We frequently use BJTs as a straightforward electrical switch (as described in my previous article on rapid analysis of BJT switch/driver circuits). These applications focus on the "large-signal" conditions of the transistor, meaning the DC currents and voltages that determine the transistor's operating mode and the total current flowing into or out of its base, collector, and emitter.
BJTs are also capable of amplifying small-amplitude signals, and amplifier applications such as these lead us into the "small-signal" realm. This realm does not replace the large-signal conditions; rather, small-signal operation is superimposed on large-signal operation. We use large-signal conditions to bias the transistor, and the biasing conditions imposed by a given circuit influence the BJT's small-signal behavior.
After the BJT has been biased, we can focus on small-signal operation, and small-signal analysis is easier when we replace the BJT with simpler circuit elements that produce functionality equivalent to that of the transistor. Just remember that these models are relevant only to small-signal operation, and furthermore, you can't use the models until you have established the large-signal bias conditions.
As you can see, it has three terminals corresponding to the BJT's base, collector, and emitter. The current flowing into the base is determined by the base-to-emitter voltage (VBE) and Rπ, and the collector current is generated by a current-controlled current source. Just as with a large-signal NPN, the collector current flows into the collector, the base current flows into the base, and the emitter current flows out of the emitter and is the sum of the base current and the collector current.
So we need IB to determine IC, and we need Rπ to determine IB, and we need gm to determine Rπ, and we need ICBIAS (i.e., the large-signal collector current) to determine gm.
It is possible to reformulate the hybrid-π model so that you calculate directly from VBE to IC. If you replace β with gmRπ, you have IC = IBgmRπ = gmVBE.
The BJT small-signal models are drop-in replacements for the BJT symbol in a circuit diagram. Once you have determined the bias conditions, you remove the BJT, insert the small-signal model, and connect the previous base, collector, and emitter nodes to the model's base, collector, and emitter terminals.
The next step is not so obvious: you need to replace each DC voltage source with a short circuit and each DC current source with an open circuit, because this corresponds to their behavior in the context of small-signal operation. Note that a "voltage rail" (e.g., VCC, VDD) that appears in the schematic as simply a supply voltage becomes a ground connection, because the rail is actually a shorthand way of drawing a normal voltage source that has one terminal connected to ground.
At this point you have converted the circuit from large signal to small signal, and you're ready to proceed with standard circuit-analysis procedures.
I have an article that serves as an introduction to the Early effect if you'd like a more thorough explanation. To make a long story short, however, the Early effect refers to a phenomenon that occurs inside a BJT and causes the active-mode collector current to be affected by the collector voltage. More specifically, an increase in the collector-to-emitter voltage results in an increase in the collector current.
If you ponder the small-signal models shown above, you can see that they don't incorporate the Early effect: the only small-signal variable that affects the collector current is the base current, the emitter current, or the base-to-emitter voltage. If we want the small-signal models to be more accurate, we need to account for the Early effect.
Fortunately, this is easily done. All we need is a resistor connected between the collector and the emitter.
The addition of this resistor makes intuitive sense: the Early effect tells us that a higher collector-to-emitter voltage will result in higher collector current, and by adding this resistor we are opening an additional current path between collector and emitter that is directly influenced by the collector-to-emitter voltage.
We briefly covered the concept of separating large-signal conditions from small-signal behavior in the context of amplifier analysis, and we looked at two circuit structures (the hybrid-π model and the T model) that correspond to the small-signal functionality of a bipolar junction transistor. After a quick explanation of how to incorporate these models into BJT circuit analysis, we discussed improved versions that use a collector-to-emitter resistor to account for the Early effect.
Articles are simple superb. Easy to understand and have been very helpful for a beginner like me. Please keep writing.
Very informative, but the majority of BJT data sheets no longer provide many of these parameters. What to do then?
The only parameter you really need is β, which is given in datasheets as hFE. If you want to incorporate small-signal output resistance, you need the Early voltage. I'll write an article on how to determine the Early voltage (it's kind of a long story). In the meantime you might be able to find an approximate value by Googling "early voltage [part number]" or something along those lines.


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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) software tool that distributes download bandwidth among those who are downloading. The problem with offering large files from your website is that a surge in traffic can crash your web server. BitTorrent rewards those that share their bandwidth by using cooperative distribution, also known as swarming downloads. With the rise in popularity of podcasting (and huge audio files) torrents are also gaining ground.
Feldman, Barbara. "BitTorrent." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 7 Jun. 2005. Web. 23 Apr. 2019. <https://www.surfnetkids.com/tech/651/bittorrent/ >.
By Barbara J. Feldman. Originally published June 7, 2005. Last modified June 7, 2005.


The Organic Forecasting Method: Severe Weather? Say It Isn't So!
The GFS has been showing a severe weather set up centering around the 20th of February.
Here is what the #BSR showed back on 02FEB16!
Then, the system that the GFS is hinting at with severe weather on the 20th comes in based the first part of this post.
I believe the 20th system is a bit too fast for the GFS to be sniffing out as it doesn't match the severe weather on the 8th of January.
We will keep you updated as time moves along via SPC outlooks!


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local ffi = require('ffi')
local log = require('log')

ffi.cdef[[
    typedef void (*csv_emit_row_t)(void *ctx);
    typedef void (*csv_emit_field_t)(void *ctx, const char *field, const char *end);

    struct csv
    {
        void *emit_ctx;
        csv_emit_row_t emit_row;
        csv_emit_field_t emit_field;
        char delimiter;
        char quote_char;

        char prev_symbol;
        int error_status;
        int ending_spaces;

        void *(*realloc)(void*, size_t);

        int state;
        char *buf;
        char *bufp;
        size_t buf_len;
    };

    void csv_create(struct csv *csv);
    void csv_destroy(struct csv *csv);
    void csv_setopt(struct csv *csv, int opt, ...);

    struct csv_iterator {
        struct csv *csv;
        const char *buf_begin;
        const char *buf_end;
        const char *field;
        size_t field_len;
    };
    void csv_iterator_create(struct csv_iterator *it, struct csv *csv);
    int csv_next(struct csv_iterator *);
    void csv_feed(struct csv_iterator *, const char *, size_t);
    size_t csv_escape_field(struct csv *csv, const char *field, size_t field_len, char *dst, size_t buf_size);
    enum {
        CSV_IT_OK,
        CSV_IT_EOL,
        CSV_IT_NEEDMORE,
        CSV_IT_EOF,
        CSV_IT_ERROR
    };
]]

local iter = function(csvstate, i)
    local readable = csvstate[1]
    local csv_chunk_size = csvstate[2]
    local csv = csvstate[3]
    local it = csvstate[4]
    local tup = {}
    local st = ffi.C.csv_next(it)
    while st ~= ffi.C.CSV_IT_EOF do
        if st == ffi.C.CSV_IT_NEEDMORE then
            if readable then
                local buf = readable:read(csv_chunk_size)
                ffi.C.csv_feed(it, buf, string.len(buf))
            else
                ffi.C.csv_feed(it, "", 0)
            end
        elseif st == ffi.C.CSV_IT_EOL then
            i = i + 1
            if i > 0 then
                return i, tup
            end
        elseif st == ffi.C.CSV_IT_OK then
            if i >= 0 then
                tup[#tup + 1] = ffi.string(it.field, it.field_len)
            end
        elseif st == ffi.C.CSV_IT_ERROR then
            log.warn("CSV file has errors")
            break
        elseif st == ffi.C.CSV_IT_EOF then
            ffi.C.csv_destroy(csv)
            break
        end
        st = ffi.C.csv_next(it)
    end
end

local module = {}

--@brief parse csv string by string
--@param readable must be string or object with method read(num) returns string
--@param opts.chunk_size (default 4096). Parser will read by chunk_size symbols
--@param opts.delimiter (default ',').
--@param opts.quote_char (default '"').
--@param opts.skip_head_lines (default 0). Skip header.
--@return iter function, iterator state
module.iterate = function(readable, opts)
    opts = opts or {}
    if type(readable) ~= "string" and type(readable.read) ~= "function" then
        error("Usage: load(string or object with method read(num)" ..
              "returns string)")
    end
    if not opts.chunk_size then
        opts.chunk_size = 4096
    end
    if not opts.delimiter then
        opts.delimiter = ','
    end
    if not opts.quote_char then
        opts.quote_char = '"'
    end
    if not opts.skip_head_lines then
        opts.skip_head_lines = 0
    end
    local str
    if type(readable) == "string" then
        str = readable
        readable = nil
    else
        str = readable:read(opts.chunk_size)
    end

    if not str then --read not works
        error("Usage: load(string or object with method read(num)" ..
              "returns string)")
    end
    local it = ffi.new('struct csv_iterator')
    local csv = ffi.new('struct csv')
    ffi.C.csv_create(csv)
    ffi.gc(csv, ffi.C.csv_destroy)

    csv.delimiter = string.byte(opts.delimiter)
    csv.quote_char = string.byte(opts.quote_char)
    ffi.C.csv_iterator_create(it, csv)
    ffi.C.csv_feed(it, str, string.len(str))

    return iter, {readable, opts.chunk_size, csv, it}, -opts.skip_head_lines
end

--@brief parse csv and make table
--@return table
module.load = function(readable, opts)
    opts = opts or {}
    local result = {}
    for i, tup in module.iterate(readable, opts) do
        result[i] = tup
    end
    return result
end

