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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 16:39:49 GMT
www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2019/07/02/the-st-louis-county-swat-team-blasted-a-dog-now-the-county-owes-750000 The St. Louis County SWAT Team Blasted a Dog. Now the County Owes $750,000Posted By Danny Wicentowski on Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:24 PM ore than five years after a St. Louis County SWAT Team raided her home in order to conduct a property inspection related to a missed gas bill, Angela Zorich is walking away with a $750,000 settlement — and promises of change from the police department. The settlement, reached earlier today, follows a lengthy civil case that finally went to trial in federal court last month. The settlement stands out — the exact financial figure is often kept confidential between the two parties, especially when one of those parties is a police department. According to Dan Kolde, one of attorneys who represented Zorich, the settlement is among the largest ever reached in a case of a U.S. cop shooting a dog. And that should send a message to police departments not just around St. Louis, "but across the United States," he says. "This happens a lot, this is a routine occurrence where police shoot a family dog," says Kolde, who specializes in cases involving animals. "We hope that St. Louis County takes a very hard look at its use of its tactical operations unit. Sending a SWAT team out for an unpaid gas bill, and a deck that maybe needs some repair, we consider to be overkill. Shooting someone's pet is not an acceptable response." Granted, the SWAT raid was connected to more than a gas bill. As RFT first reported in 2015, the official police incident report indicated that members of the county SWAT team had been informed pre-raid that the two occupants of the home had "extensive violent history [sic] and were known to be armed and violent." The raid took place in the early afternoon of April 29, 2014. Officers burst through the unlocked front door to Zorich's home in south St. Louis County, which a county property inspector had deemed an official nuisance after a previous visit. According to the police incident report, once inside the home, a member of the SWAT team spotted the family pet, a white pit bull named Kiya, "running full speed toward him and his team." The officer fired two two-round bursts from his rifle, killing Kiya.
"I was devastated," Zorich says now. "This has haunted me for over five years. It was an extremely violent raid." But rather than overkill, deploying a SWAT team to serve a property inspection was standard practice for the department. That may lead to some changes: St. Louis county attorney Priscilla Gunn told St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnis Tony Messenger that the county is "making changes because of this incident," though what those changes are — beyond "more risk assessment" than currently performed for SWAT deployments — is unclear. After the long legal fight, Zorich credits the settlement in part to Jim Crosby, a retired Florida cop and expert witness who testified that, based on his analysis, Kiya had in fact been shot in the side or back. (At trial, additional evidence contradicted the police narrative: Kolde tells RFT that they recovered a photo of Kiya showing exit wounds that couldn't be made if the pet was in a forward change.) Without Crosby, Zorich believes her case would have been lost at trial. " Now," she says, "we know that my Kiya was shot in the back, trying to run away from them."
Asked about the significance of the settlement, Zorich answers, "Money is great, but to see positive changes occur in St. Louis County, I definitely want that to be a part of it too."
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Post by Clifford on Jul 13, 2019 19:17:05 GMT
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Post by Clifford on Jul 13, 2019 21:04:30 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Jul 13, 2019 22:20:33 GMT
I hope you don't mind, Crystal. I stole your Facebook post. Now that Ross Perot is gone, I can tell this story Written by Rick Perry, Contributor | July 12, 2019
This week, the nation remembers Ross Perot for his success in business, his two independent White House bids and his no-nonsense, straight Texas talk. His love of country, larger-than-life personality and generosity are all part of his legacy that will live on. But there is another little-known part of the life of Ross Perot that should be told now that he is gone. He was a tireless, but private, supporter of our wounded veterans.
During my time as governor of this great state, I had the honor and privilege of knowing countless warriors who stepped forward to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan and returned home with horrific wounds of war. U.S. Army Cpl. Alan Babin Jr. is one such hero.
While serving in Iraq in 2003 as a medic in the 82nd Airborne, Alan was shot in the abdomen while tending to a fallen comrade. While Alan survived his injury, he faced a long and difficult road to recovery, complicated by the onset of meningitis and a stroke-induced coma that left him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
On the one-year anniversary of his wounding, I joined Alan and his family for a small gathering. He was still in very bad shape, neurologically and physically incapacitated. When I asked his mother, Rosie, what I could do to help, she said she was eager to get him out of the hospital and back home, but struggling with the prospect of transporting Alan to his many medical visits.
