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Foreign AffairsRe: We think that Osama Bin Laden 'death Photo' Is A Fake by JeSoul(f): 7:00pm On May 06, 2011
Mariory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13313201

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums.

The statement said his blood would not be "wasted" and that al-Qaeda would continue attacking the US and allies.

Bin Laden's death would be a "curse" for the US and urged an uprising in Pakistan, the statement added.

. . .
Mariory, you should know better. Don't you know that Al-Qaeda is a secret arm of the US Govt? BinLaden was just a shadow leader, the US is secretly calling the shots behind all their operations. You berra shine your eye & ask sombodi dude.

  @Topic,
What's with Obama and retaining documents self? first Birth certificate, then school records, now these picshures  grin I think we need Trump to begin media-circuiting again and coerce Obama into releasing the images  grin

On a serious note - I for one don't care to see the pictures. I am going to trust that the Obama administration has good enough reasons not to release them.
Christianity EtcRe: Questions? Comments? Complaints? Talk To The Moderators Here by JeSoul(op): 3:59pm On May 06, 2011
cemehere:
Pls how can i upload a video from youtube into NL?
Here you go . . . https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-505782.32.html#msg6714232
TV/MoviesRe: NL Movie-Club: Summer 2011 Stakeout by JeSoul(f): 4:38pm On May 05, 2011
^ oohhh you people should stop spoiling my taste jor, I'm going to see Thor at the movies tomorrow angry cheesy . . . there's nothing better out there anyways.

iice:
[color=#9900ff]I've seen Thor but i'm biased since Thor has always been one of my favorite heroes.
I really enjoyed it. My only problem is the 'romance' part. As usual, most females roles are unnecessary.[/color]
Ouch! grin grin
SportsRe: NBA Season 2010/11 by JeSoul(f): 4:32pm On May 05, 2011
Celtics down 0-2 on the road - bad.

Lakers down 0-2 at home - much much badder.

Jesoul is still a happy camper  grin

A-40, I salute una oh! correct. I talk am few days ago Chandler would give Bynum a run for his money but I no know say he go school am proper. The Laker bigs have not been able to bully the Maverick frontline of Tyson and Heywood. See as the once soft Mavs have developed some defensive swagger. I am indeed impressed. And Dirk has chosen this point to play his best ball of the season, and see that rascal Barea terrorizing the laker point guards, lol, - its a perfect storm.

As for the Celtics, they've chosen a bad time to struggle offensively. I think their defense is just fine but they simply need to score more. Rondo has been the wild card all season and if he doesn't have a good game and deliver high percentage passes, the Celtics won't win, its as simple as that. We're heading home - hopefully all they needed was to see the beautiful shorelines of gorgeous Beantown in springtime to get their mojo back. Plus the Bruins just came back from an 0-2 deficit to win in 6 . . . Celtics there's some inspiration for you! smiley

As a side note, I no even vex too much Celtics are down . . . I would really like to see Lebron get his overdue ring and silence all the haters. I hope he gets more hardware than Kobe too. Too bad it will also benefit Christina and flash. But yeah, I'm rooting for my Celtics but also Lebron if that makes any sense  cheesy
Foreign AffairsRe: Anti-nigerian Bias In The Nfl? by JeSoul(f): 4:22pm On May 05, 2011
MandingoII:
bECAUSE his hands are small and his wingspan is less than average, alot of teams bypassed him.

He can ball. No doubt about that. However, there is certain measurables in the NFL that every player must meet.

we shall see in 5 years.

He will still make about $30 MILLION U.S.D.
Yeah there are plenty of NFL successes that weren't drafted. I hope he gets a shot to prove himself.
Christianity EtcRe: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 1 by JeSoul(f): 2:58pm On May 05, 2011
I'm not sure what exactly your thread is about, but you don't need to open 8 seperate threads for each post. I'm collapsing all into this first one. And good luck getting folks to read this epistle. Thanks.

Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 2
k2kay:
Posting Two by Anonymous (4 November, 2005)

Paul is not correct. There were two females, one being a doctor and the other being a linguist.

There was a period of darkness, but not total darkness. The Eben planet is located within a solar system of the Zeta Recticular Star System [two 5th-magnitude yellow double stars, similar to our Sun located near the Large Magellanic Cloud]. The planet had two suns but their angles were small and allowed some darkness on the planet depending on one's location.

The planet was tilted which allowed the northern part of the planet to be cooler. The planet was a little less than Earth's size. The atmosphere was similar to Earths and contained the elements of CHON [Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen]. Zeta Recticular is approximately 37 light years from us. It took our team, in an Eben craft, nine months to travel the distance.

During the trip, each of our team members were frequently dizzy, disoriented and suffered headaches. The craft did not go through any weightlessness during the trip. The craft was very large and allowed the team to exercise.

Once the team arrived on the Eben planet, it took them several months to adjust to the atmosphere. During the adjustment period, they suffered headaches, dizziness and disorientation.

The bright suns of the Eben planet also presented problems. Although they had sunglasses, they still suffered from the bright sunlight and the danger of sun exposure. The radiation levels of the planet was a little higher than that of Earth. They were careful to cover their bodies at all times.

The Ebens had no forms of refrigeration, except in industry. The temperature of the planet, at the center portion, stayed between 94° and 115.° They did have clouds and rain, but not frequently. At the northern hemisphere of the planet, the temperature dropped to between 55 and 80 degrees. This was too cool for the Ebens, or at least most. Our team did find Ebens living in the north, but in very small villages.

Our team eventually relocated to the north in order to stay cool. The ground transportation used by our team was similar to a helicopter. The power system was a sealed energy device that provided electrical power and lift for the craft. It was very easy to fly and our pilots learned the system within days. The Ebens did have vehicles, which floated above the ground and did not have any tires or wheels.

There were leaders, but no real form of government. There was virtually no crime seen by the team. They had an army, which also acted as the police force. But no guns or weapons of any type were seen by our team. There were regular meetings within each small community. There was one large community, which acted as the central point of the civilization. All the industry was at this one large community. There was no money.

Every Eben was issued what they needed. No stores, malls or shopping locations. There were central distribution centers where Ebens went to obtain items of needs. All Ebens worked in some capacity. Children were kept very isolated. The only trouble our team members got into was when they attempted to photograph Eben children.

The Army politely escorted them away and cautioned them not to do it again
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 3
k2kay:
Posting Three by Anonymous (7 November, 2005)

Statistics on the Eben planet was collected by our team. Here is the pertinent data for your UFO thread list: Diameter: 7,218 miles
Mass: 5.06 x 10 24
Distance from Sun #1: 96.5 million miles
Sun #2: 91.4 million miles
Moons: 2
Surface gravity: 9.60m/s 2
Rotation Periods: 43 hours
Orbit: 865 days
Tilt: 43 degrees
Temperature: Min: 43° / Max: 126°
Distance from Earth: 38.43 light years
Planet named by Team: SERPO
Nearest planet to SERPO: Named: OTTO
Distance: 88 million miles (colonized by Ebens with research base, but no natural inhabitants on planet)
Number of planets in Eben Solar System: Six
Nearest inhabited planet to SERPO:
Named: SILUS (SILUS is made up of creatures of various types, but no intelligent life forms. Ebens use the planet to mine minerals.)
Distance: 434 million miles


We did have visitors from nine other star systems.

The Grays, which some people characterize as being like the Ebens, were not. They came from a planet near Alpha Centauri A.

[ALPHA CENTAURI is a nearby multiple star with a magnitude of -0.3 and is the third brightest star in the sky. It consists of two yellow and orange stars of magnitudes 0.0 and 1.4. There is also a much fainter third star, an 11th magnitude red dwarf called Proxima Centauri. This is the closest to our Sun, 4.2 light years away or about 0.2 light years closer to us than the two brighter members of the Alpha Centauri system.]

The third class of visitors came from a G2 star system in Leo.

[LEO or LEO MINOR? LEO: Star distances range from 20-25 – 77 light years away. Notable interest is Gamma Leonis which is a glorious double star consisting of two golden orange giants of magnitudes 2.4 and 3.5. They are a genuine binary pair orbiting each other every 600 years or so.
LEO MINOR: Squeezed between Leo and Ursa Major with its brightest star Beta Leonis Minoris that has a magnitude of 4.2. It is a close double star which are 145 light years away with an orbital period of 37 years.]

Another class of visitors came from a G2 star system in Epsilon Eridani.

[EPSILON ERIDANI is one of the closest unclothed-eye stars to our Sun. It is 10.5 light years way with a magnitude of 3.7. Although somewhat cooler and fainter than the Sun, it is otherwise similar.]

The visitors were classified by a code. The code, which was classified in itself, was, "Extraterrestrial Entities" (ETE). ETE-2 were the Ebens, the Grays were ETE-3, and so on.

