: “I was taking my warm up pitches and lost the return throw from John Stearns and it hit me directly in my right eye. I never touched it. It actually knocked me out. There was no action on the field at the time of the accident.”
Tim Ryder (MMO)
Do Mackey Sasser‘s yips count? I’d have to go with Matt Harvey‘s bladder infection due to holding in his pee. Only the Mets.
Sasser hit .297/.328/.416 from 1988 thru 1990. Once his head got the best of him, everything came crashing down. The conventional injuries didn’t help either.
Bre S. (That Mets Chick)
Weirdest Mets illness: Ike Davis, valley fever in 2012. Valley Fever is an infection that is released from the dirt in desert regions of the Southwest and is inhaled. It can be stirred up by construction and winds.
Fast forward to 2014 and Davis still complained about having Valley fever! Its mind boggling how that infection stayed with him throughout the years. “You have no energy, no nothing. It was definitely a weird one. It’s supposed to go away on its own, but when I had an X-ray last year, it showed I still had it. I’m hoping that’s over and done with.” – Ike Davis
James Schapiro (Shea Bridge Report)
It’s gotta be “Valley Fever,” for me…it’s got all the hallmarks of a Mets injury. It’s a disease that sounds fake, like it’s almost a parody, and also sounds like a cruel act of God.
Strangely enough, Ike’s other injury is high on the list too — the time the training staff had him wear a walking boot nonstop, and it turned out the boot was basically suffocating his ankle, and it turned into him missing the 2011 season and pretty much ended his career. That…that’s the Mets right there.
Mets Daddy
Jerry Blevins slipping over a curb and re-breaking his arm. Sure, you can understand his arm breaking when he was hit with a comebacker, but a professional athlete breaking the arm again slipping on a curb takes the cake.
What’s interesting here is we had no mention of Tom Glavine losing his front teeth in a cab ride. What’s interesting to note with him is that while he thought that to be heart breaking, he was not devastated after killing the 2007 Mets season. Speaking of cab rides, we should never forget Duaner Sanchez.
There are many, many more here to list. We all know them, especially those who have participated in these roundtables. They know much more than the injuries, which is yet another reason to visit their sites and read their quality work.
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Brandon Nimmo , Duaner Sanchez , Ike Davis , Jerry Blevins , Jerry Manuel , John Stearns , Ken Sanders , Mackey Sasser , Matt Harvey , Noah Syndergaard , Ryan Church , Tom Glavine
Because of Nimmo, A Beginner’s Guide To Cooking Chicken
Years ago, the Mets actually had a team cookbook available for sale entitled “GourMets.” Unfortunately, that book is no longer in publication leaving Brandon Nimmo on his lonesome when attempting to make himself a piece of chicken for dinner. Things did not end well:
Brandon Nimmo says he lost four pounds throwing up from his chicken and sweet potato dinner. He confirms he was NOT smiling while throwing up… but he can laugh about it now. pic.twitter.com/ufelZJJurq
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 28, 2019
In typical Nimmo fashion, we see him smiling and laughing about an ordeal which saw him throwing up all night and losing four pounds. We should also note it’s typical Mets fashion to see a player go down with something as simple as cooking and eating chicken. After all, as we have seen with Tom Glavine and Duaner Sanchez, Mets players can’t be trusted with so much as a cab ride.
While Glavine’s and perhaps Sanchez’s ordeals seemed to be not their fault, it would seem like Nimmo’s ordeal is completely avoidable. With that in mind, let’s review what Nimmo should have done differently.
First and foremost, if you have no idea what you are doing, don’t start with chicken. If you really want chicken, order out. If you don’t want to order out, get in touch with someone who knows what they are doing. Don’t try to cook the chicken yourself and risk food poisoning.
If you are undeterred and really want to cook that chicken, then by all means do it, but make sure you are handling it properly. The chicken you are looking to cook should be properly stored in the refrigerator. If you picked it up on your way home, just make sure it wasn’t sitting in your car too long, especially in a warm Florida climate. Chances are if it smells off before you even thing of cooking it, you’re going to get sick.
Also, you need to be really careful how you handle the chicken. If you are handling it and seasoning it before you cook it, you should be washing your hands. You should also be cleaning and disinfecting the area where you prepared the chicken. After all, even if you have cooked the chicken properly, you can still get sick from what you did before you cooked the chicken.
If you are cooking for the first time, put it in the oven where you can reduce the amount of times you actually handle it. If you are cooking at 350 degrees, it will probably take 25-3o minutes. It could take more. The best way to tell if it is done is to insert a thermometer to make sure it is cooked to 165 degrees. If not, cook longer. If you don’t have a thermometer, just cut it in half and look to see if it is cooked all the way through.
If you don’t want to use an oven, you can use things like a grill, Foreman grill, or even a pan. The best bet for any of those is to look online for a recipe and instructions on cooking temperature or time.
Ultimately, when cooking a chicken the most important thing to do is to make sure it is properly stored, and you are keeping your hands and all surfaces clean. To hear Nimmo tell it, the chicken looked cooked through and tasted good. If that is truly the case, the chances are he either mishandled or improperly stored the chicken.
At the end of the day, considering this is the Mets, all the players should probably avoid cooking their own meals all together. They should probably avoid taxi cabs to go out and get the food. Really, they should be ordering food to be delivered while sitting in their hotels or homes in bubble wrap.
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Info For... Current Students Faculty and Staff Alumni
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Richard Wagner (Class of 2009)
senior Physics major
minor in Mathematics
from Canton, OH
awarded an Astronaut Scholarship for 2008-09
In the fall of 2008, Richard answered questions about his time at Miami University.
What's it like being an Astronaut Scholar?
"The astronauts from the Mercury 7 program set up this national scholarship for students in science and math. I was nominated as Miami's representative for 2008-2009 and had the honor of meeting Capt. James Lowell of the Apollo 13 mission (Tom Hanks played him in the movie). I will use the scholarship to pay off my student loans and buy a new computer."
How did you decide on a major?
"My freshman year I took a course in introductory physics. One day after class my professor asked if I'd ever considered becoming a physics major. Initially I turned her down, but a couple weeks later we discussed quantum mechanics and it made perfect sense to me. The mathematics she used was elegant and supported her interpretations."
"The classes are small and the professors are fantastic. They want to train undergraduates in research rather than only those in their graduate program. And I've learned a lot from them, not just from courses but outside class, too."
What do you like about the physics program?
"The classes are small and the professors are fantastic. They want to train undergraduates in research rather than only those in their graduate program. And I've learned a lot from them, not just from courses but outside class, too. I spend a lot of time with faculty in my department and they've shown me new areas of physics that I might be interested in pursuing for the rest of my life."
What is distinctive about a Miami degree?
"Miami has given me a distinct advantage. I already know things that I would usually learn in graduate school. As an undergraduate, I think that such early exposure to real world methodology is critical. I've worked with professors on experimental projects and theoretical projects, and I learned from actual experience how physics research is done at a professional level.
"I've presented my research at three professional conferences and one paper is under review for publication in an international journal and another is in the pipeline. These opportunities give me standing in my chosen profession. I like having my name out there."
How do you balance it all?
"Besides classes, my independent study projects and two jobs, I have a lot of meetings so I keep a rigorous daily schedule. But there's definitely downtime, too. Between classes I generally hang out in the undergraduate lounge in the physics building. At any one time there are usually five or six people working on homework or just messing around."
What's your favorite Miami tradition?
"I'm not really superstitious, but I do feel bad stepping on the Miami seal in the hub. I feel it shows a certain amount of disrespect to the university to walk all over it. So although I don't think I'd fail a class, I don't step on the seal when I walk through the hub."
As the center of Miami's diverse liberal arts curriculum, the College of Arts and Science (CAS) fosters a rigorous intellectual climate that promotes learning and discovery. The CAS offers 63 majors, 58 minors, and 10 co-majors to undergraduate students, as well as about 30 masters and 10 doctoral programs.
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Sophos Acquires Network Security Vendor Astaro
Thursday Jul 7th 2011 by Enterprise Networking Planet Staff
Acquisition boosts Sophos' network security portfolio.
The announcement by Sopho that it has acquired network security vendor Astaro, marks an industry-first combination of endpoint security with UTM. By combining Astaro’s network security with Sophos’ threat expertise, initial integration will bring real-time protection against malware, notes Dark Reading.
Sophos partners will have access to the full network security portfolio and Astaro partners will have the opportunity to become Sophos partners and deliver a complete set of endpoint, mobile and gateway solutions to their customers.
"’We founded Astaro with the mission of bringing network security products to organizations of all sizes and accomplished this goal by creating easy-to-use, Unified Threat Management solutions that addressed several facets of network security. However, as the threat landscape continued to evolve it became clear that gateway security alone would no longer be sufficient to effectively secure a network,’ said Jan Hichert, Astaro co-founder and CEO, and now Sophos’ Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network Security.”
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US: “Immigrants” on Welfare Won’t be Given Green Cards Anymore
TNO Staff — September 24, 2018 4 comments
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will start to implement a rule that will effectively prevent all “immigrants” using welfare from getting Green Cards—and which will ultimately lead to their expulsion.
According to a DHS statement released on that organization’s website, the rule will “clearly define long-standing law to ensure that those seeking to enter and remain in the United States either temporarily or permanently can support themselves financially and will not be reliant on public benefits.”
The rule, titled “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” says that it will “prescribe how it determines whether an alien is inadmissible to the United States under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) because he or she is likely at any time to become a public charge.”
“Aliens who seek adjustment of status or a visa, or who are applicants for admission, must establish that they are not likely at any time to become a public charge, unless Congress has expressly exempted them from this ground of inadmissibility or has otherwise permitted them to seek a waiver of inadmissibility.
“Moreover, DHS proposes to require all aliens seeking an extension of stay or change of status to demonstrate that they have not received, are not currently receiving, nor are likely to receive, public benefits as defined in the proposed rule.”
The DHS statement said that the term “public charge” as applied to admission of aliens to the United States has a long history in U.S. immigration law, appearing at least as far back as the Immigration Act of 1882.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries public charge was the most common ground for refusing admission at U.S. ports of entry.
“Under long-standing federal law, those seeking to immigrate to the United States must show they can support themselves financially,” said Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security.
“The Department takes seriously its responsibility to be transparent in its rulemaking and is welcoming public comment on the proposed rule. This proposed rule will implement a law passed by Congress intended to promote immigrant self-sufficiency and protect finite resources by ensuring that they are not likely to become burdens on American taxpayers.”
“The proposed regulation defines a public charge to be a person who receives certain public benefits above certain defined threshold amounts or for longer than certain periods of time.
“ Importantly, by law, the public charge inadmissibility determination is a prospective determination based on the totality of the circumstances, which includes statutorily required factors such as age, health, family status, assets, resources, financial status, education and skills.
“In making this determination, DHS is proposing to consider current and past receipt of designated public benefits above certain thresholds as a heavily weighed negative factor.
“The rule would also make nonimmigrants who receive or are likely to receive designated public benefits above the designated threshold generally ineligible for change of status and extension of stay.
“The public benefits proposed to be designated in this rule are federal, state, local, or tribal cash assistance for income maintenance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid (with limited exceptions for Medicaid benefits paid for an ‘emergency medical condition,’ and for certain disability services related to education), Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), institutionalization for long-term care at government expense, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing. The first three benefits listed above are cash benefits that are covered under current policy.”
The proposed rule will be officially published in the “Federal Register” in the coming weeks and the public will be able to comment on the proposed rule for a period of 60 days. After that, the Department is likely to either amend or implement the rule.
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Six Nonwhites of FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” Classed as “White” by US Government
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Trump Was Right: Illegal Immigrants Did Vote in 2016 Election
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Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow!!!
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Dandelioness says:
Protestant says:
This is standard practice in many Third World countries like China, which will not even let westerners retire there unless they can prove they have huge amounts of cash in the bank, and will never be a burden on the Chinese taxpayers. It makes perfect sense, which is why the Globalists have worked hard to undermine it in the West.
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New World Vikings: 800 AD
Slovakia: Pro-Invasion Party Crashes
Dutch Village Gets What it Voted For
Stutthof Trial: Drama as Former Guard Says he Never Saw “Gas Chambers” or Atrocities
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“Transgenders:” DOJ Blackmails Schools
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20% of US Fed. Inmates are Illegals
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New DNA Study Shows Significant 5,000 BC Female Input from Reputed Indo-European Heartland
NY Law on “Transgender” Mental Illness
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Vail Resorts Closes on Its Acquisition of Falls Creek and Hotham Ski Fields in Victoria, Australia
Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced that the Company has closed on its acquisition of the ski field leases and related infrastructure at Falls Creek Alpine Resort (“Falls Creek”) and Hotham Alpine Resort (“Hotham”) in Victoria, Australia.
Vail Resorts to Acquire Falls Creek and Hotham Ski Resorts in Victoria, Australia
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Hakuba Valley, Japan Is Now Epic
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Epic Pass, 2018, Vail Resorts is honoring the epic service of the Company’s founders and men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, with the introduction of a special new USD$99 Military Epic Pass. Also, for every 2018-19 Vail Resorts season pass sold, the Company will donate USD$1 to Wounded Warrior Project®. Based on 2017-18 pass sales, the donation would exceed USD$750,000.
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Vail Resorts Announces Changes Across Mountain Division Leadership
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hbk in boston for raw , McIntyre news
While RAW is sold out tonight, a few tickets will be released today after they set up the production. – Shawn Michaels posted the following on Twitter today… “Beautiful, morning here in Boston. Slamming down some coffee then knocking out a workout…then PHASE 2 BEGINS!!! Mr. HOF is on his way.”
– While Drew McIntyre was once again “fired” on SmackDown, he continues to work the weekend house show events.
Drew Mcintyre hints on deportation from u.s
Drew McIntyre tweeted the following today: 73 days left before the good ol’ US of A tries to deport me. I know justice will be restored, no Drew=bad for business and future of WWE!!
Until then I shall pitch Braveheart 2, the rise of Wallace to Hollywood
mvp to tna ?
– On Twitter, former WWE Superstar MVP used an analogy to compare WWE to a Lamborghini and New Japan Pro Wrestling to a Corvette. When asked where TNA Wrestling would fit in the analogy, he said Toyota MR2 (an automobile no longer in production). MVP noted in a later tweet that the possibility of him joining TNA is “highly unlikely.”
tna slammiversary on the road , various tna news
Dixie Carter posted the following today on Twitter… “I am very, VERY excited about what market we will be in for the Slammiversary pay-per-view on 6/10 to celebrate our 10th anniversary!” – TNA is now offering Impact Wrestling episodes online via Amazon streaming for $1.99 episode. At this time, only episodes from 2012 are available.
– On March 1st, UNA Mobile Transformation LLC filed a lawsuit against TNA in the United States District Court of Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that the company had violated their patent and trademark on how advertisements are delivered via TNA videos. UNA states that they created and patented how the ads are displayed and delivered and TNA, specifically in a recent video of Sting on the European tour, violated that. UNA is seeking a jury trial. TNA has not responded to the charges as of yet, and it should be noted that UNA has filed four other similar lawsuits since the beginning of 2012.
brutus beefcake speaks out -
Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake recently appeared on the Casey Ford Radio Show on ESPN 970 in Marquette, MI. Highlights are below.
On the “Warrior” James Hellwig: “James was a regular guy until he got the belt, then he kind of flipped on us, and became real unpredictable and I haven’t had any contact with him in 15 years. Hulk went out of his of his way for years to help other guys and “Warrior” couldn’t help himself he was such an Idiot.”
On the Topic of Linda Hogan: “Linda Hogan is bitter, she is going thru a hard time, because she has $35 million and nobody knows who she is. Linda Hogan is just trying to cause more hurt, and it’s got to stop sometime its just ridiculous. Hulk has filed a lawsuit in court; I am getting ready to file mine in a couple of weeks.”
Who he enjoyed working with in WWF/WCW: “I always enjoyed working with: Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Henning and its just a terrible loss, Tito Santana, and Rick Martel.”
On The WWE Hall of Fame: “I hope I get a phone call, I’m not holding my breath, Life will go on if it doesn’t happen, but I find it illogical to have Koko B. Ware and Sunny, nothing against these people there all my friends, they came along 15 years after me in the business. I am not bitter about it I am happy for them and wish them the best of luck. They are inducting marks and actors and people who were only involved into a couple of shows into the Hall of Fame and its kind of an insult.”
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What I am reading now....THE BABY PLANNER by Josie Brown
Book Description-THE BABY PLANNER
The Nanny Diaries meets The Wedding Planner in this smart, dishy novel from the author of Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives—featuring a woman who runs San Francisco’s premier baby planning company and the mommies-to-be who seek out her services.
Katie Johnson may make her living consulting with new moms on the latest greatest baby gadgets no parent should be without, or which mommy meet-ups are the most socially desirable, or whether melon truly is the new black, but the success of her marriage to her husband, Alex, depends on controlling her own urges toward motherhood.
He's adamant that they stay childless. Sure, Katie understands that he's upset over the fact that his out-of-town ex-wife rarely lets him see their ten-year-old son, Peter. But living vicariously through her anxious clients and her twin sisters' precocious children only makes Katie resent his stance more deeply.
While helping a new client—Seth Harris, a high tech entrepreneur who must raise Sadie, his newborn daughter, as a single parent after the tragic death of his wife in childbirth—maneuver the bittersweet journey from mourning husband and reticent father to loving dad, Katie’s own ideals about love, marriage, and motherhood are put to the test as she learns ones very important lesson about family: How we nurture is the true nature of love.
Blog Tour/GIVEAWAY: SOUNDS BITES: A ROCK & ROLL LOVE STORY by Rachel K. Burke: Review/Character Interview
Right at the end of chapter one you are hit with a bombshell and from there you are taken a literary ride of emotions; betrayal, love, forgiveness, courage and passion in many forms. You will love this book with realistic characters in realistic situations. I found it to be an entertaining and fun read. There are twists and turns, tense situations and a story line that keeps you engaged. I recommend it highly and rate it 4.5 stars!
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Renee Evans has a knack for trouble. After walking in on her best friend and boyfriend in bed together, twenty-five year-old Renee flees sunny Los Angeles and her dream job as a music journalist and returns to her hometown of Boston – only to meet Dylan Cavallari, the mysterious, aspiring musician who lives in her apartment building. Dylan’s piercing gaze and womanizing demeanor make him exactly the type of guy that Renee should steer clear of – which is most likely the reason she falls for him. But when Renee’s troublesome ex comes back and threatens to drive her and Dylan apart, Renee is forced to face her past and save her relationship with Dylan before it's too late.
Sound Bites dramatizes what happens when Renee finds herself caught between a painful past and an uncertain future. Happiness turns out to be within her grasp, but it all depends on whether she can trust herself enough to make the right decisions. Sound Bites is a novel about love, friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, and the power of music to help you find your way.
INTERVIEW with Renee
1) What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about your ex-boyfriend and best friend?
Honestly, when I think of Justine and David now, I think of it as a positive experience. Because if that hadn’t happened, I never would have met Dylan. As cliché as it sounds, I’ve always believed that everything in life happens for a reason. And even though at the time I felt completely betrayed, I’m grateful for it now.
2) Is being a music journalist as exciting as it sounds?
There are exciting parts, and there are not-so-exciting parts. The free concert tickets, free albums, and the opportunity to interview some of your favorite artists are some of the perks. In addition, you get paid to do something you love, and people are always so interested when you tell them what you do for work.
The not-so-exciting part is that it’s a lot of work for little money. When you count the travel time to and from shows, combined with the amount of time to transcribe interviews, conduct band research, and put together a great article, it really is a lot of work. There is also the downside of meeting your favorite musician, only to find that he or she is a complete jackass in person. It tends to ruin the music for you after that.
But, at the end of the day, there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing J
3) Going home is hard to do and LA is a big city. Why return to Boston?
Unfortunately, when you move away with your best friend, it can be both a positive and negative thing. It’s good to have a familiar face as a support system, but the problem is that you can get dependent on that person, and it doesn’t really force you to live outside your comfort zone and meet new people.
The problem was that Justine and I did everything together, and we although we had acquaintances, we didn’t have any true friends in L.A. except each other. So when things went sour, I realized how alone I was without her. And at the time, I needed my friends and family for support, so I felt I had no choice but to return home.
4) What precisely attracted you to Dylan?
Dylan has a captivating presence that’s hard to put into words. He has these piercing blue eyes and low, hypnotic voice that I find mesmerizing. There’s just something about him that immediately drew me in. And he’s so incredibly talented yet so humble about it. He hides his emotions pretty well, but deep down, he has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I’ve ever met. He really genuinely cares about everyone.
5) How hard was it to face up to your past and reconcile it with your present?
Well, as I mentioned, I’m glad everything worked out the way it did. All experiences - even painful ones - can have a positive outcome, even though it may not seem positive at the time. It was a learning experience, not only for me, but also for Justine. Even though she had her heart broken, she also came to the realization that true love really does exist. I don’t hold any animosity towards her at all because, as I’ve learned, love really does conquer all. And sometimes, it makes you do things completely out of character. But at the end of the day, forgiveness is the only way to move on.
6) Finally, would you do anything differently?
Not a thing… except maybe slam the door in David’s face next time!
Rachel was born and raised in Boston, MA. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Bridgewater University in 2011 with a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies. Rachel's work has appeared in Prevention Magazine, Worcester Magazine and Starpulse News Entertainment.
For more information on Rachel and her upcoming fiction, please visit www.rachelkburke.com
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REVIEW/GIVEAWAY: THE ZEN MAN by Colleen Collins
Colleen Collins
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Readers of mystery are going to love Colleen Collins novel THE ZEN MAN. It is a fast paced who-done-it that will keep you turning pages and guessing to the very end. I was shocked and surprised by all the twists and turns. This novel will leave you wanting more. I highly recommend it and rate it 4 stars.
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Just as washed-up criminal defense attorney, life-long Deadhead (nickname “The Zen Man”), and current PI Rick Levine decides to get relicensed as a lawyer, he’s charged with killing one and ends up in the slammer with a half-mil bail.
Released on bond, Rick and his girlfriend Laura have 30 days to find the real killer. In the course of their investigations, they dig for dirt among Denver’s shady legal backrooms to its tony corporate centers. Dodging bullets, a kidnapping, trumped-up charges and the FBI's unwanted intervention, Rick and Laura continue tracking key suspects who have motive...eventually learning that true redemption begins at home.
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RACHEL SIMON Exclusive: Book Covers
I met Rachel at THE FOX CITIES BOOK FESTIVAL this year and we had a brief chat about my book cover of THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL because it was the UK version. I told her that when I bought it online I was really drawn to that cover. And now here we are with Rachel Simon talking about book covers! I hope you enjoy the exclusive video made by Rachel for Mrs Mommy Booknerd!!!! (if you are having problems with the video, please email me)
THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL GIRL COVERS
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Rachel Simon is the award-winning author of six books and a nationally-recognized public speaker on issues related to diversity and disability. Her titles include the bestsellers, The Story of Beautiful Girland Riding The Bus with My Sister. Both books are frequent selections of book clubs and school reading programs around the country. Rachel's work has been adapted for theater, NPR, the Lifetime Channel, and Hallmark Hall of Fame, whose adaptation of Riding The Bus With My Sister starred Rosie O' Donnell and Andie McDowell, and was directed by Anjelica Huston.
Rachel Simon's awards include The Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Recognition Award for Contributions to the Field of Disability from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, and creative writing fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, and the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. She is one of the only authors to have been selected twice for the Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers Award. Rachel Simon lives in Wilmington, Delaware.
REVIEW: THE ROCK STAR IN SEAT 3A by Jill Kargman
Jill Kargman
What would you do if you were seated next to your dream musician and the one you were granted the "free pass" by your boyfriend/girlfriend? Well Hazel was about to find out when her dream rock star crush, Finn Schiller, was seated next to her in seat 3A. I literally read this novel in one sitting because I thought it was so fun and original. I love stories that take you to the place of fantasy and address the age old question: is the grass greener on the other side? Hop onto the plane in seat 3B and be prepared for a wild ride. I rate this book 4 stars and look forward to reading more by Jill Kargman.
*Be warned there is strong language in the novel.
It's Hazel's thirtieth birthday and she has everything she's ever wanted: a kickass job, a dream apartment in New York City, and the perfect boyfriend—who's just days away from proposing. Hazel thinks she's happy but isn't quite ready to settle down. So when her most far-fetched fantasy enters the realm of the possible, shouldn't she drop everything to see it through?
The morning after her birthday, Hazel boards a flight to L.A. only to get the surprise of her life. When she's bumped up to first class, extra legroom and free drinks are absolutely the last things on her mind when she catches sight of her seatmate: her all-time biggest celebrity crush, rock star Finn Schiller! Only the night before she'd confessed her infatuation with the gorgeous musician, and her boyfriend joked that she had a free pass if she ever met him. Hazel can't believe fate has actually thrown them together.
Even more unbelievable is that during the flight they genuinely connect. Finn likes her uncensored cursing and wicked sense of humor, and that she's unlike all of his groupies; Hazel likes his killer looks, ripped physique, and soulful music. But what started as a fantasy quickly becomes a real attraction, and after a dream date and taste of the rock-star life with Finn in L.A., Hazel is forced to examine the track her life is on. Indulging in a passionate affair with a rock star seems crazy—but could she ever forgive herself if she walked away from her wildest dream coming true? And is her wildest dream the stuff that happiness is made of?
A lively novel about a down-to-earth New York City girl who suddenly finds herself in a rock 'n' roll Cinderella fantasy, The Rock Star in Seat 3A is seasoned with Jill Kargman's signature wit and hilarious dialogue. This is a fairy-tale romance with a twist.
Jill Kargman is deathly afraid of clowns. And mimes. Wait, mimes are worse. She lives in New York City where she writes magazine articles and trashy novels and enjoys wrap sandwiches. She is the author of teen books Bittersweet Sixteen, Summer Intern, and Jet Set, plus some excellent grown-up books. And by grown-up books she doesn't mean porn; she means not young adult but plain old adult. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, Travel + Leisure, Elle, Elle Décor, and a bunch of British magazines you've never seen. She went to Yale where she did not study writing and has three children who keep her young. And exhausted.
DOUBLE REVIEW: LOST & FOUND and PICTURE THIS by Jacqueline Sheehan
Jacqueline Sheehan
From page one I feel in love with this novel. Heartbreak, soul searching, danger, love and a dog who makes moving forward worth it are elements that make up this amazing novel. You will get drawn into this novel and the characters that take over the page. I rate it 4 stars.
A poignant and unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on . . . with the help of one not-so-little dog Rocky's husband Bob was just forty-two when she discovered him lying cold and lifeless on the bathroom floor . . . and Rocky's world changed forever. Quitting her job, chopping off all her hair, she leaves Massachusetts—reinventing her past and taking a job as Animal Control Warden on Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine and a million miles away from everything she's lost. She leaves her career as a psychologist behind, only to find friendship with a woman whose brain misfires in the most wonderful way and a young girl who is trying to disappear. Rocky, a quirky and fallible character, discovers the healing process to be agonizingly slow.
But then she meets Lloyd.
A large black Labrador retriever, Lloyd enters Rocky's world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded woman and a wounded, lovable beast. As the unraveling mystery of Lloyd's accident and missing owner leads Rocky to an archery instructor who draws her in even as she finds every reason to mistrust him, she discovers the life-altering revelation that grief can be transformed . . . and joy does exist in unexpected places.
Better than the first novel in the series, Picture This takes over where Lost & Found left off. I was instantly drawn into the story line of this novel and found it hard to put down. Sheenhan has the same great foundation in this novel as she did in the first but I felt the pace was much quicker and the story much more rich. I love that there is a great story, but a sense of suspense as well. I highly recommend this novel and the previous novel, especially to those who have a love and appreciation for the relationship between a pet and its owner! A 4.5 star read!
The poignant and unforgettable sequel to the beloved bestseller Lost & Found; a marvelous tale of life-altering surprises and unanticipated guests Peaks Island, Maine, vibrates with its own special magic, a unique flow to life that knits together the small community that calls it home. The people, the animals, and even the houses have a charm and personality all their own. Just ask Rocky Pelligrino. Devastated by her husband Bob's sudden death, she found hope thanks to a relentlessly loyal black Lab named Cooper. Warm friends and a new job—as the island's animal control warden—have helped Rocky chart a course toward a promising future. She's even ready to try love again with Hill, the gentle and patient archery instructor. And there is an old house haunted by lost love and forgotten secrets that speaks to her soul.
But a phone call from a troubled young woman looking for her biological father shakes Rocky's newfound joy. Could this young girl hold a tendril of the man who was the love of her life? Or could the girl's appearance throw Rocky's world into chaos . . . and shatter her heart again?
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Blog Tour: A CONTENTED MIND by Samantha Hoffman: Q&A
I found the explanation in the book regarding this beautiful cover:
"Moving her eyes over the painting, she noticed the simple beauty of the giant white open petals of the rose flowing outward from the right side of the canvas. When painting it, the artist made a conscious effort to leave a large open space of black canvas on the left, and beyond the midpoint of the painting, giving it perfect balance. Not confined, the rose was allowed to expand into its full splendor, even if its ability to do so was only within the mind of the one viewing it." (A Contented Mind, p. 293)
WOW! Isn't that something!
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Connect with Samantha! www.bysamanthahoffman.com & www.bysamanthahoffman.com/buy_now/
Author Bio: Samantha started writing books as a child. Although those roughly hewed works are kept under lock and key, they possess the same need to understand life as her current novels. In the past, Samantha has written numerous columns on health and spirituality for a local newspaper. Currently, she writes the popular blog: Insanity - A Writer’s Commentary On All Things, as well as two novels: A Contented Mind, it’s sequel, Chasing Nirvana, and the children’s chapter book series: Dainty Delaney. Currently she is at work on her third novel. On May 18th, 2012 Samantha will be featured in Art & Entertainment section of The Traverse City Record Eagle newspaper.
Life can get rough at times, loving oneself shouldn’t be. That, in a nutshell, is the message that is imbued within the books Samantha writes.
A. For the most part music inspires my writing. It was a verse within one song in particular, as well as my battle with depression, that brought about A Contented Mind. The words within that song worked like lighter fluid on a fire that was on its last ember. To this day when I want to bring my characters to life, I turn on the music.
Q. What is your favorite thing about being an author?
A. I take the movie that is in my mind, with its almost tangible words, palpable emotions and scenes, transcribe it, then give it to others to enjoy. And within those mental movies, people are given the chance to feel things they may never feel otherwise.
Q. What is the toughest part of being an author?
A. Having the courage and resolve to write what I want to write in the way and style that I want to write.
Q. If you could not be author, what would you do/be?
A.I used to teach yoga. Like the conductor in an orchestra standing in front of the class, I loved gently yet firmly leading the movements of the room - harnessing everyone's energy into a more balanced, peaceful state. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed bringing relaxation and peace to those that needed it the most. I would probably do that again.
A. 50 Shades of Grey...NO I'm just kidding. Sorry, I couldn't resist. That would be wild though, wouldn't it? No, my life story would be named... 'She Dances. The story of the little girl that danced in the rain.'
A. I love so many, that is a very tough question. Perhaps Crime and Punishment. I appreciate and respect the way in which Fyodor Dostoevsky captured the struggles of one's mind.
A. In many ways I can relate to Martin Eden, as far as identifying the lunacy of what is considered 'genius' writing within the literary elite. In my opinion all writing has profound value. But the system chews writers up and spits them out, in the process spitting out many 'genius writers' along the way. Within that one thing I have a strong resonance with Martin. For the most part however, I have much in common with Jane Eyre. She trusted her mind and her abilities. I have been through a great deal and yet, I have emerged whole, and hopefullyduring the walk I do so with the grace of Jane.
Q. What character from all of your book(s) are you most like?
A. From a mental and emotional stand point I am very much like Meg
and Madelyne, Meg's mother, in A Contented Mind.
A. When I was young it used to be autumn. But now that I am older, autumn, although beautiful, is now seen as the precursor of winter; and I don't like being cold. So now, my favorite season would be Spring. It's the Friday of the seasons. It kicks off the weekend of Summerand Fall.
Q. Tell me something funny that happened while on a book tour or while promoting your book(s).
A. So far I haven't had much of anything. I will say there is something to be said for timing. Just as I was set to visit a couple bookstores and do a radio interview I came down with a cold that robbed me of my voice. Which I have to say, didn't help the situation.
A. I'm just now putting the finishing touches on my children's chapter book, the first in the five book Dainty Delaney series. I'm also going back through the sequel to A Contented Mind which is entitled Chasing Nirvana. There may very well be a third book within that group as the characters aren't quite done with me yet... Lastly, I look forward to getting back to writing Safe People which is actually the novel mentioned in A Contented Mind.
A. For one I would like to say thank you for stopping by. I cherish my reader's. I mean that. There has never been one kind word that's been extended to me that I have not absorbed and valued. In closing I would like to say that my books, all of them, will always have an underlying theme. It seems to be the undercurrent behind my writing. And that is, to believe in oneself. Believe in all that you offer. I lived with depression for many years, and in many ways still do. I felt that part of myself was unworthy, dark and ugly. It took writing A Contented Mind for me to take a hard look at myself and come to terms with who I am. My darkness only adds to my light. I am the sum of all my parts and I would like to think that's what makes me a better person. The world needs all of us, as different as we may be, weare all internally and externally beautiful.
Blog Tour: A CONTENTED MIND by Samantha Hoffman: REVIEW
Music and love come together in A Contented Mind: Love, Hope and the Complicated Mess of Redefining One's Life. Life is not always a easy step from A to B. Sometimes we are forced to change paths. Sometimes we take detours. Sometimes we chose to hide our real self from the world. But whatever way we travel through life we are still moving forward whether we like it or not.
Meg, an author by trade and musician on the side, had a mix of life's obstacles thrown at her. She has struggled to face the world and to allow them to judge her freely as an author, so she writes under a pen name for the fear of criticism. She was attacked in her home and no longer felt safe so she moved to California. She has only one love, Bob her dog, before she starts playing her violin on her patio and her mysterious neighbor joins in with his piano perfectly. She is instantly and without explanation finding herself falling for the mysterious piano man next door.
Through the pages of A Contented Mind you will flow through a gamete of emotions that are almost set to music. Passion, heartbreak, success and failure, betrayal and love linger within the pages of this novel. I really enjoyed this novel and rated it 3.5 stars. I hope you enjoy it too.
Sometimes it takes seeing the dream before we find the courage to face the nightmare.
When young, our greatest fears are of the shadow figures that live within our sleeping mind. As we age, we discover what's most frightening is a life not fully lived, desires left unfulfilled and a past that keeps us tethered in darkness.
Without realizing it, bestselling author Meg Scott, stepped into the life of her dreams. A new beachfront home on the West Coast; a far cry from her secluded home shared only with her faithful Irish setter on Martha's Vineyard. A gig playing violin with a world renowned rock band about to depart on a European acoustic tour; friends that easily became the family she lost when young. And upon shaking hands with the band's drummer, Jadon Hastings, love and desire she'd never known beyond the stories she wrote.
All too often, shadow figures arrive camouflaged as friends, and those who profess love are worse than those that once haunted our childhood nights.
Under a hazy California sun, Meg's dream sits in clear view. To make it her own, she'll have to confront not only her past, but her future. In doing so, she discovers - those you trust - can't always be trusted.
Connect with Samantha!
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BEING MOM...football
I think that I am going to add a bit more to the blog about being a mom. Because I am a mom first and foremost. I spend so much time doing amazing things with my boys and I want to share it here. Today I am going to showoff my son at his last day of football.
Photos taken by my amazing brother, Chad!
Before I Fall - Book Trailer
BEFORE I FALL is on my to be read pile!
What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?
Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.
The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.
More By Lauren Oliver
Graduation!
My son is now a preschool graduate. We have an awesome week enjoying the last few days! Today is preschool time was ended with a preschool picnic at a local park where the kids played, ate and had fun together. The picnic was actually my son's idea and it was a great hit! I cannot believe how fast time goes!
Photo by Julie Lee Photography
I just want to give a shout out to the women of my book club! We had club last night and I left feeling so grateful for the wonderful women I am fortunate enough to call them my friends. We have all gone through good and bad times together and to know that there are there when and if I need them means the world to me. One of my very wise friends stated that we don't get to choose our families, but we get to choose our friends and build our families that way. I am happy that all of you chose me to be your friend and I am glad you are part of my family!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
An upcoming release!
Book Description (preorder now)
The #1 international bestselling author of You’re Next, unleashes his most accomplished, compelling thriller yet
One morning in Los Angeles, Nate Overbay—a divorced former solider suffering from PTSD and slowly dying from ALS — goes to an eleventh-floor bank, climbs out of the bathroom window onto the ledge, and gets ready to end it all. But as he’s steeling himself, a crew of robbers bursts into the bank and begins to viciously shoot employees and customers. With nothing to lose, Nate confronts the robbers, taking them out one-by-one. The last man standing leaves Nate with a cryptic warning.
Nate soon learns what that message meant. He is kidnapped by Pavlo, a savage Russian mobster and mastermind of the failed heist. Unable to break back into the bank to get the critical item inside, Pavlo gives Nate an ultimatum—break in and get what he needs or watch Pavlo slowly kill the one thing Nate loves most—his ex-wife Janie and his teenaged daughter Cielle—both lost when he came back from Iraq broken and confused. Now he’s got one last chance to protect the people he loves, even if it’s the last thing he is able to do.
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Book line up for June...
Blog Tour: AToMR
Blog Tour and GIVEAWAY: Chick Lit Plus
Blog Tour: Chick Lit Plus
Happy Mother's Day!!!!
My boys!!!!!!
Blog tours up and coming...
A Contented Mind: Love, Hope and the Complicated Mess of Redefining One's Life by Samantha Hoffman
May 21 review and May 22 for author Q&A
Sound Bites: A Rock & Roll Love Story by Rachel K. Burke
May 29th review and character Q&A
REVIEW: Bluestone Homecoming (Welcome to Bluestone) by M. J. Fredrick
I first need to start by saying that I enjoyed this novel very much, but had a visceral reaction to it. I have thought about what I would want my husband and kids to do if I ever passed away and struggle with thinking about them moving on and having another "mother". I was so consumed by this that I finished the book in a few hours.
Fredrick beautifully captured the hold grief can have on you, how selfish and raw is can be. Leo could not see past his own grief of losing his wife and felt unable to help his son, Max, deal with the emotions of losing his mother so he escaped into his work out of town.
Fredrick created a wonderful story that illustrates that grief can totally encapsulate somebody until they are ready to let go and move on. How in times of grief people can come together and build back relationship by remembering and not running away.
The novel is quickly paced, allowing you to really get drawn into the characters. I cannot wait to see where this series will take us, with a touch small town, a dash of fun and a whole lot of romance BLUESTONE HOMECOMING is a 4 star read you will really enjoy.
Book Description (Buy it HERE)
War correspondent Leo Ericson returns to his hometown of Bluestone Lake, Minnesota, when his parents notify him his young son is having trouble fitting in at school. Leo doesn’t know how to be a single parent since the death of his wife, and he certainly has no desire to return to Bluestone. But he needs a place for his son, a place where he’ll be with family, while Leo does his job. He’ll stay long enough to get Max settled, then go back to work.
School counselor Trinity Madison watches Leo struggle with his son, trying to overcome the mental barricade she’s erected against the man who sent his son away when he’s perfectly capable of caring for the child. The situation brings about her own unsettled feelings about giving her child up for adoption when she was young. But as she observes Leo’s difficulties, his sacrifices, she softens toward the man.
While he’s in town, he ends up working with some old friends and Trinity on a committee to revitalize Bluestone. The former resort town is struggling and looking for ways to bring tourists back. Leo finds himself charmed, then smitten with the feisty counselor, but will he still love her when he learns her secret?
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MJ has been writing forever. In elementary school, she wrote plays and pseudo-Trixie Belden mysteries. After fifth grade, she wrote her first romance, a Grease rip-off. She continued writing serialized stories throughout high school, then went to college and got married. After completing 20 manuscripts, her first two books were out within two weeks of each other, and both have firefighter heroes! Where There's Smoke is in print from The Wild Rose Press, and Hot Shot, a romantic suspense, is from Samhain Publishing. Three more books are scheduled for release this coming year: Beneath the Surface and Breaking Daylight from Samhain Publishing and Don't Look Back from The Wild Rose Press. MJ also has a Wayback Texas story from The Wild Rose Press in ebook and an essay in In the Hunt, Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural, available March 2009. Her next book, Beneath the Surface, her 2007 Golden Heart finalist, will be coming from Samhain in September 2009. Visit MJ at mjfredrick.com and marywritesromance.blogspot.com.
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on: May 11, 2015 In: Armenian culture, The Armenian Culture
Armenian poetry is famous for its 4 national novels, including the oldest one-“Vipasanq”, which is a mythological novel with different epic songs and narrations about Tigran the Great, Sanatruk, Ervand, Artashes, Satenik, Artavazd. Armenian poetry consists of 2 epic parts- Tigran and Artashes’s novels.
Old mythology is either changed into historical, or it’s remained the same and referred to the events like (Ervand and Ervaz’s supernatural birth, little Artavazd’s extortion by dragons, Artavazd’s latch in Major Masis).
The second novel is “Persian War” (BC 3-4cc.) based on the historical events of Armenian inner and outer life and the main topic is Armenia and Sasanian Empire’s war, the conflicts and dramatic events that occurred between Arshakuni Kingdom and ministerial houses.The characters of the Armenian and Persian kings and leaders are epic characters based on real historical prototypes, such as Vasak, Mushegh, Manvel Mamikonyans.
The third novel is “War of Taron”, which has been preserved with some edits in Sebeos and Hovhan Mamikonyan’s historical novels. It consists of national conversations, legends and epic songs, and refers to Mushegh, Dayl Vahan, Smbat, Vahan Kamsarakan and Tiran Mamikonyan kings. Among the epic characters, Vardan and Vahan Mamikonyan brothers are excelled together with the reviews of fighting against Persians. Thus, this novel concerns to the Persian War due to its main plot and epic composition.
The forth novel is called Daredevils of Sassoun, which has been kept due to oral traditions with 160 versions of collections of the 19th century. The novel has 4 generation history: (Sanasar and Balthasar, Great Mher, David, Little Mher). The story begins with the origin of the family and the establishment of Sasna Home and ends with the latch of the last representative- immortal Little Mher. Moreover, the general theme is the contrast of the foreign and native countries. The next theme is the heroic marriage and the description of the victorious wars.
The oldest legend here is Sanasar and Balthasar’s birth, which has been worked out along with the historical legend of Assyrian Sinakherib king’s sons and their escape and the protection of Ararat country. To add, this legend has appeared in the history for the second time, and has been influenced by the Arabic caliphate of Baghdad, and by the events of Eyubyan kings’ domination (7-13cc.).
The basis of these three branches includes the legends of Indo-European Thunderous God and the God of light and solar- Mihr, which are put together with the ancient legend of the twin brothers from the first branch. Moreover, Daredevils of Sassoun has reflected the spiritual and material life of Armenian people and the drams and hopes of the working class. Thus, this epos is considered to be one of the most essential works, which describes the national folklore, and accordingly, it is an encyclopedia-archive about the religion, philosophy, traditions of the Armenian nation.
In 2012, the epos has been added in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity of UNESCO.
The epic songs are the verse compositions of the epic folklore, which are colored with mythological, religious and other events of historical figures.
The most ancient novels are dedicated to Gods, the birth and the deed of heroes, based on the mythical beliefs and imaginations (“The Song of Vahagn”). Other novels, such as “Narekatsi”, Karos khach” appear in the folklore later. And some of them have ritual meaning, which take place during the Christmas or New Year ceremonies.
The historical novels are the most popular ones, based on real facts with historical figures and have a short plot. The only novel, which has been totally preserved to nowadays is “The Song of Levon”- dedicated to capture of the son of Hetum the First in the 13th century. As regards “Mokats Mirza”- it is a sample of classical and historical novels. Relatively, the songs of Armenian heroes are the dominants, especially those of Russian-Persian and Russian-Turkish wars (Rostom Bek, Loris-Melikov, Ter-Ghukasov, Hasanghala’s battle) and heroes of Armenian liberation wars (Aghbyur Serob, George Chaush, Andranik). Besides these all, there are other expanded novels, which include religious-mythological, historical and everyday motives, plots and characters.
Translated by Christy Manukyan
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By Michelle Malkin • September 4, 2019 07:47 AM
Stop Mental Health Data Mining of Our Kids
by Michelle Malkin
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No, no, no. Hell, no!
That’s my response to the latest trial balloon floated by the White House to join with Silicon Valley on a creepy program monitoring Americans’ “neurobehavioral signs” to (purportedly) prevent gun violence.
President Donald Trump’s old friend, former NBC head Bob Wright, has been pushing an Orwellian surveillance scheme called “Safe Home” — “Stopping Aberrant Fatal Events by Helping Overcome Mental Extremes” — that would cost taxpayers between $40 million and $60 million. The Washington Post, owned by Amazon billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, reports that the plan could incorporate “Apple Watches, Fitbits, Amazon Echo and Google Home,” as well as ” fMRIs, tractography and image analysis.”
Here’s the big lie: Wright’s group promises that privacy will be “safeguarded,” profiling “avoided” and data protection capabilities a “cornerstone of this effort.”
There’s so much bullcrap packed in that statement it should be banned as a global warming pollutant. Anything involving Google should trigger automatic danger warnings of invasive data mining. We do not need the federal government partnering with Google to red-flag citizens. We need the federal government to red-flag Google.
Let me remind you that Google has already admitted to data mining children’s emails without consent and in violation of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This school year, untold thousands, if not millions, of children were required to sign on to Google email and Chrome in order to access homework, schedules and classroom discussions — without obtaining parental consent. Thanks to “1-to-1” programs forcing students across the country to use laptops and tablets when paper and pencil would suffice, iPads loaded with Google for Education are metastasizing in tech-crazed, fad-addled school districts oblivious to privacy concerns.
At my high school sophomore son’s school, every student was told to download an app called “E-Hallpass,” which is seamlessly connected to their Google login, to track how much time students spend in the bathroom. It’s all in the name of “safety,” of course. And there’s no opportunity for parents to provide their preemptive feedback or consent.
Minnesota educator Jennifer Dahlgren told me this week: “Too many schools use Google docs and sheets to store and share (private) student information, as well as using Google as their secure email! I have brought this up in staff meetings as a concern and no one else seems bothered. Not good!”
Too many schools use google docs and sheets to store and share (private) student information, as well as using google as their secure email! I have brought this up in staff meetings as a concern and no one else seems bothered. Not good!
— Jennifer Dahlgren (@Jennife95341420) September 1, 2019
Just last week, the Federal Trade Commission approved a settlement with Google/YouTube over its violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. YouTube had been stealthily mining data of unsuspecting YouTube users under the age of 13. It will reportedly pay a pittance for this massive child abuse — somewhere between $150 million to $200 million, which amounts to just a few months’ of YouTube ad revenue. [Update: Breaking 9/4/19 – $170 million fine levied.] In other words: a hill of beans.
Earlier this summer, Google agreed to a $13 million settlement over its Street View program, whose roaming cars in more than 30 countries secretly collected emails, passwords and other personal data from Wi-Fi networks. The Wall Street Journal reported on how the company’s dishonest dismissal of the breach as a “mistake” was exposed by investigators who found that “Google engineers built software and embedded it into Street View vehicles to intentionally intercept the data from 2007 to 2010.”
It’s not just Google. Under the cloak of “science,” Big Tech and Big Government are on the cusp of instituting a mental health social credit score system incorporating dubious predictive analytics.
Who defines “mental health” risk factors? There is no consensus on how much mental health predicts violence. And don’t forget: The mental health profession is filled with partisan zealots who think all Trump voters are dangerous. Camera-hogging psychiatrists and psychologists clog left-wing news shows recklessly and fecklessly pretending to “diagnose” the president himself through their own unhinged political lenses.
Mental health data mining in schools is already happening. The Pioneer Institute reported that federal, state and local governments splurged on more than $30 billion in 2018 to implement social-emotional learning monitoring in K-12 public schools. I’ve reported on Google apps previously such as ClassDojo (which collects intimate behavioral data and long-term psychological profiles encompassing family information, personal messages, photographs and voice notes) and on federally funded TS Gold testing (which monitors “developmental domains including social emotional, physical, language and cognitive development”). Students are rated and recorded on their ability to do things like “respond to emotional cues,” “interact cooperatively” and “cooperate and share ideas and materials in socially acceptable ways.”
Who defines “socially acceptable?” Liberal educators who are mindlessly addicting our kids to Silicon Valley technology and brainwashing them to conform or be excluded?
The last thing Washington should be doing is handing over yet another set of keys to Silicon Valley spies with a voracious appetite for our private information — and our children’s precious minds. You want to make children safer? De-platform Google and the other data-mining predators from public schools now. It’s insanity to let them roam free.
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Jf-17 Thunder in Desert Camoflague
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force spokesperson said on Monday that JF – 17 Thunder Jet fighters have been inducted into the PAF’s 26th Squadron.
Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Jet fighters have been designed in collaboration with China but have been manufactured indigenously.
The spokesperson said that the induction took place during a special ceremony at a PAF operational base.
Pakistan Air Force chief Rao Qamar Suleman made an address during the ceremony and thanked the Chinese government for its cooperation in preparing the jets.
He said Pakistan is in a state of war and the air force will do everything in its power to defend the nation.
He added the 26th Squadron previously had A5 Jet fighters only and that the JF-17 Jets will also be soon inducted in the 16th Squadron as well.
My earlier posts Featuring JF17 in Desert camo can be seen HERE and HERE.
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Three of the biggest contemporary rock bands – Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer – will join forces for a world tour that hits Minneapolis’ Target Field on Thursday, August 11th. Tickets for the outing, dubbed the Hella Mega Tour, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 through Ticketmaster. American Express cardholders have access to a presale that starts at 10 a.m. Monday. Target Field did not announce ticket prices. Sponsored by Harley-Davidson, the tour kicks off in June with eight European dates before moving to the U.S. in July. All three bands were set to play Los [...]
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Something Doesn't Add Up
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After Michael Sona was convicted of election fraud, Stephen Harper had nothing to say, even though the judge in the case concluded that Sona did not act alone. Michael Harris writes:
After all, the fraudsters who broke the law almost certainly used information from the Conservatives’ Constitutent Information Management System, CIMS, to come up with the lists used in making the illegal calls. Isn’t the PM worried about the alleged theft and abuse of this proprietary information, if it was a theft? Might it not happen again? If we take him at his word that the whole thing wasn’t done by the Conservative Party of Canada with a little help from its friends, why wouldn’t he want the culprits brought to justice?
The Conservatives' electoral record is far from clean:
With multiple convictions for cheating at elections, including former cabinet minister Peter Penashue and the PM’s former parliamentary secretary Dean del Mastro, there is a new stench in the air.
Robert Fife of CTV News is reporting that 10 top managers at disgraced engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and their wives wrote personal cheques to two federal riding associations that were not in electoral contention. The cheques to the non-contender ridings totalled $25,000.
Thirty thousand dollars was then transferred from these loser ridings to the riding of Christian Paradis, then Harper’s Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Paradis is now Harper’s Minister of International Development. SNC Lavalin would not say if the managers were reimbursed by the company.
On these subjects, Harper has had nothing to say. And then there is the question of the auto bailout:
Between Ottawa and Queen’s Park, just under $14 billion of public money was forked over to the automakers to stave off bankruptcy. The Auditor General’s report issued last week shows it was not a well-planned rescue mission: it was more like dropping money out of airplanes, or throwing candy canes to kids off Santa’s float.
Despite the laughable claim of strong financial management skills, the Harper government did not require the companies to issue detailed reports on how they used the government’s $2.8 billion loan for capital expenditures and warranty claims.
That’s bad enough. But AG Michael Ferguson also found that there was absolutely no documentation on another $528 million given to General Motors. Parliament was, if not left in the dark, then certainly in the candlelight when it came to getting information on this debacle. The public reporting was beyond poor.
This is a prime minister who claims he possesses superb financial management skills and who gives lawbreakers no quarter.
Something doesn't add up.
Labels: Harper's Silence
Well Owen Mr. Harper is in trouble as he has put all his eggs in a barrel of oil and oil went down again this morning it is in a "free fall":
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388294/oil-prices-tumble-to-multiyear-low/
This should totally eviscerate "Harper's Surplus" and turn it into a deficit, now what is he going to campaign on? Lies, lies and more lies...
https://www.google.ca/search?q=oil+could+fall+to+%2430+per+barrel&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&source=hp&gfe_rd=cr&ei=5Ip8VPToK8ey8wewsYL4DQ
The man and his plan look pretty bogus, Mogs.
Hi Owen. I've always thought that the myth of Harpers responsible competency with the economy out of all the myths about him and his government, when believed would be the one that contributed to him getting elected again. But if the truth broke through and the myth dissolved. Harper would be toast and I think , happily that people are now finally seeing that he is in fact highly incompetent when it comes to finances. The mask covering who and what he really is, is slipping.
The faster the price of oil falls, Pam, the faster the mask will slip.
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That Would Make No Sense At All
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Exposing The Lie
Harnessing The Energy Of The Young
Imagine The Damage
Firing Up The Base
Journalists First
One May Smile And Be A Villain
The Real Villain Is Stephen Harper
Make No Mistake. It's Madness
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Integrating production Science
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Costa Rica and the challenge to the Information Society
The following article makes reference to public policies and their importance to include Costa Rica in the information society (IS). These policies allow creating the necessary conditions to sustain IS. Also, they are the operating framework that should permit to have a more inclusive, multicultural...
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http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/eciencias/article/view/8495
The following article makes reference to public policies and their importance to include Costa Rica in the information society (IS). These policies allow creating the necessary conditions to sustain IS. Also, they are the operating framework that should permit to have a more inclusive, multicultural Costa Rican society that guarantees the democratic access to information, knowledge and ICT?s. In order to establish the Information Society (IS) in Costa Rica, and in any other country, it is required to develop an action plan based on the collaboration of the public and private sectors. On one side, the public sector in charge of the promotion, regulation of activities through public policies. On the other side, the private sector implementing those public policies and financing the information society in the creation of new services, products, jobs, and a competitive economy. In the search for the State?s efficiency and transparency, there are two types of relation: State ? ICT?s and State ? Information Society, both with the purpose of achieving a greater economic growth and citizen?s welfare. Unfortunately, Costa Rica lacks public policies that guarantee free access to public information and ICT?s. Additionally, the lack of politic will and politicians? interests, these relations are impossible to establish and States? efficiency and transparency are unattainable.
Hacia la Sociedad de la Informaci?n y el Conocimiento en Costa Rica: Informe 2009
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An Approach to Information Policy in Costa Rica
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Formación en competencias de sostenibilidad, responsabilidad social y ética profesional: estudio de casos en ingeniería industrial e ingeniería informática
Miñano Rubio, Rafael (2019). Formación en competencias de sostenibilidad, responsabilidad social y ética profesional: estudio de casos en ingeniería industrial e ingeniería informática. Thesis (Doctoral), E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM). https://doi.org/10.20868/UPM.thesis.55789.
Miñano Rubio, Rafael
Moreno Romero, Ana
Lumbreras Martín, Julio
E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Ingeniería de Organización, Administración de Empresas y Estadística
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Esta tesis aporta referencias y propuestas sobre cómo integrar las competencias de responsabilidad social, sostenibilidad y ética profesional (competencias RSSE) en los planes de estudios de forma holística, completa, sistemática y efectiva, dentro del actual contexto académico español de las titulaciones de ingeniería. Su objetivo es contribuir a que la universidad, desde su misión docente, sea un agente proactivo y eficaz para afrontar los actuales desafíos globales. La investigación se basa en un diseño de estudio de caso múltiple, analizando la práctica docente desde distintas perspectivas, y siguiendo metodologías cuantitativas y cualitativas. Se ha realizado un estudio exploratorio sobre los planes de estudio de 55 titulaciones de ingenierías informáticas e industriales de 25 universidades españolas; un estudio longitudinal de dos intervenciones docentes en contextos académicos diferentes; y un contraste de resultados con entrevistas y grupos focales con profesorado y alumnado universitario. Los resultados y propuestas se presentan desde tres perspectivas: práctica docente, planes de estudio y apoyo institucional. Desde la perspectiva de la práctica docente, esta tesis aporta un modelo conceptual y un modelo metodológico que se han mostrado eficaces para el desarrollo de competencias RSEE. El modelo conceptual complementa las tres dimensiones de la sostenibilidad (económica, social y ambiental) aportando fundamentos éticos, incluyendo el análisis de grupos de interés, fomentando una visión estrategia orientada a la creación de valor compartido, y considerando todo el ciclo de vida del proyecto. El modelo metodológico se basa en tres aspectos básicos − identificar, analizar, aplicar – que sintetizan las propuestas de diversas fuentes para integrar criterios éticos y de sostenibilidad en proyectos de ingeniería. Para potenciar la reflexión y la visión holística, se ha visto fundamental la flexibilidad para adaptarse al contexto académico e intereses del alumnado y conectar con la actividad real. Para ello es clave la motivación, formación y coordinación del profesorado. Desde la perspectiva de los planes de estudio, el estudio exploratorio muestra que en las ingenierías informáticas, el trabajo de las competencias RSSE suele concentrarse en asignaturas de aspectos sociales, éticos y legales, y hay carencias de aspectos ambientales. En las ingenierías industriales, se ha observado que las competencias RSSE se trabajan en una mayor variedad de asignaturas, sobre todo de tecnologías ambientales y proyectos, y hay carencias en el trabajo de los aspectos éticos. A partir de los resultados de la investigación, se considera que es posible integrar de forma holística y sistemática las competencias RSSE en los actuales currículos de las ingenierías. Un modelo apropiado debería de apoyarse en: i) la inclusión de los principios básicos de sostenibilidad, ética profesional y responsabilidad social en materias obligatorias; ii) su integración en asignaturas aplicadas de proyectos y los trabajos de fin de titulación, y iii) el trabajo transversal en otras asignaturas del plan de estudios. Para llevarlo a cabo es fundamental un compromiso institucional para alinear la integración de las competencias RSSE en los planes de estudios con las iniciativas estratégicas ya existentes – planes de calidad o de sostenibilidad, acreditaciones internacionales, líneas de investigación −. Esta apuesta estratégica implica el seguimiento y evaluación de los objetivos planteados, potenciando su continuidad y mejora. También es clave flexibilizar la organización docente superando la rigidez de las estructuras disciplinares, y apoyar la existencia de equipos de trabajo y espacios de encuentro interdisciplinares con actores no académicos. Estas propuestas se plantean como una oportunidad de crear valor compartido y aportar un factor de calidad a la formación del alumnado, al trabajo del profesorado y a la propia institución universitaria. ----------------------------- Abstract-------------------------------- The past few decades have shown that the answers to global social and environmental challenges are neither simple, clear nor easy to implement in today’s complex globalised society. The problems are multi-causal and affect many different actors: governments, companies, trade unions, civil society, and educational institutions, each with its own way of influencing the process. In particular, the responsibility of higher education institutions in addressing these challenges is widely recognized, as is the requirement that they contribute through their triple mission of training, research and transferring knowledge to society. Both international reports and diagnostic studies of Spanish universities on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education show that the greatest barriers and resistance to change are to be found in the field of teaching, despite the fact that some progress has been observed (Chapter 1). Much remains to be done to reorient university curricula towards sustainable development; study programs do not usually cover all its dimensions and there are few instances of large-scale curricular changes. Moreover, most cases are isolated, have little impact on the overall training program, and fail to reach all students. Similar outcomes are observed when an analysis is done from the perspective of professional ethics and social responsibility - skills which are closely related to the competencies required to face the challenges of sustainability. Given this situation, it is important to conduct research so as to manage an effective and systematic integration of those skills and competencies into university degrees. Besides, the very complexity of these topics means that teaching models must promote a holistic and systemic vision, as well as open up spaces for reflection and create tools to address open problems that incorporate "non-technical" criteria and ways of thinking. This research addresses some of these challenges and aims to contribute to an improvement in the training of engineering students in the competencies for social responsibility, sustainability, and professional ethics. These different perspectives have been integrated into the same competencies-development framework which I have called “RSSE competencies” (an acronym of the Spanish term Responsabilidad Social, Sostenibilidad y Ética). It is hoped that the results of this research can be adapted to the specific characteristics of each academic context. In the field of teaching, the three approaches share the common goal of contributing to the comprehensive training of engineering students, who are to become aware of and responsible for the impact of their professional activity in a global context; a context in which technology plays a prominent role. The main contribution of the research is to provide points of reference and proposals on how to integrate competencies for social responsibility, sustainability, and professional ethics into engineering curricula in the current academic context of Spanish university degrees, in a way that is holistic, comprehensive, systematic and effective. These proposals have been developed from practice and for practice. The results on which they are based have been reached by analysing the current curricula of engineering degrees at various Spanish universities, by analysing teaching practices in different academic contexts, and through dialogue with university professors and students. The research has focused on case studies on industrial and computer engineering degrees. However, some of its results can be extrapolated to other engineering degrees or academic university contexts. The final goal is to contribute to the transformation of universities so that they may become proactive and effective agents in facing global challenges. In particular, three specific objectives have been defined: o to describe how the current programs of both industrial and computer engineering degrees are integrating RSSE competencies into their teaching, specifically analysing whether this is done holistically and systematically throughout the curriculum, and identifying good practices and reference models; o to analyse the effectiveness of comprehensive teaching methodologies in developing RSSE competencies in specific academic contexts; o to synthesize the results and define proposals from a triple perspective: curriculum, teaching practices, and institutional and organizational actions. The methodology is based on a practical paradigm, combining both quantitative and qualitative methods. Hence, a multiple-case-study design has been chosen, with three different pieces of research developed in parallel, analysing teaching practices from different perspectives and following different research methodologies (Chapter 5). Regarding the curriculum, exploratory research has been carried out to discover how RSSE competencies are being integrated into the programs of both industrial and computer engineering degrees in 25 Spanish universities. The curriculum, the syllabus, and teaching practices of the given courses have been analysed using a methodology based on benchmarking techniques. Inspiring examples have also been identified and used as a reference on which to base proposals and identify success factors (Chapter 6). Regarding teaching, two practices were analysed in different contexts and using different methodologies: a compulsory course for freshmen of computer engineering degrees aimed at developing professional ethics skills (Chapter 7); and a compulsory course for students of a Master’s for developing competencies for sustainability of industrial engineering projects (Chapter 8). In both cases, these teaching practices were aligned with the objectives, learning outcomes and assessment of the courses in which they were taught. A common methodological framework was applied, using design-based research, but different methods were used to adapt the research to the actual conditions of each context. In the first case, a quasi-experimental design was used to analyse the students’ progress based on the results obtained in two consecutive semesters. In the second case, a longitudinal study was developed using an action-research methodology over three academic years. The results, analysis, and conclusions of the studies led to a process of reflection and synthesis, which was supported by semi-structured interviews with experts and focus groups. This last phase also aimed to identify key aspects of institutional and organizational actions that can contribute more effectively to integrating RSSE competencies into university education (Chapter 9). The results and proposals obtained from the research are presented in accordance with the different perspectives considered: curriculum, teaching and institutional. From the curriculum perspective, the research reveals the existence of a great diversity of models, depending on the degree, the courses integrating RSSE competencies and the particular topics that are considered. However, some general characteristics have been observed. In the computer engineering degrees, the RSSE competencies are usually included in specific courses about social, ethical and legal issues, and a significant lack of environmental issues has been observed. In the industrial engineering degrees, work on RSSE competencies is present in a greater variety of courses, especially those related to environmental technologies and projects, but ethical issues do not usually appear explicitly. In both cases, these characteristics reflect certain government recommendations made during the process of defining the new degrees for the European Higher Education Area. With regards to how RSSE competencies have been embedded into the curriculum, examples have been selected to illustrate the different aspects of RSSE competencies included in various different courses. The results of the research suggest that an appropriate and feasible model for holistically and systematically developing RSSE competencies within the engineering programs should be based on three pillars: o including the principles of sustainability, professional ethics and social responsibility in mandatory courses; o explicitly including such principles in project courses and, specifically, in capstone projects; o transversally embedding RSSE topics into appropriate courses of the study programs. This model is compatible with the current engineering curricula and the skills defined in them. It has been observed that existing courses in the domain of both the humanities and the engineering projects, as well as the capstone project are very appropriate areas for developing a holistic and reflective approach. Furthermore, the presence of economics and business courses in every engineering program is considered an opportunity for working on RSSE competencies. Some interesting examples have been found, which address RSSE topics either from a social responsibility perspective or through a critical analysis of business models and economic development. The main challenge identified is that of ensuring that RSSE competencies are not integrated into the curriculum on isolated occasions due to the individual initiatives of teaching staff, but rather that they are developed consistently and systematically throughout. The use of competencies maps, which assign and indicate which competencies are included in each course, has been seen as an effective tool to address this challenge. From a teaching practice perspective, the first contribution of this thesis is to provide a conceptual model and a methodological model, which have both proved to be effective in developing RSSE competencies in different contexts. The conceptual model aims to foster a more holistic view and to help students broaden their perspective when undertaking technological projects. This model complements the three basic dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) by encouraging reflection on the "why" (providing ethical foundations), "for whom" (including stakeholders in the analyses), and "for what" (fostering a strategic vision for the creation of shared value). The model also proposes that these dimensions be considered throughout the whole life cycle of the project. The methodological model is based on three basic steps - identify, analyse, apply - that synthesize proposals from very diverse sources in order to integrate ethical and social issues into technological projects. It also includes some of the characteristics which the results of the studies and their discussion in groups and interviews showed to be useful in promoting reflection and a holistic approach: flexibility in adapting to the academic context and to students’ interests, bringing them in line with the realities of the professional world; simplicity; and aligning activities to assessment methods, prioritizing the students’ involvement and motivation as opposed to merely obtaining a quantitative grade. The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the two teaching practices, based on these models, show progress in the development of RSSE competencies. In the first case, there are clear improvements in identifying ethical issues and the usefulness of deontological codes. In the second, significant progress has been observed in the global view, in awareness of the importance of sustainability when developing engineering projects, and in the attitude to promoting positive impacts. Furthermore, and with regards to teaching, this thesis also refers to very different courses that can serve as an inspiration for working on RSSE competencies in engineering degrees with a holistic and reflective approach. As was expected, the motivation and training of professors have emerged as key factors, both in the studies and in the groups and interviews. They are essential for adapting the learning activities related to RSSE competencies to both the academic context and to students’ interests. Our students especially value the guiding role of professors in the learning process. When the goal is to instil a holistic view, the challenge is to harmonize the different visions and capacities that teachers currently have in relation to sustainability, ethics or social responsibility, and to work in groups with a diversity of profiles in a continuous and coordinated way. Finally, from an institutional perspective, the main challenge is to transform the university culture and to foster a personal transformation in those involved in the learning process. To bring about this transformation, a good starting point is to build on existing initiatives: strategic quality plans, sustainability plans, university social responsibility strategies, international accreditations, research projects oriented towards social and environmental challenges. These initiatives should include the incorporation of RSSE competencies into the curricula, which gives these competencies greater visibility. Appropriate indicators should also be defined to follow up on the planned actions, in order to assess and report on the outcomes, as this will reinforce their continuity and improvement. A practice that has proven effective is the appointment of either committees or persons responsible for cross-cutting competencies, whose mission is to ensure that these competencies are included throughout the curriculum in a systematic and coherent way. Use of the aforementioned competencies maps has also proven successful. Regarding institutional support to professors, we wish to highlight the importance of teacher training, and the existence of working groups that serve as a reference for professors, students and the academic managers themselves. Again, our proposal is to make use of existing training initiatives – on skills-based learning, interdisciplinary work, responsible research, innovation training, initial teacher training, etc. – and to embed RSSE competencies into them. Institutional support is also essential to facilitate the training, continuity, visibility, and recognition of working groups. An institutional commitment to promoting greater flexibility in how teaching is organised is considered a key factor in the transformation of Spanish university culture. This flexibility should facilitate interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, interdepartmental and interinstitutional cooperation, thereby overcoming the rigidity of the disciplinary structures. The existence of interdisciplinary meeting spaces, open to non-academic agents, has been identified as an effective tool. Such places foster the exchange of experiences and promote transformative actions. The challenges posed by sustainable development and the complexity thereof can be a great opportunity for promoting these spaces. After taking into account the various perspectives, two key words that could summarise the conclusions of this thesis are complexity and responsibility. Complexity has to be tackled: the complexity of the matter itself, the complexity of the skills required to address its challenges, and the complexity of the academic context where the changes have to be implemented. This means that multiple factors and multiple actors have to be taken into account, that the process will take time, that changes must be made to the institutional culture, and that new spaces, habits, and behaviours must be generated. The general proposal is not to introduce more complexity into the system, but to align actions with existing strategies, and to identify and take advantage of existing leverages and opportunities so as to address identified challenges. The aim is not to increase the workload but to reorient it towards the pursued goals. Among the various studies developed in this thesis, instilling a sense of responsibility has been identified as the most specific of the RSSE competencies. In engineering education, it is essential to present sustainability, social responsibility, and ethics as something intrinsic to the profession, opening up perspectives beyond purely technical issues, and fostering reflection on and awareness of the impact of engineering on society. The proposals reached from these different perspectives arise, therefore, from a dual approach to responsibility: professional responsibility as members of the university community, and social responsibility of the university as an institution at the service of society. The university plays a critical role in addressing current global challenges, including the training of responsible citizens and professionals. The focus is not so much on obligations, but on opportunities for creating shared value and for delivering quality to the training of students, as well as to the professional activity of the faculty and to the university institution itself.
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Santos Knight Frank forecasts continuous BPO growth as companies ramp up office demand
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Santos Knight Frank forecasts future of BPO in the Philippines. Global property consultancy firm Santos Knight Frank forecasts continuous growth in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector in the Philippines as companies provide a wider portfolio of non-voice services and capitalize on opportunities present in new growth areas outside Metro Manila.
The Business Process Outsourcing sector will continue to expand in the Philippines as firms provide a wider portfolio of non-voice services and capitalize on opportunities present in new growth areas outside Metro Manila, said Santos Knight Frank, the leading commercial real estate service provider in the Philippines.
In 2017, the IT-BPO sector occupied 3.8 million sqm or 80% of total prime office spaces in Metro Manila, according to the firm’s estimate. During the same year, the sector’s revenue was seen to have reached USD 24.5 billion with 1.25 million full-time employees across the country.
Amid the onset of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, Santos Knight Frank predicts that the growth of the IT-BPO sector will remain healthy in the next three to five years as evidenced by transactions. IT-BPO companies will continue to grow within and outside of Metro Manila and provincial expansions in the next two to three years, which will be more evident as more office parks continue to be constructed by developers to bring new supply to the potential labor force in the provinces.
The firm believes that more third-party BPO providers will grow in the provinces amid the rental growth rent in Manila, while the global captive centers remain and continue to grow in Metro Manila. Beyond voice, the industry has also seen the growth of services such as animation, data analytics, legal research and analysis, game development and accounting, among others.
Joey Radovan, Vice Chairman and Head of Occupier Services & Commercial Agency, Santos Knight Frank says: “BPOs, shared services and offshoring companies see a bright future in the Philippines. A testament to this optimism is the recent deal Santos Knight Frank brokered between JP Morgan Chase & Co and Megaworld for a long-term lease of 70,000 sqm of office space in Bonifacio Global City. It is by far the largest single office lease transaction in Philippine real estate history in terms of value and size.”
The popular hubs outside of Metro Manila such as Cebu, Clark, Davao, Bacolod and Iloilo will continue to enjoy BPO expansions. The next wave of expansions in the next three to five years are seen to happen in the 80-kilometer corridor from Metro Manila going to North of Pampanga as new infrastructure projects connect the Bulacan and Pampanga cities making these places accessible to the BPO leadership based in Metro Manila.
Rick Santos, Chairman & CEO, Santos Knight Frank says: “The Philippines’
demographics is the ‘secret sauce’ of the BPO industry’s growth. Owing to a highly educated and English-speaking workforce spread across the country, it continues to be one of the most competitive BPO investment destinations globally. The average cost per employee in alternative destinations such as China and Mexico is fact twice as expensive as the Philippines
To be AI-ready, industry-wide efforts on upskilling have been ongoing. Mid- and high-level jobs account for 53% of BPO industry jobs in general, while these represent 85% in the voice sector.
Santos says: “AI presents a unique opportunity for the BPO sector in the Philippines. Not only will automation help make processes more efficient, but we also believe that through the upskilling efforts of the industry, the Filipino workforce will soon be at the best position to take on new roles and jobs generated as a result of AI.”
In general, Santos Knight Frank believes the BPO sector will continue to grow, driven by the country’s affordable rent, strong macroeconomic fundamentals and rise of the dollar.”
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Fane Lozman wants back in the Supreme Court
You all remember him -- he's the guy who won the floating home case. Well, he's back. From Curt Anderson:
Four years ago, Fane Lozman won an improbable longshot victory when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with him that his floating home was a house, not a vessel subject to seizure by a Florida city.
The justices set a new national legal standard: Not everything that floats is a boat.
It was far from certain that the nation's highest court would even take his case, and the verdict in January 2013 seemed a resounding victory for the little guy in battle with local officials. Now Lozman is asking the justices to enforce their ruling by forcing the city pay him legal fees and reimburse him for the home's value after it was seized and destroyed.
Lozman's 60-by-12-foot floating home had no engines, sails or rudder. It had to be towed to a Riviera Beach marina where Lozman took up residence in 2006 before becoming embroiled in a fight with that Florida city over its plans to turn the marina over to a developer. Lozman said the city's actions were in retaliation for his vocal opposition.
The city sought to evict him and, when that failed, sued under maritime law in federal court to have the floating home seized as a vessel. After a federal judge sided with the city in 2010, it had the home destroyed - launching the legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court.
Lozman contends in new filings that the city should reimburse him the estimated $165,000 value of the floating home destroyed, plus $200,000 in legal fees. The same district judge and appeals court whose rulings were overturned by the Supreme Court justices have essentially told Lozman to take a long walk on a short pier.
To Lozman, the rulings rejecting reimbursement fly in the face of the original Supreme Court decision, forcing him to return for a second longshot.
