An image gallery gift from NASA's Swift

Dec. 28, 2012 ? Of the three telescopes carried by NASA's Swift satellite, only one captures cosmic light at energies similar to those seen by the human eye. Although small by the standards of ground-based observatories, Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) plays a critical role in rapidly pinpointing the locations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the brightest explosions in the cosmos.

But as the proxy to the human eye aboard Swift, the UVOT takes some amazing pictures. The Swift team is celebrating eight years of UVOT operations by collecting more than 100 of the instrument's best snapshots in a web-based photo gallery (http://www.swift.psu.edu/uvot/coolPics.php). The images also can be viewed with the free Swift Explorer Mission iPhone app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-explorer/id465669299?mt=8) developed by the Swift Mission Operations Center (MOC), which is located in State College, Pa., and operated by Penn State.

Swift has detected an average of about 90 GRBs a year since its launch in 2004. "When we aren't studying GRBs, we use the satellite's unique capabilities to engage in other scientific investigations, some of which produce beautiful images from the UVOT that we're delighted to be able to share with the public," said Michael Siegel, the lead scientist on the UVOT and a research associate in astronomy and astrophysics at the MOC.

The targets range from comets and star clusters to supernova remnants, nearby galaxies and active galaxies powered by supermassive black holes.

"One of our more challenging projects in the past was completing an ultraviolet mosaic of M31, the famous Andromeda galaxy," said Stefan Immler, a member of the Swift team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Because the galaxy is so much larger than the UVOT field of view, we had to take dozens of pictures and blend them together to show the whole object."

An ongoing mosaic project targets the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two small satellite galaxies orbiting our own, and makes the Andromeda effort look like child's play. Although the galaxies are much smaller than M31, they are both much closer to us and extend over much larger areas of the sky. The task involves acquiring and aligning hundreds of images and is far from complete.

With the UVOT's wavelength range of 1,700 to 6,000 angstroms, Swift remains one of few missions that study ultraviolet light, much of which is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.

The 6.5-foot-long (2 meter) UVOT is centered on an 11.8-inch (30 cm) primary mirror. Designed and built by the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey, England, the telescope module includes the primary and secondary mirrors, an external baffle to reduce scattered light, two redundant detectors -- only one has been used to date -- and a power supply.

Each detector lies behind an identical filter wheel. The wheel holds color filters that transmit a broad range of wavelengths as well as devices called grisms, which spread out incoming light in much the same way as a prism spreads sunlight into a rainbow of component colors. The detectors retain information on the position and arrival time of each photon of light, an operating mode similar to typical X-ray telescopes.

Because most ultraviolet light never reaches the ground, Swift's UVOT provides a unique perspective on the cosmos. For example, it can measure the amount of water produced in passing comets by detecting the ultraviolet emission of hydroxyl (OH), one of the molecular fragments created when ultraviolet sunlight breaks up water molecules. Other types of UVOT science include exploring emissions from the centers of active galaxies, studying regions undergoing star formation, and identifying some of the rarest and most exotic stars known.

Toward the end of its energy-producing life, a star like the sun will blow away its outer layers as its core transforms into a compact, Earth-sized remnant known as a white dwarf. This chapter of stellar evolution, known to astronomers as the post-asymptotic giant branch phase, lasts only about 100,000 years -- just an eye-blink in comparison to the star's total lifetime. To better understand the process, astronomers need to study large numbers of these unusual stars.

"The UVOT's capabilities give us a great tool for surveying stellar populations and cataloging rare types of ultraviolet-bright stars," Siegel explained.

One of the first targets for the stellar survey was the giant cluster Omega Centauri, which hosts millions of stars and may be the remains of a small galaxy. Thanks to Swift's UVOT, astronomers at Goddard and Penn State have cataloged hundreds of rare stellar types in the cluster and are now comparing their properties and numbers to predictions from theoretical models describing how stars evolve.

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Hawaii lieutenant gov. picked to fill Senate seat

HONOLULU (AP) ? Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz of Hawaii was appointed Wednesday to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced the appointment after receiving a list of three candidates from the state Democratic Party earlier in the day. The other candidates were U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and Esther Kiaaina, a deputy director in the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Inouye died Dec. 17 of respiratory complications at the age of 88. He had sent Abercrombie a letter that day, saying he would like Hanabusa, 61, to succeed him.

"Sen. Inouye conveyed his final wish to Gov. Abercrombie. While we are very disappointed that it was not honored, it was the governor's decision to make," Jennifer Sabas, Inouye's chief of staff, said in a statement. "We wish Brian Schatz the best of luck."

Inouye's wishes weren't the only factor he had to consider, Abercrombie said.

"No one and nothing was preordained," he said.

Schatz will serve until an election is held in 2014. Had Hanabusa been appointed, a special election would have been necessary to fill her seat.

Schatz said he will run for re-election in 2014 to try to keep the Senate seat until 2016, the end of Inouye's original term. He said he would run again for Senate in 2016 if given the chance.

"To the people of Hawaii, I can assure you this: I will give every fiber of my being to doing a good job for the state of Hawaii," Schatz said at a news conference. "We have a long and perhaps difficult road ahead of us, but we can succeed if we work together. I understand the magnitude of this obligation and this honor, and I won't let you down."

Hanabusa congratulated Schatz in a statement.

"Having served as chair of the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee when the succession law was passed, I fully respect the process and the governor's right to appoint a successor," she said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had urged Abercrombie to name Inouye's successor before the end of the year. Schatz said he will leave Hawaii for Washington on Wednesday night and be prepared to be sworn in on Thursday. That would make him Hawaii's senior senator heading into the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3.

Sen. Daniel Akaka is retiring at the end of this Congress, after 22 years in the Senate. Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono was elected in November to succeed him.

Schatz, 40, is a former state representative and a former chairman of the state Democratic Party. He also was a leader of President Barack Obama's campaign in Hawaii in 2008.

In making his case before the party's central committee Wednesday, he said he understood the importance of seniority in the Senate and said that if he was appointed, he would strive to make serving in the Senate his life's work.

First in line to replace Schatz as lieutenant governor is Senate President Shan Tsutsui, but Abercrombie said he didn't know whether Tsutsui would accept the new role. The law states only that Tsutsui must make a decision on whether to assume the post "promptly," Abercrombie said.

Tsutsui would be an "extraordinarily capable" lieutenant governor, the governor added.

Tsutsui said he planned to discuss the prospect with his family before deciding.

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Becky Bohrer can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bbohrerap .

