Friday, March 23, 2007
Daily Update 03/23/2007
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I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do. Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
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France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a websitedocumenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from theeasily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
"It is a world first," said Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identifiedaerospatial phenomena."
Known as OVNIs in French, UFOs have always generated intense interest along with countless conspiracy theories aboutsecretive government cover-ups of findings deemed too sensitive or alarming for public consumption.
"Cases such as the lady who reported seeing an object that looked like a flying roll of toilet paper" are clearly not worthinvestigating, said Patenet.
But many others involving multiple sightings -- in at least one case involving thousands of people across France -- andevidence such as burn marks and radar trackings showing flight patterns or accelerations that defy the laws of physicsare taken very seriously.
A phalanx of beefy security guards formed a barrier in front of the space agency (CNES) headquarters where theannouncement was made, "to screen out uninvited UFOlogists," an official explained.
Of the 1,600 cases registered since 1954, nearly 25 percent are classified as "type D", meaning that "despite good or verygood data and credible witnesses, we are confronted with something we can't explain," Patenet said.
On January 8, 1981 outside the town of Trans-en-Provence in southern France, for example, a man working in a field reportedhearing a strange whistling sound and seeing a saucer-like object about 2.5 meters (eight feet) in diameter land in hisfield about 50 meters (yards) away.
A dull-zinc grey, the saucer took off, he told police, almost immediately, leaving burn marks. Investigators took photos, andthen collected and analyzed samples, and to this day no satisfactory explanation has been made.
The nearly 1,000 witness who said they saw flashing lights in the sky on November 5, 1990, by contrast, had simply seen arocket fragment falling back into earth's atmosphere.
Patenet's answer to questions about evidence of life beyond Earth was sure to inflame the suspicions of those convinced thegovernment is holding back: "We do not have the least proof that extra-terrestrials are behind the unexplainedphenomena."
But then he added: "Nor do we have the least proof that they aren't."
The CNES fields between 50 and 100 UFO reports ever year, usually written up by police. Of these, 10 percent are the objectof on-site investigations, Patenet said.
Other countries collect data more or less systematically about unidentified flying objects, notably in Britain and in the UnitedStates, where information can be requested on a case-by-case basis under the Freedom of Information Act.
"But we decided to do it the other way around and made everything available to the public," Patenet said.
The aim was to make it easier for scientists and other UFO buffs to access the data for research.
The website itself -- which crashed host servers hours after it was unveiled due to heavy traffic -- is extremely well organizedand complete, even including scanned copies of police reports.
To visit the website: www.cnes-geipan.fr.
Viewpoint - I wonder what drove France to do this. I wonder what this kind of information will reveal.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
Kid Rock has struck back against a woman who claimed he threw her into a snowbank -- with a lawsuit.
TMZ obtained the lawsuit filed by Rock's attorneys against Kelly Ann Kozlowski, the woman who last week accused Kid ofassaulting her. The musician is seeking undisclosed monetary damages for invasion of privacy, defamation, and fortrespassing the Rock residence.
In a police report, Kozlowski had claimed that Kid (whose real name is Robert Ritchie) grabbed her by the neck and threw herinto a snowbank, charges that Rock denied -- and that were ultimately unsubstantiated. According to the Rock lawsuit,after meeting the rap-rocker at a local bar, Kozlowski and her boyfriend tagged along to listen to some tracks Rockhad recently recorded, but "began placing drinks on [Rock's] recording equipment and was otherwise acting improperly."
This inappropriate behavior got Kozlowski kicked out of Chateau Kid, but not before she threatened to "sue him, or words tothat effect."
Viewpoint - Good for Kid! He puts on a great show live.
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
For the second year in a row, SportsCrew.com teams up with the Shriner's Hospitals for Children to celebrate this memorableevent. In 2004, over $90,000 was raised for the cause of these children. The 2005 Charity Poker season kicks offSaturday, Jan. 29th with the $10,000 southeastern shoot out at the North Atlanta Trade Center. Come join about 500 otherplayers -some of which travel thousands of miles to attend-, and play at one of the best live No Limit Hold'emTournaments around. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children.
The second series of events starts Feb. 7th and culminates on March 29th. The Shriner's Poker series consists of 56 satellitetournaments with the final winner awarded a seat in the 2005 WSOP main event and a chance to win $5,000,000.Visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com for further details.
“All of us at SportsCrewPoker.com feel this is a great opportunity to give back to the children. 100% of the money raised atthis charity event will go directly to the Shriners.” Says RJ Bergh, SportsCrew Poker Director, he continued to say“Through our collective efforts with Gaming Club Poker.com our 2005 goal is to raise $500,000 for the childrens' hospitals.”
