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from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
from south.db import db
from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
from django.db import models

class Migration(SchemaMigration):

    def forwards(self, orm):

        # Changing field 'ItemCategory.baseSkill'
        db.alter_column('main_itemcategory', 'baseSkill_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(null=True, to=orm['main.BaseSkill']))

    def backwards(self, orm):

        # User chose to not deal with backwards NULL issues for 'ItemCategory.baseSkill'
        raise RuntimeError("Cannot reverse this migration. 'ItemCategory.baseSkill' and its values cannot be restored.")

        # The following code is provided here to aid in writing a correct migration
        # Changing field 'ItemCategory.baseSkill'
        db.alter_column('main_itemcategory', 'baseSkill_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['main.BaseSkill']))

    models = {
        'auth.group': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'blank': 'True', 'symmetrical': 'False'})
        },
        'auth.permission': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
        },
        'auth.user': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '75'}),
            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'user_set'", 'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'blank': 'True', 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'user_set'", 'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'blank': 'True', 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
        },
        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
            'Meta': {'db_table': "'django_content_type'", 'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType'},
            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
        },
        'main.aptitude': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Aptitude'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'})
        },
        'main.baseitem': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'BaseItem'},
            'armour': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'availability': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'cost': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'damageAttribute': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'damageDieCount': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '10'}),
            'damageDieSize': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '10'}),
            'damageScale': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'evasion': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'itemSlot': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '2'}),
            'itemType': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.ItemCategory']"}),
            'magicalArmour': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'magicalEvasion': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
            'tier': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'main.baseitemability': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'BaseItemAbility'},
            'baseItem': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'abilities'", 'to': "orm['main.BaseItem']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
        },
        'main.baseskill': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'BaseSkill'},
            'aptitude': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.Aptitude']"}),
            'attribute': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'halfRate': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'skillType': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'specialized': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {})
        },
        'main.character': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Character'},
            'accessorySlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedAccessories'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'age': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '4'}),
            'agility': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'baseHP': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'baseMP': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'blurb': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '1000'}),
            'bodySlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedBodies'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'gil': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '10'}),
            'handSlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedHands'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'headSlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedHeads'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'job': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'characters'", 'to': "orm['main.Job']"}),
            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'magic': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '100'}),
            'race': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'characters'", 'to': "orm['main.Race']"}),
            'secondWeaponSlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedSecondaryWeapons'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'speed': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'spirit': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'strength': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'characters'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
            'vitality': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'weaponSlot': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'equippedWeapons'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Item']"}),
            'xp': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '10'})
        },
        'main.item': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Item'},
            'baseItem': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.BaseItem']"}),
            'character': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'items'", 'to': "orm['main.Character']"}),
            'damageAttribute': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '3'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'quantity': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'main.itemcategory': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ItemCategory'},
            'baseSkill': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.BaseSkill']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
            'subCategory': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '2'})
        },
        'main.job': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Job'},
            'accuracyBonus': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'agility': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'aptitude': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.Aptitude']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'expertiseAttribute': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'expertiseSkill': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.BaseSkill']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'hasMP': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {}),
            'hpDie': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'items': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['main.ItemCategory']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
            'magic': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'mpDie': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'skillPoints': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'speed': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'spirit': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'strength': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'vitality': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'})
        },
        'main.overviewbox': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'OverviewBox'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'viewName': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
        },
        'main.overviewboxsetting': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'OverviewBoxSetting'},
            'character': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'overviewBoxSettings'", 'to': "orm['main.Character']"}),
            'enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'overviewBox': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.OverviewBox']"}),
            'sortOrder': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
            'spanFull': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {})
        },
        'main.race': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Race'},
            'dayVision': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'hearing': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'lifeSense': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'magicSense': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxAgility': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxMagic': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxSpeed': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxSpirit': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxStrength': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'maxVitality': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'}),
            'nightVision': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'smell': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'max_length': '3'})
        },
        'main.skill': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Skill'},
            'baseSkill': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['main.BaseSkill']"}),
            'character': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'skills'", 'to': "orm['main.Character']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
            'specialization': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'max_length': '20'})
        },
        'main.userprofile': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserProfile'},
            'currentCharacter': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['main.Character']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
        }
    }

    complete_apps = ['main']


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Deve la sua notorietà al fatto di sostenere di avere vissuto, tra il 1978 e il 1981, undici episodi di incontro ravvicinato del terzo e quarto tipo (IR3/4) con esseri viventi extraterrestri di tipo rettiliano.

Zanfretta descrive questi alieni come di pelle verde e increspata, alti quasi tre metri, grandi punte sulla testa e occhi triangolari gialli; egli dichiara che proverrebbero da un pianeta morente della "terza galassia" di nome "Titania" e avrebbero visto nella Terra uno dei possibili pianeti su cui trasferirsi in futuro. Gli alieni si chiamerebbero "Dargos" e lo avrebbero sottoposto ad alcuni esami clinici.

All'epoca Zanfretta prestava servizio presso la cooperativa Istituto Val Bisagno di Genova e i presunti incontri ravvicinati sarebbero avvenuti proprio durante i pattugliamenti che svolgeva per lavoro in tale città e nella relativa provincia.

La storia di Zanfretta, come quella di altri addotti, risulta a tutt'oggi non verificabile.

Le dichiarazioni dei testimoni
Alcuni testimoni, tra cui diversi colleghi di Zanfretta, nonché numerosi residenti dei comuni di Torriglia e Propata (vicino a Genova), teatro di alcuni degli eventi, dichiararono di aver assistito a strani episodi (ad esempio avvistamenti di «oggetti volanti molto grossi e luminosi») correlati ai presunti rapimenti e ne informarono i Carabinieri.

Il brigadiere Antonio Nucchi raccolse 52 di queste testimonianze; egli stesso sarà testimone di un avvistamento UFO. Il maresciallo Carlo Toccalino, che la notte tra il 6 e 7 dicembre 1978 era di turno al centralino della cooperativa di vigilanza, disse in un'intervista che poco prima del primo presunto incontro, avvenuto intorno alla mezzanotte, il venticinquenne Zanfretta aveva contattato i suoi colleghi via radio esclamando: "Mamma mia quanto è brutto! Non sono uomini, non sono uomini!". Dopo la ricezione di tale frase, il contatto radio si interruppe. Proprio in quelle ore, alcuni abitanti della vicina Torriglia avrebbero visto un forte bagliore in direzione del luogo dove si trovava Zanfretta.

