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Partnership without stopovers

The August visit of President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minihanov to Turkmenistan was technically another phase of the comprehensive dialogue between Ashgabat and Kazan, which has been going on for several years. At the same time, this visit was exclusive in nature, as it was the first visit of Rustam Minihanov to Turkmenistan in his capacity as the newly elected President of Tatarstan.

The inauguration of new President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minihanov in Kazan on 25 March this year was not overlooked in Turkmenistan. Congratulations received by Rustam Minihanov from President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, participation of a high profile delegation of Turkmenistan in the inaugural celebrations highlighted the special status of relations established between the region of the Russian Federation and independent Turkmenistan.

Rustam Minihanov, who previously headed the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan, took active part in the development of cooperation between Ashgabat and Kazan. His visit to Turkmenistan was intended to confirm the continuity of trust and openness in the mutually beneficial partnership established in recent years. As the established practice of bilateral cooperation proves, Turkmenistan and Tatarstan have great many reasons to further build and strengthen the economic, cultural and humanitarian ties.

If we take into account the economic indicators alone, it should be recalled that trade between Ashgabat and Kazan over the past five years has grown almost 17 times, and it amounted to over a hundred million US dollars in 2009. The leading companies of Tatarstan such as Kazanorgsintez, Sergo Plant, Tatneft, Tatkhimpharmpreparaty, KAMAZ, Nizhnekamsk Tire Plant have contracts for the supply of high quality products to Turkmen consumers.

This time, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov recieved Rustam Minihanov on the Caspian Sea shore, in Avaza resort that grew much prettier in the last year. In Avaza, the distinguished guest could combine business with pleasure. He held an intensive round of negotiations and enjoyed moments of relaxation in comfortable surroundings of the rapidly developing national tourist zone. By the way, one of the enterprises of Tatarstan is making its contribution to the implementation of the large-scale international project. KER-Holding received a certificate for a plot of land for the construction of a sanatorium with a skating rink and indoor ski resort with the year-round cycle of work.

During the talks, the sides noted that there was established an effective model of interaction between a neighboring independent state and a Russian region, who is carrying out its external activities within the framework of the Russian legislation. Today, Tatarstan is an undisputed leader in development of such forms of cooperation. At the same time, the expansion of Tatarstan-Turkmenistan relations contributes to the further strengthening of friendship and constructive cooperation between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan as a whole.

Tatarstan was the first Russian regions to open an official representation in Turkmenistan. The partners discussed the possibility of establishing a permanent bilateral working group on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation. In organizational terms, this is, in fact, the advanced method in the global integration practice aimed at maximizing the benefits of partnerships.

As part of the talks, the sides agreed that the bilateral cooperation in the energy sector was very promising, taking into account the existing experience, as well as the huge resource potential of Turkmenistan and its energy policy aimed at fundamental modernization of the energy industry.

An important part of the visit was the signing of a contract between the State Concern Turkmennebit and OAO Tatneft for providing services to enhance oil output in the southeastern sector of oil field N 4 being developed by Goturdepenebit Oil and Gas Department.

According to Rustam Minihanov, the oil and gas industry of Tatarstan is well developed, and Tatarstan is ready to offer services to the Turkmen partners in various areas, including the extraction and processing of hydrocarbon resources and service work.

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan also presented copies of ancient manuscripts of poems by the classic of Turkmen literature, Magtymguly Fragi, to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The originals of the unique documents, which were found during archaeological expeditions in Astrakhan region in 60s -70s last century, are being kept in the department of manuscripts and rare books of the Science Library of Kazan University. In turn, the Turkmen leader presented the distinguished guest with the book "Herbs of Turkmenistan" and two volumes of the book "Turkmen Cuisine".

Discussing the prospects of cooperation in science and education, Rustam Minnikhanov confirmed Tatarstan's readiness to use the existing capacity of the republic to help Turkmen specialists to receive higher education and training. He also said that there are plans to create a joint center for training of Turkmen specialists on the basis of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan.

The sides also agreed to hold the Days of Culture of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan in Turkmenistan. A visit to Turkmenistan by the delegation of artists and cultural workers of Tatarstan, who will present their country's national holiday - Sabantuy, will be another step in the development of humanitarian cooperation.

The friendly atmosphere of meetings between Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Rustam Minihanov and fruitfulness of the talks are quite convincing evidence of the constructiveness and mutual benefit of the continuous dialogue between the sides. The locomotive of partnership between Tatarstan and Turkmenistan is gaining full speed. It seems that it will be a partnership without stopovers.

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Long-range shooting by Lees-McRae too much in win over Tusculum

Long-range shooting by Lees-McRae too much in win over Tusculum

BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Lees-McRae made 19 three-pointers in a 119-86 victory over Tusculum in the South Atlantic Conference/Conference Carolinas Challenge Saturday evening at Williams Gymnasium.

Jordan Turner came off the bench to sink six three-pointers and score 21 points for the Bobcats (1-1), who outscored the Pioneers by a 66-40 margin in the second half. Lepreece Lynch added 20 points and Jason Saintizaire went 6-for-6 from the field and tallied 17 points for Lees-McRae, which received a three-pointer from eight different players in the victory.

Ronnie Baylark scored a game-high 22 points for the Pioneers (0-2) with Peyton Woods adding 15 points off the bench. Malik Tyree also reached double figures with 11 points in 14 minutes for Tusculum, which sank 12 three-pointers of its own but shot 40.9 percent (27-for-66) and were outrebounded by a 42-33 margin.

Back-to-back three-pointers by Lynch helped push Lees-McRae to a 16-8 lead with six minutes gone in the first half, but three-pointers from Woods and Zach Hartle helped Tusculum cut the margin to 16-15 with 12:55 remaining in the half. Another three-pointer from Woods tied the game at 18-18, and Hartle gave Tusculum its first lead at 21-19 with 11:44 remaining in the half. The Pioneers stretched the lead to four points at 25-21 on a pair of foul shots from Jackie Davis, but the Bobcats went on a 9-0 run to go ahead 30-25 on two free throws by Donte Falls with 8:32 to play in the half.

The Pioneers battled back to tie the game again at 37-37 on a three-pointer by Baylark with 4:08 left in the half, and regained the lead at 41-39 on a layup by Baylark with 3:32 to play in the half. Back-to-back threes from Quay Kimble and Lynch put the Bobcats back ahead 45-41 with 2:50 on the clock, and Turner knocked down the eighth three-pointer of the first half for Lees-McRae as it took a 53-46 lead to intermission.

The Bobcats were led by Lynch's 14 points in the first half, as the team shot 47.2 percent (17-for-36) and went 11-for-12 at the foul line. Baylark went 5-for-7 from the field and had a game-best 16 points in the first half, while Woods had 11 points as Tusculum went 15-for-33 (45.5 percent) from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.