--@brief dumps tuple or table as csv
--@param t is tuple or table
--@param writable must be object with method write(string) like file or socket
--@param opts.delimiter (default ',').
--@param opts.quote_char (default '"').
--@return there is no writable it returns csv as string
module.dump = function(t, opts, writable)
    opts = opts or {}
    writable = writable or nil
    if not opts.delimiter then
        opts.delimiter = ','
    end
    if not opts.quote_char then
        opts.quote_char = '"'
    end

    if (type(writable) ~= "nil" and type(writable.write) ~= "function")
        or type(t) ~= "table" then
        error("Usage: dump(table[, opts, writable])")
    end
    local csv = ffi.new('struct csv')
    ffi.C.csv_create(csv)
    ffi.gc(csv, ffi.C.csv_destroy)
    csv.delimiter = string.byte(opts.delimiter)
    csv.quote_char = string.byte(opts.quote_char)

    local bufsz = 256
    local buf = csv.realloc(ffi.cast(ffi.typeof('void *'), 0), bufsz)
    if type(t[1]) ~= 'table' then
        t = {t}
    end
    local result_table
    if type(writable) == 'nil' then
        result_table = {}
    end
    for k, line in pairs(t) do
        local first = true
        local output_tuple = {}
        for k2, field in pairs(line) do
            local strf = tostring(field)
            local buf_new_size = (strf:len() + 1) * 2
            if buf_new_size > bufsz then
                bufsz = buf_new_size
                buf = csv.realloc(buf, bufsz)
            end
            local len = ffi.C.csv_escape_field(csv, strf,
                string.len(strf), buf, bufsz)
            if first then
                first = false
            else
                output_tuple[#output_tuple + 1] = opts.delimiter
            end
            output_tuple[#output_tuple + 1] = ffi.string(buf, len)
        end

        output_tuple[#output_tuple + 1] = '\n'
        if result_table then
            result_table[#result_table + 1] = table.concat(output_tuple)
        else
            writable:write(table.concat(output_tuple))
        end
        output_tuple = {}
    end
    ffi.C.csv_destroy(csv)
    csv.realloc(buf, 0)
    if result_table then
        return table.concat(result_table)
    end
end

return module

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Will ships without sailors be the future of trade?
Introducing SEA-KIT™
the world's first truly Long-range, Long Endurance, Ocean Capable Autonomous Surface Vessel.
From BBC by Stav Dimitripoulos
On 7 May, customs officers in Ostend, Belgium, received a box of oysters from the UK.
The molluscs had been caught in Essex and transported to Belgium on a 12m (39ft) aluminium-hulled vessel, which traversed the English Channel with no humans on board.
It was the world's first unmanned commercial shipping operation.
The Sea-Kit's achievement was impressive but is there really a market for unmanned shipping?
The crewless boat was carefully watched by four people in a control centre in Tollersbury, Essex, headquarters of Hushcraft, the company behind the design and development of the craft.
The boat's minimalist payload was a box of local oysters
UK and Belgian coastguards also monitored the oysters' progress.
"You could actually listen to the waves hitting the boat," says Ben Simpson, Hushcraft's managing director.
It boasts a hybrid diesel engine, electrical generators, satellite links, CCTV and thermal cameras, an automatic identification system to warn approaching vessels of its position and more.
Onboard cameras and microphones feed information to the control centre
Prize-winning
The boat was made by Sea-Kit, and the same vessel helped an international team of hydrographers, funded by the Japanese non-profit Nippon Foundation, win the $4m (£3.2m) Shell Ocean Discovery Xprize for advances in autonomously mapping the oceans.
Now Hushcraft wants Sea-Kit to be used for transporting cargo, hence mounting the 5kg box of oysters - a local delicacy - on to the vessel and sending it to Ostend.
But is there a market for it?
"The benefits are many," says Mr Simpson.
"You can send them around the world to do different jobs at a significantly reduced cost. Then, you don't have to have a galley, you don't have to have toilets. You can utilise space."
They are better for the environment as they can be electrically propelled, and since they can use smaller ports they can replace road transport and cut even more fumes, he says.
Ghost ships
For Lawrence Brennan, a retired US navy captain and adjunct professor of admiralty and maritime law at Fordham University School of Law, all these virtues of uncrewed cargo ships come with certain caveats.
Ships with no sailors mean no risk to human life from fires or other hazards at sea.
No-one needs to recruit staff, pay them, keep them trained or guard against unlicensed crew.
The boats can go anywhere.
But, in Prof Brennan's view, the first Achilles heel of unmanned shipping might be the very technology that created it.
A failure in communications between vessel and base will render it a ghost ship, hopelessly drifting without a soul on board, a hazard to its owners, the owners of its cargo, and the environment, he argues.
"Unmanned ships may be stopped by pirates by disabling shots or damaging the ship's propeller and rudder," Prof Brennan continues.
Karolina Zwolak, head of the Navigation Section at the Institute of Navigation and Marine Hydrography of the Polish Naval Academy, contributed to the success of the oysters' voyage.
Part of her job was collision avoidance.
Dr Zwolak is already working on the Sea-Kit international team's next ambitious endeavour, which will be to sail across the Atlantic next year, but is aware of the technology's limitations
"When unexpected situations occur on board, human creativity, experience, and non-schematic thinking can solve the problem," she says.
So she does not see a revolution in the shipping industry in the near future.
"I just believe more and more tasks will be delegated on shore, using communication technology," she says.
From crew to office
For his part, Mr Simpson, who believes crewless short-sea transportation might not be a rarity in five years from now, says that problems such as the risk of piracy plague both manned and unmanned vessels.
He also thinks it is not economically sound to lay people off.
"Unmanned ships need to be built, maintained, and controlled. The people that would have been on the bridge of a manned vessel are now in the office," he maintains, adding that a lot of training will be involved in the transition.
The other obstacle is the law.
"The legal regime is decades, if not a century-and-a-half out of date," says Prof Brennan.
"As unmanned ships were never contemplated until recently, legislation says manning is essential for having a ship that is seaworthy, classified, and authorised to operate in national waters and on the high seas," he explains.
Legal catch-up
For self-navigating ships to crisscross the oceans free from legal constraints, an entirely new maritime legislation will have to be drawn up and embedded in national laws and international regimes, otherwise financiers will be frightened off.
Still, the international maritime community is going through such a frenzy of technological creativity, that for Dr Zwolak there will be a solution soon.
"Technology has always preceded law," she says.
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Review: Bethany Black: (Extra)Ordinary, Edinburgh Festival Preview @ XS Malarkey
By Jonathon Dean July 16, 2016
Comedy. Manchester.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Self-confessed idiot Bethany Black claims that she always says the wrong thing. Luckily for us, that sentiment doesn't apply to her stand-up performances.
As Britain's only trans lesbian goth comedian, Black's comic perspective is as unique as it is hilarious. She manages to cover even the darker subject matter of drug addiction and depression with a cheeky smile and self-deprecating, embarrassing and (usually) dirty jokes.
Like Black's previous shows, (Extra)Ordinary is autobiographical. Where previous shows have dealt with her struggles with drug addiction and gender identity, (Extra)Ordinary has a more discrete narrative. While it weaves both of those threads throughout, as it quite rightly should, the main thrust of the show is the story of the lowest point in Black's recent life, and the unexpected circumstances of its recovery.
From relationship breakdowns, deaths and injuries one after another and right to the edge of giving up, Black's life is transformed by her casting in Russell T Davies' drama series Banana. Suddenly she became the first transgender actress to star as a transgender character on British, and then American broadcast television. Her subsequent casting in Doctor Who then made her the first transgender actress to play a cisgender character anywhere in the world.
Both sides of this story are handled with Black's signature self-deprecating commentary about her own ability to insert her foot into her mouth at every opportunity. This allows her to brilliantly avoid both the depressing and the mawkish on her route through the narrative, and keep a steady, expertly-judged tone throughout, avoiding the unevenness that can come with these kinds of personal stories.
As a preview, the show is not yet complete, but it already feels polished. Although some of the show is reworked from Black's older material, it is employed with such skill and enthusiasm that even those familiar with her material will struggle to see the joins. With Black's expert delivery and humility, (Extra)Ordinary becomes hilarious, uplifting, ridiculous and indeed extraordinary, all in equal measure.
Bethany Black: (Extra)Ordinary will be performed at The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh between the 4th and 28th August (exc. the 15th) at 6pm.
Filed under: Comedy
Tagged with: bethany black, comedy, edinburgh fringe preview, extra(ordinary), LGBT, LGBTQ, manchester, stand-up, xs malarkey
Funny Cow: confronting the idea that women aren't funny
By Zoë Dukoff-Gordon
Film, TV & Tech. Manchester.
Festival of the Spoken Nerd comes to Leeds City Varieties
Interview with KETCHUP Cabaret's Ryan Hogan


