themindunleashed--2020-07-23--Man Facing 60 Counts of Child Sex Abuse Gets Off With 1-Year Deferred Sentence in Plea Bargain

( TMU ) – A man in Montana who initially faced over 60 counts of child sex abuse has received a deferred sentence of only one year after agreeing to a plea deal .
William Edward Miller Jr. , a 51-year-old man from Great Falls , was arrested last February after a 14-year-old girl accused him of raping her .
Miller also allowed an 11-year-old boy to rape her while he watched .
Last August , Miller was also charged with 64 counts of felony sexual abuse of children after investigators found images on his phone and laptop of children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had received a warrant to search his home after Miller called people in jail asking them to destroy his phone , reports the Great Falls Tribune .
During the investigation , officers also found a loaded gun under a mattress as well as Miller ’ s laptop .
Upon examining his laptop , investigators found several images depicting child abuse as well as thousands of images related to bestiality .
Among the images were those depicting him engaging in sexual acts with a 17-year-old minor , who Miller later married when she became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later reached with prosecutors , the vast majority of charges ended up being dismissed .
Based on a single photo of the 17-year-old girl that was found in his possession , Miller pleaded guilty to one count of felony sexual abuse of children and one count of misdemeanor unsworn falsification to authorities .
On Monday , Cascade County District Judge Elizabeth Best sentenced Miller to six months in prison for the misdemeanor .
However , he received credit for 384 days of time served .
For the felony charge , Miller was given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to undergo sex offender treatment in the community .
However , the deferred sentence allows Miller to have the child sex abuse charge wiped from his record provided he doesn ’ t commit another crime over the next year , reports KFBB .
The felony charges to which Miller pleaded guilty are connected to a photo of 17-year-old teenager Shiloh Young .
The woman , who is now 19 , and has been married to Miller for three months .
She claims that she had taken the photo of herself to help her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ William is a kind , compassionate , empathetic man .
Never has he manipulated or controlled me , ” Young explained to the judge .
“ I ask that we be free of this charge .
I feel that we have suffered enough , and I am not a victim of my husband.
” During sentencing , Judge Best said that she was only able to impose sentencing on Miller based on the charges that had been presented to her and what was able to be proven , rather than on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I think it ’ s really easy and it ’ s easy for courts , from the bench , to use these offenses as an opportunity to grandstand and to make statements for the newspaper and TV , ” Best explained .
“ They ’ re very , very loaded charges .
They ’ re very difficult charges to defend against , ” she added .
During sentencing , Miller complained that his time in jail was served “ for stuff that I didn ’ t even do , ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person but suffers from “ really bad luck.
” After Miller completes a year of unsupervised probation , he will also be able to petition to have himself removed from sex offender registries .

(TMU) – A man in Montana who initially faced over 60 counts of child sex abuse has received a deferred sentence of only one year after agreeing to a plea deal.
William Edward Miller Jr., a 51-year-old man from Great Falls, was arrested last February after a 14-year-old girl accused him of raping her. Miller also allowed an 11-year-old boy to rape her while he watched.
Last August, Miller was also charged with 64 counts of felony sexual abuse of children after investigators found images on his phone and laptop of children and animals being sexually abused.
Police had received a warrant to search his home after Miller called people in jail asking them to destroy his phone, reports the Great Falls Tribune.
During the investigation, officers also found a loaded gun under a mattress as well as Miller’s laptop. Upon examining his laptop, investigators found several images depicting child abuse as well as thousands of images related to bestiality.
Among the images were those depicting him engaging in sexual acts with a 17-year-old minor, who Miller later married when she became 19.
In a plea deal Miller later reached with prosecutors, the vast majority of charges ended up being dismissed. Based on a single photo of the 17-year-old girl that was found in his possession, Miller pleaded guilty to one count of felony sexual abuse of children and one count of misdemeanor unsworn falsification to authorities.
On Monday, Cascade County District Judge Elizabeth Best sentenced Miller to six months in prison for the misdemeanor. However, he received credit for 384 days of time served.
For the felony charge, Miller was given a one-year deferred sentence and was ordered to undergo sex offender treatment in the community. However, the deferred sentence allows Miller to have the child sex abuse charge wiped from his record provided he doesn’t commit another crime over the next year, reports KFBB.
The felony charges to which Miller pleaded guilty are connected to a photo of 17-year-old teenager Shiloh Young. The woman, who is now 19, and has been married to Miller for three months. She claims that she had taken the photo of herself to help her deal with body issues that she had.
“William is a kind, compassionate, empathetic man. Never has he manipulated or controlled me,” Young explained to the judge. “I ask that we be free of this charge. I feel that we have suffered enough, and I am not a victim of my husband.”
During sentencing, Judge Best said that she was only able to impose sentencing on Miller based on the charges that had been presented to her and what was able to be proven, rather than on the myriad accusations against the sex offender.
“I think it’s really easy and it’s easy for courts, from the bench, to use these offenses as an opportunity to grandstand and to make statements for the newspaper and TV,” Best explained.
“They’re very, very loaded charges. They’re very difficult charges to defend against,” she added.
During sentencing, Miller complained that his time in jail was served “for stuff that I didn’t even do,” and that he tries to be a good person but suffers from “really bad luck.”
After Miller completes a year of unsupervised probation, he will also be able to petition to have himself removed from sex offender registries.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-22--Americans Are Dropping LSD at an Increasing Rate – And Acid Use “Probably Tripled” in 2020 Alone

( TMU ) – As 2020 has clearly shown , life is fraught with existential dread and can often resemble a nightmare for many of us .
If it were just a matter of cabin fever resulting from the coronavirus health crisis , that would be one thing .
But this year has also entailed chaos in the streets , economic instability sweeping through our families and communities , not to mention the usual madness that has been raging across the world in recent years .
And if you ’ ve thought of reaching for some chemicals to escape the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re hardly alone .
As a recent study has shown , a growing number of Americans are using LSD to escape the deep crisis that our society has found itself in .
In fact , the hallucinogen ’ s popularity has grown exponentially in recent years .
The authors of the study have a very simple explanation for why adults – primarily millenials and Gen Xers – are dabbling or diving headlong into using hallucinogens .
Simply put , the world is on fire .
“ LSD is used primarily to escape .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on fire , people might be using it as a therapeutic mechanism , ” University of Cincinnati doctoral candidate Andrew Yockey explained to Scientific American .
“ Now that COVID ’ s hit , I ’ d guess that use has probably tripled.
” In undertaking one of the first major studies of acid dropping among adults in the U.S. , the researchers examined surveys of 168,000 Americans and found that intake of LSD had risen by a shocking 56.4 percent between 2015 and 2018 .
And while one might expect that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case Generation Z – that decides what the trendiest drug might be , it turns out that Gen Z isn ’ t so interested in the drug that helped define the hippie an psychedelic counter-cultures of the 1960s and 1970s .
In fact , those aged 18 to 25 saw their LSD use decrease by 24 percent .
By a huge margin , Those who tripped the most on acid were adults with college degrees and people aged 35 to 49 , whose interest in LSD skyrocketed by 223 percent in the three-year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw 45 percent increase while those age 26 to 34 saw an increase in LSD use by 59 percent .
Those with college degrees did 70 percent more LSD .
A number of factors have boosted the popularity of the psychedelic substance , well before the current global crisis made us desperate for some form of escape .
Researchers believe that one factor may have been the outcome of the 2016 presidential election , which made certain groups seek out the drug in lieu of , perhaps , escaping to Canada .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely factor in the rise of LSD use .
Microdosing typically involves taking one-tenth to half of a typical “ trip ” -sized dose as a means to reduce depression or anxiety , enhance creativity or simply sharpen the mind .
Acid has been found to have major mood-boosting effects and , like psilocybin or “ magic ” mushrooms , has been found to be effective in treating anxiety , depression , and certain mental illnesses .
As a psychedelic drug , however , LSD is classified as a schedule 1 substance by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the drug is addictive , dangerous and has no medical value .
While LSD ’ s popularity is rising over the years it still doesn ’ t come close to the mid-20th century peak of acid culture , experts say .