Two three-pointers in the first three minutes of the second half from Baylark helped the Pioneers stay within range of the Bobcats at 60-52, but a 10-2 run was capped by two free throws from Malik Wright that gave Lees-McRae a 70-54 lead with 14:46 remaining. The run was extended to 22-4 as a layup from Saintizaire pushed the Bobcats on top 82-56 with 12:53 to play. Tusculum went more than four minutes without a field goal as the Bobcats' lead swelled to 90-59 with 10:45 left. A four-point play from Turner got the Bobcats to the century mark and a 100-68 lead with 6:57 left, and the teams played even the rest of the way.

Hartle and Hunter Parrish each finished with eight points for the Pioneers, with Diego Poore scoring a career-best five points in 13 minutes off the bench. Caleb Hodnett led Tusculum with eight rebounds while Parrish added five before fouling out after 22 minutes of playing time. In addition to his 11 points, Tyree had four steals and went 4-for-4 at the foul line in 14 minutes of action.

Overall, Tusculum shot 80 percent (20-for-25) at the foul line as Woods also went 4-for-4 from the stripe. Baylark's four three-pointers were one shy of his career high, as were the three made by Woods in 19 minutes off the Pioneer bench.

A total of 14 different players scored at least one point in the game for the Bobcats, who were led in rebounding by Wright with five. Turner had 18 of his 21 points after halftime for Lees-McRae, connecting on 5-for-7 from three-point range in the second half to help the Bobcats shoot 11-for-18 from beyond the arc in the half.

The Pioneers will return to the road Wednesday night with the first of two non-conference games with Lee, starting at 7 p.m. The Flames will be the opponents for Tusculum's home opener, which will be Tuesday, Nov. 21 at Pioneer Arena


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Brand image: This refers to the impressions the people have formed about a particular brand of a product class. Some brands have better images than others. Take the case of toilet soap brands like Lifebuoy, Camay, Cinthol, Ganga, Pears, etc., all these brands have a comparative ranking in the consumer’s mind. Some individuals may have better images for certain brands whereas other have better images for some different brands.

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When you become a TWU Shop Steward, you become one of the union’s front line soldiers.  You become the first line of defense against injustice on the job.

As a shop steward you will be expected to be a communicator, a problem solver, an educator, a health and safety watchdog, and a political activist.  You will be expected to speak up when you see something you know is wrong.  You will work closely with elected officers and staff to guarantee that the union and its members are treated with respect.

Not everyone is cut out to be a union shop steward.  But if you think you are, if you think you can help your co-workers and your union in our ongoing battle with the MTA, we want you on our team.

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During the past years of activity the Ark has completed a lot of projects. We can say that the Village itself exists thanks to the projects... and more! Every new day is a new project!! Looking back to the Ark story we can realize how many steps we moved together. The last group of projects gave a contribution in expanding the services the Village offers, making the “Ark” a more effective presence in the reality of the local social life.

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MEDICAL CHECK-UP project for children

Thursday 5 April, 2012 | Completed projects Read more

Thank you, friends of the Ark, for having taken this project to heart. Each year, in spring, some children of the Ark Village,…

A new water pump for the Village

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“A scholarship for Nastja” is a reality

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The project “A scholarship for Nastja” has been achieved thanks to the contribution of a family close to the Ark, who follows us on the web.

Project: “Let’s walk together”

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“Walking together”, is a project that includes the purchase of rehabilitation aids and equipment. Rotary Club Monza Ovest and Rotary Club Crema, Italy, together, in a constructive path of solidarity.

Project: “A gym for the Ark Village”

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  • Journalism: program focused on practical and ethical training of students. It guides its curriculum mainly on practical fields of audiovisual and digital communications. The students also have access to the latest technology to produce products according to different audiences.

  • Advertising: the program develops since the first academic year the practical exercise of advertising through campaigns, creative activities, competitions, festivals, among others. Its differentiating element is linked to strategic and creative thinking and understanding through reflection and observation of social phenomena to develop ideas and concepts that are the essence of advertising. The School of Advertising provides the opportunity to be in contact with the actual practice of the profession through lectures, competitions, workshops, advertising festivals and campaigns with real customers. Students also have access to work with the latest technology.


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Hometown: San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
High School: Capistrano Valley HS
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2012-13: Took 20th overall at the Pac-12 Championships with his 1:38.62 time in the 200 freestyle…Placed first in the 200 freestyle in a meet victory over rival Cal Poly on Nov. 3…Finished sixth overall in the 200 freestyle (1:38.80) at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. on Nov. 17…Was a multiple event winner against UNLV on Jan. 19 taking home victories in the 200 freestyle (1:40.95) and the 500 freestyle (4:38.64)…Placed first in the 100 freestyle (46.57) in a meet victory over Pacific on Feb. 2.

2011-12: Placed 25th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.53), 26th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.24) and set the school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay, along with Garret Thompson, Chris Peterson, and Kevin Ferguson, with a time of 6:24.55, which placed fourth at the 2012 Pac-12 Swimming Championships…Finished with a time of 9:41.43 in the 1,000 freestyle against Pacific, the second best time by a Gaucho that season.

2011-12: Placed 18th in the 200 free (1:39.08) and took 21st in the 500 free (4:28.78) at the Pac-10 Championships…Helped UCSB set a new school record in the 800 free relay (6:30.06).

Swam at Capistrano Valley High School for coach Steve Yancey...Earned All-American honors his sophomore through senior seasons...Named All-CIF Southern Conference his junior and senior years...Was the Cougar's MVP for three consecutive seasons...Set CIF records in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 free relay...Set league records in the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay...Helped Capistrano Valley to three-straight league championships, back-to-back CIF Division I team titles and the State Championship in his senior year...Swam club for Mission Viejo Nadadores...Earned Academic All-American Honors.

Jon Lucas Norman was born on Sept. 17, 1992 in Laguna Hills, Calif....Son of Brent and Denise...Has an older brother, Brandon, and a younger brother, Nick...Is a pre-biology major at UCSB...Interests include surfing and music...Names "Hot Tub Time Machine" as his favorite movie...Enjoys the music of Lil Wayne and anything else that catches his ear...Personal heroes are anyone that is nice to him...His favorite aspect of college swimming is having super cool teammates...Most memorable athletic achievement was winning the State Championship and breaking a 27 year-old record in the 400 free relay.


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UFO NEWS UK Volume 1 No. 11

Editor: Anthony James

Volume 1 No. 11

29th January 2002

Editor: Anthony James

UFO News is read in Germany, France, Finland, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Brazil and the UK.
If your country is not mentioned, please let me know.

New 'Super Area 51' Said Being Built In Colorado

Reliable sources have informed me that the technology once quartered at Area 51 was, in part, relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque is home to fusion research accelerators and technology developed by the Russians in the 80's called "Psychotronics" (PT). Psychotronics are a combination of Low Frequency and High Frequency waves beamed into the atmosphere at high power levels. The Russians experimented with these waves during the 80's and found them to be very effective but uncontrollable. Psychotronics is equivalent to "Electronic LSD" in that brain waves are scrambled causing mass hallucinations amongst personnel where the PT is concentrated.