So today we start our long journey home. In Berkhamsted we've been stayint at Berko's B&B. We've found it really good. We stayed in the flat which had it's own bathroom and kitchen. They also have a cafe so you wake up to a range of cooked breakfast choices. Another couple of pluses – they have wireless internet and 1 block down the road is a coin operated laundry.
So after lunch today we're off to battle Heathrow with a 7 hr stop in Narita Airport in Japan and then off to home to see my dog.


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Senator: Arlington Is a 'Soulless Suburb'
ARLnow.com September 9, 2014 at 9:00am
(Updated at 9:50 a.m.) New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) is no fan of living in Arlington, apparently.
In her new book, "Off The Sidelines," which is due out today, Gillibrand recounts her move from New York to the D.C. area — to Arlington, specifically — when she was first elected to the House of Representatives. It was a move Gillibrand would come to regret.
Our move to Washington was hard — on me and my marriage. I had a new job; [my husband] Jonathan didn't; and we were trying to find our legs with a toddler in a new city. We started having the same argument over and over. I'd say, "What's wrong?"
Jonathan would say, "I have no job and I hate D.C."
I appreciated Jonathan's viewpoint. We lived in a soulless suburb. It wasn't the right place for us, and we needed a change. I could see that, but it took me at least a year to figure out that racing 100 miles an hour to do my job well was leaving no time for us… Eventually we moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Capitol Hill, and Jonathan found a job he liked.
Gillibrand's book also discusses sexism on Capitol Hill and inappropriate comments congressmen made about Gillibrand's weight.
Update at 6:00 p.m. — In a tweet, Gillibrand says she's sorry.
Sorry, Arlington, didn't mean to hurt your feelings. #OffTheSidelines
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) September 9, 2014
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Ethnic Gurkhas, who built a reputation as courageous fighters in the Burmese army, say they have been forgotten by the government, which denies them citizenship.
MYITKYINA — Over half a century since making a name for themselves as courageous fighters in the Burmese army, the ethnic Gurkha people of Burma say they have been forgotten by the former regime and current reformist government, which continues to deny them citizenship.
An estimated 300,000 Gurkhas live in Burma today, tracing their ethnic roots to Nepal, although most have relatives who migrated to Burma in the nineteenth century.
Under British rule, a Gurkha brigade fought as an elite force in Burma during World War II, winning nearly half the medals for bravery that were awarded to the colonial army. Gurkha soldiers also fought as allies alongside Burmese freedom fighters to achieve independence from the British in 1948, at which time they joined the infant Burmese army. They were considered key assets for the military during the new republic's campaigns against ethnic insurgents.
In the 1947 Constitution, which was used from the beginning of the country's independence, Gurkhas were granted full rights as Burmese citizens. But after a military dictatorship came to power, the Gurkhas were not classified as one of the country's official ethnic groups, and as a result they faced restrictions that prevented them from retaining or applying for citizenship.
The 72-year-old says Gurkhas continue to face discrimination today. They cannot form political parties or vote if they are not citizens, nor can they travel outside the country.
And discrimination begins early, Gurkha leaders say, with Gurkha youths being turned away from schools if their citizenship applications are not approved.
"Our children are sad when their applications are rejected, while other ethnic children who were their classmates have citizenship and can attend school," says 60-year-old Ang Khar Yang, also from Myitkyina.
Gurkhas live throughout Burma, including in Kachin, Chin and Shan states, as well as Rangoon and Mandalay divisions. They form a large minority in Myitkyina as well as the hill station of Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin) in Mandalay Division. Most practice Hinduism or Buddhism.
"We feel that we have been forgotten, although many of our men served important positions in the army for the country," Chabi Narayan says. "We feel that this government has discriminated against us like Kalar," he adds, using a derogatory name for Muslims.
Since the reformist government came to power in 2011, Buddhist-majority Burma has been criticized internationally for ongoing violence and discrimination against Muslims, particularly Rohingya Muslims in the country's west. Rohingyas are widely seen in Burma as illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh, and they have been largely denied citizenship, although many also trace their family roots back to Burma for generations.
During the country's nationwide census last month, the Gurkhas, like the Rohingyas, say they faced pressure to respond a certain way to questions about their ethnicity. While Rohingyas were only counted in the census if they identified as Bengali, Gurkhas say they were encouraged to identify as Nepali.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which assisted the Burmese government with the census, says Gurkhas were allowed to choose an "other" category and identify as Gurkha.
But Gurkhas in Myitkyina say otherwise.


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'I'm A Coach Who Happens To Be A Woman': Meet Iron's Gender-Bending Assistant Coach
• February 6, 2019
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By Josh Bean Alabama Media Group, Birmingham
WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Lori Locust is breaking barriers as one of the new full-time football coaches for Birmingham's professional football team.
Alabama Media Group, Birmingham
Birmingham Iron assistant coach Lori Locust began coaching football more than a decade ago, logging time at the high school, semi-pro and arena-league levels.
Now, she -- yes, she -- is finally a full-time football coach.
Locust serves on Tim Lewis' coaching staff, working with defensive linemen, for Birmingham's professional football team in the Alliance of American Football, which kicks off its inaugural season this spring.
What does Locust think about being a gender-bending trailblazer and one of the few female coaches in the male-dominated world of pro football?
"I don't look at it that way," the 54-year-old Locust said in a phone interview from Iron training camp in San Antonio, Texas. "When I went into this, it's because I loved football, and opportunities kept being put in my path, thank God, and I was able to take advantage. For me, I'm looking at it as I'm a coach who happens to be a woman. I'm not a woman who happens to be a coach.
"And I do understand there's responsibilities from a role-modelish standpoint," she continued, "but it's really odd to say it, but I've never thought about in that (trailblazer) perspective. I just want to be a coach. I just want coach and set a good example based on my knowledge and have a good reputation so that when other coaches ask about me, I get the same favorable response a man would in the same position.
"I just want to be a good D-line coach, and everything else falls into place after that."
Locust and the Iron open the iaugural AFF season on Sunday, at 3 p.m. against the Memphis Express at Legion Field.
Iron head coach Tim Lewis -- a longtime NFL assistant and former NFL player -- said he's been impressed with Locust.
"She's a coach, and she does a fantastic job with the players," Lewis said. "They don't look at her as anything other than the way they look at the head defensive line assistant. All I know is this -- when you can tap into anyone, regardless of race, gender, origin or any of that nonsense, when you can tap into a vast market of intelligence and hard-working, dedicated and committed people, more power to you, and I think we're stronger because of it."
Three females worked in the NFL during last season and one worked on an NCAA Division I coaching staff, and an NFL record 10 women worked coaching jobs or training camp internships in 2018.
Locust was among the 10, working as an intern for the Baltimore Ravens during training camp last year after applying for the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship, which the NFL created to promote and improve the league's racial and gender diversity.
"First off, Lo knew what she was doing and helped reinforce what other coaches told us," former Daphne star and Ravens defensive lineman Michael Pierce told PennLive. "But her energy was crazy. You know, those training camp days are long, but she was out there with high energy, yelling and smiling and pushing us."
The Ravens internship eventually led to the Locust getting hired by the Iron this spring.
Unlike most coaches, Locust lacks the luxury of a long playing career. She said she played on a state championship basketball team and participated in track and field in high school at Susquehanna Township (Pa.). That's also the school where she coached high school football.
A lifelong love of football led Locust to begin playing in a women's professional league at age 40, logging time at linebacker and defensive end before a knee injury ended her career and sent her into coaching.
"My passion and my drive became coaching," Locust said. "I kind of came to that crossing the road, and that's where I decided to try to pursue this full time."
Without a playing career to fall back on, Locust said she taps into her unique background to find ways to motivate and mentor.
"All of us have different styles," she said. "I think you do have to find ways to motivate people or players. You have to find what that trigger is. You have to know how to draw that out of them. You have to know how to get the best out of all of the players, and this player's level of best might not be the same as the next player's level. But coordinating both of them together will help you win and help them succeed.
"To be brutally honest with you, I think it also comes down to being a parent," said Locust, who has two sons. "You do have to find ways constantly to support, to motivate, to lead by example, and hopefully I bring that into position. I've never had a problem -- knock on wood -- with a player or a coach. The programs have brought me have never introduced me or treated me in any other manner than being a coach. So, the respect and the bar are set when I walk in the door."
For the first time, Locust can now fully commit to coaching.
One son lives in California and the other is in college. Coaching for the Iron is full-time, while all of her other coaching stops were done while she worked a separate full-time job.
AL.com correspondent Evan Dudley contributed to this report.
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Chamaemyia flavipalpis – gatunek muchówki z rodziny srebrnikowatych i podrodziny Chamaemyiinae.