(TMU) – As 2020 has clearly shown, life is fraught with existential dread and can often resemble a nightmare for many of us.
If it were just a matter of cabin fever resulting from the coronavirus health crisis, that would be one thing. But this year has also entailed chaos in the streets, economic instability sweeping through our families and communities, not to mention the usual madness that has been raging across the world in recent years.
And if you’ve thought of reaching for some chemicals to escape the madness, even momentarily, you’re hardly alone.
As a recent study has shown, a growing number of Americans are using LSD to escape the deep crisis that our society has found itself in. In fact, the hallucinogen’s popularity has grown exponentially in recent years.
The authors of the study have a very simple explanation for why adults – primarily millenials and Gen Xers – are dabbling or diving headlong into using hallucinogens. Simply put, the world is on fire.
“LSD is used primarily to escape. And given that the world’s on fire, people might be using it as a therapeutic mechanism,” University of Cincinnati doctoral candidate Andrew Yockey explained to Scientific American. “Now that COVID’s hit, I’d guess that use has probably tripled.”
In undertaking one of the first major studies of acid dropping among adults in the U.S., the researchers examined surveys of 168,000 Americans and found that intake of LSD had risen by a shocking 56.4 percent between 2015 and 2018.
And while one might expect that it would be the youth – in this case Generation Z – that decides what the trendiest drug might be, it turns out that Gen Z isn’t so interested in the drug that helped define the hippie an psychedelic counter-cultures of the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, those aged 18 to 25 saw their LSD use decrease by 24 percent.
By a huge margin, Those who tripped the most on acid were adults with college degrees and people aged 35 to 49, whose interest in LSD skyrocketed by 223 percent in the three-year period. Meanwhile, those over 50 saw 45 percent increase while those age 26 to 34 saw an increase in LSD use by 59 percent. Those with college degrees did 70 percent more LSD.
A number of factors have boosted the popularity of the psychedelic substance, well before the current global crisis made us desperate for some form of escape. Researchers believe that one factor may have been the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, which made certain groups seek out the drug in lieu of, perhaps, escaping to Canada.
The rising popularity of microdosing is also a likely factor in the rise of LSD use. Microdosing typically involves taking one-tenth to half of a typical “trip”-sized dose as a means to reduce depression or anxiety, enhance creativity or simply sharpen the mind.
Acid has been found to have major mood-boosting effects and, like psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms, has been found to be effective in treating anxiety, depression, and certain mental illnesses.
As a psychedelic drug, however, LSD is classified as a schedule 1 substance by the federal government due to the belief that the drug is addictive, dangerous and has no medical value.
While LSD’s popularity is rising over the years it still doesn’t come close to the mid-20th century peak of acid culture, experts say.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-22--You Can Pedal Through The Redwood Forest On Rail Bikes In Northern California

( TMU ) – From the glory days of train travel to forgotten , overgrown rail tracks and abandoned stations , many unused and forgotten railways have been resurrected to take their place in the 21st century .
To the delight of those who enjoy time in nature , rail biking provides a new opportunity to explore the outdoors in a unique way for an awesome adventure definitely worth the experience .
There are currently about 50 rail trails in the USA , which are disused railway tracks that have been converted into multi-use paths , mostly for walking , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The historic Skunk Train railroad has run in the North Coast since 1885 and up until March 2019 .
At one stage it was the only way used by visitors to visit the majestic ancient redwood forest .
Generations of young and old took the Skunk Train to enjoy and admire the beauty of the trees .
The Redwood Forests are located just 3 hours north of San Francisco along the Pacific coast and offers something for every nature explorer and it offers a fabulous Skunk Train railbike route through the redwoods .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bike and literally whispers through the forest with pedal power .
The bikes are safe on the tracks with no trains or other traffic to disrupt the journey , guaranteed !
Low noise electric motors fitted to the bikes give tired legs running low on ‘ steam ’ to take a recharge break , without disrupting the peaceful surroundings .
It ’ s a gloriously tranquil 1.5 to 2 hour round trip which starts at Fort Bragg , from where the tracks wind along the scenic Pudding Creek then cross over the wooden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , heart of the magnificent ancient redwoods , estimated to be more than 1,000 years old , some reaching as high as 300ft into the sky .
The freedom rail peddling provides to survey the beautiful surroundings is amazing .
It ’ s that exuberant feeling of ‘ look Ma , no hands !
’ , leaving you free to look , slow down , take pictures and notice and discover so much more than any other mode of transport allows .
Naturally , there ’ s plenty of birds , including blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deer , otters and turtles around the rivers – and perhaps , during peak berry season , you might even spot a bear enjoying a berry feast .
You ’ ve reached the halfway mark one you reach the Glen Blair Junction , which is a great spot to stretch your legs , enjoy a picnic and a walk into the forest to pay homage to the giant redwoods .
With all that pure , clean air in your blood , the short trip back to Fort Bragg will be over far too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ photos and memories , it ’ s a sure bet you ’ ll be wanting to do it again , soon .
For bookings and rules safety , visit : as well as www.railexplorers.net and www.themanual.com for other railbike adventures .

(TMU) – From the glory days of train travel to forgotten, overgrown rail tracks and abandoned stations, many unused and forgotten railways have been resurrected to take their place in the 21st century.
To the delight of those who enjoy time in nature, rail biking provides a new opportunity to explore the outdoors in a unique way for an awesome adventure definitely worth the experience.
There are currently about 50 rail trails in the USA, which are disused railway tracks that have been converted into multi-use paths, mostly for walking, cycling, horse riding and snowmobiling.
The historic Skunk Train railroad has run in the North Coast since 1885 and up until March 2019. At one stage it was the only way used by visitors to visit the majestic ancient redwood forest.
Generations of young and old took the Skunk Train to enjoy and admire the beauty of the trees.
We added some last-minute railbikes to the schedule for Valentine's Day! Join us out of Fort Bragg at 10:30am or 12:30pm on February 14th for the best couple's outing you could wish for! Posted by Skunk Train on Thursday, February 13, 2020
The Redwood Forests are located just 3 hours north of San Francisco along the Pacific coast and offers something for every nature explorer and it offers a fabulous Skunk Train railbike route through the redwoods.
Each custom-made rail bike seats two per bike and literally whispers through the forest with pedal power. The bikes are safe on the tracks with no trains or other traffic to disrupt the journey, guaranteed! Low noise electric motors fitted to the bikes give tired legs running low on ‘steam’ to take a recharge break, without disrupting the peaceful surroundings.
Spend your Saturday exploring the wild beauty of Fort Bragg via a rail bike from the Skunk Train Depot. These open-air,… Posted by Visit Fort Bragg, California on Saturday, March 2, 2019
It’s a gloriously tranquil 1.5 to 2 hour round trip which starts at Fort Bragg, from where the tracks wind along the scenic Pudding Creek then cross over the wooden trestle bridges and continues into Mendocino County, heart of the magnificent ancient redwoods, estimated to be more than 1,000 years old, some reaching as high as 300ft into the sky.
The freedom rail peddling provides to survey the beautiful surroundings is amazing. It’s that exuberant feeling of ‘look Ma, no hands!’, leaving you free to look, slow down, take pictures and notice and discover so much more than any other mode of transport allows. Naturally, there’s plenty of birds, including blue herons and osprey, as well as deer, otters and turtles around the rivers – and perhaps, during peak berry season, you might even spot a bear enjoying a berry feast.
Good news for our local Fans! In accordance with the updated Shelter in Place order allowing certain activities for… Posted by Skunk Train on Monday, May 11, 2020
You’ve reached the halfway mark one you reach the Glen Blair Junction, which is a great spot to stretch your legs, enjoy a picnic and a walk into the forest to pay homage to the giant redwoods. With all that pure, clean air in your blood, the short trip back to Fort Bragg will be over far too quickly, albeit with plenty of beautiful photos and memories, it’s a sure bet you’ll be wanting to do it again, soon.
For bookings and rules safety, visit: www.skunktrain.com as well as www.railexplorers.net and www.themanual.com for other railbike adventures.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-23--Portland Mayor Gets Teargassed By Federal Agents While Speaking With Protesters

( TMU ) – Last week , federal agents were deployed to Portland , Oregon , where protests have continued in support of police reform and the Black Lives Matter movement .
The presence of federal agents in the city sparked outrage throughout the country after videos surfaced online showing unidentified officers snatching protesters off the streets and throwing them into unmarked vans .
In recent days , protests in Portland have further intensified in response to the deployment of federal agents .
Local authorities also say that they want the federal agents out of the city , but President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security have said that they “ don ’ t need an invitation ” and intend on staying until the protests are stopped .
On Wednesday night , Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler joined with protesters to speak to them directly about their concerns .
“ I want to thank the thousands of you who have come out to oppose the Trump administration ’ s occupation of this city The reason this is important is it is not just happening in Portland … we ’ re on the front line here in Portland , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside of a courthouse , Wheeler was teargassed , presumably by federal agents seeking to disperse the crowd that had gathered .
It wasn ’ t immediately clear if the federal agents knew Wheeler was in the crowd when they used the tear gas , according to the Associated Press .
“ It stings .
It ’ s hard to breathe .
I can tell you with 100 % honesty I saw nothing that provoked this response .
I ’ m not afraid but I am pissed off , ” Wheeler told a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Earlier in the night , the Mayor was criticized by protesters because he previously authorized Portland Police Bureau to use tear gas .
Some protesters even held signs that referenced “ Tear Gas Ted , ” a nickname that the mayor was given in the early days of the protests .
Local officials have made some legal attempts to block federal agents in the city .
On Wednesday , the City Council banned police from cooperating with federal agents or arresting reporters or lawyers .
Over the past 100 years , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among the police and military forces of authoritarian regimes all over the world .
This chemical agent is commonly used , and is often called a “ less-lethal weapon ” by authorities and their supportive media , which causes many people to forget that this is a chemical weapon that is banned in warfare by the Geneva Convention .
Despite chemical weapons being banned in international conflicts , individual governments insisted on the power to use the gas against its own citizens , because they claimed that it was their only option to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , this excuse entirely ignores that allowing the protesters to demonstrate , or succumbing to their demands could be a potential option .
The use of these chemical agents on protesters sends a clear message that their voice is not welcome and that their demands will not be taken seriously by authorities .
In many cases , the use of tear gas causes further blowback from protesters , and does little to de-escalate conflicts between protesters and police .