We stole the technology and the US has a ground site antenna array known as HAARP located in the remote reaches of Alaska where they have been conducting experiments for the past 4 years. Mobile 'airborne' devices equipped with PT devices are operating out of the Albuquerque secure site. My source says the PT technology along with other "Black Ops" projects are scheduled to be co-located at a new site under construction at the Colorado / New Mexico border just off the main highway linking Albuquerque to Denver. Denver is the geo location for the Air Force Academy with Colorado Springs being the local version of "Silicon Valley". SAIC and others maintain a well entrenched presence there. The new site under construction is underground with little or no visible above ground evidence. A PT HAARP-type array now in Alaska is scheduled to be installed in a surrounding wilderness area close to the new site.

By way of proof I was given: consult the http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakeshistory of earthquakes occurring in this border region during the months of June - August of this year (The USGS provides a history of earthquakes that will list the following): We see a series of quakes always occurring around 10 AM with an exact depth of 5 Kilometres at exactly the same magnitude (3.4M) at the same precise location. When the World Trade Towers collapsed, a 2.1 tremor was recorded, so a 3.4 is more than 10 times greater. Considering the exact depth, magnitude and frequency of these quakes, we conclude they are definitely manmade. No known mining occurs at this depth, at least nothing that would require such extensive blasting. My sources are attached to the project and will update as work progresses.

Here is the updated USGS data for earthquakes in this region as per the above story. It appears to be centred in the Reston, Colorado area off Highway 25. The time frame is corrected to Aug to Sept.

Case closed: After nine seasons and countless conspiracies, The X-Files will not be returning for a tenth season, Fox announced. Creator Chris Carter decided to pull the plug on his long running UFO saga. The X-Files rating has plummeted this season without David Duchovny playing FBI Agent Fox Mulder, whose dogged pursuit of the conspiracy to cover up the truth about space aliens on Earth powered the show for much of its run. "It's the ninth inning. We want to go out on top", Carter told Variety. "We wanted to go out as a strong show". Carter said he would wrap up the series in May with a two-part finale, promising to resolve the show's complex mythology once and for all.

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He's hoping Duchovny, who appeared in only half of last season's episodes, will reprise his role opposite Gillian Anderson's Dana Scully for the shows two-part series finale. This season, the focus shifted away from Mulder and Scully to newer characters Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish). Duchovny and Anderson are on board for a sequel to their 1998 X-Files film. "This has been an incredible decade of my life", Carter said. Fox chairman Sandy Grushow said the network "respects Chris's wishes to end the show this season".

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Recent MARA activities

On the 5th October 2000, Mrs. Sharon Rowland took six minutes of video footage at Bonsall Hill near Matlock, Derbyshire, of a UFO which is said to offer concrete proof that some UFOs are not of this earth. She was allegedly paid £20,000 for the footage by an American TV company. With this in mind, 3 MARA members made a trip to the area on 24th June 2001. On arriving at the village of Bonsall, they approached a farmer who was working in a field. He was very friendly and they asked him if he knew anything about the UFO sighting. He told them that he knew Sharon Rowlands and went on to describe a UFO sighting that he and his wife had about 12 years ago. The farmer and his wife went to the next farm to ask the opinion of their neighbours, but they were out at the time. The UFO they saw was described as a large diamond in the sky with smaller diamonds coming out of it.

The farmer stated that the landlord of the local pub, knew quite a lot about sightings in the area, so the MARA members proceeded to the pub known as "Barley Mow Pub". The landlord told them that he was a very keen walker and that he knew all of the local landmarks and spots where sightings had been reported. He drew a map indicating the spot where Sharon Rowlands had taken her UFO footage, and the MARA members then went to that spot. As you might expect, nothing was seen during their visit. Bonsall has become a hot spot for UFO researchers since the reported sighting and BBC TV have also visited the village in regard to the sighting.

As a matter of paranormal interest, the landlord told our members that the Barley Mow pub is haunted by a ghost.

Bill Bimson wbimson02@cableinet.co.uk Merseyside Anomalies Research Association. M.A.R.A. http://www.mara.org.uk/     Thanks Bill

Residents of Cupira, a town in the state of Pernambuco in northern Brazil, have reported landings of disc-shaped UFOs in recent weeks. Townspeople have seen hatches open on the discs and witnessed the emergence of small humanoid creatures. This is just part of the ongoing UFO flap occurring today in Brazil's northern states of Paraiba and Pernambuco.

Brazilian Ufologist Edison Boaventura said "he has also seen UFOs over the Guararapes Airport in the municipality of Cupira, 168 kilometres (105 miles) north of Recife," the state capital of Pernambuco. "Some employees on a ranch belonging to a friend of mine saw one land and disgorge little men who helped themselves to (the fruit of) the guava trees. Exotic-shaped objects have been reported by residents of the coast and the (Serra da Rosa) mountains, mainly in Brejo de Madre do Deus."
"There is something strange in the skies of Pernambuco. Unexplained lights, cigar-shaped luminous objects, small points crossing space at prodigious speeds, all have been seen along the coast, particularly in the municipality of Brejo de Madre do Deus," located 219 kilometres (131 miles) Northeast of Recife. (Editor's Note: This stretch of northern Brazil is known as the Sertao. The city of Recife is 1,050 kilometres (630 miles) Northeast of Rio de Janeiro.)

"Some are sure that unidentified flying objects or UFOs are involved. In other words, saucers. Visitors from space? ETs? Borrowing the slogan from The X-Files...could it be that the truth is out there?" To Sao Paulo-based Urologist Edison Boaventura, the answer is yes. The president of Grupo Ufologico de Guaruju (GUG), Boaventura is also a respected (financial) analyst at the Banco do Brasil. He took advantage of a temporary four-month transfer to Recife and spent his free time collecting reports from persons claiming to have seen UFOs flying over the state.
"In the Sertao (Northeast--J.T.) Pernambuco and Paraiba stood out for the number of (UFO) cases. Sightings are particularly intense in places near the beaches,' says Boaventura, showing an album with hundreds of UFO photos from all over the world. One of the witnesses interviewed by the ufologist was attorney Wilson Andrade Souza, a resident of Boa Viagem, who claims to have seen UFOs on repeated occasions and speaks delightedly about his experiences. "My wife and I were standing on the porch to our house when we saw an object in the sky resembling a cigar, surrounded by twenty smaller disc-shaped objects, flying in disarray. It was a beautiful sight,' he says."