Gatunek ten opisany został w 1838 roku przez Alexandra Henry'ego Halidaya jako Ochtiphila flavipalpis.

Muchówka o ciele długości od 2,2 do 3,4 mm. Głowa jej jest nie dłuższa niż wysoka, zaopatrzona w szczecinki orbitalne i przyoczkowe, o jednolicie szarym czole. Czułki są prawie całe żółte. Barwa głaszczków jest żółta. Chetotaksja śródplecza obejmuje trzy pary szczecinek śródplecowych i jedną parę przedtarczkowych. Odwłok ma tergity bez czarnych przepasek, ale u samic te od trzeciego do piątego z czterema ciemnymi plamkami każdy. Narządy rozrodcze samca odznaczają się szeroką i nieco ku tyłowi wydłużoną podstawą fallusa.

Owad znany z Hiszpanii, Irlandii, Wielkiej Brytanii, Holandii, Niemiec, Danii, Szwecji, Finlandii, Włoch, Polski, Litwy, Czech, Słowacji, Węgier, Bułgarii, Afryki Północnej i Nearktyki.

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Srebrnikowate (owady)
Muchówki Afryki
Muchówki Ameryki Północnej
Muchówki Europy
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1838 roku

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Rascal Flatts was already the largest selling and grossing group in country music history, and now the band just sold its four millionth concert ticket in a span of four years.
Also just announced, the band's latest album for Lyric Street, Unstoppable, has been certified Platinum for shipments in excess of 1 million. The CD was the group's fourth consecutive studio album to open at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, more than any other country artist in the history on Soundscan. This brings Rascal Flatts' career album sales to 20 million units in this decade. The band has also amassed 10.5 million paid digital downloads.
The Rascal Flatts Unstoppable American Living Tour continues with shows through October.


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Q: Get hour from datetime and put "Days" in field Using SQL Server, I have the following:
SELECT  DATENAME(DW, DATEADD(DAY, 0, @mindate)) AS Day_of_Week ,
    @crewon AS Crew_On ,
    ISNULL(SUM(( CONVERT(NUMERIC(8, 2), C.FinishLength) / 2000 )), 0) AS Finished_Tons ,
    ISNULL(SUM(CASE WHEN C.RepairCode LIKE '%A%'
                    THEN ( CONVERT(NUMERIC(8, 2), C.FinishLength)
                           / 2000 )
               END), 0) AS A_Tons
FROM    NYS2SawPieces C
WHERE   RIGHT(C.ShiftIdent, 1) = @crewon
    AND C.ProdTime >= @mindate
    AND C.ProdTime <= DATEADD(DAY, 1, @mindate)

I need to get just the "Hours" from ProdTime that are from 06 to 18 and put "Days" in the column. Hours outside that range would be "Nights".
Output would like this but add the column for shift.
Day_of_Week  Crew_On  Finished_Tons  A_Tons     Shift
Sunday       A        0.000000       0.0000000  Days

A: Use a CASE statement to apply conditional logic to determine the output:
SELECT Col1, Col2,
    CASE WHEN DATEPART(HOUR,C.ProdTime) BETWEEN 6 AND 18 THEN 'DAYS'
         ELSE 'NIGHTS'
    END AS Shift
FROM....

This will output a new column called Shift that will output DAYS if the value is between 6 and 8, otherwise it will output NIGHTS.

A: You can use the WHERE and between sql commands to help you filter your query by the hour, something along the lines of:
WHERE hour(your_datetime_field) between 6 and 18

The WHERE acts as a filter in selecting data that is returned in your query. The rest of the statement is giving the bounds for the hours you want  your_datetime_field to be between.

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That's what we want to hear from our students. Through hands-on activities and STEM challenges, children will think, construct, experiment, discover, and develop the desire to learn more. The children will explore the use of different learning tools, STEM toys, and doing experiments using the simplest everyday materials.They will think, ponder, ask, build, create- as they figure out how fun it is to do Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in a variety of activites. Every class, we learn something new and experience a different kind of fun. After all, learning is BEST when kids are having FUN!
The children will have fun becoming different scientists in nature each day: from ornithology or entomology to zoology or marine biology! They will create their own nature kit and build the tools they need to see the sights in the wild. Let's explore the outdoors!


2 July 2013 – Renmark SA « Travelling in an RV called "Blue Snoopy"
We arranged to meet our friends at 10:00am so we were in no hurry to rise from bed. Nevertheless, we did get up before 7:30am and it was still a little dark when "He" ventured to the ablution block.
Following on from the cancellation of our planned ground tour of Olympic Dam, we had looked at brochures on the previous evening and decided to head to Whyalla instead of Roxby Downs and visit the steel works (a public tour is available) and also the museum where the HMAS Whyalla is the principal exhibit.
It didn't take long to make a booking for the steel works and also to secure a site in a Whyalla caravan park. We also made arrangements to visit Roxby Downs at a later time during this trip and we rebooked the tour of the mine and made changes to our caravan park booking. The cancellation of the ground tour next week has actually expanded the dimensions that were planned for this trip.
Whilst looking at brochures we also discovered that the famous Len Beadell is buried at Woomera. Len was responsible for locating the site for Woomera and also the sites used for the atomic testing after WW2. Len was also responsible for opening up the majority of outback Australia through a network of roads he was responsible for creating. We will locate his grave and pay our respects when we stop in Woomera.
We collected our friends at 10:00am and headed north to the Headings Cliffs Lookout where we spent a considerable amount of time enjoying tho view of the Murray River and the adjacent cliffs and wetlands. We also enjoyed the antics of numerous pelicans soaring above us.
After leaving the lookout, we headed to a camp site located further down the road to the lookout and on the banks of the river. This site looks to be an excellent free camp (there are no facilities at all other than a garbage bin) and is accessible for caravans. There were a couple of caravans there and a tent. It is remote!
We then visited a boutique brewery (The Woolshed Brewery) and would have purchased some items had someone bothered to come and see us. In fact we could have walked out unchallenged with items laying around.
We returned to Paringa and stopped at the Bert Dix Memorial Park near the Paringa Bridge. The bridge is an opening bridge that opens at 9:30am and 2:30pm each day to allow traffic to pass through. We then visited Lock 5 (on the Murray) where we watched a house boat travel up the lock. We had a late lunch at a small café in Paringa.
We said farewell to our friends and then headed back into Renmark.
At 4:30pm we took ourselves and cameras to the banks of the Murray to photograph the sunset. Without cloud the sunset was unfortunately a little boring but we did manage to take a picture of a father who had to strip off to his undies to retrieve a football his daughter had kicked into the river. We have an email address and will forward the picture when we return home.
Tomorrow we start our journey north further into South Australia.