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Types Of Tieflings 5e
female Tieflings -bar fighter - noone know her real name but everyone know who she is. 5e (near the start of the long time gap between 3. However, because the subraces all shuffle around the Tieflings ability increases and subraces, it can often feel like they're all the same race with a pallet swap rather than subraces which differ in theme and personality. Your Intelligence score increases by 1. Members of a few races are Small (between 2 and 4 feet tall), which means that certain rules of the game affect them differently. for tieflings, diabolical cults, and demonic boons. The lahryk language is extremely difficult for other races to speak, because it uses many different types of tongue clicks and glottal pops. Note that D&D Beyond's implementation doesn't allow you to make these sorts of Tieflings with the variant and/or feral traits, even though such combinations should be possible on paper; however, most of those combinations would be kind of superfluous or redundant anyway. tieflings are the best and ill die on this hill call me tk, i dm dnd 5e and have a hell of a time. Haven't looked at the 3. Is there any way to make conditional operators work for specifically these two races (and not all humanoids in general?). Although Tiefling Iconic could be Warlock, which works for me. See more ideas about Character art, Dnd characters and Character design. There are a few other languages that are race-specific, such as the Slaad. Player's Handbook 5e: * Dwarf. Your size is Medium. "What Dungeons and Dragons class should I play?" is the kind of question you could answer with a cursory quiz, but that would be a mistake. Another question to consider is what drove the PCs to become evil? Were they born that way? Outsiders with the evil subtype have innately evil natures in the D&D game, so PCs descended from these creatures (such as tieflings or half-fiends) might logically tend toward the same natural alignment. 5E D&D: Why on earth aren't tieflings bards? It suited Haer'Dalis perfectly!. com may use the trademarks and other intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast LLC, which is permitted under Wizards' Fan Site Policy. Adding the variant makes tieflings amazing for almost all classes instead of just spell casters. A tiefling with this trait gains resistance 5 in the chosen energy type and also gains a +1 natural armor bonus to AC. At the beginning of all things, following the titanic struggle between the three progenitor wyrms, the dragon Khyber, bound in the depths of the world, spat forth the fiends and demons, who ruled the world for millions of years. 5e and 4e in lore), Asmodeus engaged in a ritual involving 13 tieflings of different bloodlines which resulted in two main things. Ability Score Increase. fear or doubt, such as cause fear, scare, phantasmal killer, or doubt spells. Aasimar, derived from the Mulhorandi word aasimon, were human-based planetouched, native outsiders that had in their blood some good, otherworldly characteristics. The former tieflings, who were proud of their fiendish past, were often fascinated by the dark and sinister events that touched the world, but were not necessarily evil or inclined to perpetuate them. DnD 5e Ideals 1. Alphatian Emperors since Landfall, revised. Nov 1, 2017- Explore mrdungeonmaster's board "Tieflings for D&D", followed by 2069 people on Pinterest. The Ilkh’tanar are often ruled by Demonbrood tieflings. At Dark Elf Dice we have a select number of figures that can pass as Tiefling miniatures for your tabletop adventures. I’ll post something good over the weekend, hopefully! Variant Aasimar – Lots of the angel blooded weirdos flock to Sigil. Player's Handbook 5e: * Dwarf. Ability Score Increase. D&D Lore isn't self-contained but a mish-mash of lore from multiple settings and so is a little contradictory at times. Perhaps the most peculiar and dichotomous relations exist between half-elves and half-orcs. What you do with this infomation is up to you. Tieflings are resistant to fire. Because devils are all about order, they have a strict caste system. The second difference is that all of these race types are 0-Hit Dice creatures, which means that their Hit Dice, base attack bonus, saving throw progression, skill points, class skills, and weapon and armor proficiencies are based on the class levels each member of a race takes. There are two main types of magic: arcane, which comes from the world and universe around the caster, and divine, which is inspired from above (or below): the realms of gods and demons. Both types of ghosts are more common to Eastern Europe, but as England takes its rightful place as ruler of the world, other cultures will come to England. Though certain common characteristics recur in many tieflings, their overall appearance can vary greatly from individual to individual. So it was natural to include them in 5e—and in the Great Dungeon. This feature is not available right now. Your Strength score increases by 1. Class Level: The character’s druid level. At the beginning of all things, following the titanic struggle between the three progenitor wyrms, the dragon Khyber, bound in the depths of the world, spat forth the fiends and demons, who ruled the world for millions of years. I would die to recover an ancient artifact of my faith that was lost long ago. Posts about nocticula written by mxyzplk. The possibility of an aasimar birth continues to many generations after that union, even when two mortals have children, so long as one of the mortals is a direct descendant of the half-celestial. " You just can't beat it in most campaigns. Tieflings are resistant to fire. The wizards of the coast has been released this “d&d 5e player’s handbook” the book always keep assisting the players for make them good in character creation and playing the game too. 🙂 I haven’t played a tiefling yet, but I do want to play a tiefling warlord/warlock some day. Considered as immigrants, the characters double up as scouts and explorers reaching new horizons of exploration. It's where your interests connect you with your people. Imp name generator. Game masters and players are sure to find something of use, whether they are playing AD&D, D&D 3. Classes gain new abilities as they reach each level, gaining more options for dealing with whatever strange things they. Let me tell you how to get them as simple as possible. The tiefling appears as a player character race in the Player's Handbook for the 5th edition (2014). If the newest book can have a half-dozen variants of tieflings, we can get 4-6 warforged. With that we generate an NPC ready to use in battle!. Age: Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer. It's possible that both Tieflings and Cambions are hybrids. DnD 5e Dungeons and Dragons homebrew race. Evans is following in step with its predecessors! , Farideh is drawn into a world of deceit, magic and mayhem as she is taken prisoner in Netheril, only to discover that the Chosen of the gods are being held and exploited for their secret powers. Devils can be "promoted" or "demoted" from one type to another. 7 ===== ===== The officially latest (as well as latest, official) version of this FAQ/Guide can be found at www. Hopefully 5e sees more Eberron, and you can dictate how the warforged and all its variants are handled. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a pact struck generations ago infused the essence of Asmodeus-overlord of the Nine Hells-into their bloodline. Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer. Most tieflings possess a fixed variety of ability scores to reflect their fiendish heritages, regardless of the actual source of their foul traits. D&D 5e feral tiefling: The creature called feral tiefling 5e is a humanoid belonging to the plane touched category. Benefit: Choose a damage type your breath weapon doesn't already have from among acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. At the least, tieflings have a disturbing demeanor or carry a whiff of brimstone about them, but most also possess small horns, red eyes, or needle-sharp teeth. In this article, we are going to provide d&d 5e languages which you can see in the d&d game. Some tieflings have a minor physical trait suggesting their heritage, such as pointed teeth, red eyes, small horns, the odor of brimstone, cloven feet, or just an unnatural aura of wrongness. These tieflings have the following additional features. But I seem to recall (I could be wrong) that for a Warforged to be upgraded you had different types of plate and such. Tieflings are resistant to fire. I sometimes post on the 5e reddit. Simultaneously more and less than mortal, tieflings are the offspring of humans and fiends. They have usually something odd about themselves and the blood of elements usually flow through their body veins. Daishain's 5e D&D RPG Character Creation Archive Pathfinder / D&D. If you want more, you can tie them to specific types of demons/devils, like ice devils, chain devils, etc. But in most cases, evil doesn't just happen. The changes are many from the inclusion of dragonborn (draconic humanoids from a 3. There are two main types of magic: arcane, which comes from the world and universe around the caster, and divine, which is inspired from above (or below): the realms of gods and demons. This racial trait replaces fiendish resistance. You can breathe both air. Tieflings are beings with the bloodline of demons. The effects of having a supernatural being in one's heritage last for many generations. 2, all tieflings in existence became tieflings of Asmodeus's bloodline. Tieflings tend to live slightly longer than humans, with some individuals said to live up to 150 years. She glances over her shoulder as the much taller wizard berates her and shrugs. Can only be truly killed with a blessed weapon or. Change that creature to any other damage type and the fight becomes more difficult for them. Type (Subtype): Outsider. Fierna's tieflings get friends, charm person and suggestion, allowing her tieflings some impressive opportunities to get their way when their Charisma rolls might fail them. As you noted in your question, flight is an ability that usually only comes available at higher levels, and usually for a limited duration. Following are some types of character sheets. The doors slammed shut behind them, and a dire boar rushed them as a score of cultists rose up from the balconies on either side, and launched a volley of javelins. Some tieflings have a minor physical trait suggesting their heritage, such as pointed teeth, red eyes, small horns, the odor of brimstone, cloven feet, or just an unnatural aura of wrongness. The major difference between the two is their innate power-level and that tieflings aren't almost universally evil. A tiefling descended from a vrock may share a bond with vultures , for example, while one descended from a tiger -like rakshasa may have one with cats. Additionally, tieflings are known to develop affinities for specific types of animals if they are descended from a fiend associated with specific creatures. Back to the point: Dragon of Icespire Peak isn't a great adventure, but that's mainly due to 5E not being a great system. 5 before that. The changes are many from the inclusion of dragonborn (draconic humanoids from a 3. Running a 5e edition group myself atm and would love the opportunity to actually play a bit on the other side of the table. Owing to the rise of Vaelor's Infernal Eccelsiarchy in that dark realm, the birth of a tiefling is more often considered a sign of the First God's favor rather than an indictment of an ancestor. The demon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. Not only do you get a bonus in those two stats, but you get Darkvision, Elemental Resistances, and bonuses to Stealth and Bluff. There are two main types of magic: arcane, which comes from the world and universe around the caster, and divine, which is inspired from above (or below): the realms of gods and demons. This animal can be any predator, scavenger, or omnivore whose size is within one size category of the base creature's size (Small, Medium, or Large for a Medium base creature). Moloron's father's exact crimes at this time are unknown, but it is believed that his Pact, forged with the unholy spirit lord. Tieflings are the offspring of a Devil and either a human or demihuman. Some tieflings of this type chose to use their knowledge of evil and their own fiendish abilities to thwart these dark plots and schemes. Demons are a type of outsider, a fiend embodying chaos and evil. Ability Score Increase. However, because the subraces all shuffle around the Tieflings ability increases and subraces, it can often feel like they're all the same race with a pallet swap rather than subraces which differ in theme and personality. Animal Companion Basics: Use the base statistics for a creature of the companion’s kind, but make the following changes. DMs will find a wealth of building blocks for adventures that take. The only issue is that, in most cases, rolling one initiative for a group of enemies is a good idea to speed up combat. Demigods, 5E children of immortals. D&D 5E Official™ Languages. Suddenly, they fall around her, dozing peacefully, victims of Brimley's spell. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. Description. Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Oathbound Seven is a massive tome from Epidemic Books of 496 pages, 2 pages editorial, 2 pages ToC, 1 page SRD and 1 page back cover, leaving us with an epic of 493 pages of content, so let's check this out!. And indeed all of the racial traits as listed in the Player's Handbook (D&D 5e) can be retained as they are with little adjustment (just edit the bonus language from Infernal to Diabolan). Soul Seer: Rare tieflings have a peculiar sight that allows them to see the state of a creature's soul. And, IMHO, a profesional fan conversion should do the same: offer all the 5e options, even in paragraphs that say "this is optional, it doesn't existed in the original version, but perhaps you want to use it, even if I won't". Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer. Here is a more balanced version of the sorek race; the only thing that has changed is the Thick Skin trait (resistance to two common damage types was a bit much). Tisha is a mercenary and warlock but is generally a more nobel sort than her background or. Adding the variant makes tieflings amazing for almost all classes instead of just spell casters. Commoners might be less familiar with them, seeing them as a brand of Afflicted. So tieflings might be known by adventurers throughout the Savage Coast, and are not an unexpected sight. DnD 5e Ideals 1. Author: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. However, as do all planetouched, elements of their heritage do show themselves. 5e Pointers; 5e Tieflings; 5e; 5e Subraces; Subrace; 5e Levistus Tieflings; Facts about "Levistus Tiefling (5e) " RDF feed. 😎🔥🐲⠀ ⠀ What’s Next: Are there similar types of boots for the different types of dragons? Do these boots make your feet…” Dungeons And Dragons 5e Dungeons And Dragons Homebrew Pen & Paper Types Of Dragons Dnd Classes Dragon Memes Dnd 5e Homebrew Writing Fantasy Fantasy Weapons. Tiefling Traits Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent. This feature is not available right now. Minions of Set, utterly devoted to their power, never check morale and are immune to magic that creates. You can see the parallels with tieflings, in terms of broad physical description, personalities, and how they are perceived by other races. New-school race-as-classes part the third: Tieflings I mean, I guess Tieflings aren't really that new school given they were in 2e, but 4e took them in a particular direction that I quite liked. Note that D&D Beyond's implementation doesn't allow you to make these sorts of Tieflings with the variant and/or feral traits, even though such combinations should be possible on paper; however, most of those combinations would be kind of superfluous or redundant anyway. Variant Tieflings are awesome! 5th Edition. Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Triple Realm of Azzagrat In this guide, I am going to present an overview of the realms ruled by the demon lord Graz'zt , one of the major villains in the D&D multiverse. As in previous seasons, this is my article about the guidelines for creating a legal character to play in official D&D Adventurers League adventures. And indeed all of the racial traits as listed in the Player's Handbook (D&D 5e) can be retained as they are with little adjustment (just edit the bonus language from Infernal to Diabolan). They also lack any protruding nose, possessing just two slits they can open and close at will. Soul Seer: Rare tieflings have a peculiar sight that allows them to see the state of a creature's soul. If a target fails, whenever they make an attack roll or saving throw before the spell ends, they must roll a d8 and subtract the number rolled. Basic Tieflings contains ready-to-use NPC stat blocks based on the NPCs contained in the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Basic Rules. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. 5e tieflings (Ability score mod for ability score mod, favoured class for favoured class, ect). Please try again later. Type (Subtype): Outsider. Commoners might be less familiar with them, seeing them as a brand of Afflicted. Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Other tieflings were ashamed or even frightened of their heritage and wished only to escape the shadow that lurked over them as a result. So tieflings might be known by adventurers throughout the Savage Coast, and are not an unexpected sight. This feature is not available right now. Though certain common characteristics recur in many tieflings, their overall appearance can vary greatly from individual to individual. and then use Anders as a peacemaker. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Searing Smite spell once as a 2nd-level spell. Clerics are one of the more versatile classes to be found in 5E, so I would not give up on the idea so swiftly, as you can easily have two clerics that play quite differently. There is a main storyline, but it need not be finished in order, or at all. From this article, you can get all D&D 5e languages and Best D&D 5e languages as well, 5e languages are very impartent in D&D RPG game, To collect and know the language this is right place. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. Most of them are nice, but a couple of them could use some improvements on their spells, but overall they're good. Here's why: I find it's very easy to teach people, because it simplifies a lot of the necessary mechanics (combat) down into a fairly quick and dirty se. Culture Edit. Minions of Set, utterly devoted to their power, never check morale and are immune to magic that creates. Variant Tieflings are awesome! 5th Edition. Favorite topics will be literature, music, fine drink, and RPG. To provide a bookend/mirror image to my earlier thread Aasimar Top 5, its now time to give tieflings a similar treatment. The druid’s class levels stack with levels of any other classes that are entitled to an animal companion for the purpose of determining the companion’s abilities and the alternative lists available to the character. Most tieflings never know their fiendish sire, as the coupling that produced their curse occurred generations earlier. On the other hand, your armor type is only technically a choice, and you'd never pick a different kind of armor to suit a particular situation, or wear a magical suit of armor based on some other type. D&D 5e races a new and adventurous name in the gaming world: The D&D 5e races are considered as the most popular tabletop role-playing game. They aren't officially part of the game and aren't permitted in D&D. Tieflings are capable of having grey skin, orange eyes, black hair and horns of a colour that’s not specified but definitely includes orange. The demon can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. Tieflings were originally the result of a fiendish taint in your bloodline, but I believe 5e made it all Asmodeus' influence. Simultaneously more and less than mortal, tieflings are the offspring of humans and fiends. Fierna's tieflings get friends, charm person and suggestion, allowing her tieflings some impressive opportunities to get their way when their Charisma rolls might fail them. If you want more, you can tie them to specific types of demons/devils, like ice devils, chain devils, etc. Game masters and players are sure to find something of use, whether they are playing AD&D, D&D 3. Tieflings favor dark colors and reds, leathers and glossy furs, small spikes and buckles. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Sex 2 Part Three: Sexual Items 13 Getting Laid 2 Mundane Items 13 Hooking Up 2 Adventuring Equipment 13 The Dirty Deed 3 Sexual Services 14 Pregnancy 5 Magical Items 14 Terminating Pregnancy 5 Part Four: Sexual Magic 19 Gestation and Birth 5 Part Five: Sexual Monsters 22 Part Two: Sexual Characters 7 Alraune 22 Sex Among Races 7 Demon: zeroa. +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma: Tieflings are quick in body and mind, but are inherently strange. They were reinforced with six tieflings with crossbows. For the most part, tieflings tend to resemble their mortal parent or parents. Alphatian Emperors since Landfall, revised. DMs will find a wealth of building blocks for adventures that take. Your Strength score increases by 1. Hounded and feared, the mistakes of the past hang heavy over the tiefling race. +2 Cha, +1 Str. GMs might grant their tiefling NPCs or players variant ability modifiers based on their foul ancestries. There are both main hand and off hand weapons or. Condemned for some ancestral sin, tieflings are born into bloodlines ravaged by ancient pacts or divine curses, branded from birth by fiendish essence. They are already introduced in 5e Greyhawk (there is a nice pic of a dragonborn in the Saltmarsh adventure). Culture Edit. Planetouched is a general word to describe someone who can trace his or her bloodline back to an outsider, usually a fiend or celestial. [5e] [REQUEST] Tiefling Subraces - Abyssal #725 - Force Con +1 to dis Internal TYPE:TieflingSubrace DESC:All abyssal tieflings trace their bloodline to the demons. Tying tieflings to specific types of fiends through feats is a pretty brilliant move, to be honest. Adding the variant makes tieflings amazing for almost all classes instead of just spell casters. Reskinning is a technique that even the developers use in their official materials. Ever since D&D 3. I've also included 4 darker-skinned human townsfolk because I had a hard time finding my own. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Sex 2 Part Three: Sexual Items 13 Getting Laid 2 Mundane Items 13 Hooking Up 2 Adventuring Equipment 13 The Dirty Deed 3 Sexual Services 14 Pregnancy 5 Magical Items 14 Terminating Pregnancy 5 Part Four: Sexual Magic 19 Gestation and Birth 5 Part Five: Sexual Monsters 22 Part Two: Sexual Characters 7 Alraune 22 Sex Among Races 7 Demon: zeroa. Tieflings and dragonborn alike were left with no choice but to largely abandon their lands in search of refuge elsewhere in the world. DnD 5E race/class advice for a first timer re: Tieflings Tieflings can work in any class though int and charisma based classes are best due to the racial bonuses. Dark sexuality which starts off light much like a smattering of Roses thrown across the bedroom. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. >Tieflings are the descendants of one of a billion different types of evil outsiders and (usually) humans >They all just look like spikey red dudes with horns. This feature is not available right now. How-ever, as more and more genasi began forming pocket. You might have a Marvel-"Groot" type character to represent a treant, however, and this might even be a lot of fun. Author: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes + Canon. In 3,5e they got a bunch of more social traits and in 4e they were a whole race in its own, now in 5e they hold the trend: Abilities: +2 Charisma, +1 to two ability scores of your choice. 🙂 I haven't played a tiefling yet, but I do want to play a tiefling warlord/warlock some day. This item includes a handful of common townsfolk, especially for races that are hard to find: tortles, tieflings, goliaths, dragonborn, and gnomes. As Tieflings become more popular in-game, perhaps we'll see the industry release more Tiefling miniatures. Characters of most races are Medium, a size category including creatures that are roughly 4 to 8 feet tall. But in most cases, evil doesn't just happen. Please try again later. A variant Tiefling build later appeared in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. 11 best Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings. While playing any game player may need some kind of language to communicate or to give commands to the character. The swarm on Elon could be burned away as well. Aranea Bloodline by Damon Brown, from the Mystara Mailing List posted 16 September 2004. They have usually something odd about themselves and the blood of elements usually flow through their body veins. Then we meet a sexy slime demon and kill a dragon for its lewt. Mike Mearls explicitly compared lower level monsters in 5e to minions in 4e in one of his articles (which seem to be down from Wizard's site now), due to bounded accuracy and damage/HP as the main leveling tool for monster design. Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent. All minis have the prerequisite horns of the race, but most lack the prehensile tails. See more ideas about Character art, Dnd characters and Character design. All minis have the prerequisite horns of the race, but most lack the prehensile tails. Culture Edit. This D&D 5e Genasi has unusually skin colour, it can be sometimes red, green, gray, blue or even a mix of these rare colour. *NOTE: This is based off of "Tolkienese" elvish. Nov 1, 2017- Explore mrdungeonmaster's board "Tieflings for D&D", followed by 2069 people on Pinterest. The lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type (referred to hereafter as the base animal). In 4E all tieflings look the same as if they are a true race, being born from a family of tieflings in a town of tieflings, like elves. ))The)demons)are)hostile)toall)creatures. Most tieflings possess a fixed variety of ability scores to reflect their fiendish heritages, regardless of the actual source of their foul traits. Variant tiefling builds appear in the Sword Coast Adventure Guide (2015) and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018). Untrusted, unwanted, and unwavering, tieflings remain one of the most complex and rewarding races to play at any level of experience. 1, Asmodeus became a god. You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip. The reason for this is because these are Feats that are designed to showcase a specific racial ability and showcase how well your character embodies those racial abilities. Here mainly the infernal counterparts of the Aasimar 5e which are known as tieflings. All Tieflings are female, and all are natural true shape shifters, which is non-magical. They tend to respond to that distrust by redoubling their efforts to prove themselves, rather than becoming angsty loners. 5E feels most like 3 rd Edition, if you need to compare it to something. Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. The following list encompasses gifts for all types of D&D players, from the casual player to the roleplaying extraordinaire. D&D 5e feral tiefling: The creature called feral tiefling 5e is a humanoid belonging to the plane touched category. Mainly 5e mechanics based, when mechanics applicable. Incorporeal Movement. com may use the trademarks and other intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast LLC, which is permitted under Wizards' Fan Site Policy. One type is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip. 🙂 I haven’t played a tiefling yet, but I do want to play a tiefling warlord/warlock some day. Fiendish Inclination. Oni can terrorize those around them, but they also play an important part in the celestial bureaucracy, acting as untamed warriors, while the tamer can find their place as guards or even clerks, serving the gods for eternity. Imp name generator. Please try again later. A tiefling descended from a vrock may share a bond with vultures , for example, while one descended from a tiger -like rakshasa may have one with cats. As such, the guidance is not a direct command or a simple spoken word. 11 best Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings. Some tieflings of this type chose to use their knowledge of evil and their own fiendish abilities to thwart these dark plots and schemes. Aasimar, derived from the Mulhorandi word aasimon, were human-based planetouched, native outsiders that had in their blood some good, otherworldly characteristics. for tieflings, diabolical cults, and demonic boons. Those descended from an infernal minion of a Faerûnian deity often carry a birthmark of the deity's holy symbol or another trait related to that evil faith. Tieflings appear human at a glance, although they all possess one unnatural feature that reveals there infernal heritage. No edition of D&D presented Tieflings are inherently evil. 5E feels most like 3 rd Edition, if you need to compare it to something. 20 Unique Magic Swords of Mystara, each sword has special powers that make of it a unique item and a short description of its history. D&D Lore isn't self-contained but a mish-mash of lore from multiple settings and so is a little contradictory at times. Please recommend a domain, deity, and alignment for my tiefling cleric (DnD 5e)? I'm new to DnD. Here mainly the infernal counterparts of the Aasimar 5e which are known as tieflings. This has got me wondering what type of Tieflings and Dragonborn will be used. Some tieflings of this type chose to use their knowledge of evil and their own fiendish abilities to thwart these dark plots and schemes. Hounded and feared, the mistakes of the past hang heavy over the tiefling race. These tieflings exhibit either powerful, toothy maws or dangerous claws. They are already introduced in 5e Greyhawk (there is a nice pic of a dragonborn in the Saltmarsh adventure). The swarm on Elon could be burned away as well. It has concepts and stat ideas that would be most compatible with best-selling roleplaying games, but can easily be used with any system. Your party might not have that class, but there are no armor types every class looks down on. But right after the end of 3. Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer. They're all gunning to become an archdevil who rules one of the nine layers of Hell. Until the advent of 4e, the Tieflings were described as characters that had fiendish ancestry in their bloodlines. So just use the above d&d 5e player’s handbook pdf free downloading facility and be a master in this game. Today WotC published an article looking at a portion of Chapter 9 of the DMG, dealing with creating races, the examples being the Eladrin and a portion of the Aasimar. And modern dragonborn live according to their heritage, more than one aiming to carve an. We listed Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Languages (5e languages). Here mainly the infernal counterparts of the Aasimar 5e which are known as tieflings. It is known due to the touch of the fiendish planes however the real recognizable trait is the descent from demons and devils. Let's start by the order the books show them and as they are released. Most societies view tieflings as aberrations or curses, but in cultures where there are frequent interactions with summoned fiends, and especially where the worship of demons, devils, or other evil outsiders is legal or obligatory, tieflings might be much more populous and accepted, even cherished as blessings of their fiendish overlords. dragon breath. Tieflings enjoy something of an unusual status in the dread domain of Kalathar. They can be male or female, and all are natural true shape shifters, which is non-magical. Author: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Some are glowing like lanterns, others are full of staring eyes. Ability Score Increase. Note that D&D Beyond's implementation doesn't allow you to make these sorts of Tieflings with the variant and/or feral traits, even though such combinations should be possible on paper; however, most of those combinations would be kind of superfluous or redundant anyway. Most societies view tieflings as aberrations or curses, but in cultures where there are frequent interactions with summoned fiends, and especially where the worship of demons, devils, or other evil outsiders is legal or obligatory, tieflings might be much more populous and accepted, even cherished as blessings of their fiendish overlords. You owe it to yourself—and to your D&D dungeon. Your Strength score increases by 1. Sixth Session (10 page pdf) – We murder our way through the naughtiness mines till we come across Baphomet’s daughter. 5E to 4E (Where they ended up with +2 Charisma (and a choice between +2 Constitution or Intelligence)) was due to a change in attitude toward Charisma in general. Choose Skeleton, Revenant, or Ghost, listed in the following sections. Tieflings are resistant to fire. 3 posts published by kentusrpg during August 2014. "What Dungeons and Dragons class should I play?" is the kind of question you could answer with a cursory quiz, but that would be a mistake. These creatures represented. This racial trait replaces fiendish resistance. )Roll) initiative)for)the)summoned. The Non-Linear Adventure: This is sort of a mix between the above two. For the most part, tieflings tend to resemble their mortal parent or parents. The reason for this is because these are Feats that are designed to showcase a specific racial ability and showcase how well your character embodies those racial abilities. Haven't looked at the 3. Another question to consider is what drove the PCs to become evil? Were they born that way? Outsiders with the evil subtype have innately evil natures in the D&D game, so PCs descended from these creatures (such as tieflings or half-fiends) might logically tend toward the same natural alignment. Variant Tieflings are awesome! 5th Edition. Perhaps the most peculiar and dichotomous relations exist between half-elves and half-orcs. Most tieflings possess a fixed variety of ability scores to reflect their fiendish heritages, regardless of the actual source of their foul traits. D&D 5e Player's Handbook PDF Free Download. All Tieflings are female, and all are natural true shape shifters, which is non-magical. There are some aasimar 5e that deny their legacy and want to chart out the course of evil. Running a 5e edition group myself atm and would love the opportunity to actually play a bit on the other side of the table. Their skin ranges in color from beige or light tan to dark brown. Mainly 5e mechanics based, when mechanics applicable. GMs might grant their tiefling NPCs or players variant ability modifiers based on their foul ancestries. Tieflings with a blood tie to Zariel are stronger than the typical tiefling and receive magical abilities that aid them in battle. Tiefling Traits Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent. Historically, I've also been a big fan of gnolls. Please recommend a domain, deity, and alignment for my tiefling cleric (DnD 5e)? I'm new to DnD. Aasimar 5e physical appearance is very similar to the appearance of humans as Godly ancestors and they appear as a mottled skin with different colours as blue, grey and violet with the contrasting patches as the light and dark tones in the skin. +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma: Tieflings are quick in body and mind, but are inherently strange. In last month's installment, we converted the ghost and the werewolf templates to template classes, thus finishing the templates in the Monster Manual.
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Tonight Alive release new single off Spider-Man 2 soundtrack
Female fronted rock band Tonight Alive´s new single "The edge", from the motion picture "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is now available on iTunes.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/edge-from-motion-picture-amazing/id843638942
Dallas based Sleeperstar release new single for free
This is the first release of Sleeperstar´s new album called "Lost Machines" which will be out later this year!
Debut single from Australian singer/songwriter Calan Mai
Calan Mai is the stage name of Australian singer/songwriter Jordan Lawrence. At fifteen years of age he won the 2006 Australasian Children's Songwriting Competition for his track entitled 'Before You Depart' and has since been writing, performing and recording.
As a folk singer, Lawrence's primary focus is lyrics - often retrospective, grounded in past events, while showcasing a maturity beyond his years. Having only previously uploaded live videos online, Lawrence has finally released his debut single 'We've Got Love', off his five track EP 'Days On The Rock Face',(out in July 2014) produced & mixed by Adam Lyons.
https://soundcloud.com/calan-mai/weve-got-love
Pseudo Echo release comeback album Ultraviolet
In 2012 Pseudo Echo celebrated their 30th anniversary by putting on a special concert in March at Melbourne's Crown Casino.
It was a gig not only to be seen but one to remembered, with amazing visuals complete with cheer leaders !
In May of 2012 Brian Canham reunited with former members Darren Danielson & Ben Grayson, along with the addition of a brand new member. The band has now recorded their first album since "Teleporter" from 2000 and it will be released this week.
The comeback album is called "Ultraviolet"
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Chiodos - Devil
Chiodos - Devil (2014) Razor and Tie Records
Produced by David Bottrill
PROGRESSIVE ROCK / POST HARDCORE
Tracks : 1.U.G introduction 2.We´re talking about practice 3.Ole fishlips is dead now 4.Why the munsters matter 5.3 AM 6.Sunny days and hand grenades 7.Duct tape 8.Behvis Bullock 9.Looking for a tornado 10.Expensive conversations in cheap motels 11.I´m awkward and unusual 12.Under your halo 13.I am everything that´s normal
http://chiodos.net/
Original singer Craig Owens and drummer Derrick Frost both left Chiodos in 2009 but has now returned to the band for their 5th album "Devil", which also feature new guitarist Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy).
This is their first album since "Illuminaudio" from 2010 and also their first for Razor and Tie Records, I must say that "Devil" is their best album so far with a brilliant combo of strong material and the excellent production from David Bottrill.
The music is artsy, dramatic, theatrical, melodic and at times like Moulin Rogue on acid.
I have compared their early work to bands like Circa Survive and Brazil, you can now add bands like Fair To Midland, Monty Are I and My Chemical Romance to that list.
"Devil" is an album that has put a mark on 2014, this one will stand for years to come with it´s epic and biblical sound.
Marmozets announce new single
U.K rockers Marmozets new video of "Why do you hate me?", from their upcoming debut album on Roadrunner Records.
Raise the people with Calling All Cars
Aussie rockers Calling All Cars new album "Raise the people" was released on March 7th, it´s their first album since "Dancing with a dead man" from 2011.
Watch the video of their latest single "Standing in the ocean" here:
Chrissie Hynde not a pretender on the new album
Chrissie Hynde will release her debut solo album 'Stockholm' on June 9th. Pre-Order the album on iTunes and listen to 'Dark Sunglasses' instantly here
https://soundcloud.com/chrissiehynde/dark-sunglasses/s-MH5qs
Mire - Inward / Outward
Mire - Inward / Outward (2014) Independent
Produced by Mire / J.P Nault
Tracks : 1.Complex 2.Tyrannicide 3.Limitless Pt.1 4.Limitless Pt.2 5.Convolution 6.Beast and the machine 7.Catalan atlas 8.Mantra cymatic 9.Open circle 10.Upheaval
www.facebook.com/miremusic
The status of progrock music from Canada lies on a steady top quality level which isn´t so hard to understand when the climate is so good around new musicians. You grow up to legendary acts such as Rush, I Mother Earth, Saga and Tea Party, not to mention watching newer acts like Alpha Galates, Chair Warriors and We Are The City rise up.
So you start a band, just like Montreal based Mire and focus on the kind of music they want to listen to themselves. They have created a winning formula of suggestive rhythms and intelligent riffs in a modern progmetal package, their debut album "Inward / Outward" grows for each time I hear it and it´s not so strange since I discover new things in the songs all the time.
Do yourself a favor and check out this solid album, you might like it.
Highlights : Tyrannicide, Mantra cymatic, Beast and the machine
For fans of Tool, Karnivool, Ethersens
The Taking announce a new party anthem with I won´t remember a thing
After the release of their debut album, The Taking took their music and sound to the next level by teaming up with highly acclaimed producer, Jeff Blue (Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Hoobastank, Aaliyah, Macy Gray, etc). With their combination of driving lyrics, smooth vocals and gut wrenching rhythms, The Taking’s new sound can be compared to Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin and Nine Inch Nails. There is no doubt that with its high energy rock show, road readiness and business oriented professionalism, this band on the rise is a force to be reckoned with throughout the rock community.
Listen to their new singel "I won´t remember a thing" here:
Shatterglass release new single Game Face
Shatterglass was formed in early February 2011, when the guys got together after being in different popular South Florida bands and friends for years. They just wanted to see what kind of music they could create when they combined their talents, little did they know how fast their plans would change! After locking themselves in the recording studio for 3 months with legendary South Florida engineer/producer and friend Paul Trust (Endo, Atom Smash, AL's Not Well, Crease, The Chaos Agent, Enstride, Day Minus 7, Faces of March, Echovalve), the result is a three song EP simply titled "Shatterglass".
Shatterglass latest single "Game face" is now available on iTunes.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/game-face-single/id848509557
Through hell or dark waters with Enova
The lights converging over the desert sky in Phoenix are not an anomaly... It is ENOVA. A four piece rock band tearing across the atmosphere, leaving connected and enthralled fans in their wake. Their music exists on a plane that draws from several musical genres while never wavering from the backbone of their love of modern, progressive rock.
Check out their new single "Hell" from their upcoming "Dark waters" EP below:
Arcadia day is here according to Guards of May
Arcadia, the new single from Guards of May, is a massive rollercoaster ride of a track - smacking listeners across the face from the get-go with what is probably Guards of May's hardest riff to date, then taking it down to a marching rhythm and melodies for the verse, then taking it back up to soaring highs for the chorus. Richie Harvey's voice stands tall and proud in this track, from fragile falsetto to laying down a massive chorus.
https://soundcloud.com/collisioncoursepr/guards-of-may-arcadia
Join the violent pop revolution with Blind Channel
Blind Channel is a brand new 5-man Violent Pop group from Oulu [FIN], formed year 2013 by Joel Hokka & Joonas Porko. This energetic quintet will blow up in the air the current piece of modern rock with electronic influences. Combining rap vocals, as well as the Nordic intensity, they're ready to shake your ground with their unique Violent Pop music!
Their new 2 track single "Antipode" is available now, check out the new single "Calling out" below:
The Hold Steady - Teeth dreams
The Hold Steady - Teeth dreams (2014) Washington Square / Razor and Tie Records
Produced by Nick Raskulinecz
Tracks : 1.I hope this whole thing didn´t frighten you 2.Spinners 3.The only thing 4.The ambassador 5.On with the business 6.Big cig 7.Wait a while 8.Runner´s high 9.Almost everything 10.Oaks
http://theholdsteady.net/
This is what I call road music, get yourself in the car and prepare for a long drive with some perfect music that will make you feel all good inside.
The Hold Steady´s 6th studio album "Teeth dreams" is their first album in 4 years and a safe buy for all fans of this New York based band. They released the single "Criminal fingers" in 2013 but it´s not included on the new album, and it´s just the same with the song "The bear and the maiden fair" that they recorded for season 3 of the TV series Game of thrones last year.
THS deliver 10 brand new tracks on "Teeth dreams" including the new single "Spinners", check out their recent performance of this song at David Letterman and get a dose of mid 70´s classic rock.
Other great songs worth mentioning are "Wait a while" and "On with the business".
Recommended if you like Deaf Havana, Arliss Nancy, Bruce Springsteen.
Keep calm and hold steady.
Cage The Gods - Badlands
Cage The Gods - Badlands (2014) The End Records
Produced by Cage The Gods
Tracks : 1.Favourite sin 2.The ending 3.Sacrifice 4.Badlands 5.Trouble reigns 6.Bruce Willis 7.Falling 8.A thousand times 9.One more taste 10.What´s left of me 11.Promises 12.From the start
www.facebook.com/CageTheGods
3,5 out of 5
A little bit of soul, a little bit of blues and a lot of timeless rock - there you have it. The hot new British act Cage The Gods truly nailed it on their debut album "Badlands", where the members are from all parts of the British islands namely Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Cool!
They are influenced by classic bands like Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and Bon Jovi. Ohyeah, it´s time to play some airguitar again.
CTG released their first "Favourite sin" EP last year and 3 tracks from the 4 song EP are included here, we also get the supermelodic "Falling" and the U2-esque rocker "Promises" which is a highlight. Fans of Little Angels and Toseland are in for a treat here with songs like "Badlands" and "Trouble reigns".
Great album!
The Sky - Majestic
The Sky - Majestic (2014) Skyzilla Records
Produced by Robert Fleischman
Tracks : 1.Breath away 2.Pill 3.One day 4.I need it 5.Take away 6.In my head 7.Little by little 8.One more chance 9.So I´ll wait 10.Poison little fingers 11.Walls 12.Don´t know what I´d do 13.Sincerely me
www.theskyofficial.com
Robert Fleischman´s voice age like wine, so many singers struggle hard to keep their voices in shape when they´re getting old but Robert sounds young and he´s singing in a higher pitch on "Majestic" compared to The Sky´s first album from 2011.
There´s a romantic atmosphere over the entire new album even though you´ll find a serious undertone in his lyrics, I do think The Sky´s 2nd album is stronger than their debut which was good too.
"Majestic" sounds more complete and rich, you can of course hear the obvious influences of John Lennon but there´s more added to this musical landscape like James Bond soundtrack vibes and even Jefferson Airplane´s 70´s era.
Robert also takes the listener back to the sound of his first solo album in the AOR-ish "So I´ll wait", songs like "In my head" and "Little by little" bring thoughts to Jeff Lynne while the folkrock-like "Don´t know what I´d do" could´ve been an unreleased song by America.
Fans of the first The Sky album will love tracks such as "Breath away", "Pill" and "One day", to me they´re new Robert Fleischman classics.
I´m amazed.
When dream pop dances - Symbols of the west release EP of remixes
Spirit Canoe from Symbols of the West on Vimeo.
Dream pop duo Symbols of the West released a new EP featuring remixes of three songs from their recent full-length, A Thousand Lights.
A Thousand Lights, which was produced by Chris Wonzer and mastered by TJ Lipple (MGMT), was featured on MTV Hive and The Music Ninja. The remixes of “Spirit Canoe,” “Radio Tower,” and “Clarion” were mixed by Tender Buttons, Jamie Way, and Wayne Shockness, respectively.
Get it here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/remixed-single/id843427574
The Bunny The Bear - Food chain
The Bunny The Bear - Food chain (2014) Victory Records
Produced by The Bunny The Bear
ELECTRO POP / POST HARDCORE
Tracks : 1.Food chain 2.The seeds we sow 3.Cancer 4.Pale green eyes 5.So smooth, so appealing 6.A mother´s love 7.First met you 8.Skyscrapers 9.Flying like a bird 10.High tides and swimming conditions 11.Lost
www.facebook.com/thebunnythebear
I´m starting to like this band....a lot, The Bunny The Bear´s 5th album "Food chain" is even better than their previous "Stories" that I enjoyed quite a bit.
This year, they not only release a new LP, but also an acoustic EP for the fans. It´s not easy to describe their music but why not go for cinematic deathpop?!
If you put the following albums through a jukebox blender, Owl City´s Ocean eyes, Linkin Park´s A Thousand Suns and I See Stars The End of the world party - you´ll get "Food chain".
This is the beauty and the beast in the same record where my favorite songs are "The seeds we sow", "So smooth, so appealing" and "Skyscrapers".
Exclusive premiere - New single from Better than Ezra
The catchy new single “Crazy Lucky” from Better Than Ezra was produced by Grammy nominated mixer/producer Tony Hoffer (Fitz and the Tantrums, M83, Beck, Silversun Pickups) and is now available on iTunes.
Better Than Ezra recently signed to The End Records and this marks the band’s first release since 2009′s Paper Empire. The band has already announced a US tour and will be hitting major markets in support of their full-length album due later this year.
Brave Black Sea - a new band to remember
Brave Black Sea began in Palm Springs, California. A lustrous town, notorious for it’s glitz and glamorous Hollywood past, as well as for it’s blistering, unrelenting desert climate.
With former members of Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss and Slo Burn, these gentlemen are certainly not strangers to playing uncompromising rock and roll. Nor were they strangers to each other.
They signed to V2 Records and will release their debut album "Fragments" on April 4.
Russian post hardcore band Planara with debut available now
Russia’s brightest alternative metal hope Planara have just released their debut EP Hostiles worldwide on March 24. A cataclysmic 5-track record combining technicality, infectious melody, polished production and electronic influences, Hostiles is a release set to breathe new life into Russian metal.
Meet the new hope of British rock - Cage the gods
Meet Cage The Gods, a British rock band that fuse together RnR culture from the four corners of the UK in a thunderously blues-inspired fashion, laced with soaring Celtic rock vocals, all of which creates something powerful, something unerringly familiar yet instantly gripping. Cage The Gods spent most of 2012 & 2013 writing, producing, recording and mixing Badlands, which is released via The End Records on March 25.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdLvZ_g99gY
In Hearts Wake are a band with a commitment to the bigger picture
Australian metal / hardcore outfit In Hearts Wake will release their second album, Earthwalker, via UNFD on May 2, 2014. Earthwalker was recorded in late 2013 at Michigan’s Random Awesome Studios with producer Josh Schroeder.
Divine’, the anthemic lead single from Earthwalker, premiered on BBC Radio 1 ‘The Rock Show’ on Monday evening to an overwhelmingly positive fan response.
Terese Taylor deliver a characteristic mix of quiet beauty and poetic lyriciam
San Fransisco artist Terese Taylor infuses her fearlessness into every reverberating track on her new album "At your mercy circuit", due out April 4. The album is Taylor´s first collaboration with Klaus Flouride of The Dead Kennedys, get yourself a free download of the new track "No castle, no moat" here:
https://soundcloud.com/mt-press/terese-taylor-no-castle-no
Kill Matilda - #Punk #Zombie #Rocknroll
Kill Matilda - #Punk #Zombie #Rockn´roll (2014) Independent
Produced by Mykel Exner
Tracks : 1.Pornegranate 2.I want revenge 3.Zombie apocalypse 4.Law abiding citizen 5.PBJ 6.Geisha with a switchblade (acoustic)
www.facebook.com/killmatilda
Kill Matilda are a Canadian punkrock trio, fronted by Dusty Exner on guitar/vocals. Their self titled debut album came out in 2009 and the follow up "I want revenge" was released in 2011, the band wanted to give 5 of the songs from the previous album a new chance so they are re-releasing them as the new "#Punk #Zombie #Rocknroll" EP.
This trio´s cockrock sound brought the attention of producer GGGarth Richardson who is working with the band on their upcoming 2014 EP, if you take a slice of The Plasmatics and another slice of Hole and then spice it up with British punkrockers TAT - you´ll get Kill Matilda.
I like their energy and do enjoy bits and pieces, we sure do need this in-your-face punkmusic but I would´ve liked to hear more songs in the same vein as "Law abiding citizen" and "PBJ".
They´re loud, I give them credit for that.
Fuel - Puppet strings
Fuel - Puppet strings (2014) Megaforce Records
Produced by Eddie Wohl
Tracks : 1.Yeah 2.Soul to preach to 3.Hey, Mama 4.Time for me to stop 5.Wander 6.Cold summer 7.I can see the sun 8.Puppet strings 9.Headache 10.What we can never have
www.fuelrocks.com
When singer Brett Scallions left Fuel in 2006, he was miserable and needed to get inspiration back for writing music which he did touring with Manzarek and Krieger of The Doors.
Scallions was replaced by Toryn Green (ex.Something To Burn) and Fuel with original members Carl Bell on guitar and Jeff Abercrombie recorded "Angels and devils" in 2007.
Scallions moved on and formed World Fire Brigade in 2009, together with guitarist Andy Anderson, bassist Brad Stewart (ex.Shinedown), keyboardist Eddie Wohl and guitarist Sean Danielsen.
Their debut album "Spreading my wings" was released in 2012 which leads us to Fuel´s 5th studio album "Puppet strings", the funny thing about this album and the previous "Angels and devils" is that both albums feature two different line up´s.
Carl Bell and Jeff Abercrombie left Fuel in 2010, so Scallions took over the name and brought over his friends in World Fire Brigade except Sean Danielsen.
I think "Puppet strings" is a solid album and it´s nice to have Scallions back behind the mic but he needs Carl Bell as much as Carl needed Scallions to make that classic Fuel sound.
Thumbs up for the Ace Frehley-like guitarsolo on "Yeah".
Highlights : Wander, Soul to preach to, Yeah
Sandoval and Araiza´s new single Beggars and thieves available now
Inlägg av Jeff Sandoval & Mike Araiza.
Get into the luxuria with Viktoria Haze
Viktoria Haze are a modern electro rock band from Sweden, their debut album "Luxuria" is out now.
For fans of Lambretta, Sara Nunes and Avery.
Watch the video of "Vampire" at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AcP8AbkBxg
13 Steps To Nowhere takes their active rock to abnormality
13 Steps To Nowhere is a 5-piece band from Mesa Arizona, dedicated to letting the world know that Rock and Roll "ain't dead yet".
Their debut album "Abnormality" was released on March 7th.
https://soundcloud.com/13stepstonowhereband
The Pretty Reckless - Going to hell
The Pretty Reckless - Going to hell (2014) Razor and Tie Records
Produced by Kato Khandwala
Tracks : 1.Follow me down 2.Going to hell 3.Heaven knows 4.House on a hill 5.Sweet things 6.Dear sister 7.Absolution 8.Blame me 9.Burn 10.Why you´d bring a shotgun to the party? 11.Fucked up world 12.Waiting for a friend
http://goingtohell.me/uk/
Taylor Momsen and her songwriting partner/guitarist Ben Phillips are back with their 2nd LP "Going to hell", it´s been 4 long years since their debut album "Light me up" even though The Pretty Reckless released the "Hit me like a man" EP in 2012. What the fans and the real music collectors want, is a full length album and here we are with the mighty fine "Going to hell".
Lyricwise, she´s dealing with catholic guilt and in some moments, I think of Taylor as a modern Patti Smith. Taylor is truly the opposite to Katy Perry and what every guy would love to have as a girlfriend.
She´s a bad-ass, beautiful punkrocker girl that knows how to write a real good rocksong. Just listen to amazing tracks like "Absolution", "Follow me down" or "Heaven knows".
The Pretty Reckless are going from strength to strength.
Shaka Ponk release new album The white pixel ape
The French rock band Shaka Ponk released their new album "The White Pixel Ape" on March 17th, watch the video of the first single "Lucky G1rl" here:
I Divide will be the last one standing
I Divide, tipped as one of the hottest breakthrough artists this year, with a fast paced, raw energy performance that leaves crowds gasping for air and begging for more. Hailing from the dark depths of Exeter, the quintet have stormed on to the music scene with a hard hitting impact over taking many of todays favourite names.
Their debut album "Last one standing" will be out on April 14th, featuring the single "Follow me".
Australian brother duo Lyon Apprentice stream new single Be careful
Australian brother duo 'Lyon Apprentice' will digitally release their debut EP 'Be Honest, Be Wild, Be Free' worldwide on Friday April 4th through Canvas Sounds. The EP was co-produced by Mark Myers (The Middle East, Emma Louise) and mixed by Catherine Marks (Foals, Death Cab For Cutie), which showcases an impressive debut across the five tracks.
Their melodic brand of indie folk has already been making a strong impression after the release of singles 'Beautiful Thought' and 'I Will Find You' which has now been followed up with their latest offering 'Be Careful'.
Listen to the single here:
https://soundcloud.com/lyon-apprentice/be-careful-2
Sulene - Holding words back
Sulene - Holding words back (2014) Independent
Produced by Sulene
Tracks : 1.Holding words back 2.Purgatory 3.Worst version of me 4.Lovers lost
www.facebook.com/SuleneV
The debut EP from New Yorker Sulene is a catchy pop/rock affair with pop punk flavor, Sulene has also released a few EP´s with progressive rock band Helicopria where their latest "Supergeist" is available as free download at: http://helicopria.bandcamp.com/
While her band leans more towards Circa Survive and The Dear Hunter soundwise, her solo music will appeal more to fans of Rachel Farris, Wise Girl and Evarose.
Sulene is a really talented guitarist and I do enjoy her songs as well, I think of these tracks as a fresh c-vitamin injection where "Worst version of me" stand out as the highlight.
The title track is a short instrumental piece so we only get 3 full songs here which is a shame since Sulene shows a great potential.
U.K metallers Icons showing lifesigns
U.K based metalcore band Icons new "Lifesigns" EP is available at:
http://iconsuk.bandcamp.com/album/lifesigns
They are influenced by bands like Parkway Drive, Northlane, Periphery
Pinnick Gales Pridgen 2 coming in May
dUg Pinnick, Eric Gales and Thomas Pridgen enjoyed the experience of collaborating so much that they headed back into the studio to record a second album of psychedelic blues, hard rock, and progressive soul/R&B together.
PGP 2 will be out on May 23.
1.Every step of the way
2.It´s not my time to die
3.Psychofunkadelic blues
4.Watchman
5.Have you cried?
6.Like you used to do
7.Build it back up
8.The past is the past
9.LaDonna
10.Where´s my money
11.Down to the bone
12.Jambiance
Into the open with 21 Octayne
21 OCTAYNE is a new band featuring well-known musicians Hagen Grohe (The Joe Perry Project), Marco Wriedt (Axxis) , Andrew “The Bullet” Lauer ( PAUL GILBERT) and Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody) . After gaining extensive experience in the music business including recording albums and touring worldwide, the time felt right for them to form a new band that embraced their individual styles. From catchy pop/rock songs and ballads to heavy rock: 21 OCTAYNE is a true representation of musical diversity.
Their debut album "Into the open" will be out May 23rd.
https://www.facebook.com/21OCTAYNE
Mach 22 - Sweet talk intervention
Mach 22 - Sweet talk intervention (2014) Independent
Produced by Jeff LaBar
Tracks : 1.Constant denier 2.Go ahead 3.Don´t you give me 4.I´m just a man 5.Stone rose 6.Backslider 7.Made to love 8.Radio 9.One trick pony 10.Nevermind
www.mach22music.com
Now talk about a promising debut from Philly rockers Mach 22, their soulful classic rock has already made Slash a big fan and me too. Frontman Lamont Caldwell is a really great singer and truly the cream of the crop here, his voice is reminiscent of Bernie K (Sound Barrier).
It´s cool to find Sebastian LaBar on guitar (son of Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar), his father also produced "Sweet talk intervention" and my guess is that Jeff is very proud of his son and he should be because we´re talking steamin´ rocknroll here.
Mach 22 sounds a bit like if you should blend Tesla with The Answer and spice it up with Mothers Finest´s "Iron age" record.
Highlights : Stone rose, Don´t you give me, Backslider
Gunpowder Gray - Gunpowder Gray
Gunpowder Gray - Gunpowder Gray (2014) Boris Records
Produced by Gunpowder Gray
Tracks : 1.Gunpowder Gray 2.Cummin´ my way 3.Outta sight 4.Under the gun 5.Dancing with death 6.Cut me out 7.Saints
www.facebook.com/GunpowderGray
A couple of members from a deathmetal band and a few local punkrockers from Atlanta, Georgia, started Gunpowder Gray with focus on playing 70´s hardrock with traces of blues and heavy metal.
They sound a bit like if Axl Rose would sing with Riot to perform unreleased songs by Blue Cheer.
I don´t mind their non-compromising riffrock and I do believe they rock hard on stage, but it would´ve been neat with a few more stronger choruses because this 7 track EP feels like a maraton of riffs with a neverending verse.
A decent album anyhow and I always appreciate bands that plays by the motto : In rock we trust!
Life On The Sideline - Honesty is a dying breed
Life On The Sideline - Honesty is a dying breed (2014) Take This To Heart Records
Produced by Ryan Moge
EMO / ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Tracks : 1.Wake up 2.Everything I lost 3.Honesty is a dying breed 4.Surround 5.I´m a wreck 6.Drive 7.Artless 8.I´d be nothing 9.Rough draft
www.facebook.com/lifeonthesideline
Granby is a small town in Connecticut, USA, with a population of 11,200 but it´s also the hometown for 5 piece band Life On The Sideline.
Influenced by early emo bands like Armor For Sleep and Brand New, their debut full length is a lyrical ride of the ups and downs of life.
You might think this may sound a bit dated but since album releases in this genre are a bit rare these days, I welcome Life On The Sideline and their youthful energy.
While the music gives me a kick like a smoothie, the vocalmelodies on the choruses puts me in an atmosphere of a spa. I don´t fancy the acoustic "Artless" but the rest of the album is very nice.
Highlights : Rough draft, Everything I lost
The Great Socio - Find the time
The Great Socio - Find the time (2014) Independent
Produced by The Great Socio / Ron DiSilvestro
FUNK / ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Tracks : 1.The world´s alive 2.Criminals 3.Let go 4.Paradise 5.Anything everything 6.Vultures
http://thegreatsocio.bandcamp.com/
It´s time again for the musical chef to make a soup of all kinds of ingredients so why not go for funk, hip hop, soul and alternative rock this time?
Philadelphia based The Great Socio is on the menu with their jam flavored groove rock, imagine a mix between Mike Patton, RHCP and Fun Lovin´ Criminals and you´ll get their 3rd "Find the time" EP.
I like their cool and relaxed attitude, they sure do get it swingin´ from time to time but the choruses dont grab me. I think "Let go" is a nice song where the chorus is catchy, and it´s a good thing that they bring in the fun in music. That´s important.
Kevin Reeves - Remember to forget
Kevin Reeves - Remember to forget (2014) Independent
Produced by Kevin Reeves / Ian Baird
PROGRESSIVE POP
Tracks : 1.Follow me down 2.Brokenhearted man 3.If it´s real 4.Euphoria 5.Awake and alive 6.Dead charade 7.Plastic man, paper moon 8.Saturnine 9.Way of the world 10.Dying inside
http://kevinreeves.bandcamp.com
Is it necessary to keep us waiting 8 years for a new record? Kevin Reeves released the mighty fine debut album "It´s about time" in 2006 and in the best Tom Scholz spirit, the sophomore release "Remember to forget" is available now. You might remember it´s usually 8 years between Scholz´s albums with his band Boston.
Back to Kevin Reeves now and his new album, it´s less orchestral oriented but still quite progressive with a touch of 70´s pop. There are moments when my thoughts go to Pink Floyd but with christian rock vibes and even traces of grunge, however fans of Nik Kershaw and The Producers should listen to this well arranged and harmony filled affair.
The 10cc-like "Awake and alive" gets my motor running in no time, expect a huge dose of quality here.
It can´t be healthy to wait until 2022 for the next Kevin Reeves record, give it to us sooner.
Donnie Vie - Goodbye : Enough Z´nuff
Donnie Vie - Goodbye : Enough Z´nuff (2014) Livewire / Cargo Records
Produced by Donnie Vie
Tracks : 1.For now 2.Holly Wood ya 3.These daze 4.You got a hold of me 5.The beast 6.Rainy day 7.You and I 8.Fly high Michelle 9.If I can´t have you 10.There goes my heart 11.New thing 12.Time to let you go 13.Someday 14.Goodbye
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Donnie-Vie-Band/203180629700748
One guitar, one mic and a set of Enuff´Z´nuff songs, recorded live on Donnie Vie´s "Magical history tour" in 2013. That´s one way to sum it up when we look at the new album cover of "Goodbye : Enough´Z´nnuff", and it´s hardly the first time Donnie goes for the stripped down versions of his former band.
In 2007, he released the acoustic album "Extra strength" which was an unplugged version of Enuff´Z´nuff album "Strength" (1991).
He´s truly an underrated songwriter and I really wanted to dig this live album more since we get so many good songs like New thing, Goodbye, Fly high Michelle, Holly Wood ya and If I can´t have you.
But there´s something missing, I think - perhaps a band! It gets a little too naked with just one guitar and it would´ve been neat with just a few songs this way and then the rest with a band to back him up.
But don´t let your head hang down because Donnie will release a new studio album in 2014, called "All in". That´s right, there´s more to come.
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Powerpop band White Reaper release 1F single
American powerpop band White Reaper will release their Elektra Records debut "You Deserve Love" on October 18.
Listen to the new single 1F.
Voyager reveal new album and epic new single
1. Colours (4:05)
2. Severomance (4:23)
3. Brightstar (4:32)
4. Saccharine Dream (5:27)
5. Entropy - Featuring Einar Solberg (4:43)
6. Reconnected (4:48)
7. Now or Never (1:39)
8. Sign of the Times (3:47)
9. Water Over the Bridge (4:42)
10. Runaway (4:38)
Total: 42:44
Yes, there you have it. The brand new album from Aussie progmetallers Voyager, out Nov 1st.
Check out the band´s epic new single Colours.
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Which leads us to 2019 and the first new song from Patent Pending in three years.
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Of Allies´ new single "Beyond The Wave" is available now.
https://smarturl.it/beyond-the-wave
Fox And Bones release new single Running Free
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Releases August 12, 2019.
https://lordhelmet.bandcamp.com/
Howling Giant announce first full-length album
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With the addition of new bassist Sebastian Baltes (son of longtime ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes) to the band, the band has expanded their already impressive vocal harmony approach with the addition of a third voice. Friend of the band Drew Harakal adds extra sonic textures to the album with his organ and synth skills. And Jason Shi of ASG appears with a guest vocal cameo on the track Ice Castle.
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releases September 27, 2019
Howling Giant is:
Sebastian Baltes – Bass/Vocals
Tom Polzine – Guitar/Vocals
Zach Wheeler – Drums/Vocals
https://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-between-worlds
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Final Fantasy VII remake finally announced for PS4
Idolores Jun 16, 2015
Chickity check yourself. Prior to wrecking yourself, preferably.
SO what do we all think? It lists Yoshinori Kitase as producer, and the director as Nomura. You ask me, that's bloody backwards, but I'll reserve my snark until I see more.
jb Jun 16, 2015
Probably the only game I'm excited for after ffxv
student41269 Jun 16, 2015
I've never thought it would be a good idea, and expect it to be nothing less than a multi-million-selling creative disaster.
There's so much about FFVII that simply will not translate into a modern day game, and so they will alter it to the extent that it will be a different game through and through. To which the usual response is: well why shouldn't it be different, why compare it to the original? To which my usual response is: if you're going to make a different game, make a different game - don't hijack the title, story, places, characters and legacy of an existing one.
But I sincerely hope I'm wrong, and that the remake is done with the care and respect it deserves.
Jodo Kast Jun 16, 2015
I saw FFVII remake and I thought it was about this at first.
rein Jun 16, 2015
I fear that Squenix will add a revive Aerith quest in a misguided attempt to give fans what they want.
Ashley Winchester Jun 16, 2015
student41269 wrote:
Basically this, so much to this.
However, as long as it's better than Wild Arms Alter code:F I'll be happy.
Also, have they announced the music composer yet?
Jay Jun 16, 2015
If they can pull it off, I'm all for it. But the sheer amount of content in FFVII and what that would amount to in dev costs seems like a mammoth task. I wonder how much they are willing to sink into it or how remade it will genuinely be. I will definitely be watching this with interest.
avatar! Jun 16, 2015
Since I haven't played a Final Fantasy game in years (Tactics notwithstanding) I'm really not excited. Since I didn't like FF VII in the first place, I'm even less excited. I do think it was a good move on SE's part. People are all excited, although I fail to see why. I thought FF VII was a grand mess and that IV was superior in just about every way. Heck, I'd be far more excited if they had decided to redo VI.
Ashley Winchester Jun 16, 2015 (edited Jun 16, 2015)
avatar! wrote:
Actually, you're not alone here. I'm not very goo-goo ga-ga over Final Fantasy VII myself (I'd rather play and own Wild Arms 1 & 2) but I'm just kind of happy they're doing it so people can shut the (expletive) up about SE not doing it.
GoldfishX Jun 16, 2015
I'm looking forward to this. However, my two potential massive likely buzzkills:
1. Takeharu Ishimoto composing the music.
2. No ATB. I'm expecting something along the lines of current FF's with materia. I hope I'm wrong.
Agreed on number 2, definitely. I have to say I'm pretty damn worried about what form combat will take with this one.
GoldfishX wrote:
I feel the same way about Naoshi Mizuta, lol. Although I highly doubt he'd get the responsibility of something with this kind of storied history. I'd be fine with a rearrange version ala something like what they did with Advent Children.
Amazingu Jun 16, 2015
Very excited to see what this will turn into but yeah, it's probably going to be VERY different from the original game, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
jb wrote:
I don't know... not really the biggest Mizuta fan myself (God knows he's produced a decent amount of clunkers) but what he's composing for seems to be the make or break factor for him. The bad thing is you can't really tell which projects are which until after the fact.
Fingers crossed. And yeah, Mizuta at his BEST is strikingly average to me. But no soundtrack has ever traumatized me the same way Crisis Core did...
Then again, they might decide a more "modern" score is more fitting for this one (ie, toning down the more melodic parts and the overall "gaminess" of some tracks). Part of the charm of the original FFVII soundtrack is its not too far removed from the previous games.
"yeah, those catchy battle themes and that goofy Chocobo themes gotta go...we need generic downtuned heavy metal chords in there for our battle themes" *cringe*
I'll be listening to samples of this one like a hawk.
absuplendous Jun 16, 2015
The original soundtrack is a big part of what made VII so beloved. Is there any reason to believe they'd jettison the existing soundtrack (the first time an FF remake would do so), or are you speculating who will arrange the music rather than compose it?
I'm hoping whatever they do (arrange or make new music), they don't screw it up.
Zorbfish Jun 16, 2015
Amazingu wrote:
I'd be interested if they flesh out the story a bit more. If I remember correctly wasn't the game based loosely on a book? There were plenty of holes in the story that made no sense.
If it just turns out to be the advent children art style rendered in a 13/15 engine then no thanks.
absuplendous wrote:
Arrange. Yeah, guess I used the wrong word there.
But speaking of the soundtrack for the PS1 version, am I the only one that, I don't know, gets irritated that people are still griping over the sound quality of that midi in 2015? I stumbled upon a thread on another site where people were doing that and I'm thinking play the PC version then get back to me on that.
I mean really, I know the midi is somewhat weak... but did that really take away from those tracks? Stuff like "ShinRa Company" and "Anxious Heart" still give me chills despite the limitations.
raynebc Jun 17, 2015
I hope they slip some of the Black Mages versions of songs into the soundtrack.
longhairmike Jun 17, 2015
this is what happens when someone at SE starts sleeping with george lucas
Zane Jun 17, 2015 (edited Jun 17, 2015)
I've been struggling since yesterday with how to verbalize my reaction to the trailer, but I can't do it adequately. I had no idea the remake was happening until I opened YouTube on someone's computer to troubleshoot streaming video, and I saw that, and was like HOLYSHITWHAT. Then when I went to watch it I paused the video, and was like, dude, don't. You're not going to play it and FFVII is a life-defining game for you. Let it go.
I went and watched it anyway and didn't feel anything. Where was the twinge of excitement in my gut? Or the slight rush from the possibility of a new Uematsu re-visitation of the classic soundtrack? I'm sure parts of this is that I think SE has been a massive shit factory for the past decade, and that I'll never get my teenage years back, and why am I almost 33 and still listening to MIDI music from almost 20 years ago while I cook dinner in my underwear in my apartment, but I expected to feel something. Some anger, excitement, apprehension? Maybe?
But, no. I got nothing. This is likely going to be a very long-awaited and expensive and disappointing cautionary tale of "be careful what you wish for".
Heh. With all of these long-awaited sequels and remakes, "twinge of excitement" is really the defining phrase of E3 2015.
I'm not very excited for the FFVII remake, but I did feel a twinge while watching the teaser. I appreciate that it's low key rather than conventionally loud and frenetic and appreciate also that it shows only glimpses of and allusions to the main cast. The teaser does what a teaser is supposed to do: leave much unshown, to excite the imagination.
I also quite like the way the voiceover describes the wait for this remake in dramatic narrative form. It's like the fans are part of the story.
Namorbia Jun 18, 2015
I for one am excited. There's no point in worrying beforehand, we don't know almost anything about it yet. I'll just wait for gameplay footage and hearing the music.
If you could pick anyone, who would you have arranging the music?
Namorbia wrote:
Probably just because of the freakin nostalgia, but I guess I want Nobuo honestly... but is he tied in with Mystwalker or he freelance?
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Statements in response to the death of Rohith Vemula
In the aftermath of the institutional murder of Rohith
The Questions we need to answer for Annihilation of Caste!
Statement release by All India Anti-Caste Forum, University Community for Democracy and Equality (UCDE) and Naujawan Bharat Sabha (NBS)
The institutional murder of the brilliant research scholar and progressive activist Rohith Chakravarthy Vemula has caused a tremendous unrest amongst the students and youth of the country. Not only students and youth from various universities, educational institutions and cities but also concerned citizens from all over the country have taken to streets demanding justice for Rohith. As we know Rohith was a student activist associated with the Ambedkar Students Association and a research scholar who had committed suicide on January 17. But Rohith’s death is not a suicide but a cold-blooded institutional murder.
Who Killed Rohith?
Rohith and his friends were active against the Sanghi goons and Fascists in the Hyderabad campus. They openly denounced the acts of awarding capital punishments to all alleged terrorists in the garb of appeasing the collective conscience of the masses, they protetsed against beef ban, they organized a screening of the film ‘Muzzafarnagar Baaqi Hai’ which exposes the real face of the communal Fascist saffron brigade, they fought against the caste-based oppression by various Brahminical and Fascist forces active in the campus. As a result, Rohith and his friends had become a threat to the Fascist and Brahminical forces in the campus. As a consequence, taking into cognizance a false complaint of an activist of Sanghi Student organization, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya wrote to Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani to take action in this matter. Consequently, a series of five letters were written by the HRD ministry to Hyderabad Central University pressurizing the university adminstration to expel Rohith Vemula and few of his friends. Rohith’s NET fellowship had been stopped since July 2015 citing some official reasons. Rohith hailed from a working class household and a significant portion of his family’s expenses was met by his fellowship. It can be understood what kind of economic pressure was mounted on Rohith by the University. After this Rohith and his friends were thrown out from their hostels and they were expelled from the University. They were banned from entering the hostel and all the public spaces on the campus. After being targeted and harassed in this way by the university administration, Rohith slowly went into depression and ultimately committed suicide taking with him his beautiful dreams of exploring science, nature and the world of stars. Now BJP is referring to the fact that Rohith in his suicide note had not put the blame on the Government. But everyone is aware of the contents of the letter that Rohith had written to the University administration after being fed up with the oppression and telling the university to provide sodium azide (poison) and a rope to all dalit students at the time of admission. It needs to be noted that in the last one decade itself 9 dalit students have committed suicide at Hyderabad Central University and if one takes into account institutions of higher education in the country, since 2007 around 18 dalit students have taken their lives. Almost all of these students hailed from working class households and lower middle class families. From delay in assigning Research guides or showing inability to provide one at all to delaying all other significant or trivial official academic works has been the general demeanor of the administration at Hyderabad Central University towards dalit students. Even amongst the students there exists a segregation between the dalit and non-dalit students. In this scenario anyone can fathom the reasons which led to the development of a sense of alienation between mind and body even in a brilliant and sensitive student like Rohith. Rohith was a sensitive, rebellious and conscientious individual who was living in a system and a society that reduces ‘every man to his immediate identity, to a vote, to a thing’; where a man’s identity is not based on his ideas and philosophy but his caste and his economic background. In a society ruled by a Government which decides what people can and cannot eat, which propagates barbaric frenzy amongst the people based on their religion and their caste; which serves the interests of the corporate houses to prepare a ground for economic exploitation and social oppression of the poor, dalits, minorities, tribals and women; where myths are propagated as scientific truths in Science Congress and no one objects and where the Chief Scientist of ISRO shares stage with Sanghi barbarians and flaunts a Fascist salute. Rohith started a committed fight against all this. Despite being associated first with student front of a parliamentary Left party and later with an Amberkarite student organization and despite help from his comrades, he found himself alone. A sensitive, justice loving and conscientious youth like Rohith found himself in a system and a society which made him consider his own birth as a ‘fatal accident’. And in the end he chose to find solace in death. Rohith Vemula’s unsuspecting murder has put a question mark on this entire system and it is this very question that is agitating the students and youth of the country today. But why was the entire government with its massive machinery hounding Rohith and his friends in this manner? What was Rohith’s crime?
What was Rohith and his friends crime?
The biggest crime of Rohith and his friends was that they not only raised their voice against the communal Fascists in their university campus that are in power today but also mobilized and organized students against their politics of communalism, caste-based oppression and Fascism. Amongst the various characteristics of Fascism, one of the most important is that it cannot tolerate any kind of political dissent. This is the reason behind crushing the reasonable and valid demands of the students of FTII, sacking a Gandhian teacher Sandeep Pandey by the BHU alleging him of being a Naxalite and anti-national, not allowing Siddharth Varadarajan to deliver a talk at Allahabad University, targeting Arundhati Roy for a constitutional act of advocating the rights of a political prisoner. And this is the reason why Hyderabad Central University administration was penalising and harassing Rohith and his friends at the behest of the central government. Rohith and his friends had become a threat for the Sanghi lumpen goons. This is the most important reason why the entire government was after Rohith and his friends.
The second reason for Rohith and his friends being targetted by the government was the fact that they were dalits and came from a vulnerable and weaker section of the society. This made it easier for the government to harass and oppress them in this naked and immoral way. Here it is noteworthy that Rohith belonged to a working class family. This made his postion even more vulnerable. The incumbent Fascist government is crushing all kinds of political dissent with barbarism, either by using the official government machinery or by using its unofficial brigade of hoodlums and hooligans. For them it is relatively easy to target Muslims and other religious minorities and specially dalits. The lynching of Akhlaq, beef ban and other fabricated lies leading to the murder of the members various religious minorities stand in testimony to this. Rohith’s institutional murder also corroborates this. It is evident that for the incumbent Fascist government in particular and other oppressive governments in general, dalits are ‘soft targets’ because they come from an already vulnerable section of the society. The effect of the rampant caste-based discrimination, prejudices and brahminical heirarchical and supremacist ideology in the society ensures the fact that people from backward castes and to an extent dalits can be killed with virtual impunity. Do Bathani Tola, Lakshmanpur Bathe, Khairlanji, Mirchpur, Gohana, Bhagana incidents not stand witness to this fact? Economic oppression and social persecution get intertwined and enhance each other. Those who view economic exploitation and social oppression as two separate things and advocate two different kinds of ideologies to combat them, neither understand economic exploitation nor social oppression. Nor do they understand that any such project of social-political change primarily demands a scientific approach and method and not a pragmatic mixture or integration of mutually opposite or incompatible ideologies.
Rohith Vemula’s crime was that despite being a dalit, coming from a vulnerable and weaker section of society, he not only proved his intellectual prowess in an institution of higher education and showed exceptional potential, but he also raised his voice against the hegemony of the elite, Fascist and brahminical ideologies and became a threat to them. Rohith’s suicide is an act of rebellion, possibly a desperate rebellion, yet an act of rebellion and in this way even after his death Rohith has not ceased to challenge the system.
The limitations of the Identitarian perspective of struggle for justice for Rohith and the question of the correct viewpoint
The struggle for Justice for Rohith Vemula is continuing in various campuses and cities of the country. Seven of our friends at Hyderabad Central University have been sitting on an indefinite hunger strike for more than 10 days now. Protest demonstrations are being organized throughout the country. The demand of resignation of Smriti Irani is being raised which is justified. Besides, the demand to sack the VC of Hyderabad Central University for his role in Rohith’s institutional murder is also being raised. But despite all these justified demands, there are a few problems in the present struggle that face us and without resolving these problems, ultimately we will be strengthening the Right-wing Fascist brahminical forces.
In the words of Rohith himself, his individuality, ideas and struggle should not be reduced to his immediate identity. Not just because Rohith was against this but because this ultimately delivers a fatal blow to the struggle for annihilation of caste. The struggle for justice for Rohith that we have undertaken today and the struggle that Rohith and his friends have been fighting in the Hyderabad Central University against the Fascist brahminical forces is a political and ideological struggle. It is neither a struggle of identities and nor should it be turned into one. This battle cannot be fought standing on the identitarian ground. The biggest proof of how the incumbment government is using this to their advantage is that now BJP and the Sangh are advertising the caste identity of the student member of Sanghi student outfit on whose false complaint Rohith and his friends were persecuted. Smriti Irani gave a statement saying that the other helpless (!) student is being targeted because he is an OBC! In this way the Fascists are retaliating to the act of reducing this political struggle to dalit identity by the progressive forces, that is, by using the OBC caste identity of the student who filed the false complaint against Rohith and his friends. In fact, according to Ambedkerite politics, OBC are friends of the dalits and by integrating these two sections, ‘Bahujan Samaj’ is formed. But anyone who closely follows the incidents of caste-based violence and oppression in this country for many decades can tell you that the principal perpetrators of atrocities on poor and working class dalits from Haryana to Maharahstra, Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu have been rich farmer castes belonging to the OBC. How can one today implement the idea of establishing unity of Shudra castes and dalits on the basis of identity? Does establishing a unity of the so-called ‘Bahujan Samaj’ on the basis of caste-based identitites in the country make sense today, anywhere from Uttar pradesh to Haryana, from Bihar to Maharahstra, from Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu? These are the questions that need contemplation.
The reality of Caste is one of the main realities of our society. To consider Caste-based oppression as merely social oppression is a fatal blunder. To reduce it to the world of social-cultural values and Hindu religion is also a big mistake. Caste-based oppression acts as a very powerful tool of converting economic exploitation into super-exploitation. And economic exploitation and plunder in turn give rise to even more horrible forms of caste-based oppression. The recent incidents of atrocities against dalits and murders of dalits in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan are a testimony to this fact. This is the reason why the struggle for annihilation of caste and struggle of tribals cannot reach its point of culmination inside the ambit of a profit-driven capitalist system which thrives on the loot and exploitation of the labour of working masses as well as the Nature. At the same time, it must be emphasized that without launching an immediate political, economic and social struggle for annihilation of caste right from today, without laying the foundation of a powerful anti-caste cultural movement, without starting an uncomprimising struggle against supersititions, religious dogmas; there can be no revolutionary unity of the working classes through which the task of revolutionary transformation of ideology, politics and society can be accomplished. It is also true that in bourgeois electoral politics casteism and brahminism provide the ruling classes with a powerful instrument to divide the prize of plunder amongst themselves and even more than that it helps them to create caste divide and segregation among the working classes that are already plagued with caste-based prejudices. And precisely because of this, annihilation of caste is not possible within the realm of capitalist system. It also needs to be understood that without establishing militant anti-caste and working class-based movements today it will be very difficult to establish a unity required to smash this capitalist system. Whereas on the one hand, a strong struggle against religious dogmas, values, superstitions and brahminical hegemony is the need of the hour, on the other, there is an equal need to view this struggle as an integral part of, and to make it an integral part of the struggle against the entire oppressive-exploitative political, economic and social system.
Those who think that dalit oppression and the caste question can be resolved through gradual economic and political reforms seriously need to retrospect the past. They need to look at what has been achieved through the entire history of the constitutional reforms and those social movements that view the struggle for annihilation of caste as separate from the political struggle against the system and the state. Those who think that there should be one ideology for caste annihilation (in the area of social oppression) and another different revolutionary ideology for the economic and systemic change, need to understand that in our society caste-based oppression also has a class dimension to it. Even where caste-based oppression appears to be completely autonomous of class relations, there too for the annihilation of caste it is imperative to make it a part of the class-based struggle. Merely from the identitarian perspective, religious reforms or religious conversions, separated from the revolutionary struggle of political state, it is not possible to bring about annihilation of caste by the means of anti-caste socio-cultural movements.
This is the reason why we also need to abandon the identity politics for the struggle of justice for Rohith Vemula. Have we already not sustained huge damage due to this politics of identity? Has not this identity politics already provided enough fuel to the politics of Fascist and brahminical hegemony? We humbly propose that we need to contemplate these questions with utmost seriousness to advance in the right direction of struggle for justice for Rohith. The need to make the entire project of annihilation of caste an integral part of the class struggle and the project of revolutionary transformation has become more pressing than ever. The revolutionary movement of India has been unsuccessful in carrying out this task and this failure has been responsible for the flourishing and proliferation of identity politics. There cannot be a more opportune time to rectify this mistake and only this can be our true revolutionary tribute to Rohith.
Down with Casteism!
Down with Capitalism!
Down with Fascism!
You can kills all the flowers, but you cannot stop the spring from coming!
Our history textbooks in school always used to refer to some immediate causes and certain long-term causes behind any historical event. In time, we learnt to walk past the immediacies, and focus more on the long term. Rohith Vemula’s suicide, or rather his institutional murder in the University of Hyderabad (UoH) is also a historic event. And if we walk past certain immediacies, the lies, and the jugglery of words by the MHRD, RSS, ABVP and BJP, then we would find that several different pathways, several different streams of events converged to culminate into this murder. On first glance these different pathways may seem disjointed to our naked eyes, but when looked through the
prism of history one cannot miss the interconnections.
On 30th July 2015, Yakub Memon was hanged by the Indian state in yet another display of travesty of justice at the altar of “war on terror”. Unable to get Tiger Memon or Dawood Ibrahim, showing the worst kind of vendetta, the state chose to hang Yakub who was not part of the conspiracy and in fact had completely co-operated with the entire investigation. Rohith Vemula in UoH was among the several democratic voices across the country who protested against the judicial murder of Yakub. In September 2013, a meticulously orchestrated assault in collusion with the state machinery took the lives of around 150 Muslims in Muzaffarnagar while more than a lakh were displaced and forced to leave their villages. The screening of a documentary made by Nakul Sawhney titled “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai” that unravels the blood lust of the hindutva forces was disrupted physically and vandalized by the ABVP goons in Delhi University in August 2015. In protest, Rohith along with his comrades in ASA organized a protest screening of the same in UoH. Be it protesting against Yakub Memon’s hanging or by screening the anti-sangh documentary, Rohith and his friends raised their voices against the violence perpetrated by the state. They fought to stand by truth and justice and most importantly refused to be a part of the cannibal “collective conscience” that justifies state sponsored violence, legitimnises murders and atrocities and keep this brahminical status
quo intact.
In September 2015, just a month later, Appa Rao, a loyal lapdog of the brahmanical hindutva fascist sangh was appointed as Vice Chancellor in HCU. The ruling BJP – its MPs and even the MHRD – ordered the puppet VC to take strictest and exemplary action against the Dalit students for their above “anti-national” activities to which the VC complied flouting all previous institutional decisions. The punishment that was meted out to the 5 Ambedkarite activists of restricting their access to libraries, cafeteria, administrative building and restricting their fellowship, amounts to nothing less than a social boycott. Protests started in UoH against this unjust administrative action at the behest of the current dispensation at the centre. But as the UoH administration looked the other way even after almost two weeks into the protest, Rohith was forced to end his life. So, many paths converged to lead to Rohith’s murder on 17th January 2016. On final count it is the tightening noose of the anti-Dalit, anti-Muslim, anti-student, anti-people, brahmanical-hindutva fascism that took Rohith’s life.
The All-Pervasive Monster of Caste: Amidst the initial shameful defence to now the pathetic attempts at cover up and crocodile tears by the sangh, BJP & PM Modi, a desperate attempt to deny that caste and caste discrimination had a role to play in Rohith’s death has remained unchanged. Anyone familiar with Rohith’s politics and activism would not be surprised by this denial. At one level, Rohith’s suicide can be seen in continuation with the spate of several other suicides of dalit students across the country in the face of harassment, caste discrimination and abuse (In UoH alone 8 dalit students have committed suicide over the last less than a decade). But, at another level, it is also different. Rohith was not just an ordinary student, he was an Ambedkarite who through his activism roused people to educate, agitate and organise. He and his comrades, through their activism made visible what the Hindutva brigade tries to invisibilise in its attempts to forge a “Hindu” unity, i.e, the all-pervasive monster of caste and the deeply graded inequalities within what is called as Hinduism. His “crime” became greater when he reached out to the “evil other” – the Muslims and spoke of their oppression vis-à-vis whom the Hindutva brigade tries forge this bogey of “Hindu unity”. His “crime” became too much to tolerate for sangh when by opposing the medieval practice of capital punishment and unjust hanging of Yakub Memon, Rohith and his comrades questioned the deeply masculinist, militarized, security centric and Brahmanical Indian state. These ideas destabilized the Brahmanical-Hindutva fascist sangh’s vision of a ‘Hindu nation’, and therefore all of them – from ABVP, BJP ministers, the casteist VC and the MHRD – colluded to crack down on him and his comrades resulting ultimately in his institutional murder. But as Neruda puts it, you can destroy all the flowers, but you cannot stop the spring from coming! And ideas cannot be killed.
In his life as well as in his death, Rohith did not only destabilize the RSS’s vision of a ‘Hindu nation’, He also destabilizes those who swear by the rule of law, or the constitution or by this farce of a democracy and who believe that caste is merely a vestige of the past. Rohith’s murder, like that of the suicides of innumerable other Dalit students, their institutionalized discrimination, the oppression and persecution, the dalit massacres and subsequent acquittals of their murderers – all point towards the fact that far from the constitution, it is the writ of Manu in tandem with that of the market that runs in the name of democracy. And with the tightening of the brahmanical hindutva fascist tentacles, today, we see voices of reason, democracy and protest across the country being brutally silenced. This undeclared emergency has also reached the universities. We have seen it in the ban on the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle in IIT-Madras, to the saffron appointments in FTII to the almost regular attacks by ABVP on those who stand up against their Brahmanical-fascist agenda. As they try to turn our universities into prison houses, it is our responsibility rise up in rage collectively against Brahmanism, hindutva fascism and for annihilation of caste. Rohith has been martyred at a cross-road of history while fighting these tightening tentacles. It is onto us to prove that he was more than one and that we are more than not just five but in fact more than a million.
At the call of Joint Action Committee for Social Justice
Join Protest March to MHRD, 27th Jan, Wed, from Mandi House, 1 pm
– Amir, Anirban, Aswathi, Anwesha, Deepti, Komal, Umar, Ufaque, Samar,Balakrishnan, Hamid, Sri Lakshmi, Reyazul, Rubina
Statement from academics
COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS – TAMIL NADU
The recent suicide by Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), and the circumstances leading up to that have shocked the entire nation, and led to a widespread public protest. He was one of the five members of Ambedkar Student Association (ASA), who had been institutionally ostracised by the UoH administration, following an alleged altercation with local ABVP after ASA had organised protests against the hanging of Yaquib Memon and against the vandalism by ABVP during the screening of ‘Muzzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai’ in Delhi University. As per media reports, the Executive Council of UoH took a decision of suspending the students which was revoked later, only to be reintroduced as social boycott, following pressures from Bandaru Dattatreya, Union Cabinet Minister of State for Labour and Employment and the Ministry from Human Resource Development, without any investigation
CPDR-TN strongly condemns the act of the University administration on the students in this manner, and also the intervention by ministers of the central government, which led to this cruel death. We express our condolences to the family and friends of Rohith Vemula, at this moment of grief.
CPDR-TN insists that all social discrimination inflicted upon the students in the name of discipline should be stopped forthwith. Cohesive atmosphere for the students to debate all socio economic and political cause of society should be provided. All interventions from the governments centre or state in the students affair and coercing the administrations to encourage a specific political lineage should be stopped forthwith.
CPDR-TN observes that since the recent government has come to power, there have been widespread incidents of attempt to clamp down on any voices of dissent, including in academic institutions, by often labelling them as “anti-nationals”. Trying to curb the act of ASA in raising the issue of minorities was nothing but an act of intolerance by the right wing forces that wield the support of the administration and the governments that be.
CPDR-TN observes that the act of administration in socially boycotting the students hailing from the oppressed dalit caste is nothing but a form of neo-untouchability within the academic institutions. CPDR-TN insists that those responsible for the decision of social boycott if prevailed, whosover it may be, whether the ministers or university administrators, should be prosecuted.
CPDR-TN observes that the death of Rohit vemula, is not a suicide, but an institutional murder. Earlier there have been 10 instances of suicide of which seven were dalits. So, we strongly observe that all this deaths are not suicides but due to administrative practices and casteist, anti minority approach.
CPDR-TN considers that activism is an integral part of student life and the students from the oppressed community are always in the forefront of the struggle as their natural response. As per our Indian republican constitution the right to organize, right to assemble, right to freedom of expression are guaranteed as inalienable rights. So, students have every rights for democratic space. Curbing these rights in any form is blatantly unconstitutional.
CPDR-TN observes that the order of social boycott imposed on the members of ASA actually smacks of a casteist mindset of the UoH administration. CPDR-TN observes that suspension of students from the hostel for entertaining their freedom of expression is a heinous and inhumane act. By penalizing the students, the rightwing intellectuals have only exposed their inability to dislodge their social discrimination baggage carried.
CPDR-TN joins all other democratic voices in the country who have come out in protest as well as express solidarity with the continuing struggles of the students, faculty and non-academic staff at UoH.
Dr.Nandi Joseph (President) S. Gopal (General Secretary)
KRANTIKARI YUVA SANGATHAN (KYS) PRESS RELEASE
KYS PROTESTS AT CENTRAL PARK AGAINST THE INSTITUTIONAL (aatm)HATYA OF ROHITH VEMULA!
PROTESTING STUDENTS DETAINED AT PARLIAMENT STREET POLICE STATION! STUDENTS LATHICHARGED INSIDE POLICE STATION, WOMEN STUDENTS GROPED BY POLICEMEN IN CIVIL DRESS! PARLIAMENT STREET POLICE STATION DENIES TO ACCEPT COMPLAINT LETTER FROM WOMEN STUDENTS!
DEMANDS DISMISSAL OF HRD MINISTER AND LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTER IMMEDIATELY!
The activists of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) along with intellectualls and progressive and democratic citizens gathered in huge numbers at Central Park(Rajeev Chowk) to protest against the abetment of suicide of a Dalit Research Scholar, Rohith Vemula at the University of Hyderabad, by the Union Government and communal organization Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Protesting students were detained at Parliament Street Police Station where they were lathi charged inside the police station and women students and female activists were groped by policemen in civil dress. When activists and students asked their identity card he was helped by the police administration to flee. We believe these are attempts of intimidating female students from coming out in front to protest. Parliament Street Police Station has denied to accept even the complaint letter by activists and students.
It should be known that the University administration of Hyderabad University had expelled 5 Dalit students, all belonging to the Ambedkar Students Association for being ‘casteist’, ‘extremist’ and ‘Anti-national’. Notable is the shameful role of BJP Minister of Labour and Employment, on whose insistence, the MHRD sent five letters and directed the V-C to take action against the students.
This incident is not an isolated one. Since the BJP government has come in power at the Centre, the casteist forces have become powerful. Active patronage is being given by the Government which itself is composed of right-wing casteist elements to these forces. And hence the rise in atrocities against the Dalit community across the country such as in Faridabad, Abohar, Dankaur to cite a few examples. It is amply known that casteist forces continue to make life miserable for the Dalit community in the country. What is shocking in this incident is the active connivance of the state to install casteist ideology in the University Space, by promoting right-wing forces i.e. ABVP.
Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) strongly condemns the role of the Union Government and its ministers in abetting the suicide of Rohith Vemula and promoting casteist elements. The Casteist and Anti-Dalit character of the current government lies exposed. KYS has demanded an immediate dismissal of HRD minister and Labour and Employment minister from their post and has resolved to intensify its struggle against casteist terrorism.
Harish Gautam,
Anti-Caste Cell,
Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS).
Rohith Vemula’s Death- An Orchestrated murder by Sangh Parivar, MHRD
Statement by Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle, IIT-M
Suicide (as stated by media but it is not so) of Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University Campus has strangulated the entire democratic voices of this country. It once again exposed the repressive role of Brahminical State apparatus and Hindutva fascism against oppressed masses and working classes! The scholar was a member of Ambedkar Student Association (ASA), where his group exposed the pre-planned role of RSS in Muzaffarnagar riot through screening the documentary titled ‘Muzaffarnagar baqqi hai’. Because of this he and his team members were targeted by Hindutva fanatic group ABVP. In order to curb his team’s democratic voice inside the university, the union labour minister and RSS ideologue Bandaru Dattatreya wrote to MHRD minister Smirti Irani by stating that “UoH has become a den of casteist, extremist and anti-national politics”. UoH admin merely acted as a puppet in the hands of Hindutva group and suspended five of the ASA members including Rohith Vemula. What a coincidence! To ban APSC-IITM also, a nexus of local BJP elements in Tamilnadu, Hindutuva student group in IITM and MHRD ministry worked tirelessly through IITM administration! It is clearly evident that this has been repeated in Rohith Vemula’s case also. Initially APSC was castigated as anti-national element and rusticated further when it criticised and exposed the fascist Modi govt. and Brahminical tyranny of RSS! Much in the same way the APSC team members underwent psychological torture by the nexus of these authorities. The similar fascist nexus also involved in the shear harassment of Rohith Vemula and strangulated him to death. Therefore, one cannot simply consider this as suicide whereas Rohith Vemula’s death is an Orchestrated murder of Bramahnical fascist forces. Either in UoH or in APSC-IITM, or in FTII cases, it is evident that Brahminical fascism has its own agenda where its aim is to get hold of the academic institutes by strangulating dissenting voices and establish Brahminic hegemony! The democratic voice, we rarely enjoy in academic spaces is not a mercifull freebie granted by these Brahminic forces; rather we’ve got through prolonged, consistent and vigorous fight with them through centuries. It is a high time to find a graveyard to these fascist nexus otherwise no one can stop the murder of many such Rohith Vemulas who is an icon of our democratic voice!
Statement from Academics for Democracy [Chennai]
We the members of academics for democracy are devastated by the passing away of Rohith Vemula whose decision to take his own life is a direct consequence of the despicable act of Hyderabad university to socially boycott 5 Dalit Research scholars by succumbing to the uncalled intervention of MHRD because of political pressure by BJP.
Details of the whole affair as investigated by joint action committee for social justice, University of Hyderabad chapter make it clear that despite the initial investigation by the proctorial board which could not find any evidence of any wrong doing by the members of Ambedkar Student Association (5 scholars were members of ASA), UoH constituted a new inquiry by forming a so called sub-committee which violated it’s own constitution to prosecute the students. This was done under pressure after a letter from Smriti Irani to the vice chancellor asking for an explaination. The letter from the BJP MP from Secunderabad and Minister for Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya to Smriti Irani exhorting action from MHRD only smacks of uncalled and highly repressive political interference in university spaces. The whole affair is remarkably similar to the APSC affair at IIT Chennai.
There were several serious lapses in the whole inquiry:-
1) Charges about protesting against capital punishment of Yakub Menon (which is by no means an illegal act) were brought in.
2) Defendants were not given a chance to present their case
3) Witness testimonies were selectively used.
These lapses give a clear indication of discrimination against the members of Ambedkar Students association. The university further paid no attention to the strike staged by the suspended students and the Vice Chancellor of university had refused to even talk to the protesting students (inspite of Rohith asking the VC to give them poison instead of humiliating them like this just a week ago). Rohith’s brave yet devastating decision to take his own life is a direct result of the false prosecution of the 5 scholars by university administration. Hence we believe that the administration, MHRD and by extension BJP (who seem to be taking special interest in any student groups whose ideas do not support the ruling Hindutva ideology) are directly complicit in the death of Rohith. In strongest possible terms, we condemn this act of UoH and believe it has maligned itself as a public university. We would like to further express our anguish at the continued tradition of labeling any dissenting voice and opinions as anti national and using this to suppress these opinions and expressions of dissent through political channels
We also express solidarity with the ongoing struggle of Ambedkar Students Association and would like to express our condolence to family, friends and students struggling against discrimination in Hyderabad Central University.”
Alok Laddha, V. S. Sunder, R Mannivannan, Padma Venkataram, Nityanand Jayaram, Gita Jayaraj, Abdul Rahiman P K and Bernard Sami on Behalf of Academics for Democracy
Call for Strike and Class Boycott in Solidarity with the JAC-UoH
Pamphlet issued by students of CSSSC
A call has been issued by the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, University of Hyderabad (JAC-UoH) to conduct a nation-wide university boycott and strike against the gross violation of human rights and blatant discrimination practiced by the UoH and the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) that resulted yesterday (17/01/2016) in the death of the Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula, only twenty-eight years of age. Rohith committed suicide last night, evidently frustrated by the orders of social boycott instituted by legal means replicating caste discrimination and untouchability passed against him and 4 other Dalit students by the administration. The suspension was to apparently penalise the students for a scuffle that ensued on the campus following a screening of a documentary on the Muzaffarnagar riots that ABVP members tried to disrupt. The 5 concerned students were singled out for the incident in a vindictive manner in spite of the clear lack of evidence till date to prove their role in it.
It is important to underline the series of incidents that are behind the death of this bright Dalit student with CSIR and UGC JRFs (qualified both and avails UGC JRF). Bandaru Dattatreya, Hyderabad MP and Union labour minister from BJP along with the ABVP intervened to paint these students as anti-national and extremist for the ‘crime’ of organizing a screening of the documentary and protesting recent hangings by the Indian state. Dattatreya (currently being investigated for his culpability in this death) in fact wrote a letter to the MHRD that prompted the suspension. The case here then is a clear act of Hindutva fascism functioning by corrupting the secular, democratic processes and institutions as well as targeting Dalit, minority and disadvantaged students in the process. The targeting this time was not only limited to structural discrimination but amounted to direct violence committed on such students. Rohith’s death in this context is nothing short of an ATROCITY and a MURDER.
In responding to the JAC’s call, we students of CSSSC are organizing a day-long programme to protest by all possible means the blatant acts of discrimination, violence and murder committed by the University of Hyderabad administration and the Ministry of Human Resource Development against students from Dalit, Bahujan and Minority communities. We will then conduct a peaceful strike of work and class-boycott tomorrow, the 19th of January 2016, as a symbol of our protest, resonating the JAC’s call to punish the perpetrators of this crime – that include Dattatreya and the UoH V.C. – in strictest terms according to the laws of the country. We thus call on all individuals and constituencies of the Centre to join us in our protest and strike and condemn the violence that is still being perpetuated by concerned agencies of the state. This is also part of a nation-wide programme already underway in institutions like JNU, TISS, EFLU, etc. to show solidarity as well as amplify the protest of the JAC-UoH.
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How to Write a Book Review
A book review is a description, critical analysis, and an evaluation on the quality, meaning, and significance of a book, not a retelling. It should focus on the book's purpose, content, and authority. A critical book review is not a book report or a summary. It is a reaction paper in which strengths and weaknesses of the material are analyzed. It should include a statement of what the author has tried to do, evaluates how well (in the opinion of the reviewer) the author has succeeded, and presents evidence to support this evaluation.
There is no right way to write a book review. Book reviews are highly personal and reflect the opinions of the reviewer. A review can be as short as 50-100 words, or as long as 1500 words, depending on the purpose of the review.
The following are standard procedures for writing book reviews; they are suggestions, not formulae that must be used.
Write a statement giving essential information about the book: title, author, first copyright date, type of book, general subject matter, special features (maps, color plates, etc.), price and ISBN.
State the author’s purpose in writing the book. Sometimes authors state their purpose in the preface or the first chapter. When they do not, you may arrive at an understanding of the book’s purpose by asking yourself these questions:
Why did the author write on this subject rather than on some other subject?
From what point of view is the work written?
Was the author trying to give information, to explain something technical, to convince the reader of a belief’s validity by dramatizing it in action?
What is the general field or genre, and how does the book fit into it? (Use outside sources to familiarize yourself with the field, if necessary.) Knowledge of the genre means understanding the art form. and how it functions.
Who is the intended audience?
What is the author's style? Is it formal or informal? Evaluate the quality of the writing style by using some of the following standards: coherence, clarity, originality, forcefulness, correct use of technical words, conciseness, fullness of development, fluidity. Does it suit the intended audience?
Scan the Table of Contents, it can help understand how the book is organized and will aid in determining the author's main ideas and how they are developed - chronologically, topically, etc.
How did the book affect you? Were any previous ideas you had on the subject changed, abandoned, or reinforced due to this book? How is the book related to your own course or personal agenda? What personal experiences you've had relate to the subject?
How well has the book achieved its goal?
Would you recommend this book or article to others? Why?
State the theme and the thesis of the book.
Theme: The theme is the subject or topic. It is not necessarily the title, and it is usually not expressed in a complete sentence. It expresses a specific phase of the general subject matter.
Thesis: The thesis is an author’s generalization about the theme, the author’s beliefs about something important, the book’s philosophical conclusion, or the proposition the author means to prove. Express it without metaphor or other figurative language, in one declarative sentence.
Title: We Had it Made
General Subject Matter: Religious Intolerance
Theme: The effects of religious intolerance on a small town
Thesis: Religious intolerance, a sickness of individuals, contaminates an entire social group
Explain the method of development-the way the author supports the thesis. Illustrate your remarks with specific references and quotations. In general, authors tend to use the following methods, exclusively or in combination.
Description: The author presents word-pictures of scenes and events by giving specific details that appeal to the five senses, or to the reader’s imagination. Description presents background and setting. Its primary purpose is to help the reader realize, through as many sensuous details as possible, the way things (and people) are, in the episodes being described.
Narration: The author tells the story of a series of events, usually presented in chronological order. In a novel however, chronological order may be violated for the sake of the plot. The emphasis in narration, in both fiction and non-fiction, is on the events. Narration tells what has happened. Its primary purpose is to tell a story.
Exposition: The author uses explanation and analysis to present a subject or to clarify an idea. Exposition presents the facts about a subject or an issue as clearly and impartially as possible. Its primary purpose is to explain.
Argument: The author uses the techniques of persuasion to establish the truth of a statement or to convince the reader of its falsity. The purpose is to persuade the reader to believe something and perhaps to act on that belief. Argument takes sides on an issue. Its primary purpose is to convince.
Evaluate the book for interest, accuracy, objectivity, importance, thoroughness, and usefulness to its intended audience. Show whether the author's main arguments are true. Respond to the author's opinions. What do you agree or disagree with? And why? Illustrate whether or not any conclusions drawn are derived logically from the evidence. Explore issues the book raises. What possibilities does the book suggest? What has the author omitted or what problems were left unsolved? What specific points are not convincing? Compare it with other books on similar subjects or other books by the same as well as different authors. Is it only a reworking of earlier books; a refutation of previous positions? Have newly uncovered sources justified a new approach by the author? Comment on parts of particular interest, and point out anything that seems to give the book literary merit. Relate the book to larger issues.
Try to find further information about the author - reputation, qualifications, influences, biographical, etc. - any information that is relevant to the book being reviewed and that would help to establish the author's authority. Can you discern any connections between the author's philosophy, life experience and the reviewed book?
If relevant, make note of the book's format - layout, binding, typography, etc. Are there maps, illustrations? Do they aid understanding?
Check the back matter. Is the index accurate? Check any end notes or footnotes as you read from chapter to chapter. Do they provide important additional information? Do they clarify or extend points made in the body of the text? Check any bibliography the author may provide. What kinds of sources, primary or secondary, appear in the bibliography? How does the author make use of them? Make note of important omissions.
Summarize (briefly), analyze, and comment on the book’s content. State your general conclusions. Pay particular attention to the author's concluding chapter. Is the summary convincing? List the principal topics, and briefly summarize the author’s ideas about these topics, main points, and conclusions. Use specific references and quotations to support your statements. If your thesis has been well argued, the conclusion should follow naturally. It can include a final assessment or simply restate your thesis. Do not introduce new material at this point.
Some Considerations When Reviewing specific genres:
Fiction (above all, do not give away the story)
From what sources are the characters drawn?
What is the author's attitude toward his characters?
Are the characters flat or three-dimensional?
Does character development occur?
Is character delineation direct or indirect?
What is/are the major theme(s)?
How are they revealed and developed?
Is the theme traditional and familiar, or new and original?
Is the theme didactic, psychological, social, entertaining, escapist, etc. in purpose or intent?
How are the various elements of plot (eg, introduction, suspense, climax, conclusion) handled?
What is the relationship of plot to character delineation?
To what extent, and how, is accident employed as a complicating and/or resolving force?
What are the elements of mystery and suspense?
What other devices of plot complication and resolution are employed?
Is there a sub-plot and how is it related to the main plot?
Is the plot primary or secondary to some of the other essential elements of the story (character, setting, style, etc.)?
What are the "intellectual qualities" of the writing (e.g., simplicity, clarity)?
What are the "emotional qualities" of the writing (e.g., humour, wit, satire)?
What are the "aesthetic qualities" of the writing (e.g., harmony, rhythm)?
What stylistic devices are employed (e.g., symbolism, motifs, parody, allegory)?
How effective is dialogue?