(TMU) – Last week, federal agents were deployed to Portland, Oregon, where protests have continued in support of police reform and the Black Lives Matter movement.
The presence of federal agents in the city sparked outrage throughout the country after videos surfaced online showing unidentified officers snatching protesters off the streets and throwing them into unmarked vans. In recent days, protests in Portland have further intensified in response to the deployment of federal agents.
Local authorities also say that they want the federal agents out of the city, but President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland security have said that they “don’t need an invitation” and intend on staying until the protests are stopped.
On Wednesday night, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler joined with protesters to speak to them directly about their concerns.
“I want to thank the thousands of you who have come out to oppose the Trump administration’s occupation of this city The reason this is important is it is not just happening in Portland … we’re on the front line here in Portland,” Wheeler said.
While speaking with protesters outside of a courthouse, Wheeler was teargassed, presumably by federal agents seeking to disperse the crowd that had gathered.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the federal agents knew Wheeler was in the crowd when they used the tear gas, according to the Associated Press.
“It stings. It’s hard to breathe. I can tell you with 100% honesty I saw nothing that provoked this response. I’m not afraid but I am pissed off,” Wheeler told a nearby reporter after the gas was deployed.
Earlier in the night, the Mayor was criticized by protesters because he previously authorized Portland Police Bureau to use tear gas. Some protesters even held signs that referenced “Tear Gas Ted,” a nickname that the mayor was given in the early days of the protests.
Local officials have made some legal attempts to block federal agents in the city. On Wednesday, the City Council banned police from cooperating with federal agents or arresting reporters or lawyers.
Over the past 100 years, the use of tear gas has become ubiquitous among the police and military forces of authoritarian regimes all over the world. This chemical agent is commonly used, and is often called a “less-lethal weapon” by authorities and their supportive media, which causes many people to forget that this is a chemical weapon that is banned in warfare by the Geneva Convention.
Despite chemical weapons being banned in international conflicts, individual governments insisted on the power to use the gas against its own citizens, because they claimed that it was their only option to suppress demonstrations without using lethal force. However, this excuse entirely ignores that allowing the protesters to demonstrate, or succumbing to their demands could be a potential option.
The use of these chemical agents on protesters sends a clear message that their voice is not welcome and that their demands will not be taken seriously by authorities. In many cases, the use of tear gas causes further blowback from protesters, and does little to de-escalate conflicts between protesters and police.
Federal Officers Hit Portland Mayor With Tear Gas After being tear gassed in a crowd, Portland’s mayor and police commissioner Ted Wheeler denounced federal officers for “urban warfare.”Some protesters, recalling the city police’s past use of tear gas, mocked him: “You better be here every night, Ted!” https://nyti.ms/39mQgsP Posted by The New York Times on Thursday, July 23, 2020
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themindunleashed--2020-07-23--Mysterious Prankster Is “Attacking” County Sheriffs In NY With Golden Packets Of LSD

( TMU ) – The St. Lawrence County Sheriff ’ s Office is claiming that it was “ attacked ” after suspicious gold packages filled with LSD were attached to the front door of some of their offices .
The golden packages were labeled with the phrase “ Take a trip beyond the pigpen.
” According to a Facebook post made by the Sheriff ’ s Office , and titled “ Targeted Attacks on SLC Law Enforcement ” read , “ Emergency services located a suspicious packet attached to the front door of the public safety building located at 49 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canton .
The package is described as a golden foil packet containing what has been field-tested as the drug LSD .
The Packet had a typed message of “ Take a trip beyond the pigpen ” .
The statement went on to say that between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM , police located three other similarly wrapped packages of LSD at different locations , including the Village Police Department , the Norfolk Town Police Department and the Norwood Police Department .
A total of four packages were found at the different locations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforcement are not going to be tolerated and to whomever this individualor individuals are , should be assured that we will be doing everything within our power to seek you out and hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law , ” the statement read .
Live For Live Music suggested that this prank could be the work of a “ Deadhead ” due to possible Grateful Dead references in the labels on the packaging .
“ The cryptic message seems to make subtle nods to both the Dead ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long , strange trip it ’ s been… ” ) and the band itself ( the late Ron “ Pigpen ” McKernan was one of the Grateful Dead ’ s founding members ) .
The golden packets may even be a nod to the Dead ’ s “ The Golden Road ( To Unlimited Devotion ) , ” the blog ’ s editor guessed .
Pigpen could have been a reference to the late founding member of the band , but it could also simply be a reference to the pejorative “ pig @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police officers .
Regardless of the meaning behind the cryptic messaging on the package , the mysterious prankster appears to have given away fairly generous portions of the drug , possibly in hopes that the officers might try some out and change their minds about the work that they ’ re doing .
While the bags did appear to be a decent size it is not entirely clear which form the substance came in , or how much of it was there .
If they were seeking to get an officer high , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fill the bag with a good amount of liquid LSD .
According to a study published earlier this month , the use of LSD has increased in the United States by at least 50 % between 2015 and 2018 .
Andrew Yockey , a doctoral candidate in health education at the University of Cincinnati and lead author of the paper , suggested that this increase in use could be because so many people are bored or restless at home during the ongoing lockdown measures .

(TMU) – The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is claiming that it was “attacked” after suspicious gold packages filled with LSD were attached to the front door of some of their offices. The golden packages were labeled with the phrase “Take a trip beyond the pigpen.”
According to a Facebook post made by the Sheriff’s Office, and titled “Targeted Attacks on SLC Law Enforcement” read, “Emergency services located a suspicious packet attached to the front door of the public safety building located at 49 ½ Court Street in the village of Canton. The package is described as a golden foil packet containing what has been field-tested as the drug LSD. The Packet had a typed message of “Take a trip beyond the pigpen”.
The statement went on to say that between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM, police located three other similarly wrapped packages of LSD at different locations, including the Village Police Department, the Norfolk Town Police Department and the Norwood Police Department. A total of four packages were found at the different locations.
“These cowardly acts towards all law enforcement are not going to be tolerated and to whomever this individualor individuals are, should be assured that we will be doing everything within our power to seek you out and hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” the statement read.
Targeted Attacks on SLC Law EnforcementThe St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is investigating four separate attacks… Posted by St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office on Sunday, July 19, 2020
Live For Live Music suggested that this prank could be the work of a “Deadhead” due to possible Grateful Dead references in the labels on the packaging.
“The cryptic message seems to make subtle nods to both the Dead’s music (i.e. “what a long, strange trip it’s been…”) and the band itself (the late Ron “Pigpen” McKernan was one of the Grateful Dead’s founding members). The golden packets may even be a nod to the Dead’s “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion),” the blog’s editor guessed.
Pigpen could have been a reference to the late founding member of the band, but it could also simply be a reference to the pejorative “pig” that is often used to describe police officers. Regardless of the meaning behind the cryptic messaging on the package, the mysterious prankster appears to have given away fairly generous portions of the drug, possibly in hopes that the officers might try some out and change their minds about the work that they’re doing.
While the bags did appear to be a decent size it is not entirely clear which form the substance came in, or how much of it was there. If they were seeking to get an officer high, their best bet would have been to fill the bag with a good amount of liquid LSD.
According to a study published earlier this month, the use of LSD has increased in the United States by at least 50% between 2015 and 2018.
Andrew Yockey, a doctoral candidate in health education at the University of Cincinnati and lead author of the paper, suggested that this increase in use could be because so many people are bored or restless at home during the ongoing lockdown measures.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-23--Police Used Drones To Look For Nude Beachgoers But Crowds Wouldn’t Let Them Cite Anyone

( TMU ) – Police in a suburb near Minneapolis , Minnesota are using drones to spy on beachgoers to see if any of them are naked .
The Golden Valley Police Department is reportedly using aerial surveillance to catch people going nude or topless at the Twin Lake beach , which is a place that is known for its relaxed atmosphere .
Sgt .
Randy Mahlen with the Golden Valley Police Department says that his office has received more than a dozen complaints this spring and summer about people being nude , drinking , doing drugs , or generally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It had reached the point where it was time for people to be held accountable for their actions , ” Mahlen told CBS News .
Police officers identified offenders from the sky and then later tracked them down before they left the beach to give them citations for whatever laws they had broken .
Police were confronting people when they were not even in the act .
When the beachgoers asked how the police knew what they were doing , they were told about the drones .
Many of them were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police drones were hovering in the sky checking them out .
“ What it did was validate all of these complaints we ’ ve been getting from residents .
It would be no different than a surveillance camera in a public place for a high-crime area , ” Mahlen said .
However , Mahlen said that as the officers began trying to write citations the crowd became hostile , forcing them to cancel the operation and leave without citing anyone for any violations .
“ We made the choice that things were only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he said .
As the police are attempting to crack down on people showing skin at the beach , the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board ( MPRB ) is considering whether or not to repeal an ordinance that bans women from being topless at city parks and beaches .
No person ten [ 10 ] years of age or older shall intentionally expose his or her own genitals , pubic area , buttocks or female breast below the top of the areola , with less than a fully opaque covering in or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defined in PB1-1 .
This provision does not apply to theatrical , musical , or other artistic performances upon any park or parkway where no alcoholic beverages are sold .
Repealing the ordinance is supported by Chris Meyer , District 1 Commissioner for the MPRB , who shared his thoughts on the issue in a Facebook post .
“ I firmly believe the law should treat people equally regardless of gender .
In spaces where men are allowed to go shirtless , women and transgender people should be able to as well .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be inappropriate for women to expose their chests , it should be inappropriate for men as well .
People should not be discriminated against just because heterosexual men have oversexualized them .
Any argument that can be made against the exposure of a woman ’ s chest should apply just as strongly against the exposure of a man ’ s chest , ” Meyer ’ s post read , according to CBS .