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Bank of Ireland Announces Sponsorship of RTE's Room to Improve for 2015
Dermot Bannon and his team return to our screens on Sunday, 25 January 2015
Pictured are Aine McCleary, Head of Mortgages at Bank of Ireland and Room to Improve architect Dermot Bannon
(Issued Friday, 23 January 2015) Bank of Ireland is delighted to announce it is the new sponsor of Room to Improve on RTÉ One .The new series will see Irish architect Dermot Bannon and his team showcase eight housing projects with the first episode airing on Sunday, 25 January on RTÉ One. The sponsorship sees the Bank provide a significant investment in the 2015 series which will run for longer this season with eight, one hour episodes.
This is the eighth series of the show which has been very popular with Irish audiences as more and more people continue to renovate and build their own homes.
Commenting on the announcement Aine McCleary, Head of Mortgages at Bank of Ireland said "We are delighted to sponsor Room to Improve on RTÉ One. As a leading mortgage lender, we want to provide the best support and advice to our customers. We feel this sponsorship is an excellent way to reach out to customers by providing advice and ideas for their home renovation and building projects. We continuously look at ways to meet our customers' needs and tailor our services and products to ensure we offer customers valuable mortgage and home finance options. To help meet these needs we recently announced a reduction of fixed and variable mortgage interest rates, announced a new €2.5 billion mortgage fund, and the extension of our highly popular stamp duty offer to the end of 2015.
"We actively work with Dermot Bannon on a number of mortgage/property related initiatives – including our nationwide programme of 'Ask the experts' events – and his insights and advice into home renovation and building has proved very popular with customers who are looking to build or make improvements to their homes. The fact that Room to Improve is now in its eighth season is testament to how successful the show is. I am sure this season will continue to be just as popular and offer invaluable tips and advice to viewers".
Gerry McGuinness, Sponsorship Manager RTÉ Television, said: "RTÉ is delighted that Bank of Ireland has agreed to be the new sponsor of the next series of Room to Improve. The sponsorship of the series will further highlight Bank of Ireland's association with providing home finance solutions. This year's series is the longest run that RTÉ has produced with Coco Television and the projects that viewers will see over the next eight weeks are the most ambitious yet. The high quality of the production has also been perfectly matched by wonderful sponsorship messages which are very relevant to the editorial content of the series. We are all very excited about the new season beginning on Sunday."
Room to Improve architect Dermot Bannon said "Room to Improve is about working as part of a team with everyone sharing their ideas. Having a bank that you can really talk to and that listens to you is the first step when planning to build or renovate your home. I am delighted that Bank of Ireland is the sponsor of this year's series. We have an action packed series with fantastic new builds and home improvement projects".


I'm very interested in a DA40 (XLT or NG), but I can't get past the twin sticks. My wife wants to be able to use her lap for iPad or whatever, not spend the flight worrying about bumping the stick.
How do you owners deal with this?
Well, that was one of the upgrades I did, removing the right stick. My passengers have loved the change. My wife still used her laptop back when we had the DA40 and there was a stick in her lap. She was just (mostly) careful (switched off the autopilot ONE time.
I didn't realize until after I had done it that my two sons bother were nervous when they were sitting in the front seat that if they took a nap they would "bump that thing and kill everyone."
I used to have a Piper Lance with club seating when my three children were young. My wife ALWAYS sat in the seat immediately behind me, facing backwards... even when it was only the two of us in the plane. She would have had no problem using an iPad back there (if you get my hint).
Colin wrote: Well, that was one of the upgrades I did, removing the right stick. My passengers have loved the change. My wife still used her laptop back when we had the DA40 and there was a stick in her lap. She was just (mostly) careful (switched off the autopilot ONE time.
What was the rough cost to make that upgrade (round $000's)?
Was that a permanent change, or are you able to install/remove the stick with some amount of effort?
Very little effort to install and remove. It was less than ten AMU, but I think it was more than four. I try *very* hard not to track this stuff too closely. That was a *great* upgrade and made flights for my wife and kids much better immediately. It would have been worth 20.
I'll cast another ballot in favor of the "removable co-pilot stick" in case any Diamond employees are following. Would pay $20,000 for this without blinking. My alternatives to the DA40 (sans co-pilot stick) are a great deal more expensive.


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Toddy ist eine englische Bezeichnung für unterschiedliche Getränke. In der Grundbedeutung ist damit Palmwein gemeint. Die Bezeichnung wurde von Briten während der Kolonialzeit in Indien erfunden, als Abwandlung eines Begriffs in Hindi. Auch in Ceylon, heute: Sri Lanka, wird Toddy als Begriff für den frischen Palmwein verwandt, der in den lokalen Toddy Taverns ausgeschenkt wird.

Cocktailgruppe
In Amerika wurde der Name dann in den Südstaaten auch für Cocktails verwendet, die Rum, Zucker und Muskatnuss enthielten und heiß zubereitet, aber kalt getrunken wurden. Eine andere Bezeichnung für diese Getränke war Bombo.

Hot Toddy
Als Hot Toddy wird ein dem Grog ähnliches Getränk aus hochprozentigem Alkohol, Zucker und Wasser bezeichnet, das unter anderem im Vereinigten Königreich, in Australien, in den Vereinigten Staaten, in Finnland und in Schweden getrunken wird. Sein Ursprung hat mit dem kalten Getränk gleichen Namens nichts zu tun. Das Grundrezept ist bereits für das 18. Jahrhundert in Schottland belegt, als Whisky, heißes Wasser, Zucker und Zitrone gemischt und mit Gewürzen versetzt wurde, oft mit Muskatnuss, Zimt und Nelken. Es war ein Getränk für den Winter. Der Name des Hot Toddy soll auf die Wasserquelle Tod's well in Edinburgh zurückgehen. In New England wurde der Whiskey häufig durch Rum oder Brandy ersetzt.

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Palmwein
Cocktailgruppe
Getränk (Indien)


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Hy Hintermeister is a pseudonym for:
 John Henry Hintermeister (1869–1945), Swiss-born American artist, father of Henry
 Henry Hintermeister (1887–1970), American painter and illustrator, son of John Henry


Almost 20% of all deaths from heart disease in the U.S. are directly related to cigarette smoking. It would be difficult to name any illness to which smoking does not contribute in some major way.
Any woman who smokes has multiplied her risk of developing cardiovascular disease. And recent research shows that women who smoke have a 25% higher risk of developing heart disease than men smokers. Women who take birth control pills and smoke also increase their risk— several times over. Given that approximately 18% of women smoke and the majority are between the ages of 18 and 44, this represents an enormous danger and unnecessary threat to good health.
The vast majority of smokers would like to quit but find it difficult. There are many studies showing the TM program can help, despite the fact that it does not involve any requirements or even suggestions for lifestyle changes. Research shows that many people who start the Transcendental Meditation technique quit smoking spontaneously rather than having to go on nicotine patches.
One study, conducted in the 1980s, illustrates the point: over a series of several months a large number of people who expressed interest in learning the TM program were asked about their current smoking status. Of those people who were smokers, 226 learned the TM technique and 850 did not. A follow-up questionnaire was mailed approximately 2 years later; the data collected showed that 51% of those who adhered to their TM program had quit smoking altogether whereas only 21% of the non-meditating smoking controls had quit.
A meta-analysis of 131 studies on smoking cessation methods, including pharmacology, individual counseling, self-help kits and unconventional treatments, showed the TM technique to be at least twice as effective. In dealing with this heart disease risk alone, the TM program has something highly beneficial to offer.
"Smoking is, indeed, a major risk factor for heart disease, for lung cancer and for many other conditions that produce mortality, disease and disability. As a matter of fact, it's considered to be the leading cause of death today by the Surgeon General of the United States. It's actually difficult for doctors to get their patients to stop smoking. However, the Transcendental Meditation program has been shown to be quite effective in helping people to quit."


Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA) has received a $1.1 million grant from the Victorian Government to fund a new hospitality apprenticeship program.
R&CA CEO Juliana Payne says the project, titled Workforce Training Innovation Fund: Building New Quality Hospitality Apprentice Pathways in Victoria, will help to significantly improve current uptake of apprenticeships in Victoria's burgeoning hospitality industry.
"The association is delighted to be working with the Victorian Government to promote the benefits of a long-term career pathway in the hospitality sector through pursuing an apprenticeship," Juliana says.
In partnership with William Angliss Institute, R&CA will launch a 12-month promotional campaign to promote the various opportunities associated with apprenticeship pathways in the hospitality sector and improve existing job training models.
"The program will provide employers with assistance by introducing an improved on and off job training model enabling apprentices to learn and practice job-ready skills," Juliana says.
"As a result, the program will contribute to improved outcomes during apprenticeships, including boosting productivity and morale, leading to increased rates of uptake, retention and completion.
The aim of the program is to engage 200 to 250 apprentices through a new menu-based training delivery model, development of an attitudinal assessment tool, a promotional program for industry personalities to promote apprenticeships, a capstone test for cookery and the establishment of front-of-hose apprenticeships.
"Through the completion of the Building New Quality Hospitality Apprentice Pathways in VIctoria program, the association will be able help deliver significant improvements to the apprenticeship landscape throughout Victoria," Juliana says.


The Creative Studio: Is candy corn a free food?
I just love this stamp set from Newton's Nook!
I have been a lifetime member of Weight Watchers for the last year. And anyone who is familiar with the WW knows that with corn is now a free food in the freestyle program. My question is does candy corn count as a vegie? A free vegie? How I wish!!
If I can't eat the corn I can at least have some fun stamping them!! Today Inky Paws is having a sketch challenge.
As I have said, I am really enjoying the sketch challenges. This one made me think outside my CAS box and I mixed up papers, stamps and dies. Quit a bit of coloring happened on this card. I stamped all the corn on a white card stock circle and I colored the corn in and colored the black background. The dark background really made the candy corn pop. Then just because I like glitter I glittered all the corn. When you look at the corn up close you can see I was a bit over zealous with the glitter. LOL!!!
Along with the candy corn set, I used the "trick or treat" die from Halloween trio stamp set.
Hey Sue although I don't like candy corn, I do love your card. I love how the candy corn pops with the black background, ingenious!!
This is super cute! I adore the way you added all those candies to the circle and the added sparkle is so pretty!


Today we start a new series about dog songs! All the songs featured are either about dogs or they have the word "dog" in the title. I'm looking forward to learning about some songs I know -- and other songs I don't know -- as well.
We'll start with a song that received a number of comments here last week: "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?" This song was a hit in 1953 for Patti Page. It was written by Bob Merrill, who also wrote "Mambo Italiano" and the lyrics for the Broadway show Funny Girl.
The singer was Patti Page. She recorded pop songs in the late 1940's and 1950's. Originally from Oklahoma, her songs often had a slight country twang. She was very popular and there were even paper dolls in her likeness!
Later in life, Patti Page became interested in pet rescue and recorded the song with new lyrics -- "Do You See the Doggie in the Shelter?"
This song was promoted by the Humane Society.
I would love to hear from you in the comments. Have a wonderful day!
Hi Abby, such an interesting post! Thanks for sharing, I definitely learned something today!
Abby my mama said she remembers how much is that doggie in the window as a girl.
We watch Lassie that we record to it's fun.
I've never heard of these songs before - probably because I'm so young. I love discovering new music. And everything dog-related!!!
I totally remember this song. I used to sing it all the time as a kid.
I have seen the video with the updated lyrics, but I didn't realize it was by the same singer. That is so great! I think if more people knew where that cute doggie in the window came from (a puppy mill) they would just go to the shelter and adopt one!
My Mother had this record when I was a young child. I loved playing it on her old record player. I sure wish I had kept it. When I cleaned out her house, it was nowhere to be found. Hearing the song today sure made me smile. Thank you, Abby. This was the perfect way to start your new series.
Thank you, friends! I loved reading your comments and especially your memories of this song.