What is the setting and does it play a significant role in the work?
Is a sense of atmosphere evoked, and how?
What scenic effects are used and how important and effective are they?
Does the setting influence or impinge on the characters and/or plot?
Does the book give a "full-length" picture of the subject?
What phases of the subject's life receive greatest treatment and is this treatment justified?
What is the point of view of the author?
How is the subject matter organized: chronologically, retrospectively, etc.?
Is the treatment superficial or does the author show extensive study into the subject's life?
What source materials were used in the preparation of the biography?
Is the work documented?
Does the author attempt to get at the subject's hidden motives?
What important new facts about the subject's life are revealed in the book?
What is the relationship of the subject's career to contemporary history?
How does the biography compare with others about the same person?
How does it compare with other works by the same author?
History and other Nonfiction
with what particular subject or period does the book deal?
How thorough is the treatment?
What were the sources used?
Is the account given in broad outline or in detail?
Is the style that of reportorial writing, or is there an effort at interpretive writing?
What is the point of view or thesis of the author?
is the treatment superficial or profound?
For what group is the book intended (textbook, popular, scholarly, etc.)?
What part does biographical writing play in the book?
Is social history or political history emphasized?
Are dates used extensively, and if so, are they used intelligently?
Is the book a revision? How does it compare with earlier editions?
1Are maps, illustrations, charts, etc. used and how are these to be evaluated?
Is this a work of power, originality, and individuality?
What kind of poetry is under review (epic, lyrical, elegiac, etc.)?
What poetical devices have been used (rhyme, rhythm, figures of speech, imagery, etc.), and to what effect?
What is the central concern of the poem and is it effectively expressed?
Subject headings used in the catalog:
Book reviewing Criticism
Related books:
Book reviewing: a guide to writing book reviews for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. Boston. The Writer, 1978 PN98.B7 B6
Drewry, John. Writing Book Reviews. Boston: The Writer, 1974. PN98.B7 D7 1974
Teitelbaum, Harry. How to Write Book Reports. New York: Monarch Press, 1975. LB2369 .T4
Miller, Walter James. How to write book reports: -- analyzing and evaluating fiction, drama, poetry, and non-fiction New York. Arco Pub., 1984. LB2369 .M46 1984
Sources of Book Reviews
Book Review Digest 1985+ INDEX Z1219 .C96
Book Review Index 1965+ INDEX Z1035.A1 B6
Contemporary Authors REFERENCE Z1224 .C5
How to Write a Book Review. Stauffer Library.
http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/bookreview/wri.htm
Writing Book Reviews. University of Waterloo Library.
http://library.uwaterloo.ca/libguides/1-12.html
How to Write a Book Review. Dalhousie University Libraries.
http://www.library.dal.ca/How/Guides/BookReview/
Writing Book Reports & Book Reviews. Internet Public Library.
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/bookreportFARQ.html
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The New Germany and the Hollow Earth
Don't fight the system.
Go in the system and take them down on their own faults.
Alle acties komend uit wraak of ego zullen mislukken.
Alleen acties vanuit een hart en ziel zullen slagen.
In deze blog geef ik mijn zienswijze van de huidige wereld weer.
Ik beroep me op het recht die geldt vanuit het Universum, namelijk:
Het recht van respect naar elke energievorm in het Universum.
In de menselijke wetten is het omschreven in het UVRM als zijnde:
Alle mensen worden vrij en gelijk in waardigheid en rechten geboren.
Zij zijn begiftigd met verstand en geweten, en behoren
zich jegens elkander in een geest van broederschap te gedragen.
In de reeds niet meer geldende Nederlandse grondwet staat het beschreven als zijnde:
Allen die zich in Nederland bevinden, worden in gelijke gevallen gelijk behandeld.
Discriminatie wegens godsdienst, levensovertuiging, politieke gezindheid,
ras, geslacht of op welke grond dan ook, is niet toegestaan.
There is another Germany inside the hollow surface of our planet. This inner or New Germany grew from the first or outer surface Gemany, and both have full(but secret ) relations with each other.
According to the book "Genesis for the New Age" by John B. Leith, the story begins in 1572 when 500 Germans from Sax-Coburg, including some Prussians and Bavarians were hired as soldier-mercenaries by the King of Portugal(Sebastian I) to build a fort and man a garrison up the Amazon River in a fight against the Spaniards. As they sailed the river they were fiercely attacked by the native Indians, and both the Germans and Portuguese and their families were forced to flee to the jungles where they came across a cave entrance which the Indians feared and fled from.
The new colonists made their home in and by the cave and eventually traveled further inward and downward into the caves's passages ultimately leading to the Earth's inner concave surface -which they reached in 1647. Along the way they settled into various caverns establishing six cities over a 3000 mile route and fought off mysterious cavern creatures who were as fierce as the Amazon Indians. The caverns or cities were connected by a crude wooden track system. By 1977 over 350,000 Germans occupied the inner Earth tunnel settlements which spanned from Brazil to the Australia-New Zealand midpoint.
In 1647, under Australasia, upon entering the inner concave surface, the New Germans met with the Atlantean/Atturians and the 30,000 year-old Bodlanders who were the ancient ancestors of the modern Germans. The Bods were extremely advanced both spiritually and technologically and decided to take their outer earth cousins under their wing and they became known as the Six Kingdoms of Saxony.
In the early 1700's communication began between the inner and outer Germanys via a secret student exchange program which oriented each to the other's doings, but it wasn't until 1853 that concrete steps were taken towards deeper ties between the two Germanys. Engineers from both sides were engaged to shorten and improve the transportation tunnel systems with electric cars. The technological improvements helped to boost the underground German population to about ten million by 1900. During World War I, Americans became aware of a route from outer Germany to the Antarctic, but were not sure where it ultimately led to.
By 1930 some actual trade began with the two Germanys, and by 1936 Hitler had gathered enough evidence about the inner world to send an aviation team to explore it. The Bodlanders expected and received them, and their King later returned the visit. The King of Bodland warned Hitler and their Generals of their misguided war plans but the Third Reich went ahead anyways.
In 1938, German specialists, ordered by Hitler, penetrated the South Pole opening by air, and landed in the interior making contact with their inner Earth bretren who received them joyfully. Land was granted them for future settlement on the condition that they would relinquish their war-like ways and live under the peaceful tutelage of the inner Earthers. Hitler didn't like this but accepted in 1943 after his war efforts started floundering. A thirty-year treaty was signed between Hitler's Germany and the powerful Bodlanders who would oversee the influx and reorientation of the outer Germans coming into the New Inner Earth Germany.
By 1944, heavy construction was underway near Bodland to receive many war-torn Germans, most of whom used the Brazil train corridor to reach their new home. Scientists and other specialists in need used the quicker round wing plane through Antarctica to reach their new home. Hitler ecaped to Argentina by submarine and then onto the King of Bodland's personal spaceship to the inner Earth capital. Hitler was accepted because he showed promise(albeit slow and painful) of rehabilitation, but some of his other cronies, as well as all evil or unrepentant Germans seeking asylum, would be of course be refused entry into the New Germany. A fake double replaced Hitler from October 1944 onwards. By the end of World War II, some 2.5 million Outer World Germans settled into the New Inner Earth Germany, and the influx continued thereafter.
The Americans caught on to the German's activities and sent their own expeditions to the Inner Earth in the person of Admiral E. Byrd 1946-47, who led the way in a Falcon round wing aircraft. Byrd's small 60-man army foolishly attacked the inner Earthers who promptly overwhelmed them and sent them back to their homelands. Russia, upon hearing of the American expedition, sent its own armada of 100 planes in 1947 but met a similar fate.
In 1948, a much better prepared single-craft expedition by the US followed which successfully mapped and photographed the Earth's interior and had unique contacts with various races and crafts. Even pictures of dinosaurs and close-ups of the Earth's "man-made" inner sun were obtained, but of course, the results were kept classified.
Because of the superiority of the New Germany and the Inner Earth denizens in general, the post-World War II allied nations built bases on and around the polar areas as a means of study and as an early defense warning shoud these inner Earth nations decide to overtake the outer Earth.
In 1965, NASA did a complete detailed mapping of the interior of our planet, and in 1979 they confirmed that five continents, three large and two small, existed in the inner Earth. There are also seven oceans. Agartha, the largest continent is three times the size of North America and populated mostly by Atturians(Atlanteans) who came from Venus 33,000 years ago. Bodland, another continent, is populated(as of 1980) by 36 million Bodlanders.
By 1984 over half a billion people inhabited the Inner Earth surface, 60 million of which were Germans. 18 million lived in the New Germany and 1.5 million in the New Berlin. The New Berlin has all the conveniences of a modern city except they are non-polluting. A reformed Hitler remained president of the New Germany untill his death on November 12 of 1974, with his adopted, Dr. Hans Tirstherson(Adolph II), continuing in his footsteps.
The round wing plane, powered by the Earth's electromagnetic field, was(and is) the key to military and technological superiority. It's anti-magnetic motor propelled it at speeds of 30,000 miles an hour in any direction, and its weight lifting capacities were unlimited. It also had a laser offence and defense system. The round wing plane, with its saucer-like appendage is the prototype of the flying saucer. In 1975 its hull or metal construction was perfected so that it could travel unharmed into space. The USS Enterprise ship on Star Trek uses the round wing concept. By the year 2000 or beyond, the round wing plane is expected to to replace most conventional means of air and space travel.
In 1977, US General Edward D. Wright visits New Germany in a roung wing aircraft, and a US delegation exists in New Berlin since.
Since the 1960's, the allied outer and inner Earth forces have been monitoring and patroling Earth's skies and lands for disturbances from the erring blue planet Nagirth(2.5 times the size of the Earth) which is responsible for the massive climate changes our planet has been undergoing since.
The US has legal diplomatic relations with other planets in our solar system, particularly Venus, Mars, and Pluto,
The book stops in 1980, the year of its publication. Since then much has happened, such as the (apparent)fall of Communism and the reunification of the two Germanys(East and West). It would be nice to get the author's latest input if possible -yet he has already explained much.
For more details read the full text below....
Here is the full text.....
Genesis for the New Space Age
Secret Development of the Round Wing Plane,
the Extra Terrestrials Inside the Earth,
and the Arrival of the Outer Terrestrials
by John B. Leith
PART I - Space Race
Chapter I Earth Under Surveillance
Chapter II Early American Development of Prototype of Round Wing Planes
Chapter HI International Response to Unidentified Flying Objects
Chapter IV U.S. Readies New Aerial Marvel for Possible German Conflict
Chapter V Germans acquire U.S. Round Wing Plans
Chapter VI U.S. Shares Secret of New Round Wing Planbe with Allies
Chapter VII Allied Development and War-time Use of New Round Wing Plane
Chapter VIII Germans Abandon Fatherland in Giant Subs and Their Model of the Round wing
Chapter IX Vanishing Germans Discover Mystery of Ages
Chapter X Byrd Finds South Pole Entrance to Inner World
Chapter XI Byrd Stalks The Missing Nazis
Chapter XII U.S. Peacefully "invades" Inner World
Chapter XIII Byrd' s Aerial Disaster Sets Post- War Postures
PART II - The Inner World of Extra Terrestrials
Chapter XIV Man From Atlantis
Chapter XV U.S. Post- War Military Development of Anti-Gravity Principle
Chapter XVI Germans Build Sovereign Nation in Inner Earth
Chapter XVII Strangers in Our Skies
Chapter XVIII A Day to Remember on Planet Earth (The First Battle with A Hostile Alien Craft from Outer Space)
Chapter XIX A New Age Dawning
Epilogue Appendix Social, Political, Economic and Religious Life, Inner Earth Notes
Diagrams, Photos and Documents
Some of the most closely guarded secrets of this century - and perhaps since time began will be discovered within the pages of this book. At the heart of the long kept secrets is the phenomena, euphemistically known as unidentified flying objects, which certain nations of this world have developed with the aid of outer terrestrials from other planets.
The manuscript is entirely original, from primary sources, most of which must remain anonymous. Over 100 interviews were conducted. Research for the project took three years of two mens' time, plus thousands of hours contributed freely by others, some of whom placed their careers in jeopardy to do so. Material was gathered mostly in the U.S.A., but also visited was the USSR, Mexico, Germany, Canada, France, England, Spain, Brazil and the Vatican.
Washington was where the real struggle was fought to pry the truth from bureaucratic vaults. During the task of researching projects related to the UFOs, a few allies who wanted the entire story explained were gradually located in all walks of the Capitol's life. Some of those who came to our aid were Senators, Congressmen, top military men in all the services, and high ranking civil servants, as well as agents and retired agents of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through the efforts of all those sympathetic people the book was completed. Its contents simply attempt to open up, without apology, the post-war history of the so called UFO for examination.
The U.S.A., Canada, as well as Britain and Germany are the main custodians of the secret UFO knowledge revealed herein. But only in such a freedom-loving nation as the U.S.A. could there have surfaced bold men willing to defy tradition and disclose the buried facts about the new age of visiting space ships, and inner and outer terrestrials.
The manuscript did not begin on a theme re development of the so called UFO. It was started more as a doubtful question about the phenomena in general, and as ensuing facts were enlarged the story of an international competition was recognized which had begun in the 1930's and which the author's labelled "The Space Race." Quite soon, in the uncovering of additional information, it became apparent that Earth was no longer a singular planet on which men looked and listened for the reality of similar life elsewhere in the universe. Instead it was evident that Earth itself was that sphere in this solar system which sister planets had been monitoring closely for years. We were not alone was the discovery which we the authors and countless others had made. But who would believe that report if we were to tell? This was the mind-boggling dilemma.
Right from the start it was anticipated that much of the new information sought on the space age could not be freed from security wraps for national defense reasons, which indeed proved to be so. Sympathetic to this corollary, the authors did not inquire at all into military secrets. But a recurring irritation was the unavailability of certain material of related UFO importance which will not be released for 50 years from its happening. That keeps many relevant events hidden till the 1990's or later. In this
latter case perhaps only history, or time, or unknown witnesses will come forward to expose the truth. But aside from the military considerations, this explosive knowledge had also been suppressed simply because of its phenomenal and disquieting aspects and the effect they would have in the public mind and spirit.
Nevertheless, if the story of man's sudden immersion into the interplanetary world of extra-terrestrials isn't unfolded in part, at least, its telling may come too late. For the inhabited solar system in which we dwell and the equally inhabited space beyond is far more complex than the average intelligent person would realize. It is in fact a universe of principalities and powers which have traditionally been visiting and perhaps seeding planet Earth for a thousand milleniums and which probably will continue whether or not we accept their incredible reality. It is this knowledge that will confound most religionists and many scientists and educators in the next span of years more than any other current revelation about outer space. An eminent physicist of Stanford University has stated that "committed Christians of all faiths will likely be the most unbelieving - as in Gallileo's time."
It may be that the greatest danger to the thoughtful reader will be his despondent reflection that God does not exist or at least has become remote and impersonal. On the other hand, the revised rationale of the agnostic may be to elevate man into God's abode, raising man's ego-image still higher. But what to rightly believe will become self-evident to thoughtful people when they know for certain that the horizons of the heavens are endless and that there is a Force unlimited by time and space which must be omnipotent and omnipresent to fashion and turn the endless wheels of the cosmos, wherein Earthman may be only an insignificant figure.
For those who will think this material is science fiction in disguise, they are asked to delay judgment until the conclusion of the book. Meanwhile, a few of the problems encountered are shared with the reader.
One foreign government complained to the U.S. State Department that their embassy staff were being badgered by the authors. In another country the stay of the researcher was cut short when he was asked to leave. The Vatican registered a strong diplomatic protest with the President of the U.S.A. that one of its top emmissaries was interrogated and forcibly searched while bringing material into the U.S.A. for the authors. A special hearing of congressional and senate committees met in Washington to act on the refusal by a government agency to release unclassified information as required under the Freedom of Information Act. In another case, the researcher was taken into custody for attempting to photograph non-classified National Archives exhibits, and an executive order was secured to release him from detention. And just as offensive was a forceful reminder that the collecting of information and pictures from our former German enemies was treasonable under a still existing war-time statute.
The drama of subterfuge on both sides went on and on and in itself would comprise a book of skirmishes with the military and science worlds that would be both laughable and yet lamentable. But as the story of the round wing plane unfolds, it will be realized how the authorities became committed to a bond of silence going back 30 years. Nevertheless, the gathering of information for this book was not
simply a game of the pen versus the sword. It was a rivalry of serious intent by the authors and those who came to their aid to persuade the government sources to reveal long overdue facts on the UFO enigma. And for those opposing forces who had been made keepers of the secret by the previous generation, it was a concerted attempt to dissuade the authors to go home and forget about UFO's and the nation's possible involvement.
But curiously the whole series of episodes has produced a grudging respect for the thrust of science in the free world and the hidden might of its military. Only in a democracy could the forces of constraint and openness meet in confrontation, and the lesser of the two protagonists be allowed to survive and tell of the struggle.
As this century ends, a reluctant United States has been shoved onto the world's stage at the most critical time of our civilization. Whether America likes this role or not, she and her friends are the star players who must take major parts in shaping this planet's destiny here and beyond. For far from being weaklings, the U.S.A. and her allies are the noble giants who hold aloft over our planet the shield that would keep our world intact and still free.
There are a dozen nations on planet Earth capable of making nuclear bombs. There is an estimated stockpile of at least 30,000 heavy, nuclear bombs among major countries, and three new ones are being added per day. If only a fraction of this destructive force were delivered, it could kill nearly all life on the face of the Earth, contaminating the planet and its survivors for decades. The atmospheric and geological upheavals would so change the Earth as it is presently composed, that the highly civilized areas would disappear in the dust of war or beneath rising oceans.
As man's technical ability has pyramided to overkill his fellow men and destroy their abodes, peace in the heart of mankind and nationhoods has become only a hollow phrase, or at best, a fleeting hope.
Onto this mad planet has come a new phenomena, the unidentified flying objects - and with them, the outer and extra terrestrials.
Earth under Surveillance
The sun was two o'clock high on June 24, 1947 over Mount Ranier in Washington State, U.S.A. A commercial pilot flying northerly in a clear sky over the Cascade Mountains fixed his sight to the left where a flash had occurred at the ten thousand foot elevation of the towering mountain.
As experienced, 50-year-old Kenneth Arnold scanned the reflection, little did he think that his description of the objects seen near the burst of light would result in the coining of a new universal word.
Here is how Arnold expressed himself that afternoon as reported later in newspapers around the world: "The nine objects I saw flew like saucers, if you skipped them across the water." Although what Arnold saw was highly technical, he pictured it in a simple, idiomatic term which thereafter caught the imagination of kings and commoners across the globe.
Thus was bom the age of flying saucers in the twentieth century. And no one, scientist or seer, could turn back the clock ticking toward the arrival of the new aerial age. Hundreds of thousands of similar sightings in the current years would leave the world divided about the controversy. Simply understood, the question raised would be: Are the flying saucers real pieces of hardware or are they figments of imagination?
Unknown to Arnold in the immediate post-war years, the unidentified flying objects he observed, had been constructed and had taken off from the geographical area beneath which he flew. In his reflections, he would not surmise that he had just witnessed the evidence of an aeronautical secret which had been kept under official wraps for over twenty years.
What the veteran pilot of fixed- wing aircraft had watched were his own countrymen piloting a revolutionary break-through in aerodynamics named "round wing aircraft."
Today, the latest versions of those early round wing planes which Kenneth Arnold glimpsed over the Cascade Mountains have escaped the bonds of earthy's gravity, and thus weightless, patrol the outer skies of this planet and venture fearlessly into the realms of vast space.
At this juncture, before the wider explanation of the intriguing aerial phenomena is revealed, the average reader will recognize this unanswered riddle. Never has it been told to laymen the identities of the thousands of aerial sightings seen by professional airmen and ordinary spectators in the last half of this century.
To state the conundrum briefly, the so-called flying saucers seen by Arnold and countless others across the globe were called "unidentified flying objects" by the United States Air Force. The terminology became common place but deceptive. Hence, the shorter euphonism, UFOs was used to describe such aerial sightings the world over. This being so, the reader will first become acquainted with four identifiable aerial happenings which have been declassified. They are all researched and documented cases from the years 1947, 1948 and 1955, and are actual crash landings and subsequent encounters with beings from other worlds.
Following these reports the story will be revealed of the round wing plane as it was developed on Planet Earth. And when the revelation is unfolded, quite imperceptibly, the following conclusion will dawn on most readers:
The genesis of a new age has already begun for Earthlings. And it is self evident - we are late in joining the interplanetary creatures who have ventured into the vastness of the universe in search of other intelligent beings.
Case Number One:
Riddle of the Crashed UFO's
One night in 1955, three manned space ships from beyond earth's own solar system crashed into the desert near Farmington, New Mexico. Their unscheduled landings shed a display of fire works that was seen by hundreds of people for 20 miles.
Yet, few Americans more than 22 years later have heard of that hushed-up accident - except those in classified military circles.
The three intergalactic space ships, with 28 beings aboard, brought to planet Earth its most revealing evidence that mankind was not alone in the universe and that Earth was under military surveillance by unfriendly invaders. This revelation also sobered Earth's scientific communities. Because, beyond a doubt, the alien craft were right out of a space odyssey of the future.
For reader understanding of the alien space craft crashes, known as the Farmington Incident, it began about 450 miles from the crash late on the evening of January 17th. At that time and place a team of communication specialists, code named "Bootstrap," were monitoring Army maneuvers with sophisticated long range equipment.
As the monitor spun the dial he picked up traffic on a distant amateur band. What he heard was highly unusual "ham" talk. The ham's remarks were, in fact, an introduction to what was to become, in the next 48 hours, America's most dramatic attempt to apprehend live aliens from outer space.
The radio ham in a staccato voice had told his listener that "a large, bright object had streaked down from above and crashed in the desert near Farmington." As it struck earth it had skidded and bounced, making a path over a mile long. Rumbling, grating and tumbling along over the desert it finally stopped. The ham then called it "a whopper of an aeroplane or meteor crash," but ended his message by saying, oddly enough, that there had been no explosion. Then he signed off advising he was heading for the site.
So were dozens of others who had witnessed the unusual night display.
Twelve hours later by direct order from Offutt Air Force Base, monitors from "Operation Bootstrap" had become a communications and rescue team arriving in the vicinity of that night's drama. Traveling at high speeds and with top priority they sped on, still monitoring police and amateur air waves. Each band they tuned in convinced them the object of their all night thrust was a downed military aircraft, containing either classified equipment or high ranking military or civilian passengers.
Enroute as instructed, the team had acquired an extra communications truck, jeep and live ammunition.
Then the unexpected happened again. Another ham, corroborated by a State Trooper's radio, reported a second crash at 2:00 P.M. in the same vicinity. "Move it faster!" the commander urged his night convoy.
It was 8:30 A.M. on the morning of the 18th when the team arrived on site.
As Major Robert Farrel (not his real name) of St. Petersburg, Florida, endeavored to clear a path to the wrecks, another meteor-like blob zoomed out of the sky from directly above. There was silence as the thing slammed to earth.
The third object cut another desert swath of billowy sand and buried itself within a mile radius of the first two crash sites.
Approaching the last crash, the security team almost immediately confirmed they were not at the scene of an accidental crash of a conventional aircraft. The silhouette of the disabled object also indicated that it was no rough meteorite.
What they saw in the total scene were three strange, unidentified airships of similar design, somewhat saucer shaped.
As the "Bootstrap" crew mingled with the crowd to survey the scene, people began banging on the hulls with a variety of tools and rocks. One man was about to fire at the hull of one of the downed ships with a high powered rifle when the ten man rescue squad took positive action. Dissuaded by cocked rifles of the Bootstrap crew, the curious backed off.
But the Bootstrap Major instinctively felt uneasy - he sensed there could be intelligent life inside. Powerful microphones were held against the skin but no internal sounds or voices were picked up.
Peering inside through a hole about seven inches in diameter, the Air Force Major glimpsed the craft's scorched interior and observed two badly burned bodies reclining on seats.
Eventually a five by four foot door (totally invisible from the outside) was located and opened. Venturing in, the Major could see the ship's occupants had perished in a flash fire. Had the alien ship struck a magnetic vortex high above the earth or was it the victim of a high altitude aerial encounter?
First the bodies were removed and placed in military bags. The charred bodies averaged 32 inches in size with one giant corpse of almost four feet. Weight was estimated by the medical autopsy records as 65 to 75 pounds with the giant weighing close to 100. (See appendix). The hands of each corpse were still gloved, but they had not been wearing their glass-like helmets at impact.
Closer examination showed that a touch of a finger near the collar automatically unzipped a one-piece suit to reveal bodies with a skin pigment of golden tan. The hair on each was black; their eyes had no irises, and were occidental in appearance. Their feet were slender and unusually long, as were the toes. Hands and feet each had five appendages with nails. The sexual organs were pocketed in folds of skin when apparently not in use.
Major Farrel had gained entry to the first ship by a fluke as his hand touched a door release while he felt around the inside of the window hole.
Another fortunate blunder now took place. Totally on his own, one of the rescue crew began yanking at the controls on the ship's console. The Major spotted him and rushed to prevent further damage.
The vandal accidentally fell against a hidden panel door which simply opened under the sudden impact from the man's weight. The 11" square door had been totally invisible as were all seams on the outside and inside of the craft. Inside the hidden panel lay a crystalline, metallic ring about 18 inches in diameter and three inches thick.
Overhead on the roof the Major recalled having noticed an Impression, barely visible, about the same size as the ring. When the ring was placed in the circular groove it clung magnetically.
The humans investigating the alien craft were hardly prepared for what happened next. As the ring was twisted counter-clockwise, about 40 degrees from the set point, the magnetic adhesion which had held the ship intact was de-energized.
Bedlam broke loose, both inside and out, as the ship began falling apart outwardly into nine petal-like
sections. The inside rescuers tumbled down among the separated sections as those outside leaped away. None was hurt except for bruises as the sections disjoined themselves and the interior console doors and all access panels opened exposing their contents. Only the center housing, located in the bottom of the ship, remained intact. It was cylindrical, three feet in diameter and three feet high. This piece was slightly radioactive and was later ascertained to be the power source for the ship's anti-gravitational force field power system.
The storage access areas contained extra flight gear, food wafers, spare parts, medical supplies and mapping tools unfamiliar to the rescue crew.
That the alien ship was from beyond Earth's own solar system, the U.S. Air Force later concluded, and maps within showed its home planet could be in a remote part of the Milky Way or even from a constellation in another galaxy. But stellar coordinates of the home planet could not be ascertained. Its mission and that of its mother ship was to map Earth and report this intelligence to their home base. The men found charts showing the Earth's conformity with rivers, mountains and cities plainly visible. Square map sheets of a metallic substance showed Earth's charted grid lines running along magnetic variations. The results were unlike existing Earth chartographic methods which show position by longitude and latitude.
This alien ship was measured at 27 feet in diameter and nine feet thick. The underside was slightly concave with three round caster type protrusions 120 degrees apart, which, when extended, became the ship's gear. Ship design was shaped somewhat like a coleman lantern except that the bottom skirt was flared outward.
On the third day after arrival, rescue operations were moved to a second ship. This craft was saucer-like, 36 feet in diameter, and had the same three caster type landing gears as on the first ship entered. The crew sandbagged the outside, applied and twisted the tool ring to the center top. Again the craft parted in nine equal sections with the center pin power source remaining upright on the bottom.
Inside, four more burned bodies were found and the rescue crew again removed the bodies of human counterparts from another world. They placed the four dead aliens beside their two comrades from ship number one. Various medical, technical and scientific experts were now on hand. The smaller ships and their contents, along with the bodies, were loaded gingerly by cranes aboard low-boy trucks for eventual air delivery to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Hanger No. 18, Dayton, Ohio. Air Research and Development Command, under the watchful eye of Air Technical Intelligence Command, would now take over their transportation and ultimate study.
At Offutt and Wright Patterson Air Force Bases the nation's experts from all across the U.S.A., in whatever field needed, were already being assembled -- and sworn to secrecy. These experts would attempt to comprehend the significance of these visitors from outer space and compare America's progress with that on an alien society's space technology.
By now the team of expert personnel had grown to approximately 150. The largest craft, approximately 100 feet in diameter, was now approached. Unable to find an opening after digging it out, the magnetic ring again was found to be the tool for opening the ship. It was sprung apart as were the others. The center core of the anti-gravity propulsion device measured nine feet in height by nine feet in diameter.
Its radioactivity, higher than the others, was less than the emissions from a hospital X-ray machine. Lead shields were used to cover the core.
Inside 22 burned bodies were found. The ship was functionally the same as the smaller ones but measured 99.9 feet in diameter. It was armed with deadly laser ray guns and had probably been shot out of the sky by another space craft with superior fire power which had also dispatched the first two craft.
Additionally, galleys, sleeping quarters and baths were revealed. Utility panel buttons numbering 81 in blocks of 9 were laid out, with nine other functional discs, for use by pilots and navigators. These discs had slight indentations for fingertip control. Finger tips placed on various indenture combinations apparently gave swift commands to the different electrical systems. The earth experts wondered how the aliens' fingers were maneuverable enough to operate the system until their hands were examined. The fingers pivoted forwards and backwards in a 180 degree arc. The entire crew had this physical anomaly.
The scientists also confirmed that certain navigational equipment in the flight guidance system was tuned to register mind patterns or Vice- versa.
Each alien had four lungs enabling him in a given time to slowly compress and comfortably breathe Earth's atmosphere. Their blood was a brownish color and thicker than ours. The autopsy showed they probably had been breathing within their life support system a mixture of air with less oxygen than Earth people breathed.
The brown, central part of the eye was solid in color. Beneath the outer layers the focus membranes were hidden. Apparently the beings were able to look into the sun without eye injury or see into the darkness of space.
The corpses were undressed and immersed in alcohol. The group was so nearly identical that they seemed to be genetically cloned. Unless they were seen walking our streets in a single group, their variances to humans would probably go undetected. Each appeared to be about 25 years of age as Earth time is measured.
Concentrated food wafers were discovered. Each of these was about 1 1/2 inches long, the size of a single stick of Dentyne gum. One wafer found near a body was dropped accidentally into a tub of water and dissolved immediately. Its aroma was like that of vanilla extract. It bubbled and frothed over
the rim of the bucket, finally rising into a deliriously tasting dough that would have filled a 30 gallon vat. The rescue team jokingly called the mixture "desert manna." Later it was proven that one small food wafer kept a person alert and without the need of sleep for at least three days.
Measurements of the big ship showed it to be 99.9 feet in diameter with its outer rim forming a perfect circle. It was 27 feet through the true center of the dome and 18 feet at the center risers' edge. Color was a metallic grey with no visible markings, windows or openings.
Within two weeks the operation was over. The remaining bodies were placed in glass cylinders and along with them their dismembered ship, covered with tarpaulins, were hauled out of the desert. County police assisted in directing traffic. By night, the ship and other remnants of the accident were shipped to Kirkland Air Force Base near Albequerque, New Mexico. From there they were placed on board a huge six pusher type propeller air craft known as a C99. Three trips were required to transport the material to Wright Air Force Base.
In January, a report was made to assembled Congressmen, Senators and military in the ndergrand Command center of Offutt Air Force Base. Viewers were shown the bodies, films, samples and other supporting graphs and data.
Presentation on the findings were made by approximately 20 technical experts called in over a five hour period. Sobered by the firsthand account of so many reliable witnesses, was Captain James Ruppolt who headed up the "Official" Project Blue Book on UFO sightings.
By agreement of those present, and with approval of President Eisenhower, the lid of secrecy was screwed air-tight on the Farmington "incident." The official line on all encounters and sightings grew harder -- beings from outer space did not exist. Notwithstanding, secretive undertakings began thereafter to assess the outer space technology and scientific advances found on the ships and to compare them with U.S. Air Force accomplishments.
A nation's strength or weakness ultimately lies with its people. The official attitude of Air Intelligence was that the American people could not comprehend that beings from light years away were spying on Earth for purposes unknown.
As the official books were closed on the Farmington incident, Air Intelligence began rounding up film and tapes taken at the crash. Newspapers made brief mention of the story, talkative people were coerced and the Farmington affair was buried where it began - in New Mexico.
Since 1955 the "secret" has seeped out into several related scientific, medical and technical areas through writings, speakers and references referring to the phenomena. Today it is estimated that at least 1000 persons have knowledge of the crashes of the three alien space craft.
But only a handful of people, mostly U.S. Air Force personnel, knew what really happened high above America that day when three alien ships spying on planet Earth tumbled out of the sky with dead crews near Farmington, New Mexico.
Case Number Two
The Robot Earth Watchers
Hundreds of sightings were analysed over a three year period in several countries, but there are no better cases than those contacts recorded in America between homo sapiens and beings from beyond.
Many helpful intelligence authorities believe a national awareness of alien presence must be expanded. And quickly too, they say, in order to prevent any mass fear or hysteria. Certain of the aliens who have already arrived among us want their presence known, too. They may be the vanguard of intelligent beings scattered throughout the cosmos whose plans call for opening up total communication with earth before this century ends.
Therefore, only a brief mention of the next two cases is essential to portray the reality of yet another kind of alien "eyes" used to watch earth's military installations.
It was in 1958 near the town of Irrigon, near the Columbia River that the episode took place. The unknown occupants were "captured" and removed, their craft downed by a support firing unit for protection of the air force bases at Fairchild and Tacoma. Later the ship was transported to the headquarters of SAC at Offutt.
Upon gaining entry, there was found not humans, or humanoids, but four robots at the controls. After failing to remove the heads using conventional methods, an attempt was made to carry one of the robots by lifting the feet and back of the "head." On raising the "head" upwards a corresponding movement occurred in one of the arms revealing an unseen release mechanism in the back of the "skull" which uncovered the robot's "brains."
Literally hundreds of light sensors composed the eyes of the robot - with signals from these sensors sent by instantaneous replay tape to the robot's computer located in its chest cavity. As the computer accepted the impulses from the light meters (eyes), it sent the response orders to the arms, legs, feet and fingers or head telling each or all members to take what action was necessary to properly operate or adjust ship controls.
After the computer received the taped instructions, they were logged in a memory bank, the reel or tape continuing back to the light sensors and thence to the computer or brain for continuing instructions.
The robot's feet and hands had only three digits each.
The robot craft was navigated by these analogue units to map planet earth and do surveillance. Of the four units found at the Irrigon crash, only one was undamaged. Six months after the Irrigon recovery, the U.S. began making its first thermography pictures.
Earth scientists are now convinced that the technology of one planet or solar system may differ vastly from that of another.
Thus, a mother ship situated high in the sky over Irrigon on the day of the "robot" crash was used to initiate the master surveillance plan of earth and record same from its drones located perhaps over various U.S. strategic military areas.
An engineer rushed to the Irrigon site for the record, concluded that the analogue ship had struck an uncharted magnetic vortex at 15,000 miles per hour, but not everyone agreed.
The crash landing of this alien ship from some unknown planet also was reported by the Air Force as a meteorite, although when tracked by radar it was seen to have made a 90 degree rum upon being pursued by another object before the subject craft lost power and tumbled to the ground.
At least ten alien ships have crashed in America since the first one was found. And aside from robots, perhaps as many as 40 bodies much like ours have been recovered and autopsied. Today reports on them are filed in the large library of information on the premises of the CIA in Arlington, Virginia.
Case Number Three
The Mantell Incident and the Live Aliens
In UFO annals one of the most repeated stories is that of Captain Mantell who was shot down by a UFO over Godnam Field, Kentucky on January 7, 1948. The official version stops there except to add that his remains were recovered followed by an appropriate military funeral which ended the episode.
But the story of the 25 year old World War U ace was far from finished by the recovery of his remains. At that point the real story begins. Just seconds prior to Mantell being shot down by the UFO, he had landed a lucky burst of machine gun fire into a vital section of the alien craft.
Simultaneously with Mantell's P51 fighter plummeting to its hillside crash site, the UFO also fluttered to earth within three miles of the military airfield over which it had been intercepted. The tower at Godman Field had reported initially an object which could not be identified on their radar. Meanwhile, flying a routine flight over the field was a group of Kentucky Air National Guard of which
Captain Thomas J. Mantell, as flight leader, was requested to investigate, and if possible, challenge.
On reaching the 8000 foot level, Captain Mantell radioed to the tower that a bright, circular object was hovering below him. He kept contact with the tower as the object moved fifty feet below his plane and began passing him. Next, the object hove silently along side Mantell's starboard wing. Inside the 30 foot craft Mantell saw three figures observing him through portholes.
The scrutinizing UFO then rose to 30,000 feet with Captain Mantell unable to close the distance in pursuit. After chasing the UFO in a futile attempt to overtake it, Mantell reported an about turn by the UFO as it turned down on him at a fantastic speed in what seemed a suicide course. At the last moment Mantell fired a burst at the object. It stopped abruptly in mid-air and a collision was barely avoided as the UFO fell toward earth. Hot in pursuit, Captain Mantell rolled and followed. The tower maintained radar contact and was able to observe the chase. As the UFO descended with the P51 on its tail, those below saw a blinding flash, as though perhaps a burst of explosive light had struck the P51. The aeroplane broke apart and crashed on the side of a mountain about five miles from Franklin, Kentucky.
The day was cloudy with a slight haze as trucks on the field rolled out after ground crews witnessed the flash of light that had struck the P5 1, after which it began to fall earthward in pieces. An Air Force Captain and Sergeant photographer rushed through the gates towards the falling UFO. As they sped to the site, the photographer, using a zoom lens, also caught the tragic scene of the P51 breaking apart within sight of the base.
Meanwhile, the unidentified flying object skipped and tumbled slowly to earth glowing like a ball of fire. It was this bright glow emitted by the UFO that enabled the emergency recovery crew and the photographer to spot exactly the alien crash landing site.
The foregoing is the story of the chase. Captain Mantell shot down the UFO. The UFO in turn, destroyed him. Before either craft had crashed, the air base had hurriedly dispatched two emergency crews. One rushed to the P51 wreckage and the other vehicle raced to the site of the unidentified flying object. The photographing team had orders to head for the UFO, but enroute was able to photograph the disintegrating P51.
Air Force intelligence reached Mantell's crash first. The plane had disintegrated into thousands of pieces. There was no fire and no odor of burnt flesh or fabric. They found Captain Mantell still in helmet, suit and boots. As they removed the clothing the emergency crew recovered a clean skeleton, intact from head to foot.
The remains were taken to an Air Force laboratory for identification and autopsy. The skeleton of the deceased Captain Mantell was later placed in a sealed container and taken to a nearby undertaker where it was put in a coffin and sealed.
The story at the UFO crash site had a different ending. As the photographer continued to shoot pictures of the crash, they saw the glow of the craft cease as they arrived. A door opened and slowly three beings emerged with hands in air. The color of their complexions was light tan, they were tall in stature with high and narrow foreheads. The airmen rushed towards the UFO, guns drawn, as one of the beings in perfect English, said calmly, "We mean you no harm. We have come in peace."
The photographer sergeant began snapping official pictures of the exterior and interior of the craft. (These pictures were to remain hidden in a Washington vault for almost 30 years.) The aliens were hustled back to the base as the confused gate guard was ordered to permit entry of the group without identification of the airmen or aliens.
Three days later, at the administration building, the aliens were still being interrogated by a battery of Air Force Intelligence Officers from the Pentagon.
Their alien story: They came from Venus, the capital planet of this solar empire. They said other alien craft in the air at the time had crews from Pluto, Saturn, Mars, etc. Earth military installations were being scrutinized carefully, they said, with no hostile intentions except to record earth progress for interplanetary travel and nuclear war, the earth stigma that had alerted our sister planets to keep up constant surveillance. They said that upon being disabled by the P51 they instituted no retaliatory action.
Rather, their craft was programmed to beam in by radar fix on any adversary who shot first. The human-like beings repeated that they were sorry and had not intended to take the life of an earthman.
The Air Force was undecided just what to do with their unexpected visitors, who, in fact, had entered American air space only to observe.
As base radar scanned the sky, it tracked additional space ships hovering high above. Therefore it was deduced that to try the aliens for murder would bring reprisals from above.
The three aliens were placed routinely in the guardhouse. It was while they were incarcerated the second night that the problem of earthly law and ethics was solved without earthly help. During the night, the military policeman in charge of detention left his guard duty and ran to the officer in charge. "They're gone," he shouted. "The prisoners are gone!" Quick examination by security revealed the cell door was locked, the barred windows still intact and no escape holes had been cut into the walls.
Less than an hour later the answer came. Without human action a message began to appear on the station's telex. Simultaneously in the tower and communications room the same message was audible. In effect it said:
"We are a companion craft of the one shot down. We regret having killed your airman. The act was not intentional. In future, please instruct your pilots not to fire on our ships to prevent further loss of human life. Our spacemen kept in your prison were just rescued by a means totally unknown to you. At another time, after friendship is established between us, we will tell you how the secret escape was made. We are in your space to observe. We mean you no harm. Again, please forgive us for the unavoidable killing of your pilot. We are truly sorry."
At the time of the alien disappearance some unusual and verified observations were made by several witnesses. Here is what is described as being seen. "A 100 foot unidentified craft dropped down from above, and hovered over the guardhouse. From the craft there emerged a beam of white light, with a greenish tinge. On, or within this beam of light, the three aliens ascended or were taken up through the ceiling by unknown means to the presiding ship above the guardhouse."
A non-earthling who has been seen in Washington for several years and has been a confidant of Presidents described the escape ray. He said it was a solid beam that disintegrated objects in its path by disassembling the atom structure while the ray shone and allowed reassembling of the atom particles when the ray was turned off. The Washington spaceman, whose name is Plateu, explained that the ray principle had been used in Venus long before the present earth civilization began (which he declared was 33,000 years ago). Plateu said the ray was also developed on earth's sunken continent of Atlantis, but that its principle was lost when the continent sank 12,000 years ago.
As ethereal as the beings appeared to be at the time of their escape, they bore unmistakable human characteristics. Body shape was human; features occidental; hair blond; fingers long and slender: height 5' 6" to 5 10"; appearance youthful. Habits while in detention: they took water into which they dropped red or white pills at different times. They used the toilet facilities and the official reports say they passed nutrients and urinated as do human males. No wonder! They insisted they came from the ancestral planet of earth's white races.
So ends the Mantell incident, except for over 2,000 pieces of official correspondence, between the base, the Pentagon and other agencies at Maxwell Air Force Base and Wright Patterson Air Force Base where the Venusian ship finally ended.
After the Mantell "incident" Air Force Intelligence privately wondered why, if the aliens were able to retrieve their people, why hadn't they retrieved their ship.
But, publicly, the Air Force gave out this version of the Mantell incident: (1) Mantell lost consciousness due to oxygen starvation. (2) The object which Mantell was chasing may have been a "Sky Hook" Navy balloon which had been released in the area.
Case Number Four
United States Receives Visit from Beyond Earth
Washington, February 18, 1975; time - 10 P.M.
A hovering squadron of high altitude lights had just placed America's capital under a blanket of surveillance. Before departing, they would send shivers through the security surrounding U.S. President Gerald Ford, and their mission would also change the U.S.A. scientific thrust in outer space within 60 days.
On this winter's night in question, the sky over Washington was clear and visibility was excellent. High above at 50,000 feet, twelve unidentified and stationary lights had appeared. The lights were not celestial bodies, mirages or balloons, nor were they conventional aircraft. They were, in fact, UFO's, a name first applied in 1966 by the U.S. Air Force to describe growing numbers of unidentified flying objects sighted around the globe.
At the three major airports around Washington several monitor systems handle traffic and also act as an early warning vigilance for unidentified aircraft. There is the AACS, i.e., Aircraft and Airways Communication System, the sophisticated radar at Andrews Air Force Base and the GPR, Ground Position Radar, etc. Therefore, besides untrained street personnel who spotted the mysterious lights, there were also the competent operators of the AACS, Andrews Air Force Base Radar and GPR, who were continuously watching the activities of the unidentified flying objects.
At 10: 16 one of the lights detached itself from the formation and, peeling off to the right, dropped toward the city. Its color changed from blue to white. In a park in Georgetown, the northwest section of the capital, the light landed and as it went out, there appeared in its place a solid object. Standing where the light had been was a 30 foot, saucer-like object with dome, supported by tripod legs. Underneath the craft a door opened from which a stairs extended to the ground and an ordinary looking being with occidental features descended. The six foot tall man moved briskly away from the perimiter of the craft and evaporated before his viewers.
As he did so, curious onlookers who had seen the craft's landing in their neighborhood ran toward the machine. But ten feet away from the craft an invisible force field kept the sightseers away. The hatch closed, and the machine stood isolated and alone.
About 10:20, after the being had departed from the craft, there simultaneously appeared a stranger before the security guard at the street entrance to the White House. In perfect English he asked to see President Ford. The being's request was refused.
At approximately 10:21, a being in a flight suit was seen walking down the hallway to the Oval Room. A secret service man challenged the figure from behind. It continued on. A bullet from the gun of the President's guard apparently passed through the being without drawing blood.
At the next instant, the stranger disappeared from the view of the secret service pursuer and silently passed through the locked and closed door to the Oval Room. Thereupon it stopped in front of President Ford working alone at his desk. The startled President looked up at the figure of a tall, slim man with black hair, dressed in what appeared to be a trim flight suit of silver colored jacket and pants tucked into calf length boots.
The being spoke calmly: "President Ford - 1 am sorry to intrude in such an unearthly way, but I have a message of great importance which must be told," He continued, "I am a scientist from Earth's sister planet Venus, which, regardless of Earth's scientific postulations, is inhabited by a people identical to those like yourself on Earth. But my mission in being here tonight concerns special knowledge which others in this solar system have elected to give the United States as our chosen custodian for planet Earth."
Much of the alien's conversation remains classified but some of the subject matter has been verified from executive sources. In general, the visitor spoke of the dawning of a new age for Earth in science, medicine, and other wonders - but hinged his remarks with a single admonition: "Earth must first denounce nuclear war," The verdict of the outer-terrestrial stemmed from an inerrant moral law of the universe, which Earth nations had broken by splitting the atom to destroy their fellow men.
Almost an hour later the outer-terrestrial departed. Upon leaving, he placed on the President's desk a dull, silvery object of eliptical shape with rounded edges. The stranger called it a Venusian book - a gift from his planet to America.
Simultaneously, several miles away, the being re-entered the vehicle in which he came. It took off and joined the lights above, at which time the formation disappeared off the radar screens of the nation's capital.
This meeting between an outer-terrestrial being and a world leader is only one of the hundreds recorded since Earth's first nuclear explosion took place in 1945. American Presidents alone have had a minimum of 60 visits.
Earth has been watched by outsiders for at least 45 milleniums, and throughout the pre- Adamite civilizations. According to their spokesmen they have witnessed this latest civilization's advent of the railroad, the discovery of electricity, the aeroplane and auto, the rocket, the smashing of the atom and lately, the fearful number of nuclear test explosions. And finally, the uncontrolled aggressions of nations to make their own atomic bombs - with intentions to deploy them.
As the President picked up the object, and examined it that night of February 18, 1975, he called for secret service personnel. He also asked for the Secretary of State and scheduled a meeting of
the General Staff to be held at the Pentagon as soon as possible to evaluate the disk.
During the Presidential dialogue with the extra-terrestrial being, he had declared the U.S. Air Force should learn the formula encased in the disk. Mr. Ford had gingerly examined the object, but laid it down, perplexed as to why the alien should leave such an indecipherable thing as a parting gesture. Was it really a goodwill gift of science from another world, or was it some diabolical, destructive force that might enslave onlookers or destroy a city?
Like his predecessors going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Ford must have asked himself some startling questions about this peaceful outer-terrestrial invasion, whose spokesmen looked human and acted like friends, notwithstanding their arrivals were always without warning or prior signal.
And, in a broader sense, U.S. officialdom was also asking, "Why all the sudden attention which Earth was now receiving after years of comparative isolation?" Even more perplexing questions were being asked by the suspicious military and science worlds. If these outer-terrestrials were so advanced scientifically and metaphysically, what did they know about the future destiny of mankind that made them suddenly want to share their knowledge with a single nation, the U.S.A.?
Aside from these basic quandaries, other sobering judgments had already been established - which authorities had long hesitated to pass on - and for an understandable reason. Those claiming to come from our solar system and even beyond were often nearly identical to certain Earth races in appearance and in biological, functional and mental ways. Obviously, there existed a correlation between Earth beings and inhabitants from certain other planets.
As President Ford may have pondered these revelations that historic night, he was well aware that alien ships of countless origins were now bridging the time and distance barrier between various planets in the universe, the knowledge of which leading nations of the world had denied the public. Furthermore, appraisal of the combined world-wide UFO phenomena by military consultants was singularly conclusive.
They concluded that all of planet Earth was under systematic surveillance by three distinct classifications of alien intruders. Those were labeled: (1) friendly, (2) presumed hostile and (3) unknown.
Category (1) friendly were usually round wing in shape, originating within our solar system, whose human occupants have openly made themselves known to certain earth governments and their leaders from time to time (such as the foregoing visit to President Ford).
The same outer-terrestrials had also occasionally appeared by accident, for example the Captain Mantell incident over Godmann Field, Kentucky in 1948.
Category (2) presumed hostile. These aliens generally came in round wing planes and were of human resemblance from diminutive sizes to over six feet in height. They had, on occasion, attempted to
infiltrate Earth by establishing hidden bases in remote areas, and their spacecraft were also engaged in mapping Earth and other questionable activities. It is believed they originated from one planet or constellation. Example: the Farmington affair of 1955.
Category (3) unknowns (Chapter XIX, Strangers in Our Skies), who were patrolling Earth skies and watching our people and military installations increasingly in the late 1970's. They arrived in space craft of various dimensions and shapes up to 1,000 feet long. Occupants were observed to be of a variety of physiological descriptions, some of which, by Earth's standards, bordered on the ridiculous or grotesque according to their own admissions which are delivered telepathically to Air Force pilots and airport controllers, etc. Observations of their space craft by competent observers suggested that their space technology may be more advanced than that of this solar system.
But one repetitious warning had been delivered by all the friendly outer-terrestrials with whom physical and voice contact had been made. According to informed Air Force sources, that constant warning stated a nuclear holocaust on Earth was possible within a generation unless immediate plans were made now to prevent it.
As President Ford may have reflected on the promise of sudden increased knowledge for this world in exchange for abandoning the international nuclear race, 2700 scientists, engineers, physicists, astronomers, geophysicists, mathematicians, geologists and radio engineers were occupied 24 hours a day at the Goddard Center in Maryland, keeping watch on a more disturbing phenomena.
A magnetically weak but inhabited alien planet, over twice the size of Earth, had wandered into our solar system and attached itself to the force field between the sun and Earth. By the year 2,000 this oncoming intruder could possibly regress the climate where a third of the world's people are located towards another ice age. Its effects were particularly being felt in the northern latitudes where teams of American, Canadian, Japanese and Russian meteorologists and weather men daily gathered the evidence of an abrupt change in world weather patterns.
But, underlying these hidden discoveries and new knowledge of outer space, the real question being asked by the world's leaders was how to tell the public without creating panic. Collective scientific minds working on the secret already were aware of these explosive truths and the problems they presented. But how much of the biased viewpoints of our history, religion, philosophy, and science would have to be discarded in order to make way for the new 20 th century revelations? These revelations clearly indicate: Earthlings are not isolated, but in fact are part of an interplanetary league of intelligent creatures. Our counterparts from planets nearby and other destinations light years away are trying to give warring Earth nations a message. The aliens are telling us to stop the nuclear race and destroy our stockpiles before we destroy our planet and its civilizations. In return for heeding this advice, they would provide Earthmen with the advanced technological, scientific, and medical secrets of the Universe.
Early American Development of the Unconventional Aeroplane
The reader already must be asking questions. Why haven't I learned of these cosmic visitations before? Why doesn't the government explain? Why the suppression of UFO landings? The authors asked the same questions when they began to dig into the mystery three years ago. Today there are many thousands of persons around the world who are engaged in keeping the alien presence and their unidentified flying objects under censorship wraps.
This unchangeable posture of silence exists in both democratic and totalitarian countries. It began with typical military reasoning that the public should not be informed, if to do so, national sovereignty would be jeopardized. It proceeded with the assumption that the public was not prepared for such astounding revelations, and could not cope with them.
American governmental censorship of UFO information seems to be typical of that in other countries and extends back nearly 50 years. In the mid 1930's, military secrecy about an unusual American invention in the field of powered flight triggered the first blackout of public knowledge.
It all began in 1935 because of a young aeronautical engineer with a high school education and two years study in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State College, who later became a World War I flier. His name at that time was Jonathan E. Caldwell and he lived near Glen Burnie, Maryland. He invented and built a tighter than air machine which in addition to conventional nose propulsion, was driven by a nine cylinder, 45 horse power French engine with controlled speed blades, each three feet long by 12 inches wide, mounted on top of midship which enabled the plane to ascend or descend vertically and even hover. The blades were attached to the cardinal points of a 14 foot wooden disk which was free revolving, deriving its momentum from the puwer driven nose prop blast.
The canvas covered, tubular steel plane, christened the "Grey Goose", had been constructed in a tobacco warehouse and then tested on the Maryland farm of Caldwell's friend Lewis Pumpwrey on State Road Number 3, Anne Arunder County. The machine flew fairly well; it was actually the wingless forerunner of today's helicopter.
Not satisfied with his initial achievement, a few months later Caldwell completed a fundamentally different design named the "Rotoplane", similar to an earlier model, the spectacular lifting capability of which had been tested successfully in Denver, Colorado in 1923. Notwithstanding its lifting power, this machine proved to be less maneuverable. Its energy source consisted of six large, pitched, rotor blades encased in a single 12 foot diameter rim or flange, above and in the center of which the operator sat. A news story at the time referred to the contraption as a "flying joke".
But regardless of critics and lampooners, Caldwell was not deterred from his dream of a round wing air machine. He began his final prototype which would indeed prove successful. The latest model was 28 feet in diameter and would disappear before the press or public was allowed to examine it closely, although it had been used openly to provide rides and give demonstrations to interested observers and investors.
The machine resembled a huge tub with a set of six blades projecting out from both the top and bottom of the "tub". In the center of the affair was a round tubular housing or cockpit containing seats for two persons, plus gauges, gears and levers and of course the motor. (The first motor was an eight cylinder Ford V8 gasoline engine with the block cut in half. This motor was considered heavy and troublesome in operation and was later replaced by a newly cast four cylinder lightweight aluminum block, along with aluminum gears which were later substituted with bronze.)
The operator sat in the top of the center tubing or hub with his head and shoulders above for the purposes of sight navigation. Hands and feet operated with ease the levers and pedals for speed and direction. The bottom set of six lift blades were wide, fixed at a slight angle, and they turned clockwise. They had a controlled speed operated by one of the gears.
The six, maneuverable pitch blades located topside were for lateral direction, projecting from the housing; they turned counterclockwise. In essence, the structure and design of the craft, as well as its mechanical movements and controls, were of utmost simplicity.
The two sets of rotors, set six feet apart, revolved in opposite directions around the ship. They were power driven during ascent but turned freely in pure aerodynamic descent if the motor failed, thus allowing the craft to float down under direction from its chosen height at a slower speed than that of a parachutist.
Airborne directional control was attained by changing the angle of the upper set of rotors: that is, forward or reverse thrust was accomplished by a tilting mechanism attached to the top bank of rotors. Thus slippage took place toward the lower side with advancing blades riding down-grade and retreating blades gaining altitude. According to Caldwell's description it was the same principle which birds used in flight, substituting rotors for feathered wings and tail.
The bottom of the craft could be made water tight, enabling it to take off from land or water. To raise capital for his forthcoming enterprise and float costs, Caldwell attempted unsuccessfully and repeatedly to sell stock in his aviation marvel names "The Rotoplanes Inc.," even offering up to $5.00 for a trial ride in the machine. The stock certificates read in part: "That the stock is for an invention, which invention is used in the development of an aeroplane designed to fly on the bird principle of flight, and that the stock is worth $10.00 to $100.00 per share, depending on his (Caldwell's) success in developing the aeroplane."
Eventually, a curious Army- Air Corps Colonel, Peter B. Watkins, dressed in civies, appeared as a prospective buyer whom the delighted inventor took for a test flight. The Colonel was permitted to take the controls, and was astonished at the craft's advanced maneuverability over the bi-wing and mono- wing airplanes of the 30s.
The Colonel flew the machine 45 miles to Washington, D.C., where he made 100 mile per hour passes over Washington Monument, and the White House. The Colonel was elated when he actually stopped the forward motion of the machine and hovered for a few minutes directly over the 241 foot high Washington Monument. Upon return to the city he was granted an interview with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He told the President that Caldwell's mystery plane was so advanced in design that to avoid copy by foreign military, the United States should immediately obtain control of patents and production. Roosevelt agreed with the Colonel, asking him to reevaluate the project and report back in 30 days for Congressional approval.
Within 30 days, without apparent Congressional approval, Roosevelt acted. Caldwell received a letter from the Attorney General of Maryland, advising him to cease and desist the sale of the stock in his new company. Previous solicitations to sell stock in New York (1934) and New Jersey (1932) had likewise been stopped by their State Attorney Generals. Caldwell, in effect, was forced out of his new aviation venture before it got off the ground.
In the autumn of 1936, Caldwell disappeared and officially was never heard of again.
The question of whom was Jonathon E. Caldwell and how he could have disappeared so completely from society was a mystery which baffled the author for almost three years. So little information could be unearthed, only scraps of newspaper accounts which had been quickly denied. And then in November of 1978 a break came in the case of the missing inventor, Jonathon E. Caldwell, who had been 37 years of age when last seen or heard publicly. He would be close to 80 years old today. Was he the one to whom we had established a vicarious attachment and to whom we had dedicated this book - before we were certain he existed or was still alive?
The American who was to become the world's greatest genius in the field of aerodynamics, and who invented the world's first round wing plane which millions of viewers have labelled UFO's, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1899.
His name one day would become greater than the Wright Brothers and the city of St. Louis where he was born would gain an even greater fame in years to come than had been bestowed on the city by Charles Lindberg when he named his historic aeroplane that took him across the Atlantic, The Spirit of St. Louis.
But before Jonathon E. Caldwell was to become pre-occupied with a vision of how man could overcome his own absence of wings, World War I would break out. To Caldwell, the war would be a chance to fly aeroplanes, and 1917 would see him volunteering for the service of the United States Army where his training at Kelly Field, Texas in fixed winged by-planes would be a forerunner for overseas duty in France. Caldwell came out of the service a lieutenant in 1918. He rejoined the Army/Air Corps Reservists in the summer of 1921 and again found himself stationed at Kelly Field with a small group of World War I fliers who had returned for retraining and to brush up on their flying ability.
One day of that 1921 summer at Kelly Field a few young officers including Caldwell took out some saucers and tin plates and began tossing them through the air at each other to be caught during a few minutes of relaxation and horseplay. It was during this period in young Caldwell's life that he became enthralled with the idea of developing a completely new design of aircraft. At first he was hardly aware of his own intentions.
From saucers, Caldwell tried paper plates. Whether the object he threw was a saucer, or a paper or tin plate, or even a military wide brim hat, Caldwell made some pertinent observations. Such round objects when thrown and spun into the air or wind, sailed smoothly, travelled faster, and climbed higher than any other form or shape.
Caldwell while in France had learned the hard way about a fixed wing plane. He knew that if the propellor turned at sufficient revolutions per minute and the prop pitch was properly set, the plane could ride along on the air flow induced by the propellor's own current. But if the motor were to fail and the prop ceased to turn, the unbalanced plane would nose dive or spin to earth out of control. Caldwell himself had crashed and though unwounded, knew of several young acquaintances to whom such a tragedy had resulted in death. But young Caldwell realized that what made the fixed wing plane such a fearful conveyance was not primarily the problem of engine failure and resultant prop stoppage which prevented an air craft from planing through the air. Fundamentally, the first requirement of an aeroplane was one of design and the basic design of the present aeroplane must be changed. He reasoned that the hurling of the plates and saucers with only one leading edge to cut the air was the primary requirement for perfect aerial transportation.
Another problem to be overcome was one of balance. He had seen airborn dandelion and milkweed seeds floating along majestically and had observed maple leaves spin to earth in a gyrating fashion as they landed gently on the ground. Added to earlier observations of nature's use of air currents to propel seeds, Caldwell never forgot an experience on the battle field of
Flanders, when lying injured on the ground beside his downed plane, he kept his mind occupied by studying an artillary wagon turned on its side, one of the wheels of which periodically kept turning in gusts of wind. Thus, keeping in mind nature's methods of aerial movement along with the Flander's wagon wheel, these observations were added to his own study of the kitchen saucers which he had tossed repeatedly.
That summer of '21 Caldwell decided to build himself a 12" round model of a new aerodynamic structure. He would use a delicate balsam wood frame and cover it with shellacked tissue paper. And the continuous circular edge would be down lipped so that when it was released inverted into the wind, it would ride on its own cushion of air. Thus was bom the idea for the first round wing plane. A simplification of that first model of a new type of aerodynamic structure eventually became the plaything of children allover the world - a frisbee.
As Caldwell watched the frisbee-like object skip and sail through the air, propelled by elastic bands and riding on its own cushion, he was fascinated by the same recurring thoughts. Some day he would try and build a model large enough to hold a man in the exact center point, and if he could install a motor in such an aerial conveyance to give a constant density to the cushion beneath the circular plane, and if that cushion of air could be manually directed, he would overcome all the disadvantages inherent in a fixed wing plane.
Caldwell kept his vision alive. He retained his balsam prototype and all the drawings and design ideas scribbled or traced on scraps of paper or the backs of envelopes. The idea that he would build a circular plane never left Caldwell's creative brain. Some day he knew he would invent one that could hover, or develop forward thrust and turn and bank far better and faster than the vintage planes of the early 1920's.
As the Reservists packed and left Kelly Field in 1921 to return to their jobs, the young Caldwell was careful to keep his notes and drawings and to pack along with them his first balsam and tissue paper model. At that time he lived in Denver, Colorado. Sparked by the enthusiasm of fellow pilots at Kelly Field, the young inventor seriously began his first motor operated model of the new round wing plane design. With the aid of a welder/mechanic friend in the round house of the Rio Grande Southern Locomotive Works in Denver, in 1922, they turned out a 12" model powered by an erector set toy motor and a single cell dry battery used in telephone transmission.
Wires connected from the battery to the model, as well as a three foot rope hitch, provided lift for purposes of studying the operational characteristics of the model. Battery contact was made and the round wing model spun and rose in the air. The attentive trio watched as the rope became taut. As the amazed Caldwell observed the performance, he and his helpers saw the battery and 52 pound table on which it sat, rise slowly in the air as the model plane ascended vertically and lodged itself and its suspended contacts against the shop ceiling. Electric current was cut and the heavy table and plane fell to the floor with a bang. Caldwell swore his helpers to silence and took home his 12" model (which today is in the Washington, D.C. U.S. Patent Office).
After the herculean lift by the 12" model, an elated Caldwell immediately began work on a 12 foot model, which truly was the forerunner of the round wing plane of later years. He and his railroad friends completed the project in 1923 and tested their machine in the yards outside the Denver round house. First, about 500 pounds, then a ton of weight and finally 3000 pounds of rails were tied together and attached to the model plane. Those rails were lifted with apparent ease. Then the speed of the revolving
blade was decreased and the rails lowered to the ground from their highest elevation of twelve feet. Next the twelve foot model was attached to a mountain locomotive type of the Rio Grande Railroad. As all watched the experiment, they saw the round plane lift into the air as the front end of the big locomotive rose slowly at least three inches from the tracks like a reluctant steed. The yard mechanic called out, "Oh Lord, what power have we let loose?" But the plane's bottom frame broke and the engine fell down onto the tracks again.
But Caldwell was unable to raise venture capital in Colorado for the new aerodynamic invention and several years later this failure would result in his going east, first to New York, then New Jersey and finally Maryland where a decade later he would attempt his venture again.
During the 20's, the U.S.A. found its renewed industrial strength. As people like Henry Ford mass produced his Model T automobiles, the growing use of which would eventually link the country with a system of roads and change the American life style, Jonathon E. Caldwell thought of future highways in the sky.
In the years ahead he flew the early mails in fast, single engine planes and hauled bananas in cumbersome air freighters for the United Fruit Company. The same decade also saw the two and three motored planes make their debuts, and pioneer flier Caldwell could also be found at the controls of such aeroplanes flying geologists into the wilds of Venezuela or Central America, seeking locations for a source of new liquid gold called petroleum. When not on a scheduled flight he loved to rent a plane and barnstorm around the countryside and provide rides in the new
aerial wonder that most people had never seen. He also became a test pilot for a large aeroplane manufacturer, now out of business, and worked on and tested Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis with Lindberg, who later reciprocated by trying out an early prototype of Caldwell's Grey Goose helicopter machine.
Also in the '20's Caldwell worked with Robert Edward Lee Cone of St. Petersburg, Florida, head of the Army/Air Corps. Cone was Billy Mitchell's adjutant, and became one of Caldwell's most important contacts because, several years later, Billy Mitchell would remember about the maverick flyer Caldwell who seriously toyed with a new circular design principle for air travel.
Mitchell would write a letter to the young Caldwell urging him to keep up his research and be careful not to let his project fall into the hands of a foreign government.
After twelve years of earning a living flying aeroplanes (and a stint as a licensed Colorado stock broker located in Denver from 1928 to 1930 during which time he was married), Caldwell decided he must attempt a full scale project. In the year 1933, he had built his last twelve foot model and believed he had taken all the bugs out of the latest design. That summer he returned to Kelly Field for the last time as a Reservist. With him he packed a twelve inch miniature model to show friends. Many Airmen watched Caldwell's round wing model plane perform in a series of maneuvers that got people talking.
Word soon reached high Army/Air Corps echelons.
Plans for what he named a roto plane were later drawn up and perfected in the early thirties, and in 1935 Caldwell incorporated "The Roto Planes Incorporated", listing his new address as Glen Burnie, Maryland and showing his wife, Olive, as secretary-treasurer and brother-in-law Carl H. Davis as vice president. The next year he began his last full size model intended to be used on a commercial basis.
Thus, before 1936, the industrious Caldwell had already built and discarded his Grey Goose plane, the forerunner of today's helicopter. From the Grey Goose idea he had improved the design in a revolutionary concept and by mid 1936 had built his final round wing plane, in which Army/Air Corps Colonel Watkins had taken a ride and tested to his satisfaction.
Then on October 27, 1936, Caldwell received a letter from the Secretary of War. It went: "Pursuant to our recent conversations ... we feel your invention is too important to fall into enemy hands. The U.S. government, therefore, is offering you $50,000 for patent rights on the Grey Goose and Roto Plane, and is also prepared to allow for future royalty payments.
The Army/Air Corps is also prepared to enlist your services as a full time officer with higher rank than your present captaincy."
The next day Jonathon Caldwell boarded a train for Washington. He sat down in an Arlington, Virginia hotel and discussed his future with Chief of Staff, Army, several aeronautical experts, key Congressmen and members of the cabinet. The delegation reconvened at the White House where Caldwell met President Roosevelt and came away with the rank of Lieut. Colonel and an annual salary of $10,000.
"For the good of the service," Jonathon E. Caldwell that day had to make his most difficult decision for him and his wife. He would surrender his family name Caldwell, and never again be known as such. For all intents and purposes he would disappear from society -- till the day he would die.
In August, 1949, long after Caldwell's disappearance, some children ventured through a broken window into a so-called haunted tobacco bam in Maryland (the location of which is now in the city limits of Baltimore) - and later told their parents they had seen a flying saucer. Old F.B.I, files and newspaper stories dated August 21, 1949 filed by United Press and Associated Press appearing in the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, etc. told briefly what had been found. The Deputy Sheriff of Anne Arundel County, father of one of the boys, was asked to accompany the boys back to the scene. He confirmed their story, unknowingly having found Caldwell's original Grey Goose and first Rotoplane. On notifying the Air Force, the bam was placed off limits, and a new generation of Air Force investigators, unaware of Caldwell or his inventions, carted the strange craft off to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio.
Air Force officers at the Pentagon were red faced when they finally found the files that explained the
mystery. For since the day Caldwell vacated his original workshop environment, his inventions had lain forgotten and neglected in the old tobacco bam.
On November 8, 1978, at Kensington, Maryland, an historic book on Caldwell was brought up from the vaults for the researcher to read for two hours. On the leather bound cover, hand printed in gold leaf, was the name Jonathon E. Caldwell, and on the fly leaf inside the 16" X 11" X 6" book, it was written that some of the most valuable records of mankind were preserved herein. The contents were perhaps as important to the U.S. as the Bill of Rights or the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, and to the rest of the world, the knowledge discovered by Caldwell as told by the memos and letters in the leather bound scrapbook would also be a treasure which they some day would share.
As permission was given to peruse the book, before it was returned to its deep underground vault, the rules were explained. Guards would be present, the entire contents could be read and studied, no notes or diagrams were to be made, no pictures taken. Just to see and read the book briefly had required the signatures of the President of the United States, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commanding General of the U.S. Air Force, the Director of the National Archives, and the Director of the Library of Congress. As the researcher looked at the cover and opened the book, he was filled with awe. For what he saw, was a preglance at history, the full contents of which would not be made available to the public till after the year 2000.
International Response to UFO Phenomena
President Roosevelt may have acted with justifiable reason in placing the nation's immediate rights above those of inventor Caldwell. In Roosevelt's mind, and that of certain Congressional and military men, they regarded Caldwell's round wing plane as perhaps a crude facsimile of that outer space version, that is, as related to aerodynamic design. Earlier in 1936, on two occasions the President was made aware of the presence of strange unidentifiable objects in American skies when he received his first visit by an alien who said he came from another planet in our own solar system.
But even more terrifying than the 1936 visit to the U.S. President by an alien who was human in all aspects, was that of another suppressed landing the same year involving weird creatures stopping at three airports located throughout the northern part of the country.
According to intelligence sources, the creatures' resemblance could best be described as octopus-like, with multiple tentacles rather than human appendages of arms and legs. The beings slithered along on their tentacles and were able to communicate that they came from a planet beyond Earth's solar system and that their celestial wandering was exploratory but their intention peaceful. They showed a fear and nervousness of the curious looking things called Earthmen, so the feeling between the visitors and the
visited was of mutual intimidation. The Earthmen had seen creatures with eyes, ears and mouths who communicated from an Intelligent center in their beings, and with exposed organs in animalistic bodies, whereas the pilgrims from outer space saw Earth creatures activated by fingers and hands and feet plus a variety of clothing which must have seemed obnoxious if not at least bizarre. As terrifying as the spacemen themselves were huge seven feet, hairy monsters accompanying the travelers as guards. Today these creatures, called Yetti, have been reported all over the globe indicating they may have been planted as "information censors" by outer spacemen.
Nevertheless, aside from differences in anatomy, the shock to those Earthlings who witnessed the sighting of the outer terrestrials was terrifying.
Following the 1936 episode with the humanoids (subsequently with other intelligent beings), the Executive Branch clamped a censorship on the arrival of the spaceship and its (by human standards) grotesque looking interplanetary visitors. That experience of select Earthmen being wakened out of an insular lethargy which ordained that all Gods creatures had to look like us is still hidden in classified records of the Library of Congress of the Roosevelt era.
Caldwell's genius and his Rotoplane became the beginning by which the U.S. would secretly attempt to duplicate the more advanced interplanetary UFO's. And even then, as today, the U.S. military recognized that a nation with mastery of the air could command others in times of war or peace. Caldwell's Rotoplane was typical of other similar inventions drawn to the attention of the Army/Air Force as it geared to help Caldwell develop an improved version of the round wing plane.
An official attitude of suppression grew concerning the sharing of knowledge of this type of advanced aerodynamic structure. In 1936, the non-revealing name of A-2 Army Air Corps Intelligence concealed the Air Corps' first efforts to improve Caldwell's round wing design and duplicate an interplanetary space vehicle. A military awareness was born with presidential blessing to develop a temporary, secret military air arm of technology and industry around the round wing plane. But what was needed first was where to hide the project away from the prying eyes of increasing numbers of German espionage agents.
Meanwhile, as previously noted, President Roosevelt had been disturbed in 1936 by his first meeting with an outer space being, not to mention the terrifying visit of the octopus-like creatures. A hasty cabinet meeting was called. The President was adamant in his remarks at that meeting that the American people must be told. It was Postmaster General Jim Farley who first suggested an informative radio show to prepare the public. A sense of unbelievable doom was present, the feeling that an interplanetary invasion of earth, like that fictionalized on the Buck Rogers radio program, was a possibility. Worse still, cabinet members were inclined to believe that earth technology was incapable of any defense, and consequently, destruction or slavery of our people was not unthinkable.
Roosevelt invited several electronic media leaders to a private conference. The meeting developed
around a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells', War of the Worlds. Present that day were Lowell Thomas, Floyd Gibbons and other top writers and producers.
Roosevelt opened by saying, "Gentlemen, we inhabitants of Earth are not alone in the Universe. First, there are other planets in our solar system inhabited by people much like us. I've personally been visited by one of these intelligent aliens. Second, but more unbelievable, are verified reports of terrifying looking creatures who have emerged from strange looking crafts at random airports. I feel we must tell the public! But the question is, how? Gentlemen, can you help us? What do you propose?" The President then polled those present for suggestions.
A committee of five men was then chosen by the Chairman of Radio City to work quickly with Roosevelt on a drama format. From 100 narrators and producers they finally chose Orson Wells, with his clear diction and ominous voice. At 8 P.M. on the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners tuned into the Mercury Theatre Hour heard a drama of horrible Martians landing in New Jersey. The original H.G. Welles story "War of the Worlds," seemed prophetic. The drama as portrayed for radio had been given a dry run at the White House to members of the cabinet and other key citizens, fifteen days before the public broadcast. With this audience aware of the tentacled visitors and hairy monsters, and the ultimate terror they or future humanoids could inspire, Orson Wells and his drama group were urged to make the fictional Martian invasion of Earth more dramatic in its inducement of fear. The radio play finally produced was a masterful piece of emotional suspense and terror, but it was also propaganda.
In hindsight, the invasion theme and the real fright and panic it engendered was not an appropriate way to deliver a message on the arrival of friendly outer space beings. People went beserk. Eight jumped from tall buildings in New York, other unexplained suicides were recorded during and after the show, and state troopers performed herculean feats looking for the "enemy."
Exit roads from Newark and New York were jammed as were bridges and tunnels. Panic-stricken listeners tried to escape to the countryside where they might hide from the mythical Martian Invasion.
Unfortunately, no station break announcements were made during the hour long show to explain that it was only a drama, and those who had never heard of H.G. Welles' "War of the Worlds" believed the adaptation was real. The grim voice of Orson Wells kept up a running commentary of the terrified human exodus of America's greatest city, New York.
Acting solely on the effects of this radio drama, the Executive Branch of the time decided that the American public could not now be told the truth - that we were being scrutinized and surveyed by a race from outer planets with technological advances far beyond that of Earth.
The unwitting cover up had already begun to insulate North American minds from the horrifying possibility of contact with creatures unlike us from other worlds. The ramifications of the traditional
concept regarding the singular majesty of man, made in the likeness of a supreme creator, could no longer be reconciled by those who had seen other creatures totally unlike us in appearance but equal to or exceeding us in mind and spirit. The question then was how many anatomical versions of intelligent life existed beyond our frontiers of space. And as a result of the panacea of an alien visit in 1936 of humanoid types, the United States took action to suppress future knowledge of alien visitations to Earth. President Roosevelt and his advisors were the guiding force behind the original movement, and a vigilante committee of 100 was formed to monitor future sightings from across the country and advise government on them. At the time no private agency or government body existed who were versed in such a unique problem. Those chosen were men who exerted powerful influence and included prominent bankers, educators, industrialists, railroad presidents, judicial people and select politicians. Among those selected were Henry Ford, the Presidents of Pacific Electric, General Motors, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Chase Manhattan Bank and a Justice of the Supreme Court. The power of these leaders vis a vis government policy would increase yearly and in 1980 the vast territorial boundaries of that private advisory group would still survive and be instrumental in most aspects of the U.S. government's outer space programs. It would also affect the political, military, science and educational sectors of our entire society.
The broad charter of NSA is in itself properly warranted. Its global intelligence gathering abilities keep American's military leaders cognizant of the subtle shifts in military aggressiveness at world trouble spots, notwithstanding the stagnant diplomacy of the foreign policy experts who make judgments based on NSA intelligence briefings.
Therefore, since the Orson Wells broadcast over 40 years ago, the reality of even one outer terrestrial visit and its disputable effect on a large segment of Earth's population has not been tested because of severe intra-governmental censorship.
At the outbreak of World War II, much of America's brain power was being expended to improve existing concepts of the round wing plane. And, although American scientists continued to search and evaluate the new capabilities of its design and propulsion, industry's main thrust was quickly switched back to conventional war apparatus with which U.S. allies were more certain they could combat the enemy.
On December 7, 1941, when the U.S. entered World War II, UFOs were first sighted in number over the White House, and the U.S. Capitol Building. Anti-aircraft fire from guns located in the center of Washington sent up a barrage of metal that literally surprised the extra-terrestrials. Thus, as the hovering UFOs took evasive action, an Air Corps radar observer noted a hit on
one spacecraft, which left formation and was seen vanishing into a large mothership located at 35,000 feet. This event was the first of several incidents during the war when unidentified flying objects were seen hovering over various buildings in the nation's capitol. It was also at that time that a different UFO design of cigar shape was observed over several American localities. These craft required heavy electric power for their propulsion cores and were frequently seen stealing power while suspended
above and attached to the center rail of electric streetcar systems. During one such Washington incident inl944 the power drain was so great that all of the cities' streetcars came to a standstill. Power plants themselves became the fast feeders for what came to be known as the "juice hogs" which began to steal electric power on a large volume basis. These "unknown alien craft" continued to pilfer power as evidenced by the Eastern Seaboard Blackout in 1975, and the New York Blackout in 1977, the latter of which is documented by U.S. Air Force electronic observation on the site.
By 1945, when the Japanese Surrender was signed, America still did not know for sure the identity of any of the UFO invaders or the reason for their presence. At the beginning of his tenure as Supreme Allied Commander for the Far East, General Douglas McArthur summoned the top Japanese officials to his office in the Mechie Building in Tokyo. He stared straight at the Japanese officers, "All right, you So and So's," he spat out roughly, as McArthur could do. "Where do you keep those round spy planes you have had over Washington during most of the war?" The Japanese looked at each other and smiled. "What round spy planes do you speak of?" McArthur cussed, and refused to believe their denials.
But for the time being America had the last laugh. At the Yalta Conference, Stalin asked Roosevelt and Churchill why the allies had kept the secret of the round wing plane from Russia. Roosevelt and Churchill denied the UFO's had been produced in allied war factories. Stalin was furious, and almost left the conference. He hissed across the table as his cold eyes apprised the two allied leaders. "You English speaking people act together. But just remember I have spies throughout both your countries, and I intend to uncover the whereabouts of your secret spaceships that hover over Moscow."
Was Stalin really aware of the UFO's? Indeed, yes! United States intelligence (perhaps unknown to Roosevelt who overly promoted Stalin's friendship) had penetrated the heart of the Kremlin for a period of time and witnessed some astonishing things. The most enjoyable to American intelligence was the following incident: One day in 1943, Stalin received a visit by a being from outer space. The alien suddenly appeared before Stalin's desk and identified himself as an emissary from the government of the Universe. Stalin looked up startled, and replied, "I don't appreciate American jokes," and half rising told the "Yankee" visitor he was going to call his guards. Without further discussion, the alien then told Stalin to call his guards - who promptly entered. The Russian security guards grabbed the intruder and before Stalin's eyes the ensuing scuffle left the two embarrassed policemen holding only each other. The being had simply vanished into thin air. Adolph Hitler of Germany had also received alien visits, but the discourtesy shown by Stalin marked the beginning of an antagonism between Outer Space visitors and subsequent Russian leaders that has lasted to this day.
It is obvious that by the end of World War U, international intrigue to discover the origin of the increasing unidentified objects became the order of the day in several nations.
But, although public knowledge of the UFO phenomena was slow to spread throughout the world,
extensive military interest in it grew during World War H Over Germany and its occupied territory, allied pilots reported strange lights and luminous balls of fire hovering in protective gestures over their aircraft formations. These peculiar objects were considered by allied airmen to be of unknown origin while uninformed German pilots assumed these same phenomena were perhaps of allied invention. Among allied airmen the name "friendly foo fighters" became a wartime slang that was well understood. And in the living quarters of allied airmen stationed at British airdromes, hushed voices at night whispered of the lights from heaven that sometimes flew in their midst and gave courage.
Intelligence agents of all nations preoccupied with World War II fighting began earnestly to explore the mystery of the "foo fighters." Typical is this account of Russian intelligence interrogating Lt. Colonel H. Sylvester Williams (his code name), a United States Officer in November, 1944, who had just delivered a special dispatch, direct from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Russian Premier Joseph Stalin.
The special American courier had completed the flight from Washington to New York, then to England, then by special plane across Norway, Sweden and on to his destination, Moscow.
The next morning the American courier was carefully questioned by a Colonel Murisky as to whether he had seen anything in the sky in his flight from England. The questions and answers were as follows:
Q. Did you see a cigar-shaped object flying in the sky either alongside your ship or nearby?
A. No.
Q. Did you see any cylindrical-shaped objects at all, say silver or light bluish in color?
Q. Sometimes during the trip your plane flew at low altitude; did you observe any shadowy forms on
the ground other than that of your own aircraft?
Q. Did you see any round saucer-shaped objects that seemed to travel at extremely high speeds? A.
Q. Did you observe any enemy planes during your flight?
Q. Were you followed, say, by odd looking objects?
Q. Did you see anything strange at all?
At this point, the U.S. officer was told to please be on the lookout for anything unusual on his return flight.
During World War n, there were many fascinating chapters of intrigue in the international guessing game of who owned the UFOs even after the alien visits to major governments. The problem of being unable to place a name tag on the aliens was too simple. They looked too human not to be human. That there were those nearly identical to us in other worlds, was considered simply too blase an explanation.
Truly, major governments could not accept that these objects were extra-terrestrial. Deep prejudices that earthman was a superior creature living alone in the universe were ingrained through our educational and religious concepts. Therefore, at that time, much of the intelligence and military of the world surmised two things: the crafts were presumed hostile and were of earthly origin.
Each country quickly developed its own methods of counter surveillance, but with few real leads and facts to give its agents. The Americans, the British, and the Canadians cooperated, anticipating that collective action would bring faster results.
Standing orders of some countries to their fighter pilots in cumbersome propeller planes were "Hit a UFO - if you can." Already they had catalogued several varieties including the common saucer variety and coleman lantern types, the bell, the cigar or tubular object, small 13" disks, and even square - yes, square ones - and, of course - giant mother ships, brighter than Venus, stationed 100 miles high and as long as a mile in length - cities in themselves, about which the military were divided, as to whether they were illusions or realities.
It's a wonder that American intelligence (Office of Strategic Services) did not become atrophied at its biggest task since General William Donovan had founded it in 1942. But, with the help of the scientists and major universities, composure was maintained and plans developed as the government quietly and clandestinely swung its efforts into the Age of Aquarius without Morming press or public.
Science forums across the land, usually sponsored by some government agency, first addressed themselves to the questions:
1. Are we seeing visions or real beings with bodies like mortals?
2. Is it possible that the vibrations which apparently hold together in permanent shape the atom structure of human bodies might on a higher vibrating scale bind the structure of being from other planets in such a way that the beings are enabled to appear and disappear?
3. Must visiting intelligent beings breath an air combination as we do to survive on earth?
And then it was asked, "What if the force of gravity were negated?" The answer the scientists gave was, "If gravity could be overcome in a localized area such as a space ship, the mass thereof would be weightless.
And finally addressing themselves to the problems of space travel, other groups asked: is it possible for a given mass to travel along earth's magnetic North-South grid perhaps faster than the speed of sound? "Someday, we expect earthships to do just that, and even fly at incomprehensible speeds between planets on free magnetic energy," was the reply.
With these concepts accepted, Air Force intelligence surmised that true aliens were arriving from our own solar system and possibly beyond and were indeed policing our skies. Certain U.S. scientists hurried to review the age old concepts of earth's magnetic energy fields and the electro magnetic forces operating between planets.
By the end of World War n, Caldwell's round wing plane would be a first priority and hidden in a location where it would become approachable only through 100 miles of guarded mountain roads and tunnels. In this hideaway, the design and pertinent specifications of English speaking peoples' future round wing plane would be decided.
The rocketry race to the moon in the sixties was simply a continuation of that American goal to learn more of the stellar world. For reasons of national security, the main thrust of the plan to build a round wing plane was to be kept hidden or camouflaged under newly devised security wraps until the propitious time to tell would arrive.
Today, forty years later, many in America's intelligence and military community believe it is now an appropriate time to open the door for the public to see the dawning of a new technology that will change the world. But many others in over 30 secret government agencies, particularly NASA and National Science Foundation, consider that telling of the struggle, even in part, is premature. Although it was not articulated to the rank and file in the services, the American Air Force went on record in 1966 that some of those UFO's appearing in North American skies were interplanetary. With that admission, a confidence was growing that the UFO sightings must eventually be explained.
In 1977, a four- star Air Force staff general who had served in various hush-hush research and development projects since World War n, explained to the authors the Air Force reasoning paraphrased as follows: Heretofore, we were unwilling to divulge the nature of our own development projects because outer space beings we had met were so far advanced metaphysically and technologically that should they or other aliens less well disposed to humanity try to destroy us, we would have been helpless. It was the same assumption as that told in 1936. The General didn't mention weaponry or counter weaponry -- he simply spelled out earth's dilemma, not in terms of retaliation, but confined his remarks and thoughts to effective protection on the surface of this planet. Beyond that official explanation of the 20th century problem, the subject apparently was closed.
While the world in post-war years hunted old manuscripts to find the answer to the riddle of the UFO's, America knew the answer, and each year would bury it deeper and deeper.
For the U.S.A., the haunting question was simply this: Could she develop a counter airborn hardware quickly enough to protect her own skies from extra-terrestrial invaders? And in trying to accomplish this super-human task before the years of World War n, could she also shield her endeavours from the prying eyes of earth adversaries such as the Germans and the Japanese, and even the Russians whom they called allies?
United States Readies Round Wing Planes for Possible Conflict with Germans
Before World War n, the rise of militaristic regimes in Japan, Italy, and Germany had alarmed the democracies, but the war policies of Britain and the United States had not yet been formulated. France built the Maginot defense wall, Britain preferred to appease the Germans by compromise and prominent American politicians tried to pull a blanket of isolation over the national perspective. Whatever the response by which the democracies sought to resist the dictators, the Nazis under Hitler were encouraged to establish illicit and aggressive information gathering services abroad.
Thus by 1936, a strong German spy apparatus had already begun to function in the U.S.A. The espionage system had been easy to implement. German nationals were able to hide their activities without undue suspicion by recruiting new members from organizations like the German Bund or by drawing sympathizers from naturalized German- Americans, enthralled by Nazi ideologies. But notwithstanding the presence of those Nazi sympathizers on the fringe of certain German communities, the bulk of the German descendants disdained the advances of the Nazi adherents and spumed their racial philosophies. In fact, loyal German- Americans not only opposed, but were foremost in fighting the Nazis at home and abroad, as intelligence files later confirmed.
Cognizant of this foreign espionage activity, the U.S. Army/ Air Force officers who first interviewed Caldwell in 1936, quickly realized that this young man was on the brink of perfecting the greatest aerial marvel in the history of aviation. Although the first Glen Burnie roto-plane flew slower than 100 miles per hour and operated with a conventional small two-cylinder four cycle aircraft engine, the design of the machine and the airflow it induced was totally different than anything ever conceived and flown by earthmen in their skies. A cumbersome but necessary rudder often caused unwieldy flight patterns in cross winds, and while the machine still required a short runway for takeoff, it was apparent that its future potential in speed, hovering and maneuverability might literally allow it to reach the stars if adequate scientific help were provided.