I knew there was one person to call: Ross Perot. What happened next still amazes me to this day. The next morning, Ross personally called Rosie and made arrangements for his plane to pick up the Babins in Austin and fly them to Dallas where Alan could be seen by leading neurologists at Zale Lipshy University Hospital.
When the hospital elevators opened, Ross was standing there to meet Alan personally and ensure that he got the best of care. Later that day, Rosie was handed a key to a hotel room across the street so she could be close to Alan throughout his extended stay.
It didn't stop there.
When Rosie returned to the family home in Round Rock for her daughter's prom, Ross visited privately with Alan to sit with him and make sure he wasn't alone.
Ross Perot visits wounded veteran Alan Babin. (Rosie Babin)
After three weeks in Dallas, Alan and Rosie returned home to Austin on Ross' plane. When they arrived home, a fully customized luxury conversion van equipped with a wheelchair lift was waiting for them in their driveway.
Later when they spoke, Ross told Rosie two things: "One phone call is all you ever need to make if you need anything. Now, I want you to focus on Alan." And that is exactly what happened.
In 2005, when Alan needed to return to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Ross flew the Babins to Washington, D.C., and arranged for a private ambulance to pick him up on the tarmac and transport him to the hospital.
Today, Alan and his parents live together in a specially adapted smarthome provided by the generosity of another great champion of our wounded warriors, Gary Sinise. Thanks to the support of patriots like Gary and Ross, Alan has progressed in his limited physical ability to become an accomplished adaptive skier, hand cyclist and golfer.
Over the years, Rosie has come to call those who rushed to Alan's aid "Alan's Angels," but the title "Big Angel" is and will forever be reserved for Ross Perot.
While alive, Ross would have shunned any effort to grant him credit for his support of Alan and the untold others he quietly helped through unimaginably challenging times. But now that he is gone, everyone should know the quality of the man that our state, our nation and our wounded veterans have lost.
God bless Ross Perot.
Rick Perry is the former governor of Texas.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/12/rick-perry-now-ross-perot-gone-can-tell-story?fbclid=IwAR0zTmiFzjr1Om3jMEOX469UCzkT5UBOSOZ0TWV_nIOg5cQ4e5oqRmOD598
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Post by ZETAR on Jul 13, 2019 22:35:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 23:27:00 GMT
Shark Week 2019 Begins on July 28,
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Jul 14, 2019 0:01:25 GMT
I'm not bothered at all Swamprat. God bless Ross Perot, may he rest in peace.
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Jul 14, 2019 11:15:43 GMT
Good Sunday morning lovely UFOCasebookers,
The Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Feds warn UFO enthusiasts against storming Area 51: The military 'stands ready'
By Aris Folley 07/13/19 05:00 PM EDT
The Air Force gave a word of caution to the thousands of people planning to storm Area 51 in Nevada later this year, warning the UFO enthusiasts that the military “stands ready to protect America and its assets.”
Pressed by The Washington Post on Friday about how officials plan to respond to those who turn up to the Nevada base, Air Force spokeswoman Laura McAndrews declined to elaborate on specific details.
However, she did issue a warning to those who may be serious about a plan to infiltrate the Nevada Air Force base.
“[Area 51] is an open training range for the U.S. Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,” McAndrews told the paper.
“The U.S. Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets,” she added.
Conspiracy theorists have long believed that the government holds secret information about extraterrestrial life at Area 51. They also allege that the area has been the site of frequent UFO sightings.
More than 400,000 people have signed up to “storm Area 51” through a Facebook event page. More than 450,000 others have indicated interest in the event.
“We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry,” the event description reads. “If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens.”
As of Saturday afternoon, the event remains scheduled to take place on Sept. 20 at Area 51.