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Aliens & Demons
Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case
Written by Super User on 05 August 2011 . Posted in UFOs
Betty and Barney Hill were an American married couple who claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials on September 19–20, 1961.
The couple's story, called the Hill Abduction, and occasionally the Zeta Reticuli Incident, was that they had been kidnapped for a short time by a UFO. Theirs was the first widely-publicized claim of alien abduction, adapted into the best-selling 1966 book The Interrupted Journey and the 1975 television movie The UFO Incident.
According to a variety of reports given by the Hills, the alleged UFO sighting happened on the evening of September 19, 1961 around 10:30 p.m. The Hills were driving back to Portsmouth from a vacation in Niagara Falls and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There were only a few other cars on the road as they made their way home to New Hampshire's seacoast. Just south of Lancaster, New Hampshire, Betty claimed to have observed a bright point of light in the sky that moved from below the moon and the planet Jupiter, upward to the west of the moon. While Barney navigated U.S. Route 3, Betty reasoned that she was observing a falling star, only it moved upward, a plane or a satellite. Since it moved erratically and grew bigger and brighter, Betty urged Barney to stop the car for a closer look, as well as to walk their dog, Delsey. Barney stopped at a scenic picnic area just south of Twin Mountain. Worried about the presence of bears, Barney retrieved a pistol that he had concealed in the trunk of the car.
Betty, through binoculars, observed an "odd shaped" craft flashing multicolored lights travel across the face of the moon. Because her sister had confided to her about having a flying saucer sighting several years earlier, Betty thought it may be what she was observing. Through binoculars Barney observed what he reasoned was a commercial airliner traveling toward Vermont on its way to Montreal. However, he soon changed his mind, because without looking as if it had turned, the craft rapidly descended in his direction. This observation caused Barney to realize, "this object that was a plane was not a plane." He quickly returned to the car and drove toward Franconia Notch, a narrow, mountainous stretch of the road.
The Hills claimed that they continued driving on the isolated road, moving very slowly through Franconia Notch in order to observe the object as it came even closer. At one point the object passed above a restaurant and signal tower on top of Cannon Mountain. It passed over the mountain and came out near the 48' profile of The Old Man of the Mountain (New Hampshire's State Symbol). Betty testified that it was at least one and a half times the length of the granite profile and seemed to be rotating. The couple watched as the silent, lighted craft moved erratically and bounced back and forth in the night sky. As they drove along Route 3 through Franconia Notch, they stated that it seemed to be playing a game of cat and mouse with the couple
Approximately one mile south of Indian Head, they said, the object rapidly descended toward their vehicle causing Barney to stop directly in the middle of the highway. The huge, silent craft hovered approximately 80–100 feet above the Hills' 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and filled the entire field of the windshield. It reminded Barney of a huge pancake. Carrying his pistol in his pocket, he stepped away from the vehicle and moved closer to the object. Using the binoculars, Barney claimed to have seen about 8 to 11 humanoid figures who were peering out of the craft's windows, seeming to look at him. In unison, all but one figure moved to what appeared to be a panel on the rear wall of the hallway that encircled the front portion of the craft. The one remaining figure continued to look at Barney and communicated a message telling him to "stay where you are and keep looking." Red lights on what appeared to be bat-wing fins began to telescope out of the sides of the craft and a long structure descended from the bottom of the craft. The silent craft approached to what Barney estimated was within 50–80 feet overhead and 300 feet away from him. On October 21, 1961, Barney reported to NICAP Investigator Walter Webb, that the "beings were somehow not human"
Barney tore the binoculars away from his eyes and ran back to his car. In a near hysterical state, he told Betty, "They're going to capture us!" He saw the object again shift its location to directly above the vehicle. He drove away at high speed, telling Betty to look for the object. She rolled down the window and looked up, but saw only darkness above them, even though it was a bright, starry night.
Almost immediately the Hills heard a rhythmic series of beeping or buzzing sounds which they said seemed to bounce off the trunk of their vehicle. The car vibrated and a tingling sensation passed through the Hills' bodies. Betty touched the metal on the passenger door expecting to feel an electric shock, but felt only the vibration. The Hills said that at this point in time they experienced the onset of an altered state of consciousness that left their minds dulled. A second series of codelike beeping or buzzing sounds returned the couple to full consciousness. They found that they had traveled nearly 35 miles south but had only vague, spotty memories of this section of road. They recalled making a sudden unplanned turn, encountering a roadblock, and observing a fiery orb in the road.
Arriving home at about dawn, the Hills assert that they had some odd sensations and impulses they could not readily explain: Betty insisted that their luggage be kept near the back door rather than in the main part of the house. Their watches would never run again. Barney noted that the leather strap for the binoculars was torn, though he could not recall it tearing. The toes of his best dress shoes were inexplicably scraped. Barney says he was compelled to examine his genitals in the bathroom, though he found nothing unusual. They took long showers to remove possible contamination and each drew a picture of what they had observed. Their drawings were strikingly similar.
Perplexed, the Hills say they tried to reconstruct the chronology of events as they witnessed the UFO and drove home. But immediately after they heard the buzzing sounds their memories became incomplete and fragmented. They vaguely recalled a luminous moon shape sitting on the road. Barney recalled saying "Oh no, not again". Betty thought Barney had taken a sharp left turn off Route 3.
After sleeping for a few hours, Betty awoke and placed the shoes and clothing she had worn during the drive into her closet, observing that the dress was torn at the hem, zipper and lining. Later, when she retrieved the items from her closet, she noted a pinkish powder on her dress. She hung the dress on her clothesline and the pink powder blew away. But the dress was irreparably damaged. She threw it away, but then changed her mind, retrieving the dress and hanging it in her closet. Over the years, five laboratories have conducted chemical and forensic analyses on the dress.
There were shiny, concentric circles on their car's trunk that had not been there the previous day. Betty and Barney experimented with a compass, noting that when they moved it close to the spots, the needle would whirl rapidly. But when they moved it a few inches away from the shiny spots, it would drop down.
On March 3, 1963, the Hills first publicly discussed the UFO encounter with a group at their church. On September 7, 1963, Captain Swett gave a formal lecture on hypnosis to a meeting at the Unitarian Church. After the lecture, the Hills told him that Barney was going to a psychiatrist, Dr. Stephens, whom he liked and trusted. Captain Swett suggested that Barney ask Dr. Stephens about the use of hypnosis in his case. When he next met with Dr. Stephens, Barney asked about hypnosis. Stephens referred the Hills to Dr. Benjamin Simon of Boston. On November 3, 1963, the Hills spoke before an amateur UFO study group, the Two State UFO Study Group, in Quincy Center, Massachusetts. The Hills first met Dr. Simon on December 14, 1963. Early in their discussions, Simon determined that the UFO encounter was causing Barney far more worry and anxiety than Mr. Hill was willing to admit. Though Simon dismissed the popular extraterrestrial hypothesis as impossible, it seemed obvious to him that the Hills genuinely thought they had witnessed a UFO with human-like occupants. Simon hoped to uncover more about the experience through hypnosis.
Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle (a University of Wyoming psychologist) became interested in the abduction phenomenon in the 1960s. For some years, he was probably the only academic figure devoting any time to studying or researching abduction accounts. Sprinkle became convinced of the phenomenon's actuality, and was perhaps the first to suggest a link between abductions and cattle mutilation. Eventually Sprinkle came to believe that he had been abducted by aliens in his youth; he was forced from his job in 1989. (Bryan, 145fn)
Budd Hopkins—a painter and sculptor by profession—had been interested in UFOs for some years. In the 1970s he became interested in abduction reports, and began using hypnosis to extract more details of dimly remembered events. Hopkins soon became a figurehead of the growing abductee subculture. (Schnabel 1994)
The 1980s brought a major degree of mainstream attention to the subject. Works by Budd Hopkins, Whitley Strieber, David M. Jacobs and John Edward Mack presented alien abduction as a genuine phenomenon. (Schnabel 1994)
Also of note in the 1980s was the publication of folklorist Dr. Thomas E. Bullard's comparative analysis of nearly 300 alleged abductees. The mid and late 1980s saw the involvement of two esteemed academic figures: Harvard psychiatrist John Mack and historian David M. Jacobs.
The Pascagoula Abduction
The Pascagoula Abduction occurred in 1973 when co-workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed that they were abducted by aliens while fishing near Pascagoula, Mississippi. The case earned substantial mass media attention, and is, along with the earlier Hill Abduction, among the best-known cases of alien abduction.
On the evening of October 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 19-year-old Calvin Parker — co-workers at a shipyard — were fishing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. They heard a whirring/whizzing sound, saw two flashing blue lights, and reported that a domed, cigar-shaped aircraft, some 30 to 40 feet across and 8 to 10 feet high, suddenly appeared near them. The ship seemed to levitate about 2 feet above the ground.
A door opened on the ship, they said, and three creatures emerged and seized the men, floating or levitating them into the craft. Both men reported being paralyzed and numb. Parker claimed that he had fainted due to fright. They described the creatures as being roughly humanoid in shape, and standing about five feet tall. The creatures' skin was pale in color and wrinkled, and they had no eyes that the men could discern, and slits for mouths. Their heads also appeared connected directly to their shoulders, with no discernible neck. There were three "carrot-like" growths instead - one where the nose would be on a human, the other two where ears would normally be. The beings had lobster-like claws at the ends of their arms, and they seemed to have only one leg (Hickson later described the creatures' lower bodies looking as if their legs were fused together) ending in elephant-like feet. Hickson also reported that the creatures moved in mechanical, robotic ways.
On the ship, Hickson claimed that he was somehow levitated or hovered a few feet above the floor of the craft, and was examined by what looked like a large football-shaped mechanical eye, about 6 to 8 inches in diameter, that seemed to scan his body. Parker claimed that he could not recall what had happened to him inside the craft, although later, during sessions of hypnotic regression he offered some hazy details. The men were released after about 20 minutes and the creatures levitated them, with Hickson's feet dragging along the ground, back to their original positions on the river bank.
In a later interview over 20 years after the initial incident, Parker's story became much more elaborate. Here Parker confessed to lying about fainting in sight of the creatures. He claimed that he was in fact conscious when the creatures took him on board the craft and led him into a room at the other end of a hallway to the left of the craft's entrance. He claims he was laid down on a sloped table and examined by a 'petite,' evidently female, being. Though he was paralyzed, he was able to observe the being inject a needle into the base of the underside of his penis. The being later communicated with him telepathically, suggesting that he had been taken for a reason. While he was not able to define it, Parker felt a sense of imminent harm. Nevertheless, he was led back outside the craft and deposited back into his original position unharmed. He then claimed that 19 years later, he came in contact with the same craft again. This time he voluntarily walked aboard the craft and met with the same female being that had examined his body in 1973. He claimed he had a conversation with the being, in English, in which she communicated to him a religious message. She informed him that they shared the same God, that the bible was an authentic text, and that her species wanted to live on earth but could not due to humanity's tendency towards war and destruction.