Join the cause, register to play and be a part of this tremendous event. Shriner's Hospitals for Children could not be a moredeserving, charitable cause. Help when it matters. For more information and to sign-up for the Shriner's Charity events,please visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com.
SportsCrew is a high-traffic sports and gaming portal (8,971 Alexa Ranking) that focuses its resources on the promotion andexpansion of the online poker and gaming industry through print media, broadcast media, website marketing, guerrillamarketing strategies and live-event sponsorships. Visit SportsCrew.com today
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
Didn't remember that i ought to go away. “Cries of joy and much embracing by the hears. Then they all disappeared into hisback. Steadying himself with the goat's horns, he safely reached the mouth "it will be her with the love and longing sheread in the eyes of the young man before her. Can't get over it air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesomechanges in minds "hum, well, i can't say. Suppose you ask grandfather after the bringing the poker game usualaccompaniments of roses, strawberries, white-gowned girls, wrathful spark in his eyes. From his free, healthy life tosuch a narrow, gloomy, and miserable one, could I hope she cannot get at us," exclaimed the pumpkin head, with a shiver of fear."I'd rather stay here, over amp's sunshine. this cross was doing much for both father and mother, for play pokereverything is red; and in the west country of the wonkiest, where the tin woodman everything is red; and in the west country of thedinkies, where the tin woodman did they spend in the old willow, raveling over "robins on cruse," "Arabian if the damsel hedid what he liked with his plot, which soon looked as if a series of small with this characteristic was evident that pokerflop something very martial was to follow, for a great is absent template such excellent care of her, she was rather sorry when itwas over. Thing, so that isn't fair. now go and bump your head real hard against the young-ladyfish tone she was apt to usewhen she composed her active hard work to put learning' in my ole head, and i wouldn't 'kept such face so terrible tomeet. Even mires. Baler's showed traces of it, though and a pair of socks done up in a bundle. Being with difficulty online pokerconvinced "thank you, that sounds pleasant," began my. Brook, ”don't and stood enjoying its faint, sweet door, as shelistened to the someone who can manage her property when we are gone, and Archie is beautiful plan," said not, feelingthat he should like to join in him for the generous protection, which, perhaps, had cost the giver's yard to cool. a fewbangs at the locked door, a few threats of vengeance deception. Him for his favors to her family especially berths. Her."Nobody his bright confiding eyes, told his little story so earnestly that sit still, rob; and ted, you harness up while irun and get my hat "das it gut!" "die angel-kinder!" cried the poorer ease; laughed at the wits, stared at the lions, heard themusic, was in this remarkable manner, ill make a note of it. o tom, tom, will that's true," answered billon, thoughtfully."but if a Kansas farmer sold and fast thing i knew he up with his big poker hand and slapped me. it war's ahard father's finger, as if he felt that justice was tempered with mercy, and yearns over anything that has clung to her for help andcomfort. i never not to read any more stuff for a month, and i'll agree to supply you with meditative air. every one stoodsilently behind his chair while little rob, standing beside eyes, and after an instant's pause, as if a little shy, he put thebook "now, ill tell you the secret," began Tommie, who was "swellings' if you offered me a pair of slippers embroidered inthe very latest style. which poker nuts seemed to him quite equal, if not superior, to any that Shakespeare her ease;laughed at the wits, stared at the lions, heard the music, was “weathercock confusion of the plague, the priest hadmistaken one sister for the other, and trying to persuade poker herself that she was neither excited nor nervous, 'we will,'answered the fond parents, laughing at the recollections she tried to rouse him by patriotic appeals of various sorts. sheread others from attacking us."
Viewpoint - Great spam! I love it!
My Weather: Kansas City
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Today: Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially this morning. High 72F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain60%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms possible. Low 59F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
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Quickie
Cold logic is for math problems -- not for introducing new people into your life!
Overview
It's a good time to be discreet about your options, whether they're career-related or on the more personal side. Some envioustypes are looking to cause mischief. Don't give them the opportunity to do it on your watch.
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I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do. Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.
My Favorite Featured Story
Brought to you by Yahoo
France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a websitedocumenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from theeasily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
"It is a world first," said Jacques Patenet, the aeronautical engineer who heads the office for the study of "non-identifiedaerospatial phenomena."
Known as OVNIs in French, UFOs have always generated intense interest along with countless conspiracy theories aboutsecretive government cover-ups of findings deemed too sensitive or alarming for public consumption.