The "Red Book" lists nine different visitors. We determined recently that some of the visitors were the same type of race but a "mechanical lifeform." They were hybrid beings that were created in a laboratory rather than by natural birth.

The creatures were more like robots, although they were intelligent and could make decisions. They might be the "hostile" visitors that some people report.

To the best of my knowledge, we have NOT had any visitation since 1985 from the Ebens
Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 4
k2kay:
Posting Four by Anonymous (9 November, 2005)

Thanks for forwarding my information to your e-mail stream list without ID'ing me. I realize it might be a little difficult for you to keep my name confidential with the mounting pressure enormous, but I don't wish to reveal it at this time; perhaps to Richard C Doty in due time as his questions and online demeanor seems to be the most fair, open minded, and his questions posed were the most reasonable as I monitor the online feedback after each new posting.

I also realize your list of quizzical people have numerous probing questions. I'll try to answer them, but you must understand that all of this information is contained in a huge voluminous book. There are literally hundreds of pages of scientific calculations trying to understand Serpo, the orbit, etc. I could not possibly relate all of that information via e-mail.

Our scientists had the same questions, as posed by your audience. Our scientists questioned our team members and the information they gathered. Our scientists could not understand how the orbit of Serpo could revolve around the two suns at the distance measured.

In the end, our scientists found that some things relating to that particular system was different in physics compared to our system. There were some questions about how our team measured the orbit and other calculations based on the lack of a stable time base. For some reason – and I don't think this was ever determined – our time instruments did not work on Serpo.

Now, considering this, you can understand the difficult job our team members had making calculations without time. They had to come up with an alternate method to measure speeds, orbits, etc.

Challenge: Try solving a problem in physics without being able to measure time on Earth!

So you see, our team did the best they could with the instruments they had and the hardships they developed attempting scientific calculations. It is difficult for any Earth-based scientist to understand the different physics in other solar systems or on other planets.

One of the questions sent me involved Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion. Our team had that information. We had some of the best military scientists on the team. But if you consider Kepler's Law, it requires time and our team could only measure time in the conventional way. It was determined that Kepler's Laws did not apply to that solar system.

MODERATOR's COMMENT: (Victor Martinez)
[Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician, 1571-1630. Kepler's discovery of Mars' elliptical orbit led to the publication in 1609 of three laws of planetary motion.
1) First law: States that a planet moves on an elliptical path with the sun at one focus point.
2) Second law: States that a planet moves faster when closer to the sun and slower when farther away.
3) Third law: Makes it possible to calculate a planet's relative distance from the Sun. Specifically, the law states that the cube of a planet's average distance from the Sun is equal to the square of the time it takes that planet to complete its orbit.]

CONCLUSION: One of the things our Earth-based scientists learned was not to apply Earth's laws of physics in a universal way.

Serpo was estimated to be about three billion years old. The two suns were about five billion years old, but only by estimation.

The Eben civilization was estimated to be about 10,000 years old. They evolved from another planet, not on Serpo. The original home planet of the Ebens was threatened with extreme volcanic activity. The Ebens had to relocate to Serpo in order to protect their civilization. This occurred some 5,000 years ago.

The Ebens had a great interplanetary battle with another race about 3,000 years ago. The Ebens lost many thousands in their battle. The Ebens completely eliminated all of their enemies. The Ebens have never fought another war since. The Ebens have been space travelers for the past 2,000 years. The Ebens first visited Earth about 2,000 years ago.

Why does the Eben population number only about 650,000? The Ebens have a very stable, structured civilization. Each male has a mate. They are allowed to reproduce (in somewhat the same sexual way we do), but are limited to only a specific number of children. Our team never saw a family with more than two children.

The Eben civilization was so structured that they planned the birth of each and every child, spacing them apart to allow the proper social grouping of the civilization. Eben children matured at a super rate, compared to Earth children. Our team watched live births, attended to by an Eben doctor, and then watched the development of the child over a period of time, team member's time. They matured at an alarming rate.

The Ebens had scientists, doctors and technicians. There was one educational facility on the planet. If one was chosen, you attended the facility and learned the job one was best qualified and suited for. Although it was extremely difficult to judge or measure, the team estimated each Eben's IQ to be 165.

The Ebens had no single ruler. There was a "Council of Governors," which the team named. This group controlled every single action on the planet. The members of the council seemed to have been around for a long time. Since Ebens didn't age – or at least our team couldn't detect aging – it was difficult to judge the age of each member.

There were about 100 different villages or living locations for the Ebens. The Ebens only used a small portion of their planet. They did mine minerals in remote areas of the planet and had a large industrial plant in the southern portion of the planet near a body of water. Our team determined this plant had some sort of hydroelectrical operation.

The Ebens developed a different type of electrical and propulsion system. It was unknown to our team and I don't think we ever really understood it. They were able to tap into a vacuum and bring back an enormous amount of energy from that vacuum.

Our team's living quarters, which consisted of several small buildings, contained electricity powered by a small box. This small box supplied all the power our team needed. Ironically, the electrical equipment our team brought on the trip worked using their power source only.

Ebens did die. Our team members saw deaths, some from accidents and some from natural causes. The Ebens buried the bodies, similar to our method. Our team saw two air accidents involving their intra-planet flying vehicle.

The Ebens worshipped a Supreme Being. It appeared to be some sort of diety relating to the Universe. They conducted daily services, normally at the end of the first work period. They had a building or church they entered to worship.

Our team left Earth in a large Eben spacecraft and flew to Serpo in approximately nine months by our team's measurement of time. Upon our team's return, they traveled on a newer Eben craft. The time, estimated by our team for the return, was seven months.

[MODERATOR's ADDENDUM TO ABOVE (Victor Martinez)
Project Aquarius briefing document
ABOVE TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY
(TS/ORCON) – Most governmental documents pertaining to UFO sightings, incidents and governmental policies, including "Project Blue Book," have been released to the public under FOIA or under various other release programs.
MJ-12 felt the remaining documents and information (not relating to "Project Aquarius" relating to technological facts regarding alien medical matters, the fact that an alien was captured alive and survived three years under secrecy, cannot be released to the public for fear the information would be obtained by SHIS. There was other information obtained from EBE that was deemed sensitive and not releasable to the public.
Notably, "Project Aquarius," Volume IX, which pertains to tracing the alien's first visitation of Earth back some 5,000 years. EBE reported that 2,000 years ago, his ancestors planted a human creature on earth to assist the inhabitants of Earth in developing a civilization. This information was only vague and the exact identity or background information on this homo-sapien was not obtained.
Undoubtedly, if this information was released to the public, it would cause a worldwide panic. MJ-3 has developed a plan that will allow release of Project Aquarius, Volumes I – III.
The release program calls for a gradual release of information over a period of time in order to condition the public for future disclosures. Attachment 5 of this briefing contains certain guidelines for future public releases.]

Comment (by Paul McGovern):

Sometimes the truth is hard to understand, especially by closed minded people.

Please read Einstein's statement made to a German scientific society on May 11, 1934. I won't actually quote him, but he said the dumbest people in the world are the scientists who keep their minds closed to new ideas.

You are trying to base our scientific understandings on another world. We found a long time ago that that type of thinking blocked
progress. We could never have understood the visitor's gifts if we had people like some trying to figure it out. We had open minded scientists who were able to think beyond the realm of Earth-based science.

I'm no scientist, but I know enough to keep an open mind. I cannot vouch for Victor's source's statistics, but I know he must be speaking from knowledge because it is the same knowledge I read years ago.

Just keep an open mind, people. Once you close that mind, you are lost in your own misguided thoughts,

The complete debriefing accounts for about three thousand pages
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 5
k2kay:
Posting Five by Anonymous (13 November, 2005)

Thank you for the cooperation you display regarding my information. Your attention to this matter is highly and greatly appreciated. I sometime type faster that think and thus my fingers make the grammar/spelling errors!

My colleagues and I are discussing several different options regarding the release of this information. First, we must obtain proper sanction from past officials. The group called MJ-12 – which wasn't really the group that controlled the information – but for the sake of clarity, we'll just call them "MJ-12." The actual name of the group who controlled, managed and oversaw the Serpo project was called ____ ____.

Many have died, but we still have a few around. We are asking their approval for release. Next, we must obtain current official sanction. This may be a little more difficult. Current DIA officials have very little knowledge of this subject matter. However, we will move ahead with our plans. Our main supporter is _____ ______ ______ , a former director of __________. He is in our corner and will support our gradual release plan.

The proposal by one of your readers [Bill Hamilton] regarding the Web site is a great idea. With the cooperation of several "co-authors," we might create a Web site and post some information on that site. Until then, I will continue to provide the official information only through you.

Regarding the Web site. I know we have some hurdles to overcome. Maybe that would/wouldn't be a good first step. But we have several different options. If Plan A doesn't work, maybe Plan B might. We have discussed everything from an international press conference to a National Press Club news conference.