"The oldest residents of the rural areas tell tales of fireballs racing through the sky over the city (Boa Viagem). When Edison Boaventura showed them his album, 'the majority of them pointed to an image of a UFO taken in Jalisco (Mexico) as very similar to the phenomenon being seen in their region." Dulce de Souza Pinto, director of the city's museum, lives in the bairro Barriguda (neighbourhood) where she can see the 'torches'--a local name given by some to the fireballs. "At night people could wait on their porches to see them appear. They were blue and red torches, round, emerging from the top of the mountain range and darting quickly from one side to the other. After that, they would come closer and plunge suddenly,' she recalls."
There are those who have claimed to have witnessed UFO landings, such as farmer Jose Antonio dos Santos. He told Dulce and the ufologist that he saw one (UFO) 'resembling a plate' descend on a boulder in the Serra da Rosa. He saw 'some legs' protruding from the thing and afterward saw a porthole open. He fired a shot with his rifle, and the disc took off. "The guy knew what a flying saucer was,' Dulce said." (See the Brazilian newspaper Diario de Pernambuco for January 10, 2002, 'Astonishing UFOs visit Pernambuco.' Muito obrigado a Scott Corrales, autor dos libros Chupacabras and Other Mysteries e Forbidden Mexico, etambem Alberto Francisco do Carmo por esos casos.)

Anthony, do you have any information as to the location mentioned in this article, or possibly the name of the woman?

Thanks Robert for the majority of this report. Information and picture's about this sighting came to me in several e-mails Thanks everyone. ED.

A single mum in Britain is getting more opportunity to meet new people than she ever bargained for in any of her new year's resolutions. Planning for a New Year's Eve party, she stepped outside of her London home for a moment and found her eyes drawn to a strange shape in the sky. Eventually she called to a friend inside to bring out the video camera to get a better look. What they got was amazing footage of a UFO that has everyone from the paranormal community to NASA feverish with excitement and curiosity.

The footage shot that mid-day would have been amazing enough, except that the disk-like craft apparently decided that it liked the attention enough to come back that evening for a repeat performance. Again, the camcorder captured the event on tape. The following morning, garbage workers arrived early to pick up trash from the curb of the house and witnessed it there a third time. Unbelievably, once again the footage on tape verifies their incredible story.

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This is not the only report of a UFO sighting in the area, either. There have been a total of 7 since last fall, all in the same general region of Britain. What exactly is the camera-hungry craft, and how many times will it come back for a repeat performance? Could this be the same unidentified craft captured on NASA's satellite photo near the STS-75 shuttle? Exactly who is gathering information and data on whom, here?

As in the first sighting of this craft last fall, this UFO seems to be disc-shaped, with a "bite taken out of the edge" in one place and a donut-like hole in the centre of the spacecraft. Blinking coloured lights were noted flashing in patterns along the underside. In the videotape footage, it is seen both moving soundlessly and staying perfectly still, passing through clouds and with other clearly-focused objects in the foreground. All of these things indicate that the tapes are genuine and not the product of fraud or incorrect shutter settings that would compromise the resulting pictures.

Incredibly, the same woman reported yet another sighting just days ago, her fourth with the craft. Details on that encounter are still forthcoming.

Frame enlargements of UFO from UK video

The woman, Bambi, who had the sighting is not in doubt that the phenomena was something out of the ordinary. She is 100% convinced that it was NO star, NO planet and NOT some other natural object in the sky that caused the phenomena. It changed shape. It moved around. It was seen during the day as well. Moving. The hard thing is to tell other people about this, it's hard to explain what happened to someone who was not present and did not see this with their own eyes.

That is what she has attempted now. She contacted me about 2 weeks after the sighting, unsure what to do with the footage. We decided upon doing a complete public disclosure of the sighting and the footage, regardless of weather or not it would benefit us, financially or otherwise. Many people witnessed these events, from the guests present at the party, Bambi's friend who filmed most of the footage, to the garbage men who on their own spotted the object in daytime.

Bambi herself does not claim that the footage depicts an alien entity of some sorts. She does not know what it is, but is inclined to think it is either some sort of new phenomena or object, or phenomena/object that previously has not been sighted. There is no real indication in her point of view that this in fact should be an alien entity. Rather, it is something we do not understand yet, but her hope is that we will accept it, regardless.

Bambi is a 26 year old British single-mother, she lives in a district of London.

On Saturday, January 5, 2002, a witness in Waterford, Wis. (population 2,500), a small town on Highway 36 about 25 miles (40 kilometres) Southwest of Milwaukee, reported, "I was sitting out by the farm areas with my son just north of Wind Lake when I saw something that was square-shaped. It stopped for about 30 seconds and then it started moving slowly and then it disappeared. I would have thought I was seeing things, but my son, who is 13, pointed it out to me."

On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 7 p.m., four people in Marshfield, Wisconsin (population 19,300), a town on Highway 13 about 80 miles east of Eau Claire, spotted a formation of UFOs in the night sky.

"My friend and her son were coming home from Marshfield at approximately 7 p.m. and when they arrived, they told us they had seen a lot of unidentifiable flashing lights in the sky and to go out on the roof and look. There were four of us who witnessed these lights, two adults and two teenagers". They were very small lights in the sky. Each object seemed to have three colours--red, yellow and green. There was no pattern to their travel. Some were moving very fast and then would stop and change direction rapidly. Others would be moving very fast and then slow, and their lights would dim very low. It was nothing I have ever witnessed before. They were flying much too close (together) to be regular airplanes or helicopters and were flying at different heights (altitudes) and speeds."     Thanks to Jenny Hoppe of UFO-Wisconsin

Today 11 January 2002 was one of the most incredible days of my life. My wife, son, and I were out house hunting today. As we sat at a red stoplight, my son in the rear seat exclaimed, "What is that?!". I looked where he indicated, and there, coming from the north was a silvery orb. It moved in our direction at very good speed. The traffic light changed, but I didn't want to stop watching, so I pulled up in a nearby parking lot (This was in Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento, at 12:25 PM). From there we watched this orb move almost directly over our position, where it came to a complete stop!! It hovered for several minutes, and began to move slowly to the west. After perhaps a minute or two, it turned, and began to move back to the north from whence it came in the first place. We watched it until it was lost in some clouds. We were about to leave for our appointment, when Max shouted that there was another one. Sure enough, another silvery orb, just like the first, was sailing along toward our position from the north. We watched it do a near exact repeat of the actions of the first. It got almost directly overhead, and stopped! This one hovered for nearly five minutes before slowly moving off to the north again.

We watched this one until we could no longer see it in the haze. Amazed, and somewhat shocked, we continued to our appointment with our real estate agent. We spent about an hour conferring with the agent, when it was decided we should all go visit some potential homes. Out in the parking lot, we were talking about routes, when yet another silvery orb went streaking across the northern sky from east to west. This one went so fast that it was gone in less than 10 seconds. I hollered to the others when I saw it, but this one was gone before any of the others could find it.

WOW!! What a day!! I've seen UFOs before, but never three separate objects in a day, and never for over 20 minutes. The real pity is that I hadn't brought along my camcorder. What a film this event would have made. 11 January, 2002, is one day I won't forget any time soon.     Jeff Challender. Thanks Jeff.

