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Quix note: The following IS posted by WRITTEN PERMISSION which has been filed with the Admin Moderator and the Religion Moderator. Much thanks to the media group involved for their kind, gracious and prompt permission and Christian blessings. This is posted in the RELIGION forum because the best available evidence for more than 40 years is that it is a set of major SPIRITUAL phenomena--Some of the best scientists have concluded that the critters come from a SPIRITUAL dimension and are primarily SPIRITUAL creatures. Do NOT read that as GOOD GUYS. Further, as the seriousness of this set of...

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RECENT UFO RELATED PHENOMENA, NARRATIVES AND REPORTS. Below are a collection of recent such that have crossed my path. imho, the phenomena continue to escalate incrementally toward the long expected GREAT DECEPTION I've mentioned more than a few times. The full articles with pics etc. are available at the links included. The first one from: "Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real : Ben Rich Lockheed CEO Admitted In His Deathbed Confession" http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/08/ufo-are-real-ben-rich-lockheed-skunk.html has had elements of the same reported before. However, this version is the most extensive I've seen. And, I think the quality of the report and certainly of the personnel...

Petrol and power prices have risen sharply in New Zealand after the government introduced a controversial emissions trading scheme. The government has pressed ahead with plans to slash the nation's carbon output, despite widespread opposition and New Zealand's larger neighbour Australia shelving its own scheme. Motorists were hit by a 3c (1.4p) rise in the price of a litre of petrol overnight, while householders face a 5 per cent increase in gas and electricity prices. It was the first step in a complex scheme, universally referred to as "the ETS", to slash carbon emissions back to 1990 levels. Some disgruntled...

NOTE: BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN--THE MOST INTERESTING PRESENTATION WAS THE LAST ONE--AND THE LAST SET OF NOTES HEREON--JOHN ROMANEK'S. HE HAD EXTENSIVE VIDEO, PHOTO, PLASTER CASTS, ETC. EVIDENCE. [NOTE ON MY NOTES: As usual, key phrases were typically captured verbatim. "This indicates exact verbatim transcription." 'This indicates transcription near verbatim and certainly accurate essence of the statement.' Otherwise, the notes are just my quick paraphrase or partial sentence capture. Certainly the essence of the meaning was captured rather accurately. I don't try to capture every word. Brackets within a direct quote indicate uncertainty about the precise term used. And,...

THE FOLLOWING IS A TYPICAL QUIX PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT. Most key phrases (of the last 3rd of the segments) are close to verbatim--but not 100%. Certainly the essence was captured quite accurately. Many sentences which were not key sentences, were left out. Also, I did not transcribe much from the first 8-9 segments. Those mostly included information which was not new to me. Many folks who are not well read on the topic would likely find those first segments quite interesting and informative. Some well read folks would find the first segments a great recap and may find out some details...

THE Rudd Government will press ahead with its plan to put a price tag on carbon pollution even though the leaders of other nations refused to reach a legally binding agreement on reducing global warming in Copenhagen. Treasurer Wayne Swan said the controversial emissions trading scheme that would push up the cost of electricity and power was "just as relevant now as it was before Copenhagen and we need to pass the bill for business certainty". The ETS was rejected by the Senate earlier this month and the Government planned to re-introduce the scheme for parliamentary approval in February next...

YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO WAS A GUEST AT OBAMA’s FIRST STATE DINNER….. Mr. Ratan Tata [The chairman of the Tata Group - India's biggest conglomerate] A story emerging out of Britain suggests “follow the money” may explain the enthusiasm of the United Nations to pursue caps on carbon emissions, despite doubts surfacing in the scientific community about the validity of the underlying global warming hypothesis. A Mumbai-based Indian multinational conglomerate with business ties to Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chairman since 2002 of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, stands to make several hundred million dollars in...

The federal government is pushing ahead with its planned emissions trading scheme by moving to engage experts to run complex auctions of millions of carbon emissions permits each year, despite legislation for the ETS being defeated in the Senate last week for the second time. The Department of Climate Change called on Friday for tenders from companies wanting to design, operate and manage the auctions, Fairfax newspapers say. The department also said it will issue a separate tender request early next year for settlement services for the hundreds of financial transactions expected to be generated by the auctions under the...