Allarmati dall'interruzione del contatto radio, i colleghi Walter Lauria e Raimondo Mascia si misero alla ricerca di Zanfretta: lo trovarono circa un'ora dopo e affermarono che il suo corpo era molto caldo nonostante il freddo di quella notte. Zanfretta era in stato confusionale e febbricitante. Quando si riprese, disse che era stato terrorizzato da "extraterrestri dalle sembianze mostruose". Le guardie giurate informarono il comando dei Carabinieri, il quale inoltrò al ministero dell'Interno dei verbali nei quali veniva definito "buono" il grado di attendibilità delle testimonianze.

 In seguito fu compilato il "Rapporto informativo circa l'avvistamento di oggetti volanti non identificati (Ovni) ed umanoidi da parte di Zanfretta Fortunato"; esso sarà inviato alla Pretura di Genova dal brigadiere Nucchi il 3 gennaio 1979, ed il giudice Russo ne disporrà l'archiviazione l'11 gennaio 1980 per "mancanza di estremi di reato". Sotto ipnosi regressiva, Zanfretta racconterà che, prima di essere ritrovato, avrebbe subito esami clinici invasivi a bordo di un UFO. Riferirà, inoltre, che i presunti alieni avrebbero manifestato il proposito di trasferirsi sulla Terra in futuro.

Un altro episodio si sarebbe verificato nella notte tra il 2 e il 3 dicembre 1979, quando Zanfretta scomparve e la sua auto fu rinvenuta, senza di lui, di nuovo vicino a Torriglia.  Poco dopo Zanfretta fu ritrovato nei pressi della macchina.

La testimonianza di Zanfretta stesso
Zanfretta afferma di aver ricevuto in dono dai presunti esseri una sfera trasparente (a sua detta inizialmente destinata all'ufologo Josef Allen Hynek) contenente un tetraedro dorato che ruoterebbe in sospensione.

L'esistenza della sfera non è mai stata provata. Zanfretta afferma di averla nascosta in un luogo noto solamente a lui e che eventuali altri esseri viventi terrestri che provassero ad avvicinarvisi verrebbero fulminati dalla sfera stessa, sorte che sarebbe capitata ad una lepre avvicinatasi casualmente; Zanfretta racconta di sentirsi psichicamente forzato a recarsi dove avrebbe nascosto la sfera almeno due volte al mese, pur ignorando il motivo di tali visite.

Egli afferma inoltre di aver provato a fotografare la sfera, ottenendo, dopo lo sviluppo, solo l'immagine di cinque punti luminosi.

I pareri contrastanti degli esperti

Il loro collega Marco Marchesan, tuttavia, precisò che queste dichiarazioni potrebbero comunque non corrispondere alla realtà. Roberto Pinotti ed Enrico Baccarini del Centro ufologico nazionale (CUN), pur ritenendo importante il "caso Zanfretta", scrissero su UFO Notiziario che l'ipnosi sarebbe stata inquinata irrimediabilmente dall'intrusione di un inquirente

L'ipnosi regressiva, inoltre, è considerata in genere un metodo assai inaffidabile, dato che è facile per lo sperimentatore ingannare il paziente e instillargli dei finti ricordi. Questo tipo di tecnica infatti oggi non è più ammessa nei tribunali.

Durante una trasmissione su un'emittente locale, , in quanto i primi disegni degli alieni fatti dal metronotte, disegni dei quali sarebbe in possesso, sarebbero diversi da quelli attuali: Moretti e Musatti affermarono però che i disegni in stato di veglia sarebbero molto meno precisi di quelli effettuati sotto ipnosi.

Eco della vicenda sui media
La storia di Zanfretta ebbe una notevole eco nei giornali del tempo e il metronotte fu anche ospite di Enzo Tortora a Portobello.

La storia di Zanfretta ha ispirato, nel 1984, un libro giunto oggi alla sua quinta edizione e uscito nel 2014 in tutto il mondo in lingua inglese, a firma del giornalista Rino Di Stefano, che può essere considerato "il padre del caso Zanfretta". Nel dicembre 1984, RaiTre ne trasse uno sceneggiato-inchiesta intitolato UFO a Genova? Gli incontri ravvicinati di Piero Zanfretta, in due puntate di grande successo, proposto e realizzato dal regista televisivo Bruno Ferracciolo.

Parecchio tempo dopo, nel 2004, se ne parlò ancora nel film fantascientifico InvaXön - Alieni in Liguria di Massimo Morini (leader del gruppo musicale Buio Pesto), con la direzione scientifica dell'astronauta Franco Malerba. Nel film, che narra di un ipotetico tentativo di invasione della Liguria da parte dei Dargos, Zanfretta ha impersonato sé stesso, e gli incassi della vendita dei diritti della pellicola sono stati devoluti all'Associazione Sindrome dell'X Fragile.

Zanfretta dichiara che non ha mai tratto alcun profitto da iniziative editoriali e giornalistiche derivate dalle sue presunte esperienze.

Per contro, esse gli causarono la sospensione del porto d'armi, con ricadute sulla sua posizione lavorativa, essendo egli all'epoca guardia giurata. Zanfretta afferma inoltre che il racconto di quegli eventi provocò reiterati ed umilianti episodi di derisione nei suoi confronti sia da parte di privati (afferma in un'intervista: «Gente sconosciuta mi telefona a casa a tutte le ore per prendermi in giro. Io non lo so che cosa fosse quello che ho visto, però l'ho visto. Non sono un bugiardo.»), che da parte di alcuni giornalisti (si sentì piuttosto deriso da Tortora quando fu invitato nella trasmissione "Portobello").

Nel 2002 è stato ospite del Maurizio Costanzo Show su Canale 5, e successivamente nel 2007 è stato invitato a Il bivio, condotto da Enrico Ruggeri su Italia 1. Durante quest'ultima trasmissione l'ex-maresciallo dei carabinieri Antonio Nucchi, ormai in pensione, rivelò che all'epoca dei fatti in questione fu testimone, assieme ad altre persone, di un notevole avvistamento UFO, e di esser stato "consigliato" dal comando di tacere.

Il 16 novembre 2007, nel corso di una puntata della trasmissione "Rebus, questioni di conoscenza" sulla rete satellitare Odeon TV, condotta da Maurizio Decollanz, presenti in studio il giornalista Rino Di Stefano, Maurizio Baiata (direttore del mensile "AREA 51") e Marco Morocutti (progettista elettronico e membro del CICAP, il Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sul Paranormale), Zanfretta ha mostrato foto e video recentemente realizzati con la tecnica del digitale alla "sfera" di cui i presunti alieni gli avrebbero fatto dono. Ancora una volta, tuttavia, né le immagini fotografiche né quelle video hanno potuto provare alcunché dal momento che sono risultate completamente scure.

Il 15 e 16 ottobre 2008 è stato ospite di Ricomincio da qui, trasmissione in onda su Rai 2 (condotta da Alda D'Eusanio), dichiarando che a partire da gennaio fino a luglio 2008 si sono accese in sequenza (una al mese fino a giugno, cinque a luglio) 11 iscrizioni su 12 disponibili al di sotto della sfera, e che da agosto 2008 non riesce più ad accedere al luogo in cui custodisce la scatola con all'interno la sfera.

