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Post by Ak9 on Sept 13, 2019 23:50:21 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Sept 14, 2019 0:25:18 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 14, 2019 11:15:12 GMT
It's Saturday!
Happy Saturday everyone!
Crystal
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 14, 2019 11:16:05 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Sept 14, 2019 15:39:39 GMT
I tried calling her; she didn't answer. I'm really worried! This Ancient Belt Buckle Retrieved from ‘Russian Atlantis’ Looks Like a Bedazzled iPhone Case By Mindy Weisberger | Senior Writer | 2 days ago | History
The black belt buckle was studded with gems and resembled a decorative cellphone case.
A 2,100-year-old "iPhone" accompanied a woman into the afterlife, in a necropolis in what is now Siberia. (Image: © IHMC RAS/Pavel Leus)
From the depths of Russia's "Atlantis" — a famed archaeological site in southern Siberia that lies underwater for most of the year — archaeologists emerged with what looks like a like a jewel-studded case for an iPhone.
But the black rectangle, which measures about 7 inches (18 centimeters) long and around 4 inches (9 cm) wide, is no electronics accessory; it's an ancient belt buckle made of jet — a gemstone made from pressurized wood — inlaid with small beads of mother-of-pearl, carnelian and turquoise, The Siberian Times reported.
www.livescience.com/iphone-burial-russian-atlantis.html
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Post by swamprat on Sept 14, 2019 18:27:00 GMT
Saw this on Facebook. Never forget.
Saw a pretty amazing thing tonight at the gym. This firefighter was on the stair climber in full equipment, including his mask and oxygen tank. After about a half hour, I saw him finishing and taking his gear off so I went over to tell him how much I respected what he was doing. I figured he was training for a firefighter exam, but when I commented on it, he exclaimed, "110 floors! Took me 30 minutes, 10 seconds." 110 floors... OMG. It's September 11 and he had just climbed the equivalent of 110 floors like the firefighters did in the World Trade Center. Apparently, this is a tradition that many firefighters do to honor the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty that day. It's a helluva tribute! #110floors #september11 #neverforget
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Post by ZETAR on Sept 14, 2019 20:45:46 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Sept 14, 2019 20:55:51 GMT
U.S. Blames Iran for Attack on Saudi Oil Fields Jared Malsin
The Wall Street Journal. - Saturday, September 14, 2019
Coordinated drone strikes on the heart of the Saudi oil industry forced the kingdom to shut down half its crude production on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said, potentially roiling petroleum prices and demonstrating the power of Iran’s proxies.
Yemen’s Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels claimed credit for the attack, saying they sent 10 drones to strike at important facilities in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province. The production shutdown amounts to a loss of about five million barrels a day, the people said, roughly 5% of the world’s daily production of crude oil.
Officials said they hoped to restore production to its regular level of 9.8 million barrels a day by Monday.
The strikes mark the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s petroleum assets in recent months, as tensions rise among Iran and its proxies like the Houthis, and the U.S. and partners like Saudi Arabia. The attacks could drive up oil prices if the Saudis can’t turn production back on quickly and potentially rattle investor confidence in an initial public offering of the kingdom’s national oil company.
President Trump called Saudi Arabia’s day-to-day ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Saturday and said the U.S. was ready to “cooperate with the kingdom in supporting its security and stability,” according to the Saudi Press Agency, the official news service.
Prince Mohammed told Mr. Trump that Saudi Arabia “is willing and able to confront and deal with this terrorist aggression,” according to the agency.
The attacks happened a few days before world leaders are set to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where President Trump has said he is interested in meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to defuse tensions. Iran didn’t react to the attacks on Saturday, and officials have said Mr. Rouhani won’t meet with Mr. Trump until the U.S. lifts sanctions imposed after the president pulled out of the 2015 international nuclear deal.
Saturday’s attack was the largest yet claimed by the Houthis in terms of its overall impact on the Saudi economy, thrusting the petroleum industry into crisis in the world’s largest exporter of oil. The attack hit hundreds of miles away from their Yemen stronghold.
“The attack has been quite surprising for the mere amount of damage it caused,” said Fabian Hinz, an arms researcher at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, Calif.
“We have seen quite a few drone and missile attacks against Saudi infrastructure, but in most cases the actual damage caused has been quite minimal,” said Mr. Hinz.
The Saudi government called the strikes a terrorist attack and said it was investigating.
Analysts cautioned against accepting the Houthi claim of responsibility at face value. An attack in May on a Saudi oil-pumping station, which Saudi officials initially blamed on the Houthis and Iran, later turned out to have been launched by an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, according to U.S. officials.
Saudi officials aren’t sure the attack emanated from Yemen and were discussing on Saturday the possibility that the attack came from the north, according to people familiar with the matter.
Saudi oil officials said they were rushing to contain the damage as fires raged in two major oil facilities. Saudi Aramco, the national oil company, held an emergency board meeting on Saturday to manage the unfolding crisis, the people familiar with the matter said.
Disruptions in Saudi oil production could have ripple effects through the global economy, as the kingdom exports more crude petroleum than any other country.