Under hypnosis they revealed that some sort of fish shaped spacecraft approached the dock and they were taken up into the craft and examined. Officers said Parker reported he passed out when the three creatures emerged from the craft. He said he did not regain conscienceness until he was released back on the dock. Hixson estimated he and Parker were inside the unidentified craft for fifteen to twenty minutes. He told officers that he was placed on some kind of table and examined from head to foot with what he described as some kind of electronic eye. These men described the spacemen as silvery skinned creatures with big eyes, pointed ears and noses with just an opening for a mouth. They had hands like crab claws. Hixson and Parker also said the creatures had wrinkled skin and made a buzzing, humming sound.
Parker has avoided most public attention since the event. Hickson appeared on Dick Cavett's talk show in January 1974, and speaks at occasional UFO conferences; he has co-written a book about the event with William Mendez titled UFO Contact at Pascagoula (1983, reprinted 1987).
Pascagoula Alien Abduction References
^ Unexplained Files: UFO Mystery
^ Pascagoula Abduction Audio Files at Archive.org; accessed 09 March 2009
^ The Hickson Tapes - The Pascagoula Incident
^ http://www.mimufon.org/1970%20articles/JAllenHynek_Pied_Piper.htm
^ Legends and History Page
^ Chambers, Natalie (2001-10-21). "Navy retiree says he also saw spaceship 28 years ago". The Associated Press.
Clark, Jerome, The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial; Visible Ink Press, 1998.
Hickson, Charles and William Mendez. UFO Contact At Pascagoula Gautier: Charles Hickson, 1987.
With Hopkins, Jacobs and Mack, several shifts occurred in the nature of the abduction narratives. There had been earlier abduction reports (the Hills being the best known), but they were believed to be few and far between, and saw rather little attention from ufology (and even less attention from mainstream professionals or academics). Jacobs and Hopkins argued that alien abduction was far more common than earlier suspected; they estimate that tens of thousands (or more) North Americans had been taken by unexplained beings. (Schnabel 1994)
Furthermore, Jacobs and Hopkins argued that there was an elaborate scheme underway, that the aliens were attempting a program to create human–alien hybrids, though the motives for this scheme were unknown. There were anecdotal reports of phantom pregnancy related to UFO encounters at least as early as the 1960s, but Budd Hopkins and especially David M. Jacobs were instrumental in popularizing the idea of widespread, systematic interbreeding efforts on the part of the alien intruders. Despite the relative paucity of corroborative evidence, Jacobs presents this scenario as not only plausible, but self-evident. Hopkins and Jacobs have also been criticized for selective citation of abductee interviews, favoring those that support their hypothesis of extraterrestrial intervention.
The involvement of Jacobs and Mack marked something of a sea change in the abduction studies. Their efforts were controversial (both men saw some degree of damage to their professional reputations), but to other observers, Jacobs and Mack brought a degree of respectability to the subject.
In December 2010, UK UFO website 'Cosmic Conspiracies' was contacted by a lady who claimed she had been abducted by aliens. But what was even more incredible was that she had footage to prove it. This video has been uploaded to You Tube with the full approval of 'Sonia'. Originally it was just hosted on our website, but due to people ripping off the video and posting it here anyway, the decision was taken that it would be better to host the video here on our official channel, instead of some 3rd party trying to steal it. We were the FIRST investigators of this story (despite some people claiming otherwise.) We were contacted just 24 hours after this footage was taken. Unfortunately, during the weeks after our investigation started, our email went down and we couldn't contact the witness for a few days - in the meantime a few scrupulous people got involved with the case and have threatened to both run the story in a UK UFO Magazine and also talk about the case at a UFO lecture later in 2011.
Travis Walton UFO Abductee
Travis Walton (born February 10, 1953 is an American logger who claims to have been abducted by a UFO on November 5, 1975, while working with a logging crew in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona. Walton could not be found, but reappeared after five days of intensive searches.
In November 1975, a group of six tree-trimmers were driving home from work in a truck in the Sitgreave-Apache National Forest in Arizona, USA. The driver stopped the truck when he noticed that a flying saucer was hovering about fifteen feet above some nearby trees. Travis Walton approached the craft on foot, despite the objections of his workmates. He was then knocked to the ground by a blue and white light. When the men in the truck saw this, they were terrified and sped off down the road leaving him for dead. Once they had calmed down, they returned to that spot and couldn't find any sign of Travis or the flying saucer. Five days later, Travis was returned to earth wondering what had happened to him for the past few days.
The Walton case received considerable mainstream publicity and remains one of the best-known instances of alleged alien abduction. UFO historian Jerome Clark writes that "Few abduction reports have generated as much controversy" as the Walton case.
It is furthermore one of the very few alien abduction cases with corroborative eyewitnesses, and one of few abduction cases where the time allegedly spent in the custody of aliens plays a rather minor role in the overall account. UFO researchers Jenny Randles and Peter Houghe write that "Neither before or since has an abduction story begun in the manner related by Walton and his coworkers. Furthermore, the Walton case is singular in that the victim vanished for days on end with police squads out searching ... it is an atypical 'Close Encounter: Fourth Kind' (CE4) ... which bucks the trend so much that it worried some investigators; others defend it staunchly." (Randles and Hough, 186)
Following the polygraph tests, Sheriff Gillespie announced that he accepted the UFO story, saying "There's no doubt they're telling the truth." (Clark, 633)
To this day Sonia's strange encounters continue. There are other strange events happening in the family home wihch all of the family members have witnessed. Strange etherial wolves have been seen in the house and loud cougar like growling near the doors. Knocking on the doors and banging on the outside doors has also been heard. The family members attribute these odd things to 'Jinn'. Muslims believe that Jinn are a creation made from smokeless flame of fire that live on a different plane/dimension and are not bound to space and time in the same way as humans. But like humans, they are crated by God. http://www.ghosttheory.com/2011/05/04/alien-abduction-of-woman-caught-on-cctv
Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds By Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger
Taken from first-person accounts and historical documents, this book chronicles more than 300 examples of alien encounters, conspiracy theories, and the influence of extraterrestrials on human events throughout history. Investigating claims of visits from otherworldly creatures, aliens living among us, abductions of humans to alien spacecraft, and accounts of interstellar cooperation since the UFO crash in Roswell, this discussion of the theories and mysteries surrounding aliens is packed with thought-provoking stories and shocking revelations of alien involvement in the lives of Earthling
Brad Steiger is the award-winning author of more than 100 books, including Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Houses; Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside; Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse; and The Werewolf Book. He is a regular radio guest on the Allan Handelman Show, Coast to Coast, Jeff Rense's Sightings, and X-Zone. Sherry Hansen Steiger is an ordained minister, the cofounder of the Celebrate Life workshop, and the founder of the Butterfly Center for Transformation. She is the coauthor of several titles in the Miracles series, including Animal Miracles, Christmas Miracles, Dog Miracles, and Miracles of a Mother's Love. They live in Venture, Iowa.
Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds By Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger Visible Ink Press Published on: 2011-05-01, 350 pages.
As millions of individuals around the world believe now that the time of full Alien or UFO disclosure draws nearer the wonderful people of Visible Ink Press have brought us a giant step closer by publishing, Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger latest work.
The Steiger's have once again opened the door to the most controversial questioned alien encounters known to man today. With certainty they have once again entrance their audience with this superb phenomenal volume. Adroitly and felicitously written with actual solid ascertained facts that are perfectly plumb and examined with the utmost diligent care and effort.
By taking a more than serious heteromorphic stance as true observers and researchers to the UFO Phenomena of today, the Steiger's take us into a not so far-off world where few only have dared acknowledge. The authors insights do not confuse their readers of any unwanted callous truths about specific individuals sexual, surgical or missing time encounters with ectomorphic creatures in the night. Though this book is filled with frightening, chilling out of time encounters with rebel gray aliens, robotic probes, reptilian and nordic beings, insect and interloper mutant hybrid forms and the most dastardly shape morphing beings that haunt us in not so ever easily unforgotten nightmares. With true illumination many points are brought forward in this book also with its many well illustrated pages.
There or of course many other serious to the point UFO books, but none in my opinion compares to this more then comprehensive fantastic offering: Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds By Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger." A definite 'must have' especially for any alien or UFO investigator just starting out or as a great refresher for any well seasoned researcher!
This book spotlights and in great exacting details many popular high profiles abduction cases, personal experiences and up to date recent sightings. From the retelling of the more then unique tales of Rosewell, Betty and Barney Hill and many many more astonishing true stories from around the world. Positively I find this is the most up to date definitive look into the endemic extraterrestrial phenomena of today. This more than extensive work spares no credible information or lost details, and specifically it points the curious to the facts behind many famous notable UFO, alien and extraterrestrial abduction cases and phenomena of recent years. Bringing to light lost or new astonishing unperceived facts that others have either simply over looked or have not fully elaborated upon.
Directly it also focus on one of my favorites the one that made me become intrested in ufology in the first place, a very interesting case that of the October 11th, 1973 incident that became one of the most publicized purported alien abductions in recent times. The Pascagoula Abduction case.
The book is filled to the brim with many more interesting and controversial stories, facts and findings by several great writers and artist such as Pastor Robin Swope, William Michael Mott, Chris Holly, Angela Thomas, Alyne Pustanio, Paul Dale Roberts, Timothy Green Buckley and G. Cope Shillhorn. It also features the dramatic Alien artwork of Ricardo Pustanio, and Bill Oliver.
"Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds By Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger" is certain to be the next international "Number 1. Bestseller" it will always have a special place and space of honor on my bookshelf and on those of others around the world for that I am not skeptical.
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh, May 6, 2011
Validation of many open cases of UFO sightings, landings and encounters of the third kind with anomalous alien beings are often what a avid UFO buff yearns to learn more about. Often searching through several volumes of works by several authors to discern the facts that might spark them into personal awareness. This truly exquisite book not only explains to novice and learned students alike the far-fetched idea and notions of the early alien era with little green men asking to be taken to our leader. As well as it thrust us dramatically forward to current and recent events as it explores and exposes with great understanding the implausible, improbable, incredible, and unbelievable.
The real understandings here that the Steiger's so aptly direct and point us to through many first hand accounts is a credibility gap between what the major unorthodox social beliefs and disinformation state, and what the common man sees happening in the study of ufology and many governments moving 21st century trend to full alien disclosure.
The Steiger's take us on a tremendous tour of ancient and contemporary aliens descending upon this planet to either observe us or enlighten us. These aliens sometimes disguised as gods and devils. And from what these abductees often state plunge their lives into a living hell.
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