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Associated Press writer Audrey McAvoy contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hawaii-lieutenant-gov-picked-fill-senate-seat-000914007--election.html

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Troy Ave And DJ Holiday Gift-Wrap White Christmas For December 25

'It felt organic, it felt like I was doin' it an injustice by not calling it White Christmas,' Troy Ave tells Mixtape Daily.
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Tenth Musings: The Biggest Mistake in Social Business Networking

What?s the biggest mistake being made by business social networkers? Failure to put up a good profile picture.

Your picture is the most important part of your personal brand, it?s how people will remember you. Our brains are neurologically wired for faces, it?s the first place we look when we meet someone and the most likely thing to be remembered. The face you present to the business community is how you will be known. Your face is your brand.

Business social networking is branding and marketing, make no mistake about it. If you are going to get in the game, you need to play like you mean it and that means a good profile picture.

What is a good profile picture?

• A good profile picture shows your face, especially eyes. It has a smile. It is warm, friendly, intelligent. It makes the viewer think to themselves ?this seems like a pleasant and competent person to know/do business with.??

• A good profile picture is NOT a picture of your cat, a picture of your kid, a picture with you and your significant other, or any picture where you can?t see your face clearly. Save those for Facebook and other non-business applications.?

• A good profile picture is NOT a glamour shot. Someone should be able to immediately recognize you in person from your profile picture. We aren?t working with dating sites here, this is business. Save the funky angles to make yourself more attractive and cleavage pictures for someplace more appropriate.?

You've?probably just realized that you don?t have a single picture that is good for a business network profile, which means you should get one taken. Depending on your industry, you can opt for either a standard backdrop portrait studio picture or you can go with something a bit more creative and relaxed. My personal opinion leans toward more relaxed and natural rather than stiff and posed. Whichever way you go, the picture should solidly represent who you are and, even more importantly, who you would like to become.

There is an old and wise adage that you should dress for the job you want, not the one you have. Your profile picture should also represent the job you want, not the one you have. That picture is going to create an indelible image in the minds of your business contacts - make sure the picture says what you want it to say.

Money spent on quality pictures from a professional photographer is an investment in your career, just like a good interview outfit.?People will make snap judgments about your character and likability from your profile picture, so make sure it?s a good one.

Source: http://tenthmusings.tenthmusecreative.com/2012/12/the-biggest-mistake-in-social-business.html

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Entrepreneur Interviews: Cleaver and Company | The Tulane MBA ...

The Levy-Rosenblum Institute of Entrepreneurship (LRI) will be posting a monthly interview featuring Freeman entrepreneurs. Our first entrepreneur features MBA?12s ?Seth Hamstead and Simone Reggie, owners of Cleaver and Company.

1. What do you think all entrepreneurs should know before start their endeavors?

Starting a business is not a trivial task, especially if you are creating something new to the market. Preparation and planning are essential and clearly conveying your ideas to potential investors, lenders, customers, and vendors is crucial. It will be a lot of hard work and long weeks, but they will be rewarding. You will also quickly realize how important it is to choose your partners carefully during this process. You need to choose someone you can work with, but who also complements your skills and has the same vision as you.

2. How did you get started?

I had the initial sparks for the shop about six years ago and I was kicking it around for a while when I was living in Chicago. I had shelved the plans before I moved back to New Orleans, but it kept nagging at me that something like this didn?t exist here, so I pulled the plan off the shelf and started reshaping it to reflect New Orleans and Southern Louisiana?s unique food culture. About that time, my current business partner, Simone Reggie, approached me about working together. I?m the numbers and strategy, she?s the marketing and sales. Our strengths really fit together well, we work and communicate well, and we?ve been on the same page throughout the development process. After we decided to partner up, we took advantage of Elstrott?s New Venture Planning capstone course to polish our ideas and gather as much input from Dr. Elstrott as possible.

3. How did you finance your business at the beginning?

We were lucky that we were able to finance our business entirely through friends and family. Part of the design of our business was starting as small and nimble as possible and bootstrapping the business as much as we could. We fell into an interesting gray area in financing where we needed too much capital to float ourselves, but we were for too little to attract larger investors. We explored a couple economic development programs though the city and state, but the process timeline was longer than we could afford.

4. How your day does look like?

Every day has been unique as we prepare to open the shop. A system to track what has been done and what needs to be done has been very important. Every Monday I sit down first thing and organize everything that needs to happen that week and if I can what day. Then every morning I look at the meetings we have scheduled on the calendar and organize what tasks need to be done that day. Monday tends to be my most productive day as I knock out as much as possible anticipating the chaos the rest of the week tends to bring. Part of your day ends up being proactive and the rest is reactive.

5. What three pieces of advice would you offer entrepreneurs starting out today?

Take the leap and pursue your idea full time. I have known too many people who try to work out an idea on the side while they also have a full time job. Not many of their ideas became anything past an idea you talk about at a bar. Your idea either withers on the vine or you never leave that job because the money is too attractive. I know because I was there for a while. If your idea is really worth something, you need to invest yourself into it and dedicate time to it. You may struggle for a bit, and it will be scary, but once you are all in you will fight more to win.
Know your strengths, fill your weaknesses. One of best things I did this time around was realize how little I wanted to be a salesman and how bad I knew I would be at it. I also realized that maintaining relationships with our network of local farmers would be a full time job in itself. Thankfully, all of these are skills my partner has in spades. I can concentrate on the things I think I do well and let her excel at her things. Of course you also have to be brutally honest with yourself about what your strengths really are, and that may require a long period of self reflection and trial and error.

Be nimble, things will happen and you have to react. Try to keep your plan as flexible as possible as things will happen that are unexpected or out of your control which may cause your plans to change. Be sure you have room in your plan to react. Schedules change, contractors take longer, markets shift, people get fired. Make sure you don?t paint yourself in a corner.

6. What is the worst advice you have received?

I think this notion of business plans being irrelevant is the worst thing for fledgling entrepreneurs to listen to. I do believe that there are certain fast moving industries where time may be more fruitfully spent developing services and prototypes to get to market quickly, but for most industries the time spent developing a sound business plan will be the best investment into the business. Sitting down and developing a full business plan will force you to think about all aspects of the business and answer some tough questions. You?ll probably be the only person who ever actually reads the plan, but its true worth is the thought that goes into it.