(TMU) – Police in a suburb near Minneapolis, Minnesota are using drones to spy on beachgoers to see if any of them are naked. The Golden Valley Police Department is reportedly using aerial surveillance to catch people going nude or topless at the Twin Lake beach, which is a place that is known for its relaxed atmosphere.
Sgt. Randy Mahlen with the Golden Valley Police Department says that his office has received more than a dozen complaints this spring and summer about people being nude, drinking, doing drugs, or generally having a good time at the beach.
“It had reached the point where it was time for people to be held accountable for their actions,” Mahlen told CBS News.
Police officers identified offenders from the sky and then later tracked them down before they left the beach to give them citations for whatever laws they had broken. Police were confronting people when they were not even in the act. When the beachgoers asked how the police knew what they were doing, they were told about the drones. Many of them were very creeped out by the fact that police drones were hovering in the sky checking them out.
“What it did was validate all of these complaints we’ve been getting from residents. It would be no different than a surveillance camera in a public place for a high-crime area,” Mahlen said.
However, Mahlen said that as the officers began trying to write citations the crowd became hostile, forcing them to cancel the operation and leave without citing anyone for any violations.
“We made the choice that things were only escalating and we chose to leave,” he said.
As the police are attempting to crack down on people showing skin at the beach, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is considering whether or not to repeal an ordinance that bans women from being topless at city parks and beaches.
The current ordinance PB2-21: Proper Attire Required, states that:
No person ten [10] years of age or older shall intentionally expose his or her own genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast below the top of the areola, with less than a fully opaque covering in or upon any park or parkway, as defined in PB1-1. This provision does not apply to theatrical, musical, or other artistic performances upon any park or parkway where no alcoholic beverages are sold.
Repealing the ordinance is supported by Chris Meyer, District 1 Commissioner for the MPRB, who shared his thoughts on the issue in a Facebook post.
“I firmly believe the law should treat people equally regardless of gender. In spaces where men are allowed to go shirtless, women and transgender people should be able to as well. Inversely, in spaces where it would be inappropriate for women to expose their chests, it should be inappropriate for men as well. People should not be discriminated against just because heterosexual men have oversexualized them. Any argument that can be made against the exposure of a woman’s chest should apply just as strongly against the exposure of a man’s chest,” Meyer’s post read, according to CBS.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-24--Watch Japan’s Life-Sized, 60-foot Walking Gundam Robot Take Its Very First Steps

( TMU ) – Japanese engineers have been working hard at turning a colossal mecha from its popular sci-fi franchise “ Gundam ” into a reality .
In January , engineers from Gundam Factory Yokohama announced that they were going to build the full-sized , advanced humanoid robot based on the RX-78-2 Gundam , a giant robot fashioned after a samurai that was originally introduced in the iconic 1979 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino .
And while construction has hit a snag in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic , a recent video shows that the Gundam project has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the towering mecha take its very first steps at its base in the Port of Yokohama , just south of Tokyo .
The video shows engineers working on the robot using a crane while the Gundam lifts its legs and rotates its humongous torso .
However , the massive mecha is still missing its head .
Once completed , the robot will weigh roughly 25 tons – about four times the weight of a large elephant – and will have 24 degrees of freedom , ensuring its ability to walk wherever it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mecha will also have an advanced hand stretching 6.5 feet with fully functioning fingers and thumbs .
Developers have been using the open source Robot Operating System ( ROS ) and Gazebo simulation software to develop the robot , and the Yokohama team has also released a virtual copy of the robot that accurately simulates how the motors , gears , an sensors of the towering machine actually work .
Gundam Factory Yokohama had initially announced that it would preview its epic creation this summer at Yamashita Pier during weekend events complete with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Gundam-themed café .
However , concerns over the ongoing public health emergency led to the event ’ s cancellation .
Likewise , the robot ’ s unveiling to the public which was slated to occur in October has also been pushed back , according to the company ’ s official website .
This isn ’ t the first time that lead designer Masaki Kawahara has worked on a full-sized 60-foot tall Gundam robot .
Kawahari has actually built three other life-sized Gundam mechas .
This includes a towering RX-0 Unicorn Gundam replica @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is parked in front of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza and has moving light panels , shifting armor plates , and the ability to switch into Destroyer mode .
However , the current model is the first that will be able to walk and has fully-functioning appendages .
Yoshiyuki Tomino ’ s Gundam series is one of the most celebrated and recognizable Japanese pop culture icons of the past four decades since Mobile Suit Gundam debuted in 1979 .
Filled with massive and sleek-yet-blocky mecha robots who fought each other with swords and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive manga , anime , plastic model franchise and videogame franchise .
And as New Atlas reports , the samurai-like mecha hasn ’ t only spawned nearly 50 official TV series and films , but has also served as the main inspiration for Western properties including Transformers , Pacific Rim , Voltron , MegaBots , and Real Steel – not to mention popular Japanese mecha franchises including Patlabor and Neon Genesis Evangelion .

(TMU) – Japanese engineers have been working hard at turning a colossal mecha from its popular sci-fi franchise “Gundam” into a reality.
In January, engineers from Gundam Factory Yokohama announced that they were going to build the full-sized, advanced humanoid robot based on the RX-78-2 Gundam, a giant robot fashioned after a samurai that was originally introduced in the iconic 1979 anime series by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
And while construction has hit a snag in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent video shows that the Gundam project has been striding forward – as evidenced by footage of the towering mecha take its very first steps at its base in the Port of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo.
The video shows engineers working on the robot using a crane while the Gundam lifts its legs and rotates its humongous torso. However, the massive mecha is still missing its head.
Once completed, the robot will weigh roughly 25 tons – about four times the weight of a large elephant – and will have 24 degrees of freedom, ensuring its ability to walk wherever it pleases, reports Popular Mechanics.
The mecha will also have an advanced hand stretching 6.5 feet with fully functioning fingers and thumbs.
Developers have been using the open source Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulation software to develop the robot, and the Yokohama team has also released a virtual copy of the robot that accurately simulates how the motors, gears, an sensors of the towering machine actually work.
Gundam Factory Yokohama had initially announced that it would preview its epic creation this summer at Yamashita Pier during weekend events complete with shops, a robotics lab, and a Gundam-themed café. However, concerns over the ongoing public health emergency led to the event’s cancellation.
Likewise, the robot’s unveiling to the public which was slated to occur in October has also been pushed back, according to the company’s official website.
This isn’t the first time that lead designer Masaki Kawahara has worked on a full-sized 60-foot tall Gundam robot. Kawahari has actually built three other life-sized Gundam mechas. This includes a towering RX-0 Unicorn Gundam replica from the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn series, which is parked in front of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza and has moving light panels, shifting armor plates, and the ability to switch into Destroyer mode.
However, the current model is the first that will be able to walk and has fully-functioning appendages.
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Gundam series is one of the most celebrated and recognizable Japanese pop culture icons of the past four decades since Mobile Suit Gundam debuted in 1979. Filled with massive and sleek-yet-blocky mecha robots who fought each other with swords and advanced gun blasters, Gundam spawned a massive manga, anime, plastic model franchise and videogame franchise.
And as New Atlas reports, the samurai-like mecha hasn’t only spawned nearly 50 official TV series and films, but has also served as the main inspiration for Western properties including Transformers, Pacific Rim, Voltron, MegaBots, and Real Steel – not to mention popular Japanese mecha franchises including Patlabor and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-24--Anti-Mask Woman Commands “Demons” to Leave Grocery Aisle “In Jesus Christ’s Mighty Name”