On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 5:50 PM, Herbert F.C. stepped outside his home in the Hietzing section of the capital, and then he "saw the object heading heavenward. I heard several loud booms, and then I looked up and saw a bright yellow-orange light." "At first I thought it was a passing airplane. And then out of it came several smaller lights. I called my son who was upstairs in his room. My 14-year-old son went to his window and saw 'something like a star' rising upward rapidly. A moment later, four more bright UFOs passed directly over our house. These lights hovered briefly and then departed to the north." Herbert added that he contacted the Flugsicherung (Air Traffic Control) at Vienna's international airport, but the controllers "had no reports of UFOs on their radar screens at that time." Thanks to UFO ROUNDUP Vol. 7, No.3. January 15, 2002 Editor: Joseph Trainor.

On January 13, 2002, Joe and Linda Montaldoy were driving in the swamp that includes Stennis NASA Test Site near Pearl River. They entered near sunset and drove in eleven miles and noticed the last of the hunters drive out about 5:45 PM, so they decided to leave. They wrote, "As we got close to the gate a very bright, circular, strobing light appeared behind the trees to our left in the south." As it came over the tree line we got out of the car to watch it. I judged from the height of the microwave tower I could see that it was about 1500 feet high. It continued in our direction and passed directly over our car. We could plainly see that it was a triangular shaped black object with an amber coloured globe in the centre, a red light at its front point and a white light at each of its back points. It was about the size of a commercial jet. We only viewed it for a few minutes because the road is narrow and trees line both sides. We left the swamp and were headed back to I-59. As we approached the ramp to the interstate we saw that it had stopped over the swamp and was hovering in place. Because we are involved with MUFON. We called our State Director on our cell phone. The craft now turned back and headed Southwest toward Pearl River. I could tell by the way it was headed that it would pass directly over a dead-end road I had been on before, so I drove to the end of this road. We got out of the car and spotted it moving very slowly at maybe 800 feet high. We were reporting over the phone. It stopped, turned on its axis, and headed back in our direction and passed directly over us as we stood outside our car. There was absolutely no sound except the barking of some dogs in a nearby yard. We got back in the car and followed it down the road. It was no more than 500 or 600 feet over us and was moving very slowly. We were driving only about 20 mph and it stayed right in front and over us. At this point it was hard to tell it we were following it or it was staying with us when we reached the end of the road the object headed south-Southeast. We noticed two planes cross right over it at a much higher altitude. As we got back to the interstate the object began to gain altitude and speed. It was headed towards the Pirate Harbour area. We lost sight of it on the interstate, so I decided to get off I-10 and go to Pirates Harbour Road.

We drove down this road 5 or 6 miles and came to an open area. On one side of the road are camps and on the other side marsh. We could see the craft over the marshes. It appeared to be tipped over on its side. I could see no lights; I believe I was looking at the top of it. It was like a black shape against the stars. Before it had been travelling like a flat triangle shape and we could see only the bottom of it. As I watched, it seem to flip over on it's other side and I could see the bottom of it. Sort of like a car would flip and first you would see the hood and roof, then you would see the underside and tires. Then it righted itself, but continued to wobble. It was headed south-Southeast toward the Ringlets Pass, which was about three miles from where we were. The Ringlets Pass is a deep-water channel that eventually leads into the Gulf of Mexico. We had to speed up to keep it in sight but it was slowly loosing altitude. When we got to the Ringlets Bridge we could see it had come down into the marsh. We couldn't tell if it was in the water or above the water. Now it was lit up with bright white lights all along the edge of it. We came off the bridge and pulled into the Fort Pike boat launch. We got out of our car and called our State Director back on the cell phone.

The object was over the water about 100 to 200 yards from us. To the right of us in the north a brilliant white light came into view. It was just above tree level, about 300 to 400 feet high and moving very slowly. It would move a little and then come to a complete stop. There was a beam of light coming from under it making a searching pattern. As we watched it started to move toward where we were standing. The light turned off and it passed directly over us. There was no sound. We could clearly see that it was a triangular shape with a red light in the front white lights on both back points and an amber light in the middle. It was the same type of craft that was in the water, but much smaller. As it passed over us it made a circle toward the west and came back around. Several times it came to a complete stop. When it was back to the spot it had started from, it started to circle again. This time it was lower, maybe 200 to 250 feet, and moving more in the direction of the downed craft. Again very slow movement and several complete stops.

As we stood watching, we saw another craft light up from the exact spot the first one had started. Craft #2 was moving in the same path and at the same speed and altitude as craft #1. As #2 passed over us we could see that it was another triangular craft with a red light in front, two white lights in back, an amber globe in the middle, only this craft had two rows of white lights running down the centre of it's underside. There were six lights in each row and they were either next to the globe or over it. A third craft now showed up in the exact spot as the other two. It made the same slow, stopping movements and circle as the other two. As it passed over us we could see it was again a triangular craft with the same lights, red in front, white in back, amber globe in the middle. The only difference in this one was that it sent out a beam of light from the front point for about 200 feet. The beam tilted downward but not far enough to reach the ground. Now the three crafts were moving in an extremely slow circle in the sky. They would stop completely and then move again. We were still on the phone with our State Director and at this time he told us we should get out of there.

We took a last look and to the south an object was coming our way. We could not see the shape of this object. All we could see was a row of very bright lights. There were six lights, three lights a space, and then three more. They were extremely bright and they seemed to be blinking on very, very fast. So fast that you couldn't really tell when one went off the one next to it came on. They were flashing and strobing so quickly, that I couldn't really focus on them. Something caught my attention in the corner of my eye, and I turned around and realised that the craft in the water had changed. The white lights around its edge were now red. Then it simply went under the water and disappeared. At the same moment they all just disappeared. One moment there were four crafts in the sky and one in the water and the next there was nothing. We got in our car and made a rather speedy departure. Almost as soon as we were on the road, a triangular craft, red light in front, white lights in back, amber in the centre, appeared to our left over the trees. At the same time car lights shone right behind us on bright beam. As the triangle flew over us the car engine started to cough and felt like it was going out, the lights on the car flickered on and off, the cell phone started to ring, but it said dead cell and went blank. All this happened in an instant. The triangle flew over us at about 100 feet heading east to west and disappeared. The car behind us passed at a very high speed and we saw that the plate said US Government. We both got a headache almost immediately. The headache was extremely painful. It felt like an immense pressure in our head and behind our eyes. Our eyes were burning. There was also a feeling of being ill. The incident took place between 5:45 and 8:30 PM     Thanks to Joe and Linda Montaldoy.     Thanks to George Filer Filers Files

Hi Tony,

I would like to take the time out to compliment you on the latest issue of the UFO NEWSLETTER. The Pictures are an excellent addition. I've been meaning to ask you if you could mention Ireland in the list of countries which the mag is read in. (Hi Anne, When it states UK, this includes England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). We recently received a report of a sighting over Dublin on New Years Eve and a investigation has already begun into it. As soon as we get more details I will supply you with same. Also I would like to thank you for signing our guest book last year - your kind comments really mean a lot to us and its really nice to be appreciated. I will forward over to you by e-mail later, a copy of our Status report -UFOs OVER IRELAND which covers a 5-year period of sightings from our case files. It was originally produced in 1997 but we add a few new reports in 2000. The report is only available free of charge to our data exchange colleagues and it is not for sale or available to any third parties or non-members.