7. What outsiders have been most important to your business success?

We have been fortunate to have a strong support system around us to help us though the long development process while we were opening the business. We really could not have made it though it without them, at least not with our sanity. As far as the actual business development itself goes, a very important aspect of our planning process was visiting all of the farms we planned to use as vendors and similar businesses in other markets. From the farmers, we got to know our product much better and can speak to the hard work they put into producing superior products. From the other markets, we were able to see what aspects of each business worked for us and recombine them into our ideal business. More importantly, we could ask them, ?What haven?t we thought of?? or ?What didn?t you expect??

Source: http://tulanemba.org/2012/12/19/interview-with-freeman-entrepreneurs-cleaver-and-company/

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Nokia CEO teases flagship smartphone coming to Verizon

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The exclusive partnership between Nokia (NOK) and AT&T (T) surrounding flagship phones is coming to an end. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop revealed in an interview with CNET that the company is pleased to have restarted its ?relationship with Verizon? and is ?planning a lot of exciting things? for the future. The company recently teamed up with the nation?s largest wireless provider to offer the low-end Lumia 822, however it has continued to rely on AT&T for a number of its flagship devices such as the Lumia 910?and Lumia 920. HTC (2498) has taken a different route for its flagship handset and has offered the Windows Phone 8X across three of the top carriers in the United States. Elop?s comments have us speculating, however, that Verizon (VZ) will soon offer a high-end Windows Phone 8 device from the Finnish company.

[More from BGR: A guide to all the insane predictions made by Google?s new engineering director]

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No End to Legal Woes at JPMorgan - Zacks.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Analyst Report) continues to be in sticky waters as litigation issues arising from the sale of mortgage backed securities (MBS) by Bear Stearns & Co. ? acquired in 2008 ? seem to be never ending. Now, the U.S. regulator for credit unions ? National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) ? has sued its unit, J.P. Morgan Securities, for misrepresentation in the underwriting and sale of MBS worth over $3.6 billion.

The aforesaid MBS were sold to U.S. Central, Western Corporate, Southwest Corporate and Members United Corporate federal credit unions. Later, these four became insolvent and were placed under NCUA conservatorship and then liquidated due to losses from these risky MBS.

Allegations

JPMorgan has been accused by NCUA of issuing misleading statements and omitting important details from the offering documents of the MBS in question. This led to obscurity regarding the risks associated with the MBS when they were sold.

The credit unions perceived them to be less risky, when in fact, the securities bore substantial risk. Moreover, it has been alleged that JPMorgan has been ignoring the underwriting guidelines specified in the offering documents.

As a result, when these MBS lost their value for defaults in the underlying assets, the value of investments of the credit unions in these MBS plummeted. Subsequently, the four credit unions collapsed, triggering a crisis in the credit union industry.

Similar Charges Earlier

This is the second time that JPMorgan has been sued by NCUA. In June 2011, the company along with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (RBS - Snapshot Report) was accused of defrauding five large credit unions by selling more than $3 billion worth of high-risk MBS. NCUA seeks to recover about $840 million in losses at five wholesale credit unions through these lawsuits.

Further, many other global giants including Credit Suisse Group (CS - Snapshot Report), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS - Analyst Report), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC - Analyst Report) and Barclays PLC (BCS - Snapshot Report) are facing similar lawsuits from NCUA. Moreover, to date, NCUA reached settlements with Deutsche Bank AG (DB - Snapshot Report), HSBC Holdings plc (HBC - Analyst Report) and Citigroup Inc. (C - Analyst Report) worth about $171 million.

Our Viewpoint

Such cases are inevitably going to result in mounting litigation risks for JPMorgan, which pose a menace for both its image as well as financials. On the other hand, recoveries by NCUA would result in lowering of losses that arose from the failure of the credit unions.

Though the overall impact from such lawsuits is yet to be perceived, these measures are somewhat reassuring as they are aimed at resisting malpractices related to selling MBS. Most importantly, such measures would impart much needed transparency to banking procedures at the time of selling MBS.

Currently, JPMorgan retains a Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. We believe that on account of such litigation overhangs, there is little possibility of any upward estimate revisions; hence, the stock is expected to hold its current rank. We also maintain a long-term ?Neutral? recommendation on the stock.

Source: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/88779/no-end-to-legal-woes-at-jpmorgan

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Bronson Pelletier, Twilight Saga Actor, Arrested for Peeing in Public

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Sold: Real Estate Closings December 1-15th - Radnor, PA Patch

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Clearwire, Sprint set up $120 million breakup fee

(Reuters) - Sprint Corp promised to pay Clearwire Corp a $120 million breakup fee if its $2.2 billion purchase of roughly half of the smaller wireless service provider does not go ahead.

At the same time, Clearwire said on Tuesday it agreed to a "no-shop" provision, meaning it cannot seek other offers but could consider unsolicited offers.

Clearwire and Sprint, its majority owner, announced details of their merger agreement in a regulatory filing the day after Sprint agreed buy out the rest of Clearwire for $2.97 per share.

Clearwire shares traded below the offer price at $2.86, down 5 cents or 1.7 percent on the Nasdaq. Sprint was off 9 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $5.47 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Some shareholders said they were disappointed by the price, which requires approval from a majority of Clearwire's minority shareholders. While one shareholder is looking for support for a class action lawsuit against the deal, another held out hope for a higher bid.

Clearwire's chief executive said Monday that Sprint's offer was its best option, and that Clearwire could face a risk of bankruptcy if that deal is not approved.

The filing said Clearwire would be restricted from providing information to or engaging in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding an acquisition proposal, subject to certain exceptions.

It did not disclose the exceptions in the filing.

The Clearwire deal is conditional on the sale of a 70 percent stake in Sprint to Japan's Softbank Corp for $20 billion. That deal is expected to close around mid-2013.

Sprint would have to pay the breakup fee if the Softbank deal does not happen, if it or Clearwire terminates the agreement, or if their deal has not been consummated on or before October 15, 2013, according to the filing.

Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King said the decline in Clearwire's shares did not appear to indicate the deal was in any danger of being blocked.

"Its pretty much a done deal," King said.

So far, Sprint has support for the deal from Softbank and from at least three Clearwire shareholders owning 13 percent of the company - Intel Corp, Comcast Corp and cable company Bright House.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Nick Zieminski and Jeffrey Benkoe)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/clearwire-sprint-set-120-million-breakup-fee-143311128--sector.html

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The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Blowouts in Bimini

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Ryan Lanza: Connecticut School Shooter Identified

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Morrisons appoints Trevor Strain as finance director

Two-year-old Olivia Gillies was born with a potentially life-threatening?condition that caused her tongue to grow uncontrollably. Now, after her third surgery, she can finally smile, and doctors believe the dangerous symptom of her condition is under control. Gillies was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, a genetic...