Political unrest in Europe had alerted U.S. foreign service watchers, and their observations of a new arms build-up had been passed on to the military. Gradually there began a shift from isolationism to uneasiness, following Hitler's occupation of Austria, and later in March 1936 his march into the Rhineland. While watching Germany, France began to overspend on re-armament, and Britain and America began to show alarm at signs of German expansionism. War clouds were obviously appearing over Europe, following what amounted to international failure to promote disarmament; and a reliance on peace treaties that became mere scraps of paper.
Taking a hard look at her research achievements in the air, the U.S. suddenly realized that although there existed on the market new scientific breakthroughs in destructive weapons, America herself had produced no significant aerial developments since World War I. But the continuing use of the aeroplane as an effective weapon of war had not been obscured in the directives of the U.S. Army/Air Force advisors as they prepared reports on how Spanish towns were levelled by German dive bombers in 1936 or how the air-cover of Italian planes lent support to their troops and tanks in Mussolini's 1935 subjugation of Ethiopia.
Thus, with prognostic military awareness of the possible evolution of aerial warfare, there occurred top level re-assessments of Caldwell's first rotoplane, out of which national security advisors became doubly concerned about espionage, particularly by the Germans. Orders went out from the executive branch to relocate the Caldwell program away from the potentially prying eyes of a wave of German spies.
The new premises, operated under the supervision of Caldwell, would be located at Wright Patterson Field, outside Dayton, Ohio. In a comer of hanger number 2, in December 1936, Caldwell began again. He first set up a small machine shop and was given a fulltime machinist and welder. Caldwell was also provided with an assumed name which he would change twice again in the years ahead. Also added was the additional luxury of an office girl to complete the constant reports required in written communications with the new Army/Air Corps sponsor.
For Caldwell and his wife, Olive, there would be the protection of constant security police. The Caldwell children, a boy and a girl, both in their teens, complained that their dates and friends were watched and the backgrounds of the families of their new friends were checked. The privacy for which they so often longed was gone forever.
Under Caldwell's supervision, a new machine with modifications was begun in late 1936. Plans called for it to be 33 feet in diameter and to hold a crew of six. Emphasis would be on using the lightest weight components obtainable. The structure would be thin, steel tubing built around a center cockpit. Initially a silk-covered plywood veneer was intended, but that was rejected for a silk-over-cotton covering. This skin was used for the first new models tested until replaced by dura-aluminum from a formula developed by Dr. Bolton B. Smith of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rejection of this aluminum skin also took place when it became obvious that it possessed a too-low heat point, making it unsatisfactory for high speed travel. The skin finally perfected on the rota-plane covering was an outer layer of paperthin, stainless steel, bonded to an inside layer of dura-aluminum with a film of glued silk between. The new covering would be standard specifications on all U.S. round wing planes of the future, till outer spacemen would provide a perfect skin formula for American machines.
Caldwell gave all his time to the project. Each spare moment he thought on how to improve the craft. One night, while working late under strict guard surrounding his home, a knock came at his study door. Caldwell's own vicious police dog outside the door did not stir. As Caldwell opened the door, he saw
standing before him a tall man in a silver space suit and black calf-high boots, waiting with an outstretched hand. The German Shepherd looked up at the stranger and wagged his tail. As the visitor was invited to sit down in front of Caldwell's desk, the inventor, still uncertain of his polite intruder, covered with a book a diagram on which he had been working. The stranger spoke: "Don't worry about those plans lying under the book. The problem that vexes you is one of propulsion. Actually, the heart of the problem is not only one of design; rather it is mathematical." The stranger then handed Caldwell a folder with seven sheets inside, including a new carburetor design and fuel formula.
Caldwell offered his new friend a cup of coffee. They talked for fifteen minutes and the stranger explained how Caldwell could overcome the existing difficulty he was encountering in the new round wing plane.
The spaceman departed, and as Caldwell re-read the plans more carefully, he noticed a "formula of seven ingredients, which when later added to the kerosene fuel for the jet engines then being tested, gave such an improved performance that the added horse power and mileage range were unbelievable. (Up to that time, there had been no need for a highly combustible fuel. The simple additive of lead to gasoline was adequate to run the piston engines.)
German espionage agents had lost the trail of Caldwell and his amazing machine late in 1936, much to the relief of security personnel. In their new Wright Patterson quarters, the Caldwell crew were free to come and go from their workshop, but their presence in the community of Dayton would of course ultimately be discovered. German agents, undeterred, were already searching the country for their lost quarry.
In the meantime, earlier work by Caldwell on a jet engine was now being completed with help from Northwestern University and advice from the outer spaceman. Caldwell's jet was an improvement on an earlier model invented in France. Plans were made to replace the conventional aircraft engine in the round wing plane with the newly developed jet. (Early versions of Caldwell's jet plans were stolen by German agents and first installed in their new Messerschmidt 109.)
The scope of the project was enlarged when the full military application of the plane was recognized. In January 1937, Northwestern University provided physicists and contracted to do all the lab work in design, metalurgy and chemistry for the Caldwell project. Facilities in Wright Patterson Hanger No.2 began with a total of ten people helping Caldwell in the make-shift factory. The crew grew monthly. A governing board was appointed consisting of the Officer Commanding the air field, plus two other officers, along with Caldwell as supervisor.
Caldwell had narrowly missed being killed more than once in flying his new contraption; therefore, two test pilots from Kelly Field, Texas, were brought in to keep the inventor on the ground. The name roto-plane was now dropped in favor of the round wing appelation, and in official correspondence the project ceased to be called the Long Island project in preference for the new code name
JEFFERSON. Jefferson quickly was placed under the highest security in the U.S.A. For the new personnel, their movements outside the hanger would be subject to closer scrutiny, and their social and family contacts would be monitored 24 hours a day.
But the new vigilance came too late. The German espionage agents had narrowed the Caldwell trail to Dayton. German agents reported their discovery to their military attache, and quietly a plan was drawn up to catch the Americans involved in the Jefferson project in a way security authorities would never suspect. German espionage teams carefully laid out their new net.
By early 1938 Project Jefferson had covered 20,000 feet of Hanger No. 2, plus an adjacent hanger. There were now 102 employees sworn to silence by oath, who operated under the jurisdiction of an expanded ten-man governing board. The employees were paid top wages and often were seen at a particular bar in downtown Dayton, where the best drinks were served and affable waiters and attractive decor made an evening at the cocktail lounge a most enjoyable event. For patrons who liked the thrill of gambling, the waiters would discreetly whisper that a special room was located at the back. For patrons from Wright-Patterson Field, IOU's were honored and inducements extended to bet heavily.
It was during this period that reports from the north-east began appearing at police stations, newspaper offices and air force installations of strange, unearthly looking aircraft that streaked across the horizons at unbelievable speeds, faster than anything ever seen in the skies before. (World records in 1938 for propellor driven fixed wing planes were in the vicinity of 300 mph.) And with the sightings of these novel craft, often there was also reported a bright luminosity. The light was purely reflective, the plane's surface being so highly polished as to show a mirror-like reflection in the moonlight or perhaps a blinding flash in the bright sun which obscured its shape. The planes took off and landed at Wright-Patterson Field - generally at night.
But now the Germans had competition in their American espionage activities. Just as interested in the new aerial phenomena were the Japanese. World War U was only a year away, and international military jitters were spreading around the globe.
Had the curious sky watchers known the truth, they would have learned that the newly seen night craft were American made. They were in fact almost totally new versions of Caldwell's first rotoplane. Of course, they were round, 33 feet in diameter, with a cabin on top in mid center. The heart of the propulsion was now a kerosene fed jet motor that could provide the plane with a top speed of 750 miles per hour. The jet sucked air into its chambers, heated it and dispersed it through a system of ducts that gave the sudden maneuverability in all directions which ground viewers had observed and reported.
Ten of these beautiful machines stood hidden in a hangar in Wright-Patterson in September 1938, approximately two years after Caldwell had flown his first canvas-covered craft the 45 miles to
Washington. But September 12 was a special day. Caldwell himself took the controls of one of the planes as it was wheeled out. Before daybreak he took off after a dozen maintenance men checked out the ship and gave it clearance for departure. The jet could not lift the mass and weight straight up, but once airborne it could hover.
Up like an arrow shot in an oblique line of flight at 35 degrees the round wing plane rose into the covering darkness. Less than two hours later, as morning broke over Washington, D.C., alert onlookers saw a strange object hovering over the White House stationary, and emitting a muted whine.
The appearance of the plane over the home of the President was a combined salute to the Chief of the U.S.A., President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from Jonathon E. Caldwell and the Army/Air Corps, which had helped him build the world's first operational round wing plane.
But not only was the American President and his staff watching, so was the German military attache. After that 1938 recorded inaugural flight, there would be renewed interest by foreign embassies in America, particularly German, concerning the most unconventional aeroplane the world had ever produced. The Germans hurried up their scheme to obtain plans on the amazing American invention, an updated version of the 1936 Caldwell rotoplane.
It was less than a month after the Washington fly-over by the round wing plane that the new, posh downtown cocktail and gambling lounge in Dayton was staked out by the FBI. Reports began coming in that gambling debts would be forgiven if indebted players of the games of chance provided information about actitivies at Hangers 2 and 3 at Wright-Patterson Field. It was soon ascertained that the bar was German-owned and was the trap by which they planned to obtain the secrets of the new American round wing plane. Briefly, these developments of counter intrigue took place. Two FBI men, masquerading as draftsmen on the new round wing plane, ran up debts on the German gambling room. The bar was closed and all personnel connected with the premises were arraigned and placed in jail under the severe statutes of treason; they were detained till further World War II emergency powers were invoked. Then these spies were summarily executed. The last attempt had failed by which the Germans intended to obtain the revised plans to America's revolutionary plane.
But the American intelligence authorities had learned a valuable lesson. From then on, all loose talk about the new plane must be stopped. Furthermore, the round wing plane facilities must be relocated again. And this must be done quickly. Government and military apprehensiveness mounted.
The Secretary of War wrote Caldwell to expect a move in the autumn of 1938 to a new location. Orders were given to dismantle and crate the machinery and equipment. At a scheduled time, a long train pulled into Wright-Patterson Field where it was loaded, after which Caldwell, his wife, and teenage son and daughter boarded a putman car. Their family possessions were packed also and on a flat railroad car went Caldwell's canvas covered personal automobile. Railroad men along the line called it the "X" special because it moved with the same priority as a Presidential train, requiring all
other trains to stand by on siding till the "X" train passed through. All switches along the route were spiked to prevent tampering and key points were guarded by armed soldiers.
Well before the year 1938 ended, on October 23, Hangers No. 2 and 3 in Dayton's Wright-Patterson complex were emptied and closed, and only the ghosts of Jonathon Caldwell and his builders of a new aerial empire lingered behind.
The next location selected for continuing development of the round wing plane was in a military town near the continental divide in New Mexico. At an army center near the town of Los Alamos the complex was hastily made ready; a railway spur line was run in and new facilities added for the elite company of men and women about to arrive.
As the special "X" passed through Los Alamos, the engineer found himself riding on newly laid track. Cavalry units guarded the new rails. While the train pulled into the final destination site, the Caldwell entourage beheld a regiment of soldiers surrounding the enclosure. After the train was unleaded and vacated, the dining and pullman cars were pushed into sealed sheds which then were filled with cyanide gas in case a spy remained hidden on the train. Such was the security surrounding the second move of the Caldwell group known officially as Project Jefferson.
The new headquarters were self contained insofar as the life style which prevailed during non- working hours. Total security would be maintained in a setting of barbed wire and electric fences. Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent unauthorized outsiders from getting past the guards. Any truck or other vehicle leaving the Los Alamos installation from the moment of the Caldwell arrival would be thoroughly searched and torn apart if the security inspectors so decreed.
For the new inhabitants all amenities were provided, such as private tutoring and school classes, library, church services, films, restaurants, clothing, food. There was only one stipulation. No access to the outside world was tolerated, all outgoing and incoming mail was censored and telephone conversations monitored. The personnel of Project Jefferson were prisoners. And wherever Caldwell and his family went, their constant protection by Secret Service personnel would be greater than that required for the President of the United States.
In the year 1940, in the nearby town of Los Alamos, a group of merchants provided maintenance for the fast-growing personnel living in the adjacent area, engaged in production facilities for a fleet that was being hurried to assume a role in the skies should neutral America become involved in the European war which had broken out in September of 1939.
But beside the merchants who provided station provisions, there moved into Los Alamos another type of resident. This was the dogged German and Japanese who listened for casual information about the close-by activities and whose high powered binoculars and cameras scanned the clear skies for any unusual man-made phenomena.
Americans were unaware, but all the nation's industrial and scientific endeavours including the Manhattan project were now secondary to the deployment of the country's brain power in the Jefferson Project.
Then in 1941, another trauma of defense consciousness occurred with the arrival of Japanese bombers over the U.S. mainland, after which it was feared the new Los Alamos round wing plane site might be bombed. Three bombs had already been dropped in Northern California. Some Japanese field workers in Hawaii had been found guilty of espionage acts that had pointed a path for planes toward Pearl Harbor installations. Authorities asked themselves, "How vulnerable to air attack was the Los Alamos site and were Japanese espionage agents operating nearby?"
Although total military vigilance was maintained around the Los Alamos site, secret security personnel monitored the establishments which the soldiers favored while in Los Alamos. On one occasion, seven soldiers went into an "off limits'' bar. As drinking increased, two of the soldiers began loudly bragging about their activities to the waitress. Within minutes, a squad of military police rounded up the group and they were returned to base. All off duty soldiers in town and at the site were also recalled. That afternoon, the two soldiers were court martialed and sentenced. The same day they dug their own graves in full view of their regiment. A squad of 12 men was called out and a firing squad executed the two who had boasted about the project in public. Such was the sensitivity to secrecy built around the round wing plane development which continues to this day.
A short time after Pearl Harbor in December 1941, traffic suddenly disappeared in and out of the Los Alamos complex. Dignitaries and visitors were seen no more, and bids to provide food and beverage were no longer asked from the merchants of the town.
Also missing were the bewildered foreign espionage agents.
High in the sky above Los Alamos, one winter night in late December, 1941, a fleet of over 60 round wing planes with their trained combat crews of over 400 men, disappeared into the blackness of the unknown.
By all evidence, the great American project surrounding the round wing installations had been abandoned, to be heard of no more.
Of course, by the end of 1941, the United States was at war with the axis powers of Germany and Italy and had declared war on Japan. Hostile planes had been sighted over San Francisco and war in the air was approaching potentially closer to home.
But as for the American war effort in the skies, all the public learned that year came from the mouth of National Defense Chairman William B. Knudsen, who said for the record: "The U.S. will soon double its present 900 monthly plane production of fighter and bomber craft, in an air re-armament drive." The
new aircraft fighter hope, apparently, was still a conventional fuselage with one fixed cross wing called a R40, clocked across the Buffalo airport at 320 miles per hours.
Were the 60 round wing planes that reputedly could fly at speeds in excess of 750 miles per hour too untried to mention? Or were they classed as secret weapons being held in abeyance til America would enter the war and one day bring Hitler, the new master of Europe, to his knees?
Early German Development of the UFO
The Germans shot down their first unidentified flying object in 1938, and thereafter, attempted to lead the international space race. Already tooled for war under Hitler's crash program, Germany's engineers and skilled tradesmen set out to duplicate the downed machine from Venus.
On hearing of the fortunate prize, Hitler directed his private pilot, Christina Edderer, to fly him to the site. It was during an interview in Munich in 1975 that the courageous Christina Edderer, perhaps unjustly imprisoned by the allies, showed the authors a collection of over 100 snapshots from her album of many famous Germans and the facilities involved in their round wing plane production. One such picture showed Hitler, the German Chief of State, posed smiling, with one foot on the edge of the downed and tipped-over saucer craft which revealed a broken landing tripod.
In 1938, German research began in earnest on the implosion engine and the round wing aircraft. One of the foremost early inventors of the implosion engine was a German Swiss named Victor Schauberger who went to work full time on the project. With the downed UFO, the Germans created a new industry to duplicate the engineering and flight characteristics of the alien craft.
A hidden factory was tunnelled out of the Austrian Alps, and the facility remained undetected by American or British reconnaissance planes during most of the war.
The Germans began their research under a veil of secrecy more complete than similar measures of news suppression in America's Manhattan (Atom Bomb) Project. In Germany, death was the penalty for an unguarded tongue, and only a release from the Feuhrer himself permitted a worker to return to the outside world once he was taken to one of the hidden factories.
Few in the German Command were made aware of the round wing craft development project, and Albert Spear in his book, Inside the Third Reich, fails to mention it, although for a time he was in charge of German War Production. German airmen throughout the war were also ignorant of the round wing building and testing program. Like their American counterparts who asked questions, the German fliers who saw alien UFOs in their skies were told truthfully they were extra terrestrial.
The Germans experienced several difficulties in recreating their version of the Venusian craft which they had acquired. To say the least, the German version fell short of perfection. At major problem was in the field of metallurgy, the Germans being unable to duplicate the metal substance of the UFO skin. A lightweight alloy, thought by Germany to be superior to anything in the Western World, was finally rolled out in the Krupp mills. But it was a poor substitute and the Germans knew it. Another hurdle they couldn't overcome was to reproduce the craft's electro
magnetic engine. The coil was duplicated as faithfully as German technology could provide - but the hard, unknown metal substance used for the craft's skin was also necessary for certain parts of the propulsion coil. The formula for this metal continued to remain elusive.
In 1941, an American soldier of German descent enabled Germany to evaluate what the U.S.A. was doing in the advanced field of aerodynamics. For $5, the German Edward Gunther bought the patent description of Caldwell's 1936 Rotoplane. He resold it for $50,000. The German government eventually paid $1,000,000 for the patent drawings and description. In June, 1943 the first German spy, Gunther, was apprehended, convicted and sentenced to be shot as a spy. The story was kept out of the news media although a high treason conviction was handed down by a Military Tribunal Court in Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C. The convicted traitor's sentence of death by firing squad was reversed by Roosevelt, and death came in the electric chair at Sing Sing Penitentiary.
American newspapers of that period mentioned the affair, but the reading public did not learn the complete facts because of government censorship.
A total of eight people who were involved in the theft received death sentences and died in Sing Sing's electric chair under contract between the State of New York and the federal government. Two of the spies were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as well as a clerk in the New York patent office. Also participating were other German nationals beside Gunther.
The Rosenberg involvement is said to have begun prior to their espionage activities in the Manhattan Project. Once the Caldwell plans had been acquired, they knew they had in their possession the hottest aeronautical invention in the world. The plans were first offered to Japan which refused them. Then the Russians were approached and they also turned the Rosenbergs down against the advice of their military attache, who had watched Caldwell's roto-plane through field glasses fly over Washington.
Subsequently, the Germans heard that the Rosenbergs were peddling the Caldwell plans and, recognizing their military value, acquired them through a German agent.
The name Long Island Project was used to designate the stolen Caldwell plans because a German submarine had surfaced off Long Island at night to pick up the plans of the revolutionary plane. Within ten months, the Germans had made and flown their version of Caldwell's roto-plane.
German engineers gained enough knowledge from the American invention to produce their operational models of the Roto-plane -- which gave them a breakthrough, but they needed more time to perfect their Roto-plane, more time than the emergencies of war would allow.
Undeterred, German technology continued serious work on propulsion of the Caldwell craft and using the implosion engine, determined to place a round wing plane in the air for use in the final month of World War II.
The Germans finally produced a design prototype combining the alien UFO and the stolen "American" patent of Caldwell's.
In late 1942, Adolph Hitler gave orders to those in charge of research and production to produce an airworthy round wing plane by 1943. In March of that year, in compliance with the Feuhrer's orders, the country's first earthman version of a fullsize round wing space craft was wheeled out for testing.
The craft could best be described as resembling a spoked wheel, (like Caldwell's Rotoplane) with spokes actually being adjustable fins which moved from a horizontal to vertical position. In the center of the wheel was a rounded hub for the Schauberger implosion motor, over which the craft's operators sat. The whole operation from a distance somewhat resembled a bowler hat with a wide brim.
One of the three occupants of that craft was interviewed by us in America and the story of the ensuing test flight corroborrated by him.
Uncertainty dominated the takeoff. The three occupants were strapped into a heavily cushioned interior, and the craft was catapulted into the air. The machine was then taken to an altitude of over 10,000 feet. However, the first German UFO pilots were disappointed in its lack of speed and maneuverability. Shortly thereafter their disappointment turned to fear.
In addition to ground observers who tracked the craft and accompanying conventional chase aircraft, the Germans suddenly became aware of another presence above them - an aerial craft similar in design to their own.
After determining the position of the alien craft, occupants of the German plane realized they were locked in the power of the plane above them. The German pilot tried to take evasive action and change his craft's position but was helpless to do so. This strange, celestial experience thoroughly bewildered the young Germans.
Then, as they sat in quandry, a voice came over their radio in perfect German. "Don't be afraid. We are here to help you."
The voice introduced itself as a Venusian! and stated his people had watched German progress since the day the disabled Venusian craft had been taken by the Germans in 1938.
"I'm here to instruct you," the voice told them, "and to get you back safely to earth, which you would never make without our help. We are, at present, holding you safely in our tractor beam which is an embodiment of the magnetic principal you are trying to unravel."
He then explained that as superior as the ship's metal alloy was, it was unsuitable. The alloy would bum under the friction of re-entry from space into earth's atmosphere. He explained the
metal was still too heavy, and subject to deterioration from stress. "Also," he said, "Your propulsion must be changed."
German engineers had tried to reproduce the Venusian magnetic coil but rejected it in favor of the more conventional implosion engine when the magnetic coil failed to provide controlled lift.
The stranger knew of this failure, and he told them that before they again used a magnetic core, their metallurgists must produce a metal that would be magnetized only at those precise times in which a low voltage was passed through the coil. "Whereas," he continued, "in the earlier prototype which you abandoned, the magnetic field was sustained for a time after current was turned off and the craft, therefore, failed to respond immediately to your control.
"Without such a change in your power core, your craft will always have propulsion difficulties regardless of design." The alien spaceman addressed the young Germans in perfect calm.
"Free electro magnetic energy is the agent that holds our solar system in place. This force can also take manned vehicles into space faster and more quietly than the conventional petro chemical or new solid fuels derived from the earth. Someday your costly earth fuels will be depleted, but the free energy of the planets is everlasting."
The stranger admonished the Germans. "You earth people don't fully understand the cosmic marvel of this energy of which I speak. I repeat, it is free to all who seek it and is a gift from the Supreme Being or Godhead. Harness this basic force for peaceful purposes, and it will become your servant — as it has been the servant of other planets for millions of years. Harness it for war and you can no longer count on our cooperation -- or tolerance."
The Germans were asked to cut their power and rely on his space ship above, and thus, locked onto the UFO's magnetic field, the Germans would be lowered safely. "Otherwise," he cautioned, "you will crash, and all of you will be killed. Trust us," he continued.
"I promise that we will appear before your engineers and teach them how to make these improvements to your craft. Your time is short. For the present, there should be no delay. "Now let me tell you of the future! I shall meet two of you again in America when Germany and the U.S., now at war, are once more friends."
The spaceman said farewell. His final message was to prove prophetic.
The space stranger told two of the German plane occupants they would be involved in America's space program after the war. To the third occupant, he foretold that he would remain in Germany and continue his work there.
The German flyers were debriefed on landing. Observing ground forces had seen the two ships
descend as though connected by an invisible beam, whereupon the upper alien ship took off.
Today an American scientific spokesman describes the invisible magnetic ray as a "tractor beam," i.e., a magnetic pick-up force generated from one space craft over another. The use of this magnetic beam has been verified in the following documented cases: Rescue of one space ship by another - the capture of an American helicopter according to Naval records - abduction by friendly alien space ship of an American missile which had gone, off course. Earth nations today are working feverishly on their various perfections of the tractor beam, because its application in a number of aerial requirements, both civilian and military, would be worthwhile.
When the three young German spacemen told the story of their aerial encounter with the Venusian, the German officers in charge of the debriefing were incredulous. The interrogators at first refused to accept the apparent manifestation of alien aid from one ship to another. From then on, the academic search to find an explanation of the strange encounter 10,000 feet in the air spurred German attention and explanations were sought even in the occult, the paranormal and psychological communities. But, like their American counterparts, many Germans remained perplexed as to the reality of the voice visitation from another world. In any event, the Germans decided to delay their final conclusions.
If the alien or others like him was able to appear again, as he promised, to help them perfect their space craft, the Germans would accept that there existed a higher wisdom which they had yet to learn. The phlegmatic German scientists waited and hoped. They knew they needed a miracle to meet Hitler's timetable for craft completion. They were not to be disappointed. Eventually a number of aliens appeared in their engineering departments to instruct them in a new metallurgy and chemistry techniques and provide them with a partial electro magnetic breakthrough.
The German staff apparently continued their all out effort to turn the tide of war, but their priorities changed. Late In 1943, many of their best scientists and skilled workers were transferred from the round wing plane project to the same mountain area for work on solid fuel rockets. It was anticipated by the General Staff that these secret weapons could be deployed quickly and in strength over London to make the British surrender. A longer range rocket version also was being drafted for use against New York. This shift to rockets was due, in part, to German anger for the mass destruction of their cities by allied air raids and the ultimatum by their non-earthling helpers that the round wing plane could not be used against the enemy. The rocket project therefore delayed German deployment of the round wing plane by six months. So German industry at that time switched to quickly mass-produced rockets with conventional warheads, as opposed to overcoming engineering deficiencies in their round wing plane.
Recent evidence from captured German records suggests that their round wing plane project also was deferred for other reasons. By 1943 they had not incorporated a sophisticated laser ray weapon system into the craft to suit their engineers, and although they believed they were ahead in the international race to build a viable round wing plane, they elected to keep their product under wraps, for use in the future
when Germany would use it again. But the most compelling reason for deferring military rise of the new round wing plane was the Venusian threat against Germany if it were so employed.
In the coming months the Germans projected that allied bomber force capabilities would increase while German strength declined. The German Air Force already knew the value of the round wing plane and how space weaponry in the form of laser rays could be used in conjunction with it. Their military reasoning was based, in part, on events stemming from the Munich Stadium rally in 1936 while Hitler was delivering a speech. He was downplayed by a huge, wingless, cigar-shaped object that hovered menacingly high above the sky.
Attempting to buzz the intruder, all the engines of a protective fighter squadron went dead, forcing the pilots to land on feathered props in nearby fields and airports. A beam from the UFO (witnesses interviewed by the author) had disabled each of the German airplanes.
Hence, seven years later in 1943, German scientists were mindful of Venusian threats and also that without advanced space age weaponry to fight enemy marauders the secret of their round wing plane should be kept under wraps. As promised, the aliens ventured to help them in their revised plans but only in a limited way. Mass production of their new plane and new weaponry, therefore, would be delayed till that particular period when it could properly take its place in Adolf Hitler's grand scheme to continue the Third Reich and pursue his conquest of the world.
That period was not far off. And, of its dawning, the allies were totally unaware.
Early in 1944 Germans in the environs of one underground Austrian round wing plant, saw the "saucer" activity gradually disappear from the skies above as did the piercing humming noises associated with the craft.
Large trucks moved out the machinery as well as two unfinished craft, and the mountain forests were returned, in part, to their primeval solitude.
In the five years of German effort to duplicate an alien spacecraft, they had made several significant breakthroughs combining alien technology and Caldwell's patent. They had begun with a conventional liquid fueled aircraft engine while solving problems of rotating balance and guidance in the plane's "design." But the machine was ponderous and slow. According to one of their test pilots living in America, this first version, like Caldwell's, was a vertical lift propeller machine, indicating it was a very elementary version of their later designs. The design and functional improvements in their prototypes came as a result of direct outer terrestrial help in 1943-4 that enabled them to overcome their prolonged failures, and build a round wing plane with limited capabilities. Albeit, when the Germans secretly started their exodus in their five, 30 foot round wing planes, somewhat similar in design and propulsion to the alien one shot down in 1938, they were sufficiently airworthy to load and depart under their own power. Two unassembled planes were also removed.
During the closing years of the war, entire German factories mysteriously disappeared. When the allies accepted the surrender of Germany from the substitute leaders, the former enemy had already removed to unknown regions of the world those round wing plants that were to enable them to continue research and production, undetected by the victors of World War II.
Of course, along with the UFO factories, standing orders had been issued that scientists, engineers, and personnel who had worked on the latter UFO program, would also be sent abroad with the secret shipments of UFO manufacturing paraphernalia. Thus, thousands of such German experts were swallowed into a natural refuge which the allies never surmised was in existence and which will be described later. American and British intelligence units had deciphered the German round wing riddle prior to the surrender, and it only remained for those teams to seek out the evidence of German production. Working on slim leads, the Western powers uncovered what remained of German UFO plants and personnel. Meanwhile, the Russians concentrated their search on the rocket factories. In all, the Russians forcibly removed over 3,000 German science and technical experts in rocketry. With this inflow of German brains and industrial resources, the Soviets acquired the post-war lead in the field of manned rocket flight.
The English-speaking allies would assess German accomplishments by sifting through reams of top secret German files and transporting German round wing machinery to Canada and Great Britain for examination. They would also enlist the help of 183 German round wing plane technicians brought to North America after the war on a voluntary contract basis, and 100 other German experts under Wernher Von Braun to work on missiles and rockets.
But in spite of the favorable status given the German experts, there is some uncorroborated evidence that a number of Germans by necessity surrendered their freedom in North America as did the native son, Caldwell.
It is recalled that Hitler had asked for an operational version of the first German round wing plane in 1943. Allied Intelligence now maintains he was carrying out a long prepared plan to divide the remaining German resources, including its manpower, In order to continue the struggle elsewhere beyond the reach of allied bombs. The reader will realize in the succeeding chapters that no other explanation can exist for the vanishing German personnel and their round wing technology in the last years of World War n.
USA Shares Secret of New Plane with Allies
As World War II began, allied intelligence speculated that the Germans also had developed the round wing plane. But no one learned if the enemy had turned out ten or 1,000, nor when or where they would strike. The worst was feared, and the U.S. geared itself to produce a counter force with plans calling for a preponderance of their own round wing planes in answer to the German threat.
The ultimate military advantage of Caldwell's new aerodynamic invention had been realized by government authorities as far back as its discovery in 1936. President Roosevelt had shared the secret with Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada, outlining the gravity of keeping classified the development and testing of the new round wing plane.
In 1936, the Canadian Prime Minister, on hearing the difficulty of security, and the need to challenge the Germans in case of hostilities, had arranged to place a hidden valley in central British Columbia on Canada's west coast, off limits to settlement. The 300 square mile valley was so remote and without road entry that only a bird would be able to enter this wild refuge undetected. The hideout was designated to become the new home of the round wing plane endeavour and, in a far-sighted act of wisdom, President Roosevelt decided to give the project national priority and share the development of the round wing plane with the Canadians and British. Thus in 1936, the impenetrable inland hideout in British Columbia saw hundreds of surveyors and planners break solitude for a new industry and town. By 1938, roads were being built, and a three mile tunnel for a two-track electric railroad was cut by hard rock miners through solid mountain into the valley domain. No one guessed the reason. And in the valley proper, forests were felled, heavy roads and air strips were built, town and factory sites were laid out, and the world's first space craft manufacturing facilities were feverishly erected.
By January 30, 1942, the Caldwell group had arrived from Los Alamos. Foreign espionage surveillance would again be without their quarry.
Two top U.S. scientists, John S. Pershag (structural design) and John B. Meyers (instrumentation) were assigned to Caldwell's staff; and also John B. Adams of whom records do not give country of origin.
A separate, international team assumed special scientific tasks also. This team included Colonel Charles Hadden of England, who had done yeoman service in the Royal Air Force Defense of London. Hadden had formerly taught physics at a British university. An American of 1848 German descent, Felix S. Essen, was also part of the team. Canada sent Steward L. McLane, kin of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. McLane had taught advanced mathematics at the University of Ottawa.
This team of engineers first built models and tested them for stress in wind tunnels. They also worked on aviation fuels for the new jet motors. Throughout their terms of service, Hadden and McLane chaffed to get out of the round wing engineering functions into conventional military combat but were refused permission to leave. (See Epilogue for their awards for achievement) .
Northwestern University's lab also became a part of the British Columbia operation. Russian scientific participation had been authorized by President Roosevelt but the Chiefs of Staff in the U.S.A. and Great Britain refused to endorse direct Soviet participation. Russian advisers were therefore sent to the U.S.A. but were never given visas to the heart of the project in Canada. New workers were recruited to run the various enterprises and facilities and the Caldwell venture which had begun in an abandoned bam in Maryland, U.S.A. became a state within a state in British Columbia, Canada. Maximum security would guard the greatest invention of mankind and any aeroplane flying into this forbidden air space would be shot down or escorted by fighter craft to an outside airport from which its occupants might not be freed if their stories did not suit the authorities. The combined intelligence of America, Canada and Britain would make it certain that plans and development of the round wing plane would never again be stolen by a foreign power.
The fact that the Germans had acquired the original Caldwell patent and drawings had never ceased to anger and embarrass United States intelligence. But in 1943, some providential information about the German round wing plane development enabled the Americans to retaliate. The task would be to steal people. Allied Intelligence headquarters in London revealed that three of Germany's top scientists wished to defect from Hitler's round wing plane programme. Their skills were metalurgy, chemistry and mathematics and a profound understanding of electronics, a new technology in the 40's. All of these sciences and skills were useful in several areas of construction which the allied space programme in British Columbia desperately required.
Five Americans were dropped at night in Germany amid intense ground fire from the secret installation against which the raid was conducted. Under the quiet and unassuming leadership of OSS Colonel Williams, nicknamed The Fox by the Germans, the group cut their way through barbed and electric wire into the camp. Two guards were silently garroted and the American infiltrators, three of whom spoke perfect German, entered the building where the defectors lay sound asleep. Once identified, the German scientists were wakened and before they could exclaim in surprise, their mouths were taped without incident. Each was given ten minutes to fully dress in the darkness. Back through the fence the American OSS men and their willing hostages crawled to the outside as two Yanks lingered to repair the electric wire with jumper cables so the current would flow undetected.
Four miles away from the camp the eight men followed their map co-ordinates off a main road down a narrow dirt path that dead ended.
Suddenly two camouflaged jeeps were seen indistinctly and a cheery English voice called out: "1 say there you chaps, we wond:red what kept you!" Colonel Fox grinned. Three days later, traveling only at night and hiding in pre-arranged rendevous, the group reached a lonely Swiss border post which
opened as if pre-arranged: Stopping at Berne, the British and American agents disbanded. The three Germans, each on a different plane began their trips which eventually took them to the pulse of the English speaking world's round wing development located in a pioneer town far away in British Columbia, Canada. In the months that followed, one of the Germans provided invaluable help in perfecting the electronic gear of the craft, another's immediate contribution resulted in a vast improvement to the craft's former lethargic lift-off, and the third German defector used his mathematical ability along with that of the metallurgist to redesign the framework.
(Following the war, the families of these German scientists joined them, along with 183 other German round wing technologists who were later recruited. Many of them live today in British Columbia and California.)
By mid 1941, employment offices throughout North America were set up in such points as San Francisco, Detroit and Toronto, and special skills were sought. Drafted labor, generally bachelors, were enticed to move to Bristish Columbia with its special amenities in a brand new town. Each was carefully chosen for his stability and reliability. Before the end of the year, new production lines were filled with skilled men ready to begin turning out round wing planes in a revolutionary aircraft industry. When the U.S. entered the war in December 1941, production was stepped up and the new valley town geared to become the Detroit of the Pacific northwest.
The Caldwell planners, on the advice of the U.S. Air Force, decided they would produce a new pressurized 98 foot, long range ship, designed to be equipped with a successfully tested laser beam. They opted for a maximum range of 20 hours and 25,000 miles destination - to Germany and return, or if need be, non-stop around the world. The new jet-equipped model would slice the air in rain or shine at 750 miles per hour cruising speed, above the range of the best German anti-aircraft guns.
But production difficulties were still being encountered and the planners wished desperately for more skilled workers in the new techniques required to build the plane. Shortly after the arrival of the German scientists there also began appearing, as if in answer to the planners wishes, super-skilled tradesmen who according to their applications had been hired in various North American centers. These men all spoke English with the same unrecognizable accent. And it was also observed that these people preferred to speak among themselves in an unknown tongue. The
hiring personnel estimated there were at least 450 such strangers. Another odd thing noted about these workers was a preference for their own company. But whether on the job of tool and die making, or drafting, their craftsmanship was so superb that they seemed to have been pre-trained and thoroughly experienced. Furthermore their members often suggested techniques to improve manufacture, design, or production.
At a meetingin June of 1942, Jonathon Caldwell, aware of the new superior workers, called a top management meeting of the governing body. Rumors had been rife at the plant about the foreigners in
the work force. "Gentlemen," said Caldwell, "authorities in Washington and Ottawa have alerted me that our plant work force has recently been augmented by the arrival of skilled workers, each of whom has identical vocabulary and accent. I have been told they all are graduates of a central, interplanetary language school located on another planet, namely Venus." That is how the final word was broken to the management that the allied round wing effort was being aided from another world. Whether that word seeped through to the workers of earthly origin is not known.
The military had come to believe that the object of the friendly infiltration was to aid the Caldwell group in turning out a superior round wing plane in such numbers and superior quality as to make the allied war effort invincible, for the day they would be used to crush the enemy. To the civil authorities in charge of key planning, it would be decided later which to deploy first - the (Manhattan) atom bomb, or the (Jefferson) round wing plane. If atom bomb tests failed over the Nevada desert, then most certainly the round wing plane fleet would become the primary offensive weapon.
Unfortunately, the allied military, on accepting this advanced aid from another planet, had not understood that the visitors intended the allies to develop only a tactical superiority in the air by means of the round wing plane. The aliens emphatically forbade its use destructively over Germany or Japan. This denial on the part of the Venusians for military use of the round wing plane would be a moral problem that would frustrate the allies during the entire war.
But the governing board in the British Columbia space center, known as Project X, was not prepared for the next extra-terrestrial shock which befell them in mid- 1942. Production kinks had been cleared up and a new plane was being finished every thirty-six hours. Student pilots from Kelly Field were arriving to take further advanced training in the new planes and the valley complex grew steadily each month.
In the late summer of 1943, a strange space ship dropped out of the sky and stopped in a clearing near Caldwell's office. As a crowd began to gather a tall, dark-haired stranger stepped down carrying a black suit case. His introductory words were: "I wish to speak to Jonathon Caldwell. I bring something necessary for the improvement of your new round wing plane."
After some confusion and delay by security forces, the unannounced visitor was eventually taken to Caldwell where he introduced himself, saying simply he was from the capital city of planet Venus, wherein dwelt a sister race of planet earth. "Many Venusian workers and others of intergalactic origin are already helping you in your plant." Then asking permission to open the small suit case, he lifted out a round device weighing less than five pounds.
He addressed himself to Caldwell. "We have been watching your progress for several months at this location. Some time back we (i.e. our solar system council) decided to send skilled workers to help the English speaking people working here, sponsored by the industrial might of the United States. Object of the aid was to expedite your production plans. I shall not give you our entire reasons for this help,
except to say that our extra terrestrial foresight of world happenings is greater than that of Earthlings. But in observing the North American beginnings in the design and manufacture of your new native invented round wing plane, we have not been disappointed. In typical American fashion you have built a fleet of planes that lack only few modifications, or should I say breakthroughs, to enable you to explore space. The round wing plane is the most impressive aircraft in your entire world." The stranger was interrupted. "But you, sir, didn't come to us to simply compliment our war effort," spoke up Caldwell.
"Definitely not!" said the visitor. "I have been sent here on a mission of aid. But first may I request that I be permitted to become part of your management group for a few weeks - if you don't object. To show my good faith, I have been instructed to present a special gift before I explain my liaison. The gift from my home planet is this." The speaker then held up in his hand for all to see what he termed an anti-magnetic motor with which to power the largest of the new planes. "It will take the place of your excellent jet motor, " he added.
More than one of his listeners smiled. All knew the jet motor and its accessories weighed at least 1,000 pounds. Another looked at the device held in the alien's hands and laughed. Ignoring the interruptions, the stranger continued: "Of course I know you think I'm joking. Therefore, to prove my credibility we will test this motor in one of your completed 98 foot ships. We will do it today if you don't object. Then, if you are satisfied, "he said turning to Caldwell, "I '11 remain long enough to show you how to modify your existing ships and set up facilities to build the motors for future production."
Someone said, "It looks like it came out of a refrigerator or washing machine," as the motor was passed around for examination. The stranger smiled politely. Caldwell knew what his advisors were thinking: Up to 40 per cent of the power generated by a conventional motor was used in moving the weight and mass of that motor before it could lift or move its pay load.
Next day, on Caldwell's instructions, the new five pound motor was mounted temporarily on a round wing plane, the jet remaining in place. Electric circuits were shut off on the huge jet motor and Caldwell himself entered the ship along with the pilot and other executives as the Venusian spaceman took the controls. The motor was turned on and like a toy ship, the huge craft lifted silently straight upwards.
In a moment, the group was looking down on the valley from several hundred feet. An astonished Caldwell eagerly took the controls. When the craft landed a few minutes after the anti-gravity lift test, the being suggested they hover over a Sherman tank and attach a steel cable from the tank bolts to the round wing plane. The tank weighed several tons more than the plane. Attachments completed, the plane slowly rose as the cable became tight. Ground onlookers yelled as the round wing plane with the five pound propulsion, anti-magnetic motor imported from Venus rose in the air and carried the tank aloft as though it were a leaf from a tree. The tank, in fact, had become weightless. Turning to the crew, the alien mentioned that it would be as easy to lift a 10-story office building. He explained that when the iron chain was placed around the tank, it also became an electro
magnet by repulsing the Earth's magnetism as did the plane itself, i.e. the object (tank) lifted, became an integral part of the ship.
(The original motor described above is now mounted and stored in a glass show case in a U.S. Air Force underground vault in Kensington.)
The visiting alien later unfolded plans for motor manufacture on the site. In the future design, the small anti-gravity motor would provide ascent and descent propulsion, operating in conjunction with precise, magnetic points of fluctuation in the plane's perimeter for horizontal flight. All combinations of horizontal and vertical flight patterns would be handled by a panel computer. The electro magnetic energy of the universe would run the planes from now on.
Furthermore, the round wing plane capacity would not require space for the big jet, and another third of the interior capacity would be freed from fuel storage and converted to equipment installation or cargo. The great power of the new motor would also enable the engineers to reinforce the light weight girder frame of the craft with heavier, load-bearing materials.
But before the visitor settled down he had another surprise package, for which he went back to his ship. When he emerged he carried under his arm what looked like a roll of plain, pewter colored wall paper, but much thinner. In the next few days the Caldwell staff discussed the application of the new material. It had been brought fresh from a Venus rolling mill and the Earth engineers were told there was enough of the paper thin substance to cover at least six key ships if applied within the next seven curing days. A craft just off the assembly line was set aside and the man who still insisted he came from planet Venus stretched and cut the material to cover all exposed surfaces. Six ships were covered. The new material would be case hardened and ready for flight in a year.
"When you roll these six craft out in September of 1944," the alien explained, "you will be able to circumnavigate the globe in an hour if you wish and their impervious skins will not overheat."
By the end of 1944, there were 500 round wing planes with new motors (three model sizes 98', 60', 33') stored in the British Columbia valley. The skilled workers presumbably from Venus had gradually departed in unaccountable ways after training a labor force which had become their equal. Also by late 1944, advanced versions of Caldwell's craft and their crews were training daily in formation flying over the Pacific northwest. Increased speeds far beyond 3,000 mph had eliminated the obsolete rudder. The alien advisor had also left plans for a new battery and an improved landing gear with self-propelled castor bottoms. Also, the planes could now hurl themselves from a great height to ground level by reversing the motor from magnetic repulsion to attraction. Near point of ground impact, the motor again automatically reversed to repel, at which time the landing tripods were electronically lowered to Earth. The crews referred to this technique as "ballooning the ship to the ground." Pilot jargon for setting down the ship and cutting the motor was called "peaceful landing."
Regarding gravity, the reader should abandon his present concepts and rest assured that in such a landing the crew would not feel the elevator effect of either a free fall or lift-off. There are no gravitational forces exerted on the human body in such a balloon landing or sudden lift-off from ground level, because the entire crew becomes part of the round wing plane itself - and therefore does not have to overcome gravity. The crew and their plane make use of the properties of attraction and repulsion in magnetism in order to function with gravity - rather than trying to overcome that force.
The small motor size and stronger interior also permitted a doubling of crew from six to twelve, if necessary, for a military mission, or more passengers if used as a passenger carrier. But also important, most new models were downsized to 60 feet in diameter when free magnetic energy made unnecessary extra storage space for the liquid fuels which formerly fed the jet motor. One day in September the alien requested that Jonathon Caldwell assemble all the governing board and other executives. He complimented the Earthmen in the valley for use of their small, radio-controlled drone planes, used for testing the aerodynamic possibilities in later full scale models. "You people here," he said referring to the valley complex workers, "are way ahead of any Earth nation in development of the round wing plane, first invented by your native son Caldwell. That is why among other reasons we advanced people of this solar system decided to lend you some help. I beg of you, however, don't misuse that help we have given you!"
Then the polite stranger dropped a bombshell on his listeners. "Your leaders have already been told that we would not like you to use these new planes in this war except on a limited basis. Any thoughts you have in mind for punitive action should be dropped." Looking at the U.S. Air Force liaison officer he said, "Although I loathe war, I must trust in your military superiors to heed my advice and not use this new machine as a weapon but rather a conveyance to expedite the ending of this present, unnecessary world-wide conflict. This entire solar system is watching your tragic world war. We do not want you to use this new invention to deliver to an enemy your latest explosive device (he referred to the atom bomb) which you are now perfecting.
"We have already provided you with new motors. But we shall withhold the formula for the skins. Thus, without that formula to prevent overheating of the ship's outer surfaces, ultimate speed necessary to leave and re-enter planet Earth's atmosphere must be carefully controlled. Someday when the time is ripe, we will help you in this regard also. In the meantime, be content with what you have."
He ended by saying, almost apologetically, "On our planet, as in this entire solar system, war is outlawed. More important than this technological help I have brought with the blessings from our nation is the fact that war on Earth must also be outlawed. When war on earth is over, then Earth men will be shown how to use their own resources of men and materials to venture into space."
The Venusian had stayed four months. He constantly gave his directions to Superintendent General Caldwell who in rum comprehended their significance in production techniques and passed on the
alien's suggestions to the Earth planners. The new team functioned smoothly as the guiding genius sent from another world sat in the councils of the Earth developers of the round wing plane - and together they built a fleet of marvelous craft. The alien, who was known simply as Mr. Lewis, one day said good-bye to his new compatriots. Taking the hand of Jonathon Caldwell, the alien said softly, "I salute you Sir! You are the man who first was called out of your country to point the way forward for people of the Earth. You showed men how to fly without wings." As the stranger said good-bye to a host of friends, a ship dropped out of the sky, and he departed aboard it. In a group photo taken before departure, the place where the alien stood was blank.
Chapter VII Allied Development of Round Wing Plane During World War II
Nineteen forty three was World War It's turning point. As the year ended, hostilities in Europe continued with Germany still appearing to be strong. But enemy reverses were occurring. German confidence began to ebb as American entry into the war helped roll back German armies in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. On the Eastern front the Russians with vast amounts of American Lend Lease equipment were starting to counter attack after a long period of German maiding.
In December 1943, a new Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was appointed to lead the western allies, and the same month three thousand British and American planes bombarded the French coast in a single night and a day, while another fleet of bombers sent Berlin sirens wailing. Seven months later the enemy on the western front would be in retreat, and Paris would surrender.
Control of the sea lanes also proved to be as decisive as the winning of land battles. Thus, 17,000 merchant ships were dispatched by the U.S. to keep the life-line open to England, Europe and Russia, and the conflict's balance of power tipped in favor of the allies despite staggering losses to U-boat action. Britain had held the breach till the American industrial colossus flowed over the Atlantic onto European shores and turned the tide against Germany's short-gain fortunes.
By late 1943, growing numbers of round wing planes from the Canadian valley had been appearing over Europe. The round wing pilots were graduate aviators of the Technical Training Flight School located in the B. C. Valley. General Caldwell was also the officer in charge of this manpower training as well as Superintendent of the entire manufacturing complex.
A war-time aircraft crew consisted of six airmen, and on each round wing plane, a combined operational group always included one Britisher and one Canadian along with the American personnel. Scattered among various crews were Australians and New Zealanders as well as a handful of Norwegians.
The new ships now boasted sleek and smooth silhouettes with the flaps and outside surface controls not distinguishable. The new pilot class could execute intricate patterns either singly or
in formation that made those sighting the airborne ships gaze in wonder. Day and night over England and Scotland, the great bomber and fighter armadas heading for the continent, often reported the presence of vanishing lights thought to be extra-terrestrial; they would be seen one moment and gone the next. According to the viewers there was one common denominator in all sightings. The strange and aloof phenomena showed an apparent affinity to watch over and protect the allied planes.
Jonathon Caldwell and his wife loved their children, but each was particularly anxious about their son who had volunteered as a B29 bomber pilot and done several missions over Germany. A Olive, Caldwell's wife, kept praying their boy would be safe. On one such daytime bombing raid, young Caldwell felt a presence he could not explain. Looking above him, he saw a huge, round wing escort plane sailing along at his same speed, like a mother hen. The round wing craft wobbled in a friendly way. It flew on and then repeated its wobbling which seemed to say hello to the American fixed wing bomber below. Guessing it was a salutary signal, the bomber captained by Caldwell dipped its wings, and young pilot Caldwell smiled and raised his hand in a V for victory sign. Reaching target area over a heavy flak region, the round wing plane on occasion dropped below the bomber and took some direct hits. But it continued uriflinchingly through the danger zone. When Caldwell got home that night he took his wife aside and assured her, "Everything's all right. I flew escort with our son today!" When the young Caldwell got a furlough, he came home for a visit and told a story. "Dad, I must tell you about the friendly round wing bird that protected us on a raid. At times I pretended it was you our there, dad, but I know you're too old." (Caldwell was 45) The parents smiled.
Unknown to the allied airmen, these lights seen weaving among the formations on each mission were operated perhaps by friends they knew back home in Kansas City, Halifax or Manchester. The illusive sky visitors which resembled luminous balls of fire at high speeds were nicknamed Foo fighters. These round wing planes were not out just for practice or pageantry or to confuse regular aircraft pilots and observers. They had a purpose. They acted as a guardian system to a target, often relaying information back to London, allowing allied planes to take evasive action.
They also took composite pictures of targets before and after raids. When not busy, the planes occasionally buzzed German formations, and- in a more serious vein, they also observed the flight directions and numbers in enemy formations headed for Britain. But of course they were not available during the heroic Battle of Britain that broke the back of Goering's Luftwaffe.
A brisk Atlantic traffic of diplomatic and scientific personnel was also transported via the planes, and the round wing Technical Air Command provided President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with a plane should occasion demand.
But an unforeseen misfortune, quite apart from technology or enemy threat, was to fall upon the valley complex. The problem was Caldwell himself. His innovations and leadership abilities became drained because of his wife, Olive. She was on the brink of death. In fact, her doctor finally told Cadlwell recovery was hopeless; Olive was terminally ill. At best, she had a week to live. Caldwell's spirit flagged, as had his supervision for some time. Others took the matter into their own hands when Caldwell (a Protestant) demanded that a priest be sent to say the last rites for his dying wife (a Catholic).
The U.S. Air Force liaison chief sent the urgent request to his Washington headquarters. Because the matter of security was so touchy, the U.S. Air Force requested help from the O.S.S. The
O.S.S. moved immediately. One of its top European agents, a graduate of West Point and a confirmed priest, who had been recalled to America for a new assignment, was contacted. He was known only by his code name of Father John, a devout but tough Christian as well as a soldier.
Father John was flown to Seattle where he boarded another military plane. He alighted at the B.C. valley in the uniform of a Brigadier General, carrying a black, flat brief case initialed Father John, S.J., inside of which there was a bible, a note book, and two gold crosses. A nervous Caldwell met him.
On seeing a military man, Caldwell exploded, "I asked for a priest not a soldier." Quietly Father John sat down his brief case. "I am a Christian first, a priest second, and a Catholic third. I serve a living Saviour." Caldwell calmed down under the charisma and confidence of the big 6' 1" priest.
When they reached the bedroom where Olive lay dying, the post's medical officer stood by. He confirmed that she had but a few hours of life or a day or two at the most; she was in a coma.
Father John unfolded from his bag the smaller of the two gold crosses and hung it at the head of the brass bed. The doctor and Caldwell stood at one side of the room. The silence was deep as Father John gave the ritual of the last rites, annointing Olive's forehead with a mixture of blessed olive oil and salt. Tears filled Caldwell's eyes. His wife had been part of the round wing dream since he had been a young man. She had sacrificed everything to stay by his side when he had spent all his abilities on the plan's reality in later years. Now the one person who understood him and whom he needed most was dying.
The soft spoken words of Father John could again be heard: "Father God, I have done my priestly duty to this soul who is speeding on to her eternal rest. But Father God, I beseech You in the Name of Christ, to delay the return of this soul to Thee." Father John's voice grew louder.
The priest then took the larger cross and placed it before her eyes. "Evil spirit! In the name of Jesus the Christ, I command you be gone from this child of God!" Suddenly the woman in coma jerked her head from the pillow and threw an arm over her eyes to resist the gold cross. In a moment her body trembled violently and she sat up. The evil spirit had fled. Father John helped her to sit on the side of the bed, and in a moment she put her feet to the floor.
Beads of perspiration showed on Father John's forehead and his eyes turned upwards. "We praise and thank Thee for thy faithfulness, Oh Christ," he repeated.
No one moved as Father John stood erect and waited. Suddenly, for all to see, there stood at the foot of the bed, a fullsize, three dimensional figure. All knew instinctively He was Christ. Seconds went by as a soft light brighter than day bathed the room. Then Olive Caldwell looked around and exclaimed, "What are we doing here?" The Christ figure faded but around Olive there remained a glow. The spirit of a living and healing Christ had filled her.
They all went into the living room where Olive served coffee and cakes to Father John and the doctor. She beamed allover. "Please stay with us tonight," she begged Father John. But the big American priest of Scottish descent excused himself and affectionately said his farewells.
As he left, he cautioned the Caldwells, "Don't make that room or this house a shrine. We serve a living Christ; He is not confined to a room - He is everywhere."
(The record of that visit is among the O.S.S. papers of Father John, located in the National Archives. See Epilogue about Olive Caldwell's recovery and retirement years.)
The valley complex was back to normal and Caldwell's vigour returned. The glowing success surrounding the performance of the new round wing air arm caused people in high places to respond. Towards the end of the war, the allied round wing complex had two memorable occasions that came close to being called holidays. The first of these events occurred in late December of 1943, when President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill visited the aerospace complex along with their host Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
The three personages had arrived in the private railway car of President Roosevelt after crossing into Canada at Winnipeg, Manitoba and proceeding west into the British Columbia Valley. An American band met the train and played the National Anthem and Hail to the Chief. A British band, the Royal Fusiliers, played God Save the King and ended up along with the American band in playing the anthem, O Canada.
The leaders stayed a day. On addressing the airmen, President Roosevelt touched each of their nerve centers when he told them they were not the forgotten men of the war about which they had been grousing. The President dropped a secret: "You men are being trained for what is intended to be the most secret and decisive project of the war. Stand -ready," he said, "for that moment when we shall call you to deliver the greatest rebuke to the Nazis on behalf of your countries. For on that day when you are called be ready to climb into your new round wing armada and cross the top of the world to destroy the enemy in an hour's time!"
When the cheering response quieted down, Churchill rose and with a few apt phrases said he agreed on behalf of his nation, that the men of the valley had not been forgotten but were actually being trained "for one quick knockout blow of the iniquitous Nazi scourge that has taken over Germany."
The idea to destroy Germany in a single round wing strike is attributed to the planning of Roosevelt and Churchill.
Later, in speaking to one of the station's top executives, Churchill is said to have remarked, "Into this valley with its awesome power of round planes, we English speaking people have placed all our hope
for shortening the war - in case everything else should fail."
President Roosevelt had caught that vision of the military relevance of the round wing plane back in 1936. He shared it with the British and Canadian heads of state. Later, it was that cooperation between the three nations that enabled Jonathon E. Caldwell and his staff to make President Roosevelt's dream become reality.
On September 18, 1944, Station Commander General Caldwell ordered a full review of his 3,000 airmen at eight a.m. The unsuspecting airmen assembled, waiting for a routine inspection. Suddenly out of the sky one of their own 98 foot craft appeared and the attention of all the airmen was riveted on the descending machine. As it touched down close to the formation right on a prescribed circle, a thousand voices murmured in unison: "Peaceful landing."
Then out from beneath the round wing plane the assembled airmen saw emerge the figure of a tall, smiling, immaculately dressed soldier covered with ribbons. As he left the shadow of the craft, a cheer went up from the ranks of men. The flight officer yelled "Attention!" As General Eisenhower shook hands with Station Commander Caldwell and other officers, the entourage moved to the assembled troops. Three thousand allied airmen saluted their chief in honor. An airman boasted later the cheers could be heard in Vancouver. Before "Ike" had reached the troops, he was joined by a second figure in a black beret who because of his victories in North Africa had recently been made a Viscount. He was Bernard L. Montgomery and he came forward to join the Commander-in-Chief of all the allied military scattered throughout Europe. The British airmen took up the cheer again, and quickly the Canadians and Commonwealth buddies added voice as the Americans in final crescendo raised the roof of the valley. Montgomery addressed the airmen in an overlong dialogue. Eisenhower summed up his own thoughts in less than half an hour. He told the assembled airmen, "the moment for which you have been trained, the time when you will be called to strike the enemy - is not far off."
The allied war leaders later toured the giant aerospace facilities. As General Eisenhower talked informally with Caldwell, a young genius in his mid-forties, General Eisenhower praised him: "There is no way we can adequately express our thanks for what you have done for the allied cause and for freedom."
The allied leaders had left a station in Britain before daylight Pacific coast time. By way of Iceland, Greenland, Baffin Island and Hudson Bay they had flown non-stop watching the sun rise over Port Churchill, Manitoba and racing ten times faster than the speed of sound to their destination, they sat down with friends for a Canadian 'breakfast of ham and eggs, over seven thousand miles away from the shores from which they had departed.
Upon leaving again, they would be back in London, England, on a leisurely trip of about two hour's time.
Another momentous occasion arose at the end of 1944, almost a year after the visits of the allied political leaders. The valley's air station had been on constant alert in late December. Something was imminent.
On the last week of the year, the huge 500 fleet of round wing planes took off early one morning for Germany. The preplanned targets were "strategic German cities. Roosevelt had vetoed an earlier attempt that month by Allied and German Generals including Eisenhower, Patton. and Von Runstedt to end the fighting in the west. Now the round wing air arm was on its way to execute the end of hostilities in Roosevelt's own way. The terrible lasers had not yet been installed in the new round wing planes but in their holds several of the planes carried the new atomic bombs while the others carried bomb bays full of block buster explosives.
As the planes appeared over German skies in mass, a long cigar-shaped craft was seen by several squadron leaders as it watched from high above. The first targets were reached and orders given to prepare bombs and finally "bombs away."
But not one plane could release its cargo of destruction. All electrical circuits connected with the bomb delivery were dead. Radios too were silent. Finally, in consternation, the fleet followed the lead ships and turned back to Canada. They landed without incident, and maintenance men examined the planes. Then, as if on cue, the entire fleet became electrically functional again.
High above, a cigar-shaped craft of giant proportions moved off into the unknown.
Allied intelligence sources say the Germans under Hitler lost earlier technological blessings from the aliens when the Nazis embarked on a plan to use their five round wing planes to bomb major American cities including New York and Washington. The enemy intended dropping new instruments of mass destruction called atom bombs which the Germans had produced at about the same time as the allies. The first Hiroshima was to have been New York. Hitler himself is said to have ordered the raid. The planes left Germany. But what happened thereafter is unknown.
Did the extra terrestrials prevent the planned deaths of so many countless humans and the mass destruction of cities? It seems most likely. Here is why:
The alien who visited Roosevelt in 1943 had told him the extra-terrestrials were totally aware of the new round wing plane then being developed by Caldwell and group. The alien reminded Roosevelt it could be used as a blessing or an evil. He warned the President not to use it for evil purposes. Reminded of that warning while authorizing the German strike, President Roosevelt replied, "Let's forget the aliens! We now have the round wing planes -- we intend to use them."
Just as important as the words of the exra-terrestrial who visited Roosevelt in 1943 is the warning of the alien scientist sent down to earth's aerospace valley in British Columbia. When
he departed in 1943, he reminded Jonathon Caldwell and company, "Don't try to use the new round wing planes to destroy your present enemy, the Germans! It will turn out that your ultimate enemy has not yet been revealed. For the present, the round wing planes are for your protection only."
On May 6, 1945, World War II ended in Europe as Germany, in the absence of Hitler, surrendered unconditionally. Even as the allied generals accepted surrender at Eisenhower's Heims School Headquarters, at 2:41 A.M. French time, May 7, a fleet of 500 round wing planes dropped down from 60,000 feet and plummeted to a 3,000 foot elevation over beleaguered Berlin. There, in mile long letters executed by the round wing planes, German civilians and Russian troops below stared up at the huge lighted sign which spelled out in English the word SURRENDER. The Germans had capitulated after five years, eight months and six days of the bloodiest conflict in history.
Neither side had been able to use their round wing planes for destruction of each other - neither the allies 500 planes or the Germans' five.
Earlier on the evening of May 5, when the surrender was first announced over the BBC radio, allied soldiers and Englishmen and women had jammed downtown London. Trafalgar Square teemed with masses of singing people, the lights came back on, and in front of Whitehall huge crowds shouted impromptu for Prime Minister Churchill. As the Prime Minister appeared on the balcony, he stuck his cigar trademark in his mouth and raised his hand in a V for victory symbol. Then the cheering crowd stopped as all heads turned upwards. The entire London sky as in Berlin was filled with strange speeding lights. Unquestionably they spelled out one word -VICTOR Y. In his first public admission of the aerial phenomena, the British Prime Minister tried to explain that the formations above were one of the secret weapons the allies had chosen not to use in winning the war. As the heavenly lights disappeared across the English countryside, they left in their wake a mystery - which no one on the allied side spoke of again.
Across all Britain the airborne formation flew in slow parade. As the round wing plane assemblage moved on in silent tribute, the huge word VICTORY blazened over the home towns of many young Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish pilots and crewmen.
From the countryside below, jubilant Britains occasionally saw packets attached to small parachutes flutter down from the strange birds. Retrieved, the finders noted the packets contained dozens of letters on RAF stationery with British stamps affixed to the envelopes. Each packet was wrapped in a special binder which said: "Finder, please take to nearest Postmaster!"
The next few days, across the British Isles, the letters from the sky were being delivered to cottages and flats by the score. On opening one such letter a lonely Englishwoman, worrying about her son, might have read: Dear Mom. . . Sorry I've been away so long. But soon I'm coming home. . . Love, your son.
During the next week the jubilant British sang, danced, paraded, and worshipped as each in his or her own way threw off the shackles of years of war-time regimentation. But, quietly, the British War Office had planned another surprise that to this day has never been told except to those in the know.
In the early morning blackness of May 15, several giant round wing planes dropped out of the overcast and hovered above a field on an island off the Scottish coast. Bright lights shone down on the turf as the machines sat quietly down, each on its tripod legs. And from the stairs below each craft, young Britishers stepped down with their few belongings and moved silently away into the darkness.
Shortly thereafter, twelve assembled fishing boats took aboard over 480 young men and headed for the mainland. The fishing boats normally hauled "goods vans" southward to major coastal cities. But the skippers had been called by the Ministry of Fisheries for a special task that morning. Sworn to silence, only the skippers knew they had been asked to pick up nearly 500 war heroes. As the young men huddled on the cold deck of one of the ships, an old Scottish fisherman, obviously trying to goad the young passengers into revealing their point of origin, remarked slyly, "Aye, mon! I've seen everything now. All you lads spending your days on that forlorn island while the rest of the world was busy fighting a war."
Above the boats, over 20 strange craft blinked their lights in farewell as the young airmen looked up and smiled with nostalgia for their air training home in far away Canada.
In the morning, as dawn broke over Scotland's most northerly village served by rail, a long Royal Scot steam train stood slowly puffing and waiting. The town's industry, a nearby cannery, had not yet opened. Meanwhile the young warriors who had manned the world's greatest World War II inventions, assembled at the station. The wail of the bag pipes was heard, and this music to Scottish ears came in a medley of homecoming tunes played by the Bank of the Scots Guard from Edinburg castle. The band had come up on the train. As the last "all aboard" was sounded, the engineer called to the fireman, "It's a three hour run to Edinburgh. We'll have an hour's stop while these passengers stretch their legs and get the biggest and best breakfast the city of Edinburgh can dish up. All other trains take second place, even if we meet up with King George himself!"
But London was waiting for the special train. Prime Minister Churchill was on hand. And so was King George VI, accompanied by His Majesty's Coldstream Guards. As each man disembarked from the train, they lined up and received a handshake and a medal from the King. On the medal were inscribed the words: FOR VALOUR BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
The demob officer had already spoken to the young heroes. "For the remainder of your lives, you men must be content to know of the courage with which you served the cause. But remember! You can never share the secret of the round wing plane with anyone, as difficult as this order may seem to be. But someday, in the wisdom of the top brass, perhaps somebody will be allowed to tell. I hope we are still alive by then." The Britishers melted into the crowd and headed for their
homes. Each carried a paper giving him a choice of honorable discharge or revolunteering for the Roundwing Plane Service. In Canada, the airmen were discharged at Ottawa; the Americans were taken to Tacoma, Washington. Today the identities of those pioneer airmen are not known, but on the wall of the Canadian Air Minister is a plaque referred to as the Silver List. Engraved there are the names of approximately five hundred Canucks.
The Regiment of Royal Fuseliers who had been employed mainly as security forces in the B.C. Valley during the war years, got home to Britain in 1947. Some of them had left Scotland by round wing plane but all were returned by train to New York and then by ship to England.
The United States emerged from World War II as the world's undisputed superpower. Before the war ended she had become the world's leading shipbuilder. She had supplied the allies with more shipping tonnage than both Britain and the U.S. possessed in 1939.
Her expansion of conventional air power enabled the allies to dominate the European skies. And once engaged on the battlefields, the United States had trained and equipped twelve million armed men deployed with over 50 allies on various fronts, while still providing the Russians with massive ship loads of Lend Lease armament. And when the war was over and rebuilding of the continent began, it was the American Marshall Plan that got the Europeans, including the former enemy, back on their industrial feet.
From 1941 to 1945, the U.S. War Council had managed to divert scientists and technicians to the Manhattan bomb project while still carrying on with the manufacture and delivery of conventional armament, not to mention the added brain power required to research and produce the (Jefferson) round wing plane project that eventually housed a small city of workers. The costs were shared between the three allied powers based on population ratio.
The audacious total American war-time achievements had been burdensome in taxes. The national debt rose from 50 billion in 1940 to over 250 billion dollars in 1945, nearly nine tenths of this amount expended on winning the conflict to liberate Europe and the Pacific.
Quite apart from the manufacture of conventional war apparatus, the industrial miracle of the allies, shared mainly by the U.S.A., was that a revolutionary air arm of round wing planes, and their trained crews had been developed in secret, without disrupting the effort of the country's six million men and women military labor force. Unevitably, the secret was not perfectly kept, but leaks in every case were plugged before serious breaches of security could occur.)
Although the war ended in victory for the allies, the Americans were always acutely aware that, if need be, the scales of Justice would have been tipped in their favor, had they introduced the advanced, round wing plane and its awesome laser power. Yet in spite of the disastrous war that bled America (and the world) of so much of its valuable resources, she still managed to carry
herself and the globe into a new age of free flight that before the century ends may become the prime mover of people and commerce.
Said Canad's beloved scientist and World War II General A.G.L. MacNaughton: "Isn't it ironic that it took a war to bring about such scientific achievements?"
Winston Churchill called it the "unnecessary war." President Eisenhower agreed.
And to the young English boy who asked his grieving mother, "who won the war in which daddy was killed?! she replied, "No one -- everybody lost."
Sixteen million fathers and sons never came home. And nearly ten million innocent civilians who died in the flames of war would have agreed, had their voices been able to cry out.
Fatherland Evacuated in New Aircraft and Giant U Boats
In the summer of 1943 the French underground suddenly began advising London of nightly troop trains traveling over secondary French railroads toward the Spanish border. The French estimated that each train carried 500 German troops. Allied intelligence was perplexed. There were several reasons.
The enemy had been defeated in Africa and was bogged down on the Russian front. Therefore) Supreme Allied Command was desperate to know if the Germans were starting a second front or planning to invade North Africa from Spanish bases. And was there some truth to the continuing rumors from allied agents} that the elite of the German army and her top scientists and technicians were preparing to evacuate their European homeland - and, if so, to where? And even more disquieting, the. British and the American OSS had learned that Hitler had put much of Germany's scientific effort into a new type of round wing plane which was perhaps laser equipped to destroy London or New York in an hour. The American OSS knew precisely the horrible possibilities of such a German breakthrough. The question was asked if the Germans were building those planes in some remote area of Spain or South America.
Allied headquarters in London sent 12 top agents into Germany, France and Spain and asked the American OSS to infiltrate these troop trains to ascertain German intentions. Three Americans were chosen, one of German descent and a graduate of Princeton Law School, another an ordained priest who later became Director of the CIA. They all spoke fluent German.
A fourth Spanish speaking agent was sent to neutral Spain, where in Seville he established himself for three weeks to listen to Spanish railway men and observe Germans in Spanish uniforms, changing trains for a coastal destination. Two of the agents managed to get their messages to London in spite of being caught, and Allen Dulles got behind enemy territory and back without detection. This story of American espionage on German troop trains is said to be legendary in intelligence circles, and for sheer heroism it is one of the bravest and most dangerous wartime episodes ever recorded.
In an Atlanta restaurant, late one evening in April, 1976, the author sat with three survivors of the four original agents who penetrated the German railroad evacuation plot. The former agents, a Catholic priest, a Presbyterian and a Christian scientist, ate slowly. They talked and relived their train ride with the German troops. After.the meal the priest, then a Cardinal, placed a bottle of wine on the table. Allen Dulles had brought it back from the 1943 episode on the train. Each year they would have a reunion and to the last survivor would go the German Wine. (In September, 1978 the heroic clergyman died in Rome.)
The reports of these agents began seeping back to London, and within 40 days, the allies were piecing
together a mystery.
Germans were cleverly executing a contingency plan for their troops and certain civilians to evacuate Germany for a second stronghold after battle defeats in Europe were no longer reversible.
Although the war tide had turned in favor of the allies, they had also been caught napping about alternate German intentions. But then, perhaps, never before in history had an army suffering defeat made contingent plans to abandon its homeland and revive the military venture elsewhere.
The collective reports from the American, British and French agents confirmed that crack German troops were being withdrawn from all fighting fronts and shipped to Spain. Furthermore, the three agents who had infiltrated the German troop trains reported that personnel on board comprised the essential manpower needed for a colonization attempt. These agents had identified a diversity of professions, business experts and workers disguised as soldiers and had actually spoken with doctors, dentists, teachers, architects, tool makers, machinists, etc., whose new oath on being verified for the train evacuation trips had required "unflinching and everlasting loyalty to the Third Reich and its Feuhrer."
The last stop for the German troop trains had been Hulva, and Aymonte, Spain. It would take another espionage effort for the OSS to determine just what was happening at these Spanish ports, and on this requirement allied intelligence would focus next.
In the meantime in 1944, the reports of other agents, verified by aerial photography, also indicated unusual activity in German Baltic ports. Huge quantities of industrial equipment for overseas' shipment were beginning to appear at these docks. The allies wondered if the Germans were shipping their new round wing planes abroad for later use to strike from hidden bases.
About this time the Allies learned of a secret meeting held in Stausberg on August 10, 1944, wherein it was decided to remove all the gold and precious metal reserves from Germany for over seas shipment. Overseas, but to where?
Despite tight German security, the American OSS began to discern some obvious intentions. One, that there existed a German master plan to evacuate personnel and wealth from the fatherland to parts unknown during the height of the war, and two, that secret weapons were being shipped out, including an unconventional aircraft which the enemy had not committed to the fighting. Those assessments provided by allied intelligence left a major question unanswered. Why? And what secret weapon, or weapons, were so advanced or devastating that a determined Germany would not commit them when she was losing the war? And were they so advanced that she could safely gamble her future on them?
As the Allied Command also pondered German intentions in Spain, it was aware that although Spain was neutral, General Franco, because of German threats, was under the German thumb. London, therefore, concluded that Spain's importance to the enemy lay in the use of her Atlantic ports.
It was in conjunction with these intelligence summations that the first reports arrived regarding a new fleet of giant German submarines approximately 400 feet long and several decks high. Agents reported sightings of these subs in the vicinity of Aymonte and Hulva, Spain, and also at Baltic and Norwegian ports.
In 1944-1945 it was confirmed that the loading of these subs at Baltic potts with unusual machinery and equipment was secretly being carried on. The Norwegian underground picked up the super subs' trail. These reports pieced together told a tale. The giant underwater megaliths had left Germany, thence to Norway and along its coast northward to avoid Allied shipping lanes, and then west from Narvik toward Iceland in the North Atlantic. From a point below Iceland the subs steered an oblique southerly course which eventually took them to the Atlantic ports of Hulva and Aymonte, Spain.
At last the Allied command had solved the 1945 puzzle of the disappearing Germans. The answer was obvious! The German troop trains puffing through France and Spain at night were eventually disembarking their passengers and other cargo at Spanish Atlantic ports, where from another direction, German ingenuity had brought together underseas transportation. Once the Germans had boarded the subs they were swallowed up quietly by the sea.
By V-E Day, the allies estimated over 250 thousand Germans had evacuated the country by various means, including air, submarines and even by merchant vessels flying American and British flags. But the enigma of where the unapprehended Germans were headed still eluded the Allies.
In April, 1945 the world press was preoccupied with the forthcoming German collapse. In a political agreement made by Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta, Allied armies were forced to mark time on the Western front while Russian troops took Eastern Europe and half of Germany, including Berlin. The German armies on the western front under Von Rundstedt fought delaying actions, their local commanders knowing that the end was near. Rumors were rife among the German High Command that Hitler was about to unleash secret weapons that would annihilate the enemy. And a similar German story circulated, that the Western allies would link up with the Germans at the Elbe and together, join the German army on the Eastern front and race for Moscow to contain communism.
All of these rumors of anticipated happenings circulating among the desperately besieged Germans had a ring of truth. And, in another way, and at another place, one of the supposed fantasies became a frightening reality.
As usual, the Allies were unprepared. When the tragedy occurred (gathered in 1977 from British and German sources) it bridged two eras. From that moment on, World War II became the last great chapter on mankind's history of conventional armaments. As a result of the tragic incident that followed, World War II may well be known as the last of the lengthy super land battles using explosives and gunpowder.
Involved in this terrible drama was one of the giant German submarines. She was one of those built secretly in 1944 and carried a cargo of top secret German plans, documents and proto types of new inventions. The sub was in the North Atlantic at an approximate position of 14° west and 35° north when her oxygen supply gave out due to malfunction of equipment. Unable to stay submerged, the leviathan slowly ascended from a depth of 2000 feet and its 12" thick hull of steel broke surface of the cold Atlantic at midnight on 23rd of April, 1945, within a mile of two
British cruisers. Up went flares as the British ships opened fire on the German sub. Eight inch shells straddled the huge craft to get range, as an odd-shaped German gun appeared on the sub's hull. A pencil beam of laser homed in on the cruiser Cambden.
There was no battle thunder or fury from the sub. The ray silently pierced the darkness and flares, and in seconds a 20 foot diameter hole was cut from port to starboard through the first surface ship. Like a toy boat suddenly filled with water, the cruiser sank horizontally with a hissing of steam from the white hot steel hull. Then the beam moved onto the second cruiser, Hanover, and as another 20 foot hole was opened, she burst into flames, and settled down in less than 30 seconds. Most of the ship's complement never reached their battle stations. Those on deck duty jumped overboard. In less than two minutes only some oil slick, air bubbles and flotsam appeared where the cruisers had stood. The German sub moved into range of the cruiser's former positions and machine gunned the survivors. The British flares settled into the sea and blackness again enveloped the area.
The German "V-Boat" Captain left his bridge and went below. Putting his head in his hands he bent over and sobbed. An officer consoled him with the words: "It was the enemy or us! Otherwise, we were to scuttle!
At dawn the next morning in the same area a British fishing trawler spotted three men on a piece of wreckage. The sailors, numb from exposure, were hauled aboard and three days later were landed in the Hebrides Islands. That day at Allied headquarters in London a telegram was received from the Hebrides at British Naval headquarters which shortly thereafter reached OSS General Donovan. As General Donovan read the graphic story of the Germalaser that cut holes like a can opener in the British cruisers, he put down the cryptic message and said, "My God! Oh, My God!" A new war age had just been bom. As a result of the naval engagement, the joint chiefs-of-staff asked the question: "Where are the missing German round wing planes that disappeared out of Germany, and" are they too equipped with lasers?" And from where was the enemy intending to strike with his hidden force of devastating new aircraft?
At combined Naval Operations in London, Allied Intelligence pondered where one of the laser equipped monster subs might strike next. Everything afloat on the sea lanes was now vulnerable.
But the enemy could not wait.
The German plan had already been released - they would use another of their twelve super subs in a devastating naval engagement that, if it were successful, might bring the U.S.A. to its knees.
But an "accident of fate" would alter the German plan.
Here's how the story unfolds. Unknown to the allies in late 1944, the secretive and orderly German evacuation was preceeding well. Her top personnel which were needed to continue the Third Reich elsewhere were being removed by round wing planes and the super subs, the chief vehicles used among several withdrawal methods. But, Germans like Von Runstedt from whose area round wing planes were evacuating key personnel, refused to give travel priority to those Nazis responsible for Jewish exterminations. The truth is that most of the regular German general staff had disdain for these Nazis who were not wanted in the new Germany destined to rise in another part of the world. Furthermore, German embarkation officers in the Hulva and Aymonte also refused to place key Nazi killers on board the super subs.
Major Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's tough deputy, had gone personally to Von Runstedt in December, 1945 and demanded seats for himself and his top henchmen on the departing round wing planes. Von Runstedt had refused and so had Von Schusnick, the chief pilot. Thus the Nazis had to find their own way out of Europe to escape allied vengeance in the coming Nuremburg War Trials.
Nazi interference was forgotten by the architects of the German evacuation plan until April 18, 1945, when on that day the Nazis made their moves and an encounter occurred in Alexandria, Egypt between German Nazis and German Naval personnel. A new super sub which had left the Island of Bornholm in the Baltic in early February layoff Alexandria. Egyptian tenders had ferried out regularly chosen escapees under the sympathetic eyes of Egyptian officers named Abel Gamel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, each of whom despised King Farouk and the British protectorate forces stationed in Egypt.
The giant war sub was full and sealed orders were opened for departure to the southern hemisphere when a German Nazi, Major Hauptman Schaemmel, came aboard and put a gun in the ribs of Lt. Commander Hans Meyers. He was ordered to disembark the 500 men. Another Nazi officer warned the naval commander that his wife and daughter were being held hostage in Bavaria to be killed immediately if the sub commander refused to obey. That night 500 German emigrants were replaced by an equal number of Nazi Germans who had made their way from Germany to Egypt via Italy by various escape methods. By morning the giant sub had slipped
away and headed out through the Straits of Gibralter to the open Atlantic. But she was not alone. As the sub commander piloted his ship deep under the surface of the Mediterranean he was kept under watch. Above, on the surface, two British destroyers followed the underwater transport by sonar. As the sub neared Gibralter, the British made no attempt to stop it. More ships joined the surveillance and together the giant sub (with the German navy crew under the duress of nearly 500 Nazi masters) and its silent overhead escort, headed out across the Atlantic - revised destination, New
York. The sub's new mission, unauthorized by the German Admiralty, was to be the most aggressive act of war the Nazis had devised for their final hours.
On the sub's foredeck was a long artillery piece with a 12" bore that could fire shells at the rate of 30 second intervals. It was claimed that explosives in the war heads (a triumph of German research) would pulverize the city of New York quickly and destroy a large part of its population. From New York rubble the sub's new directions were to take it into Chesapeake Bay where Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington would be levelled, and then to Halifax or Miami to complete the destruction. There was only one problem: the sub commander had not been told of the plans, although British intelligence was privy to the scheme from the moment it began shadowing the sub out of Egypt. The dash under the ocean to the U.S.A. went as planned. When the underwater giant reached American waters over 100 surface ships were waiting. Across New York Harbor stretched a bronze net, and underwater bells with search lights were suspended from barges. The net held. The lights shone down on the sub. Depth charges fell astride her thick hull. Impregnable even from the depth charges and torpedoes fired from allied subs, the 376 foot long monster backed off and headed out for deeper water.
"Where to now?" asked the sub commander, under the gun of Nazi General Osker Dirlewanger. "To Miami. We'll shell it off the map from far out in deep water." The sub commander replied, "Indeed! And how do I surface to man the deck-gun when depth charges are tumbling onto our hull every minute?" Deeply submerged, the sub quarry headed south into the Straits of Florida, but she could not lose her 46 surface hunters, including American, British, Canadian and French vessels out of Martinique.
Fifty hours later, the giant German submarine found herself still being tracked in a channel which narrowed quickly. From fear of being trapped, the commander attempted to turn around. Depth charges had dirtied the water and visual directions were impossible to determine. Reverberations against the hull were continuous. Suddenly, the underwater ship stopped, unable to move. She lay to for several hours. Outside explosions ceased temporarily. An examination by divers showed she was down 200 feet and washed by turbulent currents. The long barreled gun specifically fitted to destroy the coastal cities of America was jammed into a crevice under the roof of a shark infested coral shelf. The divers' final words were: "The sub can never be freed." In a few moments word spread through the ship.
The depth charges became intermittent. The enemy above had abandoned the chase. But the sub was immoveable. The 500 Germans began to reflect on death by starvation or lack of oxygen in a craft that had become their tomb.
The commander made five trips out of the sub in the next three days. Each time he took off a Nazi, deposited him on shore and and returned with provisions or medications provided by collaborators. But the entombed men were beginning to succumb. Some of the Nazis screamed obscenities, others had nightmares. Murders were committed to steal rations for survival. On the commander's fifth trip back to
the sub, some of the victims were reduced to crawling. Water and rations were almost exhausted.
After a conference it was decided that in order to save lives the commander and one top Nazi should surrender to the American authorities. As strategy discussions continued, Nazi Major Schaemmel slipped away and relieved the guard in the commander's control room. As the first guard departed, Schaemmel put a gun to the head of Commander Meyers and articulated forcefully: "You are my hostage. Obey every word or I'll kill you! Move in a normal way to the lower escape hatch! You and I are going to leave - alone!" So Lt. Commander Hans Meyers and Nazi Major Hauptman Schaemmel left the tomb on the small two man escape sub. They were never to return. Within ten hours the two had beached their sub off Elliot Key, surrendered to an American naval unit, been transported to Key West under guard and had boarded a plane for Washington. But time was running out for the sub commander. One of the five escaped Nazis whom he had taken out a few days earlier had, on separating, threatened: "You deliberately steered us into this trap. When I get to a short wave radio, I'll signal our people overseas to kill your wife and daughter. They are still my hostages."
The first morning after their departure from the German sub, on April 29, 1945, the two Germans were in the White House under guard flanked by Navy Intelligence officers.
In front of them sat the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, in office since April 13, 1945.
The sub commander spoke. His sad blue eyes told of the human cargo left on board that would die if the Americans (whom they had been sent to kill) did not rescue them. During the interrogation, the commander explained his predicament: he had about 500 men with 'supplies exhausted; he had no passenger list. He explained that the first sub load had been bumped in Alexandria. But regardless, the sub commander asked that all lives be saved. As President Truman deliberated, the Nazi, Major Schaemmel, asked to speak without the presence of the sub commander who was then led out of the room.
Standing before the Naval Intelligence officers (whose names are withheld for security reasons) and President Truman, the prisoner began to speak. Suddenly his diction sounded unmistakably American. As he continued, Truman's jaw dropped in disbelief. These are the words he heard:
"I am not Major Hauptman Schaemmel, a Gestapo agent. My official rank and name is Col. Walter Schellenberg} and my secret ass number is 78. General William Donovan, head of the OSS will verify this. Please have an officer make contact." Then, as the amazed President and intelligence personnel looked on, the Nazi impersonator saluted the President and withdrew from his sleeve a list of almost 500 true names of the German Nazi personnel from the stricken sub.
"I beg you, Mr. President, these are the real names of those beasts in that God forsaken sub. The sub commander is not aware what terrible substitution of personnel was made in Alexandria. Under direct orders from Hitler, I was responsible for rounding up these infamous men and placing them on that
sub." "When did you infiltrate the Nazis?" the President asked. Col. Schellenberg replied, "In 1942 I was dropped in Switzerland."
President Truman strode around the desk before the OSS agent. "Only God could have arranged your being in front of me today with this information. Welcome home and let me shake hands with a brave man." Then the President read the partial list of those Nazis on the sub } and handed it to one of the Intelligence officers. Some of the names and particulars are as follows:
No. 1. FRANZ NOVAK: Adolph Eichmann's Transportation officer. It was his job to arrange transportation for those undesirable Jews from point of arrest to place of execution and disposal.
No. 2. THEODOR DANNECKER: In charge of deporting Jews of France, Belgium and Italy to then- places of execution.
No. 3. HEINZ ROETHKE: Eichmann's Deputy in Charge of disposing of undesirable Jews in Paris. He directed the others who arrested and deported the Paris Jews. He is supposed to have completely eliminated all known Jews in Paris.
No. 4. DR. ERNST WETZEL: He operated a gas chamber in Poland. The official name was Elimination Camp for Undesirables.
No. 5. WILHELM ZOEPF: In charge of sending Dutch Jews to the gas chamber and was in complete charge of this operation throughout the country. Boasted that he didn't leave a known Dutch Jew alive; he was thorough in his operations. He is known to have had over a half million Jews exterminated from Holland alone.
No.6. HERMAN KRUMEY: In charge of Jewish extermination in Hungary. Known to have sent over four hundred thousand Jews to their deaths. In complete charge of operating gas chambers in Hungary.
No.7. OTTO HUESCHE: Executed 100,000 Jews in gas chambers. Bragged about the number of Jews he executed.
No.8. MAJOR GENERAL OSKER DIRLEWANGER: Before the war, a convicted criminal who committed sex crimes on young boys, spending five years in a Bavarian prison for this. In charge of the toughest S.S. men who in return were in charge of the extermination camps for unwanted Jews.
No.9. LEOPOLD GLEEVI: Chief of Gestapo in Warsaw. After the war he turned up in Egypt, was given an Egyptian name and was in Nasser's service. One of the escapees from the Sub.
No. 10. LOUIS HEIDEN: Translated Hitler's "Mein Kampf ' into other languages and served the Fuehrer in other capacities.
No. 1 1. HANS APPLER: Killed 100,000 Jews in the gas chambers. Escaped from the Sub, was deported by the United States and rather than risk being tried as a war criminal, made his way to Egypt and is how believed to be in the Egyptian diplomatic service.
No. 12. WILLIAM BOECKELER: Killed over 100,000 Jews in the concentration camps.
No. 13. KARL HOLTER: A former Gestapo Officer who was in charge of the arrest and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Jews.
No. 14. ALBERT THIELMANN: A retired school teacher who joined the party after Hitler came to power and was responsible for the gassing of over 100,000 Jews.
No. 15. BRIG. GENERAL WARNER BLANKENBERG: Responsible for the murder of over 100,000 Jews in the gas chambers.