Saudi officials are discussing drawing down their oil stocks to sell to foreign customers to ensure that world oil supplies aren’t disrupted, the people familiar with the matter said. The people said Saudi officials were trying to restore the production soon but gave no firm timetable.
The attacks hit Hijra Khurais, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil fields, which produces about 1.5 million barrels a day. They also hit Abqaiq, the world’s biggest crude stabilization facility, processing seven million barrels of Saudi oil a day, about 8% of the world’s total.
The damage at Abqaiq has knock-on effects throughout the kingdom’s oil fields because it is a collection point for much of its industry, turning crude oil into specific grades requested by customers. The Ghawar field, the world’s largest, and Shaybah, which produces one million barrels a day, also reported disruptions because of Abqaiq’s problems, said the people familiar with the matter.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The Houthis took control of Yemen’s capital, San’a, in 2014 during a civil war. Since then, a Saudi-led coalition has fought a war to unseat the Houthis and reinstate a government supported by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other regional powers.
In recent months the Houthis, along with Iranian-backed armed groups in Iraq, have intensified a campaign of missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, launching more than a dozen attacks at Saudi airports, a desalination plant and oil infrastructure. Suspected Houthi ordnance originating from the Yemeni border is launched at Saudi Arabia several times a week, a U.S. official said.
The strikes have put pressure on Saudi Arabia’s air defenses, as the Saudi government says it has shot down multiple drones and missiles.
The increasing sophistication of the drone and missile attacks this year have shown deepening cooperation between the Houthis and Iran as Tehran has sought ways to apply pressure on their Saudi and American adversaries, according to U.S. officials and analysts. The Iranian government denies controlling the Houthi movement.
A U.N. panel last year said there were “strong indications” that Iran was the source of Houthi missile and drone technology but didn’t directly accuse the Tehran government of providing the weaponry itself. It said Iran has failed to take the necessary measures to prevent such transfers.
Saturday’s attack also came amid a sharp escalation of hostilities in neighboring Yemen after a Saudi airstrike killed more than 100 people at a detention center on Sept. 1.
“We promise the Saudi regime that our future operations will expand and be more painful as long as its aggression and siege continue,” a Houthi spokesman said Saturday.
The strikes complicate U.N. and U.S. efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict, which has killed more than 10,000 people over the last four years. U.S. officials had quietly attempted to launch a back channel to the Houthis.
The Yemen war is a central front in a new and more aggressive foreign policy overseen by Prince Mohammed, who launched the intervention with a coalition of allied states in 2015. Under the prince’s watch, the kingdom also applied a blockade on neighboring Qatar, detained Lebanon’s prime minister, and sent a team of men to kill exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018.
A conservative kingdom with a Sunni Muslim majority, Saudi Arabia has been an opponent of Iran in a struggle for power across the broader Middle East since the 1979 revolution that toppled Iran’s monarchy.
The drone attacks on Aramco’s facilities are poorly timed for Aramco’s coming IPO and pose a challenge to oil officials after a changing of the guard in their leadership. The country’s rulers recently replaced Aramco’s chairman and the kingdom’s oil minister.
Aramco last week picked seven international banks to help it list on Saudi Arabia’s domestic exchange, an IPO that could value the company at about $2 trillion dollars and come before the end of the year.
The damage to Aramco facilities could affect investor appetite to buy into the company and its ultimate valuation, said John Sfakianakis, chief economist at the Gulf Research Center in Riyadh, a privately funded think tank.
But Aramco, the world’s most profitable firm, could also use this crisis to demonstrate its growing push for transparency and keep potential investors abreast of developments, said Mr. Sfakianakis, a former adviser to the kingdom’s finance ministry.
“There will be short term concern…The latest IPO announcement is being watched by all,” he said.
www.wsj.com/articles/drone-strikes-spark-fires-at-saudi-oil-facilities-11568443375?mod=hp_lead_pos1
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 15, 2019 11:24:12 GMT
Good morning lovely people,
Published on Sep 14, 2019
Bart De Bruyn
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Crystal
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 15, 2019 11:43:15 GMT
Solid gold toilet stolen from exhibit at palace near London
By Associated Press
Sep. 14, 2019 12:22 PM
LONDON — A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
The toilet, valued at roughly 1 million pounds ($1.25 million), was the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It had been installed only two days earlier at Blenheim Palace, west of London, after previously being shown to appreciative audiences at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Police said the toilet was taken early Saturday by thieves who used at least two vehicles. Because it had been connected to the palace’s plumbing system, police said the toilet’s removal caused “significant damage and flooding” to the building, a UNESCO World Heritage site filled with valuable art and furniture.
A 66-year-old man was arrested in the case, but he has not been identified or charged.
Inspector Richard Nicholls from Thames Valley Police said investigators believe the thieves left the spacious property about 4:50 a.m. and that the toilet was the only item taken. Closed circuit TV footage is being studied in the investigation.
Prior to the theft, visitors to the Cattelan exhibition could book a three-minute appointment to use the toilet. This had proved popular when the toilet was on display at the Guggenheim.