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Why I Think You'll Like Jennifer Fulwiler's 'Minor Revisions ...

Sooo?Jen has a reality show that debuts tonight.?It?s called?Minor Revisions.

While Jen found it a little bit awkward to tell you about this new mini-series of hers, I?m tickled pink to tell you why I think you?ll love the series. She gave me a little sneak preview since we both engage with atheists and we both are?converts. We have other things in common: We both are fascinated by science, we both have a lot of little kids, and we both have a fondness for Texas. She lives there, I grew up there. She hates the scorpions that invade her house; I hate the spiders that compete for mine.

Anyway, here are three things (in true Jennifer Fulwiler bullet point style) that I think you?ll like ? no love! ? about her mini-series ?Minor Revisions.? These are things that I did not expect, pleasant surprises.

1. ?There are pictures of her as a little girl.?I love those kind of pictures. Like so many people, when I read Jen?s blog,?Conversion Diaries,?and when I read her commentary on current events and other things at National Catholic Register, I connect with her personally. I understand her, I am pulled in by her perspective and pushed to think about it more deeply. I sometimes feel as though I might call her up and invite her for coffee until I remember that we live about 1,750 miles apart. Seeing pictures of the young Jen Fulwiler, the bright young atheist who wasn?t afraid to ask questions and read about new things, and who seems to have always had a keyboard at her fingertips, gave me a fuller appreciation for who she is. Childhood pictures are so endearing.

2. You get to meet her husband! I?ve only really seen him in the short clips on Jen?s blog dressed in a banana suit, but he is very handsome in his business suit sitting at his lawyer-ly desk. Joe talks about the early days of conversion and how the young family set out to find a church, narrowing it down to the ?richest church in Austin? or the ?prettiest church in Austin.? I cracked up watching Jen watch him as he talked about it. He did all this research to find a few churches, and after Jen attended them, she walked out and said, ?No.? I can so relate! My poor husband could probably share a laugh or two with Mr. Fulwiler. Jen may be the only person in the world who posed more questions to her husband than I did during the conversion process. Every answer revealed a million more questions. If you were touched by Jen and Joe?s ?Five Years Later? story, one of the most popular posts on her blog, you?ll enjoy the segment where they talk about their conversion together.

3. I have long been curious about Jen?s father. I know he is atheist, and that he raised Jen as an atheist. It?s obvious in her stories that she is extremely fond of him and all that he taught her. (As an aside, he served as a Special Forces HALO instructor, a training my husband also completed, and something I cannot imagine ever doing.) I have often wondered if the relationship was strained because Jen converted, but then I realized that it probably is not because Jen is so honest and humble. After I got over my self-righteous back-patting and found a little humility, I realized that my conversion taught me to appreciate my non-Catholic family members more?for all the right and true foundations they embrace.?Her father is clearly a man of integrity, honor, and intelligence, such admirable virtues for anyone to hope to attain, and seeing them together was beautiful thing.

In the first episode of Minor Revisions,?Jen has a mini-debate with her father about religion, faith, astronomy, the Big Bang, and what kind of evidence he would need to know God exists. They have it in front of a telescope in an observatory. (You?ll have to watch to find out why they were there.) While the conversation was frank, it is a good example to everyone that you can have these discussions and still care about each other. How ecumenical.

Pope Paul VI said in his 1964 encyclical on unity and the Church that our dialogue should respect the dignity of other people. We should never use even the slightest bit of coercion to evangelize, just as Christ and His Apostles never used coercion and let the persuasive power of truth speak for itself.

Our dialogue must be accompanied by that meekness which Christ bade us learn from Himself: ?Learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart.? It would indeed be a disgrace if our dialogue were marked by arrogance, the use of bared words or offensive bitterness. What gives it its authority is the fact that it affirms the truth, shares with others the gifts of charity, is itself an example of virtue, avoids peremptory language, makes no demands. It is peaceful, has no use for extreme methods, is patient under contradiction and inclines towards generosity. (Ecclesiam Suam, 81)

After a healthy debate on issues that can often leave people angry with each other, they hugged, and concluded an enjoyable outing together. Something her father said about Jen really stuck with me though, and I want to point it out so that you watch for it. Although he does not share her beliefs, her father said that he is proud of Jen for her commitment and sincerity in her Catholic faith. ?She?s not being a ?just-in-case? Christian,? he said, ?she?s into it 100%.? Jen and her family do not go to church ?just in case? there?s a God and they might have to answer for it; they go because it is the center of their lives. What a good reminder that how we live speaks more loudly than what we say.

If you watch the first episode tonight, I would love to hear your thoughts. Blessings, Jen, to you and your family. Thanks for sharing your lives with us!

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Minor Revisions is a three-part special that will air on?December 13,?December 20, and?January 10, all at?8 PM EST (7 PM CST). It starts tonight, and you can watch it online live here.?It will also air on the NET network in the NYC area (TimeWarner Ch 97 & Cablevision Ch 30), and it will be available as an on-demand show for Verizon FiOS subscribers. Though there may be reruns, it won?t be archived online, so be sure to catch it live! More info here.

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Golden Globe Nominations: The Full List

Spielberg's 'Lincoln' leads as nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are announced.
By Kevin P. Sullivan

Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"
Photo: 20th Century FOX

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698839/golden-globe-nominations-2013.jhtml

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Horse Racing Guide For Future Owners ? Recreation and Sports ...

Many people have always been wishing to come up with activities that would serve as a form of recreation. In the olden days, racing has been among the best events that bring about the best adrenaline rush a crowd could ever encounter. They used to be purely for entertainment to see which of the competitors is the most well-trained and well-bred. They have been converted into games of chance which involve bets that have been legalized by the states these days. You ought to get hold of a proper horse racing guide which will show you what you need to learn about investing in this industry so that you can end up the winner and profitable from this sport.

The Horses

It takes a specific one to be able to compete in derbies but there are lots of different types and breeds that exist nowadays. The most suitable breed for this sport is called the thoroughbred, and they are perfectly known for their spirit, speed, and agility. These characteristics are very essential in the quest for success therefore most owners would find these animals expensive to purchase, maintain, and train. The purity of their bloodlines has a big impact in dictating their market value. If a steed comes from a family of well-known champions, they could eventually set you back a small fortune.