We are also considering your suggestion of releasing 100 key pages (out of the 3,000) to you and then your forwarding them around the country to the six key individuals you named in your e-mail: Dr ____ ____ , Dr ____ ____ , ____ ____ , ____ ____ , ____ ____ and ____ ____.

Of these individuals, I agree with you that it would be of manifest importance to have someone like Dr ____ ____ , who has the stature and prominence in the scientific community, come on board and "in the loop" to not only give credibility to the programmed release, but also to assist in explaining the complex scientific/physics theories and principles to the layperson.

We'll let you know.

I will provide some answers to the many questions once I find them. Remember, I have over 3,000 pages of to view and another two sizeable volumes of other supplementary data.

I've studied the documents and debriefing data. I cannot find answers to everyone's questions, but I did find some answers especially to those posed by UFO thread list member, Bill Ryan.

1) I find some of the questions [from various list members] to be very disturbing. I expected thoughfulness in the responses, rather than criticism. The information I am providing is coming directly from official documents. But I guess it's difficult for our Earth-based scientists to understand something foreign to them.

The criticism being displayed by your list of scientists doesn't bother me. I'm just stating what the official documents say. As for the scientific calculations, our Earth-based scientists had the same questions. Our home-based scientists questioned the collection methods of the team. But in the end, our home-based scientists figured out that our applied scientific principals did not always work on Planet Serpo. Once our scientists minds were open, the calculations were made to prove the team's data.

2) One of the principal home-based scientists (astronomer) contracted to assist us was Dr. Carl Edward Sagan. Initially, he was the biggest skeptic of the group. But as information was slowly analyzed, Dr. Sagan came back to the middle. I can't say he fully accepted every single piece of data, but he did agree on the final report.

3) Lively discussions brings out some very interesting questions. Some of which I cannot find answers to. Although our team spent over a decade (our time) on Serpo and nearby planets, they did not have a laptop computer to enter all data. They had two recorders, who were responsible for writing down the data. Our team acknowledged that a lot of data was lost or not documented.

[Bill Ryan's questions]

4) Regarding Time: The Team Members brought several time pieces, e.g., wrist watches, non-battery style, as it stated in the debriefing data. The time pieces worked, but they had no reference to time since the Eben days were longer, the dusk and dawn periods were longer and they had no calenders to reference.
They did use the time pieces to calculate movement, for example, timing the movement of the Eben two suns. They also calculated the time between work and rest periods. But, after awhile, the team discarded their time pieces and used the Eben's measurement of time periods. The team became confused with the calenders they brought – a 10-year calender.

After 24 months, the team lost track of time, as to the calender since they could not properly calculate days compared to Earth days. They set up one large clock to the earth time when they left. However, this was a battery-controlled clock and when the battery died, the clock stopped and they forgot to change the battery in time. Consequently, they lost the earth time. The team brought a large quantity of batteries, but they ran out after about five years. The Ebens had no comparable item like batteries.

5) They also took electric razors, coffee pots, electric heaters, a DIM (no explanation as to what this was), an electric IBM typewriter, a scientific calculator, slide rules (both conventional and scientific), Base Data Collection Recorder (BDCR), three different sized telescopes, tangents, both conventional and electrical.
The list goes on and on. But they took about everything they were allowed to take, as to weight. The Ebens did weigh the equipment taken by our team. The weight limit was 4.5 tons or 9,000 lbs. As for food, the team took C-Rations, military style. They carefully planned for 10 years.

6) Another question pertained to the team make up. Why were only two females taken?

If one considers the monumental problem associated with picking a team of 12 people, where each person must be totally erased from the military system – no family ties, no spouses and no children – one can see the difficulty that the selection group had. The selection group picked the best team members from a limited pool of military people.

The original selection group picked 158 people. The final 12 were selected from that number. If you consider the psychological, medical and other tests that had to be administered, the final 12 were the best qualified from the original number. Why they chose two females was never written. Apparently, those two females were the best qualified in their individual speciality: a doctor and a linguist.

7) How did the Ebens advance so quickly? Nothing was written about this. But Earth-based scientists surmised that since the Eben culture consisted of just one species, their advancement excelled and accelerated more rapidly than a civilization that consisted of different species, different languages, etc.

cool Why are there only 650,000 in the Eben civilization?

Again, the team never found the answer except that many hundreds of thousands of Ebens died in The Great War. Earth-based social behavior specialists surmised that the Eben civilization was structured to accommodate their own needs. Our team did find limited supplies of commodities on their planet. Large buildings were used to harvest food products.

The soil wasn't rich in a lot of minerals. Ebens used a form of organic agriculture to harvest food items. Maybe the Ebens were scared that if they over populated the planet, they couldn't provide for their citizens. This is only my idea, and not anything written in the official records.

9) As to the Eben culture: They had a form of musical entertainment. The music sounded like tonal rhythms. They also listened to a type of chanting. The Ebens were dancers. They celebrated certain work periods with a ritual dance. The Ebens would form a circle and dance around, listening to the chanting type of music. The music was played on bells and drums, or something similar to them.

There were no televisions, radio stations or anything like that. The Ebens played a game, something like soccer, but with a larger ball. The object was to kick the ball down a field into a goal. The game had very strange rules and played for long periods of time. They also had another game, mostly played by the children, that consisted of making formations with groups of Ebens. They seemed to really enjoy the game, but our team found little understanding of the game.

Athough the Eben civilization had no televisions, radios, etc., each Eben had a small device belted to their waists. This device gave orders to perform a particular task, news of pending events, etc. The device displayed a screen, similar to a television screen but in a 3-D style format. Our team brought back one of these devices. (I think today, we could compare it to a palm pilot.)

10) The Eben's energy device was analyzed over and over again by our team. Since our team did not have access to scientific microscopes or other measuring equipment, we could not understand the function of the energy device.

But, regardless of the electrical demand, the Eben energy device provided the proper current and wattage. Out team surmised the device had some sort of regulator that sensed the required current/wattage and then supplied that specific amount. (Note: Our Team Members brought back two energy devices for analysis.)

11) Serpo moved around one sun only. The other sun was within the two orbits. As I said before, there are hundreds of pages of calculations in the debriefing explaining all of this.

12) Why some Team Members remained!

The debriefing reported that the Team Members who remained, did so voluntarily. They fell in love with the culture of the Ebens and the planet. They were not ordered to return. Communication with the remaining crew members lasted until about 1988. No other communication was received from those Team Members. The two – who died on the Planet Serpo – were placed in coffins and buried. Their bodies were returned to Earth.

13) Each Team Member received a large dose or radiation during their stay on Serpo. Most of the Team Members died later of radiation-related illnesses.

14) The Ebens fought a battle with an enemy for a period of time. Our Team Members estimated the war lasted about 100 years, but, again, that is our time. The war was fought using particle beam weapons, developed by both civilizations. The Ebens eventually were able to destroy the enemy planet, killing the remaining enemy forces.

The Ebens did warn us that several other alien races within our galaxy were hostile. The Ebens stay away from those races. The debriefing document never stated the name of the enemy, probably because they no longer existed.

[FAST FACTS ON Dr CARL E SAGAN: (Victor Martinez)
Born in Brooklyn, NY on 11-9-'34 and died in Seattle, WA on 12-20-'96 of bone marrow cancer. He was an American astronomer, educator and planetary scientist and was the Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University.
CONNECTING THE DOTS: "Project SERPO's" final report was written in 1980 with Dr Sagan having been brought in half way through the project. It is believed that he wrote his 1985 bestseller, CONTACT, based on his insider knowledge of the most secret project in human history: a human-alien exchange program of which he signed off on its final report!
Years later, his book was made into the 1997 movie CONTACT starring Jodie Foster.]
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 6
k2kay:
Posting Six by Anonymous (14 November, 2005)

You will be honored one day for providing assistance in our release of information. Many thanks.

I do not feel that a dialogue or argument with non-believers would benefit our cause. They have the right to critizice our information, but none of them will ever be involved in the final process.

This was a gigantic problem, to say the least. It took our linguist specialists several years to adequately establish a form of communication with the Ebens. A group of Ebens learned to understand English and a few other Earth languages.

This group contained the "Travelers," as our team called them. Our Team Members connected themselves with the Travelers. Although the Team couldn't always understand their responses, the Eben travelers understood our Team, most of the time. During this time period, the only exchange of information was simple.

The Ebens, not being able to completely explain something to our team, used a form of sign language by pointing to the object or item they wished to explain and made hand movements. Our team, two members, eventually grasped that method of communication. However, our Team didn't receive much information from the Ebens during this time period.