( TMU ) – In an embarrassing scene that perfectly encapsulates the mass hysteria the United States has been plunged in , an anti-mask woman was captured on video Tuesday engaging in a religious rant while grocery shopping .
In a cringe-inducing video shared to Twitter , a woman can be seen invoking Jesus Christ ’ s name , calling fellow shoppers “ demons , ” and accosting people in a Fred Meyer store in Longview , Washinton .
The Pacific Northwestern grocery chain recently adopted a policy requiring customers to wear protective face coverings or masks at all locations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hair stylist won ’ t let anyone in the aisle until she can pick out what she wants , ” wrote Twitter user @ davenewworld_2 .
The video has been retweeted almost 2,000 times .
In the video , the clearly mentally disturbed woman can be heard calling upon Jesus to aid her in her quest to drive people from the aisle .
“ I said get off this aisle , ” the woman screams .
“ I command you in Jesus Christ ’ s name to get off this aisle !
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be seen trying to calm the woman down and talk some sense into her , but the unreasonable shopper only grows more excited and shouts for them to “ Back off !
” “ You need to leave , in Jesus Christ ’ s mighty name , ” the unidentified woman continues .
As the disturbance continued , the woman gets in the face of another shopper and barks at her : “ Get off this aisle !
You are a demon .
Get off this aisle and buy something !
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the woman warns other shoppers to stay away so she can resume shopping .
“ That ’ s right , ” she said .
“ Until I buy something , then I will happily leave !
” “ I refuse you all and cast you into the lake of fire in Jesus Christ ’ s mighty name !
” “ Have respect for Jesus Christ ’ s saints , ” she continues , ordering an employee to stay out of the aisle until she can finish picking her items .
At one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questions the woman about whether she really believes this is the way to convey whatever her message might be .
“ What is wrong with people ?
She doesn ’ t want anyone to go down that aisle until she can get what she wants and leave the aisle , ” the person says .
“ So she ’ s rebuking everyone that enters the aisle.
” In a separate video posted to Twitter of what appears to be a continuation of the same disturbance , the woman can be seen being held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It didn ’ t end well for this Karen though , ” the user wrote .
The name “ Karen ” has been adopted by social media users as a negative nickname for middle-aged white women who demand to speak to a store manager or throw unreasonable tantrums in reaction to minor slights .
“ My goodness … She can say whatever she wants , but she was getting in elderly ladies ’ faces and stuff , and that ’ s not cool , ” somebody explains in the video .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and she was screaming in their faces and chasing them off.
” The incident drew a range of bemused responses from Twitter users .
One user who claimed to be a first grade teacher wrote : “ This is exactly what 6 year olds with a lack of executive functioning skills do when they can ’ t control their environment .
They have a melt down .
A tantrum .
Another user admonished the hazards faced by grocery workers in such situations , explaining : “ Our essential workers need to be given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This maskless women screaming could be # Coronavirus asymptomatic and be spreading aerosols all over these people and food products !
These workers should also be given time to go home and change !
” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have also issued official health guidance urging U.S. residents to always wear a cloth face mask in public in lieu of or in addition to physical distancing measures meant to mitigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic .
Despite the advice – and numerous studies showing how face coverings are a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 – many have angrily and sometimes violently resisted the use of masks and attacked those reminding them that the masks are mandatory in some private businesses .
In another incident on July 18 at a Fred Meyer in Tumwater , Washngton , a man pulled a gun on another customer after he was asked to wear a face mask .
After the man refused , he dismissed the idea that the coronavirus was real , describing it as a hoax , reports KING 5 .
After the man was confronted by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firearm for the safety of store shoppers , he refused and was wrestled to the ground and placed under arrest .

(TMU) – In an embarrassing scene that perfectly encapsulates the mass hysteria the United States has been plunged in, an anti-mask woman was captured on video Tuesday engaging in a religious rant while grocery shopping.
In a cringe-inducing video shared to Twitter, a woman can be seen invoking Jesus Christ’s name, calling fellow shoppers “demons,” and accosting people in a Fred Meyer store in Longview, Washinton.
The Pacific Northwestern grocery chain recently adopted a policy requiring customers to wear protective face coverings or masks at all locations.
“Religious anti-masker with a terrible hair stylist won’t let anyone in the aisle until she can pick out what she wants,” wrote Twitter user @davenewworld_2. The video has been retweeted almost 2,000 times.
Religious anti-masker with a terrible hair stylist won’t let anyone in the aisle until she can pick out what she wants pic.twitter.com/LuXG09E7Gu — Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 21, 2020
In the video, the clearly mentally disturbed woman can be heard calling upon Jesus to aid her in her quest to drive people from the aisle.
“I said get off this aisle,” the woman screams. “I command you in Jesus Christ’s name to get off this aisle!”
In the meantime, employees wearing masks can be seen trying to calm the woman down and talk some sense into her, but the unreasonable shopper only grows more excited and shouts for them to “Back off!”
“You need to leave, in Jesus Christ’s mighty name,” the unidentified woman continues.
As the disturbance continued, the woman gets in the face of another shopper and barks at her: “Get off this aisle! You are a demon. Get off this aisle and buy something!”
As the shocking scene continues to unfold, the woman warns other shoppers to stay away so she can resume shopping.
“That’s right,” she said. “Until I buy something, then I will happily leave!”
“I refuse you all and cast you into the lake of fire in Jesus Christ’s mighty name!”
“Have respect for Jesus Christ’s saints,” she continues, ordering an employee to stay out of the aisle until she can finish picking her items.
At one point, the person behind the camera questions the woman about whether she really believes this is the way to convey whatever her message might be.
“What is wrong with people? She doesn’t want anyone to go down that aisle until she can get what she wants and leave the aisle,” the person says. “So she’s rebuking everyone that enters the aisle.”
In a separate video posted to Twitter of what appears to be a continuation of the same disturbance, the woman can be seen being held down on the floor by a man.
“It didn’t end well for this Karen though,” the user wrote.
The name “Karen” has been adopted by social media users as a negative nickname for middle-aged white women who demand to speak to a store manager or throw unreasonable tantrums in reaction to minor slights.
https://twitter.com/TeraLee67964018/status/1285776306668363776
“My goodness … She can say whatever she wants, but she was getting in elderly ladies’ faces and stuff, and that’s not cool,” somebody explains in the video.
“They were on the aisle, and she was screaming in their faces and chasing them off.”
The incident drew a range of bemused responses from Twitter users. One user who claimed to be a first grade teacher wrote:
“This is exactly what 6 year olds with a lack of executive functioning skills do when they can’t control their environment. They have a melt down. A tantrum.
Another user admonished the hazards faced by grocery workers in such situations, explaining:
“Our essential workers need to be given face shields in addition to face masks. “This maskless women screaming could be #Coronavirus asymptomatic and be spreading aerosols all over these people and food products! These workers should also be given time to go home and change!”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have also issued official health guidance urging U.S. residents to always wear a cloth face mask in public in lieu of or in addition to physical distancing measures meant to mitigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the advice – and numerous studies showing how face coverings are a simple way to help prevent person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 – many have angrily and sometimes violently resisted the use of masks and attacked those reminding them that the masks are mandatory in some private businesses.
In another incident on July 18 at a Fred Meyer in Tumwater, Washngton, a man pulled a gun on another customer after he was asked to wear a face mask. After the man refused, he dismissed the idea that the coronavirus was real, describing it as a hoax, reports KING 5.
After the man was confronted by police and asked to hand over his firearm for the safety of store shoppers, he refused and was wrestled to the ground and placed under arrest.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-24--Pentagon’s top-secret UFO unit to brief Senate as ex-official says ‘off-world vehicles’ found

( TMU ) – As secretive unit operating within the U.S. Department of Defense that is charged with investigating unidentified flying objects ( UFOs ) will make some of its findings public after it was revealed that the Pentagon has been recently briefed about “ off-world vehicles not made on this earth.
” The once-covert UFO unit , which operates within the U.S. Navy ’ s Office of Naval Intelligence , will soon begin giving regular biannual updates on its research to the U.S. Senate ’ s Intelligence Committee , reports The New York Times .
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the purpose of studying strange and inexplicable encounters between U.S. military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles or UFOs in a bid “ to standardize collection and reporting ” of the various sightings .
The program is the successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program , which also investigated UFOs but was dissolved in 2017 due to a lapse of funding .
However , the team working on that program continued its work alongside the intelligence community even after it was officially disbanded .
Luis Elizondo , a former military intelligence official who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ October 2017 after a decade with the program .
Elizondo , along with a group of former government scientists and officials , remain convinced that objects of unkown origin have crashed on Earth and that these apparently extraterrestrial materials have been the focus of research .
“ It no longer has to hide in the shadows , ” Elizondo told the Times .
“ It will have a new transparency.
” Former Senate majority leader and retired Sen. Harry Reid ( D-NV ) , who led the push to fund the earlier UFO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should see the light of day .
“ After looking into this , I came to the conclusion that there were reports — some were substantive , some not so substantive — that there were actual materials that the government and the private sector had in their possession , ” Reid said .
So far , none of the alleged crash artifacts have been subject to public scrutiny or verification by independent researchers .
However , some of the retrieved objects such as strange metallic debris were identified as being manmade – raising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the military of U.S. rivals such as China or Russia .
However , astrophysicist Eric Davis – who served as an advisor for the Pentagon program since 2007 – said that he had briefed the Pentagon in March about material retrieved from “ off-world vehicles not made on this earth.
” The Department of Defense subcontractor also said that he had concluded that the objects found were of the type “ we couldn ’ t make … ourselves.
” In an interview last month , President Donald Trump told his son Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ interesting ” things about supposed aliens as well as the secretive Area 51 base near Roswell , New Mexico , that some theorists claim is a UFO crash site .
The U.S. government has been increasingly open in its discussions of UFOs since last September , when U.S. Navy admitted that widely-circulated video footage captured by Navy pilots that purportedly showed UFOs flying through the skies did depict actual “ unknown ” objects that flew into U.S. airspace .
While officials admitted that they have been baffled by the unknown flying objects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with them have been frequent .
They also said that rather than calling them “ UFOs , ” they prefer the term unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs .
While it remains yet to be seen what information the once-secret UFO unit plans to lay out for lawmakers , acting intelligence committee chairman Sen. Marco Rubio ( R-FL ) is intent on finding out who or what precisely is behind the apparent UFO activity over U.S. military bases .
“ We have things flying over our military bases and places where we are conducting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know what it is — and it isn ’ t ours , ” Rubio told CBS Miami in an interview last Friday .
“ Frankly , that if it ’ s something from outside this planet — that might actually be better than the fact that we ’ ve seen some technological leap on behalf of the Chinese or the Russians or some other adversary that allows them to conduct this sort of activity , ” the hawkish senator added .
For Reid , further transparency is needed .
“ It is extremely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physical materials or retrieved craft come out , ” he said .