"Cases such as the lady who reported seeing an object that looked like a flying roll of toilet paper" are clearly not worthinvestigating, said Patenet.
But many others involving multiple sightings -- in at least one case involving thousands of people across France -- andevidence such as burn marks and radar trackings showing flight patterns or accelerations that defy the laws of physicsare taken very seriously.
A phalanx of beefy security guards formed a barrier in front of the space agency (CNES) headquarters where theannouncement was made, "to screen out uninvited UFOlogists," an official explained.
Of the 1,600 cases registered since 1954, nearly 25 percent are classified as "type D", meaning that "despite good or verygood data and credible witnesses, we are confronted with something we can't explain," Patenet said.
On January 8, 1981 outside the town of Trans-en-Provence in southern France, for example, a man working in a field reportedhearing a strange whistling sound and seeing a saucer-like object about 2.5 meters (eight feet) in diameter land in hisfield about 50 meters (yards) away.
A dull-zinc grey, the saucer took off, he told police, almost immediately, leaving burn marks. Investigators took photos, andthen collected and analyzed samples, and to this day no satisfactory explanation has been made.
The nearly 1,000 witness who said they saw flashing lights in the sky on November 5, 1990, by contrast, had simply seen arocket fragment falling back into earth's atmosphere.
Patenet's answer to questions about evidence of life beyond Earth was sure to inflame the suspicions of those convinced thegovernment is holding back: "We do not have the least proof that extra-terrestrials are behind the unexplainedphenomena."
But then he added: "Nor do we have the least proof that they aren't."
The CNES fields between 50 and 100 UFO reports ever year, usually written up by police. Of these, 10 percent are the objectof on-site investigations, Patenet said.
Other countries collect data more or less systematically about unidentified flying objects, notably in Britain and in the UnitedStates, where information can be requested on a case-by-case basis under the Freedom of Information Act.
"But we decided to do it the other way around and made everything available to the public," Patenet said.
The aim was to make it easier for scientists and other UFO buffs to access the data for research.
The website itself -- which crashed host servers hours after it was unveiled due to heavy traffic -- is extremely well organizedand complete, even including scanned copies of police reports.
To visit the website: www.cnes-geipan.fr.
Viewpoint - I wonder what drove France to do this. I wonder what this kind of information will reveal.
My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ
Kid Rock has struck back against a woman who claimed he threw her into a snowbank -- with a lawsuit.
TMZ obtained the lawsuit filed by Rock's attorneys against Kelly Ann Kozlowski, the woman who last week accused Kid ofassaulting her. The musician is seeking undisclosed monetary damages for invasion of privacy, defamation, and fortrespassing the Rock residence.
In a police report, Kozlowski had claimed that Kid (whose real name is Robert Ritchie) grabbed her by the neck and threw herinto a snowbank, charges that Rock denied -- and that were ultimately unsubstantiated. According to the Rock lawsuit,after meeting the rap-rocker at a local bar, Kozlowski and her boyfriend tagged along to listen to some tracks Rockhad recently recorded, but "began placing drinks on [Rock's] recording equipment and was otherwise acting improperly."
This inappropriate behavior got Kozlowski kicked out of Chateau Kid, but not before she threatened to "sue him, or words tothat effect."
Viewpoint - Good for Kid! He puts on a great show live.
My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press
For the second year in a row, SportsCrew.com teams up with the Shriner's Hospitals for Children to celebrate this memorableevent. In 2004, over $90,000 was raised for the cause of these children. The 2005 Charity Poker season kicks offSaturday, Jan. 29th with the $10,000 southeastern shoot out at the North Atlanta Trade Center. Come join about 500 otherplayers -some of which travel thousands of miles to attend-, and play at one of the best live No Limit Hold'emTournaments around. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children.
The second series of events starts Feb. 7th and culminates on March 29th. The Shriner's Poker series consists of 56 satellitetournaments with the final winner awarded a seat in the 2005 WSOP main event and a chance to win $5,000,000.Visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com for further details.
“All of us at SportsCrewPoker.com feel this is a great opportunity to give back to the children. 100% of the money raised atthis charity event will go directly to the Shriners.” Says RJ Bergh, SportsCrew Poker Director, he continued to say“Through our collective efforts with Gaming Club Poker.com our 2005 goal is to raise $500,000 for the childrens' hospitals.”
Join the cause, register to play and be a part of this tremendous event. Shriner's Hospitals for Children could not be a moredeserving, charitable cause. Help when it matters. For more information and to sign-up for the Shriner's Charity events,please visit www.shrinepoker.org or www.sportscrewpoker.com.