No. 16. HANS BOTHMANN: Was in charge of the ehmination squad in Poland and all gas chambers there. Under his jurisdiction over half a million Jews died.
No. 17. LT. GENERAL FREDERICH KATZMANN: Murdered 434,329 Jews in Poland alone.
No. 18. JAN DURCANSKY: In charge of all the Jewish extermination camps in Austria and Northern Italy.
No. 19. DR. F. W. SIEBERT: Invented and produced the six pointed metal star which Nazis required Jews to wear. All who wore this were liable at any time to be seized and sent to an extermination camp.
No. 20. DR. KARL STAENGE: In charge of the death camps in Yugoslavia. Took over an old Brick Yard in Belegrade and roasted Jews alive in the kilns.
No. 21. FRANZ RADEMACHER: Exterminated 15,000 Yugoslavian Jews. Listed as a dangerous man.
No. 22. DR. HANS EISELE: Exterminated over half a million Jews in the Ukraine by having them thrown in pits, spraying gasoline over them and setting them on fire. After the fires died out, the half roasted bodies were used to feed the hogs.
No. 23. LT. GENERAL HEINZ KAMMLER: An expert on gas chamber construction having been a concrete construction engineer before the war. Perfected the gas chambers for a four minute kill. Later in charge of the round wing plane plants.
No. 24. DR. MAX MERTEN: In charge of Jewish extermination in Greece and under his leadership over 60,000 Greek Jews were killed.
No. 25. MATTIAS RAFFELBERG: Had over a half million Jews murdered in Russia and Poland.
No. 26. MAJ. OTTO SKORZENY: The most wanted man in Europe. Called the toughest man alive. A Hitler favorite who rescued Mussolini. Escaped from sub.
No. 27. DR. RUDOLPH MJEDNER: The Gestapo Chief in Denmark, in charge of the elimination of Danish Jews. Had over 100,000 executed.
No. 28. DR. PAUL WALTER: Concentration camp commander in Poland. Was responsible for over a hundred thousand Jewish deaths by extermination and experimentation. Performed amputations without anesthetics. His favorite expression on recording a death: "So what! Another Jew out of the way!" The authors read Walter's final page from his diary of a day's work written in Jewish blood.
No. 29. DR. WJLHELM WJTTELER: In charge of the gas chambers in Latvia, and collected Jews for deportation.
No. 30. KURT HEINBURG: Was in charge of all Jewish extermination in Serbia.
No. 31. HANS HOEFLE: Responsible for murdering over 100,000 Jews in Poland.
No. 32. WALTER CASPAR TOEBBENS: A Dutch Nazi who made millions of dollars by making Jews work free of charge in his factories. Those who became sick or incapacitated were killed on the spot.
No. 33. ANDRIJA ARTUKOVIC: Under his able administration over 80% of Yugoslavia's Jews were wiped out. The Jewish population of Zagreb was 12,315 before the war and 1,647 after. From Mostar a train took six car loads of Jewish mothers and children to the station at Sumaci. There they were forced to walk up into high mountains where they were thrown off steep cliffs. At Korencia, Jews were tied in bundles and rolled into pits, covered with gasoline and then burned alive.
No. 34. HEINRICH "Gestapo" MUELLER: A policeman who rose to be Bavarian Chief of Police. Later rose to be a Lt. General in the S.S. (Security Police). Organized the Gestapo on the model of the Russian M.V.D. His organization murdered most of Europe's Jews.
As the President perused the list his face turned pale. He hurled invective across the room: "Die, you evil bastards, and be buried alive in your own tomb of the damned! I hope your crimes haunt you through Hell!" Then he lowered his voice to a clipped tone of command and addressed a navy officer. "No attempt will be made to save that infernal submarine. The death of those decent young crew
members may be accounted to me in eternity. God forgive me for their sakes!"
The Lt. Commander was brought back into the room and the President thanked him for his honesty. "We must detain you, Sir," said President Truman, "but is there anything I can do for your comfort?" On that offer of aid, the U-boat commander blurted out the dilemma of his wife and daughter being held in a cave in Bavaria. Col. Schellenberg concurred. Capt. Meyers begged for help. He told of the threat to kill his family made by the departing German escapee.
Truman acted immediately. "Round up those German Nazis who escaped from the sub!" As he spoke, the phone call of General William Donovan, OSS chief, was put through to the President. He identified the American agent, whereupon the President ordered a parachute rescue team to land in Germany in an attempt to save the commander's wife and young daughter being held as hostages. Two nights later, with the sanction of Prime Minister Churchill, a combined American/British team landed in a mountainous area of Bavaria.
As the German waited under detention at a Washington officers' club, a messenger came to his room and requested to speak to the German in his own tongue. The intelligence officer began, "I have a message for you from the President of the United States: Your wife and daughter were rescued last night and are safely in Switzerland. There were several German casualties among those guarding your family - but all our men came back safely. We must intern you, but someday we hope you'll be re-united." The U-boat commander broke down and wept.
Meanwhile, the cries of the damned in the beached submarine would rise for a few more days before they would be stifled in their underwater tomb off Florida.
American naval records, captured German records, interviews with the super sub commander and OSS files were used in preparing this episode. After 2-1/2 years-in prison, the commander was acquitted at the Nuremburg War Crime Trials in 1947 of any deliberate wrong doing while on the sub of the damned. In 1953 he emigrated to America with his family.
Col. Walter Schellenberg was promoted to Brigadier General and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery given by the United States. Great Britain awarded him its highest honour for valor, the Victoria Cross. The French Ambassador to the U.S.A. pinned on him the Legion of Honour. King George VI asked Schellenberg if he would accept a Knighthood, but the American graciously declined. After the war he settled down anonymously in an American city with the abiding wish that he never again go to war.
Many other details on the OSS espionage action and the underwater trip of the "sub of the damned" have been omitted for the sake of brevity.
By World War It's end, the allies had enough information to comprehend Part I of the German evacuation plan, which, in effect, was the removal of the elite of their armies and technicians, from Europe. As mentioned before, by December 1944, enemy rail movements ending in the Port of Aymonte, Spain, had been observed and verified. And in the north, evidence of the super sub route was being carefully examined. Any allied doubts that the Germans had not returned to the Atlantic in underseas craft were cast aside after the British cruisers were sunk.
Logic evolved from the intelligence disclosures categorically sought the answer to this question: Where are the vanishing Germans disappearing to on their carefully planned exodus route? It was at this juncture in the Allied intelligence dilemma that OSS analysis from New York told of an expanding presence of Germans in Central and South America. And from Brazil to Argentina un confirmed reports began trickling out of the southern hemisphere of unidentified flying objects being seen in the air and on the ground.
It was too early in 1944-45 to be certain of German intentions, but General Eisenhower and General Donovan are quoted as wondering if the official surrender of German armies in Europe might be only a gesture - and that the many Germans who got away would fight again on another day and at another place.
Subsequent to the actual German surrender many questions were still unanswered such as the whereabouts of numerous well known German political, scientific and service personnel. Too many were unaccounted for to be lost in battle, displaced, or incarcerated in prisoner of war camps - unless they had been taken to Russia. Also, while searching for the missing, it was noted that many German dependents and relatives failed to show grief.
"Somewhere," said General Eisenhower, "I feel another Germany is being bom, and I would rather we were the confidants of these Germans than the Russians."
Another key remark by German Admiral Doenitz in 1943 almost certainly indicated a mass German emigration. Doenitz declared: "The German underwater fleet is proud to have made an earthly paradise, an impregnable fortress for the Fuehrer somewhere in the world." The phrase "in the world" was later to prove prophetic.
The authors have interviewed many key witnesses including several former Nazis, the German Embassy in Washington, and high intelligence sources in America, and all agreed that the German Chief of State, Adolph Hitler, left Germany alive. The only difference in telling of the planned escape was the time of departure, the route, and the method.
On December 15, 1944, General Eisenhower called a most secret meeting of the High Command in London, England. Present were the Allied Chiefs-of-Staff including those from free France, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Norway, etc. General Eisenhower's purpose was two-fold as he turned over the
briefing to General William Donovan and his assistant, who were asked to record and take notes. The assistant was the same one sent to Spain for observation of German troop arrivals at Seville. General Donovan began: "Gentlemen, for several weeks our agents have been watching secret movements of Germans through France to Spain. Our first opinion was that the enemy was planning a surprise attack on the coast of North Africa. We diverted divisions of troops and kept them in readiness for this anticipated attack - but, as you all know, it never came.
"Now we are certain that these untold thousands of German troops have used Spanish ports to disappear in a way still uncertain to us."
The General paused, looked around at the group of Allied Chiefs-of-Staff, and then slowly continued. "Perhaps one of those Germans who disappeared through Spain was the German leader, Adolph Hitler." The room was hushed and the General's assistant looked up at a sea of astonished faces. Then several individuals rose at once to ask questions. The General stated he would answer only half a dozen, and those who were not satisfied could personally have a brief audience with him after the meeting.
The first questioned asked, "Who's in charge in Germany" Answer: "Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz is said to be the leader, but General Von Runstedt seems to be the one making the real nuts and bolts military decisions."
Another assertion was made that Hitler had been seen lately; therefore, would not the story of his departure likely be a case of German deception?"
Donovan's reply was cryptic. "A double is in Hitler's place. Our Berlin agents say so, and the British and Russian governments agree, that an imposter, instructed by Goebbels, Bormann and Ley rules in Hitler's place. The man is not Hitler gone mad. He is a double under the control of others."
Donovan concluded the meeting by saying he believed the disappearance of Adolph Hitler was directly related to the dispersal of entire German armies. He told his cabinet that when the German armies were uncovered the real Hitler would also be found. The OSS Chief said he was convinced of Hitler's personal and family exodus. Our next task he told them will be to pick up the trail of the German leader and his troops in South America.
After the Allied briefing, General Donovan flew back to Washington, On arrival he immediately called a special meeting of OSS Caribbean Intelligence and his Brazilian Bureau. Donovan's earlier hunches paid off. Into New York, the Wartime nerve center for America's western hemisphere intelligence, the coded reports of German arrivals throughout South America kept cable lines busy.
Today, a confidential report by the CIA concedes: "The body found in the bunker was not that of Hitler, for among other things, neither fingerprints, nor dental work matched Hitler's. Until 1974, the
true Adolph Hitler, nor a corpse proven to be his had ever been located." The words "until 1974" are significant, and will be explained later.
The story of Hitler's heroic last minute May 1945 flight out of besieged Berlin was a cleverly contrived German ruse, in the opinion of Judge Advocate General John P. Davis of the Nuremberg War Crime Trials. Although Christina Edderer said it was the real Hitler whom she flew to Norway, records of the Nuremberg trials state that Christina Edderer was a courageous woman, but an unsatisfactory witness, jailed for perjury under oath. When the authors questioned Edderer in 1975 they were not convinced that the story she told was valid regarding her version of the Hitler escape.
In retrospect, the reader should recall that Hitler's master plan was to win World War JJ. When this master plan was thwarted, the alternate plan was to move their national endeavor to another land, free from enemy intervention. Execution of Phase I in the alternate plan was begun seriously in 1943, and when finished in 1954 saw three million Germans and other resources successfully evacuated.
Regardless of the low esteem certain German Generals had for Hitler, he was revered and adored by the German masses. His hero and leader image was never seriously challenged. His ability to arouse all the patriotic emotions of German society was never in doubt. However, Hitler was also an idealistic believer in a new Utopia for Germany, and according to his close associates, that zeal to develop a new Germany was such an inherent part of his makeup that it never waned — even when Germany military defeat was obvious.
Therefore, Hitler was the key to the German evacuation, and this fact will later be proven to be true beyond any doubt. In addition to Hitler's prominent role in the evacuation another more human side of his life is perhaps as important.
Hitler and Eva Braun were legally married on April 29, 1945 but their first bom son Adolph Hitler n, was bom in 1940, five years before their marriage. Hitler was said to be the father.
Back in October, 1944, a select German group, working from a schedule compiled on August 10 in Saltzberg, decided to implement operation "Get Lost." Hitler was to be the catalyst.
All the art treasures, scientific developments, and treasury bullion which Germany possessed were first scheduled to be hidden or removed. First to be safely removed, however, would be the Fuehrer. Over Hitler's protests he was asked to pack immediately his personal possessions and leave Germany for the new land. A double stood by to assume the Fuehrer's role and he would continue under the tutelage and surveillance of Bormann, Goebbels and Ley.
The Fuehrer's party left Berlin by motorcade, travelling at night, and safe harboring during the day to avoid Allied aircraft. The party consisted of Hitler and his wife Eva, their four year old son, Adolph n,
and a twelve year old adopted orphan boy, David.
Over widetrack French railroads, still travelling at night, Hitler and his party reached Spain. They were transferred to narrow Spanish track railcars, eventually reaching La-Aljaferia Castle in Zaragoza. There Hitler met his Spanish confidant who was to act as advisor and escort. (It is from this highly respected Spaniard, that the authors, while researching in Spain, verified how Hitler left Europe.)
Hitler was outfitted in a Spanish business suit, his moustache removed and his hair style changed. His wife, Eva, was outfitted as a middle-class Spanish woman, and the boy David became a Spanish youth.
Spanish tutoring complete, at 3:00 A.M. on the morning of November 5, 1944, Hitler and party vacated the castle by motor car with his Spanish confidant as chauffeur. Through Valencia and on to Seville they traveled, resting the first night in the Colon Hotel. The next day the trip was resumed to Hulvia and finally Aymonte where rooms were provided in another hotel. The following night, November 7, after taking leave of his Spanish guide and friend, Hitler and his family were taken on board a super sub, along with 500 other Germans. During Hitler's stay in Aymonte and for three days thereafter, Generalissimo Franco had placed the area under martial law. (Allied intelligence never learned the secret of Hitler's departure until long after World War H) As the super sub slipped beneath the water she headed southwest. For the next 18 days, in an 8 x 10 cabin, Hitler and his family shared living and sleeping quarters. Two leather covered chairs, four bunks and a radio for the Fuehrer and his family were the accessories." There were two doctors in attendance on board the submarine for the 500 passengers, submarine crew and Hitler and his family.
The Allies knew Hitler had fled. The Nuremberg War Trials had created an unspoken climate of official concern that he would return incognito to Germany to become a symbol for Germany's renaissance.
In 1945 America decided to go after Hitler. But the secrets they discovered in South America and the Antarctic were so fantastic, so seemingly incredible, that telling the details to the world was as difficult as explaining that men from Mars had already landed on earth.
Back in New York, more OSS reports told of additional German arrivals in South America. The Germans were flooding into Belem and other river ports, as well as air strips in Brazil's Amazon Valley, Leticia in Colombia and Georgetown, British Guiana.
The Germans always appeared to be in transit. At that point General Donovan personally went to Brazil to direct operations. American agents posed as rubber, precious metals and timber buyers along the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers. They learned an amazing thing. Germans were appearing from hidden staging camps 3,000 miles up the Amazon beyond Obidas and even Manaus. From here they were traced heading south toward the headwaters of the Amazon where their trail often led up the still navigable Maran River, a tributary of the Amazon, but went cold in the vicinity of
Iquitos, Ecuador. As one OSS Agent's report from Iquitos said, "The Germans arrive here in local dress by the thousands - but they never leave. They are literally being swallowed up by the earth."
Neither local Brazilians, or the Indians - if they knew could explain the "Kraut" vanishing act. While at Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, Germans in civilian dress also were seen departing by air for Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where they again were observed leaving in private and chartered planes for the interior of Argentina. One agent reported in February, 1945, "that these VIPs in their hauteur and arrogance were like a newly formed German General Staff."
But World War U would end, Allied troops would demobilize, and another two years would go by before just what had happened for sure to Adolf Hitler and a core of hundreds of thousands of select Germans who vanished from the Fatherland.
Vanishing Germans Discover the Mystery of the Ages
The international race to put a fleet of round wing planes in the air went unabated by those Germans who started life anew in another hemisphere after they had abandoned their ancestral home at the end of World War U. The new frontier life seemed to stimulate the Germans with a perserverance which enabled them to survive and continue on. But actually their iron determination could be attributed to a twist of fate which had begun 400 years earlier.
To understand the significance of certain historical evidence relating to the continuing German effort to build a new country under the protection of the round wing plane, the reader should become acquainted with the following true adventure. It is a kaleidoscope of German resourcefulness bridging the 16th and 20 th centuries.
The explanation centers around 500 warrior-colonists who left Germany in the 16th century and were presumed to have perished 4,000 miles up the Amazon River. The existence of those ancient adventurers was forgotten. Allied agents searching for Hitler's lost minions in the late 1940s unknowingly found descendents of the 16th century colonists whose current presence in that hemisphere actually changed the outcome of World War U, an astounding revelation still kept hidden from press and public.
The adventure in question began in 1572 when a select and hardy group of about 500 German colonists originating mainly from the Dukedom of Sax-Coburg, and including recruits from Bavaria and East Prussia, were hired as soldier-mercenaries by Sebastian I, King of Portugal, to man a garrison up the Amazon River. The German soldiers were allowed to bring their wives, for after building the fort and doing garrison duty, they were to be given land grants in the interior of what is now Brazil. The families were mainly Lutheran who had been subject to Catholic persecution.
These adventurers set sail from Lisbon, Portugal in three 130-foot, lightly armed warships named Ureas. Their first task was to build a Portugese fort on the upper reaches of the Amazon in a region of what today is the approximate border between Brazil and Ecuador. Upon completion of the fort, the Germans were to man the same against the Spaniards located on the other side of the river. By territorial aggrandizement, Pope Pius V had issued a Papal Bull dividing the interior of South America, between the Spanish on the west bank of the Amazon and the Portugese on the east bank.
The ships were destroyed at the end of the journey when the Portugese crew and German mercenaries were ambushed by the fierce Indians. In orderly fashion, the Germans and Portugese removed cattle, pigs, chickens and a few horses, as well as valuable seed grains for fruit and vegetables. Taking to the jungle, the Europeans fought an enemy who attempted to kill them to the last man and woman. It was a battle of bows and arrows, deadly blowguns and spears against crossbow and body armor. But it was a battle of survival for the Europeans who were quick to adopt stealthy Indian tactics of forest fighting, as opposed to open European massed battle formation.
Eventually, the white men stumbled upon a cave entrance into the side of a mountain. Fighting a rear-guard action, the German remnant was saved and also their livestock and possessions. Because the Indians were terrified of the cave spirits, they abandoned the siege and left. The hole in the side of the earth became a refuge for those white men. Periodically the mercenaries were able to make armed sorties out to procure fresh produce and game. Meanwhile, inside the cavity, the besieged people found plentiful fresh water, and by lighting fires, they learned to sustain themselves in a primitive routine. With ingenuity and skills the group persevered, but dared not establish themselves again in the dangerous world outside. Only their basic survival instincts kept them from total despair.
After agonizing on their dilemma, scouting parties explored the cavity's interior, and reported that the cave of refuge was actually the entrance to a deep underground tunnel. They also found there was evidence of human occupation before them, perhaps accounting for the fear which the Indians had of the interior. The white men took to the tunnels, not knowing where they were going, but hoping the routes would eventually digress to the surface again where they could resettle among friendly Indians.
A documented story of this adventure was recorded in diary form on the ship's log which the group saved.
The hardships were endured by the German colonists for three generations, until they "emerged" in 1647. The episode is told briefly here because what those 16th Century Germans accomplished enabled the German Third Reich to continue after World War H
Leader of the original survivors of the 1572 Indian attacks was a German named Von Luckner. It was he who also organized the tunnel escape and unknowingly led the remnants of his party through the
fissures in groups of 30, deep into the earth where several months later they found a huge, faintly lit cavity of approximately 75 square miles. The ceiling was 300 feet in height and the floor consisted of soil with all the natural nutrients for crop growth. Here the Germans established their first community, free from outside aggression. Insulated from the surface world of head-hunter Indians and an unfriendly jungle, they built a village which over the years became their permanent home. On their journey down, the Europeans generally had fresh water, at times icy cold which came in trickles and rivulets from above. The temperature remained the same as on the surface for approximately the first 100 miles; but in later years, as they penetrated deeper, they were to experience an increase in heat from 80 to 100 degrees. Subsistence was a daily problem but the raw elements of nature on the surface such as rain, cold, wind and predators were totally absent.
At that time these colonists were a lost civilization. As a group they would never return to the surface. Hopelessly, but with an instinctive urge for survival, they surrendered their old ties to Germany and took on a new identity. But the cultural, linguistic, and religious heritages from their homeland remained strong. These assets they would carefully preserve and record for their children as they wandered in the tunnels and adapted to their changed life style.
Persistent stories have been told for centuries that white men were seen on Brazil's upper reaches of the Amazon. These tales we now realize are true. Their basis grew in part as the hunted Germans cautiously reemerged to the surface where they developed trading routes much like the French "coeur de bois" in North America. Of necessity, the Germans had to barter with the Indians and, also, eventually trade with posts and forts which other non-Germanic white men had subsequently built on the river. But the lost Germans kept their hideaway a secret. At all costs, they made sure that no outsiders would stumble upon the new camouflaged tunnel entrance leading to their habitation in the interior of the earth. Those who did, never returned.
In 1980 that village which the Germans started still survives and bears the name of its original founder, Von Luckner, who was proclaimed first king in 1572. The habitation now has a population of over 30,000 souls.
As American colonists heading west in 1700's broke through one natural obstacle after another, so the Germans inside the tunnel continued to explore and move on. From the first settlement of Von Luckner, a group under the leadership of a man named Wagner moved further into the tunnel. They located another cavity where a settlement was started under Wagner's surname. (Population 1977, 60,000). By mid 1600, the Germans had developed a system of crude tracks and carts on wooden wheels. On this rudimentary railroad system they were able to haul their farm produce and livestock. They began to grow crops (particularly barley) which adapted itself to the photosynthesis emanating from the rock glow. This faint natural light coming from the rock walls also enabled them to see and their eyesight adjusted to the dark. Further down the tunnels the Germans descended and eventually established six cities along their 3,000 mile crude wooden rail system. Their offsprings survived disease and hunger.
Like an army, they established each base, and after consolidating it, moved on to repeat the conquest of the tunnel system.
One recurring ordeal confronted the colonists. To understand their trouble, it is necessary to explain that the original tunnel they followed meandered and wound through 3,000 miles of labyrinths. From the seclusion of the numerous tunnel off-shoots, the Germans were frequently attacked by a subterranean race of creatures who tried to kill them as had the Indians on the surface. At one point, these "evil ones" or "Sons of Satan," as the colonists nicknamed them, walled-up the community of new German arrivals. To break out, the Germans were forced to tunnel out through a mile of rubble. The inner-race dwellers strongly resented the newcomers and agreed to guide them back to the surface if they would vacate and leave. Germans who still dwell in these original interior cities say the interior of the earth's mantle is filled with many cities inhabited by the "evil ones." These Germans who have now lived in the tunnel cities below South America for over 400 years, contend that the entire mantle of the earth is filled with different races of rock dwellers who went underground for survival after different surface upheavals or floods which occurred during the former pre-adamite and postadamite civilizations. They contend there are literally hundreds of huge cities located in pockets around the globe and under the seas, from 350 feet below the outer surface to many miles in depth. The German colonists of 1572 may have been the latest arrivals to wander into the earth's mantle - like it - and remain.
As the years passed, three generations of infants were bom in the tunnel system. The German "Rock Moles" had established a chain of settlements named Hagner (population, 1977, 180,000) and Baron Von Brighttner (population 1977, 100,000); Sillisteen (population 1977, 12,000), and Archduke Von Kitchiner (population 1977, 62,000). Then, on the 75th year of their forced sojourn, their scouting parties broke out into the promised land. Emerging through a rock opening the advance party looked about in wonder. All of them had been bom inside the earth's mantle but had been raised to believe there was another world. As the first guides looked about, they beheld unending sky, trees and rolling land. But more fascinating, everything including themselves was bathed in light from a faint man-made orb that hung in a real sky. (Their arrival inside the earth's rock mantle was at a midway point below today's countries of New Zealand and Australia.) The Germans cheered, they prayed, and they laughed for they thought they had arrived back on the outside of the world again.
Hurrying inside the tunnel, they told of this new wonder they had discovered. More jubilant Germans from the tunnel system emerged. Some time later, contact was made with the occupants of this new land who advised the German explorers that they had descended to the inside of the earth where hundreds of millions of peaceful people lived who shunned surface dwellers. The new Atlanteans, which they were called, moved through the air in magical, silent, round winged craft and drove four wheeled vehicles without horses or oxen. These people had an advanced civilization which the amazed Germans recognized was hundreds of years ahead of the surface civilization their fathers had left years before. Also amazing to the Germans, the new Atlanteans had an ageless longevity span, with no noticeable traces of old age in their bodies, no ancient furroughs in their facial features and no senility in their mannerisms. What was missing was the presence of old people, the Germans quickly noted.
Yet another surprise awaited the tunnel Germans. The Atlanteans or Atturians called in advisors from another Inner World continent named Bodland in order to further apprise the new immigrants. As the Bods and tunnel Germans conversed, the tunnel arrivals exploded with excitement. The Inner World Bodlanders and newly arrived tunnel Germans from the Upper World had the same root language! Unbelievable, the tunnel Germans heard a story of how the Bodlanders some 30,000 years earlier had sought refuge in underground tunnels when attacked by a vicious race which had come out of the sky in space craft using superior weaponry to destroy their cities and kill their people by the millions. Only a few thousand survivors were left and they were pursued into mountainous caves. The calamity had occurred in what today is Iran, Pakistan and Syria, once peopled by a race of fair people who called themselves Bacchis later changed to Bods. Many years later the Bods reached the Inner World via tunnels and pockets in the earth's mantle.
The group of emerging tunnel Germans were then invited to visit Bodland, and it was soon apparent to the tunnel Germans that the Bods were the most advanced civilization they had ever seen. The Atlanteans, also called Atturians, agreed to permit the new German race to settle on a relatively unoccupied continent adjacent to Bodland in the southern hemisphere where the second race of Inner World Aryans began anew. Only one stipulation was required, the tunnel Germans must live in peace and friendship and never return to the outside world.
A new German race, therefore, evolved. Its roots began in Germany. Uprooted, they were established in the tunnel system which began in the underground headquarters of South America. From here they migrated over a period of three generations to the interior of the earth where, reborn, the 250 original couples grew into a nation known today as the Six Kingdoms of Saxony. In the intervening years, surplus people from the cities confined within the mantle were forced to migrate to the interior and take up new residence in one of the six inner kingdoms. Eventually, in the 1900's, each family in the tunnel system was allowed only two children as population density was dictated by the cavity size in which each city was located.
In the early 1700's the elder Germanic race of Bods were persuaded by members of the new German royalty to transport their eldest sons back to Germany for schooling in the universities. These young men were first sworn to secrecy and flown to their ancestral homeland in Bodland aircraft in less than half a day. In Germany proper, these Germans from the lost civilization were introduced as sons of wealthy German plantation owners along the Amazon. For over 200 years in this manner, these German princes of a lost world received their advanced education in the arts and history of the Upper World at the leading universities of Europe. Upon return to their interior homeland inside the earth's mantle and the earth's interior, these young Germans showed merchandise and told of the technical advances in the outside world which they had visited. Thus, for instance, those below learned of such Upper World processes as the printing press made in Germany and first brought to the interior by the Crown Prince Von Luckner.
In spite of this isolation, German communities in the tunnels also heard that the outside civilization which
their forefathers had left had again been recontacted. But, since they had grown and thrived in their new tunnel locales, they decided to remain there.
The original migratory tunnel route hit many dead ends, and although substantial improvements were made by use of the single car on wooden wheels and track, the tunnel still followed natural fissures, many of which doubled back like a winding creek.
In 1853 the tunnel Germans abandoned their reticence toward upper surface outsiders and brought in a German engineer from the surface in order to improve the system. In one place he shortened a circuitous length of 273 miles by boring out a new three mile stretch. Within this three mile bore they struck a large room over a mile by three-quarters of a mile in area. In this cavity they later constructed railroad shops, yards, storage tracks, buildings, etc. Continuing to bore the tunnel system, repetitive curves and bends were straightened and the old length of 3,000 miles was shortened considerably. Borrowing technology and materials from the Bods inside the earth, a single track electric railway system evolved which the tunnel Germans improved annually. However, the tunnel entrance in Brazil/Peru border was kept a well guarded secret.
For those Germans who had eventually settled in the center of the earth, the interior climate was hospitable, and by the turn of the 20th Century their numbers had reached ten million. Because of increased visitations, reports about the sojourning princes had seeped out in Germany proper. At that time the German engineer had told of his work among the lost German cities in the tunnel. Finally, in World War I, the Germans in the tunnel sent a volunteer regiment to fight with their homeland cousins. At this juncture in the reviewed relationship between the subterranean Germans and the fatherland, the World War I regiment located many missing relatives from whom their forefathers had been separated 14 generations before. However, the Inner World Germans did not participate in the Upper World wars.
Did Germanic underworld cousins, visiting Germany during World War I, advise her to abandon caution, and reveal the existence of the underworld? The answer is yes, in part, plus other considerations. American State Department papers of December, 1914 and January through March, 1915, describing America's peace efforts to end World War I clearly outline the strenuous efforts by Germany to insure a free access route to their underground nation. One of their most stringent demands in order for them to sign the Armistice was as follows: "Imperial Germany demands free access through the Antarctic via the South Pole to the inner earth for the purpose of future colonization."
American Secretary of State Representative Colonel House, later showed this clause to British Prime Minister Lloyd George. He laughed and said, "Give the Germans that icicle land of seals and penguins. It's nothing but a giant icebox. The Germans have gone insane." As for the interior earth, Prime Minister Lloyd George suggested to Colonel House that somebody was pulling his official leg. Obviously, even in 1915 German foreign minister Count Zimmerman was more aware than
the allies that planet earth was hollow in its center.
By 1930, limited contact and communications had again been established with the tunnel Germans, and a sparse trade evolved, but Upper World Germans had never been taken into the subterranean localities or to the Inner World. But despite their insulation, the presence of the lost German civilizations was being pieced together and recorded by German authorities in the Fatherland.
At the request of Adolf Hitler, officials in Nazi Germany carefully and meticulously gathered all these facts of the German Walhalla. However, Hitler's ambitions as a demagogue to place Germany on a war footing and move toward a total European conflict of arms if necessary had not gone unnoticed by the Germanic cousins of the Inner World -- particularly the Bodlanders who had been at peace for 30,000 years.
It was in 1936 that Hitler, prompted by immediate and unknown reasons, decided to send an exploration team to the Inner World (presumably by air). The Bodlanders from inside the Earth watched the upper Germans all the way and eventually invited the team to the capital city of Bod where Hitler's Upper World Germans were treated royally before returning home. The King of Bodland was invited to come up to Germany's Third Reich for a return visit and in October 1936 the Inner World Bodland King Haakkuuss the Third responded, arriving secretly in Germany via his private space ship. After talking to the Upper World Germans he was impressed by their national spirit and drive, but he also recognized they were war prone and had placed themselves in the direction of a total war footing. Taking Hitler and some of his officers aside King Haakkuuss said: "I warn you as a long lost German brother that you are on the brink of a colossal war that will lead Germany only to disaster. I urge you to stop this madness and reconsider before taking your nation down the wrong road a second time in this century. War is hate - full of negative karma and national agony. Develop a peaceful policy in a positive way."
He then explained that his own intelligence indicated the American President was also power oriented and would like to rule the world. Russia's Stalin was also bent on world domination. Then the King prophesied that if Hitler pursued his dreams of German expansion by war, he would eventually end up being crushed by the armies of Russia and the United States and Britain and its allies. Hitler, of course, disregarded this sage advice from the ruler of another German nation which had not been at war for thirty milleniums and had built the greatest nation on or in the globe.
Following the official visit of the King of Bodland, Hitler instructed his general staff to mount an immediate combined naval and air operation leading to the opening at the South Pole by which they intended to locate again the lost German civilization in the interior of the Earth. That 1937-38 search came to light in 1945 when American and British Intelligence officers in London began examining captured German records. Revealed were the intimate details of the German penetration of the Antarctic under Captain Ritscher whose exploration teams fanned out to unlock the
secrets of the subcontinent -- once a tropic.
One German name, Kurt Von Kugler, an experienced mountain climber, stood out. He actually descended with his German crew through two miles of ice in the vicinity of a place called "Rainbow City," and found evidence of an ancient but advanced civilization older" than all of man's measured past. The Germans spent over a month there, and in this oasis of hot springs found tropical trees, melons and other succulent fruits. This find spurred the German teams to expend greater efforts and other lost valleys were located and Antarctic data developed. The 100 page report and 300 photos which allied officers read regarding this singular explorer's activity was an astonishing discovery. These records of the peacetime German conquest on Antarctica were eventually turned over to the United States where they were quickly filed in Washington's Polar Archives in the National Archives Building under the recent guardianship of Franklin Birch, whose twofold job is to deny that they exist and also to prevent public scrutiny.
The Germans had left maps with routes, and aerial photographs. On finding these, America notified Britain of their find and sent Admiral Byrd into the Antarctic to retrace the German routes. Byrd's expedition was composed of Americans, British and Canadians, one of the famous Britons being Sir Robert Scott whom the authors interviewed.
In 1938 German teams composed of military specialists and scientists finally found the long valley at the South Pole. Both land and aerial groups began the penetration. As they entered the 125-mile-wide Antarctic opening, the mystery unfolded. Traveling on, the valley deepened and 500 miles later, as the valley floor continued to drop, the snow and ice disappeared. Eventually, without being totally aware, the land teams (supplied by air drops) were descending into the doughnut-like hole to the interior of the earth. A German air team flying a Dornier-Wal made the descent. The rest is history. They flew north into the interior and landed thousands of -miles away - among a race of people who resembled the aerial explorers themselves and spoke an ancient German dialect.
The descendants had been found of those German mercenaries whose forefathers had disappeared up the Amazon of the Upper World in the year 1572. The captured Bonn records tell how Hitler's advance parties met their long lost relatives and were joyously welcomed. The jubilant interior Germans then allotted unpopulated adjoining lands to the Germans of the Third Reich and signed six treaties of occupation, one for each autonomous German Kingdom below.
But a snag debarring total acceptance of the new political alignment occurred during the good- will visit. When the Upper World Germans visited the neighboring continent and nation of Bodland who were also Germanic in origin, they were rebuffed by the first settlers of the Inner World. The Bods categorically informed their upper world relatives that they would not be admitted below except through a singular treaty made with the Parliament of Bodland and that any lands to be allotted for future colonization of Upper World Third Reich people would be at the sole discretion of the senior Inner World Bodland power and no other nation. The ultimatum was plain. Any Upper World German
immigration would be under the terms of another German nation who over a span of many thousand years had developed a political structure of government that precluded war. If the Upper World Germans wanted to live in this chaste environment, they were told, they must be re-indoctrinated throughout the whole gamut of their existence from the relearning of the family, school and college perspectives towards a new outlook at adulthood life. Thus any Upper World immigration of the Germans planning another world war, would require total renunciation of their basic destructive behaviourisms before they could become federated with the Inner World people whose constant objective was peace.
The German Dornier-Wal was refueled with a chemical superior to gasoline and the surface Germans flew home. They had found their ancient Thule, but they had not experienced the applauding adulation expected from their long lost kin.
The Upper World War began without respite. In September 1939 Hitler's legions of invincibility invaded Poland. Britain, France and their colonial empires declared war on the Germans. In 1940 the Germans had turned on the Russians and inl941 the Americans under Roosevelt had come in on the side of the allies. The prophecy for fulfillment of the 1936 warning by King Haakkuuss in was about to unfold. By 1943 Hitler realized he could not fight a war on three fronts against enemies with inexhaustable supplies of men and materials despite advanced German preparedness.
Therefore the Third Reich altered its plan for conquest of the world. Early in 1943 Adolf Hitler dispatched a delegation of unknown emissaries below to entreat King Haakkuuss in of Bodland to sell some unsettled land near the Inner South Pole entrance. The King refused to sell them any territory for expansion but as a brother German nation he welcomed Hitler's people to come down and occupy semi-desert land without compensation, provided they agreed to sign a treaty of perpetual peace with Bodland and dwell quietly with the other nations.
The visiting Upper World Germans agreed, whereupon the Bodland King called a special session of Parliament inviting the delegation of Third Reich emissaries to attend. As the visitors from the Upper World listened, they observed King Haakkuuss open the special session of Parliament and deliver the following address which was televised to the entire nation:
"Citizens of Bodland: As you are already aware, a delegation of fellow German kin folk from the Earth's Upper surface is visiting the leaders of our nation. These visiting Germanic speaking people from the surface call themselves citizens of the Third Reich, have a common ancestry with us dating back 30,000 years at least when we existed together on the surface, where our history teaches we dwelt principally as a great nation in what is called Persia since former times (and currently named Iran). Our ancestors also occupied other adjoining lands in this area of the world including what is today called India, Pakistan, Afganistan, Syria, etc., all of which are now peopled by non-Germanic peoples.
"The cradle of our race, of course, was in the Antarctic from which our ancestors migrated to Persia (Iran) when the Antarctic area slowly became frozen over with ice which is now two miles thick.
"But completing the story of our ancient history, you know our surface nation was destroyed and our people hunted and killed by the millions when a vicious race from another planet named "The Serpent People" landed among us from spacecraft. Many of our ancestors were driven into caves for survival, where for many years they remained. They were never able to return to their native lands occupied by the alien invaders whom our astronomers believed came from a strange planet which intruded into our solar system and also caused the earlier ice age over our original lands.
"While our ancestors were in the caves and tunnels, a remnant of them became separated from Bodland forefathers and eventually this grouping arrived back out on the surface through a cave in what today is called the Black Forest in Bavaria. They became the modern surface Germans and their kin scattered throughout the northern hemisphere above. As you listeners will know, we Bodlanders are the other part of the Persian exodus who eventually migrated through caves and tunnels into the center of the Earth, coming out in these very mountains of Bodland through the tunnels of which we can still connect with hidden exits on the upper surface with our fast magnetic trains and cars. To conclude the capsule history, I would point out that the languages of the upper and lower Germans are today somewhat different but our root words and our customs and even our music are all identifiable with each other."
The King paused and the Parliament of ancient Germans and newly found surface relatives listened with solemnity. His Majesty then re-addressed himself to the vast listening audience throughout the nation. "Fellow citizens, the subject matter on which I address my main remarks is simply this: Our brothers on the surface are involved in a war that can only mean their annihilation as a nation, having been led into this catastrophe by one man - a foolish leader (Adolf Hitler) - whom I tried to warn of his wrong doing three years before the war began - but he rejected my advice. At that time I predicted his downfall if he were to engage his nation in war because two other surface nations, whose leaders also wanted to rule the entire upper world, would unite and destroy the German leader. I refer to Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States and Joseph Stalin of Soviet Russia.
"Our brothers on the surface are losing the war. It is only a matter of time before most of the country of Germany as a nation will be defeated and destroyed according to the plans of their enemies. A delegation of our surface kinsmen are sitting in the Parliamentary visitors' gallery even today. They have come on behalf of their leaders, to beg for our help. Without our befriending them, their people above are lost.
"Their foolish leader in spite of his evil deeds which are mountainous, still has the makings of a great
man if guided in the right direction, and therefore he is part of my proposal, in that he be allowed to enter the Inner World as a catalyst to reunite the exodus of his people under the following conditions:
"That we deed our southern wastelands to them for new settlements.
"That we assist them in developing these vast lands into productive croplands and urban centers. (Eventually the Bods drilled 1800 artesian wells in the arid lands for the incoming German tide from above and also built the first railroads and laid out the new cities.) Later the newcomers may stay in peace or return to the surface.
"That we give all our services to nurture their beginnings as a great nation like ourselves. But before committing our brain power and labour to help them, a charter must be signed by their leaders agreeing to renounce war and not provoke any conflict as long as they remain among us. Each new arrival would sign such an oath before being accepted as an Inner World citizen.
"That Bodland supervise all new construction and make certain that no war-like beginnings are started by them while on the alloted lands. Those among the Upper Germans who exhibit a war prone attitude and want to continue World War II at a later date would not be allowed to settle among us, and therefore any new war beginnings would have to take place on the surface of the planet, for which it is already infamous.
"That Bodland's government would screen all newcomers and this immigrant supervision would last for a term of 30 years ending in 1973."
King Haakkuuss finished his speech and a Parliamentary Committee worked out details of the Charter. Three days later the treaty had been drafted and passed by the Bodland Parliament for signature of the King. The visiting Germans were shown a copy of the draft in the language of the Bodlanders, but the Upper World Germans could not decipher the text. Placing a glass screen over the pages, the Bods showed their astonished cousins the same pages again. Through the opaque screen the language was in modem idiomatic and precise German. The document was accepted without revision and shortly afterwards the signed text was made available in both languages. There remained a place for the signature of Adolf Hitler and other German signatories.
The treaty in effect welcomed the defeated Germans into the Hollow Earth under strict conditions imposed by the Bodlanders' Parliament. The arid lands were to be made productive in order to sustain the newcomers. Strict immigration factors would constitute entry acceptance. Those denied entry would be top Nazis, all personnel connected with concentration camps or those who had hunted Jews and other ethnic groups or political or idealogical enemies of the Third Reich. The list of immigrant denials was extensive. Only those in the present Reich armed services with clean records would be accepted for continuing police and defense duties. The Bodland criminal law denied citizenship to murderers, sadists, rapists and kidnappers, aside from spelled out treaty conditions.
The King took the Upper Germans aside and told them that if they broke the treaty by warfare they all would be eliminated so quickly they would barely have time for their lives to flash before them, so quick and devastating would be their destruction by Bod weaponry.
When the delegation returned to the surface they presented the treaty to Hitler. He angrily fumed and ranted but signed the document. From that day on, a secret government department was established answerable only to Hitler and three other unknown men. The task of this department was to prepare the Third Reich for migration into the Inner Earth to resettle in the general vicinity and under the watchful eyes of the old kingdoms of Germans and the strict surveillance of the Bodlanders who would control all facets of the New German nation for 30 years. Albert Speer's grand designs for the public buildings to be erected in a victorious post-war Berlin were to become instead the models for a New Berlin in the underworld capital as batteries of Bodlanders swarmed in to help the latest arrivals build a new nation from the ground up.
Beginnings of the construction of New Berlin were started in 1943 including the new Reichstag and a palace for Hitler. By 1944 underground water and utilities were laid out for a New Berlin and temporary living and office quarters had already been erected by the Bods and new German workers.
Two obstacles faced the Germans migrating from the Third Reich. The first was the descent into the abyss for 125 miles through a wide hole in the Antarctic. No land entrance over the ice covered continent leading to the abyss had been revealed by the German exploration teams. Hence, all personnel or supplies reaching the earth's interior via the South Pole route must be freighted in by conventional aircraft - an almost impossible task even with naval and land relay depots.
One alternative later devised was to have the five relatively untried round wing planes (powered by magnetic energy) flown to secret hideouts in the southern hemisphere to become the nucleus of a giant airlift. Two additional craft were later flown down (one in 1946 and the other in 1947).
The second obstacle was the antiquated tunnel leading to the Old Germany in the interior. The original tunnel of 3,000 miles, of course, had been reworked in the mid 1800's, but was still old-fashioned by modem standards. It had been used more or less for interior trade of the various communities inside the mantle, and not for mass transit. An updated German survey by Bod engineers) therefore, recommended rebuilding the system. Involved was a shortening of the total lineal miles - more secondary lines to serve the local interior cities - and a new monorail track system with sufficient electric power to carry up to 12 cars.
As World War II unexpectedly deteriorated for Germany proper after 1943, communications with the interior Germans increased via conventional aircraft and the tunnel system. Sometime in 1941 the subterranean German settlements invited their surface brothers to help modernize the tunnel system according to the earlier decision, and to expedite use of its facility in case they had to relocate their emigrants to the interior. Unable to await reconstruction of the tunnel system and its train then
nicknamed "the space elevator," hordes of defeated Germans in 1944 began coming through the Brazil corridor via the tunnel to their new homes below.
Germans were questioned recently about the attitude of the interior Germans toward those surface Germans defeated in World War II who relocated underground. They described the relationship as somewhat parallel to the British/American wartime relationship: "England, the older Anglo-Saxon race, was in trouble, and America, a brother offshoot came to her rescue." German sources for the underworld reports were also asked by the authors if the old Six Kingdoms of interior Germans or the Bods would amalgamate with Hitler's new arrivals. "Not so," said the German sources. Each of the interior Germanys continues to value its strong nationalistic pride which none will surrender. The peaceful political tone has been long established and ingrained in the Bod Germans and the newcomers are expected to abide by these standards, the source declared.
The pair of nations could be described somewhat like the U.S.A. and Canada. Each has an English common law tradition and a stranger would not recognize any significant social or political differences between Calgary and Dallas - except for accent and nationalistic pride.
The German source went on to explain that the tunnel Germans whose forefathers began the exodus would remain economically and socially connected with the old six interior kingdoms of New Germany, but recent fraternization and trade was making differences less recognizable.
In 1943 the tunnel railway custodians named "Two World Railroad Company" were reincorporated under the "Inner Earth Railway Company." On the advice of engineers from Bodland, they sent for a famous Swiss-speaking German engineer named Karl Schneider to rebuild the tunnel on a five year contract. Schneider's vast knowledge of railway tunneling came as a result of his experience in Ruilding the Simplon Tunnel from Milan, Italy through the Alps to Srig, Switzerland and also tunneling jobs in Russia, Australia and South Africa. (On July 1, 1977, he completed the north-south tunnel under the Potomac at Washington in three months time with three additional months needed for drying and hardening of the glazed tunnel interiors. As of July, 1977, he had two more Potomac tunnels to complete under his contract with Metro.
Schneider's survey crew under the direction of Bod engineers took two years to survey the proposed rerouting of the "Inner Earth Railway Company." A total of 316 miles of new tunnels were opened by Bod laser and drilling, often through solid rock. Many additional natural pockets were discovered and these were utilized for freight and railway transit supplies.
After survey completion, Schneider returned to the surface where he hired 5,000 Indians who were familiar with underground mine labor. Schneider also hired experienced bilingual Indian overseers in charge of illiterate Indian workers. They were transported below to quarters located in a rock pocket.
The tunnel beginnings were cut in spiral-shapes for 32 miles, where the gravity pull was unchanged from that on the surface. Below the 32 mile Earthen skin, the tunnel was changed from the spiral formation, and descended more vertically at an angle of about 32 degrees. As the Indians descended deep into the rock mantle, they were surrounded by a greater land mass and consequently were able to walk on the entire 360 degrees of inner tunnel circumference and not fall. They therefore were unaware that they were employed on a project that was going from the outside to the inside of the Earth's mantle and believed, as they had been told, that they were in a mine digging for gold. Correcting the tunnel at the interior side of the Earth's mantle required another spiral 32 miles from the interior surface. (HypotheticaUy, a stone dropped from the upper surface into a hole would fall straight through the planet's entire mantle, eventually spiralling to a point mid- way in the mantle, where it would cling to the side of the descending hole or tunnel in the mantle.) The tunnel was finished in 1948, and as a sidelight, Schneider moved enough gold from the project to pay all his expenses. Meanwhile, as new tunneling progressed, the trains continued to carry German emigrants to the interior of the Earth, landing them in the continent of Agharta, where the original German colonists had first settled. Innerworld surface trains and boats then took the emigrants to their new locale inside the Earth's interior in the southern hemisphere.
Trains upbound from inner earth and downbound from outer earth follow the regular falling gravity norm and use breaks and gears until point zero gravity is reached, midway in the mantle. Then, on the second half of their journey, the electric power source is used to ascend.
As the tunnel was drilled and allowed to cool, the monorail system now in use was incrementally installed. Upon completion of the tunnels, new electric trains were brought in from Germany capable of pulling 12 cars. The power source originates at a South Pole generating station inside the earth; the actual source being solar energy coming through the South Pole entrance. The train rides on a double flanged bottom wheel over a single energized rail. The top of the train is held in place by another double flanged wheel gliding under a top rail.
The made-in-Germany round wing planes also had to prove their capabilities quickly. Demands to relocate personnel and equipment were soon begun, using the new planes. After the German equipment and tools for continuing the manufacture of the round wing planes had been removed to the earth's interior via the South Pole entrance, the five planes were put into international service operating from secret bases in South America. The first industrial task started below was to build a foundry, and the second endeavor was a factory for production of a 120 foot diameter round wing freighter, a model which the Germans had tested in 1942.
The test flight of the first round wing freighter made in New Germany was completed in 1946. The giant UFO's first job was to fly to America and haul back six caterpillar machines. German buyers had purchased the machines in Detroit and shipped these earth movers and their spare parts by train to New Orleans. Then, under cover of darkness, the "caterpillars" were taken on low-boy trailers to a remote farm where they were loaded on the huge, round wing freighter. Piloted by Captain Erie Von
Schusnick, the round wing plane took off to Brazil to onload other accessories and tools. On the second day after leaving the New Orleans area, and stopping over for 36 hours in a hidden Amazon airfield, the freighter landed in New Berlin and discharged its first cargo.
In much the same manner, the fleet of smaller German round wing planes picked up such equipment as turret lathes, shapers, milling machines, cranes, etc., from secret locations in German and American depots. The American goods bought by Germans prior to war's end were purchased by their New York office for shipment to Rio de Janeiro, but often were moved out of America by round wing planes landing in sparsely inhabited desert areas. These goods were paid for by check from Swiss Banks in New York, where German gold was stored by the New York Trading Company.
In late 1944 and early 1945, the Germans also shipped many trainloads of supplies to Spain to be lifted by the round wing planes or loaded on new super subs and older-class subs nicknamed "sea cows" for eventual delivery up the Amazon to interior ports. These subs were eventually scuttled at the war's end.
Another priority below was for tool and die making and foundry work. Each machine required was shipped below by round wing plane in order to resume the various capital projects including a fleet of round wing planes and other defense priority needs. In 1946, exploration teams in the interior had located excellent deposits of iron, copper and aluminum and these were now used in the foundry. Wooden products including finished plywood were shipped down from Brazil via the tunnel.
In the first few months of operation in 1944 and 1945, the Germans had proven the round wing plane was superior to any conventional aircraft and would become the actual workhorse and front line military aircraft of the world by the year 2000. But in 1945, the total reality of the German evacuation had not been fathomed. The only clues of which the allies were certain were that masses of Germans, including Hitler had disappeared.
Hitler, after debarking from his submarine, had arrived in Argentina by way of a routing through Columbia and Brazil. His trip was deliberately unhurried until initial preparations and housing were ready below in New Berlin. King Haakkuuss of Bodland sent his personal space ship to Argentina to bring Hitler below. Upon arrival in the capital of Bodland, Hitler was told authoritatively the peaceful conditions of residence by which he and his subjects must abide in their new land. Hitler re-affirmed his acceptance pledge in what would ultimately lead him into an untried life of human co-existence.
Upon arrival King Haakkuuss told Hitler: "We have permitted you to emigrate because you will serve as the catalyst by which New Germany will be reborn. Your good ideas you should keep and develop. The bad must be eradicated. The hateful aspects of your character must never assert themselves here below and notwithstanding your heinous record of evil to fellow mankind, we believe you can channel your drive into a positive direction as a national leader." The king added, "But your Nazi cronies from above like Borman, Himmler, Goering, etc. can never come below. We (the Bods) will personally
scrutinize each arrival." He concluded: "It will take three generations to correct your (Hitler's) past mistakes in wrongfully indoctrinating German youth, and six generations will be required to bury completely the national instincts of aggressive and wasteful war."
In 1945 and 1946, American OSS agents began closing their net on the Quito, Peru area. Here the Germans were seen departing for the interior via the Inner World Railway. The American observers were confronted now by a different German than those who had left Europe weeks or months before. Now the Americans and other international agents, including the British and Canadians, ran into confident Germans who revealed openly their true Teutonic character. But they were still secretive about their reasons for being in that part of the world. Camps of Germans were hidden in Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, British Guiana and other outlying areas. These Germans were emerging when called to take the last train ride to their new homeland. Skills and professions needed below were sent down in the first trains available while those of top priority were flown through the South Pole entrance in German or Bod round wing planes. Eventually 2-1/2 million Germans settled below. In 1944-45 alone, combined methods of transportation including the railroad and round wing planes carried over 200,000 Germans below. No annual census was taken, but the population expansions into the interior increased yearly. By 1948, German girls from the homeland began arriving and marrying their sweethearts. Families whose husbands had gone below in the first waves were also reunited by various methods and routings. When completed in 1948, the "Space Elevator" was carrying up to 3,600 passengers weekly, most traveling down. Schedules ran three times weekly each way.
In 1948 the new train schedule made six stops for food, beverage and lodging, traveling up to 300 miles per hour in between stations, and traversing the entire distance in less than a 24 hour period. Scores of smaller inner tunnel communities were built up in newly discovered pockets and these new communities were served by interior based, local trains which never surfaced. In 1978, three to five car trains only 300 to 500 passengers weekly, the remaining cars being filled with freight and commodities.
A large German community has grown up in the vicinity of the underground depot that once was only a hole into a cave in 1572 and for eons of time before that. Today Germans return to the surface close to Iquitos, thence to Manaus and via VARIG Airways fly to Rio de Janeiro. From there they travel by PanAm to San Juan, Puerto Rico or Lisbon, Portugal and then by plane or train to Germany.
Currently, many of these interior Germans are coming back to the surface to retire in their homeland. Some of the Germans also elect to retire in various South American countries or the United States, Canada, Britain and Spain rather than go to their old homelands in communist held East Germany.
In 1946 while the Bods strictly supervised the building of a rninimal aerial, navy and land force to be used only for New Germany's national police protection and defense, a setback occurred which was to test their survival. It was from an unexpected source.
On July 12, 1946, Interworld Radar picked up an airborne invasion - bogies coming from the north.
The New Germans knew an enemy might attack them from either the large 1,400 mile North Pole opening which the Russians had used, or the South Pole entrance. But the Germans were psychologically unprepared for this particular confrontation. The bogies were not airplanes or rockets sent down from their former surface enemies. They were round wing planes.
The old, inner world Viking race to the north had been watching the Germans grow in strength. Disliking what they saw in this militaristic action on the part of the new inhabitants of the interior of the earth, and aware of Nazi occupation of Norway and Denmark, the Vikings attacked the new Germans. The German defense was to be their first attempt to defend their new land.
Radar picked up the Viking round wing planes moving southward toward New Berlin and New Hamburg at 5,000 miles per hour, from a northern city in Vikingland called Kupenhaggen (population 3,000,000). A red alert was sounded and five German UFO's, the first ones made in upper Germany before surrender, took to the air.
The aerial vanguards of the 12 million Viking nation on the continent called Vikingland had challenged the small 300,000 fledgling German nation. The aerial battle had lasted sporadically for several hours when the Atlanteans (Atturians) delivered an ultimatum to the Vikings that if they didn't stop the attack, the Atlantean craft would join the fray and cut up the Vikings with advanced lasers. The Atlanteans reassured the Vikings that the Germans must be made welcome inasmuch as they were making unclaimed arid land productive. The New Atlanteans further told the Vikings that the New Germans (related to the Vikings) in peacetime were the most productive people on the face of the upper earth - but in war could be the most destructive. Finally, the Atlantean ambassador to the Vikings stated: "Let the newly arrived Germans live among us in peace! We don't want the war from above renewed below."
Unbeknownst to the combatants or to the Atlanteans (Atturians) the Bodlanders who had been grievously watching the unexpected Inner World beginnings of a war, moved in with their own round wing planes. Moving ahead and above the advancing Viking formation, the Bod craft repeatedly threw out what appeared to be a solid force field. The oncoming Viking craft, unaware of the invention, struck the barriers and were turned back. The beginning of a war of attrition was stopped. (As far as is known the above account is the first mention of the Bod's involvement in preventing the New Germans and the Vikings widening that aerial confrontation in the Inner World.)
But the New Germans had no sooner tested their combatant abilities against the Vikings within the Earth, when an old foe from above began to stir.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd Finds The South Pole Entrance to Inner World
"Hitler is alive!" Those were the first words Joseph Stalin said to President Harry Truman and Prime Minister Churchill when a discreet moment was available at the 1945 Potsdam Conference.
"The body in the bunker was not that of Hitler," Stalin said. "The hair, teeth and fingerprints do not match." Then he gave complete autopsy details to the Prime Minister of England and the President of the United States. At the Potsdam conference it was agreed America would send the first expeditionary force to the Antarctic to look for the departed German leader and the missing nationals who had left Berlin and Germany by various routes in late 44 and early 45. It was also agreed that as soon as preparations could be made the United States would invade the Antarctic and the old allies including Russia would stand by if further offensive action was needed once the Germans were located.
Therefore, according to plan, the United States assembled its Russian and British approved South Polar expedition. Existence of the round wing planes would remain secret, and only conventional weaponry would be deployed. The entire 1946-1947 operation was billed as the largest expedition ever sent to the Antarctic and was given publicity for the media back home, rather than an attempt being made to keep the expedition a secret. It was also intended to establish a permanent U.S. base in the subcontinent, a move that had been delayed when the temporary American bases of 1939 and 1940 were abandoned because of the war. But although Admiral Byrd was the figurehead of the expedition, his real role was disguised. He would lead "a search and find foray into the Antarctic" where it was assumed by many the German leader and his troops had retreated.
An accompanying naval force out of Norfolk, Virginia under Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen included thirteen war ships, nineteen planes, supply and transport vessels, equipped with helicopters and icebreaker to lead the way, and a submarine to aid in any type of underwater research or assistance. All vehicles were caterpillar tread type tractors as these would be required to tow overland the sleigh and toboggan loads of building materials, quonset huts, warehouse, weather stations, abundant food, clothing and all accessories, especially fuel and oil to transport a 4,000 man force in a hostile freezing land, where ice and snow was up to two miles in depth. The Antarctic adventure was a full scale naval and overland expedition and in a real sense was a continuation of World War U, provided an enemy could be located in the 5-1/2 million square miles of Antarctic mountains and vast snowy wastes.
At Christchurch in New Zealand a branch station was set up as the midpoint for communications between McMurdo Sound, 2365 miles away. Also, at Christchurch additional repair parts and supplies
would be stored for eventual movement to Antarctic where they would be required by the 4,000 man force.
Byrd had a final meeting with the military in the United States at which time on orders of President Truman, he was forbidden to fly his own aircraft until he reached the Antarctic.
The flight to McMurdo Base departed from the Hueneme, California base February 1, and carried Byrd's co-pilot (and navigator combined), radioman, and photographer representing the National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society. They set a course for Hawaii as passenger Byrd sat back reminiscing with his navigator.
The following day Admiral Byrd and his crew took off from Honolulu for the aircraft carrier where his Antarctic plane was waiting to take them on the last leg of the journey into the South Pole region to find the whereabouts of the 250,000 Germans. On the fourth day after departure from Port Hueneme, Admiral Byrd arrived at McMurdo Base in the Antarctic where his fixed wing plane would be observed from a round wing plane of German origin hovering silently above the Sound.
Byrd's team had been the first to fly over the South Pole on November 29, 1929, and for him this updated trip, of course, was no mere polar exercise.
On this occasion he was resolved to find the missing Germans. The irony surrounding the expedition's concept, however, was that while some planners were told it was a polar training expedition, Byrd knew from three former expeditions into the Antarctic that this trip would entail untold hazards and perhaps a lot more than a hidden valley, where rumors told of a German hideout or last stand.
But it was Admiral Byrd's May 9, 1926 aerial expedition in search of the North Pole, accompanied by co-pilot Floyd Bennett, that first fired his zeal to return again and again to the Polar ends of the earth.
It was Bennett who first awakened Byrd's imagination about the inner earth being hollow with possible entrances at both Poles.
Bennett had long noted an important similarity in all previous Arctic (North Pole) accounts. The weather became warmer the farther north a traveler went. For instance, the log of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, 1893-6, seemed to show conclusive proof that the North Polar region was not a frigid ocean of ice. Nansen's conclusions read: "We have demonstrated that the sea in the immediate neighborhood of the pole,.. .in all probabilities lies, in a deep basin, not a shallow onc.the ice seemed to drift northerly, unimpeded..."
(In 1980, NASA maps confirm that the Arctic's ocean floor is a sloping depression beginning in northern Greenland and running about 2,200 miles. Actually the incline of the ocean bed begins about the 85th parallel and eventually becomes the throat of the Arctic which leads into the hollow
Earth.)
The official released version of Byrd's 1926 flight from Spitsbergen to the North Pole is unimaginative and sterile. Byrd's log is reported to have recorded the following: "We reached the North Pole. After taking two sun sights and many pictures, we went on for several miles in the direction we had come, and made another larger circle to be sure to take in the North Pole."
Not disclosed in the official accounts is the following paraphrased but authentic record of that 1926 journey in its final hours. "Bennet urged Byrd to proceed at their existing altitude over an ocean devoid of ice, the horizon of which seemed to enlarge beyond the 85th parallel. As they continued, the compass became erratic, the tail wind increased and the sun's position sank lower. The tri-motored Ford Plane continued only a short distance into this area of mechanical confusion and navigational uncertainty. Then Byrd, becoming fearful, decided to turn back and head for base." They had seen and felt the unknown. From that day on Byrd and Bennett (until his death in 1928) shared the same observations and determination. They had observed that the spherical earth was concave at the so-called top of the planet, and that the Arctic Ocean apparently disappeared into an unending black hole. Before they reached base, they had resolved to return.
During the following year, 1927, (the author confirmed) Byrd and Bennett fiew again to the top of the world but this time they penetrated into the earth's interior. Their new sponsor was the United States Navy. They departed in secret from an unknown base at an unknown time, and to this day no official word of that flight has been made available to biographers or compilers. Byrd is reported to have flown a total of 1,700 miles, the most astonishing time of which was spent inside the earth's interior. His diary of the event records sightings of what looked like prehistoric animals, green forests, mountains, lakes, rivers in a warm climate where tall, fair people waved to the fliers. Pictures of these interior locales were actually seen by the researcher.
Richard Evelyn Byrd, descendent of an old Virginian family and who served in the U.S. Navy prior to World War I and as an aviation instructor during the war, was to become illustrious - in a tragic way. The panoramic evidence of that historic 1927 voyage was never to be shown or admitted to even exist. President Calvin Coolidge on seeing the over 300 pictures and upon reading the log of the flight said emphatically: "No one! Absolutely no one will believe this report! Let's keep it quiet! If we release the information, we will become the laughing stock of the nation and the world." President Coolidge was a New England realist. The decision to withhold the story of Byrd's epic journey was not a contrived cover-up. There was no national security involved. Others beside the President who saw the pictures and read the log simply believed that the phenomena of a world within a world was so fantastic as to be preposterous. (A secretary to the late President Coolidge verified the official reaction.)
The pictures and log of that Byrd flight to the interior of the earth were sealed and immediately placed in a vault at the Library of Congress. They lay there untouched for 12 years. When World War n began, the secret account of Byrd's 1927 flight was reviewed and became classified under the name "White
Sheet Project". In the second year of the war, American Intelligence and the executive branch realized the significance of another world within a world, especially when Jonathon Caldwell, on a training flight in a round wing plane whose routing was over the North Pole, drifted into the black void which Byrd had come upon in 1927. Consequently, the Byrd flight, along with Caldwell's 1940 log was relabeled the "White Pole Project". When World War II hostilities ceased in 1945 the "White Pole Project" was placed under a new Navy department called Polar Archives, where it still operates in 1978 on the sixth floor of the National Archives. In the 1960's NASA Archives became the repository for much of the Polar activities because of the intense space craft action and related world research at the Polar regions.
With the reader made aware of the foregoing background information on Byrd's early Arctic exploits, we can now return to the circumstances surrounding his 1946 flight into the Antarctic, about which this chapter is mainly concerned.
Before departure for that 1946 flight, the Navy allowed Byrd to add to his extensive first-hand knowledge of the Antarctic by perusal of newly acquired information taken from captured German records and books. Most believable to Byrd were the exploits and observations of German teams sent to the Antarctic from 1937 onward. These aerial and land teams had mapped and photographed much of the subcontinent and the reports on their Antarctic findings were an engrossing study that had stimulated naval curiosity. Byrd was instinctively aware that the Germans would have preferred that these classified reports had not been moved to the Americas,
for they gave helpful clues and conclusions about German intentions at the South Pole. Not all the classified information regarding the probes on the Pole had been given Byrd, but the facts he had assimilated assured him that regardless of how incredible polar openings to the interior of the planet were regarded by those to whom he spoke, an entrance to the inner earth could indeed exist, regardless of scientific opinion. The location of such an opening, if it existed, should be near the South Pole beneath a cloud covered area, which Byrd had observed in 1929 but had not been able to check. That possible site was east of the Pole on a line of flight nearby the 171st meridian.
Reflecting again on his past Polar accomplishments and the frustrations arising from government bureaucracy, Byrd was cognizant that 17 years after his last aerial trip to the South Pole he and a new crew were now heading into the Antarctic again, perhaps to conclude once and for all times his polar adventures that might unravel the enigma of the sub-continent.
From McMurdo, Admiral Byrd and his crew were flown to the aircraft carrier 300 miles north in the Antarctic waters. A final briefing took place, and the flight was scheduled for the following morning.
Each man on the crew had taken an oath of secrecy. If they failed to return after a given period of time in the so-called Antarctic exercise, a massive emergency search was to be started. But regardless of the outcome, it was agreed not to inform the public of the true purpose of the excursion into the unknown.
In the wisdom of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Byrd had not been told the secret of the round wing plane which America then possessed.
Byrd and his men checked out the conventional aircraft on which they had trained in the United States. It was called a Falcon, but had no relationship to the 1929 Falcon built by Curtis Wright Aircraft Company. This particular aircraft had been specially constructed in 1946 for high speed and great endurance. The entire project under which it was conceived by the Navy, designed and rushed to completion, was top secret. The airplane's speed is unknown but presumed to have been a good margin over 300 miles per hour. Its range was over 6,000 miles. The Pratt and Whitney engines were also carefully tuned and all unused space in the aircraft was filled with extra gasoline containers, each filled with 100 gallons and tapped into the main fuel supply line to the engines. Extra food rations, because of their added weight, had been kept to a minimum. In case of emergency landing, there would be no hope of survival, particularly in the rarefied atmosphere of the mountain range that barred their path to the area of search in the South Pole region.
For takeoff, the plane was overheavy. Even with catapult assistance the pilot had difficulty sustaining safe height. It became necessary to fly at 5,000 feet maximum for over six hours until extra fuel was used up and its containers thrown overboard.
The following are notes from the log kept by Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his exploratory trip to and beyond the South Pole and into the interior of the Earth. On February 5, 1946, the log begins: "Catapulted from aircraft carrier with full tanks plus extra tanks; the carrier located about 300 miles due north of the McMurdo Base; clear skies, headed for the settlement there, reaching it about 6:50 A.M., circled the settlement; flew low, waving to those on the ground who waved in return. (Byrd's flight from McMurdo, 400 miles due west to the first mountain chain's rim was time-consuming inasmuch as it became expedient to bum off his aircraft's excess fuel. It was too overloaded to permit a sufficient gain in altitude.) Arrived first designated area at 3:00 P.M. our time, skies very clear, coal sack would be seen very clearly overhead, circled the area three times, dropped a small American flag outside the window to claim for the U.S.A. (Reason for circling area was because aircraft was still unable to attain sufficient altitude to cruise over the 10,500 foot pass of the Axel Heiberg glazier onto the central plateau where the supposed valley might begin into the planet's interior).
"Dropped the empty gasoline drums by means of ejection chute in aircraft floor. After several hours, gross weight reduced enough to gain height and cross the mountain rim.
"4:20 P.M. -- Arrived at the edge of the valley, sun was still bright in the sky. We started down following the contour of the ground taking note of the terrain as we descended. At first, slope is gradual then it becomes steeper as though one were going down the side of a mountain. (Navigator now concerned that too much excess was burned off.)
"4:30 P.M. - Ice Cap beginning to get thinner, now beginning to see the exposed side of the mountain.
Our outside temperature gauge has also recorded a 10 degree rise from 60 below zero, observed at the start of the descent.
"5:00 P.M. - We are still following a slope down, the ice is now very thin on the rocks that cover the slope, see some black spots that could be coal, sun is still high in the sky, temperature continues to show a slow steady rise, it could even be tropical at the bottom of the valley, maybe even a Shangri-La only time will tell.
"5: 30 P. M. - - Altimeter shows drop of about one mile since we entered the valley. We have traveled some 300 plus miles in a down slope, sides seem to be gradually getting steeper.
"6:00 P.M. - Ice completely gone, rocks now bare, temperature shows a steady rise, getting warmer as we go deeper, all of a sudden we seem to have hit a bottomless pit in which the sides slope straight down, compass gone completely crazy and is not working at all. We are now spiraling downward, the sun is still shining, but gets dimmer as we descend.
"7:00 P.M. - We have been descending into the hole for almost an hour, air outside continues getting warmer, a few minutes ago we passed a small waterfall from which stearm seemed to be coming, we circled so that our photographer could get a picture. As the sun was dim, we had to use flood lights to enable a good photograph.
"8:00 P.M. - We are nosing down as if traveling on level ground, the compass now not working at all, altimeter has shown a steady fall, instruments indicate our ground speed has slowed to about 50 miles per hour. Why are we traveling so slow?
"9:00 P.M. - Calculate we have traveled down for at least 100 miles from the top of the hole, fuel is half gone, dropped another empty gas tank. (Extra gasoline cans held 100 gallons each, made of aluminum 1/8" thick.) It fell horizontally toward the wall as if being pulled toward ground; readings are crazy here, haven't enough fuel to travel further into the earth. (Bell has sounded indicating fuel supply in main tanks half gone.) We'll turn back and properly explore on future expedition. Our fuel will get us back if we start now, radio is dead, no contact. (Crew were confused because though not weightless, they were able to walk up the sides and on roof of the plane, and remain perpendicular.) Four synchronized clocks on board plus crew's watches kept time, but, later it was shown all clocks and watches had gained seven hours.
"10:00 P.M. - We are now traveling up at faster speed than we went down, and it as if we were traveling along level ground, no explanation of it, it is starting to get cooler outside as we move towards the surface.
11:00 P.M. - We are now getting near the top where the steep drop off started, have given orders to fly a right angle from our course to determine the diameter of the shaft, cold is starting to get intense
outside again.
"12:00 Midnight - We have traveled for about an hour and we have returned to approximately our starting point, navigator believes hole to be over 100 miles in diameter. We are now ascending and steadily gaining speed with wind in our rear, temperature outside gets colder, speed increases automatically."
FOOTNOTE: Byrd later made a special report on how his speed changed without pilot aid from 300 miles per hour on the surface down to about 50 miles per hour descending the hole or shaft. He also told how the temperature went from minus 60 degrees fahrenheit on the surface to more than plus 60 degrees fahrenheit at the point of return during his descent. (They also reported seeing steam coming out of more than one hole in the rocks and discovered cloud formations within the 125 mile shaft. Their instruments also recorded a steady stream of air corning from deep within the shaft which he felt accounted for their decreased speed in descent. The Admiral recorded that the feeling within the great shaft to the interior was uncanny as if one were on a different planet.)
"1:00 A.M. - We are now out of the shaft and going up on the slope; have the movie camera taking shots of all rocks and looking for signs of life or vegetation as we ascend, ground ice forming and getting thicker as we go up.
"2:00 A.M. - We are now at top of valley and will fly across to record the distance. Can barely see the sun coming up in the north. At this time of year it stays up most of time. About four hours of night. "3:00 A.M. - We are across the top, finally, navigator calculated it approximately 500 miles in diameter at the top of the funnel. We are now heading for home base and the carrier."
While in the throat of the funnel (or as Byrd called it, the spiral of the screw) the crew saw in the distance a formation of at least five UFO's converging from deeper in the interior. This sighting was also tracked on their navigational radar. As the UFO formation reached Byrd's unarmed plane, a craft positioned itself on each wing tip of the American plane. Byrd's photographer continued to photograph his silent pacers which revealed clearly defined German swaztikas on their tops and bottoms.
Actually, the German circular winged planes made no warlike maneuvers nor did they make radio contact with Byrd on that particular expedition. Bold, but not foolish, Byrd's pilot was instructed to take no evasive action, and the photographer advised to continue photographing with the still cameras and automatics. Later, over 300 interior photos sent to the National Science Foundation and the National Archives, would comprise the evidence which Admiral Byrd and his crew brought back.
"1:00 P.M. - We are now back on the Aircraft carrier having landed with no problem. After a good rest, we will fly to New Zealand tomorrow for immediate return to the United States." According to the clocks on board the Falcon aircraft, the flight lasted 31 hours but aircraft carrier time showed the
Falcon had been absent 23 hours. Upon his arrival at the aircraft, Byrd sent a coded report to Washington; then the Admiral and his crew rested for three full days on the carrier. Besides the coded report a fast reconnaissance aircraft took special documents and film to Washington via Sydney, Christchurch and Panama. Upon Byrd's later arrival in the United States, the Admiral was immediately escorted to a top secret meeting at the Pentagon with the heads of various armed services.
Extracts from his log were read and hundreds of feet of movie footage were shown and explained to the military brass.
(Today, the specially built Falcon is under wraps at Wright Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio. When the facts of this expedition are released by the Navy, the Byrd plane will go on display at the Smithsonian Institute).
The log book of the Falcon, written by the navigator and signed by Byrd was formerly stored in a safe in a single room in the National Archives, used only for the custody of this historical document. It could not be seen without a Presidential order. It was briefly examined by the authors in 1976 for one hour while two security personnel stood by. A second examination in 1977 was permitted, with the help of Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida. In 1978 the log was moved to underground historical vaults in the U.S. Air Force Kensington Tombs.
After the movie showing of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, a meeting of the joint chiefs of staff was held with President Harry S. Truman presiding. Conclusions of that historic meeting were recorded by vote that immediate plans should be made for Byrd to return to the bottomless hole at the Southern end of the world, penetrate into the interior, and locate the German base with its round wing planes. The date for re-entry was set for February 16, 1947. The American squadron would again ride against the Germans on conventional, propellor driven, fixed wing aircraft. As for Byrd, he was still not told of the Jefferson round wing project.
Thus there was continued the coverup of America's activities in the Antarctic that was to prevent the public from knowing the true intentions of the United States and its post-war allies.
Byrd Stalks the Missing Nazis
On February 16, 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd led his squadron of eight propeller driven Falcon Bombers to the South Pole to test German resistance. Each plane was powered by four Pratt & Whitney engines and tuned with precision for the endurance flight into the unknown interior of the earth. The planes were fully armed, but orders from President Truman was that Byrd was not to fire on any German craft he met in the hollow earth.
As the squadron repeated the flight pattern executed the year before, Byrd and his crew surveyed the terrain. Only this time, besides his own crew, a total of 60 astonished combat veteran Americans were descending in a straight southerly line towards the interior of a planet that was presumed to be of a solid molten core. They carefully noted that the mouth of the double funnel or "screw" as Byrd called it, had a 500 mile opening in the bottom of the Antarctic valley that tapered down to a diameter of 125 miles. Through this opening they would fly for 800 miles towards the interior, before emerging again in a vortex-like aperture inside the earth.
Gradually, the bottom of the hole to the interior widened as it did at the topside until the squadron of Falcons found themselves entering into a hollow world within a world. Above the planes the crew saw what appeared to be sky and clouds. Below was sea and land just as above. They were now in the interior of the hollow earth which Byrd in 1929 had described as "that enchanted continent in the sky - - a land of everlasting mystery". (Whereas on the outer surface of the planet a direct line of vision on the convex surface is seven miles, a straight visual sighting on the surface of the earth's interior would be ad infinitum except for air impurities.)
Compasses on the aircraft strangely enough returned to normal upon their entrance to the interior of the earth. They were now descending further inside the earth's sphere, flying in an atmosphere identical to that on the outside of the planet. The seas and land masses clung to the interior walls and the void between was filled with clouds and light in which there were seen mirages of the sea and terrain below. As the outside earthlings sped on at 259 miles per hour every sight they beheld triggered new stimuli of curiosity. They were not flying into a molten mass and the only heat and light energy source came from a diminutive misty ball of fire, an interior sun that seemed to hang suspended in front of them in the center of the globe's interior.
The land masses below were protrusions on the inside of the earth's 800 to 1,200 mile thick mantle. The flyers observed one major difference from the outside of their planet. The interior appeared to have a greater land surface, for as they continued south, their visions widened in this new concave world surrounding them. There were no celestial bearings, no Pole Star or planet Venus on which to take a dead reckoning. Each hoped their squadron could find its way out.
In this unbelievable world of fantasy, Admiral Richard E. Byrd commanding eight navy Falcons and 60 airmen, went stalking Germans.
A belicose nation from the earth's surface had broken into the interior in search of another Aryan race, with whom they had fought two world wars in the present century. Was the "enemy" here in this lair? And would he fight?
Byrd had taken his squadron further than he himself had ventured the year before. He was now recording a distance of over 2,400 air miles from base.
Still flying north at approximately 10,000 feet, Byrd's navigator, Captain Ben Miller, of Navy air arm, spotted what appeared to be an airfield. (Only hours before Capt. Miller had joined Byrd's crew. He had temporarily turned over to his second in command the command of his carrier from which the flight departed when Byrd's original navigator had taken ill at the last moment.) All eyes of the American squadron peered down and confirmed the sighting. A closer scrutiny revealed various fixed wing aircraft lined up in rows and high powered lenses picked out their identity markings. Swastikas, the emblems of Nazi Germany, were clearly visible.
The American squadron flew on. They reached a point of 2,700 miles within the earth before the order was given by Byrd to return. The cameras on Byrd's plane whirred away as a pictorial account of his journey was made.
An hour later the planes returned over the same compass bearing. Down below they had seen rows of buildings on their trip north and endless planes at a particular bearing. Now these were gone. (The pictures developed by National Defense later showed the airport had been quickly camouflaged.) Suddenly, the Falcon pilots observed that they had uninvited company. Above them and behind on their tails, were five unmarked round wing planes, which the Germans had finally elected to expose.
Byrd had come to this new German world poorly prepared for decisions on the conduct of aerial confrontation. He was primarily an explorer. The Joint Chiefs of Staff had assessed his capabilities and at the last minute briefing Byrd was ordered not to fire on any Germans if he encountered them in flight. Those instructions exist today and were explicit. In addition, Byrd did not evaluate his squadrons vulnerability in the present air strategy which the five round wing planes controlled. And worse, he regarded the German piloted round wing planes as his natural enemy with whom there could be no compromise. Yet, Byrd was not a combat admiral, and suddenly he was catapulted into making a decision whether to accept or decline aerial combat. Did he fail at that time to discern that his "enemy", so called, had abandoned the propeller or even jet powered aircraft of World War II vintage? Certainly Byrd was cognizant from his experience the year before that the Germans now rode the sky in advanced design aircraft that made his conventional Falcon aircraft completely outmoded.
But, on the other hand, giving Admiral Byrd the benefit of the doubt, did he purposely intend to confront the Germans and make them show their hand? No one knows what illogical drive motivated him in his last moment decisions, but they were not the result of any wise on-the-spot military sagacity or desire for survival. The only thing that can be said on behalf of Byrd is that the round wing planes were conundrums that in his mind produced a panic.
Byrd had already given orders to his own gunners to be prepared to fire (and his co-pilot reminded him the order should be rescinded). Therefore, all of his aircraft were in a state of combat readiness. Perhaps ten seconds remained in which the Admiral could have changed his mind.
Then Byrd received an unexpected message on his wave length from outside his aircraft. 'Admiral Byrd, this is General Kurt Von Ludwig, Commander of the flying ships you see above. Our fire power has your squadron covered."
The same German Commander who was interviewed to substantiate this episode continued: "World War II is over. Leave us alone and return to your base. However, if you wish to land at our station in peace, we shall receive you Americans in peace for you are not our enemies. Our aircraft and weapons are so superior to yours that I advise you not to fire on us. There is no chance for your squadron to survive our attack if you insist on fighting. I would also remind you that you are over territory controlled by New Germany and that you are here under our sufferance."
Commander Byrd listened but did not reply. When the German had finished speaking, Byrd gave his order in two words: "Open Fire!" His aircraft hardly had time to comply before the sky seemed to explode.
Those Falcons hit by the saucers' laser beams broke up and spiralled or nose dived to earth where the crews were killed on impact.
From what looked like hidden anti-aircraft gun sites on the land below there emanated pencil-thin broken beams of red light. An American witness in one of the planes struck with this ray weapon said, "the ray seemed to let us down gradually and our pilot was helpless to maintain control; we had to ditch. Those who could, bailed out."
Admiral Byrd watched his entire supporting aircraft plummeting out of the sky nearby. Suddenly, the voice of the German Commander broke into his wave length again. "Commander Byrd, you are a fool. You have sacrificed your own men. You were warned. Now leave this land and never return. Leave at once." Byrd was shaken and quickly went into shock. Miller took over the controls and pointed the aircraft for the opening that led to the topside of the world. Byrd had carried out his orders to find the Germans. He had entered the young lion's den; but he was no Daniel.
The scene that followed as the American planes crashed to earth was not reminiscent of a wartime
landing in hostile enemy territory. American survivors picked up by the Germans were interviewed in 1977 to verify the German version of what took place.
The Germans immediately mounted an all-out rescue attempt in order to save the American airmen. Some of the crashed American planes were not severely disabled. From these the occupants quickly crawled out with their hands over their heads. They were met by Germans who immediately disarmed them and asked them to drop their hands, saying that they were in friendly territory. German crews hurriedly raced to the totally demolished American planes, extinguished fires, and removed bodies in an attempt to save lives. Twenty six live Americans were finally assembled that day by the Germans as ambulances with doctors sped to the scene. Para-medics administered first aid to the surviving American crew members as the ambulances headed to nearby hospitals in New Berlin. At the hospital, German specialists set limbs and carefully
stitched wounds and made the Americans as comfortable as possible. Occasionally the Germans addressed the Americans in English, some quietly telling how they had taken their degrees at German and American institutions.
Crew members not severely injured were taken into the city. A sign on the outskirts said, "New Berlin". The "prisoners" were then given an escorted automobile tour of the emerging city which the Germans had secretly begun in early 1940. Examples of buildings designed by Albert Spear on the order of Adolf Hitler were shown to the visitors. Stunned by the cautious friendliness of the Germans, the Americans were given a meal and made comfortable in a hotel.
But not all the invading Americans were so fortunate. As Byrd's plane sped homeward to his carrier base, German morticians embalmed and dressed the young Americans killed in the New Berlin raid. Using I.D. cards, victims were identified, features restored when necessary and then redressed in their own flight suits. The remains were placed in sealed plastic coffins.
The German Commander came in and met some of the surviving American officers. Introducing himself, he called them "heroic fools." The next day was February 17, 1947. Open German army trucks had picked up the various bodies of the young Americans. The vehicles assembled and slowly the cortege bore the dead American airmen through the broad streets of the new city. At the convoy's head, a German military band played Mendholson's Funeral March. Behind the cortege German airmen themselves, in honor, marched in slow step. Escorted in cars, American survivors brought up the rear.
As the funeral procession moved toward the Air Field, cannons were fired in the air; and all German flags on Government buildings flew at half mast as the dead and living Americans were prepared for their trip home. For the Americans and the Germans it was the unofficial end of World War II combat.
At the New Berlin Airport five saucers sat waiting. The dead Americans in unbreakable plastic coffins were placed on board another craft. The 24 walking cases were taken on board two other German
craft. Finally, Commander Kurt Von Ludwig and his crew boarded the lead ship.
A squadron of five German UFO's rose silently and headed south to the hole at the end of the world to pay a regretful respect to 60 living and dead Americans.
Emerging from the South Pole funnel, the saucers took a northerly course from the Antarctic continent towards Australia. Approximately 1,800 miles southwest of Sydney, Australia, a U.S. aircraft carrier hove to at the radio request of the German Commander. As fleet commander Rear Admiral Cruzen listened, flat top commander Ben Miller, now back in control of his own ship, was hooked into the radio of the German round wing plane. A friend of Commander Miller then spoke from the German craft.
The American survivor appealed to the commanding officer to allow the Germans to land on one end of the carrier flight deck to deliver American survivors. The German UFO's sat down as Commander Kurt Von Ludwig hovered above in an attitude of surveillance. Americans stood down. No guns were drawn. No orders were given. No battle positions were taken.
The walking Americans stepped out and then moved to the other German round wing planes to remove the wounded. These were placed or helped on deck.
American sailors began to stand at attention and many officers stood at silent salute. No American word had been spoken. No German voice had been heard. When the last stretcher was removed, the German UFO's silently lifted and joined their commander aloft, then suddenly they were gone.
Under sedation in the carrier's sick bay, Admiral Byrd had missed the last chapter of the tragic drama he had begun.
From below the carrier flight deck, an ambulance plane was hoisted. Within 20 minutes it too was airborne, headed for Honolulu, Hawaii, where Pearl Harbor was alerted to receive the injured.
The same night, over 10,000 miles away from the carrier, five round wing planes appeared at 8:00 P.M. over Arlington, Virginia. They stopped in mid-air and hovered over the tomb of World War I's Unknown Soldier.
A German plane broke formation and landed in an open area near the tomb. The door of the craft opened and darkened forms brought out the bodies of the 30 American airmen who had perished two days before.
There is a spirit, believed to be that of the Unknown Soldier, which had appeared often in the past whenever a body lay in state under the Capitol Rotunda. It was seen by many at Kennedy's death; it
appeared when the body of President Eisenhower lay in state, and also appeared on the death of President Hoover, Johnson and other notable Americans. The night of February 12, as the Germans placed the bodies of the dead airmen before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, completing their task, they stepped back and surveyed the darkened scene for a moment before entering their airships. As they watched, the apparition of the dead doughboy of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I was suddenly seen again. It gave a brisk salute and then vanished. The Germans themselves swear this appearance took place.
What arrangements were made with the next of kin is not known. Nevertheless, 30 men of all ranks were buried with full military honors at the cemetery. (Today in a nearby building a bronze plaque reposes, inscribed with the names of the young heroes - and how they died in the center of the Earth. The plaque will be erected in the year 2000 A.D.)
From Arlington Cemetery three of the German saucers stopped above the Capitol Building and two hovered over the White House where the Trumans lived. Simultaneously, all five shone powerful search lights on the buildings below. The Washington military was alerted. Then the German Commander spoke via the Air Force radio channel. He said: "This display of our strength is a warning. If we so wished we could destroy both your White House and Capitol with deadly rays and within five minutes both historic places would be only ashes. Send no more armed military expeditions below unless America wants full scale war," the German warned.
"If it is war you seek, then we shall fight you, but as for New Germany, we prefer peace and the friendship of America." The voice finished by saying "the real enemy of both our peoples is Russia." All night the German saucers hoverd over Washington. Little did they suspect the U.S. chose not to show any of its military strength from the arsenal of over 500 laser equipped round wing planes hidden across the land. The German craft departed westward at 9:00 A.M. the next day in a burst of speed.
In 1948, acting independently of the Americans or other nations, the Russians, who had watched the 1947 Byrd foray in the Antarctic from an Antarctic base, sent a fully-armed wing of conventional combat aircraft to the earth's interior at the north. The Russians, told of the Americans' 1947 reception by the Germans at the South Pole, but uncertain of the outcome, elected to penetrate the North Pole entrance from their bases. The Russian planes were computer clocked by Americans passing Point Barrow, Alaska heading due east. Canadian bases on three northerly locations kept the Russian planes spotted. The American base reported 102 planes; the Canadian check points reported 97 planes.
The Russians' first aerial encounter was with the guardians of the North Pole entrance - descendants of the Vikings whom the Germans call the "old race." The Russian planes at first were challenged by the "old race" but were allowed to proceed when they claimed they were on a mission to New Germany in the southern hemisphere. The Russian wing, still intact, continued past the man-made orb of light at the equator of the earth's interior and sped toward the southern hemisphere where, in the Germans lion's den, seven UFO's were now waiting.