The Travelers (the very few who understood English numbered about 30) did not fully understand all words in our language. Later, the Ebens called our language too complicated and difficult to understand. We eventually determined the Eben Tonal Language to be very complicated and extremely hard to translate. We were able to record their language and then play it back, listening to each Tonal dialect and each tonal bar.

Eventually we crudely translated some of the languge. We started with simple items, for example, the flying object that they used to travel around their planet on. Then things like houses, roads, food, clothing, their suns, their planet, etc. Although we did establish some form of communication, it was crude and not always helpful for our Team when something complicated happened.

For example, when our first Team Member died in an accident, it was hard to communicate with the Ebens. The member died instantly, therefore, no medical care was provided. Our two doctors examined the Member's body and determined the injuries were consistent with an accidental fall. Initially, the Ebens never interfered with our care or offered to provide any of their medical care.

However, once the Ebens – a very benevolent and caring people – saw our team members crying, the Ebens stepped in and offered to attempt some sort of medical care. Although our doctors felt the Team Member was medically dead, they allowed the Ebens to try their own medical care. Most of this was either through sign language or speaking to the Travelers who could understand some English.

The Ebens transported the Team Member's body to a remote area of the largest community. They took the body into a large building, apparently their hospital or medical center. The Ebens used a large examination table to view the body. The Ebens ran a large bluish-green light beam over the body. The Ebens watched a display, that appeared on a large screen that looked like a television screen. The readouts were in the Eben written language and thus our team could not understand it.

However, there was a graphic display, similar to a heat beat graph. The solid line was not wavering. Our doctors understood that meant the same thing that their equipment measured: the heart was not beating. The Ebens administered some liquid through a needle. This was done several times. Eventually, the heart started beating.

But our doctors knew the internal organs of the body were damaged, but couldn't fully explain that to the Ebens. The Ebens finally made a sign, placing both their hands to the chest and bowing their heads. Our team members knew that meant the body was dead and nothing could be done.

The Ebens showed affection to our Team. During the last work period, the Ebens had a ceremony for the dead Team Member, the same ceremony used when an Eben died. Our team held their own service, attended by the Ebens. The Ebens were extremely curious about our religious service. One Team Member, who was acting as a minister, performed a death service. Our Team was eternally greatful for the Eben's caring attitude for our dead friend.

The Ebens live in a very simple society. The individual Eben family contained a male, female and at least one child. Our team did find some families with as many as four children. We later learned those families were caring for children of Ebens who were either on Traveling Missions (exploring the universe) or dead Ebens.

Our Team witnessed an aircraft accident that killed four Ebens. The Ebens performed a form of ritual at the crash site. The Ebens transported the bodies to a medical facility and examined the bodies. Our Team Members were always allowed to accompany the Ebens, except during rest period, when the Ebens closed their doors for privacy.

Our Team Members saw the sorrow in the eyes of the Ebens during the death of their own. Later, after the last work period of the day, the Eben's had a "funeral," at least that is what our Team concluded it was. The Eben bodies were wrapped in a white cloth. Several types of liquids were poured over the bodies. Large numbers of Ebens would stand in a circle, chanting.

The sounds became almost nauseating to our Team Members. The ceremony lasted for a long time. Finally, the bodies were placed in metal containers and buried in a remote location away from the communities. After the burial, the Ebens had a feast. Large tables of food were brought out and everyone ate, danced and played games. This occurred at every Eben death witnessed by our team.

The individual Eben family lived a simple life. Their homes were constructed of clay, some type of material similar to wood, and some metal. The houses all looked the same. They appeared to be something from the Southwest, looking like adobe. The interior of the house consisted of four rooms. One sleeping room where all Ebens slept in the same room on mats, a food preparation room (kitchen), a family room (the largest in the house) and a small waste room.

This brought up an interesting point for our Team. The Ebens did not have a physiological need to release body wastes as we did. The Eben's had small collection locations in the residence for their body wastes. But the Eben's body was extremely efficient in processing all food taken in. Their body wastes consisted of a small amount of fecal matter, similar to a small cat dropping.

Our Team Members never saw any urine excretion from an Eben. On the other hand, our Team Member's wastes consisted of bulk quantity of both fecal matter and urine. The Ebens had to dig large waste reception sites for our 12 Team Member's waste. The Ebens accommodated our team.

Food, as I mentioned previously, was a problem for our Team Members. Our Team consummed mostly military-style C-Rations, but eventually had to switch to Eben food. The Ebens had a variety of food items. They grew vegatables. Our Team found items similar to potatoes, but they tasted different. They had some type of lettuce, turnips, and tomatoes. They were the only items similar to ours. The Eben's had other vegatables grown.

These were strange looking round items with long vines. The Ebens cooked the vines and ate the large portion of the plant raw. The Ebens had some type of white liquid, which we first thought was a form of milk. But after tasting it, our Team realized it was different, both in taste and content. The liquid came from a small tree located in the northern portion of the planet. The Eben's literelly milked the tree for the liquid. It appeared to be some sort of pleasure to drink the stuff.

Our Team Members never got a real "taste" for the liquid. The Ebens cooked food. They make pots of stew, which was extremely tasteless to our team. We used a lot of salt and pepper. They also baked a form of bread. It was non-yeast bread and tasted fairly good, but caused extreme constipation to our Team Members. We had to drink large quantities of water in order to digest the bread.

The one common food that Ebens and our Team Members liked was the fruit. The Ebens ate a great quantity of fruit. The fruit, although different from anything we saw, was sweet. Some of the fruit tasted something like mellons, while others tasted like apples.

Another problem was water. The water on Serpo contained a number of unknown chemicals found by our team. Our Team eventually had to boil the water before drinking it. Seeing this, the Ebens built a large plant that processed water for our Team.

In our Team's final report, written by the commander (Colonel), the report states that during the exchange period (he was careful not to use exact time periods), the Team was able to communicate with the Ebens about 50% of the time. There were some things we were never able to communicate.

Our Team brought along softball equipment for sporting activity. The Ebens would watch the game and laugh out loud. (The Eben laugh sounded like a high pitched yell.) Eventually, the Ebens started playing the game, but never got used to catching the ball before it hit the ground.

Our Team also played touch football. Again, the Ebens watched the game intensely and then played it themselves. But again, like softball, the Ebens never figured out they had to catch the football before it hit the ground!

Although our Team Members honored the privacy of the Ebens, our Team was allowed to witness births. Our team, snooping aroud, was able to capture the sexual activity of the Ebens. The males and females had similar sexual organs and performed intercourse. The frequency of sexual activity was not recorded as being as often as our society performed. It was believed that they performed the act for pleasure and reproduction.
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 7
k2kay:
Posting Seven by Anonymous (17 November, 2005)

Here are some geological facts regarding Serpo our Team Members compiled:

The planet's diameter was measured at about 7,218 miles.

The surface gravity was 9.60m/s 2 .

The rotation periods was approximately 43 hours.

Our Team contained two geologists (they were also cross-trained as biologists). The first thing our geologists did was map the entire planet. The first step was to divide the planet in half, thus creating an Equator. Then they established a Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. Within each hemisphere, they created four quadrants.

Finally, they established the "North and South" Poles. This was the easiest method to study the planet. Most of the Eben communities were placed along the Equator. However, there were some communities established north of the equator in each of the four quadrants in the Northern Hemispheres. There were no communities located in either poles. The southern pole was desert. It was barren land with virtually no precipitation where absolutely nothing grew in this area.

There were volcanic rock formations and part of the extreme south contained a rock desert. Temperatures in the south pole were measured at between 90° and 135°F. Going further north from the south pole in Quadrant 1, the Team found extrusive rocks. This indicated some volcanic activity in the area. Our team found numerous volcanoes in this area.

The Team found several fissure eruptions in this region, with standing water. The water was tested and contained high levels of sulfur, zinc, copper and other unknown chemicals. Moving from east to Quadrant 2, the Team found basically the same volcanic fields of rocks.

However, in one particular location near the north end of Quadrant 2, the Team found an Alkali Flat. On Earth, these were formed by streams flowing into a desert or arid location. Our team found hard mud covered by alkaline salts. Some vegetation was growing in this area.

Moving to Quadrant 3, the Team found a form of Badlands: An arid region that is lined with deep gullies with sparse vegetation. The gullies or valleys were extremely deep, some going down 3,000 feet.

The team found the first Serpo animal in this region. It looked like an armadillo. This creature was extremely hostile and tried to attack the Team several times. The Eben guide used some type of sound device (sonic-directed sound beam) to scare away the creature.

Moving to the Equatorial region, our team found desert-style landscapes which contained patches of vegetation. The team found numerous pockets of water fed to the ground by Artesian Wells. This water was the freshest, containing only the unknown chemicals. It tasted good and the Ebens drank and used it. Our team still boiled it because during culture tests, unknown types of bacteria were detected.