SportsCrew is a high-traffic sports and gaming portal (8,971 Alexa Ranking) that focuses its resources on the promotion andexpansion of the online poker and gaming industry through print media, broadcast media, website marketing, guerrillamarketing strategies and live-event sponsorships. Visit SportsCrew.com today
My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don't know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I've decided topost my favorite spam e-mail daily.
Didn't remember that i ought to go away. “Cries of joy and much embracing by the hears. Then they all disappeared into hisback. Steadying himself with the goat's horns, he safely reached the mouth "it will be her with the love and longing sheread in the eyes of the young man before her. Can't get over it air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesomechanges in minds "hum, well, i can't say. Suppose you ask grandfather after the bringing the poker game usualaccompaniments of roses, strawberries, white-gowned girls, wrathful spark in his eyes. From his free, healthy life tosuch a narrow, gloomy, and miserable one, could I hope she cannot get at us," exclaimed the pumpkin head, with a shiver of fear."I'd rather stay here, over amp's sunshine. this cross was doing much for both father and mother, for play pokereverything is red; and in the west country of the wonkiest, where the tin woodman everything is red; and in the west country of thedinkies, where the tin woodman did they spend in the old willow, raveling over "robins on cruse," "Arabian if the damsel hedid what he liked with his plot, which soon looked as if a series of small with this characteristic was evident that pokerflop something very martial was to follow, for a great is absent template such excellent care of her, she was rather sorry when itwas over. Thing, so that isn't fair. now go and bump your head real hard against the young-ladyfish tone she was apt to usewhen she composed her active hard work to put learning' in my ole head, and i wouldn't 'kept such face so terrible tomeet. Even mires. Baler's showed traces of it, though and a pair of socks done up in a bundle. Being with difficulty online pokerconvinced "thank you, that sounds pleasant," began my. Brook, ”don't and stood enjoying its faint, sweet door, as shelistened to the someone who can manage her property when we are gone, and Archie is beautiful plan," said not, feelingthat he should like to join in him for the generous protection, which, perhaps, had cost the giver's yard to cool. a fewbangs at the locked door, a few threats of vengeance deception. Him for his favors to her family especially berths. Her."Nobody his bright confiding eyes, told his little story so earnestly that sit still, rob; and ted, you harness up while irun and get my hat "das it gut!" "die angel-kinder!" cried the poorer ease; laughed at the wits, stared at the lions, heard themusic, was in this remarkable manner, ill make a note of it. o tom, tom, will that's true," answered billon, thoughtfully."but if a Kansas farmer sold and fast thing i knew he up with his big poker hand and slapped me. it war's ahard father's finger, as if he felt that justice was tempered with mercy, and yearns over anything that has clung to her for help andcomfort. i never not to read any more stuff for a month, and i'll agree to supply you with meditative air. every one stoodsilently behind his chair while little rob, standing beside eyes, and after an instant's pause, as if a little shy, he put thebook "now, ill tell you the secret," began Tommie, who was "swellings' if you offered me a pair of slippers embroidered inthe very latest style. which poker nuts seemed to him quite equal, if not superior, to any that Shakespeare her ease;laughed at the wits, stared at the lions, heard the music, was “weathercock confusion of the plague, the priest hadmistaken one sister for the other, and trying to persuade poker herself that she was neither excited nor nervous, 'we will,'answered the fond parents, laughing at the recollections she tried to rouse him by patriotic appeals of various sorts. sheread others from attacking us."
Viewpoint - Great spam! I love it!
My Weather: Kansas City
Brought to you by the NOAA
Today: Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially this morning. High 72F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain60%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms possible. Low 59F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
Brought to you by Yahoo Astrology
Quickie
Cold logic is for math problems -- not for introducing new people into your life!
Overview
It's a good time to be discreet about your options, whether they're career-related or on the more personal side. Some envioustypes are looking to cause mischief. Don't give them the opportunity to do it on your watch.
Advertising
Free Poker eBook
Download your free copy today at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker.html
Enjoy poker, but only have the courage or funds to sit at the play money tables?
Here's the solution! This eBook will show you how to receive $100.00 absolutely free to start your online poker career!
• No Deposit Required
• No Credit Card Necessary
• 100% Risk Free
• US Residents also qualify for this promotion
This eBook is not a get-rich scheme. It's a methodical system to utilize the promotions offered by on-line poker sites to builda bankroll slowly using their money.
Still not convinced? Read some of the reviews this eBook has received at
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker-testimonials.html
# posted by Bob Braun @ 11:41 AM 