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/452949-feds-warns-ufo-enthusiasts-to-think-twice-about-storming-area
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Jul 14, 2019 11:18:01 GMT
RED WHITE AND DISCLOSURE
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2019 11:42:44 GMT
When you are bored with the ufo teasing..there is always something else to to get the juices flowing.. woohoo!www.lmtonline.com/news/articleComments/Couple-purchases-home-from-The-Conjuring-14088934.phpCouple purchases home from 'The Conjuring,' claims strange things keep happening
In what might just be one of the craziest real estate purchases of 2019, according to the Sun Journal, an adventurous couple from Mexico, Maine, has just purchased the real-life house that inspired the insane horror movie "The Conjuring." "The Conjuring" horror film series is based on the true story of the Perron family, who lived in the Harrisville, Rhode Island, home in the 1970s, and Ed and Lorraine Warren, the famous paranormal experts. After her husband's passing, Lorraine went on to be a major consultant for the film, as well as for the following prequels and sequels — making its premise eerily legitimate. In an interview with USA Today, Andrea Perron, the oldest of the five Perron daughters who lived in the home until 1980, still stands by her claim that evil spirits lived in the house with the family. In the same interview, Lorraine Warren speaks about the time she spent at the Harrisville farmhouse, including a séance that was performed. "The things that went on there were just so incredibly frightening," Lorraine said. "It still affects me to talk about it today." "I thought I was going to pass out," Andrea said about the experience. "My mother began to speak a language not of this world in a voice not her own. Her chair levitated and she was thrown across the room." The couple who recently bought the haunted home said they've had their fair share of strange experiences, as well but, luckily, no séances have occurred there — yet. “We had doors opening, footsteps and knocks,” Cory Heinzen, the new owner, said to the Sun Journal. “I’ve had a hard time staying there by myself. I don’t have the feeling of anything evil, (but) it’s very busy. You can tell there’s a lot of things going on in the house.” “This whole journey has been both scary — for many reasons other than paranormal — and exciting all at once,” Jennifer Heinzen said. “I love that we have the opportunity to share the home with others.” If the paranormal is your cup of tea, the couple said they plan to open up their new digs to horror tourists — and investigators — later this year after they perform an extensive renovation. But don't worry — they still plan to preserve the home and the story of "The Conjuring" that comes with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2019 16:28:30 GMT
Something kewl for Bastille day Sniper @ 12 oclock
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Post by swamprat on Jul 15, 2019 0:01:04 GMT
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Locating Potential ET Communication Networks in Space by Ross Davis | Posted July 14, 2019 3:30 PM
Green Bank Observatory ©GREEN BANK OBSERVATORY
There have been periodic efforts in recent decades to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), especially by trying to find an extraterrestrial (ET) radio signal or other technosignature in space. Yet, no such technosignatures have been found.
Considering the vastness of space, finding such technosignatures has been described as trying to find a needle in a cosmic haystack. To help resolve this, two hypotheses are proposed to aid SETI researchers in narrowing the search for ET technosignatures, based on a network analysis approach to locate where in space potential ET communication networks would most likely be. A potential ET communication network can use exoplanets as communication access points (e.g., placing a communication satellite into planetary orbit, or an antenna on a planetary surface).
The approach uses a topology where exoplanets are represented as nodes, and the lines of average distance (generalized communication paths) between adjacent exoplanets are represented as edges; the nodes and edges form local and wide planetary networks. Using the approach and data visualization on exoplanet databases can highlight locations of potential ET communication networks in space.
The first hypothesis posits that an ET technosignature would more likely appear in a potentially habitable solar system containing a high concentration of planets, wherein the planets function as communication access points to facilitate a potential ET communication network.
The second hypothesis posits that an ET technosignature would more likely appear in a highly concentrated cluster of potentially habitable solar systems. Contributions to the SETI field can be increased accuracy in finding ET technosignatures, increased accuracy in reaching a Schelling point (a mutual realization of how we and an ET intelligence can find each other), and promoting interdisciplinary SETI research.
astrobiology.com/2019/07/searching-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-by-locating-potential-et-communication-networks-in-space.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 7:05:56 GMT
It's the latest big scandal to rock corporate Japan. Kobe Steel (KBSTY), a century-old industrial giant, has admitted to falsifying data on products sold to top customers like Boeing (BA) and Toyota (TM).