Keep up the good work,

Looking forward to the next issue already!!!

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Is Bonsall UFO Venus through Crich Gas?

Here is a quite plausible de bunk of the Bonsall Matlock UFO http://www.ufovideo.com/database/crap.htm and the article and video clips referred to of same http://www.rense.com/general19/new.htm If no one has seen the video then this is an indispensable link. Don't know how you would use it though other than a warning that what you see and video or photograph, is not always trustworthy even if its absolutely convincing. Venus through Crich Gas.

My input;

A Possible and plausible reason for the Matlock UK UFO flap.

Many UFO's have been seen around Matlock Derbyshire UK the most famous of which was the Bonsall one with the video being (Allegedly Ed). sold for a great price.

Most of these UFO's are around the village area of Crich where there has been a Nuclear Dump owned by Rolls Royce for many years. Unmarked trucks carry this waste through the surrounding area ( including Matlock ) to dump and cover with sand in the disused quarry at Crich. As you are probably aware, Rolls Royce Aviation is said to be very actively involved with 'back engineering' acquired extraterrestrial craft and parts both in the UK, USA and Canada. Some parts from these are almost definitely under the sand in the quarry. Radioactivity is leaking into the water courses around Crich and Matlock which have granite base geology ( granite can also be radioactive in itself ) and these are (could be Ed.) the reasons ET is very interested in the area.

There is presently a campaign to try to stop continued dumping of Nuke waste at Crich, for further details see http://www.hiltsquarry.co.uk

Hilts Quarry

Enlarged photo of object over Critch in 1999

source of pic (Above top) http://www.hiltsquarry.fsnet.co.uk/aerial2.jpg

By the way, Crich is to the west of Bonsall where the famous UFO was video'd and Venus was also in a similar position

The 'above bottom' UFO picture was taken at the time of the sun eclipse 1999 from Crich village centre and was directly over Crich nuke quarry. Lt is enlarged and enhanced from a scanned print. No it isn't the sun because the rest of the of the print was in crisp focus. Owner of photo does not want anything done with it and no publicity. Believe me, its real !!

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        Colin Stevenson
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The Legends of the Southern Lion

1. The Emperor's Dream

LION dancing originated during the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD). Legend has it that the emperor had a dream one night in which a strange looking animal saved his life. The next morning, the emperor described the dream to his ministers. One minister told the emperor that the strange animal resembled a creature from the West, a lion. Since the strange animal saved the emperor in his dream, the lion quickly became a symbol of good luck throughout China. It was believed that a dancing lion chased away evil spirits. Today, lion dancing is still the most important opening ceremony for Chinese events and businesses. It's also a necessary ritual for businesses during the time of the Chinese New Year, for lion dancing evokes good luck in the upcoming year. Lions are not native to China, which explains why the "lion" in the dance acquired characteristics of the Chinese dragon and phoenix.

Lion dancers are always kung-fu practitioners. First, lion dancing requires the dancers to develop strong stances, since the lion head is heavy and the tail position for the rear dancer is awkward. Lion dances can be lengthy, requiring the dancers to possess excellent physical conditioning and stamina.

2. The Awakening Lion

There was an ancient tale about a wicked beast called "Nien" that came out in the New Year and killed innocent people. In order to defend themselves, people used bamboo rods and paper to make a fierce and colourful lion accompanied by the loud sounds of drums and cymbals to scare the beast away. As generations went by, people began using lion dancing for the New Year and festivals to celebrate as well as to appeal for peace.

3. The Lion From Heaven

Most cats are curious and playful, often causing a great deal of trouble for their mischievous activities. The great Lion who had originated in heaven, was no different. For years now, Lion had been causing a stir. Deities came from all over the heavens to complain to the Jade Emperor who ruled over them. The Emperor, thinking to himself, "Lion is always getting in trouble, always playing where he should not".

This wasn't the first time that Lion had been reported as insubordinate. As a matter of fact, the Jade Emperor could not himself remember the first defiant incident, and the Emperor knows everything. The Emperor started to shake his head and thought "This was going to be the last time he ever wanted to hear about Lion's insubordination". "Well, today Lion would not get away with it," promised the Emperor. "Today will mark the end of that menace." And with that, Look-Wong went and called Lion forth, chopped off Lion's head, and threw his remains out of Heaven and down to Earth to rot. "There," he thought, "this was the end of that." And it would have been, too, had not for Kwan-Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, who had been watching the whole proceeding behind a silken cloud of mist. "Poor Lion," she thought, "doomed by his frisky nature. A bit playful, perhaps, but Lion had never did any real harm to anything or anybody." And with that, she flew from heaven, descending down to Earth to help the poor undone Lion.

After a long search, Kwan-Yin finally found Lion where he had landed with a thump, after falling to Earth. She tied his head back on to his body with an Enchanted Red Ribbon, which she had brought down with her. "The ribbon," she told Lion, who was very pleased to have regained his head, "is enchanted. It will not only hold you together, but will also frighten away evil spirits and will keep you safe from any harm." This made Lion very happy for he now knew that the power of the Enchanted Red Ribbon would now keep him safe. Of course, the Lion himself, had his own method of frightening away evil spirits. He had a mirror ingrained in his forehead which reflect the devil's image back at him. Once the devil sees how ugly he truly is, he knew, thereby, his sight is so bad it scares all of the evil spirits off. But the ribbon was much more powerful and with the two combined, no evil spirits could withstand the power that he is now blessed with.

Today, if you should look, you should notice and see that every Kung Fu School's and Lion Dance Troupe's Lion Heads are equipped with a mirror on it's forehead and a red ribbon tied around it's horn. Practically every Kung Fu school will have at least one Lion Head, for it is the very heart and soul of the school. He is the flag and banner of the school, because in the old days, the Lion spoke of the school's martial arts ability. Schools would perform the Lion dance at festivals to demonstrate how skillful their Kung-Fu abilities really are.


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Alternate Names: Den Forbudte Øya, A Ilha Proibida, La Isla Prohibida, L'Île Interdite, L'illa prohibida

Forbidden Island is a cooperative board game where players are on an slowly sinking island constructed by tiles.

The players are searching for hidden treasures around a mysterious island. They all win if they find all the hidden treasures and an get to the helicopter to fly away.

As the game progresses, more island tiles will sink and this will increase the pace because as the ware level rises, it will get more hard to survive.

There are 6 different roles: explorer, diver, engineer, messenger, navigator and pilot and each role has different abilities. During the turns, a player can do several actions like moving, shoring up, giving a treasure card or collecting a treasure, helicopter lift, etc...