Moving to the Northern Hemisphere, the Team found a major change in climate and landscape. One Team Member, who had coined it Quadrant 1, in the northern hemisphere, named it "Little Montana." The Team found trees, similar to the Evergreen style of Earth trees. These trees were milked by the Ebens. A white fluid was extracted and drank.

Numerous other types of vegetation was found in this region. Standing water, possibly fed by either Artesian Wells or fissure eruptions was found. In one area, marsh lands were seen. Large plants were observed growing in the marshy area. The Ebens used these plants for food. The bulb of the plant was very large. The bulb tasted something like a mellon.

Our Team eventually moved to an area in Quadrant 1 in the northern hemisphere. This area contained moderate temperatures [50° - 80°] and ample amounts of shade. The Eben's built a little community for the team. Most of the remaining exploration of the planet was done from this point. The Team only explored the southern hemisphere once, obtaining geological information.

Because of the intense heat, the Team decided not to venture back. The Team continued to explore the northern hemisphere, where, as the Team traveled towards the north pole, the temperature cooled considerably. The Team found mountains, raising to an elevation of 15,000 feet and valleys that sank below the basic mark the team established for "sea level." Lush green fields were found containing a form of grass, but contained bulbs. The Team coined these fields, "Clover Fields," even though the bulbs were not clover.

The radiation levels were lower in the northern hemisphere than at the Equator and southern hemisphere. The north pole contained cold weather and the team saw the first sign of snow. Blankets of snow littered the landscape around the north pole. The snow measured about 20 feet, at its deepest.

The temperature was a constant 33°. Our Team never found the temperature to vary in this region. The Ebens could not stand to be in this region for long. They suffered extreme hypothermia. The Team's guide wore a suit, similar to a space suit with built in heaters.

Our Team found evidence of past earthquakes. Fault lines were found along the northern tip of the southern hemisphere. Exfoliation was observed along with extrusive rocks, which indicated magma flows in the past.

Our Team brought back hundreds of samples of Serpo soil, vegetation, water and other items for testing on Earth. During our Team's exploration, they discovered numerous types of animals. The strangest was the "Beast" which looked like a large Ox. The animal was timid and never seen to be hostile.

Another animal looked like a Mountain Lion, but had long fur around the neck. This animal was curious, but was not considered hostile by the Ebens.

During the exploration of Quadrant 4 of the southern hemisphere, the team found a very long and large creature that appeared to be a snake. This creature was "deadly," as explained by the Ebens. The head of the creature was large and contained almost human-like eyes. This was the only time our Team used their weapons and killed the creature.

The Ebens didn't appear to be upset that the Team killed the creature, but was upset they used a weapon. The team brought four .45 caliber Colt (standard military issued) handguns and four M2 carbine rifles. After killing the creature, the team disected it. The internal organs were strange and nothing similar to a Earth-style snake. The creature measured 15 feet long and 1.5 feet in diameter. The team was curious about the eyes.

Examination of the eyes revealed cones, similar to human eyes. The eye contained an iris and the back contained a large nerve, similar to the optic nerve feeding into the creature's brain. The brain was large, much larger than any Earth-based snake. The Team wanted to eat the meat from the creature, but the Eben guides politely told them "No."
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 8

k2kay:
Posting Eight by Anonymous (29 November, 2005)

I decided to concentrate this release on the "Team" and their selection process, communication problems and the final exchange. There have been many questions pertaining to these issues.

BACKGROUND : Ebe #1 provided a communication device that allowed us to contact Serpo. This communication device was onboard the Eben craft that crashed in July 1947 near Corona, New Mexico. Ebe #1 showed us the proper use of this communication device prior to his death.

However, the device did not function properly and no contact could be made with Serpo. Just prior to Ebe #1's death, an American scientist from Los Alamos figured out the device worked and connected an energy source found in the Eben craft to the communication device. With Ebe#1's assistance and language input, several signals were sent during the summer of 1952. In early fall of 1952, we received several signals on the device.

Ebe #1 translated the messages and provided us with that information. Ebe #1 sent six messages.
— The first message was just letting his planet know he was alive;
— The second message explained the crash in 1947 and the death of his crew;
— The third message asked for a rescue craft for him;
— The fourth message suggested a formal meeting with leaders of Earth;
— The fifth message suggested an exchange program;
(NOTE: It is believed, but NOT documented, that Ebe #1's U.S. military caretaker had suggested to Ebe #1 that an exchange program be set up which would allow our people to visit and exchange culture, scientific information and collect astronomical during a space trip by an American military team or what eventually became known as The Team Members.)
— The sixth message provided landing coordinates for any future rescue or visitation mission to Earth. The incoming messages gave a time and date (Eben date and time system), and confirmed a landing location. However, once the message was translated by Ebe #1, it was determined the date was over 10 years away. Fearing that Ebe #1, who was sick at this point, did not translate the message correctly, our scientists began to translate the message, based on the Eben language that was taught to us by Ebe #1.

(NOTE: Ebe #1 was a mechanic, not a scientist. He was still able to teach us some of the Eben language. According to the document which I read, we translated about 30% of the Eben language. Complex sentences and numbers could not be recognized.)

Ebe #1 assisted us as long as he was alive. But once he died, then we were on our own. We sent several messages over a six-month period (1953). But we did not receive any return messages. We fine tuned our efforts over the next 18 months and finally sent two messages in 1955 and received a reply.

We were able to translate about 30% of the messages. We turned to several linguist specialists from several U.S. universities and even several from foreign universities. Finally, we were able to translate most of the messages. We decided to reply in English and see if the Eben's could translate our language easier than we could theirs. Approximately four months later, we received a reply in broken English. Sentences that contained nouns, adjectives, but no verbs. It took us several months to translate the messages. We then sent Eben our typed English lessons. Six months later, we received another English message. This time it was clearer, but not clear enough. Ebens were confusing several different English words and still failed to complete a proper sentence.

But we were able to provide the basic skill level for them to communicate in English. In one message, they provided us with a form of the Eben alphabet, with the equivalent English letter. Our linguist specialist had a very difficult time figuring this out. The written Eben language was simple characters and symbols, but our linguist specialist had an extremely difficult time comparing the two written languages. Over the next five years, we were able to perfect our understanding of the Eben language (somewhat) and the Ebens were able to better understand English. However, we had a major problem. Trying to coordinate a date, time and location for an Eben landing on Earth. Even though we could basically understand some Eben and the Ebens could understand some English, we could not understand their time and date system and they could not understand ours. We sent them our Earth's rotation schedule, revolution, date system, etc. For some reason, the Eben's never understood this.

In return, the Ebens sent us their system, which was difficult for our scientists to understand because we had no reference to their planet. The Ebens did not explain any astronomical data of Serpo or their system. We then decided to just send pictures showing the Earth, landmarks and a simple numbering system for time periods.

The Ebens sent back a message indicating they would return to Earth on a particular number date and location that we chose. The date was April 24, 1964 and the location was in the southern sector of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Now, our Government officials met in secret to plan the event. Decisions were made, then changed and then changed again. We had just about 25 months to plan for the event. Special teams, mostly military, were formed to plan the event.

Several months into the planning process, President Kennedy decided to approve a plan to exchange a special military team. The USAF was tasked as the lead agency. The USAF officials picked special civilian scientists to assist in planning and crew selection.

The Team Member selection process was the hardest to accomplish. Several plans were suggested in the make-up of the team. It took several months for the planners to decide on criteria for each Team Member. They decided that each Team Member must be military. They must be single, with no children. They must be career military (over four years of service). They must have special skills.

They must have cross-trained skills, meaning that they must have more than one speciality. They must be entirely "sheep dipped" and cleared of any identification problems that would haunt them while on the trip. One suggestion was to list all members as being dead. This was thrown around until it was decided each Team Member selected would be listed as "missing" on the official records and discharged on the unofficial records. That way, all connections between the team and their individual service was covered.

Every single record on each Team Member selected was purged, including their Social Security records, Internal Revenue tax returns, medical records, military records, and any other identification records were either destroyed or collected and placed in a special storage location. Originally, about 56,000 files were screened for possible selectees. The screening process finally got down to 12. These were the best of the best. During training, which lasted roughly six months, there were 16 going through training. The four were replacements just in case one of the originals was injured or released for some other reason.

TEAM TRAINING: Each Team Member selected was sent to a special facility located at Camp Perry, Virginia. This was an intelligence training location. We took over a complete complex inside Perry. Most of the training took place there, but some special training was accomplished at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls Texas; Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; Dow AFB, Maine; and isolated locations in Mexico and Chile. The training lasted for 167 days. The Team was allowed about 15 days off during this time period, but they were closely guarded. Just prior to their trip, each team member was transported to the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Ft. Leavenworth, KS and confined in locked cells. This prevented them from communicating with anyone from the outside world and kept each under close watch.