No Russian enemy plane escaped German wrath. One hundred planes and their crews perished. Those Russian bodies recovered were cremated. In 4-1/2 hours, German UFO's were over Moscow, brazenly scattering the ashes of the Russian dead over the capitol. As in the Washington incident, the Germans broke into the military air waves and taunted the Russians with the statement: "Here are the remains of your brave airmen you sent down to destroy us!"
Moscow's red alert sounded. And up into the skies to teach the invading Germans a lesson went Russian MIG fighters. One after another, the German machines easily disposed of all the Russian interceptors.
In defiance, the German Commander in his undamaged round wing plane hovered imperially above.
Then over the military frequencies that moments before cracked with Russian chatter of aerial combat, there came a final German voice: "Next time we will annihilate you."
The Germans flew off - intact.
They would taunt the Russians over Moscow year after year after that memorial victory.
That day, when the squadron leader Von Ludwig landed in New Berlin, he patted his plane and commented: "I shall name her 'Old Ironsides' in honor of today's fight."
USA Peacefully Invades Inner World
Deep down hundreds of feet below a Kensington, Maryland meadow are stored the logs of Admiral Richard Byrds's tragic 1947 flight into the interior world. In another vault adjoining the Byrd records, are some other historical American accomplishments of greater significance, contained in 14 classified books listing the records of the U.S. round wing plane development and the accomplishments of their inaugural flights from 1936 to 1960.
These books tell of the men who blazed new trails into the atmosphere of the upper and inner world. Even today, the names of these humble, Lindberg-like aviators must be kept secret, because of the knowledge they possess if it were known to those who are political adversaries of America in 1980.
In 1978 the authors were given an opportunity to review the logs and papers and make some valid judgments about the history of U.S. aerial progress in the 1940's. To understand the continuous interplay between the German and American endeavours in the attempt to conquer space via dual versions of the round wing plane, it was necessary first to see the log of Byrd's last flight into the inner world and his unauthorized confrontation with a superior force of New Germans.
The Byrd episode after his 1947 flight into the inner world is continued. Upon his release from the carrier's sick bay where he had been confined while in a state of shock, he was flown to Washington and appeared immediately to explain why he had fired on the Germans and disobeyed orders. His last instructions had been to go armed but not to open fire in the inner world under any circumstances. Hence, on appearing before the Joint Chiefs of Staff after his return he was downgraded for disobeying a written order. But for purposes of avoiding publicity and breaking security, the committee voted not to courtmartial him, though a Court of Inquiry was later called to decide on disciplinary action. After all, they argued, Byrd had taken in a squadron of specially built planes, with competent crews, and by his willful ego had sacrificed the lives of over 30 young airmen. Had the Germans not honorably saved the surviving American injured and returned them quickly to the surface aircraft carrier (as recorded in the committee minutes), the mood of the committee most certainly would have been to sentence Byrd. But the national security lid was still on the Antarctic foray. There is also an indication in the minutes that the image of Byrd created by his former explorations might be considered more important to future historians than his fiasco in the inner earth. Nevertheless everyone connected with the expedition considered it a tragedy - except Byrd. An exhibit placed before the Court of Inquiry in 1947 contained five typed pages written by Byrd, telling of the "successful exploit." It was read in frozen disbelief by the Court of Inquiry. The navigator's brief one page resume told the real truth, along with witnesses on the Commander's plane and the survivors returned by the Germans.
The findings of the Court of Inquiry which were forwarded to the Joint Chiefs of Staff labeled Byrd
"mentally incompetent." Furthermore, they recommended that he be allowed no further participation in the program of inner earth penetration, without further review, because of his insistence in boasting publicly about the episodes.
According to the notes of Byrd's briefing for his 1947 flight, Air Force intelligence had advised the Navy not to take him into confidence on the round wing planes built in America because in so doing he might be forced to tell the Germans of them if shot down.
The Byrd chapter on the Antarctic was tragically closed. In the next U.S. Air Force book opened deep underground in the Tombs were laid out the original records of the U.S. attempt to correct the Byrd fiasco.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff elected to drop what had amounted to a devious approach to the new German menace located inside the earth. The next penetration of the inner earth would be with round wing planes carrying competent commanders and trained crews. The new ships would be the sleek, 60 foot craft that had been redesigned in the last year of the war. Top speed of these latest models was over 7,000 miles per hour and they were filled with sophisticated electronic gear for control and navigation. Also built into the craft were long range precise, photographic cameras.
That first ship, Air Force reference number 16, left in April. The ship chosen for that trip could race the sun, beat the wind and chase the stars. One of the 12 men crew referred to her as the sweetheart of time and space. She was so fitted that cameras would photograph a 360 degree arc surrounding her flight pattern as she moved through the inner world. Her point of departure was Los Alamos, New Mexico, and briefing was at three a.m. If all went according to flight plan, at six a.m. she would enter the inner world at the 125 mile wide, South Pole opening.
The purpose of the flight was purely high level, photographic reconnaisance. The ship carried absolutely no armament. At the briefing, instructions were to fly through the South Pole opening's rock funnel at 5,000 miles per hour, proceeding on a course northward and emerging into the upper world again through the North Pole neck of the Arctic Ocean. As the American craft flew through the inner world, three small 16 foot photographic scout planes would leave her hold and do reconnaisance of specific urban and military sites. These small scouts, nicknamed fleas, flew at speeds in excess of 7,000 miles per hour, and returned safely to the 60 foot mother ship before leaving inner earth's air space. Once out of the inner earth the American ship was to land in British Columbia, where debriefing would take place.
The aerial trip was unbelievably successful, and so fast and uncomplicated to the crew that it was described by them as almost uneventful. But the expedition was less so to America's military strategists when they examined the photos. For beyond doubt the pictures accurately gave the U.S. its first authentic aerial panorama of the entire interior world. When the photos were evaluated it was decided
to send a second flight as soon as maps could be completed and flight plans made ready.
In early June the second round wing plane (Air Force reference number 18) took off from British Columbia for the North Pole entrance.
The plane commander was Major R. Davies. He had been told to proceed along the established aerial routing over the Beaufort Sea to a fix above the Canadian Queen Elizabeth Islands. At that coordinate he was to fly on his own reckoning at an elevation of only 3,000 feet. Flight instructions were simple up to the 85th parallel. At that map reference the navigator was cautioned to keep the surface waters in sight at all times and establish constant elevation readings by radar. It was already known to the Air Forces of Canada and the United States that a real danger existed of literally flying off the horizon in that concave area of the Arctic Ocean where the waters flowed deceptively into the throat of the planet. Ground elevation was also important in that area where compasses and instruments became erratic. Jonathon Caldwell, on an earlier training flight in 1943, had stumbled into that northern void while searching for a route to Europe across the top of the world. The Caldwell log and subsequent interview with Caldwell by Davies had prepared the crew for any disorientation, panic or confusion which might occur to the uninitiated venturing into the Earth from the top of the world. The journey into the interior of the Earth was of course made long before the age of satellites. But today NASA labels the geographic North Pole as imaginary - the neutral zone or dead center of the Earth. In this center point of the 1,400 mile wide opening is the location of the imaginary North Pole or the end point of the northern latitudes. No sea or land area exists between the 90th and 85th degree latitudes; it is a gaping hole. Eighty five degree latitude is located approximately on the edge of the opening to the hollow interior of the Earth. (The true magnetic North Pole starts at 86° East Longitude over the TAYMYR peninsula of Siberia.)
But in 1947 there was no navigational chart on how to reach the top of the world at the edge of the gaping hole that led to the interior. With all his sophisticated gear, an airman flying the throat of the ocean had to do so in airman's parlance "by the seat of his pants."
At 6 A.M. U.S. Air Force round wing plane number 16 struck the throat of the ocean at 500 miles per hour. Speed was corrected to 750 miles per hour as advised at the early morning briefing.
As the plane descended into the ocean's abyss, she accelerated to the unbelievable speed of 5,000 miles per hour. All cameras were turned on as the craft began the 1,200 mile long and deep descent that would bring her out at the other end into another world. Still travelling at 3,000 feet elevation, the plane from the upper surface of the planet came into the interior over sparse settlements of Eskimoes, much more advanced than their upper earth relatives. The American crew had already observed and photographed to their astonishment islands within the ocean's steamy throat that seemed to support animal life - namely dinosaurs, extinct on the surface for an estimated million years.
Now, in the Eskimo lands, they noted herds of seals off rocky outposts. Following a southeasterly course they soon encountered another land mass and different civilization.
Shortly thereafter they knew for an historical certainty the territory over which they were flying.
The ship's radar picked up the bogeys. Then visual sightings confirmed the presence of strangers coming up to meet them. This would be Major Davies' first test of will and diplomacy. The Major knew the object of the expedition was primarily exploratory, to obtain as much low level, photographic evidence as possible, and that the second reason for the journey into the earth's interior was to determine if any people encountered were warlike. Another primary objective was to obtain all the information possible about the establishments of the New Germans.
The investigating ships were round wing planes similar but smaller than the United States machine. Suddenly these eight to ten unidentified bogeys were upon the intruding ship from the upper world. Major Davies pressed a button. Across the bottom of the U.S. Air Force plane large green letters spelled out one word: PEACE. The word flashed on and off as an attention getter to the rising planes below. The attacking planes came on. Then a voice in excellent English broke over the American intercom. "Identify and establish purpose of air intrusion over Vikingland!"
Major Davies replied: "Our intrusion of your territory is not deliberate, or war-like. We are unarmed. Our intentions are peaceful. This is an American craft and we have come into this land solely to observe what the New Germans are doing and if they are warlike." The reply apparently satisfied the Viking Commander. He replied: "You say you come in peace. Go in peace. But leave our air space at once! Should you wish to visit us again officially, contact our surface intermediary, the Icelandic Government, and the request will be referred to proper authorities! Major Davies flew away and took his next random bearing on an observed orb of light suspended in the center of the interior. As they sped south, the cameras picked up cities and towns which were not dissimilar to those on the surface. They also saw cattle and horses and flocks of sheep tended by shepherds. They beheld it all, the urban and the rural. On high seas they even observed sailing ship's and noted the steady north to south trade winds.
The craft still had 2,000 miles of reserve power which he had not used. Unarmed as they were, if attacked they would rely on this reserve speed to develop evasive tactics or leave the scene of confrontation. The crew hoped if they came upon a hostile ship that it would not fire first and ask questions later -- too much later.
Within two hours over a zigzag course the ship came upon a new arid land. They had been told when they reached such an area to expect to meet New German round wing planes. The pre-flight briefing proved to be correct. Looking down they saw soldiers drilling on the ground in an unmistakeable goose step fashion. Many barracks and construction camps were nearby as well as visual evidence of a new railroad line being laid.
The picture was almost serene, when from below anti-aircraft shells began bursting. The pilot shot up to 60,000 feet and remarked "I'll bet those shells have 'made in Germany' stamped on them." But the
shelling was not maintained for long. On the bottom of the American ship the large green letters PEACE again flashed on and off. The anti-aircraft flak stopped. Helmeted German soldiers stared upwards at the ship which spoke in a language they understood. Continuing its random search, the American ship then flew over a large settlement with an established airport. Breaking into the American wave length a voice in German asked for identification and flight plan. Major Davies knew a second critical point had been reached in his reconnaisance of the inner world. The flight officer handed the mike to a lieutenant who spoke German, replying to the tower as follows: "We are a lost surface craft origin USA. We can't explain how we arrived here after our compasses went crazy. Instruments now working O.K., but navigator cannot identify landmarks. Can you give directions?"
No German round wing plane took to the air. The cameras on the American craft continued to whir away at the city and its environs below. (Later study showed the city to be New Berlin.)
The German tower operator paused, as if in consultation. Then he replied, giving an explicit bearing on how to depart to the surface. The American craft, still speaking in German, thanked the tower and left the scene on a northerly compass bearing as directed. After flying over the city at 3,000 feet, the American craft began its northerly track and later turned back toward the equator of the interior where a diminutive ball of light acted as a marker.
An hour later speed was reduced as they came up to the interior sun. The light was not intense nor did it hurt the naked eyes. As they approached the huge 600 mile diameter orb, they noticed it resembled a gigantic China lantern, around the circumference of which there went a railed cat- walk. Plainly visible were huge doors leading to the interior where it was apparent the source of the diffused light was located. Closer aerial inspection did not reveal how the man-made orb was suspended in mid air. The crew noted that one side of the man-made sun was covered by a shield which, in slowly turning, provided daylight and darkness to the inner world - as did the sun above.
While the American craft studied and photographed the scientific marvel, a third confrontation was occuring. From high above another squadron of unidentified Atturrean round wing planes descended on the lone American ship, which was strictly out of bounds in the inner sun area. The PEACE sign in green was again flashed on and the ship turned for the newcomers to see the sign. The challenge came abruptly. "Identify presence near sun and explain." The American commander quickly responded. The commander of the Atturrean ship then asked the surface craft to leave and his police squadron escorted the intruding ship back in a northerly direction towards the entrance at the top of the world.
In their flight of fantasy through the inner world the ship cameras also photographed a waterfall which dwarfed Niagara Falls. Nearby was a hydro-electric station. At another location in the continent where the Atturreans dwelt was seen an immense geyser of water throwing millions of gallons of steam and hot water into the air and forming a giant lake. From the reservoir a network of pipes was seen leading to cities many miles distant. The crew were now accustomed to various and changing environments. They came to the conclusion the inner world was not as densely populated as
the upper world, but the next primitive tableau was unexpected. For in an unoccupied land in which there were no signs of civilization, the cameras came upon a time frame that went back into ancient history. In this area they actually saw a primitive tribe fighting an enemy with spears, bows and arrows. There is nothing new under the sun, even a man-made sun.
Unhindered and undamaged, the American round wing plane and her crew of six finally re-entered the air space of the Arctic Ocean. At the top of the throat to the outer world they took a bearing when compasses were stabilized, and the round wing plane headed for the secret air station in British Columbia. Eager officials would be waiting to hear whether the crew of the peace mission had succeeded in displaying the nation's strength with honor. If they had done so, the shame of the year before would have been nullified.
A new universal word PEACE had been flashed to all nations in the interior, whether the inhabitants spoke German or Scandinavian or the old language of the world. But even then, on reassessing the outcome of the journey to the interior, American leaders knew there were nations on the surface who would have come up to fight had their territory been violated even unintentionally.
On landing, the flight crew noted they had been nearly 24 hours on the mission. They were quietly welcomed home. The Commander explained briefly that the mission had been successful. The crew devoured breakfast and fell into their beds.
The exposed film was removed from the ship and taken to the processing lab. Twenty hours of photographs would be the visual result of the cameramen's skill. Later when the film was edited, the meteorological data studied, along with the record on the navigator's tape track, and radio confrontation dialogue, the U.S. would be provided with its first graphic understanding of the world within our world that had been kept hidden for milleniums.
After the films were developed, the pictures would show the inner atmosphere of clouds and rain and even a massive thunderstorm where bolts of lightning flashed in the same frightening way as they would have done on the surface. The debriefing took several days and experts from across the United States and Canada were called in for discussion.
In summing up the success of the flight to the hollow earth, the concensus of opinion was that (1) the races located in the interior of the earth were not hostile or warlike, and (2) the New Germans were now aware of America's round wing capabilities and probably had "not rebuilt their air force significantly enough for any renewed aggression against their old enemy. Perhaps more important, it was noted that the New Germans who were really the upper world Germans in a new setting, had not exhibited any hostility to the unarmed American visitor which they had surely recognized. Perhaps a new day was dawning.
The next question to which the U.S. would have to address itself would be not military but political.
When and how would it be most feasible to open up a bilateral relationship with any or all of the nations in the inner world?
Thirty years would pass before that problem would be worked out.
Byrd's Aerial Disaster in Hollow Earth Establishes Post-war Posture of World War II Nations
A renewed military vigilance of the World War II allies developed from Byrd's 1947 escape from New Germany, and his subsequent landing on the American aircraft carrier south of Australia.
On board were American military brass of all services plus the British, Canadian and Australian, as well as members of the other armed services. Following the briefing by his military advisors, President Truman was sufficiently alarmed to persuade the principal allies of the World War II into making a decisive commitment toward the future outcome of Planet Earth.
Twenty three days after Byrd's debriefing, the President's yacht was at anchor in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Here, in utmost secrecy, the world's leading nations and their chiefs-of-staff met to map strategy on how to react to an enemy that had not been defeated after all, and who might be renewing his air force in order to gain a tactical advantage over all the world in aircraft superiority and weaponry. All present believed that German military ambitions were continuing, and the British, French; and Americans openly surmised that a crisis existed in which democracy might have to fight another battle with Hitler's dictatorship.
The Byrd presentation of the New German fortress being built inside the earth was made to startled military guests. There followed proposals and counter proposals by which it was agreed that preparations for defense of the outer world should begin in the continent of Antarctica, both on and off shore, and that Alaska and Northern Canada, continuing in a line across Greenland to Russia also should be defended forthwith. Therefore, the defense postures formed during that period were related primarily to the polar regions.
In line with these various national outlooks, it was decided that the Antarctic discoveries of an opening to the interior of the earth and the German presence within the earth should be kept secret. The friendly outer terrestrials riding the skies would never permit confrontation against New Germany using the newly developed round wing planes and their weaponry. There was also the question of what the outer terrestrials' response would be if the upper earth nations took war into the hollow earth or vice versa. Thus, upper earth response at the Polar regions became conventional and it was decided that the round wing planes would be deployed secretly for surveillance only.
Henceforth, all nations agreed, the new allied military presence in the polar regions should increase and would be disguised under various names. There was Canadian Operation Pine Tree, and Dew Line in the northern hemisphere. High Jump and the Geophysical Year, with their variety of logistics and tactical exercises were held in the southern hemisphere. America's Greenland base at Thule would be a
scientific ice station, and Canada's Baffin Island Station also would mock the truth. No mention would be made that the early warning stations were located within short flight minutes of the Northern Polar entrance to the interior. No one would admit that McMurdo Bay in the Antarctic was the headquarters for any projected entrenchment.
As a result of these post war decisions, there extends across North America today a line of Arctic defenses from the Bering Strait to Greenland. Russia had its own early warning system above its 70th parallel. The world's defenses begun in the late 1940's have continued to be improved and serviced since that time.
In the Southern Hemisphere manned stations have been in existence since 1959, occupied by those signatory countries which, by treaty, police the sub-continent. West Germany is not party to the northern defense system nor do they contribute men, materials or money. Nor are the New Germans one of the Antarctic guardian nations, notwithstanding the fact that the Germans in the late 30's and early 40's probably explored and mapped the Antarctic more extensively than any other nation.
Many nations committed themselves to keep the true nature of their polar activities locked up. But what was easy to hide from the public in 1936 was not so in 1946 when batteries of press corps and advisors were required by Canada, America and foreign governments to suppress the truth that a new aerial age existed, even those newspapermen who managed to wrangle junkets to Polar stations. As suppression continued, certain military government public relations agencies used the written tactics of fabrication and deceit to hide the secret of the ages.
In 1947 the government was inclined to believe that the American people would have demanded immediate war with the Germans, and the government wanted to avoid that. But in hindsight we now know that both the Germans and allies were tired of all-out war. As for the so-called flying saucers, most governments continue to believe that withholding the truth on so called flying saucers would prevent mass hysteria. They pay science spokesmen to ridicule the existence of the round wing plane. But there are nonetheless some in authority, particularly in the U.S. who believe that a gradual release of the facts would be propitious.
About the time Byrd himself was being officially gagged, it was realized by the World War II allies that the entire geographical discovery of an entrance to an inner world at the poles had been made more complex by German existence in that new land. For if the existence of the inner world was publicly revealed, the military complications of the German presence would, of necessity, be revealed and vice versa. No one in authority in the United States, Britain, France, or Russia for that matter, cared to think of the New German war machine rebuilding a "Fourth Reich" which its founder had promised would last 1,000 years.
Whatever force it was that kept the polar antagonists checkmated, earth skies and particularly the
Poles, were filled for years with alien ships probing the frigid skies at each end of the planet.
The aftermath of Operation High Jump and Byrd's expedition into the interior was tragic for Byrd and his family. He had already been shut off the air in Valparaiso, Chile, while making emotional remarks about momentous discoveries stemming from his polar exploration. A similar embarrassment later occurred over NBC radio in New York. Government sponsored denials of an Interior world were then put forth, and Admiral Byrd was told by President Truman that henceforth anything he said to the media would be censored. However, Byrd would not be silenced. He told authorities that he planned to write a book on his experiences at the Poles regardless of the government's gag order.
One day in October, 1954, Admiral Byrd went into seclusion. He spent the next three years in a private sanitarium near Tarrytown, New York, from which he did not communicate with those outside with the exception of certain relatives.
Numbed by the secrecy order for silence, the aerial adventurer, upon leaving the sanatorium, signed an agreement that he would never again mention his experiences in the hollow earth. This American explorer, first to spend a winter alone in the Antarctic, first to cross the South Pole by air, first to fly into the earth's hollow interior from the North Pole, kept silent until he died in 1957 at the age of 56.
As an adventurer, he had the daring and brashness that made him the equivalent of Sir Walter Raleigh or Francis Drake. But that same opportunism that led him on to new frontiers, along with his insatiable public ego, were the very characteristics that finally branded him unacceptable to his government when collective secrecy was demanded.
It is easy for an author to fix blame or formulate conclusions. However, there are still too many unknown contributing circumstances to totally comprehend the events of 1946 and 1947 and the attempts to keep suppressed the revelations of the inner world. As for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, his outstanding human weakness might have been that frustration caused him to die from a broken heart because he or no one else was allowed to evaluate his contribution to his country and to mankind in general.
Post War Positions of Major Nations
But although Byrd's 1947 Inner World encounter with the Germans immediately hardened the polar defense posture of World War II Allies, the political events of 1945 and 46 also tempered attitudes and dismembered the wartime alliance even before the guns were silenced.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt remained more intransient and antagonistic towards the Germans than Churchill or De Gaulle whose countried had suffered severe agonies of war. Roosevelt's German animosity was exceeded only by that of Stalin. In 1945 Roosevelt had called for maximum obliteration of major German cities by British and American bombers during the final weeks of the war. But Churchill who was to concur, had deliberately put off sanctioning the scheme because he could not forget the needless deaths of over 36,000 Londoners during the blitz of the German V Bombs, as well as the destruction of historial English landmarks of monumental significance. The early Roosevelt/Churchill camaraderies had not fully blossomed into an abiding friendship as Churchill noted an increasing ecomania and unnecessary mility truculence on the part of the American president.
As World War II drew to a close, the most pressing need was to decide the fate of a defeated Germany. Hence the peace talks at Casablanca, Tehran, Caira, Yalta, Potsdam and Dunbarton Oaks during the last years of the war.
Of particular significance to the story of the round wing plane development, as well as the future of Europe and the world nations, was the Yalta conference which began in February 1945. That conference revealed frightening events that almost resulted in the western Allies being the post-war losers of World War II and the Soviet empire becoming the undisputed champion of the world.
Architects of the disaster formula were Joseph Stalin, the crafty evil premier of the USSR, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the USA, whom Churchill accused of having gone mad while at Yalta, as corroborated later by testimony of three American physicians before a congressional committee hearing. Therefore, the Yalta episode is briefly sketched herein to show how Roosevelt's tryst with Stalin at that conference not only influenced the defense posture of the English speaking allies and etched the boundaries of occupied Europe after 1946, but also hid the fact of the round wing plane development under stricter cover up.
Roosevelt's departure for Yalta was arranged with paranoic secrecy far beyond precautions necessary for his safety. Under the code name Argonaut, not even Vice President Truman was told the presidential destination. And the special train carrying the 125 VIPs and over 300 staff advisors was broken up at its destination of Newport News, virgiania, when after detraining, the Presidential train was camouflaged and its locomotive tenders even switched to prevent identity. In addition, the train was repainted and the serial numbers changed before the cars were rerouted to different destinations. For years, writers alluded to it as the mystery train that vanished into thin air and even associated its disappearance with the Bermuda Triangle.
From the mystery train, the Yalta party under Roosevelt boarded the cruiser Quincy under command of Capt. Elliott M. Senn, and one of the largest escorts in naval history left port with overhead planes, sub chasers and surface ships. From Malta, the American party, bound 1,250 miles distant for Russia, left in an aerial armada of over 200 American planes including sixteen Switft P38 Lightenings which would fly guard over the President's plane, flown by col. Ray W. Ireland. In adjoining planes under the fighter umbrella would be dignitaries such as Secretary of State Stettinius, First Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Admiral King and Admiral Leahey and Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, special advisors to the President Mr. Harry Hopkins, Justice Jimmy Byrnes, Mr. A. V. Harriman and Mr. Alger Hiss. President Roosevelt's daughter Anna, the wife of Lt. Col. Boettiger was also present as well as Press Secretary Steve Early who was required to leave his three pool reporters at Casablanca.
Except for press coverage, (no releases till Roosevelt arrived home in Portsmouth after the conference) Yalta was the most carefully staged conference of the several held in the final days of World War U. As hosts, Russian intelligence rendered to Roosevelt all the hero worship of the occasion almost ignoring the Britisher Churchill. Vice Premier Molotov welcomed the US Present as he landed on russian soil at 12:10 on February 3, 1945 where an honor guard was lined up in the 40 minus degree cold. The Russians had converted a jeep for the few minutes occasion in order that President Roosevelt could inspect the troops to the tune of a brass band playing the Stars and Stripes. Later, in an American Packard, the Russian guest drove 80 miles to Yalta where honor guards lining the route saluted the American President every 50 feet. The dignitaries were housed at the grandest residence in the area, the room Lividia Palace, built in 191 1 by the last Russian Czar.
When the conference opened, Stalin continued his contribed flattery by demanding as host that the ailing Roosevelt be made Chairman. The two were soon calling each other Joe and Franklin. The British delegation, especially Churchill and Anthony Eden were appalled at the uninhibited familiarity between the American and Russian leaders. Top Americans also began to wince, but unknown to practically all open delegates, Stalin and Roosevelt were most communicative to each other while talking over the phones in their private suites.
Initially, the Russians under Stalin openly asked that they be given control of most of Europe including France, northern Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Crete, Syria, Palestine, 2/3 of Finland, the Baltic countries, Iceland, part of Greenland and even a return of Alaska. The Russians then planned to take Spain by force. In the far east, Stalin asked for Port Arthur, all of Manchuria, Outer Mongolia. He also proposed invasion of China by Russia to remove Mao Te Sung, who was so independent that he preferred his own brand of Communism rather than become a puppet of the Soviets.
The British team, long wary of Soviet aims and their brazen disregard for the Western Allies, pressed for the division of Europe much as it is today. (Following Yalta, British armies under Montgomery threatened to team up with the Germans and drive on to Moscow if the Russians took one foot of territory west of the Elbe.) Eisenhower and other American leaders including Patton were in accord, but Roosevelt vetoed the plan. During the Yalta conference, Churchill consistently made his point that
Poland should remain free of occupied Russian troops and that Germany should not be dismembered, else it would rise again. But he remained adamant that France though defeated and not a victor in the war, should be left intact and unoccupied.
During the conference, the Roosevelt/Stalin attachment blossomed daily and the American president bathed in the ego build-up which Stalin and his aides showered on him. The Russian intelligence had long guessed what Roosevelt wanted most. It was not mainly concern over division of European lands, but instead his declared nomination for President of the newly evolving United Nations, the founding of which the winners of World War II had been drafting during the war years. Stalin was also aware that to head the New World Order was Roosevelt's greatest dream, occupying his every moment of free thought. Therefore, Stalin recognized that Roosevelt would allow nothing to stand in his way to his becoming head of the new planetary body. As Stalin daily observed the frail and failing Roosevelt, he must have known that Roosevelt had thrown all his old caution to the winds in order to get support for presidency of the coming body of nations - and he also must have shrewdly surmised there was nothing to lose by nominating Roosevelt whose life tenure appeared to be short. The crippling polio that Roosevelt had fought all his packed-full political life, had left him a weakened man. So with time on the side of Stalin, he could not lose by nominating Roosevelt to be head of the United Nations in exchange for most of Europe plus other concessions.
The Yalta conference lasted five weeks and by the third week, the British suspecting an ominous purpose beneath Stalin's pretext to befriend Roosevelt, tapped the telephone line going into Roosevelt's private suite in the Lividia Palace. Immediately Churchill was amazed to discover that Stalin and Roosevelt had made their own secret agreement for division of Europe regardless of the open negatiating sessions and also how the two conspirators regarded the new world of nations as they envisioned a revised constitution. As the conference continued, reverberations of the secret intrigue which Stalin was surreptitiously conducting with Roosevelt, reached the ears of the Acting President of the U.S.A., Harry S. Truman, in Washington, U.S.A.
A bewildered Vice President Truman had purposely been alerted by two leading congressmen and another then unknown source that President Roosevelt was undermining the Allied cause at Yalta and that something had to be done - quickly. It was at that point that William Donovan, President Roosevelt's choice to head the O.S.S. (Forerunner of the CIA) was called by Acting President Truman. Truman's message to Donovan was crisp. "Meet me in Arlington Cemetary today at one P.M.!"
At the rendevous, Truman confided his concern to the Intelligence Chief, and asked to be brought up to date on the Yalta happenings. Donovan, first of all, told the Acting Chief that on Roosevelt's orders, his intelligence team had not been taken to the conference, but nevertheless, an O.S.S. man was there in the disguise of a naval chaplain. Donovan said the code name of the agent was Father John, a bonafide Catholic priest. Then Donovan told Truman it was Father John whose reports had alerted him and other friends in Washington.
Donovan and Truman at that meeting agreed to add to Father John's reports and discover first hand what really was happening at Yalta. The acting president then asked General Donovan what was needed to get the counter espionage started on the Roosevelt/Stalin dealings and Donovan replied, five thousand dollars in my hands today and a fast plane to London. Truman went to his own personal account and drew the necessary $5,000 which Donovan would need for funding the trip to Yalta without government vouchers, and at Andrews Air Force Base, one of the five new American made jets was standing waiting for the OSS head. In London, the head of Donovan European operations was asked to stand by. He went under the code name of Major General Charles Lawson, a graduate of Princeton.
Forty-eight hours later, secret O.S.S. agent General Lawson had flown over the "hump" to Moscow via Leningrad. There at the American Embassy, a known O.S.S. agent confirmed that something wrong was taking place at Yalta between Roosevelt and Stalin. Getting a lift to Yalta in a Russian dispatch plane, the Russians though he was being called by Roosevelt. To hid identity from Americans who might recognize him, General Lawson was billeted with a Britisher. Three hours after arrival at Yalta headquarters, the American OSS agent had tapped Roosevelt's telephone going into Lavidia Palace. What he first head confirmed the rumours: Stalin, Molotov and Roosevelt were carrying on a conversation in English with Molotov interpreting difficult passages for Stalin. The Russians talked hopefully of a New World with Roosevelt the global leader of the projected body of United Nations scheduled for its innaugural meeting in San Francisco sometime in 1947. Roosevelt showed his elation by the honor even over the phone. There was however, one small catch - something the Russians wanted in return. Roosevelt knew all about returning favors, but even General Lawson was stunned to hear Molotov tell Roosevelt to lock all his doors from the inside that night and send out all personnel, particularly security people. At 12 midnight, Stalin and Molotov would visit Roosevelt and his daughter Sis alone in the apartment to discuss a contractual agreement. They said they would come through a secret passageway that ended at the wall of the guest apartment occupied by the American president and his daughter.
That evening bugs were planted in Roosevelt's apartment. General Lawson waited expectantly as 12 midnight approached. Precisely on the hour Stalin and Molotov were head to arrive. The President's daughter Sis listened to the knock on the hidden panel and apparently looking at the wall, the agent heard her say: "Do come in, Gentlemen, the President is expecting you!"
Some small talk ensued as head on the tape and then Stalin trilled Roosevelt by extolling how he so expertly chaired the Yalta meetings and that he was Earth's best choice to head the forthcoming United Nations assembly. Stalin asked only one favor in return and he spoke bluntly in English:
"In return for our assured support of your desire to head the world body of nations in the post war years, we want the plans for your round wing plane."
The Russians had made their bid. What the Germans had paid a million dollars for in 1936 when they
bought the crude Caldwell plans, Stalin now wanted not only half the World but also the plans of the round wing plane.
There was a silence as Roosevelt paused, still reflecting the earlier Russian flattery to propel him into stardom as head of the world. Finally, the sick U.S. President spoke. "I see no reason why Russia should not share the secret of the round wing plane. As Russia is to be our ally in a New World of one nation under the United Nations body which I would head, everyone should share the benefits of the great round wing plane and its motor."
Stalin then withdrew from his pocket an agreement in English, which in return for the round wing secret (which first was to be delivered by Roosevelt), they would use Russian influence to make him head of the New United World Order of Nations. Vice President of the new body would be Joseph Stalin and Secretary General wouold be A.V. Molotov. All three parties signed and Sis witnessed the signature of her father, the head of state of the United States of America.
The next day a smiling Roosevelt met Churchill and said in parting: "I think it's time to consider giving the Russians the plans for the American round wing plane." Churchill glared at his former friend and replied. "Believe me! I well know you've been tricked by the flattery of that Brigand Stalin." And looking squarely at Roosevelt, Churchill ended the conversation by adding, "And you, Sir, have gone mad!"
Within four days, General Charles Lawson would be back before Truman, where he and key members of the Senate-Congress would hear the taped story of how Roosevelt agreed to give Russia without congressional approval or advice of the U.S. military, whatever part of Europe the Russians desired, as well as the secret of the ages, the round wing plane.
Little did the members know that Estes Plateau, the visitor from another planet (Venus) who called on Roosevelt in 1943, had reminded him that his personal ambitions might some day place him the same category as Hitler and Stalin.
Yalta ended. The Americans came home. And President Roosevelt proceeded to keep his part of the terrible Russian bargain. Plans of the latest round wing plane were delivered to the Oval Office and placed in his desk.
One morning of late March 1945, Soviet Ambassador Andre Gromyko arrived at the White House for an audience with President Roosevelt. When the Russian left he carried an unmarked package that inside held the plans to the round wing plane on which Johnathon E. Caldwell and thousands of others from America, Canada and Britain had spent their careers perfecting.
Less than ten days later Gromyko asked for a second audience with the U.S. President. The Russian upon returning the plans of the round wing plane to Roosevelt told him that Russian engineers had
umistakenly proved the blue prints were fakes and bore no relationship to the true design and motivational power of an operational plane.
The Russian diplomat was correct. On the night in which the plans lay locked in Roosevelt's desk, an unknown O.S.S. man entered with the help of Secret Service personnel and exchanged the authentic blueprints with fake ones.
The same day on which Gromyko brought back the doctored plans, Roosevelt called in Vice President Truman and explained that "plans of the round wing plane he had requested had been substituted." Without explaining his own duplicity, the President asked Truman to get the proper plans as soon as possible and find who had substituted them or drawn false ones.
Vice President Truman agreed to the order, but as part of the task he urged that President Roosevelt first take a quiet vacational rest in his favorite spa, Warm Springs, Georgia. Truman promised that upon return the plans would be ready, and for the time being he believed that Roosevelt's absence would solve the immediate problem of preventing the round wing secret from falling into enemy hands. Roosevelt thought Truman's suggestion a perfect way to recuperate Yalta and he made ready to leave immediately.
On April 5, Roosevelt died in Warm Springs and among the first to hear of his death and breathe a sigh of relief was Winston Churchill of England. Top U.S. air Force officers were also pleased as were untold others aware of Roosevelt's perfidy. President Truman immediately sealed the Yalta papers of his deceased predecessor among which included the round wing gift to Russia.
As the body of the late President lay in the closed casket guarded by four Secret Service men, Eleanor Roosevelt asked that it be opened so she could view her husband for the last time. The lid was lifted and for a few minutes she looked at the man whose vision had made the building of the round wing plane on a friendly international basis possible, and who took America into World War II, but whose ambition in the final days of his illness lead him to try and give away the greatest invention on the planet, the round wing plane. Had he not been stopped by the O.S.S. whose job it was to guard the nation's secrets, the military and science programmes that the Anglo/Canadian/American team had developed, would have been purloined by the Soviets, whose real goal was domination of the World.
Harry Truman who learned to read the foibles of human character during his days with the Kansas City Pendergast political machine, looked contemptuously at the stocky Russian in knee high boots, baggy knee pants and khaki shirt: "I'll call you Marshall Stalin and you address me as Mr. President!"
Because of the new American hard line under Truman, the Americans and British kept most of Europe free from occupied Soviet control.
As a result of the military fear which the Stalin/Roosevelt agreement engendered, a tight cover-up
prevailed over the round wing apparatus in the U.S.A., Canada and Britain. Even elected congressmen in the U.S.A. and members of parliament in Canada and Britain, or those appointed to the U.S. Senate or the Canadian and British upper houses, were kept from the deepening secrets of the round wing plane, whether of a military, science or technological nature. As the security ranks closed, it became an indictable offense in Canada and Britain to publicly discuss or write about the phenomena, while in the U.S.A. other punitive and secret measures of censorship were employed.
Thus the round wing apparatus, which originally lodged itself in the security of the military and science worlds as a hidden technological process, gradually became a fortified position of mind power. The round wing security division often degraded those who inquired about the phenomena, and those human beings who ventured to expose the truth became enemies within the state to be destroyed if necessary. In short, by its covert composition, the guardians of the round wing plane complex had to circumvent the laws of the state to survive and continue, the Freedom of Information Act eventually helped to right the wrongs of the cover-up by the round wing plane establishment.
(For preparation of this chapter, 78 year old CIA General Charles Lawson (not his right name) came out of retirement to aid the researcher and complete the book. When the OSS intelligence records were read at the National Archives (including the Stalin/Roosevelt agreement on the round wing plane), it was evident why the anglo American security ranks were closed more tightly after 1945. General Lawson is considered by President Reagan and present and pas CIA directors as the greatest living legendary figure of World War H)
Chapter XIV
Men From Atlantis
Nineteen eighty (the year of this book's publication) will be the first time that the people of the known world first learned that they were not alone on this planet. Over half a billion lost relatives of us surface dwellers live peaceably inside the Earth's center. Moreover, these highly advanced people occupy a land mass greater in area than the outside surface.
Their civilizations flourished thousands of years before Moses gave the Israelites their first code of laws. Their people were driving automobiles and flying in "aerial cars" when ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western civilization, and their commerce swept the interior oceans when the Mediterranean was but a Roman lake.
Yet these shy inhabitants of the hollow earth have remained incognito and free of war for 30,000 years. At what period this inner world was first colonized is unknown, but the existence of the largest group concealed in the earth's interior dates back 15,000 years - 3,000 years prior to the sinking of their upper continent of Atlantis. They claim that catastrophe is the deluge known to us as the Noah flood or Gilgamesh Epic.
But the oldest race in the inner world is of ancient Germanic origin, tracing its beginnings to the frozen Antarctic in the world above when that sub-continent was once an inhabited tropical paradise of unsurpassed riches and beauty. Their exodus to inner earth was 30,000 years ago.
Regardless of international government censorship, thousands of surface dwellers in several countries know something of the inner earth due to its recent enterprising colonization by modem-day Germans. But additional evidence is irrefutable that the ancestral races of the Lapps, Eskimos, Chinese, Scandinavians, Germans, Greeks and other large ethnic groups still live inside the earth.
First, lest the dubious reader wonder if this is the beginning of a chapter on mythology, it will be revealed that constant ocean commerce is at present being carried on (unknowingly) between certain nations above and (knowingly) by their counterparts below. Further, it is in various government records that over 100 of these inner earth inhabitants work or study in the U.S.A., as
many in Canada and several hundreds in Europe. When they come to the surface via Arctic sea routes, they travel on Icelandic visas, but they also arrive above by means of at least three major train tunnel arteries, one of which is in the Western United States. These professional and technological "missionaries" from the interior who have been landing in such places as the United States, Canada, Germany or England for many years come only as friends without political or religious motives and
could best be compared to the American Peace Corps Volunteers to underdeveloped countries.
When Admiral Byrd flew into the interior of the earth in 1927 through the northern entrance, he brought back to the outside world the first authentic pictures of the lost people and cities to which this chapter refers, and the two 1947 flights of the American round wing planes with their maps and photos, amply verify the early Byrd record. (In 1965, NASA did a complete, detailed mapping of the interior world.)
But to understand the hollow earth facts and why they remain discredited, the reader should be made aware that a veil of inter-national government secrecy has kept them under wraps for 50 years. In lieu of the truth, the fiery molten earth core hypothesis has been accepted as the current geological condition inside the earth's interior. Many scientific papers and books still expound this theory and grade schools teach it. But such an explanation, while perhaps explaining the earth's formative beginnings, is outdated. Today reputable scientists secretly scoff at the given story allowed to persist by such a prestigious institution as the National Scientific Foundation.
Several old chronicles of Scandinavian and Eskimo origin persist in telling of people who were carried into the Earth's interior by ocean currents and returned years later to tell of it. But there were three projects developed by the 20th century Germany that unravelled the reality of the Earth's interior with more discernment than did unsubstantiated myths. Those German endeavors to validate the existence of the hollow Earth, and devise methods to penetrate it for their colonization, began for all practical purposes in the year 1913.
A paper on this unusual scientific sea journey was sponsored by an un-named science faculty at Georgetown University in 1977, and a West German national delivered the lecture. The lecture caught officialdom by surprise, and later on, all who heard the talk were instructed not to speak of it. The following narrative, except for the early Americans hereinafter mentioned, is part of that lecture.
Perhaps the Germans know of the early theories of John Cleves Symmes, of the U.S.A. Infantry, that the earth was actually hollow and open at the poles. Another American, Cyrus Teed, also held to this theory, though openly ridiculed. The hollow earth was written of in a book published in 1816 by James McBride, and in 1838 an American expedition actually left for the Antarctic after Symmes' admirers in Congress made it possible. Symmes' expedition, of which we know little, inspired Jules Verne to write his JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
In March 1913 the German imperial pocketcruiser MOLTKE left Keil, Germany on a top secret mission to find a northern passage over the top of the world. Like attempts by other nations, the Germans were searching for an Arctic route via a northwest passage through the Bering Strait to the Pacific. War clouds made it necessary to keep the mission classified.
The ship was under the command of Captain Von Jagow, now deceased. Also on board was Lt. Von Tirpitz, grandson of the Kaiser and great-grandson of Queen Victoria. It was the son of Captain Von
Jagow who was interviewed in September 1977 about his mission. With him at the interview was Lt. Von Tirpitz (now 81 years of age), who at one time was Grand Admiral of the German North Sea Fleet, as were his father and grandfather.
The MOLTKE under Captain Von Jagow steamed first towards Iceland, then past the southern tip of Greenland and northwest along Greenland's west coast to Canada's Baffin Island. It was late May when the ship anchored off the northern end of Baffin Island in the vicinity of 70 degrees latitude and 60 degrees longitude to wait for the pack ice to break up.
Within two weeks a navigable northernly channel appeared instead of the better known westerly route in the Lancaster Sound area (referred to as the Northwest Passage and first recorded in 1903-04 by Roald Amundsen). The ice buckled and broke, permitting passage of the Moltke to open waters further north.
This was the first unexplainable situation. The open waters to the north were more extensive than the Germans expected them to be. As they moved northward on an apparently navigable course, the open water stretched as far as the eye could see. By the end of May, the crew were still sailing cautiously into warmer waters. Robins and bluebirds were identified and on islands they had passed there were reindeer and black bears, coming from the north. The German ship still maneuvered slowly further north, sounding the depth carefully. Daylight was continuous.
Then the captain became perplexed. The sun appeared to be low in the sky instead of above and its position was lower the further they sailed. By the end of June the sun had apparently set or disappeared and the battle cruiser was sailing in darkness. The compass was erratic and the true north indistinguishable. The air became misty, the wind increased. Gradually the darkness lifted and a new light from the forward direction shone faintly. As they sailed on, the glow from the new sun's position never changed. The sky was now grayish to black. The navigator surmised they had sailed beyond the North Pole and were somehow headed south again on an unknown course.
Then they passed an Eskimo in a kayak, who spoke a Greenland dialect of Danish. He said he had come from a place called Vineland located about 500 miles south where he had wintered.
For 300 miles Captain Von Jagow continued to steer a southerly course. A continuous chart and depth record of that voyage is today on display in the German Federal Archives in Bonn along with the ship's log.
Finally the ship reached a rocky island inhabited by Eskimos who canoed out to meet them. Some of these also spoke Danish and had been to and from Greenland on several occasions. One of the group said he was a Lapp from Russia. The next day was a surprise. Tne German log says they saw on an island what they believed was a species of supposedly extinct dinosaur. The dimension they had entered was too unreal to comprehend.
The Captain called an officers meeting. They were utterly lost and orders were given to reverse course. Fourteen days later, travelling at full knots, the true sun having reappeared, they found themselves back at the same bearing at which they had anchored in late May off Baffin Island.
It was then that Captain Von Jagow made a decision to explore the northern waters more extensively.
Drawing an arc, the ship directions were so given that the German battlecruiser actually sailed around the edge of the hole leading to the interior. On the outer perimeter of the circumference they ran into thick packs of ice and bitter coldness again. They finally (wrongly) calculated by checking compass movements that the elusive north pole might be inside the doughnut hole leading into the Earth. Explorers before them had been fooled also.
On July 10, a course was set for Germany and on August 1, 1913, the German ship and her crew reached home.
A complete report was made to the Imperial German Naval Command, but its contents were not published. In 1922, one of the ship's officers, Lt. Von Tirpitz, wrote of the experience under the title "The Memoirs of Grand Admiral Tirpitz." From avidly reading this naval officer's account of the northern inner sea, Adolph Hitler became convinced of the validity of a northern entrance to the hollow earth.
During Hitler's book burning in 1936, one of the banned German books most sought was Von Tirpitz' story of the epic voyage on the Moltke battlecruiser to the inner sea, at the top of the world. Hitler's agents confiscated all the books they could for public burning but Von Tirpitz removed his copy from his own library and hid it elsewhere.
In 1924, the Imperial German Navy dusted off the old records of the 1913 expedition into the northern throat of the world. The expedition had not penetrated into the watery corridor beyond an approximate 400 miles but it had proven the existence of an opening. So, in the reasoning of German engineers, if there were an opening that led ultimately to the earth's interior, another such voyage would verify just where that northern doorway ended and the inside of the world began.
Information is indeed sparse on the cruise of the German icebreaker that was used on the expedition. What is known comes entirely from American Navy Intelligence sources of 1924-25. In 1924, American Naval vessels followed the German icebreaker towards ice fields northeast of Greenland when the German vessel broke passage through the ice and disappeared. The American Navy records say the German ice breaker returned a year later (1925), stopping ten days at the capital city of Iceland before sailing for her home port of Hamburg, Germany. The ship and crew had spent the better part of a year in the earth's interior, the American intelligence records reveal, with its final destination unknown. A third possible German naval visit is rumored to have been made by the Germans in 1932, but this report could not be confirmed.
The Russians also attempted to penetrate the interior world in 1956. They sent in a battleship, according to Canadian intelligence sources, but the Russian trip was stopped by a deliberate warning beam of laser power and allowed to exit to the surface with superficial damage and a stem reminder to captain and crew never to return. The next year, in the dead of winter, the Russians sent in a 16,000 man task force of troop-carrying vehicles, heavy artillery, regular tanks and armored cars over solid ice fields and islands through the polar throat into the interior. The invaders came up off a land mass in the extreme north of the interior where they encountered the old Vikings. The Vikings bombarded the task force with lasers, stopping all the Russian motorized equipment, so that the army was powerless to move. By radio they ordered the invaders to turn and head back to the surface. "Should you return," the voice warned in Russian, "it will be a one-way trip." The Russians retreated. A 30,000 man back-up army of reserves waiting in Siberia was not called upon to take the inner world by force.
In 1939 and ensuing years the Germans continued their exploration of the Inner Earth, and in the autumn of 1943 Germany dispatched an aerial expedition into the hollow earth by way of the South Pole region. The expedition was peaceful, its purpose to inquire if Inner Earth lands were available for colonization by upper world Germans. The upper Germans brought gifts and were well-received by those Germanic Saxon cousins who had migrated below in the 1600's. On the same exploration, the upper Germans from the Third Reich encountered what is perhaps the world's most superior race in development - the Bodlanders, another German offshoot whose cradle of life began in the Antarctic but who had migrated below 30,000 years ago via tunnels from what is now Iran. (Language scholars claim that Iran [Persia] retains a similarity to ancient Germanic writing symbols and the spoken word.)
As the reader is already aware, the visiting Germans from the upper world were invited into the capital city of Bodland, named Bod, where they were guests at Parliament and entertained by the King. Officials explained to the upper Germans that their hosts were ancestors of the first distinct race which had migrated to the inner side of the planet's shell. Later interior racial arrivals included the Vikings, the Atturians (or Atlanteans) and the Eskimos. The Bodlanders claimed that the Japanese had no ancestral relatives inside the earth, but were, in fact, descendants from the sunken continent of Mu, which some records say predated the sinking of Atlantis by as much as 250,000 years. The Bodlander chroniclers below said that four civilizations had already developed and faded away on the upper Earth, the present being the fifth.
In 1943, the visiting Germans were also told, and NASA confirmed in 1979, that there are three large continents below in the interior world and two smaller ones. (See map in appendix.) There are seven named oceans, the largest of which is the North Ocean. The name often applied to the entire interior is New Atlantis.
The German expedition of 1943 also discovered that the largest interior continent is that of Agharta, covering a continental area three times larger than that of North America, and occupied mainly by a distinct people called Atturians. This group are the descendants from the sunken continent
of Atlantis whose ancestors immigrated into the interior 15,000 to 1 1,500 B.C. prior to the final sinking of their original homeland when many millions of their ancestors perished. The Atturians claim they are related to many surface white races also and that their combined mother race was brought from Venus 33,000 years ago, but that adventure was not the first Venusian attempt to recolonize Earth. They also claim Venus was originally an Earth colony.
But information on the Inner World procured strictly from German sources seemed unreal to the author, so further corroborating evidence was sought. In 1977 some startling information was obtained from the U.S. State Department. A department source revealed the whereabouts of a man named Haammaan from New Atlantis who had been relocated into the mainstream of American life, married to an American girl and raised a family in Massachusetts. If the professor would talk without jeopardizing his American residency, we would have a scoop to rival all dcoops. This material, therefore, on Men of Atlantis was prepared chiefly from interviews with this Atlantean contact. Then, unexpectedly in 1979, another contact was made with another Inner World man of exceptional brilliance, an outstanding scholar in philosophy and ancient history who, with his wife, is currently on a five year visa to the U.S.A., where he teaches history at George Washington University and spends his spare time counseling students and non-students about family and social problems.
His anglicized name is H. G. Jerrmuss (properly spelled Jerruummouss) and he comes from another continent in the Inner World, Bodland, with a population of roughly 36 million. Interviews with these two men on life in the Inner World will be found in the Appendix A, but the remainder of this chapter will tell briefly of the tragedy that caused the sinking of Atlantis in the upper world and the exodus of the Atlantean survirors to the inside of the Earth.
The following, therefore, is the summarized story of how Atlantis and other upper world lands disappeared beneath the ocean as explained in the chronicles of their race and studied in the historical text books used in the schools and universities of Atturas in the interior of the Earth as Professor Haammaan tells it:
The original Atlantis began as a Venusian colony 33,000 years ago in the fertile valleys and plateaus of a continent located in the mid Atlantic. (Venus itself was originally a space colony of Earth from which the inhabitants had fled at an unknown time because of an earthly cataclysm of planetary nature.) Before destruction 11,500 years ago in an atomic war, Atlantis stretched from the vicinity of Africa to what is now the Islands of the Caribbean. It was once a land of great wealth and had developed a society and technology equal to the leading nations of the upper Earth in the 20th century. Their space ships travelled Earth skies and also ventured into outer space where trade routes to other planets were developed.
But the Atlanteans had a mortal enemy. This was a people named the Athenians living in great cities located in the Mediterranean valley and principally the Aegean area. A three hundred year old trade rivalry gradually became insufferable as each nation prepared for war to destroy the other.
The indirect cause of war is listed as trade or economic reasons, and not the need for land acquisition. The prize was trade dominance among inter stellar planets in the Milky Way beyond our own solar system, on which colonies of Atlanteans and Athenians had been established. Several small local wars had already been fought on Earth and abroad, leaving behind passions of hate that festered and grew.
The date of approximately 1 1,500 years ago is given when the Athenian King ordered a surprise attack on major cities of Atlantis. It began as a controlled land war and as such Athenian armies were landed on Atlantis and gained strong footholds using devastating ray weaponry, against Atlantean armies and objectives.
On the 21st day of the war, the Atlanteans retaliated and broke through Athenian air defenses, dropping atomic bombs on the capital city of the Athenians. The city was totally destroyed, whereupon the Athenian military ordered a retaliatory atomic attack on the capital of Atlantis.
All out atomic war by these two enemies took place. For the next nine days a total, unrestrained atomic war prevailed. (The legends of Greece, Scandinavia and India, as well as Bible references tell of this war in varying stories.)
Millions of Atlanteans and Athenians perished in the holocaust and their great industrial and cultured worlds were to be lost forever, the Athenians (Greeks) never to regain their ancient glory, and the Atlanteans to be wiped off the surface of the planet. Remnants of the Atlanteans made their way to Egypt and disappeared underground into caves and existing tunnels throughout Africa. Lost groups of Athenians also climbed the higher elevations of what is today Italy and the mountains of Turkey and the Caspian Sea areas, to mix with other races. Atlanteans also headed for Brazil and America and became the forerunners of its Mayas and Incas and certain North American Indian tribes.
But during the nine day atomic war, the elements became so disturbed that the wind and water caused greater damage to the land than the bombs. First came the heat caused by the atomic fission. Radioactive dust filled the upper heavens and blotted out the sun. The atomic heat spiraled up and fanned out on giant hurricane winds, melting immense glaciers covering what was then the North Pole (today Switzerland). New rivers were formed such as the Rhone, Rhine, Seine, Danube and Poe, as the melted polar ice caps ran off their fresh water. Britain, which was beforehand joined to Europe, became an island as the connecting land bridge was washed away, while the lowlands of the Baltic and North Seas disappeared under rising waters. The melted ice covered great sections of Europe, eventually filling the Caspian and Black Sea basins also. As the tidal waves and winds mounted in the Atlantic, they flooded over the continent of Atlantis and it, too, sank beneath the waters.
For the Athenians, the end was much the same. As the new rivers poured fresh water into the Mediterranean valley, giant tidal waves of salt water (produced by a wobble in Earth's rotation) breached the high land precipice at the Pillar of Hercules between what is now Spain and Morocco. Accompanied by the bursting of the natural land bridge dam at the western end of the
Mediterranean valley, torrential rains fell on the remaining inhabitants during the ensuing days. At that time the entire Mediterranean was a lush valley where the Athenian empire had begun. Over the next 100 years, the water from the Atlantic completely covered the human habitations and monuments of man throughout this Mediterranean oasis. Only the mountain tops stood out such as Malta, Crete, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, etc. What remained of the Athenian cities of Appoloias, Atheanisas, Appalto, Hellinas, Spartillois and Spartias were covered by the new water depths. For many years afterwards, Atlantic waters continued to tumble over the precipice between the Pillars of Hercules until the sea levels were equalized and the Mediterranean valley was to be the original home of the Greek race in legend only.
It took longer for parts of the Mediterranean highlands to be totally engulfed, up to 300 years. Surviving Atlanteans on the western fringe who had gone underground into bomb shelters and tunnels during the attack, surfaced, cleaned up their cities and prepared to relive in them again, but the waters rose yearly and the Atlanteans were forced to cover their cities with three foot thick plastic shells made of a substance we have not yet developed. As in the Houston Astrodome, the Atlanteans covered over their entire city habitations. Those elevated cities were eventually engulfed with water and today he on the bottom of the ocean, some of them adjacent to the continental U.S.A. as is that unnamed city ten miles in diameter located off San Juan. Communications exist between the eight major cities in the vicinity of the West Indies via a tunnel system. Entrance to the surface is from underwater air locks from which their space craft emerge through the ocean to the surface.
A total of 28 underwater cities exist today throughout the world. Haammaan elaborated by stating that what is now the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico plus other ancient inhabited valleys were inundated in that flood. American scientists and other governments know that, Haammaan said.
The most recent movements of the earth's crust took place during the global flood, Haammaan added. New mountain chains were formed and old ones like the Himalayas rose considerably. Sediments were deposited on our American plains and fossil graveyards were left in various places. After the Genesis flood was over (the same account of which is told in the Bible), old lands like Atlantis had disappeared and new ones formed. At first the tidal waves rushed back and forward over most parts of the globe, but eventually the captive waters left on the high plains ran off and drowned costal lands via the newly formed streams and rivers such as North American's Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and St. Lawrence. Geologists are still uncertain as to what caused the last Earth's destruction, but it was actually the Biblical flood brought on by an atomic war.
In his parting remarks, Haammaan said, "But I have come up from below and exposed myself to you and your government particularly to warn you people of the upper world of the immediate danger of a new nuclear war which you all face. A clue is in your Old Testament prophecy, As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the last days.' Your civilization in the U.S.A. today stands unprotected from such a war and when it comes it will destroy the people and change the character of
the land so that your great coastal cities and low lying areas which the bombs may miss will be submerged under water. It has taken the upper Earth civilization 1 1,500 years to reach again that same point that it sacrificed under the atom bomb long ago at a time when most of this Earth was truly a Garden of Eden. If you think Earth was cursed previously following the atomic war I referred to, then believe that this next war will be many times worse with your stockpile of thousands of nuclear bombs and their delivery systems."
Haammaan paused again. "Read Plato, dust off your old fables and take another look at Noah, the Athenian, and his ark. If you think I cry wolf, believe me, I don't. If insane Earth leaders refuse to listen, the end of this world is again almost upon us.
"It was worth it to sound the alarm. I could have surfaced in a part of the world where my words might have gone unheard and my lips made mute. Then the world would never have heard my plea."
He finished on a note of hope: "If you surface people can restrain your military ego for a century, then you will discover new frontiers of travel and engineering triumphs through your new space craft the likes of which you have never dreamed. Meanwhile the United States is welcome to come down to Agharta and Bodland officially, and make contact with the inner world. Of this I am certain."
(For remainder of Haammaan's remarks on life in the inner world — see Appendix A, page 373.)
Chapter XV
Post War Military Development of the Anti Gravity Principle
"Britain and the United States are working together, and working for the same high cause. Bismarck once said that the supreme fact of the nineteenth century was that Britain and the United States spoke the same language. Let us make sure that the supreme fact of the twentieth century is that they tread the same path."
Winston Churchill, United States Congress, January 17, 1952
In May of 1945, Churchill wrote his first highly classified letter to the new and unpretentious President of the U.S.A., Harry Truman. Thus began the most important series of documents ever written on the round wing plane as the determining factor for protection of allied skies in a world where future supremacy in the air would be the goal of succeeding generations. Churchill's first letter read: "The war is over. By our combined efforts we (Great Britain and the U.S.A.) have learned to work together. But, because Russia already has revealed itself to be our future adversary, I urge that we maintain, with the highest priority, all round wing plane research, development and military deployment . . . with the secrecy necessary to insure the survival of democracy."
Within a month, President Harry Truman answered Churchill in a decisive reply. His letter began: "Dear Winston: Your sentiments express my own thoughts. I totally agree with your political appraisal of Russia." In Truman's answer to Churchill it was evident that as the head of a nation of free people, he too had resolved to face the Soviet challenge of world domination, using the latest weapon of peace which the U.S.A. had developed.
Churchill wrote his next letter. "Dear Harry: I suggest we get together and that I come to the U.S.A. where we will draft plans to continue the round wing plane program. Its very existence must remain locked in silence. We should never forget that we have in our possession an invention so vast that we cannot yet comprehend the benefits it will bring to the world. But militarily we must never let the Russians discover the knowledge of how to build a round wing plane (although I doubt their capabilities) because we do not want a bilateral arms race to develop. I understand there is much continuing research of a scientific nature that should now be started by first choosing the best physicists from among our combined peoples. In the meantime, I think it is wise that we not let up our military vigilance, but consider the whole world to be our new area of reconnaisance."
That the free world survived and prepared to meet the inevitable onslaught of Russian Communism was due in large part to the letters of commitment by freedom-loving Churchill and a plainspeaking Truman, neither of whom had any personal ambitions to rule the world. Only future historians will be objective
enough to venture if the process of democracy was weakened by the ultimate secrecy which their decisions invoked.
Mr. Estes Plateu, an unofficial representative from host planet Venus, added his thoughts on paper, which letter is on file with those of Churchill and Truman in the U.S. Air Force Tombs in Kensington, Maryland. Mr. Plateu wrote in 1945: "My government of Venus, and the solar council suggests for the present that you keep a force of 500 round wing military planes ready for action to repel any attack that might occur from any place on or off the globe. The figure of 500 is not an arbitrary one, but has been calculated by Venusian scientists, based on the present, safe amount of magnetic power which the round wing fleet would draw off the earth's grid system during anyone peak period.
"Furthermore, 500 round wing planes in the hands of English speaking people for their protection and that of their allies, will be over-adequate to effect any counter military action that might be initiated by Russia on land or in the air." Mr. Plateu continued, in his letter, that a global passenger and freight fleet of 2,000 round wing planes could eventually be developed by the year 2000 (commercial aeroplanes in the USA now (1978) number less than 600), by initiating a global ground system of magnetic boosters. Such total complement of round wing planes would allow a safe margin for power withdrawal from the earth's magnetized force being developed in part by the planet spinning on its axis," the Venusian declared.
Plateu later wrote: "I am not concerned about the eventual depletion of the earth's petro-chemical resources. The round Wing planes (as well as future ships and trains) operating without petro-chemical derivatives will be in service long after the oil reserves are gone." Plateu said all forms of electricity are provided by the earth, no matter how the current is derived. "Tapping this vast electro magnetic energy in different ways will be an inspiration to the next generations of earth scientists," he added.
In the months of 1945 and thereafter, meetings between President Truman and Churchill were carried on outlining priorities for peace-time military use of the round wing plane. To assure secrecy after war-time development (handled under the American OSS till September 1945), the new operation would begin under the newly formed CIA in the United States and MI 2 in Canada. British Intelligence, the head of which was known to only three government persons, would also canyon the project. The combined Air Intelligence of the three nations would, of necessity, figure heavily in the cover-up, too.
Great Britain, the U.S. and Canada, with the knowledge of selected persons in their executive branches, and certain legislators and civil servants, thereafter set up secret funds under National Defense Research and Science budgets destined to assure guardianship of the world by the annual continuation of the top secret, round wing plane program.
Meanwhile Russia withdrew further into her insular world under Stalin to concentrate on rocketry, and the gap between Russian and Western interests became known as the cold war of undeclared hostilities (which continues unabated in the early 80's).
Caldwell had ceaselessly worked through the war in almost every aspect of development and testing the round wing planes which were turned out at the secret Western complex. However, in many facets of the operation, Caldwell's genius had been superceded by scientists and physicists of greater academic abilities. But Caldwell clung to his positions of control and delayed research of a highly mathematical nature which was difficult to pursue because of his intransigence. Like many inventive geniuses, Caldwell was dominating and at times down right eccentric, and these traits often produced irksome interference which scientific minds assembled at the complex wanted to avoid. The problem was long recognized that research would serve the cause better if testing facilities could be removed from the original base to another site.
In 1945 Los Alamos became the post-war facility for round wing plane research endeavours. The scientists had identified basic, unsolved problems. For instance, it had to be determined by speed tests how fast the phenomena could fly over 7,000 miles per hour. Also, they knew it was easy to fly such a fast plane off the curvature of the earth, following which a sense of direction was easily lost. Many diffused research problems related to such unknowns, had to be overcome in order to make the round wing plane a trim ship.
On authority of the US Chief of the Army Air Force, General Vandenberg, the move to Los Alamos was ordered. A team of five scientific minds was chosen; A Canadian from the University of Manitoba, an Englishmen from Oxford and three American physicists. The new code name for the round wing plane development would be a misnomer - Project Milk Can.
In charge of the new project would be a man of proven capabilities. His name was Col. Chas. B. Wilkerson. He held a PhD in physics and was a doctor of mathematics. Among his unpublished credentials was his ability as a cryptanalyst with the OSS during the war in breaking the German code, which perhaps shortened the hostilities by three years and changed allied sea losses from near defeat to victory.
Col. Wilkerson and his scientific cohorts moved to Los Alamos to complete the next phase of round wing plane development. Early in the Los Alamos based project the physicists began the first detailed determination of speed, using Earth's magnetic forces applied to the performance of the new motor. The Los Alamos group were given one 33 foot round wing plane for test purposes, and with this craft speed factors were tallied by racing the plane over the prescribed north- south course and dividing the time factor of hours, minutes and fractions of seconds into lineal miles travelled. The resulting speeds and acceleration responses between the two centers formed the basis of the standard training manual being used in round wing planes today.
The researchers ascertained the round wing plane flew faster on a north-south axis than east-west, and also noted that the magnetic planes automatically accelerated on successive trips round the world. For instance, in 1946 two trips around the world in an easterly direction were made in twelve hours time, the second trip being the faster. The object was not to establish speed records but check performance. Wilkerson also flew the plane through the interior of the earth and around the outside three times without stopping. It was noted that the earth emitted less magnetic power in the interior than on the surface, as during each pass through the interior the round wing plane slowed up measurably, for reasons then unknown.
The same year, on a routine speed determination, Col. Wilkerson and his crew got into serious trouble. Before they were aware of a navigational error it was noted with some alarm that they had flown off the earth's convex curvature and were about 10,000 miles out into the void of space, travelling at an incalculable speed under the greater interplanetary magnetic force between planets.
Suddenly a face appeared on their visual screen and a voice announced: "Gentlemen! You are lost and have strayed from the regions of your planet." The voice continued: "You flew off the curvature of the planet. I witnessed your departure. Your calculations went wrong when you computed magnetic navigation as though you were travelling on a flat plane. I will now place on your video screen the navigational formula to allow you to correct course and return safely to your very point of departure. As you get used to space travel, you will become familiar with this problem. Stellar perspective in space is confusing to a mariner familiar only with journeys in Earth atmosphere."
On the screen there then appeared a table to correct flight deviation. Col. Wilkerson knew there were many calculations that had to be figured immediately to rectify their navigational error and prevent same in the future. There was of course direction, velocity of the machine, rotational turn of the Earth, Earth's orbital speed, the changes of magnetic influence from the Earth's atmosphere to outer space, interplanetary magnetic perturbations, etc. As the U.S. ship adjusted course, the crew suddenly saw a slightly dissimilar but smaller space craft fly past them. Col. Wilkerson knew that their space benefactor was one of the occupants of that unknown craft. Shortly thereafter the American round wing plane returned safely to Los Alamos.
From the experience of being off course in space Col. Wilkerson and his physicists developed the navigational tables and directional system in use today among the English speaking round wing plane pilots, whenever they are required to fly either in earth's atmosphere or outer space.
Besides a new navigational guidance system, there was also added a speedometer that compensated for changes in acceleration due to changing magnetic forces emanating from the Earth's surface.
In 1945 it was decided to conduct experiments in vertical speeds of ascent and descent. The problem was to translate for instant cockpit readout, the reverse fluctuations of magnetism induced at specific points of the electro magnetic perimeter surrounding the centrally located positive magnetic coil. This
information was charted and put into an instantaneous visual cockpit read-out altimeter, also in use today.
Determining the round wing plane's lift capabilities was then tackled. They successfully lifted by suspension a jeep, a Sherman tank and a large steam locomotive. Once attached to four magnetized I bolts built into the bottom of the round wing plane, the physicists noted that the small five pound anti-magnetic motor had no greater difficulty lifting the locomotive than the jeep. Weightlessness in the object being lifted was achieved by direct current from the motor passing via the I bolt lifters on through the chain into the object being lifted. In the experiments mentioned, the locomotive, for instance, became an integral part of the craft, repulsing Earth's magnetism.
The push-pull capability of the experimental round wing plane was then demonstrated. The locomotive was shoved and pulled down a section of track, and the Sherman tank, with motor dead, was pushed across a field without apparent effort. Later a set of multiple plows was placed behind a tractor and a virgin plot plowed with ease. The scientists calculated the round wing plane was the most powerful tool or machine in existence and that its peacetime uses were as varied as an engineer could imagine. In the right hands, different applications of the anti-magnetic motor could change the world, so that everything in nature which required changing or improving would be in reach of man.
As the Los Alamos scientists contemplated the awesome power of the round wing plane during discussion one day in 1952, a thought occurred. The engine and two cars of a 62 Union Pacific freight train had fallen off the road bed the previous night into a canyon creek seventy feet below the tracks. The wreckage of cars lay sprawled in the watery bed. The location (still classified) was in a desert area of the Southwest. That day orders went out for the wrecking crews to vacate their work and return to base several miles away. Under cover of darkness a crew from Los Alamos was flown to the train site. Using heavy navy chains, the round wing plane effortlessly lifted each railroad piece back on the tracks. Today there are probably railway men in that area who still tell the story of the wrecked train that mysteriously was returned to the tracks one dark night in 1942.
But the conclusive test was yet to come. It was a test, which if successful, would have wide implications in the modem world of travel. The Los Alamos team first thought of the idea when they used the round wing plane in experiments pushing the Sherman tank. At that time they wondered how reliable or how fickle would be the performance of the small lightweight antimagnetic motor installed in a car in place of the heavy piston driven engine. An English car was chosen and modified. Taken out was the engine, the drive shaft, gears, etc. The little five pound anti-magnetic motor was placed under the hood in a position allowing its axis to be pointed in any direction for forward or reverse motion. Lift was not required. A generator drew power from the back wheels. Brakes were left intact. It is assumed that a battery bank was used to control the amount of electricity necessary to energize the electro magnetos.
During that summer of 1948 a two jeep convoy fore and aft of a little English car was seen by thousands of people as the group travelled cross country to New York, then to Washington, on up to
Ottawa and finally west across Canada's prairie provinces to the grueling roads over the Rockies into British Columbia. A daily log was kept on the car's performance and speed. The only problem encountered in the gas free automobile was the constant use of the brakes, the shoes of which had to be periodically replaced. Car speed throughout the tour was literally controlled by braking.
To prevent curious onlookers swarming over the car, a sign saying "experimental automobile" had to be printed on each side, and the hood kept locked. Once, while crossing the Saskatchewan prairies, the lead jeep broke down. Moving up front, the little experimental car hitched an iron chain to the jeep and effortlessly towed it into Regina for repairs.
A tired but contented group finally reached the tunnel entrance to the Western Pacific complex. Only a single electric railroad went through the mountain tunnel. Mounting the rails, the car took its power from the overhead hot line and went through the tunnel. Caldwell was incredulous when told how the small car had towed the jeep several miles. "I'm not surprised," said Caldwell, "but let's see its pulling power demonstrated on that railway flat car loaded with heavy machinery." At that challenge, the 3,000 pound automobile squatted on the rails in front of the many tons of railway car and equipment. The little car moved ahead, the chain became taut. Had it been a tug of war, the railway flat car would have lost. The rail car simply took off and followed the auto as though it were a walking dog on a leash. Caldwell yelled, "That's enough! I'm a believer."
After many months of experimentation, Charles Wilkerson was convinced that the positions of the true north-south magnetic lines of force had never been plotted by modem man. That these force fields existed without particular resolution, all people were vaguely aware. Certainly Wilkerson knew that the longitudinal as well as the latitudinal lines drawn on maps were only to describe navigational positions and no more. He also felt that the Earth was not covered by a magnetic field like an invisible blanket, but rather that the magnetic force was built up from pole to pole along constant, defined parallel concentrations or perhaps interval bands. Col. Wilkerson reasoned that if that were the case, and he knew the distance between these lines of magnetic force, a much more powerful and responsive anti-magnetic motor could be built into the round wing planes making commonplace future travel in any direction without adjustment. He had recognized that Earth itself was a gigantic magnetic generator that could propel properly harnessed objects such as the round wing plane in any direction at phenomenal speeds, even 30,000 miles per hour. But the planes magnetic fluctuations must first be tuned onto the Earth's generating bands.
At Cornell University he came upon an old manuscript showing drawings on the wall of a secret room in the Pyramid of Giza. Those drawings strongly suggested to Wilkerson that his "lines of force" theory was correct. Flying to Egypt, he went to the University of Cairo where he was shown further evidence that such a room existed in the great pyramid. A professor and photographer accompanied Wilkerson to the great pyramid. Through a secret passage near the top of the ancient wonder they came upon a door. On opening the door the group found themselves in a completely
round room about seven feet high. It was a perfect reproduction of the globe, left by ancients to show succeeding generations. Charles B. Wilkerson had been the first contemporary man to be drawn to that hidden room and deduce its meaning. As he looked at the relief map of the Earth, he distinctly saw north- south lines shown at exact intervals between each other. The three stood in awe without speaking as they beheld the pictorial message handed down from several thousand years before. Wilkerson realized then that his was not the first advanced civilization. At least one other race of knowledgeable people had existed long before. Someone or group recognizing that their ancient world was declining had decided to leave a record of truth for men of the distant future who might rebuild the world from records of the ancient past.
The surrounding walls of the room were photographed in detail. Wilkerson took home the photos. In the next months he had solved the most difficult enigma of his life. It was his greatest triumph. When finished he had plotted a new earth grid system of true longitudinal lines running exactly 32 miles apart at the equator and angling off into the throat of the earth at the 85 th parallel. Emerging inside the earth's mantle to the interior, each pair of magnetic longitudinal lines from the surface came together to form only one magnetic line running through the interior to the South Pole. Later on it was discovered that the directions of ocean currents were also affected by those same magnetic lines of force.
Defining the true magnetic lines answered a host of perplexing questions which had bothered round wing plane pilots for years. Wilkerson had identified earth's magnetically generated bands or highways where they were strongest, where they disappeared, where they reappeared again. The immensity of his precise discovery was self evident for a number of electro magnetic applications, but particularly as it applied to future round wing plane travel. When the subject tests were completed at the Los Alamos site, it was decided that replacement of the existing anti-magnetic motors was paramount in the Anglo American round wing fleet. When motor conversion was completed, the round wing plane fleet could fly in any direction either straight or obliquely, geared to a self correcting flight pattern. General William Donovan, OSS Chief, had been far sighted when in 1945 he recommended to the head of the U.S. Army Air Force, that "he was sending the greatest mathematical mind to help perfect the round wing plane for future use."
Mr. Plateu, the resident Venusian who had helped earthmen more than any other outer terrestrial, had said in the early 40's: "We must let you perfect the round wing plane yourself. We have guided you towards proper beginnings. Among you are intelligent minds who will appear from time to time to show you how to solve the problems of future travel in space." Col. Charles B. Wilkerson, later promoted to Lt. General in the US Army and also knighted was one of those earth people who came along at the right time.
In 1978, there were twelve centers in North America, two of which are in Canada, conducting research on the round wing plane and other facets of the anti-magnetic populsion system. The original efforts of the Project Milk Can researchers had added significantly to the operational improvement and guidance of the Caldwell round wing planes which swept the skies so majestically in the final days of World War
E. The new fleet of Anglo-American round wing planes could hurl themselves faster than any other like or unlike conveyance on the face of the earth. But the earth scientists knew they were still not as sophisticated as the outer space craft from the sister planet Venus.
Sir Charles Wilkerson retired from the round wing plane research program in 1962. Some time in the future biographers and historians will be allowed to evaluate the contributions which he and his Los Alamos cohorts made.
Only one major problem now remained to be overcome. The round wing planes could fly faster and create more friction than their outer skins of stainless steel and duraluminum could safely withstand. Furthermore, to encounter dust particles and pebblesized meteorites in space traveling at perhaps 200,000 miles per hour, would be disastrous as they bombarded the ship's outer skin. There were no existing materials developed on Earth impervious enough to withstand space particles. (During tornadoes it is on record that straws have been driven into telephone poles.) The stainless steel, duraluminum skins might get an Earth craft to another planet, but while on the journey it might become so pitted as to make impossible the return voyage home.
The outer space people had watched the Anglo-Americans for almost 30 years, and in 1975 apparently had decided that the formula for the last remaining technological improvement should be given the U.S. and its English-speaking relatives.
Thus, late in the evening of February 18, 1975, an unidentified outer" terrestrial landed in Washington and shortly thereafter appeared before President Gerald Ford. After his salutation, his first words were, "We are of the opinion there should be no further delay in lending direct help to the United States of America to complete her outer space program." When the being dematerialized he left a disk on the President's desk. Nicknamed the talking book, the disk spelled out the formula for making the rare, light, unbreakable metal needed to cover the outside surface of the round wing plane.
Within 32 days after the disk was given, America had successfully turned out its first batch of the new metal. Five top chemists and metalurgists worked on distilling and firing of the flux at Wright Patterson Field. After being certain of success, Stanley Tool and Die Works of New Britton, Connecticut, was called in to complete the development of the material into structural components. A steel company rolling mill rums out the sheets before they are sent to the fabricators. The new metal is electrically non conductive against lightning and lasers. It resists heat and cold and once formed cannot be filed, shaped or drilled after one year. The metal does not build up friction heat and protects from radiation.
Spacemen will now be able to journey far into space and back without cumbersome protection suits. The use of this metal has so modernized the American space industry that nearly all the components of space travel, from the ship's outer skin to astronaut's clothing, are now being refashioned.
On October 30, 1976, there appeared over Washington, and other North American cities, a hovering squadron of the latest model round wing planes, on the underside of which there was stenciled the insignia of the United States Air Force.
The appearance of these wondrous machines was a silent salute to thousands of North American workers, who, not knowing the faith placed in them by the leaders of their nations, and those of another celestial body (Venus), produced a spacecraft that henceforth would take its place amongst the ageless vehicles that already shuttle between the planets of the universe.
Somewhere on the west coast of North America a man named Jonathon E. Caldwell, alias Major Crawford, who developed America's round wing plane in 1936, was surely pleased, regardless of the fact that he must live and die incognito.
Chapter XVI
Germans Begin Life below in Hollow Earth; A New Sovereign Nation Evolves
Accelerated colonization of the inner world by departing World War II Germans enabled them to build their primary settlements below at least a generation sooner than normal. There was one major reason and that was attributed to the speed and load carrying capabilities of the new round wing planes.
For the bewildered arrivals it was despairing in the 40's and still tough in the 50's. Getting a foothold below had caused family separations, hardships, loneliness and of course austerity. Both men and women suffered some adverse aspects of the escape from upper world reality.
In the last months of World War n, Kurt Von Schusnick, a German-speaking, Swiss born war ace, took many hundreds of handpicked Germans to rendezvous in South America for ultimate delivery to the New German hideout. Each night from Von Runstedt's western front headquarters near Ulm, in the Bavarian Alps, specially chosen officers and civilians arrived to emigrate in a round wing plane piloted by Von Schusnick. By war's end this same man had transported several thousand key Germans via South American staging points to their new homes inside the earth. Following hostilities, Kurt Von Schusnick in his round wing plane continued to ferry key Germans from Switzerland to which they had made their ways, both legally and illegally. (On a post-war raid to a Soviet prisoner of war camp in occupied Poland on October 26, 1946, three German round wing planes led by Van Schusnick killed the Russian guards with lasers and rescued over 100 key German prisoners.)
A few of the Germans taken from the Bavarian chalet before German surrender were as follows: Felix Von Rattenwell, aide de camp to Von Runstedt; Franz Von Heigle, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs; Baron John De Landsbert, (Major General), descendent of Charlemagne; Charles Wurzack, liaison SS officer at Von Runstedt's headquarters and Nazi party member; Eric Blwuberg, of Swedish extraction, a civilian technical engineer in a German round wing plant (formerly with Zepplin works).
On December 10, 1944, guarding troops were alerted surrounding the headquarters of Von Runstedt, 140 miles northeast of Zurich, Switzerland, deep inside Germany. An American colonel had just been brought through the chalet check points blindfolded and under guard.
His mission was to find Von Runstedt, the Commander of German's Western Armies, and also the Commander of all German Armies since the real Hitler had vacated in October of the same year.
The 26-year-old American, who went by the intelligence code name of Halford Williams, was known
by Germans only under his nickname of the 'Fox.' Col. Williams had just arrived from London, England by way of plane, sealed railway car, jeep and finally on foot, over the last mile into the closely guarded German fastness. Escorted into the presence of Von Runstedt, the American officer apologized for his impressed officer's dress attire due to what he termed 'unfavorable' travel conditions. From the young American's belt hung a golden sword. After properly saluting the senior officer, he removed from the lining of his coat a letter from General George S. Patton to Von Runstedt a letter approved by all the allied leaders except President
Roosevelt. The letter stated the Germans should expect an immediate change of western allied intentions during the next weeks of the war and that Von Runstedt should arrange to meet Patton as soon as possible in Beme, Switzerland with his most able staff officers to discuss a total allied change of strategy favorable to recent German peace overtures. Von Runstedt read the letter, removed his monocle, thanked the young American colonel, and offered him breakfast, bath and bed till 4:00 P.M. the same day, when the German Commander's reply would be ready for the Allies. Then the General dismissed the guard and aide and got up and closed the door to the office in order to interrogate the courier.
"Stand at ease colonel," began the German officer politely. Then he painstakingly studied the Yank. The General returned to his desk, removed his monocle and finally spoke directly to the emissary.
"You are most certainly not English. This is the first privilege I have had of meeting you, Colonel Halford Williams." The German lingered on the colonel's name. "Halford Williams is your code name, I presume." The German General tapped quietly on his desk as though contemplating the pieces of a jig-saw puzzle. Then he looked up and said: "We Germans all call you the American Fox because your rescue missions are legendary inside Hitler's occupied lands from Norway to the borders of Russia. They say you are invincible - that you can't be killed. It is also reliably reported that you have been dropped or appeared suddenly inside Germany dozens of times, perhaps 40 or so times in the last two years alone."
The German's eyes lighted with admiration as he studied the waist of the American colonel standing before him. "All the stories say the same thing. That the Fox always carries a golden sword to direct his five or six-man band. Imagine, such a ridiculous medieval symbol of authority! Of course you don't need your sword on a mission like this where only diplomacy is necessary, do you colonel?" The General's tone was not sarcastic but quizzical.
The American colonel still stood silent. Then the interrogation continued. "Can you hear me colonel?" "Yes sir!" the younger man replied. The General said, "Hitler's reward for delivery of the Fox, preferably alive, is over $100,000 in gold. Perhaps I should tear up this letter and collect the reward."
Colonel Fox smiled faintly. Von Runstedt went on: "I know deep within me that you are the Fox. Eisenhower would not send anyone but his bravest and most trusted for this mission - because he had to be certain the message reached me. But even allowing yourself to be blindfolded under guard I don't
think your destiny is to die - yet - although I must consider why I should not turn you over to the despicable S.S. who already know of your presence. Please reply, Colonel."
As though unmoved by the penetrating analyses, the American agent answered, "Even if I were the one whom you call the Fox, I should not worry. Among the allies, General, your name too is legendary. You have been tagged as a gentleman of honor - an enemy to be respected. Even if your Feuhrer ordered it, you would not keep a bonafide courier as a negotiable instrument of blackmail."
The General nodded almost imperceptibly. "May I suggest that you now go directly to the breakfast room. But if you value your nine lives I suggest you not leave the main floor of this building. And do not venture onto the grounds or visit the waterfall!"
As the American Colonel sat in the officers' mess eating a breakfast of Bavarian rolls, jam, sausage and tea, he never suspected that just beyond his gaze, in a clearing below the cascading waterfall, there sat on three tripods a 30-foot round wing saucer-like craft, one of five just completed, which would carry the elite German remnants of World War II to a new land in another world.
During Williams' meal a number of German Army and Air Force officers passed in and out of the room, not unusual in a staff headquarters, he thought. But one face he noted carefully he was to see twice again. This was a Wermacht Air Force idol who had shot down 33 allied planes, Kurt Von Schusnick. He was a top ace whom the English, up to Churchill, respected for his audacity and combat ability. Another visitor was a favorite of Hitler's, tall, piercing-eyed Otto Skorzeny, who demanded exodus by round wing transportation for himself and key Nazis. Later Williams heard that Von Runstedt had turned him down categorically.
As darkness fell later that day the American Colonel was escorted blindfolded back to Switzerland.
Eight days later the Wolfgang Bar in Berne, Switzerland, was the scene of a strange meeting as the same American Colonel Williams witnessed the ever so correctly dressed Von Runstedt sweep into the bar with two staff members including the air ace whose face he had seen in Von Runstedt's mess. Minutes later the bar door swung open again and General George S. Patton stomped in, dressed in helmet, crumpled field dress and high boots. Patton led his group over to the table whereupon the Germans stood up, exchanged formal greetings, and the ensemble sat down and ordered drinks. Von Runstedt asked for scotch, and Patton, bourbon.
Setting down their glasses after a quick toast by one of the American staff officers, General Patton rose, ordered another round and while still on his feet, gulped his bourbon down in one swallow. He looked directly at Von Runstedt and exclaimed, "Hell, General! What are we fighting each other for when the worst bastard in the world is that S.O.B. Stalin!" Those opening remarks set the tone for the meeting, the rest of which is still classified.
But the military plans agreed upon at that secret rendezvous between the leading Allied and German Officers were to be held in abeyance - forever.
Two weeks later a disappointed Von Runstedt, back at his headquarters, told his officers present that the plan proposed by Patton at Berne had been vetoed by President Roosevelt over even Churchill's and Eisenhower's objections. Von Runstedt said there was now no hope to end the war except by surrender of the German armies . "There is not much time left before the end," he said. "We shall hold out only long enough to collect all those on the staff list for transfer to the new land. Soon it will be every man for himself. Whatever you do, arrange to give safe harbor to your families while there is still time. It is hoped that someday they will join you in your new home."
Then, turning to Kurt Von Schusnick, later made a general, the Commander introduced him and said, "This brave young Air Force officer is in total charge of the new method of evacuation on a craft which is called a 'round wing plane.' Many flights in the future days have been ordered to ferry special Germans to the new land. That is why some of you are here."
Von Schusnick then told the group that more top ranking Germans would be arriving daily at the headquarters and nearby village for evacuation. The round wing plane would transport at least 20 bodies packed in like cordwood and each man would carry only minimum personal belongings. Von Schusnick said that within the next month, he would make at least two trips daily with a full load of VIP's to Argentina, staging area for the new land. Turning to Von Runstedt he remarked so everyone could hear, "My duty eventually is to take the respected General Von Runstedt down under when defense here can no longer be maintained."
Unexpectedly, Von Runstedt replied, "Thank you - no! I would rather stay behind and become a guest of the English in their prisons. Better to do that than serve that Bavarian Corporal and his Nazi followers, and train his Nazi army in the promised land for the next war."
In the ensuing weeks, Kurt Von Schusnick took thousands of hand-picked Germans, no doubt including prominent Nazis in disguise, out of the country.
But regardless of those Germans who got on the list for emigration to the Inner World of the New Reich, the decision as to who would be permitted to reside below rested exclusively in the hands of the Bodlanders who screened incoming Germans at the tunnel entrance in Brazil and also at an undisclosed point of departure for the Inner World somewhere in Argentina. Several million Germans from Nazi Germany were rejected over a thirty year period by the Bods as being unsuitable for citizenship in the Inner World of New Germany. Many of those refused entry were Nazis who unable to return to East Germany under Soviet Communism or for fear of imprisonment in the Federated Republic of West Germany because of war crimes, took refuge principally in Brazil where the wartime German apparatus continued to flourish unchecked.
Meanwhile, Kurt's brother, Eric Von Schusnick, was deploying another round wing plane in the removal from Germany of special documents, plans, medical supplies, valuables and essentials needed below. Although much of the timber needed for the New German world went through the tunnel or shute in Brazil, certain items needed quickly were flown at once through the South Pole opening to the new land. The round wing planes were simple in construction, had few moving parts and required little maintenance. Their loadbearing weight factor was determined only by volume.