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RadishesAfter the training, participants are encouraged to attend one of two free mock audits: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Dec. 4 following the abbreviated GAPs training at the Center (please bring a lunch), or Saturday Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. – noon at Blue Lizard Farms, 2122 Sunrise Drive in Caliente. Nev.


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Besides my own work “Refuting The External World,” you should definitely read these books. Of all I’ve read on philosophy and spirituality, these books are the ones that matters.

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  1. Peter says:

    Goran, came upon your site thanks to a link from Ran Prieur. I agree with your book recommendations, and look forward to your contribution to this autobiographical project. I also would like to call your attention to the best book on consciousness I’ve read: “Consciousness is All” by Peter Dziuban
    Peter Jones

    • Göran Backlund says:

      Thanks for the comment!
      I’ve read “Consciousness is All” and I agree that it’s very good. In fact, that book was what got me really interested in this stuff.

    • david johnson says:

      His latest book ‘Simply Notice’ is even better in my opinion…clearer and simpler

  2. Mark says:

    New book by Jed McKenna has come out recently:

  3. Ruth Crain says:

    I received an email from you regarding your ebook “Uncovering Life.” I read it online; however, I wish it were in paperback so I could purchase it and also give it to others. Is there any chance that this will happen. I am reading, ” Cconsciousness Is All” and it is blowing me away. I have two grandson’s (twins) who were accepted at Yale last year. They are interested in science, chemistry, and will be getting into “Physics” at some point–they know I’ve always liked physics. However, I would like to give them a paperback book of “Uncovering Life” as well as, “Consciousness is All.” Just want to wait until they are at Yale longer–maybe in another year or so….then I would like to give them these “gifts” of love. Thank you! Ruth Crain

    • Göran Backlund says:

      Hi Ruth,

      I’m sorry, but at this point I can’t offer a paperback version. Maybe down the road!

  4. c says:

    Goran (if that is your real name), your writing style is exactly the same as Jed’s. I say you and he are one, and I don’t mean that in a spiritual sense.

    • Jon says:

      Nah. Jed’s voice is distinctly different, but I am very happy to have stumbled across Goran. The clarity of presentation of the material in the book is awesome. Jed’s prose is also well presented but a bit more sophisticated in terms of word choice. But this sometimes makes the sentences more difficult to understand, at least for me, as always.

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The UPM Racing Team made pressence last week in the telecomunication school of UPM, between the 4th and 5th of october.

As a team, we understand that there would be no project without people. Thus, the members of the team set a little information area to inform the students about the team and its project. This way, we strengthen our influence inside the university and its people, triying to get the attention of, possibly, future team members.

The many questiones we were asked indicate but one thing, that the attractiveness of projects like ours is evident among technical and science students, who usually lose motivation about their studies.

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Kite Pharma (KITE) was a Brush Up on Stocks stock suggestion singled out in early May, 2017 because it came up very strong in my system for selecting biotech names.

Gilead Sciences (GILD) liked it too. It announced plans to buy the company for cash in late August . My subscribers are now up 150% or more on May purchases of Kite Pharma. I first suggested KITE in July 2016 at around $48. It is up 270% since then, as Gilead is offering $180 per share.

I am pretty deep into biotech in my stock letter because my system of selecting stocks works well there.

For example, the Brush Biotech 5, a select group of my favorite biotech stocks highlighted as buys on August 14, 2017, were up 17.2% by September 6, compared to 8.5% for the IBB biotech ETF.

I think I have at least another half dozen potential buy out candidates. Will they get taken over for nice premiums?

Who knows. But the conditions are there for more buyouts in the space.

Big biopharma companies like Gilead, Pfizer (PFE), Merck (MRK), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have a need to fill out their pipelines as patents roll off. They have lots of cash. The biotech space has been weak of late, on concerns about “drug pricing” action in Washington, D.C. So the potential targets look cheaper.

One thing missing is tax reform. If politicians ever get around to tax reform that makes it easier for U.S. companies to bring home the huge stash of cash they have parked abroad, that will stimulate a biotech takeover binge. It would increase the firepower of large biopharma companies considerably, since they have lots of money abroad.

To get this done, politicians need to stop their bickering and get down to work. Will they? We can only hope. Time will tell.

Meanwhile some companies, like Gilead, won’t wait. So I expect a few more takeovers even without tax reform. Picking buyout targets is tough, and it should never be the sole reason to own a stock. Fortunately, the biotech companies I have been suggesting in my stock letter also have rich product pipeline potential, and proprietary technology which can spawn many products. So they should do well sooner or later regardless.

Whatever Washington, D.C. does, and whatever takeovers happen will only be an extra sweetener. But if the sweetener bring 150%-270% gains in a matter of months or even years as with Kite Pharma, I’ll take it.

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Launch Day!

Both the NASA Student Launch and LDRS rockets are scheduled to launch tomorrow (Saturday, April 8th)! The NSL team will be launching their 13-ft tall, 47.5 lb Apis I with it’s vision recognition/camera aiming payload in Alabama; and the LDRS team will be launching the upper stage of Taurus I in Maryland. Check out the Current Projects tab for more information on our teams’ projects this year, and also be sure to watch the NSL live stream tomorrow to see all 40+ NSL launches in realtime. We will be launching at approximately 10:00 am CT.

This week at SOAR — getting ready for competition!

This is an exciting week for SOAR! Both the Large Dangerous Rocket Ships (LDRS) and NASA Student Launch (NSL) teams are all hands on deck, working on last minute preparations for both events in just a couple of days! Many hundreds of hours have gone into both of these projects, so it’s amazing to finally see them come to fruition.

The NSL team had their rocket (Apis I) painted as gift from Jim’s Body Shop in a beautiful bright green, white, and metallic gold (USF’s colors) scheme, while the computer science, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering specialists worked on final updates to the navigation and vision software as well as assembling the landing module itself. The rocket was even featured on Tampa’s FOX 13 News, and it looks amazing. This rocket will be launching at Bragg Farm in Toney, AL on Saturday, April 8th. More information for spectators and interested parties can be found here, and a remote live stream can be accessed here on launch day.

The LDRS team also placed the finishing touches on their two-stage rocket (Taurus I), installing a camera and painting it in-house using professional airbrushing techniques. This 24′ tall rocket will launching at Higgs Farm in Price, MD, sometime during the weekend of April 6th – 9th. More info on this event can be found here.

Finally, be sure to subscribe to @USFSOAR and @StudentLaunch on Instagram and Twitter for the latest up-to-the-minute updates as it happens.

Stay tuned for updates, photos, and videos to follow after this week! As always, recent photos up to now are attached below:

Final Launch Day (Before Competition)

On Saturday, March 18th, the NSL team successfully completed the final test launch prior to the competition launch on Saturday, April 9th! For more information on the competition, including dates and location, see the event brochure. You can also tune into the live stream at Ustream on April 9th to see the launch remotely.