Il 3 maggio 2012 è stato ospite di Mistero su Italia 1. Nel corso della puntata, è stato trasmesso un video, condotto da Daniele Bossari e girato dalla troupe televisiva del programma nell'area di Torriglia, per ricostruire insieme a Zanfretta i fatti accaduti in quei giorni, raccogliendo anche le testimonianze di due ex guardie giurate, Giuliano Buonamici e Mauro Dellepiane. Successivamente, erano presenti in studio Zanfretta e il giornalista Rino Di Stefano, insieme a Mirko Bragaglia del ghost hunters team, che ha realizzato indagini attraverso termocamere, fotocamere all'infrarosso e rilevatori elettromagnetici (k2). Il servizio di Bossari è stato poi ritrasmesso il 27 giugno 2012 durante la decima puntata speciale di Mistero, dedicata ai casi più interessanti affrontati nella serie del programma.

Note

Bibliografia

 Cinzia Caiani, Pierfortunato Zanfretta e l'invaxön dei "Dargos", da "UFO Notiziario" Nuova Serie - N. 56 dell'Aprile/Maggio 2005
 Rino Di Stefano, Il caso Zanfretta - La vera storia di un incredibile fatto di cronaca, Stampato da CreateSpace, 2014, VI Edizione, pp. 340, ISBN 9781508650010 (eBook Kindle ISBN 9788890965029)
 Rino Di Stefano, Adesso gli Ufo mi vogliono rapire, apparso su Gente di sabato 20 gennaio 1979
 Rino Di Stefano, Storia dell'uomo che incontrò gli Ufo, apparso su Il Giornale di venerdì 6 luglio 1984
 Jimmy Guieu, Nos maîtres les extraterrestres, Presses de la Cité 1992, p. 96
 Roberto Pinotti, Enrico Baccarini, Abductions, ignoranza, superficialità e improvvisazione, apparso su UFO Notiziario Nuova Serie - N. 48 del dicembre 2003/Gennaio 2004

Collegamenti esterni
 Sito ufficiale de Il caso Zanfretta di Rino Di Stefano

 Podcast sul caso Zanfretta, su Spotify.com
 Intervista a Zanfretta di Giorgio Pastore
 Intervista a Zanfretta di Cinzia Caiani
 La conferenza di Parma di Stefano Panizza

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In October last year, Kyocera and Sprint manufactured and launched its first Android, Sanyo Zio. It is Sprint's first adventure into the android industry. The name says it all as it possesses some of the most sort out features in economy cell phone. It comes with a vast assortment of accessories, such as the Sprint ID that lets users download stuff quickly and integrate it into the system. Sanyo provides its users with elaborate and predefined experience, which provides space to download applications, ringtones, wallpapers, games and other such widgets. The Android was first made available for a moderate amount of just USD 99.99 with an agreement, however, now the handset has been made available at no cost with just a 24 month long service agreement between the company and the consumer.
The display being offered by Sanyo Zio houses an 8.89 cm touch screen, with a resolution of 480×800 pixels in terms of 262K colors the TFT panel looks ecstatic. The cell phone proved to be a great success in terms of user convenience and technology. The screen is smaller however the color density is good but the screen loses visibility almost entirely when it comes to exposure to sunlight. The colors can be termed as infused when compared to other cell phones in the same category like the HTC EVO or the Samsung Transform. The operating system is an And. 2.1, the keypad is a virtual QWERTY, the handset comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera equipped with an auto focus. The other qualities include a MP3 player, with Bluetooth 2.1 (Electrical Designer Reference), a 0.5GB built-in memory, 32GB external memory, Wi-Fi connectivity, Micro SD card slot, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint Zone, GPS, Visual voicemail, and the most pleasing thing is the life of battery which provides a 1130 mAH and battery talk time of up to 4.6 hours.
The smart phone weighs a mere 3.7 ounces making Sanyo Zio feel immensely light. The devices dimensions are also such that it can be moved easily in and out of the pocket. The device makes for the lost weight with the plastic body. The hand set has the feasibility to use Blue tooth devices like the BlueAnt Q1 Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset it has Multipoint pairs with up to 8 devices. It uses advanced software to recognize different voices to allow you to easily control the headset and other functions of the cell just by using your voice making it true hands free. The final verdict would be that of a slight dismay. Sanyo Zio looks good on paper but the design is more important then what is being offered in paper. The design surely needs improvement and the system could have been made a lot better with improvement in execution. But the weight and the agreement for a free offer made it hard for people to complain. The mobile has witnessed some response issues and the plastic body with less aesthetic appeal makes it hard for people to acknowledge anything good.
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Die Ratten ist ein deutscher Stummfilm des Regisseurs Hanns Kobe mit Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Eugen Klöpfer und Marija Leiko in Hauptrollen.

Dieser Film aus dem Jahr 1921 ist der erste einer Reihe von Kino- und Fernsehfilmen nach Gerhart Hauptmanns gleichnamigem Theaterstück, das am 13. Januar 1911 im Berliner Lessingtheater uraufgeführt worden war.

Produktion
Produziert wurde der Film von der Grete Ly Film-Gesellschaft Grete Reß, der in Berlin ansässigen Produktionsfirma von Grete Ly, einer Sängerin, die kurze Zeit auch als Schauspielerin und Filmproduzentin tätig war.

Vertrieb
Der Film wurde von der Firma Terra Film vertrieben und am 29. Juli 1921 in Berlin erstaufgeführt. Zudem wurde er in Dänemark 1922 unter dem Titel Rotterne veröffentlicht.

Wichtige Neuverfilmungen
1955 verfilmte Robert Siodmak den Stoff nochmals mit Heidemarie Hatheyer, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens und Gustav Knuth und gewann damit den Goldenen Bären der Berlinade.