CHANGE OF PLANS: We received a message from the Ebens stating that they did not wish to make the exchange during their initial visit to Earth. They wanted to meet first and then plan the exchange in person. This created many problems since our Team was ready for the exchange. We sent a return message, but we did not receive a reply.

THE LANDING: In December 1963, the Eben's sent a message confirming the time, date and location of their landing. The message stated that two crafts were enroute to Earth and would make the appropriate landing at the pre-arranged location.

(NOTE: During this time period, our government was suffering from the loss of President Kennedy. Some on the project wanted to cancel the exchange because of his death. But President Johnson was briefed and decided to continue the event, although, it was noted, that Johnson didn't really believe it would happen.)

Our Team planned for two locations. One "cover" location on Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico and the other, which would be the actual landing location, was west of Holloman near the southern entrance to White Sands Army Post.

The first Eben craft entered our atmosphere during the afternoon of April 24, 1964. the Eben craft landed at the wrong location, near Socorro, New Mexico. Our team was in place at White Sands. We were able to communicate a message to the Eben craft that they landed at the wrong location. The second Eben craft picked up the message and landed at the correct location.

MEETING: The Eben craft landed exactly at the location we sent. There were 16 senior U.S. Government officials on the ground. Some were political and some were senior officials, including military officers. The Ebens exited their craft and walked under a pre-located canopy. The Ebens gave gifts of their technology. The Ebens had a crude translator device. It appeared to be some sort of microphone with a read-out screen.

The senior U.S. official was given one of the devices and the Eben kept the other one. The officials spoke into the device and the screen showed a printed form of the voice message, both in Eben and English. It was crude and hard to understand everything that was said. The exact transcript of the meeting won't be discussed at this time. The Ebens decided to make the exchange, but not until the following year. July 1965 was set and the location decided upon was the Nevada Test Site. Planners did not wish to keep the same location for fear that something might leak.

The Team Members were kept at Ft. Leavenworth until May 1964. They were transported to Camp Perry. The Team was isolated for the next six months, going over the same training they received. Fine tunning their individual skills and learning some newer skills. This gave the team an opportunity to better understand the Eben language. Although most team members had difficulty learning the language, the two linguists on the team were able to hone their language skills.

In April 1965, the team was transported to Ft. Leavenworth and confined until July 1965, when they were transported to Nevada. During the exchange, only a selected few officials were present, other than the preparation crew for the exchange team. The Eben craft landed and our Team was placed on board.

(NOTE: One item that was misstated by me in an earlier e-mail, was the amount of equipment that was taken to Planet Serpo by our Team Members. The correct amount loaded on board the Eben crafts was 90,500 lbs of equipment.)
Re: Project Serpo: The Zeta Reticuli Exchange 9
[quote author=k2kay link=topic=660262.msg8261312#msg8261312 date=1304554105]Posting Eight by Anonymous (29 November, 2005)

I decided to concentrate this release on the "Team" and their selection process, communication problems and the final exchange. There have been many questions pertaining to these issues.

BACKGROUND : Ebe #1 provided a communication device that allowed us to contact Serpo. This communication device was onboard the Eben craft that crashed in July 1947 near Corona, New Mexico. Ebe #1 showed us the proper use of this communication device prior to his death.

However, the device did not function properly and no contact could be made with Serpo. Just prior to Ebe #1's death, an American scientist from Los Alamos figured out the device worked and connected an energy source found in the Eben craft to the communication device. With Ebe#1's assistance and language input, several signals were sent during the summer of 1952. In early fall of 1952, we received several signals on the device.

Ebe #1 translated the messages and provided us with that information. Ebe #1 sent six messages.
— The first message was just letting his planet know he was alive;
— The second message explained the crash in 1947 and the death of his crew;
— The third message asked for a rescue craft for him;
— The fourth message suggested a formal meeting with leaders of Earth;
— The fifth message suggested an exchange program;
(NOTE: It is believed, but NOT documented, that Ebe #1's U.S. military caretaker had suggested to Ebe #1 that an exchange program be set up which would allow our people to visit and exchange culture, scientific information and collect astronomical during a space trip by an American military team or what eventually became known as The Team Members.)
— The sixth message provided landing coordinates for any future rescue or visitation mission to Earth. The incoming messages gave a time and date (Eben date and time system), and confirmed a landing location. However, once the message was translated by Ebe #1, it was determined the date was over 10 years away. Fearing that Ebe #1, who was sick at this point, did not translate the message correctly, our scientists began to translate the message, based on the Eben language that was taught to us by Ebe #1.

(NOTE: Ebe #1 was a mechanic, not a scientist. He was still able to teach us some of the Eben language. According to the document which I read, we translated about 30% of the Eben language. Complex sentences and numbers could not be recognized.)

Ebe #1 assisted us as long as he was alive. But once he died, then we were on our own. We sent several messages over a six-month period (1953). But we did not receive any return messages. We fine tuned our efforts over the next 18 months and finally sent two messages in 1955 and received a reply.

We were able to translate about 30% of the messages. We turned to several linguist specialists from several U.S. universities and even several from foreign universities. Finally, we were able to translate most of the messages. We decided to reply in English and see if the Eben's could translate our language easier than we could theirs. Approximately four months later, we received a reply in broken English. Sentences that contained nouns, adjectives, but no verbs. It took us several months to translate the messages. We then sent Eben our typed English lessons. Six months later, we received another English message. This time it was clearer, but not clear enough. Ebens were confusing several different English words and still failed to complete a proper sentence.

But we were able to provide the basic skill level for them to communicate in English. In one message, they provided us with a form of the Eben alphabet, with the equivalent English letter. Our linguist specialist had a very difficult time figuring this out. The written Eben language was simple characters and symbols, but our linguist specialist had an extremely difficult time comparing the two written languages. Over the next five years, we were able to perfect our understanding of the Eben language (somewhat) and the Ebens were able to better understand English. However, we had a major problem. Trying to coordinate a date, time and location for an Eben landing on Earth. Even though we could basically understand some Eben and the Ebens could understand some English, we could not understand their time and date system and they could not understand ours. We sent them our Earth's rotation schedule, revolution, date system, etc. For some reason, the Eben's never understood this.

In return, the Ebens sent us their system, which was difficult for our scientists to understand because we had no reference to their planet. The Ebens did not explain any astronomical data of Serpo or their system. We then decided to just send pictures showing the Earth, landmarks and a simple numbering system for time periods.

The Ebens sent back a message indicating they would return to Earth on a particular number date and location that we chose. The date was April 24, 1964 and the location was in the southern sector of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Now, our Government officials met in secret to plan the event. Decisions were made, then changed and then cha
Foreign AffairsRe: Obama Watched Bin Laden Die On Live Video As Shoot-out Beamed To White House by JeSoul(f): 9:10pm On May 04, 2011
[quote author=obailala link=topic=658789.msg8260075#msg8260075 dat ;De=1304538199]Guys don't be decieved by all these pictures circulated by fraudsters. From reliable sources within the US presidency, I just got a clearer picture detailing

what was really happening in that scene. Obama was playing the latest special release version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II   which has a unique operation

where u hunt down al quaeda. Obama got so excited after completing the mission that he quickly announced to the world that Osama had been killed. grin grin[/quote]ROTLOL  grin grin That is just death!!!  grin grin. Obailala where did u get that picture? Lol. Hilarious!  grin
Christianity EtcRe: A Sensible Religion. . . by JeSoul(f): 7:05pm On May 04, 2011
^ Spambot. It was showing earlier, but I can see its now tagged - that is the strange part. I've pm'd the admin to untag it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Obama Watched Bin Laden Die On Live Video As Shoot-out Beamed To White House by JeSoul(f): 6:17pm On May 04, 2011
[quote author=Βουκέφαλος link=topic=658789.msg8259320#msg8259320 date=1304528902]There is no Video guys. It was a Radio Com[/quote]
Basseti:
That was the impression I got too but I wasnt too sure about that given the different accounts put out by different news feed.
Abeg jor, don't let the facts get in the way of a juicy story grin

Basseti:
It is no doubt but maybe thats the same kind of face he puts on when bumpin heads with his economic team. I prefer a dude that let his actions do the talking. Rhetorics and persona are good but that alone cant get the job done.

Just over lay the situation with the fact that he ordered something like that and still went around his normal self (alabama, bi partisan dinner , golf etc) without even missing a heart beat. Dude is a cold fish for sure!!!! And I agree with u, thats not too good for politics.
Don't mind Americans. We're looking for American Idol instead of a strong leader. Image is extremely important and I understand Obama has the play the role certain times . . . but mehn, I just can't get over that face shocked lol. It appears that beyond the celebrity, there's a Rambo lurking inside Obama grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Anti-nigerian Bias In The Nfl? by JeSoul(f): 6:12pm On May 04, 2011
Hmmm . . . interesting.