(TMU) – As secretive unit operating within the U.S. Department of Defense that is charged with investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs) will make some of its findings public after it was revealed that the Pentagon has been recently briefed about “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”
The once-covert UFO unit, which operates within the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence, will soon begin giving regular biannual updates on its research to the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee, reports The New York Times.
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force was formed in 2019 for the purpose of studying strange and inexplicable encounters between U.S. military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles or UFOs in a bid “to standardize collection and reporting” of the various sightings.
The program is the successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which also investigated UFOs but was dissolved in 2017 due to a lapse of funding. However, the team working on that program continued its work alongside the intelligence community even after it was officially disbanded.
Luis Elizondo, a former military intelligence official who headed the Pentagon program, resigned in October 2017 after a decade with the program. Elizondo, along with a group of former government scientists and officials, remain convinced that objects of unkown origin have crashed on Earth and that these apparently extraterrestrial materials have been the focus of research.
“It no longer has to hide in the shadows,” Elizondo told the Times. “It will have a new transparency.”
Former Senate majority leader and retired Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), who led the push to fund the earlier UFO program, also believes that the studies should see the light of day.
“After looking into this, I came to the conclusion that there were reports — some were substantive, some not so substantive — that there were actual materials that the government and the private sector had in their possession,” Reid said.
So far, none of the alleged crash artifacts have been subject to public scrutiny or verification by independent researchers. However, some of the retrieved objects such as strange metallic debris were identified as being manmade – raising the possibility that they could be related to the military of U.S. rivals such as China or Russia.
However, astrophysicist Eric Davis – who served as an advisor for the Pentagon program since 2007 – said that he had briefed the Pentagon in March about material retrieved from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”
The Department of Defense subcontractor also said that he had concluded that the objects found were of the type “we couldn’t make … ourselves.”
In an interview last month, President Donald Trump told his son Donald Trump Jr. that he had heard some “interesting” things about supposed aliens as well as the secretive Area 51 base near Roswell, New Mexico, that some theorists claim is a UFO crash site.
The U.S. government has been increasingly open in its discussions of UFOs since last September, when U.S. Navy admitted that widely-circulated video footage captured by Navy pilots that purportedly showed UFOs flying through the skies did depict actual “unknown” objects that flew into U.S. airspace.
While officials admitted that they have been baffled by the unknown flying objects, they also admit that past encounters with them have been frequent. They also said that rather than calling them “UFOs,” they prefer the term unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs.
While it remains yet to be seen what information the once-secret UFO unit plans to lay out for lawmakers, acting intelligence committee chairman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is intent on finding out who or what precisely is behind the apparent UFO activity over U.S. military bases.
“We have things flying over our military bases and places where we are conducting military exercises and we don’t know what it is — and it isn’t ours,” Rubio told CBS Miami in an interview last Friday.
“Frankly, that if it’s something from outside this planet — that might actually be better than the fact that we’ve seen some technological leap on behalf of the Chinese or the Russians or some other adversary that allows them to conduct this sort of activity,” the hawkish senator added.
For Reid, further transparency is needed.
“It is extremely important that information about the discovery of physical materials or retrieved craft come out,” he said.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-24--Judge orders ‘extremely confidential’ Epstein records from Ghislaine Maxwell case to be made public

( TMU ) – A massive trove of “ extremely personal , confidential ” documents that British socialite and infamous sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell had tried to keep under wraps will be made public within a week , potentially shedding light on the powerful men who are tied to Jeffrey Epstein ’ s child sexual abuse ring .
On Thursday , New York senior district Judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing of over 80 documents , totaling hundreds of pages , which meticulously detail Maxwell ’ s dealings with her former boyfriend , the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maxwell .
The documents include flight logs from Epstein ’ s private jets , details about Maxwell ’ s sex life that lawyers had tried to prevent the release of , and the transcript of a seven-hour , 418-page deposition Maxwell had given which her attorneys describe as “ extremely personal , confidential and subject to considerable abuse by the media ” reports The Guardian .
It is expected that Maxwell ’ s legal team will appeal the decision to prevent the treasure trove of confidential information from spilling into public view .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ embarrassment or annoyance resulting from the disclosure of Miss Maxwell ’ s mostly non-testimony about behavior that has been widely reported in the press is far outweighed by the presumption of public access , ” Preska stated during a video hearing .
“ The court finds that the countervailing interests identified fail to rebut the presumption of public access , ” Judge Preska added .
“ Accordingly , those papers shall be unsealed.
” Maxwell was arrested earlier this month over allegations that she was involved with Epstein ’ s sex trafficking of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to 35 years in jail for separate criminal proceedings .
The documents due to be released are related to Epstein accuser and former “ sex slave ” Virginia Roberts Giuffre ’ s now-settled 2015 civil lawsuit against Maxwell .
Giuffre sued the 58-year-old Maxwell for defamation after she was accused by the British socialite of fabricating sexual abuse allegations against her and Epstein .
Giuffre has accused Maxwell of recruiting her to work as Epstein ’ s masseuse when she was only 15 years old and worked as a locker-room attendant at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Palm Beach , Florida .
Last August following Epstein ’ s suicide in a New York jail , another massive trove of documents from the lawsuit was released that contained scandalous claims and denials regarding the extent of world leaders alleged involvement with Epstein ’ s sex trafficking .
Maxwell faces charges of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts ; enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts ; conspiracy to transport minors , and transportation of a minor , with intent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two counts of perjury .
She is accused of grooming multiple minors to engage in sex acts with Epstein by befriending them to ask them about their lives and families while building friendships with the young girls alongside Epstein by taking their victims on social outings or out shopping .
Like her former partner Epstein , Maxwell is intensely well-connected with various members of political and business elites .
Photographs have long circulated of Maxwell posing at social events with figures including Bill Clinton and Donald Trump , giving rise to suspicion among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparent connection to Maxwell .
In a Tuesday press conference , President Trump confirmed that he knew Maxwell and expressed positive feelings about the accused child sex trafficker , confirming that he had met Maxwell “ numerous times over the numerous times over the years , especially since I lived in Palm Beach.
” The president also repeatedly said “ I just wish her well .
”

(TMU) – A massive trove of “extremely personal, confidential” documents that British socialite and infamous sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell had tried to keep under wraps will be made public within a week, potentially shedding light on the powerful men who are tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s child sexual abuse ring.
On Thursday, New York senior district Judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing of over 80 documents, totaling hundreds of pages, which meticulously detail Maxwell’s dealings with her former boyfriend, the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The documents relate to civil litigation against Maxwell.
The documents include flight logs from Epstein’s private jets, details about Maxwell’s sex life that lawyers had tried to prevent the release of, and the transcript of a seven-hour, 418-page deposition Maxwell had given which her attorneys describe as “extremely personal, confidential and subject to considerable abuse by the media” reports The Guardian.
It is expected that Maxwell’s legal team will appeal the decision to prevent the treasure trove of confidential information from spilling into public view.
“The court finds that any minor embarrassment or annoyance resulting from the disclosure of Miss Maxwell’s mostly non-testimony about behavior that has been widely reported in the press is far outweighed by the presumption of public access,” Preska stated during a video hearing.
“The court finds that the countervailing interests identified fail to rebut the presumption of public access,” Judge Preska added. “Accordingly, those papers shall be unsealed.”
Maxwell was arrested earlier this month over allegations that she was involved with Epstein’s sex trafficking of young women and minors. Maxwell faces up to 35 years in jail for separate criminal proceedings.
The documents due to be released are related to Epstein accuser and former “sex slave” Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s now-settled 2015 civil lawsuit against Maxwell. Giuffre sued the 58-year-old Maxwell for defamation after she was accused by the British socialite of fabricating sexual abuse allegations against her and Epstein.
Giuffre has accused Maxwell of recruiting her to work as Epstein’s masseuse when she was only 15 years old and worked as a locker-room attendant at Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Last August following Epstein’s suicide in a New York jail, another massive trove of documents from the lawsuit was released that contained scandalous claims and denials regarding the extent of world leaders alleged involvement with Epstein’s sex trafficking.
Maxwell faces charges of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts; enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts; conspiracy to transport minors, and transportation of a minor, with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; and two counts of perjury.
She is accused of grooming multiple minors to engage in sex acts with Epstein by befriending them to ask them about their lives and families while building friendships with the young girls alongside Epstein by taking their victims on social outings or out shopping.
Like her former partner Epstein, Maxwell is intensely well-connected with various members of political and business elites. Photographs have long circulated of Maxwell posing at social events with figures including Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, giving rise to suspicion among online users about the significance of their apparent connection to Maxwell.
In a Tuesday press conference, President Trump confirmed that he knew Maxwell and expressed positive feelings about the accused child sex trafficker, confirming that he had met Maxwell “numerous times over the numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach.” The president also repeatedly said “I just wish her well.”
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themindunleashed--2020-07-27--Elon Musk: We Are One Year Away From Fully Autonomous, Self-Driving Cars