In one of the operations, Eric von Schusnick made repeated trips from inside the Earth's South Pole to the surface in the Antarctic where the round wing plane picked up tons of ice, suspended them below it, and deposited them in a fresh water reservoir for the inhabitants of a new settlement. Such was the diversity of the new round wing plane which the Venusians had helped the Germans to build. In retrospect, Germans interviewed in 1978 admit that the colossal power and multi use of their limited number of round wing planes, augmented by limited aerial transportation from Bodland round wingers, not only made possible the birth of their new nation but speeded up its development by forty years.
American Immigration now realizes that the Germans moved many post-war dependents into their new world by means of visas with temporary stays in the U.S.A., the Caribbean Islands, or Brazil. Regardless of routing, the tide of German men and women continued to take their post-war ways to the new land. Germans within Germany proper kept the secret and no dispatches or serious leaks occurred. As the settlements below were expanded, additional technical help was sought in the Fatherland and these colonists, like the German mercenaries of 1572, followed the same routing. But, by 1948 they passed through the mantle to the interior in a leisurely 24 hours rather than the three generations it had taken their German soldier ancestors and relatives.
The shute or elevator or train trip, which it was called, was no longer tedious or difficult. By 1953 it had transported up to two million Germans below and brought up to the outer surface hundreds of thousands.
In 1958, Kurt von Schusnick was struck down by a heart attack due to the burden of work performed in the years 1944 to 1948 in the round wing plane services of New Germany. This man who had earned the highest German decorations, and whose name appeared on Churchill's list as an enemy not to be dishonored, died in his prime at 38 years of age - never to see the New Germany below fully bloom with the apple, the pear and the grape, the seeds of which he and others had carried down to be transplanted.
The same year, Eric, who also lived in New Berlin, took Kurt's family, including the youngest son, David, into his home and prepared to support them in keeping with a pact he and his brother had made together years before.
All official New Berlin records began in the year 1945 at which time pouring of the bottom floor of the
ten acre capital building was begun. Today the entire Government complex is housed in this one atomic bomb-proof building whose walls are six feet thick. The ministries within this state house include Chief of State Office (Hitler II), Treasury Office, Secretary of Defense for Air Force, Navy and Army, Department of Prisons, Department of Transportation, etc.
The State House is in the center hub or oval of New Berlin. The streets are the spokes radiating from the State House and the avenues are never ending circles located at intervals in the city. The land is flat with no rivers intersecting it.
Today New Germany has 18 million people, approximately eight million of whom were bom below. One and one-half million people live in New Berlin. There are 40 million descendants of the old Germans from the 1572 expedition, making approximately 60 million late arrival Germans inside the hollow earth, plus of course the early Bod arrivals of 30,000 years before numbering only 36 million in 1980. The city of New Berlin now has state colleges and hospitals, and the entire metropolis is served by a monorail system with German-made cars and buses being the other means of transportation. Although first housing was wooden and prefabricated set up by the Bodlanders, much of the new residential buildings now being erected are of cement, brick and plastic siding and roofing, as there still remains a lumber shortage on the arid German occupied continent below.
The main church is Lutheran although there are several other denominations. A reformed Catholic Church was established after 1945 when Hitler I decreed it should contain no idols except the figures of Christ on the Cross. The first ministers and priests were brought down from above. Marriage rites today may be either secular or civil but any constituted member of parliament may also perform the ceremony.
As above in 1945, Hitler was proclaimed Chief of State (functioning as Prime Minister and President) over the German Reichstaad consisting of a lower and upper house.
Three candidates form a slate for each office within the Party System and those running for office must have served at least one four year term and be a graduate of either a college or a trade school.
Qualifications for candidates to the upper house are as follows: church membership, party membership, at least 30 years of age, professional or worker, and preferably a veteran and at least three terms in the lower house.
The lower house is elected by popular vote and members must serve three terms or six years at which time they are eligible to run for the upper house.
The State charges a straight ten percent of a person's gross income for taxes and has not nationalized any industry. Churches are not allowed to hold property other than the land and edifice of worship. Neither are churches allowed to accumulate liquid wealth. They are separate entirely from the state.
The school system is of 12 years duration as above. No dropouts are allowed. Aptitude tests and job preferences during the last four years determine the students vocation. Upon graduation, each male must serve four years in one branch of the New German Defense Military. The student can specify a preference for Army, Air Force, or Sea Force. Those with leadership qualities are sent to Officer's Training Schools. Upon completing the four years military, the young German, who may now be about 22 years of age, is sent to a university either below or above. Diplomas from trade schools are considered as important as university degrees in the life of New Germany.
Hitler's own son, Adolph, at age 12 was sent to Switzerland to complete his academic learning where he attended the private school, St. Albans, in the northeast under the name Adolf Wolfgang, a common Austrian surname. While there he was carefully guarded and also had a telephone by his bed to enable him to speak to his parents daily. He graduated in 1956. Although Adolph had decreed that his son assume the Feuhrer's role on the old one's retirement, he had said that Adolph It's future leadership of the new nation should be judged solely on ability.
War ace General Kurt Von Schusnick's son David chose to enter the Air Force after his four year compulsary military training as an officer cadet at which time he also qualified for the air service.
Flight training required of David Van Schusnick was that he first fly conventional aircraft and graduate to the round wing plane. German pilots are armed with individual hand-held ray guns.
The Germans refused to discuss the ship's weaponry except to say that silent laser beams and other ray guns are used in place of conventional fire power. The Germans had also developed a laser shield on their ground ray guns and other laser counter measures had been perfected on the airborne craft.
David Schusnick received his wings upon graduation from the New German Air Force flying program on April 18, 1972. They were pinned on him by Air Marshall D. C. Kitchiner.
On April 20, his uncle, Eric Von Schusnick, and his mother called David aside. The uncle began, "You have earned your wings. Now it is time to talk about your career." Thus began the talks of where the godson of Eric Von Schusnick would study and what vocation he would follow. Young Schusnick was urged to attend a university in Germany or Switzerland and there to study the vocation of law which he had chosen. But the young man replied that he wished to go to an American university, preferably Harvard.
Over strong objections, David conviced his uncle and mother to send him to Harvard. He came up to the surface via railroad and flew to Bonne to meet his relatives and later on, after a vacation, he went to New York. In September, 1972, David Schusnick enrolled at Harvard University as a West German national under the name of David Schmidt, giving a Swiss address, the home of his uncle Johannus of Zurick.
According to a State Department source, he majored in international law and took general business law, graduating in 1976 in ceremonies attended by his uncle Johannus and other American relatives including his deceased uncle Elmer's wife, June.
When he returned to New Berlin below, David Schusnick reviewed his American college experience with his uncle Eric. Among other things they discussed the German ethnic element in the U.S. population.
David Schusnick reminded his godfather, "Germans have no trouble becoming Americans or Canadians or British. In fact 50 percent of the stock in English-speaking North America is probably of German origin or had some German in it, and of course we're taught that the English are of Germanic origin. I felt at home in the U.S.A."
David ended the conversation by saying, "Someday when the Russian question is settled, I want to live and practice law in Florida. But for the present, uncle, I want to go back into the flying service." (At the time of the final interview with the Von Schusnicks in 1977, there were still 30,000 German soldiers held by Russians in Siberia's prison camps, which could account for much of the German hatred for the Soviets.)
As David Schusnick emersed himself back into the New German life below, the country continued to develop much like that above in West Germany.
New Berlin had two daily newspapers telling what went on in the upper world, but one day in November, 1974 large headlines featured a different story. Bannered streamers on November 12, 1974 in the "New Berlin Daily News" (circulation 450,000), editor Max Speigel (formerly New York Times who left that newspaper in 1941), read as follows:
"THE FUEHRER IS DEAD." The paraphrased subtitle told how Hitler, founder of National Socialism, passed away in a foreign land, failing to reach Germany where he wanted to end his days." The New Berlin's second daily, "The New German Enquirer" also ran the story in large banner headlines.
In respect for the former fuehrer's death, all flags were flown at half mast the following 30 days by order of the German government. West Germany government flags were lowered on the day of the funeral and for ten days in Spain. In New Germany it was an official day of mourning. The son and heir of Hitler, Adolf Hitler U, had been in power for three months when his father's death occurred in Zaragoza, Spain. As Hitler neared death on October 25, a German round wing plane took young Adolf Hitler and other close relatives and friends to the bedside of the fuehrer.
In the absence of Adolf Hitler Jr., the adopted son ruled as Chief of State. The present name of the son adopted by Hitler and Eva Braune is Dr. Hans Tirsther, Deputy Chief, New Reich. When Hitler's
motorcade was passing through Strasbourg in 1944 on its way to France and Spain for ultimate evacuation to the new German retreat, young Hans, then a 12-year-old admirer of Hitler, had thrown a bunch of flowers into the fuehrer's car. When the boy was apprehended by body guards, Hitler rescued him and asked his name. The boy told Hitler his mother and father had been killed in a bombing raid. He looked at Hitler and is reported to have said: "You are my great father now, Sir." Moved by his remarks, Hitler took the boy aboard his cavalcade and eventually adopted him legally. Hitler's son was interviewed by the authors at a certain location in the western hemisphere in 1977.
Hitler had made his farewell speech on August 7, 1974 from his residence (begun by his ardent admirers in New Berlin in 1943). Following his parting words, he turned over the reins of New Germany to his son Adolf II and boarded a German round wing plane which, escorted by a squadron of three companion craft, set course for Spain. In the old castle La-Aljaferia, Zaragoza, at 5 A.M. on the cold, wet morning of Octover 25, 1974 Adolf Hitler, founder of Germany's Third Reich died at age 85. He had outlived all his avowed enemies, Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill. Practically his last words were, "We would have won the war except for those damned Americans! Today they lead the upper world, but I hold no hate for them whatsoever, except that traitor, Roosevelt. But on my deathbed I prophesy that the Americans will now have to take care of the Russians before the Russians take care of them and the rest of the world."
The late fuehrer died with his close relatives and friends beside him including his friend Generalissimo Franco. The funeral was attended by most of the West Berlin cabinet including President Helmut Schmidt. Present also were the West German Ambassador to Spain; Professor Dr. Francisco Javier Conde; the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joseph Hoffner, who conducted the last rites of the Catholic Church; and by Franco's request, Cardinal Marcelo Gonzales, who sang mass assisted by Monseigno, a leading Catholic cardinal of the Vatican told the authors of the following FMerian reply to the Pope. "Excommunicate me and I'll persecute and kill all offensive Catholics and other Christians within Germany, and I'll destroy the Vatican itself." At that time with Nazi ambitions in the ascendancy, the papal order to excommunicate Hitler was never carried out in the face of such a ruthless threat.
The town of Zaragoza was placed under martial law by General Franco during the week of Hitler's death.
The solidarity of National Socialism in the New Reich had been established during the Hitler years beginning in 1945. In 1974, by vote of the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament over the signature approval of the new Chief of State, Adolf Hitler II, the Parliament recommitted themselves and the 18,000,000 New Germans then living in the hollow earth to the continuance of National Socialism as a sovereign state, no longer under the watchful eyes of the Bodlander government, since the 30 year treaty was about to end.
Six other Kingdoms of 40,000,000 old Germans ruled by monarchies also existed beside the New Germans on a nearby continent in the southern hemisphere. Adjoining and connected to the New
German lands via road and rail was the ancient Bodland whose overseers had channeled the New German beginnings throughout all facets of society from limited military advice to education, transportation and capital construction of factories and relocated industries. In the northern hemisphere on the Vikingland continent there dwelt a pocket of Scandinavians descended also from Germanic tribes. The Viking influx to the inner world had taken place 2000 years before with the last group arriving 900 to 1000 A.D. Like the 20th century new German influx, the last wave of ancient Viking sea rovers had sailed into the inner world as marauding conquerors and had to be tamed into a pastoral people by earlier Scandinavian and Bodlander arrivals.
On the outside of Planet Earth, West and East Germany remained divided politically by diverse conquering ideologies, but nevertheless, Germans of the same ethnic beginnings occupied much of Europe including AlsaceLorraine, the Saar, now part of France, and numerous other German areas in Eastern Europe.
But in a political scene, a united Germany was still as illusive as it was in the 12th century when 367 Germanic Duchees, Dukedoms, Kingdoms, etc., stretched from Holland to Italy and Russia. Neither the Kaiser nor Hitler' had been able to amalgamate the separated German pockets in Europe, but an undercurrent of German sentiment calling for unity was still bullish in Western Europe and outright bellicose in German foreign policy and ideology engendered since 1945, particularly in the Brazilian Germans relocated in South America. Also, the upper world, Germans and New Germans in the interior continued to espouse the belief that Russia was the offensive nation whose power must be broken before the German Empire could be restored in Europe.
A knowledgeable Bod spokesman on a five year U.S.A. visa said this about another possible Upper World conflict. "We (the Bods) understand the German reasoning for their hatred of Russia." This learned man who speaks seven languages stated that "Soviet Communism is an evil force - but it will eventually destroy itself from within without involving outside interference.
Our intelligence below and our prophets contend that internal insurrection within Russia will triumph by the year 2000. Therefore, the solution to the Soviet problem will take care of itself without the renegade Germans starting another war which could become a spreading holocaust."
Asked what the Bods would do in case of such an Upper World War, the Bod spokesman replied: "We would not get involved. If those Upper World Germans in South America persist in destroying themselves, we (the Bodlanders) will not take part." But this Germanic scholar said he had faith that if such a war were to begin, their New German neighbors would have been re-educated enough to remain neutral.
The alignment of the three contenders for superiority in any forthcoming world conflict currently presents a paradox of ideologies. There is the vociferous Soviet system of Asia with its denial of God and rejection of man's spirit by which he would try to lift himself to higher spiritual levels of consciousness. Opposed to Soviet dialectic materialism is the moden day Nazi movement, strong, but
submerged in all German societies - an ideology founded by Hitler and his SS nucleus in the 20's on the basis of racial superiority ~ might makes right. Against these two systems which murdered countless millions of their enemies in order to stay in power is the giant America of Christian inception. While still keeping its personal freedoms relatively intact, America has allowed its moral strength to be eroded in government, business and institutions so that the question of its national virtue is now being debated publicly. In the ensuing years, one asks whether America which now leads the upper free world will have difficulty in firming its economic, political and spiritual philosophies in sufficient time to gird itself against its two adversaries of evil and madness. Within the American sector it will take a national leader of Gideon's stature to rise up and awaken the nation into renewing the faith handed down by the founding fathers.
In 1978, New Germany recalled Eric Von Schusnick as the second secretary to its US embassy of the Federated Republic of West Germany. Von Schusnick was accused of treason for revealing New German Nazi intelligence concerning possibilities for renewed surface war. The brave German did not deny the accusations, stating that in talking to us his objective was to prevent war. He was tried and condemned to death. The United States and Great Britain interceded on his behalf. Today he is serving a lifetime sentence without parole in a New German prison.
By the early 1970's German/American/British anger over World War II differences had begun to soften. Young David Schusnick became part of that amelioraton.
Thus, in 1977, the first timid venture of an interworld friendship occurred between New Germany and certain surface nations under the most impolitic circumstances. It was perhaps the beginning of a new era of understanding between New Germany and some upper surface nations. The carefully planned program began on Sunday, July 31, 1977 when New Berlin in the earth's interior and Cape Kennedy, U.S.A. on the exterior shared in common a spectacular event. Winged emmisaries from New Berlin inside the hollow earth began the marathon to the surface.
On that morning, Captain David Schusnick was given a special letter to President Jimmy Carter of the U.S.A. from the New German head of state. Captain Schusnick and two other round wing crew members boarded a non-military German round wing plane and took off. Crew members were 2nd Lieutenant Karl Ludendorf, grandson of Count Von Ludendorf, Inspector General of the Imperial German Army in World War I. Grandson Karl had dropped the prefix Von.' Felix B. Armondstein, 1st Lieutenant, was the other crew member.
The trip to Kennedy could have been made in less than two hours, but the crew was given permission by the New German Air Force (Vermacht) to take their time and schedule their arrival over Cape Kennedy exactly 12 hours later on noon that Sunday. The instructions were to carry out certain activities and stops beforehand but once over American air space to fly directly to their expected point of arrival.
As the German round wing craft began descending over the Cape to an altitude of 1,000 feet, Captain Schusnick addressed the tower and waited for recognition response. At this point the craft appeared to waiting ground spectators as a luminous ball of fire as it suddenly shot down to less than 28 feet above the east end of the remote Kennedy runway. The Americans had witnessed this ball of light speed toward them when at a specially marked spot on the tarmac the light went out and from within the glow there emerged the outlines of a flying saucer. The three tripod legs dropped to the cement and suddenly the thing stood alone like a round bug.
A door on the craft's undersection opened and dropping to the ground, formed a stairway on which the crewmen stepped down for formalities. Their uniforms were black, the trousers lined with silver side vents tucked in high black boots. German type caps showed an air insignia of the Air Corps of New Germany.
Captain David Schusnick, officer in command of the German craft, was introduced to representatives of the American Air Force including General David Jones, then Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, General Harold Brown, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. An official photo of the German plane and its occupants was made by a US Air Force photographer for the author's associate, but the picture (as well as the notes) were confiscated by the U.S. Air Force and never returned.
Waiting in line to receive the young commander and his crew was the newly appointed (April 20, 1977) Second Secretary of the German Embassy in Washington, the old ace of World War JJ, the Godfather of David, Eric Von Schusnick. After formalities, at the request of General Jones, Schusnick was asked what he and his crew would like most to do. Almost in unison the young Germans from the Inner Earth spoke up, "Ride an American motor bike." As 100 selected Americans gathered in the hanger and freely inspected the German machine inside and out, the U.S. Air Force Band played German music. Meanwhile, the police blocked off the ocean road to Melbourne while those curious who were privileged to be near saw three young men and a police escort enjoy the power of Harley Davidsons in the Atlantic breezes. (Before the craft departed, a similar bike was placed aboard.)
Viewers of the interior of the German ship were told how the controls worked. In addition to the computerized navigational system, sensitive touch buttons for feet and knee-pressures were also used to control the electro-guidance system. A left foot button turned the ship counter clockwise; a right foot button turned it clockwise; a center foot button was for ascent and descent. Left knee pressure on the electro magnetic button was for reverse and right knee pressure was for forward. Finger keys duplicated the feet maneuvers. The foot and knee buttons were used in case of combat, so that the hands are free to operate the electronic laser weapons.
The German round wing itinerary was to have included a stop over at Ottawa, but the German request was rebuffed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau according to Canadian authorities while the German craft hovered over Canada's capital.
On July 17, the same German craft arrived at an RAF military station southwest of London, England. Although it was not a scheduled stop, a formal reception was hurriedly prepared by the British, whereupon David and his crewmen were taken to Buckingham Palace in a royal limousine where Queen Elizabeth cancelled previous engagements to graciously receive the visitors.
The new young Germans bom inside the earth's interior whose parental roots had sprung from their fatherland above had emerged openly to be accepted with enthusiasm by the Americans and the British.
From London, the German craft was flown to Rome where the Italians paid honors. While at Rome His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, asked if the German craft could visit the Vatican. "Certainly," said David, and that night, Captain Schusnick gingerly sat his craft down in a Vatican garden enclosure. After an audience with the Pope and a friendly chat with the Secretariat of the Vatican, the Germans craft departed late the next day for Berne, Switzerland. Swiss police guarded the craft while David and his crew went into the city to visit his relatives and his father's birthplace.
Like American heroes being welcomed with a ticker tape parade down New York's Fifth Avenue, the young German ambassadors at large arrived back in New Berlin. They had forged a new but fragile link of friendship with old surface enemies. Perhaps only such a new generation could have so succeeded.
Chapter XVII
Intrusion of Alien Beings into World Societies and Interviews with Leading Extra Terrestrials
A U.S. State Department spokesman whose name and position is classified estimates that in 1980 over 50,000 outer terrestrials of interstellar and intergalactic origins are living on planet Earth. Within United States borders there are at least 5,000 registered aliens of which the public is unaware.
Approximately 200 new aliens arrive in the U.S. annually and are given permits or visas to remain up to ten years, subject to renewal. The arrival of beings from other planets to America is not pre-arranged by this government nor is their admission on a quota basis. When a space ship carrying such unannounced alien arrivals approaches Earth's atmosphere, the Interplanetary Police Net usually picks up their signals of intention to land. Such being the case, Earth monitoring stations are notified and generally a government reception delegation is there to meet the alien craft. (A hostile space craft does not abide by the interplanetary rules of recognition and hence gives no signal.)
When a friendly landing occurs, whether on a military base or at a commercial field, the State Department is immediately notified. Then, upon an acceptable interview by State Department representatives, aliens are given typical Earth clothing and shoes. Their wardrobe, which is always a space suit and boots, (both exceedingly light in weight) is usually boxed and stored at an airport locker. Friendly aliens are usually English-speaking. (Major Earth languages are taught at an interplanetary language school on Venus, compulsory attendance for immigrants.) They are advised that in case of civilian misdemeanor or traffic infraction, they must immediately get in touch with the State Department or ask arresting officers to do so.
The outer space immigrants comprise about 40 percent females with the arrivals being both male and female singles plus family units with or without children.
First task under the guidance of the State Department is to rush the aliens by round wing plane to the Washington area and thence to Walter Reed Hospital where they are quarantined. A medical team including an outer-terrestrial doctor familiar with interplanetary diseases and types of people, conducts very thorough physicals with the recorded medical data punched in code onto a 3 x 5 inch card, which also shows the alien's thumb print.
By what authority or for what reason the aliens leave their own planet for an earthly sojourn is unknown. But generally the reason for their coming to this planet is listed as "I have come to Earth to help" (and they indicate a special trade or professional category.) The arriving aliens occasionally are revealed to have four lungs and perhaps two hearts, plus other anomalies. A supernatural ability which certain aliens possess is the ability to change their form or appearance at will to resemble Earth racial
characteristic. This change is usually made after they come in contact with Earthlings shortly after deplaning. In addition they usually can exhibit superhuman strength as in the case of a registered alien girl who simply lifted a car off two men in a Washington, D. C. accident, while a group of bystanders watched helplessly. Some aliens have four eyes, strangely colored skin, unusually shaped ears, and other oddly shaped appendices. These are all changed to conform to earth appearances. But what is obvious is that their minds and sensory feelings are identical to Earthlings, regardless of body structure.
Education and job qualifications of the arriving aliens are always extraordinary by Earth standards. The newcomers usually end up in a profession and are outstanding in physics, medical research, et cetera. Such cases have helped Earth industries develop plastics, chemical steel industries (hardened steel), fuels and other scientific breakthroughs.
For a time after arrival they are observed taking their nutrition by means of a variety of colored pills and water, distilled water preferred. However, they are soon able to eat small amounts of foods which are typical of the menus in their host country. Once they have passed their physical and the quarantine is ended, the alien is able to move out unobtrusively and vanish into society. (Quarantine is 90 days.)
However, each year they must report their whereabouts to the State Department, which no doubt notifies Immigration.
The United Nations also admits newly arrived aliens and sends them to host countries willing to accept them. In a recent case, Russia accepted six new Earth arrivals, but instead of relocating them in requested job categories, the Soviets placed the aliens in isolation under 24 hour observation. Later the aliens simply vanished, showing up again at the United Nations in New York for re-posting to another country.
Not all aliens may stay, even overnight. A craft of six-legged men with green skin, eyes, hair and teeth, who could not change their appearances, arrived at a Western U.S. military air station in July, 1977 from a planet catalogued by NASA as Eeti. The friendly men called themselves Baahs and said they had been on an expedition for seven Earth years, visiting various planets in the Milky Way. The captain of the Eeti ship was able to make it known they had first touched down in Russia but had been fired on. They decided to try one more Earth landing and by chance, chose the western U.S. airdrome. On alighting they followed the jeep across the tarmac at 45 miles per hour, traveling like centipedes. They could laugh, joke and smile, and indicated the position of their planet on an interstellar map. They said their planet was more advanced socially and technologically than Earth. They were asked to leave and did so promptly.
Sources which do not want to be identified say there are aliens already integrated into the Russian political and scientific societies, but unlike their American, Canadian or French counterparts, none of the aliens inside Russia are known to the Soviet immigration or police. They could be called sleepers and would reveal their true identities only in case of an international war. An unimpeachable source said
he was aware of an interstellar bar in Paris which French gendarmes claim is frequented by registered aliens.
Eighteen known aliens live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and perhaps double that number make the Los Angeles areajtheir temporary home. In all, three interviews were conducted with registered Venusian aliens in Florida.
The friendly earth invasion of these outer terrestrials, mainly from Venus, Pluto and Mars but also our entire solar system, has a purpose. Their objectives supposedly are to mingle into earth's mainstream and report activities to their solar ambassador so that planet Earth may be guided away from the self destruction course on which it is presently veering. If there is a more sinister reason, no one in authority has revealed it to the authors.
Coordinating and determining the direction of extra terrestrials on this planet is one alien. He is the chief representative to Earth of this solar system's governing body. Besides being in constant touch with all governments, his presence is known by the United Nations. As head of the global network of information, he is in daily communications with the Interplanetary Police Net and the Solar Council on Venus.
The name of this warm, friendly non-human is Mr. Estes Plateu. He has been the confidant and friend of Presidents, Kings and statesmen for centuries, but Mr. Plateu not only sat for an artist's drawing of himself (he is not photographable); he also agreed to be interviewed as would any well-known earth celebrity.
To begin, this "illusive phantom" from Planet Venus, as he is referred to around Washington, says he was bom inl228 just a few years after the signing of England's Magna Carta. He began shaping the destiny of America as far back as George Washington's time and has been posted permanently in the American Capitol since 1943 from which he disappears for months at a time, probably to return to his home planet on furlough. Although his body resides in a particular office, on most occasions when he is seen, even by Presidents, he is a three dimensional projection of his true self.
Home planet of Mr. Plateu is claimed to be Venus, but he says Earth was the original habitat of his ancestors who fled just prior to a global catastrophe. Nevertheless, this interloping ambassador who first arrived without credentials stated he is the official representative of his planet where four billion people live within and on the surface of the planet united under one government. Since the Earth's discovery of nuclear energy and its peacetime applications, as well as the negating of the gravity force by a universally understood form of electro-magnetic energy, Mr. Plateu says that in the next two decades Earth science and technology will be unbelievable in the service of human progress. But just as earth is about to achieve its goal of a Utopian civilization, it may be set back thousands of years again by another nuclear holocaust, the ambassador forecast. Mr. Plateu described earth as one of the leading planets in science and learning because of its recent achievements, whereas there are many
lesser planets with more primitive civilizations.
The question of how to prevent earth from destroying itself is a favorite subject of the Venusian ambassador. As he sat in his office in a high building overlooking the Potomac, Mr. Plateu gazed out at the river for several moments, then turned around.
His pale, blue eyes changed from a trance-like expression to a piercing stare that somehow reflected no arrogance. An oval face with high forehead and long ears gave him a distinguished, philosophical appearance. His hair is still black and no wrinkles show on his face. Here was a being who had talked with all the deceased leaders responsible for involving their nations in World War n, as well as all the American Presidents, including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but excluding Presidents Coolidge and Harding who refused to hear him out.
Mr. Plateu was first appointed official ambassador to Earth by the present King of Venus on approval by that planet's parliament (but his accreditation has not yet been approved by the U.S. Congress). He officially arrived in 1943 during the last term of President Roosevelt after a preliminary visit to the same President in 1936. The family of Plateus has long been trained and involved in Earth duties, Mr. Plateu's eldest brother having been advisor to Napoleon when he urged him not to fight the battle of Waterloo. Mr. Plateu reminisced that his father was on Earth at the time of Christ -- and knew him.
This being who came from Venus claims that except for higher spiritual qualities among a segment of their people, Venusians are identical to white Earthlings who wantonly destroyed their civilization 1 1,500 years ago in an atomic war, bringing about the sinking of the lands in Atlantis and Athenia. (Haammaan, of the Inner World's Agharta, also makes this claim.) Mr. Plateu says that planet Earth is the only one of twelve (not nine) planets within this solar system not belonging to our solar federation of inhabited spheres. (The ambassador recently advised the United States of another inhabited planet located in this solar system and unknown to earth astronomers. Its name is Anarus. It is roughly the same size as Earth or Venus and was discovered according to directions given by the Venusian via electronic telescopic camera at the Washington, D. C. observatory. The new addition is approximately 125,000,000 miles from Earth.) Earth is scheduled to become a full member of the Federation of Planets in this solar system when and if it is united under one world, and only then can the earth representative sit on the councils of the Interplanetary Government, headquartered in Venus, capitol planet in the solar system.
Venusians are not openly connected to every government on earth. But Mr. Plateu considers himself to be the first representative from Venus to Earth who must answer to his King and Parliament and to the Supreme Emperor of the Solar Federation as to what progress Earth is making towards a united world order. His reports to home base and his watchfulness on Earth happenings are critical at this time because of the nuclear precipice on which the nations of the world are poised. Venusian and other solar agents, living incognito in those countries from which they continuously report, keep track of the major nations' war aggravations and intentions, sending the information in code to Washington-based
Plateu, who transmits the gathered intelligence constantly to Interplanetary Police Net and to the solar headquarters in Venus for action. Mr. Plateu declined to mention what action would be taken, if any, in case of a nuclear outbreak on earth.
The Ambassador chose America as his past and present headquarters because he says America, made up of a free assembly of diversified races, holds the greatest hope for leading this planet to overall lasting peace and prosperity. But Mr. Plateu's abiding fears are: (1) that Earth is lagging in universal brotherhood, mainly because of Russia's hindrance, and (2) that armament makers are preventing international unity by keeping the various nations veritable armed camps. According to Plateu, the global arms race is engineered through efforts of international forces loyal to no nation. These hidden power structures influence all governments and their military, including those of Soviet Russia and the U.SA.
Mr. Plateu believes that if a world plebiscite of all people were allowed, it would outlaw war at once and all the instruments and armaments of war. The last war on Venus was fought 3,000 years ago, he declared. Prior to this war Venus had been a highly evolved civilization, the planet's greatness going back countless millenniums. Before the war erupted, international bitterness had burst into violence among certain of the 16 nations of the Solar Federation. One nation had been the most quarrelsome and they instigated the first punitive action. An unnecessary nuclear confrontation broke out. Destruction was colossal. The land was devastated. Major cities were leveled and millions upon millions perished.
But far sighted men beforehand had saved and protected in deep underground caves, tunnels and pyramids vast libraries of learning, chemical formulae and industrial designs. When the survivors came together in truce, the first thing done was to renounce war forever. A new city in a new land became the capital of one nation instead of the former 16 warring members. Like the bird of Phoenix, rising from the ashes of the past, Venus was reborn. Today, said Mr. Plateu, Earth nations are where Venus was just before that global war of self-destruction. The Venusian historian concluded by saying that "while mankind understands the precepts of peace, it is ironic that the self-idolatry of the Earth nations won't let them practice peaceful co-existence."
Venus is entirely free of diseases which kill the people of Earth, including senility which Plateu referred to as a curable disease of aging. By Earth measurements, those living on Venus are considered young at 100 years of age, and are still in their prime up to 300 years old. From three to six hundred years, Venusians are considered middle aged and venerated as senior citizens from one to two thousand years old. Death on Venus is self-willed.
Reminded that Earth's probes of Venus show outside temperatures over 900 degrees Fahrenheit under thick clouds of sulfuric acid that rain on the surface, where pressures are 100 times those of Earth, Plateu suggested that the United Nations appoint a delegation to be taken to Venus to learn the facts. The departing Venusian craft carrying the delegation would leave from any spot
so designated by the United Nations before a number of witnesses. Mr. Plateu said that several prominent Earthlings have already spent time on his planet including a well-known Catholic churchman who was there as a 'guest' of that government for three months.
Venus is described as being geologically almost identical to Earth in atmospheric content including the interior. Constant temperatures there are 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Even plant life is similar. Their trees are like Earth's pine, oak, cypress, mahogany, et cetera. But all crops grow more quickly there because of a cleaner air environment.
Venusian family formation is the same as Earth with marriage sanctified. A mother on Venus (where birth control is in effect) has the same great responsibilities as an Earth mother in bringing up a child the way it should grow, says Plateu (himself a father of three sons).
The moral laws of all planets are the same as those on Earth, and they spell out conscious recognition of right and wrong acts in criminal, social and civil obligations, along the line of the Ten Commandments handed down from God through Moses.
In earth's three dimensional world, the visitor said, it is difficult for spiritual qualities to develop in a modem earth person as all values seem to be related to that three dimensional finite life in which earth people have subdued spiritual values. Earthlings must recognize that there is an eternal law of cause and effect that has recognizable relationship to karma or as said by Christ: "You reap what you sow." This law is not only individual, it is family, national and planetary. This truth also concerns one's thoughts. The alien explained:
"The difference between conscious behavioral norms and the subconscious spiritual nature of civilized earthlings is made indistinguishable by modem education taught in schools and universities. Right and wrong actions of a person, regardless of what one is taught, are answerable to a higher power, and a Supreme God has made it so."
On the first interview with Mr. Plateu, he was asked bluntly how Venus expected to help Earth through the efforts of his ambassadorship. He replied succinctly: "Number one priority is to prevent the use of nuclear missies. Next, to have Earth nations develop into one world government where war is outlawed. Finally, it would follow that other planets in this solar system who are also watching the outcome would share their technology and science with Earth so that it could take its place among other inhabited planets."
Some direct questions and answers follow concerning Plateu's political, religious and philosophical ideas:
Question: Mr. Plateu, secret White House records say that your permanent stay in America began on February 1, 1943 or thereabouts when you visited President Roosevelt. On that occasion you laid out
plans for a one world government along the lines of the present United Nations. What exactly did you suggest to President Roosevelt as to how this planet could be governed peacefully by one ruler under the guidance of the solar council?
Answer: When I spoke to President Roosevelt that evening in 1943, he was reminded by me that I had visited him also in 1936 to enlist the friendship of America. I had indeed visited him in 1936 because we could see World War II approaching.
I explained that our people had been visiting earth for many centuries and had also met most of Roosevelt's predecessors in office. It was also explained that I represented the Interplanetary government of this inhabited Universe, of which Earth was the only non-member. Therefore the purpose of my 1943 visit was to invite Earth into our solar confederation of planets, according to my explicit instructions from home.
At first it was incomprehensible for President Roosevelt to accept the fact I could materialize at will and also that other planets in this solar system were inhabited generally only in their interiors - earth and Venus being two of the exceptions, i.e., surface dwellers as well as interior people. Following a discussion centered on Earth problems, your President was told that other planets in the Universe had been monitoring Earth's emergence from primitive societies for centuries. But the possibility of nuclear war had changed outside surveillance to one of immediate concern that involved bringing planet Earth into the Interplanetary Federation. But I cautioned Mr. Roosevelt that ultimately we would desire total participation of all world governments under one chosen head if earth was to take its place among the interplanetary governments to which I referred. Knowing quite well Mr. Roosevelt's ambition to head such a world government, I emphasized to him that such a world leader would be acceptable only if all personal, selfish ambitions for power were subdued.
It was explained to Roosevelt that all the potential world leaders of major nations had been evaluated and that he had been regarded as an emerging Caesar. I gave no good words for Stalin, and I stated that a cloud hung over Hitler and Germany for the present time. The President was told that the other planets were aware that America led the world in prosperity and industrial output, and that its leadership and respect among all nations would remain undisputed for many years to come.
The President, gaining confidence, asked me to outline my plan for a united world government under a single head. I told him that he was somewhat familiar with the plan already, having learned much of its format from former President Woodrow Wilson, whose proposal for a League of Nations had been rejected by the Legislative leaders. Roosevelt had picked up the germ of a United Nations idea on his Atlantic Ocean crossing with Wilson following the Paris Peace Conference of 1918. Frankly, his political personality changed after that crossing, and he became a dedicated enthusiast of one world government and an advocate of international order among nations.
Quite clearly, Roosevelt had not forgotten Woodrow Wilson's dream of one- world, and was
determined to resolve the future peace of mankind, and to use this concept as a cornerstone in any agreement, before committing United States forces to World War II.
A forerunner of the League idea had already been drafted by Roosevelt and it became public knowledge in August, 1941, following his meeting on the high seas with Churchill off Newfoundland. The document was called the Atlantic Charter, the eight clauses of which spoke mainly for the hope of a better post-war world, free of war. The Charter had been Roosevelt's idea, and Prime Minister Churchill, whose country was already at war, and chafing at the bit to defeat the Nazis and their allies, had signed the document in the face of Roosevelt's ace in the hole, Lend Lease, or American Aid to a needy and struggling Britain, fighting alone.
Significantly, Roosevelt had won Churchill over to all the clauses without any remonstrance except those clauses which opted for restoration of sovereign rights to all countries which Churchill considered would thus return the world back to its former position of quarreling nations.
Plateu continued: "I could sense the future record of the post-war United Nations, and I reminded Roosevelt that the concept would fail unless the member countries of a united world order were to totally yield their individual sovereignties to the President of such an order. I stated that the other member planets had already placed each of their sovereign nations under one such ruler.
This then became the heart of the idea which I addressed to Roosevelt. One ruler of the entire world, with that ruler voting in proxy on all controversies of nationalism, law, religion, infinitum. Would such a Utopia be feasible? That was the idea I left with President Roosevelt."
Before Mr. Plateu was asked the question of a one- world government, the authors had researched the White House records and verified the findings, locating various references on the dream of President Roosevelt to become leader of a new collective body of nations following World War H
As the Venusian was about to leave the White House that evening in 1943, the President's actions are described as follows:
President Roosevelt wheeled his chair to the door to allow the visitor to leave in a conventional way, but the stranger simply dematerialized while in the room. The President of the United States, never to be the same again, was once more alone. The record of that traumatic experience has remained virtually unknown by the general public.
Finally the President returned to his desk. Not entirely certain of the reality of the experience of which he had just been part and the actuality of the conversation, he hurriedly made notes of the visitor's remarks: "...from ancient times before it existed, the United States was destined to become a nation and a leader of the world. This unborn nation had to acquire a new land away from the national and racial conflicts of Europe. The original inhabitants of the continent (the so called Indians) were permitted to be
pushed aside and make room to allow America to become a reality." Other scribblings he transferred to paper were simply called THEIR PLAN FOR THE WORLD. Attributed to the man who called himself a space emissary were the following notes which are paraphrased here but in the same context in which President Roosevelt recalled the conversation. The notes began: "All the divergent politics, cultures and religions of the earth would become 'one world'."
All armies would be mustered out of existence, their soldiers dismissed and their armour broken up and melted down, as in Tennyson's poem "when men shall beat their swords into plough shares." A small international police force would act as a judiciary body in the case of national disputes, and direct police action would be taken when and if the adherents to a dispute took bilateral punitive action among themselves.
Monies from the war chests would be diverted to education, various capital improvements (some of which were named), medical research, etc. Unemployment would be banished by new work projects and new inventions (he talked about the peaceful uses of the atom). College admissions would be by merit only. Tests for non-college caliber students would direct them into areas where their special skills would be fully utilized.
Plateu's plan touched all facets of society. Juvenile delinquency was to be educated out of existence, making reform schools and prisons obsolete. Assuming that human nature was still criminally inclined, special schools were proposed where the "social abnormalities" found in offenders would be corrected in less than a half year at the maximum. In the case of direct criminal action, the offender would be sent to a correctional hospital where the ingrown deviation would be eradicated before being returned to society. Incurables would be sent by the authorities to isolated regions where they would live normal lives apart from society.
That synopsis of Roosevelt's recollections was the nucleus of the Utopia for earth which the spaceman had conveyed. The proposed Utopia did not propose a cure or a change of mens' hearts but indicated a disciplined use of education and force.
On that night of the 1943 presidential visit, Plateu had stayed approximately one hour and forty-five minutes. In that brief span of time he had appeared from an unknown dimension in space and time, and had revealed a profound understanding of the inner drive and character of Earthling Franklin Delano Roosevelt, both as a human and also as a leader. The visitor had plumbed the deep reservoir of Roosevelt's psyche, which Roosevelt, the man, may never have fathomed himself.
Looking out the window before returning to his desk to make notes, Roosevelt was glad the mystic ordeal was over and that everything in nature again seemed real as he knew it.
However, to this 32nd President of the U.S.A., the visitor would return again and again.
But in the ensuing alien visits one graphic statement of his intentions would be remembered by President Roosevelt. "Our numbers in your country will increase. Do not be alarmed. This is not an ominous threat. If we are received well, our future presence may be a blessing that the U.S. and the whole world can share."
Mr. Plateu admits that in this decade the present United Nations, from which a future world leader would be expected to arise, is not working for the good of mankind nor as an instrument of peace. The reason given by the Venusian is the deviousness of many of the representative nations in the U.N. who vote on issues according to their own power block considerations and not for the good of the world in general. He added that the present U.N. in its political alignment is a vehicle of mistrust among the representative countries rather than a base of mutual trust.
President Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.A., who was tutored on the idea of a league of nations by Plateu, is described by the Venusian as "that world statesman who arrived ahead of his time." During their meeting, Plateu told President Wilson that it would take another war (World War II) for earth people to realize that peace should again be attempted on an international basis - but that a third world war would erupt before war itself would be outlawed and a united world order instituted. When asked, Mr. Plateu refused to comment with precision on the certainty of another world war in this century or the time lapse thereafter heralding the beginning of a peaceful planet, united under one world government. Mr. Plateu was asked whether his remarks at this juncture were prophesy or assumption. He replied, "I see the future over the horizon but I can't change it; it is destined to be. The next war will be between the forces of good and evil or God and Anti-God. Good will triumph and lasting peace will come to this planet. When war is no more, the symbol of the ruling Christ will eventually replace hate in the hearts of men and peace will reign forever. Out of the ruins of the next war the remnants of mankind will form the nucleus of a new world."
Question: Mr. Plateu, may we ask you what part religion as presently practiced on earth will play in this new age that has come upon us? Earlier you said a global government would be ideal to stop nations from warring and that we should use our human and natural resources for peaceful purposes. How could organized religion help in this Utopian dream?
Answer: I have not been involved directly in the religious visitations of our extra terrestrials to your church leaders, which visits have been taking place since 1944. But I am well aware that church leaders have been visited by us on a regular basis with one message -- peace. We have been preaching peace to Earth's leading clerics and believe that church and state should work more closely to that end.
In the last year of Pope Paul VI's reign he had drawn up an encyclical letter stating that people should expect Christ to return to Earth as a conquering Lord to establish permanent peace. Such an epistle was not well received by many Catholic Cardinals. The last Christian Pope, John Paul I, also went on record that Christ's return is anticipated.
Before John Paul I became Pope, the authors had submitted several questions about his spiritual beliefs which he answered. He said that the Catholic church must be reborn doctrinally and that latter-day revealed truth might become a devisive factor among Catholics, even splitting the church because of its historic, doctrinal errors.
Pope John Paul I believed that all Christians should remember that the apostolic fundamentals were still unchanged -- Christ's Virgin Birth, His atonement for mankind separated from God, defeat over death and bodily resurrection -- along with His promised return to Earth as Lord and ruler.
The late Pope also acknowledged that Christ's love and teaching were meaningless in this permissive society if ethical and moral standards continued to be ignored.
Our final interview with Mr. Estes Plateu, Ambassador from Venus, was extensive, but only this brief account is reproduced here.
One of the face-to-face talks took place Sunday, March 19, 1977, in a small vacation lodge located in the woods of West Virginia about 60 miles from Winchester. (Other telephone conversations were held as late as December, 1978).
No journalist had previously interviewed Mr. Plateu. His office is guarded around the clock by two government agencies including Air Force Intelligence. This imposed guardianship prevents the Ambassador from moving freely about. Often, therefore, when he must be at another location where he does not want his Earth guards to observe him, he leaves his body by projection (which he says he can teach others to do) and visits those principals to whom he secretly wants to confide or deliver a message.
American intelligence sources apply no ulterior motives to Plateu's frequent, unannounced materializations before Presidents and senior government officials and even sitting committees. But they say his astral interruptions are sometimes meddlesome. Churchill ordered Plateu out of his office and when he wouldn't depart, Churchill struck out at him, but met only air. Churchill then asked Edgerton Sykes, the famous English psychic for an exorcism and Sykes supplied the means. The next time Plateu visited Churchill without invitation, the Prime Minister, following Sykes' advice, held up a two barred Druid cross which legend says came originally from Venus. The cross was pure gold except for the lower, shorter cross bar which was silver. As Churchill held the cross before the projection of Mr. Plateu, the Englishman said, "Depart from me, thou intruder!" In deference to the holy artifact, the Venusian took his leave without further conversation. King Haakkuuss, the Third, of Bodland also encountered Plateu in astral projection when the Venusian appeared in the Bodland royal palace. King Haakkuuss, himself adept in astral projection which he seldom uses, told Plateu never to return except in flesh and blood, using the traditional forms of inquiry to get an audience with him. Then King Haakkuuss went into that etheric dimension practised by Plateu and escorted the visitor back to his space ship where his body had remained.
In an historical sense, according to Mr. Plateu, he had observed the development of our world, continuously and in greater depth, than perhaps any other living being alive today. From the time of Christ, and particularly since the Middle Ages to the present, great events of political and religious importance which occurred on Earth are known by him. Perhaps, this book will be the forerunner of ensuing revelations as to what influence interstellar beings have exerted on world leaders since human Earth time began and also inspire others to come forward and shed further light on outer terrestrial purposes toward Earthlings.
As the final interview with Mr. Plateu ended, we asked if he would give a parting word to mankind. "Yes," he replied. "I could frame my remarks around one word. That word is listen!"
"Listen, Earth nations! Unite peacefully before sudden nuclear war makes it too late to listen!"
The genius of this stranger of non-Earthling origin cannot be probed in this introductory chapter on his involved sojourn on this planet.- When the government of America and sources within the United Nations are undivided as to the announcement of his presence, or that of his successor, complete information as to why the Venusians are monitoring the affairs of this planet could be made known. Then this world may understand how the other orbital civilizations in our solar system are attempting to shape our destiny here and perhaps in the hereafter for good or evil.
Chapter XVIII
A Day to Remember on Planet Earth
The following urgent and secret message was delivered in October, 1977, by the Russian Air Attache in Washington through diplomatic channels to the Commanding General of the U.S. Air Force.
Alien base
Siberia, above Arctic circle
The narrative is paraphrased as follows but changed to third person context with actual names and places omitted.
Official Soviet awareness of a secret, extra-terrestrial base was first confirmed on October, 1977, when an Eskimo appeared at a military outpost.
The lone Siberian Eskimo had watched the yellow lights for many nights as they hovered near a high rocky bluff several miles distance from his camp. The lights didn't belong there, and they bothered him. Finally he set out on foot to investigate the curiosity.
It was almost a month later when the Eskimo decided to tell authorities what he had seen. He headed for a Russian outpost north of the Arctic circle and reported to the commandant unusual aerial lights that issued from and disappeared into the side of a rocky bluff near his camp. And he also reported something that frightened him and his friends more than the silent aircraft. It was the unheard of appearance of huge, eight feet high, grey furred creatures that walked on two legs and left three-toed huge footprints in the snow.
The alert Russian commander surmised extra-terrestrial activity in the area and called for help. Acting on the outpost evaluation of the Eskimo's report, 3,500 arctic troops were moved quickly into the area by rail, parachute and tracked vehicles. Within a week a field station was set up, and the Arctic troops equipped with artillery and automatic weapons surrounded the rocky bluff which the Eskimo had pinpointed. The Eskimo scout who accompanied the troops then pointed to a particular area in the side of the rocky bluff. Artillery zeroed in on the target area and began shelling. What was thought to be a rock and clay hillside fell inwards exposing a 40 foot square opening leading into a black interior.
Troops moved in on signal and the artillery landed another salvo inside the exposed cavern.
Suddenly the interior lit up and amidst small arms and shell fire, three scallop-like craft issued from the
opening and went straight upward. Troops rushed the cave and poured inside. The hollow was empty aside from a work bench and special tools, and other significant evidence of the recent alien occupation was sparse. However, geiger counters picked up strong indications of radioactivity.
As the alien space ships sped away they showed their parting contempt for the earthlings who had ousted them from their cavern. What Russian science termed a black ray was beamed down on the ground troops and the temporary buildings. In a moment of time up to 1,000 superbly trained troops were dead and their bivouacs destroyed. The Russian commander called his base for relief troops.
As the alien ships disappeared, other Russian forces closed the net of a larger perimeter surrounding the cave. Advance troops began reporting huge, furry, green-eyed monsters stalking them from the shadows. One front line soldier was grabbed by a snarling creature and hurled 20 feet. The soldier, his weapon still in his hands, recovered and pumped bullets into the creature, advancing for the kill. While the bullets bounced off the creature's hide, a second soldier, knife in hand, rushed the three-toed Yeti. The soldier thrust the blade into the creature's side and it broke away screaming in a trail of blood that led into a nearby cave. Troops followed the groans into the interior, but the body was never found.
Using animal nets, the Arctic troops captured 20 live Yetis. These were taken to a former exile concentration camp and each placed in separate human stockades. One of the Yeti was over nine feet tall. But that night the unexpected happened. Guards reported that one moment the creatures were securely in the cages and the next moment they all had vanished. What remained was a sulphurous odour. Next morning the guards responsible for watching the stockade were shot.
But before the first day's battle was over, the Russians sent out an international warning. From Moscow over the hot line to Washington a priority message was sent: "Formation of three hostile UFOs on southeasterly course headed for vicinity of Alaska. Complete text follows."
As the Russian signal was received, American and Canadian radar stations began tracking the alien ships. Eventually the bogeys were seen moving across the United States into the vicinity of a National Forest preserve surrounding Brooksville and Ocala, Florida, where they were lost.
In 48 hours after the Russian attack on the unknown alien ship, the Russian Air Attache delivered a comprehensive account of the episode to a liaison officer at the State Department for delivery to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Ultimately the Russian account reached the Commanding General of the U.S. Air Force.
Meanwhile, the search for the alien ships took an unexpected turn as the Ocala area in Florida became host to some strange visitors.
Ocala, Florida is a town of about 35,000 population located near Route 1-75 on the edge of the National Forest. Strangers are generally noticed and there was no exception when an old Chevrolet
with a Marion County license plate pulled up to a gas station In late October for a fill up. In the car were four passengers. The driver got out and paid for the gas in cash. As the attendant made change, he noticed that the driver, without the aid of sun glasses, stared intensely into the direct sunlight for several seconds and then remarked, "Isn't that sun beautiful?" The attendant sized up the thin stranger. About six feet tall; long, yellow hair; cold blue eyes; pointed features and sharp finger nails, each coming to a point somewhat like a claw. The attendant then watched the stranger go to the car's gas tank and pour in liquid from a small bottle. The liquid smelled different from that of the petro-chemical additives with which the attendant was familiar. He also noted that the men addressed each other in quick snarl-like sounds.
When the old Chevrolet moved off the attendant phoned the local sheriff who logged the following note: "Informant insists he just had a bunch of funny doers, funny lookers and funny talkers down here."
Acting on other similar phone calls over the next week, the Ocala sheriff called McDill Air Force Base in Tampa from which three trained observers were sent out to watch the area. Around the Ocala, Brooksville area a sudden increase was reported of a different strain of Yeti activity - not the five-toed creatures familiar in the area, but three-toed ones. A sheriffs posse located the creatures northwest of Brooksville. If the Russian episode were to be repeated here in Florida, the three-toed Yetis would be clues to the whereabouts of the alien space ships.
After the posse report had been filed, the Brooksville area became the immediate focal point for a series of army maneuvers into the National Forest. Field Commander in charge of the operation was Marine Major General Peter K. Miller.
Tactical response for all U.S. national emergencies is under the jurisdiction of Readiness Command, who had called for army maneuvers to begin at once on orders of the President. Again, it was a local incident that resulted in a more intensified search being ordered. The incident which follows was nearly tragic.
A reconnaissance team of soldiers in the Brooksville area had followed a trail off a secondary road into a treed area. Up ahead they suddenly heard a girl's scream - then the neighing of a frightened horse. Speeding up their jeep, they emerged in a clearing where they saw a young girl on horseback being brought down by three grayish-brown, eight foot creatures uttering vicious snarls as they grabbed at the balking horse and captive rider.
The jeep halted and the soldiers fired at the creatures. All three fell. Quickly the men ran over to the girl who had gone from hysterics into shock. They calmed the frightened horse and called for medics and an ambulance.
At nearby Gainesyille Medical Center the unidentified girl was treated for the nightmarish ordeal and several days later released. The horse was longer recovering; it too had been sent to Gainesville for
observation.
The U.S. Air Force was now actively aware that the appearances of the "monsters" in the BrooksvUle area was coincident with a 90% probable UFO presence. Readiness Command headquarters had been moved into the National Forest and a quiet soldierly penetration proceeded to scour the extensive caves for which the area was well-known.
Besides shooting the three creatures which had attacked the horse and its female rider, the soldiers (armed with special ammunition) came upon and killed more Yeti in self-defense, capturing two.
From reports of the patrols coming into the field headquarters of Readiness Command it was concluded that they now were about to uncover the alien hideout in that part of the forest. Continuous contact was maintained with Readiness Command, who in turn kept the Joint Chiefs of Staff informed.
Army patrols probed further into the cavern area. In the second week of November they came upon a site which instruments indicated was a cavernous interior with radioactive readings on the surface. Perfectly camouflaged as it was, the soldiers were sure it was the lair of the aliens.
Readiness Command was prepared for such a situation. On the night of November 23, 1977, a space ship from Interplanetary Police Net landed at McDill Air Base and left an occupant - a Venusian. Washington had requested that an expert be sent whose experience could aid in identifying the alien space craft which perhaps operated from a hidden base located in the National Forest 23 miles northwest of Brooksville.
The Venusian language expert was ready when on the same night another space craft identified only as North American also landed at McDill. There was hyper expectation among the various chain of command at McDill and in the National Forest Preserve as the military men waited for a potentially explosive development.
In the nearby town of Ocala tense foreign visitors were arriving. At the Holiday Inn a Venusian language expert waited. He was from Plateu's unofficial Washington Embassy and had been brought here because he had mastered the Nagirth language, in the event a Nagirth alien was captured. At another Ocala motel two Soviet Air Attaches from the Russian Embassy waited with a standby American jeep and driver.
At Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Plateu's private magnetic powered space craft stood in readiness to transport their chief to the Ocala area. A private air strip in the vicinity of Brooksville had been taken over for that and any other eventuality.
And during the night of November 23 or on the morning of the 24th, President Carter was told to
expect a call if alien contact were made.
Dawn of November 24, 1977 gradually broke over the National Forest site where the alien hideout was pinpointed by Readiness Command. American soldiers who were quietly dug in around the area looked up at first light to see a new visitor in the sky. It was a saucer-like craft hovering silently and unmoving at 3,000 feet above the supposed entrance to a cave. The haze lifted and the sun broke out. The birds began to stir.
The radio exchange of Readiness Command (which draws emergency personnel from the combined services), McDill Air Field, the Pentagon and the Secretary of Defense had been operating jointly during the last 72 hours. Especially anxious were the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose departments had endeavored for several days to identify the source of the interloping alien craft which had fled Siberia for another of their prepared bases in Florida.
Eye witness ground accounts and aerial sightings had now substantiated the origin of the aliens in the forest hideout. In brief, collective evidence indicated they were from planet Nagirth. Nagirth is described by NASA and two observatory officials as being a "wandering planet" which has been under intensified observation by various world astronomers during the mid 1970's.
Successive Apollo moon missions in the 1960's continued to observe Nagirth while it was on the far side of the sun. A new type of laser photograph operated from the moon made determinations as to the planet's structure and content. Follow up tracking devices on a moon observation site established in 1974-75 by Canada and the U.S.A. clearly showed Nagirth's projected orbit. Acting on this scientific evidence, the United States and Canada, with the direct advice and aid of Venus, began to harness their scientific brains and technology to meet the challenge when it came.
The planet is two and a half times the size of earth; it turns on its axis every 26 days; is hollow but its specific gravity, notwithstanding its larger size, is at least 2.5 times weaker than that of planet earth.
To understand the nature of our own planet's normal magnetic field as it relates to Nagirth, Dr. H. Babcock, retired director of Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar Observatories, was contacted for an explanation of Earth magnetic characteristics.
Of course it is Earth's strong magnetic field which keeps the planet in a steady orbit. Dr. Babcock says "the strongest point of Earth's magnetic force field is located at the equator, around the planet's bulge, where the magnetic force pull extends up 1 14 miles. At the poles the pull is only 14 miles. The Earth's true magnetic South Pole is positively charged and from it a strong magnetic line goes out to the Sun, returning to Earth through the true North negatively charged Pole. The principle is identical to the method by which automobile batteries and the like produce a current of electricity."
The above description refers to Earth under normal astral conditions which have resulted in our
relatively unchanging seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter for countless eons. For without the sun there would be no seasons and no life. Earth would simply be a giant iceberg. Furthermore, it is Earth's atmosphere which completes the cycle by turning the sun's magnetic rays into heat.
Then came Nagirth into Earth's orbit about 20 years ago for the eighth recorded time in the last million years. The random planet immediately began interfering with the Earth and Sun force field. The magnetic line running between Earth and Sun became broken at times by Nagirth's intrusion with predictable interference.
Huge Nagirth's weak negative force pull therefore has drawn it into smaller Earth's strong magnetic force field with Nagirth thus attaching itself to the pull of the strong Earth. Scientists refer to the condition as "dipping into Earth's orbit," moving from a reflective interference to a deeper penetration, (about 3 days in every 30) causing at those critical times a partial eclipse of the Sun, and other disturbances.
According to an unidentified physicist at Goddard Center, their instruments charting the flow of natural electric waves through Earth's north and south magnetic lines since the arrival of Nagirth indicate a terrific power drain as if power was being drained from the entire Earth. Just as a power station takes electric current from the Earth via the station's turbines, Nagirth seems to be constantly drawing power from the Sun/Earth force field. It has been noted that extra heavy power is drained from Earth during a severe snow storm or hurricane, these weather disturbances being created either intentionally by the inhabitants of Nagirth or unintentionally by its mere presence.
Regardless of the explanation, summers over the last several years gradually became hotter and winters increasingly colder, and by the mid-70's the scientific world knew for certain what would be the outcome of Nagirth's intrusion. In America, the first pronounced adverse changes in winter occurred in Buffalo, New York during 1977 and also in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other areas are expected to be similarly affected. Throughout the continent by the mid 70's (as in northern Europe), unseasonable weather patterns also changed measureably by creating abnormal rain falls and subsequent floodings as well as hurricanes and tornadoes. The seasons in the entire northern temperate world climates were undergoing change.
The world of science says Nagirth has interrupted Earth's weather seven times already in the last million years. This wandering planet last appeared over Europe in 1456, in a brief by-pass orbit, and was called "Haley's Comet" and described as having a tail 60 miles long. The "comet" was excommunicated by Pope Calixtus the Third and according to Roman history co-incidentally disappeared, leaving a terrified populace in its wake.
But in this century the Nagirth menace has become more serious in its blockade of the Sun/Earth force field. America's sister nation Canada has an orbiting Space Probe called COSP watching Nagirth. The Japanese and Russia's Academy of Sciences in 1980 is working closely with the U.S.A. Goddard
Center and its Canadian counterpart watch Nagirth 24 hours daily and exchange information hourly.
Thus, as power crazed egomaniacs create religious and political strife throughout the world, the real issue in the coming 80's has become the deflection of an inhabited alien planet named Nagirth (also called Naggarith).
How are we harnessing our scientific brain power to prevent a lumbering giant of a weak planet from destroying much of Earth by the mere presence of its shadow or eclipse of the Sun? Primarily, the U.S. has a telescopic eye in the sky name OSO, (Orbiting Solar Observatory), relaying electronic messages to the Goddard Center. In addition there are other special function satellites monitoring Nagirth, the major one of which is Skylab, put up into orbit in 1965. (It was conceived by the late Robert Goddard after a discussion with Jonathon E. Caldwell in 1958.) There is also a combined Canadian/American manned planetarium and data center located on the moon since 1974 studying Nagirth closely.
But of greatest interest to this book is a telescopic eye which is a 40 inch electronic telescopic mirror suspended from a double bag space balloon 15 miles in the stratosphere. Because of the position above Earth clouds and atmospheric impurities, this 40 inch telescope has the power of the 200 inch one at Mount Palomar. The 24 foot long, suspended telescope continuously travels with the sun, circling the earth every 24 hours. The intricate scope is operated by remote control from Goddard Center where viewing screens are monitored continuously. Also thousands of radio signals are beamed down to eight receiver stations set up around the globe, with these computerized readouts discussed and forwarded to the Goddard Center for action.
The big telescopes in California, including the 200-inch Hale telescope at Mount Palomar and the 100-inch mirror on top of Mount Wilson, (both built under the direction of Dr. George Ellery Hale, astrophysicist who first mapped the Milky Way in the 20's) also operate in conjunction with Goddard. It was through the Hale telescope at Mt. Palomar under Dr. Babcock when six hours each day were spent studying Nagirth as it approached Earth, and it was this cataloguing of the intruder that first brought the phenomenon to world attention. Mount Palomar has its own electric space probe which takes X-ray photos of Nagirth and transmits the finished pictures onto the Hale telescope and into data computers.
The Mount Palomar telescope has detected life on the blue planet Nagirth as have Russian telescopic sightings. While Earth viewed from outer space is pale blue with a mixture of pinks, Nagirth is a dark blue with no change in color, which color density makes it difficult to view well except by the 200 inch Hale telescope at Mount Palomar that yields amazingly close-up pictures and slight color variations even within the dark blue.
A manned rocket fired from Cape Kennedy was turned back by either a man-made or natural force when it neared the blue planet, making astronomers believe that a civilization on or in Nagirth is closely monitoring Earth by telescopic methods as well as by manned probes. Unconfirmed reports say Earth
space craft (American) have flown around Nagirth and verified its Earth watching activity.
To prove that Nagirth is occupied by highly intelligent beings, a strange space ship 90 feet in diameter was seen hovering over Mount Palomar in 1976. It had sent a telepathic message down saying, "We mean no harm." The big scope watched the ship and even observed a face and form peering out of a port hole, when suddenly it took off at incalculable speed. A few days later Mount Palomar astronomers believe they saw the same ship in the Nagirth environs. (That picture taken by the Hale telescope is included in the appendix.)
With the alien blue planet causing climatic interference, scientists at Princeton, Harvard and other centers connected with the research state unofficially that unless earth prevents further interference and dislodges Nagirth from the earth's magnetic field, another full ice age lasting from 20 to 100 years is in store for the northern hemisphere, which in North America would stretch down to about the 35th parallel where the northern state line of North Carolina meets Virginia. Meanwhile, winters will become increasingly severe-with greater amounts of snowfall in those areas above the future ice line. Already Arctic waters have been frozen over for the last four summers, which have been ice free in July and August since data was first recorded. Extreme temperature changes have occurred in the northwest Pacific, the spawning place of some major North American weather patterns. Associated with these changes, cold Arctic air masses are pushing the east-to- west jet stream further south, allowing cold air to be shoved further southwards into hitherto temperate areas. At the same time, Pacific air riding the jet stream is being transported to the Great Lake areas, carrying with it heavy precipitation from two hot Pacific spots. Modifying waters of the Great Lakes are causing winter precipitation in the form of snow to nearby, particularly southerly, communities. Valleys and watersheds each year will continue to move this freezing air further southward. After the buildup of unprecedented winter snows, heavy spring thaws will occur and summer weather patterns will also be altered. Below the present snow belt, a rainy weather pattern will prevail for several years.
Historically, Nagirth has already come into the Venus orbit in this century causing much alarm to the citizens of that planet. Techniques which the Venusians developed along with help from Pluto succeeded in creating a reverse magnetic force which shoved the blue planet out of the Venus orbital attraction. Nagirth, because of its low center of gravity, has been roaming around the Milky Way for untold eons of time unable to attach itself to any particular constellation and remain there permanently, as did earth's moon in times past.
A special government "Committee for future planning" is now developing plans to protect and even cover, with plastic domes, those cities to be most severely affected. Rail lines will also be covered. The Russians already have made plans to cover Leningrad and Moscow. Although the northern weather patterns will become more severe, regardless, a gigantic scientific effort is already in progress to reverse the new freeze trend. A technique has been developed by American research with the aid of advisors from Venus and Pluto to prevent Nagirth from getting closer as did the Venusians. Authorities are confident of success.
Three methods to move the planet Nagirth from further endangering Earth's solar orbit are now being used which proved effective when Venus experienced a Nagirth intrusion. These projects are located at Earth's polar regions, a similar one is functioning on the moon and the third method will involve 12 antigravity orbital reactors sent sunward to the proximity of Nagirth to stop it from creating an eclipse between earth and the sun. Four of these anti-gravity orbital reactors are already in space. The function of all three methods, whether space orbital reactors or static stations on the moon and earth, is to create in specific areas powerful reverse magnetic forces to repulse Nagirth, keeping in mind that earth's own rotation and orbit must remain unaffected.
General Electric International (Geo Physics Division of California) is building the stations with help from Stanford University scientists.
Harvard and Princeton Universities and Carleton, a Canadian one, are working with the Baffin Island anti-gravity station and another site located on the tip of southern Argentina.
As work proceeds in building the new installations to repel Nagirth, the existing Arctic glacial regions are being watched and sampled down to bed rock by Dr. George C. Martin and his meteorology department. And ice insulation (industrial soot) is being dropped in wide areas of the north to retard further buildup of ice.
Officially, no one in a. "responsible" position will admit (or to be explicit, is not allowed to admit) that Nagirth exists or is a threat to Earth's temperate zone climate. Such a commentator is Richard E. Hallgreen, Director of National Weather Services, who in the December 2, 1979 issue of the Family Weekly insert section of the St. Petersburg Times was asked the question "What is the reason for our last two bitterly cold winters?" Hallgreen's reply as it appeared in that newspaper was: "Two consecutive cold winters are not an indication that we are on the threshold of a modem ice age - only that the weather is variable. Then the Director of the National Weather Service added, "An Ice age is brought about by a gradual cooling over a period of thousands of years."
Double talk, with no mention of the real cause - Nagirth.
But is there a survival reality which ordinary people should be told? And at what time or period should word be released of an unforeseen planetary change because of which all the science and technology of modem man is being harnessed to prevent? Dr. Babcock had this to say about the world's future weather concerns. "It's only a matter of time before everyone knows the problems and how we are attempting to keep the status quo of our present climate relatively unchanged. But the mysteries of the universe are so great that what happens to Earth must be part of God's master plan for a better world. The Supreme Creator is still in control, even if it seems a planetary accident has taken place."
How many inhabitants live on Nagirth is unknown. We know little about them except they are desperate beings whose planet (because of its weak gravity force) has been at the captive mercy of one solar system after another for perhaps millions of years. Its people, therefore, may be cunning as they endeavor to locate in scattered hideouts throughout earth. To date no one is sure what they are trying to do on earth, i.e., whether random Nagirthians are trying to establish advance colonies on earth, with or without their own planet's approval, or whether the cavern outposts already discovered were intended to be spy pockets in case of a coming war.
At daybreak of November 24, 1977, the combined military emergency forces of the United States of America stood waiting on the ground and in the air for the entrenched aliens from a hostile planet to show themselves. The sun rose higher and it was 10 o'clock in the morning when the landscape below the American saucer craft began to change also. A section of brush and grass on the side of the hill disappeared. In its place was a yawning square block void. And from the abyss a bright light took the place of darkness. Not a ground soldier stirred.
Suddenly, an object floated horizontally from the cave, and clothed in a bright yellow ball, it shot up at a right angle. It was only a matter of seconds till the object stopped abruptly at the 3,000 foot level.
As it sat in mid air, an invisible plastic-like blister on one side of its leading edge slowly turned and scanned the first object hovering silently about 400 feet away. The first object sat unchallenging like a toad.
Perhaps for a minute the alien ship from Nagirth surveyed its first encounter with a saucer-like craft from its unwelcoming host planet Earth. As they sat immobile, a dozen Earth nations waited fearfully for the outcome. On this moment there rested the fate of this planet in the words that had haunted the military since 1936. "If a hostile alien force ever lands, intent on conquering earth and subduing its people - how could we protect ourselves?'! Only 40 years had been given Anglo/American inventive genius and its military before the day of reckoning had arrived.
In the alien ship the same beings who had walked the streets of sleepy Ocala calculated the airborne vehicle nearby. Like two giant bugs the ships seemed to stare unblinking at each other.
They would not see it from the ground. But the same black ray that had obliterated the Russian soldiers and their equipment three weeks before was to come into use again. Were it to have been seen, it would have been a pencil-thin flash as the ray found its mark on the American craft. Suddenly the ray shot out. There was a pause. Then another burst of destruction was discharged - a force that could cut a hole through a battleship or tank. Finally, the alien ship delivered another flash of laser light. The American craft seemed to tilt ever so slightly, as a million volts of concentrated energy and heat struck her.
Then, without warning, from an indistinguishable spot on the American ship, a red ray silently spat like a viper's tongue. The alien ship wobbled and began slowly to skip and tumble. As it spiraled down, the American object moved beside the alien craft as if to kill, but still in self defense.
A holding beam held the alien craft aloft and slowed its descent to the ground. The alerted ground troops watched as capturer and captive moved off towards a nearby airfield. As the two craft left the scene, two more alien vehicles shot up from the cave. Without stopping to survey the aerial disaster, they disappeared to the southeast. A Puerto Rican tracking station a few minutes later reported their flight towards the continent of Africa.
Even before the alien craft had been air shuttled to the nearby landing area, President Carter was notified. His first words are said to have been: "Thank God! From now on we know we have an equal chance to protect ourselves from any enemy invasion of the U.S.A. whether from Earth or beyond."
The alien craft fell on the airfield with a bang that residents heard for miles around. Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs cordoned off all roads into the area of the confrontation. As the alien craft, still intact, slammed into the earth that November 24, a low-boy swung out of McDill Air Force Base at Tampa and headed north. On the way back to the base, onlookers thought the tarpaulin covered contraption seen sticking out over the low-boy may have been a high ranking officer's sail boat, being towed south at taxpayers expense.
At McDill, the machine was dismantled that same night. Inside were three charred bodies.
The next morning, across the world to Russia, Germany, England, Canada, France, Italy, plus several African countries, a message went out from America that a hostile extra-terrestrial ship from another planet had been confronted and destroyed over American territory. By mid morning, the U.S. Air Force was preparing detailed information on the alien craft and the word was spread among earth nations.
Deep in the center of the earth, New Germany received the news as did the other old races in the interior. And in earth skies and on the ground, multi-national crews belonging to hundreds of magnetic space craft gave a silent cheer on behalf of the Ocala confrontation.
In Hellitoogg, the capital city of earth's sister planet Venus, over forty million miles away, a high ranking statesman departed in person for a new structure in the heart of the city. Above the doorway as he entered, he read the name in English and Venusian, 'United Nations Embassy Planet Earth." On the roof there flew two flags, the United Nations of Earth and the United States of America. Inside the premises staffed by 20 Americans the Venusian statesman was ushered into the office of the Earth's resident Ambassador.
His first words were, "Mr. Ambassador, I have been sent by our head of state to tell of the news
flashing throughout the solar empire. Your country, on behalf of its world, has destroyed an invader from an alien planet."
The anonymous American stood up and thanked the bearer of the news.
Chapter XIX
Strangers in Our Skies
Who are the strangers in world skies? From where do they all corne? What is their purpose in spying on Earth? And finally, are they hostile?
The truth is there were over 7,000 sightings of strange craft of unknown origin intercepted and plotted by Earth radar installations in 1978. Frankly, like the U.S. Air Force, the authors who reviewed many sightings must humbly admit that they too are none the wiser as to the purpose of alien surveillance. But perhaps some readers of this book may lend their knowledge in solving the problem. The U.S. Air Force for one, as well as its Russian and German and French counterparts, are open to suggestion.
To understand the reason for the nose to nose confrontations of alien spacecraft from distant galaxies, it should be explained that the U.S. Security Council and its Canadian and British counterparts have the following policy: "Confront the strange craft. Try to communicate. Make radar shape identification and take high speed photos. Do not take hostile action unless fired upon." The Soviet injunction to its bases is "fire on the alien violators over Russian air space." As to which is correct is not our concern, but of immediate interest is the manner in which the North American Defense responds to the intruders.
Although there are many unknown sightings, the U.S. Air Force usually acts when alerted by radar systems or when public reports are consistent, or if the alien craft shows signs of creating fear or panic in the area over which it is dallying or studying Earth. The order to intercept is issued from Washington and generally involves one or two American round wing planes which first endeavour to establish communication with the alien ship. Of course, there exists a master plan for total action if the alien ship becomes hostile, but this master plan for obvious reasons is unknown to the public.
But in confronting specific alien ships and the intelligence of the beings or creatures or whatever flies them, several recent sightings have been declassified and the method used by the U.S. Air Force to distinguish the origin and nature of the craft will be discussed briefly to acquaint the reader with NORAD's attempt to comprehend the riddle of beings scanning Earth from beyond.
Before describing the alien encounters it is important to mention that none of the confrontations were from craft based in this solar system, which is only four billion miles across. Our own interplanetary likenesses always announce their presence and request permission by pre-arranged signal before coming into Earth skies. Furthermore, U.S. Air Intelligence has eliminated the possibility that the alien craft are from elsewhere on Earth's surface, its interior, or from the 26 known subterranean cities scattered on the floor of the world's seas. Therefore, it could be assumed that the alien presences are from star systems four to five light years away, such as Prima Centauri, 4.3 light years distant. They
could also originate from double star systems like Alpha or Capella - or even Polaris, the North Star composed of three suns. But at present their origin is only a guess.
The reason for revealing these strange alien presences, arriving in space craft which may be more sophisticated than those of this Earth's own star system, is to say loudly that we must begin to realize that inhabited Earth is not alone in the Universe. It is but a speck among a collection of a dozen grains of sand surrounded by a system of 100 billion or so Suns called the Milky Way. Earth's solar group is said by astronomers to be near the twelve o'clock position in the elongated Milky Way, about one third in from the outer edge. (Diameter is 300,000 light years.) All of the stars which Earth people are able to scan with the naked eye are near this twelve o'clock proximity. Beyond our Milky Way, astronomers estimate, there may be a billion other similar systems. The old question has now become fashionable again! How many of those worlds are inhabited? And from where do the aliens come who likely left their home planet years ago to observe beings like us who dwell in this remote area of the stars.
In sequestered locations across Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, West Germany, Russia and Argentina great scientific minds are trying desperately to decipher the new riddle of where the strangers originate and how to induce them to declare themselves. But aside from additional scientific questions being asked, there are varied ones of more interest to the average layman. Do the strangers have an inherent or learned psychic ability to probe our minds? Do they recognize our fears, our conflicts? Do they think we're different mentally than they? How do they regard us on their mind scale? Or did we bring them here by our warlike history that now finds us on the brink of nuclear oblivion?
Whatever the reasons, the sky strangers know instinctively that we are different than they. Otherwise, why do the violaters of our skies stare down our chimneys, watch our teeming masses, no doubt monitor the endless trash on our TV's, which they probably judge to be a facsimile of our true life style. And is it also possible that they are tuned in to the moral decadence which not only our public movies and literature portray but our inmost thoughts send into the ether? The beings could also have a higher purpose than is apparent, connected with unknown coming events of a world wide nature. All who know the facts of outer space surveillance are perplexed but agree on one thing: The arrivals are carefully monitoring this entire solar system. But there are those in officialdom and the military who think it timely to share the fact of the unknown presences with the public. No threats or menaces from the alien ships have been recorded other than those we have described. Here then, are some typical alien arrivals in our skies which a U.S. military source has secretly provided.
A sighting on October 8, 1978 over Key West, Florida by Navy personnel has been referred to as the largest egg ever seen. It was estimated to be 300 feet long by 150 feet in diameter at its widest part. Contact was eventually made with the aliens in the craft, but they did not cluck, they conversed in whistling sounds. Like other unknowns, the egg craft flew as low as 2,000 feet, and was indifferent to human curiosity. Much of its surveillance took place over the Caribbean islands where its smaller scout craft were often engaged in watching fishermen, particularly shrimpers. Of the approximately 30 small scout eggs released, each appeared to be operated by a singular being. One such occupant sighted in
the yard of a Key West resident was said to have long, slender dangling hands and an egg-shaped, hairless head with two eyes and ears, plus nose and mouth. Later these features were confirmed by a Venusian language expert permitted to land on the mother ship south of Cuba and interview the chief officer. The Venusian reported the strangers verbally communicated in different whistle scales. A tour of their ship was refused, but the beings explained (1) that their anatomy was different than that found in this solar system, (2) that they were unarmed, (3) they were engaged in mapping the universe and (4) they were from a distant galaxy in the Milky Way over four years away as measured by Earth time and not the speed of light. However, they would not reveal their optimum speed of travel. The egg craft has been seen on four other planets of this solar system, where, as over the U.S.A., no punitive action was taken by the planet being observed and mapped.
January 8, 1979. A 100 feet by 25 feet cigar shaped object, bluish-silver in color, was seen travelling slowly over Atlanta observing the city. Sightings of the same ship over Macon, Georgia were later called "ghosts in the sky" by a Macon newspaper. An attempt was made by a U.S. round wing plane to establish radio contact over Atlanta. No replies were heard, but the Earth craft kindly asked the alien ship to vacate the air space over Atlanta and to acknowledge the request by wobbling as it left. The alien ship did exactly as instructed and departed. Cigar ship sightings are numerous all over the globe whether over the jungles of Brazil or scattered cities of Asia. They, too, are being seen on other planets within this solar system. These ships exhibit a polite indifference towards our interplanetary round wing planes, but show no hostile intentions when approached. They appear to have an additional energy propulsion system besides that of anti-magnetic, because they were seen emitting exhaust gasses from the stem end. There is global and some interplanetary concern about the boldness of the numerous cigar shaped craft. The Solar Council sitting on Venus is evaluating the reports.
February 12, 1979. A silver colored pencil-shaped craft estimated to be 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide was studied by several witnesses travelling at high speed in the Atlantic and hovering over Bermuda. Miniature scout pencils were observed emerging from the flat end of the craft. Cockpit controls were in the blunt nose of the pencil. Craft was intercepted by round wing plane but Earth craft were unable to make contact with mother ship or scouts.
The list of unknown sightings grew in 1978 at an amazing rate. Of the 7,000 seen by witnesses in a 365 day period, the silhouettes and sizes described were varied, but usually large in size, indicating that they were heavily manned. In addition to the shapes mentioned there were observed and catalogued the following: Eight hundred feet long wedges, bottle shapes, flying tubes, footballs as long as a football field, spherical and cylindrical. Hardly a shape was not reported except perhaps the square. And even the square was part of the shape masses in what the Air Force knows to be flying cities, two of which took off perpendicularly when sighted in remote areas of the world including a southern desert area in the U.S.A. A larger city several miles in height and moving at great speed, was radar tracked above Canada's northern Dew Line.
The U.S. Air Force has excellent pictures of some of these intruders. For instance, on September 3,
1978, a fighter squadron arriving at McDill from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, photographed a huge spherical object, 90 feet across, which joined the Earth planes about 300 miles west of Tampa over the Gulf of Mexico. Faces were seen at the windows of the alien craft indicating a large observer corps. One of the U.S. radio operators received what he said was a telepathic message saying "We are here in peace - we mean no harm."
Over Minneapolis on July 25, 1978 another radio controller received a telepathic message when a formation of strange lights alarmed many viewers. The message beamed into his brain was: "We are friendly. Our appearance is so unlike yours that you people would be frightened if you saw us."
In compiling its directory of sightings, the U.S. Air Force team sent to site areas has issued a series of questions regarding size and form, location, height, maneuvers, etc. which witnesses are asked to answer. A headquarters intelligence group then evaluates the various statements. Similarities of color, size, speed, etc. of the object being classified form the basis of the finished reports such as described in the cases mentioned beforehand. Sometimes there is little useable information, as in the February 4, 1979 sightings over Minneapolis. From 100 feet away the object appeared as pure light with no form or size visible. But radar showed it had definite shape. On being accosted by a round wing plane, the light went straight upwards and its departure speed was so fast it could not be clocked.
An intense light form which excluded shape of its nucleus also appeared over Los Angeles on January 29, 1979. The object was not distinguishable by human eyesight or binoculars, but the jagged edges of the light spun constantly. It was described as similar optically to a spinning spoked wheel, which as the wheel turns faster its spokes become invisible. NASA began evaluating the Air Force pictures and radar patterns.
Earth nations are baffled by the strange sightings. So are other planets. There are no official answers but there are some possible explanations. For instance, unless there is a form of energy unknown as yet to Earth science, all interplanetary craft likely use an anti-magnetic form of energy to carry them through the cosmos to their destinations even to distant star systems. Such a craft originating in the Sirius constellation would use its own sun(s) to catapault or repel it into space and when past the half-way mark towards our sun system, the Sirius craft would use the magnetic forces of our sun to draw it toward this system. If the alien craft were continuing on to another or more distant destination after observing earth, it would use Earth as a magnetic way-station to provide required velocity through our solar system. It would have to make a half circle around Earth, or if it came down near terra firma it would require one and a half orbits around our planet to repel itself towards Mars, Venus, Pluto, or Saturn (whichever was in proper conjunction), using those planets as it did Earth to achieve extra momentum.
But although the strangers undoubtedly are space travellers using this method to arrive here, it is unlikely they are coming by accident. The sightings are too numerous. The patterns of alien observation are too similar to suggest random curiosity. That most of the occupants are too dissimilar to land and be seen
among us, the major Air Force intelligences of the world concur. But their true intentions remain mysterious - except for one area of agreement. They are carefully studying Earth people and their civilizations but in a totally unhostile way. Perhaps there is no present explanation why strangers from unknown dimensions are in our skies. The revelation may come later. The reality of their presence and the magnitude of the cosmos itself may yet be too illusive for us to fully comprehend in terms of science.
Eventually, it may be realized that part of the linkage between time and space is spiritual - and that a host of beings from other worlds under generally benevolent direction are determining how unruly Earth masses will bridge the gap into a new millenium.
Chapter XX
A New Age Dawning
"My friends," President Roosevelt grimly told his cabinet in 1936, "We are being visited by beings from other inhabited planets in our solar system. They are a 1,000 years ahead of us in mastery of air and outer space. We don't have a 1,000 years to catch up! Perhaps we have only a generation -- or maybe two."
Forty years ago, on the day of their utterance, the President's words were ominous. To the planners of a nation's destiny, the President had issued a challenge. But its pursuit seemed folly. They could only gasp at the spectre of a national or even world emergency let alone trying to comprehend the enigmas of space. They almost feared to speculate whether the academic and industrial might of America could provide a safeguard in their lifetime for life as they knew it in 1936. Nor dared they philosophize on the spiritual or ideological changes a new order of relationship with other planets might bring.
For years the U.S. government has been aware that other beings similar to humans in our own solar system did exist, but we also know now that they never intended to launch the invasion of America so fearfully envisaged by Roosevelt. The aliens had arrived in peace, and they had come to help.
Now, as the new decade arrives, again an alarm has been sounded. This time it has grown to global proportions. Earth nations are hurriedly trying to unravel the reasons for a new wave of uninvited visitors, this time from the far side of Uranus and Neptune, located somewhere beyond the frontiers of the universe that even our space technology cannot decipher. Deep in the minds of all who know is a hopeful question: Will this new throng of strange Earth scanners also remain peaceful? Meanwhile where do we go from this point in the modem history of mankind? The answer is that we must trust our science to carry on in the inevitable search to move Earth away from a million years of isolation, and as science advances, so must the spirit and purposes of man. Otherwise, Earth, as we know it, will cease to be.
As for the United States, she can look at the achievements which were begun two generations ago and be assured that the dream of creating a counter force of round wing plane protection for planet Earth has been reached along the lines first hoped for by President Roosevelt and his cabinet. The air military of the United States in conjunction with their compatriots in Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are patrolling Earth skies 24 hours a day. Where once the British navy sailed the world's seas, the United States has replaced Britain as the guardian of the skies, and the seas of the world have become the pathways in the skies where round wing planes move noiselessly and fearlessly day and night. With their new found wings, this breed of aviators could race the rising sun from any given point on the Earth and circle the globe 24 times or more before the sun rose again. Optimum speed of one such craft was confirmed in a 1965 radar clocked, U.S. navy sighting over the Caribbean. The object
was said to be American, and the identification has not been denied by Naval and Air sources. The round wing plane in particular showed on the radar screen of an American destroyer to have moved 350 miles from a stationary position in only seven tenths of a second. That means that it accelerated to 40,000 miles per hour instantly. So fast did it disappear off the radar scope, radar technicians verified, that the object looked like the trail of a radioactive particle in a cloud chamber.
The weaponry of the new aerial phenomena is entirely laser oriented whether solar or magnetic-induced. Rather than levelling a city and destroying its population, the city's entire electric capabilities such as generating plants, motors, cars, etc., could be disrupted or totally immobilized by this conical blanketing force. Its destructive power also is awesome. Cities the size of Havana, San Francisco, or Moscow could be wiped out in minutes by one round wing plane and existing ground defenses could not prevent the destruction.
It was military defense in the air which became the nation's first responsibility as laid down by the planners of American destiny in 1936. It was not until the year 1977 that an Air Force spokesman would confidently address civilians and say, "America's military requirements to protect our country was the first priority in development of the round wing plane. It can be assumed the nation's planners have already placed that aerial shield over our land, for if not, the military could not pass on its knowledge for civilians to build commercial round wing planes in the next decade." The spokesman did not boast.
The United States Air Force historical book number 12, in its repository in Kensington Tombs (Archives), documents the invulnerability of such a U.S. Air Force round wing plane during an unauthorized trip over Moscow as far back as the early 50's. The pilot was Colonel Edward B. Wright, graduate of the U.S. Air Academy, and great grandson of Orville Wright. Orbiting his return into Earth's atmosphere over Asia, young Wright decided to test the anti-aircraft defenses of Moscow following a report that a New German round wing plane piloted by Kurt Van Ludwig had already done so years earlier. Col. Wright dropped down over the Kremlin and trimmed his craft at 6,000 feet, low enough for trained Russian observers to see the U.S. flags painted on the undersurface. Half the U.S. crew manned stations while the remainder played cribbage. Colonel Wright counted 25 direct hits from a variety of shells and missiles fired by accurate Russian gunnery. The Russian shells exploded or bounced off the American craft as Colonel Wright unhurriedly took the ship up to 100,000 feet and continued passage for home. (The round wing plane used on the flight is now obsolete and out of service.) The officer commanding at the return base berated the Colonel and exclaimed: "I hope you have good pictures of Moscow gun positions to show for your joy ride." Indeed, the crew brought back excellent photos. The story of Col. Wright's escapade over Moscow went the rounds and the episode became as intriguing to tell in Air Force circles as had the ancestral Wright brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk generations before.
Such was the audacity of the new breed of airmen riding Earth's skies in a new type of aircraft of such spectacular performance that the young pilots occasionally forgot the whole world was not their back
yard and that the cold war was not a deadly game.
Becoming a member of the exclusive new group of round wing crews is no easy task. Indoctrination begins at the U.S. Air Force Officers' Training Academy in Colorado. Top volunteer graduates of this school then are enrolled into the round wing plane training school at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where all basic round wing instruction is first given in dummy ships.
After actual flight training is completed at the end of two years, the young U.S. airman graduates as a 2nd Lieutenant with rank insignia of a gold bar in a circle. (He may wear this insignia only on a round wing base.) Britain and Canada also send their future round wing pilots to the U.S. for training. A few also are admitted from Australia and New Zealand.
The round wing training centers are part of the Strategic Air Command; hence, in 1978, the Superintendent Officer Commanding Eglin Round Wing Training Program was an unnamed Canadian General. The command rotates among the participating English speaking nations. McDill Air Force Base was the training center where further flight instruction included interplanetary missions with experienced crews. On arriving at McDill, the student was expected to take the controls immediately. All training flights departed and returned to this base in Tampa, Florida during the hours of darkness. North American universities provided related courses for the Reserve Round Wing Plane Service.