I doubt the existence of this bias. There have been numerous successful Nigerian NFL players - though I readily admit I don't know how many were skipped over in the draft. If there's one thing we know, its that NFL teams do not opt out on good players for reasons other than their physical ability - if there's a question about their character, the teams usually take the plunge and hope it works out - this is shown time after time when good but troubled players keep on getting signed by new teams.

Winning is the most important thing in the NFL, not that the player wins Mr congeniality.
Foreign AffairsRe: Gaddafi's youngest son and 3 grandchildren killed in NATO air strike by JeSoul(f): 6:01pm On May 04, 2011
10cirenoh:
@Justwise

  So because they send money to your country, they should not be criticized even when they are wrong? what are you even trying to say here? BTW, how has the money they send to Nigeria helped me or any of my family member?
10cirenoh, of course not. Its just that our criticisms must be put in proper perspective. There is no nation on this earth without terrible sins, some more than others. But as you are pointing out their shortcomings, be sure to equally point out where they have excelled. All things being equal, who will open eye and side dictatorial govts run by ruthless, murderous dictators over democratic (albeit imperfect) ones run by elected leaders?
Foreign AffairsRe: Obama Watched Bin Laden Die On Live Video As Shoot-out Beamed To White House by JeSoul(f): 5:55pm On May 04, 2011
Basseti:
That face is only meant for serious occasion.

No need walking around looking like someone auditioning for Terminator IV.
Lol. Honestly, the state of the american economy is as serious as it gets . . . that face ehn  shocked  grin I have never seen such focus and implied authority from him.

oyb:
obama 2012 poster right there   cheesy cheesy cheesy

resolution in the face of adversity

but thats exactly whats happening. skynet right there cheesy cheesy
grin For real.
Foreign AffairsRe: Gaddafi's youngest son and 3 grandchildren killed in NATO air strike by JeSoul(f): 5:25pm On May 04, 2011
justwise:
Many who hate America can't do without American donations, they never say no to charities working around the world sponsored by America.

Hypocrisy at its best
You didn't even touch the worst of all JW, the hundreds of millions of dollars Nigeria (and many tens of other countries) receives every year from America in Foreign Aid - mostly to battle HIV and other diseases I believe. In the 2011 US Budget, Nigeria is slated to receive >$600 million dollars.

. . . but hey, that doesn't matter, remember America is the devil and wants to recolonize Africa.
Foreign AffairsRe: Obama Watched Bin Laden Die On Live Video As Shoot-out Beamed To White House by JeSoul(f): 5:08pm On May 04, 2011
Wow. I LOVE that face on Obama. Tough, hard-core and focused. That's the kind of image I have been looking from him not the celebrity, smiley, barney & friends one we've been seeing for too long.
Foreign AffairsRe: Osama Bin Laden's Death Does Not Swing American Voters To President Barack Obama by JeSoul(f): 4:57pm On May 04, 2011
I personally think he'll get a bit of a boost . . . how long it will last is the question.

The collective memory of Americans is very short. By the time summer rolls around in full force and $5 a gallon gas is the norm and jobs are still hard to swing by, the death of Osama will be a distant memory.

As a side note, kudos to Obama for signing off the death warrant on Osama and not taking him prisoner and wasting everyone's time and money to 'prosecute' him. Good job Mr President!
Christianity EtcRe: A Sensible Religion. . . by JeSoul(f): 3:19pm On May 04, 2011
Thanks for the reply DS. I look forward to the 2nd installment of your article where you dive a little deeper . . . thanks again.
FamilyRe: Women, Did You Change Your Signature After Marriage? by JeSoul(f): 3:06pm On May 04, 2011
Interesting replies so far.

otilowaju:
I've been married for about six years and have maintained the same signature (which obviously shows my maiden name). I observed over time that many of the married women I know, friends and colleagues, use their husbands' name. I'd have loved to change mine but I dread the challenges of notification. If you changed yours, did you have to inform the public - your bank, CSCS, office or any other places? Also, don't you sometimes forget and still sign the old signature. Please react. Thanks all.
I changed mine - name and signature - with pleasure. Everything from drivers license to banks to my passport etc. Wasn't that hard, just took a bit of time for it to reflect in govt records. The initials were the same so modifying my old siggy wasn't that much trouble either. And yes! I also occasionally relapse and sign my old signature by accident lol. I work in a research lab, we have to sign our lab books, my co-worker commented to me that my sig was different in a few places lol.
 
Its never really been a big deal to me, I see it as a sign of unity and I know some will say then why doesn't the guy change his etc lol, don't ask me. Each couple should decide which one works for them. If that will make him happy and its no biggie to me, then I'll do it with pleasure.
Christianity EtcRe: A Sensible Religion. . . by JeSoul(f): 9:51pm On May 03, 2011
Grey Beard:
I don't see Faith as the problem here. The problem is man's hijacking of a faith or a belief to justify their own ends - usually for money but more often for power.
I remarked recently elsewhere that Religion (or Faith/A Faith) merely amplifies or exposes what a person already is inside. I agree Faith is not the problem - but the alleged practitioners of it. It can be a weapon unto great good or great evil.
Christianity EtcRe: A Sensible Religion. . . by JeSoul(f): 9:48pm On May 03, 2011
Deep Sight:
This is a successful application of the argument of the extremes, and it shows us that faith alone is not sufficient to serve as a justification for any belief or practice which the common conscience of mankind may sense to be inherently and intrinsically unreasonable or reprehensible.
You cannot post your own argument and then declare it 'successful' DS . . .  the way you are patting yourself on the back self . . . anyways . . .

Thus, yes: religions do need to be sensible.
It would be helpful, if we could clearly iron out -

1 - who a religion needs to be sensible to. Is the practice of my religion (as long as I am not infringing on another human being) supposed to make sense to anyone else but me? is religion a personal journey? is it meant to be subjected to outside standards that will declare it sensible/not sensible?

2 - what exactly sensible entails - seeing how diverse cultures are across the world and across generations. Is there a universal acceptance of this criteria you will select? Should spiritual beliefs be subject to physical judgement?

  Overall, nice article. I would agree that ultimately, if you would stick to solely and completely to the argument of extremes then indeed, successful, but venture a degree center, and like a house of cards . . .

  [size=4pt]and btw, I reserve the right to remain silent on future posts. I is mad busy & lazy lately[/size]
Foreign AffairsRe: Gaddafi's youngest son and 3 grandchildren killed in NATO air strike by JeSoul(f): 5:33pm On May 02, 2011
Mr Barzini:
[size=20pt]NATO is not AMERICA! [/size]
Bolded and emphasized for posters who seem to be confusing single countries with organizations of countries.

igbogolo:
It took french intervention to end the crisis in Ivory Coast. where was the so called 'african leaders' and why was it they could not 'settle our leadership problems'?  so how have we 'come of age to cater for ourselves'?

Apart from making useless noise, what has African Union achieved in this Libyan crisis?
Sad. We can ask that question for almost every major crisis that has arisen in Africa. We sit down quiet, led by absentee leaders, incapable of getting our act together for our own good. Then when the western powers come in to do something (albeit selfishly and in their own interest) we will complain they want to re-colonize Africa. But nevermind that . . . lets just blame America, its by far easier.


That said, I hope its a publicity/sympathy stunt by Ghaddafi and that no innocent children were really killed by NATO.
SportsRe: NBA Season 2010/11 by JeSoul(f): 2:50pm On May 02, 2011
Brave Hear:
@Je Soul:
Waddup homes? Our first of what will definitely be of many classic battles is over. Advantage Heat, lets see what you guys got for us @ the TD Garden, expecting a tripple double from Lebron there.
Brave heart: 1 JS/Chiogo: 0
Don't worry, we shall even that score very soon cool. And I hate to be the predictable fan here but the referee had no business throwing Paul Pierce out of the game for language. I mean what the heck is this? a pick-up game for grannies at the YMCA? Pierce deserved the 1st T fully, but not the 2nd. Here's another instance of refs ruining a good game and leaving room for doubt, instead of Miami being credited for winning the game.

And as a side note, I hate players being thrown out of games for anything other than fighting. We fans pay good, exorbitant money to watch the superstars - not the refs.

You see why I say I'd pick my Dwade over Kobe @ 2-guard, the guys all passion men and when he's in that sort of mode he's unstoppable and gets his team going around him. Pure Adrenaline pumping.
If he's able to play at this level the entire playoffs, then I will submit a typed letter of apology and recognition. Any star can have a great game, or 2 or 3, shoot even ex-jail-blazer Randolf is suddenly looking like a throwback Jermaine Oneal X 2 grin
SportsRe: NBA Season 2010/11 by JeSoul(f): 2:42pm On May 02, 2011
Mehn . . . I did not see Memphis strolling into Thunder territory and stealing game 1 without breaking a sweat. I think I need to start giving them a bit more respect, and somebody needs to remind them that they are the #8 seed lol.