( TMU ) – Would you entrust your life to a car ’ s algorithmic intelligence ?
Would you curl up in the backseat and take a nap while your vehicle navigates hectic freeway traffic or busy intersections ?
Would you let your car be the designated driver while you have a night out on the town ?
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk , we are essentially within a year of such technology existing , though he adds the caveat that it will likely take longer before the system is fully deployed and adopted .
Earlier this month , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai .
He has since elaborated during several podcast interviews .
To Cathie Wood and Tasha Keeney of ARK Invest in a podcast , he stated : “ I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year .
Meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot , pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention , this year.
” Musk added that you can expect to be able to take a nap behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My guess as to when we would think it is safe for somebody to essentially fall asleep and wake up at their destination ?
Probably towards the end of next year.
” Such technology would be a first-of-its-kind level 5 autonomous vehicle in which the car capable of handling all driver functions without human assistance or supervision .
Musk acknowledges that it is a difficult task .
Currently , Tesla offers an Enhanced Autopilot feature that “ guides a car from a highway ’ s on-ramp to off-ramp , including suggesting and making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and taking exits.
” “ On a development level , [ there is ] no problem recognizing stop signs and traffic lights , ” Musk has said .
“ But you do get ambiguity in some complex intersections with traffic lights .
Like , which one ’ s the right light to focus on ?
Even if you ’ re a person , it ’ s not always clear .
So that ’ s what we ’ re working on there.
” Technology experts and economists , citing multiple studies , suggest self-driving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , will have massive beneficial effects on cities and human society .
AVs will free up an additional 50 minutes a day for human users , accumulating to an extra billion hours of productivity around the world .
Perhaps even more importantly , AVs will dramatically reduce car accident fatalities ( by up to 90 % of the annual 1.2 million worldwide deaths ) , which will also save $ 190 billion in the U.S. alone .
AVs will also transform cities , leading to an 80 % reduction in the overall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduce traffic congestion , free up new land , and lead to an overall reduction of pollution .
Tesla is currently in an AV race with other companies developing self-driving cars , including Waymo , Uber , Lyft , and traditional automakers .
In 2018 , Alphabet ’ s Waymo launched its robo-taxi service , though it was not fully autonomous .
AVs are expected to simultaneously usher in a new gold rush of consumer robotics and machine learning , including remote advanced sensing , hyperprecise positioning/GPS , image recognition , and advanced @ @ @ @ @ @ @

(TMU) – Would you entrust your life to a car’s algorithmic intelligence? Would you curl up in the backseat and take a nap while your vehicle navigates hectic freeway traffic or busy intersections? Would you let your car be the designated driver while you have a night out on the town?
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, we are essentially within a year of such technology existing, though he adds the caveat that it will likely take longer before the system is fully deployed and adopted.
Earlier this month, Musk announced the advance at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. He has since elaborated during several podcast interviews.
To Cathie Wood and Tasha Keeney of ARK Invest in a podcast, he stated:
“I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year. Meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention, this year.”
Musk added that you can expect to be able to take a nap behind the wheel if you want.
“My guess as to when we would think it is safe for somebody to essentially fall asleep and wake up at their destination? Probably towards the end of next year.”
Such technology would be a first-of-its-kind level 5 autonomous vehicle in which the car capable of handling all driver functions without human assistance or supervision.
Musk acknowledges that it is a difficult task. Currently, Tesla offers an Enhanced Autopilot feature that “guides a car from a highway’s on-ramp to off-ramp, including suggesting and making lane changes, navigating highway interchanges, and taking exits.”
“On a development level, [there is] no problem recognizing stop signs and traffic lights,” Musk has said. “But you do get ambiguity in some complex intersections with traffic lights. Like, which one’s the right light to focus on? Even if you’re a person, it’s not always clear. So that’s what we’re working on there.”
Technology experts and economists, citing multiple studies, suggest self-driving cars, or automated vehicles (AVs), will have massive beneficial effects on cities and human society.
AVs will free up an additional 50 minutes a day for human users, accumulating to an extra billion hours of productivity around the world. Perhaps even more importantly, AVs will dramatically reduce car accident fatalities (by up to 90% of the annual 1.2 million worldwide deaths), which will also save $190 billion in the U.S. alone.
AVs will also transform cities, leading to an 80% reduction in the overall number of vehicles, which will drastically reduce traffic congestion, free up new land, and lead to an overall reduction of pollution.
Tesla is currently in an AV race with other companies developing self-driving cars, including Waymo, Uber, Lyft, and traditional automakers. In 2018, Alphabet’s Waymo launched its robo-taxi service, though it was not fully autonomous.
AVs are expected to simultaneously usher in a new gold rush of consumer robotics and machine learning, including remote advanced sensing, hyperprecise positioning/GPS, image recognition, and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) development.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-25--New socially distanced movie theater in Paris looks like Star Wars prequels’ Galactic Senate

( TMU ) – A cinema company in France has released concept images of its theaters , and many internet users are saying that the science-fiction-like design looks like something from “ a long time ago and a galaxy far , far away.
” Oma Cinema is the latest company that is trying to revolutionize cinema and attract audiences to the most exciting and technologically advanced film-watching venues .
For years , companies have been seeking to outdo one another in rolling out new advancements – ranging from IMAX , D-Box , 4DX , and Luxe screens – in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large 4K screens and streaming services and get them to plunk out cash to experience new films in luxurious , comfortable , and exciting ways .
Oma Cinema , however , is hoping to outdo its competition by basically seating you in the Galactic Senate .
“ Whereas all the cinemas built for more than 50 years now are similar and reproduce the same seating arrangement of the audience , this concept of a movie theatre creates a cinematographic experience at the same time intimate , ” cinema architecht and Oma founder and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s website .
“ [ It will be ] spectacular and immersive , where every seat in the house is the best seat in the house , ” he added .
In concept art released by the company , Oma Cinema has done away with traditional aisles and replaced them with circular pods filled with small clusters of seats .
As social media users have been quick to point out , the resemblance between the new theaters and the pre-Imperial legislative chamber from George Lucas ’ Star Wars prequels is uncanny .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ watch the next Fast & Furious movie at the Galactic Senate , ” one Twitter user wrote .
“ The future of movie-going is sitting in a theater that looks like the Galactic Senate from Star Wars , ” another user observed .
While a third user tweeted : “ We are living a prequel to the Star Wars prequels .
The pandemic will lead to the creation of the galactic senate apparently ?
” However , Oma Cinema ’ s concept is likely to be far more interesting than the stodgy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When it finally opens up next year , it will offer “ VIP-Corporate hospitality boxes , table service on all or selected platforms and exclusive VIP access to lounge and bar.
” The company explains : “ Much more than just the spectacular nature of the architecture , the original configuration of the room has been designed to offer viewers an exceptional audio and visual experience , projecting an image free of any distortion .
Oma is an experience that you will never forget.
” The coronavirus pandemic has forced many industries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or simply make bold moves to adapt to the drastically changed world of 2020 .
And for movie theater chains across the globe , the changes wrought by the public health emergency have created shockwaves .
Countless theaters have been forced to shutdown , leading to the revival of socially-distanced alternatives like drive-in theaters .
Studios have also been forced to indefinitely delay or reevaluate the theatrical release of such such highly-anticipated films as Mulan , Tenet , Wonder Woman 1984 , and James Bond ’ s No Time to Die .
Some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through streaming platforms rather than on the silver screen .
However , Oma Cinema ’ s new concept could be a brilliant way to reopen theaters while still upholding physical distancing guidelines meant to keep the COVID-19 pandemic in check .

(TMU) – A cinema company in France has released concept images of its theaters, and many internet users are saying that the science-fiction-like design looks like something from “a long time ago and a galaxy far, far away.”
Oma Cinema is the latest company that is trying to revolutionize cinema and attract audiences to the most exciting and technologically advanced film-watching venues.
For years, companies have been seeking to outdo one another in rolling out new advancements – ranging from IMAX, D-Box, 4DX, and Luxe screens – in a bid to lure audiences away from their large 4K screens and streaming services and get them to plunk out cash to experience new films in luxurious, comfortable, and exciting ways.
Oma Cinema, however, is hoping to outdo its competition by basically seating you in the Galactic Senate.
Ōma Cinema has designed a new type of movie theater that looks strangely familiar to the Galactic Senate. (Source: https://t.co/eSMpNzMQfb) pic.twitter.com/wR9fst1kPZ — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 20, 2020
“Whereas all the cinemas built for more than 50 years now are similar and reproduce the same seating arrangement of the audience, this concept of a movie theatre creates a cinematographic experience at the same time intimate,” cinema architecht and Oma founder and CEO Pierre Chican wrote on the company’s website.
“[It will be] spectacular and immersive, where every seat in the house is the best seat in the house,” he added.
In concept art released by the company, Oma Cinema has done away with traditional aisles and replaced them with circular pods filled with small clusters of seats.
As social media users have been quick to point out, the resemblance between the new theaters and the pre-Imperial legislative chamber from George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels is uncanny.
Oh to be a 3D rendered person in a movie theater designed like the Senate room from Star Wars watching Tron Legacy. https://t.co/NBRmXI3W61 — Andy Blanchard (@AndyTheBlanch) July 21, 2020
“I would very much like to watch the next Fast & Furious movie at the Galactic Senate,” one Twitter user wrote.
“The future of movie-going is sitting in a theater that looks like the Galactic Senate from Star Wars,” another user observed.
While a third user tweeted: “We are living a prequel to the Star Wars prequels. The pandemic will lead to the creation of the galactic senate apparently?”
However, Oma Cinema’s concept is likely to be far more interesting than the stodgy and staid affairs of the unicameral Galactic Senate. When it finally opens up next year, it will offer “VIP-Corporate hospitality boxes, table service on all or selected platforms and exclusive VIP access to lounge and bar.”
https://twitter.com/ljwr_/status/1285357089028792322
The company explains: “Much more than just the spectacular nature of the architecture, the original configuration of the room has been designed to offer viewers an exceptional audio and visual experience, projecting an image free of any distortion. Oma is an experience that you will never forget.”
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many industries across the world to either reinvent themselves or simply make bold moves to adapt to the drastically changed world of 2020.
And for movie theater chains across the globe, the changes wrought by the public health emergency have created shockwaves. Countless theaters have been forced to shutdown, leading to the revival of socially-distanced alternatives like drive-in theaters.
Studios have also been forced to indefinitely delay or reevaluate the theatrical release of such such highly-anticipated films as Mulan, Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, and James Bond’s No Time to Die. Some studios are simply choosing to release films through streaming platforms rather than on the silver screen.
However, Oma Cinema’s new concept could be a brilliant way to reopen theaters while still upholding physical distancing guidelines meant to keep the COVID-19 pandemic in check.
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themindunleashed--2020-07-25--Rafter saves baby coyote from drowning, nurses it to health and takes it on 10-day adventure