Warming Scandal: The architect of climate fraud steps down, the creator of the infamous "hockey stick" is investigated, and Australia's parliament defeats cap-and-trade. We love the smell of truth in the morning. As the high priests of what Czech President Vaclav Klaus has called a "religion" prepare their pilgrimage to worship the earth goddess Gaia in Copenhagen, complete with humanity being sacrificed, the heresy of climate truth is finally being heard. The gospel of climate change, once expressed with the messianic fervor of an Elmer Gantry by Al Gore, is now expressed with the stammering incoherence of an Elmer Fudd...

Britain's leading climate change economist, Nicholas Stern, has warned Australian politicians that they are mistaken if they think tackling climate change is too costly. New Liberal leader Tony Abbott has put his party on a collision course with the Government over its emissions trading laws, which are expected to be voted down in the Senate this morning. In London overnight Lord Stern released two new reports which he will take to this month's United Nations conference in Copenhagen. They detail 11 points which he has worked on with the United Nations to help shape a final political agreement. He says...

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's Senate has rejected legislation to set up an emissions trading system in the country to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The Senate voted Tuesday to defeat a bill that is the centerpiece of the government's plans to slash Australia's emissions by up to 25 percent below 2000 levels by 2020 as part of global efforts to fight global warming. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wanted the legislation passed before he attends next week's U.N. summit on climate change in Copenhagen so he could portray Australia as a leader on the issue. The government's next step is unclear. Rudd...

Australian Legislation for an Emissions Trading Scheme is trying to gain passage through the Senate, and the Government does not have the numbers there. Debate has been intense and after amendments, it looked likely to pass. However, the leadership on the non Government Conservative side of politics has now changed and the new leader has said he will not vote passage of this Bill, and will defer it until after Copenhagen. The hope is that it will be killed off altogether.

FROM: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5065245 Christian Theologians Prepare for Extraterrestrial Life By BRANDON KEIM June 15, 2008 — Little green men might shock the secular public. But the Catholic Church would welcome them as brothers. That's what Vatican chief astronomer and papal science adviser Gabriel Funes explained . . . the newsletter of the Vatican Observatory (translated here). . . . isn't this the same church that imprisoned Galileo . . . Doesn't the Bible say that God created man -- not little green men -- in his image? . . . [LAST PARAGRAPH] . . . "And if there are incredibly advanced...

The Educational Testing Service wanted to help graduate school applicants prove they are more than a set of test scores. So it developed a tool to rate students across a broad sweep of traits -- creativity, teamwork, integrity -- that admission tests don't measure. The Personal Potential Index, unveiled this week, looks suspiciously like another set of scores. An applicant's personality is distilled into six traits, and the applicant is rated on each of them by various professors and former supervisors on a scale of 1 to 5. Officials with the nonprofit organization, based in Princeton, N.J., say the index...

Australia's prime minister discovers how much an emissions trading policy will cost. It's turning out that the biggest problem with carbon taxes is political reality. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has just announced he will delay implementing his trademark cap-and-trade emissions trading proposal until at least 2011. Mr. Rudd's March proposal would have imposed total carbon permit costs (taxes) of 11.5 billion Australian dollars (US$8.5 billion) in the first two years, starting in 2010. This would have increased consumer prices by about 1.1% and shaved 0.1% off annual GDP growth until at least 2050, according to Australia's Treasury. Support has...

From Christianity Today, this fascinating bit of news: While the ballroom sessions of the first day of the Evangelical Theological Society meeting had more attendees, no session was as packed as J.P. Moreland’s “How Evangelicals Became Over-Committed to the Bible and What Can Be Done About It.” While the average breakout session seems to be attended by fewer than 50 people, easily more than 200 packed the room to hear Moreland’s talk, with dozens standing and more listening outside the door. ... “In the actual practices of the Evangelical community in North America, there is an over-commitment to Scripture in...

Catholics should celebrate when anyone enters the Church. After all, we have it on good authority that the angels in heaven do. But when a prominent Protestant converts, we might not just feel like celebrating; we might feel like doing a victory dance in the end zone.We should fight the urge.Francis Beckwith was president of the Evangelical Theological Society until he quit the post to return to the faith of his childhood. The story of Beckwith’s conversion to Catholicism has much to teach us. The first lesson is this: The human attempt to build a version of Christianity without the...