It says as many as 500 companies could be affected, including manufacturers of Japan's famous bullet trains. Here's the lowdown on the crisis that's rippling through major industries around the globe: What happened? Essentially, Kobe employees faked reports to make it look as though products met the specifications requested by customers when in fact they didn't. The scandal initially concerned copper and aluminum parts, but has spread to steel products, too. It has raised doubts about thousands of tons of material shipped over a period of more than 10 years. For the aluminum and copper parts, false data was given about their strength and durability. "So Sorry!"
Which industries? K obe steel sells metal to all kinds of different businesses. Some of the main industries to which it has supplied the suspect products include aviation, automobiles, railways and nuclear power.
Who's affected?
In the aerospace industry, Boeing and Japan's Mitsubishi (MHVYF) both used Kobe parts made with falsified data in their aircraft. But the two companies insisted they don't believe the parts present a safety concern.
Japanese automakers Toyota (TM), Honda (HMC) and Nissan (NSANF) acknowledged they had used affected Kobe materials but were still assessing the consequences for their vehicles.
Ford (F) has said it found aluminum parts in the hood of its Mondeo model in China, but can't confirm if they were sourced during the affected period.
Other big companies -- including GM (GM), Mazda (MZDAF) and plane-maker Airbus (EADSF) -- said they haven't found any suspect parts so far but are combing their supply chains regardless.
edit..makes me wonder about the wtc steel....
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Jul 15, 2019 11:27:09 GMT
Good morning, good morning,
PHYS.org
July 15, 2019
Image: HiRISE spots Curiosity rover at Mars' Woodland Bay
by Andrew Good, NASA
A dramatic Martian landscape can be seen in a new image taken from space, showing NASA's Curiosity rover examining a location called "Woodland Bay." It's just one of many stops the rover has made in an area referred to as the "clay-bearing unit" on the side of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain inside of Gale Crater.
The image was taken on May 31, 2019, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck. Vera Rubin Ridge cuts across the scene north of the rover, while a dark patch of sand lies to the northeast.
Look carefully at the inset image, and you can make out what it is likely Curiosity's "head," technically known as the remote sensing mast. A bright spot appears in the upper-left corner of the rover. At the time this image was acquired, the rover was facing 65 degrees counterclockwise from north, which would put the mast in about the right location to produce this bright spot.
Mirror-like reflections off smooth surfaces show up as especially bright spots in HiRISE images. For the camera to see these reflections on the rover, the Sun and MRO need to be in just the right locations. This enhanced-color image of Curiosity shows three or four distinct bright spots that are likely such reflections.
phys.org/news/2019-07-image-hirise-curiosity-rover-mars.html
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Jul 15, 2019 11:44:28 GMT
Atlas Obscura
Found: 15 Wallets From the 1940s, Stolen and Stashed Behind a Bathroom Wall
The cash is gone, but a lot of memories remain.
by Matthew Taub July 10, 2019
If the walls of the former Centralia High School in Illinois could talk, they’d probably tell us the story of a bizarre crime wave that swept the campus in the 1940s. How else could 15 wallets from that decade end up stashed in an air duct in what was the women’s restroom?
Three weeks ago, an unsuspecting plumber—working on converting the old school building into a new space for the City Hope Church—pulled the wallets out of the bathroom wall as he tore it down for remodeling. Seth Baltzell, City Hope’s pastor, says the plumber found him in another part of the building and approached him with a cardboard box containing the wallets. It “took me a second to figure out what in the world he was saying,” says Baltzell, who had been hoping that the demolition work might turn up some historical surprises like these.
It’s probably not possible to know what happened with total certainty, but the “best we could tell” is that a thief was trying to “ditch the evidence” of the crimes, says Baltzell. In the clearest sign of sticky fingers at work, none of the wallets contained any paper currency when they were found, though they still hold a trove of precious personal effects. Then there’s the apparent fastidiousness with which the wallets were hidden: behind brass sheets insulating the duct within the wall, according to Baltzell. Surely they were being secreted.
more after the jump:
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stolen-wallet-stash-bathroom
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