The artist intended the golden toilet to be a pointed satire about excessive wealth. Cattelan has previously said: “Whatever you eat, a $200 lunch or a $2 hot dog, the results are the same, toilet-wise.”
Last year, the chief curator at the Guggenheim offered to lend the golden toilet to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump when they asked to borrow a Van Gogh painting for their private White House quarters. Curator Nancy Spector had been critical of Trump in social media.
Saturday’s theft also comes after Edward Spencer-Churchill told a London newspaper that the golden toilet would not be very easy to steal, since it was connected to the palace’s plumbing.
“So no, I don’t plan to be guarding it,” he said.
Thames Valley police Detective Inspector Jess Milne said: “The artwork has not been recovered at this time, but we are conducting a thorough investigation to find it and bring those responsible to justice.”
Blenheim Palace said officials are “saddened” by the theft but “relieved no one was hurt.”
“We knew there was huge interest in the Maurizio Cattelan contemporary art exhibition, with many set to come and enjoy the installations,” the palace said in a tweet. “It’s therefore a great shame an item so precious has been taken, but we still have so many fascinating treasures in the palace and the remaining items of the exhibition to share.”
The building was closed to the public Saturday but the palace said normal operations will resume Sunday.
The stately home in Oxfordshire, 65 miles west of London, is popular with visitors and is occasionally used for special events including fashion shows and art exhibits.
www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-14/
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Post by thelmadonna on Sept 15, 2019 14:51:08 GMT
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Post by swamprat on Sept 16, 2019 0:57:05 GMT
Bud Light Releases Area 51-Inspired Cans By Nicole Drum - September 14, 2019
(Photo: Bud Light)
If there’s one thing that the late summer and early fall of 2019 may end up being remembered for, it's going to be the Area 51 raid situation. In July a Facebook event sparked the whole situation with a "plan to "storm" Area 51 to "see them aliens". It soon went viral, ultimately spawning the upcoming Alienstock festival in Las Vegas before the "raid" itself was officially cancelled. Yes, it's been a wild ride, but now alien enthusiasts can get at least reflect on the ride with new, Area 51 raid inspired cans of Bud Light.
As reported by Delish, people in Nevada, Arizona, and California will be able to purchase Area 51-inspired cans of Bud Light beginning today, Saturday, September 13th. The cans are black and green and feature a peace-sign throwing little black alien figure on the cans in honor of the "raid", though we assume now that the raid portion of things itself has been cancelled, enthusiasts can enjoy these alien cans in celebration of Alienstock. According to a Bud Light spokesperson (via Yahoo!) the special can is a way of making good on a previous promise of beer for any alien who showed up.
"The way we see it, we'd much rather people crack open a crisp Bud Light with alien visitors rather than storm Area 51," the statement said. "Nothing says we come in peace like sharing a beer with friends from another place or another galaxy. We promised to have beer waiting for alien that wants it and we plan to deliver on that promise. Our hope is that humans stock up too because you never know when you might need some Bud Lights to welcome intergalactic neighbors."
And, in addition to the special cans, Bud Light is taking the beer goodwill even further with a special alien-themed beer fridge located at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The fridge is stocked with Bud Light available to any alien visitor -- and it has a special lock with "an alien finger scan" to make sure that only the extraterrestrials can partake. The fridge will be installed at the Luxor now through September 20th.
The Las Vegas location for the special Bud Light fridge is a fitting one as that's where the Alienstock festival born out of the "raid" is set to take place September 19th and 20th at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. With Alienstock happening in a place much more equipped to handle the anticipated crowd the "raid" of Area 51 itself has officially been cancelled.
comicbook.com/irl/2019/09/14/area-51-alien-themed-bud-light-alienstock/
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 16, 2019 11:56:23 GMT
"Bud Light Releases Area 51-Inspired Cans"
What a Hoot!
Good morning lovely UFOCasebookers,
Published 15 September 2019
Tina Stanley
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 16, 2019 12:11:09 GMT
NASA
Sept. 15, 2019
NASA Wins Two Emmy Awards for Interactive Programming
Update, Sept. 15, 2019: NASA has won two Emmy Awards for outstanding interactive programming: for its coverage of Mars InSight, and for its coverage of the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-1. Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted, "Congrats to all involved and those who help tell the @nasa story every day!"
Original July 16, 2019 feature:
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced July 16 two award nominations for NASA for its coverage of a Mars mission and the agency’s first test of a spacecraft that will help bring crewed launches to the International Space Station back to U.S. soil.
The nominations for the 71st Emmy Awards went to:
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California
Outstanding Original Interactive Program for the agency’s coverage of its InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission to Mars, including news, web, education, television and social media efforts.
The official 2019 Emmy video submission from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows how communications and education teams at JPL use digital and social media tools to share InSight's launch, landing and latest discoveries with a global audience of millions. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
InSight is the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars, using an ultra-sensitive seismometer, a heat-flow probe and other instruments. InSight is managed for NASA by JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena. JPL won the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for its coverage of the Cassini mission's Grand Finale at Saturn.
www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-wins-two-emmy-awards-for-interactive-programming
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