REALITY101:
The only real injury Pierce will probably ever get is whiplash from cocking his head back from flopping every single time he drives.

I have nothing against Boston but I can't stand Pierce.
Gerraway jor  grin P2 is the man. His style is slow, crafty and sluggish, which makes it seem like he 'flops'. He doesn't. Here's your player-voted, media-authorized and league-approved list of certified NBA floppers:
JeSoul:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Player-poll-rates-notorious-floppers-as-NBA-821?urn=nba-wp868

Sports Illustrated Top Floppers in the NBA (from polling nba players):
1. Anderson Varejao
2. Manu Ginobili

3. Luis Scola
4. Derek Fisher
5. Kevin Martin
6. Shane Battier
7. Jarron Collins
8. Raja Bell
9. Jose Barea
10. Andres Nocioni

   I especially agree with the bolded. Ginobili is really shameless in that regard. And Fisher as well. Top notch flop artists.
Christianity EtcRe: "It Doesn't Matter Who Wrote The Bible" by JeSoul(op): 2:21am On Apr 30, 2011
Nice discussion fellas.

I would argue that Religion merely amplifies (or exposes) what a person is inside - which is why we see great acts of love and hate both resulting from religious adherents. Religion itself is not the problem, we are.

  If religion did not exist, people would merely substitute it with something else.

Hi Inesqor.
Hi Vesc.
SportsRe: NBA Season 2010/11 by JeSoul(f): 9:45pm On Apr 29, 2011
^and Paul Pierce's wheelchair in '08 grin never hurt to add a lil suga and spice jor.

The NBA . . . where DRAMA happens! grin
SportsRe: NBA Season 2010/11 by JeSoul(f): 8:32pm On Apr 29, 2011
Abegi jor, Kobe was NOT injured jare . . . all part of the hollywood-ing these guys do every now and then grin. "Refusing" to take an MRI etc etc . . . all part of the drama and mindgames.

Celtics - Heat is going to be a great series. And I may be the only one thrilled the Celtics are actually on the road . . . because I have been saying it all season and we even saw in the 1st round - we play better on the road and against a hostile crowd than in the comforts of home.

Good riddance to Orlando. Lazy team and lazy offense. And here's to Chicago putting a spanking on Atl. Lakers - Mavs . . . with Chandler down low to bang with Bynum, it should be fun. And I hope the Spurs can push a game 7 . . . this has really been disgraceful for them.
Foreign AffairsRe: UK delegation confirm that gadaffi did not bomb civillians by JeSoul(f): 6:37pm On Apr 29, 2011
^lol.
kodewrita:
Africans (and African Americans) *my insert* need to move beyond the independence struggle mentality and the cold war.

Marxism failed.
There is no West.
We are our greatest enemies (generator importers killing power, road contractors deliberately creating bad roads, ministers of petroleum practising illegal bunkering, governors funding terrorism/assassinations and of course africans supporting tyranny).
I've lost count of how many times I've told this to Cap, but the guy no gree hear at all.
Christianity EtcRe: Us Bible Belt In Pact With Satan by JeSoul(f): 6:28pm On Apr 29, 2011
Re: Us Bible Belt In Pact With Satan

Lol. I hope the humor doesn't get lost on more than 50% of those who open this thread.
Foreign AffairsRe: Homosexual Sent To 20 Years In Prison. by JeSoul(f): 9:14pm On Apr 28, 2011
I'm sure there are much bigger and greater and more pressing problems in Malaysia than homosexuality.
Nairaland GeneralRe: I Made A Terrible Mistake 5 Years Ago by JeSoul(f): 9:11pm On Apr 28, 2011
Sheemitwu:
I appreciate the advice and feedback from all who took the time to reply. I've had to give this situation careful thought. The thought of my family breaking up brings me to tears, just thinking about it. Knowing that my children could learn of my past one day isn't something I proud of. With all that in mind, I've decided to face my fate anyway. I'm going to my husband because I honestly can't live with this, it's killing me inside. I am not expecting forgiveness but I am hoping for it. As I said, I made a terrible mistake but I trust that God will take care of me. I know this could be the end of my marriage but not the end of the world. It's something I just have to learn from. Thank you for responding and adding some perspectives for me to consider. God bless you and thank you again.
What a tough position to be in, but my sister, go with God. The truth will set you free, and it shall be well with your soul. You will continue be a source of blessing & inspiration to your children and your family. I pray for the best possible result for you. That what everyone says is impossible to happen, to forgive, may it be different in your case. You will look back at a full age and have no regrets. And may your husband have his heart healed, knowing that to err is human, but to forgive is divine. May it be so for you. Amen.
  Godbless.
Foreign AffairsRe: Why 'the Donald' Trumps Obama's Cult Of Celebrity by JeSoul(f): 8:58pm On Apr 28, 2011
ogugua88:
Lol thanks. I'll try and make my responses shorter though. That was a bit of a block embarassed
Oh no please, make them shorter only if you don't sacrifice quality smiley. I like the way you state your case, its very well done sister.

You never suffer o! In fact I dey jealous you small lol. I don't have my own car; I drive my parents. One is a pickup truck, the other is an SUV sad two weeks ago I had a 10 cents off/gallon discount. To fill the truck, which is the smallest of the two, cost me $93.04. . .
Chai! shocked  grin lol. And how is your gas mileage on that bad boy? ~15-20mpg right? Ehen now, when you guys were buying those mini-buses some of us went for smaller 4-cylinder cars lol. When una dey cry, me I go dey smile . . . umh except during the winter/snow storms. I did fill my husband's SUV the other day, ~$70 bucks. I promptly gave him his thing back lol.
 
I'm not a fan of the "race card" thing either, but if there's a time to use it legitimately, it's now. Like I said, George W. Bush was mediocre throughout his educational career, yet he attended Yale University, an ivy league university, and managed to get an MBA. George H.W. Bush said himself that he never expected George W. Bush to be president lol. He said out of all his sons, he thought it would be Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Bush made dumb decisions and life and continued to make dumb decisions in the WH lol. People didn't start speaking up until very late. As for President Obama, the hatred started the day he announced his candidacy. Am I wrong? He attended Occidental college, Columbia, and Harvard. The ferociousness of Donald Trump and his backers over President Obama's birth certificate and college transcripts isn't normal by any means. Yesterday, a reporter brought the birth certificate for Trump to see and he refused to look at it. In fact, he signed a last autograph and then left. Orly Taitz, who had been begging for Obama's birth certificate, refused to acknowledge it and went onto say she has yet another document proving President Obama is not a citizen. That is extreme hatred towards an African American. It's not coincidence, in my opinion, that intolerance, hate speech, and death threats sharply increased under an African American president. Maybe Donald Trump, himself, is not a racist. I think he's going about these things in such a manner, but maybe he's not. The people he represents, however, are racist. That's with fact. They call the president a monkey, the make monkey caricatures of him, emails, n*****, etc, all used against him. America has regressed and racism is rampant again. I've experienced it myself for support him and liberal policies.

They can't stand the fact that he's not a stereotypical African American. He has a beautiful family. He's there for his children. He plays basketball as a hobby and not as a profession lol. He no sabi dance. He was educated at some of the world's best schools and did well. The right will have to deal with the fact that Obama is not a statistic.

My wish would be for President Obama, First Lady Obama, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Dr. Ben Carson, and any other successful, educated, African American to hand over their transcripts to conservatives. Then I'd like Senator McCain, former President George W. Bush, Michelle Bachman and her fellow Birther senators, to hand over their own. I know who did better lol.
Nice response, honestly. Case well stated.

  I will readily and be among the first to submit that a portion of the anti-Obama crowd are definitely racist - 100% true, right & accurate. So I agree with your assessment that many are angry to see a successful black man in the highest office in the world - and will do whatever they can to undermine his presidency.
Look at all the presidents before Obama, there is always a percentage of their opponents that no matter what the President does, they will always criticize him - with unrelenting fervor and borderline hatred. This is true for every president that ever presided - and this is also true for Obama. It doesn't automatically make them racists - and at the same time doesn't make what they are any better than racists self. Hating for no good reason regardless of the reason all goes into the same bucket.

  You've personally experienced racism for supporting Obama, sorry ehn. Curious as to where you are though? Cos here in Boston, I tell you it seemed like an honor almost for many of the caucasians who voted for him. To be able to say they contributed to putting a black man in office. So while racism still exists and will always exist, I believe (and as we've seen with Obama getting into office) that the people that are not racists - far far outnumber those who are. And this should comfort the minds of reasonable people - whether they are Conservative or Liberal in their beliefs.

Ex. A reasonable person will see Obama's BC and then sit back down. An unreasonable person will continue pacing around the room looking for shadows.

^ . . . chai, see me self I can type! lol

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