http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7754-Paying-with-Life-and-Limb-for-the-Crimes-of-Nazi-Germany
It was a deceptively beautiful summer. Never before had the light of East Prussia seemed so bright, the sky so high, the countryside so vast, as in 1944, wrote Hans Graf von Lehndorff, a doctor and chronicler, in his diary. And yet the streets were already filling with columns of refugees; Germans from Lithuania, whose abandoned cattle roamed the countryside. Light tremors echoed distant detonations. Sometimes at night, a red glow was visible in the east, where border towns along the Niemen River were burning: Unmistakable signs that Soviet forces were moving inexorably closer.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Detroit officer: I never moonlighted, never danced at Manoogian Mansion
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7750-Detroit-officer-I-never-moonlighted-never-danced-at-Manoogian-Mansion
Detroit — For more than eight years, Detroit Police officer Paytra Williams remained silent about whispers and accusations linking her to a racy Manoogian Mansion party and slain stripper Tamara "Strawberry" Greene.
But now she is speaking out in an effort to clear her name.
"None of it is true," Williams, 38, said in a recent interview with The Detroit News.
Williams said she never moonlighted at the never-proven Manoogian party in front of then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. She denied getting into an altercation with the mayor's wife. And she said she did not know Tamara Greene.
Detroit — For more than eight years, Detroit Police officer Paytra Williams remained silent about whispers and accusations linking her to a racy Manoogian Mansion party and slain stripper Tamara "Strawberry" Greene.
But now she is speaking out in an effort to clear her name.
"None of it is true," Williams, 38, said in a recent interview with The Detroit News.
Williams said she never moonlighted at the never-proven Manoogian party in front of then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. She denied getting into an altercation with the mayor's wife. And she said she did not know Tamara Greene.
Jim Morrison Ghost Haunting Woman In Virginia
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7749-Jim-Morrison-Ghost-Haunting-Woman-In-Virginia
The ghost of Jim Morrison has begun haunting a woman at her home in Virginia.
Rhonda Baron said she saw the spirit of the late Doors star lying on a bed he apparently used to sleep in.
The property in Arlington was apparently owned by Morrison's parents before Baron's family took over the home.
"The spirit laid down on the bed. Completely laying down and looking at me like this. It was like a haze. It was like you could look through it,"she told WUSA 9 News.
Morrison shot to fame as the frontman of The Doors before he died in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27.
The ghost of Jim Morrison has begun haunting a woman at her home in Virginia.
Rhonda Baron said she saw the spirit of the late Doors star lying on a bed he apparently used to sleep in.
The property in Arlington was apparently owned by Morrison's parents before Baron's family took over the home.
"The spirit laid down on the bed. Completely laying down and looking at me like this. It was like a haze. It was like you could look through it,"she told WUSA 9 News.
Morrison shot to fame as the frontman of The Doors before he died in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27.
Where's the beef from?
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7748-Where-s-the-beef-from
First came organic, then free-range, then local. Now discerning diners with a penchant for spending a premium to know where food comes from are pushing DNA-traceable meat onto restaurant menus.
The technology -- which allows meat to be traced from the farm to the fridge -- has been used in Europe and other countries for decades but has been slow to catch on in America.
But industry experts say being able to follow filet mignon, rib eye and other cuts of beef back to the ranch can pay off in multiple ways, including boosting consumer confidence, upping the value of a dinner, and cutting the time needed to track recalled meats.
First came organic, then free-range, then local. Now discerning diners with a penchant for spending a premium to know where food comes from are pushing DNA-traceable meat onto restaurant menus.
The technology -- which allows meat to be traced from the farm to the fridge -- has been used in Europe and other countries for decades but has been slow to catch on in America.
But industry experts say being able to follow filet mignon, rib eye and other cuts of beef back to the ranch can pay off in multiple ways, including boosting consumer confidence, upping the value of a dinner, and cutting the time needed to track recalled meats.
Air France crash co-pilots fought with controls
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7747-Air-France-crash-co-pilots-fought-with-controls
They show inconsistent speed readings, two co-pilots working methodically to right the plane manually and a resting captain returning to the cockpit amid what moments later became an irretrievably catastrophic situation. The data also showed that the plane went into an aerodynamic stall — — a loss of lift brought on by too little speed.
Investigators only provided partial quotes from the voice recorder in Friday's report.
The report confirmed that two sets of instruments on the plane were giving conflicting speed readings. On the voice recorder, one co-pilot is heard to say "so we've lost the speeds" about four minutes before the crash.
They show inconsistent speed readings, two co-pilots working methodically to right the plane manually and a resting captain returning to the cockpit amid what moments later became an irretrievably catastrophic situation. The data also showed that the plane went into an aerodynamic stall — — a loss of lift brought on by too little speed.