( TMU ) – They say dogs are man ’ s best friend , but this magical tale might make you reconsider the old truism .
A kind Canadian outdoorsman befriended a baby coyote pup after rescuing it from certain death and , in a Disney-like plot twist , he then decided to bring the coyote along for his 10-day rafting trip .
The adorable tale was shared earlier this month on social media by the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan ( WRSOS ) , which shared photos from the unlikely pair ’ s adventures , explaining that a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coyote pup as it was drowning in the waterways .
“ While he was fishing , he heard something in the water squeak – and that ’ s when he saw some sort of animal swimming in the river !
It ’ s nose was barely above the water and the water was so dark and murky that Justin couldn ’ t initially tell what kind of animal it was , ” the post read .
“ Justin tried to reach for the animal but ended up falling in the freezing cold water @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Luckily , Justin was somehow able to locate the animal – a coyote pup !
– in the water AND catch his raft before it floated away for good !
” Initially , the moment seemed tragic because the coyote pup was unconscious and nonresponsive .
However , Justin was able to immediately perform CPR on the helpless creature and “ was able to do a modified Heimlich maneuver by pushing on its belly.
” The WRSOS added : “ After a few pushes , water squirted out of the coyote ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
” After saving the life of his new friend , Justin and the pup – who he named YipYip – disembarked on land and warmed up around a fire .
Because Justin was in the middle of a long-haul solo rafting excursion , simply handing YipYip off to a local animal shelter wasn ’ t adoption .
So instead , Justin brought his little pal along “ over the next 10 or so days [ and ] he kept the coyote with him and cared for him the entire time , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The little pup would eat with Justin , cuddle in his jacket , and sleep in his backpack while they rafted down the river , ” the organization added .
When Justin was done with his unforgettable adventure with YipYip , he knew that he couldn ’ t just keep the baby coyote forever – after all , it simply wouldn ’ t be fair or feasible for the wild pup to live like any old domesticated pooch .
So Justin and his wife conacted animal shelters throughout the region in hopes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an SPCA chapter in South Current , Saskatchewan .
It was at that point that the rescue reached out to WRSOS for assistance .
According to the animal welfare group , YipYip is now being cared for in a rehabilitation center where he will remain until he ’ s matured and ready to be released back into the wild safely , the organization said .
“ If it wasn ’ t for the wonderfully caring Justin , little YipYip would have perished in the river , ” WRSOS said .
“ Thank you @ @ @

(TMU) – They say dogs are man’s best friend, but this magical tale might make you reconsider the old truism.
A kind Canadian outdoorsman befriended a baby coyote pup after rescuing it from certain death and, in a Disney-like plot twist, he then decided to bring the coyote along for his 10-day rafting trip.
The adorable tale was shared earlier this month on social media by the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan (WRSOS), which shared photos from the unlikely pair’s adventures, explaining that a man named Justin had recently come across the coyote pup as it was drowning in the waterways.
“While he was fishing, he heard something in the water squeak – and that’s when he saw some sort of animal swimming in the river! It’s nose was barely above the water and the water was so dark and murky that Justin couldn’t initially tell what kind of animal it was,” the post read.
“Justin tried to reach for the animal but ended up falling in the freezing cold water as well,” WRSOS added. “Luckily, Justin was somehow able to locate the animal – a coyote pup! – in the water AND catch his raft before it floated away for good!”
Initially, the moment seemed tragic because the coyote pup was unconscious and nonresponsive. However, Justin was able to immediately perform CPR on the helpless creature and “was able to do a modified Heimlich maneuver by pushing on its belly.”
The WRSOS added: “After a few pushes, water squirted out of the coyote’s nose and he was breathing again!”
After saving the life of his new friend, Justin and the pup – who he named YipYip – disembarked on land and warmed up around a fire.
Because Justin was in the middle of a long-haul solo rafting excursion, simply handing YipYip off to a local animal shelter wasn’t adoption. So instead, Justin brought his little pal along “over the next 10 or so days [and] he kept the coyote with him and cared for him the entire time,” the animal welfare group wrote.
“The little pup would eat with Justin, cuddle in his jacket, and sleep in his backpack while they rafted down the river,” the organization added.
When Justin was done with his unforgettable adventure with YipYip, he knew that he couldn’t just keep the baby coyote forever – after all, it simply wouldn’t be fair or feasible for the wild pup to live like any old domesticated pooch.
So Justin and his wife conacted animal shelters throughout the region in hopes to find help before they eventually connected with an SPCA chapter in South Current, Saskatchewan. It was at that point that the rescue reached out to WRSOS for assistance.
According to the animal welfare group, YipYip is now being cared for in a rehabilitation center where he will remain until he’s matured and ready to be released back into the wild safely, the organization said.
“If it wasn’t for the wonderfully caring Justin, little YipYip would have perished in the river,” WRSOS said. “Thank you Justin!”
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themindunleashed--2020-07-24--Blue Eyes Originated from a Single Ancestor Thousands of Years Ago

We so often take for granted the color of our eyes .
Whether our eyes are brown , blue or green , we see this as a cosmetic difference and nothing more .
We just assume that those with blue eyes have always been around and populated the world as densely as those with other eye colors .
Basically , we just take it for granted .
But have you ever wondered why our eyes have different colors ?
It may surprise you to know that the human race all started out with the same eye color , brown .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ variances , and in some extremes , such as the color blue , a single mutation was involved .
According to a study , everyone with blue eyes has the exact same ancestor from over 7 thousand years ago , who was born somewhere in the black sea region with the mutation .
Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen states , “ A genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a “ switch , ” which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to produce brown eyes.
” Professor Eiberg , through exhaustive study from the year 1996 , traveled to areas of the world like Turkey , Jordan and Denmark , to study the eye color blue .
Through this study of the mitochondrial DNA , the professor discovered the location of the gene for eye color .
The OCA2 gene is programmed to produce melanin , which is responsible for hair and skin color , as well as eye color .
The “ switch ” is located adjacent to the OCA2 gene and actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a small extent , thus creating the blue eyes instead of an area completely void of melanin .
When melanin is completely absent , the human being experiences albino characteristics .
Taking a closer look at this process enables us to understand why the eye color blue is derived from one ancestor .
Since this eye color comes from an exact variance in melanin , it is considered to be a marker passed from a single ancestor .
In individuals with green or hazel eyes , the color variances are more random in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a single occurrence .
The eye color blue did indeed originate from one genetic mutation .
However , there are no indications that the differences in our eye color have anything to do with our health or performance in life .
In the past , these genes played no part in our ability to survive , unless it was derived from fear or dislike by others .
No matter what our blue-eyed ancestor had to endure , it is clear that the mutation survived and proves just how incredible nature is at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different , and just as beautiful .

We so often take for granted the color of our eyes. Whether our eyes are brown, blue or green, we see this as a cosmetic difference and nothing more. We just assume that those with blue eyes have always been around and populated the world as densely as those with other eye colors. Basically, we just take it for granted. But have you ever wondered why our eyes have different colors?
It may surprise you to know that the human race all started out with the same eye color, brown. The differences in eye color came from variances, and in some extremes, such as the color blue, a single mutation was involved.
According to a study, everyone with blue eyes has the exact same ancestor from over 7 thousand years ago, who was born somewhere in the black sea region with the mutation.
Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen states, “A genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a “switch,” which literally “turned off” the ability to produce brown eyes.”
Professor Eiberg, through exhaustive study from the year 1996, traveled to areas of the world like Turkey, Jordan and Denmark, to study the eye color blue. Through this study of the mitochondrial DNA, the professor discovered the location of the gene for eye color.
The OCA2 gene is programmed to produce melanin, which is responsible for hair and skin color, as well as eye color. The “switch” is located adjacent to the OCA2 gene and actually only inhibits the melanin producing abilities to a small extent, thus creating the blue eyes instead of an area completely void of melanin.
When melanin is completely absent, the human being experiences albino characteristics.
Taking a closer look at this process enables us to understand why the eye color blue is derived from one ancestor. Since this eye color comes from an exact variance in melanin, it is considered to be a marker passed from a single ancestor. In individuals with green or hazel eyes, the color variances are more random in change and cannot be pinned down to a single occurrence.
The eye color blue did indeed originate from one genetic mutation. However, there are no indications that the differences in our eye color have anything to do with our health or performance in life. In the past, these genes played no part in our ability to survive, unless it was derived from fear or dislike by others.
No matter what our blue-eyed ancestor had to endure, it is clear that the mutation survived and proves just how incredible nature is at shuffling our genes to create something entirely different, and just as beautiful.
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