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The story of Rama is versified in the Ramayana; the life of Krishna is narrated in the Mahabharata; the Puranas contain the legends and tales of different dynasties; the chronicles of Buddha's life are found in the Jataka tales; while the Agama literatures tell us about the story of the Jain Tirthankaras.
In the last episode we saw how these religious texts are used by the historians to deduce historical inferences and reconstruct the history of the bygone times.
Namaskar and welcome to another halt of our journey in time. The past is past, without knowing about it we are often condemned to repeat its darker sides. This phenomenon of human life makes the study of history all the more imperative. Important thus not only is the history of the rulers and the ruled, but also those of the ideas and philosophies that we still continue.
Apart from religious texts that are available to us to know about the ancient Indian society, a large body of non-religious texts is also available to us in the form of treatises, plays, poems, biographies, commentaries etc. These texts are essentially non-religious or secular in nature. Of these, the most important perhaps is the Arthashastra of Kautilya.
The Arthashastra is believed to have been written by Chanakya, the clever and able Brahmin who uprooted the Nandas, helped Chandragupta to ascend the throne of Magadha and became his guide and advisor — it was actually not so. The Arthsastra, in fact, was put into shape nearly five hundred years after Chandragupta — around A.D. 300. Nor is it the work of one author. A computer generated study done recently indicates that three or four authors contributed to it. And although it is the oldest text available to us on statecraft, it mentions as its predecessors, not less than five schools and thirteen individual writers on the subject. Moreover, though the work seems to relate to the age of the Mauryas and especially of Chandragupta, one must remember that what the author wants to project is an ideal state — things as they should be. Hence one needs to be very careful when using the text as historical material. Having said this, it must be admitted that the Arthasastra is a unique and outstanding work of ancient India dealing with practically "every aspect of the theory and practice of government". Among the subjects it covers are: duties of the king, municipal government, warfare and the use of spies, social customs including rights of women, taxation and economy, irrigation, ships and navigation, census operations, jails, various wings of the army like the cavalry, infantry, chariots and elephants; markets and even horticulture. The author of the Arthasastra has often been called the Indian Machiavelli, but he is certainly more than that. The Arthasastra is much wider in scope dealing with many more aspects of government and society than in Machiavelli's Prince. And although written much later than the period it refers to, it does help us to reconstruct the character and the times of Chandragupta Maurya.
Another work dealing with this period but of an altogether different nature is the play Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadutt. This text like that of the Arthasastra, is of a much later day, written during the period of the Guptas, and has as its subject the court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta Maurya. It is largely through this play that the character of Chanakya emerges as we know him today.
Literature, they say, is a mirror of the times and we are fortunate in having a number of plays come down to us from ancient times; although we shall never know the number of not only plays but other literary works which have been lost to us during this passage of time.
Of the plays that are available to us, the most famous is Kalidasa's Shakuntala with its author - Kalidasa.
Sanskrit plays or natakas constitute a rich source for the history of ancient India and Kalidasa enjoys the status of the most eminent playwright of ancient India. His play Sakuntala has enjoyed immense popularity not only here in India but practically the world over ever since Sir William Jones published an English translation of it in 1789.
Among other well-known plays of Kalidasa are Malvika-Agnimitra, Kumar-Sambhava and Meghduta.
In Kalidasa we find this literary form in full maturity but it is difficult to trace its development. Kalidasa himself mentions his predecessors many of whose works seem to have disappeared forever. The one playwright, who was praised by many of his successors including Kalidasa, was Bhasa.
A bunch of thirteen plays of Bhasa was discovered in the early years of the last (twentieth) century. Of these thirteen - the most well known is Swapnavasvadatta. The precise date of Bhasa is not known, but considering the style of the language together with the dates of other playwrights who mention him — Bhasa may be placed in the second or the third century A.D.
The oldest playwright known to us is, however, Asvaghosh, who was a contemporary of Kanishka, the Kushana ruler who ruled in the First century AD.
Asvaghosha's three plays were discovered in Turfan in Central Asia. The most well-known of these is Sariputra Prakarana, which is based on the conversion of Sariputta by the Buddha.
Asvaghosha is more famous for his work Buddhacharita, written in an epic style describing the life of the Buddha. The work enjoyed a popularity not only in India but also China and Tibet.
Drama, as a form of literature enjoyed such popularity in ancient India that even Harsha - the famous king of Kanauj in the seventh century - is said to have authored at least three plays himself. Of the three, Ratnavali - a romantic comedy - is perhaps the best known.
For a historian, more than the dramas, it is the biographies which are much more important — dealing as they do directly with historical incidents and personalities, although in an exaggerated form and style.
Of the biographies, the most well known is Harshacharita, that of king Harsha we have just mentioned, by Banabhatta.
Another well known biographical work was Vikramdevacharita by Bilhana (eleventh century) in which we find the story of the Chalukya king Vikramaditya.
Two another pieces of non-religious literature available to us to study the past are the the Panchatantra of Vishnu Sharma and Ashtadhyayi of Panini. The former is a collection of fables meant for imparting instruction in statecraft. Each fable - many with animals as characters - has a moral attached to it. "Never was a school textbook better written", says A.L. Basham.
Panini's Ashtadhyayi is a work of Sanskrit grammar - the oldest and the best in this category anywhere in the world. Composed around 400 B.C., the work yields valuable material on the society and economy of the times.
The works we have described were all composed in north India. At the turn of the Christian era, that is, around the first century A.D., we find the first evidence of a rich literary tradition in the south. The origins of this tradition are lost in myths and unverifiable legends. It is said that Madura, the capital of the Tamil country, hosted three major sangams or congregations of literateurs. Nothing remains of the first sagam. Of the second, only one work, Tolkappiyam - a Tamil Grammar (composed in about 500 B.C.) - survives. With the third sangam, we enter into a historical phase.
They also help us reconstruct the early political history of the region by providing information on the Pandyas, Cholas and the Cheras — the three important ruling dynasties of the south. Among these compositions is the famous Kural of Tiruvalluvar. According to tradition, he faced great difficulty in getting his work approved by the third sangam, but later it was accepted as a masterpiece and enjoys great popularity even today.
The literature, whether religious or secular in nature, is the reflection of the society and truly one of the best source for unravelling the past. The rituals, customs, manners, practices, traditions, lingual articulations and narrations contained in these texts, provide a mine of information about the life styles and living conditions of the different strata of the society.
However, while all these literary gems are of indigenous origin, there are some invaluable literary compilations from the hands of the foreigners.
We will tell you more about it in the next episode of the History of India.
It's Good Bye for now.