Investigators only provided partial quotes from the voice recorder in Friday's report.
The report confirmed that two sets of instruments on the plane were giving conflicting speed readings. On the voice recorder, one co-pilot is heard to say "so we've lost the speeds" about four minutes before the crash.
Perry says he will consider White House run
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7746-Perry-says-he-will-consider-White-House-run
But he and his advisers have inched closer to saying he may run all week, following the announcement that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels would not enter the GOP field. A couple of days ago, he told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News that a run was tempting.
Many conservatives have called on Perry to enter a field which could have room for a social and fiscal conservative with Perry’s energy and charisma. And, intentionally or not, the governor has set himself up for a run over the last couple of years, making a Texas/Washington contrast the focus of his 2010 re-election and writing a book called “Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington.”
Perry was asked about the presidency during a press conference to hail a voter-identification law that he has signed into law.
The presidential talk began when a reporter asked Perry for his reaction to the fact that the Hispanic Republican Conference of Texas, a group of state legislators, endorsed him for president on Thursday.
But he and his advisers have inched closer to saying he may run all week, following the announcement that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels would not enter the GOP field. A couple of days ago, he told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News that a run was tempting.
Many conservatives have called on Perry to enter a field which could have room for a social and fiscal conservative with Perry’s energy and charisma. And, intentionally or not, the governor has set himself up for a run over the last couple of years, making a Texas/Washington contrast the focus of his 2010 re-election and writing a book called “Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington.”
Perry was asked about the presidency during a press conference to hail a voter-identification law that he has signed into law.
The presidential talk began when a reporter asked Perry for his reaction to the fact that the Hispanic Republican Conference of Texas, a group of state legislators, endorsed him for president on Thursday.
Moon has more water than believed
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7745-Moon-has-more-water-than-believed
Most scientists believe that the moon was created through the accretion of material thrown out by the impact of a huge object hitting Earth. The moon’s once-presumed dryness was thought to have been caused by the dispersion of hydrogen through that catastrophic event. Finding water in such quantity as described in the new research casts a question over this prevailing theory.
James Van Orman, an associate professor of geochemistry at Case Western Reserve University and member of the team behind the new discovery, said that finding the water does not invalidate the overall creation theory. But he said there will have to be new work done to understand the chain of events following such an impact.
The surprising discovery came by looking at moon samples retrieved by the Apollo 17, a lunar mission dating to the time when scientists believed the moon was nothing but a dry expanse. Dr. Van Orman said in a phone interview that getting funding and permission to re-examine these old samples was no easy task. But the findings were dramatic. Samples showed 100 times as much water as had been thought.
“I don’t think any of us expected there would be as much as we found,” Dr. Van Orman said. “These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the moon.”
Most scientists believe that the moon was created through the accretion of material thrown out by the impact of a huge object hitting Earth. The moon’s once-presumed dryness was thought to have been caused by the dispersion of hydrogen through that catastrophic event. Finding water in such quantity as described in the new research casts a question over this prevailing theory.
James Van Orman, an associate professor of geochemistry at Case Western Reserve University and member of the team behind the new discovery, said that finding the water does not invalidate the overall creation theory. But he said there will have to be new work done to understand the chain of events following such an impact.
The surprising discovery came by looking at moon samples retrieved by the Apollo 17, a lunar mission dating to the time when scientists believed the moon was nothing but a dry expanse. Dr. Van Orman said in a phone interview that getting funding and permission to re-examine these old samples was no easy task. But the findings were dramatic. Samples showed 100 times as much water as had been thought.
“I don’t think any of us expected there would be as much as we found,” Dr. Van Orman said. “These samples provide the best window we have to the amount of water in the interior of the moon.”
Battle-Hungry Brits
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7738-Battle-Hungry-Brits
Reading John Le Carre's latest book, Our Kind of Traitor (and living in England for the past few months), has set me thinking a little about Britain's current place in the world.
Back in the first decades of the twentieth century, atlases depicted much of the land surface of the globe in pink, the color of the British Empire and its dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and much of east and west Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, the Middle East, etc.). Today politicians and economists say the country is in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. There are across-the-board budget cuts, a major trade deficit, severe unemployment and declining industries and services. Even in Europe, Britain plays second or third fiddle, its economy lagging behind, or way behind, Germany's and France's.
Reading John Le Carre's latest book, Our Kind of Traitor (and living in England for the past few months), has set me thinking a little about Britain's current place in the world.
Back in the first decades of the twentieth century, atlases depicted much of the land surface of the globe in pink, the color of the British Empire and its dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and much of east and west Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, the Middle East, etc.). Today politicians and economists say the country is in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. There are across-the-board budget cuts, a major trade deficit, severe unemployment and declining industries and services. Even in Europe, Britain plays second or third fiddle, its economy lagging behind, or way behind, Germany's and France's.
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