So ends our brief references to the Earth-based training of U.S. round wing pilots.
The Anglo-American military fleet of planes numbers about 500 craft. The New German fleet is significantly smaller with superb laser weaponry. In either case, it is the magnetic generating capacity of the earth which decides the maximum number of round wing planes which can be operational at one time. The New German quota of round wing planes would be dictated by several factors among these being the number which the Bodlanders in the earth's interior decide the Germans could operate as part of the multinational guardianship of the interior based nations' defense.
The primary factor dictating the permissable number of round wing planes is the earth's magnetism itself. Because the interior earth generates much less magnetic force than is produced on the surface, American scientists believe the interior surface could generate power for only half as many round wing planes as are used above. What upper Earth duties the New German round wing planes perform is unknown, but it is understood that they and the Anglo American pilots abide by a tolerance that precludes any hostility, indicating that World War II enmity is dead.
Much of the war-time beligerance between New Germany, the U.S. and her allies gradually disappeared in the post-war period. The June 1977 goodwill flight of David Schusnick and his round wing plane crew to Cape Kennedy broke some remaining barriers of military mistrust, although there are many Germans and Americans of expert opinion who have not altered their caution of each others
perspectives.
But it was not until October, 1977 when the U.S. Air Force by request of the Security Council dropped its lingering mistrust of New Germany and sent a return flight of an American round wing plane to New Berlin in the center of the Earth.
Edward D. Wright (now General), was chosen by the U.S. Air Force to captain the latest American round wing plane on a return courtesy visit to New Germany. The goodwill journey was a success and to this day the New Berliners, (the older veterans of World War II) refer to the visit of General Wright and his American crew as German/American Friendship Day.
The story of the flight was headlined in all the German dailies below. The Commanding General of the New German Air Force personally met the American crew. The entire complement except the Flight Officer left the American craft for most of the day. After several hours of sightseeing in New Berlin and being honored by the populace, the crew was wined and dined in the Capitol Building, where they also met the President of New Germany, Adolph Hitler II.
An American squadron of ten planes has been invited back to New Germany for a goodwill visit. Such a flight had been sanctioned for some time after January 1979 by the General Aviation Sub-committee subject to approval of the U.S. Congress. A few high ranking Americans are expected to accompany the mission. New Germany had requested an Ambassadorial exchange with the United States as far back as 1976, and as a result of General Wright's mission, Congress was expected to decide on the request in 1980.
In the upper atmosphere and space surrounding Earth, both the Anglo-Americans and New Germans have a limited but expanding role in the Interplanetary Police Net, whose duties are to police this solar system, but to be on the lookout particularly for hostile intergalactic space craft. By virtue of their combined police relationship in the Interplanetary Police Net, enmity must be passe for cooperation in this body, and hence a new climate of friendliness is the vogue among the pilots.
The American Russian problems of dual adversary relationships have been kept quiet. The two (yes, two) Russian (killer) satellites shot down over Canada, early in 1978, were dispatched by the Canadian Air Force using a round wing plane after the Russian remote controlled satellites had shot down three American unarmed satellites monitoring the troublesome planet Nagirth, coming closer to Earth environs each year. The Americans (on behalf of the free world) had placed 12 such monitor satellites in the upper atmosphere and the Russians had knocked out three before retaliatory action was taken.
Who or what has the ultimate authority to say the round wing plane can or cannot be used in a future war? The answer of course is enigmatic. But a considerable amount of the technological advice in construction of the round wing planes for the Anglo-American and the New German forces was provided by beings from other planets within our solar system - on condition that the new planes not
be used as a strike force against any other Earth nation (or intergalactic invader) unless first attacked. It is presumed the Americans and New Germans are committed to that unwritten agreement. If so, the main role of the round wing planes as a world military or police force would be one of deterrence. But in case of attack on North America, retaliation would be instantaneous. It is also understood Anglo-American allies would come under the umbrella of protection.
Round wing planes manufactured on Earth may not be as sophisticated as certain advanced types flown by the other solar planets, and the U.S. Air Force must, therefore, accept help from the Interplanetary Police Net. The U.S. still may require ten or more years to catch up to the technology of Venus, its big brother helper, but New German and American laser technology is a top priority in their science worlds.
It will be difficult for the average reader to comprehend with any serious intention the story of other inhabited planets, extra or outer terrestrials and worlds beyond relatively like our own. It is a big mental leap to accept such declarations which this book attempts to explain with such candor. Yet the facts cannot be ignored a day longer if the earth is to protect itself and to take its place among the other planets. Aside from the outer terrestrials who are most qualified to talk about themselves, NASA and the U.S. Air Force are best able to establish the truth.
The U.S. legation to Venus was formed and made operational with the executive approval of the Jimmy Carter administration, and sanctioned by key members of the legislative branches.
Thus, unknown to the world, the U.S.A. has been vigilantly patrolling global skies since the mid- 1940s, making training sorties nightly into outer space since the mid-50s and will be establishing regular exploratory lanes to nearby celestial planets in the next decades.
But U.S. legation exchange between other planets in our solar system is already occurring and certain of the solar planets already carry on careful diplomatic dialogue with the U.S.A. On the 7th floor of the U.S. Diplomatic Training School in Washington, are some offices with strange sounding names. One is the Inner Earth Delegation and one floor above this delegation are suits of offices referred to as Outer Space Delegation. In the latter suites are the Venusians, Martians and Plutonian legations. Only coded badges acceptable to electronic eyes, plus a Marine guard checkpoint, gets visitors into these premises. The diplomatic solar cousins of Earthlings and their female staffs walk the streets of Washington unnoticed by hurrying throngs. The Venusians are the least noticeable because they are identical to the white races of Earth. They claim a common ancestry and say that our mother race was blue in color. The Martians are big people, the men usually about 6'6", with piercing eyes. The Plutonians have a skin color that at times has a greenish tinge with tones of brown rather than white. Their walk sometimes appears to be uncertain or jerky. Each planet represented has a five man delegation. There is constant consultation between the space delegates and the U.S. because of mutual problems which affect all the solar planets. The subjects range from defense to health and education.
Leaving the outer space legations, let us look for a moment at the Inner Earth exchanges: The United States has a ten man diplomatic legation, headed by a retired Air Force Officer, located in the nation of Atturia (New Atlantis) In return, the Atturians have a delegation located on the 7 th floor of Washington's Diplomatic Training School. But the Bodlanders ask why the United States has not requested an exchange of consular officers or bona fide observers.
The New Germans from below house their five man delegation in the same premises as the Federal Republic of West Germany. Their chief is referred to as the Second Secretary in charge of the Inner Earth Delegation. Former head of the Inner Earth, New German delegation, Eric Von Schusnick was recalled early in 1978 for talking to the authors. This heroic man did more to cement German- American relations than those who condemned him claims a member of the U.S. State Department.
The U.S. also has a delegation in New Berlin since 1977.
For almost 20 years there have been civilian and cadet exchanges between the countries of the Inner Earth and the U.S.A. Cadets from West Point (army), Anapolis (navy), and the Air Force Academy at Denver have been sent below via the round wing planes on a regular exchange basis. (They have been strictly conjoined to maintain silence about this at the cost of court martial.) Tour visitors from below who visit the U.S. usually must wear thick, smoked glasses to shield their eyes from the upper sun. Otherwise, they go about unnoticed.
Constant visits by unknown aliens to the National Science Foundation and NASA have been verified and there is a strong possibility that American scientists are already working on Venus and that varied scientific papers are no doubt being exchanged.
On June 7 to 12, 1975, leading scientists from Venus, Mars and Pluto were invited lecturers at a symposium for sharing interplanetary scientific information held at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. Earth counterparts were from Yale, Northwestern and Harvard.
One of the varied subjects discussed extensively was the method used by other planets to safely tunnel into the earth's subterranean surface for future inner-city and intercontinental thoroughfares. Earth scientists were told how such tunneling can be completed by lasers at the rate of a mile per day and how anti-magnetic trains and cars now run within such subterranean tunnels in other planets.
To millions of earthlings, revelations on the spiritual life and beliefs of the inhabitants would be more appreciated than those of their third-dimensional, finite pursuits. There is divided opinion among contacts with Venusians as to the future role and purpose of the aliens in plotting the world's course in the remainder of this century, and this concern should be aired by those who are familiar with Venusian beliefs and can enlighten ordinary, bewildered people on the subject matter outer-terrestrial religion. Those of the Christian worlds who challenge the alien association are agitated by the failure of the U.S. government to allow the outer-terrestrial visitors to speak their beliefs. The real purpose of these beings
has been critically debated ever since a group of Protestant Ministers met with them at an Orlando, Florida motel in 1977. The Christians base their hope on a typical bible verse: "There is no other name (except Jesus Christ) under Heaven whereby we might be saved." They ask whether this admonition applies only to Earthlings and not to Venusians and other planetary beings. Who knows, as yet? A Christian minister at the conference also accused the reluctant Venusian prelates of deliberately ignoring ancient biblical prophecies in the Old and New Testaments regarding the relevancy of those prophecies to a restored Israel in the 1980's, which the Christians contend will be the focal point of all coming world events in the remainder of this century. The Venusian reply to these bible prophecies centering around a returning Messiah has not been aired.
But if upper Earth nations had problems of interpreting other world religions, this did not hinder the continuance of technological advances in the interior world. For instance, the diehard remnants of the German Third Reich who settled in Earth's interior onward from 1944 soon learned that their Utopia was not attainable without superhuman sacrifices. And with sacrifice being the first ingredient required to build a new nation, the subliminal longing to dwell in peace overcame the New Germans emotions that earlier had kindled recent passions leading to World War II. As they became preoccupied in building a new sovereign nation they channeled their formidable inventive ingenuity into peacetime pursuits.
For those displaced Germans it was a matter of survival that they should employ the round wing plane both militaristically and commercially from the first day the planes were flown. The first 120 foot craft carried in its bowels livestock, tractors, railway cars, trucks, bulldozers, machinery and passengers wherever they could be squeezed in. Much of their original heavy equipment came from the U.S.A., where, as already noted, it was illicitly loaded on their round wing planes and flown out in darkness. One such trip loaded four new caterpillar road machines near New Orleans in 1946.
In 1978 a German round wing plane company called "Airtruk Limited" operated two 120 foot craft which haul freight, and a third 90-foot craft of 42 seating capacity was used exclusively for tri- weekly passenger service. Also carried on the passenger flight is mail and consumer express between West Germany and the interior.
New Germany imports 1,000 West German rail tank cars of refined oil per year via the round wing planes and expects to increase these shipments to 10,000 carloads within a decade. (Of course, the Odlander Atlanteans [Atturians] and the old Vikings have been using the magnetic plane for multitudinal uses for untold ages.)
Three planes comprise the total commercial equipment, these planes having been retired from New Germany's military inventory because of obsolecense.
In the upper world, the young, unchallenged American eagle had been flying the far flung areas of the globe in her new round wing fleet since 1945. The early models had been dramatically improved in
performance, so that there remained little resemblance to the first Caldwell craft of the pre-forties. But as the lofty eagle sailed over the battlefields of Korea or the jungles of Vietnam, or as she skimmed the rooftops of Moscow, Havana or Hanoi, she had never shown her talons. But they were there, and still are. The laser and microwave weaponry had been proven, from which there evolved a confidence of invincibility expressed by the top military leaders of the nation and the crews who ride the winds night and day on the new planes.
Because of military priorities and also because the round wing plane was not required for commercial needs, the U.S.A. did not consider it necessary to plan for transition to commercial and passenger use until the early 1970's. By then, the military felt that all the latest ultra-developments had been incorporated into their version of the round wing plane. Then, in typical American fashion, they acted decisively.
First regular flight priority again will be the military. In 1980-81, a scheduled military round wing passenger service will be inaugurated between British Columbia, Canada - Ottawa, Canada - and Washington, D. C, U.S.A. Washington will also flight connect with London, England. Depots in Ottawa, Washington, and London have been or are near completion. Travel time from Washington take-off to Ottawa landing will not exceed 13 minutes. The Washington-London route of 3,674 miles, will be a leisurely 45 minutes. These routes have already been tested.
Changeover from the military to commercial requirements began in the mid-60s when a team composed mostly of experienced engineers was withdrawn or retired from the B.C. aerospace complex to delineate proposals for transition.
On recommendation of the transition committee, representatives of the American/Canadian aerospace industry were advised in 1974 of the round wing plane capabilities. The first group was invited to the mother factory where they toured the plant and later witnessed demonstrations and startling performances of the astonishing new plane, including a three decker developed in the 1950s. Then the group was given insights into the building of the planes from drawing boards to testing of the finished machines. A thousand questions were answered.
The following year a second top level group from Boeing and Fairchild was brought into the original complex for actual on-the-job training. Others from industry followed later. Only the design and basic aero-dynamic principles were taught these key industrialists. Information on the electro-magnetic motor was withheld since it is intended that the commercial craft, during the next decade, will use only the very successful jet motors perfected in the early military versions. The aircraft manufacturers will be disallowed most of the military navigational system (designed for anti-magnetic motors in outer space) and will build instead their own systems into the commercial craft with help from the first North American facilities.
In September of 1977, leading representatives from major American airlines were called to Washington
to be informed of the unexpected revolution in airline transportation. Thirty spokesmen were invited and met secretly on the Presidential yacht at anchor on the Potomac. They were shown pictures and films, and listened to discussions on the world's most advanced plane. Executives of the air line industry were then told that the round wing plane could be in restricted use on domestic flights over North America before the end of 1990, and that complete changeover should be possible by the year 2,000.
In the near, forseeable future, the fixed wing planes in use on passenger lines will become obsolete. Advantages of the commercial round wing planes, even with jet motors, will be evident to travellers: (1) A short take off and landing strip. (2) They will fly over five times the speed of sound. (3) Sonic booms will not be created. (4) More people, luggage and bulkier pay loads will be carried in planes perhaps up to 200 feet in diameter.
Eventually, when commercial research is complete and the anti-magnetic motors are allowed to be installed to replace the jets, no place on Earth will be more than an hour or two hours away. For a typical one day travel jet set excursion, one could take off from Tampa, Florida after breakfast and step down in Singapore or Sydney for lunch, returning home for dinner by way of Honolulu and Los Angeles. The old-fashioned may prefer to make the same aerial journey with an overnight stop. But, regardless, the serious businessman or woman will be only an hour between New York and San Francisco. It is assumed center-city takeoffs and landings will be feasible.
Nostradamus was right when in 1566 he foretold: "After a great human exhaustion, a greater makes ready. The great motor renovates the centuries."
When NASA's space platform is completed and functional in late 1990 and begins orbiting 240 miles above earthly impediments of clouds, gravity and air friction, it will give earthmen an eye and a first firm foot skyward into the revelations and activities of our own solar system.
Vertical takeoffs and landings from this space platform vantage point will allow the magnetic powered craft of the U.S. and her allies to become interplanetary vehicles of commerce well before the next century.
The new round wing planes have not made the space program obsolete. The manned space platforms to be flown aloft by NASA will mean that all American space probes, whether manned or by drone satellites, will be launched without the problems of air friction and earth gravity, which in the past had to be overcome by the use of booster rocketry.
In 1977 two so-called unidentified flying objects passed each other in the blackness of space. One was traveling from earth to the hollow planet, Venus, where almost four billion inhabitants live on both surfaces. The other so called unidentified flying object had left Venus and was earth bound. As the two almost identical craft passed within 100,000 miles of each other, recognition signals went out to each. From the craft, Venus bound, there went the signal: "U.S. Air Force training craft - Venus Bound."
And from the craft headed for Earth, a message replied, "Peace! Signal received - New Germany Air Force training craft out of Venus - bound for home destination, Earth."
The space ships from planet earth had made history. The crews of each whose fathers were from two former earth- warring nations had passed each other 20 million miles out in space with peaceful and friendly greetings. The captain of the American ship pondered, "How good it was to know that out in this lonely, trackless void another earthling ship from Home Sweet Home had passed by and called hello."
In the middle ages, earth was regarded as the center of the universe. When Dr. E. Hubble's 100-inch telescope was first used in 1925, man's observation of the heavens knew no bounds as he spied perhaps billions of galaxies beside our own.
Now, only a half century later, as earth beings gaze heaven- wards on starry nights they can be sure that the first Earthmen have walked on three and perhaps twelve new worlds that a century before poets only dreamed about.
Not many simple earth people were aware of it, but in little more than a generation, mankind - with help - had conquered the nearness of space - at least within their own solar system.
"The United States is actually and potentially the most powerful State on the globe. She has much, I believe, to give the world; indeed to her hands is chiefly entrusted the shaping of the future." - John Buchan, 1940
The firm course which the United States and her Anglo allies would forge in the last half of the 20th century had been determined by Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman in the mid 40's. Subsequent U.S. Presidents and Prime Ministers of Britain and Canada with secret concurrence of their governments, continued to develop the anti-gravity principle into a variety of military logistics (and industrial civilian uses not yet revealed).
The military apparatus surrounding the round wing plane had spun off into wider civilian facets after the war. By 1950 that civilian service conglomeration had expanded into various government departments while disconnected scientific projects were crammed into the eyer expanding National Science Foundation. Overall decision making was cumbersome.
For cogent reasons President Eisenhower continued to regard the secret round wing conglomerate as the nation's first response against Soviet power should war break out. So, with typical military planning, Eisenhower decided to consolidate the round wing diversities under one government scrutiny. Brought together was a group of men, unaccountable to open forums, who would exercise ultimate control of all round wing functions.
With blessings from key Congressmen and Senators, President Eisenhower picked twelve responsible government leaders answerable only to him. The year was 1954. The new Presidential Committee was named "54-12."
In setting up the Committee, President Eisenhower openly reasoned: "Diplomatically we can't stop the spread of Soviet Communism. But if the cold war becomes hot we must prepare to win."
Thus, from 1954 on, all final decisions relating to round wing production, research, or security (whether military or civilian) would henceforth be made by this select group of advisors. Later on, the public mistakenly would come to regard the U.S. Air Force and C.I.A. as the repositories of the so-called hidden UFO evidence.
The 54-12 Committee continued to monitor American round wing development through successive Presidents since Eisenhower and developed the strategy intended to keep the nation's air supremacy vigilant into the 70's, through the 80's and beyond 2000 - if possible. So extensive was their watchfulness that secret civilian research for related anti-gravity applications would also be authorized by them with orders to escalate additional peacetime applications for use before this century ends. The
Canadians would house their related endeavors in the National Research Council, Ottawa, and integrate their round wing scientific development with Washington and London.
By 1979 these international bureaus, working in unison, would forge closer links of cooperation with each other than had ever existed since Englishmen spread their language and common law around the world.
Various models of the round wing planes as described in this book dominated global skies until the 1960's. Then the first planes were phased out. All of those are now obsolete with representative types destined for future display in museum exhibits.
The original formations were replaced by entirely new models with sophisticated electronic gear and weaponry, which unbelievably altered their performance and military effectiveness. Because of necessity, the first round wing squadrons were basically Earth aircraft. But the latest fleets are all interstellar and intergalactic, able to venture into the far reaches of airless space on a complete life support system which can keep the crews alive for many weeks. The machines are also sea-worthy and water submersible, allowing them to dive into the ocean depths to avoid detection or do tactical surveillance of an enemy shore line from the ocean's bottom.
The third generation of Anglo/Canadian/Americans operate the latest craft, with the original neophytes of the new age of flight, now retired grandfathers daydreaming of yesterday's glories.
One of those grandfathers is 80 year old Jonathon Caldwell. In 1978 he was living somewhere in the Baha area of Mexico, confined to an estate that is guarded like a feudal castle by patrols and a dozen attack dogs. Caldwell's wife, Olive, has moved graciously with him across the portal of retirement years, and the old disease that once threatened to cut off her life has not returned, so completely was the illness purged by the power of Christ through the healing agent, Father John.
The last photos seen of the older Jonathon and Olive Caldwell were taken in 1959 and are part of the historical collection filed for safekeeping in the Air Force underground Tombs at Kensington, Maryland. In those snaps the families of their son and daughter, showing happy children, were also captured in various poses. Where the Caldwell son lives today, what is his vocation, or what names he has chosen to bear, is unknown. The daughter, whose married name is also unknown, is said to live in California. The grandchildren of the senior Caldwells would now be in their 20's and may perhaps be married.
An attempt by Russian-paid agents to kidnap Jonathon Caldwell was made in the late 60's. Three of the kidnap force were killed by guards and the remainder were tried and imprisoned. After that disquieting sequel to a successful career and subsequent attempts to kill him, Caldwell's name and residence were changed again.
Caldwell retired as a Lieutenant General in 1967 but was recalled three times. Before giving up the office of Supreme Commander of the Aerospace Center, great honors were bestowed on him. He was flown to England where he was knighted by King George VI and also awarded the Victoria Cross. An admiring General Charles DeGaulle of France presented him with the French Legion of Honor. (France was under German subjection when the grand round wing alliance was formed and hence was not included in the secret, although DeGaulle later sat in the allied Councils and was privy to round wing secrets, which, by oath, he never divulged. After the war, allied intelligence was wary of Communist infiltrations into the French government and military.) Canada also bestowed upon Caldwell its Victoria Cross, and from his home country a singular Congressional medal was struck and presented to the living hero by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Although Sir Jonathon E. Caldwell reluctantly laid down the mantle of his pioneer round wing plane powers, he never dropped his love of the new dimensions in space travel. But from planes he switched his drive to people. For years he has pressured Congress through the Aviation Committee and the Eecutive Branch to recognize and augment a distinct Round Wing Plane Corps answerable to its own Commanding Officer. Such a new military service would become General Caldwell's last attempted program and an informed U.S. Air Force spokesman believes Caldwell will live to see this establishment become reality. For security reasons alone a separate Round Wing Service would be advantageous to the U.S.A. and its allies.
But if Caldwell was forced to hide his identity and live his life unpraised and unloved by his countrymen, so were many others. Sir Charles Wilkerson, who led much of the post-war round wing research, also walks about incommunicado, and all who meet him are pre-screened by intelligence agents. He must carry a weapon at all times and retain the companionship of an attack dog, and when at home his dwelling is doubly protected.
As scientific minds were mustered out of the Round Wing wartime detachment, men like Sir Charles Hadden of England were glad to get back into civy street. Interceding in high places, Sir Charles was flown back to England by round wing plane in 1945 and dropped by parachute near his home town. Landing safely, he bundled his chute and hitched a ride into town - and home again.
That year Englishman Hadden and Canadian Stewart S. McLane of Ottawa were called to Buckingham Palace where each was knighted by the British king and awarded the Victoria Cross (only 26 VC's were granted by the British during World War 1 1) at a special service. As the Palace Band played, the three unsung heroes of science inspected the bandsmen and the Guard. Upon leaving they shook hands with each other and said farewells. They were instructed never to mention their experiences and, should they meet again by accident, they were to blot from their memories their years spent together and pass without speaking. Sir Charles Hadden resumed teaching physics at Oxford but has since retired. Stewart McLane returned to Ottawa.
So that today a body of senior, silent men walk the streets of a hundred towns or sit in the councils of
industry or the professions, their true war-time experiences a blank to all who might inquire.
The "age of space" is a new order. No longer is our home a small globe inhabited by a few ethnic varieties of homo sapiens. In the new revelation the globe is hollow. In this interior is the other and perhaps the most ancient of the two worlds. Into this inner world the New Germans have ventured and built an armada of round wing planes as a defense force to be used unilaterally or in conjunction with other Inner World nations in case of attack. The author has learned that the New Germans have not developed their forces for vengeful purposes to be used in the Upper World, especially since they are neighbors of the two oldest nations on earth whose objective it is to prevent war and defuse the global ambitions of the war prone. But confidential sources also reveal that the South American German exiles also have the round wing plane and have a nuclear strike capability as well.
Another civilization also exists under this planet's seas which certain scientific sectors are aware of, even if denied by them. And, added to the ocean dwellers are billions more creatures inside the Earth's mantle who apparently have never surfaced from their aloof abodes to police or contact the wayfarers above.
On the Earth's surface, more than ten nations are capable of waging a nuclear war, with the two giants able to launch a holocaust that would make the outer heavens a hundred light years away register the big bang.
And overhead in Earth skies there is still the unsolved alien space craft phenomena of strange objects which come and go at will. Not to be forgotten, too, lingering close to Earth's trajectory is that huge, lumbering, inhabited planet, Nagirth, two-and-a-half times the size of Earth, whose ultimate destiny may be collision into the sun.
And who knows what unfriendly worlds beyond our own solar system have picked up Earth radio signals and are among those aliens watching or about to arrive - even tomorrow?
So the sobering question must be asked. Are the inhabitants of this planet on the verge of a change in our world order, brought on by remote planetary forces about to enforce dictatorial rule on mankind to prevent one of our nuclear clubs starting total war in an Earth shattering finale?
The constant warfare of this planet may be only the visible phase of a far-reaching alignment of unseen opposing forces, whether they exist as three-dimensional or spiritual. These opposing forces, whatever the reader wishes to call them, may already be poised to use mankind in a confrontation which will decide the future of the world. To readers of the daily press, the Earthly or political nature exemplified by these forces may simply be Communism versus Democracy, and to the philosophers it may be good versus evil, and to the Religionists, Satan against God.
But in trying to resolve the riddle, any thoughtful person must wonder: Somewhere upon a higher plane of existence, is there a hidden power struggle of such magnitude that we cannot comprehend its purpose? And are these forces now lining up their hosts for a climactic battle where mankind will be only a pawn, and Earth the prize - or Earth the pawn and mankind the prize? Or is this planet simply a square in a gigantic chessboard of insidious interstellar rivalty?
Perhaps to be determined will be not just the outcome of this small planet, but its entire solar system and possibly the universe.
Time moves on. It waits for no man - or nation. And each is time's captive. There are hosts of questions about the future of mankind in the new age which the authors were unable to reconcile. It soon became evident, therefore, in view of the gaps in our collected data, that the incomplete story must be told even if it were more provocative than scholarly.
With this book's release and its subject matter thrown open to critics and scholars, many new attempts will be made to learn and understand the significance of its pages. Primarily the nation - no, the world - must collectively resolve its most pressing problems and face the future together. The English speaking people and all their war time allies have closed the gap of World War n beligerance toward their enemies, and all these nations now collectively understand the new solar concept of trust and cooperation.
Well-divorced from politics, it will then be up to the world astronomers, for instance, to address themselves to the problem of how to tell the peoples of the world that we are not alone, that our entire solar system itself may be occupied by beings with close resemblances to Earthlings who think they dwell in such isolated majesty on this planet.
Quite soon it will be the responsibility of all the federal governments of the world (who are perplexed about how to tell of outer-terrestrial visits), to regain their confidence in the public and explain to them the arrival on earth of beings from distant galaxies and intelligences akin to even surpassing ours. These governments should also release the new stellar maps as well as complete information available on the subterranean and inner Earth.
In the immediate future, it will be up to the Carriers, the Drakes, the Columbuses returning from new worlds to tell Earthlings of the wondrous things they have discovered in space. And when all this has been accomplished and the beginning of a Utopia gained, it may be up to the philosophers to recommend what is to be done on Earth with that ancient vice or virtue called leisure. But to be all things to all men, the scientists of the nations must cross borders and unify their purposes in the interest of a new world free from war with advantage to all.
However, it is possible that the greatest challenge which the authors were unable to explore was simply this: How will the non-occult religions of the world respond to the new image of man, that he is not
alone? Will they continue to have faith that the God of the universe is ultimately in control, working out the destiny of man through man? And when the incarnate Christ returns, as He promised, by what means do the faithful Christians think He will rescue His hopeful believers, or establish His much prayed for Golden Age of harmony when righteousness will cover the Earth as the waters covers the seas?
The central theme of this book has been the arrival of the free energy, space craft and its subsequent development by certain nations in the 20th century world.
Thanks to the anti-gravity principle of that magnetic powered craft, a better world lies ahead embodying the boldest of engineering feats imaginable.
And ahead there also lies too, the broad road for invasion into space, either militarily or peacefully.
But now that man has begun to reach for the stars, where may we ask is that wise and benevolent human leader or cosmic Messiah who will dispel mutual fear from the hearts of men? Will this King of kings arrive in time to guide us into peace on earth before this planet is reduced to ashes again?
Social, Political, Economic and Religious Life in Inner Earth
The spoken and written language of the Inner World Atturians in their capital city of Shambala, from which Professor Haammaan emigrated to the U.S. via an Icelandic passport, is the original Sanscrit. Their flag is orange with black letters beneath a coat of arms under which is the legend, "Peace with Honor," meaning to end a war without surrender.
Their Sanscrit alphabet contains 38 letters, many of which are in double form such as AA, CC, 00, etc. These double letters are used only in proper nouns such as persons, cities, Aarpo, Baacco, Winnaabbaago, Saapraanoo, Jaapanno, Cannaggo. In word construction two words are often joined also, and pronounced as one. In punctuation, one question mark upside down is placed before an interrogative sentence and a normal, upright question mark then follows the sentence.
The country of over 300 million people is served by color television. Newspapers are smaller than ours and contain little advertising because of the shortage of pulpwood.
The home city of Professor Haammaan is the capital city of Atturias, Shamballa, located on the continent of Agharta, comprising a population of several millions. The city (as is the nation) is served by air transport with other metropolitan centers (i.e. magnetic powered craft which have been in their possession since their forefathers came from Venus). Connecting ground transportation is via railroads which ride on cushions of air in'stead of rails. (The Japanese are currently experimenting with this method.) Most ground traffic is by means of four-wheel cars
and busses, both of which principally use electric energy as their motivational source. Electric outlets are located at roadside intervals of 25 miles from which a three minute charge of renewed power is drawn at no cost capable of providing a driving range of 100 miles. Radio waves sent from the remitting source to each energy depot supply the electric power, the remitting sources being solar, hydro-electric and nuclear fusion. Free energy, magnetic vehicles are also used.
Professor Haammaan was asked to describe briefly their immigration system followed by their monetary policy. Regarding immigration, he explained visas between countries in the Inner World were non-existent and that international travel was unrestricted, although each nation was very isolationist in its outlook and did not depend on a United Nations body of politics as practised above surface. When a foreign traveler visits another nation, the person simply signs a card upon entry saying they agree to abide by the laws of the land being visited. As all coin and paper currency are redeemable by gold according to international monetary standards, travelers therefore may exchange their own money for currency of the host country. Elaborating on money Haammaan added:
"Like you say above, 'Love for money is the root of all evil.' Therefore, we don't permit hoarding of money. It is to be spent for immediate wants and needs. To prevent hoarding, our paper money is
recalled annually and newly numbered serials are issued. Hoarding gets the greedy person 30 years in prison, but savings are not frowned upon when kept in a bank. We also use coins for exchange, their contents of gold or silver being 70 per cent and that of the alloy 30 per cent.
"The reason for the harsh anti-hoarding law is that if money is kept in circulation (which our banks do with peoples' savings at low interest rates) then capital projects in private, corporate and government sectors provide full employment. One of the problems here above is that so much of the wealth accumulated over the years or centuries by certain groups is kept out of circulation and hidden away in private banks or vaults. In such cases, that money withheld (usually gold) is a form of power which is harmful and often used as a power base to influence sectors of the overall society. I'm sure you are aware of many examples of this hoarding abuse by such powerful control groups."
"Our central government treasury owns all our gold to back up the coin of the realm, which is the established policy of each nation below. Much of our own gold reserves was brought down from old Atlantis."
"Our numerical system is what you call Roman numerals and the Algebraic system, neither names being historically correct. Our system of numbering is more related to your British and U.S. methods. We don't use the decimal system and I predict it will be discarded up here within 100 years. Some of our units of measure are as follows: 1 quatal = 1 mile *** 1 qquttall = 1 inch *** 1 quntall = 1 foot *** 1 vartall = 32 inches (equivalent to the British yard of 36 inches) *** 16 quntalls = 1 chain. The average road width below in Atturraas is 3 chains and an alley is 1 chain wide. (Haammaan said their Inner World is 23,000 quatals in circumference and it is 7 Vi (seven and a half) thousand quatals from Pole to Pole.)"
The calendar used throughout the Inner World is based on a year of 360 days, each month having 30 days. The five days remaining at the end of the year are called by the people "year's end days" during which all non-essential work stops. Babies bom on these days are bom officially on January 1st following. For thousands of years the above calendar time has been followed below, Do you have any specific ideas about employment?
"Depending on technical skills or academic abilities, graduates of grade school or college have already been pretested (as in Bodland) to determine their careers. We have no retirement laws but limited or part-time employment is the norm throughout the Inner World in later years. It is up to the man or woman. Certain job categories are considered to be more suitable for women who are not encouraged to compete for certain masculine jobs and vice versa.
"Our medical research has overcome most diseases, including all types of cancer and arthritis by predetection or postdetection. The people still get injured through a variety of accidents. Emergency methods to mend bones and replace skin are among the advanced medical practices. For instance, a synthetic skin used on grafts or plastic surgery resulting from severe wounds or bums is simply cut from
a roll of substance in much the same manner plastic paper wrap or tin foil is removed for domestic use in the U.S.
"Placed over the burned or diseased area, under sterile conditions, along with a special healing gel, the synthetic graft immediately takes to the skin area to be rebuilt. Its use makes plastic surgery much easier and faster.
"Amputations are extremely rare since crushed limbs are immediately rebuilt with synthetic bone that quickly is accepted by the natural bone being repaired. Hearts, lungs, eyes, ears and other body parts are replaced routinely as are decayed teeth. (Damage to nerve fibres was not discussed.)
"Free total medical care is provided to all age groups."
The Atlanteans have overcome most of the illness common to surface people, and their age life span apparently is generally over a thousand years, with premature death an exceptional occurrence.
The first two hour interview with Haammaan was held secretly at an airport in Maryland. Crime was dealt with briefly, and answers were sought as to how their society treats those offenders who violate the age-old system of laws derived to protect members of society.
The gist of the discussion is as follows: a criminal is considered a social disgrace only if he does not respond to treatment, but all crimes are treated as a form of mental illness. A first offender automatically is sent to a state psychiatric hospital. Most respond to initial treatment, the nature of which was not disclosed in the interview. The hospital board has the authority to declare a person a habitual criminal on the third offense.
In such a case, treatment is stopped and the offender considered a criminal. All clothing is removed and the naked prisoner is put to hard work in a public chain gang, made to sleep on a board at night and given only meagre sustenance. Six months maximum of this type of sentence usually changes the person and returns him to society again, as an accepted, normal citizen.
If the prisoner does not respond to this penalty treatment, he is committed by three doctors and a judge to a remote island where, like an animal, he is worked naked at manual labor during the day and forced into a lonely cage at night. This routine is followed with full understanding by the public of all its indignities to the human psyche. Public knowledge of this irrevocable punishment is a deterrent to crime.
Branded as "discarded citizens", those sent to the island prison are declared legally dead on arrival and relatives are so notified. All attempts to rehabilitate are ended. Upon death, the body is cremated and the ashes not returned to relatives, but tossed into the sea without burial services.
There are three major crimes, convictions of which automatically label the convicted felon a "discarded
citizen" for shipment to the last-stop island. Those crimes are rape, kidnapping and murder. Guns are outlawed.
In Atturraas, the death penalty is also in force and may be given at the request of the judge or the prisoner himself, if rehabilitation treatment has failed. In such a case the felon is given a glass of liquid from a tree called the Poison Root which induces a painless death within an hour.
Even in perfect environments certain people are criminally prone and cannot be conditioned to the norm required by a civil code of laws. This fact is true both in societies above and below. But in Atturraas their confinements for offenders are located in rehabilitation centers and hospitals rather than in prisons. There are few youthful offenders in the interior world, perhaps because the responsibility for a youthful crime rests with the parents who are judged on a guilt basis along with the youth convicted. Obviously, the basic unit of learning and training in their society is the home, even before church or school. If early school tests indicate a criminal tendency in a child, he is removed from classes and placed in a hospital for correctional therapy at an early age.
Our news media below (as in Bodland) does not carry stories of crime, let alone headline them. Nor do we have long drawn out judicial exercises. An apprehended murderer generally is tried the second week with the death sentence carried out the following week.
Youth gangs are not tolerated and common assaults and muggings, so widespread above, don't exist below. All male youth in Atturraas and Bodland must serve two years without pay in one of the defense forces where behavior disciplines are further emphasized.
There is no syndicate crime problem below.
Haarnmaan continued: "Your police above are still an effective force, but they are much maligned in their duties. Your society seems more concerned with protecting offenders than the rights of the offended. When your system of protection and justice is overhauled, your crime statistics will fall. The legal system is a bullwark, devised to protect all members of your society in the upper world - as elsewhere. But that system in the lower courts has been detoured from the code which was so carefully built to safeguard all sections of society. There are too many legal loopholes for perpetual offenders against your society in the western world. There is also a growing number of lawyers who are perpetuating the breakdown of the legal code. The law societies themselves must institute the remedies."
Generally speaking, life sustenance within the planet is comparable to that above. Their staple food products in the warmer climates is rice, which was also brought above by the people which we know as the Chinese. Main crops of wheat and barley are grown in the northern locales. Other vegetables are string beans, soy beans, okra, eggplant, cabbages, turnips, carrots, etc. The Atturraans are mainly vegetarians, but consume much fish with a variety of artificial flavors such as chicken, beef, pork, etc.
Milk is also their staple nutritional drink. They do not know of the turkey, but, on the other hand, have a large, native bird they call the duckquail, highly rated by some for its edibility.
Two building blocks made below would be of interest to surface people. One is a concrete block virtually unbreakable. A powdered plastic, sand and water are heat-treated like terra cotta and the product used extensively in both their residential and commercial construction.
Another substance known as glass-tile consists of finely ground silicone or glass mixed with clay, placed in various molds and heated to a high temperature. The finished glazed tile is used for floors, outside facades on buildings (where we use marble facing) road building blocks, etc. Their Atturraan highways are constructed with lateral grooves running across them. Automobile tire treads are grooved to produce a meshing, cog wheel, effect, thus holding the car in position assuring the driver control against brake skidding, or planing on a wet pavement.
A second final hour interview was held with Mr. Haammaan on Sunday, November 20, 1977. Accompanied by a reliable witness from the State Department, we checked into a Holiday Inn at Mt. Vernon, New York and talked in the conference room. The six foot, three-inch Atlantean had the build of a football player but his hands were slender, more like those of a pianist. Quizzical blue eyes responded to changes in mood. His hair was fair and cut medium short. He looked like a modem Scandinavian.
Time being of the essence and certain prepared questions needing to be answered, the dialogue was begun. Haarnmaan's manner was less reserved than at the first meeting, and after coffee and tea had been ordered each sat in an easy chair and the talks began.
Question: How old are you? Answer: "I am officially 57 years old according to records on file here, but truthfully I am some hundreds of years of age. Average age on my continent of Agharta is a minimum of 800 years."
(Haarnmaan's claim has not been reconciled with that of the Inner World Bodlanders. Dr. Jerrmus of Bodland's capital city Bod, is 58 years old and he states his father died at 135 years, but that 200 years is common longevity in Bodland. Some Bodlanders may reach 300 years but those passing 200 are the elite senior citizens.)
Haarnmaan's conversation is resumed. Question: Why should you Atturians live so much longer lives than we on the surface? Answer: "Harmful ultra violet and other sun rays are the chief cause of death to those on the surface. You recall we have an artificial sun (600 miles in diameter) which lights up our interior world. That sun takes its energy via crystal receivers from the outside sun and stores it, but the harmful rays are not retransmitted. The second cause of premature death to you people above is your diet, in my opinion. The majority of us Atturians are not flesh eaters as are most of you above, although we eat fowl and fish in preference to red meats. But let me state categorically that you and I are
biologically identical."
Question: You mean our sun rays shorten life?
Answer: They certainly do. Deterioration, so caused, starts at approximately 20 years in your lives, even where no disease is noticed. The harmful sun's rays even affect your fruit and vegetables, the effects of which are passed on to you when you eat them, as well as the more harmful meat products you consume.
Question: Is longevity below not the result of spiritual or psychological advances, which your society has mastered during the 1 1,000 years your people apparently have been free from war, economic worries and other tensions?
Answer: That's a wrong assumption. Our original long life spans below have been maintained and increased over the centuries partly because we perfected our eating and drinking habits, but mainly because of the filtering of harmful solar rays by our man made sun. Hence, today we have overcome premature old age and the major diseases which inflict you people on the surface.
Question: Tell us more, especially about the fruit and vegetable juices.
Answer: Combinations of certain natural vegetable and fruit juices, or their extracts are used below for many medical cures. We call the system of producing these formulas, "Natural Hygiene." We didn't develop these cures all at once, but their precise compounds are the results of thousands of years of research. We below are careful of our diet although we provide succulent and gourmet menues as do you above.
Question: You say even with improved diet you are occasionally subject to the same diseases as above? Enumerate some diseases which are prevalent here for which you have cures below.
Answer: Cancer is one of your worst destroyers of life. We compound a precise mixture of vegetable juices which when taken at the rate of a half pint per hour over a 30 day period destroys all cancer cells, replacing them with new healthy, normal cells. (Haammaan then explained he was not a medical man and that his remarks were those of a layman but the evidence which he volunteered could be substantiated in tests held on earth in any medical or research facility.) Doctors below were first successful in curing particular cancers by means of a drug called "UGROME" but the drug was later eliminated from the formulas and straight vegetable and fruit extracts used exclusively with such ingredients as carrots and tomatoes among others.
Question: You say our upper sun rays kill certain fruit or vegetable cells which contain added li£e support elements. How can we on the upper earth raise these products and keep their natural cells intact at the time of their ripening?
Answer: Grow them in greenhouses with glass that keeps out harmful rays. Your people already know what glass or plastic formula is required to shut out any of the sun's harmful rays in the spectrum.
Question: Please name other cures you have below which those above badly need.
Answer: Abcesses, skin cancers and boils. A jelly used by us clears them up in 24 hours. The jelly can also be taken internally in a capsule form. You are already aware of our artificial skin made from a sterile compound of vegetable juices and adhesives. The skin comes in rolls like your band-aids and is placed over large first and third degree bum areas. Body moisture is thus retained over a bum area. The body begins immediately to form new skin beneath. When healing is complete, the artificial skin is peeled off. No scars are seen.
Our dentists below also implant new teeth buds in the cavities of teeth which must be removed due to decay or infection. In the case of cavity filling, dentists below give their patients internal medicine made of natural ingredients which results in a tooth cavity being healed.
Question: Do you have the problem of drug addiction and alcoholism?
Answer: Neither are manufactured or sold in Atturas or Bodland or Vikingland. Drug addiction is considered a serious offense and if it became prevalent as above in your society, its use would not be tolerated. However, we have cures for the major types of addiction found here above. Take your marijuana! We have a weed below which tastes the same as marijuana when smoked. An addict who smokes one such cigarette finds his craving for marijuana satisfied and he or she breaks the drug habit without any side effects. We have similar cures for all your other drug problems. The acceptance of opiates is growing quickly in your society. Alcoholic beverages and smoking products are also not sold in Atturas although the old Vikings and Bodlanders indulge in barley beer and like tobacco, I'm told.
Mr. Haammaan continued, "Gentlemen, I am a man of arts and letters. I am not a scientist of medicine, nor a candidate for a doctor's degree. Very soon I shall communicate with certain people below and in time, through the good offices of you authors who have discovered my whereabouts in your land, and treated me with respect, I shall ask to have brought up some suggestions and perhaps explicit formulas which your druggists or researchers above can compound for controlled trial use. As things stand at present in your country, I would expect reference to these discussions in your book to be rejected or laughed at by the major medical associations. But on leaving the subject of medicine for a while, I would add we have authenticated cures for blood cholesterol, obesity, senility, osteoarthritis, stomach ulcers and many more of your diseases. Plus marvelous diagnostic equipment.
Contrary to what your fatalists say, three score years etcetera should not be the span of a man's existence. If the major diseases could be overcome on the Earth's surface, then mankind's life span would be extended for certain, notwithstanding the harmful surface sun rays.
May I also disagree about your earlier question which implied that our longevity stemmed from a collective, well balanced, spiritual and psychological attitude. Typical longevity below in Atturas is over 800 years and some have reached 1,200 years.
But, to prove that we, below, don't inherit a life span ten or twelve times longer than yours simply because we possess superior spiritual or psychological qualifications, let me tell you about our dogs and cats.
The life span of our domestic animals is perhaps thirty years. The one common denominator which both we people and our animal creatures have in common is an environment free from harmful solar rays.
We can't unveil the mysteries of old age in a few hundred words, but regardless of your sun's harmful rays and your diet, there are some reversible techniques used by our medical men in Atturraas which could be copied above to drastically cut the annual death rate. Your medical scientists believe that each cell has an aging clock or self-destruct mechanism built in at about 70 years, but we below have proved this absolute life span is incorrect (as have the Bods). Well over 100 vigorous disease-free years are possible for your people here in the near future, if preventive help to cure the diseases of aging is studied.
Question: Upper earth nations publically spend many, many billions annually on war preparations - not to mention the huge interest cost to governments for monies borrowed to finance war debts. The question is, do you have a military apparatus below?
Answer: A qualified no! Nor do we have cadet colleges or war training schools. We, nor the Bods or Vikings, have standing armies (nor do the New Germans or Six Kingdoms of Old German Saxons). Our sole para-military effort is policing our own people and that force, whether land or sea, is light. We do have a standing air force which has considerable power but this is based on an ancient system of sky reconnaisance and transportation which you people amaze us by referring to as unidentified flying objects. All the monies you expend in armaments if turned to peaceful uses could create full employment, remove your welfare roles, totally provide doctor and hospital benefits and create a Utopia like that of which you haven't imagined. And what are your poverty stricken, emerging nations buying first? War machines!
But, I must add, no one major country like America could achieve this Utopian structure while a single antagonist nation relies on the force of armaments to dominate the world. All countries would have to lay down their arms simultaneously.
Question: Does your nation regard America as an aggressor nation?
Answer: I can't speak for our people, but I would say that the English speaking people are not warlike. But we do regard the Russian leaders as a military complex to be carefully watched.
Question: Who attacked who in the 1946 war of the inner world? Was it the New Germans or the old Vikings?
Answer: The Vikings observed the New Germans building up their new space craft squadrons. Worried about the growing German occupation of inner earth lands and suspecting the real intentions of the New Germans from their surface record of war, the Vikings attacked. We, the new Atlanteans, advised the Vikings to stop as soon as we had ascertained their intentions. On our signal the Interplanetary Police Force came in and enforced a Viking withdrawal. The Vikings and New Germans now exchange ambassadors.
Question: Is your nation of Atturraas more advanced than the U. S .A.?
Answer: Yes and no. The U.S.A. is extremely advanced in science and technology, but the inner earth nations are hundreds of years ahead of the upper world in social justice, the humanities and medicine. Although in space technology North America has built a technical and scientific civilization in just a few years, as have certain countries such as Germany and Britain, it has taken us thousands of years to achieve our pre-eminence. But remember, we have had 1 1,500 years without war, and the Bodlanders 30 millenniums.
Question: So in addition to having a society free from want and hunger, clothing and shelter, you must have time for leisure activity.
Answer: Yes, but we have had Olympic Games (which we call Quad) since before we retreated to the inner earth from above. The New Germans below are now sending their athletes to compete and the Vikings, Six German Kingdoms and Bodlanders have long done so. The annual games are a big event in our lives. We also have other leisure activities like you have above such as hiking, racing and sailing on our oceans. You do practically every thing we do in the world of leisure. We also have our own versions of your baseball, football, tennis, but our athletes are not paid the enormous salaries yours are paid in stadium sports participation. In our houses we have TV or home movies. I would say our movie houses show a better three dimensional picture than yours above.
Question: Is sex exploited below as in certain countries above?
Answer: Sex is not a goddess of worship below. There are no pornographic movies, periodicals, or media advertisements of same. There are no houses of prostitution. This is an explanation that requires a much longer treatment than we have time for today. You will recall married men, women live apart but have special houses for sex visitation. (The Bodlanders are more family oriented, living, playing and entertaining as a unit till the children leave home. The close Bod-family ties remain unbroken according to Dr. Jerrmus.)
Also, there are no polygamous marriages and no divorces in Atturas or Bodland. The childbearing age
in Atturas is from 25 to 60 years of age. Marriages take place after age 25. The children live with the mothers until ten and afterwards are trained by the state. The family connection is never broken and we enjoy long lives of fellowship. Wives are permitted to have only two children and afterwards have a minor operation to prevent a recurrence of childbirth. Abortion is not permitted except for proven medical reasons.
(In Bodland intensive high school sex education is taught, the harm of illicit sex acts is discussed and studied by both sexes. The Bodland student must attend a state run, tuition free high school. All reading is censored till adulthood, with not even Shakespeare being on the high school curricula. University is free.)
I would simply say that total guidance by the state is obligatory until the child/youth becomes of voting age. You above permit the undesirable elements to become an accepted part of your society and then spend the state's monies in locating, watching or incarcerating them, after the criminal tendencies have surfaced. We try to find and correct the troubles beforehand.
Question: Are there any primitive societies down below?
Answer: Yes, in addition to certain Eskimoes, there are a number of tribes in out of the way areas who go practically naked like certain of your New Guinea and Borneo primitives.
Question: What would you call your form of government?
Answer: Ours is a private enterprise system (as is Bodland and Vikingland). We have a hereditary King (as do the Vikings, Bods and Old Germans). A republic form of government (re-elected rulers) was tried many thousands of years ago, but it failed. For 300 years, we had a republic similar to America. The President was elected for a five year term and could be re-elected three times up to 15 years. This term was changed to one 15 year term and the constitution allowed this for another 300 years. Next, a man was elected for life. Finally, we returned to the hereditary monarchial system which has been in effect ever since.
(Contrary to the Atturian hereditary monarchial system, the present Bodland monarch, King Haakkuuss m, was appointed for life in 1928. Recently he gave notice he wanted to relinquish his duties and the Bodland parliament is now seeking a new king.) Under the existing monarchy in Atturas, a head of state similar to a Prime Minister is in charge and is elected by parliament on recommendation of the king. He presides over the upper and lower houses of parliament. He doesn't necessarily sit in the legislative assembly, but all bills must be approved by the Prime Minister and King. Term of office is 15 years. Both lower and upper houses are for five year terms by the citizens. A few have I been elected for life.
Question: Is not the Atturian state below somewhat of a disciplinary force in all walks of life including religion?
Answer: No, it is not. The state allows freedom of conscience in matters of religious conviction where everyone may hold their own concensus of religious philosophy. But we do have a universal church.
The author was unable to explore Atturian religious beliefs in any detail, partly because of the subject's reluctance to elaborate on their forms of worship except to have Haammaan admit they worship a Supreme God and that they regarded Osiris who visited ancient Atlantis above as their Christlike advocate with the Supreme Deity. Haammaan also said that Atturans were divided as to the belief in an afterlife, although this admission was not pursued by the authors.
Interested in the overall religious complexion of the Inner World societies, the author therefore, at a later date, sought further explanations from visiting Bodland lecturer Dr. Jerrmus. He was persuaded to discuss the Bods' religious beliefs and agreed to do so but forewarned of his reluctance because he did not wish to offend his upper world hosts by arguing either religion or politics. With the foregoing preface to religion in Bodland, the urbane doctor of Philosophy described Bod religious background with some caution, this paraphrased as follows:
The accepted book of divine inspiration used below by the Bods is the Upper World bible expanded with three Old Testament and two New Testament chapters. The Bods claim that the existing old testament as used below was compiled by scholars who were not exclusively Hebrew, but included Greek and Bodlanders, Ezekiel being a Bodlander, Dr. Jerrmus claims.
The entire original bible is kept below in their national museum for all to see and compare, whereas the missing bible books of the Upper World are hidden in three places, these being Rome, Cairo and Tibet.
An important book in the Bod New Testament is the Book of Bod, written and compiled by the king of Bod living at the time of Christ. The king was also one of the (four not three) wise men, all of whom were kings, one having begun his journey from a civilization in the Gobi desert. The second Bod book deals primarily with healing as explained by Christ to the early Christian disciples. Some original manuscripts on exhibit in the National Bod Museum were written by the apostle scribe Saint John and signed by Jesus Christ.
The Book of Bod elaborates more than the known gospels on Christ's birth, as well as the origin and activities of the wise men and the celestial nature of the star, as the direction and focus of its rays were altered from time to time following its appearance almost a year before Christ was bom in Bethlehem. The star was also seen by those in the Inner World and the inhabitants regarded the new light as a long anticipated astrological sign by which the Bod King should begin his journey to pay homage to the Son of God. The King came through a tunnel, emerging in a Bod temple in Abadan on which there has been built a Moslem mosque, and after the visit of the magi to the Christ child, the King returned below via space craft. The Book also details the crucifixion and tells particularly how the wrath of God was felt on Earth through the elements of nature including bolts of lightning which killed 12 Roman soldiers who participated in the crucifixion. The Book also explains how the entire mideast world was caught up in
the events of the crucifixion, especially an Assyrian king who began too late a forced march with 3000 troops to save Jesus from death.
But there are also variances in the Book of Bod with the existing gospels. For instance, the Bod version credits the Bod King with warning Mary and Joseph to flee with the infant Jesus to Egypt after his birth in order to escape Herod's hate and vengeance. Then, after Jesus' first encounter with the teachers and priests in the temple at age 12, the Bod narrative says he was taken by space ship to the Inner Earth where he was tutored in the Palace of the Bod King till his mid twenties, when he asked to be returned to the Upper World where he completed his studies in India and Tibet before beginning his ministry of healing and preaching of salvation. Thus the wisdom and learning of the Inner World are represented as figuring largely in Christ's earthly pilgrimage, but that preparation does not discount his divinity nor the main purpose of drawing separated mankind back to God, says Dr. Jerrmus, who does not pretend to be a biblical scholar.
The second expunged book which has been denied Upper World biblical readers, but is an integral part of the Inner World bible, is the book of healing, which was the cornerstone of Christ's earthly ministry. The visiting Bod doctor of literature expounded his opinion that the greatest hindrance to the growth of Christianity in the Upper World was due to the culpability of the early church fathers in their removal of the practical and sacred book on healing, which was a legacy of God's mercy not intended exclusively for a priestly caste. St. Luke, the physician, was a Bodlander, claims Dr. Jerrmus.
The learned doctor from the Inner World concluded by saying that their prophets anticipated the arrival of Christ thousands of years before his coming. They also foretold the end times of this present age which is supposed to include a final holocaust of mankind after which the perfect world order of universal peace and happiness will be reborn. The Bod pre-Christian temple mentioned earlier, now buried under a Moslem mosque near Abadan, Iran, still has the ancient Bod prophecies engraved on its walls concerning this age.
With this brief mention of religious ethics in the Inner World as described by Dr. Jerrmus, our narrative reverts to the dialogue held with Professor Haammaan on the composition and authority of government in Badlands Inner World neighbor, Atturas. Professor Haammaan continues as follows: "The state of Atturas does not suppress individual initiative or deny freedom of expression, but neither does it allow such wide range objections and lobbying from self interest groups as is permitted in America.
It seems to me that the constant attempts to tear down government here will lead to anarchy soon, or else a clashing of government forces and various so-called objector groups. Unlike a dictatorship, the problem of a republican form of government as in America or France is that there is a danger that the central power base needed for civil obedience is dissipated by too many voices of self-willed interest. Your vested groups in America are very powerful and selfish, often at the expense of the majority electorate! I don't speak of politicians critically, but as an observer. We once had a republican form of government like yours, but abandoned it, as did the people of Bod."
Question: What main dangers lie ahead for Earth?
Answer: Number one - nuclear war. That is why we came up in 1945. Number two - an intruding planetary influence that is growing which could drastically change the climate in the entire northern hemispheres of the upper Earth in the next 20 years if the planet is not diverted away. Past intrusions of this planet Nagirth caused the formation of other continental ice sheets, the origin of which has defied your geologists. Your Science Foundation has all the information here and probably is greatly concerned about this coming new glacial age. But I believe Nagirth will be deflected.
Question: Have you heard that the Earth's mantle between your people and us is combed with man made tunnels?
Answer: Yes. There are tunnels at varying depths containing very ancient vast civilizations. We use them to commute between Shamballa and the capital of the subterranean Kingdom of the Far North, located in the mantle under Siberia. During the time of the Russian Czars there was an upper opening into Siberia through which we had access to Russia via the tunnels, but this opening has been closed since Russia went Communistic. Openings exist in the U.S.A. and other parts of the upper world. (See map) We use them constantly. The North American tunnel opening of which I am aware has a "y" located deep in the mantle where a city exists. One line of the "y" goes to Shamballa and the other goes to Bod. We below are concerned about possible illegal entries of undesirable races from the subterranean world to our nations via tunnels. Other tunnels are the highways used by certain highly civilized subterranean people who travel via rail from city to city. You nor your readers will likely believe this "inside the Earth's crust" remark, but there are reputed to be more people living there than exist on either surface. In addition to tunnel dwellers there are major cities supported by steel domes under the ice caps of the Polar regions, which were tropical before past Ice Ages and shifting of earth poles caused the dwellers to cover their cities for protection. The Antarctic ice-covered, polar cities connect by train tunnels to subterranean mantle cities and major cities of the Inner World. A third of the tunnel cities are natural and the remainder man-made.
Those people living inside have protection against sun and cold, hence a great longevity span. Your Admiral Richard Byrd was taken to one of the domed cities through sub tunnels. We have mapped all existing tunnels and cities, but there could be pockets we don't know of. When Atlantis sank, our ancestors built plastic domes over those remaining cities which had not yet been inundated by the ocean. Today those six plastic domed cities on the Atlantic bed are still inhabited by our Atlantean people. In all, I believe there are 28 cities located allover the world underwater, each being reached by saucer craft as well as tunnel trains. The undersea city near San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the Bahama trench is round in shape and is ten miles in diameter. It is occupied by millions of our people. All our undersea cities also are connected with Shamballa.
In effect, our Atlanteans, Bodlanders and Athenians occupy the inner Earth, many of the tunnels and tunnel cities as well as domed cities on the bottom of the oceans.
Part of the former continent of Atlantis sank immediately, but other parts including those on which the domed cities stand, settled beneath the Atlantic over a period of 300 years. And, of course, the ice formed slowly over the Antarctic sub continent which was the home of the original Garden of Eden, our legends tell.
Question: What is your explanation of the Bermuda Triangle?
Answer: The so called "Bermuda Triangle" does not exist as a defined boundary. During our war with the Athenians we dumped many multi-faceted crystals, of golf ball size, in areas of what today you call the Bermuda Triangle. The crystals were refractory, power sources of some of our weapons and energy centers. They were able to capture the sun's rays and by internally refracting the rays an intense beam or laser ray was produced. The crystals were first used for peaceful purposes and later developed for war. These crystals are still operational 1 1,500 years after they were dumped in these Caribbean areas which subsequently became flooded, but which have been raising gradually since then. When the sun's rays reach the ocean floor of these areas, the crystals are temporarily activated. When this happens, a steel ship or plane coming in contact with the rays simply disintegrates. Wood is not affected by them.
In the 1600's a fleet of three Dutch ships were sunk in the Sargasso Sea. Survivors, who were found in the lifeboats put together with wooden dowels, told how their larger sailing ships fell part when the ships metal spikes disintegrated. In 1641 the Dutch King built an entirely wooden sailing ship with hardwood dowels. Sent over the same area, the ship found the floating debris of the former wrecks and returning to Rotterdam in 1641 first told the tale of a sea demon who ate up the ships' spikes. Today we know this area is part of the so called Bermuda Triangle and the sea demon is the dreadful black rays emanating from the crystals which early Atlanteans dumped in that area, now underwater. But it should be remembered that there are also suppressed reports claiming radioactive waste dumped recently in the Caribbean is causing mysterious effects.
The ray in effect is called a black ray by us because it can't be seen. Our ancestors deployed the disintegrating ray in their war with the Athenians to destroy whole cities and also air ships. It is the most devastating ray weapon in the world. The colorless crystal collects its energy from the sun (making it crystal clear) during the day and releases it whenever it is charged to full capacity.
These crystals are indestructable. They were made active by the bottom of the present sea bed rising, along with bottom sands shifting enough to expose the dormant crystals. The crystals are active only at certain times. I believe your government is aware of the danger periods.
Our inner sun is a modified version of these crystals and it, too, is activated in part from the solar sun shining through the Poles throughout the year. This artificial sun was built in ancient Atlantis, transported inside by our space ships and first charged by the real sun after being orbited in the Earth's interior. Foreseeing the coming war, our ancestors began our colony below 3000 years before Atlantis sank or
approximately 15,000 years ago. The artificial sun has functioned perfectly since it was installed. Our lead protected engineering "ray men" do go in periodically and check the lantern for replacement parts. The refractory crystals, however, are everlasting.
Question: When are you going home permanently?
Answer: Your State Department permitting, I intend to remain above for a long time. It is my new home. While attending college, I fell in love with a surface girl and married her. We have three lovely children and I have made this upper world my home. If my wife and children were to pass on, God forbid, tragically before myself, then I would go back because I expect to have many useful years ahead. But who knows the future so exactly? Maybe I shall remain above till I die. I have not reckoned how many years of my normal life span I will lose by remaining on the Earth's surface.
Four interviews were held with the two inner world contacts from 1977 to 1979. Many aspects of their separate civilizations were discussed which have not been introduced here because they do not add to the credibility of a hollow earth. Two important revelations about them should, however, be brought to the reader's attention. The first is the greater longevity of the old races of the Inner Earth who are actually related to surface dwellers. Evidence indicates that those below, without exception, live a minimum of a hundred years longer than we do in a single life span and millions apparently live several hundred additional years. Until we gather further proof of this, a discussion of the longevity of dwellers in the Inner World will be held in abeyance, because the possibility of its being true is more disquieting than anything else discovered. If the Bodlanders live to be several hundred years, then an exchange of medical teams, which the Bodlanders are anxious to do, would be desirable to provide surface dwellers with the formulas used below. If, on the other hand, the Atturans live for a thousand years, is it not possible that mankind on the surface has indeed fallen from grace since he left the legendary Garden of Eden? And have human beings been denied longer lives by the finite life sentence of only three score years and ten? On being asked what was the greatest difference between the Inner and Outer worlds which he first noted on arriving on the surface to live, Haammaan replied, "Old age, hospitals and mortuaries."
Notes on Sources
Incidents in Chapter I are indicative of outer space surveillance and the four primary events described were chosen from hundreds of sightings and alien manifestations gleaned from various sources, including Navy and Air Force files. The name Major Farrel is a pseudonym used by a retired Air Force person who now resides in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Fifty pages of supporting documentary evidence regarding the Mantell/UFO encounter were read in the National Archives but when copies arrived by mail the photostat information was so purposely overdeveloped it was unreadable. Complaints were unanswered.
The Caldwell invention of an aerodynamic breakthrough which had merit enough to become government subsidized was denied by the Army- Air Force at the time. The stories appeared in several American dailies in July, 1949, under AP wire, including pictures of the Roto Plane and Grey Goose in their battered and found conditions, since they were abandoned in 1936. Baltimore Sun carried the original. Researcher Hudson found initial story evidence in the National Archives, following a civil service tip. Follow-up then began in the Baltimore Sun's morgue where editors and cameramen were interviewed. The search was continued in California and Canada. America's greatest aerodynamic genius since the Wright brothers resides at various locations and is always on the move. The author met him twice under a different name, part of the careful plan to shield him from public awareness for fear of renewed Soviet attempts to kidnap him. Caldwell's body movements are still quick, his mind is clear, his eyes sparkle with a merry, almost mischievous gleam as he philosophizes or reminisces about his favorite hobbies and pursuits. He is always accompanied by what appear to be secret service agents and he refuses to discuss his contributions to science.
Classified files in the State Department on the visit of the outer-terrestrials to President Roosevelt in 1936 and 43 were shown to the book's researcher. This information was followed up through diplomatic papers in the National Archives. Personal verification was made also through a close contact with President Roosevelt, who said the visits were "common knowledge" among the White House staff at the time. However, much additional research, particularly about the beginning of the U.S. government cover-up, was done in order to present the facts in their proper context of that period. Several government heads who helped should be acknowledged, but they insist on remaining anonymous. The author and exemplary voluntary aides spent four years before discovering the current hiding place for the entire UFO repository including the U.S. space role in earth and outer space environs. Although the-hideaway for the network of cover-up was located in the National Security Agency, it was apparent that the section, which denied all knowledge of the program, was in fact semiautonomous and
not answerable to the head of the agency, and frequently defied orders to explain its actions. It was never discovered just where the roots of the cover-up section ended nor from where its personnel were recruited, but information sources indicated it was the Council on Foreign Relations.
Some of the sources for early U.S. development of the round wing plane must still remain secret as well as the names of contributing associates. We were unable to obtain existing close-up photos of Caldwell's first airworthy prototypes of the 30's, which are stored in the Smithsonian Institute for future public display.
First story leads on the German development of their own flying saucer came from Christina Edderer, private pilot to Hitler who was interviewed twice in Munich in December 1975 and early 1980. Through Edderer, our contact led to the Von Schusnick family. John Taylor of the Modem Military Records of the National Archives dug out much German material and OSS records of World War U to complete the chapter. To get a first-hand account of the sorry lift-off of the first German saucer prototype, one of the former crew now living in America was questioned. He is still an arrogant hard core Nazi at heart. Reference to the espionage trials and executions of the eight traitors invalved in the stolen Caldwell plans were from various government files as well as old newspaper stories. A State Department source verified details, and provided other leads.
Untold is a great story on the stupendous civilian effort of Americans and Canadians to develop a lost British Columbia valley and build a complex within it to house the U.S. round wing plane factories and housing. The author was unable to get any realistic perspective of the valley for security reasons still in effect, although he is aware of Canadians and Americans who have been located there. On a per capita basis, the Canadian war effort and its part in the round wing plane story via the valley complex, etcetera, was as great as that of the United States or Britain.
The records of an OSS agent, a bonafide Catholic priest under the code name of Father John, were shown to the researcher and from this source the story of Father John's visit to the British Columbia valley complex is told. Most helpful in finding and acquiring much of the related material in the chapter of war time development of the allied round wing plane was material from old files which were unclassified as to their security nature, keeping in mind that nothing of a strategic or significant military disclosure was made available.
Two of the four agents who infiltrated Germany and rode the troop trains to Spain are still alive and live in the U.S.A.; Allen Dulles and the Catholic priest are dead. Those alive are brave heroes whose names, because of security reasons still in force, must be protected and even their true identities and whereabouts cannot be divulged. OSS records in the National Archives contain much of the cloak-and-dagger bravery of these American agents (and British as well) which won't be made available to the public till fifty years from these happenings or after the death of the remaining agents. A high government official, without whose help this book would have floundered in its early stages, made these records available. Microfilm files of captured German records at the Archives were also read to reveal the story of the sinking of the two British cruisers. The same story was researched in the British Admiralty Office in London. A letter from the National Archives in Washington, signed by John S. Taylor, introduced the researcher to Sir John Cole, Keeper of the captured German records in the British Admiralty. (British and American German records are now being transferred back to Germany on microfilm.) The official German Archives in Bonne, hidden deep underground, also admitted the researcher in order to verify information on the super subs and other matters. Finally, the sub builder was interviewed.
Records transferred from the London office of the OSS activities in World War JJ regarding meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the late General Dwight Eisenhower and OSS Chief General W. Donovan (deceased), were studied in Washington and the Public Records Office in London, held by her Majesty's Secret Service, under Army Intelligence.
The episode of the giant German super sub was first discovered in the captured German Archives of the U.S. National Archives as well as the Library of Congress where the super sub plans were seen (but copies could not be obtained). The bulk of the information re the super sub came from the British Admiralty Office in London. Bonn Archives were also checked for verification. Both the German Captain of the sub (whose name given is fictitious), and the former OSS agent Schellenberg were located by the authors. Neither man was aware the other was alive. Many additional episodes were revealed which must be excluded from this chapter because of time. Names of the mass Jew exterminators in German concentration camps and elsewhere, came from original notebooks, diaries, and records captured from the Germans at World War JJ's end, including the one signed in human blood, kept in the National Archives. Dr. Wolff, head of the captured German records in the National Archives, was most helpful to the researcher.
Material re the Hitler escape was made available when Generalissimo Franco of Spain ordered to be opened the Spanish Military Records in Madrid and Simcas, Spain, and King Juan Carlos later helped in a personal way to secure additional supporting information. Without the American CIA the picture story of the German exodus would never have been verified, the author having met the agent who took the intelligence snap shots.
Phase I of the 1572 unwilling German exodus into the mantle of the earth was obtained in parts from Portugese Archives in Lisbon, French Archives in Paris and Vatican Archives in Rome. Eric Von Schusnick, living in Washington in 1977, verified to the researcher the author's questions on the whereabouts and population of the present German cities located in the earth mantle, and German populations in the earth's interior, but all Bodland information came from Dr. Jerrmus, visiting lecturer from Bodland's capitol city. Much tunnel information came from other German sources, including Swiss tunnel engineer Karl Schneider. Ben Miller, an assumed name, Byrd's navigator in hiding since 1947 for fear of his life, also provided extensive tunnel and interior information, and turned over his copies of the world's early (and perhaps first) written language used in the ancient Antarctic cities now covered over with ice. Most of all the information for this chapter came from old German sources. But official records, manuscripts and nameless books at the Library of Congress catalogued only by numbers, were searched. The conclusive break in the almost fabled story of Germanic penetration of the Inner World occurred when Dr. Jerrmus was located, who provided the many unanswered queries on the 20th Century Nazi plans for emigration to the Inner World prior to World War U and also the post-war German exodus. It was Dr. Jerrmus who provided the contents of the 1943 King Haakkuus the Third's welcome speech delivered to the Upper World Germanic cousins, which speech laid down the terms of Inner World occupation. Dr. Jerrmus also told of the 1936 warning to Hitler, given by King Haakkuus the Third, that Germany should not incite another world war on the surface of the planet.
Admiral Byrd's 1946-47 log was made available for one hour on one occasion and again later on. Congressman Claude Pepper arranged the first review and the signature of President Ford was required for a second look. A Navy airman who accompanied the group down and into the interior was interviewed as well, along with Byrd's navigator Ben Miller who of course played a leading role. Franklin Birch, head of Polar Archives, while not admitting the Byrd Flight, eventually gave much valuable information and assistance to the author-researcher team. Hundreds of pictures re the inside of the earth were seen by the researcher. Those chosen were paid for, but never delivered, as opposition hardened to the Byrd story release. The briefing upon Byrd's return to Washington came from Navy Archives. Newspaper accounts stored on microfilm also were read.
The official account orally given was that Byrd's 1947 flight crashed in an Antarctic snow storm. Still-living members of the crew as well as naval records proved that this version of the missing airmens' deaths was concocted. Makeup and composition of the navy fighter squadron was located in the Navy Archives. Correspondence with Byrd's family went unanswered. The main
German account of the Russian and American aerial destruction in the interior was given by Kurt Von Ludwig while visiting the West German Embassy in Washington. Eric Von Schusnick gave the
rendering of the dead airmens' return to Arlington cemetery. The plaque honoring those killed in action in what could be called the Inner World Mini- War, was seen by the book researcher in 1979.
Someday historians will rewrite the drama of the Admiral Richard Byrd excursions to the Poles and inside the Earth in order to insert a momentous missing chapter to American history. It was Byrd's flights, regardless of the final disastrous one, that roused his successors to carryon the search for the "legendary" Inner World and prove it was real. Briefly interviewed for this chapter was Captain R. Davies of the 1947 flight by American round wing plane into the center of the Earth. Most convincing of the returned information were the picture composites which formed the Upper World's first map of the hollow interior.
The California base supplying the Antarctic stations was visited by the author to gather material for this chapter. Also visited was the Canadian Defense Department and the underground Dew Line communications center in northern Ontario, Canada. The deception that Arctic and Antarctic defense lines were mainly built for possible action from the Russians, intentionally ignored the presumed German menace entrenched in the interior of the earth which in the immediate post war years was considered a threat. The researcher sat in on an Allied Polar Defense meeting in Washington in 1975, attended by two representatives from eight nations including U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Canada, Great Britain, France, Netherlands and Italy, the purpose of which was continuing discussion of a common northern defense against possible invasion from the interior (presumably New Germany). After the meeting the Russian representative invited Hudson to Moscow to discuss the UFO information. According to German and American Intelligence sources, the Russians do not possess the round wing plane but are aware that the Germans and English speaking people have it. The Soviets also know (fearfully) of the American presence of the magnetic space craft generally called the round wing plane because of its use on occasion over Moscow. Films of UFO sightings were also shown the researcher while in Russia where he was guest for three days with the Russian Institute of Space Sciences. The episode on how America nearly lost the secret of the round wing plane as a result of the Yalta conference (had it not been for the protective OSS concern in cooperation with British Intelligence) was provided through a two hour study of a secret CIA brief of the Yalta affair and added agent verification. In trying to discern President Roosevelt's egomania and diminishing well-being in his final months of life, the author was made conscious that without Roosevelt's earlier vision the round wing shield over the free world would have been only a dream.
Description of German life in the hollow earth was delayed until the reader was first made familiar with the earlier origins of the hollow earth civilizations. Again it was information from German sources that
gave the authors contemporary evidence that the earth is hollow, as are most planets. A grandson of the original Captain von Jagow, Helmut von Jagow, formerly captain in the Imperial German Navy and now (1978) with the United Nations in New York, supplied many details along with visitor to America John von Tirpitz (now 81), formerly Grand Admiral of the German North Sea Fleet, who as a young lieutenant served on board the ship to the interior. Two persons from the Inner World were interviewed - the first man in 1977 named Haammaann is a professor at an Eastern university. Professor Haammaann divulged the historical facts of the Upper World nuclear war 1 1,500 years ago and gave credibility to the sinking of the continent of Atlantis. Further information on the social, political, economic and religious life in the Inner World was supplied by Haammaann and Jerrmuss (who was interviewed in 1979). Their fascinating accounts of the interior systems are in the appendix. Both men want the story of the Inner Earth explained although Professor Haammaann has been harassed by officialdom for talking and is afraid of deportation. Hence his picture is not shown. On the other hand, Dr. Jerrmus states there are no classified secrets in his country of Bodland and welcomes visitors in the years ahead who may want to ascertain what life is like in the most advanced nation on or in the world. Another Inner World man, J. B. Accerson (English spelling) who was on loan from Atturia to the U.S.A. on a map exchange program, drew for us the map of the interior. For his help he was turned out of his office in the Library of Congress and was forced to go in hiding to complete the work, after which he sought and was granted asylum in a foreign embassy. He will probably be deported unless a Presidential stay is granted. In coming to the authors' aid in similar situations, the executive branch of the government up to and including the President has been obliging and helpful.
Correspondence between Truman and Churchill, and other related letters from commentators such as Plateu, are kept in bound books in the Kensington Tombs, Maryland. In reading this correspondence, one can't help reflect that the letters represented a course of action for transportation and technological changes of a new world to be bom well in advance of the next century. The great contributions made by General Charles B. Wilkerson and his staff were barely touched on in using laymens' language. No investigation of the twelve research centers was conducted and no attempt was made to evaluate the round wing program after 1952. Almost as fascinating as the round wing plane possibilities was the trial ran of the automobile as it crossed the country (rather continent) without fuel. It is reliably reported that the same test motor is still in use on a highway conveyance vehicle.
The name Colonel Fox is fictitious, the author having decided to give the OSS agent the same name by which the Germans referred to him. He is also referred to under one of his code names. Fox himself spoke to the author and gave details of the von Rundstedt visit and follow-up meeting with Patton in Berne, Switzerland. In order to avoid dry statistics, only one family's migration and residence was used. Five leading Von Schusnicks (three generations) were interviewed in America, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler's funeral was verified from government sources in Spain, Germany and Washington.
The author obtained a complete list of those who attended and a description of the service and final burial place of the former German dictator. Hitler's remains have since been moved twice. The revelation of German-based war aspirations located in various South American locales was sketched in order to show the reader that two separate German branches developed after World War II, one being inside the Earth under Bodland direction -- and the other hidden in the vastness of unexplored South American areas principally under Nazi direction.
The author tried unsuccessfully to obtain a copy of the State Departments alien card used to admit outer terrestrials to planet Earth. The text was read but no copies permitted for publication. Neither was it possible to use the name of the director of that department, notwithstanding he was most helpful in the interviewing. Six interviews were held with Mr. Estes Plateu. The first was in Danny's Cafe, Washington, accompanied by Major Donald Keyhoe. Second meeting was arranged by a senior civil servant over the protests of another military intelligence group. Much of the information was not used. No attempt was made to prove if Venus is occupied because of book limitations although Mr. Plateu issued an invitation to the author to visit his homeland - with our government's permission of course. Plateu says his father visited George Washington in the field and the present Plateu visited Lincoln on more than one occasion of which the author has been given record. Plateu also says his father was an observer in Palestine and Rome at the time of Christ. The elder Plateu heard Christ preach many times in the Holy Land, thus verifying the gospels. Plateu is reported to have said of his father that if the people had only listened to Jesus then the world would be a paradise today. When in astral projection, Plateu is not photographable. Hence an artist was used to draw his portrait at an unnamed location. The first artist refused to finish the project because of threats to his life. It is obvious that Plateu's movements in the U.S. are so restricted by the unfathomed autonomous UFO control group located in the Washington vicinity, that Plateu's usefulness to America and the world in general cannot be effectively tapped. The Vatican was visited on two occasions by the researcher in order to verify the visits of the outer terrestrials. He spoke with Pope Paul, the Vatican Secretary of State, and the Press Secretary who began by saying, "We don't expect you to believe this -- we ourselves have a hard time deciding its reality."
The author's own interpolation was added to that of the Vatican notes in order to look at the role of Christendom in the world today. Most Protestant leaders approached in America did not react with openness or credibility to the comments on extra- or outer-terrestrial visits to churchmen, avoiding discussion or calling the subject matter heretical. Dr. Billy Graham did not reply nor set up a meeting. But a scientist at Stanford said, "How could only a few hundred pages in the bible tell all the things of the future that God wants man to know? The Old Testament and Revelations read that important prophecies would be unfolded at the closing of this age. Also if aliens and airships are arriving from other planets and we've made contact with those inside the Earth, then we should pause and recall that Galileo was ahead of his time but bold enough to declare that 'Earth was not the center of the universe.'" A Doctor of Divinity who teaches a class in Revelations at a California Christian college said:
"The concept of Christ's atonement for mankind's sins must be taken on faith - but students today are asking many other questions of this age on which we need more complete answers." And a top writer for a large Protestant Evangelistic association said: "It isn't necessary to prove God. Just tell the facts. God's word must stand up to any examination! Otherwise, it is not God's word." But Israel's Prime Minister Manechim Begin stated that neither outer nor inner terrestrials had visited Israel, whose small stub of land is in the crossroads of the world's trouble spot in this decade. Because of this remark, the author considered that the historic Judaic position in the light of current Christianity should be mentioned.
Several unnamed military eyewitnesses spoke of the Ocala confrontation between an American round wing plane and a Nagirth intruder. A White House executive source was also helpful. The researcher learned of the event while it was happening but the author was not allowed on the site. Regarding the remarks on the changing weather patterns across the globe, there is a film issued by NASA named "The Coming Ice Age," which via this 35 mm, 30 minute documentary gives scientific, meteorological and astronomical proof of the wandering planetary intrusion of Nagirth. Mr. Plateu of Venus said his planetary advisors have shown North Americans how to build electro-magnetic, anti-gravity machines which will repel Nagirth as was done 300 years ago when the same unwelcome influence approached the Venus orbit.
The United States Air Force provided the recent cases of unidentified craft in earth skies. Of prime importance is the understanding of the author that the space craft sighted and reported are said by the Air Force to be foreign to this solar system -- that is, the craft are considered as inter-galactic.
No intensive review was done on the use of the anti-magnetic motor possibilities which military and civilian research groups have been conducting for decades. The researcher attended a meeting in Washington at which members of the aircraft industry were briefed on the transition from fixed wing to round wing air travel by the round wing plane specialists of the U.S. and Canadian air forces. The Russian versus American (or free world) problems in the upper atmosphere were brought into focus after much thought in order to show the reader that Soviet versus free world antagonism has already reached into outer space. A private investigation by the researcher uncovered the existence of planetary delegations located in Washington. The reference to the 1952 flight of an American/Canadian/British flight to Venus was obtained from the actual flight log of the flight was read in its entirety on the authorization of an unnamed government committee. That story will be written as a separate narrative at another time, mainly because half of the contents describes life on Venus. Two round wing pilots were interviewed for this chapter and the head or commander of the Interplanetary Police Net (a Venusian)
was also interviewed, the English phonetic rendering of the Commander's name being Karkov.
CHAPTER XXI
The 54-12 committee was attentive when we asked to explain to them our reasoning for telling the public of the round wing achievement in the field of space travel and the obstacles which we had overcome to reach the concluding chapter. Although the committee did not reveal their inner deliberations, it was apparent that erudite and scholarly men from the United States and Canada sat thereon. At that point in time, after four years of research, writing and rewriting, no censorship demands were made by the committee, and no attempt was made to stop the book by 54-12. The work of the author is generally optimistic in its outlook, but some sobering mysteries of this age are briefly mentioned in the last pages. From the frontispiece to the last paragraph, world science is truly shown as advancing at colossal speed, but in the end, as at the begining of the book, mankind is still feverishly poised to obliterate his neighbor with the ultimate weapon - nuclear powered hate - conceived in his own heart and fashioned with his own hands.
Proper names of individuals and places in this book have been changed or omitted where security demanded such precautions. In several other instances, the true source of information must remain unidentified. But there are people whose valuable contributions can be acknowledged without indicating the context in which they helped.
A few people provided counsel and support whenever called upon throughout the entire book. Those contributors are John S. Taylor, U.S. State Department, and Charles B. Wilson, former Dean of Princeton University Law School.
Specific information and supporting evidence was provided by the following. The names do not necessarily coincide with the order of incidents. They were: Lt. Commander Harold B. Simpson, U.S. Navy; U.S. Senators Robert Byrd, Lawton Chiles; U.S. Congressmen William Young, Claude Pepper; Johnathan Charles Black, Naval Observatory; John C. Gaines, Naval Intelligence; James P. Kelly, N.A.S.A.; Arthur B. Hines, South Polar Archives, National Science Foundation; Hal B. Smith, Air Force Archives; Lewis B. Taylor, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division; Dr. John B. Sherman, Ph.D., Treasury Archives; Dr. J. Manson Valentine Ph.D.; Robert J. Brush; Major M. C. Jones, U.S. Air Force; Lt. Colonel Louis B. Mackenzie, U.S. Air Force; W. T. Lee, Library of Congress; Fred C. Lewis, National Space Foundation; Lee E. Walter, Smithsonian Institution, Outer Space Division; C. S. Leighton, U.S. Air Force Records; George Leese, U.S. State Department, Outer Space Division; Albert V. Pace, Baltimore Sun; Jacob F. Oxford, National Observatory; Lt. Col. Eric C. Hoborn, U.S. Air Air Force (retired); Lloyd C. Wright, Navy Hyrdographic Department; Maj. John C. Blalock, Naval Intelligence; William G. Ivey; William Bruce Jones, National Aeronatucis Association.
For those informants who also helped, but could not permit their identities to be revealed, appreciation is also expressed.
To Mr. Estes Plateu, Venus Ambassador to Earth; Mr. Jooaannoyhssn Haammoond, Shamballa, Agharta; Dr. Jerrmuus of Bodland, and J. B. Accerson of Shamballa who drew the Inner World map, our appreciation is gratefully acknowledged.
To an old friend of over three score years and ten, Lionel Mayell (now deceased), who believed the story of worlds beyond, when others scoffed; and tribute to a young friend, Greg Leith, who never ceased to encourage his father to persevere in writing the book, in spite of countless discouragements.
Additional Acknowledgments
The particular government department or agency for the following names cannot be given for various reasons. Names are as follows: Thomas B. Goodnight; Orvil C. Kelly; John B. Williams; Thomas Watkins; Waddley G. Blake; George B. Meyer; Franklin B. Pierce; James D. Bouman;
George A. Kelly; Orval C. Harris.
Without the aid of the following Americans, this book could not have been completed. They are Charles E. Scott; Bryan B. Kelly; Cecil M. Lloyd; Thomas (Tom) Whiford; John T. Jones; A Cecil B. Brown; Amos P. Taylor; John F. Lynch; Xavier B. Johnnas; Merril P. Fanning.
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Inner Earth map showing Agartha(northern hemisphere) and New Germany(southern hemisphere)
Opposite hemisphere
Personal Comments
The hollow Earth is the true destination or home of man where true peace and prosperity abound. It is the Paradise or Eden of the Bible. The outer Earth is for rebel man who must fight the elements to survive -except during those brief periods known as Golden Ages when Inner and Outer Earth become one.
Througout history, outer Earth has been subject to catastrophes and invasions which have forced its inhabitants to seek refuge inside the Earth via caverns, tunnels, and the polar openings. Many(now numbering in the billions) have opted to stay in Earth's protective mantle while others have moved further inward to occupy the planet's concave surface.
Both good and bad inhabitants of all manner(human and non-human) occupy the Inner Earth. Most of the negative occupants will be found in the first few hundred miles beneath the outer surface while most of the positive inhabitants occupy the innermost areas, especially inwards of the planet's gravity center which is 400 miles or more below the outer surface.
Entry or acceptance into the Inner World has its conditions, and not all qualify or are accepted. This is especially true of the innermost areas where strict laws are in place designed to protect the inhabitant and his or her environment. Here on the outer Earth anything goes and is the choice for those brave(but foolish) souls who have decided to basically take the law into their own hands. In the Inner Earth Paradise, pollution, violence, and negativity of any kind is not tolerated and anyone who shows such tendencies will be reprimanded, confined, or even expelled to the outer Earth. As evidenced in the above book, all expeditions of negative intent were quickly dealt with and prevented from infecting the Inner Earth environment which must remain basically pure and pristine. It's like the inside of your body which will expel any impurities to the surface.
Many peoples the world over found refuge within the hollow earth during the last two World Wars and many more will do so during the calamities to come. Some will make it on their own or in groups but the vast majority will be airlifted by the saucers or round wing planes which have been perfected by various outer world nations in the last 60 years or so. Preparations have actually been going on since then to receive many millions(or billions) more in the troublous times ahead. Something tells me Gernany is not the only nation with its counterpart in the hollow Earth. It may well be that ALL nations are represented. Who gets to live in this eternal summerland, however, is another matter. Imagine having REAL DUAL CITIZENSHIP on planet Earth! Now I know what the term "Insider" really means! May you and your loved ones be counted worthy to be among such.
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Visiting the Future in Scandinavia
To travel Scandinavia using AirBnB is to visit a version of the future. A clean, well-designed, if somewhat aseptic, future. You need hardly meet another human being. After booking (which is entirely online), I received instructions by email. There is no reception of course; check-in is by a code to unlock a key-box (a miniature safe), and collect a key, which then unlocks the front door. It's like an escape-the-room game (only in reverse: get-into-the-room). Payment is seamless, handled digitally in the background.
There's a definite AirBnB chic, and it's nice enough but generic. Posters from warehouse outlet stores, especially those with universal quotes. Interior decor by the numbers; it could have been designed by a machine.
At Vielje Fjord, we are met by a robot lawnmower - a roomba-style contraption that trundles autonomously around the garden, before returning by itself to its charging bay. This meeting with our robot overloads made a great impression on the younger generation. Fascinated and a little nervous, their garden games centred on it: Escape from the Robot Lawnmower, and Robot Lawnmover Will Eat Your Pizza. The object of this attention calmly continued on with its tasks, unperturbed.
I have the sensation of my family as a small bubble of humanity, travelling effortlessly through the landscape, our path mediated and managed by bots.
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