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More convincing video of Jerusalem UFO comes to light
Posted on February 4, 2011 by wakeupbd
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Wake Up BD & Pakalert Press reported on an incredible UFO sighting along with accompanying video clip. The event occurred in Jerusalem at 1am on the Saturday morning. A UFO descended to the level of the Dome of the Rock/Temple Mount before zooming off skywards. Since we broke the story the Internet has buzzed with talk abut this sighting. Unconfirmed reports of other witnesses have surfaced, along with a third clip of the event that many believe is a hoax and a parody.
Now a fourth video of the event has surfaced. This video was supposedly taken by a group of Israelis visiting the Old City of Jerusalem.
The shown footage in this latest clip appears more substantially more convincing than the other clips.
See first clip here
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Unknown Light Object Landed and Tookoff in Jerusalem, Israel
Recent UFO video of strange unknown light in the sky over Jerusalem in Israel. This video was recorded on Friday, 28th January 2011 around 1 am.
Witness report: This morning around 01:00 AM at the promenade of Armon Hantziv in Jerusalm, i was witness(with another guy), an amazing ufo aircraft over Jerusalem old city (mount Moriah) Dome of the Rock,Temple Mount, (قبة الصخرة, הר הבית).
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ভারতে প্রধানমন্ত্রী মনমোহর সিং বলেছেন টিপাইমুখ বাধ হবেই। অপরদিকে বাংলাদেশের প্রধান মন্ত্রীর উপদেষ্টা গহর রিজভি বলেছেন টিপাইমুখ বাধ হলে বাংলাদেশের তেমন কোণ সমস্যা হবে না।কিন্তু বিশেষজ্ঞদের মতে এই বাধ হলে তা বাংলাদেশের জন্য হবে ভয়াবহ। মনে হচ্ছে আমাদের সারকার টিপাইমুখ বাধ নির্মাণ ঠেকাবে না। সুতরাং আমাদেরকে এই ছবির পরিস্থিতি দেখার জন্য অপেক্ষা করা ছারা উপায় নেই। ???? !!!! ????
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William Hannan, I believe, amassed a fortune in Detroit real estate early in the Twentieth Century. I think that he donated funds for the once-magnificent building that you see pictured above. However, I know little about Mr. Hannan and only a bit more about the history of this building. If you know about him and this building, please send a message to me at renf@umich.edu. Luella Hannan, who was, I believe, William Hannan's widow, used some of her inheritance to establish the Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation in 1925. This organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for older residents of metropolitan Detroit. I think this foundation built a residence to provide single-room housing for the elderly at 4750 Woodward. The Hannan Foundation, apparently, reduced their efforts to house senior citizens and now uses their Woodward structure for their services programs. They also provide space for organizations providing services to Detroit's senior citizens.
I do not know when the YMCA ceased using this building. I believe that a private individual purchased the structure and then defaulted on federal taxes, so the federal government became the owner of the decaying structure that you see. Perhaps one of the Washington agencies still holds title to this building. There is a gradual renovation of the neighborhoods bordering East Jefferson. Indeed, many rather expensive new homes have been built in the last decade in the neighborhood across East Jefferson near the Detroit River. Perhaps the Hannan Memorial YMCA building will eventually be converted into condominiums.