Training and Maintenance

In order to keep it in shape for the upcoming games, it would require the services of a very good trainer. A good trainer is also expensive to employ because of the tedious nature of his job. You would also need a good veterinarian on your crew in order to keep your steed strong and healthy. They have to be fed with only the best to be able to have the energy and strength to complete the course and combined with vaccinations, vitamins, and meals, they all cost a lot of money too. So that it will have a shiny coat and be free from disease so that it will appear well taken care of, another individual or two is also tasked to clean and groom the horse.

Jockeys

A jockey is a very integral part of your team because he will be the person who will lead your mare or stallion to drive his limits. He could be able to get your steed to win if all goes well. It is therefore important for him in order to connect properly with the equine and use that connection to obtain the racing horse to complete the course with flying colors.

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Benefits of Taking a Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour

If you are tired of the same old tourist spots in Las Vegas, then you will want to check out some of the Grand Canyon helicopter flights out there. As soon as you have found the perfect choice for these air tours, you can prepare for a memorable experience.

One thing you will find is that these helicopter flights can come out of Las Vegas, Nevada, directly. Of course, you will need to ensure that you have a company that has a great reputation and a fleet of their own helicopters. More importantly, avoid the kiosks that sell tickets for these flights. These are run by brokers who are filling orders for new companies or trying to fill cancellations that occurred last minute.

Since there are different flights for these air tours, the prices that they charge for their Grand Canyon tours can vary. While a landing tour is going to be a little more expensive, you are going to find that it gives you a better experience of the Canyon itself. Of these tours, the most popular choice descends 3,500 feet into the depths of the canyon. You'll also have the chance to experience the popular Skywalk at the canyon without restrictions.

You will want to note that these helicopter rides coming from Las Vegas can only go to the West Rim, which is a 120 miles one way. The South Rim of the canyon comes in at 270 miles away from Las Vegas and this is beyond the range of a helicopter. Those looking to reach the South Rim, will want to look into the tours that include a 45-minute airplane flight. This is your best bet as the bus ride tour will take you about five and a half hours.

But which rim should you go to? To answer this, you will need to consider your budget and the time you have available. Both rims will also play an important part of this decision. For example, the South Rim has natural elements of beauty, while the West Rim is known for its thrills and it is the only place in the Grand Canyon where you can land at the base of the canyon.

Total flight times will also vary from one company to the next. There are longer flights that allow you to see more of the canyon. Some of these tours will have a Grand Canyon expert narrating it.

Everything will depend on the company that you choose, keeping in mind that some of these companies will offer you a reduced price and offer personalized attention. Often, these deals can be found online, long before you arrive in the area. While you are looking online, you will also find some of the less advertised flights.

More people are finding out that exploring the Grand Canyon by helicopter is a great way to spend a day. The shortest trip you can find will last around 3.5 hours and will work perfectly for those not wanting to devote an entire day to this experience. Typically, lunch, shuttle service and other important features are included in the price of your trip.

There is no doubt that even without paying full price, you are getting a great helicopter tour at a great price. You'll find that online there are plenty of discounts, just be sure to book online to get these amazing rates.

Travel writer Calista Varney is an expert on helicopter tours to the Grand Canyon. If you are interested in flying, she recommends checking out these great deals now: http://www.grandcanyonhelicopters.org/hot-deals

Source: http://articles.submityourarticle.com/benefits-of-taking-a-grand-canyon-helicopter-tour-306548

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Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' Trailer: Watch Now!

Giant robots battle giant monsters in trailer for horror filmmaker's brand new 3-D epic.
By Josh Wigler

Charlie Hunnam in the "Pacific Rim" trailer
Photo: Warner Bros.

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Northern Rock AM to refund 270 million pounds to customers

LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Rock Asset Management, the state-owned remnant of defunct lender Northern Rock plc, is refunding 270 million pounds of interest payments to customers, the government said on Tuesday.

The refund is "likely to increase public sector net borrowing for 2012/2013", Treasury Economic Secretary Sajid Javid said in a statement to Britain's parliament.

Northern Rock Asset Management estimates that 152,000 customers will receive refunds, a Treasury spokesman told Reuters.

The refunds are "not expected to delay materially" the timing of Northern Rock Asset Management's repayment of 19.6 billion of government funding, Javid said.

The refunds are being made because Northern Rock failed to make mandatory disclosures in loan documentation and customer letters.

Affected customers are now being refunded for all the interest they paid after the mistakes were made in 2008. The mistakes pre-date the separation of Northern Rock plc and Northern Rock Asset Management.

(Reporting by Laura Noonan, Editing by Sinead Cruise)

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HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering case

LONDON (AP) ? HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.9 billion to settle a U.S. money-laundering probe.

Europe's largest bank by market value will pay the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank after facing accusations it transferred funds through the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations such as Iran that are under international sanctions.

It's the latest scandal to hit banks over recent years since the financial crisis started in 2008. Hours earlier, Standard Chartered PLC, another British bank, signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle a money laundering investigation involving Iran with a $340 million payment.

"These banks are operating in an environment where you can't afford to have uncertainty attached to your name, and they are dependent on confidence from their investors," said Sabine Bauer, director of financial institutions at Fitch Ratings. "And that makes them keen to get past such events very quickly and settle."

Despite the high price of the settlement, markets greeted the HSBC's swift agreement. HSBC Holdings PLC's share price in London was trading 0.2 percent higher at 642 pence. Standard Chartered's was flat at 1,498 pence.

Analysts said two British-based banks will be able to absorb the cost of the settlements.

According to Shore Capital analyst Gary Greenwood, the penalties are equivalent to around 9 percent of each company's 2012 pretax profits.

"The certainty is clearly welcome and helps to draw a line under the situation," said Greenwood. "In terms of knock-on effects, we think it is likely to lead to higher ongoing compliance costs and perhaps some minor loss of business in the U.S, but nothing that will be particularly material to either company."

Banks are facing greater scrutiny since the financial crisis. A string of banking scandals have highlighted lax oversight and a culture of arrogance and entitlement.

Money laundering by banks has become a priority target for U.S. law enforcement. Since 2009, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Lloyds, and ING have all paid big settlements related to allegations that they moved money for people or companies that were on the U.S. sanctions list.

HSBC conceded that its anti-money laundering measures were inadequate and that it has taken big steps in beefing up its controls. The bank also said it has reached agreements over investigations by other U.S. government agencies and expects to sign an agreement with British regulators shortly.

"We accept responsibility for our past mistakes," said HSBC Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver. "We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again."

A U.S. law enforcement official said the sum HSBC was paying would include $1.25 billion in forfeiture ? the largest ever in a case involving a bank ? and $655 million in civil penalties.