For this test launch, we continued to use a test payload, as our landing module isn’t quite ready for a full test yet. The rocket completed a successful ejection test prior to the launch (as pictured below), which tests the rocket’s ability to separate the sections with parachutes effectively using carefully measured black powder charges. The launch itself was a great success and we reached an apogee (maximum altitude) of 4,159 ft (1267 m), about 1,000 ft. (300 m) lower than our goal of 1.0 mile (1600 m). Photos and videos are below:

Click here for a video of the launch.

Flight Readiness Review Report

This is just a heads up that we have published our final report before the actual NASA Student Launch in Alabama next month. This report (the Flight Readiness Review Report or FRR) is 145 pages long and represents our entire project, including test data, launches, safety information, budgeting, and our final plans. It can be accessed along with our previous reports at Go check it out!

Full-Scale Launch Day

On Saturday, February 20, 2017, the NSL team completed their first full-scale test launch for the 2016-17 season! After a succesful black powder separation test on the ground and despite heavy rain, the launch proceeded as planned. While they didn’t hit the target apogee of 5,280 feet (1,610 m) (reaching approximately 3,600 feet (1,100 m) instead), all stages did separate as planned. The parachutes for the main rocket body and landing module deployed and proved sufficient, while the parachute for the nose cone was tangled and did not fully deploy. Despite this, no components suffered any damage due to the soft ground of the launch field and the sturdy nature of the nose cone.

February Build Days

SOAR has held two build days so far in February, on the 4th and the 11th. During these workdays extensive progress was made in all of SOAR’s major projects, including NSL and LDRS.

Don’t miss us at the USF Engineering EXPO tomorrow!

NASA Student Launch

The NSL computer science team continued to develop the code for both the steering and the vision systems in the landing module. The module can now turn towards a GPS destination and fly in that direction. Current remaining challenges include accounting for wind speed and optimizing the vision system code. The navigation code is located on GitHub.

The mechanical engineering team also worked on the landing module/steering system, and are on track to finish the hardware by February 18th, barring any setbacks. The main issue facing this team is a design flaw in the top of the landing module, where the strip of phenolic is too thin and needs to be reinforced.

The rocketry team prepared the full-scale rocket for this weekend’s test launch by completing all the aeropoxy fillets, installing the black powder reservoirs, constructing bulkheads, packing and fitting components, preparing the simulated weight payload, installing shear pins, and installing the motor retainer ring.

Large Dangerous Rocket Ships

The LDRS team continued to prepare for the event by installing carbon fiber over the fin fillets and working on the second stage of the rocket. All components were successfully test fit and the 24′-tall fully-assembled rocket will easily top the height of a multi-story building.

Partially assembled LDRS rocket, with people for scale. This does not include the nose section or rear fins.

2nd January Build Day

On Sunday, January 29th, SOAR held a general build day for all projects at our workshop space. Progress was made on all three of our main projects — NSL, LDRS, and FSGC.

NASA Student Launch

The NSL rocketry team worked on test-fitting components and tweaking rocket layout. They also began the process of epoxying the fillets for the fins, which will take a total of three build days. The computer science and electrical engineering teams worked on tweaking the code for the landing module, getting it to use rotors to face towards a specific compass heading and lock onto that direction. That code is located on GitHub and the effect is shown in the video below.

Large Dangerous Rocket Ships

The LDRS rocket tubes were wet-sanded to prepare for painting, and the fin fillets finished with more sanding. The engines to be used at LDRS were recieved and inventoried. On February 1, the team met separately to begin preparing the booster motor mount with the installation of the first fin.

FSGC Hybrid Competition

The Hybrid Rockets Team finished installing their fins and assembled the altimeter bay. All that’s left for this projec before the competition is to insert the parachute, install the motor retainer, and epoxy the top part of the bulkhead plate.

General Body Meeting

Our general body meeting last week, on January 5th, had a great turnout! SOAR members were updated on new policies, current project statuses (see the individual project pages for more info), and upcoming events. New project leaders were introduced and the beginning of the appointment process for next year’s main leadership positions was announced. Afterwards, the NSL computer science team went to the DFX Lab to work on the code for the landing module in preparation for the January  29th build day.

SOAR’s January 25 general body meeting.

January Build Day & Update

On Sunday, January 15th, SOAR held a general build day for the NSL and FSGC Hybrid projects.

NASA Student Launch

Since the last build days, the NSL team has been busy working on the Critical Design Review Report, a 120-page document detailing our plans and data. This can be retrieved from the NSL page on our website.

The NSL team continued to work on the full-scale rocket and its programming.

NASA FSGC Hybrid Competition

The hybrid team began the assembling their rocket, building the motor mount and epoxying it in place with two of three fins.

December Build Days

On December 3rd, December 10th, and December 18th, SOAR held its first major build days for the NSL 2017 project at our off-campus workshop. A number of systems and tasks were worked on, including:

Subscale Rocket

This is the smaller rocket that will be launched ahead of time to test our systems and collect data. This rocket was reused from last year’s subscale, however it has been adapted to this year’s specifications.

  1. Reworked altimeter bay for Data Acquisition Package (DAP, the onboard computer system that will collect flight data when the subscale is launched).
  2. Cut and expoxied new bulkheads for the simulated payload and integrated simulated payload with DAP.
  3. Programmed altimeters and attached ematches (used to deploy parachutes at specific altitudes).

Fullscale Rocket

This is the rocket that will actually be competing. For more information on this rocket, see the design reports linked on the NSL 2016-17 page.

  1. Fitted and epoxied fins to motor mount.
  2. Added carbon fiber fillets to two of the three fins.
  3. Completed most of the programming and electrical engineering for the navigation and stabilization system. The rocket will use GPS coordinates and a compass sensor along with the steering hardware to navigate towards a desired landing area.
  4. Epoxied switchband to electronics bay.


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  • Ph.D. – University of Southern California
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  • M.Sc. – University of Alberta
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Prof. Kelly is currently Dean’s Catalyst Professor at UTIAS; this early-career award is designed to promote and accelerate the contributions of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s most promising junior academic staff. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, where he was an Annenberg Fellow and was supported in part by a PGS-D award from NSERC Canada. Before moving to UTIAS, he held a postdoctoral appointment in the Robust Robotics Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to graduate school, he was a Software Engineer in the Space Technologies division of the Canadian Space Agency.

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  • perceptive — aware of their environment, and capable of acting intelligently when confronted with new situations and experiences.

Towards these goals, Kelly’s group designs algorithms for an array of sensing devices and robotic platforms. Examples of current research topics include: power-on-and-go sensor systems, energy-aware path planning for planetary rovers, and deep learning methods for reliable navigation under challenging conditions (e.g., extreme lighting and appearance change). The group has recently launched a major initiative in the area of collaborative mobile manipulation for dynamic, shared environments. Theoretical results are verified through rigorous experimental trials, to ensure that the group’s research can be successfully applied in the field.

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