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This wall hanging a print on fabric of Sri Mooji's mural painting St Francis and the Birds. Inspired by the light of the living Christ, Mooji painted this divine artwork on the inner walls of the Christ Chapel in Monte Sahaja, Portugal 2016.
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Identity and diversity at the core of punk-rock musical
From Upbeat, 1:00 pm on 13 May 2019
It was a big risk for The Court Theatre to stage something as flamboyant, fabulous and confronting as Hedwig and The Angry Inch, but it's what Christchurch, and New Zealand, needs right now.
Identity, diversity and self-acceptance are at the core of the musical which had its New Zealand premiere on Saturday.
Adam Rennie as Hedwig in the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch Photo: Supplied
It follows genderqueer East German rock singer Hedwig and her band The Angry Inch as she navigates who she is and how she fits into the world.
Those themes are something the cast and crew of Hedwig have embraced as well.
Court Theatre Artistic director Ross Gumbley says while the rights to the show were "incredibly hard" to secure it was important to bring it to the Garden City.
"Hedwig is a work that speaks to the zeitgeist. Hedwig raises questions about gender identity and is told with the voice of an immigrant to the United States – two of the hottest topics of the day," he says. "One of the reasons for the show's spectacular International appeal is that the work is built upon a profound well of pain – the pain of compromising your identity and then the triumph and celebration of accepting who you are. When you throw in some unrequited love it isn't hard to understand the shows timely and universal appeal."
Luke di Somma Photo: supplied
For Musical Director Luke Di Somma, it was more than just the music that attracted him to Hedwig.
"I think that there has never been a more important time to share the story of what it means to be an outsider," he says. "Hedwig's story is dripping with specificity but the message of wanting human connection and discovering who we really are is universal.
"At the time of being offered and then researching the show I was grappling with my own sexuality, and even though the show isn't about sexuality per se, it is about being the truest, most authentic version of yourself and that connected with me on some level."
Hedwig and The Angry Inch Photo: Supplied
The title character is played by the energetic Adam Rennie, who comes to Christchurch via Australia and the United States. Hedwig is his "dream role" and just like his character he has "beautiful queer parts".
"I was so relieved on the first day of rehearsals to see that in almost every department we have some representation from the beautiful, queer, alphabet soup. It has been nice to have so many different experiences and versions of queerness mounting this show that years ago was so instrumental in me embracing mine," he says. "Hedwig is unlike all of us. She is a category of one, but that allows all of us to see parts of our story in hers. I think that is why the show is as powerful and as current now, as it was 20 years ago."
The LGBTQI+ community will also benefit from Hedwig. Adam is gifting a portion of his fee to RainbowYOUTH, an organisation that supports youth as they navigate their identities and places in the world.
"The show is a celebration of queerness and acceptance, and RainbowYOUTH is helping the next generation find that for themselves," he says. "When I was growing up, I had incredible queer role models. I wouldn't be here performing my dream role if it wasn't for the support of the queer community, so the least I can do is donate and shout them out whenever I have the chance and the means to do so."
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is on at The Court Theatre in Christchurch until 1 June.
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Summary. Studied characteristics of cardiovascular activity in people with normal hearing and deafness during mental activity. It is established that people with normal hearing differ in both the best quantitative and qualitative indicators of information processing, and in the balance of regulating mechanisms of cardiac rhythm in comparison with deaf ones. The study of spectral characteristics of cardiac rhythm and correlation analysis showed low effectiveness of regulating mechanisms of cardiac rhythm in the deaf persons, which may be associated with a high risk of cardiovascular and cardiac pathology.
Key words: cardiovascular activity, information processing, regulating mechanisms, deaf and healthy people.
It is known that any mental activity necessarily causes a different degree of neuro-psychological stress, which is reflected in the cardiovascular system in the form of various compensatory reactions [1, p. 153; 6, p.87]. According to the modern views, the variability of the heart rhythm can reflect the degree of tension of regulatory systems [2, p. 11]. The practical interest is the study of the spectral characteristics of the HR in people with auditory deprivation, whose number is steadily increasing.
The goal of the research is to investigate the features of the spectral characteristics of HR in the patients with auditory deprivation during processing of complex visual information. We studied the spectral characteristics of HR in 34 men aged 18-26 without auditory problems and 27 their peers with auditory deprivation at rest and while processing of visual information. The investigations were carried out in compliance with the bioethical rules and regulations of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, after a voluntary written agreement of the investigated persons. The information was processed using computer complex "Diagnost 1M" [4, р. 141-142]. We used geometric shapes as a visual load for the differentiation of information. We found the number of incorrect reactions, the total number of visual stimuli processed for 5 minutes of the differentiation of positive and inhibitory stimuli in the "feedback". The spectral characteristics of HR were registered on the device "Cardiolab+" at rest and during information processing. We analyzed the indicators of spectrum total power (Total Power - TR ms2), the power of spectrum at very low frequencies (the VLF ms2), low frequencies (LF ms2,) and high frequencies (HF ms2) [3, р. 1050; 5, р. 201]. The statistical processing of the obtained results was carried out using methods of mathematical statistics and the packages of programs Exel and Statistica for Windows 8.0. The reliability of the changes and the differences between the comparative values was estimated according to the non-parametric Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney criterion. The existence of a relationship between the indicators was checked by the calculations of the Spearman correlation coefficient (rs). Differences between groups and the existence of correlation dependence were considered to be reliable at р< 0.05.
We found that the number of the processed visual information in the individuals with deprivation was reliably low than in their peers with normal hearing, 588±72.9 and 737±52.1 stimuli, respectively, for 5 minutes of testing (р<0.05). Thus, the differentiation of visual information by the deaf people was accompanied with a great number of mistakes.
The analysis of the background indicators of the spectral characteristics of HR did not found reliable differences in the indicators of the investigated groups (р>0.05). At the same time, the quantitative values of VLF and LF were higher in the persons with auditory deprivation than in their healthy peers; it might show the tendency to less economic use of the reserve opportunities of the heart of the deaf people [7, р. 129; 9, р. 185].
The analysis of the spectral characteristics of HR during information processing showed dominating influence of vegetative provision of visual information processing in the persons with different state of auditory function (Table 1).
Note: the table represents the values of median (the first and third quartiles); * - reliable differences р<0.05, ** - р<0.01 relatively the indicators of background within the boundaries of the group; # - reliable difference р<0.05 relatively the indicators of healthy individuals during work. Table contains own results.
The reliable decrease of quantitative values of LF, HF and ТР was found in the deaf and the individuals with normal hearing during differentiating stimuli (р<0.05-0.01). At the same time, this decrease was more significant in the healthy individuals than in the persons with auditory deprivation (р<0.01). Besides, the expressed part of humoral-metabolic channel in the regulation of HR during visual information processing was found in the individuals with normal hearing function if compared with the deaf in which its influence on the regulation of heart work was reliably decreased (р<0.05).
It is known that the mobilization of energy and metabolic reserves in different functional states is reflected by the changes in the power of the HR spectrum [3, p. 1060]. According to the modern approaches, the contribution of HR waves into the total spectral power in the VLF range in normal state is 15-30%, LF is from 15 to 35-40%, and the NF is 15-25% [2, p. 17, p. 26]. We conducted a comparison of the waves of different ranges of the surveyed persons, recorded in the resting state and during mental activity. It is established that contributions to TP of healthy and deaf people in conditions of the rest did not have meaningful differences and correspond to general clinical norms. Analysis of the composition of the TP in surveyed persons in conditions of the mental activity revealed that the proportion of the VLF waves in the deaf persons decreased, while in healthy persons it increased on 25.1% (p <0.01) (figure 1).
According to A N Fleishman, the power of the VLF waves - the HR range is a clear marker of the deployment of metabolic alterations [8, p. 24, p. 77]. It is not excluded that an increase in the contribution of the WLF into the TP may indicate a relative loss-making effect of the adaptive response in healthy individuals, while its reduction in the deaf persons can evidence of the tendency of the depletion of energy reserves.
The analysis of the LF waves in the TP of the various groups of surveyed persons, recorded in conditions of mental activity, indicated the increasing of their fate in the deaf people. Despite the fact that the increment of the index was low, the contribution of the LF waves to the total cardiac output increased significantly (p <0.05). Such dynamics indirectly points to the development of the tension in the system of regulation of vascular tone of the deaf individuals.
Changes in the waves of the HF band in the TP of healthy and deaf people during the mental activity of the subjects were of a multi-directional nature, but in both cases they did not reach the limits of reliability (p> 0.05). Thus, matching of the waves of the cardiac spectra of the surveyed persons showed that the regulatory mechanisms of healthy individuals were characterized by flexibility and high adaptability, while adaptive changes of deaf people were rigid and narrow.
The comparison of spectral indicators of HR while differentiating positive and inhibitory stimuli by the deaf and healthy individuals showed higher tension of the mechanisms of vegetative provision in the persons with auditory deprivation especially due to the greater rigidity of sinus rhythm during the work and the expressed tone of sympathetic innervation (р<0.5), which was observed on the background of the decrease of the quality of differentiating complex visual information.
The correlation analysis between the indicators of the quantity of the processed visual information and the spectral characteristics of HR during the test was used to check the obtained data. The reliable correlation (р<0.05) with LF, HF, TP was found in the deaf between the quantity of the processed information and spectral characteristics of the heart activity, and in the persons with normal hearing – with VLF, HF and TP. Thus, statistically reliable differences between the spectral characteristics of the HR while differentiating visual information and the ambiguity of the obtained correlation between the quantity of the processed information and the indicators of the HR regulation in the people with different status of auditory function show the differences in the regulatory processes of the heart rhythm control.
The obtained results allow to draw the following conclusions: the individuals with normal hearing were characterized with better performance of the task in information processing and high lability of the regulatory processes of the heart rhythm if compared to the persons with auditory deprivation; the analysis of the spectral characteristics of the heart rhythm in the persons with normal hearing and auditory deprivation, as well as correlation showed low efficiency of the regulation mechanisms of the heart rhythm in the deaf. We believe that the results of the study of cardiovascular activity, obtained in the context of mental activity, are sensitive indicators of the state of the regulatory mechanisms of the cardiac rhythm. It can serve as prognostic criteria for the risk of cardiovascular disease, and can also be used in the system of professional orientation of young people with normal hearing and young people with their disabilities. The results can be used to monitor the functional state of the deaf persons, helping to avoid the development of fatigue and strain on the work of the brain and heart.
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Politics in Uganda: the historicals' domain