Until a few weeks ago, Francis Beckwith served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society, an association of 4,300 Protestant theologians. That was until he made the announcement on the Right Reason blog of his return to the Catholic faith of his youth. Beckwith returned to the Church after 32 years as an evangelical. The online “storm” that followed led Beckwith to resign as president of the prestigious society. He serves as associate professor of church-state studies at Baylor University. He spoke recently to Register senior writer Tim Drake from his home in Waco, Texas. It’s been a while...

The return of Dr. Francis Beckwith, now the former president of the Evangelical Theological Society, to the Catholic Church, has, understandably, created a bit of a furor among some Evangelicals. I emphasize some because it is clear, in reading the now several dozens of comments left on Dr. Beckwith's post explaining his decision, that many non-Catholics are responding graciously and charitably to the news. It's equally clear that some are not; in fact, quite a few of the remarks are not simply harsh, but are even nasty and churlish. And some are, in my estimation, insulting. Perhaps most surprising to...

Dr. Francis Beckwith explains his reasons for returning to the Catholic Church. (He was raised Catholic and received the sacraments of initiation as a child and young person).  Most of the post centers on the tussle over ETS matters and leadership, (he has resigned from the presidency) but: There is a conversation in ETS that must take place, a conversation about the relationship between Evangelicalism and what is called the “Great Tradition,” a tradition from which all Christians can trace their spiritual and ecclesiastical paternity.  It is a conversation that I welcome, and it is one in which I hope...

Smoking cigarettes is a clear health risk, as most everyone knows. But lately, people have begun to worry about the health risks of secondhand smoke. Some policymakers and activists are even claiming that the government should crack down on secondhand smoke exposure, given what "the science" indicates about such exposure. Last July, introducing his office's latest report on secondhand smoke, then-U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona asserted that "there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke exposure," that "breathing secondhand smoke for even a short time can damage cells and set the cancer process in motion," and that... --snip-- In addition,...

THE first men to walk on the Moon reported seeing a UFO, a new TV documentary reveals. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon's surface after Neil Armstrong, says space agency bosses covered up their sighting. And the Apollo 11 astronauts were also careful not to talk about it openly. He said: "There was something out there, close enough to be observed, and what could it be? "Now, obviously the three of us weren't going to blurt out, 'Hey, Houston, we've got something moving alongside of us and we don't know what it is, you know?...

Colleges across the country are reporting a drop in SAT scores this year. I've been tutoring students in New York City for the SAT since 1989, and I have watched the numbers rise and fall. This year, though, the scores of my best students dropped about 50 points total in the math and verbal portions of the test (each on a scale of 200 to 800). Colleges and parents are wondering: Is there something wrong with the new test? Or are our children not being taught what they should know? Before 1994, the verbal section of the SAT was about...

The year 2010 will mark the 50th anniversary of humanity's strangest scientific quest: the use of giant radiotelescope dishes to listen for radio messages from alien beings in space. So far, the search has been a complete bust. The radioastronomers keep listening, but the stars aren't talking to us -- not yet, anyway. Oddly, the failure of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, has been largely ignored by the general public, journalists and Hollywood filmmakers. They continue to be enchanted by (and, in Hollywood's case, to commercially exploit) the hope that intelligent life is sprinkled across the galaxy like...

A STUNNED Italian actor had to stub out the cigarette he had lit up on stage after a spectator complained, forcing the theatre to change the script of an Arthur Miller play to make it smoke-free. "This had never happened to me in more than 300 performances," the actor, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, said. Italy has banned lighting up in all enclosed public places since January this year. Lo Monaco was smoking, in line with the script, while playing the main character in Miller's A View from the Bridge at a theatre in the northeastern city of Mestre, when a woman...

Mission Considers Banning Smoking In Public Places City To Hold Public Forum On Proposal MISSION, Kan. -- Should citizens be prohibited from smoking in public places? That's the question being considered in Mission. The City Council is considering making it illegal to smoke tobacco in bars, restaurants and any other public area.

The bolding of certain comments is mine. JaJMoments before the Maine House of Representatives voted on a bill that outlawed smoking in bars and pool halls, state Rep. John Eder told lawmakers about Charles Greer. Eder, a Green Party member who represents a piece of Portland, said Greer was an Old Orchard Beach teacher so beloved that classes were canceled the day of his funeral. He said Greer “was very dear to the students whose lives he had touched.” And he said Greer moonlighted for 20 years in a Portland tavern. “The cautionary tale here,” Eder told fellow lawmakers last...

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