Under what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement, the financial institution will be accused of violating the Bank Secrecy Act and the Trading With the Enemy Act, the official said. The source spoke only on condition of anonymity because officials were not authorized to speak about the matter on the record.

In return for being spared prosecution, HSBC said it would continue to strengthen its compliance policies and procedures. Its performance will be evaluated by an independent monitor over the 5-year term of the agreement with the Department of Justice, which has used such arrangements in cases involving large corporations, notably in settlements of foreign bribery charges.

"The HSBC of today is a fundamentally different organization from the one that made those mistakes," said HSBC's Gulliver. "Over the last two years, under new senior leadership, we have been taking concrete steps to put right what went wrong and to participate actively with government authorities in bringing to light and addressing these matters."

Last summer, a Senate investigation concluded that HSBC's lax controls exposed it to money laundering and terrorist financing.

In regard to HSBC and Mexico, the Senate investigative committee reported that in 2007 and 2008 HSBC Mexico sent about $7 billion in cash to the United States. It said such a large amount indicated illegal drug proceeds.

HSBC affiliates also skirted U.S. government bans on financial transactions with Iran and other countries, according to the report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. And HSBC's U.S. division provided money and banking services to some banks in Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh thought to have helped fund al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, the report said.

The report also blamed U.S. regulators, claiming they knew the bank had a poor system to detect problems but failed to take action.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the committee chairman, cited instances in which HSBC had promised to fix deficiencies after being sanctioned by regulators but failed to follow through.

Levin also said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the U.S. agency that oversees the biggest banks, tolerated HSBC's weak controls against money laundering for years and said agency examiners who had raised concerns were overruled by their superiors.

HSBC, which had a 2011 net income of $16.8 billion and operates in about 80 countries, has grown quickly in recent years by acquiring banks around the world that became its affiliates. Its far-flung affiliates operated with a degree of autonomy that left top bank officials with less than full authority and control, experts say. Each affiliate had its own officer to oversee compliance with laws to prevent money laundering.

Nigel Morris-Cotterill, head of the Anti Money Laundering Network, a consultancy, said international banks face conflicts between laws and regulations in different countries.

"There are times when the lines are blurred, when you're not clear exactly where the edge is," he said. "If you step over the edge you get slapped, but often you don't know where the edge is."

On Monday, HSBC announced that Robert Werner, a former head of the Treasury Department agencies responsible for sanctions against terrorist financing and money laundering, is taking a new position in HSBC as head of group financial crime compliance and group money-laundering reporting officer. Werner has been head of global standards assurance since August.

In January, HSBC hired Stuart Levey, a former Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, as its chief legal officer. And a former policy adviser in the Obama administration, Preeta Bansal, in October became HSBC's global general counsel for litigation and regulatory affairs.

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Marcy Gordon in Washington, D.C. and Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this report. Yost contributed from Washington, D.C.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hsbc-pay-1-9b-settle-money-laundering-case-082217069--finance.html

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Report Copyright ViolationOK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...I am an extreme critical thinker an have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills (again, no BS). I have been drawn to this site because of its acuity and ability for insight, News is often news here before it's news elsewhere. I like that. Non-filtered I guess.

Anyway, I just talked with my "other" about an episode at a local store two days ago.

We entered and after about five minutes I said everything "feels" weird." Now keep in mind she knows how I analyze things and am more intense than most because of who I am. But she knows nothing of this site and its undue influences on perception. It is easy to fall down the rabbit hole here. Only the strong survive this vortex and stay here. Others leave or are velcroed into the "doom that may come at any moment anxiety."

So my story. The store was at normal capacity but we felt crowded, more than should be appropriate given the number of people. Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there. They really seemed like "almost" Zombies.

Leaving we spoke about how we felt light headed (like nitrous at a dentist). Then today I was teaching, all was fine. As soon as I left the building I was light headed again, almost like I smoked something. This lasted until I got into my car.

I just talked to my wife about it and it made me think of Faraday Cages. I was fine once insulated. I teach that we are are all only energy-nothing more.

People of Science please respond. I know you are here. One professional to another- I would like your academic input. Thank you.

***Also please denote your expertise so I get a sense of where you are coming from. You could easily lie but integrity is something that is easy to lose and is hard to regain. Those that have lost it are easily spotted as are those that never had it.***

Your thoughts...

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Have your liver checked.

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Sorry.
In my haste, I neglected to say that in the store she thought the same thing. She actually was afraid to say anything because she thought it was just her and that I would pick on her for being anxious. After I said I felt weird, we even talked about how the lighting seemed to be glossy and everything was like a dream- like it wasn't really happening. No drink, no drugs. just a trip to the store that we have done a thousand times before. This time was different.

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I dont know whats causing it, but I am having similiar episodes, though I get them inside the house as well. Out of nowhere I get an out of it feeling, like the feeling you get after you smoke a bowl and its just hitting you, though I havent smoked. It can last a few seconds to a couple minutes usually. i also get a strange pressure in my head. If I had to guess it would be that something is up with the sun or other magnetic forces.

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your breathing fumes from crack cocaine somehow someplace and its screwing you up

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Electrical Engineer in the Aerospace industry here.

Have your liver checked.

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Her's too I guess. Dunno if the liver's the issue. Seriously felt it in the head. Almost a "Floaty" feeling.

Also that doen;s operationally define the other shoppers' behavior. Why was everyone "almost" running into other shoppers? Strange Days...

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I teach that we are are all only energy-nothing more.

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Let me add something, that may change your views.

There's cases of people being taken outside their body, not always, but at times by a near death experience.

A psychologist, may now say, the NDE experience, was nothing more than the product of the subconscious.

But, here's why this is impossible.

There's many cases now of people leaving their body, and then finding out information, that was impossible to know about, but, was then researched and verified to be true.

For example, here's a true account, a little girl was taken out of her body, and then goes to a heavenly location. She then sees many deceased residing here. She also learns of information, about them, that was impossible to know about, for example the exact details of their death, name, etc.

After returning to her body, this little 4 year old girl, shares information with her family, about one of the deceased person she saw (although she even shared about multiple people), his name, exact details of his death (not mere generalizations). Her family, didn't know how to respond. Based on what the little girl shared, they hunted the newspaper, to find out about this boy. All she shared was verified to be true down to the exact details, including the boy's name, details of his death, and even shared information about the boy's family members.

This isn't an isolated case, there's more like this.

In addition, for something to be statistically significant, the probability has to be p < .05.