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In the end Uganda's 2016 elections, like their predecessors, did not deliver many surprises. In an increasingly securitised political environment, incumbent Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) emerged victorious in both presidential and parliamentary ballots. The results were contested by opposition groups and delivered by an Electoral Commission whose impartiality was questioned.
It was Amama Mbabazi who took his complaints to Uganda's Supreme Court despite only coming third in the poll. The unsuccessful election petition was the third of its kind since 2001, but the first to deliver a unanimous verdict. Besigye, who equalled his best performance in securing 35% of the vote, did not contest the results in court as he had done in 2001 and 2006. Instead he and the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) called for a campaign of "defiance" and an international audit of the results. Besigye was pre-emptively detained before the election results were announced and released a day after the petition ruling was announced – having spent 43 days under house arrest. Confrontations with the police continue. In the last week the Ugandan government has banned media outlets from covering the FDC's defiance campaign, a move described by The Observer in Uganda as "insidiously autocratic and unjustifiable".
As Museveni is sworn in on 12 May, attention is increasingly turning to the future direction of Ugandan politics.
President Museveni being sworn in (2011) – Credit: Echwalu Photography
Go Backwards?
Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi endured a tough introduction to life outside the NRM. During the campaign he came face to face with several repressive bills that he had been instrumental in designing and implementing when in government. Museveni and the NRM recognised the potential threat Mbabazi posed. In a worst case scenario they envisaged him securing enough of "their" votes to force a second round.
Deliberate, and sometimes violent, targeting of Mbabazi's campaign succeeded in reducing his share of the vote to just 1.4%, lower than most expected when he first announced his candidacy in July 2015. By voting day the fight seemed to have drained from a man who as well as suffering at the hands of the state failed to capture public support. In an interview with The Observer, Dr Sabiti Makara, a political scientist at Makerere University, remarked that Mbabazi was "an office worker who would work well in a bureaucracy. He does not connect well with the masses".
This point was exemplified during Uganda's televised presidential debates. Mbabazi appeared uncharismatic and unsure as to where exactly the middle ground he sought was to be found. He struggled to win over opposition voters because of his long and close involvement with the regime; and many party supporters would not forgive him for his 'disloyalty' to Museveni. Among NRM voters I spoke to on election day there was almost as much glee regarding Mbabazi's poor performance as there was for Museveni's victory.
A return to the NRM fold for Mbabazi is a possibility, but he would no longer be viewed as a likely successor to Museveni (as he was after the 2011 elections). By allowing Mbabazi to stand and then doing all he could to ensure that his bid failed, Museveni robbed him of electoral credibility for the future. "Mbabazi is a spent force", Patience Akumu, a freelance writer and lawyer, told ARI.
For Museveni, a 7% decline in support from 2011 could be interpreted as a sign that the "steady progress" promised in his party's manifesto holds less appeal for an increasingly youthful population. With 78% of citizens born after he came to power, and with an unemployment crisis looming in the country, the president will need to pursue a more inclusive economic strategy in the next five years. Promising, and delivering, 18 million hoes may be a successful vote-winning strategy in rural areas, but it will not deliver the sort of agricultural transformation which the NRM has been promising since it first came to power. It might also be advisable not to rely so heavily on a historical narrative that casts him as the man to bring peace to Uganda after decades of instability. For an increasing number of young, unemployed Ugandans this is a history they do not share.
By 2021, of course, a presidential age limit in Uganda's 1995 Constitution would technically prevent Museveni from standing again. But with the NRM holding more seats than the two-thirds majority in parliament required for constitutional amendments, the removal of that impediment remains a distinct possibility; although Museveni would have to find a way of doing so that is acceptable to his party, keeps donors onside and secures a certain level of popular support. That would be no mean feat and might be attempted by packaging a number of constitutional amendments together. The removal of the presidential age limit could, for example, be accompanied by a reintroduction of term limits – a ploy reminiscent of 2005 when term limits were scrapped at the same time as multi-party democracy was introduced.
If Museveni steps aside, internal competition to succeed him will inevitably be fierce, with no obvious successor now that Mbabazi has been rendered unelectable. The replacement could come from within Museveni's own family: both his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, head of the Special Command Forces and his wife, Janet, the former Minister for Karamoja Affairs, have been mentioned. If a family handover were not extremely well managed it would spark further factionalism within the NRM, small signs of which were observable in the last parliament and in Mbabazi's high profile defection. For now, "those who attempt to challenge Museveni from within the NRM will end up like Besigye and Mbabazi", Peter Mwesige, Executive Director of the African Centre for Media Excellence, told ARI; "if they don't jump they will be kicked out".
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The inner workings of the NRM are fascinating, if poorly understood. NRM primaries were one of the most violent features of the election campaign. According to Andrew Mwenda, managing editor of The Independent, internal conflict at the local level was in fact a sign of the NRM's strength and opposition weakness. Many of the most contested parliamentary seats pitted NRM candidates against NRM-leaning independents. Independent MPs will number 47 to the NRMs 268 in Uganda's tenth parliament and although they will be inclined to support Museveni, their loyalty will come at a cost.
The 2016 elections highlighted the increasing fluidity of the movement. With a new cabinet to build after 17 ministers lost their seats, there is space for the new generation of NRM MPs to exert greater influence in shaping the party's future. In the meantime, "everything is determined in the (NRM) caucus – they then use the numbers to beat the rest", says Flavia Nassaka, a journalist at The Independent, citing the recent sole candidatures of the speaker and deputy speaker of parliament.
Sustaining opposition
Besigye and the FDC have been where they now find themselves before. In 2006 they polled 35% of the vote. Five years later, they secured 27%. Whilst in 2011 the government benefited from a groundswell of support brought about by the end of conflict in the north, the challenging economic conditions currently facing the country could be to the FDC's advantage – if the party can plan and operate more strategically.
Youth are often reluctant voters in Uganda, but on paper they were the largest voting bloc in 2016 – 42% of voters were aged between 18 and 30. This predominance will be greater still in five years' time. If the FDC could secure the support of younger voters at school or through youth clubs, there would be the foundations for a nationwide grassroots network. Since its creation in 2004, the FDC's lack of community-level party structures across the country, particularly in rural areas, has proved to be a major obstacle to its development and expansion.
The legacy of the "movement system" in Uganda means that the reach of the state and the NRM – the two have become increasingly interchangeable – extends down through the five tiers of local government to the village level. In 2016 the FDC won just 31 parliamentary seats, fewer than it held in the ninth parliament, and the party failed to post candidates in 91 of the 290 constituencies. In local government elections the parliamentary outcome was replicated: the NRM won 82 of the 112 district chairperson seats. To become a more forceful opposition in day-to-day politics and exert real pressure on the NRM, the FDC would need to increase its presence in the legislature considerably.
Who will be the party's flag bearer in 2021? How can the FDC move on from Besigye's populist leadership whilst also maintaining – or improving – its support? These are key questions for leading FDC figures to consider. Having stood and failed to win in the last four elections, Besigye risks turning the presidential race into a personal duel and dominating opposition politics the same way Museveni dominates the government. Perhaps it would be wise for him to step down but remain closely involved. His track record of courageous opposition to the regime and genuine popular support is extremely valuable. According to Mwesige, "the charisma of Besigye is important, but without better organisation and strong institutions the FDC can't easily uproot the entrenched NRM".
If it is to run Museveni more closely, the FDC might benefit from a leader who can combine Besigye's popularity with greater political dexterity; persistently drawing attention to where the regime is failing to deliver basic services in a way that is less combative than the current approach. The party's current leader, Mugisha Muntu, is widely seen as a good strategist but lacks popular support because he is also perceived as more inclined to dialogue than defiance. Perhaps Winnie Byanyima, a former MP for Mbarara Municipality and wife of Besigye, who was increasingly vocal during the 2016 campaign, could fit the bill. "There is a subtle Byanyima 2021 campaign going on", Patience Akumu told ARI; "we in the women's rights movement in Uganda certainly would like this…and Byanyima would actually give Museveni a run for his money". However she, like Mbabazi, Muntu and Besigye would not represent a radical change; Byanyima too holds historical connections to 'the movement'.
Uganda's 99%
The three ageing men from the West of the country who have dominated the political sphere for so long are not representative of contemporary Uganda. While the 2016 elections have highlighted the highly polarised character of politics, they also underscored the fact that Uganda is experiencing rapidly increasing socio-economic pressures for which none of the political parties have proposed realistic policy counter-measures. Development in Northern and Eastern regions is lagging behind that of the West and Central and un- or underemployment alongside the poor provision of basic services is the reality for many Ugandans. In the immediate aftermath of the election Museveni made several visits to hospitals for unannounced spot checks and promised "many more jobs of different categories". But it is questionable whether anything will come of the rhetoric; and who will hold the government to account if it does not?
"People will say that the government should tackle the rot in the health sector, in education and improve infrastructure, but this can't happen if our leaders are not accountable", says Flavia Nassaka. Noting the increasing tendency of politicians to secure political appointments for their relatives, she told ARI that "Uganda is moving in the direction of dynasties; even the opposition are doing it". If that is the case Patience Akumu may be proved right in her belief that "change in Uganda is not about to come from pseudo MPs who hardly represent the will of the people. It will come from Ugandans".
Significant progress has been made on many fronts under Museveni and the NRM since 1986. But if politics continues to trump proactive measures to address the needs of contemporary Uganda and ordinary Ugandans, this progress is at risk of stalling; and that would ultimately have profound consequences for political elites and the political landscape.
Jamie Hitchen is Policy Researcher at ARI
Steady Progress? 30 years of Museveni and the NRM in Uganda
Staging an election in Uganda: Kiggundu's third act
Museveni's wrong obsessions
Uganda decides
Museveni's misdirection: Reading between the lines in Uganda
RFI, 22 June 2016
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The Washington Post has urged American voters to vote in Tuesday's midterm election against the ideology of President Donald Trump who is "betting heavily that voters can be swayed by appeals to their worst instincts: anger, hatred and fear".
At stake in the election to the House of Representatives and Senate was not just the future of federal legislation on health care, taxes and other policy matters, important as they were, but whether American voters will reward a campaign based on divisiveness and dishonesty, it said in an editorial.
"The President of the US, campaigning on behalf of the Republican Party, is, in effect, betting heavily that voters can be swayed by appeals to their worst instincts: anger, hatred and fear," it said.
The Post accused Trump of trying not to soothe a troubled populace but to exploit its anxiety.
"It certainly is a bold gambit. His first goal, albeit unstated, is to finalize his capture of the Republican Party by showing that his incendiary brand of politics works.
"Conversely, his second, and broader objective, is to demonstrate that his opponents' insistence upon more decent political discourse does not work.