Now consider this, many who went to this heavenly location, had all described seeing the exact same thing, which is flowers singing, and often singing praises to God.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...I am an extreme critical thinker an have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills (again, no BS). I have been drawn to this site because of its acuity and ability for insight, News is often news here before it's news elsewhere. I like that. Non-filtered I guess.

Anyway, I just talked with my "other" about an episode at a local store two days ago.

We entered and after about five minutes I said everything "feels" weird." Now keep in mind she knows how I analyze things and am more intense than most because of who I am. But she knows nothing of this site and its undue influences on perception. It is easy to fall down the rabbit hole here. Only the strong survive this vortex and stay here. Others leave or are velcroed into the "doom that may come at any moment anxiety."

So my story. The store was at normal capacity but we felt crowded, more than should be appropriate given the number of people. Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there. They really seemed like "almost" Zombies.

Leaving we spoke about how we felt light headed (like nitrous at a dentist). Then today I was teaching, all was fine. As soon as I left the building I was light headed again, almost like I smoked something. This lasted until I got into my car.

I just talked to my wife about it and it made me think of Faraday Cages. I was fine once insulated. I teach that we are are all only energy-nothing more.

People of Science please respond. I know you are here. One professional to another- I would like your academic input. Thank you.

***Also please denote your expertise so I get a sense of where you are coming from. You could easily lie but integrity is something that is easy to lose and is hard to regain. Those that have lost it are easily spotted as are those that never had it.***

Your thoughts...

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person of science here, frankly you seem like a self absorbed twat.

did you really say "have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills "

wow, grow up, noone gives a shit. seriously. Your mom was impressed, noone else give a shit.

bye.

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Sorry.
In my haste, I neglected to say that in the store she thought the same thing. She actually was afraid to say anything because she thought it was just her and that I would pick on her for being anxious. After I said I felt weird, we even talked about how the lighting seemed to be glossy and everything was like a dream- like it wasn't really happening. No drink, no drugs. just a trip to the store that we have done a thousand times before. This time was different.

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Hmmm...

Were there more people there than normal? If so, this may make sense due to the holiday season.

If there were more people there than normal, although not consciously choosing to do this, you may have been extra alert and observant of everyone, which may be a survival instinct. What you stated here, makes me believe so:

Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there. They really seemed like "almost" Zombies.

Now, you're already in a profession, where you have to analyze and be observant of a situation.

Now you're probably familiar with people who are in 'the zone', or the book 'Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience'.

You're awareness is in the present moment, which from your comments, it appeared you were in. And all the activities:
Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there.

Made you go into this state.

Another key of this flow state, is that your involved in an activity, that's not overly difficult, or overly easy. And again, in your case, dodging the people / carts.

The people have always appeared like 'zombies'. Only now, your heightened awareness, and flow state, made you observe them more so, than normal.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Open your heart, its your inner brain. Your fucking up. You might be one, not everything can be explained in a book. Dam dude we need people like you to believe. I am not crazy I hold a job I pay my own. I am the boss for what its worth. BUT TO THIS DAY EVEN MY FAMILY SAY I AM CRAZY. DO NOT REFUSE YOUR GIFT.Anonymous Coward
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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...I am an extreme critical thinker an have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills (again, no BS). I have been drawn to this site because of its acuity and ability for insight, News is often news here before it's news elsewhere. I like that. Non-filtered I guess.

Anyway, I just talked with my "other" about an episode at a local store two days ago.

We entered and after about five minutes I said everything "feels" weird." Now keep in mind she knows how I analyze things and am more intense than most because of who I am. But she knows nothing of this site and its undue influences on perception. It is easy to fall down the rabbit hole here. Only the strong survive this vortex and stay here. Others leave or are velcroed into the "doom that may come at any moment anxiety."

So my story. The store was at normal capacity but we felt crowded, more than should be appropriate given the number of people. Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there. They really seemed like "almost" Zombies.

Leaving we spoke about how we felt light headed (like nitrous at a dentist). Then today I was teaching, all was fine. As soon as I left the building I was light headed again, almost like I smoked something. This lasted until I got into my car.

I just talked to my wife about it and it made me think of Faraday Cages. I was fine once insulated. I teach that we are are all only energy-nothing more.

People of Science please respond. I know you are here. One professional to another- I would like your academic input. Thank you.

***Also please denote your expertise so I get a sense of where you are coming from. You could easily lie but integrity is something that is easy to lose and is hard to regain. Those that have lost it are easily spotted as are those that never had it.***

Your thoughts...

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Have your liver checked.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...I am an extreme critical thinker an have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills (again, no BS). I have been drawn to this site because of its acuity and ability for insight, News is often news here before it's news elsewhere. I like that. Non-filtered I guess.

Anyway, I just talked with my "other" about an episode at a local store two days ago.

We entered and after about five minutes I said everything "feels" weird." Now keep in mind she knows how I analyze things and am more intense than most because of who I am. But she knows nothing of this site and its undue influences on perception. It is easy to fall down the rabbit hole here. Only the strong survive this vortex and stay here. Others leave or are velcroed into the "doom that may come at any moment anxiety."

So my story. The store was at normal capacity but we felt crowded, more than should be appropriate given the number of people. Carts were cutting off people at random. We had to dodge oncoming shoppers as if we weren't even there. They really seemed like "almost" Zombies.

Leaving we spoke about how we felt light headed (like nitrous at a dentist). Then today I was teaching, all was fine. As soon as I left the building I was light headed again, almost like I smoked something. This lasted until I got into my car.

I just talked to my wife about it and it made me think of Faraday Cages. I was fine once insulated. I teach that we are are all only energy-nothing more.

People of Science please respond. I know you are here. One professional to another- I would like your academic input. Thank you.

***Also please denote your expertise so I get a sense of where you are coming from. You could easily lie but integrity is something that is easy to lose and is hard to regain. Those that have lost it are easily spotted as are those that never had it.***

Your thoughts...

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28731888

person of science here, frankly you seem like a self absorbed twat.

did you really say "have almost perfect score on my GRE for analytical skills "

wow, grow up, noone gives a shit. seriously. Your mom was impressed, noone else give a shit.

bye.

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29414852

Ok I see where that comes across as eagerly egocentric. My apologies. I was only trying to offer s a sense of my ability to discern reality from influence-nothing more.
While I don't see myself as a "twat." My mother is proud of me. I am sorry that that is what you took from this post. I meant no disrespect or arrogance. I humbly submit to those that may have answers or common experiences.
My hope is that answers will arise from sound questioning and not redirectionist attacks derived from insolence or insolvent terpitude, It's late, I'm here to find solidarity-not judgement.