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I'm playing around with some Flocking stuff. I want the particles to arrive at specific areas of my model.
I thought I could do this by painting a weight map on my model and using that in the Texture editor. Problem is there seems be no way to access any Vertex Maps in either Texture Editor/Procedual Texture/Node Editor to Gradient/Input Parameter.
Is there any way this can be done or is setting up an invisible proxy object what I have to do?
should have showcased as a better tool than native particle behavior/features.
the sphere object was set as director arrive....so the question would be in what channel to put the weightmap, arrival radius or strength?
Anyway, there´s not much in form of gradient to use in there, so I tried adding a procedural texture and use the texture node editor from there and in the nodes adding a scalar layer and from that scalar layer adding a gradient and thus getting acess to the weight map.
but running the sim does nothing with that applied.
you could try the same for standard particles and try to use that for birth rate...wouldn´t work either as far as I know.
Hi Prometheus. Nice tip about getting to the Weightmap through the Scalar Layer! I applied it to the Weight channel and as you found, doesn't appear to change anything. I'm guessing those values aren't passed back at that level of the Node Editor (which is probably why the Vertex Map options are missing from the menu).
Try copy pasting only those parts of your model where you want agents to land, and use that object as an arrive director. Turn it off for rendering of course if you don't want to see it.
Thanks James, suspected as much.
shouldn´t it actually work with image maps and procedurals?, haven´t tested and no time to do so right now.
But I soooo ...want weight map display and painting with a brush in layout, it sure would expand a lot on faster workflow with more accuracy..painting in everything from where I wan´t terrain displacements and use weightmaps as a mask, or pain it a cloud layer to map with hypervoxels particles or appliance on weighted vertex maps, or paint in fiber fx density, or in mesh filter to use with bullet engine, and for bones etc. it´s a little frustrating having it in modeler only when you need to work in layout with it for a better overview.
Even if it works with image maps or procedurals, the workflow overview is that you can´t paint a texture map and precisly place your area in layout, so we still need a paint brush tool for starter..and let´s start with weight maps at least.
with painting in layout you can control where much better in terms of overview...and faster.
regarding use of particles and emitting from weightmaps, old fire and smoke generator could do it with emission from weightmaps.
You would think that it can´t be that hard to code to work with flocking for arriving or sticking, or for what I want:) with old native particle system...emission spawning/birth.
Shame its only 32bit and i spoke to Pawel and he said he has no plans for 64bit as he thought no one really used it anymore.
haha...whats´up with this 32 bit 64 bit environments...and jascha skipping turbulenceFD for 32 bit versions, which I wasn´t pleased with, even though I sort of understand it.
And pavel olas seem to generally have stopped any further development of his plugins, thus I think not that many will actually invest in anything on his site if it can´t be updated.
group and let them dissect it and get the best from it to put in to an updated particle system in Lightwave...if they are interested that is.
I thought it was sort of cool in terms thay you could use weight maps, and it has vorticles which I think the native system needs too.
but it fails behind a fluid system of course....so either he should release it for much cheaper or bundled with something else I think.
Ageed Prometheus, i still use Smartmorph and tree designer, but not used fire and smoke gen since moving to 64bit.
I think he has just about given up on his plugins and yes it would be nice if he shared them, so at least someone could continue updating it, like Passport and iDof.