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phd in psychology is about as useful as a toilet paper roll

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Very similar experience today. I went into a treehugging type of market and wanted to pick up a few things. I kept having near misses with other shoppers - multiple times - and it was not even busy at around 1:30 pm on a weekday. This is unlike me and unlike my typical experience in this store or in general. I felt a little disoriented - and left as quickly as I could.

We are between worlds my friend.

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Lol!

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Very similar experience today. I went into a treehugging type of market and wanted to pick up a few things. I kept having near misses with other shoppers - multiple times - and it was not even busy at around 1:30 pm on a weekday. This is unlike me and unlike my typical experience in this store or in general. I felt a little disoriented - and left as quickly as I could.

We are between worlds my friend.

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Thanks for the honest post. Just weird. I couldn't get home fast enough. Kept thinking of needing to be near my kids. Unprotected feeling.

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12/10/2012 11:39 PM
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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Feeling "funny" is very disconcerting. We're being randomly bombarded with everything from gamma rays to cell phone radiation and probably intentionally by our govt, so it might not be so surprising that this is happening. Several times recently, while going to sleep, I've felt disoriented in bed. Not exactly bed-spin, but just a faint dissyness.

It probably wouldn't hurt to get your blood sugar levels checked, though.

Or maybe it's the Earth ascending to a higher dimension.

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One star bandit-really? Just saw that. Don't read the message or anything. At least have the B@lls to defend your reasoning.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Very similar experience today. I went into a treehugging type of market and wanted to pick up a few things. I kept having near misses with other shoppers - multiple times - and it was not even busy at around 1:30 pm on a weekday. This is unlike me and unlike my typical experience in this store or in general. I felt a little disoriented - and left as quickly as I could.

We are between worlds my friend.

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Thanks for the honest post. Just weird. I couldn't get home fast enough. Kept thinking of needing to be near my kids. Unprotected feeling.

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28731888

You are being treated like jack by some of the posters because of the GRE comment and the PhD reference. I know you were just trying to establish your bona fides, but that is the deal here.

Anyway, almost everything boils down to psychology so it is a helpful degree. However, I don't think psychologists know 5% of what is going on ultimately. There is much more going on than is apparent through the scientific method.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...I have a business degree from a top midwestern university, but my opinion has nothing to do with my academic education.

Over the past few years, I have discerned that I have a gift of being a medical intuit. I have checked my prognosis against medical tests on myself and others, and the medical tests have confirmed my suspicions.

As for the OP and what one person said about your heart... your heart is fine, but your wife's is not as good as it should be.

As for the post about checking your liver... OP needs liver support but wife's liver is fine. OP most likely drinks too much and it has affected your liver.

As for checking your blood sugar... both of you have no real issues with blood sugar at this time.

I had a similar experience about two weeks ago where I walked into a gas station to purchase some coffee and I became dazed. I temporarily forgot what I came in to get, and then spilled my coffee everywhere. An attendant helped me clean it up, but this person seemed to be just as clumsy as me. Once I left the station, I was fine.

I have discerned that I have issues with my thyroid, which is the master gland that affects every bodily function in some capacity. My thyroid was more troubled in the gas station than usual.

OP and wife have issues with thyroid also... you might want to check your basal body temperature as I suspect that you are both below normal ( below 98.6 F)

LisaDiane

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...Very similar experience today. I went into a treehugging type of market and wanted to pick up a few things. I kept having near misses with other shoppers - multiple times - and it was not even busy at around 1:30 pm on a weekday. This is unlike me and unlike my typical experience in this store or in general. I felt a little disoriented - and left as quickly as I could.

We are between worlds my friend.

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8625642

Thanks for the honest post. Just weird. I couldn't get home fast enough. Kept thinking of needing to be near my kids. Unprotected feeling.

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28731888

You are being treated like jack by some of the posters because of the GRE comment and the PhD reference. I know you were just trying to establish your bona fides, but that is the deal here.

Anyway, almost everything boils down to psychology so it is a helpful degree. However, I don't think psychologists know 5% of what is going on ultimately. There is much more going on than is apparent through the scientific method.

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I agree. My intent was to establish that I was nott some basement dweller that had no real world experience, but that I was capable of real critical thought and was trained in serious scientific methodology. My belief was that GLP had some thinkers and that my post may provoke some serious replies and not just conjecture. From my P.O.V, things just feel weird and I want to know if any other valid people have seen likewise. Thanks for your insight.

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Dude, those dizzies you were feeling are from the energy waves we're getting from space. The Galactics say those dizzies indicate a change in our body's frequency as we prepare for ascension.

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Report Copyright ViolationRe: OK, No BS, Psychology PhD. Here. Strange experiences over the last week and reaching out...There is a concept called "kundalini" which may deserve a read, it is mostly an eastern religious concept but it has been explored by modern psychiatrists including Carl Jung.

Anyways "kundalini" is capable of superactivating glutamatergic and serotonergic neuron networks, causing odd changes in perception and sense of self. Keep in mind that the experience you described would have to be the "lower end" of kundalini capability.

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Additionally, I've gotten the dizzies too. They last for a little while. Some more intense than others. The Galactics say that we should expect these sensations and just go with the flow. Cheers.

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The wave of energy I have ready about recently makes sense. I have been reading about booms in SC and other areas in the South East US. I'm in VA. They said that it felt like a wave of energy, and not just shaking and a boom (compression). This was definitely an "energized" feeling, but unsettling, not empowering. Galactic cloud or alignment issues. I don't know. just my (our) experiences here, so far.

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"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." ~
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I agree. My intent was to establish that I was nott some basement dweller that had no real world experience, but that I was capable of real critical thought and was trained in serious scientific methodology.
...

?Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28731888

The only folks who wouldn't be impressed by a near perfect GRE are those who never took it. ;-`)
I find it impressive, and indeed it set the tone for your OP.

Interesting topic. Your description leads me to think of some airborne contaminant as your sensibilities returned once you left the environment. I am aware of EMF pollution and its purposeful distortion of natural frequencies. It would not surprise me if a chemical agent is added to artificial environments to effect a desired outcome in human behaviour.
Las Vegas casinos over-oxygenate certain areas, I wouldn't put it past them to chemically-treat the air beyond adding oxygen.

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I am in Train in Tokyo,
all Seats occupied but no one
is really standing, some People talk,
some look into their mobile Phone,
a few Sleep and a few just watch out
of the Train, it is a beautiful day here
in Japan, all looks more than normal,
except me; i listen to Can, Tagomago!

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if you see my ex tell her she's a bitch for me, thx

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